Sage of Humanity

The Righteous Blood Sect had formed Alliance Pacts with countless sects in both the inner and core circle. Once the disciples reached a certain level in their cultivation, they were free to choose their own training grounds. Recently, increasing numbers of Righteous Blood Sect disciples had left their outpost to enter the inner circle. Some allied themselves with other sects' strongholds, while others, like Chen Yu, charged into the inner circle alone.

The choice was personal and voluntary; no one was forced.

Disciples from those Alliance Sects were also sent down to the Righteous Blood Sect for training, significantly enhancing the sect's strength. Recently, an Insect Plague occurred, turning the insect hive into a treasure trove for earning merit. The Righteous Blood Sect exhausted the vitality core energy of the hive and ended the battle only after it was completely depleted.

Within the entire outer circle of the battlefield, the Righteous Blood Sect's outpost was undoubtedly the behemoth. With the Righteous Blood Sect's base as the epicenter, within a thousand miles, Ten Thousand Demons Ridge cultivators dared not trespass randomly.

It was said that several Ten Thousand Demons Ridge forces nearby were considering relocating their bases.

They had no choice; life was becoming impossible, what else could they do but relocate?

"There's no next stop."

Hearing Tao Zhengyu's inquiry, Lu Ye stood up and stretched his body.

He too wished to move to the next location, but some things should not be overdone.

This time, no matter how one saw it, he had bullied the weaker, which was somewhat unlike his previous situation in the 9th Heaven level.

Most importantly, he did not know the origins of those from the Cloud River Level 9 who had ambushed him in the hunting grounds, otherwise he could have righteously attacked them.

The only reason he knew about the sects of Tan Sheng and Wei Que were due to Li Baxian and Xia Qianqian.

There was also a saber-wielder referred to as Xia Liang, seemingly from the Mad Saber Sect, whose mastery in saber skills seemed to have just taken a leap forward.

"Oh." Tao Zhengyu obediently responded, although slightly disappointed, he didn't press for more.

This time, the gains had already been substantial.

"Yiyi, escort Junior Brother Tao back to the base, be careful on the way," Lu Ye instructed.

"Got it, you be careful yourself," Yiyi replied, summoning a Flying Spirit Artifact.

She also had her own Flying Spirit Artifact, but since she was always with Lu Ye, she seldom had the opportunity to use it.

Moments later, Yiyi, with Tao Zhengyu, took flight on the artifact, speeding towards the direction of the Righteous Blood Sect's base.

Both she and Amber were capable of exerting the power of the 9th Heaven level, so in this Spirit Stream battlefield, they wouldn't likely meet any danger, especially now that all the major sects of the Ten Thousand Demons Ridge were on high alert, wary of Lu Ye's arrival, with no strong cultivators wandering around.

Even if they really encountered one or two individuals at the 9th Heaven level, they could handle it.

Thus, Lu Ye was not worried about the safety of Yiyi and Amber.

Pulling out the ten-part map for inspection, Lu Ye also summoned his own Flying Spirit Artifact, stepped on it leisurely, and flew off in a certain direction.

He was headed to Heavenly Sword Peak to wait for the delivery from the Ten Thousand Demons Ridge.

After being busy for so long, it was time to reap the rewards.

The agreed deadline was ten days, so there was no rush. Strolling around was quite free and leisurely.

While he was enjoying his freedom, many cultivators at the Ten Thousand Demons Ridge suffered.

Nearly every Ten Thousand Demons Ridge outpost received a message from their sect headquarters to beware of Lu Yiye; if Lu Yiye's whereabouts were detected, they were to retreat to the Nine Provinces immediately.

This led almost all cultivators in the Ten Thousand Demons Ridge core circle outposts to wait on alert, dreading the Sect Destroyer might suddenly attack.

Especially the sects close to the Yunyang Sect outpost endured a torrid time.

But despite the anxious waiting, no one saw a trace of Lu Ye the Sect Destroyer; after his attack on the Yunyang Sect outpost, he had disappeared.

Two days later, Lu Ye arrived at Heavenly Sword Peak.

A few months earlier, he had been here once, also waiting to receive protection money from the Ten Thousand Demons Ridge. He thought that after leaving the Spirit Stream battlefield, he would never return, yet there he was again, doing the same as he had months before.

Indeed, life is full of unpredictability.

Landing on a spirit mountaintop, he casually found a flat rock, sat cross-legged, with the Boulder Mountain Saber positioned beside him.

Gazing at the rolling clouds in front of him, Lu Ye suddenly regretted giving the Ten Thousand Demons Ridge such a long deadline.

Being in the Spirit Stream battlefield, he was unable to cultivate because his own cultivation level had already surpassed that of the Spirit Stream Realm. Thus, even absorbing nature's spiritual energy or consuming elixir pills would be futile.

With no other options, he could only pull out the books he had brought from Madam Yun's and study them.

He had read these books more than once, yet every time he perused them anew he discovered something fresh and learned some interesting spirit runes. However, since these were not the spirit runes from the Talent Tree, actually constructing them would require a lot of practice and carried a risk of failure.

Thus far, the most useful spirit rune Lu Ye had learned from the books was undoubtedly the Void Spirit Runes.

Without the Void Spirit Runes, he wouldn't have been able to repeatedly escape death in the hunting grounds or withstand the pursuit of so many powerful opponents for such a long time.

This spirit rune had great potential, and Lu Ye always believed that the Talent Tree must have Void Spirit Runes. Still, he had not yet managed to unlock them, nor knew which leaves they were on.

If he could unlock the Void Spirit Runes on the Talent Tree, setting up teleportation arrays afterward would be much more convenient. If that were the case, he would only need to establish a parent array and could teleport back into the parent array any time he was within the linked range of the teleportation array, without the need to trouble himself with setting up any child arrays.

The sole function of the Void Spirit Runes was to allow shifting and teleportation, but the purpose of incorporating them into a formation was to make the spirit runes more robust and stable.

Without the framework of a formation and no manual maintenance, spirit runes are very likely to collapse.

He could even construct Void Spirit Runes on his weapon control to develop some new methods of killing enemies.

Of course, these were all ideas he entertained in his spare time. To achieve this, he would have to ignite the leaves of the Talent Tree associated with the Void Spirit Runes.

While he was studying the books on Heavenly Sword Peak, within a sect's residence at the Core Circle, two figures emerged, flying on their weapons, a man and a woman. The man appeared to be in his thirties or forties, with a majestic look and a robust physique, clearly a person of high status.

The woman was beautiful, and judging purely by her appearance, one could hardly tell her age. Saying she was sixteen or seventeen years old wouldn't be a problem, and saying she was twenty-four or twenty-five also seemed plausible. She was tall and, exceptionally, very voluptuous.

Both individuals were powerful cultivators at the True Lake Level 9.

They had never thought they would have the opportunity to enter the Spirit Stream battlefield in this life, and even more so, be tasked with negotiating with a young cultivator from the Cloud River Realm.

This decision had been agreed upon by the cultivators of the Divine Sea Realm, and ultimately, they were chosen to come.

The issue was neither minor nor trivial, and it wasn't fitting for a Divine Sea Realm cultivator to appear in person. If the negotiations broke down, they couldn't gracefully disengage, and should fighting erupt, they couldn't easily settle the matter.

More importantly, with Lu Ye's overlord-level strength, those Divine Sea Realm cultivators really didn't have the confidence to outmatch him.

If they could win, fine, but what if they couldn't? They were all from the Divine Sea Realm, and being taught a lesson by a seventeen- or eighteen-year-old youth would be a disgrace.

Thus, after much deliberation, it was considered most appropriate for True Lake Realm cultivators to step in—first, it showed sincerity, and second, True Lake Realm cultivators were considered capable of managing the nuances of the negotiations.

The original choices were two men, but just before the mission, a Divine Sea Realm cultivator decided that the woman should replace one of them.

Flying on their weapons, the flower-basket-like Flying Spirit Artifacts was quite enchanting, complementing the woman's stunning beauty and voluptuous figure, enough to attract the gaze of nearly ninety-nine percent of men in this world.

Yun Qingyue stood on the flower basket, looking up at the ever-changing clouds in the sky, feeling somewhat troubled.

It wasn't just the occasional glances swept toward her from behind but also the admonishments from that Divine Sea Realm elder before she left.

She didn't know where that Divine Sea Realm elder had gotten his information, but it was said that Lu Ye the Sect Destroyer had no other preference but liked large and round women. That was why she was chosen to replace the original negotiator, hoping she would perform well.

Firstly, her body was outstanding, which matched Lu Ye the Sect Destroyer's taste, and secondly, her age was not apparent from her appearance, which could easily lead one to mistake her for a teenage girl, potentially lowering Lu Yiye's guard.

For a seventeen- or eighteen-year-old young man, coveting a beautiful woman was quite normal; out of all the female cultivators at Ten Thousand Demons Ridge, why did they pick her!

But when a Divine Sea Realm strong cultivator spoke, who was she to refuse? She could only brace herself and go, hoping not to suffer too much humiliation.

She thought she couldn't overcome his overlord-tier strength at the Spirit Stream Realm.

As for that saying that Lu Ye the Sect Destroyer liked them big and round, it was also verified,

He once challenged the Spirit Stream Ranking, and almost all the opponents who had fought him, regardless of gender, had died, except for a woman named Bai Lan who survived, and she was indeed big and round...

Even killing female cultivators showed that Lu Yiye was not one to pity the fairer sex, yet he oddly spared Bai Lan, naturally prompting deep reflection.

"Junior Sister Yun, no need to rush; the youngster gave a deadline of ten days, and only two have passed. From here to Heavenly Sword Peak, with our speed, it will take only a day," said Wu Jun, who followed behind Yun Qingyue.

The two did not belong to the same sect, but they had interacted when they were younger.

In fact, back then, he had also been smitten by Junior Sister Yun, who had made all the young men in Ten Thousand Demons Ridge utterly infatuated—an unrivaled beauty of their generation. Rarely did anyone see her and remain unmoved.

Unfortunately, at that time, he was obscure and only had the privilege of watching from afar.

Now, he too was a True Lake Level 9 cultivator, with prospects of reaching Divine Sea Realm – lacking the immaturity and lowliness of youth, he had gained a sense of composure. Although he still found the heavenly beauty pleasing to the eye, he no longer pursued those thoughts.

However, having the opportunity to join the goddess of his youth was undoubtedly pleasant, and he was not eager to rush the journey—rather, he wished they could take it slow.