One Sexagenary Cycle in the Blink of an Eye (6)

The Spirit-Suppressing Sea Region is located in the northeast of the Chaotic Sea, bordered by the Thousand Feather Sea Region to the north, the Golden Buddha Sea Region to the West, the Sea Abyss Sea Region to the east, and the Lei Ming Sea Region to the south.

No Province-Level Power have emerged in the Spirit-Suppressing Sea Region. The dominant forces are the eight Commandery-Level Power. Therefore, this vast sea area is divided into eight regions.

These eight Commandery-Level Powers are: Snake Spirit Valley, Flower Butterfly Sect, Chang Household, Shi Household, Infinite Island, Sea Moon Tower, Golden Tide Sect, and Qing Household.

Among the Eight Great Forces, the top Four Great Powers are stronger, each possessing experts at the Middle Stage of Spirit Transformation realm or above. Even the Snake Spirit Valley and the Flower Butterfly Sect possess experts at the Spirit Transformation Late Stage realm.

The Four Great Powers are much weaker, but even the weakest Qing Household Lineage has three Nascent Spirit Transformation cultivators, which is much stronger than the Luochuan Sect.

In total, the Eight Great Forces possess at least thirty Spirit Transformation cultivators, and among them, there is a high possibility that some are at the Great Perfection of the Spirit Transformation stage.

Otherwise, the Spirit-Suppressing Sea Region would not have been able to maneuver among the four major sea areas and exist for so long.

It should be noted that the four major sea areas surrounding the Spirit-Suppressing Sea Region are all ruled by Province-Level Powers.

Thousand Feather Palace, Golden Buddha Sect, Sea Abyss Sect, and Lei Ming Mountain.

The first three are all Human Race forces, with the Sea Abyss Sect being the strongest, followed by the Golden Buddha Sect, and then the Thousand Feather Palace.

Lei Ming Mountain is ruled by the Thunderbird Clan, a clan that is born with the ability to control Thunder and possesses formidable offensive capabilities. Furthermore, their Innate Divine Ability, "Lei Ming Lightning Escape," grants them unparalleled speed, making them no less capable of escaping than the Golden Roc Clan.

The overall strength of Lei Ming Mountain is much stronger than that of the Sea Abyss Sect, unless the latter includes the Mirage Clan, in which case the situation is different.

Upon closer examination, none of the four Province-Level Powers are easy to deal with; each possesses a foundation at the Sage Manifestation.

The Spirit-Suppressing Sea Region was able to exist for thousands of years despite being surrounded by them.

Besides the Four Great Powers, a buffer zone is indeed needed to minimize their conflicts.

The strength of the Spirit-Suppressing Sea Region itself is certainly not to be underestimated.

As time went on, almost all Commandery-Level Power with some connections had learned of the impending Two-World War.

Even within most Commandery-Level Power, descriptions of the Two-World War are extremely brief and vague.

But from those few words alone, these forces seem to be able to foresee the bloodshed and carnage to come.

For this reason, the Eight Great Forces in the Spirit-Suppressing Sea Region began to intentionally reduce friction more than a decade ago.

They are interacting more frequently, hoping to form an Alliance before the Two-World War, so as to gain a certain voice in the future Lu Wu Realm Alliance Conference.

In the vast and boundless Lu Wu Realm, teeming with powerful beings, only Province-Level Power stand at the pinnacle as predators, and are the entry threshold for the Alliance Conference.

If the Eight Directions Forces in the Spirit-Suppressing Sea Region were to truly form Alliance, they could indeed meet the threshold of becoming Province-Level Power.

According to the standards for classifying power levels in the Lu Wu Realm a region in China), the standards for Province-Level Power are as follows.

First, it possesses Fifth-Tier Upper-Grade Spirit Vein.

Second, powerful individuals who possess the Great Perfection of the Spirit Transformation realm.

Third, the Spirit Transformation level combat power exceeds ten.

Fourth, the Disciple Count exceeds 50,000.

If all four conditions are met, it can be considered Province-Level Power; if any one condition is lacking, it can only be considered Commandery-Level Power.

Therefore, even with the current size of the Yang Household, they dare not claim to be Province-Level Power, since of the four key points, the Yang Household has only achieved the first one.

Secondly, if the Water-Fire Dao Soldiers are always bound together, it can be barely achieved.

The third point is unlikely; the Yang Household's Spirit Transformation stage combat power, at most, is only four.

Two are Water-Fire Dao Soldiers, and the other two are Fifth-Tier War Flying Vessels.

Do not confuse the fighting force that the Yang Household can mobilize with their own inherent fighting force.

The former includes all the Immortal Sects, Lineage, and Rogue Cultivators in Purple Moon Commandery and Luochuan Commandery. These are all subordinate forces of the Yang Household, and they can indeed be mobilized during wartime.

However, the actual fighting force belonging to the Yang Household itself was only so-so.

The Yang Household family currently has only about six thousand Cultivators, and fully utilizing the two Fifth-Tier War Flying Vessels is already at its limit.

This is only because the Purple Moon Army can independently operate one ship; otherwise, the Yang Household's Spirit Transformation cultivators would have been reduced by another one.

If the third point cannot be achieved, the fourth point will naturally also be unattainable.

With 50,000 Cultivators, the Yang Household is nearly ten times smaller. Therefore, if they were to claim to be Province-Level Power, they would become a laughing stock in the Lu Wu Realm, and their Lineage Prestige would not only fail to increase but would plummet.

That said, the Eight Great Forces of the Spirit-Suppressing Sea Region want to form Alliance to gain greater influence in the Lu Wu Realm and secure a place in the future Lu Wu Realm Alliance Conference.

Once the war begins, having a voice in the Alliance Conference means that your faction won't be used as cannon fodder and thrown directly into the Vanguard Battalion. Since it's a matter of life and death, no one dares to be careless.

However, for other Province-Level Powers, each additional seat in the future Alliance Conference will diminish their influence.

With this shift in power, no Province-Level Power wants to see this situation occur.

The Four Great Powers, including Sea Abyss Sect and Thousand Feather Palace, were unwilling to see the Spirit-Suppressing Sea Region form Alliance, so they began to mobilize their forces in a hurry to unite and launch a war against the Spirit-Suppressing Sea Region to divide it up.

However, due to the impending Two-World War, all the major Sacred Lands suddenly issued a War Prohibition a year ago.

Large-Scale Wars at the state level or above are prohibited to prevent the loss of too many Spirit Transformation level warriors, which would damage the war potential of the Lu Wu Realm.

Therefore, the war preparations of the Four Great Powers had to be downgraded. The battle against the Spirit Transformation stage was out of the question, and they had to start from the level of combat power below the Nascent Soul stage.

After a brief discussion, the Four Great Powers, including the Sea Abyss Sect, quickly made a decision to deploy their respective Spirit Transformation combat forces to block the entrances of the Eight Great Forces in the Spirit-Suppressing Sea Region.

The inability to erupt into a battle of Nascent Spirit Transformation does not mean that the Spirit-Suppressing Sea Region cannot be captured.

As long as the opponent's Spirit Transformation level combat power is limited, the Four Great Powers will also have a significant advantage in battles below the Nascent Soul.

If the Eight Great Forces in the Spirit-Suppressing Sea Region do not want to see their strength continuously diminished, they will inevitably have to make concessions and ultimately have to rely on the Four Great Powers.

This is a complete and utter domination of strength, which cannot be changed by a mere ban.

For the Yang Household, however, this ban is more beneficial.

Without the threat of Spirit Transformation stage combatants, the intensity of the war remained within a controllable range, which was just right for the Yang Household to exert their strength.

The Purple Moon Army was urgently mobilized, with 900 of its 1,200 main force troops directly deployed to the Chaotic Sea to participate in the war launched by the four forces against the Spirit-Suppressing Sea Region.

Because of the good relationship between the Yang Household and the Sea Abyss Sect, the Yang Household naturally got a piece of the pie when the war zones were allocated.

The Leling Archipelago belong to the Flower Butterfly Sect, Commandery-Level Power. They contain abundant Cultivation Resources, including one Fifth Tier Island, seven Fourth Tier Islands, more than three hundred Islands below the Third Tier, and countless miniature Islands.

If they can take over the Leling Archipelago, the Yang Household will be able to establish a foothold in the Chaotic Sea.