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Chapter 75

Aside from the blockade, the Ten-City Alliance remained largely unchanged from before.

However, there had been a significant shift in its atmosphere.

The Qingmiao Sect had also added a new rule—**prohibiting contact with cultivators from external sects**.

At first, the Qingmiao Sect cultivators didn't understand why such a rule was necessary. But the behavior of external cultivators became increasingly uncharacteristic of cultivators.

Instead, they were more debauched than many mortals.

This genuinely frightened many of the upright cultivators in the Qingmiao Sect.

The Qingmiao Sect was essentially Li Changmeng's personal sanctuary.

The Flower of Desire had taken control of nearly all the cultivators in the Ten-City Alliance and was now spreading to the mortal population.

They... did not share the same taboos as cultivators when it came to mortals.

Reproducing themselves was, to them, following their own Dao—a natural order of heaven and earth.

Li Changmeng did not intervene excessively, only demanding that the Flower of Desire leave behind some mortal cities to prevent the extinction of humans within the Ten-City Alliance.

After all, the offshoots of the Flower of Desire could also provide faith power.

To Li Changmeng, whether they were mortals or vassals, as long as they could provide faith power, they were good believers.

"Hey, why are you so brazenly bringing me out like this? Weren't you always so cautious before? And even though I can hide myself, it's not like I'm completely undetectable."

The **Spiritual Source Heaven-Opening Stele** complained. It didn't understand why Li Changmeng seemed to have suddenly changed.

Previously, it had criticized Li Changmeng for being too cautious, with this clone always hiding and never daring to move around.

Now, he was openly flying around everywhere, even passing directly over several sects. Below, it could sense the auras of Nascent Soul cultivators.

"Stop complaining. Do you know what's going on?"

Li Changmeng's clone, carrying the Spiritual Source Heaven-Opening Stele, had arrived at the border between the Ten-City Alliance and the Hundred Battles Land.

A faint gray light curtain descended from the boundless sky, separating the two regions.

"The Sealing Grand Formation? What happened that made the Tianxing Sacred Land willing to activate this?"

The Spiritual Source Heaven-Opening Stele spoke in surprise.

"So you do know something."

Li Changmeng had brought the Spiritual Source Heaven-Opening Stele here to see if it knew anything.

A sixth-tier spiritual artifact, just a step away from the seventh tier, its former master must have been at the Deity Transformation level.

"This Sealing Grand Formation has been passed down since ancient times. Even the Tianxing Sacred Land only has the authority to activate or deactivate it. Moreover, activating this formation consumes an immense amount of spiritual energy at all times, requiring a constant supply of spirit stones.

Therefore, the Tianxing Sacred Land would not activate it unless absolutely necessary. Has something happened recently?"

The Spiritual Source Heaven-Opening Stele shared what it knew. It truly couldn't understand what situation would prompt the Tianxing Sacred Land to activate the Sealing Grand Formation. Could it be an invasion from another domain?

"Hmm... Do you remember the Dao Flower in the cave that day? That was my doing. Now, the vast majority of cultivators and mortals in the Ten-City Alliance have become part of that flower."

The Spiritual Source Heaven-Opening Stele fell silent for a moment, trying to process Li Changmeng's words.

Then, Li Changmeng explained the Flower of Desire and its offshoots to the Spiritual Source Heaven-Opening Stele.

"Bro, tell me the truth. Are you actually an extraterrestrial demon? I..."

The Spiritual Source Heaven-Opening Stele felt like it must be dreaming. How could it be hearing such strange things?

"Extraterrestrial demons? What are those? Tell me about them first. It seems I've been using you wrong. Your knowledge is more important to me."

The Sealing Grand Formation, extraterrestrial demons—these were things Li Changmeng and the major sects of the Ten-City Alliance knew nothing about.

The value of the Spiritual Source Heaven-Opening Stele might not lie in its status as a sixth-tier spiritual artifact but in the knowledge it had gained from serving a Deity Transformation cultivator.

"No, these are things you shouldn't know yet. When you reach the Deity Transformation stage, you'll naturally find out."

The Spiritual Source Heaven-Opening Stele swayed slightly, refusing to answer Li Changmeng's question.

"Do you know that with a single order from me, dozens of Nascent Soul cultivators could bombard you with spells?"

Li Changmeng had no patience for the Spiritual Source Heaven-Opening Stele's evasiveness. Things he shouldn't know?

As a spiritual artifact, it should act like one.

"You? A mere Core Formation cultivator, you..."

The Spiritual Source Heaven-Opening Stele's voice grew softer as it realized Li Changmeng might not be bluffing.

Even though it had become his spiritual artifact, it still knew little about Li Changmeng, as if viewing him through a fog.

In its original imagination, it would bestow upon Li Changmeng profound techniques to ascend to immortality, guide his cultivation, save him in times of crisis, and teach him the ways of the cultivation world...

But now, everything was completely different from what it had envisioned. Li Changmeng was, fundamentally, an anomaly!

"Below the Deity Transformation stage, cultivators are like infants in swaddling clothes. In the cultivation world, there are five major domains: the Tianxing Domain, the Divine Light Domain, the Eternal Divine Domain, the Southern Light Sea Domain, and the Demon Domain.

The current cultivation world has actually experienced a generational break. The Sealing Grand Formation was left behind by the previous generation of cultivators. Back then, the cultivation world was even more prosperous than it is now.

According to the legends left behind, the cultivation world back then was attacked by beings known as extraterrestrial demons. These demons were all bizarre and unpredictable, and even the weakest of them were extremely troublesome.

I should have realized it earlier. What I saw in the cave that day could only be explained by extraterrestrial demons...

Now, the cultivation world remains vigilant against these extraterrestrial demons. Anything suspected of being related to them is immediately destroyed."

After hearing the description of extraterrestrial demons, Li Changmeng could roughly confirm that the strange insect from before was undoubtedly an extraterrestrial demon.

As for himself, he didn't believe he was one.

A native cultivator, how could he be an extraterrestrial demon?

However, the cultivators wouldn't care about that. Now that the Tianxing Sacred Land had blockaded the Ten-City Alliance, they must have treated the Flower of Desire as an extraterrestrial demon.

The blockade was to prevent the Flower of Desire from continuing to propagate and spread.

The current calm might be because they hadn't figured out how to deal with it yet.

"How powerful is a Deity Transformation cultivator?"

Li Changmeng asked again.

"Deity Transformation is the first step from mortality to immortality. If I had to make a comparison, the difference between Deity Transformation and those below it is like the vast blue sky versus a tiny speck of dust. If unrestrained, a Deity Transformation cultivator could annihilate all life in a domain in a short time."

"That powerful?"

Qin Lianxue was at the peak of the Nascent Soul stage, and Li Changmeng had asked her to demonstrate her strength.

A peak Nascent Soul cultivator was indeed incredibly powerful, but to annihilate all life in a domain in a short time...

Li Changmeng estimated it would take at least a year.

He couldn't help but worry. If the Tianxing Sacred Land, in their fear of extraterrestrial demons, decided to cleanse the Ten-City Alliance...

He would inevitably be caught in the crossfire.

What made it worse was that he now had to face the Deity Transformation stage.

"Extraterrestrial demons... Some clones will delve deep underground, while others will scatter to hidden locations throughout the Ten-City Alliance.

The key to preserving myself lies with the Ancient Immortal Sect..."