Whether the Four-Sect Alliance had truly lost its mind, Luo Chen could not say for certain. What he did know was that every vassal under their command and even the rogue Initiates scattered throughout the region had gone completely mad.0

Each of the Four-Sect Alliance had released a Core Formation secret art, one apiece. The move was bold, extravagant, and utterly unprecedented. For countless cultivators stuck at the late stage of Foundation Establishment with no clear path forward, it was as though the heavens had opened a door. Even those still in the early or middle stages, who didn't yet urgently need it, could not resist the urge to prepare ahead of time.0

Luo Chen stared at the massive stele in front of him. Four glowing lines listed each of the secret arts, along with the merit points required to exchange for them. At the top stood the Falling Cloud Sect's Upper Path Core Formation art, Beaded Curtain Lock, priced at a staggering ten thousand merit points. The other three were Lower Path arts, each requiring...0