Three Years Later, the Shrike Lao Household Succeeded in Star Inlaying
Time flew by as they fought to defend the Demon-Suppressing Pass of the "Mystic Crane Secret Realm Demon-Suppressing Pass Secret Realm" and engaged in secluded cultivation at the core of the "Myriad Fires All-Encompassing Origin-Fortifying Grand Array," and three years passed in the blink of an eye.
Over the past three years, the battles of attack and defense within the "Celestial Stars True Spirit Diagram" have been nearly completed. Most of the "True Spirit Star" have successfully killed or repelled the combined attacks of the Demon Race and martial cultivators, while the "True Spirit Star" that could not withstand the attacks have been mostly shot down or destroyed in the past three years.
Therefore, nowadays, when looking at the starry sky transformed by the "Celestial Stars True Spirit Diagram", it is rare to see the impact or attack of demonic light or martial light.
The battles and fights between the various bloodline cultivators of the "True Spirit Realm" and the Demon Race race and martial cultivators have basically shifted to the interior of the "True Spirit Realm".
The Demon Race colluded with martial cultivators to invade the interior of the "True Spirit Realm" through the cracks torn open by the "True Spirit Star" that were shot down and destroyed. They scattered throughout the counties and prefectures of the Five Directions and Five Domains, forming battlefields of invasion.
Some of these battlefields, like "Bifang Commandery," were blocked by the "True Spirit Lineage" in some fallen and ruined "True Spirit Secret Realm"; others had already invaded the ground, ravaging various counties and prefectures.
The second invasion launched by the Demon Race race in collusion with the martial artists of the "True Martial World" has now entered its most intense phase.
The battles for attack and defense in the "Mystic Crane Secret Realm" of Bifang Commandery have been relatively stable over the past three years.
The rift connecting to the "Heavenly Demon Grotto-Heaven" is tightly restricted by the Bi Household of "Bifang". There are strict restrictions on the number and level of Demon Race, Demon Beast, and martial artists who can enter the "Mystic Crane Secret Realm" through this rift.
They were basically all within the range that the Kong Household, the Ya Household, and the Bi Household could resist and eliminate.
Of course, the Demon Race and martial arts practitioners were not willing to just throw their lives away like this over the past three years, and they tried every means to break the battlefield and seize control.
This includes temporarily halting the offensive, accumulating strength, and preparing to use sheer numbers to overwhelm the "Demon-Suppressing Pass" and capture the "Mystic Crane Secret Realm" battlefield.
As a result, the Demon Race and martial arts practitioners' intentions were discovered by Kong Wenxuan and others. Then, under the organization of True Person Bi Yanhong, who presided over the "Mystic Crane Secret Realm" battle, the Bi Household, Kong Household, and Ya Household joined forces and led a large number of servant cultivator Lineage and ordinary Bloodline Lineage cultivators out of "Demon-Suppressing Pass" to launch an attack on the Demon Race, Demon Beast, and martial arts practitioners who were accumulating strength outside the pass.
As a result of the all-out attack from all sides, all the Demon Race, Demon Beast, and martial artists who were gathering strength were wiped out, Bifang Commandery achieved a great victory.
Furthermore, Demon Race and martial artists attempted to set up "demon formations" and "martial formations" within the "Mystic Crane Secret Realm" to attack and tear open larger rifts, or to lure in more and higher-level Demon Race and martial artists from the Heavenly Demon Grotto-Heaven."
As a result, Bi Qingqing, the True Person of the Bi Household, directly activated the sub-array of the "Myriad Fires All-Encompassing Origin-Fortifying Grand Array" that enveloped the "Mystic Crane Secret Realm," turning the entire "Mystic Crane Secret Realm" into a sea of fire. Not only were all the "demon arrays" and "martial arrays" set up by the Demon Race and martial cultivators burned and destroyed, but most of the Demon Race, Demon Beast, and martial cultivators on the battlefield were also burned and killed.
The troops stationed at "Demon-Suppressing Pass" seized the opportunity to launch a counterattack, slaying all the severely wounded Demon Race, Demon Beast, and martial artists, and achieving another great victory.
Some Demon Race and martial artists with special methods and abilities forcibly attacked the "rift" connecting to the "Heavenly Demon Grotto-Heaven," attempting to expand and enlarge it so that more and stronger Demon Race and martial artists could be drawn into the "Mystic Crane Secret Realm."
However, they were all discovered in time by Kong Wenxuan, Ya Zhaoying, Bi Yanhong and others, and were killed on the battlefield.
Overall, the fighting and battles on the "Mystic Crane Secret Realm" battlefield, just as the Bi Household had planned and hoped for, turned into a protracted war that was under control.
However, after three years of fierce fighting, each side inevitably suffered some casualties.
Those servant Lineage and ordinary Bloodline Lineage who were there to exchange merits for the "Bi Household Treasure Vault" undoubtedly suffered the heaviest casualties.
After all, their foundation and strength are the weakest. In this "secret realm" battlefield, without the starlight sprinkled by "True Spirit Star" to quickly restore their Law Power and Spiritual Consciousness, they are often easily injured, exhausted, and eventually die on the battlefield.
As far as Kong Wenxuan knew, the number of casualties among the servant Lineage led by their Kong Household, as well as some ordinary Bloodline Lineage cultivators assigned to their Kong Household, had exceeded half in the past three years of fierce fighting.
However, although these servant cultivator Lineage and ordinary Bloodline Lineage suffered heavy casualties, they also gained a lot. Not only did they obtain a large amount of demon materials and martial arts materials as spoils of war on the battlefield, but they also used the merits accumulated on the battlefield to exchange for a large amount of resources, spiritual objects, and treasures they needed from the "Bi Household Treasury".
Examples include "Nirvana Spirit Fire" which enhances bloodline power, Spirit Artifact, magical artifacts, and formations that boost combat strength, and inheritances that complete Lineage traditions and enhance Lineage heritage.
The Lineage that reaped the most and grew the most during these three years was the "Shrike" Lao Household, which the Kong Household was quite familiar with.
The "Shrike" Lao Household's Bloodline Divine Ability is "Heart of Slaughter," which allows them to gain power and grow through slaughter, making them undoubtedly the most suitable for such battlefield combat.
Therefore, the bloodline cultivators of the "Shrike" Lao Household have been quite remarkable in their fighting and combat performance in the "Mystic Crane Secret Realm" battlefield over the past three years. The number of Demon Race, Demon Beast, and martial artists they have killed is even approaching that of the "Ninth-Grade True Spirit Lineage" Fu Household.
Thanks to their outstanding performance on the battlefield, the "Shrike" Lao Household successfully gained the attention of the "Bifang" Bi Household, and was set up as a role model. They spent a fortune to buy his bones and received a lot of preferential treatment.
The "Shrike" Lao Household was also adept at seizing opportunities, directly utilizing their traditional skills to betray the "Fire Crow" Ya Household they had originally pledged allegiance to, and instead joined the "Bifang" Bi Household, becoming a servant Lineage under the Bi Household.
Then, a month ago, with the help of the Bifang Bi Household, the "Shrike" Lao Household successfully "Star Inlaying" and was promoted to a "Ninth-Grade True Spirit" Lineage.
They have taken over the position of the "Black Crane" He Household, which had fallen from grace and descended to the mortal world.
Furthermore, after the "Shrike" Lao Household successfully "Star Inlaying," under the arrangement of the Bi Household, there was no need for any expansionist wars. They directly handed over "Black Crane County," which had now become a battlefield, to the "Shrike" Lao Household and renamed it "Shrike County."
However, the "Mystic Crane Secret Realm," which served as the front line against the invasion of Demon Race and martial arts practitioners, was not handed over to the "Shrike" Lao Household. It retained the name "Mystic Crane Secret Realm" and was used as a battlefield.
The "Shrike" Lao Household, on the other hand, needs to rely on the power of the "Ninth-Grade Shrike True Spirit Star" and the newly acquired power of the "Shrike County" land to create their own "Shrike Secret Realm".