Chapter 89: The Sun Stealing Sect

Chapter 89: The Sun Stealing Sect

The fall of a Qi Condensation stage cultivator, compared to a Foundation Establishment stage cultivator, was much less spectacular. There were no magnificent displays of the Foundational Treasure, only two streaks of crimson clouds that suddenly appeared in the sky.

"Qi Condensation stage cultivator, Sikong Yi, cultivated for thirty-five years, slain by Qi Condensation stage cultivator Li Fan in the Cong Yun Sea region..."

"Qi Condensation stage cultivator Baili Chen, cultivated for three years, slain by Qi Condensation stage cultivator Li Fan in the Cong Yun Sea region..."

"Now they have perished, returning to the heavens!"

Under the fiery clouds, Li Fan stood quietly, fiddling with the Sun Stealing Token in his hand.

After a long while, he suppressed the greed rising within him.

"A remarkable treasure, but... it's not for me."

The Sun Stealing Token was the supreme treasure of the Sun Stealing Sect.The roots of this story extend from novell bìn origin.

The Sun Stealing Sect was a secretive sect that had existed since ancient times. Unlike other sects that founded schools and accepted many disciples, the Sun Stealing Sect had no fixed base and often had only one disciple per generation.

As a result, when the Great Calamity befell the world, other sects experienced a bloodbath, but it had little impact on the Sun Stealing Sect.

The reason the Sun Stealing Sect survived for thousands of years with only one disciple in each generation, maintaining their heritage, was largely due to their unique cultivation technique.

Sun Stealing Technique: This technique allowed the creation of a special clone using one's blood and some specific materials. Unlike regular clone techniques, this clone possessed its unique appearance, aura, soul, cultivation level, and realm, as well as its own luck and fate.

This clone could be treated as a completely separate person.

Furthermore, when creating a clone, if bones from deceased cultivators or the blood of a living one were added, it could strip away some of the target's innate talents, luck, and more, grafting them onto the clone.

However, this alone did not demonstrate the full power of the Sun Stealing Sect.

The Sun Stealing Technique, when combined with the Sun Stealing Token in Li Fan's hand, was the complete form.

His divine sense transformed into a giant hand, seizing these two lingering souls and delving into their remaining memories.

After a long time, Li Fan finally understood why the millennia-old Sun Stealing Sect had fallen into such a desperate state.

The origins of the situation stemmed from Sikong Yi's master, Sikong Bo.

Over the centuries, the Sun Stealing Sect had traversed numerous dangerous situations without harm, which had made them increasingly arrogant. However, Sikong Bo had taken this audacity to an extreme.

On a distant continent, when Sikong Bo, who had broken through to the Foundation Establishment stage, was dissatisfied with a clone he had previously refined, he decided to gather materials for a new one.

During this time, he encountered a child of five or six in a remote mountain village.

This child had a natural affinity for cultivation. Not only was their strength boundless, but their cultivation speed was astonishing. At such a young age, they had perfected Qi Condensation and were ready to advance to the Foundation Establishment stage.

This piqued Sikong Bo's interest. After discreetly observing the child for a while, he realized that the child's luck was extraordinary. Every time the child ventured into the deep mountains to hunt, they returned with various rare treasures from the earth and heavens.

If he could strip away the child's luck, the clone he would create would undoubtedly be remarkable.

Therefore, Sikong Bo attempted to steal the child's essence during the night when the child was asleep.

However, this child had long been selected by a Nascent Soul stage powerhouse who was approaching the end of their lifespan. This senior had been searching for a host for their next incarnation.

Ordinarily, the process of taking over another's body would somewhat damage the target's foundation. But the Nascent Soul stage cultivator, who had given up on advancing further, didn't want to jeopardize their chances for further progress by allowing this to happen.

So, they chose an extreme method: turning themselves into a Heavenly Treasure, waiting for the child to reach the Foundation Establishment stage, and then perfectly merging with them.

Yes, according to Sikong Bo's residual memories, humans could be refined into Heavenly Treasures. Or rather, a significant portion of the many Heavenly Treasures appearing in the world were transformed from fallen cultivators.

After a cultivator's death, their Dao underwent a transformation over countless years in the natural world. Based on their characteristics, temperament, and the nature of the techniques they had practiced in life, they would gradually form various Heavenly Treasures that would reappear in the world.

In life, they could not practice the same techniques as others, and after death, they still had a role to play. This was the world's way of showing its regard for cultivators.