The Void Source
According to Le Zhentian's plan, the Immortal Realm quickly began preparations to deal with the Shepherds.
Since Bai Qiuran passed down the method of Time Acceleration, although not many people in the Immortal Realm have mastered it, there have still been a few who have successfully cultivated Divine Ability related to time since the First Immortal Emperor Bai Li.
Under Le Zhentian's orders, and led by other Formation masters, they unleashed time-based Divine Ability at several important locations in the Immortal Realm, constructing time-based Formation.
The flow of time in these places was altered by them and further adjusted by Bai Qiuran, almost setting it to a flow rate of one ten-thousandth that of the outside world. In other words, if one year passes outside, ten thousand years have already passed inside.
In a world where the flow of energy has changed, the Immortals of the Immortal Realm can focus on their cultivation and strive to reach a higher level before the Shepherds arrives. Moreover, the World Furnace will be restarted to create new Giant God- Giant God Automaton Machine Puppet the Shepherds attacks.
Besides Immortal Realm, Bai Qiuran also returned to the Underworld Ghost Realm and adjusted the flow of time Underworld Ghost Realm. Currently, apart from Jiang Lan, no Emperor-class beings have appeared in the Ghost Realm. Bai Qiuran changed the flow of time in the Ghost Realm for two reasons: first, to allow the Ghost Realm's Underworld Emissaries to cultivate properly and see if they could produce one or two Emperor-class or even Return Ruins Realm or Void River Realm experts within this timeframe; and second, to create the Underworld Ghost Realm's Ultimate Weapon, the Super Consciousness Demon that the beings of the Ghost Realm Visualization to suppress Reincarnation.
Although the Consciousness Demon was somewhat lacking in combat power when facing the Shepherds, it still had the strength to fight against such a large being that was Visualization of all beings in the Ghost Realm.
After the time flow Barrier was fully established, Le Zhentian began to mobilize beings who needed to rapidly increase their cultivation level through cultivation to enter these worlds that had altered the flow of time.
His master, fellow disciples, Master's Wife, and all the elite immortals and skilled craftsmen of the Central Immortal Realm and the Four Directions Immortal Realm Immortals, including himself, all handed over various political affairs during this period and entered the Immortal Palace to cultivate in seclusion.
During this time, those who did not need to cultivate volunteered to leave the Immortal Realm and head towards the upper reaches of the Immortal Realm's Void River, hoping to find the Void Source and the traces of the Shepherds there.
"I made an agreement with Zhentian before we left."
Within the Void River, Bai Qiuran rode his sword forward, speaking to Wisdom Immortal, who had reverted to her skull form and was hanging at his waist, and to Tang Ruowei, who stood behind him and accompanied him to the Void Source region. "Where we go, I will place Beacon created by the Machine God. These Beacon will self-destruct upon encountering beings with an energy level of Immortal Emperor-level or higher. When that happens, as long as we see the foremost Beacon disappear through the Machine God's device, we will know that the Shepherds have arrived, just like that."
He raised his hand and threw out a section of metal pillar. The pillar landed on the side of the Void River and suddenly extended countless metal spikes, fixing itself in the Void.
Blue Runes lit up its pillar, and a mysterious ripple spread out. The metal pillar established a connection with the Machine Puppet Divine Court in the Immortal Realm and began to function normally.
"Master, isn't this a bit unreliable?"
Tang Ruowei glanced at it, then looked away.
"The Void is endless, and it's not just us, or the Shepherds, who possess experts above the Emperor-class. What if it's another Super-Civilization upstream of the Void River? Wouldn't that be a misunderstanding?"
"They're all the same, girl."
Bai Qiuran silent, but Wisdom Immortal replied, "Do you really think that all civilizations except the Shepherds are benevolent? We need to be on guard. Besides, this is a last resort for us. After all, we know almost nothing about the Shepherds. If it weren't for Old Bai and you bringing back the news, we probably would have been kept in the dark until the very last moment before our destruction."
That's exactly right.
Bai Qiuran glanced at Tang Ruowei.
"And let me make this clear first: since you, this rebellious disciple, are unwilling to dedicate yourself to cultivation and insist on coming with me, you'd better listen to me and refrain from any physical contact. We've come here on a mission that concerns the very survival of the Immortal Realm... I'm talking to you, so put your hands down!"
The White Hair man raised his voice, and the girl standing behind him pouted and reluctantly withdrew her hand.
"Is there an affair?"
Wisdom Immortal muttered to herself, "Should I have sweared I didn't come along this time?"
But then he thought about it again.
"No way, what does Old Bai's love life have to do with me? I'm just satisfying my curiosity and having fun. As for what he and his apprentice are going to do, I'll just pretend I didn't see it."
After Wisdom Immortal understood, her mind became clear and her state of mind calmed down. She was hanging on Old Bai's waist with an air of composure, pretending not to see Tang Ruowei behind him, who was biting her lip and rolling her eyes with resentment.
Bai Qiuran moved very quickly. The Immortal Realm was located in the middle of the Void River. He led Tang Ruowei and Wisdom Immortal upwards, throwing Beacon along the way, and soon arrived at the end of the Void River.
Along their journey, they did not encounter any Super-Civilization like the Immortal Realm, the Machine Puppet Divine Court, or Lost Civilization in the Consciousness Domain. Instead, they encountered several bewildered civilizations that had just broken through their own worlds and were stepping into the Void.
Bai Qiuran pointed out two of the more friendly civilizations, told them about the Shepherds, and instructed them to move downstream along the Void River. The Immortal Realm was too far away to reach these civilizations, so they had to rely on themselves.
If they could escape to the territory of the Immortal Realm, they might survive when the Immortal Realm and the Shepherds clashed.
Having bid farewell to these civilizations, the three now stand at the end of the Void River. At the end of the Void River, an unimaginable and wondrous sight still unfolds. The Great River of energy disappears here, yet it is still connected by scattered points of light to a colossal and dazzling Vortex in the distance.
"Is that the Void Source?"
Feeling the unimaginable surge of energy, Wisdom Immortal exclaimed in awe.
That dazzling Vortex, suspended in the endless Void, spews out endless energy with each rotation.
These energies form storms and Deluge, which, upon eruption, crash against the empty Void wave after wave, creating independent spaces within Void.
Most of these spaces were annihilated, but many still managed to escape from this immense power. They absorbed the energy within the Vortex, forming worlds, and were then ejected by the Vortex, becoming shooting stars with long, trailing tails of light in the sky.
There was also an immense amount of energy being pushed to the end of the Void River. This energy formed patches of light, like water flowing into a river, and merged into the Void River, becoming its source.