381: The mastermind behind Yingtian Palace

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Above the Void Realm of Equality City, the super outpost fortress of the Sword and Blade Plane.

Space cracked inch by inch like a shattered mirror, and blinding light burst from the pitch-black fissures, reorganizing and expanding in an instant.

After half a month of construction, two more massive world-breaking channels were finally formed.

Three enormous cross-Realm channels floated in the sky, like super bridges connecting two Heavenly Dao Great Worlds, breathing out terrifying fluctuations of power.

The number of mid-to-low-level Cultivators in the Sword and Blade Plane far exceeded those in the Light Mark Great World, by seven and thirteen times respectively.

Many Cultivators had long been prepared for battle, their Battle Intent soaring. However, the annual distribution of world-breaking Talismans was limited; only those who passed rigorous assessments were qualified to embark on the path of cross-Realm conquest.

Following Li Jinian's command, more world-breaking Talismans were distributed.

Consequently, more Cultivators, more supplies, and more armies from the Sword and Blade Plane arrived, dealing a heavy blow to the Cultivators of the Light Mark Great World.

In the battlefield where the Light Mark Great World had originally been unstoppable, the situation took a sudden turn for the worse.

All fronts—east, south, west, and north—collapsed completely. The Cultivators of the Light Mark Great World suffered heavy losses, and the territories they had just reclaimed fell once again in the blink of an eye.

On a certain battlefield, Cultivators from the Light Mark Great World were resisting the Outer Realm Heavenly Demons.

However, no matter how bravely they fought, the enemies came incessantly like a tide, especially those Outer Realm Heavenly Demons whose true forms were Rat People; there were so many it made one's skin crawl.

The creatures of the Sword and Blade Plane, whom they called Outer Realm Heavenly Demons, all revealed their true forms and advanced further and further!

Nearly half a month of high-intensity combat had left the Cultivators on all fronts of the Light Mark Great World exhausted, with their combat power and supplies on the verge of depletion.

Even the Prodigy Cultivators on the Demon Suppression Ranking fell one after another in this brutal battle, causing waves of regret.

"Retreat! The army must retreat!"

After the bloody battle, only desperate commands echoed over the battlefield.

On the battlefield, Death Qi was almost tangible.

While the battlefield for mid-to-low-level Cultivators was like this, the slaughter among high-level Cultivators was equally brutal.

Star Power Great Experts of the Star Soul Clan and Spirit Condensation Realm experts of the Human Race were being consumed at an alarming rate, with news of high-level Cultivators falling reaching the rear almost every day.

The various overlord-level forces were forced to awaken experts from secluded cultivation, doing everything in their power to fill the gaps on the front lines.

On the other side, the Star Moon True Spirits and Void Condensation Realm experts of the Light Mark Great World were also caught in their own bitter struggles.

Dao Lord Zang Lian, holding a withered lotus, faced three formidable enemies in fine silk robes with a bitter smile.

"Troublesome, troublesome."

"It seems this old man's Lotus of Heaven and Earth's Heart cannot be saved."

Initially, Dao Lord Zang Lian could barely hold his ground with his exquisite Daoist techniques.

But when the three Outer Realm Heavenly Demons revealed their true forms, the terrifying pressure was like Mount Tai pressing down, and their Moves were so swift that he gradually became overwhelmed.

After a fierce battle, Dao Lord Zang Lian had no choice but to self-detonate his life-bound Magical Artifact and fled while heavily injured.

Most other Light Mark Great World experts of the same Realm also encountered enemies several times their number and fled in a sorry state after paying a heavy price.

However, one person was facing a desperate situation... A great wind rose, howling through the Nine Heavens.

The top Star Soul Clan Cultivator, Peilan True Spirit, stood proudly in the sky, facing five aggressive Outer Realm Heavenly Demons alone.

These Outer Realm Heavenly Demons came with aggressive momentum; they had come this time for revenge.

Facing five powerful enemies of the same Realm, Peilan True Spirit did not back down, utilizing her Starry Sky Martial Arts to its fullest.

But as the battle continued, the absolute disadvantage in numbers and the predicament of her techniques being anticipated by the enemy inevitably put her at a disadvantage.

The enemies pressed closer step by step, and all her escape routes were locked down.

After half a month of fierce fighting, Peilan True Spirit was exhausted and seriously injured.

Just as she was preparing to self-detonate to show her resolve, an Outer Realm Heavenly Demon with a special talent hiding in the shadows suddenly launched an attack.

Caught off guard, she was captured by the opponent, and her entire cultivation was lost.

"Kill her! Avenge Brother Daoist Jiang!"

"Two successive generations of Ancestral Masters from the Shenyan Sacred Mountain have died in battle; it is only right to use this native's head as a sacrifice!"

The five Outer Realm Heavenly Demons fighting Peilan True Spirit returned to human form and glared at her, all wishing they could kill her immediately.

However, the Heavenly Demon who captured Peilan True Spirit shook his head.

"No, the Saint King Supreme has already arrived in this world."

"This person should be handed over to the Saint King Supreme for disposal!"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone fell silent.

One must know that in the entire Sword and Blade Plane, only that one person is qualified to be honored as the Saint King... Dongfang Cang was truly breaking down; since coming to this world, he hadn't had a moment's peace.

When he first transmigrated, he fell into the secret testing grounds of a group of evil Cultivators as a guinea pig, and it took immense effort to escape.

He endured the terrible starting location.

As a transmigrator, other people's Systems were things like leveling up by idling, breathing, or having children.

But he only had a Furry-Lover System.

Forced by circumstances, Dongfang Cang tearfully accepted the furry setting and had no choice but to wear a beast suit.

He endured this as well.

But he could not stand the streak of bad luck on him.

In all his years of cultivation, he had been unlucky almost all the way—either targeted by evil Cultivators or failing to Breakthrough Realms.

In recent years, the bad luck had been particularly evident.

He had finally managed to Breakthrough to the Nascent Soul Realm, but just as he wanted to go into seclusion for a while, he was attacked in a muddled state and forced to become an "Outer Realm Heavenly Demon."

Dongfang Cang even suspected if the Outer Realm Heavenly Demons were attracted by him.

But little did he know, it was precisely this bit of bad luck that slowed down the onset of the super Heart Demon within him.

Otherwise, he would have been corroded by the Heart Demon long ago, like other artificial Fellow Countrymen.

Back to reality, Dongfang Cang was currently running wildly.

Having his seclusion attacked twice, he was already physically and mentally exhausted.

Now, Dongfang Cang only wanted to stay away from crowds and flee to the deep mountains and old forests to be a quiet, handsome man, recuperating for a few years before coming out.

However, things did not go as he wished.

As he ran, a dozen voices suddenly came from behind him.

"Stay your steps, please stay your steps~"

"Lord Envoy~ please wait~"

Dongfang Cang turned around to see a group of Yingtian Palace Cultivators with blooming smiles, their cultivation levels far higher than his own.

"My master invites you; we trouble the Lord Envoy to grace us with your presence~"

"The events of some time ago were our fault; we will surely compensate the Lord Envoy a hundredfold, and we hope the Lord Envoy can forgive us."

Again?

Dongfang Cang's face was full of fear; he was truly scared, afraid these people would continue to trick him into going back to be killed.

Mobilizing his Spiritual Qi, he continued to flee.

No matter what the Yingtian Palace Cultivators behind him said, he remained unmoved.

However, his cultivation was far inferior to theirs, and after a short while, he was finally caught by the crowd behind him.

"Hehe, Lord Envoy~"

Amidst the "enthusiastic" invitation of the crowd, Dongfang Cang could only helplessly follow them back to Yingtian Palace and meet the mastermind behind it.

In the towering palace, a person sat.

Oh no, to be precise, it should be half a person; he had been beaten until only half a body remained.

Yet even so, the Aura radiating from his body was still incredibly terrifying, like a chasm between heaven and earth.

"You've come."

The half-bodied Cultivator sitting above was full of fatigue, yet he still struggled to puff out his chest and said, "This seat is a Void Condensation Realm Cultivator of the Light Mark Great World, Dao Lord Rongqian!"