The First Immortal of Destiny

Chapter 478: Chapter 478: Bloody Fiend Cultivation Method_1

After mastering the basics of ”Nine Turns of the Heavenly River,” Shen Mo returned to his usual rhythm.

He cultivated his method, breathing in nature’s spiritual energy, accumulating True Yuan in his Spirit Sea bit by bit, and polishing his cultivation level.

With the assistance of the ”Performance Martial Arts” Destiny, he meticulously studied various magic and martial arts to improve their mastery.

While profiting from his secondary professions like preparing elixirs, making talismans, forging magic artifacts, and studying formations, the progress bar for his elixir, talisman, artifact, and array skills was also slowly and steadily growing.

In addition to his own various gains, as the Peak Master of Green Cloud Peak, Shen Mo also took time to handle affairs within the peak.

A massive number of Bloody Fiend School members were teleported to the Riverside Sect from the Wando Archipelago. After registration, they officially became part of the sect.

There were also individuals whose cultivation levels reached the Qi Gathering Realm and were promoted to the Inner Door. The most outstanding among them even became disciples of the four Main Peaks. Of course, due to various factors, almost all elite disciples originating from the Wando Archipelago would choose Green Cloud Peak.

Shen Mo had to arrange their living, cultivation, training, demon-slaying activities, and various other matters.

Fortunately, during previous high-level meetings, several Spirit Sea Realm cultivators, including Elder Chu Chen, Elder Lu Youwei from the Deacon Hall, and Elder Xu from the Forge Hall, had been assigned to Green Cloud Peak to serve as Peak Elders.

With them sharing the responsibilities within the peak, Shen Mo naturally felt much more at ease.

He spent the most energy researching a better cultivation and combat system for the rapidly increasing members of the Bloody Fiend School.

Originally, newly joined disciples of the Riverside Sect could choose one Qi circulation method and one magic or martial art from several basic cultivation methods to improve their realms and develop some combat power.

After nearly a thousand years of development, the upward compatibility of these basic cultivation methods had become very good.

For instance, Shen Mo, in his early days, had cultivated ”Heavenly Yuan Magic” and ”Shangqing Swordplay,” and there were many high-class cultivation methods he could switch to later.

However, disciples from the Bloody Fiend Sect initially practiced the simplified version of the ”Bloody Dragon-shaped Body.” The only high-class cultivation method they could advance to was the complete version of this technique.

When fighting enemies, besides relying on their powerful physiques, they utilized the power of their Qi and blood when using magic artifacts, activating talismans, or consuming elixirs, which was vastly different from ordinary cultivators.

Even though they could still practice other magic and martial arts, the compatibility was not very good.

Moreover, most individuals with extraordinary talent in the ”Bloody Dragon-shaped Body” performed poorly when practicing other breathing methods.

This wasn’t the fault of this external magic; rather, the requirements of the two types of cultivation were different.

For example, someone who quickly reached the Qi Gathering Realm by cultivating ”Heavenly Yuan Magic” might see poor results practicing the simplified ”Bloody Dragon-shaped Body,” and vice versa.

Among the selected disciples from the Bloody Fiend Sect, very few were proficient in external magic and also possessed extraordinary talent for breathing methods.

Furthermore, the Riverside Sect accepted disciples originating from the Wando Archipelago to prepare a fallback option for the sect.

If, one day, the entire sect needed to relocate to the Wando Archipelago—where nature’s spiritual energy is sparse and cultivation resources are scarce—only the Bloody Fiend Technique, which uses savage sea beasts as cultivation resources, could ensure the Riverside Sect’s survival.

If the Bloody Fiend School members all mastered breathing methods and heavily relied on nature’s spiritual energy and resources like elixirs, then what would be the point of the sect supporting the Bloody Fiend lineage and establishing Green Cloud Peak?

They might as well invest more resources in the original inner and outer disciples.

Therefore, the most important task for Shen Mo, as Peak Master of Green Cloud Peak and Patriarch of the Bloody Fiend Sect, was to create and perfect a cultivation and battle system based on the ”Bloody Dragon-shaped Body” technique—one that was drastically different from conventional methods.

Fortunately, combat methods leaning towards external cultivation already existed within the Riverside Sect.

Many disciples from the Bloody Fiend Sect who had joined the Riverside Sect would also research and combine different magic and martial arts to increase their own combat power.

Shen Mo spent considerable time communicating and exchanging ideas with them, gaining much in return.

Afterward, he browsed through a large portion of the profound-level cultivation methods and manuals in the Magic Tower, selecting a series of magic arts. After practicing them with [Martial Performance], he used his extensive experience and knowledge to adaptively improve them.

As a result, his Destiny Panel now listed many more magic and martial arts of varying grades.

Thanks to Shen Mo’s tireless efforts, the Bloody Fiend Sect disciples finally had a clearer and more complete progression system.

The main cultivation method remained the Bloody Fiend Technique, starting with a simplified version for beginners.

After reaching the Qi Gathering Realm, disciples could spend sect merit and spirit stones to exchange for the complete cultivation method, sufficient for cultivating to the peak of the Spirit Sea Realm.

As for the Core Formation method, Shen Mo himself had not yet reached this realm. He was not in a hurry; in the future, he could spend spirit stones and use the deduction ability of [Martial Performance] to develop it to the next stage.

In addition, there were many magic and martial arts activated by the power of their Qi and blood. These included swordplay, boxing, weapon skills, movement techniques, artifact-assisted flight, lightness magic, defensive magic, and various unique arts, greatly enhancing the combat power of the Bloody Fiend Sect disciples.

As such, many outer disciples with poor talent in ordinary cultivation methods, and even inner disciples in the Qi Gathering Realm whose cultivation progress was slow, spent their sect merit and spirit stones to exchange for the simplified version of the Bloody Fiend Technique to cultivate.

They were trying to achieve success on this alternative path.

Influenced by this, the prices of demonic beast corpses, Demon Cores, soul cores of Soul Ghosts in Jiyun Town, and various elixirs that enhanced Qi and blood all rose. The number of disciples teaming up to hunt demonic beasts in the Linjiang Mountain Range also increased significantly compared to the past.

The Bloody Fiend Sect disciples, whose combat power had increased, also began receiving orders from the sect to go to the two Heavenly Demon battlefields and various strongholds to carry out demon-slaying tasks.

During this period, Shen Mo also went out several times to complete tasks that low-class disciples could not handle. These included breaking the siege for a stronghold of an immortal sect in Sea State, escorting a batch of materials to a city with a damaged teleportation array, and resisting a Demon Tide initiated by Heavenly Demons from the Heishan Demon Cave.

As time passed, Zhao Lingyin solidified her cultivation at Layer I of the Spirit Sea Realm.

According to tradition, a celebration was due.

After discussing it with Shen Mo, they decided to hold the ceremony of them becoming Dao companions at the same time. It was considered a double celebration, and they wanted to seize the opportunity to make it a lively event.

Upon receiving this news, everyone on Green Cloud Peak, in GuanYun Mansion, the Alchemy Zone, the Deacon Hall, the Immortal Welcoming Hall, and so on, all started bustling with preparations.

The marriage of a Peak Master of the Riverside Sect was not as simple as Shen Mo and Zhao Lingyin merely sacrificing to the heavens and ancestors and drinking a cup of Conjugal Wine.

A Supreme Elder needed to be invited to divine an auspicious day.

Invitations had to be sent in advance to the prominent figures of various forces. These included the four major sects—the Heaven Sword Sect, Profound Moon School, Ghost Corpse School, and Seven Stars Altar—as well as other smaller immortal sects, Cultivating Families, the Alchemists Alliance, and powerful rogue cultivators, inviting them to attend the Dao companionship ceremony.

The itinerary, including the details of each step and the personnel involved in each segment, needed to be determined.

Various spiritual items and spiritual wines had to be procured, and the venue for the grand ceremony needed to be arranged.

Just inviting guests from the immortal sects alone required a significant amount of time to be allocated in advance. In the end, Patriarch Yuan Heming made the decision, setting the date for the Dao companionship ceremony four months later.