The Benefits of Staying Small
Although the Sight Desire Venerable had died in some unknown corner of the world, and its Power of Intent and concepts had naturally been lost, it still left behind such a vast domain after its death.
Among the original Six Desires Consciousness Demons, the Sight Desire Venerable was also the strongest, and its territory was even more extensive than that of its fellow Consciousness Demon.
Within this vast realm, there are naturally abundant resources and an endless Material World that sustains countless material beings. The souls and thoughts of these beings are inexhaustible treasures. Even their idle daydreams are a considerable resource for a Consciousness -based being like Consciousness Demon.
It is almost certain that whoever can seize the territory left behind by the Sight Desire Venerable will be the last one standing among their kind, becoming the sole ruler of this Consciousness Domain.
Even occupying only a third of the territory is enough to make the weakest of the Six Desires, the Consciousness Demon, leap to become the most powerful of the Six Desires.
Upon receiving the news, the remaining Six Desires Consciousness Demons immediately began to mobilize their Consciousness Demon armies, each preparing for defense while simultaneously sending troops into the domain of the Sight Desire Venerable to expand their own territory.
In this action, the Fragrance Desire Venerable, which was originally the weakest of the Six Desires, gained a great advantage.
It was originally adjacent to the territory of the Sight Desire Venerable, and was often suppressed by this fellow being. Whenever there was a reason, the Sight Desire Venerable would go looking for trouble with the Fragrance Desire Venerable. Although it dared not venture into the territory of the Fragrance Desire Venerable, it suppressed the Fragrance Desire Venerable so that it could not continue to expand its territory.
Given time, Fragrance Desire Venerable may become the next Supreme Consciousness Demon to be devoured by its own kind.
But now that Sight Desire Venerable is dead, Fragrance Desire Venerable, whose domain borders Sight Desire Venerable's, received the news immediately and immediately mobilized his entire Consciousness Demon Army.
The domain of the Sight Desire Venerable was completely empty, so the army of the Fragrance Desire Venerable easily swept away the Sight Desire-line Consciousness Demon born in this domain, directly swallowing a quarter of the Sight Desire Venerable's domain, and is still expanding into the deeper parts of the Sight Desire Venerable's domain at an extremely fast speed.
This naturally angered the other six beings of the Six Desires, who launched attacks against Fragrance Desire Venerable, trying to force it to relinquish the domains it had acquired. However, after absorbing these domains, Fragrance Desire Venerable's strength actually increased significantly, allowing it to withstand all their attacks.
Seeing this, the group of Six Desires Consciousness Demons no longer concealed themselves. They tore off their last veil of pretense and, with their faces bare, each dispatched their own armies, which surged into the domain of the Sight Desire Venerable like madmen. There, they fought and struggled, resulting in countless deaths and injuries among the Consciousness Demons. The war quickly entered a white-hot stage.
Because of the death of the Sight Desire Venerable, the war to determine who is the sole overlord of the Consciousness Domain among the Six Desires was forced to begin ahead of schedule. The remaining five Consciousness Demons are already recklessly throwing all their forces into this chaotic battle.
After receiving these messages, Le Zhentian did not react immediately.
After devouring the Sight Desire Venerable and his army, all the Greater Consciousness Demon within the Foundation Establishment Heavenly Venerable Domain fell into a state of slumber due to being in the transformation stage. Even if they could intervene in the war among the Consciousness Demons, they would not be able to completely kill the five Six Desires Venerables.
Therefore, while quietly cultivating the land and accumulating troops within the Immortal Realm Fortress, he also secretly expanded outwards, gradually bringing this Borderlands region under his control over several worlds at a time.
Le Zhentian expanded very slowly. Every time his army arrived in a new world, it would first establish a blockade network, and then use its own Consciousness Demon and physical body to slaughter and devour the local wild Consciousness Demon, ensuring that not a single Consciousness Demon would escape and report back.
After cleaning up the internal Consciousness Demon, one must establish a blockade network, construct Immortal City and factories, and if life exists in the Material World, connect it to the Life and Death Reincarnation in the Underworld Ghost Realm. All these tasks must be completed before one can be considered to have occupied and controlled a world.
Expanding step by step, world by world, over several decades, the Immortal Realm's control over the Consciousness Domain has only increased to a few dozen worlds.
However, as time went on, the effects of the Foundation Establishment Heavenly Venerable and others devouring the Sight Desire Venerable gradually emerged. Not only were these high-level Consciousness Demon transforming into Super Consciousness Demon of the Sight Desire Venerable level, but within his domain, the Consciousness Demon Clone of the Immortal Realm Army, which were bound to the Foundation Establishment Heavenly Venerable's domain, also saw their power levels increase day by day, some almost surpassing their own combat strength.
However, the Consciousness Demon Clone of the Heavenly Dao Will, having ventured out on its own over the years, has been able to connect to the Consciousness Domain through the main body's will, and has a clear grasp of the situation in every corner of the entire Consciousness Domain. It leads a team of Consciousness Demon out to plunder, specifically targeting those Consciousness Demons who are alone. Over the decades, it has actually shown a tendency to transform into Greater Consciousness Demon like the Matchmaking Celestial Maiden.
At the same time, as the scope of the Foundation Establishment Heavenly Venerable Domain expanded, the Immortal Realm's Consciousness Demon Clone team also continued to grow, increasing its personnel investment. As a member who had bound his Consciousness Demon Clone to the domain, Le Zhentian could also sense that the masters of this domain were about to awaken.
Meanwhile, Bai Qiuran, the true form of the Foundation Establishment Heavenly Venerable and the master of the Immortal Realm's Demon Consciousness Demon Domain, lived a secluded life in the Ten Lands of Jiuzhou for a period of time.
Out of fear of spoiling her, they did not bring Bai Xuxiang home to teach her themselves. Instead, they chose to send Bai Xuxiang to Daoist Qingming's place twice a year, just like students going to boarding school, where the Goddess Xi He would personally supervise and teach her studies and cultivation.
Every summer and winter, Bai Qiuran would go to the Immortal Realm to bring his daughter back home for a vacation, while also reconnecting with his parents.
Over the decades, perhaps because of her mother, Bai Xuxiang's growth rate gradually slowed down, just like the True Essence in Bai Qiuran's body and Tang Ruowei's chest.
However, she wasn't unchanging. As her parents, Bai Qiuran and Jiang Lan meticulously recorded the little girl's physical data and discovered that she was still growing, albeit at a very slow pace.
Based on this timeline, it would take Bai Xuxiang at least several thousand years to grow into a graceful young woman.
Bai Qiuran and her family were very happy about this, as it meant their daughter could spend more time with them. Bai Qiuran didn't consider herself to be the kind of extreme, abnormally doting father. If Bai Xuxiang grew up to be of marriageable age and found an excellent and loving husband, then Bai Qiuran and her mothers naturally wouldn't object.
However, in these thousands of years, if any man had ever taken a liking to Bai Xuxiang, he would undoubtedly have been a pervert, Bai Qiuran could have righteously and forcefully obliterated him.