Just when he thought things were over, in the dense forests of the north, a skull tower filled with yin energy quietly emerged from the ground, attracting countless ghost cultivators.
However, none of these ghost cultivators survived. After entering the skull tower, they never came out.
Ye Qingyi told Ye Bufan that this was a sign of Earth breaking through its shackles. More and more strange things would appear, and a single misstep could lead to great chaos.
What Ye Bufan didn't expect was that shortly after Ye Qingyi finished speaking, riots broke out in other countries and regions. Especially those who preached the end times began to wildly spread the message that the end of the world was coming.
It was only when the Grand Martial Saints took action that the riots were suppressed.
It was said that in some places, even Martial Gods appeared. Seeing the Martial Gods, some people were amazed by their methods and even sparked a nationwide trend of martial arts practice.
There was also some commotion in the Jiuzhou region, but it was quickly dealt with by various immortal cultivation sects and families.
These sects and families united and began to conduct in-depth popular science education about martial artists, connecting martial artists with immortal cultivators and building a system from martial artists to immortal cultivators.
Through this method, the cognition of martial artists was subtly grafted onto immortal cultivators.
In this regard, the Martial Alliance provided great assistance. Together with various organizations, they released a new version of the martial artist ranking system. After Martial God, terms like Nascent Soul Martial God and Integration Martial God were used, combining immortal cultivation realms with Martial God.
At the same time, Martial Gods, who were at the Golden Core stage of immortal cultivation, appeared in some places at opportune moments, further motivating martial artists everywhere to embark on the path of immortal cultivation.
"Next, we will find an opportunity to officially emerge and begin recruiting disciples." This was Song Mingqin's plan for the future of the Scarlet Sword Sect. The Scarlet Sword Sect had an outer sect that was established as a martial artist sect. The Overlord Saber Sect also had a martial artist sect in the secular world as its outer sect.
The plan of the two sects was to announce the existence of the inner sect through the outer sect and simultaneously spread the word, directly recruiting disciples. The name of the outer sect would also be changed back, and from then on, the sect name would be used for both, distinguishing the inner and outer sects.
The Overlord Saber Sect was very fast in this regard. After announcing their intention, they began recruiting disciples. To their surprise, they actually received several disciples with extraordinary talent who directly bypassed the outer sect and were accepted as inner disciples by Yan Se and other elders of the Overlord Saber Sect.
When Song Mingqin learned of this, he became even more envious. Finally, he had the Myriad Swords Sect announce the news first.
Three days after the Overlord Saber Sect opened its gates to recruit disciples, the Myriad Swords Sect was officially renamed the Scarlet Sword Sect and began recruiting disciples.
Following this, the Bright Palace, the Celestial Origin Sect, and others emerged one after another. To ordinary people and martial artists, these sects all had Martial Gods guarding them, and everyone's enthusiasm for cultivation soared.
Watching the news of the major sects emerging, Ye Bufan couldn't help but take a deep breath, with a faint sense of worry.
"Why do you still look unhappy?" Chu Mengyao asked curiously, seeing Ye Bufan's solemn expression after his call with Song Mingqin.
"Although these immortal cultivation sects have been secretly recruiting disciples before, it's questionable whether they can make it in time to face the breaking shackles of Blue Star by emerging at this point," Ye Bufan said. "We've given them hope, but we don't know if this hope will help them endure the Heavenly Seal period where the shackles lie."
Chu Mengyao understood Ye Bufan's meaning. Without experts to guard Blue Star, it was likely to be targeted by powerhouses from other worlds once the shackles disappeared. Regardless of whether these powerhouses were good or bad, it wouldn't be a good thing for the people on Blue Star.
"According to what you said earlier, there are still two to three years left. During these two to three years, the Heavenly Seal will disappear. We don't know what will happen then," Chu Mengyao said. "Sister Yujia told me to worry less about the future. For the present, as long as we have a grasp on it, we should go all out."
Ye Bufan smiled slightly, surprised that Chu Mengyao and Huangfu Yujia seemed to live their lives with more clarity than he did.
"Alright, we'll talk about these things when the time comes," Ye Bufan said. "Since there's nothing else to do now, let's continue cultivating and become stronger as quickly as possible."
Ye Bufan and Chu Mengyao exchanged a look, and the two entered the Taiyi Ring, entering a state of cultivation.
...
Meanwhile, on Sakura Island, in a certain secret location.
Here, there were many ancient and elegant buildings, with disciples in uniform entering and exiting from time to time. The sounds of fighting and practice could be heard from the training grounds.
In the grand main palace, there was a large round table where about twenty cultivators at the Golden Core stage were seated.
"Strange creatures have appeared in the Jiuzhou region recently. Should we take some action?" a Sakura Island person sitting next to the center asked the middle-aged man sitting in the very middle.
The middle-aged man was wearing a black robe, and his hood covered his face, so few people could see his appearance.
He also exuded a dense yin energy. Any cultivator below the Golden Core stage who approached him would be eroded by this yin energy, uncontrollably trembling, and those with low cultivation might even faint.
"No rush," the other party replied in a very standard Jiuzhou dialect.
If there were any cultivators from the Jiuzhou region here, they would probably think that the other party was from Jiuzhou.
In fact, this black-robed middle-aged man was one of the people from other worlds behind Jiuzhou, from the Yin Corpse Sect. Everything that Sakura Island knew came from the people of the Yin Corpse Sect.
"But if this continues, they will only become stronger by obtaining those treasures," the Sakura Island cultivators cried out one after another.
"Don't worry. If those secret treasures are consumed without refinement, they will explode and die. And your world does not have the conditions to refine these secret treasures," the other party said confidently.
Although the Sakura Island cultivators were still somewhat skeptical of his words, according to the recent news, it was indeed as he said.
"How many of your people who were planted in the various sects of the Jiuzhou region are left?" the other party asked.
When this question was brought up, the faces of the Sakura Island cultivators sitting at the table turned grim.
The Yin Corpse Sect cultivator let out a cold laugh, and from their expressions, he already knew the answer.
"It's fine," the other party said. "You also suffered heavy losses in this operation. But with my artifact, I should be able to help you cultivate some more people within a year."
Upon hearing the Yin Corpse Sect person say this, the Sakura Island people's faces were filled with joy.
"Then we shall trouble you, sir." These Sakura Island cultivators bowed to the other party.
"Spare me these formalities. As long as you can help me obtain what I want, I don't mind sending more people into my artifact."
The Yin Corpse Sect cultivator extended a hand, and a scroll appeared in his palm. The scroll slowly unfurled, revealing a landscape painting. However, within the landscape painting, a sect was depicted, and people could be seen moving, albeit very small, like ants.