metaverse evolution.

"The Dragon Palace's AI-powered unmanned detectors?"

In the somewhat dilapidated main hall of the Zhuxian Palace, the palace's high-ranking officials looked at the unmanned probe in the center of the area. This unmanned probe, utilizing artificial intelligence technology, was capable of basic communication.

The person in charge of the Execution Hall was Ye Yishan, but he was exhausted and covered in blood. In reality, the Execution Hall had just repelled an attack at great cost.

Most importantly, Ye Yishan was not sitting in the main seat. The person sitting in the main seat in the hall was a cultivator, a quasi-saint level cultivator.

This quasi-saint comes from the "Peak Master" of the Superego faction (camp), the Supernatural branch, and the Lingxiao Sect: True Man Xuanyu.

The powerful figures rescued by the Yanhuang civilization back then belonged to this Superego faction, or more precisely, the supernatural branch within that faction. Therefore, the power the Yanhuang civilization used to enter the inner world could only be used in this way. There was no way to refuse.

Nowadays, even family members cannot sit in the main seat in the main hall of the Zhuxian Palace.

However, as a quasi-saint, Xuan Yu Zhenren's cultivation level far surpassed that of everyone in the Zhuxian Hall, so they dared not speak out against him. After all, all of them combined couldn't defeat him.

Currently, the highest cultivation level within the Zhuxian Hall belongs to the Hall Master, Ye Yishan. However, Ye Yishan has only barely reached the 22.0 level, and he is still using outdated cultivation methods, specifically the kind that force growth. For various reasons, Ye Yishan and the entire Zhuxian Hall are naturally inferior to others.

Faced with Xuan Yu Zhenren's question, Ye Yishan hesitated for a moment before giving a brief explanation of the situation.

"Judging from the detector we have now, the Ascending Dragon Palace must have been developed by a branch of the Yanhuang civilization. Judging from their technological level, they are more advanced than us and have already begun to use hadron materials on a large scale. In comparison, we are only just beginning to study hadron materials."

But right now we only have one detector, and it's an unmanned AI detector, so that's all the information we can get. However, we can use the detector to contact the 'Rising Dragon Palace' behind us.”

Master Xuanyu revealed a playful smile, "Is that so? How about you invite the Ascending Dragon Palace to participate in our war? The war rewards can be increased by 50% on top of yours!"

Ye Yishan could not refuse, so he could only try to contact the Rising Dragon Palace.

On the other side, after leaving the Zhuxian Hall, Master Xuanyu immediately found another expert from the Lingxiao Sect and said, "Junior Brother Xuanyan, keep an eye on this Zhuxian Hall."

After all these years, these people of the Yanhuang civilization still can't recognize their limitations. They won't obediently serve as slaves; they always dream of being equals with us. If it weren't for the orders from our ancestors, we would have sent them all to the front lines long ago.

Xuan Yan Zhenren said thoughtfully, "I've heard a rumor that when Tianyan Ancestor was in trouble, it was the Yanhuang civilization that came to his rescue. We can't be ungrateful; we should at least put on a show of gratitude."

Master Xuanyu frowned slightly: "I know this. But something just doesn't feel right. Back then, the overall cultivation level of the Yanhuang civilization had only just reached 16.0, with very few reaching 18.0. Their technology was also very poor. How could they possibly rescue Ancestor Tianyan?"

"I don't know about that. However, one theory is that although the technology of the Yanhuang civilization was somewhat inferior at the time, its foundation was still quite good. Moreover, the technology of the Yanhuang civilization was quite unique and happened to exploit a loophole."

It's said that the methods used to trap Ancestor Tianyan were calculated in every way, taking into account traditional methods such as cultivation and deification. They just hadn't anticipated technological methods.

Therefore, after the Heavenly Ancestor was rescued, the enemy cursed the Yanhuang civilization, causing the entire Yanhuang Federation to collapse.

Master Xuanyu thought for a moment, then shook his head slightly. "It still doesn't feel reasonable. Forget it, let's not think about the big shots anymore. When that Ascending Dragon Palace arrives, we'll have a good talk with them."

Time passed year after year amidst the war. The battle at the Immortal Execution Hall intensified, and even quasi-saints began to die.

The Zhuxian Palace is currently mainly providing weapons and equipment, but it still needs to send troops to fight and suffer heavy casualties.

Everyone complains about the war, yet they are forced to participate. Many practitioners understand that this is a harvest, but they have no power to refuse.

The problem is never the harvest itself, but how to distribute the harvest downwards.

The powerful figures in the underworld have gained considerable experience in this area through countless trials and bloody tests over the years, and the profit-sharing is roughly 40/60. The powerful get 40%, and the general participants get 60%.

Don't assume the strong are generous. Understand that in "every" large-scale war, the strong take 40% of the spoils, and the lower-level cultivators also lose 40%. The remaining 60% is essentially divided among various ambitious individuals. The truly lower-level cultivators have no choice.

The strong grow stronger, while those at the bottom are always striving. Of course, many cultivators also seize the opportunity to rise to power; this is a kind of wisdom of leaving one opening wide, always allowing a way out for those below. It's like a powder keg: leaving one opening makes it fireworks, sealing it completely makes it a bomb.

In this chaotic environment of war, the Yanhuang civilization fared relatively well. Although it suffered heavy losses, it was able to continue.

In the blink of an eye, more than 30 years have passed since we first came into contact with the Rising Dragon Temple detector.

On this day, Ye Yishan was transmitting signals outward through a detector, but the transmitted signals were all specially encrypted, and using an encryption method from countless years ago. This encryption method used simple binary code, which had very low transmission efficiency, but after more than thirty years of continuous transmission, it still provided a general description of the situation of the Zhuxian Palace.

After countless days and nights of contemplation, Ye Yishan sent a message to the Rising Dragon Palace: Do not come!

On the surface, Ye Yishan responded to Xuan Yu Zhenren's order and invited the Shenglong Hall to come; but secretly he warned the Shenglong Hall not to come.

However, on this day, Ye Yishan had just returned from the battlefield, half of his body severed. Fortunately, this was not a problem for his big data cultivation; he had suffered this kind of injury more than once or twice.

Ye Yishan drank the potion and his body recovered quickly. Just then, the detector in the hall suddenly displayed a half-body image: "Hello, Hall Master Ye Yishan, I am Wei Yunfan, the Hall Master of the Ascending Dragon Hall."

“Vice Hall Master…” a female voice added from the side.

Wei Yunfan's expression remained unchanged. "According to the probe's location, we expect to arrive in another year. Our current scale includes three survival bases at a range of 100,000 kilometers, and over ten million spaceships and warships of various sizes. Don't panic when the time comes."

As planned, we will stay at the Zhuxian Palace for a year. Please pack your belongings and board the ship; we will depart together.

Ye Yishan was stunned for a moment, then exclaimed in shock, "I told you all, this place is very dangerous! Just now, a saint fell, and now both sides are fighting like madmen."

Wei Yunfan's expression remained unchanged. "Remember, we expect to arrive in a year and stay for a year. Don't worry about combat capabilities, just pack your bags."

Ye Yishan was somewhat annoyed, "We have a Great Dao Sage here!"

Wei Yunfan nodded: "Understood. Pack your things and get ready to move."

Ye Yishan: ...

Just as Wei Yunfei's figure disappeared, a figure suddenly appeared on the scene—it was Xuan Yu Zhenren.

Upon seeing Master Xuanyu, Ye Yishan's expression darkened further. Master Xuanyu smiled, revealing his bright teeth, and said, "Don't worry, I'll arrange the reception properly."

A year is just a year; in the world of the strong, it's merely the time it takes to take a nap.

On this day, a fierce battle raged in the void, with two major factions clashing on a battlefield several light-years across, vying for things like "passages" and "luck" that ordinary cultivators could not comprehend at all.

However, ordinary cultivators are content with just knowing that the rewards are plentiful. As long as they have battle merits, they can get everything they want; that's the allure of the rewards.

True Immortal Xuanyu was also commanding a localized war. As a quasi-saint, his strength in such a battlefield could only be considered moderate.

However, as a core member of a powerful force, Master Xuanyu knows many core secrets and can "see" things that ordinary cultivators do not know.

If the structure of the Otherworld is a World Tree, will this tree blossom and bear fruit?

The answer is—yes. This fruit is: the Fruit of the Path!

The two camps are vying for fortune, passageways, and so on. To put it bluntly, they are fighting for water, nutrients, and managing their own farmland. The product of this farmland is the Dao Fruit.

These secrets are obviously not something that can be told to lower-level cultivators. Lower-level cultivators only need to know that everyone is vying for "luck" and such.

The reason why Xuan Yu Zhenren launched such a medium-sized war was that he used a special magic weapon to discover a "Minor Thousand World Dao Fruit". Although it was only at the level of a minor thousand world, it was already an enormous opportunity for him, a quasi-saint.

Located on the edge of the battlefield, Xuan Yu Zhenren led his cannon fodder team... cough cough... elite team, groping into the void.

Discovering the Dao Fruit could also be a trap. The saint who was killed a year ago was a prime example.

Master Xuanyu was very cautious and even obtained a considerable number of detectors and corresponding personnel from the Zhuxian Palace. Over the years, the personnel from the Yanhuang Civilization have proven their worth with numerous victories, winning a chance for survival for the Yanhuang Civilization, while also causing several large-scale annihilations by the opposing camp.

Ye Yishan was still the overall person in charge of the Zhuxian Palace's accompanying troops this time.

Ye Yishan led his men to explore the surrounding void. They found nothing wrong.

After several days of repeated reconnaissance and failing to detect any ambush using various methods, Master Xuanyu prepared to set off.

But the moment the order was given, a violent fluctuation suddenly came from the void, as if a calm sea had been churned up. The void was rippled, and the poor "Dao Fruit" collapsed directly because of the problem with the void.

Before Xuan Yu Zhenren could be frightened or enraged, a metallic luster appeared in the void, followed by a metallic spike piercing through the void, and then huge spaceships appeared directly from the void.

Compared to the spaceships of the Zhuxian Palace, which are at most a few hundred kilometers apart, these spaceships can reach tens of thousands of kilometers, and each spaceship is an alternative planet.

The void tremors intensified, and then even larger spaceships appeared, some reaching lengths of over 30,000 kilometers.

All the spaceships shone brightly, as if afraid no one would see them. Each spaceship was surrounded by a dreamlike glow.

After tens of thousands of spaceships appeared, they formed a defensive line in front, while behind them, a huge "sapphire" slowly emerged.

No, it was a super "flying saucer" with a diameter of 100,000 kilometers, shaped like a disc, covered by the blue sky above and below, forming two continents.

With Xuan Yu Zhenren's eyesight, he could vaguely see that on the "continent" of these "flying saucers," cities had been built, and countless people were shuttling through the air. They seemed completely unaffected by the fleet's passage through the void.

"Could this be... the Ascending Dragon Palace?!"

Master Xuanyu was shocked, and so was Ye Yishan. They hadn't expected the scene at the Ascending Dragon Hall to be so magnificent.

Ye Yishan, in particular, always thought that the Rising Dragon Palace was just bragging. What kind of flying continent spanning 100,000 kilometers was that possible? It would disintegrate.

But when such a real flying continent appeared before him, Ye Yishan was shocked to realize—his brothers had become so successful?
But then he immediately realized—in the Otherworld, spaceships are useless, there are no saints, and all the good things belong to others.

Thinking of this, Ye Yishan turned to look at Xuan Yu Zhenren, only to see Xuan Yu Zhenren standing there dumbfounded, his face filled with shock and terror, his whole body trembling.

what's wrong?

Master Xuanyu stammered, unable to speak coherently: "Saint...Saint...so many people..."

Suddenly, a phantom flickered in front of Ye Yishan, then solidified into a human figure—a sweet-looking woman appeared before him. But this sweet-looking woman's voice was anything but sweet; she immediately said, "Old Ye, you're still alive! I never thought that after more than four thousand years, I would still see you."

Ye Yishan stared blankly at the other person for a long while before stammering, "You... Bai Yingying? What... what level of cultivation do you have?"

Bai Yingying: "Your cultivation level, according to our current classification, is only around 25.0. Alright, are you all ready?"

Before Ye Yishan could speak, Xuan Yu Zhenren spoke up, "Are you also a Yanhuang person?"

Bai Yingying frowned. "Whose child is so rude? Shouldn't they address me as 'senior' before speaking?"

True Man Xuanyu: ...

Based on your conversation with Ye Yishan, you two should be around the same age. In fact, the total history of the Yanhuang civilization is less than a million Yanhuang eras.

As a quasi-saint, I am already two epochs in age. If you were to use your Yanhuang calendar, even with some error, I would be over 100 million years old.

However, sensing Bai Yingying's aura, Master Xuanyu finally bowed his head and called out "Senior".

Bai Yingying nodded. "That's more like it. Alright, I'm taking the people from the Execution Hall with me. The rest of you can go do whatever you need to do."

Bai Yingying waved her hand, leaving no trace, but took away hundreds of thousands of elites from the Zhuxian Palace.

Master Xuanyu was still in a daze. You've all crushed my 'Minor Thousand Worlds Dao Fruit,' what can I do now?

However, Master Xuanyu immediately reacted and contacted his superior, master, and the Great Dao Saint: Nine Luminaries Heavenly Venerable.

A few minutes later, the Nine Luminaries Celestial Venerable appeared in front of the fleet. Sensing the tens of millions of "Level 25.0 experts" and a few "Level 26.0 experts" in the fleet, the Nine Luminaries Celestial Venerable's angry expression vanished instantly, and he seamlessly revealed a bright smile.

At this moment, the fleet had completely jumped out of the void. There were three "flying continents" spanning only 100,000 kilometers, each with an upper and lower side—of course, there is no real upper or lower side in the void, and everyone felt that the other side was under their feet.

There are also warships of all sizes and various spaceships, numbering in the tens of millions.

But there are even more "saints" among them than spaceships.

Faced with so many saints and so many powerful warships, even the Nine Luminaries Celestial Venerable was a little confused: Could it be that another world has invaded?

But before the Nine Luminaries Celestial Venerable could say anything, another faction sent representatives, also Great Dao Saints: Death God and Brahma. (End of Chapter)