Chapter 939: Chapter 907: Eastern State, Heavenly Control Sect

"This place is situated within the Eastern State territory. The mountain range you see is called Hengzhou Mountain Range, part of a Tier Six Spiritual Vein, under the dominion of the Heavenly Control Sect. The sect’s base is located at the most concentrated area of Spiritual Qi in the central part of Hengzhou Mountain Range."

The Void Celestial Extreme Saint’s avatar slowly spoke, introducing the forces and territorial divisions here.

It turns out that this Eastern State is located in the eastern region of the Central Ancestral Realm. Geographically, it is a wild land dominated primarily by demon beasts and creatures.

The area of this state is vast, equivalent to six Lingxi States in size, birthing more than ten Divinity Transformation Stage cultivators.

Among them, the Heavenly Control Sect is the main ruling power here, with eight Nascent Soul Stage cultivators and over thirty Golden Core cultivators.

Additionally, there are numerous sect forces scattered around, varying in strength, but they all defer to the Heavenly Control Sect.

The entire Hengzhou Mountain Range stretches sixteen hundred thousand li north to south, with a width of over thirty thousand li. Most of the powerful demon beasts reside within this Hengzhou Mountain Range.

Only around the Heavenly Control Sect’s main base, within a radius of fifty to sixty thousand li, are demon beasts sparse, marking it as a forbidden zone for demon beasts in the Eastern State.

Different forces not only fight among themselves regularly but also face threats from demon beasts.

This makes cultivators from the Eastern State naturally adept at battling demon beasts, starting their experience from a young age, having rich combat experience, with a strong culture of cultivation.

"Just a single Eastern State surpasses several Lingxi States; it’s truly worthy of the Central Ancestral Realm."

Learning about the situation here, Lu Ping expressed his admiration. A peripheral area of the Central Ancestral Realm, a wild region, yet there are more than a dozen Nascent Soul Stage cultivators.

This powerful lineup is unmatched even by three or four Lingxi States.

Regarding the forces outside of the Heavenly Control Sect, Lu Ping was temporarily in the dark.

"Ha ha, even though this is still a fringe region, it is within the domain of the Central Ancestral Realm. Besides the Heavenly Control Sect, any force you randomly encounter here might have a Nascent Soul Cultivator overseeing it."

While conversing, Lu Ping followed the guidance and headed towards the Hengzhou Mountain Range.

The Void Celestial Sword Spirit and Shanshan were full of curiosity, observing and scrutinizing their surroundings, just like Lu Ping, raising their guard upon encountering demon beasts.

According to the Void Celestial Extreme Saint’s avatar, Lu Ping now needed to traverse the Hengzhou Mountain Range and enter Central Yunzhou, where lies the flourishing land of the Central Ancestral Realm.

Both the Li Family that Lu Ping sought and the true form of the Void Celestial Extreme Saint were there.

Upon reaching the edge of the Hengzhou Mountain Range, Lu Ping extended his divine sense into the mountain range, discovering traces of other cultivators.

The clothing of those cultivators varied, with some acting alone and others in sect groups.

"The Hengzhou Mountain Range is the boundary point between the Eastern State and Central Yunzhou, lurking with many demon beasts. Crossing it cannot rely solely on brute force. The area you’re currently in is actually surrounding the Heavenly Control Sect’s base."

"This region is regularly cleansed by the Heavenly Control Sect, hence the number of demon beasts is few and their strength is not formidable. You might only encounter demons at the Crystallization Stage, making it relatively safe."

The Void Celestial Extreme Saint’s avatar provided a detailed route for Lu Ping to take, saving a considerable amount of time and avoiding unnecessary entanglements with various demon beasts.

The Eastern State, rich in demon beasts, is a prime choice for many Loose Cultivators to hunt High-Tier demon beasts.

The existence of the Hengzhou Mountain Range serves to block numerous demon beasts from entering Central Yunzhou.

Traversing the Hengzhou Mountain Range requires roughly a month, but given Lu Ping’s strength, he could cross it in three to four days.

Lu Ping summoned the Flying Cloud Ship, a Tier Four Top-Grade Spiritual Artifact, ideal for travel.

Adjusting the route and entering the Heavenly Control Sect’s controlled area, Lu Ping overlooked below, clearly seeing the figures of cultivators appearing.

These were disciples of the Heavenly Control Sect, shuttling across the mountains, clearing some of the demon beasts. Occasionally, a cultivator could be seen battling demon beasts.

Lu Ping glanced around briefly and continued onwards.

Flying over the Hengzhou Mountain Range, he sensed concentrated spiritual energy converging. In such an environment, magical power recovery was notably faster.

After half a day of continuous flying, out of curiosity, Lu Ping spread his divine sense to inspect the depths of the mountain range, quickly discovering the forms of two enormous demon beasts.

Those were two Tier Five demon beasts, reaching the Middle Stage of Golden Core, being besieged by over ten sect cultivators, driven towards the other end of the mountain range.

"Battles between cultivators and demon beasts are commonplace here, nothing surprising. After another half day of flying, you will be able to cross this Hengzhou Mountain Range and reach the Central Yunzhou territory."

The Void Celestial Extreme Saint’s avatar spoke, eagerly chatting with Lu Ping about some historical anecdotes of Hengzhou Mountain Range.

Reportedly, Hengzhou Mountain Range was originally territory of a Tier Five demon beast, Red Jiaolong, which during its dragon transformation period was attacked by three other Tier Six demon beasts, and thereafter disappeared.

Later, human race cultivators united, slaying these three Tier Five demon beasts, rendering Hengzhou Mountain Range free from Tier Five demon beast chaos, completely under Heavenly Control Sect’s reign.

Regarding the Heavenly Control Sect, listening to the narrative, Lu Ping gained some understanding of it.

As a premier local major sect in Eastern State, the leading force, the sect’s founding forefather, like Lu Ping, hailed from Chu Kingdom.

The specific founder’s identity over six thousand years ago is too ancient for Lu Ping to recognize, only remembering the name Ling Tianxing.

"Eastern State is abundant with talent and outstanding figures, innumerable. Even I dare not claim to be a genius here."

The Void Celestial Extreme Saint’s avatar commented emotionally, "Awaiting Central Yunzhou, you will witness even broader realms and greater prosperity."

Holding anticipation, the following morning, Lu Ping successfully traversed Hengzhou Mountain Range, entering the Central Yunzhou region.

In the distance, outlines of human race cities appeared, along with rivers and plains laying in full view.

Around Lu Ping, other cultivators also crossed the Hengzhou Mountain Range at this time, arriving at Central Yunzhou.

"Fellow Daoist, fellow Daoist."

A call sounded, and turning to the voice, Lu Ping saw a flying ship approaching, revealing two figures, an elder and a youth.

The speaker was the elder.

This elder was named Wey Yingxu, a Loose Cultivator from Eastern State, with an Eighth-Layer Foundation Establishment cultivation. Beside him was his granddaughter Wey Ling’Er, whose cultivation was still at the Ninth-Layer Qi Cultivation.

Lu Ping scrutinized the grandfather-granddaughter duo, and upon detecting their cultivation, relaxed his vigilance, leisurely reducing his flying speed.