The doppelganger Li Taibai returned silently, and Lu Ye condensed a new one again. Inside the Emerald Bamboo Peak Bamboo Pagoda, both his true self and doppelganger were tirelessly crafting the As-Close-As-Siblings Array Disc. He didn't know how long he could stay in the Nine Provinces, but he imagined the time wouldn't be long. Before departing for the Blood Refinement World, he needed to contribute his strength as much as possible. As he was busy here, some news, pushed by certain individuals, quickly spread within the Nine Provinces. A certain domain called the Blood Refinement World was approaching the Nine Provinces World. In that Blood Refinement World, there is a race called the Blood Race, who are wicked and savage, treating the human race as Blood Food. They strengthen themselves by consuming human blood, especially the blood of cultivators, which to the Blood Race is the perfect supplement. Nowadays, the Blood Refinement World had already detected the presence of the Nine Provinces World and was preparing to invade the Nine Provinces land, aiming to enslave the Nine Provinces human race. The news immediately caused an uproar when it was released. Initially, uninformed cultivators thought it was a rumor; the Blood Refinement World and the Blood Race were ultimately too fantastical to be real, and who would easily believe without firsthand experience? Not to mention those cultivators with low cultivation, Lu Ye at the celebration banquet would have struggled to convince the high-level cultivators if it wasn't for the help of Number Nine. But as time passed, various news flew everywhere, and respectable Level 9 cultivators stood out to affirm the authenticity of these messages. Only then did the Nine Provinces cultivation world realize these incredible tales were not rumors but were really about to happen. Indeed, there was a Blood Refinement World, and it was truly approaching the Nine Provinces. That domain housed many Blood Race members who fed on the human race, and a collision between the Nine Provinces cultivation world and the Blood Race was inevitable. No panic, no fear. The Nine Provinces cultivation world, from the Divine Sea Realm to the Spirit Stream Realm, were all eagerly sharpening their blades! Having just undergone a counterattack against the Insect Race's Great Secret Realm, the morale on this side of the cultivation world was high. Why fear another war? It's important to note that in the counterattack against the Insect Race's Great Secret Realm, only those in the True Lake Realm and above could participate. The surviving cultivators gained richly, with countless battle merits, but those in the Spirit Stream Realm and Cloud River Realm weren't qualified to participate. However, if it's a collision between cultivators from two domains, then it's an all-out war outbreak, allowing the Spirit Stream Realm and Cloud River Realm to participate. For cultivators, anything that can earn battle merit is something they crave! In a short period, the entire Nine Provinces cultivation world entered a state of battle preparation; cultivating where needed and retreating for closed-door training. Many cultivators flooded into various Heaven's Augury Halls or Heaven's Augury Mercantile Unions to purchase necessary combat elixir pills, talismans, and spirit and magic artifacts, leading to a roughly ten percent rise in prices across the Nine Provinces. This situation was unexpected for those high-level figures in the Nine Provinces who were aware of the inside details. They intended to first spread the news about the Blood Refinement World and Blood Race, originally planning to mobilize battle preparations after the news fermented for a period. Yet now it seems no mobilization is required; merely during the message spreading phase, the cultivators are already impatiently awaiting another war. Everyone underestimated the combative nature of the Nine Provinces cultivators. But upon reflection, it's not surprising. From the start of their cultivation at the Spirit Stream battlefield, Nine Provinces cultivators have endlessly participated in various forms of combat, battles that likely permeate their entire lives, generation after generation passed down. Being combative might have already become an intrinsic instinct in the Nine Provinces cultivators. In the past, they could only fight against enemy faction cultivators. When the Insect disaster engulfed the Nine Provinces, everyone unified their focus to target the Insect Race. But too many cultivators couldn't participate in the counterattack against the Insect Race's Great Secret Realm, feeling somewhat unsatisfied. Now that the evil race Blood Race has emerged, it presents them an opportunity to participate! The entire Nine Provinces cultivation world has a high battle sentiment. Yet what needs to be publicized must still be publicized. Gradually, more news came out stating that many human races lived in the Blood Refinement World, all imprisoned and enslaved by the Blood Race, living like pigs and dogs. This news, once spread, further stirred righteous indignation among the cultivators. Though the two major camps of the Nine Provinces cultivation world are constantly in conflict, their stance on treating ordinary people is consistent; never allowing cultivators' battles to affect ordinary people, let alone oppressing or exploiting them. Of course, there might be some dirt behind the scenes, but publicly, this is the attitude of cultivators from both camps. The Nine Provinces' ordinary people are under the protection of the cultivation world because ordinary people are the foundation of the cultivation world. But the ordinary people in the Blood Refinement World being raised like pigs and dogs by the Blood Race is intolerable! Suddenly, slogans about exterminating the Blood Race and rescuing fellow human races were shouted out. The direction of public opinion in the entire cultivation world was overwhelmingly positive. The rest is waiting. No one knows when the collision between the two domains will occur, when the war will arrive, but it undoubtedly will one day. More than a month after the celebration banquet, on a certain day, Lu Ye was crafting the As-Close-As-Siblings Array Disc when he suddenly felt something. What should come, finally came. Not sudden, he had already sensed it before; this timing was somewhat within his expectation. He handled the array disc he hadn't finished crafting, and Lu Ye reached out towards his doppelganger, who disappeared in an instant. "Lu Ye, are you leaving?" Yiyi, who had been cultivating beside him, suddenly opened her eyes. Lu Ye nodded: "Ultimately, I have to go ahead first." To embark on the expedition to the Blood Refinement World, he needed to make some preparations in advance. It was impossible to move with the Nine Provinces cultivation world's army. The more thoroughly he prepared, the smoother the Nine Provinces cultivation world's expedition would be. He had already mentioned this to Yiyi earlier and did not plan to take her along. The Blood Refinement World was not the Nine Provinces. If he brought her, he would inevitably have to bring Amber too, which would make many actions inconvenient at times. For this reason, he exchanged many gold-hued spirit fortune sticks from the Hall of Battle Merits to leave for Yiyi, for her and Amber to use in cultivation. "You must be careful," Yiyi admonished. Lu Ye nodded, exited the door, and flew toward the Righteous Peak's direction, where he met with Second Senior Sister Shui Yuan to hand over the As-Close-As-Siblings Array Disc he had been refining recently. Shui Yuan had evidently sensed something, yet silently handed over some healing pills she had refined. There was no need for excessive advice; now Lu Ye's cultivation was already close to surpassing hers, and in terms of strength, he was undoubtedly stronger than her. Shui Yuan was well aware of this. Lu Ye received them and carefully put them away before heading to the Heaven's Augury Hall. He raised his hand and pressed it on the Heaven's Augury Pillar, making the void in front of him twist. Suddenly, some small items appeared. Surprisingly, there were over a hundred Heaven's Augury Pillars. Back when he was sent to the fragmented Unparalleled Continent, someone from the Heaven's Augury Mercantile Union waited for him at the assembly point, handing him four Heaven's Augury Pillars. It was by leveraging those four Heaven's Augury Pillars that Number Nine completely opened the link with the Unparalleled Continent, transporting a large number of Cloud River Realm cultivators over. The Unparalleled Continent was a piece of a world fragment, requiring only four Heaven's Augury Pillars. However, the Blood Refinement World was a domain, necessitating a considerably larger number of Heaven's Augury Pillars. Even over a hundred might not be enough. The task was clear: Lu Ye needed to proceed to the Blood Refinement World and deploy these over a hundred Heaven's Augury Pillars throughout its various areas! Once the time was right, the Nine Provinces cultivator army could use the transmission of the Heaven's Augury Pillars to directly descend upon various locations in the Blood Refinement World, executing a surprise attack like divine weapons and fairies scattering like flowers! As Lu Ye mentioned to those senior cultivators before, the current situation between the two domains was that the enemy is out in the open while we are hidden, so there is significant leverage in this expedition. After all, the Blood Refinement World would never anticipate cultivators from another domain arriving suddenly, ensuring we catch them off guard. Under Shui Yuan's watchful gaze, the void around Lu Ye began to distort, akin to rippling water waves, and then Lu Ye vanished suddenly. Lu Ye's mind lifted infinitely once again; the feeling of long-distance teleportation made him momentarily dizzy. No matter how many times he experienced this sensation, it was always difficult to get used to. However, compared to before, he felt much better now. This was not only due to his substantial cultivation improvement but also possibly because of the massive enhancement of his physique. After refining the immense vitality of the Insect Matriarch, Lu Ye couldn't even grasp how strong his physique had become. The empowerment of his physique and the increase in his strength naturally mitigated the discomfort brought by teleportation. Of course, there was undoubtedly also the reason that the two domains had drawn closer. Counting the time, it's been about four years since Lu Ye was last sent to the Blood Refinement World, so surely the distance between the Blood Refinement World and the Nine Provinces has shortened significantly. His mind stabilized abruptly, and the next moment, a vast domain came into view. Lu Ye's brow twitched—here we go again? Last time, he similarly overlooked the entire Blood Refinement World; upon entering, all his cultivation was sealed, and it took great effort to recover his original power. However, that previous experience was because Number Nine had to obscure his existence to avoid detection by the Blood Refinement World's Heaven and Earth's Will. Now, his existence had long been exposed. It shouldn't happen again… Thinking this, Lu Ye suddenly noticed something peculiar about the Blood Refinement World's shape. Although it wasn't his first time viewing it , during the last experience, he felt so bewildered he couldn't comprehend the situation or think much about it. Taking another look this time, he spotted some things he hadn't noticed before. The entire Blood Refinement World's shape appeared like a gourd, narrow at the top and wide at the bottom. Yet, upon a closer inspection, it seemed like a torso. A woman's torso, and one that had been decapitated and had its limbs severed. The reason for such a notion arose mainly because Lu Ye had once traversed a large portion of the Blood Refinement World. The Blood Refinement World had twin Sky Supporting and Jade Pillars, the two highest peaks within the domain. Strangely, the heights of these peaks were precisely equal, aligned with positions on the torso's left and right sides, vividly picturesque...