Sage of Humanity-Chapter 1822 - 1820: Investigating the Blood Refinement World
The integration of the Eastern Fangcun Mountain was exceptionally smooth, aside from some minor turbulence within the domain, with no substantial losses.
Messages were relayed from the east to the south and west, the many Dwarf Race Sun Blaze were incredibly excited, in at most a few decades, Fangcun Mountain that had been divided for countless years would be unified once more, every member of the Dwarf Race, high and low, was eagerly anticipating this event.
Within Fangcun Mountain, Lu Ye calmly sensed that after the eastern integration, he clearly perceived that his control over this domain was not weakened, and, on the contrary, the fundamental power he could mobilize became stronger.
Back then, he only relied on the foundation of the Core World to suppress that Insect Race Sun Blaze, greatly reducing its strength, resulting in its eventual demise by his hand. If at that time he had commanded the current Fangcun Mountain, the suppression on that Insect Race Sun Blaze would have been even more intense.
After the eastern integration, the Dwarf Race was busy from top to bottom, after all, the entire world's territory had expanded, leading to many changes, and these changes needed the Dwarf Race to slowly adapt.
But it was apparent that the merged Fangcun Mountain provided a cultivation environment much better than the former east, which was undoubtedly more beneficial for the growth of Dwarf Race cultivators.
Moreover, there was originally a Spirit Jade Vein within the Core World, which is a resource possessed only by top-tier domains in the stellar space. Under Lu Ye's perception, after the eastern integration, this Spirit Jade Vein showed signs of growth, albeit very slowly, but it indeed was growing.
This made Lu Ye imagine what changes might occur to this Spirit Jade Vein if the south and west also integrate, making Fangcun Mountain completely unified.
The settlement of the eastern part would take some time, but Lu Ye did not interfere as the Three Sun Blaze were watching over the east, ensuring no issues would arise.
He leaped and left Fangcun Mountain.
Looking around himself, on his left side of Fangcun Mountain, in the distant void, lay the Nine Provinces, while on the right stretched the Blood Refinement World.
The three domains formed a triangular distribution, gathered in this expanse of stellar space.
Lu Ye's gaze turned towards the Blood Refinement World, urging his Mana, and headed in that direction.
Leisurely journeying, more than four hours later, he arrived at the Blood Refinement World. In earlier days when visiting the True Lake Realm, it seemed vast beyond measure, yet now with Moon Jade's body revisiting, the once immense domain seemed rather ordinary.
The entire Blood Refinement World was now at peace.
Countless humans lived within it. Due to the Blood Refinement World being absorbed into a large amount of foundational power by the Nine Provinces, on a domain level, the Blood Refinement World was undeniably lower, with nature's spiritual energy within being not overly abundant, barely nurturing some lower-level cultivators.
Lu Ye estimated that if undisturbed, the humans born in Blood Refinement World, even if embarking on the path of cultivation, would at most advance to the Cloud River Realm, with no further room for ascension.
But now, all the big sects of the Nine Provinces had established dojos in the Blood Refinement World, where cultivators from the sect headquarters taught the Blood Refinement World humans cultivation. Those with outstanding aptitude would be led into the Nine Provinces.
The Blood Refinement World had long become a place for talent selection in the Nine Provinces. Not to mention other sects, just from the Righteous Blood Sect, since the conquest of the Blood Refinement World until now, the sect headquarters indeed recruited quite a few promising individuals from there.
Lu Ye hadn't been to the Blood Refinement World for many years, strictly speaking, since the war with the Blood Refinement World ended, he hadn't set foot there.
Back then, with his low cultivation and limited insight, he couldn't see anything notable.
But visiting today, Lu Ye had a different perception.
The Blood Refinement World... was not exactly suitable for human habitation. After all, this domain was formed from the remains of the Blood Ancestor after his death. The features of this domain were more suited for the Blood Race, and although humans could live here, their lifespans were generally shorter. This was undeniably the impact of the environment, an inescapable influence for humans.
Previously, when Lu Ye was organizing the Core World, Chen Xuanhai and Su Yuqing, with nothing else to do, traveled around the Blood Refinement World for a bit. With their experience and knowledge as Sun Blaze, they undoubtedly noticed this issue too.
A few days ago, Chen Xuanhai had suggested to Lu Ye to find an opportunity to relocate all the humans from the Blood Refinement World to the Nine Provinces. Otherwise, in the short term, there might be no issues, but long-term, the lifespans of humans living in the Blood Refinement World would get shorter, eventually risking extinction.
This wouldn't be a difficult task; the Heaven's Augury Pillar has teleportation ability, and all it takes is gathering a group of cultivators from the Nine Provinces to assist in the great migration of the Blood Refinement World humans.
Settling the humans from the Blood Refinement World isn't much of a hassle either. The territory of the Nine Provinces is sufficient to accommodate these humans.
Previously it wasn't done mainly because no one realized the issue of the Blood Refinement World, besides the foundational power of the Nine Provinces wasn't deep enough at the time, and large-scale spirit transference needed consumption of the Nine Provinces' foundational power.
Lu Ye had already thought about this and planned to discuss it with the current governor at the Nine Provinces Governor's Palace, letting the Governor's Hall coordinate and gather the collective effort of the Nine Provinces to devise a relocation plan for the humans of the Blood Refinement World to implement accordingly.
Lu Ye hadn't come for this matter.
Rather, as early as three years ago, when he returned with the Core World, he began to sense a peculiar connection with the Blood Refinement World.
It was just that previously occupied with organizing the Core World, Lu Ye didn't have time to think about it.
This feeling became more noticeable after he finished organizing the Core World a few days ago.
Lu Ye had traveled many times back and forth between the Nine Provinces and the All Phenomena Ocean, passing by the vicinity of the Blood Refinement World each time, but never before had he felt this way, yet last time, returning with the core, suddenly he did, which was clearly unusual.
If it was because of changes in the Blood Refinement World that this feeling emerged, it seems unlikely, as there hasn't been much change in the Blood Refinement World.
So the issue still lies with himself.
He has refined a drop of the Blood Ancestor's treasure blood!
The process of consolidating the Core World further refined the residual power of the treasure blood completely, making that perception more direct.
The matter is quite clear: the Blood Refinement World was transformed from the Blood Ancestor's remains. He refined a drop of the Blood Ancestor's treasure blood, and precisely this drop of treasure blood power allowed him to sense the Blood Refinement World.
At this moment, Lu Ye wants to know the root of this perception and what changes it might trigger, which requires him to personally investigate.
Actually, there is something else he is puzzling over.
According to the available information, after the Blood Ancestor died, his remains transformed into several parts: a body, a head, and each limb. Over the long evolution of time, each part turned into a domain where the Blood Race thrived.
Currently, in stellar space, although there are many domains controlled by the Blood Race, only these few domains are considered the foundation of the Blood Race.
These major domains are not yet at the top-level domain level, but they are among the most elite large domains, especially the Blood Origin World formed from the head, which is said to be trending toward becoming a top-level domain.
All other domains derived from the residual remains are quite impressive, so why is the Blood Refinement World, formed from the body, so weak? Lu Ye is not sure what the Blood Refinement World has experienced, but he feels fortunate because if the Blood Refinement World had been strong enough, there wouldn't have been an expedition back then.
Nowadays, Nine Provinces might have already been enslaved by the Blood Refinement World, and the human race reduced to the Blood Race's Blood Food.
Collecting his thoughts, Lu Ye's figure drifted, letting destiny take its course.
He saw numerous Blood Pools. These Blood Pools scattered throughout the Blood Refinement World were originally the Blood Race's favorite training grounds. If a Blood Race entered a Blood Pool, they might have a chance to obtain Sacred Blood and refining it could transform them into a Saintly Venerable. Even without finding Sacred Blood, survival alone could drastically increase their strength.
Of course, the risk is immense; essentially, entering a Blood Pool is a life-and-death situation.
But compared to many Blood Races in the stellar space, the Blood Refinement World's Blood Races is undoubtedly fortunate because they have very direct channels to obtain Sacred Blood.
On the contrary, for those stronger Blood Races in stellar space, obtaining Sacred Blood is not easy.
Staring at these Blood Pools, Lu Ye felt that if he delved deeply, he might find some residual Sacred Blood, though it wasn't very appealing to him. His own saintliness was already terrifying, further refining Sacred Blood wouldn't enhance much.
He continued drifting, and soon, he noticed something.
With his movement in the Blood Refinement World, that subconscious perception also changed, sometimes stronger, sometimes weaker.
Lu Ye followed that perceptive change, exploring all the way, finally reaching a place.
Jade Pillar Peak!
From north to south in the entire Blood Refinement World, there are several most famous places, Sky Supporting Peak and Jade Pillar Peak being two of them. These two spirit mountaintops are the highest peaks in the Blood Refinement World, located at the Blood Ancestor's chest. Below them is Yunluo Plain, further down lies the Empyrean Sea, occupied back then by Feng Wujiang leading the Nine Provinces human race.
The top of Jade Pillar Peak is in ruins.
The final battle between Nine Provinces cultivators and Blood Refinement World's Blood Race higher-ups broke out on Jade Pillar Peak back then. In that battle, the Nine Provinces Divine Sea sent many people on an expedition, and numerous Blood Race Saintly Venerables of the Blood Refinement World somehow fused saintliness here, creating an extremely powerful blood-colored giant.
Unfortunately, it was ultimately slain by the Nine Provinces cultivators.
Even though many years have passed, the traces of the battle have not fully vanished.
At the very center of Jade Pillar Peak, a massive Blood Pool churns with blood water; Lu Ye flickered to the edge of the Blood Pool, gazing downward.
He felt that the source of that perception, was deep below!
He had ventured deep into Blood Pools before; even the True Lake Realm dared to go deeply, let alone now. So he didn't hesitate at all, flickering into it.
Mana wrapped around him, and the thick blood water around couldn't hinder him in the slightest. Lu Ye descended all the way.
In the dark, lightless environment, there was not much oppression, instead, there was a sense of being like a fish in water. Lu Ye vaguely felt this sense was related to his powerful saintliness; otherwise, it wouldn't be so easy for other Blood Races to come here.
Indeed, Lu Ye discovered Sacred Blood here and casually refined it, it was better than nothing.
No knowing how long had passed, suddenly he felt lightened, the dense blood water enveloping him at this moment vanished completely, and he descended into a huge chamber.
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