Thinking of all this, Tian Yongheng couldn’t help but sigh inwardly.
As he was getting stronger, the troubles around him were also getting greater. Void Refinement Realm was no longer enough to suppress all potential enemies.
He had to breakthrough to the Nascent Soul Realm!
Silently, he set a small goal for himself.
Enter the Nascent Soul Realm before the age of 600!
There were still 290 years left, so there was time.
At this point, Lu Qingfeng finally stopped speaking and looked at Tian Yongheng.
He had calmed down and returned to his previous state.
Tian Yongheng gently shook his head and then spoke slowly, "You have suffered greatly in the outside world, but you have also obtained many opportunities and experiences, including the friendship of various powerful forces for the Eternal Peak. Is the Mystical Flame Bow still good enough? If not, then go to the First Supreme and let him upgrade it for you.
You can take whatever you need for it from the Spirit Treasure Hall." His voice was calm and gave off a harmonius feeling.
The Spirit Treasure Hall was where all treasures, materials, ores etcetera of the Eternal Peak were stored. Just like the Pagoda of Heavenly Wisdom, it was also supervised by Yan Jingfei and some of her trusted aides in the Eternal Peak.
It was a building with multiple floors, established more than a hundred years ago.
Hearing his words, Lu Qingfeng beamed with joy and thanked him before hastily leaving.
He did not further ask for anything. Just this was enough.
His Mystical Flame Bow was a Rank-3 Dharma Artifact, but only he knew how expensive the materials to upgrade it were. It was naturally a good thing for him to be able to upgrade it for free.
Soon, he left to look for Tian Yunchen. On the way back, his gaze also landed on Su Yanlan, who was cultivating outside of Tian Yongheng’s cave abode. He had seen her when he came up too.
He remembered her from that time when Tian Yongheng fought against those demonic cultivators and the Cerulean Flare Roc back then, so he was a bit surprised upon seeing her here.
He didn’t understand Tian Yongheng’s intentions, but he knew for one thing that she was quite strong as he could not see through her cultivation base even after improving so much. So, he didn’t think too much about it.
Tian Yongheng then called for Yan Jingfei, and she also didn’t say anything upon seeing Su Yanlan outside.
Master must have his own plans.
She thought, entering the cave abode.
She recounted to him of what had happened during his seclusion.
Demonic cultivators and the Demon Race had colluded together and were continously making appearance, they had even attacked multiple factions of the Golden Core Realm, and even a few Void Refinement Realm powers were besieged by large number of them.
This has caused great unrest in the Qingyun Region, and everyone is waiting for the Qingyun Sword Sect to make a move. While those high ranking Void Refinement Realm powers already know that the Qingyun Sword Sect will announce its stance during the upcoming Dao Conference, the other smaller forces do not know of it ad thus can’t help but panic.
Despite that, the Qingyun Sword Sect has tried to stabilize the situation by continously sending Sword Guardians over to places which were attacked, causing the cultivators some relief.
The Qingyun Dao Conference’s matter and the fact that the sect’s Supreme Elder is gathering forces from across the State for war cannot be spread as the opposing party will prepare in advance, that is why it has not been revealed yet.
The Demons and demonic cultivators would at most think that the Qingyun Sword Sect will invite a couple of forces to cleanse the Qingyun Region and lower their guard, not sending existences beyond the Nascent Soul Realm out.
They would never expect that even Tribulation Transcendence Realm powers were involved and it was for a large scale war.
This plan was not foolproof, but no strategy is perfect. They could only take things as they came and prepare in advance.
If the demonic path had spies all over the State of Fengzhou and even inside powerful factions, then it was no doubt that this plan would be leaked.
As Yan Jingfei explained all this, a solemn expression appeared on her face.
This timeline had completely deviated from the past one. From now on, the main advantage that she had of knowing the future would be hard to predict as things were going on too fast, not to mention they were completely different.
But she couldn’t do anything about it and only let out a deep sigh. She had to cultivate to become stronger and then think of what to do next.
Her preparations were already complete and she was about to enter seclusion when Tian Yongheng called for her.
He didn’t delay her any further and motioned for her to leave. She should step into the Golden Core Realm before 50 years of time from her estimations, after all, she wasn’t a monstrous prodigy like Tian Yongheng nor did she have any great Bloodline, Constitution, or Innate Talent.
After she left, Tian Yongheng sat there to organize his thoughts.
So many things were happening all at once, and he couldn’t help but feel overwhelmed.
He felt that he was too weak in the face of such crisis. Even if he could possibly contend against Nascent Soul Realm cultivators right now, there were going to be Tribulation Transcendence Realm beings in the war.
What if such a being attacked the Eternal Peak?
He himself did not have much confidence in escaping, not to mention taking the Eternal Peak with him.
Stabilizing his breath, he slightly calmed down.
There’s still time.
From his knowledge, this war should last for a long time unless extremely powerful beings from either side intervened. It would come to a standstill eventually if both sides were evenly matched.
In the first few decades, it would be the lower level cultivators’ battles, like Qi Condensation Realm and Foundation Establishment Realm. It would evolve to Acquired Realm and Innate Realm, while more powerful existences would be slowly involved and fight covertly.
Nascent Soul Realm and above existences might only appear after a hundred or so years of the start of the war. There’s also a chance those old fellows will appear as the leading figures from the start if the righteous path decided to go all out right at the beginning.
Anything could happen.
But one thing was for sure, and that was, unless an extremely powerful Tribulation Transcendence Realm powerhouse or even a Immortal Ascension Realm mighty figure took action and could suppress the other side completely, the war would go on for hundreds of years.
And who knew how powerful the beings from the opposing side were? Both the demonic path and the Demon Race had been in hiding for many years, after all!
Tian Yongheng felt an unprecedented pressure in his heart right now.
He had to reach the Nascent Soul Realm as soon as possible, no matter what!
He didn’t even dare to stroll around and quickly started cultivating again according to the Void Refinement Realm cultivation method of the Divine Scripture of the Primordial Beginning.
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Pristine Waters, Isle of Heavenly Demons.
Atop a majestic mountain, the same middle aged man from before was sitting at the cliff, looking over the horizon with a calm expression on his face.
He did not seem to have any aura at all, making him appear mysterious and unfathomable.
At this moment, the same old man from before appeared behind him.
He seemed to have an anxious expression as he spoke, "Lord, many of the Demons and demonic cultivators we sent to the Qingyun Region of the State of Fengzhou have been subdued and united by a mysterious existence.
Even those at the later stages of Void Refinement Realm were only able to fight on par with him and not defeat him completely despite him being only in the early stages of Void Refinement Realm.
Surprisingly, that existence has contacted us and wants to join hands. It should he a demonic cultivator, but his opportunities and background are not simple. He has also attacked quite a few factions of the righteous path, including the Void Refinement Realm ones. He can indeed be a great help in overthrowing the State of Fengzhou for us."
The old man’s voice carried a hint of excitement and reverence.
The middle aged man raised his head and looked at the old man before saying in a eerily calm tone of voice, "Invite him to the East Coast and discuss all the details with him there."
The old man cupped his fists and bowed as he hastily nodded.
"Lord, do you have any more instructions?" He asked.
"No, do as you please." With that, the middle aged man raised his hand and signaled for the old man to leave.
The old man quickly turned around and left.
As soon as he left, a black shadow appeared behind the middle aged man and stared at him in silence.
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A voice floated over from the black shadow, "Demon Lord Nine Calamities, the Demon Saint is soon going to arrive at the Eastern Continent in some time. Try to take the State of Fengzhou under your control as soon as possible."
The voice was completely emotionless as the black shadow soon disappeared after saying that.
The middle aged man called the Demon Lord Nine Calamities did not say anything and just stared at the sky silently.