Chapter 106: Wolves Howl Everywhere

At the same time as the Green Demon Realm invaded.

The Earth-Mystic Realm reacted immediately; most Mahayana experts fled into the void and directly intervened against the spatial channel the Green Demon Realm was forming.

Simultaneously, within the Earth-Mystic Realm, spatial channels to other subordinate minor worlds in the lower realms began construction, preparing to support the lower realms at any moment.

Moreover, the Earth-Mystic Realm also opened some spatial channels leading to the subordinate minor worlds of the Green Demon Realm.

The high command of the Earth-Mystic Realm prepared to fight fire with fire, counter-invading the subordinate worlds of the Green Demon Realm.

However, the people of the Earth-Mystic Realm did not intend to conquer the Green Demon Realm's subordinate minor worlds under its watch, as that was unrealistic.

The Green Demon Realm had previously succeeded in invading the Earth-Mystic Realm's subordinate minor worlds only by striking unexpectedly, using the Sky-Shielding Banner of Demon Qi to block the Earth-Mystic Realm's perception and invade in secret.

Furthermore, even then, the Green Demon Realm had not invaded by directly opening a stable spatial channel.

For forcibly opening a stable spatial channel from the outside created far too much commotion; even with the Sky-Shielding Banner's cover, such fluctuations could not be completely concealed.

At that time, the Green Demon Clan's experts first opened temporary spatial rifts to send in a portion of Nascent Soul-level Green Demon Clan members.

These Nascent Soul-level Green Demon Clan members then built spatial altars within the Earth-Mystic Realm's subordinate minor worlds, enabling them to open a stable spatial channel through inside-outside cooperation.

This method, while far more troublesome than forcibly opening a spatial channel directly,

generated far less commotion. Combined with the Sky-Shielding Banner's concealment, it successfully deceived the Earth-Mystic Realm, allowing a secret invasion of its nine subordinate minor worlds.

But now that the war between the two realms has fully erupted, the Green Demon Realm, having used this method itself, will certainly be prepared and will not foolishly allow the Earth-Mystic Realm to repeat it.

Therefore, the Earth-Mystic Realm's high command merely intends to send people into the Green Demon Realm's subordinate minor worlds to cause disruption and tie up the Green Demon Realm's resources.

Both sides' strategies were remarkably similar; even while at a disadvantage, the Earth-Mystic Realm was not passively defending or letting the Green Demon Realm lead it by the nose.

Once the situation was laid bare, both sides' schemes would be hard to conceal from each other.

Almost the instant the Earth-Mystic Realm's Mahayana experts entered the void, the Green Demon Realm's Mahayana experts likewise fled into the void.

The previously silent void suddenly became incredibly lively.

Upon meeting, neither side uttered a single threat; instead, various divine abilities and immortal artifacts were hurled fiercely at each other.

"Divine Ability: Blazing Explosion!"

"Divine Ability: One Sword to Slay Demons!"

"Divine Ability: Great Buddha Hand!"

"Divine Ability: Demon Scale Slash!"

For a moment, divine abilities clashed, each side desperate to seize the initiative and not lose the advantage.

In an instant, within the vast, boundless void where the Earth-Mystic Realm and Green Demon Realm intersected, dazzling energy spheres exploded continuously.

Attacks from immortal artifacts and divine abilities tore through the void, causing the entire void to shatter and distort, as if everyone had entered a mirrored space.

Yet the Mahayana experts on both sides remained unaffected; at this moment, their eyes held only their opponents.

On one side was pure white spiritual power representing creation, vitality, and purification; on the other, dark demon qi representing destruction, death, and erosion.

The two sides clashed endlessly within the void; the two forces intertwined and exploded, triggering massive repulsion reactions.

This battle was not a decisive one, so it did not last long. Though it appeared fierce, with so many participants supporting each other, no one perished.

Once the partially opened spatial channels within both worlds fully coalesced, both sides, with unspoken understanding, withdrew to their respective worlds.

Although the war in the void prevented most spatial channels from coalescing successfully, a small number of channels still formed and secured anchor points.

Immediately after, both sides began non-stop arrangements to deploy personnel, invade each other's subordinate worlds, and support the lower realms to prevent enemy incursions.

Thus, the war between the Earth-Mystic Realm and the Green Demon Realm began in full and comprehensive earnest.

The various minor worlds subordinate to both sides became battlefields for cultivators below the Void Penetration realm.

After several months of chaotic battles between Tribulation Crossing and Mahayana cultivators in the Outer Battlefield, both sides finally reached an agreement: entities above the Tribulation Crossing realm would no longer act rashly in the Outer Battlefield.

Therefore, the current Outer Battlefield has become a battlefield for those below Tribulation Crossing but above Soul Transformation.

Even so, the Earth-Mystic Realm still had some Tribulation Crossing and Mahayana experts rotating to guard the Outer Battlefield, just in case.

Such verbal agreements between the two sides held little binding force and would ultimately be broken.

Now, it depends on which side first finds a way to break the stalemate and then decisively defeat the other.

However, for some cultivators, this war was not entirely without benefit.

For cultivators of the Earth-Mystic Realm, slaying powerful members of the Green Demon Clan and bringing their corpses and cultivation essence back to the Earth-Mystic Realm for sacrifice would yield massive feedback of world essence.

This world essence feedback was incomparable to the mere demons previously encountered in the Outer Battlefield.

The higher the cultivation of the slain Green Demon Clan member, the greater the world essence feedback received after sacrifice. Basically, sacrificing ten Green Demon Clan members of the same realm could directly break through to the next minor realm.

After all, some energy is consumed during sacrifice, and the Earth-Mystic Realm could not possibly return all the world essence converted from the Green Demon Clan to its cultivators.

Nevertheless, even so, for high-level cultivators below the Mahayana realm, this was a significant temptation.

In the later stages of cultivation, the higher the realm, the greater the energy required; sometimes, even thousands of years might not suffice to break through a single minor realm.

But now, slaying just ten Green Demon Clan members of the same realm could enable a direct breakthrough.

It was hard not to be tempted.

The Green Demon Clan side presented essentially the same scenario.

Thus, high-level cultivators from both sides began forming various combat teams to hunt each other down in the Outer Battlefield.

Cultivators of the Earth-Mystic Realm below the Void Penetration realm did likewise.

After deliberation, the Earth-Mystic Realm's high command has now fully opened the spatial channels leading to the Demon Domains subordinate to the Green Demon Realm.

The Demon Domains are the collective term for the minor worlds under the Green Demon Realm's command.

All cultivators of the Earth-Mystic Realm below the Void Penetration realm may voluntarily travel to the Green Demon Realm's subordinate Demon Domains to hunt Green Demon Clan members, demon beasts, or even destroy demon veins and bring back the source of the demon veins.

Simultaneously, these cultivators traveling to the Green Demon Realm's subordinate Demon Domains will each receive a first-stage Purification Tree to plant casually within the Demon Domains.

The Purification Tree is a special spiritual plant of the Earth-Mystic Realm with extremely strong survival capabilities; once planted, it begins absorbing various energies to grow.

Upon reaching the third stage, it can start absorbing various alien energies, continuously converting them into spiritual energy to counteract demon qi.

Although the Earth-Mystic Realm's nine minor worlds cannot be conquered for now, the Earth-Mystic Realm's high command has not abandoned the plan to plant Purification Trees.

In the nine minor thousand-worlds currently fallen in the Earth-Myst Realm, besides the single city already occupied, other areas also have cultivators randomly planting Pure Spirit Trees.

Under the eradication efforts by cultivators of the Green Demon Realm, the plan to plant Pure Spirit Trees is unlikely to yield significant results in the short term.

However, with two equally matched forces—worlds at the peak of the Medium Thousand—locked in a great war, it may take tens of thousands of years before a victor emerges.

Under the catalysis of tens of thousands of years, some insignificant small actions might yet play an unforeseen role.

But all parties are the most peak existences beneath the Immortal Realm; no one is any less wise than another.

The Earth-Myst Realm has such a plan; the Green Demon Realm has a similar one, and theirs is even more ruthless.

The Green Demon Realm has likewise opened spatial channels leading to the minor thousand-worlds subordinate to the Earth-Myst Realm, wreaking havoc across numerous small worlds.

The Green Demon Clan has not only planted similar Demon Vines in these worlds but also demonized countless mortal humans, turning them into mindless monsters.

The Green Demon Clan seeks to use this method to completely sever the human race's foothold within the minor thousand-worlds.

Once the mortal humans in the minor thousand-worlds are cut off, thousands of years later, cultivators in those small worlds will have no successors.

By then, without the aid of these grassroots cultivators from the minor thousand-worlds, relying solely on cultivators of the Earth-Myst Realm to resist the invasion of the Green Demon Realm would be exceedingly difficult.

Yet the Earth-Myst Realm currently has no other choice; it can only intensify the annihilation of the invading Green Demon Clan in the minor thousand-worlds, establishing a Demon-Hunting Army skilled in tracking to pursue and encircle the Green Demon Clan across the various small worlds below.

At the same time, it has increased its incursions into the Demon Domain of the Green Demon Realm, ruthlessly slaughtering the young of the Green Demon Clan within the Demon Domain, repaying blow for blow, and hoping thereby to tie up more of the Green Demon Clan's high-level attention.

Time passed swiftly; in the blink of an eye, a year had elapsed since the war between the two realms began.

Now, the Earth-Myst Realm and the Green Demon Realm are locked in fierce combat; cultivators fall almost daily, yet others also make tremendous breakthroughs amidst the flames of war.

Yet none of this has affected Ye Qingxuan.

Although Ye Qingxuan has daily sent Ye Zhaoheng and Ye Zhaoyu to gather news from the outside world and gain a general understanding of the war's situation,

his cultivation realm is currently too low to play any significant role in this conflict.

Rather than fretting in secret within the Qingxuan Blessed Land, it is better to seize the time to cultivate and fulfill one's own logistical duties.

At this moment, Ye Qingxuan is in a stone pavilion outside the Qingxuan Blessed Land, having brewed tea and waiting for Bai Zichun's arrival.

A year has passed; now is the period for submitting the Pure Spirit Tree planting mission.

As the person in charge of their batch of Blessed Land cultivators, Bai Zichun is responsible for tallying and collecting the Pure Spirit Trees produced by the various Blessed Lands and recording the alliance contribution points of the Blessed Land cultivators.

After many years apart, Bai Zichun's impression of Ye Qingxuan remains deeply etched.

Thus, his first stop was the Qingxuan Blessed Land where Ye Qingxuan resides.

Before coming, Bai Zichun had already sent a message to Ye Qingxuan, which is why the scene of Ye Qingxuan waiting in advance occurred.

(End of this chapter)