The cultivators and ordinary people of the Nine Provinces had begun a massive evacuation several months ago.
Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan, Chi You, and Zhuangzi, these Ancestral Gods, had acted simultaneously, each taking away vast numbers of cultivators and civilians. At the same time, the Ancestral Dragon Ship and the King's Ship had also begun rapidly transporting people and cultivators. Even Keke had lent a hand, opening Paradise Lost and taking away countless living beings.
Zhou Tong's previous invasion of the Otherworld had ultimately bought the Nine Provinces a great deal of time.
In the original work, the Nine Provinces had only a few days to evacuate. But now, they had gained more than three additional months, making time far more abundant.
The current Nine Provinces were almost empty, save for a few elderly people who would rather die than leave their homeland. Everyone else had departed this world.
After concealing Dragon Island, Zhou Tong walked alone across the lands of the Nine Provinces. All he saw was desolation and sorrow; the prosperity and splendor of the past seemed like a dream.
"This invasion by the Otherworld is destined to yield nothing," Zhou Tong said softly.
The Otherworld's invasion of the Nine Provinces had two main purposes.
First, to suppress the cultivators of the Nine Provinces. Second, after developing for so many years, the Nine Provinces had seen countless geniuses create all manner of profound methods, and the Otherworld's cultivators needed those methods for reference.
But now, the cultivators of the Nine Provinces had almost all evacuated. The Otherworld would naturally gain nothing. Even if they punched through the Nine Provinces, they would still gain nothing.
Several days later, fifteen pitch-black spatial gates suddenly appeared in the sky above the Nine Provinces. Immediately afterward, immense auras descended all at once.
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