Cultivation begins with separation.

Chapter 323 Frozen Continent
for the rest of the time.

The pagoda kept moving back and forth in the South China Sea, stirring up bloodshed and violence.

Not only were the marine races massacred, but the intelligent land-based races were also wiped out in droves.

Of course, Yi Dong only killed cultivators from individual cultivation sects and royal families on the continent; he wouldn't specifically target ordinary mortals.

The struggle for the Great Dao is cruel. Once you embark on the path of cultivation, you must be prepared to be killed. Yi Dong never felt that killing cultivators was wrong.

Yi Dong had absolutely no liking for the cultivators in the Vast Ocean Spirit Realm.

In Yi Dong's view, these cultivators are nominally protecting the human race, but in reality, they are more like henchmen of the true dragon race, exploiting the human race and acting as accomplices of the dragon race.

Without the support of the dragon race, cultivation sects basically cannot gain a foothold on the continent.

If this is the case among cultivation sects, it is even more so among the royal families of the human race.

The fact that humans went to the Dragon Tomb as sacrifices was one of the evil deeds of these human forces.

Therefore, Yi Dong showed no mercy when killing cultivators from the Vast Sea Spirit Realm, preferring to kill ten thousand innocent people rather than let one guilty person go free.

As for what the human race will face after the number of cultivators decreases significantly, these things are not within Yi Dong's consideration. At least, Yi Dong has given ordinary mortals on the continent temporary freedom, and for this alone, Yi Dong has a clear conscience.

In the Heavenly Capital Spirit Realm, even in the underground of Qingzhou, killing is extremely inconvenient due to the presence of underworld deities watching over the situation.

Even Yi Dong couldn't guarantee that none of the gods of the Yi family in Pingyuan County had secretly sided with the Underworld. Therefore, in the Heavenly Capital Spirit Realm, it was difficult for the Yellow Heaven Immortal Vine to absorb any high-quality flesh and blood.

It's a rare treat to come to the Vast Ocean Spirit Realm, especially since the true dragons of the Vast Ocean Spirit Realm have all gone to the Dragon Tomb. Without the dragon race to lead them, the entire Vast Ocean Spirit Realm is practically a disorganized mess.

Given such a golden opportunity, Yi Dong naturally unleashed his killing spree.

At this moment, inside the Floating Pagoda, Yi Dong's consciousness sank into the second level of the abyss. Watching the blood-red eyeballs explode and the spiritual treasures being born, he felt a sense of comfort in both body and mind.

In addition to the spiritual treasures generated outside the South China Sea Dragon Palace, thousands of spiritual treasures within the second layer of the abyss moved according to their own will.

At this moment, Yi Dong felt stronger than ever before.

So what if I don't have supernatural powers of attack or a spiritual body?
Perhaps, with so many magical treasures at his disposal...?
However, Yi Dong regained consciousness the next moment.

If one could infinitely increase their combat power simply by relying on magical treasures, then within the Immortal Kingdom, all the prodigies from meritorious families would probably be covered in magical treasures.

No matter how many magical treasures you have, they're useless if you don't have enough magical power to use them.

In the abyss, numerous white jade and silver trees, imbued with the power of the Milky Way, provide energy that allows spiritual treasures to be activated.

However, once released from outside the body, one's own magical power is completely insufficient to activate multiple magical treasures.

Even the energy of the white jade silver tree that was not contaminated by the power of the Milky Way had to be refined into magic power before it could be output through the spiritual power circuit. Yi Dong dared not refine the energy produced by the contaminated white jade silver tree into magic power, let alone guide it into the spiritual power circuit.

Looking at the magical treasures one by one, Yi Dong felt both delighted and somewhat regretful.

"None of these magical treasures can compare to the Kunshan Seal."

It seems that to nurture a powerful Yellow Heaven Spiritual Treasure, one still needs true spirit and flesh.

Fortunately, these spiritual treasures were nurtured by the Yellow Heaven Immortal Vine within the Abyss Space, making them his natal treasures. They can also gradually grow stronger as they are suppressed by layers of the Abyss Space.

In terms of potential, it is more valuable than any innate spiritual treasure found elsewhere.

Yi Dong slaughtered his way through the South China Sea for three years. When the South China Sea began to fall into chaos, a true dragon emerged from the South China Sea Dragon Palace. This true dragon united many celestial demons and summoned countless powerful demons and intelligent races to suddenly intercept Yi Dong when he attacked a continent.

Fortunately, those celestial demons valued their lives and were unwilling to fight to the death, giving Mu Mu a chance to use starlight teleportation to send the Floating Pagoda away, only losing some warships.

Having escaped, Mu Mu immediately went to see Yi Dong. Before Mu Mu could speak, Yi Dong said:
"There seems to be no way to get to the South China Sea, let's go to the East China Sea."

Originally, Yi Dong wanted to go to either the West Sea or the North Sea.

However, Yi Yan did not leave any unicorns in these two sea areas, and Mu Mu could not teleport there.

Between the four seas lie vast and desolate oceans. Even using the pagoda to travel through the void, it would take decades or even centuries to cross the distance between two oceans.

Mu Mu's starlight teleportation carries risks.

Yi Yan, who can transform into starlight, can use starlight teleportation at will, and Mu Mu herself can also transform into starlight, but she is unwilling to personally enter the starlight vortex unless it is a critical moment, because her starlight teleportation is quite different from Yi Yan's supernatural power.

Therefore, relying on Mumu's teleportation to travel short distances is a bit unrealistic.

Mu Mu was afraid of danger, let alone Yi Dong.

A limited number of starlight transmissions are acceptable.

So this time, after plundering a bit in the East China Sea, we'll teleport to the Frozen Arctic.

Of all the seas, the East Sea is the most prosperous; it would be a real shame not to plunder it.

Even setting aside the need to collect flesh and blood for the Yellow Heaven Immortal Vine, the mere requirement for spiritual energy necessitates a trip to the East Sea.

According to Yi Yan, the Frozen Polar Regions are extremely barren, with few spiritual veins.

Yi Dong felt that he might need to develop in the icy polar regions for tens of thousands of years or even longer.

To defend the Frozen Arctic, a powerful array must be constructed, which requires numerous spiritual veins. Furthermore, Yi Dong's Abyss Space also needs a large number of spiritual objects to construct various Golden Core structures. If we don't seize them now, we'll have to rely on spiritual veins to slowly produce resources later.

Besides the resources needed to achieve the Great Dao Golden Core, Yi Dong also needs to train a large number of cultivator miners to mine for him in the icy polar regions. All of this requires sufficient spiritual veins to support his training of cultivators.

Mu Mu came to find Yi Dong in order to leave Donghai. After listening to Yi Dong's words, she nodded and then activated the Starlight Vortex.

In an instant, the Floating Pagoda appeared in the East China Sea through a vortex of starlight.

Since the Dragon Tomb is located in the East China Sea, Yi Dong eventually restrained his actions in the East China Sea, only operating in one corner of the East China Sea.

However, after operating in the East China Sea for three months, he had to leave because a true dragon appeared in the East China Sea Dragon Palace to unite the forces of the East China Sea and began to surround and intercept him.

Fortunately, the East China Sea does indeed have more resources and spiritual veins than the South China Sea, and Yi Dong's gains in just three months are quite good.

After being teleported from the East China Sea to the Frozen Arctic.

Looking out from the pagoda, Yi Dong saw countless snowflakes falling on the sea. However, even in this weather of snow and howling wind, there was not a single ice crystal on the sea.

This is on the outskirts of the icy polar regions, where the temperature is not yet low.

The sky in this place was also quite dark, as if the sunlight was blocked by the gale-force winds.

Just looking at this environment gave Yi Dong a feeling of oppression.

As the pagoda continued its journey into the heart of the frigid polar region, the temperature dropped lower and lower, and gradually, the outside world transformed into a landscape of countless glaciers.

Soon, the pagoda arrived at the edge of a continent and then quickly traversed inland.

At the heart of the icy polar regions lies a vast landmass known as the Frozen Continent.

The Frozen Continent is the largest landmass in the Vast Sea Spirit Realm. No other continent in the Four Seas or even the Desolate Seas can compare to the Frozen Continent.

The Ice Dragon's lair is located in the center of the Frozen Continent.

As you venture deeper into the icy continent, the temperature drops even faster.

For thousands of miles across the icy continent, there is no sign of life, only boundless white snow-covered land and countless mountains formed of solid ice.

However, Yi Dong knew that there were still living beings within the Frozen Continent.

There was even a human race.

It was precisely because Mu Mu learned about the general situation of the Frozen Continent from Yi Yan that Yi Dong came up with the idea of ​​training cultivator miners instead of capturing foreign cultivators or alien races as miners.

The frigid polar regions are completely unsuitable for outside creatures, even those with cultivation.

Only the creatures native to this place, who have developed a cold-resistant constitution over countless years, are well-suited to survive in this area.

As time passed, Yi Dong felt a strange aura surrounding him. He raised an eyebrow.

"Is this what makes the icy polar regions so special?"

When a true dragon from elsewhere arrives in the icy polar region, its strength is affected. Could this be the reason for its aura?
Even true dragons are affected, so it's not surprising that I'm affected by the icy polar regions.

Fortunately, warships, which are not biological war machines, are only partially suppressed by the icy polar regions.

Yi Dong sensed the changes in his body and quickly formed a preliminary guess.

"So that's how it is. After arriving in the Frozen Arctic, my physical activity decreased, and even the flow of my magic power slowed down considerably. It might not be just that. Here, my sense of time has also become slightly distorted. Could it be that the Frozen Arctic can affect the flow of time?"
No, my lifespan hasn't slowed down or sped up.

It seems the secrets of this frigid polar region are not so easily uncovered.

As long as his lifespan is not affected, Yi Dong doesn't care much about other impacts.

Whether his strength was affected or not was never his concern, because the battle to seize the Frozen Arctic was not for him.

No one knew how big this Frozen Continent was, but Yi Dong felt it was bigger than ten Qingzhou. The Floating Pagoda kept traversing space, and after a full month, it still hadn't reached the center of the continent.

Just when Yi Dong wanted to go into seclusion to study the spatial chakras.

Suddenly, beams of white light struck the Pagoda, instantly freezing it solid.

Soon, Yi Dong found out what was going on.

That white beam of light was the breath of the ice dragon.

Just as Yi Dong was trying to find the location of the ice dragon, he discovered that countless ice tornadoes had appeared outside the city at some unknown time.

Within each ice tornado, it seemed as if an ice dragon was breathing its breath at the frozen pagoda.

"The divine power of a true dragon?"

Just as Yi Dong was thinking this...

The Great Awakening Puppet and the Primordial Purple Apricot successively released warships to shatter the solid ice outside the Floating Pagoda. Hundreds of causal puppets traversed space and left the Floating Pagoda, heading in three different directions.

Soon, battle fluctuations emanated from those three directions.

(End of this chapter)