After being jilted by the saintess at the beginning, why is she crying?

Countless jade tubes were neatly arranged on the jade bookshelf.

It gleamed with various colors of light.

There are also many stone tablets all around, covered with mysterious runes, recording various techniques and secret arts.

In terms of attributes, there are all kinds of metal, wood, water, fire, earth, ice, lightning, poison, yin and yang; in terms of categories, there are all kinds of attacks, defenses, displacements, and buffs.

Lin Fengmian strolled around the first floor but didn't find a suitable cultivation technique, so he prepared to move on to a higher floor. However, as he passed through a certain area, he suddenly stopped.

The place was filled with all sorts of books, recording strange tales, local customs, and historical secrets from all over Kyushu.

Lin Fengmian's eyes lit up, and he plunged straight in.

These books were all written in a very vivid style. Lin Fengmian flipped through a few of them, as if he were reading a thrilling novel. The more he read, the more engrossed he became, and he would occasionally let out a series of "tsk tsk tsk" sounds of amazement.

This caused the dozing elder to frown. When he saw Lin Fengmian pick up a yellowed ancient book titled *The Secret History of the Nine Provinces*,

As I was engrossed in reading it, I finally couldn't help but let out a heavy sigh and mutter to myself:

"Sigh... How could the Holy Maiden Gongsun Chan, such an outstanding person, have taken such an unreliable boy as her disciple? If reading these miscellaneous books could lead to enlightenment and immortality, this old man would probably have ascended to heaven long ago!"

Lin Fengmian's ears twitched, but he didn't care and remained immersed in the ancient book.

As he looked at it, the smile on his face gradually froze, replaced by an increasingly solemn expression.

It turns out that this continent is divided into nine provinces, and above the nine provinces lies the legendary Spirit Realm.

In ancient times, there was an ascension staircase connecting the Nine Provinces and the Spirit Realm, allowing cultivators to ascend to the upper realm once they achieved success in their cultivation.

But tens of thousands of years ago, extraterrestrial demons launched a massive invasion, turning this continent into a brutal and devastating battlefield!

That battle was so fierce that the heavens and earth collapsed, the laws shattered, and countless powerful beings perished!

Since that cataclysmic war, the rules of heaven and earth on this continent have become incomplete, and the distribution of spiritual energy has become unbalanced, which has gradually evolved into the current pattern of nine major states.

Qingzhou, a region known for its scarce resources and barrenness, was merely a scrap area that suffered the most severe battles and was the most devastated during the war!

No wonder the overall strength of the cultivators there is so significantly weaker compared to that of the Central Plains!

What made Lin Fengmian's scalp tingle and his spine go cold was—

Those terrifying extraterrestrial demons were not completely wiped out! There are still some monstrous, immortal beings that were sealed away in forbidden corners of this continent by ancient powerful beings at the cost of their lives!

That's why the powerful figures of the upper realm simply sealed off the passage to this realm, regarding this continent as a polluted and abandoned land!

Holy crap!!!

Upon seeing this, Lin Fengmian slammed the ancient book shut, his entire body frozen in place as if struck by lightning!

My back was instantly soaked with cold sweat!

Damn it!

So it turns out I was reincarnated into this world, and it's not just a world of cultivation...

And it's so damn dangerous!

Extraterrestrial demons?!

That being, feared even by immortals and gods, is sealed away in some corner of this continent?!

An unprecedented chill shot from the soles of Lin Fengmian's feet straight to the top of his head.

"Extraterrestrial demons... the abandoned land..."

Lin Fengmian's thoughts involuntarily drifted to the demonic corpse in his storage ring, and his heart skipped a beat.

The corpse contained a pure demonic energy. Could it also be related to the extraterrestrial demons?

It's absolutely terrifying to think about!

……

At the same time.

Zhongzhou, the core forbidden area of ​​the Myriad Dao Immortal Alliance, the Alliance Leader's Holy Temple.

The temple was magnificent and solemn, filled with a suffocating sense of oppression. At the far end of the hall, on a throne symbolizing supreme power, sat a woman.

She looked to be no more than twenty-seven or twenty-eight years old, with an exquisitely beautiful face, like a goddess descended to earth. Her skin was as white as snow, and her eyebrows and eyes were like paintings. A simple palace dress could not hide her exquisite and curvaceous figure.

However, what is most awe-inspiring are her eyes—deep as an ancient abyss, radiating brilliant light with every opening and closing, carrying the supreme majesty of looking down upon all living beings and ruling the universe!

The aura emanating from his body was as vast as a starry sea, unfathomable!

She is none other than Shangguan Qianqiu, the current leader of the Myriad Dao Immortal Alliance!

At this moment, she parted her red lips slightly, her voice clear and cold like jade beads falling onto a plate, echoing in the empty hall:

"Black Soul, why have those Nascent Soul stage monsters who have been hiding in seclusion and barely surviving for years suddenly become so active in Qingzhou lately? What is their purpose?"

Below, a black-robed man with an equally powerful aura immediately bowed in response, his tone extremely respectful:

"Reporting back to the Alliance Leader! According to our spies, all the unusual activity originated a year ago!"

He paused, his tone tinged with disbelief:

"A year ago, a pure and incomparable aura from the Upper Realm briefly erupted above the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain Range in Qingzhou!"

Although it was fleeting, it was still captured by some keen-sensed old monsters!

"Now, many Nascent Soul cultivators who are nearing the end of their lifespan and have nowhere else to turn are breaking out of their seclusion and flooding into the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain Range, all hoping to seize that elusive opportunity for ascension! This is what has caused the current turmoil in Qingzhou."

"Oh?"

For the first time, a hint of interest appeared on Shangguan Qianqiu's exquisite face, and her beautiful eyes, which could see through illusions, narrowed slightly.

"An aura from the upper realm? Ten thousand years... This realm has long been sealed off by the spirit realm, considered an abandoned land. Yet now, an aura from the upper realm is leaking out? Could it be... that someone has risked everything to descend to this realm against the rules?"

Her mind raced, and countless possibilities came to mind in an instant.

But then, her tone abruptly changed, becoming sharp:

"Where is that thing?! The Boundary-Breaking Bead—are there any clues?!"

The mere mention of the Boundary-Breaking Pearl seemed to cause the temperature in the entire hall to drop several degrees!

The subordinate below trembled slightly, lowered his head even further, and his voice carried a hint of tension:

"Reporting to the Alliance Leader, your subordinate is incompetent! There is still no definite news regarding the Boundary-Breaking Pearl!"

He cautiously glanced at the alliance leader's expression and continued:

"However... according to secret files from fifty years ago,

Gongsun Gaishi, the current patriarch of the Gongsun family, once seemed to have obtained a clue about the Boundary-Breaking Pearl in a secret realm.

However, when we investigated afterwards, Gongsun Gaishi flatly denied it, saying that he had never seen that thing and didn't even know any clues.

"The Gongsun family is very powerful, and their influence within the Immortal Alliance is extensive. It's not easy for me to investigate the truth of the matter, so this matter has simply been left unresolved."

Shangguan Qianqiu withdrew his gaze from outside the hall, his fingertips lightly tapping on the armrest of the throne, the rhythm neither too fast nor too slow.

"The Gongsun family... Gongsun Gaishi... Qingzhou..."