The evil cultivators advanced triumphantly, while the Five Divine Beasts and Immortal Lord Changli and others retreated at an increasingly rapid pace.
If Shen Sang could learn about the situation on the battlefield through his soul connection with the ancestors of the Transitional Realm.
Even without contact with their ancestors, they could roughly understand the current situation.
Looking up at the extent of the black mist spreading in the distant sky, one can tell where the evil cultivators have gone; the cultivation world simply cannot stop them.
"At this rate, the black energy could spread throughout the entire cultivation world in just a few months!"
"If that time really comes, the cultivation world will truly be powerless to reverse the situation."
As they led the other cultivators to retreat, they discussed the current situation.
The more evil energy spreads, the harder it is to clear away, and the longer it drags on, the more detrimental it is to them.
"The most urgent task is to find a way to get rid of the evil energy as soon as possible. Young Master Qiyan and Immortal Lord Changli can't hold on for much longer."
"Those evil cultivators have stolen so much spiritual energy from the cultivation world. Qi Chong is close to being a god and is just one step away from ascending to immortality. Why is he still entangled with the cultivation world?"
"The cultivation world is like a blood bank. Once he controls the cultivation world, he can obtain a continuous supply of spiritual energy even in the immortal realm. Why not?"
The reason can be summed up in two words: greed.
The other Nascent Soul stage cultivators retreated and joined them, and the soul connections between the ancestors of the Transitional Realm and Shen Sangruo were constantly being severed.
She was incredibly grateful that she had established a spiritual connection with all the ancestors in the transitional realm, and that she could now summon other ancestors to fill the gaps.
However, this undoubtedly increased the consumption of her spiritual power, and she needed to carry a spiritual artifact to constantly replenish her spiritual power even when traveling.
However, there are only a few thousand ancestors in the transitional realm, and under the influence of that black energy, they will all eventually lose contact with her.
Moreover, the ancestors told her that the black energy had already spread throughout the transitional realm and could diffuse on its own without the need for a furnace.
Soon the Transitional Realm will also reach a point where it cannot even protect itself. At that time, the only ones in the cultivation world who can restrain those evil cultivators will be the Five Divine Beasts and the seven immortals, including Immortal Lord Changli and Immortal Lady Qingluan.
They must find a solution as soon as possible, faster and faster.
Everyone was extremely anxious, racking their brains for a solution.
"We can't defend against it, we can't blow it away, we can't burn it off. How did those evil cultivators manage to create such a disgusting thing?!" Song Weiyan was filled with rage.
That malevolent energy is all-pervasive, and no defense works.
Qingluan Fairy tried to blow it away with the wind, and Chen Sangruo also tried to dispel it with flames, but it was still no use.
It was incredibly domineering, even more "unselectable" than the phantoms of the Transcendent Ancestors.
Master Jingxin said, "Let's go back to Ninghua Sect. Ninghua Sect has stored many ancient books. Perhaps we can figure out the origin of this black energy and find a solution!"
The souls of the Taichu Sect elders have not yet recovered from their injuries, so they can only stay in the rear.
“Yes, all the information about the Yin-Yang Twin Flowers was found in the Ninghua Sect’s library before. Maybe we can find something this time too!” Shi Zhili agreed.
It's a pity that only these people are left in the Taichu Sect. Everything else in the sect was destroyed. Otherwise, there would have been a glimmer of hope.
"We also returned to our respective sects to search. There are so many sects in the cultivation world, and they have recorded countless things from ancient times to the present. How can we not find a solution!"
"You go and evacuate the others, take them to the farthest and safest place away from here. The rest of you come back to the Hall of Ten Thousand Spirits with me, quick!" Gu Ci Zhenjun said sternly.
Other sects followed suit, and in such a tense situation, everyone acted with exceptional efficiency.
An anxious and oppressive atmosphere enveloped the cultivation world. The entire cultivation world gathered together, converging into a beam of light, racing against the black mist behind them with all their might.
Shen Sangruo, Ye Huai, and the others quickly returned to Ninghua Sect and headed straight for the library.
Ninghua Sect is not too far from the battlefield. It is estimated that the evil aura will engulf Ninghua Sect in about a month.
In order to find a solution as soon as possible, they decided to search directly within the Ninghua Sect.
If they hadn't found a way to deal with the evil aura when it spread, they would take the remaining ancient books with them and continue examining them in a safe place.
Inside the library, hundreds of people were simultaneously flipping through ancient books, their eyes moving rapidly across the pages, not daring to linger for even a second.
No one spoke; only the sound of pages turning filled the air.
At the same time, the same applies to sects throughout the cultivation world.
A wisp of malevolent energy lingered around Shen Sangruo's fingertips, almost imperceptible, to the point that it would be difficult to detect without careful observation.
A tiny wisp of hair swallowed the tip of her little finger, revealing only a small section of the finger bone.
The moment she came into contact with the evil energy, she felt countless evils and resentments surge into her body.
The feeling was just like the one the evil thing had given her before, chilling to the bone, and many times worse than the evil thing.
Flames ignited at my fingertips, fighting against the evil aura, but the flames gradually died out.
These were the lingering traces of evil energy on those elders, which she sought out to try and research methods to remove them.
She frowned slightly, and her spiritual energy ignited an even fiercer flame, which would extinguish and then reignite repeatedly.
The evil energy continued to slowly devour her flesh and blood until it completely engulfed the flesh and blood of her little finger, at which point it was cleared away by her flames.
This is just a tiny wisp of evil energy, yet it takes her so long to get rid of it.
The conclusion was the same as her previous prediction: the intensity of the evil energy was too strong, to an indescribable degree.
She stared intently at her little finger. Was this path truly a dead end? Were her flames truly useless?
After treating the injury to her little finger, Shen Sangruo's expression remained unreadable.
"Junior Sister, please don't experiment on your own body anymore." Su Xiyu looked at her little finger with heartache in her eyes.
If this happens a few more times, she'll probably have to put her whole arm on it; she knows Shen Sangruo is capable of doing that.
"The evil energy is so fierce, why are those evil cultivators able to remain unharmed amidst it?" Lin Qianyin frowned slightly, her voice filled with doubt.
Shen Sanruo said, "In the tens of millions of years they have been refining evil energy, they have long since become one with it. Moreover, they can be considered to be of the same kind, both being of the yin and evil nature, so the evil energy naturally will not attack them."
As if struck by a sudden thought, Song Weiyan slapped his forehead. "In that case, why don't we all become evil cultivators? If we all become evil cultivators, then the evil energy won't have any effect on us. If we can't defeat it, we can just join it!"
“Becoming a heretical cultivator isn’t so easy.” Ye Huai slowly shook his head. “It’s not something you can achieve just by talking about it.”
“The key point is not their identity as evil cultivators, but what they do and the sinister aura they exude because of these things,” Shen Sangruo added.
If they want to become evil cultivators, then they are destined to kill each other and do things that are intolerable to heaven and earth.
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