Chapter 51: Major Event I

Having finished all this, Ye Qingxuan left the Qingxuan Grotto-Heaven Blessed Land and arrived at the entrance of the mountain peak outside.

This mountain peak was actually considered the outer territory of the Blessed Land. Ye Qingxuan could exert a slight influence over it through the Blessed Land, though this was limited strictly to this single mountain.

If Ye Qingxuan were a true Blessed Land Cultivator, his range of activity would be confined to this mountain. However, he was currently practicing an alternative path of the Earth Immortal, which had liberated him from the restrictions of the Grotto-Heaven Blessed Land; his true body could enter and exit the Blessed Land freely.

Nevertheless, Ye Qingxuan had no intention of doing so. His identity as a Blessed Land Cultivator was his best cover and the key to his ability to continue his secluded cultivation within the Xuantian Sect. Naturally, he would not proactively expose himself.

In any case, once he broke through to the Golden Core Realm, he could condense a Divine Ability Seed for a clone, allowing him to travel the world through an external incarnation.

Arriving at the entrance of the spiritual land at the foot of the mountain, Ye Qingxuan used his magic to slightly enlarge and repair the cave entrance, and even constructed a stone pavilion! Sitting in the pavilion, he could easily observe the scenery beyond the mountain!

After finishing these tasks, Ye Qingxuan used his divine sense to probe the surroundings and quickly located the two brothers, Ye Zhaoheng and Ye Zhaoyu, who were practicing in a cave dwelling at the base of the mountain.

An ordinary cultivator at the early stage of the Purple Mansion Realm typically had a divine sense coverage of about a hundred miles. However, because Ye Qingxuan had integrated his consciousness with the essence of his spirit, combined with the existence of his Immortal Soul, his divine sense coverage was roughly ten times that of other cultivators, currently capable of probing a radius of a thousand miles.

During the four-plus months of Ye Qingxuan's seclusion, the cultivation of the brothers, Ye Zhaoheng and Ye Zhaoyu, had broken through to the second level of the Qi Refining Realm.

Without disturbing their cultivation, Ye Qingxuan merely left a voice transmission in their cave, instructing them to focus on increasing their cultivation and stating that he would summon them when necessary.

Immediately after, Ye Qingxuan took his disciple token from his storage ring and released the seal. During his four months of seclusion, he had kept the token sealed within the ring. As soon as the seal was lifted, the disciple token began to vibrate incessantly.

Seeing this, Ye Qingxuan was slightly surprised. "So much information?"

He had only been in seclusion for four months! Normally, even after years of seclusion, he wouldn't receive as much information as he had in these past four months!

Injecting his spiritual sense into the token, Ye Qingxuan began to review the messages.

"Has some major event occurred?"

After scanning the information, Ye Qingxuan was somewhat bewildered. Most of the messages had been sent by Ye Qingxiao.

In his messages, the fellow had initially only asked about the progress of the spiritual land contract. Seeing that Ye Qingxuan had not replied, he began frequently sending messages to harass him. For the following month, Ye Qingxiao had started acting mysteriously, exaggerating that something massive had happened in the Dizuan Realm, rambling on incessantly while maintaining an air of mystery, prompting Ye Qingxuan to guess what the big event was!

Ye Qingxuan could almost visualize Ye Qingxiao's mysterious and obnoxious expression in his mind!

As for the other messages, some were from the Hong Miao couple, primarily inquiring whether the spiritual land contract was proceeding smoothly, followed by mentions that something major was happening in the Dizuan Realm and that they might need to leave the Xuantian Sect for a period of time.

Some were from Bai Wenyang. Aside from inquiring about the status of the spiritual land contract in the early stages, his messages in the final month also mentioned the major event in the Dizuan Realm and inquired about Ye Qingxuan's current alchemy skills.

"What exactly is this major event? Why is everyone being so secretive!"

After reviewing the messages, Ye Qingxuan became even more curious about the "major event" mentioned by these people!

Ye Qingxuan first sent a message to Ye Qingxiao: "Qingxiao, the Blessed Land contract went smoothly. Come to my Blessed Land for a chat!"

He did not ask Ye Qingxiao directly what the matter was; given Ye Qingxiao's personality, asking him directly would likely result in a long, roundabout conversation via voice transmission.

Subsequently, Ye Qingxuan sent a message to Bai Wenyang: "Senior Brother Bai, I have just emerged from seclusion after contracting the Blessed Land. What exactly is happening in the Dizuan Realm?"

After Ye Qingxuan sent the message, Bai Wenyang replied a moment later: "It is good that your cultivation is progressing smoothly. The matter is too complex to explain in a few words; I will send you a detailed report shortly."

"The Hundred Treasure Pavilion has recently been purchasing large quantities of second-tier and above spiritual recovery, healing, and purification pills. If Junior Brother is now capable of refining second-tier pills, please support your Senior Brother's business!"

Seeing Bai Wenyang's message, the confusion in Ye Qingxuan's eyes deepened.

In the past, the market demand for second and third-tier spiritual recovery, healing, and purification pills within the Xuantian Sect had not been very good. Why had it suddenly changed like this?

While he was wondering, the disciple token in his hand vibrated again.

Ye Qingxuan looked closely and saw it was from Bai Wenyang—likely the detailed information regarding the so-called "major event."

As his divine sense entered the token, the information was instantly received. Ye Qingxuan was suddenly struck by realization.

"So that's how it is!"

The matter dated back ten thousand years!

Ten thousand years ago, the Azure Demon Realm, home to the Azure Demon Race—one of the Demon Races—drifted near the Dizuan Realm. Upon discovering the Dizuan Realm, they began a massive invasion.

The Azure Demon Realm was a world at the level of a peak Mid-Thousand World, but the Dizuan Realm was also a world at the peak Mid-Thousand World level. Furthermore, the Immortal Path within the Dizuan Realm had always flourished, and the realm was filled with masters. Facing the invasion of the Azure Demon Realm, they held the home-field advantage and initially held the upper hand.

After their first defeat, the Azure Demon Race did not give up. While confronting the Dizuan Realm from outside, they mobilized the essence of the Azure Demon Realm to entangle with the Dizuan Realm. Gradually, a massive extra-territorial battlefield formed between the two realms!

In this extra-territorial battlefield, both sides lost their home-field advantage. The Dizuan Realm and the Azure Demon Realm were almost evenly matched, leading to a confrontation that lasted for ten thousand years.

During this conflict, the great experts within the Dizuan Realm discovered that after slaying members of the Azure Demon Race, bringing their corpses into the Dizuan Realm to be decomposed and absorbed would yield feedback from the Dizuan Realm's essence, directly increasing one's cultivation.

The same applied to the Azure Demon Realm; killing cultivators from the Dizuan Realm and bringing them back to the Azure Demon Realm would similarly yield feedback from the Azure Demon Realm's essence!

The bodies of cultivators from both realms contained the essence of their respective worlds, which could be analyzed and swallowed by the worlds to become the foundation for advancement.

With this discovery, even though the Azure Demon Race knew they could not conquer the Dizuan Realm in a short period, they had no intention of retreating.

Seeing that the Azure Demon Race was unwilling to withdraw, all the hegemon-level powers within the Dizuan Realm discussed the matter and took the lead in forming an alliance, engaging in a long-term confrontation with the Azure Demon Race in the extra-territorial battlefield.

After ten thousand years of entanglement and the continuous collision of the essences of the two realms, the current extra-territorial battlefield had grown to the size of a single region of the Dizuan Realm. It was not only fraught with danger, but also contained countless natural treasures.

Faced with such a massive amount of essence in the extra-territorial battlefield, it was impossible for either the Dizuan Realm or the Azure Demon Realm to give it up, leading to frequent outbreaks of great wars.

Fortunately, the Azure Demon Race also understood that the Dizuan Realm was not to be trifled with, so the war had always been maintained within a controllable range.