“Those simple-minded fused beasts have long harboured resentment from years of oppression. With just a little provocation, and by offering them seemingly powerful support and promises, it would not be difficult to push them into taking risks!”
“Once chaos erupts within the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect, Lie Tian and the others will be too busy dealing with their own problems to have any energy left to oppose our sect.”
“At that point, we could either sit back and reap the benefits, or take advantage of the weakness to strike and seize the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect in one fell swoop! Even if that Chen Ping returns, faced with a fractured and internally chaotic Ten Thousand Beasts Sect, what could he possibly do?”
After listening, Hun Sha fell silent for a moment, then a ferocious and cruel smile spread across his face.
“Excellent! What a brilliant plan to treat others as they have treated us! This strategy is truly wonderful!”
Hun Sha gnashed his teeth and said, “We’ll do exactly as you suggest! Immediately select clever elders or disciples skilled in concealment and manipulation, equip them with valuable treasures and promises, and have them secretly infiltrate the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain Range to make contact with the higher-ups of the fused beast clan!”
“This seat wants that Lie Tian to taste the bitterness of a fire in his own backyard! Wants that Chen Ping to never be able to reach the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect again!”
“Yes, Sect Master!” The elder accepted the order and immediately turned to make the arrangements.
A conspiracy aimed at the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect quietly unfolded amid the retreating forces of the Myriad Souls Demon Sect.
…
The Ten Thousand Beasts Sect, after Chen Ping’s departure, temporarily regained its calm.
News of the Myriad Souls Demon Sect’s withdrawal greatly boosted morale within the sect, and Lie Tian and the others felt even more gratitude and reliance towards Chen Ping.
However, beneath this seemingly peaceful surface, undercurrents were beginning to stir.
At the edge of the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain Range, in an area specially designated for the fused beast clan to live, the environment was relatively barren, and the buildings were far less grand than those in the core regions.
The fused beasts living here had varied forms. Some were half-human and half-beast, while others retained more beastly features, but their eyes mostly carried an lingering numbness, oppression, and a faint trace of unwillingness.
Inside a massive cave, flickering firelight illuminated several imposing figures.
Leading them was a burly man nearly three metres tall, covered in dark red scales, with a head resembling but not quite a lion’s, a single horn on his forehead, and a long tail dragging behind him studded with bony spikes.
He was the current leader of the fused beast clan with the greatest strength and highest prestige, Zhen Gu.
At this moment, two figures stood before Zhen Gu, their bodies shrouded in black robes, their auras concealed.
One of them was speaking in a voice full of temptation: “Leader Zhen Gu, we fully understand your clan’s situation.”
“Possessing great power, yet being ostracised and suppressed by those self-proclaimed noble pure-blooded beast clans because of impure bloodlines, forced to live in this barren land, even relying on handouts for cultivation resources… is this fair?”
Zhen Gu remained silent, complex emotions flickering in his large copper-bell eyes: anger, humiliation, and a barely detectable trace of ambition.
The other black-robed figure continued: “Our sect master greatly admires the strength and potential of the fused beast clan.”
“He promises that, as long as Leader Zhen Gu is willing to lead your people to stand up and reclaim what rightfully belongs to you, to take control of the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect, our Myriad Souls Demon Sect will provide full support! Resources, techniques, status, and even secret methods that can help you compensate for your spiritual intelligence deficiencies, making you as intelligent as the pure-blooded beast clans, all can be provided!”
“By then, you will no longer be inferior fused beasts, but the true masters of the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect!”
Hearing this, Zhen Gu’s breathing clearly grew heavier, struggle and desire intertwining in his wild eyes.
The black-robed figures’ words were like the sweetest poison, precisely striking the most vulnerable and resentful spots in his heart.
“Compensate… for spiritual intelligence deficiencies?” Zhen Gu’s voice was hoarse and low, carrying the guttural tone unique to beasts.
“Indeed!”
The black-robed figure affirmed, taking out a pill that emitted an eerie ghostly light. “This is the ‘Spirit Awakening Pill’, a secret creation of our sect. Although it cannot completely alter the restrictions imposed by the laws of heaven and earth, it can to some extent stimulate potential, stabilise the divine soul, and make the consumer’s thinking clearer and more capable of comprehending the mysteries of cultivation techniques.”
“As long as Leader Zhen Gu nods in agreement, this pill, along with a steady supply of further resources, will be provided without end!”
