Chapter 3263: Profound Increase in Foundation

**Summit of the Green Lotus**

The Crimson Flame Mountain Range stretches for millions of miles, serving as the ancestral land of the Guo family. The Guo family's ancestors originated from the Divine Weapons Sect and were renowned for their mastery of artifact refining. Currently, the Guo family boasts two Integration Stage cultivators, with Guo Yulin possessing the highest cultivation.

Guo Yulin is in the early Integration Stage, and he is typically undisturbed during his cultivation. On this particular day, as usual, he was cultivating in his residence when a communication talisman flew in and stopped before him. Guo Yulin sensed its presence, promptly ceased his cultivation, opened his eyes, and swiftly grabbed and crushed the talisman. A respectful male voice sounded: "A clan member has contacted us. Meet at the usual spot."

Guo Yulin's expression became serious. He rose and walked out, arriving at a secluded small courtyard where a tall, slender young man in a green shirt stood before him. This was Guo Xi, a Mid-Void Refinement Stage cultivator and Guo Yulin's clone. "What's going on? Why are you contacting me out of the blue?" Guo Yulin asked, puzzled. "I don't know," Guo Xi reported, "but it must be urgent, otherwise they wouldn't have contacted us directly." "Let's go together and see," Guo Yulin instructed. "I hope it's nothing major."

He and his clone left the Crimson Flame Mountain Range. Given his status and position, there was no need to inform other clan members. After traveling millions of miles from the Crimson Flame Mountain Range, they appeared above a vast plain. They had traveled this path many times before and were very familiar with it.

The moment they appeared, a ripple in the void formed, and a bloody spider claw materialized out of thin air, striking towards Guo Yulin and Guo Xi. Guo Yulin reacted swiftly, a brilliant red light bursting from his body as a thick red energy barrier appeared, enveloping him. The bloody spider claw struck the red barrier with a dull thud. The ground then swelled into a mound, and a short, stout old man in a blood-red robe emerged. He had a round face, small eyes, and blood-red pupils. It was Wang Zhu. A dazzling bloody light illuminated his chest, vaguely revealing hundreds of tiny, blood-red eyes. Hundreds of thick beams of blood-light shot out, heading straight for Guo Yulin.

Guo Yulin was shocked. With a flick of his sleeve, a shimmering red shield flew out. Hundreds of blood beams struck the red shield, causing a series of dull thuds. Green smoke rose from the red shield, its surface showed signs of corrosion, and its spiritual light dimmed. Wang Zhu then opened his mouth and spat out several blood-red spider threads, as fine as ox hair. They successively struck the red shield, piercing through it. The blood-red threads then struck the red energy barrier with a muffled sound.

Suddenly, a black mist descended from the sky, enveloping both Guo Yulin and Guo Xi. The red energy barrier remained intact, but Guo Xi screamed, collapsed, and his soul was utterly extinguished. "Soul attack!" Guo Yulin cried out in extreme pain, his features contorted. A colossal bloody spider phantom appeared in the sky above Wang Zhu's head. The spider phantom's head had hundreds of small, blood-red eyes, and its Dharma Idol was six-tenths condensed. Each of the hundred small eyes on the spider phantom shot out a beam of blood-light, heading straight for Guo Yulin. The hundred blood-light beams struck the red energy barrier, shattering it. The blood-lights then pierced through Guo Yulin's body.

Guo Yulin screamed. His body rapidly dissolved into a pool of blood, and his corpse transformed into a pale golden bamboo stalk with three segments. This was a Calamity Substitution Jade Bamboo, a high-grade treasure that could substitute for death five times. Guo Yulin had clearly used it twice already. A spiritual light illuminated the sky a hundred miles away, revealing Guo Yulin's figure. His eyes were filled with terror. It was a trap, and he had fallen for it.

Wang Zhu spat out countless fine blood-red spider threads, weaving them into a blood-red long spear that shot towards Guo Yulin. Simultaneously, the bloody spider phantom emitted a sharp screech. Hearing this sound, Guo Yulin felt disoriented, inexplicably agitated, and his vital energy surged. He opened his mouth and spat out a small, shimmering red mirror. He cast a spell into it, and the mirror's surface glowed brightly, ejecting thousands of crimson thunderflames that flew to meet the attack. A series of rumbling explosions and continuous blasts ensued.

Two golden lights shot up from the ground. Guo Yulin swayed, dodging the two golden lights. A bloody spider claw then materialized and struck his protective spiritual light. Guo Yulin rapidly plummeted towards the ground as a black mist surged from underground, enveloping him. He screamed, feeling his soul begin to dissipate. Hundreds of blood-lights shot forth, piercing through Guo Yulin's body. His body rapidly dissolved into a shower of blood. As a miniature Nascent Soul just left his body, a cyan mist descended from the sky, enveloped it, and drew it into a cyan jade bottle.

Wang Chan and Wang Can then appeared. Guo Yulin was a spy planted by the Lizard Race within the human race, and he had to be eliminated. If this were reported to the Xuankan Sect or Zhenhai Palace, it would certainly implicate Yixin. Guo Yulin was the most successful spy planted by the Lizard Race, and only high-ranking Lizard Race members knew his true identity. Wang Changsheng naturally wouldn't tell anyone else. Forcibly entering the Guo family to eliminate him would harm innocent people, so resolving Guo Yulin's threat discreetly was the best outcome. Wang Can took the cyan jade bottle, and Wang Chan searched Guo Yulin's body for his belongings. The three of them then left the area.

***

On Green Lotus Island, Green Lotus Peak, Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan were sitting in a cyan stone pavilion, chatting. They had arranged for Wang Zhu and the other two to eliminate Guo Yulin, while they themselves would clear out other Lizard Race strongholds overseas. The remnants of the Lizard Race had broken into smaller groups, scattering across various locations overseas, which indeed made it easier for them to hide. However, this also dispersed their strength. With Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan working together, the Lizard Race cultivators were simply no match. Only a small number of Void Refinement cultivators who were out on missions managed to escape, but Void Refinement cultivators could not cause much trouble.

They acquired a total of ten high-grade Heaven-reaching Spirit Treasures, mostly offensive ones, along with a set of Thunder Transformation Array, eight Sky Scepters, over 75,000 top-grade spirit stones, over 8,000 portions of Dharma Idol materials, four pages of the Heavenly Void Jade Book, and 300 bottles of seventh-tier elixirs with various effects. There were also many cultivation techniques, five of which were particularly valuable: the "Heavenly Lizard Codex," "Myriad Demon True Scripture," "Nine Heavens Thunder Scripture," "Wind Elemental Great Art," and "Myriad Wood Profound Art." All of these could be cultivated to the late Mahayana stage.

The "Heavenly Lizard Codex" was the Lizard Race's foundational cultivation technique and the primary cultivation method for most Lizard Race cultivators. However, other cultivators could only obtain the initial stages of this technique, with the last three layers held by Gao Yuan. The Wang family, however, obtained the complete technique. The remaining four cultivation techniques were brought back by Mahayana stage Lizard Race cultivators who had traveled abroad. The "Myriad Demon True Scripture" was a demon cultivation technique that most demon races could practice. There were over a hundred types of cultivation techniques that could be practiced to the Integration Stage, encompassing a wide variety. The "Myriad Wood Profound Art" was a wood-attribute cultivation technique, but few Lizard Race members practiced it, as there were few high-level spiritual plant masters among them.

The Wang family decided to send a contingent to Xuanguang Continent, led by Integration Stage cultivators and carrying some wealth and two high-grade Heaven-reaching Spirit Treasures. These individuals, operating in the Horizontal Wave Sea Domain, were unaware of the Lizard Race's main hidden locations. This move was also a precaution to safeguard the clan's assets and members, preventing them from being completely wiped out.