I came here to obtain more resources for cultivation advancement, as well as to gather intelligence and information from the outside world.

Now that the resources have been obtained, intelligence will naturally emerge over time.

Then the mind returned to the body...

Another month passed, and the Kuroshio, whose route had been somewhat unstable, suddenly stopped again.

"What's wrong this time?" The girl, dressed entirely in gray porcelain, clicked her tongue and peered through the boundless black mist.

During this time, I also opened my map software to see what the area looked like.

"There are no cities nearby... nor any cultivators or spiritual energy around."

On the map of the Celestial Realm, this place is just a desolate land on the edge of the world.

The sky was filled with ice and cold, the ground was covered with snow, and there were many cracks in the ground, some of which were as wide as cliffs.

The terrain is flat, and beneath the snow cover lies a vast expanse of solid ice, clearly above a frozen lake.

This one lake, however, is even larger than the entire Kuroshio Current.

If placed outside, it would certainly be regarded as an ocean region; only within this realm of heaven would it be called a lake.

After looking at the map, Xi Heng didn't find anything strange about it.

When their vision finally pierced through the black mist, they saw a huge rift opening up in front of the black tide.

That ice fissure was a complete cliff, unlike the other fissures around it that were only tens of meters wide; it was thousands or even tens of thousands of meters wide.

A cold wind howls by, carrying sounds of mournful wails and lamentations.

The mist at the forefront of the black tide surged away, materializing above the fissure in the earth and gradually forming a pitch-black bridge. The bridge was a kilometer wide and could be climbed by most of the monsters.

As the black tide moved, some strange things gradually emerged on the other side of the rift, slowly taking shape and appearing opposite each other.

The girl gazed into the distance.

On the other side of the crevice, groups of murky black silt emerged.

That thing was similar to the Black Tide, also formed from the black energy of the Alas Heaven, but it didn't have the pale purple color of the monsters here. Instead, it had a kind of eerie green that brought a sense of oppression.

Furthermore, they are all black clumps of silt, and are all the same size except for their varying dimensions.

Compared to the various chaotic ghosts and monsters on Xiheng's side, the mud-like creatures had a more uniform appearance.

The two sides gaze at each other across the cliff, while the dark bridge spanning thousands of meters is slowly being completed.

Five days later, the Black Bridge was completed, and a vanguard demon from the Black Tide stepped forward.

Meanwhile, a similarly sized silt was sent from the opposite side, causing the two to slowly approach each other.

A minute later, the two, having covered a kilometer, suddenly accelerated and pounced on each other like wild beasts hunting their prey.

"They also possess the aura of the Alas Heaven, yet their stances are opposite... Is this some kind of bizarre infighting?" This was the first time Xi Heng had encountered such a situation.

In the realm of the myriad realms, the great enemies cooperate with each other, showing no difference or differentiation.

But the strangeness of this world seems to have been divided into factions.

On the bridge, the monster collided with the silt and stuck together.

The beast was knocked to the ground, struggling to crawl with its seven limbs, tearing at the mud on its body with its sharp claws and beak.

Then wings grew, sharp spikes emerged, and multiple eyes with special abilities opened beneath the scales on its body, attacking the mud on its body with fire and ice...

However, whether it is a physical or magical attack, it can only tear off the outermost layer of mud and throw it on the ground.

The silt can weaken the monster as soon as it touches it.

The hard black scales transformed into thin armor, then quickly turned into rotting flesh and blood, and finally vanished as ashes.

The sharp beak, strong enough to pierce through the aura shield, softened into a flat shape, then transformed into flesh, rapidly aged, and grew black spots like fruit that had been left out for too long.

Anything that touches the mud will 'decay'.

The strange and black tide abilities on her side are growing and changing abnormally—thus, the Great Grudge can transform into the Black Tide and give birth to these monsters that could never have arisen naturally.

On the other hand, the black mud with a faint green hue on its surface has the power to cause things to decay.

Xi Heng suddenly remembered that Yin Wanluan had once said that the Great Grudge of Senluo was transformed into a black tide because it came into contact with something called 'Shan'.

The Black Tide she inhabits should also belong to the 'Transformation' faction.

On the other side, there seems to be another unknown and eerie faction, equivalent to '廗'.

For some unknown reason, the two have come to this frozen lake to fight today... What are they fighting over? Or are they simply trying to determine who is superior?

Xi Heng couldn't figure it out.

Gradually, the battle on the Black Bridge came to an end.

Although the monsters can continue to multiply and grow, the rate of change can never keep up with the decline caused by direct contact with the black mud.

It is now covered in black mud, first turning into rotten bits of flesh, then into bone-powder-like ashes.

However, the black mud also suffered damage, becoming much smaller than before, and its dark green color became dull.

The battle has concluded, and neither side will make any further moves.

After a while, the black tide suddenly surged forward, transforming into hundreds of pitch-black arms that slammed against the cliff, extending into even more pitch-black bridge surfaces.

A strange aura emanated from the center of the black tide, carrying a message that seemed to be spoken, and quickly reached the other side of the cliff.

Because this fluctuation flowed through Xi Heng's location, she sensed that its meaning was: "Fu, deserved, finger... give up."

Xi Heng pondered for a moment and then translated it into plain language.

“It should be said that… this finger is rightfully mine, and you should give it up.” She murmured to herself, “And the word ‘伏’ is the general term for all that silt on the other side, or the name of the being that controls it.”

The girl looked around, but couldn't see any fingers.

Gradually, he also heard fluctuations from the other side that Xi Heng couldn't understand.

A few seconds later, the Black Tide issued an order to advance. Hundreds of jet-black arms slammed onto the opposite bank, transforming into an even wider bridge. The monstrous beasts within the Black Tide surged forward, roaring wildly as they attacked the boundless mud.

The wailing from the abyss beneath the bridge continued, with faint glimmers of light appearing.

The girl also subconsciously stepped forward and sensed the light spots at the bottom of the cliff crevice through the black tide.

As she listened to the wailing, she suddenly remembered the cliff fissure she had seen when she first arrived, sealed by a female cultivator in white...

She wondered—could the 'finger' that triggered the two strange battles exist beneath this cliff and abyss?

If that's the case, are there similar things in the cliffs and fissures I saw before, similar to the ones before me?

"If I could use it, would I be able to?" Xi Heng pondered as he prepared to join the battle.

……

Volume 1: Chapter 355, The Clawed Slaughter

On the desolate northern continent of the celestial realm, above a flat, mirror-like frozen lake.

On both sides of the several-thousand-meter-wide fissure in the earth, two groups of strange creatures with different appearances are climbing onto the pitch-black bridge that the Kuroshio River has just built.

To the left is a large group of bizarre beasts with chaotic appearances and their bodies mixed with the characteristics of various beasts, humans, or other monsters.

During the battle, the monster's body often spews out or emits thick purple gas, causing continuous changes in its physical body, such as the growth of several arms, eyes, or even another head.

Even worse, they directly grow large swathes of useless, overlapping pustules of flesh or bone scales as a defense to envelop themselves.

They rushed toward the middle of the bridge, clashing with the greenish-blue silt surging from the opposite bank.

At the start of the great battle, the more ferocious beasts overwhelmed the enemy, pushing the battle line outward by hundreds of meters.

But later, a more persistent and stable black mud, like a net, enveloped and ensnared the monsters. Its unique properties caused the enemies to rapidly weaken, decay, and turn to ash, and the mud itself connected to form a net and barrier, blocking the monsters' path.

No matter how many beasts surged in, they could not break through their defenses.

Meanwhile, the Kuroshio Current is still trying to build more bridges on the cliff to launch an attack on the opposite bank.

Meanwhile, some flying or climbing creatures also plunged directly into the crevice to compete for the treasures below.

The enemy also sent more damp silt, dumping it into the abyss like garbage.

There are conflicts on the bridge surface, and also on the cliff below.

Several days after the start of the battle, amidst the fierce fighting, the formation where Xi Heng was located was also pushed forward by the Black Tide.

Although there are no supervisory teams or similar organizations in this Black Tide, and no military positions such as leaders, generals, or commanders, Xi Heng can simply retreat with Xin if he wants to avoid fighting, without having to worry about anything.

But after witnessing the enemy's bizarre abilities, she was willing to go up and test them out.

At the same time, I wondered if I could accumulate points in the cultivator camp by killing monsters from another faction while I was in the monster team.

Logically speaking, as long as you are in the Jingtian Realm, you should be able to get rewards for killing enemies.

This has little to do with our current location or whether we've joined the enemy forces.

Participating in the infighting among the enemies can be considered as killing enemies for the cultivators' camp—at least that's what Xi Heng himself thought.

In short, we need to try and see if we can squeeze some more money out of the cultivators.

Xi Heng then silently joined the surrounding ferocious beasts in the battle.

Her own body was different from the strange and monstrous beasts around her, but her posture was still like that of an ordinary person. Only her skin had changed color, several black marks had appeared on it, and the whites of her eyes had disappeared.

Upon reaching one of the hundreds of dark bridges, one can find a few humanoid figures like her, whether they have strangely captured the corpses of mortals or corrupted cultivators.

Some of the humanoid transformations were even more terrifying than the surrounding monsters, while a small number appeared normal on the surface, except for a few extra pupils and one or two limbs, or the growth of strange organs that only plants and animals have.

Their fighting style is generally like that of beasts, pouncing and tearing at each other. Once the battle begins, those who were originally normal humanoids will instantly turn into monsters.

Only a very few humanoid figures remained normal and used various strange and supernatural spells to attack.

After arriving at the edge of the battlefield, Xi Heng began to learn from the humanoids how to manipulate purple energy and cast spells, while also activating his own death energy.

With a single gesture, the girl caused the withered flesh and bones on the ground to rise up and coalesce into a new fused monster that charged toward the enemy.

This kind of spell is more natural to use than the restricted spiritual power spells.

The only discomfort was that one could not control the monstrous form created by this transformation; what was created was just a large mass of flesh stitched together, with every organ being ugly and unsightly.

The Frankenstein monster stood up, twisting its broken body and rushing towards the dark sludge, grinding against the mud with its own physical mass.

A single fleshy monster is not very effective, but as Xi Heng gathers hundreds or thousands of these monsters together, forming a certain scale, they achieve some success in the battle for control of the entire bridge.

At the same time, her ability to gather flesh and blood became more and more proficient. At first, she could only create fleshy monsters that were two or three meters tall, but later she could slowly create flesh and blood puppets that were five or six meters tall. They could swing heavy fists and smash the obstacles made of silt like siege weapons.

The main body, just a few hundred meters away, slowly casts spells as a summoner, effortlessly and casually.

During this time, there was even time to open the personal interface of the white mark on the palm and check the experience and points rewards.

Because his original place of origin was registered in the Eastern Continent of the Heavenly Realm, Xi Heng's point name was Guang Fu.

As you slowly defeat monsters, the number of Light Rune Points on the interface gradually increases.

It is estimated that each time the flesh puppet throws a punch at the mud, it will receive three-quarters of the light runes.

"You can get a reward, but the reward for defeating this mud monster is so little..."

"Even I, a mere avatar cultivator, find it difficult to obtain these items; it's even less likely that those at lower cultivation levels will get rich by grinding monsters."

"Maybe I just encountered a monster with extremely low cost-effectiveness?" Xi Heng thought to himself.

She glanced to the side and spotted one of the weaker beasts in the corner.

Although she knew she was on the same side as the beast, she still twisted it with one hand without hesitation, channeling her inner energy to crush it into pieces of flesh, which scattered on the ground.

Then, the words 'Light Symbol +10' appeared on the screen in my hand.

"Even monsters that can be killed with a flick of the wrist earn ten points, but eliminating that troublesome black mud only adds a tiny bit... I definitely chose the wrong target." The girl pouted.

He wondered if he could switch sides again and go to the muddy side to fight the monsters.

But looking from afar, there were no human-shaped figures in the mud, so it was clear that they couldn't blend in.

Xi Heng clicked his tongue and reassembled the rotten flesh of the monster he had just killed into a necromancer puppet, which he then pressed towards the enemy's occupied position.

"But we can't secretly kill our own people... It wouldn't be good if the Black Tide found out."

They continued to use the power of the Lord of the Dead to create more puppets to fight.

The number of puppets increased, and their size grew larger.

When the number reaches several hundred, the scavenging finally becomes somewhat efficient.

As the light continued to accumulate, the defensive line formed by the mud net was gradually breached.

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