Chapter 528: Chapter 368: Alliance Development, Impending Upheaval in the North (Part 2)

[You lament how quickly time passes, then continue to focus on alliance matters.]

[In the year 5191 of the New Source Era, the alliance launched another campaign against the Secret Realm World. The Celestial Rainbow Cultivation Realm has basically recovered after decades of rest and resurgence. Aside from there being only a dozen or so Golden Core Masters, the number of Foundation Establishment Cultivators has nearly returned to normal, and the number of Qi Refining Cultivators surpasses even that of the Nine Sects Era.]

[One by one, the channels to the Secret Realm World are opened, and countless alliance cultivators begin to attack these Secret Realm Worlds.]

[The creatures of the Secret Realm World watch in terror as these beings, calling themselves alliance cultivators, invade their world.]

The young alliance formally shows its strength to many Secret Realm Worlds.

The numerous Secret Realm Worlds are also a characteristic of this era.

Nearly countless Secret Realm Worlds and their unique resources await exploration.

One by one, the realm channels are easily pinpointed and opened.

The Secret Realm Worlds vary in numerous ways.

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There exists an unrivaled grandmaster who, undefeated, defeats hidden sects’ celestial prides with a punch and a kick, suppresses the Northern Land turmoil caused by the barbarian clan, and strikes royalty masters with his sword. He stands atop the mountain, looks down upon the world, and sighs at the world’s invincibility.

The colors of the wind and clouds change, a crack opens in the sky, and a massive treasure ship appears. Countless people with talismans attached to them, wielding magic swords, claiming to be alliance cultivators, charge towards the land with shoutings.

The world is undefeated, but enemies come from the sky.

In worlds occupied by demons, the human race has only fragmented legacies; they sacrifice life just to unleash power, while ordinary humans are bred like livestock by the demons.

Suddenly, a crack opens in the sky, a divine sword descends, easily pinning and killing the Demon King who was devouring countless humans. A group of young people, wearing cloud-patterned insignias on their chests, curiously gaze at this world.

This land welcomes back its rightful owners, the human race.

There exists a world jointly ruled by dragon descendants and humans, where the cultivation system is bound with dragon blood.

The alliance’s Beast Tamer Association frantically occupies this land.

On that day, people of the Dragon Blood Continent witnessed a group of noble dragons dragged out from dragon lairs like dead dogs by humans clad in blue robes.

In the End of Dharma World, Spiritual Qi had dissipated, and only a few martial artists were active. The alliance cultivators invited the deputy chairman of the Array Master Association, who easily opened the root of this End of Dharma World. The alliance obtained a supreme treasure, bringing Spiritual Qi recovery back to this land.

There exists a Soul Cultivation World where, over twenty thousand years, only soul cultivation legacies remain. In this world dominated by soul cultivators and ghost cultivators, soul cultivation has greatly advanced.

The Talisman Master Association, Artifact Refiner Association, and Array Master Association, to acquire these soul cultivation legacies and enhance divine sense intensity, collaborated to create the Money Sword, causing great damage to soul bodies and talismans capable of defending against divine sense attacks.

There exists a pure Spirit Medicine Secret Realm that, after twenty thousand years of development, has grown to a point where spirit plant resources are extremely abundant.

The Alchemist Association is ecstatic, as the alliance’s pill pressure significantly decreases...

[You appointed Lin Wui as the head of the Secret Realm Strategy Bureau, seeming to the world as if you are restraining Qiu Yi’s power.]

[Three years ago, Qiu Yi had already restored his Dao Foundation losses, perfected his cultivation system, and became a truly late-stage Golden Core magic cultivator. However, due to limited longevity, he won’t progress much further in the future. Nonetheless, a late-stage Golden Core cultivator significantly impacts the entire Celestial Rainbow Cultivation Realm.]

[But you trust Qiu Yi deeply because you possess the true blood of the Five Elements Sacred Beasts, who are the subjects of his faith.]

[You intend to allow Lin Wui to experience more cultivation systems and thus enhance his comprehension.]

[Martial Dao, modified by the Body Refining magic, is the most common practice in these Secret Realm Worlds, and many combat techniques greatly benefit Lin Wui.]

[You discover that Lin Wui’s foundation is particularly solid.]

[You discover that without activating the Five Saints Array, Lin Wui can still contend closely with you, who controls the Celestial Maiden Sword Array, even managing to suppress himself slightly. You sigh, having to acknowledge that array masters aren’t adept at fighting.]

[You continue delving into cultivation and researching arrays.]

[As time slowly passes, Alliance Leader is no longer mentioned often, and you are shrouded in a veil of mystery.]

[In the year 5201 of the New Source Era, an exiled sect from the large-scale Qiuxu Cultivation Realm passed through the Celestial Rainbow Cultivation Realm. This sect surprisingly possesses seven Golden Core Masters and notably a late-stage Golden Core Master with substantial prowess. You proactively lead people to confront them, successfully forcing them to retreat.]

[Meanwhile, they convey news to you that Yunmiao Master has betrayed the Thousand Stars Alliance and joined the Guangyun Celestial Sect.]

Guangyun Celestial Sect is one of the key reasons the large-scale Qiuxu Cultivation Realm can be considered large-scale.

Because Guangyun Celestial Sect is the only Nascent Soul Sect in the large-scale Qiuxu Cultivation Realm.

However, the Guangyun Celestial Sect suffers from a lack of young successors, having no Nascent Soul seed amongst the younger generation.

This results in a weakened control over the entire cultivation realm by the Guangyun Celestial Sect.

Ordinarily, a large-scale cultivation realm should be dominated by the sect possessing the only Nascent Soul cultivator.

Strong control is akin to that of the Weie Pavilion Everlasting Sect, or weak control somewhat like Danyang.

However, the Nascent Soul Ancestor of Guangyun Celestial Sect has been in secluded retreat for nearly a century, nearing two thousand years of age, the limit of Nascent Soul cultivators’ lifespan.

And besides Guangyun Celestial Sect, there are several powerful cultivation sects in the Qiuxu Cultivation Realm whose strength excluding the Nascent Soul Ancestor isn’t much weaker than the Guangyun Celestial Sect.

The Thousand Stars Alliance is one of these powers.

Originally, Yunmiao Master emerged from the Celestial Rainbow Cultivation Realm and was given special cultivation by the Thousand Stars Alliance.

Zhong Heng eliminated many strong beings from the Hundred Stars Alliance. The Thousand Stars Alliance tolerates this for Yunmiao Master’s sake.

But right during a crucial change in the large-scale Qiuxu Cultivation Realm, Yunmiao Master chose to betray the Thousand Stars Alliance and join the Guangyun Celestial Sect.

"That’s why our Merak Sect decided to temporarily leave the Qiuxu Cultivation Realm."

"Otherwise, if drawn into it, the entire sect might face extermination."

"Better to leave earlier than join sides."

The sect master of Merak Sect glanced at Qiuxu, who was half a step behind Zhong Heng.

"Unexpectedly, a major change has happened within the Qu Hong Cultivation Realm."

"Alliance Leader Zhong truly has skilled strategies."

Zhong Heng was slightly silent, exhaling deeply after a long time.

No wonder Yunmiao Master hasn’t contacted me for so long.

Though the large-scale Qiuxu Cultivation Realm is beside the Celestial Rainbow Cultivation Realm, it’s, in reality, quite distant, making constant contact difficult even with communication spiritual artifacts.

Yunmiao Master’s decision had no explanation to him, indicating the urgency of the situation back then.

As for betrayal?

Zhong Heng trusts Yunmiao Master had his reasons. After all, Yunmiao Master has sheltered him for so long, so Zhong Heng will unquestionably support Yunmiao Master unconditionally.

"Thanks to Sect Leader Tong for informing."

"Lin Wui."

Lin Wui quickly handed over three or four storage bags, which are the highest quality, their storage space hundreds of times larger than basic storage bags.

Zhong Heng passed the storage bags to the other party, satisfying Sect Leader Tong’s expression immediately.

Though temporarily migrating the sect, the amassed consumption was significant, requiring immediate location of a Spirit Stone Mine. Thanks to Zhong Heng’s aid, he doesn’t have to worry immediately.

"Alliance Leader Zhong is straightforward."

"In this way, I’ll provide further advice. The Thousand Stars Alliance is infuriated and retaliation towards your alliance is imminent."

"However, the major target of the Thousand Stars Alliance is the Guangyun Celestial Sect, so the retaliation against your alliance won’t be excessively severe. Given your alliance’s strength, it can probably resist."

Having said this, Sect Leader Tong led a dense group of followers to another nearby medium-sized cultivation realm.

They intend to await the situation of the Qiuxu Cultivation Realm and return at the opportune time.

Zhong Heng cares little for how the neighboring medium-sized cultivation realm reacts to Merak Sect.

He simply gazes northward toward the direction of the Qiuxu Cultivation Realm...