Clan Rise: Starting as a Grandfather

Chapter 1787: Chapter 1085: Farewell to Zhongli Xiayi

The Wanhua Mountain Range remains the original Wanhua Mountain Range, with the mountains still towering above the clouds and the trees resembling emerald waves, once withered due to the White Bone Pillars, now, only after a dozen years, blossoming anew with vibrant vitality.

However, the birds and beasts within the mountains have dwindled significantly; whether demon beasts or mutant beasts, they have become exceedingly rare.

It seems even the spiritual energy has thinned somewhat.

Yang Zhenshan appeared atop an unfamiliar peak, gently landing in the white snow like a feather and overlooking the surrounding mountains.

Earlier, within the Void, he noticed that the Qi Mechanism of the Wanhua Mountain Range had weakened considerably, at least by three parts compared to before.

Now, as he stood within the Wanhua Mountain Range itself, he could clearly sense the thinness of the spiritual energy.

The point isn’t that the spiritual energy in the Wanhua Mountain Range is extremely thin now, but rather that compared to before, the spiritual energy has become much thinner.

Yet, even so, the spiritual energy within the Wanhua Mountain Range remains denser than that in the Yunxiao Mountain Range.

Yang Zhenshan understands well the reasons for the changes in the Wanhua Mountain Range; one is the war between the Unpredictable Ghost Sect and the Wanhua Demon Court, and the other is the construction of numerous White Bone Pillars by the Unpredictable Ghost Sect in the Wanhua Mountain Range.

The war accelerated the transformation of spiritual energy, causing it to flow extensively into the Void.

The numerous White Bone Pillars forcibly pulled the underground Yin Qi to the surface, where Yin Qi and Yang Qi gathered, altering the attribute of the spiritual energy.

If the White Bone Pillars were not destroyed, the Wanhua Mountain Range could maintain this spiritual energy, although it would lean toward the Yin Attribute.

Unfortunately, the White Bone Pillars were destroyed, exacerbating the consumption of spiritual energy and causing more of it to flow into the Void.

Though neither the Unpredictable Ghost Sect nor the Wanhua Demon Court deliberately destroyed the spirit vein of the Wanhua Mountain Range, their war and some actions did affect it, resulting in a significant decrease in the Spirit Vein Rank.

”Land of Spiritual Wilderness! Perhaps tens of thousands of years ago, those Lands of Spiritual Wilderness were Blessed Lands, transformed into Lands of Spiritual Wilderness by wars like these!”

”Perhaps in another tens of thousands of years, this place will also become a Land of Spiritual Wilderness!”

Yang Zhenshan felt a vague sense of sorrow.

Spiritual energy is the foundation of the Immortal Path; without spiritual energy, the Immortal Path is but an illusion.

The wars among immortal cultivators are akin to digging one’s own grave, threatening to extinguish the Immortal Path throughout the entire Wanhua Domain.

From Ancient to Ancient Times, and to the present, the Wanhua Domain has become increasingly desolate.

Actually, the Wanhua Domain not only contains the Ten Thousand Flowers Five Domains but also vast sea areas, with numerous islands and lands within these sea areas.

West of the Stormy Sea Area lies the Ten Thousand Miles Sea Domain, and further west of it is the Da’an Dynasty, with tens of thousands of miles of land.

Beyond the tens of thousands of miles of land lies a region even Yang Zhenshan does not know.

Perhaps in ancient times, that region was also a Land of Spiritual Beauty, and the vast Wanhua Domain resembled a mythical Immortal Realm.

But regrettably, Yang Zhenshan cannot witness the past glory of the Wanhua Domain.

He merely sighed slightly; the past is unchangeable, and the future world beyond his control; now he is merely a cultivator seeking the path to immortality.

Re-entering the Void, Yang Zhenshan flew in the direction of Taoyuan Mountain.

Taoyuan Mountain hasn’t changed much; the spiritual energy remains as rich as ever, and the workshop below is bustling as usual.

The battle at True Yang Immortal City did not affect the Ten Thousand Treasures Store; although the Unpredictable Ghost Sect’s army breached True Yang Immortal City, they did not attack the Ten Thousand Treasures Store there.

Nonetheless, the business of the Ten Thousand Treasures Store in True Yang Immortal City was affected somewhat, but for the Ten Thousand Treasures Store, that impact was negligible.

As Yang Zhenshan arrived outside Taoyuan Mountain, the figure of Zhongli Xiayi appeared before him.

”Yang, long time no see!”

She was dressed in splendid attire, her face like red clouds, reminiscent of blooming peach blossoms.

Upon seeing Yang Zhenshan again, Zhongli Xiayi was quite excited; she had been concerned about the battle at True Yang Immortal City, and after the defeat of the Sky Cloud Sword Sect, she went to White Cloud Immortal City personally.

Though she didn’t see Yang Zhenshan, she knew the Yang family had gathered the external industries and sealed the Yang Family Blessed Land, thus assuring that Yang was unharmed, prompting her return to Taoyuan Mountain.

”Haha, Fellow Daoist Xia Yi, long time no see~” Yang Zhenshan laughed heartily, ”Speaking of which, are you siblings’ senses always this sharp? Every time I appear, you show up as if pre-informed!”

Whenever he came to Taoyuan Mountain, even before doing anything, Zhongli Yue and Zhongli Xiayi seemed aware of his arrival, greeting him almost instantaneously.

This surprised him greatly.

With a smile on her lips, Zhongli Xiayi said, ”Taoyuan Mountain has the Taixuan Observation Void Array, capable of detecting the Void within two thousand miles around. Any fluctuation of the Qi Mechanism cannot escape the array’s detection.”

”So every time you emerge from the Void, my brother and I can sense it ahead of time. If you come from the real world, however, we can’t discern it in advance!”

Yang Zhenshan realized this; it explained why Zhongli Yue could predict his arrival each time, and it was due to the array.

”How is Brother Zhongli doing lately?”

”My brother is in seclusion; it may take a long time before he emerges!”

”Have you been staying here all along? Not going to the Ten Thousand Treasures Sect?”

”I have to wait for my brother to come out of seclusion before I can return!”

The two chatted casually as they entered Taoyuan Mountain.

Zhongli Xiayi had been at Taoyuan Mountain for years; she had just formed her core recently, and this period was crucial to stabilize her cultivation, hence why she hadn’t left.