Chapter 239: Thirty Years Later, Earth Immortal Realm Sixth Level

Unknowingly, thirty years have passed.

During this time, Peng Feng has been quietly cultivating in the Flower Sect.

Generally speaking, if nothing is happening, Peng Feng prefers to lay low. Isn’t it better to cultivate slowly until he’s invincible before going out into the world?

And because of the disappearance of Leng Geli, the number one assassin of the Manchu Qing, the Manchu Qing temporarily gave up on assassinating Peng Feng.

These thirty years have been very peaceful.

Peng Feng also discovered that now that he is in the Earth Immortal Realm, each small realm requires ten years to advance.

And thirty years has also allowed his strength to reach the sixth level of the Earth Immortal Realm.

Peng Feng’s personal attribute panel is now like this:

Peng Feng: Forty-three years old.

Strength: Earth Immortal Realm Sixth Level.

Weapon: *Jingjiangjiu* Fan

Magical Artifact: Lotus Root Silk Cloud-Stepping Boots

Strongest Skill: Eight Nine Arcane Skill （Defense and power are invincible in the same realm, and can even defeat enemies of higher realms）.

Movement Technique: Moonlight Wind Riding Method.

Attack Technique: Flower Sect Eighteen Swings.

Soul Attack Technique: Flower Sect Soul Method.

Peng Feng slowly exhaled a breath, and then continued to cultivate. He would not leave seclusion until he reached the Heavenly Immortal Realm.

◈◈◈

And in this year, something also happened.

That is, the Manchu Qing invaded again.

In the year 1637, Huang Taiji ordered Prince Rui Dorgon to be the General of the Mandate, commanding the left wing army, and Beile Yuetuo to be the General of the Martial Display, commanding the right wing army, with Beile Dodo and others as assistants, to attack the Ming in two routes. On September 22nd, Yuetuo broke through the border wall from the Ziling area north of Miyun, destroying the Great Wall, and entered the border, killing Wu Aheng, the Ming’s Jiliao Governor.

Dorgon then entered through the Qingshan Pass on September 28th, destroying the border wall, and the two armies met in Tongzhou, a suburb of Beijing.

Chongzhen issued an edict to Lu XiangSheng, the Governor of Xuan, Da, and Shanxi military affairs, to lead the three generals of Xuan, Da, and Shanxi, Yang Guozhu, Wang Pu, and Hu Dawei, to defend the capital. Lu XiangSheng was appointed to oversee the empire’s reinforcements and was granted the Shangfang Sword for the third time.

In the same year, Lu XiangSheng fought fiercely with the main force of the Manchu Qing at Haoshui Bridge. The eunuch Gao Qiqian, leading tens of thousands of troops, did not go to his aid despite being less than a hundred miles away from Lu XiangSheng.

This caused Lu XiangSheng to be surrounded by the Manchu Qing.

In the end, Lu XiangSheng, this famous Heavenly Immortal Realm expert, was killed by Prince Rui Dorgon, a Heavenly Immortal Realm expert of the Manchu Qing.

The Ming Dynasty lost another Heavenly Immortal Realm expert.

At this time, the Ming Dynasty only had four remaining Heavenly Immortal Realm experts: Emperor Chongzhen, Sun Chuanting, Hong Chengchou, and Qin Liangyu, which was very few.

However, the Manchu Qing had seven Heavenly Immortal Realm experts: Huang Taiji, Dorgon, Dai Shan, Dodo, Ajige, Jirgalang, and Fan Wencheng. It could be said that the Ming Dynasty was already in great danger.

Although this time, Emperor Chongzhen used the Investiture of the Gods magical artifact, the Golden Dragon Scissors, to repel the invading Manchu Qing forces.

However, the situation did not improve much.

Now, anyone with eyes could see that the Ming Dynasty was collapsing and could not be saved.

Therefore, at this time, Jiangnan was also in chaos.

Many forces in Jiangnan also began to compete for power.

The three most famous forces in Jiangnan were the forces of Zuo Liangyu, the White Lotus Sect, and the Jiangbei Four Garrisons. All three of these forces had Earth Immortal Realm experts overseeing them.

These three forces were fighting for control of the Jiangnan territory.

Jiangnan was in great chaos.

And Xiang Changxiao, the sect leader of the Evil Extremity Sect, one of the eight sects of the Demon Sect of this generation, was a peak True Immortal Realm figure. He was ambitious and also wanted to dominate the world.

Therefore, his first step was to unify the Demon Sect.

The Demon Sect has eight sects, namely: 「Yin Gui Sect」, 「Flower Sect」, 「Evil Extremity Sect」, 「Extinguish Emotion Path」, 「Mending Heaven Pavilion」, 「Heaven Lotus Sect」, 「Demon Appearance Sect」, and 「True Transmission Path」.

If he could unify these eight sects, firstly, he would have many more experts as subordinates, and secondly, he could combine the skills of the eight sects of the Demon Sect into the Great Heavenly Demon Secret, which was said to have a direct path to the Golden Immortal Realm, which was very remarkable.

The first target Xiang Changxiao attacked was the Yin Gui Sect.

The reason?

It was very simple.

The Yin Gui Sect was the second strongest of the eight sects of the Demon Sect, second only to the Evil Extremity Sect. As long as the Yin Gui Sect was defeated, the other six sects would not be a concern.

Xiang Changxiao found an internal ally within the Yin Gui Sect and launched an attack on the main sect of the Yin Gui Sect, imprisoning Song Xiyu, the sect leader of this generation of the Yin Gui Sect, and Feng Feifei, the Holy Maiden of the Yin Gui Sect.

Then, Xiang Changxiao issued a mandatory order to the others in the Yin Gui Sect: “Either die, or surrender.”

In the end, the elders of the Yin Gui Sect either died or surrendered, and the Yin Gui Sect fell into Xiang Changxiao’s hands.

After Xiang Changxiao captured the Yin Gui Sect, his confidence greatly increased.

Next, he attacked the Demon Appearance Sect. A month later, the Demon Appearance Sect fell. The experts of the Demon Appearance Sect either died, surrendered, or were imprisoned.

Then, Xiang Changxiao led his subordinates to directly attack the Extinguish Emotion Path and the Heaven Lotus Sect, also causing the experts of these two major sects to either die, surrender, or be imprisoned.

In a short time, four of the eight sects of the Demon Sect had fallen into Xiang Changxiao’s hands. Including the Evil Extremity Sect where Xiang Changxiao himself was, Xiang Changxiao had taken control of five sects of the Demon Sect.

As for the remaining three sects, the Mending Heaven Pavilion and the Flower Sect were only sparsely populated sects and were not a concern. The True Transmission Path was originally an affiliated sect of the Evil Extremity Sect and was also not a concern.

◈◈◈

In this way, Xiang Changxiao was equivalent to controlling the entire Demon Sect.

And the next step was for Xiang Changxiao to lead the experts under his command to attack the Flower Sect.

◈◈◈

Yandang Mountain.

The Flower Sect’s base.

While Peng Feng was cultivating, he received a paper crane message from his mother, asking him to go to the discussion hall.

Peng Feng had been focusing on cultivation all these years and had no idea what was happening outside. But he also knew that his mother would not disturb his cultivation unless something was happening.

He immediately went to the Flower Sect’s discussion hall.

When he arrived at the discussion hall, he found

Zhu Yufei,

Eldest Senior Brother Peng Wenmo,

Second Senior Sister Chu Ling,

and Third Senior Sister Bai Wan’er were all there.

Senior Sister Bai Wan’er was also much more mature than before, no longer the mischievous girl she was thirty years ago.

“Mother, what happened?” Peng Feng asked curiously.

Zhu Yufei said, “Recently, the Manchu Qing invaded again and killed Lu XiangSheng, a Heavenly Immortal Realm expert on the Ming side. Everyone can see that the Ming Dynasty is about to fall, and the situation is dire.

Various ambitious people have also emerged, Jiangnan is in chaos, and various forces are rising. Xiang Changxiao, the sect leader of the Evil Extremity Sect of the Demon Sect, is ambitious and wants to unify the eight sects. Now the other sects have all submitted, except for our Flower Sect and the Mending Heaven Pavilion.

Now, Xiang Changxiao, the sect leader of the Evil Extremity Sect, is leading his men to attack our Flower Sect. What should we do? Should we surrender or fight?”

Of course, Zhu Yufei wanted to surrender.

There was no way, she was only a mere Loose Immortal Realm and could never be Xiang Changxiao’s opponent.

However, if they surrendered, then the Flower Sect’s lineage might not be preserved, which would also be a disaster for the Flower Sect.

Therefore, she came to ask for Peng Feng’s opinion.

Peng Feng couldn’t help but be startled when he heard this. He had long wanted to unify the Demon Sect’s forces. If he wanted to conquer the world, he naturally needed forces to be used by him. The Flower Sect, with only a few members, was obviously not enough.

Therefore, he had long wanted to unify the Demon Sect.

And this Xiang Changxiao was doing the same thing as him.

They really did have a meeting of minds.

“Then of course we fight.” Peng Feng smiled faintly, “Xiang Changxiao has almost unified the Demon Sect. If we defeat Xiang Changxiao, then this Demon Sect will also fall into our hands and become a useful force. Not bad, we should really thank Xiang Changxiao.”

Zhu Yufei had long known that her son was also an ambitious person, wanting to conquer the world, so she was not surprised by Peng Feng’s words.

However, she still frowned, “But, it is said that Xiang Changxiao’s strength is at the tenth level of the True Immortal Realm, and his strength is tyrannical. Can we defeat him???”

Peng Feng chuckled, “A mere tenth level of the True Immortal Realm is nothing. I can destroy him with a flick of my finger.”

Zhu Yufei was stunned, “You can defeat the tenth level of the True Immortal Realm? To defeat the tenth level of the True Immortal Realm, you would have to be at least in the Human Immortal Realm.

Thirty years ago, you were only in the Loose Immortal Realm.

In just thirty years, you can reach the Human Immortal Realm?”

She did not ask if Peng Feng had reached the Earth Immortal Realm, because in her opinion, it was impossible to reach the Earth Immortal Realm before the age of fifty.

In history, there had never been a case of someone reaching the Earth Immortal Realm before the age of fifty.

The limit she could imagine was the Human Immortal Realm.

“With thirty years, I still can’t reach the Human Immortal Realm? Is it difficult to reach the Human Immortal Realm? Isn’t it something anyone can do?” Peng Feng said very calmly.

Zhu Yufei: “……”, she was only at the tenth level of the Loose Immortal Realm.

Peng Wenmo: “……”, he had just reached the Land Immortal Realm.

Second Senior Sister Chu Ling: “……”, she was only at the Celestial Phenomenon Realm.

Bai Wan’er: “……”, she was even worse, she was only at the Diamond Realm.

When Peng Feng said these words, he was so dazzling.

So Versailles.

So pretentious.

So annoying, Peng Feng managed to show off again.

Peng Feng smiled faintly with his hands behind his back, “Let’s just wait for Xiang Changxiao to bring his men to our door.”