Immortality: Starting with a grave, I'm invincible when burying corpses.

March, 84th year of the Five Kingdoms Calendar.

The Great Spirit Empire has completely adjusted its strategic focus, with all sixteen army groups at the front line withdrawing and abandoning all areas within the combat zone, retreating back to the heartland of the Great Spirit Empire.

In May, the Great Ling Empire mobilized eighteen legions, totaling 1.8 million troops, to march south all the way to the South Seas, intending to seize Hailing Island in one fell swoop and establish a sea outlet for the Great Ling Empire.

Because the name of the Five Elements True Lord was too illustrious, and also because the army of the Great Spirit Empire was coming in with great force.

Wherever the army passed, all the smaller forces surrendered at the mere mention of its name. Even before the army arrived, the leaders of the various forces had already prepared for their surrender and led their trusted followers to welcome the arrival of the royal army.

Among them, the old prefect of Luocheng was the most exaggerated. After hearing that the Great Ling Empire wanted to bring Luocheng under its control, this prefect of Luocheng, who was over eighty years old, leaned on his cane and waited anxiously outside the city.

The eighty-year-old prefect had hardly any teeth left, yet he led his entire family to wait outside the city for half a month, just to show his sincerity.

Moreover, in the past six months, Los Angeles has been engaged in large-scale construction, spending huge sums of money to build a vast temple dedicated to the Five Elements True Lords in the city.

After the temple was built, the governor of Los Angeles and his family worshipped it every day, without interruption despite wind and rain.

In Luocheng, the prefect's family's devout faith in the Five Elements True Lord was known to everyone.

Under the leadership of the prefect's family, the entire city of Luo followed suit, and all the people in the city regarded worshipping the Five Elements True Lord as a major event in their lives.

The Temple of the Five Elements True Lord is lit day and night, and even in the dead of night, believers can be seen praying devoutly in the temple.

When the news reached Qing'an Prefecture, Mu Yong was overjoyed, feeling that this person was a "promising talent" and someone worth a fortune. He immediately issued an edict to reward the Prefect of Luocheng and called on officials throughout the country to learn from him.

As soon as Mu Yongjin spoke, the Prefect of Luocheng was promoted three ranks, and his son succeeded him as Prefect of Luocheng. He was rewarded with ten thousand acres of fertile land and a thousand taels of gold.

For the Ming family, to which the Prefect of Luocheng belonged, the generous reward was like a meteoric rise to power.

As soon as the news broke, the smaller factions along the way followed suit, vying to be incorporated into the Great Spirit Empire.

Even the Datong Empire, which was entrenched in the southern part of the Tianqi Domain, took the initiative to retreat, withdrawing its army a hundred miles away and ceding dozens of cities along the way to the Daling Empire.

In September, a passage extending from the southern side of the Great Spirit Empire to the South Seas was officially incorporated into the Great Spirit Empire's territory.

With this, the Great Spirit Empire officially abandoned its struggle for hegemony over the Apocalypse Domain, and the empire's focus shifted entirely to the development of the Yin Yin Domain.

During the development of the Yin-Yang Domain, the name of Bai Ling, the newly crowned princess of the Great Spirit Empire, also attracted the attention of countless people.

The direct descendant of the Bai family has suddenly become a princess of the Great Spirit Empire, and even has partial control over the development of the Yin Yin Domain. It's hard not to have some doubts.

The news quickly spread throughout the entire Tianqi Domain, and various forces urgently issued orders, requiring their intelligence agencies to find out the whole story as soon as possible.

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As the Nine Realms undergo a rare and momentous upheaval, the Nine Netherworld Demon Abyss is also experiencing an unprecedented storm.

The first level of the Demon Abyss, the Blooming Spirit Realm, the Taiyuan Divine Mountain.

The nine true demons gathered here, and their mere presence caused the heavens and earth to tremble. Without any action, boundless demonic energy spontaneously emanated from the nine true demons, spreading out in all directions.

In the blink of an eye, the entire sky above Taiyuan City was shrouded in demonic energy, turning the sky pitch black, like the deepest part of the ocean or the most sinister valley.

A vast expanse of yin energy gathered above the clouds, forming vortexes of demonic energy in all directions.

The people of Taiyuan City looked up at the sky in a daze. Because of yesterday's celebration, many people were still asleep and did not even notice the change in light and darkness.

As their breathing grew heavier, an unspeakable fear roused the sleeping people.

Their hearts pounded wildly in their chests, as if gripped by a dark hand.

The apocalyptic scene terrified countless children, whose cries echoed through building after building. Everyone was filled with anxiety, wondering what had happened.

They were at a loss and could only seek comfort in their own way. The woman hugged her child tightly and hid uneasily in a corner, while the man picked up a weapon from the house and stood in front of his wife and child.

Every human in the Spirit Realm receives some basic training. The goal is not for them to fight against the demons on the battlefield, but simply to be able to take up arms to protect their families when a crisis comes.

The royal family defends the empire, cultivators protect mortals, and mortals protect their families.

This is the survival rule etched into the blood of the human race in the Spirit Realm, and it is also a tradition that the civilization of the human race in the Spirit Realm has continued for thousands of years.

Mortals may not have great power and are insignificant in front of true strongmen, but cultivators also originated from mortals.

Only with enough mortals and a stable rear base can new cultivators be continuously created.

The wars of thousands of years have completely rewritten the history of the Spirit Realm, and have also made the cultivators of the Spirit Realm re-examine their relationship with mortals.

It was only after the war began that libraries for mortals appeared one after another in the Spirit Realm, truly popularizing the methods of cultivation.

Talent is bestowed by heaven, courage is born from the depths of the heart.

Effort may not change much, but even the most ordinary mortal has things they can do.

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The dark clouds grew thicker and thicker, and the atmosphere between heaven and earth became increasingly oppressive, making it hard for everyone to breathe.

The cultivators inside the palace also changed their expressions drastically, looking uneasily at the sky that had been dyed black.

Throughout their cultivation, they had never seen such a massive amount of demonic energy; what terrifying power it was!

The sky was stained with demonic energy, and dark clouds shrouded the entire world, pressing down on the buildings. The sky seemed poised to collapse under the weight of the demonic energy, plunging the world into ruin.

Amidst fear and unease, the palace cultivators reacted immediately, picking up their weapons and gathering in small groups towards the powerful cultivators within the palace.

Do not act rashly when encountering unknown situations. Quickly band together with other cultivators and wait for the command of the senior cultivator.

This is knowledge that every cultivator in the Spirit Realm learns from childhood.

The war, which lasted for thousands of years, cost the cultivators of the Spirit Blossom Realm a heavy price, but it also allowed them to learn countless useful lessons.

Learning to band together for mutual support on the battlefield and relying on powerful cultivators is one of the most important lessons, and only in this way can one win a chance of survival in the war against the Demon Abyss.

After the demonic clouds shrouded the sky, the cultivators in Taiyuan City followed their usual practice and gathered towards the imperial palace.

Within the imperial city, there are numerous high-level cultivators, including as many as three great cultivators at the Spirit Immortal Realm.

Unbeknownst to these monks, a bloody massacre was unfolding deep within the palace.

Their three most trusted imperial advisors transformed into great demons of the Demon Abyss, reaching out their demonic claws towards their former colleagues.

At the same time.

Dinghai Sect, Yunmiao Pavilion, Wanyan Sect, Tianji Canyon, Bihai Palace...

One by one, the major powers that Mu An had visited began to stir, and beams of light slashed down on the leaders of each power with overwhelming force.

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