The Feng Zun Journey
The Heaven's Will Sect
As expected, the words of the Nine-headed Bird King next, completely confirmed Feng Zun's guess earlier.
“The Prison of the God of the Blood Cave is like a giant shackle. The place was filled with endless blood, an extremely poor supply of energy, even it could also strip and devour the blood, qi, cultivation base, and life force of a cultivator...
“Although late stage Immortal God cultivators like me can fight this bloody and terrifying energy, for countless years, it has been, This God Prison can still devour our life force and cultivation base unceasingly.”.
The voice of the Nine-Headed Bird King suddenly sounded low and bitter, “It feels like being a plant in one's field, we are forced to give our life force and cultivation to the owner of the field. In the end, those trapped would definitely perish, and their Dao achievements would be lost forever.”
Feng Zun furrowed his brows, “The warden saw a wasp-like Immortal God expert looking at the moths, stripped them of their life force, and devoured their cultivation.. But what exactly is it all for?”
After a moment of silence, the Nine-Headed Bird King said, “ Refine pills! They used us as medicinal ingredients, turning our cultivation base and life force into pills for their personal benefit!”
Feng Zun's eyes narrowed, "How did you know about it?"
“Every thousand years, the wardens will enter the Prison of Gods and collect a thousand years of accumulated blood, the impact of the energy is very bad.”, said the Nine-headed Bird King, his voice was filled with anger and hatred, “At the same time, they would throw the new prisoner into the Blood Cave God Prison, and wait a thousand years until the next 'harvest'.”
Feng Zun's eyes shone with a strange light.
He muttered, “The method is actually somewhat similar to some Demonic orthodoxy..”.
Not long ago, he ordered Zhi Guan to place a Blood Refining Formation in the Unreturn Forest Mountain Range.
Once activated, this formation would trap and kill otherworldly cultivators of any realm, who were trying to cross through the spatial gaps beneath the Unreturn Forest Mountain Range.
No matter if it was their blood, flesh, or life force and cultivation, it would become a formation nutrient and make it even stronger…
It wasn't exactly the same, but it reminded him of the method these guards used.
The Blood Cave God Prison was like a Blood Refining Formation.
As one of the trapped survivors, the Nine-headed Bird King would also be used as food.
Moreover, the Blood Refining Formation was originally the masterpiece of the greatest Demonic orthodoxy of the Wild Orion, the Shenwang Demon Faction!
"Do you know how many guards there are, or where they come from?" asked Feng Zun.
“There's more than one, and I guess they're all from the same faction. However, I also don't know what kind of faction it is.” said the Nine-headed Bird King.
He hurriedly continued, “Akan but, there is a dimensional altar near where I was captured. This was one of the roads that the guards used to head towards the Prison of Gods. There is also a line of text engraved on the altar.”
Feng Zun immediately looked curious, "What is the content of the text?"
“The Heavenly Dao Road reduces where there are advantages, and adds where there are disadvantages.” said the Nine-headed Bird King, he always paused for a moment, to add emphasis between every word he said.
Feng Zun was stunned. “That's rather interesting, do they carry out the will of heaven?”
'Reduce where there is excess' undoubtedly implies, that the warden faction considers the 'prisoners' they have captured is an advantage.
But what exactly are the flaws they want to fix?
When parasitic wasps catch moth caterpillars, their purpose is to provide nutrients for their offspring.
When the guards caught the escaped convicts, did the warden strip them of their cultivation and vitality, to feed their descendants as well?
“How could they possibly be considered to represent the Heavenly Dao Path? They obviously only used that as an excuse, to treat the cultivators as medicinal ingredients and harvest us for the purposes of their own interests! The Nine-Headed Bird King said angrily.
Feng Zun nodded.
The saying that 'Dao Heaven reduces where there are advantages and adds where there are shortcomings' does not in itself discriminate against anyone. It was simply describing, about how the natural workings of the Heavenly Dao Road worked.
So if they say that wanting to 'exercise the will of heaven' is obviously just a joke.
Feng Zun asked, "What language was used in that line of text?"
The writing of an ancient human, said the Nine-headed Bird King without much pause to think.
Feng Zun's eyebrows shot up.
Could it be that the wardens were not from the demon race, and their faction consisted of human cultivators in the past?
If so, they do the opposite of what that line of text says.
They actually reduce the shortage and add to the existing surplus!
After all, a faction capable of easily capturing a late stage Immortal God cultivator, such as the Nine-headed Bird King must have been extremely powerful!
Moreover, whoever they were, they were most likely able to control the taboo power of the Ancient Darkness Restriction Energy!
Feng Zun could not help but suspect that the Ancient Darkness Restriction Energy, which befell the Luo Mainland fifty thousand years ago was their deed!
“For tens of thousands of years shackled in this giant prison, I met some other captive cultivators. They all came from different worlds, but unfortunately, none of them were too powerful. Not long after they were captured, the Blood Cave God Prison stripped them of all their vitality and cultivation, ” said the Nine-headed Bird King.
“However, when I spoke with them, I learned that they also did not know about what kind of faction, the wardens themselves represented. However, they knew that the guards claimed to carry out the will of heaven. Therefore, the prisoners referred to their faction as the 'Secte of Heaven's Will.”
"The Sect of Heaven's Will?" Feng Zun shook his head. Which faction would dare to make such a name?
It was not just a taboo, it would also provoke hostility towards all the other factions!
After all, cultivation was basically an act against the heavens!
Feng Zun and the Nine-Headed Bird King chatted longer.