Chapter 1653: Mixed Demon Races

"The Divine Realm has Foreign Tribe!" Qiong Qi confirmed.

Ye Liuyun, upon hearing, immediately widened his eyes. He hadn't expected the Divine Realm, with so many strong ones, to also have Foreign Tribe.

"Only, there is an agreement between the Divine Realm and the Foreign Tribe, and a dedicated battlefield!" Qiong Qi added.

"An agreement? And a dedicated battlefield?" Ye Liuyun found it hard to understand.

Facing a Foreign Tribe invasion, just fight directly; why need any agreement?

"It's forced, the Foreign Tribe also has Divine Realm masters! It's better than letting those Foreign Tribe beat the Divine Realm and turn people into Corpse Demons!" Qiong Qi seemed also unaware of the exact reason.

"What about the battlefield? What kind of dedicated battlefield?" Ye Liuyun asked again.

"All Martial Cultivators in the Divine Realm can join the battle. The battlefield is split into two: one suitable for Divine Realm lower-level and Mortal Realm Martial Cultivators, and one suitable for mid‑to‑high‑level Divine Realm Martial Cultivators. Those are two specially opened Secret Realms."

"If we win, what happens?" Ye Liuyun asked.

"We can't win!" Qiong Qi smiled helplessly, then sighed: "The Foreign Tribe keeps sending people, the Divine Realm keeps sending participants, both sides suffer casualties. It feels more like training troops, not a large‑scale war!"

"Both sides are training? Are they preparing for a final decisive battle?" Ye Liuyun continued: "Does the Divine Realm really have that many people?"

Qiong Qi shook his head: "I don't know that! But Martial Cultivators, ferocious beasts, and Demon Race can all join the battle, exchanging the realms and numbers of killed Foreign Tribe and Corpse Demons for cultivation resources. At least you won't have to worry about your cultivation resources later.

People in the Divine Realm are not lacking. You should know the Divine Realm connects countless Mortal Realms, not just one Zhongyang Dalu. Every day countless individuals break through the Divine Realm and enter the Divine Realm.

Moreover, the Zhongyang Dalu is not called Zhongyang Dalu in the Divine Realm. It's called Xing Yao Dalu. Remember it, don't forget.

"Oh!" Ye Liuyun replied, writing down the name Xing Yao Dalu.

"Then do I still need to bring these cultivation resources now?" Ye Liuyun asked again.

Qiong Qi also told Ye Liuyun: "Absorb as much as possible; the Divine Realm has better resources, no need to bring those things!"

"If I reach the Divine Realm and have no resources to use, should I go to the battlefield to kill enemies for resources?" Ye Liuyun continued.

"Yes! If you have no other way then, you'll have to go there to exchange for resources," Qiong Qi confirmed.

Ye Liuyun thought for a moment, recalling he started out by refining pills, and asked Qiong Qi: "Then can't I exchange my pill refining for money?"

Qiong Qi sneered: "What you refine is at most suitable for Mortal Realm Martial Cultivators. Whether its quality can match others, we don't know! Only then can you exchange for more resources!"

Ye Liuyun was also struck down, thinking silently: "It seems that when I reach the Divine Realm, I have no survival skills at all, just being stronger than an ordinary child!"

He also schemed in his mind how to obtain cultivation resources later.

"Don't overthink it; you'll definitely find a way when the time comes, depending on the situation. I'm not at all worried about you lacking resources. You have resources now, so use them freely; no need to hoard them. Raising your own realm is the real task. Right now you're just short of a realm!"

Qiong Qi also urged Ye Liuyun, and took over the task of piloting the Flying Shuttle, letting Ye Liuyun return to focus on cultivation.

Ye Liuyun knew Qiong Qi wouldn't deceive him, so he returned to the Xuan Kong Shi, and together with his clone compressed Mysterious Origin, absorbing energy, preparing to breakthrough as soon as possible.

But with his current realm, breaking through requires absorbing and transmuting far too much energy; it's not something that can be completed in a short time.

The flames and thunder he absorbs, he doesn't want to transmute into Mysterious Origin. Otherwise, he'd truly have not even a hint of special power.

So now he and his clone can only rely on absorbing energy to accumulate bit by bit.

Three days later, Qiong Qi found a Secret Realm containing Yin Fire aura and called Ye Liuyun out.

"Feel this!" Qiong Qi also let Ye Liuyun confirm.

Ye Liuyun emerged from the Xuan Kong Shi and also sensed the power of this Yin Fire.

"It is indeed Yin Fire, but different from Nether Ghost Fire!" Ye Liuyun confirmed: "Moreover, this Secret Realm has very strong Demon Qi!"

"Yin Fire is enough; there's no need for so much Nether Ghost Fire for you to absorb," Qiong Qi said indifferently: "As for Demon Qi, it doesn't matter; at worst we just have a fight, and getting resources won't be too smooth anyway."

Qiong Qi is now in the Divine Realm, so he isn't worried about encountering opponents.

Ye Liuyun nodded, acknowledging Qiong Qi's statement. Moreover, he also brought those three thousand Demon Beasts, enough for a massive battle.

Qiong Qi gestured, and entered the Secret Realm first. Ye Liuyun immediately followed.

Both, upon entering the Secret Realm, were startled by the intense concentration of Demon Qi here.

"It should be a Demon Race world!" Qiong Qi analyzed.

Ye Liuyun also released his Divine Sense, discovering they were behind a waterfall in a great mountain. In the distance, Demon Beasts could even be seen.

Ye Liuyun recorded the location coordinates here into the Black Tower for teleportation, in case of emergency.

Then he released Demon Qi from his whole body and, together with Qiong Qi, passed through the waterfall.

They hadn't gone far before a Yin-Yang Realm Demon Beast spotted them.

"Roar!"

The Beast let out a roar and lunged at Qiong Qi, who easily killed it with a single palm slap.

Afterwards, they traversed the forest, encountering many Demon Beasts on the way, all of which attacked Qiong Qi first.

The ferocious beasts here aren't high-level either, mostly Yin-Yang Realm ferocious beasts. As they moved outward from the mountain, the Demon Beasts' realms became lower, even appearing Heavenly Gang Realm Demon Beasts.

Ye Liuyun didn't need to act at all, and no Demon Beast attacked him. All the way, he desperately absorbed the Demon Qi here, transmuting it into his own Buddha Demon Power.

At the forest edge, Ye Liuyun and Qiong Qi both used Divine Sense to probe the Demon Race situation here.

"It's not just one Demon Race, but a world where various Demon Races coexist. Did you spot any Human Martial Cultivator?" Ye Liuyun asked Qiong Qi.

"Didn't see any! Not to mention Human Martial Cultivators, not even a single one without Demon Qi. I'm too conspicuous here; you go find the fire source yourself, and call me when you get there!" Qiong Qi said to Ye Liuyun.

They were still about one to two months' journey from the fire source. Qiong Qi lacked Demon Qi, making traveling outside inconvenient and likely to attract attention.

"Fine!" Ye Liuyun agreed, pulling Qiong Qi into the Space World, then releasing Lei Ming.

"This place is suitable for you to come out and stroll!" Ye Liuyun said to Lei Ming.

"Indeed, the environment here is nice!" Lei Ming, upon emerging, was also shocked by the Demon Qi here and took a deep breath.

"Wait a moment first, no rush to go out, see if there are any Human Demon Cultivators here!"

Ye Liuyun didn't rush to take Lei Ming out immediately, but decided to wait a bit longer. Even though they have Demon Qi, they are human, different from the Demon Race here.