This Is Not the Female Demon Lord I Remembered
Chapter 275 - 266: New Identity: Sect Leader of Purple Cloud Sect [Subscribe please!]

Chapter 275: Chapter 266: New Identity: Sect Leader of Purple Cloud Sect [Subscribe please!]

A mere Spirit Mountain was truly no significant challenge for a cultivator of the Eighth Realm; it was merely a matter of nudging the mountain a bit.

Liang Yi suddenly noticed the colors around him turn strange, and when he looked up, the once blue sky and white clouds had unexpectedly transformed into the Purple Cloud Sea.

Standing in the Void, Purple Mist Step had his eyes brimming with purple light, his hands pressed in the air drove down a torrent of Purple Cloud, spinning and moving, completely enveloping a mighty mountain range front of him. The mystical and demonic beasts within the mountain range were all terrified, unable to muster any resistance against this disaster-like force, they could only prostrate themselves on the ground, showing their submission to the power’s master, hoping for a path to survival.

Of course, Purple Mist Step was not the type to kill indiscriminately; he even took the effort to shift this mountain rather than just directly shatter it.

Rumbling——

The intense shaking of the earth spread around through the crust, and within tens of thousands of miles, both cultivators and mystical beasts looked towards the source of the tremors.

Curious cultivators who saw the towering Purple Cloud from afar thought it might be some ancient secret treasure or a rare Secret Realm appearing, and they wanted to use their Escape Skill to take a look.

But just as they were about to move, they were firmly held back by a kind-hearted cultivator, who whispered sternly: "Are you tired of living, daring to go there rashly?"

"Huh? What’s wrong with that place?"

The young cultivator being held back was confused, what’s up with that place? Isn’t it just a desolate mountain?

"Taoist Sect Banished Immortal’s territory!" The kind-hearted cultivator only spat out a few words before letting go, leaving the young man, who had just started his adventures, to make his own choice.

"Sss." The young cultivator gasped in cold air, frightened by the surging Purple Mist he had just seen, no longer daring to think about treasure hunting.

Taoist Sect Banished Immortal, who doesn’t know?

"Big brother, let’s go, I’ll buy you a drink." The novice finally realized the importance of experience and hurriedly grabbed the kind-hearted cultivator, trying to make friends with him.

On the other side, Liang Yi was also secretly amazed by Purple Mist Step’s actions. Such a huge mountain range, yet it was completely moved aside in the time it took a half-incense stick to burn, truly impressive!

The vast Purple Mist penetrated deep into the earth, lifting the mountain range up from its roots without destroying the foundation.

After confirming that no innocent beings were present in the desired relocation area, Purple Mist Step then tossed the massive mountain range, which could expand the sect’s territory, to that place, while the mystical and rare beasts in the Spirit Mountain lay prostrate on the ground, grateful for the great being’s mercy in not killing them.

"Alright, next is to release the Purple Cloud Sect from the Big Cave Fetal Breath Lamp and connect it to the earth’s veins." Purple Mist Step clapped his hands, looking at his creation with satisfaction and nodded.

Chen Hua also observed for a long while, feeling that the Purple Cloud Sect truly deserved to be an old Overlord Sect from the previous epoch, their Daoist Skill was indeed profound and unmatched, such a heritage would not be outdated in any Super Force.

During the observation, Chen Hua conveniently disposed of a few reckless cultivators who, ignoring Su Youyi and Old Master Jute’s warning arrays outside, dashed straight towards this place.

Liang Yi had already handed over the Big Cave Fetal Breath Lamp to Purple Mist Step.

Transferring such a huge sect across the Boundary from the Secret Realm was a big project; Liang Yi could handle releasing only the entrance to the Secret Realm, but moving the entire sect was a strenuous task that was better left to Elder Zi himself.

Old but vigorous!

Even for someone like Purple Mist Step, with his Realm and Mental State, he was full of anticipation for the reopening of the Mountain Gate, his energy boundless. After a period of earth-shattering upheaval, countless sects near Youdao Mountain watched the surging sea of Purple Cloud with fear and trepidation, after which Purple Cloud Sect was officially settled.

"Ding! Super Sect [Purple Cloud Sect] emerges in the world!"

"Ding! Obtained golden identity [Purple Cloud Sect Leader]"

"Ding! First-grade treasures [Big Cave Fetal Breath Lamp] and [Taihua XiYi Bell] recognize their master!"

[Purple Cloud Sect Leader]: During tenure, possesses all authorities of the Purple Cloud Sect, can independently decide any future plans for the Sect, can access detailed information of any personnel under the sect. After consulting with the Supreme Elder, new positions can be added within the sect, and sect members can be appointed to various positions at will.

"Wow, what a great harvest!" Seeing the system notifications, Liang Yi raised his brows in surprise, not expecting that the sect system would only be activated now.

Before in the game, it wasn’t only the indigenous residents that established guilds; some of the major player guilds also set up their own sects, which triggered the activation of the Sect System.

The sects established by players were initially inferior even to the lowest-level indigenous sects - lacking both funding and strength. What they did have in abundance was people, but that was just unfortunate as it proved useless.

At that time, the player’s sects were just for fun, meant to satisfy the thrill of constructive gameplay.

However, as the game progressed to the mid-stage and the players’ levels generally increased, their sects became capable of competing with the indigenous sects. Launching Sect Wars and relying on their undying bodies to seize resources became a regular affair.

A fervent player of Sect Wars commented: "After toiling in the game for such a long time, we couldn’t even fill our own sect’s treasure vault. But winning a Sect War means we can completely plunder another sect’s resources. Why not take advantage of that?"

Although that period didn’t significantly impact the Second Grade and higher forces, for the sects below the Second Grade, encountering this group of peculiar people was downright disastrous, almost no different from encountering a band of bandits and robbers!

Player-only sects solely targeted those indigenous sects that persisted in accepting natives and disdained these peculiar players.

Without the interference of similarly-immortal players, the human-wave strategy was unrivaled and unreasonable against indigenous sects under equal realms!

This chaos continued until the players began to affect the interests of the Top Grade sects, leading to a crackdown. Although Sect Wars still occurred, their frequency was significantly reduced.

However, since the event known as "The Doomsday of the Indigenous Sects," Mystical Mechanism Continent no longer had any sect that looked down upon or distanced itself from peculiar players.

After all, the indigenous sects that disliked abnormal players, except for those they dared not provoke, were all demolished by players. They didn’t just shear the sheep; they slaughtered them right away and turned them into roasted mutton.

Nevertheless, the benefits of establishing one’s own sect were clear: it could consolidate player power, also known as the guild or rallying people. After all, the players weren’t a bunch of obedient babies but rather mess-makers who revel in chaos. Offering help wasn’t about deep brotherhood but about enjoying the commotion and joining the fray.

Next, there’s the matter of having a say in a region; the stronger the sect, the more noticeable the boost in status and identity. Lastly, there are direct benefits like the resources of the sect’s territory, protection fees from weaker forces, and secret realms - all of which could enhance one’s strength.

Besides these, there were other hidden benefits, briefly referred to as rallying people.

Liang Yi knew that in his previous life, the strongest player sect was led and established by those from Qingcheng Guild, already reaching the fringe of Second Grade power. Although they couldn’t compare with others in high-level strength, their lower-level players far surpassed other Second Grade sects.

"With this authority, we could use the entire sect to assign tasks to players for experience and shearing benefits," Liang Yi said with a delighted smile.

Compared to regular players, his difference lay in leveraging the NPC template to earn experience. Even if he only received one-tenth of the experience from the tasks completed by players, he could still accumulate a massive amount of experience daily.

By now, for Liang Yi, millions of experience points were just enough for one level up, and his skill panel also held a hungry horde of skills waiting to be fed with experience; he wished he could split every point of experience in half.

"However, the player’s levels are still a bit low right now. As leeks, they are too tender and need further nurturing to make reaping them more satisfying later on," Liang Yi pondered, chin propped on his hand.

"All right, since your Sect’s Mountain Gate has already been successfully established, then my part here is done," Chen Hua, lying on the grass with eyes closed as if restoring his spirit, stood up from the grass upon seeing the Purple Cloud Sect had entered its official phase, patted his rear and said to Liang Yi.

"Hmm? Master, is there still something else you need to do?" Liang Yi curiously asked. His impression of his master was that of someone who always seemed idle, but it now appeared there was still something to be done.

"I initially planned to accompany you to Complete Heaven Sect to see Old Man Fang tend to his daughter’s injuries, but there has been a change in plans. There must be a breach in the Abyss; I need to check it out to prepare for the future," Chen Hua said solemnly, eyes directed towards the direction of the Zen Sect in Desert North.

The emergence of the Abyss had given him a sense of crisis as well. The most powerful era in the history of the Taoist Sect was when it was referred to as the ’Three Immortals of the Daoist Sect’ - the Daoist Immortal, Sword Immortal, and War Immortal.

Even with the invincible Sword Immortal, who could sever a corner of the Heavenly Dao, and those two other Ninth Realm Great Perfection individuals, they could only barely seal the Abyss, leading ultimately to the collapse of the epoch. Chen Hua didn’t believe that he alone, barely at the latter phase of Eighth Realm, could stand against the Abyss Army that might break the seal.

"I wanted to spare some time to provide you some guidance, but now I simply don’t have the time. Take this bundle of Spirit Light; inside are some insights I gained from your father-in-law. When you have time, take a look, it should be substantially helpful,"

Chen Hua pointed at Liang Yi’s head, a flash of silvery-white Spirit Light passed, and Liang Yi found that his Sea of Consciousness had gained an orb similar to those his father-in-law had given him.

"Thank you for the guidance, Master!" Liang Yi touched his slightly cool forehead and bowed respectfully to Chen Hua before him. His master had been seemingly lost in thought earlier, likely preparing to leave something behind for him before departing.

Chen Hua rubbed his temples; the method of directly imparting insights seemed simple but was actually quite challenging to perform, and even he felt somewhat exhausted after executing it just once. Granted, this method could help someone gain insights directly, and was indeed much faster than the ordinary ways.

As for condensing those insights into a tangible orb to gift to someone, that was something that Chen Hua, at least until he reached Ninth Realm, could aspire to achieve. He had stealthily learned this method from an ancient Sword Immortal.

"By the way, keep an eye on one more thing for me."