Outrageous Fake News!!

Just as Guan Xiangfei took a brief moment to regulate his breathing and recover his condition,

he planned to continue his secluded cultivation and charge toward a higher realm,

when an exceptionally clear knock sounded from outside his room.

Hearing the noise,

his brows immediately lifted slightly.

He had long since instructed everyone not to disturb him unless it was something important.

Thus, the sound of knocking instantly stirred all sorts of ominous speculations within him.

Could those sea clans have already come attacking?

At the thought of that incomparably dreadful possibility,

a troubled look involuntarily appeared on Guan Xiangfei's face.

It was a sense of urgency that clung to him like a shadow.

Even though he had successfully advanced to the [Source Gathering Realm] half a year ago,

and had now firmly squeezed into the top fifteen of the [White Mist Country—Hero Ranking], with even many mid- and high-ranking members of major local factions no longer being his match,

that was all there was to it.

That bit of strength would not even make a splash on the battlefield between humanity and the sea clans. It would be swallowed up in an instant.

It had nothing to do with the difference between the younger generation and the older generation.

It was simply an absolute gap in level.

To put it bluntly,

before those sea clans,

the White Mist Country's strength on paper was merely so-so—a roadside stepping stone at best.

It was not worth mentioning at all!!

If not for the sea clans wanting to sort out the territories and resources they had already seized, and for the various powers behind the Southern Region wanting to take the opportunity to drill their troops and temper their cultivators, the front line of the war might already have been pushed into