The Demon Nests

Yuan Qingshan was once Scenic Beauty, lush with vegetation, and a peaceful place.

However, ever since the Devil Race attacked, the Immortal Dao sect has laid down numerous arrays around Yuan Qingshan, forming a major fortress to resist the Devil Race' offensive.

Within this fortress, the leader of the cultivators is a Nascent Soul Realm Immortal Dao cultivator named Fairy Youruo. She is a female Cultivator who practices Wood-Attribute Cultivation Method. She is also a Fourth Tier Formation Master, skilled in constructing Defense Systems, but not particularly adept at war command.

When Yang Tianyou arrived at the Merit Hall on Yuan Qingshan, the cultivators he encountered along the way were all quite respectful. This was not only because of his Golden Core strength, but also because Xu Tianyi always took the lead in battle and treated lower-level Cultivators very well, thus earning the respect of the cultivators on Yuan Qingshan.

Merit Hall was set up in every War Fortress, and supplies were centrally allocated by people sent by the Guanghan Immortal.

Yang Tianyou's eyes lit up as he looked at the List in his hand.

The Cultivation Resources on this List are comparable to, and perhaps even more abundant than, the Four Symbols Sect's resource List.

That's actually quite normal, since it was a joint effort from many forces. If it were too meager, it wouldn't inspire the cultivators to fight bravely against the demons, and it would also make the various forces lose face.

Yang Tianyou focused on the exchange List for spirit medicine herbs and discovered many items that were rare in the modern era but common in this one.

Fortunately, Xu Tianyi had accumulated a considerable amount of Merit, so he used it all to exchange for various spirit medicine or Spirit Medicine Seeds. Once he had fulfilled his obsession, he could directly bring them out of the illusion.

Upon seeing this, the Golden Core Cultivator at the Exchange Office smiled and asked, "Daoist Friends, are you planning to learn Alchemy after the battle? You've exchanged so many spirit medicine, and of such different kinds."

"Li Daoist Friends is joking. You should know my situation. I, Xu, dream of the Rebuild the Sect. These spirit medicine are precisely for the purpose of establishing Spirit Medicine Garden!" Yang Tianyou deliberately feigned a sigh.

Seeing this, the Golden Core cultivator surnamed Li on the opposite side showed pity in his eyes, followed by indignation. "It's all because of these damned Devil Race, and that Heavenly Demon. Instead of staying obediently in their own world, they insist on harming the living beings of my Lu Wu Realm. I wish I could grind them to dust."

Hearing his words, Yang Tianyou quickly echoed them. Just as he was about to leave the Merit Hall, a gentle voice suddenly rang out from the mountaintop.

"Attention all cultivators, those at the Golden Core or above, please gather at the summit of Yuan Qingshan."

The speaker was highly skilled, and his gentle yet profound Law Power descended like a vast canopy, reaching the ears of every cultivator.

"It was Fairy Youruo who summoned us; it seems something big is about to happen." A Golden Core Cultivator looked surprised, then stepped out and flew into the side hall.

"It seems there's another major battle going on. Could it be an attack on the Devil Race?" the Golden Core cultivator surnamed Li speculated.

"Never mind all that, let's go and see for ourselves!" Yang Tianyou certainly knew what had happened. If the historical records were correct, a great war would break out tomorrow.

"I just don't know if I'll be able to encounter the Demon King Qingyin on the battlefield."

The probability is low; I should take the initiative to look for it.

"And Yunhua, we need to find her quickly. The two of us traveling together, protected by the token left by the Eight Desolations Saber Saint, will be safer." Yang Tianyou muttered to himself as he and the Golden Core cultivator surnamed Li left the Merit Hall, soared into the air, and flew straight to the mountain peak.

At the Yuan Qingshan stands a magnificent, azure-blue hall, a hundred feet tall, which is a Third-Tier Upper-Grade Grotto-Heaven Law Treasure.

Inside the Law Treasure, in a spacious and brightly lit hall, Golden Core Cultivators entered and took their seats.

Yang Tianyou entered the main hall and looked up to see a beautiful woman with a delicate fragrance and eyes like stars and the moon, sitting elegantly in the seat directly in front of him.

Yang Tianyou bowed slightly to Fairy Youruo and found a place to sit down.

Before long, all thirty-six Golden Core Cultivators belonging to Yuan Qingshan's fortress arrived.

Three Golden Core Great Perfection cultivators, eight Late Golden Core cultivators, ten Middle Golden Core cultivators, and fifteen Early Golden Core cultivators.

With Fairy Youruo, a Nascent Soul Early Stage cultivator, as the core of the formation, these cultivators can also form the "Heavenly Gang Demon-Subduing Formation," which is enough to contend with Nascent Soul Late Stage cultivators.

If they were to join forces with the 360 Foundation Establishment Cultivators and 7,200 Qi Refining cultivators on Yuan Qingshan, and pilot Fourth-Tier High-Grade Demon-Subduing Flying Boat, they would be fully capable of contending with Nascent Soul Great Perfection cultivators.

This is the power of the group. High-Rank Cultivators can indeed play a decisive role in war, but without the support of High-Rank Cultivator -Low-Rank Cultivators, they are like rootless duckweed.

"Now that everyone is here, I will announce the battle order. From this day forward, starting with me, all members of Yuan Qingshan will be on high alert. The Mountain-Guarding Grand Formation times to guard against Devil Race attacks." Fairy Youruo announced softly, her voice gentle and weak, yet carrying the majesty of Nascent Soul Cultivator.

"Defense? May I ask, fairy, is the Devil Race army about to attack?" a Golden Core Cultivator asked.

Fairy Youruo glanced at him, nodded, and said, "That's right. Starting tomorrow, the Devil Race army will launch a full-scale attack. We, Yuan Qingshan, are on the Second Line of Defense. The pressure isn't too great, but it's not insignificant either. We must not let our guard down. Remember, a thousand-mile dike can be breached by an ant hole. If one defensive fortress is breached, it could even affect the entire defensive line, and even the outcome of the entire war!"

At this point, Fairy Youruo's tone became more serious.

"We will obey the fairy's command!"

The Golden Core cultivators below the stage clasped their fists and shouted loudly.

"Alright, everyone go and prepare. War is coming!" Fairy Youruo looked at the crowd below with a hint of reluctance in her eyes.

A great battle is about to begin. Who knows how many of the cultivators in this Palace will survive? And will I, too, be able to endure the Devil Race's iron hooves?

The next day, at Azure Sky Lake.

Fifty thousand Flying Boat of varying classes broke away from the main force and, led by the "Guanghan Immortal," headed southeast in a grand procession.

The dark, solid-colored Guanghan Palace remained motionless, seemingly deceiving the Devil Cultivators into believing that the Guanghan Immortal was still on the main battlefield and had not made a move.

In reality, this was precisely the Guanghan Immortal's scheme, designed to lull the Devil Lord of the Devil Race into a false sense of security.

Ten thousand miles away from Azure Sky Lake, in the mountains, black, fleshy clumps resembling honeycombs are scattered across the land.

Among these lumps of flesh, the smallest was several tens of feet in diameter, while the largest was as large as five thousand feet in diameter.

They are called Demon Nests, equivalent to War Flying Vessels of the Immortal Dao Path. They can float in the air, transport troops, and also have various special functions such as healing, buffing, and capturing Spirit Veins.