Chapter 1532: Chapter 1531: Sharp Decline of Spiritual Energy, Demon Cave Invasion

"Greetings, Master!"

Once again, the language was quite clumsy.

As soon as the manor owner saw Fang Yu, he knelt down immediately, kowtowing with a face full of devotion.

Fang Yu felt a bit strange; these people were indeed shrewd. Once they knew he was a cultivator, they came to pay respects as disciples.

"Your aptitude and environment aren’t suitable for cultivation, so don’t waste your efforts." Having said that.

Fang Yu headed towards the bustling market.

The manor owner wanted to catch up, but was stopped by an invisible force. This frightened them, causing them to sweat profusely, daring not to pursue further.

After some time spent sightseeing, Fang Yu found that foreign architecture and economic levels had already seriously lagged behind Huaxia.

No spiritual energy, no bustling population.

Everyone yearned for the ability to cultivate in Huaxia.

Finally running into a cultivator from the East, they were eager to know him, eager to ingratiate.

But Fang Yu was among such a high-level cultivator, how could he be someone these foreigners could ingratiate themselves with?

...

Meanwhile.

This morning.

After the three major territories repelled all the fierce beasts invading human cities.

The ground shook once more.

It felt as though the earth and mountains were trembling.

Humanity announced to the world that an abnormal situation had arisen, all cultivators must take the world as their duty, guarding against the potential second wave of fierce beast invasion.

Fierce beasts are most easily startled by such earthquakes.

Once again they rampaged and ran amok everywhere.

But soon.

The Cultivator Association discovered yet another major revelation—the spiritual energy in the human world had suddenly decreased by one-third!

No one knew why.

Nor did anyone know where the spiritual energy had gone.

It was as if after one day, the next morning, the spiritual energy just vanished.

...

Chen Daotian, upon hearing this, was shocked and immediately called Fang Yu, too impatient to text.

"Brother Yu, where are you now!?"

"What’s the matter?"

"The spiritual energy of the Huaxia World has drastically reduced by one-third. I sense something big is happening; you should come back!" Chen Daotian said.

"Alright."

Upon hearing this news, Fang Yu didn’t say much and hung up the phone.

This left people puzzled.

In a world with abundant spiritual energy, where a wireless cycle had already formed, how could it suddenly decrease by one-third?

Fang Yu planned to head back first to have a look.

Having mastered the Star Fire, Fang Yu wasn’t afraid of those worthless creatures from the Demon Cave coming after him.

In the blink of an eye, Fang Yu’s figure disappeared.

...

About half an hour passed.

Fang Yu returned at an extremely fast speed, hovering above the Huaxia World.

Overlooking the entire world.

He opened the Desolate Divine Sense.

One could say it enveloped all of Huaxia, including the Eastern Wanxian City.

He couldn’t help but frown slightly.

"The spiritual energy has really decreased by one-third... how did this happen?"

Spiritual energy is fundamental to cultivators; if it’s gone, then cultivators will progress slowly. If it returns to the earlier era of spiritual energy scarcity, within a few decades, the new generation, when they grow up, humanity will revert once more to ordinary people.

This is a very frightening outcome.

But why did it happen?

Fang Yu gathered his thoughts, focused his attention, and pushed the will of Desolate Divine Sense to its extreme.

At that moment—

Fang Yu seemed to sense the minutest details from the entirety of the Huaxia World, observing as if scrutinizing closely— 𝐟𝕣𝕖𝐞𝐰𝕖𝚋𝐧𝗼𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝗰𝐨𝐦

The sound of ants crawling.

The trail left by birds flapping their wings.

The sound of raindrops falling.

Even the ripples spreading seemed to convey a sound.

Everything entered his mind completely.

This sensation instantly burdened his head multiple times, extremely uncomfortable.

But he also enjoyed this feeling of controlling the world, everything within his perception.

He searched thousands of mountains and waters, searched every corner, and searched anywhere where there might be a loophole.

Yet he couldn’t find where the spiritual energy had gone...

"Truly strange... Spiritual energy wouldn’t disappear for no reason, so what caused it?"

Fang Yu first thought of the dragon vein of the Demon Cave World.

At the moment Fang Yu suspected—

"How could I forget this matter!"

Once again he expanded the Desolate Divine Sense.

The fineness of the sense surprised even Fang Yu himself.

Finally!

Fang Yu felt a certain pattern.

The spiritual energy was all decreasing!

Just like fog descending!

Logically, the density of spiritual energy shouldn’t decrease, but now showing a trend of descent indicated that some bizarre force was making them act downward.

Fang Yu continued to track...

The spiritual energy fell upon the ground.

Unlike usual, when spiritual energy falls on the leaves, it would be absorbed by the leaves, and the leaves would become more prosperous.

But this time, the spiritual energy directly immersed into the soil, and just disappeared like that.

The soil showed no change.

"Such audacity!"

Fang Yu’s brow furrowed.

He immediately retracted his divine sense, took out his phone, and said on WeChat: "Daotian, notify the other territories to strengthen defenses, guard against fierce beast invasions. Also, about the creatures in the Demon Cave... I’m going to head into the Demon Cave."

Not long after, Chen Daotian replied with a single "Okay."

Along the way, he sent Fang Yu’s reminder to the cultivators of other territories.

In the Emperor City, cultivators were immediately dispatched to protect various major cities.

The Elders of Wanxian City all mobilized.

Wanxian City, being the city with the most cultivators and highest cultivation levels, acted as the vanguard, immediately heading to various dark places, investigating and patrolling.

...

Meanwhile.

Fang Yu, using the cone-shaped weapon, again entered the Demon Cave World.

As soon as she entered the Demon Cave World.

She couldn’t help but be surprised.

"The spiritual energy was indeed taken by the Demon Cave World. The dragon vein has been suppressed..."

It was noticeably apparent that the dragon vein’s aura had almost disappeared.

Slightly raising his right hand.

The seven-colored Dragon Roar Sword appeared.

Emitting radiant and dazzling light.

His gaze swept across the Demon Cave World ahead, opening the Desolate Divine Sense!

"Zhao Mengxue... come out... I know you’re still alive."

A warning echoed, immediately alarming all the creatures of the Demon Cave World.

Within the nine layers of space, the Demon Cave creatures seemed frightened, immediately fleeing to the lower levels.

Trained and disciplined, as if well-prepared beforehand.

At this moment.

Zhao Mengxue’s voice eerily approached.

"Honorable Emperor Yu, it’s indeed an honor to have you gracing us!"

Swish.

A figure hovered in the void.

Fang Yu glanced briefly, and then exclaimed in surprise, "Heaven’s Master?"

"Emperor Yu indeed has a keen eye; you are also of the Heavenly Master Realm, we are equals."

"Zhao Mengxue, you were originally human, why stray from the path? I offer you a choice. Abandon your cultivation, reshape your humanity, return to human society, and live as an ordinary person!"

Upon hearing this.

Zhao Mengxue burst into laughter.

The laughter was decidedly creepy.

"Emperor Yu, you’re truly naive... you’ve lived countless years, with vast understanding, rich experience... do you really think I would give up?"

Zhao Mengxue’s voice suddenly turned somber, "The reason I am here today is all because of pressure from you all? Emperor Yu, it’s all because of you—" The voice was raised, even somewhat hoarse.

Immediately afterward.

Zhao Mengxue tossed her first card—

"For today, I’ve endured humiliation, I was willing to fall into demonhood. Emperor Yu... if you dare harm the Demon Cave, I swear, I’ll slaughter humanity!"