Many children, many blessings: Stealing the offspring of powerful figures to cultivate immortality.

The other end of the passage.

Just as the inspector was about to cut off the connection, he suddenly felt a terrifying suction force coming from the lower realm.

That's not just about absorbing energy, it's about pulling on the soul!

He looked down and saw that several purple-gold vines had actually pierced through the void barrier spanning billions of miles and appeared directly inside the Star Spirit Tower of the Canglan Realm, coiling around his arm like venomous snakes.

"What the hell is that?!"

The inspector was horrified.

How could there be such a plant in the lower realm that disregards the rules of the boundary?

"Get out of here!"

He roared, his body bursting with starlight, attempting to shatter the vines.

But the suction cups on those vines emitted an excited tremor the moment they touched his Celestial Body, and the suction force instantly increased tenfold!

The inspector was horrified to discover that the starlight on his arm was fading at a visible speed, and even his soul was wracked with pain.

That was the pain of having one's very essence forcibly stripped away!

"Ah—! You bastard! Let go! Let go of me!"

The inspector's agonizing screams echoed throughout the alchemy room.

"Give in? Dream on!"

Jiang Yining's face was deathly pale, but the light in her eyes was frighteningly bright.

She pushed the properties of the Myriad Spirits Divine Tree to their limit—it could devour everything!

Since you are an energy body, then you are my nourishment!

"Sanbao! Help!" Jiang Yining shouted sharply.

"Here we go!"

Jiang Yeyao, who had been waiting by the side, was already drooling with envy.

The little girl leaped up and grabbed the thickest vine, opening her tiny mouth, which seemed capable of swallowing the heavens and earth, and inhaled deeply the energy transmitted back from the vine.

The Chaotic Demon Body devours everything!

With the addition of the "super booster pump" Sanbao, the suction power instantly doubles again.

"Snap!"

A crisp, clear sound.

At the other end of the passage, the inspector's arm was ripped off by this terrifying suction force!

Along with a wisp of his consciousness, he was forcibly dragged down the passage.

"No--!!"

The inspector let out a final, desperate roar.

To save his life, he had no choice but to make a drastic decision and deliberately detonate the core of the formation on the Star Spirit Tower side.

Boom! The cross-border passage completely collapsed.

But a split second before the collapse, an extremely dazzling silver sphere of light was tightly wrapped by vines and forcibly pulled back into the alchemy room from the turbulent void.

That was a wisp of the Inspector's original spirit and one-tenth of the pure star essence accumulated by the Star Spirit Tower!

"belch--"

As the sphere of light landed, the energy concentration within the entire alchemy room instantly reached a liquefied level.

Jiang Yining was the first to be affected.

The massive energy surged into her body, and her previously stagnant bottleneck was instantly pierced, as if a thin sheet of paper had been pierced through.

boom!

Late stage of Void Refinement!

Peak of the Void Refinement Realm!

It wasn't until the initial stage of fusion that his breathing gradually calmed down.

It wasn't just her.

Everyone present got a share of this feast.

Ye Wuhen's demonic energy surged, and his previously somewhat unstable realm became completely stable. There was even a faint starlight flowing on his dark demonic core, making him even more strange and unpredictable.

The ledger in Chu Jinglan's hand glowed with golden light, and a trace of vast star power was added to the Confucian and Taoist sacred aura, making him look even more unfathomable.

The men have all advanced to the Mahayana stage.

The five children, their bellies bulging, lay sprawled on the ground, radiating various colors of divine light, clearly digesting the unexpected nourishment.

They have all advanced to the early stage of the Nascent Soul realm.

"call……"

Jiang Yining let out a long breath and slowly retracted the vines.

She glanced at the messy alchemy room on the ground, and then at the gradually calming ripples in the space.

"It tastes good."

He wiped away non-existent blood from the corner of his mouth and turned to look at the crowd.

"Unfortunately, it was a one-off deal."

At this very moment, in the Canglan Realm, at the top of the Star Spirit Tower.

A roar filled with resentment and pain shattered the clouds within a hundred miles.

"You lowly ants from the lower realm! How dare you harm my very essence!!"

"When my true form descends, I will surely tear your souls apart and refine them, so that you may never be reborn!!"

……

Amidst the ruins of the Hall of Longevity, a cold wind howled.

The crowd, who had just experienced a lavish feast, showed no joy whatsoever.

Everyone knows that while that one-shot deal is satisfying, it also completely cuts off all avenues for retreat.

What awaits them next is no longer the petty squabbles of so-called "inspectors," but a true cross-border war.

Inside the main hall, the broken array flickered with an intermittent light.

Jiang Yining sat on the only intact main seat, toying with a storage ring she had taken from Elder Huo's corpse, her expression eerily calm.

Ye Wuhen was wiping his demonic blade, his movements slow and meticulous, as if he were wiping the skin of a lover.

But those purple eyes were filled with icy coldness.

Chu Jinglan sat on a pile of tattered scrolls, holding an ancient book in his hand, but he didn't turn a single page for a long time.

Bai Ze held the still-sleeping Wu Bao Jiang Si Yue in his arms, his nine tails slapping the ground impatiently, making "slap slap" sounds.

Even the usually unserious Situ Kong was now huddled in a corner, clutching a few pieces of tortoise shell, casting divinations one after another, his face growing paler with each attempt.

"No need to calculate it."

Jiang Yining suddenly spoke, her voice cold and clear, breaking the silence.

"A terrible omen, a certain death, right?"

Situ Kong flicked his wrist, and the tortoise shell fell to the ground and shattered into powder.

He gave a wry smile and slumped to the ground: "Ningning, this is no joke. That's a master who can treat the Floating Cloud Realm like his own backyard. We had our fun just now, but now he's furious, and his army is probably already on its way."

"How about..." Situ Kong cautiously suggested, "Take the children and find a secluded mountain forest to hide in for hundreds of years, maybe we can outlive them."

"hide?"

Jiang Yining scoffed and slammed the storage ring in her hand heavily on the table.

"Where can we hide?"

She stood up, her gaze sharp as a knife, sweeping over every man present.

"Do you think this battle is for the sake of the so-called common people? For the sake of justice in the Floating Cloud Realm?"

"wrong."

Jiang Yining held up one finger and shook it.

"This battle is for our home."

When these words came out, everyone was stunned.

With a flick of her sleeve, Jiang Yining unfurled a giant holographic map in mid-air.

That was the map of the "Desolate Abyss Business Empire" that she had just built up with countless efforts.

"Night Without a Trace," Jiang Yining called out.

The Demon Lord raised his head, his eyes filled with ferocity.

"If the Protoss come, how do you think they will treat you?"

Jiang Yining said coldly, "In their eyes, you are not some Demon Lord, but a moving top-grade magic crystal battery."

"They will capture you, lock you in a dark and sunless mine, and extract your demonic blood every day until you wither and die."

Ye Wuhen's grip on the knife tightened suddenly, his knuckles turning white.

"Chu Jinglan."

Jiang Yining turned her gaze to the refined-looking man.

"Your library, which houses half of the dynasty's rarest books, is nothing more than a pile of waste paper for starting fires in the eyes of the Protoss. As for your students, your governing philosophy, your Confucian and Taoist traditions..."

"In their eyes, the culture of an inferior civilization is a joke."

Chu Jinglan pushed up his glasses, a cold glint flashing across the lenses.

Confucius said: "If a gentleman can tolerate something, what cannot be tolerated?"

"Bai Ze".

Jiang Yining looked at the Demon Emperor.

"Needless to say, the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox is definitely in high demand. You don't want your Five Treasures to be skinned and made into scarves, do you?"

Bai Ze's fur stood on end instantly, his nine tails stood straight up, and he let out a low roar.

"Anyone who dares to lay a finger on my daughter, I'll bite their ancestors to death!"

Jiang Yining paused for a moment, then unleashed her trump card.

"The desolate abyss is the result of all our hard work."

"Once the Protoss arrive, all of this will be wiped out."

"Our houses will be razed to the ground, our spirit stones will be stolen, and our children will be taken as pets..."

Jiang Yining took a deep breath, and her voice suddenly rose.

For these world-class leaders, death is not frightening.

What's terrifying is that the person dies before they've spent all their money, and then someone else steals it all!

"Oh shit!"

Ye Wuhen was the first to jump up and kick over the table in front of him.

"Anyone who dares to touch the children, I'll chop them to pieces!"

I second that.

Chu Jinglan stood up gracefully, straightened his robes, and revealed a murderous intent in his eyes.

"Although it is an insult to civilization, for the sake of Ningning and the children, even a saint must take up the butcher's knife."

Bai Ze even transformed into a half-demon form, his claws carving deep furrows into the ground.

"Fight! We must fight! Beat those bandits to a pulp!"

Seeing the male protagonists instantly transform from "stray dogs" into "vicious dogs guarding their food," Jiang Yining nodded in satisfaction.

Talking about interests and personal pain is the only way to boost morale.

"Now that we've reached a consensus, let's not just sit idly by."

Jiang Yining sat back down in her chair, reverting to her shrewd businesswoman demeanor.

"We can fight alone, but the enemy is a large army with high cultivation levels. We need cannon fodder... oh no, we need allies."