Langya Heavenly Palace, Relocation

"By the way, you mentioned the Evil Spirit Festival in Qi Ling City earlier?"

Xiao Han noticed the unfamiliar word that Jiang Lingxian had mentioned.

"Senior, you may not know this, but the Evil Spirit Festival is held once every twenty years. It is the grandest and most solemn festival of our Evil Spirit Race."

Jiang Lingxian also learned about Xiao Han's identity, and he remained completely unmoved by this legendary visitor from Daqian.

The Evil Spirit Race has always been oppressed by the Extraterrestrial Evil race. To say that they have any goodwill towards the latter is pure nonsense, not to mention that they have an irreconcilable hatred with the Extraterrestrial Evil race.

Faced with the brother and sister's savior, Jiang Lingxian unhesitatingly revealed the current situation of the Evil Spirit Race to Xiao Han.

"The Evil Spirit Festival is presided over by the Evil Spirit Race Elder in each city, supervised by powerful members of the Extraterrestrial Evil race, who select eligible Evil Spirit Race geniuses to enter the Evil Spirit Race Ancestral Land for intensive training."

"Once you are successfully selected in the Evil Spirit Festival, it's no exaggeration to say that you've defied the heavens and changed your fate."

Jiang Lingxian's eyes sparkled.

"Even my original goal was to enter the ancestral land through the Evil Spirit Festival."

"The Evil Spirit Race Ancestral Land?"

Have you been there?

Xiao Han asked a question.

Jiang Lingxian shook his head with a wry smile.

"Senior, you are joking. The ancestral land is the supreme holy land of our Evil Spirit Race, filled with powerful experts and numerous geniuses. How could someone like us be qualified to go there!"

"Each time, the entire Qi Ling City can only select fewer than five people to go to the ancestral land. It is said that when you are unlucky, you may not even get a single spot."

"Have any of those who went to the ancestral land ever returned?"

The Xiao Han air was sudden and unexpected.

"Return?"

Jiang Lingxian was slightly taken aback. He had never considered this question before. At less than twenty years old, he was just a kid in the Cultivation World. His knowledge of the ancestral land and the Evil Spirit Festival came entirely from rumors, but he had never seen them with his own eyes.

Upon closer reflection, those selected to enter the ancestral land are all geniuses. Once such a person returns to Qi Ling City, their fame would probably have spread throughout the entire city. Yet, he has stayed here for so many years without receiving any news, which is indeed abnormal.

"Perhaps Qi Ling City is too small and unsuitable for these geniuses to grow up?"

Jiang Lingxian gave a seemingly reasonable answer, to which Xiao Han neither agreed nor disagreed. There was a saying in the Great Thousand World that he agreed with, "To return home in glory is like wearing fine clothes at night."

Former geniuses who have become powerful will revisit their old haunts, even if only to show off in front of others. It's unlikely that the geniuses of Qi Ling City are so unlucky that not a single one survived.

If Xiao Han's prediction is correct, not only in the small Qi Ling City, but also in other regions, the geniuses selected for the ancestral land will likely face the same fate, remaining hidden from the public eye for some reason.

The so-called ancestral land of this Evil Spirit Race is probably something else entirely.

"When is the next Evil Spirit Festival?"

Xiao Han asked.

"Just three years later."

Jiang Lingxian answered immediately, as he knew the timing of the Evil Spirit Festival by heart.

"Three years?"

Are there any specific requirements for participating in Evil Spirit Festival?

"Some."

Jiang Lingxian.

"Age not exceeding thirty years, strength at least at the level of Evil Spirit General."

According to the strength calculation of the Great Thousand World, the Evil Spirit General is roughly equivalent to the Three Heavens Realm to the Supreme Three Tribulations, and is not even thirty years old. Moreover, he is just an entry ticket!

Such standards are beyond harsh, which shows the status of the Evil Spirit Festival among the Evil Spirit Race.

Xiao Han keenly realized that the Evil Spirit Festival might be a good opportunity for him to escape from the Extraterrestrial Evil race.

"So..."

"Kid, do you want to go to the ancestral land of your Evil Spirit Race?"

While Xiao Han was trapped in the Demon Cave, Langya Heavenly Palace also fell into brief chaos due to the lack of a leader.

In the Council Hall, Yi Huang sat coldly in the seat that originally belonged to Xiao Han. The bloodthirsty aura of the Demon Emperor's remnants from the battlefield still lingered. With just a glance from her phoenix eyes, she suppressed all the Elder present.

"At this critical juncture, Elder, please speak freely on how to overcome this difficulty."

After he finished speaking, the entire room fell silent. The Elder were all experienced and wise, and they all knew that in this situation, the first person to speak out usually wouldn't have a good ending.

Of course, this only applies to the general Elder; some Elder are not included.

For example...

"Madam, now that the Palace Master is missing, our disciples Elder have suffered heavy casualties, and our resources have been lost in countless ways, and the Extraterrestrial Evil race are eyeing our sect with covetous intent, in my humble opinion, it would be better to temporarily retreat from the fray and plan for a comeback."

As the chief steward in charge of the vast majority of daily affairs of the Langya Heavenly Palace, Elder Yang Ling could not ignore the earnest hopes of his colleagues, so he took the initiative to step forward and put forward a rather humiliating suggestion.

After this suggestion was made, the atmosphere on the field changed visibly. Anger surged on the faces of some Elder, especially Qian Cha, the Langya Guard Vice Commander, who was known for his decisiveness in killing. His eyes were wide open, and he looked like he wanted to devour someone!

What do you mean by "temporarily avoiding the limelight"? That's just a whitewashing; isn't it just making them deserters? Are you kidding me?

They have been fighting the Extraterrestrial Evil race on this continent for so many years, and countless disciples and Elder have sacrificed their lives. In particular, in the recent war, they paid the price of nearly a third of their disciples Elder falling in order to repel the fierce offensive and preserve this foundation.

Now that things have come to this, someone actually wants to run away?

"Oh? Elder Yang means to abandon this place?"

Yi Huang's tone was subtle, and Yang Ling, knowing full well that there was no turning back once the arrow was released, said directly:

"That's exactly right."

Unlike many indignant Elder, Yang Ling, who had managed daily affairs for many years, had an unparalleled understanding of the Langya Heavenly Palace, especially the deadly crisis hidden beneath its prosperous Langya Heavenly Palace.

"Madam, the Palace Master's whereabouts are currently unknown. Our most urgent task is to find the Palace Master, not to fight to the death with the Extraterrestrial Evil race."

Although Langya Heavenly Palace has developed extremely rapidly in recent years, the number of its Heavenly Supreme, is too numerous to count on one hand, making it an undisputed behemoth in the Great Thousand World.

However, even so, it cannot conceal the fact that the core of the Langya Heavenly Palace is Palace Master Xiao Han, and this has never changed.

In other words, even though the Langya Heavenly Palace remains powerful without Xiao Han, it is not qualified to compete with the Extraterrestrial Evil race.

The reason why Langya Heavenly Palace was able to fight against the Extraterrestrial Evil race was not because of the Spirit Array traps that were spread throughout the continent and the sect's Sect Protecting Array, but because of the absolute combat power of Palace Master Xiao Han.

Only Xiao Han, whose combat power far surpasses that of his peers, can deal with the endless stream of top-tier experts from the Extraterrestrial Evil race.

Now that Xiao Han has disappeared, it is equivalent to directly breaking the biggest reliance of the Langya Heavenly Palace, and the combat power of the Langya Heavenly Palace will drop by more than half.

In contrast, the Extraterrestrial Evil race, although it also lost two peak Profound Demon Emperor, had a terrifying reserve of powerful experts that allowed it to replenish its top experts in a short period of time, something that the orphaned Langya Heavenly Palace could not match.

Moreover, in Yang Ling's mind, the probability of Palace Master Xiao Han surviving was extremely slim. His greatest hope now was to allow Langya Heavenly Palace to recuperate and strive to give birth to a new Immortal Grade Heavenly Supreme level expert, so that it would have the strength to fight the Extraterrestrial Evil race to the end.

Yi Huang also sensed the predicament facing Langya Heavenly Palace. After the great war, Langya Heavenly Palace and the Huan Continent were almost reduced to scorched earth. The Spirit Array defense swamp, which was built at great cost, was completely destroyed. The energy of the Sect Protecting Array was exhausted, and all defensive measures were almost rendered useless. Once the Extraterrestrial Evil race makes a comeback, it is likely that there will be no other way but to fight to the death.

Like Yang Ling, Yi Huang had no intention of clinging to the past. If she could save people but lose land, she could save both people and land; if she could save land but lose people, she could lose both people and land.

The most valuable asset of the Langya Heavenly Palace is not a war-torn supercontinent, but the large number of Spirit Array Master within the sect.

As long as the sect's remaining forces are preserved, with the help of the vast resources of the Langya Heavenly Palace, the sect's power will be quickly restored, and then the lost territory can be reclaimed.

As for the consequences of losing territory...

The Huan Continent was originally reclaimed by the Langya Heavenly Palace and was directly facing the Extraterrestrial Evil race. There were no forces outside the Langya Heavenly Palace on the surrounding continents, so even if it was abandoned, it would not have a significant impact.

At most, they might lose some reputation; Langya Heavenly Palace has never considered reputation as the foundation of its existence.

Moreover, even if she leaves, Yi Huang will not allow the Extraterrestrial Evil race to accept her with peace of mind. The various Spirit Array of the Huan Continent will allow them to relive the fear of being dominated by the Langya Heavenly Palace.

Just as Yi Huang was about to make a decision, the blood-red Jade Pendant beside her suddenly emitted a dazzling light. She closed her eyes slightly, then opened them and smiled easily.

"As per the Palace Master's Decree, the Huan Continent shall be abandoned, and the Langya Heavenly Palace shall be relocated to the Lingtian Continent."