Heaven-Dominating Martial Emperor

Ye Chen had instantly killed Li Yuntian, a master at the Ninth Layer of the Spirit Sea Realm, which had long since filled them with regret.

Now, he had demonstrated his supreme mastery of arrays, setting up two great spiritual arrays in succession!

Such divine-like methods made them have a complete change of heart!

However, Ye Chen only sneered. "This is the Demon Sect's territory. Not just anyone can come and go as they please!"

"Get rid of anyone who doesn't belong!"

"As you command, Sect Leader!"

At his words, Old Ghost Wushan and the other masters behind Ye Chen stepped forward in unison, their faces like ice and their auras surging.

"All of you, leave at once!"

"Otherwise, if you anger the Sect Leader, you won't be able to bear the consequences!"

"What?" The large crowd of Demon Dao cultivators' expressions turned ugly.

They were filled with immense regret.

If they hadn't been afraid of Li Yuntian's power before, why would they have been so quick to distance themselves from Ye Chen?

If only they had held on a little longer, they could have become members of the Demon Sect!

However, one person spoke up, unwilling to give in. "We make up the majority of the people here! If you drive us all away, the Demon Sect will be critically short on members. It will be a devastating blow to your strength!"

"It would be better to take us back. We are willing to recognize the Sect Leader as our one true leader!"

"Insolent!" Old Ghost Wushan barked. "Did you not hear the Sect Leader's command?"

"Don't you yell at me, you old fossil!"

The man was not intimidated by Old Ghost Wushan's aura. Instead, he sneered, "I'm speaking to the Sect Leader. What gives you the right to butt in?"

WHOOSH!

Just then, a bolt of Spiritual Power shot out, piercing straight through the man's chest.

"You..." The man stared at the bloody hole in his chest, his face a mask of disbelief.

Ye Chen slowly lowered his hand, his expression frigid. "I spared your lives only because you helped me annihilate the Luoyun Sect."

"But that does not give you the right to cause a ruckus on my mountain gate!"

"If you don't leave now, don't blame me for being merciless!"

An uproar swept through the crowd, and terrified expressions appeared on their faces.

Ye Chen's decisiveness and ruthlessness had thoroughly terrified them.

No matter how much regret they felt, they had no choice now but to hastily flee down the mountain.

Seeing the crowd disperse, Ye Chen withdrew his gaze, his expression impassive.

It was true that the majority of the people had left, but Ye Chen would never accept subordinates with divided loyalties.

What he required was absolute loyalty!

At least the group that remained was willing to follow him through life and death.

Even when faced with Li Yuntian's overwhelming might, they had not backed down!

This alone was enough to prove their character!

"Sect Leader, with your abilities, you are more than capable of establishing your own sect!"

"But you did, after all, kill a commander from the provincial government! In this vast Lei Province, shouldn't we take some measures to prevent the government from making a move against us?"

With things having settled down, Old Ghost Wushan and the other masters couldn't help but ponder their future.

A Law-Enforcement Commander had died here; the provincial government was bound to be enraged!

Once the provincial government sends its experts to launch a full-scale assault on our mountain gate...

...where would they go? What would become of them?

"It's fine."

But Ye Chen just shook his head slightly, his expression calm.

"With the Five Elements Extreme Dao Killing Array in place, even a Primordial Mansion Realm expert would have to think twice before trying to force their way in."

"Our most urgent task right now is to raise our cultivation levels!"

"For now, all of you should focus on your training within the sect. Strive to break through to higher realms!"

"Only when we are strong enough will we have the confidence to face any hardship."

Hearing this, everyone nodded in deep agreement. "The Sect Leader is absolutely right."

"With the help of the array, the Spiritual Qi within the sect is abundant. This is indeed the perfect time for us to cultivate."

For the next few days, Ye Chen remained at the mountain gate, not leaving.

He also used the power of the arrays to cultivate diligently, restoring himself to his peak condition.

After all, the toll of consecutively setting up the Five Elements Extreme Dao Killing Array and the Grand Array of Myriad Sects' Origin Convergence was enormous.

Of course, Ye Chen was also heavily involved in the sect's affairs.

The Demon Sect had just been founded, and as the Sect Leader, he certainly couldn't be a hands-off leader.

Therefore, Ye Chen directly established an Elder Pavilion.

He appointed experts at the Spirit Sea Realm and above as Elders to help manage the sect.

There were not many masters who had reached this realm.

Besides Old Ghost Wushan, there were only three others.

Thus, these four Elders became the highest authorities in the Demon Sect, second only to Ye Chen himself.

With the Elder Pavilion established, Ye Chen naturally had much more free time.

He could finally entrust all matters to the Elder Pavilion and focus solely on his own cultivation.

Inside a secret chamber within the Demon Sect, Ye Chen had just finished his cultivation session.

He let out a long breath and opened his eyes.

'I've now reached the Peak of the Blood Coagulation Realm. I'm just one step away from condensing my Spiritual Sea and breaking through to the Spirit Sea Realm!'

His eyes glittered. 'However, to reach the ultimate state of the Spiritual Sea, I must condense a Golden Spiritual Sea!'

Spiritual Seas were also graded by quality, which was determined by their color.

The Spiritual Seas of ordinary cultivators came in seven colors: red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, and purple.

Among these, a purple Spiritual Sea was the most powerful!

Those who could condense a purple Spiritual Sea were all peerless geniuses of their generation! Across the entire Eastern Wilderness, they were exceedingly rare!

It was unlikely that such a prodigy could be found in all of Lei Province, or even the entire Great Hong Dynasty.

As for the so-called Golden Spiritual Sea... that was something that existed almost exclusively in ancient records.

Only Ye Chen, who cultivated the World-Shaking Record of the Demon God, would dare to even glimpse the secrets of the Golden Spiritual Sea!

'To condense a Golden Spiritual Sea, I'll need the help of several types of medicinal pills!'

'These pills are of an extraordinary grade, but after inheriting the memories of the Ancient Demon God, I have some secret alchemy techniques. I should be able to refine them even with ordinary Spirit Medicines!'

As Ye Chen pondered this, his thoughts couldn't help but drift to the matter of the Luoyun Sect's dungeon.

「Just two days ago.」 He had wanted to go to the deepest part of the Luoyun Sect's dungeon to investigate.

Before setting out, he had only casually mentioned it to Old Ghost Wushan.

Unexpectedly, Old Ghost Wushan had stopped him with a grave expression. "Sect Leader, this is no small matter! I fear a great secret is hidden in the depths of the Luoyun Sect's dungeon!"

"What do you mean?" Ye Chen was surprised. As the former Saint Heir of the Luoyun Sect, he knew nothing about this.

"You rarely visited the dungeon, so naturally, you would know very little about it!"

Old Ghost Wushan wore a secretive expression. "On several occasions, I have felt an extremely terrifying aura surging out from the deepest part of the dungeon!"

"An aura like that... it's far more terrifying than the pressure Li Yuntian gave off!"

"I strongly suspect that the level of that aura is comparable to a Primordial Mansion Realm expert!"