Integration

"Dominant forces that rule a region, top-tier forces with five or more Celestial Immortals, large forces with Celestial Immortals in charge, medium-sized forces that govern the Heavenly Dao and have True Immortals in charge, small forces that possess grotto-heavens and True Immortals, and insignificant forces that don't even have grotto-heavens..."

Gu Jinlai browsed through some of the books collected by the Jiang family, comparing them with the information he had previously learned from Zhao Xi, to supplement his knowledge of the Xuanxian Realm.

Ten thousand years ago, the entire Xuanxian Realm was in a period of great unification, ruled by the Xuanyuan Sword Sect.

After the battle to defeat the evil god ended, the internal power structure was reshuffled, and the conflicts between sects intensified, eventually leading to the division into five.

The four strongest families went to the four border regions of the Xuanxian Realm to establish their Aristocratic Clan: the Sunset Plains in the North, the Bountiful Hills in the South, the Heavenly Fire Canyon in the West, and the Dragon Meteor Mountains in the East. They left behind the orthodox Xuanyuan Sword Sect in the central Golden Land.

Although the influence of the Xuan Yuan Sword Sect has weakened in various regions, the Xuan Yuan Sword Sect still theoretically serves as the master of the Xuan Immortal Realm because it controls the strongest Heavenly Dao in the Xuan Immortal Realm.

The Jiang family, or Cliff City, or the Creation Gate, is located in the Storm Plains, which lies in the direction of the Central Golden Land from the Arctic Sunset Plains.

Although they belong to the Mohist school, which is the master of the northern border, they are, to some extent, a buffer zone between the northern border and the central region.

Because the Xuanxian Realm is barren, most places lack Spiritual Qi, making cultivation difficult. Only special places where "Spirit Vein" are born can provide a place for people to cultivate.

Its regional divisions are not based on countries, states, provinces, or prefectures, but rather on "Dao" (道).

Every Spirit Vein is inevitably occupied by sects, and many mortals live around it.

The "Flame River" where Storm Plains is located is a large Spirit Vein.

Large Spirit Vein are often accompanied by medium and small Spirit Vein.

Therefore, the Flame River Spirit Vein was occupied by the Heavenly Fire Sect, which had a Celestial Immortal and fourteen True Immortals in charge, while the remaining forces could also get some scraps from the small and medium-sized Spirit Vein.

For example, Cliff City was built on a small Spirit Vein, supporting a number of insignificant small and medium-sized cultivation Lineage.

"Cultivation requires Spirit Root, fine, but it also requires Spirit Vein... Cultivators in the Xuanxian Realm... it's really tough!"

Gu Jinlai browsing through the books for a while, a middle-aged man walked in with two young girls.

"Haha, Yufeng, Xiaoying and Xiaoxiao are both well-read. They've read most of the books in the library. Just tell them what information you need."

The middle-aged man said with a smile.

This is Jiang Bieshan, the previous head of the Jiang family.

Because of his unfair treatment of the Jiang family during his tenure, he forced Jiang Yujian and Jiang Yufeng to leave one after another. When Jiang Yujian returned after achieving some success, he directly dismissed him.

He didn't reap much benefit from the Jiang family's connection to Jiang Yujian.

Judging from his current appearance, he clearly wants to rebuild his relationship with his lineage.

"Xiaoying and Xiaoxiao are children from your great-grandmother's lineage. Both of them have medium-level Spirit Root. When you go to the Creation Gate, Yufeng, you should have two people by your side to take care of your daily needs. I think family members are more trustworthy than outsiders, so I want you to get to know them. If you think they are obedient, take them to the Creation Gate to serve you. If you think they are not, let them go back directly. It's all up to you."

Jiang Bieshan quickly gave an introduction.

"Let's talk about this later. I don't know what the situation is like at the Creation Sect yet."

This Gu Jinlai.

"Yu Feng, just ask me anything you want to know, and I'll answer everything I know..."

Jiang Bieshan immediately laughed heartily.

Just then, an impatient shout suddenly came from outside the door.

"Third Brother! Third Brother, are you back?"

Immediately afterwards, a young man, accompanied by Fang Anping, quickly walked in.

It's no surprise that this is Jiang Yufeng's younger brother, Jiang Yukong.

Upon seeing Jiang Yufeng's somewhat familiar face, Jiang Yukong's face immediately lit up with joy. "It really is you, Third Brother, that's wonderful, that's wonderful!"

In the grand scheme of things in the Xuanxian Realm, traveling out to seek fortuitous opportunity is never a simple matter, and many people never return.

Jiang Yufeng had been missing for twenty years, so it was only natural that Jiang Yukong was overjoyed and delighted to see him return safely.

"Fourth brother, it's been twenty years, and you've really grown up."

From Gu Jinlai present, people have adopted Jiang Yufeng's identity and praised him.

"I owe it all to my elder brother's help."

As Jiang Yukong spoke, he explained, "My elder brother originally wanted to come and pick you up in person, but he had too many matters to attend to, so he had to send me instead. He specifically asked me to drive the flying boat here so that I could see you as soon as possible."

After saying that, he said impatiently, "Let's go back to the Creation Sect and see our eldest brother. With your help, our eldest brother will definitely be able to relax a lot."

Gu Jinlai nodded. His plan could only be implemented at the Creation Gate, so he really had to hurry.

"Riding the wind..."

Jiang Bieshan was somewhat anxious when he saw that Gu Jinlai was about to leave.

However, Jiang Yukong ignored him, pulled him along, and quickly left the library, arriving at a square in the main courtyard.

At this moment, many elders from the Jiang family ancestral land also arrived, greeting Jiang Yufeng and Jiang Yukong with smiles on their faces.

Jiang Yukong exchanged a few pleasantries with them in a neither humble nor arrogant manner, and soon, on the pretext that Jiang Yujian was in a hurry to see Jiang Yufeng, he led him onto a flying boat that was moored in the courtyard.

Beside the flying boat, a Mahayana saint was accompanied by about ten Returning Void Celestial Person as guards.

Upon seeing Gu Jinlai and Jiang Yukong arrive, the Mahayana Saint bowed slightly, quickly activated the flying boat, and soared into the air, heading towards the Gate of Creation.

"Third Brother, this flying boat can reach a maximum speed of level 20! However, let's conserve some Spiritual Qi and maintain the most energy-efficient level 10 speed. We'll arrive in an afternoon, and we can have dinner with Big Brother tonight."

Jiang Yukong sat on the flying boat, looking very excited.

"Actually, we don't need to be in such a hurry. We can just ride horses all the way. Using a flying boat is a bit of a luxury."

This Gu Jinlai.

"That won't do. Riding a horse is a mode of transportation only for Primordial Spirit cultivators..."

As Jiang Yukong spoke, he seemed to realize that he was also at the Primordial Spirit Realm.

He immediately replied, "Third Brother is a Void Returning Realm expert, you should at least be able to ride a flying beast, that would be befit your status."

As for flying...

Because of the scarcity of Spiritual Qi in this world, even Mahayana saints and even those who have attained the Dao rarely choose to travel by flying, since the Spiritual Qi in their bodies is dwindling with each use.

In the realm of immortality, ordinary saints are instantly killed by illusory immortals.

The same applies to the Xuanxian Realm.

However, if faced with a dozen or twenty Mahayana Saints at the same time, even a Void Immortal would avoid their sharp edge.

If those dozen or twenty Mahayana Saints also possessed formations specifically designed to target Void Immortals, they would have an even greater chance of trapping and killing the Void Immortals directly.

Reason?

Without the amplification of external forces and the restoration of Spiritual Qi, the power of a illusory immortal will be quickly exhausted in the fierce battle.

Therefore, the situation where one can defeat a hundred enemies on the battlefield simply by being one level higher than the immortal realm, as is the case in the world of immortality, does not exist.

"Tell me about the Creation Gate."

This Gu Jinlai.

"The Gate of Creation..."

Jiang Yukong was about to speak, but then seemed to think of something, "Haha, when Third Brother arrives at the Creation Gate, he can ask Eldest Brother himself."

As he spoke, he immediately said, "It's been twenty years. Where have you been all these past twenty years, Third Brother?"

Considering that he intended to use the power of the Creation Sect to seize the Myriad Star Sword Sect, the first thing he needed to do was naturally to gain some say in the matter.

He then began to lay the groundwork. "During my twenty years of travel, I also encountered some fortuitous opportunity..."

As he listened to the descriptions along the way, Jiang Yukong's eyes lit up with wonder, "A primordial divine beast!? And a powerful primordial divine beast at that!? I've only ever seen such beings in some ancient texts, and they're said to have been extinct for tens of thousands of years."

"That's true."

Gu Jinlai nodded.

Time passed quickly during the brief exchange.

As night falls, a cluster of buildings standing atop the mountains comes into view, a sight that Gu Jinlai.

The mountain range stretches for thousands of miles.

Below the mountains, surrounding this mountain range that stretches for thousands of miles, lie more than a dozen cities of varying sizes, each inhabited by millions of people, bringing the total population to fifty or sixty million.

"This is the Gate of Creation."

Jiang Yujian stood on the deck of the flying boat and introduced Gu Jinlai: "The Creation Sect is the master of the Storm Plains, governing four kingdoms and more than a thousand cities. Even in the Flame River Road, it is one of the largest forces. The triennial disciple recruitment conference will bring tens of thousands of people with Spirit Root from all over the Storm Plains to participate in the entrance examination. However, the Creation Sect only accepts elites. To date, there are still only about 30,000 disciples."

Gu Jinlai nodded.

The airship quickly arrived at the cluster of buildings in the center of the mountain range and landed in front of a tower-like pavilion.

"Third Brother, come with me, Eldest Brother must already be waiting for us."

As Jiang Yukong spoke, he led him straight toward the tower.

Gu Jinlai, people have observed traces of energy flowing through the tower.

The moment he stepped into the tower, an invisible wave emanated from it and swept over his body.

Gu Jinlai, who possessed True Spirit, immediately realized that this fluctuation was scanning his soul fluctuation.

The unseen leader of the Creation Sect was using this method to determine whether he was truly Jiang Yufeng.

No wonder he changed the subject when asked about the Creation Sect; it turned out that his identity had not yet been confirmed.

However, he had taken precautions.

At this moment, Gu Jinlai fully utilized the characteristics of the Great Heavenly Lord's Primordial Chaos without leakage, suppressing his own soul fluctuations to the extreme and stimulating the remaining soul aura of Jiang Yufeng.

After sensing this spiritual aura, the feeling of being "peeped at" gradually dissipated.

Immediately afterwards, a man who looked to be in his early thirties and exuded an aura of authority strode out of the main hall, accompanied by a group of three people.

"Big brother!"

Seeing Jiang Yujian appear, Jiang Yukong's eyes were filled with anticipation.

Jiang Yujian nodded first, then looked at Gu Jinlai, his expression filled with barely suppressed excitement.

"Third brother."

After a while, he suddenly stepped forward and gave him a big hug.

Welcome home.