Wizards in the world of cultivation

Chapter 136 The Ancient Wilderness Secret Realm of a Hundred Races
The first one is difficult; his current skill level is not yet sufficient.

As for the second option, he still has some materials on hand, enough to refine a second version.

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The center of the abyss.

Beside a huge circular platform, thirty-six dignified and noble figures sat in a circle.

Dog-Sealing Clan, Nail-Spirit Clan, Di People...

Thirty-six races gathered together.

"The demonic calamity has now taken shape on the continent. When will we strike and break through the sealed passage to return to the continent?" the Dog Seal Clan declared loudly.

After tens of millions of years of waiting, countless races could no longer endure living underground.

When the various races first arrived in the Underworld, the resources there were quite abundant. However, after tens of millions of years of depletion, they could no longer support the massive population.

The only way now is to return to the mainland, to the place where they were born and raised.

"Now is not the best time; our allies will find the best opportunity for us," said the Nail Spirit Clan.

The other members of the race remained silent, each with their own thoughts.

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Twenty-six years after the rise of the Demon.

That is, the twenty-sixth year since the outbreak of the demonic calamity.

According to information gathered by intelligence agents sent by Su You to some of the Great Immortal Cities.

A tremendous battle erupted in the Qingzhou Demon Realm. With the cultivators of the mainland united, they were almost powerless to resist, and the interdimensional passage was severed by the powerful figures on this side in just a few days.

Furthermore, under the counterattack, they directly recovered most of Qingzhou's territory within half a year.

Only the area of ​​the Liuyun Mountains in Qingzhou was so heavily fortified that the war ultimately ended there.

Under the management of the demon race, that place was equivalent to a sixth-order grand formation, and even those Nascent Soul Venerables had no good way to deal with it.

Although some sects have ancient and long-standing traditions, they also possess methods that are equivalent to the sixth level of the opponent's cultivation, which is the Void Refining Realm.

But those are all treasured items, and each one used reduces the remaining supply, or comes at a huge cost.

So for the time being, the situation has reached a stalemate, with the numbers slowly dwindling.

Of course, there is another reason: the ancient tribes that had been suppressed underground for millions of years suddenly escaped the eternal seal and returned to the land.

A greater upheaval has now erupted on the mainland, which is why many powerful figures have been unable to unite and break through the sixth-order formation in a short period of time.

While the mainland was in turmoil, Su You's side was reaping abundant rewards.

With the army of Luoxia Island launching expeditions time and again, he now controls all the known forces in Yunting Lake.

Of course, this time, Su You did not relocate the spiritual veins, resources, etc. to Luoxia Island as he had done before.

Instead, they would choose a core location in each region, especially those that were already immortal cities, as the core area, and gather the surrounding spiritual veins, entrances, and resources.

At that time, all that will be needed is to set up a few teleportation arrays to connect all the different places in Yunting Lake. In addition, spiritual energy can be collected by refining energy pools separately.

The only downside is the lack of tower spirit oversight, which we'll address gradually later.

Currently, within Yunting Lake, apart from Luoxia Island, there are a total of six main immortal cities, all of which are based on fourth-order spiritual veins, with large and small spiritual veins migrating around them.

In addition, cultivation resources include more than 1,200 spirit mines of different qualities and 50 spirit stone mines.

These resources are all prioritized for mining, because Yunting Lake may collapse at any time, and the only resources that can be taken away are these spirit mines and the cultivator population.

Besides, there are probably more than ten million independent cultivators who reside in the Immortal City.

Of course, only about one or two out of ten people can actually live in the Immortal City.

Most of the other independent cultivators make a living around the Immortal City.

After all, all the spiritual veins had been transferred here, and this place had become the only immortal city market. They could only follow the trend and come here together.

After this battle, the Dream Butterfly Sect's inventory of treasures increased rather than decreased.

This time, unlike before when Su You intervened, he still preserved most of the wealth for those families.

This campaign resulted in the confiscation of the vast majority of wealth. All the wealth belonging to those powerful families was handed over and put into the treasury, with only personal wealth remaining.

Of course, as compensation and to reassure people, Su You also imparted some profound knowledge to these families.

In addition, the various top-grade pills within the Dream Butterfly Sect, including the Nascent Soul Pill which can be directly exchanged, are also a reason why many cultivators are drawn to the sect.

Although Su You used the Book of Souls to control these people, human hearts are indeed fickle. He had to suppress them while simultaneously winning them over in order to gradually gain control of this force.

Another point is that the fairy city located in the deep sea of ​​the East China Sea has been basically completed.

But now is not the time to move.

Firstly, the resources around Yunting Lake have not yet been fully developed. Even with destructive mining, it would take several decades to completely deplete the surrounding spiritual minerals and other resources.

Secondly, there is the issue of safety. The East Sea is not like Yunting Lake. The number of sea beasts in the East Sea is far greater than that in Yunting Lake. Various fourth-order demon kings and even fifth-order demon emperors are not uncommon.

If a large number of people were moved there, it would easily attract the attention of sea monsters and trigger a beast tide.

His current strength is not enough to withstand the attack of a fifth-tier demon emperor.

Finally, there's the transfer of cultivators.

Currently, there are at least 20 million cultivators on Luoxia Island and in other immortal cities. The energy consumption of the teleportation array alone would be astronomical, making it impossible to travel there by teleportation array.

Not to mention, he also needs to transfer a large number of ordinary humans there in order to ensure a continuous supply of talents with the aptitude for cultivation.

This requires using spatial artifacts that can carry a large number of people inside for teleportation, which is the fastest and most economical way to transfer them.

There are two solutions to this. The first is to make preliminary repairs to the Dream Butterfly Mirror. If it can be carried with you, it can hold not only tens or hundreds of millions of people, but even ten or a hundred times more.

The second option is for Su You to craft a spatial magic weapon himself.

This is something he has been preparing for.

The natal wizard tower he was preparing to forge was also a spatial magic artifact, with a secret realm inside. Although it might not be able to accommodate too many people, it could still be used for multiple relocations.

After years of research, Su You has gained a preliminary understanding of the methods for opening up secret realms.

There are two types of secret realms. One type is attached to the world. This type of secret realm is the simplest to open and does not require any rare or precious materials.

However, the secret realms attached to the world cannot be moved or transferred. If you leave this world, you will lose control of them and be unable to take them with you. This is a minor drawback.

Su You would definitely not choose that type; he chose another: secret realms that are not dependent on the world. These secret realms are mostly rooted in magical artifacts or treasures, coexisting with them.

Just like the world inside the Dream Butterfly Mirror, it gradually evolved from a secret realm to a world level.

There are two methods for creating this secret realm. The first is to directly cut the world apart, seal it in a treasure, and slowly refine and fuse it.

The second method requires the use of spatial treasures to create a secret realm from nothingness.

Without sufficient strength, the first option is impossible; his only choice is the second.

Over the years, Su You has also acquired a number of fourth-order spatial treasures.

It's not that he didn't want to buy better spatial treasures, but fifth-tier materials are extremely rare, let alone spatial ones, which are fought over by countless powerful figures as soon as they appear.

Moreover, fifth-tier treasures are almost never seen at auctions anymore. Treasures of this level are now traded directly between individuals organized by various Nascent Soul cultivators through barter.

Although Su You was not afraid to confront those Nascent Soul cultivators head-on, he did not have any good treasures to exchange for treasures of that level.

Most importantly, he can't refine fifth-tier materials now, so fourth-tier materials are the best choice and are also easier to buy at auctions.

He's currently acquiring all sorts of spatial treasures, even those that aren't fourth-tier. He plans to use them to increase the size of the secret realm once it's opened up.

The only thing I lack now is my weapon-refining skills.

The new method of refining artifacts is simpler than the previous method, and Su You has also learned a lot about the methods of restricting magical artifacts and treasures.

If it's just about refining a third-tier magic weapon according to the restrictions on the diagram, Su You can already do that.

However, the Natal Wizard Tower is different from others; it is an interweaving of two systems and is not so easy to create.

He now possesses dozens of miniature wizard towers, which function exactly like regular wizard towers. He uses these towers to practice, fusing the restrictions and runes within them together.

Su You put down the miniature wizard tower that was already riddled with cracks. "It's time to go to the Ten Thousand Demon Mountains."

The secret realm there will open in the next few months, so let's go there in advance to prepare.

It remains to be seen whether the beast tide that previously erupted in the Ten Thousand Demon Mountains will have any impact on this.

The beast tide in the Ten Thousand Demon Mountains has not stopped; in fact, it can be said that there is a continuous stream of demonic beasts rampaging everywhere.

It can be said that, apart from Qingzhou, which has been completely corrupted by demons, the two major states where the Ten Thousand Demon Mountains are located have already fallen to the enemy.

This beast tide also exceeded everyone's expectations. Its scale and number were beyond ordinary people's control, and it seemed endless.

A Nascent Soul cultivator once attempted to approach the Ten Thousand Demon Mountains to find out the reason, but he did not come out alive.

With the ancient races reappearing on the land, the beast tides in these two small states seem insignificant.

However, compared to the demonic calamity, which brings no benefit whatsoever.

The monster tide can still bring huge profits.

Because there were enough demon cores, a large number of Foundation Establishment Pills were refined, and many rogue cultivators benefited from this and advanced to the Foundation Establishment stage.

Although Su You did not send anyone to join the beast tide, he still gained considerable benefits.

He had already sent people to purchase various kinds of essence blood in several large immortal cities, and now he had stockpiled a large amount of demon beast essence blood, as well as a large amount of bloodline potions.

With just a single command from Su You, tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of bloodline sorcerers could be created.

Compared to ordinary cultivators, bloodline sorcerers are much stronger. They not only possess innate magic, but also have stronger physical bodies and can use human magic, making them arguably more powerful than others of the same level.

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Wanyao Mountain Range.

After disguising himself using his shapeshifting ability, he returned to the same spot.

Looking at the changed terrain, Su You couldn't help but sigh, "In less than sixty years, this place has already undergone tremendous changes."

Along the way, many of the territories of the third-tier demon cores had changed hands, clearly having perished in this war.

Even the few he had agreed to meet sixty years ago have disappeared.

Fortunately, he had the token, so he wasn't worried about not being able to enter the secret realm.

Below the cave of the Great Demon King Qingyan, after checking the token in his hand, he was arranged to go to a cave next to it.

Su You didn't wander around either. The most important thing right now was to get into the secret realm, so it was better to keep a low profile.

Two months passed in the blink of an eye, and led by the little demon, they arrived at a mountain range.

Sixty years later, most of the people around him have changed.

However, Qingyan only recognizes the tokens, not the demons.

If one's own strength is weak and one's possession is taken by another demon beast, there is nothing one can say, after all, the strong prey on the weak, and that is the nature of demons.

After each token was checked, they were sent to the teleportation array in batches and transported to the secret realm.

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The Great Wilderness Secret Realm.

This is an ancient and wild world.

Countless mindless beasts inhabit this world.

This secret realm has a great use for demonic beasts.

The essence of the savage beasts here has a significant effect on improving the physical body, and there are also some special spiritual herbs that can enhance the bloodline potential of demonic beasts.

This is why countless powerful demons offered lavish gifts at the banquet of the Great Demon King Qingyan, all in order to gain access to this secret realm.

Putting everything else aside, the mere fact that the essence of wild beasts can enhance the physical body is enough to attract a large number of demonic beasts, not to mention the treasures that can enhance the potential of demonic beast bloodlines.

If it weren't for the fact that the Great Demon King Qingyan was the son of the Demon Emperor, and that the treasures produced in the secret realm had a limited potential, they would be ineffective against fourth-tier demon beasts, and even against peak third-tier demon beasts.

This kind of secret realm would definitely not be in the hands of a late-stage fourth-tier demon king.

In addition, this secret realm is quite dangerous, otherwise so many powerful demons wouldn't have formed a team to act together.

After all, teaming up makes hunting beasts more efficient and allows you to gain more rewards in a shorter time.

This secret realm can only accommodate experts at the third level, that is, those at the Golden Core stage, who can then unleash their full power.

In other words, this is a large, secret realm.

There are three types of secret realms: large, medium, and small, which correspond to the three realms of Golden Core, Foundation Establishment, and Qi Refining, respectively.

(End of this chapter)