To put it bluntly, the foundation of a sect was the preparation before it could be unleashed.
Any sect would always be racking their brains for the growth of their own sect's foundation. However, the foundation had to be used, but there were only two types of times when it could be used.
One was when the sect was in danger, and the other was when it was about to rise!
However, under normal circumstances, the sects in the world of practitioners would combine these two situations together. The reason for this was the once-in-a-thousand-years Mara Disaster!
The rise of every sect would have a big or small impact on the order of the world of practitioners. This was because, regardless of whether the rise of a sect was successful or not, it would inevitably be met with a bloodbath. Even if it was successful, it would be greatly weakened and enter a new period of weakness. Without hundreds of years of cultivation, it would be impossible to recover.
However, these hundreds of years of cultivation rarely overlapped with the Disaster of Mara. Once the sect was faced with such a situation again, it was very likely that it would not be able to avoid it.
However, the arrival of the Disaster of Mara would also require the sect to unleash its own foundation as much as possible. It was undoubtedly impossible for a sect to consecutively accumulate so much in such a short period of time. At the very least, it was an extremely risky thing to do. Hence, when the Disaster of Mara descended, taking the opportunity to complete the rise of the sect became a more reliable method.
After thousands of years of accumulation, when the Disaster of Mara was successfully unleashed, a medium-sized sect would usually be able to cultivate more than ten Dharma adepts in a short period of time. Once the Disaster of Mara was over, if the sect did not suffer too many losses, it would often usher in a golden opportunity to rise again.
Furthermore, the rise of the sect under such circumstances, other than facing the Disaster of Mara, would rarely be met with the suppression and destruction of the original order of the world of practitioners. This was because when the Disaster of Mara descended, all the sects would not be able to take care of themselves. Naturally, they would not be able to care about whether other sects would take the opportunity to rise.
To put it bluntly, this kind of foundation was the intentional accumulation of the sect, but in reality, it could indeed be easily controlled. At the very least, it could be controlled to explode on the eve of the arrival of the Mara Calamity. Just like Zhen Ling Sect, almost 20 Dharma adepts had suddenly appeared.
Not only Zhenling, but all the other sects would also have a large increase in the number of Dharma adepts at this time. It was just that because each sect had different accumulations, the amount of energy that erupted when the Disaster of Mara descended was different.
In fact, this kind of eruption was usually clearly differentiated. Which cultivators advanced due to their own strength and which ones took a shortcut? Naturally, the masters of the various sects had a tacit understanding about this. Even the cultivators themselves were aware of this.
Even the cultivators who took shortcuts usually had to pay a higher price for the sect. This was because these people would not even have the qualifications to advance to the Dharma stage in the past. Now that they had such an opportunity, they had to pay the price of being cannon fodder. When danger descended, they would be the first wave of people to rush forward!
And to the sects, although these people had reached the Dharma stage, they were not the true successors of the sect. This was because after they had advanced to the Dharma stage, they had no possibility of advancing further. The reason why the sects still supported them was so that they could protect the true elites of the sect.
Therefore, after the Great Mara Calamity, the number of Dharma adepts in the world of cultivation would drop to a whole new level. However, other than some special circumstances, most of the Dharma adepts who survived were the true elites of their sects!
And in Zhenling, the people who played the role of cannon fodder now seemed to be the first generation of the sect and a considerable number of second generation cultivators. And the essence of the sect's legacy was undoubtedly the third generation of direct disciples who had successfully advanced to the Dharma stage by relying on their own strength and training.
Of course, among the third generation of Zhenling adepts, there would also be people who had lost the opportunity to advance under normal circumstances and had no choice but to take shortcuts. And there would probably be more of them. And their fate would be the same as the second generation of adepts. They would also be the vanguard to protect the legacy of Zhenling.
However, if Zhenling wanted to successfully rise as a complete sect in the process of the Disaster of Mara, then it could only do its best to reflect the accumulated power of the sect in the explosive growth of the Dharma adepts. It also had to do its best to preserve the number of Dharma adepts in the process of resisting the Disaster of Mara.
Lu Ping faced the army of Mara moving upstream. Naturally, he knew that regardless of whether this was a secret plot, it was a test that Zhenling was facing. And what Zhenling could do was to try its best to preserve its own strength and defeat the invading army of Mara.
Although Tianshan Laozu's level of practice had not yet stabilized, in the face of a few Blood Mara, and with the Mountain Splitting Axe in hand, Lu Ping did not have to worry that the cautious and steady Tianshan Laozu would fail miserably. Furthermore, there were five Dharma adepts beside him.
In a flash, Lu Ping had already arrived at the back of the battle. There was still some distance between this place and the army of Mara that was moving upstream. However, Lu Ping was suspended in mid-air and did not move. However, the Spiritual Qi around him had begun to vibrate violently.
Lu Ping was like a bottomless abyss, greedily gathering and absorbing the Spiritual Qi within a radius of tens of feet. This scale continued to expand until it affected the army of Mara that was coming from afar. This majestic vibration of the Spiritual Qi even caused the army of Mara in the Qing Ming River to be in a state of chaos. The aura of the Asura that was hidden within the army of Mara had also increased exponentially. Only then was the chaos suppressed, allowing the army of Mara to advance once again!
However, at this time, the army of Mara seemed to know that their sneak attack had failed. However, they still relied on their large numbers to forcefully attack. Countless large and small Mara rose from the waters of the Qing Ming River. At this time, the true power of the army of Mara was exposed in front of Lu Ping.
There were more than ten large and small Blood Mara. In addition to the six Blood Mara that had been stopped by Tianshan Laozu and the rest, there were more than 20 Blood Mara. The Jade Mara did not only have four, but seven. There was also the Asura that was hidden in the center of the army of Mara. At this time, it was releasing its aura without restraint, pressing towards Lu Ping, who was blocking the front alone.
Lu Ping's mouth curled into a smile. He had originally wanted to force the army of Mara out of the Qing Ming River. This time, it was exactly what he wanted. He had a lot of time left!
Lu Ping suddenly roared and said, "Rise!"
As soon as he spoke, the Spirit Qi of Heaven and Earth that Lu Ping had gathered suddenly exploded, forming a huge Spirit Qi storm within a radius of three miles. Then, it gradually evolved into a vibration like a Spirit Qi tide. It was a reference to the Spirit Qi tide in the Land of Five Elements.
Lu Ping's hands formed a seal. As the seals formed, he shouted, "Condense!"
The turbulent Spirit Qi of Heaven and Earth within a radius of three miles suddenly calmed down with Lu Ping's shout. However, at this time, anyone could feel the uneasiness hidden under this strange calm. The Asura that was hidden in the army of Mara could no longer bear it. With a shrill cry, the army of Mara quickly moved aside to make a path. Four Jade Mara rushed forward, three Jade Shura in front, and one Jade Demon in the back. They all rushed towards Lu Ping.
At the same time, the originally calm Spirit Qi of Heaven and Earth suddenly became turbulent again. It turned out that the Asura had discovered something, and began to disturb the Spirit Qi of Heaven and Earth within a radius of three miles that was controlled by Lu Ping.
"Too late!"
Lu Ping laughed and quickly formed a seal with his hands. A strange roar came from Lu Ping's mouth. The purple and gold clouds behind Lu Ping grew, and the Dharma of the Dragon appeared in the clouds. Finally, it hovered above Lu Ping's head. A giant dragon head flashed in the clouds. At this time, Lu Ping shouted again, "Draw!"
The purple and gold clouds headed towards the direction of the army of Mara. As Lu Ping shouted, it formed a whirlpool, and a steady stream of water began to gather in the whirlpool.
At this time, the army of Mara suddenly realized that the Spirit Qi of Heaven and Earth within a radius of three miles had long been under Lu Ping's control. As Lu Ping performed his magic, the Spirit Qi of Heaven and Earth turned into countless tentacles or ropes that wrapped around each of the Mara's bodies.
Mara's devouring. Although the army of Mara was surprised by Lu Ping's method, they were not worried. To them, the Spirit Qi of Heaven and Earth was originally a nourishment for them, and they could absorb as much as they wanted.
However, as they absorbed the Spirit Qi of Heaven and Earth into their bodies, they suddenly found that the Spirit Qi of Heaven and Earth could not be refined at all. Instead, it formed needles of Spirit Qi that rampaged through Mara's body, turning the world upside down.
The water vapor within a radius of three miles had gathered in the auspicious clouds above Lu Ping's head, and the needles of Spirit Qi were expelled from Mara's body. However, they never noticed that as these needles of Spirit Qi were expelled from their bodies, streams of water vapor also dissipated, and then were absorbed by the whirlpool of the auspicious clouds.
Neither the blood asura nor the jade Mara noticed anything strange, but the asura hiding in the center of Mara's army had already noticed something was wrong. After a violent roar, the entire Mara's army fell into chaos again. A part of the Mara's army rushed towards Lu Ping, seemingly trying to interrupt the spell he was casting, while another part of the Mara's army gathered around the asura. It seemed that the asura could break Lu Ping's magic, but the area it could control was limited. It could not gather many Mara's in a radius of several feet.
Before the Mara's army that was rushing towards Lu Ping could reach Lu Ping, the little Mara, who was equivalent to the Blood Condensation Realm, quickly turned into dried corpses due to the loss of water in their bodies. Immediately after, the skin of the big Mara's body began to crack, and they fell to the ground amidst the continuous howling.
The Mara's army became more and more chaotic. Even the blood asuras became listless due to the loss of water vapor in their bodies.
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