Starting My Cultivation With Time Management

The Elder Sister of the Ghost Mother, a notoriously infamous Nascent Soul Elder of the Heavenly Demon Path.

It was said that in order to summon the Heavenly Demon, she liked to collect a vast amount of babies as sacrifices, resulting in countless children's deaths. Hence, even within the Demon Cult, mentioning her name could send shivers down one's spine, and it was taboo to even speak of her.

By comparison, her younger sister, who enjoyed torturing men, had a slightly better reputation.

Under normal circumstances, even Dugu Xie, the sect leader of the Heavenly Demon Path, might not be able to request the attendance of this elder.

However, at present, the Free and Easy Ancestor had issued a death order, making it mandatory for all elders to obey commands.

Even though the Ghost Mother's Elder Sister was haughty and arrogant, she dared not directly oppose the Sect Guardian Immortal; thus, she had no choice but to stay near the market within the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation, guarding the sword that was the formation's focal point, the Heavenly Demon Immortal Slaying Sword.

"Report to the elder," said a Demon Cult Cultivator, coming over. "There have been Loose Cultivators escaping within the market. Allies at the front have sent a message, requesting that we urgently activate the Formation to trap them."

"Hmm," responded the Ghost Mother's Elder Sister languidly and proceeded to activate the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation with the Heavenly Demon Immortal Slaying Sword.

With a quarter of the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation activated, the Loose Cultivators trapped inside had no chance of survival. Thus, the Ghost Mother's Elder Sister did not concern herself with the specifics inside the formation. Instead, she took out her Heavenly Demon Soul Hooking Banner and continued to torment and train the demon head within.

A moment later, the Demon Cult Cultivator came to report swiftly:

"Report to the elder, someone has released Water System Techniques inside the formation..."

"You come to report such trivial matters?" the Ghost Mother's Elder Sister's eyebrows raised as she spoke with a chilly and sinister voice, "If you cannot handle even this minor matter, why not become one of my demon heads? It would be a way to utilize waste, wouldn't it?"

The female Demon Cult Cultivator was terrified, quickly covering her mouth and retreating hastily.

After an indeterminate period, the Heavenly Demon Immortal Slaying Sword suddenly rang out in angry protest.

Ghost Mother's Elder Sister: ?

This sword was the personal sword of the Free and Easy Immortal, so she was momentarily at a loss as to why it was reacting so. As she was still slightly dazed, a tumultuous uproar like the end of the world came from the distance.

A flood!

Immense floodwaters roared from afar!

The Ghost Mother's Elder Sister's pupils shrank. Where did this flood come from inside the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation?

She quickly reached out for the Heavenly Demon Immortal Slaying Sword, and upon sensing with her Divine Sense, she realized that the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation was in complete disarray and no longer intact.

What kind of mighty Water System Technique was this, capable of destroying the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation from the inside with such violence?

The Ghost Mother's Elder Sister was both shocked and enraged but had no time to think further. She could only grab the Heavenly Demon Immortal Slaying Sword with her other hand and quickly ascend into the sky.

Looking down again, she saw that the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation had collapsed. The unyielding floodwaters continued, completely sweeping away the Demon Cult Cultivators' market—many of the Demon Cult Cultivators were caught off-guard, either swept away by the floodwaters directly or flying up in haste with their swords.

Ling Yunpo, with the help of the River Source Purifying Bottle, had blasted the inner parts of the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation with endless water, and together with Senior Sister An, they ascended into the sky.

Looking back, they saw a vast expanse of ominous black clouds surging rapidly from the direction of the central axis of the formation.

"Let's go," Ling Yunpo gave An Zhisu a swift glance, and the two of them combined into Man-Sword Unity, turning into Sword Light and fleeing far away.

They reacted quickly, and naturally, the surrounding Loose Cultivators did not want to fall behind, each transforming into streaks of light and scattering in all directions to escape... Some who were slower were caught by the vengeful Ghost Mother's Elder Sister, who captured them by their heads for Soul Extraction to refine them into demon heads, while many more simply vanished without a trace.

Ling Yunpo and An Zhisu did not know how long they had been fleeing when they saw that the Ghost Mother's Elder Sister had not pursued them and finally stopped to look around.

They had finally entered the territory of Shushan, and both of them heaved a long sigh of relief.

From the beginning, it was exceedingly difficult to find a breakthrough point in the heavily guarded lines of the Demon Cult.

And the market, which was originally considered to be a weak spot, proved to be a cunning trap deliberately designed by the Demon Cult, targeting those who probed for intelligence, attempting to cross the defenses to enter Shushan from the outside.

What an intricately connected design!

Too bad, it still couldn't stop me, full of wisdom, courage, and numerous trump cards, wahahahahaha!

Ling Yunpo chuckled triumphantly in his heart, yet only revealed a faint touch of joy on his face, and said to An Zhisu:

"Senior Sister An, let's head back."

"Mmm." An Zhisu nodded, then took her junior brother's hand, and together they flew towards Qingluo Peak on their swords.

The news that the defense line had been penetrated from the outside quickly reached the high echelons of the Demon Cult.

What, the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation was broken?

So the Myriad Avatar Absolute Immortal Sword is indeed in the hands of the Orthodox Sect cultivators?

What, it wasn't the Myriad Avatar Absolute Immortal Sword but Water System Spells used instead?

What a joke, what kind of Water System Spells could break the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation!

The three Intercepting Cult Immortals simultaneously arrived above the Market ruins, silently looking down at the traces of the floods that had raged below.

"Immortal Rank Water System Spells." Blood Sea Ancestor laughed hoarsely, "I am not aware of any immortal who is skilled in Water System Spells. Does anyone know?"

"Based on what I've seen, Penglai Myriad Phantoms Immortal is the most likely suspect," said the Sect Guardian Immortal of the Heavenly Demon Path, Grandmaster Zi Zai, indifferently, "I asked the Ghost Mother Elder, and she said that at the time, the flood came overwhelming the heavens, irrepressible and boundless, comparable to the galaxy. To move such an amount of water, just the True Yuan capacity of an Immortal Rank wouldn't be possible, it must be an Immortal Rank Magical Treasure."

The crowd's faces showed no expression, but their minds were turning with thoughts.

Although Grandmaster Zi Zai's analysis was a way to absolve the Heavenly Demon Path of responsibility, it also made sense.

A flood of such a terrifying scale, to describe it as mere Spells was too exaggerated—the possibility of using a Magical Treasure was much greater.

But if it were an Immortal Rank Magical Treasure, then it wasn't necessarily the doing of an immortal. Nascent Soul Realm cultivators with sufficient True Yuan could also activate it.

As a result, the range of possible identities of the one who broke the formation not only did not narrow but expanded… Penglai Jade Pure was naturally the most suspicious for its notorious abundance of Magical Treasures, but who's to say that other sects couldn't have obtained corresponding Immortal Rank Magical Treasures?

How could they even begin to search for the individual who broke the formation?

What was more troublesome and thorny was that the holder of the Myriad Avatar Absolute Immortal Sword could also take advantage of this chaos to return to Shushan, thereby making it even harder to investigate and trace their identity.

After a moment of silence, White Bone Ancestor slowly said:

"The best course of action now is to continue applying great pressure to Shushan while increasing the efforts of our spies to infiltrate."

"The Myriad Avatar Absolute Immortal Sword will not easily submit to Clarify Cult members. The person is most likely still trying to refine the Extermination Immortal Sword, and while Long Eyebrow Elder might not understand what is happening, as long as we release just the right amount of signals, he will inevitably become suspicious."

"Simultaneous internal and external pressure will strain that person's mental state, compelling them to fully focus on refining the Extermination Immortal Sword."

"The more the Extermination Immortal Sword is pushed to the edge, the easier it is for the other three swords to sense its location due to the connected qi."

"If we can determine its exact location, we can have our inside agents follow the trail and confirm that person's true identity, laying the groundwork for our subsequent sword-retrieval efforts."

The other two immortals nodded silently, agreeing to White Bone Ancestor's plan.

Of course, there were many variables in this plan: for example, if that person wasn't actually from Shushan, if Kunlun Penglai came to the rescue earlier, or if in the end, the Extermination Immortal Sword's location still couldn't be determined, and so on.

Regardless, the unique status of the Myriad Avatar Absolute Immortal Sword meant that the Intercepting Cult Immortals were prepared to pay any price to prevent it from falling into the hands of the Clarify Cult members.

Even if it was confirmed to be in the hands of Shushan, they would be willing to pay a great price to redeem it from Shushan!