Chapter 598: Leaving the City (1/2)
Chapter 598: Leaving the City
In the beginning, the Realm of Split Void had been filled with extremely rich spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth, the richest of all the realms of the Domain of the Falling Stars.
Back then, the Realm of Split Void had been the optimal place for cultivation. Its status was even higher than the Realm of Mystic Heaven.
Meanwhile, the Void Palace Sect, which was based in the Realm of Split Void, was the most powerful sect throughout the entire Domain of the Falling Stars.
However, after that devastating upheaval, impurities and various toxic and corrosive energies from outer space had flooded the Realm of Split Void, completely changing its environment.
The mixed Qi that had leaked into the Realm of Split Void had even contained foreign energies that could dement people and spirit beasts.
The overwhelming changes to the spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth had eventually driven the powerful Qi warriors out of the Realm of Split Void.
That was when the Realm of Split Void had been ostracized from the Domain of the Falling Stars.
Before, Phantasm Qi, Demon Qi, and Fiend Qi didn’t make up a large proportion of the energy of Heaven and Earth in the Realm of Split Void. However, recently, intense Phantasm Qi, Demon Qi, and Fiend Qi kept pouring out through the six spatial rifts in the Void Illusion Mountain Range.
This had made the environment in the Realm of Split Void even more uninhabitable.
With a grim expression, Dong Li said, “As you know, we humans have to make efforts to defend against the tainted spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth if we want to go out to open areas in the Realm of Split Void. Now, with the recent changes, we’ll be under even greater pressure if we leave Shatter City, Ash City, or the Land of the Abandoned, which are protected by grand spell formations.
“However, the outsiders have extremely tough fleshly bodies. Such changes won’t affect them at all.
“In fact, they would even be able to absorb energies that agree with them from the tainted spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth in battle. Their cultivation and recovery efficiency would both be elevated.
“This means that the environment of the Realm of Split Void is becoming more and more habitable for outsider races, and more and more uninhabitable for us.”
Upon hearing these words, Li Langfeng chimed in, “She’s right. I sensed the changes in the energies of Heaven and Earth on my way to Shatter City to attend the trading fair. But I didn’t give it much thought back then. I didn’t expect that the environment of the Realm of Split Void would worsen so much within just a month.”
After a moment of pondering, Nie Tian quickly linked the phenomenon with the upcoming outsider invasion.
Apparently, the outsiders were quietly and gradually turning the Realm of Split Void into an ideal battlefield for them.
“How are our defenses?” Nie Tian asked.
“During this month that you cultivated wholeheartedly, almost every Worldly realm and Profound realm expert in Shatter City was summoned to the Void Illusion Mountain Range. That includes the experts from the Realm of Flame Heaven. They’ve all teleported to the Void Illusion Mountain Range by now.”
Nie Tian’s expression suddenly grew grim as he asked, “Are they deployed at the forefront? Will they be used as cannon fodder?”
Dong Li smiled, squaring her shoulders. “You don’t need to worry about that. The new alliance won’t allow the Heaven Expanse Sect to call the shots. With the support of my clan, the Ice Pavilion Sect, the Yin Sect, the Yang Sect, and the Spirit Condor, the sects from the Realm of Flame Heaven are now being treated fairly. We won’t let them be sent to their graves while others sit back and watch.”
Nie Tian felt slightly relieved as he asked, “So how’s our strength in the Void Illusion Mountain Range?”
Dong Li’s expression grew grim as she said, “After you told us that there will be seventh grade outsiders in the outsiders’ army, no sect dared to treat this war lightly. Zhao Luofeng, the sectmaster of the Heaven Palace Sect, and Ling Dong, their grand elder, have already come and joined our defensive forces. A few other Soul realm experts, who hardly ever leave their cultivation rooms, are also here, waiting for our formidable foes.”
Zhao Luofeng and Ling Dong were respectively at the middle and early Soul realms, and with a few other Soul realm experts joining the defensive forces, Nie Tian believed that the outsiders would be quite surprised when they marched through those spatial rifts.
He was convinced that the outsiders didn’t know that he had already returned to the Domain of the Falling Stars with a few chosen ones.
They probably still assumed that the humans in the Domain of the Falling Stars were unaware of their invasion plan.
“If that’s the case, does that mean there aren’t many powerful experts left in Shatter City?” Nie Tian asked.
Dong Li nodded slightly. “That’s right. Most of them have left for the Void Illusion Mountain Range. But there are still some rogue cultivators who have either refused to answer the summons or stayed after finding some excuses. I bet some of them still harbor ill intentions towards you and your valuables. My clan seniors have reminded me repeatedly that I shouldn’t let you leave Shatter City.”