Chapter 214 - 190: Xuan Yue Cultivation Realm: An Influx of Demon Kings

Chapter 214: Chapter 190: Xuan Yue Cultivation Realm: An Influx of Demon Kings

The information recorded in the Jade Scroll was more comprehensive than Xu Chang’an had imagined.

The major sects of the Human Race, the various Cultivation Clans, Secret Realms ripe for exploration...

The territory of the Human Race was vast. Most of its border with the Demon Race’s domain ran along the Thundering Mountain Range, while a smaller part touched the Red Cloud Mountain Range.

For example, Cyan Blade Town, where Xu Chang’an had begun cultivating again, was considered part of the borderlands with the Red Cloud Mountain Range.

On the outskirts, however, the influence of the Demon Race was minimal, creating what was essentially a buffer zone.

The only active ones there were likely some Little Demons at the first or second layer of Qi Cultivation.

This domain of the Human Race, ruled by the Yanyue Sect as its Overlord-level Influence, was called the Xuan Yue Cultivation Realm by the humans themselves.

The Xuan Yue Cultivation Realm had two Overlord-level Sects.

It also contained dozens of sects of varying sizes, hundreds of Cultivation Clans, and countless other minor, mixed powers.

These minor powers included low-tier Cultivation Clans, loosely-formed Loose Cultivator Alliances, and some Commerce Treasure Pavilion organizations with little binding authority.

The Jade Scroll contained detailed introductions to some of the larger factions.

The descriptions of the Xuan Yue Cultivation Realm’s two Overlord-level Sects, in particular, were exceedingly specific and detailed.

Xuanwu Pavilion! Yanyue Sect!

The forces that had previously confronted the Thundering Mountain Range were merely a coalition of Human Race sects and clans led by the Yanyue Sect.

They did not represent the full strength of the Human Race in the Xuan Yue Cultivation Realm.

The Yanyue Sect was presided over by a Nascent Soul True Monarch and had dozens of Core Formation Zhenren under its command, making its power immense.

Xuanwu Pavilion, however, boasted an even longer history and a deeper foundation than the Yanyue Sect.

Rumor had it that Xuanwu Pavilion might even have two Nascent Soul True Monarchs!

However, even though both Xuanwu Pavilion and the Yanyue Sect were Human Race sects, their relationship was far from harmonious. While they weren’t mortal enemies, they certainly didn’t get along.

Cultivation Resources are finite. As any faction grows, it inevitably infringes upon the interests of others.

It wasn’t a matter that could be resolved simply by both sides wanting to be on good terms; their animosity couldn’t just be wished away.

The objective reality was that they were bound to clash and compete!

Xuanwu Pavilion had not participated in the earlier war between the Yanyue Sect and the Thundering Mountain Range.

Otherwise, the outcome of the war would have been uncertain.

To a certain extent, Xuanwu Pavilion had stood by and allowed the Thundering Mountain Range to weaken the Yanyue Sect.

This served Xuanwu Pavilion’s interests!

However, this policy of non-intervention had its limits.

If the Thundering Mountain Range went too far, Xuanwu Pavilion would undoubtedly intervene, as they were all part of the Human Race.

The fact that the Thundering Mountain Range halted the war despite having two new Unparalleled Demon Kings, giving the Yanyue Sect a chance to recover, was naturally a move made in consideration of Xuanwu Pavilion’s stance.

The grand game of power involved countless considerations, far beyond a simple comparison of the two sides’ apparent strength!

’Even accounting for the major powers holding back and other hidden factors, the number of Nascent Soul True Monarchs in the Xuan Yue Cultivation Realm can’t be more than five!

’It’s so weak!’

Xu Chang’an lamented quietly.

The Cultivation Realm he came from in his past life was called Canglan.

Back then, he had formed his Golden Core, and his cultivation had broken through to the Late-stage Core Formation Realm.

With his profound foundation and numerous techniques, his full combat strength, while not making him invincible in the Core Formation Stage, was not far from it.

But even so, he wasn’t considered part of the true upper echelon in the Canglan Cultivation Realm.

This was because the Canglan Cultivation Realm was home to a great many Nascent Soul True Monarchs. There were even Great Cultivator True Monarchs at the Late-stage Nascent Soul Realm!

Putting the entire Canglan Cultivation Realm aside, just his former sect, the Immortal Mist Sect...

...had eight or nine Nascent Soul True Monarchs in its ranks. The Ancestor who served as the sect’s ultimate foundation was a Great Cultivator True Monarch at the Late-stage of Nascent Soul!

In his past life, even at the Late-stage of Core Formation with his Golden Core, Xu Chang’an was merely a high-ranking member of his sect, barely considered a candidate for the core decision-making body.

He had yet to truly enter the sect’s core leadership.

Only by successfully undergoing Nascent Soul Formation and becoming a True Monarch could one be considered a member of the Immortal Mist Sect’s core leadership.

The stark contrast revealed just how weak the Xuan Yue Cultivation Realm truly was!

To put it another way, the Immortal Mist Sect, along with its affiliated sects and clans, could single-handedly dominate the Xuan Yue Cultivation Realm and rule over it!

Clearly, the Xuan Yue Cultivation Realm was nothing more than a minor Cultivation Realm.

"Immortal Mist Sect..."

Xu Chang’an’s eyes glazed over, and for a moment he was lost in a daze, as if dreaming of his past life.

’I wonder about her...’

A figure surfaced in Xu Chang’an’s mind.

Bright eyes and pearly teeth, slender brows over elegant eyes. Her skin was like jade, fairer than frost and snow, so delicate it seemed a breath could break it.

Her slender, jade-like hands were as soft as if boneless, her fingers delicate as carved jade, tipped with vivid red.

With each graceful step, the silver chain earrings that dangled to her delicate collarbones swayed gently.

She had gone with him on that Secret Realm expedition.

He had been gravely wounded by a mechanism in the Secret Realm, then ambushed and killed by a fellow Cultivator.

She...

Is she... still alive!?

’I really want to go back and see!’

Xu Chang’an was lost in a daze for a moment but quickly composed himself.

The events of his past life were rooted deep within him, like a beautiful memory.

But a memory was just a memory. No matter how beautiful, it was in the past. He was still alive, and he had to look forward!

Xu Chang’an’s Demon Sense continued to scan the information in the Jade Scroll.

A description of the Yanyue Sect’s Nascent Soul True Monarch.

The publicly known power of his Magical Treasures.

And then, information on Xuanwu Pavilion...

"Hm!?"

Xu Chang’an froze for a second.

"This is..."

"The Qingyang Cultivation Realm!"

A sharp glint flashed in Xu Chang’an’s eyes, and his face was instantly overcome with joy.

The Jade Scroll didn’t just contain information about the Xuan Yue Cultivation Realm.

It also mentioned the Qingyang Cultivation Realm.

The Qingyang Cultivation Realm!