The current world situation is divided into three parts.
One is the Five Great Sacred Lands, one is the Nine Great Forbidden Lands, and the third is the Guardians.
The Nine Great Forbidden Lands emerged and recruited disciples, shaking all realms.
The Five Great Sacred Lands and the Nine Great Forbidden Lands officially began to clash.
As for the Yan Emperor and the Jixia Academy, their attitude was clear: as long as mortals were not disturbed, their fighting to the death was none of their business.
The Five Great Sacred Lands, facing a great enemy, completely consolidated their front lines, scoured resources with all their might, and directly delegated authority to the Guardians.
The several Forbidden Lands, moreover, paid no attention to mortals; their goal in emerging was to annihilate the Five Great Sacred Lands and seize the Book of Life and Death.
It was clear that the several Forbidden Lands had directly targeted the Five Great Sacred Lands.
The Five Great Sacred Lands, in a sense, were taking the blame.
And the instigator, sitting in Ping'an Bookstore reading a book, chuckled, "It's best if they fight to the death, so I can reap the benefits."
In the past two years, he had sacrificed a lot of his lifespan, forcing the several Forbidden Lands to lose their composure.
A gentle breeze caressed his face, feeling comfortable.
Chen Jiuyang, the mastermind behind the scenes, was happy to watch the show.
Every day, he spent half an hour sacrificing a bit of his lifespan, provoking the nerves of the Immortal Kings of the several Forbidden Lands.
Meanwhile, he possessed a complete spiritual脉 spring eye, allowing him to cultivate at a rapid pace.
Chen Jiuyang, holding a book, pondered, "I wonder if the Five Great Sacred Lands will contact the Heavenly Court of the Immortal Realm to invite reinforcements. Otherwise, the demise of the Five Great Sacred Lands is only a matter of one or two years..."
The great era had finally arrived, and he, Chen Jiuyang, sat in a small bookstore, calculating against all the Immortal Kings in the world.
"The only variable is the Immortal Emperors each side has retained..."
"With my current cultivation, I cannot yet provoke the nerves of an Immortal Emperor..."
Before him, traffic flowed like a river.
The crowd bustled.
Ji Lengyue, wearing the uniform of the Six Doors, walked into Ping'an Bookstore, holding a cup of tea, "I really envy you, sitting here so leisurely every day."
Chen Jiuyang closed the book in his hands and smiled, "It's rare for you to have the leisure to sit here and have tea."
Ji Lengyue sat beside Chen Jiuyang, her long legs resting on his, holding a cup of tea in one hand, exuding a sense of heroic beauty. "The Five Great Sacred Lands have completely delegated their authority, and the Guardians are to merge with the Six Doors. This finally resolves the long-standing shortage of personnel in the Six Doors."
"This is a good thing," Chen Jiuyang spoke freely. "With the merger of the Guardians and the Six Doors, law enforcement will be more effective. With the Five Great Sacred Lands delegating authority and the several Forbidden Lands recruiting disciples, the major powers on both sides are withdrawing from the mortal world in an orderly manner. There should be fewer criminals causing trouble, right?"
Ji Lengyue nodded slowly, saying, "That's true."
"The current world seems to have returned to how it was before the great era. Those without cultivation talent and resources can only remain ordinary citizens."
"Technology has made almost no progress."
When the smartest people had experienced the taste of cultivation, it was difficult for any intelligent person to delve into technological matters.
The stagnation of technology was therefore normal.
Chen Jiuyang smiled and said, "How does Mom like living in the house?"
"Mom really likes the house," Ji Lengyue's face showed a hint of happiness. "Qingzhu Village is beautiful with its clear waters and green mountains, and the villa is well-built, suitable for their retirement."
Two years ago, after Chen Jiuyang revealed his cultivation at the Dao Integration stage, his several confidantes finally opened their minds. Although they didn't say it explicitly, they had reached a tacit understanding that it was time to let go of certain things and unite.
Otherwise, who knew if more enchantresses would come looking for Chen Jiuyang?
Thus, they visited Chen Jiuyang's home more frequently. Some time ago, the women had also persuaded their families and moved into Chen Jiuyang's large courtyard in Qingzhu Village, each choosing a villa to live in.
The market outside Qingzhu Village had also evolved into a town in two years, connecting with the urban area of Ziyang County, making it very convenient to go to the city.
In the resource-rich golden great era, those at the bottom, born in this era, were not entirely inclined to fight others in cultivation. Instead, they preferred to cultivate in low-key ways, hiding themselves.
Those who usually caused trouble were either reincarnated old monsters or major powers.
Sects like Qingyun Sect, mastered by Fang Bahua, had been established for several years, cultivating peacefully and in an orderly fashion.
Ji Lengyue sat with Chen Jiuyang for a while, "I won't stay any longer. I'm going to find Rouyu and go shopping in the market to see if there's anything new and interesting."
"Alright, go ahead," Chen Jiuyang nodded with a smile.
With the change of eras, some concepts were also changing.
This kind of peaceful time was the era he truly cherished.
If not for the final game, the Book of Life and Death, and the mastermind, this would undoubtedly have been a brilliant era.
"When the several Forbidden Lands and the Five Great Sacred Lands officially go to war, it will be time to let Fang Bahua and the others leave the Immortal Alliance."
The Five Great Sacred Lands were destined to be destroyed.
As for Qin Rouyu, he had also asked her to leave the Misty Rain Sect.
The Chen family was very straightforward and let her go.
After all, one surname could not write two different characters. If Chen Jiuyang did not return to the Shu Mountain Chen family, then so be it. They would not seek friendship, but they would not offend Chen Jiuyang either.
"Alright, time to get to work..."
Chen Jiuyang's consciousness sank into his primordial spirit, "Today, everyone gets a ten-year package. I'll find something for you to do."
Several Forbidden Lands, Old Cripple Village.
Qin Shujian and others were cultivating when they suddenly felt something was wrong:
"It's happening again!"
"That Lord of the Book of Life, by constantly erasing us daily, we are unable to cultivate peacefully, and our cultivation is even regressing!" Butcher gritted his teeth.
"Damn it! We must hurry to recruit disciples and accumulate luck to facilitate our emergence!" Blind Granny said hatefully.
Within the Chongming Sea.
"Pfft—"
The Qiankun Immortal King, who had undergone sixty-three tribulations, suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood, his eyes filled with venom. "Lord of the Book of Life, after I capture you, I will surely slice you into a thousand pieces and then strip the Book of Life from your body!"
He was cultivating peacefully when the sudden erasure of karma caused him to suffer a backlash. Although it was not severe,
How could he cultivate if this happened every day?
If it continued like this, they would all have to flee the mortal world and seek refuge in the Spirit Realm or the Immortal Realm before the Human Emperor emerged.
And at this moment, the Lord of the Book of Life's cultivation was still weak, and his lifespan was not long enough to erase them all in one go.
The several Forbidden Lands had all communicated.
"It must be that the Five Great Sacred Lands control the Book of Life, and the Heavenly Court of the Immortal Realm is behind this scheme!"
The Immortal beings above the Emperor realm in the several Forbidden Lands had all been cursed daily for two years, without interruption. However, looking at the Five Great Sacred Lands, they were completely unaffected.
"But there is something strange. If the Five Great Sacred Lands control the Book of Life, why is the Immortal Realm Heavenly Court not making any moves..."
"That's where you're wrong. The Immortal Realm is the Immortal Realm, and the mortal world is the mortal world. Without luck in the human world, how can the Heavenly Court descend to the mortal world?"
"These Five Great Sacred Lands controlling the Book of Life probably want to break away from the Heavenly Court's portal and establish themselves independently."
"By constantly harassing us like this, they probably want to delay our cultivation until we can oppose the Heavenly Court and us."
"That seems to make sense."
...
Ping'an Bookstore, Chen Jiuyang opened his eyes, stretched, and sighed, "Another beautiful day."
"Time to cultivate."