Qi Yuan said casually, "Give me some time and I can easily handle the Great Calamity myself. Once it’s gone, we won’t have to worry about our flawed cultivation manuals."

When he was still at the Core Formation realm, he used to fear it. After all, if the Great Calamity summoned a powerful Yang Spirit, things could spiral out of control. Especially if his Nascent Souls had not awakened yet.

He grinned. "Until then, just keep cultivating like normal. Wait until I'm strong enough to wipe it out."

Rogue Immortal felt an overwhelming sense of security. "I'm good at spectating, I'll cheer from the sidelines!"

"When you destroy the Great Calamity, I'll play the suona for you!" Great Sun Flame Emperor said.

"Now that's what I call domineering," Iceberg Empress said admiringly.

Qi Yuan leaned forward, eyes gleaming. "So, if I spread the word that the cultivation techniques were tainted, then offered a selection of untainted ones, wouldn’t that create an explosive effect? Every sect would rush to share their techniques."

The safest option would be the Qi Yuan Scripture itself, but he wouldn't release that lightly. However, most of the techniques Shen Wushen brought back were untainted.

Great Sun Flame Emperor nodded. "Definitely. Even I would be tempted. I might not switch, but my juniors might think otherwise. People will rush to get their hands on it."

Iceberg Empress added, "If it were me, I'd grab those techniques even if I couldn't use them myself."

Qi Yuan beamed. "Perfect. We've got a slogan, a plan, and a market. Now we just have to execute it."

Finally, he'd found a way to harvest techniques efficiently!

"We still need a name!" Rogue Immortal said excitedly.

"Let's call it the Coexistence Society?" Qi Yuan suggested.

"Too bland," Iceberg Empress shot it down immediately.

"What about the Yuan God Society?" Rogue Immortal proposed eagerly. [1]

"Not bad," Great Sun Flame Emperor agreed.

"...No," Qi Yuan said instantly.

If his faction ended up with that name, wouldn't that make him sound ridiculous?

"I think it's great," Iceberg Empress said, blinking innocently.

"A rare moment of brilliance from him, let him have it," she added.

"'Yuan' represents your name, 'God' your strength," Great Sun Flame Emperor said thoughtfully. "If not that, how about reversing it, Shenyuan Society?"

[2]

"Absolutely not! Fine..." Qi Yuan sighed. "Then we'll call it the Yuan God Sharing Society."

Adding that last word was his final act of resistance. In the end, a name was just a name.

Rogue Immortal beamed with pride. "If this becomes the number one organization in the Canglan World one day, I'll be able to tell my descendants I named it!"

Qi Yuan rolled his eyes.

The group continued discussing inside Wangxian Tower for half an hour, finalizing the development plan. Management would be handled by Great Sun Flame Emperor's grandfather, Lord Wind. After all, without a Yin Spirit expert overseeing things, such an organization would be difficult to manage.

Great Sun Flame Emperor and Rogue Immortal would assist, while Iceberg Empress would take on a nominal role, helping recruit forces near her homeland.

Their strategy had two main directions. First, spread their message through the Divine Flower Society's forum, announce that techniques were tainted, and rally cultivators to unite against the Great Calamity. Second, use the Seeking Dao Palace to build their reputation.

After all, even the finest wine was worthless if hidden in a dark alley. No matter how strong their organization was, it was useless if no one knew about it.

"Once I finish posting, I'll go visit your grandfather," Qi Yuan said.

With the framework in place, he switched accounts, logging in as the Blood-Clothed Sword God.

After a moment of thought, he began typing.

<< Shocking Discovery That Will Shake the Canglan World—The Techniques We Cultivate Are Traps!>>

I am the Blood-Clothed Sword God, leader of the Blood-Clothed Alliance. At great personal risk, I reveal a truth that concerns the safety of every cultivator in the Canglan World. Our cultivation techniques are tainted. As our strength grows, we are slowly turned into nourishment for unknown entities. The scheme behind this is beyond imagination...

He continued smoothly. Hook the reader with fear, raise the stakes, then offer a solution—the Yuan God Sharing Society! Upload techniques and exchange them, ultimately gaining access to untainted methods.

Finally, he announced its upcoming launch and invited everyone to join.

At the very end, he added, Do not panic. I will stand at the forefront and defend the Canglan World with my life!

The moment the post went live, it went viral across the forum.

└Is this real?

└Tainted techniques? Why haven't I felt anything?

└Becoming nourishment? Are we livestock?

└This has to be nonsense...

└Wait, that's the Blood-Clothed Sword God. Then, could it be true?

└Senior Blood-Clothed Sword God is a Yin Spirit, it must be true!

└How could cultivation techniques be tainted?!

Hundreds, then thousands of cultivators were thrown into shock. If anyone else had said it, they would've dismissed it outright. However, this was the Blood-Clothed Sword God, a Yin Spirit expert. Why would someone like him lie? For what purpose?

1. "原神" can be broken down as:

So "原神会" can be read as something like: "The Society of Qi Yuan, the God"

That makes it sound like a personal cult or self-deification group, which—even for someone as shameless as Qi Yuan—is a bit too on-the-nose. He likes messing around, but not being that blatantly narcissistic.

"原神" is also the exact name of the hugely popular game Genshin Impact. Fans of the game are sometimes jokingly called "原批" (a teasing/derogatory meme term). ☜

2. "神原" (shén yuán) is a near-homophone of: 神猿 (shén yuán) → divine ape / godly monkey. So Qi Yuan immediately hears it as: "Monkey Society" 🐒 That's why he instantly rejects it. ☜