"The cultivation nations on the Crimson Abyss Continent also engage in open and covert struggles. As for a protracted melee like this one on the Azure Cosmos Continent, it had never occurred while I was there." Lu Xiaotian shook his head.
"The Crimson Abyss Continent is so powerful—does it have any Spirit Transformation cultivators?" Ye Qingyu of the Profound Rain Sect suddenly asked.
"When I returned to the Moonwatch Cultivation Realm, I was only at the late Golden Core stage. As for Spirit Transformation mighty figures, I was merely a rootless Rogue Cultivator back then. Fellow Daoist Ye, do you think a Golden Core cultivator could easily come into contact with them?"
Lu Xiaotian gave a dumbfounded laugh and countered with a question. He had asked Zhan Yunliang the same thing before—whether the Xiang Kingdom's imperial clan had a Spirit Transformation cultivator behind it. Zhan Yunliang had been unable to say either. He had only said that there were old monsters hidden away within the Xiang Kingdom's imperial clan. As for what level they had reached, Zhan Yunliang, an outsider, had been unable to come into contact with them either.
"Indeed. I was being presumptuous." Ye Qingyu smiled upon hearing this.
"It seems we must investigate this secret realm to some extent. Otherwise, in the eyes of the external cultivation continents, we are merely frogs at the bottom of a well trapped in a barren land, unaware of the vastness of the cultivation world. The appearance of this ghost clan is already rather suspicious. Who can say that even greater dangers will not exist in the future?"
Ji Qianshui let out a long sigh. "However, the Azure Cosmos Continent remains our foundation, and we cannot afford to lose it easily. Everyone must join forces with all their strength. In the