Lu Wancheng was trying his best to concentrate but was frequently being disturbed by the voice ringing in his ear. "Hurry up, my kids are in danger."

  Being a good man, he ignored it the first time. "Hey, what are you doing? I told you to hurry up."

  The second time, he also decided not to pay it much mind. "Hey, you bastard, hurry up, they are dying!"

  And after the third time, he would definitely not take it lying down. He shot back with equal ferocity, "Shut up, you old hag! Don't you see I am trying to focus?"

  The cave suddenly went silent as his voice echoed in the closed darkness. Although there was nobody else present here, the person who was supposed to have heard it must have heard it very clearly.

  A long pause followed before the timid voice was heard again, "I am sorry. I was just worried a bit too much."

  "Yes, you must be truly worried," Lu Wancheng said in a sarcastic tone. "After all, the kids whom you fed the strongest artifacts of this world are about to burst like balloons." Not having any reply to this, the voice went silent.

  Lu Wancheng continued to repair Xiaomeng's body. Within moments, the raging qi bent to his will and he also stabilized the unstable spiritual root. Seeing Xiaomeng's condition stabilize, he also retrieved his divine sense. While doing so, he tried to find the Fourth Elder and discovered he was busy refining pills, completely isolated from the outside world.

  "I understand that you were in a rush, but you should at least select proper candidates," Lu Wancheng commented.

  "She is not one of mine," the voice came rapidly from behind.

  Hearing these words, Lu Wancheng paused. A sharp glint appeared in his eyes, but after thinking for a few moments, it disappeared. "Forget it,” he thought. “She must have just encountered some lucky opportunity. But looking at her condition, it must be half-baked to make her spiritual root go out of control."

  Then he proceeded to look at the second victim of the night. Lingling was sleeping peacefully after breaking into the Qi Refinement realm. It had gone very smoothly for her without any kind of trouble. But unbeknownst to her, the white pearl in her Dantian was slowly releasing excess dragon might, which was slowly creeping towards her head. In a few moments, it would reach her head and take control of her body. But just as it was about to succeed in its endeavor, a strong force appeared out of nowhere and blocked its way.

  The force then began to push it back rapidly. The dragon pearl refused to yield so easily and started to fight back. The body of Lingling became a battleground for the two forces. By some tacit understanding, both were preventing any damage from spreading to the young girl's body. Before long, the dragon pearl was forced into retreat. A special seal was placed upon it. And all the excess energy in the body was directed at Lingling’s second acupoint, easily breaking it. Then Lu Wancheng searched for the Sixth Elder, finding her absent from the sect.

  In his cave, he let out a soft sigh, "Which one is next?"

  The cheerful voice of the world's will fell on his ears, "It is the Yin Peak this time." Seeing that one of 'its kids' was out of danger, its mood seemed to have improved a lot.

  Lu Wancheng spread his Divine Sense towards the Yin Peak and was able to easily detect the anomaly. Most of the places were hidden or protected through arrays, but with his high cultivation, he easily bypassed them. Finally, his gaze fell on Rong Ning. She was lying on her bed, her eyes closed. Her complexion had gotten paler, and her lips had gotten redder. One probe and he knew that the flow of qi in her meridians was being obstructed at every stop.

  "Nine Yin Meridian Blockage. No, not a simple blockage, but a complete suppression due to an overwhelming physique," Lu Wancheng commented. "What did you do to her exactly?" he asked.

  "Well," the will of the world hesitated a little, but looking at the inquiring look from Lu Wancheng, it folded. "Just a few drops of Celestial Yin and a drop of Ice Luan heart essence blood."

  That was the moment when Lu Wancheng simply stopped using his head regarding this matter. It seemed like the world's will was starting to get crazier day by day. Feeding something that would even kill a Golden Core cultivator to a mortal. And by the looks of it, this was fed just after birth and for over a decade shaped the body's physique.

  He focused all his attention on the constricting meridians of Rong Ning. The cold qi had permeated her bones and was slowly eroding them. He poured his own energy into her. This time, the resistance was far greater than with the dragon pearl. The dragon pearl wanted to take over the body, but here the yin qi was trying to completely destroy it.

  A fight between the two forces started instantly. Lu Wancheng also had to protect Rong Ning's body during the subjugation, and hence it took a lot more time than compared to before. But once again, he had won. The phantom of an Ice Luan rose in defiance, and was crushed just as quickly. The Yin energy was temporarily sealed, and each seal would release when cultivation increased.

  However, Rong Ning's body had been thoroughly ravaged in the process, with broken meridians scattered throughout. Taking out a glistening green drop from his storage ring, Lu Wancheng transmitted it over and placed it on the injured girl's head. Soon, all the injuries were healed, and the two acupoints that had broken in the fight directly elevated her to the Qi Refinement Third Layer. It was the most luxurious cultivation Lu Wancheng had seen in his whole life, with just a death gamble added to the mix.

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  Even the will of the world was amazed at the recovery. Since Lu Wancheng used the system previously, he had also acquired knowledge of various fields and many miraculous artifacts and medicines. It was truly a magical entity, but that was also a reason the world's will was afraid of it. Having something completely alien and foreign enter its world without its knowledge indicated just how strong and secretive it was.

  Next, Lu Wancheng’s attention shifted to Xiao Ming and Liu Yue. Handling their matter was far easier than Rong Ning, and for that matter, even easier than Lingling. But easier didn't equate to weakness. Just that their power was more peaceful and cooperative than the previous dominant energies. Quickly finishing the sealing, he started to search for the Fifth Elder but was not able to find her. He then focused on the secured chamber that had been built at the base of the peak and found it was locked. Fifth Elder must be having a relapse of her cultivation technique, he speculated.

  "Who's next?" he asked after dealing with the trouble at the Yin Peak. "The Array Refinement Peak," swiftly came the reply.

  Lu Wancheng once again spread his divine sense, but the target this time was the Array Refinement Peak. And soon he located the next target of the night. A small book was floating above Gu Yichen's head, its pages turning automatically.

  Gu Yichen raised his hand in an unconscious state and tried to write something in the book, but a strong force stopped his hand from moving further. Sensing that something was wrong, the book tried to flee but was caught by that same mysterious force and suspended midair. The next moment, the space in front of it tore open, and Lu Wancheng stepped out.

  Lu Wancheng didn't think that he would need to step out of his abode, but circumstances were too interesting this time to not take a look. With a flick of his finger, the book was brought before him. But looking inside, there were just blank pages. "You can only view it after making it your life-bound artifact," the world's will explained.

  Lu Wancheng thought for a moment and brought out a pair of glasses from his storage ring. Wearing those glasses, he seemed more like a scholar than the rogue he was. Soon, all the text in the book became visible to him. But after reading for some time, he wrote something inside it with his divine sense and just threw it at Gu Yichen's head. The book dissolved as soon as it touched Gu Yichen.

  "What happened?" the will of the world asked. It had already gotten accustomed to Lu Wancheng bringing out mysterious objects every now and then.

  "It was too boring," Lu Wancheng answered. "Just filled with lots and lots of arrays." Then his attention went to another place on the peak. With his glasses still on, he disappeared from his place.

  When the deceased cultivator's remnant soul came out of the old ring on Gu Da's finger, he came face to face with Lu Wancheng. Faced with such an anomaly, it screamed in terror. But the next second, Lu Wancheng forcefully closed its mouth with his hand. "Don't shout, or you will wake the kid."

  Then, not giving the soul a chance to speak, he took out a contract from his storage ring. Giving the soul a nasty look, he said, "Sign it or die. You choose."

  Before the old soul could process what was happening, Lu Wancheng clutched his hand, and a tremendous pressure started enveloping it. In a fit of panic, it shouted, "I will sign it!" Suddenly, the pressure disappeared, and Lu Wancheng brought forward the contract with a practiced business smile.

  Afraid of the crazy man in front of it, the soul didn't even read the contract properly and just skimmed through the main clauses. Finding no threat to its life, it signed the contract with its divine sense. Suddenly, the paper disappeared into light particles, which formed a chain connecting the ancient soul and Gu Da. Finding no fault here, Lu Wancheng waved his hands in a goodbye gesture and disappeared. The soul that was left behind could only stare in dumbfounded astonishment. Since its plans had been squashed, it could only go back inside the ring and rest.

  Lu Wancheng stood in the air above the Array Refinement Peak. Only after seeing the parasite go back inside the ring did, he move his gaze. He searched for the Third Elder and found him trapped in an array of his own making, but it didn't seem serious enough for him to interfere.

  Next, he moved to Sword Peak and resolved the problems there. And his final destination was the First Peak. Scanning the First Peak, he discovered the First Elder drunk and surrounded by jars of spiritual liquor, and still complaining about being poor. Right then, the pressure akin to a heavy mountain appeared over a small corner of the peak.

  Quickly going to that place, Lu Wancheng discovered Tieshan bent over on the floor and clutching his chest. A heavy pressure was radiating from his body, nearly breaking everything in his room. With a wave of his hand, he isolated Tieshan from everything around. Then, getting closer, he put his hand on the boy's back and spread his divine sense.

  After seeing the thing that was causing the trouble, his expression instantly became grim, and he clenched his teeth tightly. "Hey, you crazy bastard, isn't this Xuanwu Heart the reason you were first disconnected from the Upper Realm?" But the chatty voice from the world's will did not answer. Yet the silence was answer enough.

  Before he could say anything further, the whimper of Tieshan was heard. Lu Wancheng hurriedly concentrated all his energy on the young boy's heart. But as soon as it approached the heart, it was being destroyed. Even with his cultivation making him the strongest in this world, he was not even able to get close to that thing. Finally, gritting his teeth, he brought out a talisman.

  The talisman radiated an ancient aura, and sensing that aura, the Xuanwu Heart in Tieshan's body started to struggle more. Not giving it a chance, Lu Wancheng brought the talisman close to Tieshan's heart and burned it.

  Just like the previous contract, the talisman transformed into small white chains and went after the Xuanwu Heart. The Heart struggled back, radiating more pressure, which nearly threw Lu Wancheng back. After some time, the struggle died down, and the Heart was completely covered by the white chains and temporarily sealed.

  Tieshan's struggle had also died down, and he was lying unconscious. Lu Wancheng picked him up and put him on the bed. "We will have a nice chat after this," he said in ragged breaths. Although there was no response, the one in question must have definitely heard it.

  Lu Wancheng wiped the thin line of blood from beneath his nose. Dealing with the disaster that nearly destroyed the sect, he turned his gaze towards the last remaining troublemaker.

  Qi was rushing into Tian Yao's body without stopping. It was rapidly being circulated and refined, putting a lot of pressure on the body, and the meridians were also strained from this. Her state was similar to Xiaomeng's, but where Xiaomeng's qi was out of control, here Tian Yao was intentionally circulating it at just the right speed to not break the meridians. Even with the pain she must be feeling, her face was as expressionless as ever. It felt so natural that even Lu Wancheng was fascinated by it. And that fascination was the reason he felt more guarded towards the girl. Seeing no apparent problem in her body, he left for his cave abode not paying her more attention.

  Fifteen kids, each with a heaven-defying lucky opportunity. And eleven of them chosen by the world’s will. Life in the sect was bound to get very chaotic.