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The four sects of Cold Ice City began their chaotic battles. First, they split into two factions, the Heaven Gate sect joined hands with the Yellow Gate Sect, and the Earth Sect joined forces with the Celestial Sect of Wonders to begin their three-month long battle. In the end, the Heavenly Gate Sect and the Yellow Gate Sect were defeated by the Earth Sect and the Celestial Sect of Wonders.

The entire Cold Ice City was a river of blood, but the imperial army was just sitting there watching. They didn't care at all. They were just watching from the sidelines. Until the Heaven Gate Sect and the Yellow Gate Sect were destroyed and chased out of the capital by the Earth Sect and the Celestial Sect of Wonders. At this moment, the capital city had become the territory of the Earth Sect and the Celestial Sect of Wonders.

The two martial institutions had turned from an alliance into an enemy, and now they were fighting and killing each other again. The Earth Sect and the Celestial Sect of Wonders were a little stronger than the Celestial Sect of Wonders.

The Leader of the Celestial Sect of Wonders didn't have any foresight at all. In battle, he was only trying to steal wealth. Although his wealth was great, his combat power was not increasing. When the two sects started to fall apart, they were seized by the Earth Sect in one fell swoop. At this moment, the world belonged to the Earth Sect.

During this period, a large number of princes had joined the fray as well, and there were many who'd been killed or injured, at least a few dozen. But the old emperor was in the throne room, and he'd completely ignored them.

Actually, the old emperor was quite wise and farsighted. What he was seeing was that the prince had the ability and that the prince had a scheme. Who would be the last successor to the throne?

Right now, Cold Ice City was one of the biggest cities and the Earth Sect was the biggest. They controlled the city's martial arts world and was also the second imperial court of Cold Ice City. Duan Ru discovered that the person currently in control of the Earth Sect was the Third Prince, Li Tang. Even Duan Ru had not expected such an outcome.

The First Prince controlled the Heaven Gate Sect, the Second Prince controlled the Yellow Gate Sect, the Third Prince controlled the Earth Sect and the Fourth Prince controlled the Celestial Sect. The First Prince controlled the Heaven Gate Sect, the Second Prince controlled the Yellow Gate Sect, the Third Prince

Seeing that it was an opportunity, the current Prince, Li Yuan, started to establish his own sect under Duan Meng's orders. Duan Meng's thoughts were very accurate. He couldn't go against the surface of the Earth Sect. His sect mainly focused on concocting pills. As long as one knew how to concoct Tier 3 spiritual pills, they would be able to join the Pill Sect.

Tier 3 apothecaries had the lowest status, and as long as one was a Tier 4 apothecary, his/her status would be slightly higher. According to this order, as long as it was a Tier 8 pill refiner, he or she could become a protector of the Pill Sect and be qualified to learn Tier 9 pills.

Within three months, the Pill Sect gathered 1 million Tier 3, 500 thousand Tier 4, 100 thousand Tier 5, 10 thousand Tier 6, 5,000 Tier 7 and 500 Tier 8 pill refiners.

Apothecaries, especially those above tier 7, not only have strong abilities, but the most important thing is the usage of soul power. If one isn't strong enough, it is impossible for them to do so. The establishment of the Pill Sect didn't cause the Earth Sect to worry in the slightest. The reason for that was because they all believed that alchemists wouldn't be involved in battles, and didn't have any territory to fight over.

Besides, although the Earth Sect was powerful, there were not many who knew how to refine pills. With the establishment of the Pill Sect, it had gathered more than a million alchemists in an instant.

These 1 million people were instantly given a huge amount of alchemy materials. No matter what tier alchemist they were, as long as they could meet the requirements, they would be promoted to the next level. As for the rank 9 alchemy manuals, he would choose five out of the five hundred alchemists to accept as his personal disciples and teach them how to refine the rank 9 elixir pills. Of course, this was also a secret technique that no one knew about.

This way, both the Earth Sect and the royal family would have a whole new level of respect for the Pill Sect. The Pill Sect didn't participate in any disputes and only made a fortune. As long as it was a grade 8 or lower spirit pill, the sect would be able to exchange for more. For a moment, Cold Ice City became a pill concocting place. Even the common folk would only know how to refine Tier 1 or Tier 2 spiritual pills. In Cold Ice City, only Tier 3 spiritual pills or higher could be created.

Ordinary Tier 1 or 2 spiritual energy pills, even in the homes of commoners, would be eaten every day as food. This was much better than eating food. Not only could he strengthen his body, but he could also unexpectedly obtain cultivation. Even if it was an ordinary family, if they weren't an immortal cultivator, it would still be normal for them to live for one or two hundred years.

After Duan Ru completely established the Pill Sect, he handed over the authority to Li Yuan. Li Yuan became the Sect Leader of Cold Ice City's Pill Sect, while Duan Meng was behind the scenes, not taking up any position. Li Yuan himself was also talented and intelligent. He had managed to raise his alchemy skills to Grade Eight in half a year. This was also something Duan Ren had not expected.

Also, with Li Yuan's management ability, not only did he develop the pill business of the Pill Sect, he even made a supply contract with the imperial government, especially with the supply of Tier 8 spiritual pills. This way, Li Yuan would provide the Spiritual Energy Pills and firmly control the capital's economic lifeline. He would also occasionally supply the Grade 9 Spiritual Energy Pills Duan Ru to the imperial family, making the imperial family even more inseparable from the Pill Sect.

As the Sect Leader of the Pill Sect, Li Yuan was actually the second Emperor of Cold Ice City. As for the powerful Earth Sect, although they had quite a lot of power, they were all martial artists and couldn't concoct pills at all. If they wanted to use the Qi pills, they could only trade with the Pill Sect. In reality, Li Yuan had become the special adviser to the Earth Sect. Even some of the elders of the Earth Sect weren't as good at speaking as Li Yuan.

The matters within the sect were almost entirely handled by Li Yuan. Duan Ru was extremely at ease because he knew that he had absolute strength and was able to control Li Yuan. Even if Li Yuan had the heart to rebel, he would still be unable to escape from his grasp.

However, since Duan Ling Tian had examined Li Yuan's soul core, he believed absolutely in Li Yuan. Not only that, when Duan Meng withdrew from Li Yuan's soul core, he left a strand of his spiritual force in Li Yuan's sea of consciousness. Although it wasn't his soul slave, as long as Li Yuan was even the slightest bit rebellious, he would be able to be vigilant in advance and use that strand of spiritual force to thoroughly control Li Yuan.

This was also because his first disciple, a member of the royal family, Duan Qin, wasn't enough to become his disciple. In the end, he even wanted to become the emperor and betrayed him. Duan Yuan this time, Duan Ru also understood that Li Yuan wasn't someone from the same sect. Sooner or later, he would have the dream of the Emperor, and he didn't have to obstruct him; as long as Li Yuan became the Emperor, it would be beneficial to his Pill Sect.

The only thing he was afraid of was that Li Yuan didn't have that ability. Although Duan Qin from before was disgusted by him, Duan Qin's scheming was something that Duan Ru Yue was rather respectful of. He had actually seized the position of Sect Leader by himself and forced himself to become the Emperor for Li Yuan; in Duan Meng's opinion, it was impossible for Duan Qin to not have the slightest ability.

Right now, Duan Ling Tian was able to see that Li Yuan was absolutely not only going to be the Sect Leader of the Pill Sect. If he wanted to be the Emperor, he had to cultivate as well.

"It's time to take a break, I've been busy for more than half a year."

During the night, he would train while drinking and chatting in the yard during the day. Of course, the thing Duan Meng cared the most about was the information about the Purple Flame Divine Dragon, and once it appeared, it meant that the fourth page of the Skysplit Tower would appear. As long as he could obtain the fourth page of the Skysplit Tower, aside from increasing his own strength, he would also receive endless benefits.

His soul force will expand once again, and his spiritual force will increase too. His spiritual force was already at the third level, so if he advanced one more step, he would be able to fight even more fiercely. He wouldn't be at a disadvantage even if he were to fight against a person at the tribulation stage by himself.