Side Branches Sprout, Jade Wall Holds Spirit (Lower)

Ten Directions Great Venerable thoroughly disapproved of Yu Ci's neglect of his proper business, as he never paid attention to such matters himself.

Nowadays, his "nest" in the Northern Wilds was considered a semi-public secret, yet those with ability would not rashly provoke trouble, while those without ability remained completely in the dark. His foundation stayed firmly rooted; even if there were an army of thousands outside, what could they do?

Yu Ci cared not what Ten Directions Great Venerable thought, for he had his own calculations. Northern Wilds people possessed a sharp sense of smell for crisis. During that period, Ten Directions Great Venerable broke through Longevity Pass by using living sacrifices to practice demonic arts. Very few knew the actual event, but many more sensed anomalies from the eerie atmosphere and fled one after another.

For over a year, cultivators were rarely seen in this so-called "newly opened area," and those who appeared were true desperadoes who tied their heads to their belts to trade lives for profit. Their distribution range was quite wide, with some even lingering among the palace ruins.

Xusheng, your work has arrived.

Yu Ci secretly projected his most diligent general here, having him perform a task he had already mastered—disseminating the starlight of divine will.

He naturally knew this was the territory of Ten Directions Great Venerable, and Great Brahma Demon King likely frequented it as well. Yet after Old Daoist Xusheng shifted his spiritual pivot, his very nature became special and difficult to discover. As for the starlight of divine will, it also chose a shallow attachment with a time limit of only six hours, at which point it could only be replaced anew.

If even this were caught, it did not matter! Among the "insiders" in the Northern Wilds now, at