Chapter 587: Obstruction (1/2)

Chapter 587: Obstruction

According to Zhen Huilan, every expert of spatial power throughout the entire Domain of the Falling Stars had been to the Void Illusion Mountain Range over the past two weeks, attempting to seal the six spatial rifts.

However, none had succeeded.

Seeing that they wouldn’t be able to prevent the outsiders from invading, the sects from throughout the Domain of the Falling Stars were forced to assemble their forces to prepare for the upcoming war against the outsider invaders.

Nie Tian stood there in silence, listening as Cai Lan, Hu Rong, and the others discussed the situation.

From them, he learned that many cultivators that lived in the Realm of Split Void had abandoned their homes and left because of the upcoming war.

Meanwhile, the sectmasters and heads of forces from all over the Domain of the Falling Stars were dispatching their Worldly realm and Profound realm members to the Void Illusion Mountain Range, as well as those from their subordinate sects and clans.

It wouldn’t be long before Worldly realm and Profound realm experts started pouring into the Realm of Split Void.

Nie Tian listened for a while, and soon realized that there was very little he could do to prevent this tribulation from happening. Thus, after a moment of pondering, he asked Cai Lan if he could use one of the Blood Skull’s cultivation rooms to recover his strength.

After learning about his true identity and considering his close relationship with Zhen Huilan, Cai Lan granted him permission without hesitation.

At this time, the Blood Skull was no longer the overlord of the Realm of Split Void. With powerful experts from the major powers pouring into the Realm of Split Void, he couldn’t see where the future of the Blood Skull lay.

In fact, this was the reason why he had sought Zhen Huilan out.

After learning that Nie Tian would spend some time cultivating in one of the Blood Skull’s cultivation rooms, Zhen Huilan told him to be careful, and saw him off as he left the courtyard.

Soon, Nie Tian arrived at the Blood Skull’s headquarters.

To his surprise, he ran into Shi Qing.

He was surprised that Shi Qing had survived the pursuit of those from the Thunder Mountain Sect. Shi Qing became very hospitable the moment he saw him.

After he stated his intentions, Shi Qing quickly led him upstairs and opened one of the cultivation rooms that was designed for Greater Heaven stage cultivators. Furthermore, he said that it would be free of charge, no matter how long he used the room.

Right before Nie Tian stepped into the room, Shi Qing once again expressed his gratitude, saying that if it hadn’t been for him and Pei Qiqi, he wouldn’t have made it back to Shatter City alive.

Afterwards, he even advised Nie Tian to leave the Realm of Split Void as soon as possible, because things would get very messy here soon.

Nie Tian didn’t say a word. With a smile, he nodded and entered the cultivation room, where he started cultivating wholeheartedly.

A month passed.

Not only had Nie Tian fully recovered the wood power he had consumed to heal Li Langfeng, but he had also expanded and refined his vortex of wood power to the point where it was ready for his next breakthrough.

During this time, his eight vortexes of spiritual power also went through rapid expansion and refinement.

In comparison, the development of his vortex of flame power was rather slow, since no special events had happened that provided him with opportunities to achieve rapid progress.

Ending his cultivation, he opened the door to his cultivation room. The moment he stepped through it, he looked down and saw Shi Qing, who was standing on the ground floor.

“Are you finished?” Shi Qing asked, full of smiles. “It seems about time. People came for you repeatedly during the past month. Besides, under the Spirit Condor’s instructions, the Blood Skull is going to host a trade fair for spiritual materials and spiritual tools in three days. Many rare and precious materials and high-grade spiritual tools will be presented at the trade fair.”

“Who came for me?” Nie Tian asked curiously.

With these words, he subconsciously unleashed his psychic awareness, and discovered that the originally lifeless Shatter City was somehow vibrant with life again.

However, his psychic awareness caught the attention of many powerful experts. Their auras started to rapidly converge on him.

He hastily withdrew his psychic awareness and asked curiously, “What happened here? Why is Shatter City suddenly filled with people again?”

“The Yin Sect, the Yang Sect, the Ice Pavilion Sect, the Tool Sect, and the forces from the Realm of a Hundred Battles have sent Worldly realm and Profound realm experts here,” Shi Qing answered with a somewhat reluctant smile. “They’re all here to fight the outsiders that may descend at any moment. Master Zhen established another inter-realm teleportation portal in the city. It was through that portal that those experts got here.

“All of the sects with profound reserve power have dispatched forces to the Realm of Split Void. Some of their Worldly realm and Profound realm experts are currently stationed in Shatter City.

“The others were sent to the Void Illusion Mountain Range, where they’re setting up defenses by those six spatial rifts with powerful experts from the Heaven Palace Sect, the Flame God Sect, and the other sects.”

Nie Tian pondered in silence for a few seconds before asking with a grim expression, “Did anyone or any outsiders came through that spatial rift while I was in there?”

“So far, no,” Shi Qing said.

Nie Tian seemed slightly relieved, then he went on and asked, “Right, who came for me?”

“People from the Realm of Flame Heaven,” Shi Qing said.

“People from the Realm of Flame Heaven?!” Nie Tian was taken aback. “What are they doing here?!”