Cultivation begins with separation.

Chapter 322 Shifting Target
If they can't attack the Dragon Palace of the South China Sea, they can only settle for attacking other weaker forces.

During the battle against the monsters, the Great Awakening Puppet was responsible for organizing information, and they naturally wouldn't neglect basic information-gathering operations like soul searching.

After the Great Awakening Puppet integrated the information obtained from the demon beasts, Yi Dong was able to roughly know the locations of various forces in the South China Sea.

Among these forces, the strong ones include races with rich dragon bloodlines such as dragons, dragon turtles, dragon whales, and dragon sharks, while the weak ones include races with thin dragon bloodlines such as lobsters and dragon crabs.

Of course, some demon races that don't even have the bloodline of a true dragon are not worth Yi Dong's attention. Although there are many of those demon races, they have been suppressed by the dragon race for many years, and their groups are generally weak, so they can't collect much resources.

Of course, Yi Dong will not overlook intelligent races in addition to marine races.

There are many continents in the South China Sea, and many intelligent races live on those continents.

Although those intelligent races were all exploited by the dragons, Yi Dong didn't believe they really had no hidden tricks up their sleeves.

As Yi Dong gave the order, the Floating Pagoda flew toward a group of sea monsters.

This time, Yi Dong and his group's destination was one of the lobster communities.

As the Floating Pagoda approached, Taichu Zixing released its warships, with the Great Awakening Puppet following behind.

This lobster tribe has three lobsters at the Heavenly Demon realm.

These three celestial demons were entangled by the strongest of the Twelve Karma Guanyin.

The thirteen True Spirit Longswords beside Yi Dong were also restless, showing a desire to engage in some slaughter.

Unfortunately, how could Yi Dong let the protective True Spirit Sword leave his side? He only had the True Spirit Sword guard around the Floating Pagoda and did not allow it to attack at will.

At this moment, Yi Dong was on the first floor of the Floating Pagoda, looking at a pile of spoils.

These spoils included the scales and bones of demonic beasts, as well as magical treasures, acquired spiritual treasures, and innate spiritual treasures.

Those magical artifacts and spiritual treasures were all as huge as hills.

Clearly, these things are not very suitable for cultivators of intelligent races.

Although Yi Dong cannot use these magical treasures and innate spiritual treasures, he can make the Great Awakening Puppet replicate the corresponding spiritual treasures, just like the Great Thousand Mirror.

"These innate spiritual treasures are not high-grade items; they are considered low-grade innate spiritual treasures."

Therefore, it seems that high-grade innate spiritual treasures are probably all controlled by celestial demons and dragons.

Compared to innate spiritual treasures, Yi Dong is more concerned about the wide variety of acquired spiritual treasures.

Although those acquired spiritual treasures weren't exactly high-end items, the advanced manufacturing techniques used in many of them greatly surprised Yi Dong.

Since the Vast Ocean Spirit Realm has so many acquired spiritual treasures, its weapon-refining civilization should be extremely advanced.

However, according to the information gathered by the Great Awakening Puppet, there were no true dragons from the Four Seas Dragon Palace who were skilled in weapon crafting, nor were there any ocean demons who were proficient in weapon crafting.

The demon race, being a domesticated intelligent species, naturally could not have developed a crafting civilization capable of creating acquired spiritual treasures.

"From the memories of some demonic beasts, we know that every time the Dragon Tomb is opened, many innate and acquired spiritual treasures and various magical artifacts appear in the world. Could it be that the acquired spiritual treasures in the Vast Sea Spirit Realm are all obtained from the Dragon Tomb?"
That shouldn't be the case. Aside from the dead dragon, there shouldn't be much left in the Dragon Tomb.

Even the spiritual treasures buried with a dead dragon shouldn't be endless.

Aside from the true dragon, other demon races knew little about the Dragon Tomb, so Yi Dong couldn't figure out what was going on either.

However, it now seems that this dragon tomb may be more mysterious than I imagined, and may not just be the tomb of a real dragon.

Yi Yan will probably enter the Dragon Tomb; it's unknown whether she will encounter any danger.

While Yi Dong was researching the acquired spiritual treasure, the lobster clan's tribe had been wiped out. Apart from three celestial demons and a few scattered lobster demon beasts that escaped, the remaining demon beasts were basically slaughtered.

On the first floor of the Pagoda, Mu Mu and Yi Xiaoli watched as warships collected spoils and extracted spiritual energy from the blood-soaked seawater, and a hint of reluctance appeared in their eyes.

"Master, is the struggle for the Great Dao really so cruel?"
Is it really necessary to go to such lengths?

Yang Xiaoli didn't witness the previous great battle because she was in the Yanshan Blessed Land of Taichu Zixing. Now, she watched with her own eyes as thousands of demonic beasts of the Lobster Tribe were slaughtered to death. She felt a little sad. The lobster demonic beasts were quite intelligent, and their reactions before death were too much for Yang Xiaoli to bear.

Although Mu Mu felt a little reluctant, she couldn't say anything about it.

Because most of the resources she used for cultivation were provided by Yi Dong.

She cannot use Yi Dong's resources while simultaneously condemning Yi Dong's resource-collecting behavior.

Hearing Yang Xiaoli's question, Mu Mu shook her head.

"Most cultivators in the world become powerful by stepping over countless corpses."

Even cultivators in the immortal realm are the same.

Before the Immortal Kingdom launched its interdimensional war, its seemingly peaceful facade masked countless cultivators being used as stepping stones by others. For example, cultivators in the Immortal Kingdom's industries were exploited as laborers, and those in the Immortal Prison were forced to mine.

The Immortal Prison is filled with countless cultivators who work as miners, excavating spirit ore at the cost of having their bodies and souls eroded.

Mu Mu doesn't believe that all cultivators are criminals who have broken the law.

Moreover, the Yi family has secretly enslaved a large number of cultivators and alien races to mine in Qingzhou, and there should be other forces doing the same thing in other places.

Therefore, behind the peace of the Immortal Kingdom lies the corpse of many innocent people.

The Immortal Kingdom has enjoyed 100,000 years of peace. If the various bloody acts in secret had not controlled the number of cultivators, the number of cultivators in the Heavenly Capital Spirit Realm would have increased to an unknown extent. Even with the Immortal Kingdom's advanced resource regeneration technology, it would be impossible to supply an ever-increasing number of cultivators.

If this is the case even in seemingly peaceful immortal kingdoms, then the law of the jungle is even more prevalent in other worlds.

Having lived for so long, Mu Mu had long since come to terms with this.

Thinking of Yi Dong's orders, Mu Mu looked at Yang Xiaoli and said:
"Right now they're targeting demonic beasts, but later they might target intelligent races or even humans. If you can't handle that, go cultivate."

However, while we cannot stop this behavior, we can choose not to do it if we don't want to.

Especially you, with your spiritual body, you have enough lifespan to cultivate even fifth or sixth-tier spiritual plants, without needing to plunder resources through killing like other cultivators.

Yang Xiaoli was shocked to witness such a large-scale massacre for the first time. After hearing Mu Mu's words, she nodded emphatically.
"I listen to the master."

"Alright, when we go to the Frozen Arctic, I will help you build a spiritual vein. Your supernatural abilities are very suitable for planting spiritual plants. You can plant whatever spiritual plants you need in advance, and you can also use the extra spiritual plants to exchange for other resources later."

"If you stay in the Qi Refining stage for ten thousand years, you'll have enough resources to cultivate all the necessary materials for Foundation Establishment of the Great Dao. You won't need to collect resources through killing."

"I understand. I'm going to cultivate now."

Mu Mu watched Yang Xiaoli leave, feeling satisfied.

She witnessed Yang Xiaoli's birth.

However, he did not accept her as his disciple at first. He secretly observed her for more than ten years before finally taking her as his disciple and teaching her cultivation methods. This was because her personality was similar to his own; she was a kind person.

If the other party were a cruel person, Yang Xiaoli would not kill them, but she would also not take them as her apprentice. She would simply watch them be captured by the officials of the Immortal Kingdom.

Because a cold-hearted person is unlikely to repay you in the future, so what is the point of nurturing them?
Just then, Dongfang Hong walked over. At this moment, the Golden Core City within Dongfang Hong's magical space began to slowly improve, and his aura gradually became somewhat violent and fierce.

Mu Mu knew that Dongfang Hong had a metal-attribute celestial spiritual root, but later, due to her natal magic weapon, she cultivated the lightning attribute as a secondary attribute.

Mu Mu had never won a debate with Dongfang Hong before.

With its limitless energy, Dongfang Hong will grow stronger as its cultivation level increases. Even when it reaches the Golden Core stage of the Great Dao, Dongfang Hong may still be no match for Dongfang Hong.

If Dongfang Hong were to become a Great Dao Nascent Soul, and after cultivating for a period of time, had the opportunity to create immortal techniques, his combat power might be comparable to that of a Great Dao Nascent Soul at the Great Dao Tong realm. This is because Dongfang Hong possesses infinite energy, and to a certain extent, his magical power is inexhaustible. The amount of magical power is a crucial factor influencing the combat power of a Great Dao Nascent Soul.

Dongfang Hong possesses extremely strong offensive capabilities, likely even posing no threat to ordinary cultivators at the Void Returning stage. Her mobility is unmatched. Previously, when there was danger around the South China Sea Dragon Palace, the two would stay together to watch over each other.

However, when there is no danger, the two of them usually stay alone.

At this moment, he had no idea why the other party had come to see him.

"Mu Mu, you can still open the starlight teleportation to the Heavenly Capital Spirit Realm, right?"

Mu Mu nodded.

"That's good. Aren't Number One and Number Two still in the Heavenly Capital Spirit Realm?"

"After the Creation Realm ends, you may need to pick them up."

Mu Mu began to understand Dongfang Hong's purpose.

It seems the other party encountered a problem with their cultivation technique, which is why they thought of Number One.

Just as he modified his cultivation technique and constructed the Golden Core Star with the help of the Primordial Purple Apricot, Dongfang Hong must have also received a lot of help from Number One in modifying his cultivation technique and constructing the Golden Core City.

Mu Mu knew that Number One had been capturing reincarnated individuals in the Time Forest and conducting some shady experiments. When she came to the Vast Ocean Spirit Realm before, Dongfang Hong did not inform Number One. Now, he suddenly came to find her.

"Could it be that Dongfanghong and No. 1 can communicate across boundaries?"
That shouldn't be possible, right?"

Seeing that Mu Mu agreed, Dongfang Hong nodded, then looked in the direction where Yang Xiaoli had disappeared.
Did you ask Yi Dong?

He didn't answer directly, but I think he might really have that thought, after all, his children have been a great help to him in cultivating himself to such a level.

I doubt he'll give up on this idea.

(End of this chapter)