Sage of Humanity
Chapter 850 - 848: Senior Brother Lu, We Meet Again

The noise from outside indicated that Li Baxian and others were also alerted.

Lu Ye quickly got up and pushed the door open to go out.

He saw Li Baxian and others looking up at the sky, their expressions shocked.

Following their gaze, Lu Ye's expression also froze.

The scene in the sky was even more bizarre than inside the wooden cabin. In their view, a massive floating land spanned across the void. Though it was still far from the ground, it already appeared to cover the entire sky, blocking out the scorching sun and casting a huge shadow over the entire Cloud River battlefield.

In that moment, almost everyone in the Cloud River battlefield, upon looking up, could see the grandeur of this floating land.

This floating land seemed incomplete, as if it was part of a more magnificent and vast place.

What was shocking was that this floating land was slowly and steadily pressing toward the Cloud River battlefield.

This phenomenon of overlapping time and space was born from it!

It was hard to imagine how such a colossal floating land could span across the void, and even harder to imagine what kind of natural disaster would ensue if it fell onto the Cloud River battlefield.

"Fourth Senior Brother, what is happening?" Lu Ye asked in a low voice.

"Not sure," Li Baxian shook his head. He hadn't seen any more than Lu Ye. He had also been cultivating, sensing something unusual and coming out to investigate.

"In any case, it's not wise to linger in a dangerous place. Little Junior Brother, get back to the Nine Provinces first." Li Baxian turned to Lu Ye.

Feeling the increasingly strong repulsive force around him, Lu Ye nodded, "In this situation, we have to return to the Nine Provinces."

The repulsive force was clearly the Nine Provinces' Heaven's Augury at work. Not just him, every cultivator in the Cloud River battlefield would likely be expelled. So, even if someone wanted to stay to investigate, they probably couldn't.

The shocking anomaly made the wolf packs in the Great Reversal Valley restless and uneasy. However, while Lu Ye and others could return to the Nine Provinces to evade, these wolves couldn't leave the Cloud River battlefield.

Born in the Cloud River battlefield, most would also die there, unless favored by a cultivator who took them as pet beasts under a pet contract, allowing them to come and go with the cultivator.

If it were just one or two demon wolves, Lu Ye and others could take them back to the Nine Provinces. But with over three hundred wolves gathered in the spirit ground, there was no way to take them all.

As natural guardians of the spirit ground, these demon wolves played an irreplaceable role in protecting it in the future.

Seeing the worry in Lu Ye's eyes, Li Baxian said, "We can't do anything about them. I have a feeling this isn't a natural disaster; Heaven's Augury must have its own way of dealing with it!"

Lu Ye nodded. If this were truly a natural disaster, then besides the cultivators returning to the Nine Provinces, no living beings would be left in the Cloud River battlefield, and even the cities would be annihilated.

As they were speaking, the invisible repulsive force around them suddenly grew much stronger.

Lu Ye's vision spun, realizing he had been expelled from the Cloud River battlefield.

When he regained his senses, he was already in the Heaven's Augury Hall at the Nine Provinces sect headquarters.

Two figures appeared beside him abruptly, one being Giant Armor, and the other Hua Ci, whom he had just parted with not long ago.

Cultivators expelled from the Cloud River battlefield would appear in their respective sect's Heaven's Augury Hall.

Hua Ci was eating something, her cheeks puffed. Suddenly returning to the Nine Provinces, she looked bewildered and quickly swallowed the food. "What happened, Lu Ye?" she asked, confused.

"Not sure."

"Why did you all come back?" asked Shui Yuan, who sensed their presence and came to investigate.

Since advancing to the Cloud River Realm and entering the Cloud River battlefield, only Lu Ye had returned twice. Hua Ci and Giant Armor had remained in the battlefield. Now seeing all three of them together naturally surprised Shui Yuan.

"Second Senior Sister!" The three greeted her respectfully.

"There was an incident in the Cloud River battlefield." Lu Ye explained, detailing the earlier anomaly. "Second Senior Sister, do you know what that floating land is? Why were we expelled from the Cloud River battlefield?"

Shui Yuan was astonished. "Is there such a thing?"

Suddenly thoughtful, she said, "Now that you mention it, I seem to recall the old man mentioning a similar scene before. But he just said it in passing, and I didn't ask further. Maybe we should ask him. He's old and might know something."

Lu Ye nodded. "I'll go see the sect master."

"No rush," Shui Yuan smiled. "The old man has a guest right now. Wait a bit."

Lu Ye felt guilty. "Could the sect master have kidnapped another sect's disciple?"

Having tasted success once, the sect master had repeated such actions over the years. Nowadays, the mere mention of Sect Master Thang Yifeng made all the major sects in Bingzhou shake their heads.

The prestigious image he had painstakingly built over the years in the Bingzhou cultivation world had long since shattered. Now, he could almost be equated with the word "bandit."

Ordinary bandits robbed wealth; Thang Yifeng robbed people!

This had led to the major cultivation sects in Bingzhou conducting their disciple intake in secret, no longer openly announcing it.

The sect master's "bandit hands" had even reached neighboring provinces.

His efforts won the Righteous Blood Sect its current prosperity at the Spirit Stream Realm level, full of highly talented disciples.

Shui Yuan chuckled. "Since being drafted by Madam Yun, the old man hasn't had time to go out."

"That's good!" Lu Ye breathed a sigh of relief.

Turning, he saw Giant Armor with his hand on the Heaven's Augury Pillar, looking worried.

He was likely trying to re-enter the Cloud River battlefield, concerned about the wolf packs left in the spirit ground.

"Fourth Senior Brother said it shouldn't be a natural disaster, so don't worry too much," Lu Ye reassured.

Giant Armor nodded silently, saying nothing.

"The old man's guest should be finished. Let's go," Shui Yuan said, sensing something.

Now a strong cultivator at the Divine Sea Realm, her senses were sharper than Lu Ye's.

They followed Shui Yuan out of the Heaven's Augury Hall and headed to the main hall, waiting outside.

Sect Master Thang's voice came from inside, "You should think carefully. In Bingzhou, my Righteous Blood Sect is weak and unsuitable for your sect to depend on. If you're interested, I can recommend a few top sects. I can do that much."

Another voice replied, "I've thought it through. After arriving in the Nine Provinces, I came straight here. Other sects may be stronger, but my sect only recognizes you. I've explained everything clearly, and you should understand."

The two seemed to have finished talking, walking out as they spoke.

"In that case, let's choose an auspicious day to announce it to Bingzhou."

"Thank you, Sect Master Thang."

Outside, Lu Ye's expression turned strange. The voice from inside sounded familiar.

Beside him, Hua Ci also looked surprised, poking Lu Ye and whispering, "Did I hear wrong?"

"I think the same..."

Shui Yuan was puzzled. "What are you talking about?"

Before Lu Ye could answer, the sect master stepped out, his appearance radiating an aura of wisdom and reliability. When Lu Ye first met the sect master, he felt this old man was trustworthy and sought his help.

Following the sect master was another person.

Confident and poised, dressed as a man but showing feminine grace with a masculine strength, her contradictory aura added a unique charm.

Her gaze met Lu Ye's astonished eyes.

Smiling, she said, "Senior Brother Lu, it's been a while!"

Hua Ci's long eyelashes fluttered in disbelief, unable to imagine seeing this person here.

Lu Ye was equally shocked and momentarily forgot to greet her.

"What? Are you surprised to see me?"

How couldn't he be?

"Palace Master Pang, why are you here?" Lu Ye asked, puzzled.

He had thought the Unparalleled Continent would become a secret realm for Cloud River cultivators to train. He never expected Pang Huanyin to appear in the Nine Provinces, especially at the Righteous Blood Sect.

Thinking carefully, it made sense. With the Heaven's Augury Pillars establishing a connection, people from the Unparalleled Continent could come to the Nine Provinces just as Nine Provinces cultivators could go there.

Smiling, Pang Huanyin explained, "From now on, there is no Unparalleled Continent. We're part of the Nine Provinces now."

"What does that mean?" Lu Ye was confused.

"How to put it..." Pang Huanyin pondered, then said, "After you left, I received guidance from the Nine Provinces Heaven's Augury, asking if I was willing to merge the Unparalleled Continent into the Nine Provinces. I agreed and made some efforts. The entire Unparalleled Continent migrated toward the Nine Provinces. It was a fantastical journey. If you want, I can tell you all about it later."

"Migration?" Lu Ye was bewildered. How could a continent fragment migrate?

But soon, he realized. "The massive floating land in the Cloud River battlefield... is it the Unparalleled Continent?"

Hua Ci also realized. If so, it made sense!

"That's right. Due to the Unparalleled Continent's incomplete origin, it couldn't merge with the Nine Provinces mainland and could only merge with the Cloud River battlefield. Once the fusion is complete, any Cloud River cultivator can freely go to the Unparalleled Continent. I don't know how the fusion will proceed. The Heaven's Augury allowed me to come here first," Pang Huanyin explained.

She had appeared directly in the Righteous Blood Sect's Heaven's Augury Hall, a convenience granted by the Heaven's Augury. Otherwise, how could someone from the Unparalleled Continent find the Righteous Blood Sect so quickly?