Three Thousand Great Worlds, Extraterritorial Battlefield.
Ten years later.
Chen Xun and the others were still charging alongside the Immortal Kingdom Military Court, only occasionally taking advantage of the chaos to pilfer Star Fragments from the heavens.
After all, there were far too many powerful Evil Spirits on the central battlefield. Even raiding their home turf required the right timing. Great Vehicle Realm venerables among the Extraterritorial Evil Spirits had already appeared, leading armies of Evil Spirits in campaigns of slaughter against all sides, with neither side gaining the upper hand.
What they did most often was still collect corpses from the battlefield. The battle lines of the Extraterritorial Battlefield stretched too vast and far; most Nascent Soul Realm Rogue Cultivators had come to help the Immortal Kingdom gather those Evil Marrow Crystals.
After all, refining such things required both methods and time. It was impossible for ordinary cultivators to be like Chen Xun and his companions, capable of refining them with a wave of the hand, practiced and effortless.
This item was useless in the hands of ordinary cultivators. They might as well hand it over to the Immortal Kingdom Military Court in exchange for cultivation resources.
In such a world-shaking war, neither side had time to clear the battlefield. If left unattended, even the aftermath of battle could shatter vast swathes of land.
At times like this, whether low-level cultivators among the Evil Spirits or Nascent Soul Cultivators of the Great World, all had a chance to prove their worth. It simply depended on whose luck was better—who could avoid being caught in the wake of the war artifacts above the heavens.
Upon a fallen star on the earth lay a primeval forest, ancient trees rising thickly throughout.
The cries of battle overhead shook the skies. Great battles