Chapter 156: Overpowering Seven Foundation Establishment Cultivators, Seizing The Two Provinces Land!
“Hmm?”
“What do you mean?”
“Heavenly Martial Sacred Land wants to occupy the Two Provinces Land, on what basis?”
“A single Martial Way sect door wanting to occupy the Two Provinces Land—only the Four Great Golden Core Orthodoxies have such foundation. What foundation does Ji Qing have?”
Ji Qing’s words immediately provoked some Foundation Establishment Cultivators.
These Foundation Establishment Cultivators all belonged to Immortal Sects within Qingzhou and Qizhou.
Ji Qing’s words directly enraged them.
However, not all Immortal Sects reacted so fiercely.
The fiercely reacting Foundation Establishment Cultivators—Ji Qing swept his gaze over them, roughly seven or eight.
Ji Qing said indifferently: “Because I am strong!”
As soon as the words fell, the entire Great Hall fell silent.
Such a “plain and simple” sentence actually left all Foundation Establishment Cultivators speechless.
Yes, because Ji Qing is strong!
Others may not know, but could they not know?
Daoist Yun Mu of Green Wood Immortal Sect was a genuine, real-deal Foundation Establishment Great Cultivator.
Moreover, Daoist Yun Mu had the Green Wood Divine Tree, a very powerful defensive Magic Tool.
The result?
Yet he was killed by Ji Qing.
Even Green Wood Immortal Sect was eradicated.
Ji Qing saying he is strong was truly not boasting.
Among so many Foundation Establishment Cultivators, who has the confidence to steadily kill Daoist Yun Mu?
Probably no more than two hands’ worth.
“Fellow Daoist Ji, if you occupy the Two Provinces Land, where do our sect doors go?”
“Exactly, there are at least four or five Immortal Sects in Qingzhou and Qizhou—where do we go?”
“Fellow Daoist Black Water, you mentioned delineating territory—there should be some rules, right? Otherwise, once Immortal Sect wars start, who knows how many will die. In the end, after all the killing, when it’s time to venture into the Boundless Sea Region, there might be hardly anyone left…”
The crowd turned their gazes to Black Water Daoist again.
Everyone understood this reasoning.
Killing all day—how many people would be left in the end?
Black Water Daoist now wanted to unite all Foundation Establishment Cultivators, not let them slaughter freely.
Thus, Black Water Daoist spoke: “What’s so difficult about this? The reason we’re delineating territory here is precisely because there are enough Fellow Daoist Foundation Establishments here. We can establish rules that everyone abides by together, avoiding casualties.”
“As for fighting? That’s inevitable—if there’s no fighting to determine winners and losers, who would be convinced?”
“But one point: determining winners and losers can only happen today. And once it’s determined, no killing blows. What do you all think?”
The numerous Foundation Establishment Cultivators thought it over and ultimately agreed.
Indeed, territory couldn’t be divided just by talking.
They still had to fight.
But there was a difference between fighting and fighting.
Like Ji Qing attacking Green Wood Immortal Sect—that was all-out until death, a sect extermination war.
Whereas in Northern Mausoleum Immortal Palace, even if fighting, it was controllable—at worst injured, still guaranteeing survival.
As long as they acknowledged the established rules, there was no problem.
It wouldn’t turn into a sect extermination war, leaving no room for maneuver.
“Good, since everyone agrees, let’s do it this way.”
“Taking Fellow Daoist Ji’s matter just now as an example. Fellow Daoist Ji wants to exclusively occupy Qingzhou and Qizhou— that’s simple. Immortal Sects unwilling to withdraw can send however many Foundation Establishment Cultivators they have and compete with Fellow Daoist Ji.”
Black Water Daoist’s words caused the crowd to discuss animatedly.
One of the Foundation Establishment Cultivators asked: “All our sect’s Foundation Establishment Cultivators together?”
“Naturally. Since Fellow Daoist Ji wants to exclusively occupy the Two Provinces Land, he must face the united Immortal Sects. Fellow Daoist Ji, any objections?”
Ji Qing nodded: “Fine.”
Actually, in reality, truly expelling the Immortal Sects from the Two Provinces Land would be somewhat more complex.
Moreover, it would be hard to encounter several Immortal Sects uniting.
After all, Ji Qing could defeat them one by one.
These Immortal Sects were full of internal conflicts anyway—uniting wasn’t easy.
He just needed to defeat these Immortal Sects one by one before they united.
But it didn’t matter.
Ji Qing was too lazy now to defeat these Immortal Sects one by one.
Because there wasn’t much point.
The conflict between Ji Qing and the Immortal Sects was just about territory.
Destroying an Immortal Sect wouldn’t bring him much benefit.
Him wanting to exclusively occupy the Two Provinces Land was also for Heavenly Martial Sacred Land.
After all, with Heavenly Martial Sacred Land, some of his acquaintances—like Listen to the Wind Tower, Hundred Battles Sect, and so on—could receive shelter.
“Good, then Immortal Sects in Qingzhou and Qizhou unwilling to withdraw may unite for a battle with Fellow Daoist Ji!”
As Black Water Daoist’s words fell, several Foundation Establishment Cultivators in the Great Hall had their eyes light up.
These Two Provinces Land had a total of five Immortal Sects.
But as many as seven Foundation Establishment Great Cultivators!
Two of the Immortal Sects each had two Foundation Establishment Great Cultivators.
“We seven wish to compete with Fellow Daoist Ji. If we lose, we voluntarily withdraw from the Two Provinces Land!”
In the Great Hall, seven Foundation Establishment Cultivators stood up.
“Fine.”
Ji Qing glanced at the seven and nodded.
A smile appeared on Black Water Daoist’s face.
“Good, then let’s go to the Back Mountain of Northern Mausoleum Immortal Palace.”
Thus, a crowd of Foundation Establishment Great Cultivators left the Great Hall and flew toward the Back Mountain.
Even some Qi Cultivation disciples and Elders of Northern Mausoleum Immortal Palace hurried toward the Back Mountain.
This was a fight among Foundation Establishment Great Cultivators, and with “Heavenly Saber” Ji Qing—rare to witness.
Back Mountain of Northern Mausoleum Immortal Palace.
“Fellow Daoist Ji, please.”
Ji Qing nodded.
He stepped directly into the sky, one step at a time.
At the same time, the seven Foundation Establishment Cultivators also flew into the sky.
In the void, the seven Foundation Establishment Cultivators confronted Ji Qing across the space.
These seven Foundation Establishment Cultivators didn’t dare underestimate Ji Qing one bit.
After all, Ji Qing was the renowned “Heavenly Saber” who had even Saber Slashed Daoist Yun Mu of Green Wood Immortal Sect.
And now he even dared to fight their seven Foundation Establishment Cultivators.
No one was stupid—if Ji Qing didn’t have powerful foundation, would he dare accept a joint battle from seven Foundation Establishment Cultivators?
Many Foundation Establishment Great Cultivators also stared unblinkingly at the two sides in the void.
Especially Ji Qing, who received the most attention.
After all, Ji Qing was now the only Martial Artist “Dao Foundation” cultivator among the numerous Immortal Sects.
He cultivated the Martial Way.
Different from the Immortal Path.
Although a thousand years ago, they had seen many Dao Foundation Experts.
But Ji Qing was still the most unique one.
Able to “rise” and forge Dao Foundation after the Dharma-Ending Age.
Worth paying attention to no matter what.
The other seven Foundation Establishment Cultivators had few people paying attention.
They were all “old acquaintances.”
Their methods and abilities were well-known.
“Attack!”
The seven Foundation Establishment Cultivators immediately attacked.
Each unleashing their killer moves right away.
Flying Swords instantly flew out from their bodies one after another.
Along with various wondrous Magic Tools—no holding back at this time.
In an instant, the void trembled from terrifying Magic Power fluctuations and the Burst of Magic Tools.
Even some Late Foundation Establishment cultivators couldn’t help but change color.
If it were them facing the assault of seven Foundation Establishment Cultivators, they’d probably struggle.
After all, that was seven Foundation Establishment Cultivators!
However, a smile appeared on Ji Qing’s face.
So what if seven Foundation Establishment Cultivators?
His figure blurred slightly.
“Whoosh.”
Ji Qing disappeared.
Void Evasion Technique!
Ji Qing rarely used the Void Evasion Technique, unleashing it now—its feature was one: speed!
In an instant, Ji Qing closed the distance.
However, Foundation Establishment Cultivators controlled Flying Swords like extensions of their arms, and they had Spiritual Sense.
Ji Qing’s every move was firmly locked by Spiritual Sense.
Thus, Ji Qing’s advance instead seemed like “crashing into” the Flying Swords.
The Flying Swords’ speed was unimaginably fast.
Ji Qing extended his hand.
Immediately, Innate True Qi Burst, transforming into a massive hand that fiercely grabbed at the Flying Swords before him.
Innate Qi Great Capture Hand!
“Boom.”
The massive hand, powered by Innate Five Elements Destruction True Qi, grabbed at one Flying Sword after another.
Extremely strange.
Any Flying Sword touched by the Innate Qi Great Capture Hand seemed to instantly lose its sharpness, directly falling into the massive hand and firmly imprisoned by it.
Even desperately urged by Foundation Establishment Cultivators, it was useless—unable to break free from Ji Qing’s massive hand.
“How could this be?”
“What Martial Arts is this? It doesn’t seem too strong, but why can it grab so many Flying Swords?”
“Does this hand specifically counter Flying Swords?”
The seven Foundation Establishment Cultivators were shocked.
They were extremely surprised that Ji Qing could suppress so many Flying Swords at once.
In truth, though the Innate Qi Great Capture Hand was special, able to imprison and capture, it was only Innate Level.
Even powered by Ji Qing’s Dao Foundation strength, the Innate Qi Great Capture Hand could only match ordinary Dao Foundation attack methods.
But crucially, Ji Qing had Innate Five Elements Destruction True Qi inside him.
Specializing in countering Five Elements attributes.
These Flying Swords were typical Five Elements Gold.
Thus, they were completely countered by Ji Qing, directly imprisoned by the Innate Qi Great Capture Hand.
However, these Foundation Establishment Cultivators had more than just Flying Swords.
They had other Magic Tools.
As the Flying Swords were imprisoned, attacks from other Magic Tools also landed on Ji Qing.
“Hum.”
The next moment, a towering great tree suddenly appeared above Ji Qing’s head.
Lush and verdant, blotting out the sky.
Emanating dense Vitality.
It was the Green Wood Divine Tree!
Although the current Green Wood Divine Tree had been reforged by Yunmeng Goddess and wasn’t as defensively strong as when Green Wood Immortal Sect refined it.
But the Green Wood Divine Tree itself had decent defense.
It could more or less weaken the attacks of the seven Foundation Establishment Cultivators.
“Boom.”
Finally, the attacks from those Magic Tools and Magic landed on Ji Qing.
Ji Qing stood unmoving, hard-taking this wave of attacks.
The Green Wood Divine Tree had endless dense Vitality, rapidly healing Ji Qing’s injuries.
“He can hard-take a strike from our seven Foundation Establishment Cultivators?”
“Though the Flying Swords are imprisoned, the Might of our Magic Tools and Magic is still not to be underestimated—any Foundation Establishment Cultivator would be blasted apart, yet he hard-took it?”
“How tough must his body be?”
Before the seven Foundation Establishment Cultivators could unleash a second wave, Ji Qing Draw Sword.
“Clang.”
Ji Qing Drew Sword, terrifying Saber Intent directly locking onto the seven Foundation Establishment Cultivators.
At the same time, ten-zhang-long Saber Qi tore through the void.
Ji Qing didn’t target all seven Foundation Establishment Cultivators at once.
Instead, he focused on one Foundation Establishment Cultivator.
The Foundation Establishment Cultivator closest to Ji Qing, locked by Ji Qing’s Saber Intent and seeing such terrifying Saber Qi.
Felt extreme danger in his heart.
Clearly, he knew this saber couldn’t be blocked!
“I concede, I concede!”
This Foundation Establishment Cultivator shouted.
“Hum.”
A beam of light descended from the sky, instantly enveloping this conceding Foundation Establishment Cultivator.
Then, this Foundation Establishment Cultivator vanished into thin air.
As if directly teleported out of this void.
The crowd felt a chill.
This was Black Water Daoist making a move.
He controlled Northern Mausoleum Immortal Palace’s mountain-protecting array.
This mountain-protecting array was extremely terrifying, set up by Golden Core True Persons.
And not just one Golden Core True Person.
But successive generations of Golden Core True Persons, repeatedly patching and reinforcing, forming the current mountain-protecting array.
Northern Mausoleum Immortal Palace’s mountain-protecting array was extremely powerful—not to mention Foundation Establishment or Dao Foundation Level, even true Golden Core level couldn’t break it.
This was the foundation of a Golden Core Orthodoxy!
“Thank you, Fellow Daoist Black Water.”
This teleported Foundation Establishment Cultivator bowed to Black Water Daoist.
He truly breathed a sigh of relief.
That saber just now was truly too terrifying.
If not for Black Water Daoist, he would surely have died!
“This old man said, this competition is only to determine winners and losers, not life and death! With Northern Mausoleum Immortal Palace’s array here, no matter how dire, safety is ensured. But you must concede first.”
These words were not just for the departing Foundation Establishment Cultivator, but for both battling sides.
If you can’t win, concede—don’t hard-resist.
You can’t resist, you’ll die.
Concede and you live.
The seven Foundation Establishment Cultivators became six.
Ji Qing’s Saber Qi missed, dissipating.
But Ji Qing swung another saber.
Again, ten-zhang-long Saber Qi.
And the Saber Qi contained terrifying Saber Intent, suppressing the six Foundation Establishment Cultivators.
Seeing Ji Qing’s terrifying Saber Qi.
Also containing ice and Lightning Power, the six Foundation Establishment Cultivators’ faces were extremely ugly.
“Forget it, we’re not fighting—we concede.”
The six Foundation Establishment Cultivators suddenly spoke.
All six were dejected.
Indeed, they couldn’t continue fighting.
Ji Qing seemed to completely counter them.
They couldn’t exert their power.
After all, half a cultivator’s combat power was in their Flying Swords.
Yet their sharpest Flying Swords were all imprisoned by Ji Qing.
How could they fight?
“Fellow Daoists, you concede!”
Ji Qing also stopped.
In an instant, many cultivators’ expressions were complex.
They had all seen Ji Qing’s moves just now.
If it were them, how would they cope with Ji Qing?
In fact, they had thought carefully.
They could only rely on the mountain-protecting array to contend with Ji Qing.
Without the mountain-protecting array, one-on-one, they’d probably not be Ji Qing’s match.
After all, even seven Foundation Establishment Cultivators united had lost.
“‘Heavenly Saber’ truly lives up to his reputation. Able to Saber Slash Daoist Yun Mu, trample Green Wood Immortal Sect—strength too overwhelming. Even stronger than many Dao Foundation Experts from a thousand years ago.”
“Even placed a thousand years ago, Ji Qing would be a renowned Dao Foundation Level powerhouse.”
“Current Ji Qing at Foundation Establishment Level—who is his match?”
Of course, the crowd was very clear.
If the number of united Foundation Establishment Cultivators was a bit more, and they didn’t use Flying Swords so quickly at the start.
They could still “pile to death” Ji Qing with numbers.
Ji Qing couldn’t yet sweep all Foundation Establishment Cultivators.
But even so, it was already extremely terrifying.
After all, Ji Qing had only recently forged Dao Foundation.
Not even Late Foundation Establishment, yet strength so overwhelming—if Ji Qing reached Late Foundation Establishment, or even Dao Foundation Perfection, his strength would advance further.
Ji Qing stood with hands behind his back in the void.
He was also reflecting.
He seemed to have won just now, but it also exposed some of his issues.
The biggest issue: Ji Qing lacked area attack methods.
If the opponents’ numbers were a bit more, he’d be in danger.
However, normally Ji Qing wouldn’t face a siege of dozens of Foundation Establishment Cultivators.
If it really came to that, Ji Qing would first avoid their sharp edge.
Black Water Daoist smiled faintly: “Fellow Daoist Ji truly has peerless Martial Arts! Qingzhou and Qizhou henceforth are Heavenly Martial Sacred Land’s territory—no Immortal Sects may remain in these Two Provinces Land, otherwise Northern Mausoleum Immortal Palace and other Immortal Sects will jointly attack!”
“Everyone, no problem, right?”
The seven Foundation Establishment Cultivators glanced at each other.
Though very unwilling, unable to beat Ji Qing—what could they do?
Did they want to end up like Green Wood Immortal Sect, with their Orthodox Lineage exterminated?
Thus, the seven Foundation Establishment Cultivators took a deep breath and said in unison: “Within one month, we will relocate our sect doors out of the Two Provinces Land!”
Ji Qing thus obtained the Two Provinces Land.
Heavenly Martial Sacred Land’s future development was thus assured.
With the population and resources of the Two Provinces Land to support one Heavenly Martial Sacred Land, it was sufficient!
This could also count as Ji Qing’s foundation left for Heavenly Martial Sacred Land.
After all, Ji Qing was Heavenly Martial Sacred Land’s founding Patriarch!
“Alright, which other Immortal Sects have disputes? You can also, like Fellow Daoist Ji, determine winners and losers to delineate territory.”
With the battle between Ji Qing and the seven Foundation Establishment Cultivators.
Many Immortal Sects’ Foundation Establishment Cultivators also began Great Wars.
Only delineating territory, not deciding life and death.
Even Ji Qing watched with great interest.
After all, Foundation Establishment Great Cultivators’ combat methods were still quite ingenious and spectacular.
As time passed.
So many Foundation Establishment Great Cultivators fought for nearly several days.
Finally delineating territory.
However, the world was vast.
Even the weakest Immortal Sects got territory.
Just smaller territory, fewer resources.
Could actually be considered a win-win.
No deaths in contending for territory, no Orthodox Lineages exterminated—this was already fortunate.
Before the past millennium, whether Immortal Sects or Martial Way sect doors, once disputes began, it was often all-out until the opponent’s Orthodox Lineage was severed.
This territory delineation was the most “harmonious.”
Not a single Foundation Establishment Cultivator died, and territory was delineated.
Black Water Daoist was very pleased.
After all, this was led by him, led by Northern Mausoleum Immortal Palace.
However, Northern Mausoleum Immortal Palace didn’t participate.
Nor did anyone challenge Northern Mausoleum Immortal Palace.
Even beyond Northern Mausoleum Immortal Palace, the other Three Great Golden Core Orthodoxies didn’t fight.
Other Immortal Sects seemed to tacitly accept the territory of these Four Great Golden Core Orthodoxies.
This was the deterrent power of the Four Great Golden Core Orthodoxies.
“Alright, everyone go back and prepare. The agreement is ten years.”
“After ten years, head together to the Boundless Sea Region!”
The numerous Foundation Establishment Cultivators nodded.
However, just as the crowd was about to leave.
Suddenly, Ji Qing spoke.
His gaze swept over everyone one by one, then he asked: “Everyone, Ji Mou has one matter to inquire. Do the various Immortal Sects have any clues on the Skin-changing Demon?”
As soon as the words fell, the surroundings instantly quieted.
ps: Only one update today too! Daily ten thousand words for half a month has worn Old Moon out… Hmm, definitely two updates of ten thousand words tomorrow! Forgive me, Fellow Daoists!
