Chapter 283.3: Overturning Immortal Cultivation! Blood Descendants Reappear and Shocks Everyone! (III)

The Earthly Saints of Divine Sword Manor fell silent as they grasped how serious the matter was.

The Primal World was different from the other secret worlds they had explored. They had entered this world with their true bodies, which meant that if the immortal sects launched a full-scale counterattack, they would be placing their actual lives at risk.

The Earthly Saints exchanged hesitant looks, but their uncertainty did not last long.

"We came here for Martial Dao fragments in the first place," said one of them. "Now that we finally have a real chance to obtain them, we cannot afford to retreat, no matter how dangerous the path ahead is."

"Exactly. Divine Sword Manor has already paid too great a price to establish itself here. We can't give up now!"

"Besides, we have Fellow Daoist Lu with us. With an invincible Earthly Saint overseeing matters, there's no reason to shrink back before we've even begun."

"And if the situation truly becomes impossible to salvage, we can still withdraw to the Immortal Martial World. We aren't trapped here without a way out."

Finally, one of them turned to Lu Changsheng. "Fellow Daoist Lu, you are the supreme Earthly Saint Divine Sword Manor specifically invited to the Primal World. Before we entered, the manor lord gave us clear instructions: while we are here, everyone from Divine Sword Manor is to follow your commands."

The other Earthly Saints nodded in agreement.

A faint smile appeared on Lu Changsheng's face. With Divine Sword Manor supporting him, things would be much easier. He would not have to start from nothing and build everything bit by bit on his own.

"Good! Then we begin with Divine Sword Manor's territory!"

And just like that, Lu Changsheng began laying out his plan. "I'll first create a group of blood descendants. After that, they can transform others themselves, allowing their numbers to expand rapidly. For now, we will keep everything within Divine Sword Manor's sphere of influence.

"At the same time, Divine Sword Manor needs to consolidate its control over the region, especially the mortal kingdoms under its authority. Anyone still wavering between us and the surrounding immortal factions needs to be dealt with. Before the Flesh and Blood Martial Dao begins spreading on a large scale, I want this territory firmly under our control."

"We understand." The Earthly Saints immediately left to make the necessary arrangements.

Divine Sword Manor's five years in Primal World had not been wasted. At the very least, the manor had already conquered a vast territory and established itself as one of the region's hegemonic powers.

In the Primal World, a faction could only be considered a hegemonic power if it possessed absolute control over its territory and had a Deity Transformation-level expert overseeing it. And Divine Sword Manor, with all its Earthly Saints, had naturally met that standard, and the surrounding immortal factions had also long since acknowledged Divine Sword Manor as a power of that level.

After everyone had left, Lu Changsheng thought to himself, I'll begin by creating a group of Third Growth blood descendants. Once they reach the Third Growth, they will have achieved transcendence and possess power comparable to Qi Refining cultivators...

He knew that reaching transcendence was the crucial first step. Only then could the Flesh and Blood Martial Dao truly begin contributing toward the condensation of the Martial Dao. Even so, this was only the beginning. Condensing the Martial Dao required the collective will of countless living beings, and they were still far from that.

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With Divine Sword Manor throwing its full weight behind Lu Changsheng's plan, the Flesh and Blood Martial Dao soon spread across the three mortal kingdoms under its control.

Together, those kingdoms had a population of several billion people. Among ordinary folk, there was almost no resistance to becoming a blood descendant once the benefits became clear. Everyone wanted to grow stronger, so they naturally cultivated the Flesh and Blood Martial Dao, hoping to reach Third Growth and achieve transcendence.

Third Growth was comparable to the Qi Refinement Realm, and reaching the Qi Refinement Realm meant becoming an Immortal Master—something most people without a spirit root could only dream of achieving.

The Flesh and Blood Martial Dao had changed that completely for them. With it, anyone could become a blood descendant. Once transformed, anyone had the possibility of reaching the Third Growth and gaining strength comparable to a Qi Refinement cultivator.

The only ones who showed opposition were the immortal cultivators. Since the Primal World was a world ruled by immortal cultivation, many of the factions under Divine Sword Manor's control were naturally immortal cultivation factions.

Previously, Divine Sword Manor had not forced those cultivators to switch to martial cultivation, but that could no longer continue. If the Flesh and Blood Martial Dao was to spread quickly enough, Divine Sword Manor could not leave large pockets of immortal cultivators untouched within its own territory.

Therefore, the manor mobilized its forces and suppressed the resisting cultivation factions with ruthless efficiency until every one of them became a blood descendant. Unfortunately for the immortal cultivators, this came with severe consequences. Once the transformation was complete, their spirit roots disappeared. From that point onward, they could no longer cultivate the Immortal Dao. The Flesh and Blood Martial Dao became their only path.

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Day after day passed, and Divine Sword Manor carried out Lu Changsheng's plan with astonishing efficiency.

With the Earthly Saints personally overseeing the effort, it took only half a year to transform every major force and mortal kingdom under the manor's control. Several billion people had become blood descendants, and the Flesh and Blood Martial Dao had spread throughout the entire region.

Half a year later, the Earthly Saints gathered once more in Divine Sword Manor to report to Lu Changsheng.

"Fellow Daoist Lu, everyone within our territory has now been transformed into a blood descendant," one of them reported. "Several billion people are cultivating the Flesh and Blood Martial Dao. What should we do next?"

Lu Changsheng sat at the head of the table. By this point, although the title was only nominal, he had effectively become the manor lord overseeing Divine Sword Manor's affairs in the Primal World.

Instead of answering immediately, he raised his gaze toward the heavens. "Sense carefully. Can any of you feel the Martial Dao beginning to condense? Even an embryonic form of it?"

The Earthly Saints were taken aback. They immediately extended their senses, but after a moment, they all shook their heads.

"No, we sense nothing."

"Don't you find that strange?" asked Lu Changsheng. "Several billion people are already cultivating the Flesh and Blood Martial Dao. Among them, there are plenty of Third Growth blood descendants who have achieved transcendence. Under normal circumstances, that should at least have produced some sign that the Martial Dao was beginning to take shape. And yet, there's nothing. This can only mean one thing: the influence of the Flesh and Blood Martial Dao is too weak!"

Several billion blood descendants sounded like an enormous number, but the Primal World itself was vast, with a population far beyond Divine Sword Manor's territory. More importantly, Divine Sword Manor had deliberately suppressed all information about the transformations during the past half year to avoid attracting outside attention. As a result, almost no one beyond their borders even knew that blood descendants existed, much less that billions of them were now cultivating an entirely new martial system.

Within the whole of the Primal World, Divine Sword Manor still occupied only a small corner. And while the Flesh and Blood Martial Dao had spread widely within that corner, its influence had barely touched the rest of the world.

"We can't keep hiding it any longer," said Lu Changsheng. "From now on, stop suppressing news of the Flesh and Blood Martial Dao. Let the blood descendants leave our territory freely. In fact, you should encourage them to do so.

"We should also establish a reward system. Anyone who transforms new blood descendants will receive rewards according to how many people they bring into the Flesh and Blood Martial Dao. The exact rewards can be decided later, but the purpose is simple. We need the blood descendants themselves to spread the system.

"From this point onward, Divine Sword Manor no longer needs to personally drive the transformation. Our role is to protect those who spread it. If other factions begin killing our blood descendants, they must understand that anyone who moves against the Flesh and Blood Martial Dao risks provoking Divine Sword Manor."

The Earthly Saints quickly grasped Lu Changsheng's intention. "So, Fellow Daoist Lu, next we are to establish our dominance?"

"Exactly. We must establish our dominance, and we must use a powerful immortal faction to set an example. If I remember correctly, Divine Sword Manor fought the Supreme Sky Sect dozens of times in the past. The Earthly Saint you lost in Yuanjie was also killed by the Supreme Sky Sect's Deity Transformation grand elder. Is that right?"

"Yes, it was the Supreme Sky Sect."

"Fellow Daoist Lu, are you going to make an example out of them?"

"The Supreme Sky Sect is not easy to deal with. Their protective formation is incredibly powerful. We attacked their mountain gate before, but that formation was like a turtle shell. We simply couldn't break through it."

"They also possess several extremely powerful enchanted treasures. Divine Sword Manor once mobilized almost all of its forces against them. Not only did we fail to gain the upper hand, we suffered a severe defeat and lost an Earthly Saint."

At the mention of the Supreme Sky Sect, the Earthly Saints of Divine Sword Manor gnashed their teeth. They hated that sect bitterly, yet they could not deny its strength, nor the fact that Divine Sword Manor was no match.

Lu Changsheng, however, was not fazed. If anything, he was actually glad.

"Good! That's good! If the Supreme Sky Sect were weak, destroying it would accomplish nothing. This time, I'll personally raze the Supreme Sky Sect to the ground. Only by destroying a truly powerful immortal faction can Divine Sword Manor make the rest of the Primal World understand the consequences of attacking our blood descendants!"

Lu Changsheng's tone was firm and decisive. He had made up his mind, and the target was the Supreme Sky Sect.