Yellow Court Daoist

Heavenly God Mountain.

Lu Qingfeng landed right in front of Po Feng.

Po Feng was in a sorry state, his body scorched and bound by vines to the ground. An eagle, burnt to a skeleton, had fallen beside him.

"Your Divine Skills, elder, I admire."

"It is just that my Golden Silkworm Immortal Sect occupies a Blessed Land, and within our sect, countless are at the Foundation Establishment level. Should you be alone, elder advises you benevolently, spare those who can be spared, do not lead yourself astray."

Still defiant and unyielding even in defeat, Po Feng spoke with a stern voice.

"Disperse."

Lu Qingfeng paid no heed to Po Feng, turning his head to speak to the people of Yinfu Sect. The following words, people of Yinfu Sect need not know.

"Yes!"

Though curious about the dialogue between 'Immortals', Lu Qingfeng's imposing demeanour ran deep. After responding, everyone withdrew.

Only then did Lu Qingfeng turn to look at Po Feng and said, "I ask, you answer. Any hesitation or falsehood, and I will make you wish you were dead."

He detested interrogation by nature.

One, it does not always yield useful information.

Two, it gives enemies a chance at a turnaround.

This time, for the news about the Grotto Heaven Blessed Land, after waiting twenty long years for a Foundation Establishment Cultivator to come along, it would be a pity to kill them outright.

Thus, he reluctantly forced out questions.

While speaking, Lu Qingfeng stepped forward and stretched out his hand to apply the 'Poison Punishment Bone-locking Heart-piercing Little Asura Technique'.

This method was excruciatingly venomous.

"Ah!"

"Ah! Ah! Ah!"

Po Feng felt as if his whole body, inside and out, was scorched by Demon Fire, as if millions of ants were crawling over him, a mix of discomfort and pain assaulted him, making him wish for death over living.

Lu Qingfeng casually executed the technique, then quickly withdrew his hand.

It was just to give Po Feng an idea of 'wishing to be dead rather than alive', facilitating the interrogation.

"Huff, huff!"

The Magic Gate retracted, and Po Feng was already completely limp, drenched in sweat, breathing heavily.

Lu Qingfeng casually set up a restriction and looked at Po Feng, formally beginning the interrogation.

...

Half a day later.

Lu Qingfeng, holding the tortured and barely human Po Feng, summoned a deer to ride, heading straight for Golden Silkworm Divine Mountain.

After half a day of harsh interrogation, he finally understood about Golden Silkworm Blessed Land and Golden Silkworm Immortal Sect.

And the situation in the entire Sky Witch Realm became clear in an instant.

"The entrance to the Golden Silkworm Blessed Land is within the Golden Silkworm Divine Mountain."

Lu Qingfeng continued his journey while organizing the information.

"Golden Silkworm Divine Mountain in Golden Silkworm Blessed Land is the worldly force supported by the Golden Silkworm Immortal Sect to control worldly resources."

"In the Golden Silkworm Blessed Land, the Golden Silkworm Immortal Sect has one Body Refining Cultivator, two Pei Yuan Realm Cultivators, two Condensed Liquid Realm Cultivators, five Energy Introduction Cultivators."

"Countless Foundation Establishments?"

"Just a bluff!"

Lu Qingfeng chuckled.

Captured, Po Feng thought to intimidate Lu Qingfeng by citing the Golden Silkworm Immortal Sect, hoping it would save his life, claiming countless in the sect at Foundation Establishment. After Lu Qingfeng applied the 'Poison Punishment Bone-locking Heart-piercing Little Asura Technique', breaking his will and defenses, he spilled everything.

Golden Silkworm Immortal Sect.

Only ten at Foundation Establishment, himself included, merely nine others.

Lu Qingfeng finally understood why Po Feng was so arrogant and proud.

Controlling a Blessed Land as an 'Immortal Sect', having only ten Foundation Establishment Cultivators, could be called 'Immortal' in the mortal world, inevitably changing their mindset over time.

Merely Foundation Establishment Cultivators, not cultivating their temperament, eventually developing an aloof mindset.

Thus, becoming unchangeable.

Unaware of their own issues.

This was indeed the path to death.

"Cultivation in the end times, indeed no exaggeration."

Musing, Lu Qingfeng felt a relaxation in his heart, also in lamentation.

After all, it was an Immortal Sect occupying a Blessed Land, yet now only had a handful of Foundation Establishment Cultivators, lacking even Spirit Void Practitioners, truly a pitiful and lamentable sight.

"Earth Immortal Derived Blessed Land, Heavenly Immortal Creation Cave Heaven!"

If it were a thriving cultivation era, those occupying a Blessed Land would at least have an Earth Immortal True Monarch presiding.

An Earth Immortal Dao Fruit can generate a piece of Blessed Land with great Divine Powers within the cosmos. Independent yet attached to the cosmos, it is an ideal place for cultivation.

Within the Blessed Land, it's excellent for Earth Immortals to cultivate and defend against enemies.

A sect, as long as it produced an Earth Immortal True Monarch, with a Blessed Land as the sect's base, would immediately continue prosperously for myriad ages.

What a pity.

Whether Grotto Heaven or Blessed Land, although independent, they ultimately rely on a piece of cosmos and have not transcended.

If one ascends to the Upper Realm and then advances to Heavenly or Earth Immortal.

Then Primordial will not extinguish, Grotto Heaven Blessed Land will not decline.

This is also why even if some Lower Realms have sufficient stature to sustain Earth and Heavenly Immortals, many Lower Realm cultivators choose to ascend in the state of Mahayana True Immortal.

After ascending to the Upper Realm, forging Earth Immortal Dao Fruit, Heavenly Immortal Dao Fruits, though more challenging, at least the Grotto Heaven Blessed Land will coexist with the eternal Primordial, tantamount to immortality.

And some higher-statured Lower Realms can sustain Earth and Heavenly Immortals, achieving Dao Fruits more simply compared to the Upper Realm.

However, likewise.

The Lower Realm's life and death are unpredictable, such as the 'aged till death' realms like the Sky Witch Realm are countless.

Not to mention that outside of the cosmos, there are various dangers; a single Void Storm sweeping through, or the impact from a Great Power battling, could possibly lead to the destruction of a realm.

Life and death are hard to control.

Like the Sky Witch Realm.

During its heyday, there were nine Grotto Heavens and eighteen Blessed Lands.

However, since the Final Immortal Liu Ji slayed the dragon, the Grotto Heavens and Blessed Lands have been on a decline. Now, six Grotto Heavens and fourteen Blessed Lands have fallen into silence.

Only three Grotto Heavens and four Blessed Lands remain in the world.

Within a few thousand years, these remaining seven Grotto Heavens and Blessed Lands will also perish.

Far from comparing to the Upper Realm.

This is also the fundamental reason for the war between Central Plains and Southern Border—

The remaining cultivators of the Sky Witch Realm, desperate to survive and transcend, are nearly driven mad.

The Langya Cave Heaven and Tianhe Blessed Land, which occupy the Central Plains, were the first unable to restrain themselves. Using mortal forces, they launched attacks on the Southern Border, seeking to conquer the Golden Silkworm Blessed Land and Yellow Dragon Blessed Land in the Southern Border to escape the Sky Witch Realm!

Once the war commenced, millions of lives were devastated and lost.

Behind it all.

It was but a few dozen cultivators stirring the pot for their selfish gains.

Such a great calamity to the world, it's nothing more than this.

"In every Grotto Heaven and Blessed Land, there are Ancient Transmission Arrays left behind by ancients, leading to lands beyond. As long as enough Spirit Stones are gathered, the Transmission Array can be opened, and one can escape the crumbling ship that is the Sky Witch Realm."

"Thirty thousand years ago, at the time when Liu Ji slayed the dragon, the largest group of cultivators left through the Transmission Array."

"Over the past thirty thousand years, batches of cultivators have left."

"The cultivation in the Sky Witch Realm has declined ever since, and as the natural world deteriorates, the production of Spirit Stones in each Grotto Heaven and Blessed Land has also become less frequent. Previously, a Blessed Land could accumulate enough in decades to open a Transmission Array once. Gradually, this extended to over a hundred years, even hundreds of years."

"Today."

"The Grotto Heavens and Blessed Lands in the Sky Witch Realm have not opened a Transmission Array for twelve hundred years."

Lu Qingfeng could understand the desperation of those cultivators in the Sky Witch Realm who discerned the true nature of the world and saw no hope in their cultivation. He could also imagine the madness they possessed to escape the Sky Witch Realm.

To this end, they did not hesitate to spark a worldly war, undeterred by the death of millions.

Madness, like demons.

"Why should all living beings suffer?"

Lu Qingfeng shook his head.

Looking up, he had arrived at the Golden Silkworm Divine Mountain.

"Where is the entrance?"

Lu Qingfeng shook the Po Feng in his hand and spoke out.

Po Feng's eyes were dim, leaving only instincts to guide the way. Lu Qingfeng found the direction, deployed the Nine Strategies Xuan Hao Talisman around him, set up an Array to block detection, invisible to commoners.

Walking through the Golden Silkworm Divine Mountain was like entering a deserted place.

He soon reached a mountain stream.

Leaping, he fell into a layer of Array, and indeed, it was the entrance to a Blessed Land.

Lu Qingfeng threw the Po Feng in his hand, and during his thoughts, it turned to fine powder. From Po Feng, a Jade Token fell.

It was indeed the pass token for entering the Blessed Land.

Lu Qingfeng held the token and easily entered.

...

Golden Silkworm Blessed Land.

Golden Silkworm Immortal Sect.

Throughout the ten-mile radius, mountain peaks stood tall, filled with Immortal Energy and abundant with Spiritual Energy.

This is the Golden Silkworm Blessed Land.

After thirty thousand years of continuous decline, the originally thousand-mile-scale Blessed Land had shrunken to just a few dozen miles. Earth, water, wind, and fire surged around, replaying the scene of chaos, swallowing up countless lands.

The Golden Silkworm Immortal Sect was located here.

The Spiritual Energy within the Grotto Heaven and Blessed Land was the only remnants in the Sky Witch Realm.

To conserve Spiritual Energy, there were only ten Foundation Establishment Cultivators within the Golden Silkworm Blessed Land at this time, always maintaining this number. Only if a Foundation Establishment Cultivator perished, would they select highly talented Inner Firmness Grandmasters or even Extreme Transformation Strong People from the secular world to assist in breaking through to Foundation Establishment to ensure the foundational power of the Blessed Land was not diminished, preventing other Grotto Heavens and Blessed Lands from exploiting any weaknesses.

At other times, they absolutely do not cultivate more cultivators to dilute the Spiritual Energy and various Cultivation Resources.

Lu Qingfeng entered the Golden Silkworm Blessed Land.

What he saw was such a desolate and shattered world.

With a wave of his hand, the Nine Strategies Xuan Hao Talisman was retracted, and with a shake of his body, Lu Qingfeng disappeared from the world.

[Divine Skills: Invisibility Technique]

[Grade: Common]

[Derivation Technique: Ten times strengthened, five times fused]

[Explanation: Derived from Concealing Technique and Concealing Technique, able to conceal one's form and suppress one's aura, undetectable by Spirit Eye and other perception-related Divine Skills]

In the ninth life conclusion, Lu Qingfeng, considering lifesaving measures, specifically enhanced and fused to create the 'Invisibility Technique' Divine Skills.

This Divine Skills is powerful, and theoretically, once used, even if wandering in front of a Jiedan True Man without making a sound, it's impossible to be detected.

Unless one possesses Spirit Eye or perception-related Divine Skills.

However, Jiedan True Men possess strong Divine Souls and are highly perceptive. If Lu Qingfeng had too low cultivation, and blatantly ran up to them, the chance of detection would still be high.

Once his cultivation and mastery of Divine Skills improved, evading the perception of Jiedan True Men's Divine Souls would not be difficult.

With only nine Foundation Establishment Cultivators in the Golden Silkworm Blessed Land, Lu Qingfeng's presence naturally went undetected.

Lu Qingfeng walked through the area.

Quickly traversing the dozens of miles and indeed found an extremely complex Array setup.

It was very similar to the Teleportation Array method he had mastered from studying the "Heavenly Monarch Array Dao True Solution," only more complex.

Clearly, it was the Ancient Transmission Array described by Po Feng.

Cultivators of the Sky Witch Realm left through such Transmission Arrays. However, activating the Transmission Array required a large number of Spirit Stones. The thousand years' accumulation of Spirit Stones in the Golden Silkworm Blessed Land was not enough for one activation.

Similar situations occurred in other Grotto Heavens and Blessed Lands.

The alliance of Langya Cave Heaven and Tianhe Blessed Land in the Central Plains was precisely to conquer the Golden Silkworm Blessed Land and Yellow Dragon Blessed Land and gather all the Spirit Stones to accumulate enough to activate the Transmission Array.

"As long as there are enough Spirit Stones, one can leave the Sky Witch Realm."

Lu Qingfeng's eyes twinkled.

He approached a cave residence.