The closer he drew to Spirit Firmament City, the more multicolored streaks of escape light filled the sky.
Most of the cultivators within those streaks were in the Foundation Establishment realm. After sweeping their divine sense over Li Ping, they turned pale with alarm and kept their distance, voluntarily lowering their flight altitude as well. None dared fly level with a Core Formation True Person for fear of giving offense.
Before the war in the Eastern Sea began, even if someone flew higher than a Core Formation True Person or accidentally blocked their path,
as long as they remained respectful, most Core Formation True Persons would not stoop to taking issue with a junior.
Over the years, however, the outbreak of war had inadvertently sifted the cultivators of Spirit Firmament City.
Most of those who devoted themselves to cultivation, acted cautiously, and simply wanted to live steady lives had chosen to leave Spirit Firmament City for inland regions to escape the ravages of war.
The Leisurely Cloud Sect was a typical example.
Meanwhile, cultivators who enjoyed licking blood from a blade's edge and plucking chestnuts from the fire saw the war between the Immortal Alliance and the flood dragon race as an opportunity that came once in a thousand years.
To encourage cultivators from lineages everywhere, as well as rogue cultivators, to join the war, the Immortal Alliance's leaders had established extremely generous rewards for military merit. They had also offered enormous quantities of resources from the alliance's treasury for exchange.
Cultivation methods, magic artifacts, spirit herbs, spirit talismans, materials, spirit lands-there was everything one could want. Even Foundation Establishment treasures and Core Formation Treasures were openly listed in the Military Merit Exchange Hall for cultivators who had earned merit to redeem.
Even Nascent Soul Formation Treasures could be obtained,