The Blood Refinement World is approaching the position of the Nine Provinces, a world-shaking collision between the two domains is inevitable. At that time, it will be a race war between the human race and the Blood Race. The Insect Race is merely an appetizer before the great war. The battlefield cannot be placed in the Nine Provinces, so it must be set in the Blood Refinement World. In other words, the cultivators of the Nine Provinces need to take the initiative to strike! Just like when they saved the shattered Unparalleled Continent. At that time, Lu Ye, Ying Wuji, and others were the vanguard of the Nine Provinces. The establishment of four Heaven's Augury Pillars connected the Nine Provinces Heaven's Augury with the Unparalleled Continent, which led to the subsequent support of the Cloud River Realm army. History is astonishingly similar, but the opponent faced this time, in terms of quality and scale, is not comparable to the Corpse Race of the Unparalleled Continent. The disaster of the Corpse Race was limited to the Cloud River Realm level, but this time it involves the Divine Sea Realm. The challenge is undoubtedly more severe. Realizing this, Lu Ye knew that there were many things to be busy with. At the very least, the Nine Provinces need to know what the impending crisis is. "Let's go." Lu Ye called out, taking the lead and flying towards the portal leading to the Nine Provinces mainland. Nian Yuexian tilted her head to look at him, sensing the heaviness on his mind, but since he didn't speak, she didn't ask any more questions. They sped ahead all the way. The place where they were earlier was the core area of the Insect Race Great Secret Realm. Now, to reach the portal, they had to cross half of the realm, but both of them were very fast, so it wouldn't take much time. However, after a short flight, Nian Yuexian suddenly exclaimed in surprise, "What is that?" Lu Ye was deep in thought about how to let the Divine Sea Realm of the Nine Provinces understand the intelligence of the Blood Refinement World. Distracted, he responded instinctively, "What?" "Over there!" Nian Yuexian pointed in a direction. Lu Ye turned his head to see a swirling mist, gathering but not dispersing, slowly rotating like a large vortex. This left him somewhat stunned because there had been no prior intelligence indicating the existence of such a mist vortex here. To know, during the third phase, the entire forces of the Nine Provinces were spread throughout the Insect Race Great Secret Realm, plowing through this world from its edges to its center. It was a carpet-like sweep. If there were any peculiar findings, it would have been reported, and the cultivators of the Level 9 wouldn't have done nothing. Since nothing was discovered, it indicates that it wasn't there before. The sudden appearance of such an object naturally invites suspicion. Lu Ye's figure flickered as he flew towards that direction, Nian Yuexian closely following. Soon, they arrived above the mist vortex, looking down and expanding their Mental Consciousness. Quickly, Nian Yuexian's expression turned skeptical: "Is this... a portal?" From afar, it wasn't apparent, but on closer inspection, one could clearly sense a different environmental aura emanating from the vortex's center. Such situations typically indicate another world. Just like the nine portals leading from the Insect Race Great Secret Realm to the Nine Provinces. Standing in front of them, you would feel some of the Nine Provinces' auras. The principle is the same, only the portal's form differs. Lu Ye's expression became peculiar, as the aura emanating from it gave him a very strong sense of familiarity, and the mist forming the vortex looked extremely familiar. If this were indeed so, then the place this mist vortex led to would be familiar to him. It couldn't be, could it? Yet, on second thought, it seemed not only possible but highly probable. Because that place indeed experiences Insect Race invasions periodically, and during his time in the Cloud River Realm, he was fortunate enough to partake in one such battle, gaining a large amount of battle merit and exchanging for much Soul Cleansing Water, which he has used ever since. Previously, he wasn't sure where those invading Insect Races came from, but if they were from the Insect Race Great Secret Realm, it seemed plausible. As far as he knew, everyone in that place would usually fall into slumber, only awakening when the Insect Race invaded, using a unique Undying Body to engage the Insect Race in battle. Thus, this portal might not exist all the time but appears at certain times. It's not surprising the Nine Provinces cultivator army hadn't discovered it. Things were becoming somewhat coincidental, to the point where Lu Ye smelled something familiar... This was clearly an invitation! In that case, there was no reason not to accept the invitation. "I'll go check it out. Senior Sister, stay here." Lu Ye said, stepping forward. Whether things were as he thought could be known with a look. Nian Yuexian didn't speak, she just expressed her stance through her actions, closely following Lu Ye. Seeing this, Lu Ye didn't stop her and directly threw himself into that swirling mist. Indeed, there was a feeling of passing through a portal. But he didn't enter the world Lu Ye had speculated about; in a trance, his mind soared rapidly. This sensation was something Lu Ye had experienced several times, so he wasn't panicked, just guarded his mind carefully, observing silently. At this moment, he was in a peculiar state, where he couldn't feel his own existence; his entire being seemed to transform into a unique and grand perspective, overlooking everything. The first thing that caught his eye was a massive, grayish-brown planet. On that planet, there were raging storms, tsunamis, earthquakes, and an extremely harsh environment in which no life, not even plants, could easily survive. Though it was clearly an extremely unfamiliar planet, Lu Ye had a sudden realization that this planet was the Nine Provinces! When he returned from the Blood Refinement World, he had observed the Nine Provinces once from stellar space, but in comparison, it wasn't hard to see that the Nine Provinces he observed last time was far smaller than this planet. What era's Nine Provinces was this? Lu Ye was somewhat perplexed, especially since the environment was so harsh. If the Nine Provinces had always been , not to mention the group of cultivators, even ordinary people would struggle to exist. Just as he was pondering this, time sped up visibly, and there were some noticeable changes to the Nine Provinces' environment. The frequency of those natural disasters decreased, and there was more vitality on the land. First, green covered the grayish-brown, becoming full of life, and then some simple life forms appeared. During this process, the flow of time was incredibly fast; Lu Ye could clearly sense this. He quickly realized that the Nine Provinces he was observing was from an extremely ancient era, not the Nine Provinces he lived in now. An invisible force was demonstrating the changes of the Nine Provinces to him. Lu Ye was greatly shocked and focused more intently on observing. Such a unique experience wasn't something just anyone could encounter. Although it might not bring him any tangible benefits, merely broadening his horizons was unparalleled by anything. In a moment of distraction, in an era so ancient beyond knowing, humanity was born on the Nine Provinces. They ate raw meat and drank blood, surviving with difficulty. During this period, the environment of the Nine Provinces was still unstable. Humans not only had to face many fierce beasts but also many natural disasters. Yet they continued to persist and reproduce resiliently. After countless years, a group called cultivators began to appear in the Nine Provinces, and as time passed, the number of cultivators grew, and their levels increased. Lu Ye watched them rushing back and forth on the land of the Nine Provinces, fighting incessantly, seeing their continuous growth, and then... they burst out of the Nine Provinces and entered the vast stellar space! The moment the first cultivator broke out of the Nine Provinces and entered stellar space, Lu Ye was immensely shocked. Because currently, no cultivator within the Nine Provinces can achieve such a feat; this is a power beyond the Divine Sea Realm. In other words, those humans who burst out of the Nine Provinces are cultivators who have transcended the Divine Sea Realm, reaching a level now bitterly pursued by the Nine Provinces Divine Sea Realms! If those in the Divine Sea Realm were to see such a sight, they'd likely go mad! They have been exploring the path of cultivation, yet they didn't realize that in a very ancient era, the ancestors of humanity had already taken this step. But... since humanity had already taken this step, why is it that the current Nine Provinces is dominated by the Divine Sea Realm? And even the subsequent cultivation techniques have been severed? What kind of significant upheaval happened in the history of the Nine Provinces that turned a cultivation world capable of producing cultivators who could rush into stellar space into one now confined to its domain? Lu Ye suddenly remembered something. It was that the current Nine Provinces cultivation world generally believes that long ago, the Nine Provinces had a period of immense glory because nowadays, whether on the Nine Provinces itself or the Spirit Stream battlefield and Cloud River battlefield, there are many opportunities and even inheritances yet to be discovered. Where did these opportunities and inheritances come from? They couldn't have just appeared out of thin air. But the historical records of the current Nine Provinces only span two to three thousand years; anything beyond that is entirely unknown, with no texts to consult. So the cultivation world unanimously believes that before the current cultivation era, there were other eras of the Nine Provinces, and those opportunities and inheritances are relics of even earlier eras. This is a bold speculation, without anyone who can prove its truth. But Lu Ye now knows it to be true. The Nine Provinces indeed had a gloriously brilliant past, but due to some unknown upheavals, it transformed into its current state. As to what that upheaval was, all he needs to do is continue observing to find out. More and more cultivators broke out of the Nine Provinces and entered stellar space, and it seemed that the ancient Nine Provinces cultivation world suddenly burst into an era of explosive growth. Those cultivators who broke out of the Nine Provinces began exploring the mysteries of stellar space and becoming increasingly powerful in the process. But disaster followed... If the grayish-brown Nine Provinces that Lu Ye observed was like a stubborn rock, then the Nine Provinces he saw now, after countless years of accumulation and development, is like a fragrant pastry.