Jiang Country's northeastern neighbor, Feng Country, was surprisingly annihilated.
Feng Country bordered Shura Country.
Since the four Demonic Sects of Shura Country began their invasion, most of their forces had been concentrated on attacking Feng Country's capital, Tianfeng City.
Feng Country had six great Cultivation Sects, but it was said that two of them had long been infiltrated by the Demonic Sects, and at the last critical moment of the great battle, they suddenly defected, which led to the fall of Tianfeng City.
Now, all the remaining Disciples of Feng Country's major Cultivation Sects were gathered at the Star Dust Sect, not far from the end of the Xuanqing Mountain Range.
The Star Dust Sect also became the last intact Sect remaining in Feng Country.
Because this Sect was quite skilled in the Dao of Formation Restrictions, it barely managed to block the Demonic Sects' bloodthirsty advance.
However, according to the news, the Star Dust Sect also seemed unable to hold out for much longer.
As a result, the Qing Jian Sect, located in the Xuanqing Mountain Range, felt doubled pressure.
Feng Country had long since sent out calls for help to Jiang Country, especially the nearby Qing Jian Sect, which naturally received several pleas for aid from the Star Dust Sect.
The Qing Jian Sect naturally understood the principle of 'when the lips are gone, the teeth are cold'.
However, at this moment, the Qing Jian Sect also had unspoken difficulties.
The reason for this was naturally that seven of the nine main peaks of the Qing Jian Sect had gone missing.
These were seven powerful Nascent Soul Stage Cultivators.
And the Qing Jian Sect had been suppressing this news, not daring to reveal the slightest bit to the outside world.
Coupled with the appearance of Ancient Blood Corpses within Jiang Country, it was now a time of bloodshed.
This made the five great Cultivation Sects of Jiang Country feel an extremely dangerous aura.
If the Star Dust Sect were to be breached, Jiang Country was very likely to follow in Feng Country's footsteps.
Thus, the five great Cultivation Sects of Jiang Country, even the Taiyan Temple far in the southwest, sent Disciples to rush to the aid of the Star Dust Sect.
...
Yang Che was currently sitting in meditation and Cultivating in an Immortal Cave temporarily opened in a certain mountain.
Before Tianxie Ziyin fell into a deep sleep, she left several Jade Slips.
Among them was one in which she specifically organized the content of the first three pages of the Heaven and Earth Chaos Art that had text, and then summarized the key points for Cultivation.
Due to the blood pact, Tianxie Ziyin was naturally most concerned about his Cultivation of Ancient God Power; other matters seemed to not bother her much.
The method summarized on this Jade Slip was extremely detailed.
Its purpose was to allow Yang Che to follow the method described therein to truly maximize the power of the Heaven and Earth Chaos Art, this time refining from the inside out, starting from the blood and bones, then to the meridians, muscles, and skin.
Among these, Tianxie Ziyin particularly mentioned the 'Chaos Art True Meaning'.
It was basically the same as what Yang Che had previously discovered.
That is, this Magic Art could not only absorb the essence of gaseous and liquid forms like Spiritual Qi and medicinal liquids, but it could also absorb solid essence.
Although at the current incomplete state of this Magic Art, Yang Che's speed in absorbing solid essence was somewhat slow, it was still very astonishing.
Yang Che clearly remembered that with the assistance of the Nine Heart Thunder Flame, operating the Heaven and Earth Chaos Art could greatly accelerate the speed of refining Ore essence.
Previously, Cultivation started from the skin and refined from the outside in, and it mainly refined the skin, meridians, and muscles, while the blood and bones received very little refinement.
Tianxie Ziyin repeatedly emphasized that the value of the Heaven and Earth Chaos Art far surpassed the Sky Thunder Scripture and the Dark Obliteration Sword Art, and urged him to focus on its Cultivation.
Fortunately, Yang Che had already tried, and there was no conflict when Cultivating the Chaos Art simultaneously with either the Sky Thunder Scripture or the Dark Obliteration Sword Art.
Only the Sky Thunder Scripture and the Dark Obliteration Sword Art could not be Cultivated simultaneously.
“Whoosh~”
Yang Che exhaled a mouthful of turbid Qi, sensing that the Spiritual Qi between heaven and earth was becoming noticeably thinner.
This caused an inexplicable gloom to well up in his heart.
After this period of Cultivation, Yang Che eliminated the fatigue from constantly traveling and became energetic.
Next, Yang Che began to inventory the Storage Pouches he had obtained during this period.
Especially the Storage Pouch of the thin Old Man at the Golden Core Stage from Jiang Huo City.
He obtained several thousand Spirit Stones in total, over a dozen High-Grade Magical Artifacts, several Peak-Grade Magical Artifacts, dozens of Elementary Talismans, and more than ten Intermediate Talismans.
There was one small Formation Plate and one Pill-Grade Blue Stone Magical Item.
There were also some miscellaneous Alchemy and Artifact Refining Materials.
To Yang Che's surprise, he actually obtained a Jade Slip introducing the 'Boundary Battlefield' and an incomplete map from the thin Old Man's Storage Pouch.
Previously, he had only learned from Sima Shishu that the trial he was to participate in was entering the 'Boundary Battlefield'; Sima Shishu had not told him much else, saying that he would explain it carefully to all Disciples who were to enter when the time came.
From this Jade Slip, Yang Che learned that the Cultivation World he was in, composed of thirteen countries, was called the 'Mist Hidden Realm'.
And the neighboring Cultivation World was the 'Seven Alliance Realm', composed of only seven countries.
The Mist Hidden Realm and the Seven Alliance Realm were both Level 4 Realms because they both had the presence of Nascent Soul Stage Great Cultivators.
The Boundary Battlefield of the two realms was located in a special space at a group of islands at the end of the Mist Hidden Sea Region, connected to the Seven Alliance Realm.
The Boundary Battlefield was opened every five hundred years by an envoy sent from the Level 5 Realm 'Xuanwu Realm'.
The purpose was the redistribution of Cultivation resources.
If one could win in the Boundary Battlefield, they would gain the mining rights to two Spirit Crystal Ore veins for five hundred years.
The reason why this special space of the Boundary Battlefield was special was, firstly, that only Cultivators at the Foundation Establishment Stage could enter.
Secondly, this space was said to be one of the ancient battlefield ruins, full of countless oddities.
However, within it were many unknown Magic Treasures, even Ancient Treasures, and rare Heaven And Earth Treasures that were virtually impossible to find in the outside world.
Through this Jade Slip, Yang Che roughly understood what this 'Boundary Battlefield' was all about.
Since it concerned the mining rights of two Spirit Crystal Ore veins for five hundred years, it was highly likely that both great realms would send elite Disciples at the Foundation Establishment Stage to compete.
From this, one could imagine that the competition would be incredibly fierce at that time.
Yang Che only wanted to Cultivate; to be honest, he thought the Boundary Battlefield was too dangerous and didn't really want to participate.
But upon learning the news that there were rare 'Heaven And Earth Treasures' that were difficult to find in the outside world, Yang Che was quite moved.
After careful consideration, Yang Che decided to return to the Qing Jian Sect in one go.
His ultimate dream was to live a carefree and immortal life.
Therefore, whether Feng Country was annihilated or Jiang Country was in danger, he didn't care; he would only put Cultivation first.
If he could confirm that Old Ancestor Old Man was safe, he would fully prepare for the upcoming journey to the 'Boundary Battlefield'.
Most importantly, Yang Che planned to try his best to awaken Tianxie Ziyin in the remaining three months before the Boundary Battlefield opened.
Since the Boundary Battlefield was one of the ancient battlefield ruins, Tianxie Ziyin's knowledge would naturally be a great help to him.
And by awakening Tianxie Ziyin, he would also have more life-saving methods and feel more confident.
...
Avoiding battles along the way, Yang Che returned to the Qing Jian Sect and found that Old Ancestor Old Man and the Peak Masters of several other peaks had still not returned.
Furthermore, the Sect had already dispatched a large number of Disciples to support the 'Star Dust Sect'.
Yang Che deliberated repeatedly and finally decided to explore the bottom of that river.
Having made up his mind, Yang Che no longer hesitated, directly stepped onto the Dunjxing Shuo, and arrived at the location of that great river.
As soon as he arrived, Yang Che sensed that the Spiritual Qi here had actually dried up!
The gloom in his heart grew heavier and heavier.
After observing carefully for a long time and confirming that no Ancient Blood Corpses emerged from the river, Yang Che then cast a water-repelling barrier on himself, sank to the bottom of the river, and cautiously came to the place with the ancient Restriction.
The Restriction seemed to be no different from before.
Yang Che knew that this Restriction would quickly restore itself after being opened, so he was not surprised.
Yang Che had already memorized the peculiar seal art for breaking the Formation that Tianxie Ziyin had struck out when possessing him last time, so he began to try to strike out the same seal art.
However, after striking out only a few seal art symbols, Yang Che was horrified to sense that the spiritual power in his body surged out wildly, almost exhausting his spiritual power in an instant.
This forced him to stop and immediately take out a Mid-Grade Spirit Stone to frantically replenish it.
Yang Che had a sudden idea this time and used the Heaven and Earth Chaos Art while absorbing the Spirit Stone.
What would normally take a long time to absorb a Mid-Grade Spirit Stone was now completed at an extremely fast speed.
This discovery filled Yang Che with joy and also subtly led him to a method for breaking the Formation.