332: As the universe advances, energy is running low.

Although the Human Race and Star Soul Clan have been at war for nearly a year and high-level Cultivators have fallen on both sides, it's actually not even a warm-up for them.

One must know that these are the two strongest groups dominating the entire Light Mark Great World.

To use a metaphor, the Cultivators of the two clans currently involved in the war are but a very, very small number.

Roughly less than one-ten-thousandth of the total number of Cultivators from both clans, with only a few hundred million Cultivators participating.

The Human Race and Star Soul Clan have struggled for countless ages; in past history, situations where the borders were under fire for long periods have happened before.

It's nothing more than the two clans attacking each other, endlessly fighting over several important resource-producing areas.

As said before, this war is a war for resources.

It's a war that broke out to seize resources, and also a good opportunity for the Prodigies of both clans to train.

Some people benefit from it, which is why some people are pushing certain events.

Barring any accidents, this war will surely end like the hundreds of resource wars that have occurred in the Light Mark Great World before.

For the high-level Cultivator circles of both clans, only a mere two Nascent Soul Realm/Star Power Great Expert Early Stage Cultivators have died.

Even if another hundred or a thousand die, looking at the entire Great World, it would be insignificant.

They are merely the outermost existence of the high-level Cultivator circle; losing a batch is of no consequence.

What truly strikes fear into the entire high-level Cultivator circle is the entry of Saints and Starry Sky Martial Saints into the fray.

Cultivators of these two Realms are the true Dominators of the entire Light Mark Great World!

Before them, those in the Nascent Soul Realm and Star Power Great Experts are as tiny as ants.

With just a light wave of their hands, they can kill millions of Cultivators and easily crush nations with hundreds of millions of Mortals.

But Cultivators of these two Realms have transcended worldly affairs and never participate in disputes between the two clans, appearing only when their respective clans face a crisis of life and death.

Almost no one knows where they are; perhaps they are wary of each other, perhaps they are in closed-door Cultivation, perhaps they are playing among Mortals, or perhaps they have already passed away.

In short, Cultivators of these two Realms have not appeared for nearly ten thousand years.

The forces they established have gradually declined over the long years until they vanished completely.

Over time, some even suspect that there are no existences above the Saint Realm in this world at all.

Regardless, the Light Mark Great World is extremely vast, and it's impossible to quickly deplete the overall strength of this world.

The only three ways are:

Secretly inciting opposition between the two clans to slowly bleed the Human Race and Star Soul Clan over a long period.

Simultaneously utilizing the characteristics of the Shadow Clan to slowly penetrate various forces.

And having other races use their own racial talents to accumulate more power.

Of course, all of this takes time.

Ten years, a hundred years.

A thousand years, ten thousand years.

He didn't even know if that level of existence even existed.

But, for his father, his mother, and for the Sword and Blade Plane!

Pulling his thoughts back to reality, Ying Lan Qizou suppressed the stray thoughts in his heart and looked at the stunning woman beside him.

Ying Mengwan also looked over; their eyes met, both seeing determination in each other's gaze... the Void Realm was silent.

After an unknown amount of time, a bronze eye snapped open.

Li Jinian's main body woke up from a sleep, feeling aches and pains all over.

He didn't sleep very soundly, always filled with fear, dreaming several times that a bronze eye countless times more powerful than him had descended.

Before the other party, he wasn't a match at all; in just a few moves, the two Great Worlds he had painstakingly condensed were blown apart.

Li Jinian wasn't afraid; as a noble Heavenly Dao, how could he be afraid?

He was mainly worried about his Fellow Countryman—yes, his Fellow Countryman.

If he, Li Jinian, were accidentally suppressed and blown up, he wouldn't be able to generate power for love, nor could he go door-to-door to install Systems for the vast number of Fellow Countrymen in various different otherworlds.

Whether he gets top-up points or not doesn't matter; the sense of accomplishment from serving his Fellow Countrymen is what Li Jinian wants most.

However, if he could earn some energy along the way, that would be even better.

"Yes, that's right."

"Right, let me see how my two worlds are doing now."

Li Jinian remembered his main task and immediately activated his heavenly dao origin, his figure instantly appearing in the Sword and Blade Plane.

The moment he appeared, the entire world flattered and curried favor with him; the mountain and river Spiritual Qi gathered toward him as if sentient, as if actively recounting the various changes during this period.

Li Jinian simply scanned with his heavenly dao origin, and everything that had happened on the Sword and Blade Plane became known to him.

During the time he was asleep, nearly two thousand years had passed on the Sword and Blade Plane.

Over these two thousand years, relying on the incredibly dense Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi, the Sword and Blade Plane had developed rapidly, full of vitality and flourishing.

Prodigies and talents from all walks of life emerged, creating one legend after another.

Li Jinian discovered there was one piece of good news and one piece of bad news.

The good news was the world advancement.

Big, big, big—the world had expanded, and the rules were more complete.

Now on the Sword and Blade Plane, it could allow one true Heavenly Human Realm, three half-step Heavenly Human Realm, and thirty Void Returning Dao Monarchs to coexist.

The bad news was a major problem: the energy left behind by Between the Flowers was running low.

This was no surprise; if that energy had been absorbed slowly, perhaps more could have been extracted.

But Li Jinian had no more time and had to develop rapidly; even if the absorption efficiency was lower, strength had to be increased.

Fortunately, his initial deduction was quite accurate.

By the time all the energy was consumed, the Sword and Blade Plane would surely be able to give birth to a half-step Saint Realm!

With a bit more effort and squeezing the Fellow Countryman, reaching the true Saint Realm was not an extravagant hope.

Activating the heavenly dao origin again, Li Jinian arrived at an elegant Immortal Cave.

In the center of the Immortal Cave, a youth clad in a purple-gold daoist robe sat cross-legged, the Spiritual Qi pressure on him being exceptionally startling.

Just by sitting quietly and Cultivating, he could cause layers of visible ripples in the surroundings.

This youth in the daoist robe was Zhang Jincao, and also the only Heavenly Human Realm Cultivator on the Sword and Blade Plane.

Without disturbing him, Li Jinian took a few looks and left the place.

For his next stop, he went to the Shadow Clan Leader's hall, where the current Shadow Clan Leader was reviewing matters concerning the Hundred Clans.

Next stop, the various races of the Sword and Blade Plane... soon, he finished touring the Sword and Blade Plane.

Li Jinian then traveled to his second dimensional world.。

To be honest, there wasn't much to see in the second plane world; it was still in the stage dominated by oceans and algae.

Because energy had to be concentrated on prioritizing the development of the Sword and Blade Plane, the second plane could only develop slowly based on its own natural progression.

"Second plane, I'll have to let you suffer for a bit."

"As long as I conquer the Light Mark Great World, everything will get better."

Above the sea of the second plane, Li Jinian finished making his empty promises and left, returning to the continuous Void Realm.

"Next, it's peeping time."

"Ah, no, it should be... caring for my Fellow Countryman time..."

With a thought, Li Jinian manifested numerous screens to check on the current development of his Fellow Countrymen.

Needless to say, the first one he wanted to see was definitely the Piling King.

Activating the heavenly dao origin, the image of his Fellow Countryman Qin Dong gradually appeared...