Cultivation begins with planting techniques

In the world of immortals, great power is concentrated in one person.

With his late-stage Nascent Soul realm, even though these forces were relatively unfamiliar with Li Ye before, they didn't have many other intentions when they expressed their willingness to follow him.

With his previous achievements, even without the foundation of Pingyang Mountain, his deterrent power over the various sects and families should not be underestimated.

Therefore, Li Ye was able to smoothly integrate this group of people before the war with almost no effort.

Shen Mingcheng of Tiantuo Sect and Yu Shan of Qimo Mountain Villa, who had always been his allies, also showed unprecedented submission.

When the cultivators came to offer their congratulations, their attitude was almost as if they had placed themselves in the position of Li Ye's subordinate, which was quite tactful.

Li Ye felt that if he spoke up, they might even be willing to give him a piece of the Yunshui Sea region's interests in order to avoid being sent to their deaths in the upcoming descent into the realm.

However, since his cultivation had already reached the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm, these resources and benefits were no longer so important to him.

Breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage requires more than simply accumulating resources.

Therefore, he never had any intention of bringing the Yunshui Sea under his complete control.

But since they've behaved so well, let them be.

This would actually save him some trouble.

With everyone presenting their gifts and the simple alliance concluded, these Nascent Soul cultivators did not linger in Pingyang Mountain any longer.

After the banquet, everyone left.

Regarding the matter of the descent to the realm, only Meng Jingde and Bai Minghua have issued a joint statement so far, but no one can say for sure when it will happen.

While it's important to befriend Li Ye, this newly promoted late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator, it's not as crucial as maintaining a strong connection with one's own sect.

If, while they are staying in Pingyang Mountain, a dimensional passage suddenly appears around their sect, they will have no chance to react and can only watch as their sect's foundation is destroyed in an instant!

After the guests left, Li Ye returned to the Void Tree.

As time went by, the changes in the Void Tree became more dramatic.

Originally, only small sections of branches would occasionally dissolve into the void, but now large sections of branches have begun to merge into the void, absorbing its essence.

The most obvious indication is that the feedback messages received from the panel have become more frequent.

And on the branch, Li Ye saw another small, unripe fruit appear.

Nurturing the origin of the void, the second Void Fruit was born!
"At this rate, the descent passage should be completed within seven days..."

"I wonder if the void changes brought about by this descent will be enough to ripen this Void Realm Fruit in one go..."

Li Ye made his judgment, a hint of anticipation in his eyes.

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The news of the border descending has already spread throughout the southern border region.

Out of a desire to do someone a favor, Meng and Bai also informed the other friendly forces in the four regions at the same time.

Most cultivators from the other four regions were skeptical about this matter, but seeing how seriously the Southern Frontier was taking it, they were willing to believe it was true and made some preparations.

Time passed quickly in this state of preparation.

On this day, two strange changes occurred at the floating hill atop Fendao Mountain and the former site of the Yanshen Sect.

The void shifted, suddenly collapsed, and then shattered into a huge crack.

On the other side of this rift, instead of a dark and empty void of turbulent energy, emerged a completely different world. This world, though seemingly picturesque and not much different from the human realm, was otherwise.

However, if a cultivator were present, they would discover that this seemingly ordinary world actually had a thin spiritual energy and a faint aura of decay mixed within it.

Almost the instant it appeared, the spiritual energy belonging to the human world began to slowly flow away towards the opposite world.

Fortunately, there is a significant difference in the origins of the two realms. Even with the descent passage as a medium, the other world cannot easily shake the accumulation of the human realm.

The loss of this small amount of spiritual energy is utterly insignificant to the human realm.

The terrifying void power manifested by the opening of the descent passage shattered all the arrangements on the floating hill, causing the array to collapse and the palace to be destroyed.

The mountain itself was severely damaged and collapsed on the spot.

Some of them fell to the ground and crashed onto Fendao Mountain, while others fell to the other side of the rift.

The cultivators who were ordered to stay on the mountain to monitor the various array restrictions were also crushed on the spot by the great power of heaven and earth, without even a chance to scream. Their physical bodies and nascent souls were completely destroyed.

Such turmoil immediately shocked the cultivators on Fendao Mountain.

Fortunately, Fendao Mountain and this floating hill have independent formations.

With the power of a fourth-order grand formation, it could completely withstand even a small portion of a mountain falling down.

But when they watched the dust rise from the broken mountain dissipate, revealing the huge crack in the sky, their hearts pounded wildly!
The descent passage... actually opened right above them!

Immediately afterwards, it seemed that someone on the other side was also attracted by the noise of the mountain suddenly crashing down.

A cultivator dressed in a somewhat wild style, wearing animal skins and bone armor, appeared on the other side of the passage.

His expression was one of shock, disbelief mixed with ecstasy and greed!
His gaze fell upon the cultivators in the Fendao Mountain.

As the two sides locked eyes, the atmosphere suddenly changed, and killing intent surfaced on the faces of the cultivators from Fendao Mountain.

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Compared to the turmoil at Fendao Mountain, the opening of the descent passage at the old site of the Yanshen Sect's mountain gate caused much less of a stir.

After You Moyan's failed attempt to guide the descent to the lower realm, which caused the void to collapse, the void structure here became extremely fragile, with spatial rifts visible everywhere, making it a first-rate dangerous place.

Even after so much time has passed, things haven't calmed down much.

Normally, no cultivators would come to this place.

With the opening of the descent passage, the void here, which had been fragile for a long time, collapsed again. All the spatial rifts were completely swallowed up by the descent passage, which then stabilized the structure of this place.

What was originally a dangerous place has become much more stable.

Soon, this place was discovered by the cultivators on the other side of the passage. Amidst the jubilation of the cultivators on the other side, who also had a slightly wild style, a number of cultivators began to appear in front of the passage.

Thus began the attempt to pass through the passage and enter the human world.

As the cultivators from the surrounding human realm noticed something amiss and came to investigate, some of the cultivators from this unfamiliar world had already entered this realm.

It even began to explore its surroundings, showing a strong greed for everything in the human world.

Perhaps due to the language barrier, or perhaps due to the various emotions displayed by the cultivators on the other side, the cultivators who encountered their actions were filled with murderous intent and had no intention of communicating with them at all.

Although the former site of the Yanshen Sect did not undergo such drastic changes at the beginning, it still ended up with the same result.

A conflict was imminent! (End of Chapter)