Chapter 2501: Heavenly Fiend Sect

Qinglian Island, Qinglian Peak.

Wang Ruyan was seated in a stone pavilion. Beside her, a massive beast with a leopard's head and a tiger's body lay sprawled. Its entire body was covered in light silver scales, and a single silver horn protruded from its head.

This was the Sky-Rending Beast, which had already grown to Rank 4.

Growing from Rank 1 to Rank 4 within a century was quite fast. Wang Ruyan had invested a significant amount of cultivation resources; otherwise, its advancement wouldn't have been so rapid. For a Nascent Soul cultivator, it would be impossible to cultivate a Rank 1 demonic beast to Rank 4 in just over a hundred years.

The Mirage Dragon was born at Rank 4, not only due to its inherent bloodline but also because it had absorbed a large quantity of Azure Jade Divine Milk.

On the stone table in front of Wang Ruyan, dozens of light-golden spiritual peaches were laid out. The Sky-Rending Beast gazed at them longingly.

Wang Ruyan picked up a spiritual peach. The Sky-Rending Beast understood immediately, opening its mouth for her to drop the peach inside. It chewed a few times and then swallowed.

The Double-Pupiled Rat rushed out from a small courtyard, some brown bloodstains clinging to its fur.

The Sky-Rending Beast looked at the Double-Pupiled Rat with some fear, moving closer to Wang Ruyan.

The Wang family members regularly sent high-rank demonic beasts for the Double-Pupiled Rat to eat. The first time the Double-Pupiled Rat saw the Sky-Rending Beast, it mistook it for food and nearly devoured it. Thankfully, Wang Changsheng appeared just in time.

This left a lasting trauma on the Sky-Rending Beast. Despite its enormous size, the Double-Pupiled Rat could grow even larger than it.

The Double-Pupiled Rat climbed onto the tabletop. Wang Ruyan picked up a spiritual peach and offered it to the rat, but it shook its head and lay down on the stone table.

These spiritual peaches contained little spiritual energy, so it didn't care for them at all. Only spirit herbs of at least five hundred years old would catch its eye, and only demonic beasts of Rank 5 or higher would whet its appetite.

Wang Ruyan commanded the Sky-Rending Beast to demonstrate its divine ability.

The Sky-Rending Beast let out a low roar, opened its gaping maw, and unleashed a silver light. The light struck the void, causing ripples to spread before it suddenly tore open, revealing a void roughly ten feet wide.

Wang Ruyan released a flying eagle puppet beast, instructing it to fly into the void. The void then healed itself.

An hour later, spatial fluctuations occurred, and the flying eagle puppet beast fell out of the void.

A Rank 4 Sky-Rending Beast could tear open a temporary space over a hundred feet wide, which would last for an hour before automatically collapsing. The higher the rank of the Sky-Rending Beast, the larger the space it could tear open, the longer it would last, and the more stable the space would be.

By hiding in the temporary space, most attacks, such as flames, sword energy, or lightning, could be ignored. However, some powerful attacks could tear through space and would still be effective. Nonetheless, if the Sky-Rending Beast's rank was high enough, the temporary space it tore open would be more stable and harder to detect.

Wang Ruyan took out a sparkling magic disk and cast a spell. Wang Qingcheng's urgent voice immediately sounded: "Mother, Huayue and her team found a place at the bottom of the sea. It's either an entrance to a secret realm or an ancient cultivator's cave dwelling. Ancestor Mengbin rushed there with people immediately and sent someone to notify me, asking me to inform you at once."

The Wang family had been continuously developing barren islands, currently controlling over seven thousand islands distributed within a radius of five hundred million li. The Wang family occupied islands rich in spiritual energy or with important cultivation resources, while other islands were leased to other forces.

Whenever something happened, family members would either use talismans to send messages or use teleportation arrays to return and report to the elders. The information would be reported up through the ranks. Given that Wang Mengbin, who was stationed on a large island, had personally rushed there with people, that place was certainly extraordinary.

"Where is the location? How was it discovered?"

Wang Ruyan pressed for details.

"It's over five hundred million li away. Huayue and her team were exploring a mineral vein when they accidentally discovered it. She set up four sets of Rank 5 formations, but even they couldn't stop the anomalies caused by the breaking formation. A restriction blocked her, and there's a miniature Azure Dragon on its surface."

Wang Qingcheng reported truthfully.

Wang Mengbin had sent someone to notify Wang Moshan, who then contacted Wang Qingcheng. The information was passed up through the ranks. For a matter of such significance, contacting Wang Changsheng or Wang Ruyan directly was the immediate next step.

Wang Qingcheng was self-aware. He had not been in the Void Refinement stage for long, and the location was underwater. Given his capabilities, he couldn't resolve it, so he reported to Wang Ruyan.

Wang Qingfeng was away, and Wang Qingshan, Wang Yingjie, and Liu Hongxue were inland. Since Wang Qingcheng and Bai Yuqi had only recently entered the Void Refinement stage, the only true masters in the family were Wang Changsheng, Wang Ruyan, and Wang Mengbin.

"Mother, perhaps we should inform father! With him handling it, there would definitely be no problem."

Wang Qingcheng asked for instructions.

"It's just a small matter; your father doesn't need to get involved. I can handle it myself."

Wang Ruyan said confidently. If Wang Changsheng had to personally attend to every matter, he would simply be overwhelmed.

"Mother, let me accompany you! I can help."

Wang Qingcheng volunteered.

"No need. You cultivate earth-attribute cultivation methods, and fighting underwater, you'd have no advantage. I'll go alone."

Putting away the communication disk, Wang Ruyan turned to the Double-Pupiled Rat and said, "It's time for you to earn your keep. You can have a good meal now."

Whether it was a secret realm or an ancient cultivator's cave dwelling, the Double-Pupiled Rat could play a significant role.

The Double-Pupiled Rat had grown up under Wang Ruyan's care, and it was very obedient to its mistress.

The Double-Pupiled Rat seemed to understand Wang Ruyan's words. It jumped onto her shoulder, emitting excited squeaks, as if responding to her.

The Qilin Turtle had recently eaten a Rank 6 Golden Thunder Shark and had fallen into a deep slumber.

Wang Ruyan took a Rank 6 puppet beast with her and departed from Qinglian Island.

In a boundless expanse of azure sea, hundreds of streaks of escaping light gathered high in the sky, ranging from Core Formation to Spirit Transformation stage cultivators.

The unusual phenomenon was too conspicuous. Large numbers of cultivators immediately rushed over, simultaneously reporting to their superiors.

A team of cultivators dressed in identical black robes intercepted the other cultivators, preventing them from diving into the seabed. Their clothing bore the emblem of a black skull, the symbol of the Heavenly Fiend Sect.

The Heavenly Fiend Sect had a legacy spanning over ten thousand years. Its founding patriarch had performed great deeds and requested a territory from the Cold Flame Sect to establish their own sect. To this day, it had developed into a formidable force with over a dozen Void Refinement cultivators and numerous masters, serving as a subordinate power to the Cold Flame Sect.

The Zhenhai Palace had relocated numerous cultivation families from inland to overseas. To contend with Zhenhai Palace and to expand its own influence, the Cold Flame Sect had instructed several subordinate sects to establish branches overseas. Among them, the Heavenly Fiend Sect was the strongest, especially since the Liu family had been severely weakened.

The Heavenly Fiend Sect had as many as five Void Refinement cultivators permanently stationed overseas. Two of the Heavenly Fiend Sect's Void Refinement cultivators had already arrived and were currently searching for treasure on the seabed.

"You Heavenly Fiend Sect are going too far! Treasures should be shared among those who discover them."

A rogue cultivator said with a frown.

Other rogue cultivators echoed his sentiment, all wanting a share. Even if they couldn't get the meat, a sip of the soup would be good.

"Shared among those who discover them? This was discovered by our Heavenly Fiend Sect. All of you, get lost!"

A tall, thin middle-aged man spoke, his face filled with killing intent.

"Heh, discovered by your Heavenly Fiend Sect? This entire area is our Wang family's territory. Anything found within our territory belongs to us."

A dignified male voice descended from high above.

No sooner had the voice fallen than a deafening thunderclap echoed from high above. Thunderclouds rolled, dark clouds gathered densely, and lightning flashed with booming thunder.

A burly, silver-robed young man appeared in the sky; it was none other than Wang Mengbin.

"It's True Monarch Zixiao!"

Someone recognized Wang Mengbin. Wang Mengbin was primarily responsible for dealing with high-rank demonic beasts and assisting family members in developing barren islands. He had slain many demonic beasts, establishing a considerable reputation in this sea region.

Upon seeing Wang Mengbin, the middle-aged man's expression softened, and he politely said, "Senior Wang, this sea region is ownerless, so how could it be..."

Before he could finish his sentence, hundreds of thick silver lightning bolts tore through the sky, heading directly for the middle-aged man.

The middle-aged man was greatly startled. He quickly conjured a palm-sized black skull, infusing it with a spell. The black skull instantly expanded, spewing out a thick, dark mist to meet the hundreds of silver lightning bolts.