Immortal World : MILF Dual Cultivation
Chapter 79: The Inner Sect PromotionMorning light cast a golden glow over the Outer Sect courtyards. But today, the usual bustle of disciples practicing martial arts had halted.
A strange spiritual pressure had descended upon the Resource Hall.
It wasn’t violent—yet it was vast and profound, pressing down on every deacon and disciple in the vicinity. Their knees trembled. Their spiritual energy stagnated in fear.
Then, a pillar of icy-blue light shot up from the roof of the Resource Hall, piercing the morning clouds. Ambient spiritual energy swirled around the building, forming a visible vortex.
"Heavens! Someone has broken through to Foundation Establishment!" an elderly deacon screamed, his eyes bulging.
"In the Outer Sect? The spiritual energy here is too thin!"
Their questions were answered as the heavy mahogany doors slowly opened.
Madam Shen stepped out into the morning light. She wore her majestic crimson robes of authority, but her entire temperament had transformed. Her skin possessed the flawless, translucent glow of white jade. Her profound eyes radiated a terrifying azure light. The immense crushing pressure of an Early-Stage Foundation Establishment cultivator rolled off her body in waves.
The icy Empress of the Outer Sect had ascended.
"Greetings to Senior Shen! Congratulations on your supreme breakthrough!"
Thousands of outer sect disciples, guards, and deacons dropped to their knees in the courtyard, pressing their foreheads against the stone floor. In the cultivation world, strength was the ultimate law. A Foundation Establishment cultivator commanded unquestionable respect.
Moments later, a spirit crane descended from the Inner Sect peaks. A blue-robed Inner Sect attendant landed gracefully before Madam Shen, his expression respectful.
"Fellow Daoist Shen," he said, clasping his hands in greeting. "The Grand Elders have taken notice of your flawless breakthrough. By their decree, you are hereby promoted to Vice-Manager of the Inner Sect Resource Hall. Your designated cultivation estate and resources have already been prepared."
He withdrew a glowing purple-and-gold token and presented it to her with both hands.
Madam Shen accepted the token. Her face remained a mask of icy composure as she nodded gracefully. "I thank the Grand Elders for their grace. I shall prepare my departure immediately."
As the crowd erupted into envious whispers, no one noticed the subtle glance Madam Shen cast back toward the darkened shadows of her office.
Inside the soundproofed office, Lin Tian stood quietly in the shadows of the arched window. His dark obsidian robes blended perfectly with the gloom. He watched his Vanguard accept the token of authority, his golden eyes flashing with predatory satisfaction.
Their farewell had been concluded the night before through sweat, passion, and the flawless synergy of the Primordial Yin-Yang Imperial Sutra. There was no need for tearful goodbyes.
Lin Tian smirked, turning his gaze away from the departing flying carriage that carried Madam Shen toward the majestic Inner Peaks. He clenched his fist, feeling the terrifying energy of the 11th Layer of Qi Refining surging within his meridians.
Meanwhile, deep within the restricted spirit caves of the Inner Sect.
The atmosphere here was vastly different from the joyous celebration below. The air around Cave Number Four was heavy, volatile, and smelled sharply of scorched blood.
BOOM!
The massive profound-stone door of the cultivation cave was blown outward, shattering into fragments. A cloud of dark smoke billowed out, carrying the unstable fluctuations of a cultivator experiencing severe Qi Deviation.
"Ugh... Ahhh!"
A figure stumbled out, collapsing onto his knees on the scorched earth.
It was Deacon Wang.
Just a year ago, he was a distinguished half-step Core Formation expert. He had entered secluded meditation with absolute confidence, believing he would condense his liquid Qi into a solid Golden Core and emerge as an exalted Inner Sect Elder.
But the Heavenly Dao was merciless.
During the most critical moment of his breakthrough, a flaw in his Dao Heart and a slight impurity in his primary meridian triggered a catastrophic chain reaction. The forming Golden Core cracked, violently dissolving back into a chaotic liquid storm that ravaged his internal organs.
Deacon Wang coughed violently, spitting out black, foul-smelling blood containing fragments of his scorched meridians. His hair had turned white. His skin was withered and gray. He looked twenty years older.
"Failed... I failed..." he gasped, his voice trembling with despair and rage. His cultivation base had plummeted to middle-stage Foundation Establishment. His meridians were so severely damaged that channeling spiritual energy brought him agonizing pain.
He gripped the scorched earth, dragging himself up. "It doesn’t matter... I am still a Deacon of the Inner Sect. My Wang Family still holds power. I just need time... high-grade pills..."
"Lord Wang! Master Wang!"
A trembling voice broke his dark reverie. A low-level servant disciple stationed outside the cave rushed forward, dropping to his knees. The servant’s face was pale with terror.
"What is it?!" Deacon Wang snarled, his eyes bloodshot. "I have been in seclusion for nearly a year. How is my son, Wang Chen? Prepare my carriage!"
The servant swallowed hard, his forehead pressing against the dirt. "Master... I... I don’t know how to say this..."
"Speak!"
"Young Master Wang... Young Master Wang is crippled!" the servant cried out, tears streaming down his face. "A few months ago in the Outer Sect, he was utterly defeated in a duel. His Dantian was shattered, his limbs broken. The healers say he will never walk the path of cultivation again. He is bedridden, living worse than a mortal!"
RUMBLE!
It was as if a heavenly tribulation lightning bolt had struck Deacon Wang directly on the skull. His mind went blank.
His son. His pride and joy. The arrogant genius of the Wang Family. Reduced to a crippled piece of trash.
"Who did this?!" Deacon Wang’s voice was a demonic whisper. Murderous intent erupted from his broken body, causing his damaged meridians to tear further. He coughed up another mouthful of blood, ignoring the pain. "Who dared to cripple my son?!"
"It... it was an Outer Sect supervisor named Lin Tian!" the servant wept.
"Lin Tian? A mere Outer Sect ant?!" Deacon Wang laughed maniacally, his white hair whipping wildly. "Good! Very good! Where is my wife? Where is Madam Shen?!"
He gripped the servant by the collar, lifting him off the ground. He had married the woman for her political acumen and her management of the Outer Sect resources.
"Why hasn’t she mobilized the Resource Hall guards to execute this Lin Tian?! Tell her to come to me immediately! I want high-grade healing pills! I want this Lin Tian’s head on a silver platter!"
The servant’s face turned a sickly shade of green. He looked at Deacon Wang with profound pity and terror.
"Master Wang... you have been in seclusion, so you do not know the recent events," the servant stammered. "Madam Shen... Madam Shen can no longer be commanded by you."
Deacon Wang’s eyes narrowed into venomous slits. "What do you mean? She is my wife! Her power comes from my backing!"
"Not anymore, Master," the servant cried, pointing trembling fingers toward the Resource Hall in the distance. "Just this morning... Madam Shen broke through the bottleneck. She has successfully ascended to Foundation Establishment!"
Deacon Wang froze. His grip loosened.
"Foundation... Establishment?"
"Yes! And because of her flawless breakthrough, the Grand Elders have personally issued a decree. Madam Shen has been promoted to the Inner Sect! She is now the Vice-Manager of the Inner Sect Resource Hall!"
The servant’s words were like heavy warhammers smashing directly into Deacon Wang’s fragile Dao Heart.
Madam Shen had broken through. She was now in the Inner Sect.
In the cultivation world, status was dictated purely by strength. When Madam Shen was in the Qi Gathering Realm, she was merely his subordinate. But now? She was a Foundation Establishment cultivator holding a highly coveted position with direct ties to the Grand Elders.
Meanwhile, Deacon Wang was a failed, severely injured half-crippled man whose Foundation Realm aura was leaking like a broken sieve.
"She... she surpassed me?" Deacon Wang whispered, stumbling backward.
The realization crashed down upon him like a mountain. His son crippled. His wife ascended beyond his reach. His own body shattered.
Deacon Wang fell to his knees, screaming toward the heavens like a wounded beast. The sheer psychological trauma caused his unstable Dantian to flare up violently. He vomited a massive pool of black blood, collapsing onto his hands.
His family was destroyed. His pride was shattered.
He lay there for a long moment, gasping, his blood pooling around his fingers. His mind churned with dark thoughts, spiraling deeper into the abyss of hatred.
Then he heard footsteps.
The servant was still there, kneeling, trembling.
"What... what about the one who crippled my son?" Deacon Wang rasped, his voice barely a whisper. "Is Lin Tian still in the Outer Sect?"
The servant nodded frantically. "Yes, Master. But... but Madam Shen protects him. She has appointed him as her Special Supervisor. Everyone in the Outer Sect knows. The guards answer to her now."
Deacon Wang forced himself to sit up, wiping blood from his chin. His movements were slow, painful, but a new kind of fire burned in his sunken eyes.
"So I cannot touch him," he said, his voice hollow. "My own wife shields my son’s murderer."
He laughed—a broken, hollow sound. "She fed him information. She turned the Resource Hall against my family. She used my son’s downfall to climb higher."
The servant said nothing, trembling.
His laugh died. His expression hardened into stone. He slowly rose to his feet, ignoring the screaming pain in his chest.
"My wife is a traitor," he muttered. "My son is a cripple. My body is broken. My enemies are untouchable."
He stood in the shadow of the shattered cave door, his white hair stirring in the wind.
"But there are places where Crimson Nimbus law does not reach," he whispered. "Places where gold buys shadows, and shadows carry knives."
He looked down at the servant. "Bring me paper and ink."
The servant scrambled to obey.
Deacon Wang’s bloodstained hand gripped the brush, his broken fingers trembling. He began to write—not to the sect, not to his family, but to the shadow brokers who lived in the darkness beyond the sect’s borders.
"I will liquidate everything," he muttered, his blood seeping into the parchment. "Every artifact. Every spirit stone. Every ounce of power the Wang Family still holds."
He sealed the letter with his blood, his eyes blazing with cold, desperate vengeance.
"Gold buys death," he said. "And death will find Lin Tian."
His cracked lips twisted into a horrific smile.
"Let them enjoy their triumph while they can."
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