Cultivating for a hundred lifetimes to ascension

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Deep within the gray mist, Zhao Yueru hid beneath an invisible barrier, her face turning pale as she spat out a mouthful of dark purple blood.

The filthy blood had just hit the ground when it sizzled and emitted wisps of dark purple miasma, quickly dyeing the surrounding fog a deep purple.

At this moment, several Golden Core Ghost Kings roamed near the barrier, desperately searching for Zhao Yueru's whereabouts.

Just as the dark purple miasma merged with the fog, the nearest Golden Core Ghost King suddenly became extremely restless, its ghostly shadow twisting violently, appearing highly agitated.

Seeing this, Zhao Yueru secretly cursed her misfortune, realizing she had been exposed.

As the ghostly shadow swiftly flew towards the barrier, Zhao Yueru gritted her teeth and decided to take a gamble.

In the next second, she stomped on the ground, the Water and Fire Yin Yang Pearl encircling her, transforming into a streak of gold and blue tunneling light shooting straight into the sky.

The nearby Ghost Kings were instantly alarmed by this sudden change and gave chase, but ultimately lost the advantage and found it difficult to catch up immediately.

On this alien mist battlefield, the Empty Domain above the mist belonged to the Netherworld's territory, not only filled with various warning prohibitions but also with an over eighty percent chance of being discovered by an Otherworldly Nascent Soul.

If Zhao Yueru wasn't driven to desperation, she would never be so reckless.

In just three breaths, she pierced through the overwhelming miasma and leapt above the mist.

The view suddenly expanded infinitely, with a cloudless, azure sky. The sunlight shining down was so bright that Zhao Yueru found it somewhat dazzling.

However, as she bathed in sunlight, she suddenly felt the cold within her body inexplicably lessen slightly.

Delighted, Zhao Yueru dared not stay in place but immediately guided the Water and Fire Yin Yang Pearl again, transforming into a stream of light and rushing urgently towards the base camp of her realm.

She was undeniably lucky. After flying over three hundred miles smoothly, she was fortuitously discovered by Ancestor Ming Ren of Lingyun Academy.

Ancestor Ming Ren was a top-notch expert just below the level of a Great Cultivator, having recently grievously wounded and driven off a Nascent Soul Great Priest of the Heavenly Dao Sect.

Subsequently, under the protection of Ancestor Ming Ren, Zhao Yueru returned to her realm's Empty Domain safely despite some scares along the way.

On the way back, they happened to meet Infinite Sword Immortal Zhao Qiongyu, who was rushing to their aid.

Seeing Zhao Yueru safe and sound, Zhao Qiongyu couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, quickly thanking Ancestor Ming Ren and repeatedly assuring him that the Southern Sky Zhao Family would repay this favor.

Ancestor Ming Ren merely lent a helping hand and did not take this matter to heart.

However, he had no idea that the girl he casually rescued would have such a significant impact on the war situation in the future.

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Upon returning to the family base, Zhao Yueru, disregarding her severe injuries, immediately reported to Yu Ancestor about the earth-shattering secret her five-member Golden Core Team inadvertently discovered this time.

Upon learning that the other side had secretly dispatched large numbers of giant corpses to dig towards the Earth's Core, Zhao Qiongyu was filled with shock and could no longer sit still.

He immediately took Zhao Yueru to Flying Immortal City and quickly reported this important matter to the alliance's high command.

Of course, the Southern Sky Zhao Family's Nascent Soul Ancestors also quickly learned of this matter.

In just one day, this caused a great sensation within the alliance!

Any world-class Cultivation war is undoubtedly a comprehensive war, with battlefields covering the sea, land, and air, as well as the outer regions and the easily overlooked crust.

In the Central Continent Alliance, the Ksitigarbha Sect has always taken the lead in defense and monitoring of the crust.

However, the crust is too thick and vast, with terrain incredibly complex and changeable, filled with countless unknowns and mysteries.

Even though the Ksitigarbha Sect has deployed monitoring arrays over a thousand miles underground.

But for a crust that's hundreds of thousands of miles thick, a thousand miles is merely a scratch on the surface.

No one could have thought the Netherworld side could come up with such an outlandishly vicious plan.

To verify the truth of this matter, the Ksitigarbha Sect even called upon Ancestor Ji Yun, who had just advanced to Divinity Transformation two years ago.

Once Ksitigarbha True Monarch got involved, he quickly found clues.

But it didn't take half a month before Ji Yun "coincidentally" encountered an Otherworldly God over a magma sea near the Earth's Core.

The two engaged in a fierce battle, Ji Yun was defeated, and retreated.

However, this confirmed the truth of the matter for the Central Continent Alliance.

At this point, everyone aware of the situation realized its severity.

The essence of a conspiracy lies in its inability to withstand exposure.

Once a conspiracy is uncovered — well, their objectives soon become apparent.

This case is no exception.

Their objectives are primarily threefold: first, bypass the defense line and open a new battlefield; second, flank the rear, enabling a two-pronged attack should both realms go to war.

The third objective, and the one most concerning the alliance, is that the other side seeks to create an unprecedented super earthquake.

Should this conception come to fruition, amidst the chaos of mountain collapse and earth split, all defense mechanisms reliant on terrain, like the Great Wall Defense Line surrounding the Heavenly Burial Plain, and countless surface fortresses, traps, Great Arrays, and any prohibitions and killing techniques would be obliterated.

And this is assuming they had prior knowledge of the enemy's conspiracy.

What if they hadn't discovered the Netherworld's plot in advance?

Caught off guard, the result would inevitably be massive casualties among the warring forces, and the situation could spiral out of control, ultimately leading to a crushing defeat.

Thinking of the worst possible consequences, everyone in the know was filled with dread, feeling extremely fortunate to have realized it in time.