The First Immortal of Destiny

After returning to the Red Flame Sect, Shen Mo convened a high-level meeting to discuss Jade Spring Fairy’s campaign against the Corpse Mountain Range!

Having ascended to the Xuanhuang Immortal Realm for several years, the overall strength of the Red Flame Sect has increased significantly.

Including the Marine Race, the number of those in the Golden Core Realm has reached sixty-three individuals. The former sect master of the Riverside Sect, Yuan Qingshi, has finally condensed his Golden Core. Veteran Golden Core cultivators like Yuan Heming, Zhou Zhiwei, Situ Huo, and Ming Cang have all seen some degree of improvement.

There have been breakthroughs to the Spirit Sea Realm by four thousand five hundred people, with more than fifty thousand in the Qi Gathering Realm!

Additionally, over the years, nearly two hundred thousand young men and women have joined the Red Flame Sect, becoming new outer disciples.

Among the members with special status in the Red Flame Sect, most from the Marine Race have successfully transformed into human forms using the Shape Transforming Pill, as Shen Mo hoped, becoming part of the demon cultivator lineage. Those stubborn beyond reason, who have yet to take human form despite possessing Spirit Sea Realm power, have been stripped of their discipleship, becoming protectors like the Snake Demon Liu Sanmei with a human body and snake form!

As for those under alien tribe protectors, there are now more than a hundred thousand. Though the benefits and treatment are not as good as formal disciples, it’s better than living precariously in the Outer Realm, and there’s still some room for advancement.

The vigorous development of the Red Flame Sect naturally relies on various sources of income.

First and foremost are the various resources within the Green Cloud Cave.

Including the mineral deposits forming gradually in the thick earth; the spiritual plants growing wildly and cultivated in Spirit Fields and medicine gardens; the extraordinary materials produced by the thriving demonic beasts of the Demon Zone—such as Thousand-eyed creatures, Smoke Demons, Human-faced Willows, Glitter Jellyfish, and Thousands Insects Evil Corpse...

Secondly, there are the various outputs from Blood Snake Ridge, including but not limited to underground mineral deposits, spiritual plant herbs, demonic beast materials, etc.

Finally, there are the immortal workshops and shops established throughout Jade Spring Mountain, along with profits gained through trades with other cultivation forces.

However, compared to the native forces of the Immortal Realm, which have existed for thousands or even tens of thousands of years, the Red Flame Sect’s overall prowess in the Hundred Arts of Cultivation—such as alchemy, artifact forging, robe armor, talismans, formations—is relatively weak, and finished elixirs, magic artifacts, robe armor, talismans, and formations lack competitive edge.

In recent years, the Red Flame Sect has primarily sold raw materials and semi-finished products for alchemy and forging in its sect stores or traded them with other forces of Jade Spring Mountain.

Only Shen Mo, endowed with the Destiny Panel, possesses extremely high-level skills, and the elixirs, magic artifacts, robe armor, and talismans crafted by him are well-received in the market.

However, he now devotes most of his time and energy to cultivation;

Occasionally, the items he crafts are barely sufficient for himself, his close ones, and powerful individuals within the Red Flame Sect, leaving no possibility for further sale.

Moreover, having painstakingly cultivated to achieve the Divine Bridge Realm, controlling the life and death of billions, how could he be willing to sacrifice his cultivation time just to earn profits for the sect?

With less "exploitation" of the Red Flame Sect and its disciples, he is indeed considered benevolent!

Fortunately, the Red Flame Sect comes from the Primordial Realm and has traded numerous rare flowers and herbs with the Flower Fairy clan, possessing many spiritual plant resources not commonly found in Jade Spring Mountain. Additionally, there is an entire Fairyland capable of producing spiritual items, with Jade Pool Zone accelerating the growth of flowers, grasses, and bamboos, and the Demon Zone harvesting corpses and extraordinary organs...

Therefore, even selling just raw materials and semi-finished products yields decent overall revenue!

As the Red Flame Sect deepens its mastery over the Hundred Arts of Cultivation, finished elixirs, magic artifacts, talismans, and formations will become increasingly competitive in Jade Spring Mountain’s cultivation world, leading to exponential trade profits in the future.

The high-level meeting within the Longevity Hall lasted two days and nights.

Considering the Red Flame Sect’s vast enterprises and involvement in major events like the struggle between two True Immortals, all aspects of the pros and cons need thorough consideration!

After detailed discussion, Shen Mo made the final decision to participate in this campaign against the Corpse Mountain Range!

The situation this time has undergone earth-shaking changes compared to the past...

At that time, the Red Flame Sect and Azure Heaven Cave were struggling alone on Five Dragon Mountain, and even if they cleansed Hou Corpse Cave of demons, the East, West, and North slopes of Five Dragon Mountain still held countless demons and monsters; even if they cleansed Five Dragon Mountain, there were other Immortal Mountains’ demon forces;

Now, in the vast ten-thousand mountains of the Corpse Mountain Range, a large influx of righteous path forces has joined, not just the sects of Jade Spring Mountain alone, but also other Immortal Mountains’ cultivators and multitudes of powerful figures participating.

Moreover, there was the threat of the Hallow Venerable, the Demon True Immortal, but now with Jade Spring Fairy distracting him, there’s no need to fear massacre by the Demon True Immortal.

Participating in this campaign offers a wealth of advantages for both the entire Red Flame Sect and individual cultivators like Shen Mo!

Thus, as informed by the Mirror Realm’s information, the sect’s high-level leaders began formulating detailed strategies and set the entire Five Dragon Mountain as a priority target for occupation.

Choosing to conquer Five Dragon Mountain involves multifaceted considerations...

Firstly.

The Green Cloud Cave once rested on the southern slope of Five Dragon Mountain, making the Red Flame Sect more familiar with the terrain, environment, demon forces, and resource distribution of this mountain compared to other Immortal Mountains!

Secondly.

Regardless of realm, Red Flame Sect cultivators practice the God Slaying Array;

Even newly recruited disciples over the years must practice this array alongside their foundation cultivation methods and magic and martial arts.

When sect cultivators band together, they can form a Creation Array, the greater the number of participants and the higher the class of cultivators, the more potent the God Slaying Array becomes... As opposed to being scattered across various Immortal Mountains, the Red Flame Sect cultivators gathered at Five Dragon Mountain can harness greater attack, protection capabilities!

Thirdly.

If a single sect conquers an entire Immortal Mountain with its forces, it will only require minimal Merit Points to claim this Immortal Mountain as its territory.

With its scale, the output of various spiritual items and resources from Five Dragon Mountain can support several Formless Realm powerhouses without issue!

Currently, the Red Flame Sect is flourishing with excellent prospects, but as the number of high-class cultivators increases, the income sources will struggle to sustain sect operations; additionally, maintaining momentum inevitably leads to disciples emerging, achieving the Divine Bridge Realm or even Formless Realm.

If foresight is not exercised early, one day, internal sect conflict might ensue!

Once the high-level meeting concludes, decrees bearing Shen Mo’s soul inscription fly out from the Longevity Hall, dispatched to various sect peaks, halls, and inner and outer factions.

Soon, the entire Red Flame Sect is abuzz;

Like a vast and intricate machine, it begins to operate rapidly according to established strategies!

The long-sealed Demon Slaying Hall is also reopened, making preparations for the impending campaign against the Corpse Mountain Range and the conquest of Five Dragon Mountain.

After all, Jade Spring Fairy’s offered reward is her personal compensation; to push disciples to risk their lives, the sect must not be stingy and should equally reward disciples who contribute with Merit Points and spiritual resources;

Furthermore, it’s a prime opportunity to identify numerous outstanding talents, steering sect resources their way to cultivate more powerful sect members!