Chapter 573: Return of the human powerhouses

Taking the five lower-grade spirit treasures handed over by Ye Qingxiao, Ye Qingxuan nodded without speaking.

In fact, with his current cultivation base, he no longer looked down on these five lower-grade spirit treasures.

What's more, after the energy source and rule source were wiped out, these five lower-grade spirit treasures had already regressed to the level of lower-grade spirit treasure embryos.

If he wanted to refine them back into true lower-grade spirit treasures.

He would not only need to spend a certain amount of time thoroughly purifying the residual magic energy source and rules within them.

Without consuming other seventh-order resources for nourishment, he would also need to spend at least a hundred years of time nurturing them to let them re-condense the energy source; and then spend several hundred years helping them re-breed the rule source.

And this process was not necessarily smooth.

Spending several hundred years just to possibly get a five-element lower-grade spirit treasure was somewhat uneconomical for Ye Qingxuan.

However, these five lower-grade spirit treasure embryos were of no great use to Ye Qingxiao either.

So Ye Qingxuan decided to keep these five lower-grade spirit treasure embryos for the time being, using these five lower-grade spirit treasures as nourishment when he next refined mid-grade spirit treasures, to reduce the time for the mid-grade spirit treasures to take shape.

After accepting these five lower-grade spirit treasure embryos, Ye Qingxuan chatted with Ye Qingxiao for a long time.

When the sun set, Ye Qingxiao left the stone pavilion outside the Qingxuan Blessed Land.

Watching Ye Qingxiao's departing figure, Ye Qingxuan sat in the stone pavilion and finished the last cup of tea, before his figure slowly disappeared along with the tea set on the stone table.

Time flew like a shuttle, and in a blink of an eye, another thirty years of time passed.

Southern Barbarian Domain, human border pass.

"Boom!"

Accompanied by a loud noise, a huge spatial crack was suddenly torn open in the high sky.

This crack was filled with shattered space and raging void energy.

It was just that these void energies seemed to be restrained by some kind of power and did not invade the heaven and earth of the Di Xuan Realm.

"This, what is going on?"

Amidst the suspicious and uncertain gazes of many high-order cultivators at the human border pass, hundreds of figures suddenly walked out from this spatial crack.

These hundreds of figures walking out from the spatial crack were all surrounded by rules and filled with rosy light, making it impossible for the people at the border pass to see their true faces.

Although they couldn't see the true faces of these hundreds of people, the many high-order cultivators at the human border pass were not stupid, and as their thoughts turned, they understood everything, so they all bent down and bowed: "We respectfully welcome the successful return of all seniors!"

That's right, these hundreds of people were exactly the many human Tribulation Crossing realm and Mahayana realm powerhouses who had been fighting against the Green Demon Clan in the void for nearly six hundred years.

And Ye Qingxuan's cheap master, the Sect Master of the Profound Heaven Sect, Cen Zhe, was impressively among them.

At this moment, the rules emitted and the aura revealed by these Tribulation Crossing realm and Mahayana realm powerhouses all had some turbulent fluctuations, distorting the space around them from time to time.

Otherwise, with their strength returning to the Di Xuan Realm, they wouldn't have caused such a big commotion.

Having fought a life-and-death battle with high intensity for nearly six hundred years, how could it not have any impact on them? In this battle, they could barely be considered evenly matched with the Green Demon Clan, and both sides each lost about one-seventh of their powerhouses.

Don't think this proportion is small; with the vitality of Tribulation Crossing realm and Mahayana realm powerhouses, as long as the source of rules in their bodies is not wiped out, they will definitely not fall easily.

Under normal circumstances, even if it is just Tribulation Crossing realm powerhouses with similar strength, wanting to wipe out the source of rules in the other party's body and completely kill the other party requires at least a thousand years of suppression.

And now, in just six hundred years, one-seventh of the human and Green Demon Clan's Tribulation Crossing realm and even Mahayana realm powerhouses have been lost, which shows the tragic degree of the void battlefield in these six hundred years.

And among these returning human powerhouses, without exception, they all suffered a certain degree of rule Dao injuries.

Just looking at the rules and aura they revealed at this moment, they were mixed with a trace of extremely pure magic energy that could not be removed in a short time.

From the surface, one couldn't see anything, and these powerhouses seemed to be intact, but within their bodies, there were faintly strands of magic energy carrying rules eroding their bodies.

If it weren't for the protection of rules in their bodies, I'm afraid they would have already died and disappeared under the erosion of these magic energies carrying rules.

At least they wouldn't be as unharmed as they appeared on the surface.

"Swish!"

Just at this moment, seven figures flew out from the human border pass and came before the human powerhouses who had just returned to the Di Xuan Realm.

After sensing the situation in their bodies, one of them frowned and said:

"Fellow Daoists, how is the situation now?"

These seven people were the seven Mahayana realm powerhouses arranged by the Di Xuan Realm Alliance to stay at the human border pass.

In the battle six hundred years ago, the Tribulation Crossing realm and Mahayana realm powerhouses sent by both the human race and the Green Demon Clan into the void were not all the powerhouses of both sides.

In the Di Xuan Realm and the Green Demon Realm, there were still a portion of Tribulation Crossing realm and Mahayana realm powerhouses guarding, to prevent the other side from taking the opportunity to launch a sneak attack.

Hearing the inquiry, the strongest among them, Master Lingxiao, took a deep breath, barely suppressing a wisp of law rioting in his body, and said in a somewhat weak voice: "In the void battle, although our human race did not gain the upper hand, the Green Demon Clan did not gain any advantage either."

"Before returning, I and the Emperor Xie Yuan of the Green Demon Clan each suffered a blow from the other's immortal artifact, and we are unable to fight again in a short time."

"Among the other fellow Daoists, except for a few who can still erupt with combat power in their prime, others also need a period of time to recover from their injuries, and they cannot maintain peak combat power in a short time either."

"Therefore, for a long time to come, we and the high-level members of the Green Demon Clan should not erupt into large-scale life-and-death battles again."

As he spoke, Master Lingxiao turned his head to look at the people behind him, his face slightly solemn:

"The many Mahayana realm powerhouses of the Green Demon Clan, and even that Emperor Xie Yuan who has already condensed the prototype of his own Great Dao law, are actually not to be feared."

"I believe that when you were in the void, you should have sensed that these years, while the heaven and earth rules of our Di Xuan Realm and the heaven and earth rules of the Green Demon Realm were clashing, they were also analyzing each other's rules and laws to make up for their own deficiencies."

"The final victory or defeat between our human race and the Green Demon Clan, the true key to victory is the struggle between the heaven and earth rules of the Di Xuan Realm and the Green Demon Realm."

"Whichever world takes the lead in promoting to the level of a Great Thousand World, that world will be able to achieve final victory and devour the other world to become nourishment for its own growth."

"Therefore, what we need to do from now on is to find ways to strengthen the foundation of the Di Xuan Realm in all aspects and help the Di Xuan Realm promote to the level of a Great Thousand World as soon as possible."

Speaking to the end, Master Lingxiao's face was even more solemn.

Once the promotion speed of the Di Xuan Realm falls behind the Green Demon Realm by one step, what the human race faces might be eternal damnation, and they cannot afford a single bit of carelessness.

And the many human powerhouses in the field obviously had already realized this, and they also nodded with solemn faces.

Seeing this, Master Lingxiao nodded slightly and didn't say anything more, directly saying:

"Helping the Di Xuan Realm promote to a Great Thousand World cannot be successful overnight. Everyone has been fighting in the void for many years, so you can go back first to understand the current situation in the Di Xuan Realm."

"Ten years later, we will gather in the Central Domain to discuss the path the Di Xuan Realm should take in the future."

"Alright, just as Master Lingxiao said, we will gather again in ten years!"

"Agreed!"

"Agreed!"

Hearing Master Lingxiao's arrangement, the many Mahayana realm powerhouses in the field had no objections and agreed one after another.

After all, having left the Di Xuan Realm for nearly six hundred years, they also needed to return to their respective forces first to understand the current situation of the Di Xuan Realm clearly.

Just as everyone was about to leave, Master Lingxiao seemed to have thought of something, and his face became solemn again:

"Also, this time many fellow Daoists fell in the void, leading to the weakening of the strength of the forces inherited by these fellow Daoists."

"This old man does not want to see anyone taking advantage of the fire and taking the opportunity to compete for the resources of these forces during this period." "If anyone dares to do this, don't blame my Lingxiao Temple for turning against them and having a fight with you all!"

Hearing this, Cen Zhe, who was half a step behind Master Lingxiao, also spoke with a cold gaze and seconded: "That's right, those fellow Daoists who fell in this battle all fought for our human race."

"If anyone dares to bully the forces they inherited after these fellow Daoists fall, the Profound Heaven Sword in this seat's hand will definitely not be lenient."

As he spoke, a sharp edge emerged around Cen Zhe, vaguely deterring everyone.

Master Lingxiao and Cen Zhe were not worried about those hegemon-level forces.

After all, those who can become hegemon-level forces are not simple, and they will not fall into crisis just because one Mahayana realm powerhouse or a few Tribulation Crossing realm powerhouses fall.

The two of them were only worried about the pseudo-hegemon-level forces in the Di Xuan Realm that were second only to the hegemon-level forces, and those top-level forces that only had Tribulation Crossing realm powerhouses sitting in charge.

Especially the top-level forces in the Di Xuan Realm that only had Tribulation Crossing realm powerhouses sitting in charge.

In this void battle, many of the Tribulation Crossing realm powerhouses who fell were from these top-level forces in the Di Xuan Realm.

As a top-level force in the Di Xuan Realm, the fall of a Tribulation Crossing realm powerhouse has a huge impact on these forces.

If no one comes forward to intervene, these forces will definitely suffer heavy losses afterwards; those with good luck might only lose a portion of their resource territory, and those with bad luck even have the risk of direct ruin.

At the life-and-death juncture of the Di Xuan Realm, Master Lingxiao would absolutely not allow such a thing to happen.

Otherwise, after this battle, who would still wholeheartedly fight for the human race and the Di Xuan Realm?

And other hegemon-level forces also understood this point, so after Master Lingxiao and Cen Zhe spoke, they also seconded this point one after another.

At the same time, the Mahayana realm powerhouses of all hegemon-level forces in the Di Xuan Realm reached an agreement on the spot, and would announce it to the world after returning.

From now on, any force that fights for the human race and the Di Xuan Realm will be protected by the Di Xuan Realm Alliance.

As long as they don't actively attack other forces.

The Di Xuan Realm Alliance can at least ensure that the territory and resource points currently occupied by major forces will not be encroached upon by other forces.

Nor will it allow other forces to wage war against these forces and kill cultivators within these forces' territory at will.

After reaching a consensus, everyone left the human border pass one after another and fled toward their respective forces.

In fact, the birth of an immortal realm powerhouse does not have much impact on the current pattern of the two worlds.

Among the many hegemon-level forces in the Di Xuan Realm, more or less all have immortal artifacts inherited.

Immortal artifacts can even be said to be one of the indispensable foundations for many hegemon-level forces to be able to inherit continuously.

Although the transformation brought by a cultivator breaking through from the Mahayana realm to the immortal realm is far greater than the transformation brought by a magic treasure promoting from a supreme-grade spirit treasure to an immortal artifact.

But even so, as long as the energy is sufficient, the strength erupted after an immortal artifact revives is enough to rival eighty percent of the combat power of a corresponding immortal realm powerhouse in a short time.

However, because the Di Xuan Realm cannot breed higher-level energy that can rival immortal energy, the immortal artifacts remaining in the Di Xuan Realm can no longer revive for a long time.

The accumulation of 100,000 years in the Di Xuan Realm can at most let a lower-grade immortal artifact erupt with a blow rivaling sixty percent of the combat power of a powerhouse who has just entered the immortal realm.

Even the mid-grade immortal artifacts and even high-grade immortal artifacts in the Di Xuan Realm are the same.

The accumulation of every 100,000 years can at most let the mid-grade immortal artifacts and high-grade immortal artifacts in the Di Xuan Realm erupt with a blow rivaling eighty percent and one hundred percent of the combat power of a powerhouse who has just entered the immortal realm, respectively.

As for the reason, it is actually very simple.

After a cultivator breaks through to the immortal realm in the Di Xuan Realm, they can stay in the lower realm for at most a hundred years without going all out.

During these hundred years, they can at most let an immortal realm powerhouse transform a supreme-grade spirit treasure into a lower-grade immortal artifact to be left in the lower realm to be inherited.

So the mid-grade immortal artifacts and high-grade immortal artifacts in the Di Xuan Realm now are not directly refined by powerhouses in the immortal realm.

The mid-grade immortal artifacts and even high-grade immortal artifacts in the Di Xuan Realm now.

Are in the long years of millions or tens of millions of years, with the Great Dao laws of the Di Xuan Realm as a blueprint, accepting the nourishment of the heaven and earth rules of the Di Xuan Realm, and gradually perfecting the Great Dao laws within them.

Only then did they step by step transform to the level of mid-grade immortal artifacts and even high-grade immortal artifacts.

But in this process, the energy source bred within the immortal artifacts, due to the insufficient level of the heaven and earth spiritual energy of the Di Xuan Realm, can only remain stagnant.

Magic treasures are ultimately not as good as cultivators.

Without sufficient energy support, even immortal artifacts cannot drive their own Great Dao laws.

This is also the reason why the mid-grade immortal artifacts in the Di Xuan Realm are stronger than lower-grade immortal artifacts, but only limitedly so.

But even if the immortal artifacts in the Di Xuan Realm cannot revive for a long time, it is enough for hegemon-level forces possessing immortal artifacts to fear no threat from powerhouses who have just entered the immortal realm.

After all, these powerhouses, after breaking through to the immortal realm.

Either they stay in the lower realm for a hundred years, during which they cannot use their own Great Dao laws to erupt with peak combat power in the lower realm.

Or they can only erupt with a full-strength blow, and then be forced to ascend and leave the lower realm.

In this situation, the birth of one or two immortal realm powerhouses cannot threaten the status of hegemon-level forces in the Di Xuan Realm, and naturally cannot affect the situation in the two worlds on a large scale.

This is also why an immortal realm powerhouse is born in the Di Xuan Realm every once in a while, yet they are always unable to shake the status of these hegemon-level forces in the Di Xuan Realm.

In the history of the Di Xuan Realm, most of the hegemon-level forces that were destroyed were those that angered the public and were besieged by several hegemon-level forces together, and their foundation was exhausted in a short time.

Only then did they fall from the altar and dissipate in the long river of history of the Di Xuan Realm.

So even if Emperor Xie Yuan directly broke through to the immortal realm, the many hegemon-level forces in the Di Xuan Realm would not pay too much attention to him.

Up to now, the reason why Emperor Xie Yuan did not take advantage of the situation to break through to the immortal realm after comprehending the Great Dao laws.

One is that he wants to rely on combat power far exceeding the Mahayana realm to occupy a certain advantage for the Green Demon Clan in the struggle against the human race.

Two is that he wants to continue to stay in the Green Demon Realm to help the Green Demon Realm promote to a Great Thousand World and occupy a share of the opportunity from it.

And Master Lingxiao, more or less, also exists with the same thoughts.

Coupled with the fact that after breaking through to the immortal realm, one cannot stay in the lower realm for long, the help to the situation of the two worlds is actually not great.

So Emperor Xie Yuan and Master Lingxiao, after comprehending the Great Dao laws, did not actively break through to the immortal realm for a long time.

The human Mahayana realm powerhouses in the Di Xuan Realm who have immortal artifacts to protect them are not afraid of Emperor Xie Yuan who has broken through to the immortal realm.

Instead, Emperor Xie Yuan, who has comprehended the prototype of the Great Dao laws but has not directly broken through to the immortal realm, whose combat power has already far exceeded the Mahayana realm level, and who can stay in the Green Demon Realm for a long time, is more dangerous to them.

If it weren't for the fact that before the great war, Master Lingxiao on their side also comprehended the prototype of the Great Dao laws, more powerhouses would have fallen in this battle.

After all, they don't have a powerful sect-protecting formation to guard them in the void, and they really aren't the opponents of Emperor Xie Yuan who has comprehended the prototype of the Great Dao laws.

In the nearly six hundred years of fighting, Master Lingxiao used the inherited immortal artifact of Lingxiao Temple in his hand, consumed the foundation accumulated by the immortal artifact for nearly 300,000 years to force the immortal artifact to revive, and dealt three attacks at the immortal realm level, but still couldn't force Emperor Xie Yuan to break through to the immortal realm and ascend.

Because Emperor Xie Yuan also had a not-weak immortal artifact to protect him, and facing the three attacks of the immortal artifact in Master Lingxiao's hand reviving, he appeared calm and composed.

So in this battle, Master Lingxiao also realized that when the strength of both sides is not disparate.

The key to the victory or defeat of the human race and the Green Demon Realm is no longer in the struggle of the high-level members of the two races. It is precisely because he realized this point that Master Lingxiao, after exchanging a blow with Emperor Xie Yuan, took the initiative to lead the human powerhouses to withdraw from the void battlefield.

And Emperor Xie Yuan, after suffering heavy injuries, did not continue to entangle with the human powerhouses and also retreated back into the Green Demon Realm.

This is the reason why this battle, which lasted for nearly six hundred years, ended suddenly.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 574 =====