106: Hidden forces emerge

They had no choice but to do so; they were merely cultivators at the Refining Void Realm, with the highest cultivation reaching only the peak of Refining Void.

How many people capable of breaking space were weaklings? Even though this was the South Sea Cultivation World, where space was fragile, without Great Ascension cultivation, it was impossible to shake the space here.

The several Refining Void cultivators were all shrewd individuals; they dared not gamble with their lives and could only pretend as if nothing had happened.

However, what happened next left them in a panic, because the same situation occurred in nine other places. They could only hide in their strongholds, not daring to go out and see.

On this day, not only them, but the entire South Sea battlefield came to a halt; no one dared to make a move.

After a hundred years of war, both sides had their victories and losses. The three major forces of the South Sea Cultivation World attacked the Tiannan Cultivation World from the Southern Edge Islands, while the two major forces of Tiannan attacked the South Sea Cultivation World from the Heavenly Devil Archipelago.

In any case, neither side gained much, including these so-called Refining Void cultivators who came from the upper sects; they also didn't gain much.

After all, powerful cultivators at the Refining Void Realm had arrived from both sides, and their battles were fierce.

In the South Sea Cultivation World, today or that island was sunk, and that resource island was destroyed.

The same was true for the Tiannan Cultivation World; in any case, the damaged spiritual veins and spiritual stone mines were countless.

But the great war continued, and many geniuses appeared during the war. Relying on the various resources they plundered, many broke through to the Golden Core and Nascent Soul Stages, and a few even broke through to the Deity Transformation realm.

The Luoxia Merchant Guild and Wanbao Pavilion, as well as other merchant forces, made huge profits. During the war between the two sides, they appeared behind the battlefields of both sides, continuously collecting various resources.

Because of the great war, many powerful cultivators plundered resources from others, and they definitely had some they didn't need, so they would sell them to the Luoxia Merchant Guild and buy elixirs and magical treasures from the Luoxia Merchant Guild.

Over time, the Luoxia Merchant Guild made a fortune in the South Sea Cultivation World, and the Wanbao Pavilion made a fortune in the Tiannan Cultivation World.

However, the resource reserves of the Wanbao Pavilion were not as extensive as those of the Luoxia Merchant Guild, because the Luoxia Merchant Guild was also backed by the Spirit Stone Alliance, a vast alliance.

The Spirit Stone Alliance dared not act rashly, because its strength was too weak and could only maintain the current situation. However, the Luoxia Merchant Guild was different; they could sell resources behind the battlefield, and basically no one dared to attack them.

On this day, the space above the sky suddenly shattered, and space cracks appeared. No one knew what was happening, but they all knew that this was definitely not something they could provoke.

Miraculously, on this day, there was a tacit understanding in the South Sea, and no battles occurred. Everyone quietly waited for this powerful being to leave.

Actually, we don't know that after the Great Ascension puppet sent the ten sub-discs into the space crack, it quietly returned to Luoxia Island.

Li Haotian quickly cut off the energy within its body, as every breath consumed spiritual origin crystals.

After doing this, Li Haotian entered the Yupei Cave Heaven and watched the ten sub-discs on the light screen constantly darting around in the Space Turbulence, like headless flies.

Li Haotian knew that he had no clear goal and could only let them drift freely in the Space Turbulence.

Fortunately, the Space Turbulence was not static; it was constantly flowing, also carrying the sub-discs to dart around in space.

In such a situation, it was possible that some sub-discs might enter other worlds, even worlds of a higher grade than the Tianquan World.

Li Haotian was also unclear about all of this and could only rely on fate.

Moreover, the time it would take to enter other worlds was uncertain; it could be very fast or very slow, so he could only wait patiently.

Li Haotian was not in a hurry. Having broken through to the Nascent Soul peak, he had a lifespan of twelve hundred years. After breaking through to the Deity Transformation realm, he would have nearly twenty-five hundred years. As long as his cultivation continued to break through, he would have enough time to wait slowly.

After all of this settled, Li Haotian took out the elixir for breaking through the Deity Transformation stage and entered his cave dwelling to continue his secluded cultivation.

After the other members of the Li family received the elixirs, they also began to refine them.

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After the incident with the Great Ascension puppet in the outside world, the great war was no longer as intense as before. At least the resource islands in the South Sea Cultivation World would not be arbitrarily destroyed, which could be considered a corresponding good deed.

After the several Refining Void Realm cultivators reported this matter, the major forces fell silent. They thought this was a warning from the hidden forces in the South Sea Cultivation World.

If the South Sea truly had powerful forces, especially those with Great Ascension realm, they were not something they could deal with.

Several major sects remained silent. If there were such powerful forces, even if there were any cave heavens or secret realms, they would definitely be discovered by them, and it would have nothing to do with themselves. What was the point of continuing the fight?

Just as they were preparing to cease hostilities, dozens of powerful cultivators at the Refining Void Realm appeared in the South Sea Cultivation World. No one knew where they came from, but as soon as they appeared, they intervened to stop the great war.

Especially those cultivators who had destroyed spiritual veins were killed one after another.

The sudden change startled the several sects, and they immediately sent people to investigate, and soon found the answer.

It turned out that they were a force hidden in a secret realm in the South Sea Cultivation World, called the South Sea Sect. Possessing a large secret realm, their combat power was not weak, and they would appear in the South Sea every hundred years to recruit disciples.

Besides them, there was also the Cloud Sea of Heavenly South, which was also a force in a large secret realm. The two sides occupied Tiannan and the South Sea, not interfering with each other.

In fact, since they occupied large secret realms, they did not value the resources outside at all. If they didn't need to come out to recruit disciples, they would not leave the secret realms at all.

After understanding their origins, the great war did not calm down as they had expected; instead, it became even more intense.

The two great secret realms joined forces and demanded an explanation from the upper sects that had invaded the Tiannan and South Sea Cultivation Worlds. To put it bluntly, they wanted compensation.

In fact, they could have come out to stop this great war from the beginning, but they waited until this time to appear precisely so they could obtain a large amount of resources from the upper sects behind the warring forces.

However, the upper sects behind forces like the Heavenly Demon Sect wanted the spirit herbs in their hands. Over time, the two sides began to fight fiercely.

Both sides continuously sent more personnel, from the Refining Void and Deity Transformation cultivators at the beginning to the Body Integration cultivators at the end, truly igniting the conflict.

After Li Zixuan, who was cultivating, learned of this matter, he immediately compressed the family's forces and even had the people of the Li family's Luoxia Merchant Guild give up many industries, prioritizing safety.

It was not just the Li family; the Wanbao Pavilion and other major merchant guilds did the same.

When immortals fight, mortals suffer. These merchant guilds that profited from resources could not get involved.

The several forces also did not make things difficult for these merchant guilds; no one knew what kind of power was behind the merchant guilds.

Especially the existence of the Luoxia Merchant Guild, which could produce High Grade and supreme grade elixirs, no one would believe that it was not supported by a major force.

The great war outside intensified, and the forces of the Heavenly Demon Sect couldn't even get involved.

In this kind of battle between great figures, these little fish could only silently guard their territories.

In the Tiannan Cultivation World, Ten Thousand Mountains, several cultivators at the Peak Body Integration Realm were stopped when they passed through the Witchcraft territory.

Those who stopped them were the Great Witches of the Witchcraft at the Body Integration stage; they also dared not act rashly.

Just as they were preparing to return, an old man from the Witchcraft appeared before them.

"You are going to the Tiannan Cultivation World, aren't you? Was the great war over there initiated by you?"

The several cultivators at the Peak Body Integration Realm dared not conceal anything and quickly said, "Senior, we wanted to see if we could find any secret realms or cave heavens, but we didn't expect to stir up two big fish."

The old man before them was an existence beyond the Body Integration Realm; his cultivation had already reached the Great Ascension Stage stage, and they couldn't resist him at all. It was better to answer honestly.