Who Are You People?

Just like that, the Fox Clan joined the White Jade Capital.

The process was very simple. Yang Zhengshan had Su Mei choose a Blessed Land in the Spirit Source Land, then Su Mei placed the portal to the Qingyuan Cave Heaven inside it. Thus, the Spirit Source Land and Qingyuan Cave Heaven became connected.

Naturally, Yang Zhengshan also arranged a Palace Building in the Immortal Palace for each of Su Mei, Su Qingfu, and Su Jiangxue: Qingyuan Palace, Qingfu Palace, and Jiangxue Palace.

Thus, ten of the Immortal Palace's twelve Palace Buildings now had owners. This was even with Yang Zhengshan and Yu Qingyi sharing Longevity Palace, and Kou Ta and Hong Fuxiu sharing Hongxiu Palace. Otherwise, all twelve Palace Buildings would have been occupied.

Moreover, Yang Mingcheng was still in seclusion to achieve Core Formation, and Yang Jizhen would soon enter seclusion to achieve Core Formation as well.

Once they both formed their Cores, none of the Palace Buildings in the Immortal Palace would remain vacant.

Yang Zhengshan was quite helpless about this. The Immortal Palace could be expanded, but the Palace Buildings and halls could not be constructed casually. Every Palace Building and hall involved complex formations and was fused with the entire Life Realm Immortal Palace.

Even if it were expanded, only some pavilions could be added.

If there were not enough Palace Buildings in the future, the Golden Core cultivators and Demon Kings would have to live in the halls. If there were not enough halls, then Divine Soul Realm Martial Artists would have to live in the pavilions.

As for the number of pavilions, there was no need to worry too much. They could simply build more pavilions when the time came.

If all else failed, the Foundation Establishment Cultivators could live in the Spirit Source Land. It still contained many Blessed Lands rich in spiritual energy, enough to serve as the Foundation Establishment Cultivators' cultivation grounds.

Actually, those Blessed Lands could also serve as cultivation grounds for Golden Core cultivators and Demon Kings. It would not really wrong them.

It was simply unable to reflect the status and standing of Golden Core cultivators and Demon Kings.

Qingyuan Cave Heaven still belonged to the Fox Clan. Yang Zhengshan had no intention of taking it away from them.

Apart from Qingyuan Cave Heaven, Yu Qingyi also now possessed a Cave Heaven of her own: the former Demon Ruins Land. However, Yu Qingyi had renamed it Hundred Flowers Cave Heaven.

The Wanhua Demon Emperor, or Hua Qingshu, had been enamored with the Exquisite Jade Tree, so all the Treants he nurtured were Exquisite Jade Trees.

Yu Qingyi did not have this flaw. The Treants she nurtured belonged to many different varieties.

After becoming a Golden Core cultivator, it became much easier for Yu Qingyi to nurture Treants. With Hua Qingzhu's help, the speed at which she nurtured them increased greatly.

She placed the portal to Hundred Flowers Cave Heaven in Longevity Palace, then transferred all the Treants she had previously nurtured into Hundred Flowers Cave Heaven.

From then on, Hundred Flowers Cave Heaven would be her exclusive Cave Heaven and the place where she raised her troops.

Although the Wanhua Demon Emperor had consumed all the Flower Soldier Treants in Hundred Flowers Cave Heaven, it still contained many Exotic Flowers and Plants. There were plenty of second- and third-rank Spirit Plants, as well as many Spiritual Items.

These were all the Wanhua Demon Emperor's legacy, and now they all belonged to Yu Qingyi.

Yang Zhengshan also spent some time in Hundred Flowers Cave Heaven. He found its aura very soothing, mainly because its natural aura was dense and its Wood Attribute especially vigorous, making it highly suitable for cultivating the Way of Life, Death, Wither and Flourish.

After dealing with the matters concerning the Fox Clan and Yu Qingyi, Yang Zhengshan returned to the Forward Outpost Base.

Just as Yang Zhengshan had predicted, after the first wave of the Yin Soldier Army was annihilated, the Yin Soldier Army nearby began converging toward the Forward Outpost Base.

After only a few hours, the Second Wave of the Yin Soldier Army appeared near the Forward Outpost Base, and battle broke out once again.

No accidents occurred this time. The battle entered a prolonged and grueling phase.

Countless Yin Soldiers surged forward Like a Tide, constantly battering the Forward Outpost Base's defensive system.

The Flying Boat Army charged out of the formation and slaughtered for a while, then had no choice but to retreat back inside, because the Third Wave of the Yin Soldier Army had also arrived near the Forward Outpost Base.

If one looked down from the sky, one would see countless black clouds formed from Yin Energy converging toward the Forward Outpost Base within a thousand kilometers of it. The Forward Outpost Base was itself shrouded in the black mist.

Although dazzling Magic Spell Spiritual Light occasionally erupted, the dominant color of the mountains and forests had already become a sinister black.

The Puppets inside the walls tirelessly released various preset spells. The soldiers on the walls took turns firing Arrows, while the cultivators aboard the Flying Boats attacked the Yin Soldier Blood Puppets outside the formation with various Magic Artifacts and Treasures.

The roars of the Yin Soldiers, the collisions of spells, and the howls of Magic Artifacts and Treasures intertwined, making the battlefield seem incomparably noisy yet brilliant.

Time flowed on second by second, while the soldiers inside the Forward Outpost Base constantly transported various supplies.

Spirit Stones, Arrows, pills, Magic Artifacts and Treasures, and more were continuously carried up onto the walls and Flying Boats.

The first batch of utterly exhausted soldiers and cultivators withdrew, and the second batch of soldiers and cultivators took their places.

One Puppet after another was scrapped, and one Puppet Master after another was rotated out.

The battle continued from day into night, then from night into day, as though it would never end.

The ground beneath the walls and the Foot of the Mountain was piled high with the corpses of Yin Soldiers and Blood Puppets. Large numbers of Yin Souls and Ghost Generals were also captured by the cultivators and sent to the Divine Soul Hall.

Everything seemed chaotic, yet everything was also proceeding in such orderly fashion.

The entire Forward Outpost Base was like a precise machine, turning ceaselessly.

Yang Zhengshan and the others remained inside the Forward Outpost Base, observing the battle outside. In the blink of an eye, Three Days and Three Nights had passed. No one knew which wave of the Yin Soldier Army this was anymore. In any case, Over a Million Yin Soldiers had gathered outside.

"Are we just going to keep dragging this out?" Su Mei asked with a frown.

She already understood Yang Zhengshan's plan, but she was not optimistic about the current battle situation.

Yang Zhengshan nodded slightly. "We're going to wear down the Wuchang Ghost Sect!"

"But the Wuchang Ghost Sect has an inexhaustible supply of Yin Soldier Blood Puppets. If we compete in attrition, it'll be very difficult for us to outlast them!" Su Mei said.

Yang Zhengshan shook his head. "Have you seen the Yin Soldier Army from before?"

"Of course."

"Did you notice anything different between the current Yin Soldier Army and the previous one?"

Su Mei furrowed her brows and pondered for a moment. "Different? Aren't they all Yin Soldiers and Blood Puppets?"

"Of course there is. Look at those Yin Soldiers. The rotten stench on them is much denser, far denser than that of the Yin Soldiers from before."

"Rot means they're from an older era. They may have existed for several thousand years, or even more than ten thousand years!"

"Based on my understanding of the Wuchang Ghost Sect's Corpse Sea, the lower the Yin Soldiers and Blood Puppets are in the Corpse Sea, the longer they've existed."

"This means the Wuchang Ghost Sect's Yin Soldier Blood Puppets are nearly exhausted!"

"Also, look at the Yin Soldier Army that has gathered here. Its numbers are far smaller than before. I remember that when the Wuchang Ghost Sect first entered the Wanhua Mountain Range, they mobilized more than a hundred thousand Yin Soldiers. During their second attack on the Wanhua Mountain Range, they mobilized hundreds of thousands. And the last time, when they competed in attrition against the Wanhua Demon Emperor, they mobilized as many as a million Yin Soldiers!"

"But now, although there are a million Yin Soldier Blood Puppets before us, there are only a few tens of thousands of Yin Soldiers among them."

"Now look at those Blood Puppets. Many of them were only recently refined, and quite a few of them are Demonic Beasts!"

"This also shows that the Wuchang Ghost Sect has begun to lack troops!"

"If I'm not mistaken, the Wuchang Ghost Sect can no longer mobilize any more Yin Soldier Blood Puppets!"

Yang Zhengshan spoke slowly.

These were the discoveries he had made through his observations over the past few days. Although he did not know how many Yin Soldier Blood Puppets the Corpse Sea contained, he knew how the Wuchang Ghost Sect refined them.

The Corpse Sea seemed endless, but in reality, it had a limit.

And now, it had more or less reached that limit.

Su Mei was thoughtful. "In other words, as long as we keep wearing down the Wuchang Ghost Sect's Yin Soldier Blood Puppets here, it won't be long before the Wuchang Ghost Sect's arrangements in the Wanhua Mountain Range begin to loosen?"

Yang Zhengshan gave her an approving look. "That's right. As soon as they show the slightest weakness, they'll become targets for every faction to attack!"

"Although the Wanhua Demon Court has fallen, the forces that once belonged to the Wanhua Mountain Range have not all disappeared. They're merely hiding. As long as they see an opportunity, they'll surely rise up and attack as one!"

The Wanhua Mountain Range had never contained only the Wanhua Demon Court. It had also held many other powerful factions, such as the Hua Xian Sect, the Immortal Clan Li Family, and numerous members of the Demon Race.

These factions had merely withdrawn from the Wanhua Mountain Range. That did not mean they had submitted completely.

The moment the Wuchang Ghost Sect showed the slightest sign of decline, these factions would surely emerge and seek trouble for them.

Su Mei nodded, indicating that she understood Yang Zhengshan's plan.

At that moment, Yang Zhengshan's brows rose, and black-and-white radiance flashed in his eyes. It pierced through the spatial barrier of the real world and cast its gaze into the Great Void.

"Kou Ta, Hong Fuxiu, your opponents have arrived!"

He spoke softly.

Kou Ta and Hong Fuxiu's expressions shook. "Venerable, please wait. We'll go deal with them immediately!"

Yang Zhengshan waved his hand. "Do your best. There's no need to insist on capturing them!"

"Yes!" Kou Ta replied.

Immediately afterward, the husband and wife flew out of the Forward Outpost Base and entered the Great Void.

In the Great Void, Xie Wushuang was observing the Forward Outpost Base. He watched the formation around the base, the Flying Boats inside, and the soldiers and Puppets atop the walls, while his brows furrowed more and more deeply.

"How can there be such a force here?"

"I've never heard that there were any surviving forces in the southern part of the Wanhua Mountain Range!"

"No, if there were such a force in the southern part of the Wanhua Mountain Range, Ancestor Chiyuan couldn't possibly have failed to mention it!"

The doubts in his heart left him completely baffled. He could not understand why a city like this had appeared here.

When the Wuchang Ghost Sect first attacked the Wanhua Mountain Range, the Soul Controlling Hall had been responsible for attacking from the north, while the Soul Refining Hall had been responsible for attacking from the south. As the Vice Division Master of the Soul Casting Division of the Soul Refining Hall, he had naturally participated.

Moreover, the Soul Refining Hall had received help from the Yellow Springs Hall and the Nanhua Sect at the time. The Nanhua Sect—namely, Ancestor Chiyuan—had specifically provided them with information on the distribution of forces in the southern part of the Wanhua Mountain Range.

If there had been such a force here, it would have been impossible for him not to know.

Unless this force had Appeared Out of Thin Air!

He had guessed correctly. Was the White Jade Capital not something that had Appeared Out of Thin Air?

Just as Xie Wushuang was puzzled, Kou Ta and Hong Fuxiu appeared in the Great Void, and Xie Wushuang immediately became alert.

He looked at Kou Ta and Hong Fuxiu, his brows drawing together even more deeply.

Two unfamiliar Golden Core cultivators? Where had they come from?

It was not that Kou Ta and Hong Fuxiu's appearance failed to make him feel threatened. It was because both Kou Ta and Hong Fuxiu were only at the Initial Golden Core Realm, while he was already at the Golden Core Mid Stage.

In his eyes, Kou Ta and Hong Fuxiu were simply incapable of threatening him.

"Who are you people?" he barked coldly.

At the same time, an eerie aura spread through the Great Void. One bizarre blood-red tentacle after another grew from his back, waving recklessly as though they might suddenly lash out at any moment and strike Kou Ta and Hong Fuxiu.

"The people who'll kill you!"

Kou Ta had no inclination to waste words with him. One enormous arm after another Appeared Out of Thin Air, directly seizing Xie Wushuang's red tentacles.

At first, Xie Wushuang wore a cold smile. His red tentacles were no ordinary objects. They were his Natal Spiritual Artifact, containing the Way of Devouring and capable of devouring all energy, especially blood essence.

Anyone who touched the tentacles would be drained dry within a few breaths.

Whether Magic Power and True Essence or flesh and blood, everything would be devoured, leaving behind only a dried corpse.

In his eyes, Kou Ta's action was simply seeking death.

However, the result was that Kou Ta's arms clamped firmly around his tentacles, showing not the slightest sign of being drained dry.

His tentacles were Natal Spiritual Artifacts, and Kou Ta's arms were Natal Spiritual Artifacts as well.

One contained the Way of Devouring, while the other contained all kinds of complex Dao Intents. Although Xie Wushuang's cultivation was far higher than Kou Ta's, Kou Ta's arms happened to counter Xie Wushuang's devouring tentacles.

For a time, the two men's arms and tentacles became locked in a stalemate, constantly entangling and trying to Break Free, with neither able to gain the upper hand.

While the two were entangled, Hong Fuxiu took the opportunity to attack. Searing flames, guided by the red silk ribbons, swept across the entire Great Void.

The crimson flames surged Like a Tide, dancing like dragons and snakes. In an instant, they wrapped Xie Wushuang within them.

This was the Southern Bright Leaving Fire—the true Southern Bright Leaving Fire, not the Leaving Fire that had merely looked the part in the past.

This was Hong Fuxiu's greatest gain after forming her Core: she had nurtured the Southern Bright Leaving Fire and refined it into her Natal Spiritual Fire.

Like the Solar True Fire, the Southern Bright Leaving Fire was a Heaven and Earth Exotic Fire. It contained Heaven and Earth Dao Intent and was one of the divine abilities of Heaven and Earth.

Yang Zhengshan had relied on the Solar True Fire to survive many crises, demonstrating how powerful it was. Yet the Southern Bright Leaving Fire was in no way inferior to the Solar True Fire.

In fact, in the Dao of Fire Control, Hong Fuxiu far surpassed Yang Zhengshan.

As the flames soared, Xie Wushuang was shocked. He did not dare to continue entangling with Kou Ta and hurriedly withdrew from the battle.

He wanted to pause the fight, but Kou Ta and Hong Fuxiu would not give him a chance to catch his breath. The husband and wife coordinated flawlessly, blocking Xie Wushuang tightly from front and back.

"Damn it!"

Xie Wushuang cursed inwardly. He no longer dared to hesitate and used every means at his disposal, erupting with his full strength and summoning his protective Spirit Artifact. Only then did he escape the encirclement of the Southern Bright Leaving Fire.

Although he had escaped the Southern Bright Leaving Fire, crimson flames still clung to his body.

He did not even have time to extinguish the flames before erupting with his utmost speed and fleeing.

Although the exchange had been extremely brief, he already knew that he was no match for these two.

If he continued entangling with them, he might not die, but he certainly would not come out unscathed.

If the entanglement lasted too long, he might even be in danger of dying.

Faced with such a situation, he chose to withdraw from the battle without the slightest hesitation.

A wise man did not fight when the odds were against him!

Xie Wushuang had no resolve to fight to the death. His only thought now was to return and bring reinforcements.