The Elders’ Hall was noisy when Lin Yijun arrived. The four Sect Elders sat at the front. The Sect Leader was not present: they had gone into seclusion in preparation to advance to the next level.
The numerous peak masters and senior cultivators gathered into two neat rows, one on the side of the two male Elders, and one on the side of the two female Elders. Lin Yijun’s parents were on Elder Wang’s side.
Lin Yijun bowed his head and took a seat behind his parents.
“A war with the demonic sects? Really? There have been none in my living memory…”
“—I have to say, I’m not surprised, demonic cultivators are this kind of aggressive person.”
“We should take this chance to clean them up a little—”
The chatter showed no sign of abating. Finally, Elder Wang took charge, ordering a “Quiet!”
The Hall immediately fell silent. Eyes turned to the front.
“The rumours are true,” Elder Wang said. “The demonic sects have declared war—”
“They declared war on us?” a senior cultivator scoffed. “We should declare war on them! There have been traces of demonic cultivation in the sect recently!”
“We should take this chance to purify the world!”
The heavy pressure of Elder Wang’s qi pressed down in the Hall in a clear warning to be quiet.
Lin Yijun’s face remained impassive, but a cold fear curled in his heart. Demonic traces in the sect? Zhou Sheng?
Elder Liu Ru said calmly, “What evidence do you have?”
Elder Wang didn’t look at Elder Liu. “Two of our agents have uncovered their plans, and I have received reports of demonic cultivators raising ghost and corpse armies. Is that not a declaration of war?”
“And do you know why?” Elder Liu asked.
“When do demonic cultivators need a reason to fight?” a senior cultivator from Elder Wang’s faction scoffed. “In fact, such a war would benefit their cultivation. Think of all the corpses, blood and ghosts that would come out of the battlefield!”
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Elder Liu’s lips pursed. “Don’t be hasty, Elder Wang.”
Elder Wang glanced sidelong at Elder Liu. “Do you not trust the information we have gathered? You’ve already accepted mortals into the sect. Do you plan to accept demonic cultivators too?”
With his words, many of the other cultivators in the Hall were reminded of Elder Liu’s actions, and their impression of Elder Liu was lowered. They felt that Elder Liu was getting soft, and was unsuitable for this war talk.
“But to allay Elder Liu’s fears, we will organise a second reconnaissance group,” Elder Wang said magnanimously.
The conversation in the Hall soon delved into the fine details. Various other administration issues were then brought up during the occasion before the meeting concluded.
Elder Wang and his faction met again afterwards, without the knowledge or interference of Elder Liu Ru.
They met in the large building on Elder Wang’s mountain peak. The furnishings of his meeting Hall was sparse, but every little detail was brimming with complex qi. A large table was set at the centre, and everyone sat around it, including Lin Yijun.
“Of course, Elder Liu is obliged to question us,” Elder Wang said, showing the slightest demeaning smile. “However, our intelligence is clear and true. The demonic sects are preparing for war. We don’t have the luxury to laze around and wait for confirmation.”
Elder Wan unrolled a map of the Golden Sun Sect and its surroundings, covering the entire table. “Based on our reports, the demonic sets’ actions have been focused around these areas…”
“Prepare your weapons and acquire treasures. But do not be too obvious about it,” Elder Wang commanded them. And then he started to assign specific jobs.
Although Lin Yijun was a senior cultivator at Nascent Soul, he was also the youngest senior cultivator in the room. And so his task…was to manage the junior disciples in the sect and prepare them for war.
A war that Lin Yijun did not want to happen, a war that Lin Yijun did not want to participate in. Even now, he could still remember that horrible feeling of facing Zhou Sheng on the battlefield.
But in a room full of seniors and peak masters and Elder Wang, Lin Yijun bowed his head and accepted the task.
In the dark, barely lit hall in the Blood Sect, Zhou Sheng’s eyes were cold as his gaze swept over the other senior cultivators.
“Someone has been capturing demonic cultivators, over something as normal as slavery!”
“—I thought it was a rogue cultivator—”
“Bah! Haven’t you seen those Golden Sun cultivators spreading their little pampered fingers?”
“…Who told them to spy on us, huh? Infiltrating our sect and leaving their blasted qi around!”
“They’re asking for it!”
“We must show them that they can’t mess around with us demonic cultivators!”
“And think of their blood. Filled with qi….”
Sniggers filled the hall.
“Say, how many times have they destroyed our ghosts? It’s time to destroy them!”
“Especially that Lin Yijun! Oh, wouldn’t the Golden Sun Sect be so sad if their little genius was killed by our little genius?”
The blood cultivator next to Zhou Sheng leered at him. “Ready, Sheng Sheng?”
Zhou Sheng’s polearm materialised in a split second. “Don’t call me that.”
The blood cultivator laughed maniacally instead. “That’s the spirit! Aiyo, maybe we can poach more Golden Sun sect cultivators and twist them into ours! How great it is to dirty you to become like us!”
“—Don’t kill him, Cultivator Zhou,” the Blood Sect Leader ordered.
Zhou Sheng’s dark face didn’t flicker as his polearm returned to its storage space. His expression remained annoyed as he listened to the Sect Leader’s plans to assign him a contingent of junior demonic cultivators as his own little ‘army regiment’…
The Golden Sun Sect cultivators sent out to gather intelligence soon returned.
Not only did they confirm that the demonic sects were preparing for war, but they also determined the location. One particular cultivator returned almost dead, clutching an ornate scroll of declaration. It was only due to the quick actions of the healers that the cultivator was saved from death.
Another emergency meeting was called. The Nascent Soul cultivators in the sect filled the Elders’ Hall once more.
Elder Liu Ru examined the declaration scroll with a grim expression.
“If we don’t fight, those demonic cultivators will ravage the mortal towns,” Elder Wang said. “Doesn’t your own inner sect disciple visit them daily?”
The declaration of war was clear. Even Elder Liu Ru could not refute it.
Elder Liu exhaled heavily. “Then, we prepare to meet them.”
There was a touch of victory in Elder Wang’s eyes. “Yes. Let us prepare for war.”
*author peeks head out* 
who expected this? 😏
Oh no!! War
I sure hope Wen Zhihao won’t be sent to the war too! He has no experience at all
ohhh yeah, Wen Zhihao has no combat experience, let alone war experience 🙈🙈
Ahhhhh!!
A WAR, I didn’t expect that
😁😁😁😁😁😁
I kinda did, since LY infiltration and demonic cultivators rising ghosts in answer. Well 🤷
I’m glad you caught some of the hints~~~~
(I saw more but too lazy 😂)
My sixth sense was right, the author really dug a pit… 😤😤
Poor LY and ZS!!
Thanks for the chapter ~
authorrrr ψ(._. )>
the bad kind of pit, huh? 😁
thanks for reading!
Oh no
we’ll see~~~~~~
NOBODY! NOBODY EXPECTED IT!! I AM STILL WAITING FOR MY MAIN COUPLE TO HAVE A PROPER DUAL CULTIVATION AND YOU DUMP A WAR ON MY HEAD??
Thanks for the chapter :/
🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭 a war did happen in Lin Yijun’s past life~~~
Thanks for reading!
I though the Wen must to fith , but no a war . Well lets go to see
yes, gotta read and see 😏
PREPARE FOR TROUBLE AND MAKE IT DOUBLE!
TO PROTECT THE WORLD FROM DEVASTATION!
TO UNIT ALL PEOPLE WITHIN OUR NATION!
wait.
To denounce the evils of truth and love!
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I kind of expected this, it’s pretty normal to see war on cultivation novels, I was just waiting to see when that would come
that reminds me that I still don’t have an auction arc that all xianxia have 🤔🤣
Apuesto a que es la trama de un cultivador “justo” para ganar algo… lo que me enerva es que se metan con los mortales, jajaja me da risa como dice el cultivador justo, que se los cultivadores demoniacos atacaran las ciudades mortales, cuando ellos mismos desprecian a los mortales, entonces… solo veo excusas.
There are both bad people in the righteous sects and the demonic sects 🙈🙈 but yes, excuses~~
Thanks for the chapter! I was waiting for that, since the 2 awkward boys have been mucking around with the timeline & amplifying hatred between factions with the slavery & the ghosts issues.
Hehehe that’s great that you were expecting it~ oh yeah, for sure, the time line has definitely been mucked up…
Oh! I didn’t expect this!
Is this a premise for more drama between ZC and LY?
And I smell trouble coming from this character who has no name yet. (｀ﾍ´)=3
author whistles innocently more drama, me????
Oh no-
pats Adri
thanks for reading!
Pretty sure you have a point there… Elder Wang and his faction way too suspicious.
the lot of them are sus
to be fair, Lin Yijun was messing with them before, and then Zhou Sheng messed with a lot of them, aka the ones involved in the slave trade 🙈🙈🙈🙈 but this is all sounds like a good excuse for Elder Wang, doesn’t it?
OMG. Himbo Lin Yijun 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
hahahahha that kind of escape sounds so funny
To think that it’s all because of lovers quarrel
Thank you for the hard work
hahahahaha, romeo and juliet, right? 🤣
thanks for reading!
Wen Zhihao shows up gets angry for the first time and causes every one to fall asleep as he preaches about the benefits of cats
+1
lecturing everyone to sleep….sounds like university classes 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Well, that escalated fairly quickly… Now it’s up to the younger generation to prevent too much damage. I kind of wonder what set off the war in the previous timeline. Obviously, these factions were/are key contributors…
cough there could have been more build up, but 🙈🙈🙈🙈🙈
yes, up to the younger generation now!
Lmao. Elder Wang is so eager to start a war. No betfer than the leaders of the Demonic sect.
Actually, no wait. The Demonic Sect feels like theur shit was infringed upon, hence their desire for war. Elder Wang is actually worse than the Demonic Sect. 🤣
there are bad people on both sides 😅😅
Undoubtedly so, but Elder Wang is pushing for war before it was even confirmed that there was going to be a war. The Demonic Sect is doing so because someone keeps messing with them. 😂😂😂
omo
😆😆😆😆
watch as wzh is sent out and he uses his calming aura to just make everyone kalm and they all drowsy and pet the cats uwu
thanks for the chapter <33
omggg, a mass sleepover!! 😆
As long as wzh doesn’t get angry… I have a feeling that an angry wzh would be scary 😉
hmm an angry Wen Zhihao would be pretty funny, but what would he get angry over given his old-grandfather mentality? XD
thanks for the chapter~
Thanks for reading!
wait wait wait- if war breaks out then sun fuyu will definitely have to be sent to fight too 😐
this is bad this is very bad
can we just throw wen zhihao to the middle of the battlefield and force-calm everyone and give them free cat therapy? 🙂✌
thank you for the chapter ✌
yeah, Sun Fuyu would need to fight too….
free cat therapy sounds nice 🥺🥺
+2!
I kinda expected it, but just a little bit, it still took me for surprise! Poor tsundere babys 😭
Thanks for the chapter author-sama 💕💕
hehehehe~~~ quiet evil laughter
thanks for reading!
I don’t like elder wang….
Thanks for the hard work! 🏆🏆
yeahhh he’s not great 😅
thanks for reading!
I did not expect this. I expected LY to be punished for meeting with ZS. So, this is…better?
maybe it’s better? XD
oop- this is bad, a real romeo and juliet? i do hope this doesn’t become a tragedy again ah!
cough cough
we’ll see~~~
I did not expect this 😳
Lin YiJun might have accelerated it, but seems like they were just waiting for and excuse.
Genuinely curious about what the sect expects of members like Wen Zhihao…and then what will actually happen 🤣
Thanks for the chapter!
yeah, I’m imagining that there are multiple reasons for these kinds of demonic-vs-righteous wars…
Wen Zhihao sure is unusual, that’s for sure~
Oh noooooooo….
Is elder wang is the war initiator🤔🤔🤔
hmmm sort of but he’s not the only one?
Nooooo! Flips all the tables. Just let them love!
But like seriously plot wise thumbs up.
+1
heheh sometimes making them suffer a bit is fun~~
thank you~~
Throws pillow at you
I was enjoying my kittens and sunshine and food descriptions, Haze!!!!
😏😏😘😆 pats Owl~
Lowkey excited for the war tbh. I kinda want to see our protagonist flexing by making everyone’s bloodthirst vanish in the battleground to wanting to pat cats instead xdd.
😏😏😏😏😏😏😏
If I’m being real i kinda understand demonic cultivators standpoint 🌝
There are many sides to things, after all!
war! what is it good for? absolutely nothin’!!! (〜￣▽￣)〜
Wen Zhihao’s feelings exactly!
Wuwuwu~ my little heart can’t tank it!
It all ends well though XD
OH NOES
And our bois haven’t had their wedding yet!
😬😬😬😬
Whhhhhhhyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy??!!?
Is it to much to hope for our Wen-gu to meander in with his heart-soothing chi and convene peace talks with the senior children?
Thank you for the chapter…
That would be pretty nice, wouldn’t it?