Longevity Thunder Ancestor

Chapter 903 The Cangyuan Transformation (Part 1)

Ning Fa's eyes also revealed a look of emotion.

"It's a long story. I did encounter an accident on the ancient immortal island and was hunted down by a powerful enemy."

During their escape, they stumbled upon another unfamiliar place, a very remote location, and only now have they finally found a way back to Cangyuan.

He doesn't plan to reveal his time in Kowloon for the time being.

Upon hearing this, Ye Xuanqing and the other two showed surprise on their faces, but they could tell that Ning Fa was unwilling to say more, so they wisely refrained from asking further questions.

Then the middle-aged woman smiled and said, "Thank you, Fellow Daoist Ning, for your help in killing this sea creature spy."

By the way, let me introduce myself. I am Ruan Bingxin, an elder of the Ice Spirit Palace, and this is my junior brother Li Junrui.

Junior Sister Ye and Fellow Daoist Ning should already know each other, so I don't need to introduce them further.

“So it’s Fellow Daoist Ruan and Fellow Daoist Li.” Ning Fa nodded in response.

He then asked impatiently, "How is the Cangyuan cultivation world now? Has the Tianli cultivation world invaded?"

Ye Xuanqing and the other two exchanged glances, and then Ruan Bingxin nodded solemnly: "That's right, exactly."

She glanced around and continued:

“Fellow Daoist Ning, this is not the place to talk. Let’s go back to the palace first. Moreover, the situation at the front has changed. We originally planned to go to provide support. Fellow Daoist Ning can come with us.”

Ning Fa's expression shifted, and he nodded.

Before long, the group boarded Ruan Bingxin's white flying boat and sped off in the northwest.

Ye Xuanqing and the other two glanced at Wen Hui, but seeing that she was only at the Qi Refining stage, they paid her no further attention.

Under Ning Fa's anxious gaze, Ruan Bingxin continued, "Speaking of which, I remember that it was Fellow Daoist Ning who first broke the news that the Tianli Immortal Cultivation World was about to invade."

At first, many people thought that Fellow Daoist Ning was exaggerating and trying to attract attention, but later they realized how important Fellow Daoist Ning's prophecy was.

Three years after the closure of the ancient immortal island, the army of the Tianli cultivation world appeared in the southernmost part of the Yunhuang Great Swamp and began a large-scale attack on our Cangyuan cultivation world.

Although the Cloud Wilderness Alliance had made some preparations based on Fellow Daoist Ning's warning, it still suffered a crushing defeat in the face of the powerful Tianli Immortal Cultivation Interface.

In just a few months, the Jiang Kingdom, which was closest to the Yunhuang Great Swamp, had completely fallen.

Fortunately, thanks to Fellow Daoist Ning's earlier warning, the Ling Shu Pavilion was already prepared.

Under the coordination of the Ling Shu Pavilion, before the invasion of the Tian Li cultivation world, more than a dozen long-distance teleportation arrays had already been built in several major immortal cities of the Wu Kingdom, directly connecting to the two major alliances of righteousness and evil, as well as our Ice Plains Alliance.

Therefore, the major forces hurriedly used the teleportation array to send a large number of people to provide assistance, which barely stabilized the situation.

However, the Tianli cultivation world was too strong, and they had been preparing for a long time with a sharp edge, so our Cangyuan cultivation world was still at a disadvantage on the main battlefield.

In the following decade or so, the Liang, Feng, and Yu kingdoms of the Yunhuang Alliance also fell one after another, leaving only three of the seven kingdoms of Yunhuang.

Upon hearing this, Ning Fa's face darkened.

The war has only been going on for a little over ten years, and Yunhuang has already lost four countries. Now that so much time has passed, could the entire Yunhuang Alliance have already fallen?
Thinking of this, Ning Fa couldn't help but feel nervous.

Ruan Bingxin and the other two also looked somber, clearly recalling unpleasant memories.

Ruan Bingxin breathed a sigh of relief and continued, "But at this time, the situation changed again."

Because a large number of sea creature cultivators began to appear in the countries surrounding the Immortalless Sea, and they also began to launch military invasions.

And for some reason, their initial target was your Cloud Wilderness Alliance.

Caught completely off guard, the sea tribes had already conquered Chen Kingdom, the westernmost kingdom of the Yunhuang Alliance, and then, without stopping, continued their attack towards the Yunhuang Great Swamp.

That area happened to be occupied by the Tianli Immortal Cultivation World, and then war broke out between the two major forces.

This is a stroke of good fortune for our Cangyuan cultivation world, allowing us to catch our breath.

What followed was a three-way conflict that lasted for more than a decade.

The war between the Sea Clan and the Tianli Immortal Cultivation World was even more intense, as the Sea Clan seemed to be very attached to the Yunhuang Great Swamp.

We were naturally happy with this arrangement. Although we lost a considerable amount of territory, we didn't launch a major counterattack. Instead, we used this opportunity to recuperate and consolidate the power of the entire Cangyuan cultivation world.

Upon hearing this, Ning Fa couldn't help but frown.

It seems his earlier guess was correct; the sea creatures have found a way to reliably teleport to Cangyuan.

It's possible that the sea creatures might find a way to enter and exit the now-closed Ancient Immortal Island through the teleportation array on the ancient immortal island.

Or perhaps the sea creature cultivators who were teleported here first simply built another long-distance teleportation array.

This is not impossible, after all, the sea people have a very long history.

Ning Fa had heard more than once in the Nine Dragons Sea that the sea race was unique and highly skilled in building teleportation arrays, and that it was possible for them to build such ultra-long-distance teleportation arrays.

At this moment, Ruan Bingxin continued in a heavy tone, "But then the situation took a sharp turn for the worse. The Sea Clan and the Tianli Immortal Cultivation World reached some kind of agreement, they stopped their war with each other and began to jointly attack our Cangyuan."

The Tianli Immortal Cultivation Realm continued its attack from the south, while the Sea Clan concentrated its forces to begin its conquest of the western part of our Cangyuan Immortal Cultivation Realm.

This naturally worsened the situation in our Cangyuan cultivation world, as we now faced simultaneous attacks from two powerful forces.

Left with no other choice, we in Cangyuan had to divide our forces to resist.

Because the Sea Clan was slightly weaker than Tianli, the Demon Alliance in western Cangyuan concentrated all its forces on resisting the Sea Clan in the westernmost countries.

Aside from reserving a small portion to suppress the demonic beasts of the Cloud Broken Mountains in the east, the Righteous Alliance's forces were all used to support the Cloud Wasteland Alliance.

Our twelve kingdoms of the Ice Plains split into two groups, with about 60% of our forces heading to Cloud Wasteland and the other 40% supporting the Demon Alliance.

However, despite the fact that during the previous ten years of three-way conflict, our Cangyuan cultivation world had mobilized and improved its strength as much as possible.

However, facing simultaneous attacks from two major forces, they suffered more defeats than victories, retreating repeatedly.

In the following decade, they lost even larger territories.

The Yunhuang Alliance is now reduced to only the Wu Kingdom and the Xu Kingdom. The Xu Kingdom has lost most of its territory, leaving only about 30% of its northern territory. Even the Wu Kingdom has lost a small portion of its territory.

At this time, the remaining territory of the Cloud Wilderness Alliance is only about 20% of its former glory.

The situation on the western front against the sea tribes isn't much better; two nations of the Demonic Alliance have also been occupied by the sea tribes.

Upon hearing this, Ning Fa felt a chill run down his spine; the situation sounded truly dire.

Just then, a strange look appeared in Ruan Bing's eyes, and she slowly said:

"And just when the situation was extremely bad, something seemed to have happened in the Tianli cultivation world."

Their offensive momentum suddenly slowed down, and they stopped launching large-scale attacks, focusing instead on consolidating the territory they had already occupied.

At first, we thought the Tianli cultivation world was plotting something and didn't dare to make any rash moves. But later we found out that they weren't just pretending. In fact, we even regained some territory.

However, when we tried to launch a counterattack, Tianli concentrated its forces to attack again, and our counterattack was thwarted as a result.

Clearly, Tianli's intention is that although it will no longer attack, it will hold onto the places it has already occupied.

As a result, we can only maintain the stalemate for the time being, and take the opportunity to allocate some resources to support the Demon Alliance.

They withstood the attacks of the sea creatures and even won several battles, annihilating many sea creature cultivators.

However, just as we were about to press our advantage, the sea creatures arrived with a large number of reinforcements, and they set up many powerful formations on the front line, forcing us to halt our counterattack.

Although the sea tribes sent many reinforcements, they dared not make any rash moves because the Tianli Immortal Cultivation World suddenly became strategically conservative, and they mainly focused on defending the territory they had already occupied.

And so it went, for more than ten years, and it continues to this day.

This has been a rare period of peace in over fifty years. Although small-scale wars between us and the two major powers have never ceased, large-scale conflicts have almost completely ceased.

After Ruan Bingxin finished speaking, Ning Fa was also surprised that Tianli had suddenly become strategically conservative.

But I also breathed a sigh of relief, because it seems that the situation is not too bad.

Moreover, he astutely grasped the key words and hurriedly asked, "Fellow Daoist Ruan, from what you're saying, the northern territory of Xu Kingdom still exists, which should include the Yunxi Mountains, right?"

Ruan Bingxin nodded: "That's right. Now, Xu Kingdom has become the front line of our battle with the Tianli Immortal Cultivation World. We control about 40% of the territory in northern Xu Kingdom, which naturally includes the Yunxi Mountains in the far north."

"Oh right, I almost forgot that Fellow Daoist Ning is from the Huayu Sect, which later moved to the Yunxi Mountains. No wonder Fellow Daoist Ning is so concerned."

At this point, Ruan Bingxin looked enlightened again.

Upon hearing this, Ning Fa's tense heart relaxed slightly, and he immediately asked, "Then, Fellow Daoist Ruan, do you know the current situation of the Huayu Sect?"
Is the Grand Elder of the Huayu Sect now the Azure Thunder True Monarch? Is he... still alive?

Upon hearing this, Ning Fa's heart tightened again.

He wasn't concerned about Cang Lei, but rather about his family and friends.

As long as the Nascent Soul cultivator, True Monarch Cang Lei, is still alive, he should be able to provide protection even in difficult circumstances.

But if True Monarch Cang Lei also perishes, then the situation will be extremely bad.

Ruan Bingxin nodded and said, "That's right. The current Grand Elder of Huayu Sect is Fellow Daoist Cang Lei. Fellow Daoist Ning, please rest assured that Fellow Daoist Cang Lei has not perished. I even saw him when I went to Xu Kingdom several years ago."

As for the specifics of your sect, I am not very familiar with them.

But thinking about it, since Fellow Daoist Cang Lei is still here, there shouldn't be any major problems.

As soon as the woman finished speaking, Ning Fa finally felt relieved and couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief: "Thank goodness, thank goodness."

But soon, a look of worry flashed in his eyes.

After all, Xu Kingdom has been the front line against Tianli for a long time. It is unknown how many disciples of Huayu Sect and their own family members will perish in such a long war.

(End of this chapter)