Chapter 573: Return of human powerhouses

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

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

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

Wanting to refine them back into true lower-grade spiritual treasures.

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

Without consuming other seventh-order resources for nourishment, he also needed to spend at least a hundred years of warming 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 five lower-grade spiritual treasures, was somewhat uneconomical for Ye Ye Qingxuan.

However, these five lower-grade spiritual treasure embryos didn't have much use for Ye Ye Qingxiao either.

So Ye Ye Qingxuan decided to temporarily keep these five lower-grade spiritual treasure embryos, using them as nourishment for the next time he refined middle-grade spiritual treasures, reducing the time for the middle-grade spiritual treasures to take shape.

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

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

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

Time flew, and another thirty years of time passed in a flash.

Southern Southern Manzhou, human border.

"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 rampant void energy.

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

"This, what is going on?"

In the suspicious gazes of many high-order cultivators on the human border, hundreds of figures suddenly walked out of this spatial crack.

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

Although they couldn't see the true faces of these hundreds of people, the many high-order cultivators on the human border were not stupid, and after a turn of thought, they understood everything, so they bowed and saluted in unison: "We respectfully welcome the return of all seniors!"

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

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

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

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

Having fought a life-and-death battle of high intensity for nearly six hundred years, how could it not have any impact on them? In this battle, they were barely evenly matched with the Qingmo 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 rule source in their bodies is not wiped out, they will not easily fall.

Under normal circumstances, even if they are just Tribulation Crossing Realm powerhouses with similar strength, wanting to wipe out the other's rule source and thoroughly 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 Qingmo Clan's Tribulation Crossing Realm and even Mahayana Realm powerhouses have fallen, 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.

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, you couldn't see anything; these powerhouses looked 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 under the erosion of these magic energies carrying rules.

At the very least, they wouldn't be as unscathed as they appeared on the surface.

"Whoosh!"

Just then, seven figures flew out from the human border and came before the human powerhouses who had just returned to the Di Li 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 Li Xuan Realm Alliance to stay and guard the human border.

Six hundred years ago, in that battle, the Tribulation Crossing Realm and Mahayana Realm powerhouses sent into the void by both the human and Qingmo Clan were not all the powerhouses of both sides.

In the Di Li Xuan Realm and the Qingmo Realm, there were still some 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 Master Lingxiao Lingxiao Guanzhu, who had the strongest cultivation among the crowd, took a deep breath, barely suppressing the wisp of law rioting in his body, and said in a weak voice: "In the void battle, although our human race did not gain the upper hand, the Qingmo Clan did not gain any advantage either."

"Before returning, I and the Xie Yuan Di Zun of the Qingmo Clan each received a blow from the other's immortal artifact, and we are unable to fight again in the short term."

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

"So for a long time to come, our high-level powerhouses and those of the Qingmo Clan should not break out into large-scale life-and-death battles again."

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

"The many Mahayana Realm powerhouses of the Qingmo Clan, and even that Xie Yuan Di Zun 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 Li Xuan Realm and the heaven and earth rules of the Qingmo 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 Qingmo Clan, the true key to victory, is the struggle between the heaven and earth rules of the Di Li Xuan Realm and the Qingmo 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 party's world as nourishment for its own growth."

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

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

Once the promotion speed of the Di Li Xuan Realm falls behind the Qingmo Realm by a step, what the human race faces might be eternal damnation, and they cannot afford a trace of carelessness.

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

Seeing this, the Master Lingxiao Lingxiao Guanzhu nodded slightly, and no longer said much, straight to the point:

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

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

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

"Agreed!"

"Agreed!"

Hearing the arrangement of the Master Lingxiao Lingxiao Guanzhu, the many Mahayana Realm powerhouses in the field had no objections and agreed one after another.

After all, having left the Di Li 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 Li Xuan Realm clearly.

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

"Also, many fellow Daoists fell in the void this time, leading to a 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 to rob and take the opportunity to compete for the resources of these forces during this period." "If anyone dares to do this, don't blame my Master Lingxiao Guan for being ruthless and having a go with you all!"

Hearing this, Cen Zhe, who was half a step behind the Master Lingxiao Lingxiao Guanzhu, also spoke with a cold gaze, seconding: "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 Li Xuan Tian Sword in this seat's hand will never be lenient."

As he spoke, a sharpness emerged around Cen Zhe, vaguely deterring the crowd.

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

After all, those who could become hegemon-level forces were not simple, and would not fall into crisis because of the fall of one Mahayana Realm powerhouse or a few Tribulation Crossing Realm powerhouses.

What the two of them were worried about were the pseudo-hegemon-level forces in the Di Li 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 town.

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

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

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

If no one came forward to intervene, these forces would definitely suffer heavy losses afterwards. Those with good luck might only lose a portion of their resource land, while those with bad luck might even have the risk of breaking down directly.

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

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

And other hegemon-level forces also understood this, so after the Master Lingxiao Lingxiao Guanzhu 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 Li Xuan Realm reached an agreement on the spot, and would announce it to the world after returning.

From now on, all forces that fight for the human race and for the Di Li Xuan Realm will be protected by the Di Li Xuan Realm Alliance.

As long as they don't take the initiative to attack other forces.

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

Nor will it allow other forces to wage war against these forces, or kill cultivators within these forces' territories at will.

After reaching a consensus, everyone left the human border 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 Li Xuan Realm, more or less all have immortal artifacts passed down.

Immortal artifacts can even be said to be one of the indispensable foundations for many hegemon-level forces to be passed down forever.

Although the transformation brought about by a cultivator breaking through from the Mahayana Realm to the Immortal Realm is far greater than the transformation brought about by a magic treasure being promoted from a supreme-grade spiritual 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 Li Xuan Realm cannot breed higher-level, high-latitude energy that can rival immortal energy, the immortal artifacts left in the Di Li Xuan Realm can no longer revive for a long time.

In the accumulation of 100,000 years in the Di Li Xuan Realm, at most, it can only allow a lower-grade immortal artifact to erupt with a blow rivaling sixty percent of the combat power of a powerhouse who has just entered the Immortal Realm.

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

Every 100,000 years of accumulation can at most allow the middle-grade immortal artifacts and high-grade immortal artifacts in the Di Li Xuan Realm to strike 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 Li Xuan Realm, they can stay in the lower realm for at most a hundred years without going all out.

During these hundred years, at most, it can allow an immortal realm powerhouse to transform a supreme-grade spiritual treasure into a lower-grade immortal artifact to be left in the Di Li Xuan Realm to be passed down.

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

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

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

This is how they gradually transformed to the level of middle-grade immortal artifacts and even high-grade immortal artifacts.

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

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 middle-grade immortal artifacts in the Di Li Xuan Realm are stronger than lower-grade immortal artifacts, but only limitedly so.

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

After all, these powerhouses, after breaking through to the Immortal Realm.

Either 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 Li 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 Li Xuan Realm every once in a while, but it has never been able to shake the status of these hegemon-level forces in the Di Li Xuan Realm.

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

This is how they fell from the altar and dissipated in the long river of history of the Di Li Xuan Realm.

So even if Xie Yuan Di Zun broke through to the Immortal Realm directly, the many hegemon-level forces in the Di Li Xuan Realm would not take him too seriously.

Up to now, the reason why Xie Yuan Di Zun did not take the opportunity 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 gain a certain advantage for the Qingmo Clan in the struggle against the human race.

Second is that he wants to continue to stay in the Qingmo Realm to help the Qingmo Realm promote to a Great Thousand World and occupy a share of the opportunity.

And the Master Lingxiao Lingxiao Guanzhu, more or less, also has 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 Xie Yuan Di Zun and Master Lingxiao Lingxiao Guanzhu, after comprehending the Great Dao laws, were slow to break through to the Immortal Realm.

The human Mahayana Realm powerhouses in the Di Li Xuan Realm who have immortal artifacts to protect themselves are not afraid of Xie Yuan Di Zun who has broken through to the Immortal Realm.

On the contrary, Xie Yuan Di Zun, 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 Qingmo Realm for a long time, is more dangerous to them.

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

After all, they didn't have a powerful sect-protecting array to guard them in the void, so they really weren't the opponents of Xie Yuan Di Zun who had comprehended the prototype of the Great Dao laws.

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

Because, Xie Yuan Di Zun also had a not-weak immortal artifact to protect himself, and faced the three revival attacks of the immortal artifact in the Master Lingxiao Lingxiao Guanzhu's hand with ease.

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

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

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

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

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