Chapter 48: Beast Tide Erupts, Sweeping Across the Four Provinces

Meanwhile.

Spirit Province, Demon Beast Forest.

The Demon Beast Forest stretches across the four continents.

They are Spirit Province, Wasteland Province, Heaven Province, and Azure Province.

In the Demon Beast Forest, demon beasts are numerous; at intervals they obey the Demon King's orders and launch beast tides to assault the various provinces.

Today, the massive beast tide once again, with unstoppable momentum, fiercely attacks the four provinces.

In an instant, the four provinces tremble.

All living beings suffer!

The three holy lands—Eastern Mystery Holy Land, Mist Moon Holy Land, and Heavenly Azure Holy Land—simultaneously announce to all provinces and major forces to unite against the beasts.

Overlord Heaven City.

Overlord Heaven City is the city nearest to the Demon Beast Forest in Spirit Province.

Previously there was the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion holding the fort, but after the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion was destroyed by the Azure Cloud Sect, the city lacked any major power, becoming a disorganized mess.

Countless demon beasts frenziedly attack the city.

First‑tier demon beasts are innumerable, second‑tier too many to count, third‑tier form mountains and seas of beasts, fourth‑tier blanket the hills and fields.

Of course these are just cannon fodder, rushing in front.

The real threat is those demon beasts of fifth tier and above.

Looking out, there are tens of thousands of fifth‑ and sixth‑tier demon beasts.

There are thousands of seventh‑tier demon beasts.

There are even a few eighth‑tier demon beasts.

These demon beasts are thick‑skinned and strong‑boned; at this moment their eyes are blood‑red as they charge madly forward.

"Roar! Roar!"

The roars of various demon beasts are deafening!

The realms of demon beasts correspond to those of cultivators.

First tier = Qi Refining, second tier = Foundation Establishment, third tier = Golden Core, fourth tier = Nascent Soul, fifth tier = Cave Void, sixth tier = Transformation Spirit, seventh tier = True Person, eighth tier = Breaking Void, ninth tier = Entering Saint… and so on.

When demon beasts reach the ninth tier they become Sacred Beasts, immensely powerful, ruling over a region of the demon race.

As for the Sacred King Beast, Venerable Beast, and Emperor Beast beyond that, none have ever appeared in the Eastern Region; they exist only in the powerful Central Region.

If such demon beasts were placed in the Eastern Region, it would truly be a disaster.

However, demon beasts have more vigorous qi and blood than cultivators, so demon beasts of the same realm are somewhat stronger than cultivators.

It is said that the demon king who controls the demon beasts in the Demon Beast Forest is a ninth‑tier Sacred Beast.

This is why the three holy lands treat the situation with caution.

They announce that all forces of the four continents must unite to resist.

Overlord Heaven City, on the city walls.

At this moment, outside the city corpses pile up like mountains and rivers of blood flow.

On the city walls are scattered severed limbs and broken arms everywhere.

The various forces defending Overlord Heaven City have repeatedly repelled the demon beasts' attacks.

"Clan Head, we can't hold out much longer—at most one more day before these demon beasts breach the city."

A blood‑covered man staggered forward to the Clan Head and said,

"These damned demon beasts!"

"No, we cannot retreat!"

"If we retreat, our homeland will be destroyed by these demon beasts!".

Here they constitute the first line of defense for Spirit Province against the demon beasts.

If this city falls, the gates of Spirit Province will swing wide open, and these frenzied demon beasts will sweep across all of Spirit Province.

Half a day earlier, the city's hegemon‑level force, the Ye Family's Clan Head Ye Wu, joined the city's great and small powers to jointly resist the demon beasts.

But given the countless demon beasts, they can hold out at most one more day before the city falls and its people perish.

"We must hold even if we can't!"

"I have already sent word to the Upper Sect and the major powers of Spirit Province; I believe strong reinforcements will arrive shortly!"

"Now hold fast! Even if we die, those demon beasts wanting to enter the city must first step over our corpses!"

At this moment a sixth‑tier demon beast charged onto the city wall and bit Ye Wu's arm!

"Ah!"

Ye Wu cried out in pain.

"Clan Head!"

"Get lost, I'm fine—quickly go defend the wall, the demon beasts are charging up!"

Ye Wu swung his sword, cleaving the demon beast that had bitten his arm in half, and roared angrily.

Alas, the Breaking Void‑level elder is currently entangled with an eighth‑tier demon beast and has no time to attend to this place.

That is the true main battlefield.

Inside Overlord Heaven City, people's hearts are filled with panic.

Those with some cultivation and blood have already gone to defend the walls; the rest are either weaklings trembling in fear inside the city,

or the majority who have already packed up and fled.

In the face of disaster, everyone is equal.

Not everyone possesses the boldness of the Ye Family Clan Head.

Husband and wife are birds of the same forest; when disaster strikes, each flies away on their own!

But they never think: under an overturned nest, how can any egg remain intact?

Once a prosperous great city in all of Lingzhou, Tianwu City now has nine out of ten rooms empty, beacon fires rising everywhere, burning every piece of land.

Qingyun Sect.

Qingyun Dian.

Feng Qingyang sat in the chief seat, currently checking the system interface.

He was contemplating the next direction of development.

The current Qingyun Sect can already be said to be in a development bottleneck.

To continue growing, only constant expansion, recruiting strong ones and talents, can raise the sect's prestige.

With a Great Emperor realm ancestor and so many elders, why need to be biased toward one side?

【「Sect Leader: Feng Qingyang, Realm: True Person Realm Mid-stage, Disciples: Lin Bai, Shi Hao, Hua Qingyu, Physique: Heavenly Divine Body」】

【「Sect's strong ones: Ancestor Li Qingyun, Great Emperor Realm peak, Guardian Elder Wang Xuan: Shattered Void Realm peak, Outer Sect Elders Ye Bai, Mu Tian, Mu Feng: Shattered Void Realm peak, five guardians」】

【「Inner Sect Elder Mu Shuixian entered the Saint Realm, Luo Chen half-Saint, Law Enforcement Hall Elder Luo Wu Dao: entered the Saint Realm, Hall of Techniques Elder Nie Hai Long: entered the Saint Realm peak」】

【「Outer Sect disciples: six hundred, miscellaneous disciples: one thousand four hundred」】

【「Sect: Qingyun Sect, Tier One (9000/10000)」】

"After so many days of a slacker's life, my realm has only risen by one minor stage."

"As the number one Heavenly Divine Body, I'm ashamed!"

【「No, as Sect Master I can't keep slacking off like this! 」】

"Damn it, system, shut your mouth!"

"The three great joys in life: eat, drink, play!"

"Do you understand or not!"

"That's right, you broken system, what do you know"

【「Considering the host's slacking behavior, this system expresses contempt and gives you the middle finger」】

【「Issuing the latest mission: recruit a genius disciple; completion will yield a huge reward」】

【「Disciple interface: Holy Maiden of the Pill Sage Sacred Land, Li Yanzhi, Realm: Nascent Soul early stage, fourth-rank alchemist」】

【「Pill Sage Sacred Land: one of the Five Great Sacred Lands of the Eastern Region, deep foundation, alchemical force, revered by hundreds of millions」】

"Damn! What a good partner!"

"The Holy Maiden of the Pill Sage Sacred Land, you want me to go to the sacred land and loot!"

"Well…… wrong, loot? It's not impossible, cough cough……"

"Coincidentally, my Qingyun Sect still lacks an alchemist; if we could loot the whole sacred land together……"

"Done! I accept this mission, system, my sect will give you face."

He won't be punished if he doesn't complete the mission.

If placed in the slacking routine of the past two days, he definitely wouldn't accept it.

However, this time not only can he obtain rewards, but also solve the sect's medicinal pill demand.

No gain, no effort; it's another case of killing two birds with one stone!

Just as Feng Qingyang was secretly pondering.

After Outer Sect Elder Ye Bai reported, he walked into the main hall.

"Sect Master, the demon beast tide is coming!"