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Chapter 56 Reporting to the Spirit Realm
As top-tier forces such as the Kunwu Alliance, Star Palace, and the Great Jin Imperial Family sent high-level cultivators deep into Tiannan to investigate, the news they sent back shocked all the high-ranking officials of the human world.
"A thousand or more ancient demons at the Nascent Soul stage?!" Inside the council hall of Kunwu Mountain, Xuan Qingzi stared at the intelligence jade slip in his hand, his face ashen, his voice trembling. This number far exceeded their expectations! It should be known that the entire Nascent Soul stage cultivators in the human realm probably number only a hundred or so, scattered across various regions, making it difficult to gather them all. A thousand or more ancient demons at the Nascent Soul stage—this was a destructive force capable of sweeping across the human realm!
"Moreover, their actions were extremely coordinated and their tactics were ruthless, seemingly deliberately creating panic and weakening our manpower."
The hall was deathly silent. Surpassing the Nascent Soul stage? What did that even mean? The mortal realm hadn't witnessed such a calamity for tens of thousands of years!
"Tiannan... must not fall!" The representative of the Great Jin royal family, a prince at the late Nascent Soul stage, who had been silent all along, spoke in a deep voice, "Everyone, do not forget that Tiannan is not only a corner of the cultivation world, but also the location of the largest spiritual herb cultivation ground in the human realm—'Lingmiao Garden'!"
Upon hearing this, everyone's expression changed.
Lingmiao Garden! This name resonates throughout the upper echelons of the human realm. It is no ordinary medicinal garden, but a unique spatial fragment left over from ancient times, its spiritual energy exceptionally rich, a sacred ground for cultivating various rare, even extinct, millennia-old spiritual herbs! The refining of many top-tier elixirs in the human realm relies heavily on the medicinal materials provided by Lingmiao Garden. It can be said that Lingmiao Garden is one of the foundations of the human realm's cultivation civilization!
If Lingmiao Garden falls into the hands of the ancient demons, not only will the cultivation of human cultivators be fatally damaged, but they will also lose an important source of resources to fight against the demonic calamity in the future.
"We must support Tiannan! At all costs!" Xuan Qingzi suddenly stood up, his gaze resolute. "Immediately contact all Nascent Soul cultivators we can reach, form a coalition army, and rush to Tiannan's aid! At the same time, unleash the full power of all major sects and utilize all available resources!"
"We alone... are probably not enough." Ling Yunchen shook his head, a hint of helplessness flashing in his eyes. "There are thousands of Nascent Soul Ancient Demons, and there may even be beings above the Nascent Soul stage... We need... support from the Upper Realm."
"The Upper Realm... the Spirit Realm!" A glimmer of hope flashed in everyone's eyes. Although the boundary between the Human Realm and the Spirit Realm was strong, it was not completely isolated. Some of the most powerful forces, such as the Kunwu Alliance, the Star Palace, and the Great Jin Royal Family, possessed secret methods to contact their ancestors or related forces in the Spirit Realm. Although the cost was enormous and communication was difficult, at this critical juncture concerning the survival of the Human Realm, it was worth a try!
"Immediately prepare the 'Spirit Communication Array'!" Xuan Qingzi decided decisively. "Send a message to the ancestors of the Spirit Realm, informing them of the perilous situation in the Human Realm and imploring the Spirit Realm to send powerful cultivators down to provide support! Even if only a few Void Refinement stage seniors can descend, they can turn the tide of the battle!"
"agree!"
"I second that!"
Leaders of various factions expressed their opinions. Soon, a series of top-level orders were issued from Kunwu Mountain, and the entire human realm and cultivation world began to operate at high speed.
On one hand, major forces urgently mobilized their elite troops to form a joint army, which continuously rushed to the Tiannan front line through various teleportation arrays to build defenses and engage in a fierce tug-of-war with the ancient demon army.
Meanwhile, deep within Kunwu Mountain, an ancient altar that had been sealed away for a long time was reactivated. Xuan Qingzi, Ling Yunchen, and several other late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators joined forces to activate the "Spirit Communication Array," burning their essence and invaluable resources in an attempt to transmit the news of the large-scale invasion of ancient demons in the human realm and the imminent danger of Lingmiao Garden across the interface barrier to the distant spirit realm.
A faint but firm distress signal was sent from the human realm toward the unknown spirit realm.
The Spirit Realm, Tianyuan City.
As one of the most important fortresses of the human race in the spirit realm, Tianyuan City stands majestically on the border of the wilderness, with its city walls soaring into the clouds and its array lights constantly flowing, always guarding against threats from the barbarian races.
Deep within the city, in a cave shrouded in purple lightning.
A middle-aged man dressed in purple robes, with an ancient face and faint crackling lightning around him, was sitting cross-legged in a pool of lightning, cultivating. He was none other than Zi Lei Sanren, a powerful cultivator who had ascended from the human realm more than ten thousand years ago and had now reached the Integration Stage. He was also one of the elders of Tianyuan City.
Suddenly, a seemingly ordinary jade pendant at his waist emitted a faint yet unusually rapid spiritual light without warning, accompanied by a slight vibration.
Zi Lei Sanren suddenly opened his eyes, a hint of surprise flashing in them. This jade pendant was one of the interdimensional communication tokens he left for his descendants' sects (one of the predecessors of the Kunwu Alliance) before his ascension. This item was difficult to refine, and the consumption of resources for interdimensional communication was enormous. It would never be used lightly unless the human realm was facing a life-or-death crisis.
"What happened in the human realm?" Zi Lei Sanren frowned slightly, a sense of foreboding rising in his heart. He immediately stopped cultivating, reached out and summoned the jade pendant into his hand. He immersed his consciousness in it, and a piece of information that traversed endless void, somewhat blurry and intermittent, instantly flooded into his mind.
The message contained an urgent distress call from Xuan Qingzi and others from the Kunwu Alliance in the human realm, as well as key information such as a large-scale invasion by ancient demons, thousands of Nascent Soul ancient demons, a suspected being beyond Nascent Soul in command, and the imminent danger of the Tiannan Lingmiao Garden!
"What?! Ancient demons have invaded? Thousands of Nascent Soul cultivators? And there are even beings beyond Nascent Soul?" Even Zi Lei Sanren, a powerful cultivator at the Integration stage with extensive knowledge, couldn't help but change his expression drastically and stood up abruptly!
He was well aware of the human realm's strength. Nascent Soul cultivators were already at the top of the human realm, and thousands of Nascent Soul Ancient Demons—this was a terrifying force capable of sweeping across the human realm! Even more terrifying was that the "existence beyond Nascent Soul" could very well mean a Void Refinement stage, or even... a Nascent Soul stage Ancient Demon avatar!
"Lingmiao Garden...that's one of the foundations of the human realm!" A hint of anxiety flashed in Zi Lei Sanren's eyes. Although he had ascended to immortality ten thousand years ago, he still had feelings for his homeland in the human realm and was well aware of the importance of Lingmiao Garden to it. If Lingmiao Garden were destroyed or corrupted by demons, the human realm's cultivation civilization would suffer a severe blow, and it might even sever the foundation for future ascensions!
"This matter is of utmost importance and cannot be handled by me alone." The Purple Thunder Hermit made a swift decision. "We must immediately report to the City Lord and convene the Elders' Council for discussion!"
With a flicker, he transformed into a streak of purple lightning, instantly bursting out of the cave and hurtling towards the City Lord's Mansion, the heart of Tianyuan City. Wherever the lightning passed, space itself distorted slightly, revealing his inner anxiety and the unfathomable depth of his cultivation.
Tianyuan City, the main hall of the city lord's mansion.
The main hall was magnificent and imposing, with a solemn and dignified atmosphere. At this moment, several of the highest decision-makers of Tianyuan City, including the city lord, had gathered here. Each of them was a powerful cultivator at the Integration Stage, renowned throughout the region.
Standing in the center of the hall, Zi Lei Sanren solemnly reported the distress message from the human realm to everyone present.
"...That is the situation. The human realm is now in imminent danger. Thousands of ancient demons at the Nascent Soul stage are rampaging, and there are even ancient demon powerhouses who are suspected to be at the Void Refinement or even Integration stages secretly directing the attack. If the Spirit Garden is lost, the foundation of the human realm will be shaken, and the source of future ascendants for our human race in the Spirit Realm will be greatly reduced. I implore the City Lord and all the elders to make a swift decision and rush to the aid of the human realm!" The Purple Thunder Hermit's voice was solemn and his words were earnest.
The main hall was silent. After hearing the report, the elders' expressions all became extremely solemn.
"Thousands of Nascent Soul Ancient Demons... This scale is definitely not something an ordinary demon tribe could send out. There must be a Demon Ancestor-level figure plotting behind this." An elder dressed in white robes with a refined appearance said in a deep voice. He was the chief array master of Tianyuan City and had a deep understanding of the Dao of Space.
"The power of the human realm repels high-level cultivators. When cultivators above the Void Refinement stage descend to the human realm in their true forms, the cost is enormous, and they will be suppressed by the power of the realm, greatly reducing their strength." Another burly elder, clad in heavy armor, frowned and said, "If we need to provide support, who should we send? How many people should we send? These are all problems."
An elder in the late-stage Nascent Soul realm swept his gaze across the crowd and continued, "Providing support to the lower realm is imperative. However, we must plan carefully. First, we need to send an elite team to the lower realm to ascertain the situation, establish contact with the human cultivators, and stabilize the situation. Second, we need to prepare a large amount of resources to reinforce the temporary passage between the human and spirit realms in preparation for any potential large-scale support later."