Sage of Humanity

A group of Blood Race elites from different domains gathered together, their expressions grim, and from time to time, they glanced at Yang Qing.

If it weren't for the shock of the 9-star treasure Yang Qing previously revealed, these Blood Race elites could hardly restrain themselves from probing his background.

Blood Race, considered a major clan in the stellar space, being so targeted by a human race, how could they tolerate it?

The most crucial point is, he indeed has the means to target them, yet even these Blood Race elites don't know what exactly his methods are.

If such methods were to be popularized, where in the vast stellar space would there be a place for Blood Race? No matter where they go, they're bound to be targeted, as Blood Race's enemies are numerous.

"We must find a way to seize that boy when the Divine Sea contention ends, to uncover exactly what tricks he's using!" a Blood Race elite suggested.

Another Blood Race elite gently shook his head: "If this were the stellar space, we'd have a chance, but here is where the Reincarnation Tree exists, how could we capture him? We'd likely be expelled by the Reincarnation Tree the moment we make a move."

"Then just watch helplessly?"

"Besides watching, we have no other means!"

"We must try something."

The Blood Race elites argued intensely, each with a headache over the current plight, truly having no good solutions. After some time, a Blood Race elite turned to the oldest and most silent among them: "Veteran Qin, what do you think?"

The aged Blood Race lightly snorted: "Why are you all anxious here, there's no use going to the Taichu Realm." Then coldly chuckled: "The youngsters within Taichu Realm will be more anxious than us when the time comes."

A quick-witted Blood Race elite understood immediately, slapping his thigh: "Yes, why are we anxious? When the Divine Sea contention reaches later stages, if that boy still holds the top position, even if he isn't first, but remains in the top ten, naturally someone will deal with him! Even if he really has some means to suppress our Blood Race cultivators, the disadvantage of cultivation is evident here, and against other races, he will inevitably be defeated."

Other Blood Race elites' eyes brightened, turning to look at the column on the right of the portal, where beneath Lu Yiye's name at the top rank were names of talented individuals from top domains.

Indeed, they didn't need to do anything, just wait, and naturally, someone would clean up this Lu Yiye!

Once Lu Yiye is dead, their greatest concern would vanish, and they felt quite relieved for a moment.

But on second thought, recalling so many Blood Race descendants who died at the hands of that boy, their hearts felt heavy with pain again!

In a certain area of the Taichu Realm, three figures remained hidden, Ding You frowned: "How long has it been?"

Yuk Yaorao replied immediately: "Three days."

"Yes, three days now, how come those Blood Race have disappeared?"

Previously, that squad of Blood Race would patrol back and forth on this defensive line stretching one hundred thousand miles, but ever since they were jointly attacked, they vanished from sight, something felt unusual.

"They must have left!" Zhao Yunliu, who had been silent, spoke.

"Left?" Ding You was stunned.

Zhao Yunliu, being from a top domain, had been informed by his elders before setting off, thus he had some guesses about the current situation, explaining: "The Blood Race acting as a collective easily incites public wrath, so each Divine Sea contention, they dare not go overboard. Once they believe they've secured enough to maintain a top hundred ranking, they will halt. This is a tacit understanding between Blood Race and other major races, thus although Blood Race occupies numerous spots each Divine Sea contention, their ranks are relatively low, clustered around seventy or eighty, else they risk universal opposition."

After hearing his explanation, the other two suddenly realized.

Blood Race's approach seems somewhat unjust, and if they insist on exterminating other domain's prodigies completely, they might succeed once, but with another event, all domains would likely unite to deal with Blood Race first.

This isn't unfeasible, it just needs those prodigies from top domains to lead. As long as the thousands of Divine Sea Realm entrants do nothing but hunt for Blood Race traces, how could Blood Race withstand it?

Thus, they can only cut losses appropriately, timely hold back, to maintain continuity in advantage, an approach Blood Race has honed over a thousand years, smoothly practiced.

"They're gone, so what are we waiting for, let's go!" Ding You said, stepping out from his hiding place.

The trio quickly rushed forward.

Zhao Yunliu wasn't the only one who realized this. After lying low for several days without spotting Blood Race traces, prodigies from various domains made their move towards the front.

Now, with the Divine Sea contention halfway through, some have gained plenty, some nothing at all, but for all cultivators partaking in this grand event, the foremost priority is survival!

Only by surviving can there be a chance of victory.

A large number of cultivators rushed inward from different directions, and there were bound to be unexpected encounters along the way. In such situations, it's almost certain that both parties engage in a battle, leaving no room for peaceful coexistence.

Moreover, due to the significant shrinking of the Taichu Realm, many cultivators now travel in pairs or small groups, no longer solitary as they were initially.

The situation outside is reflected by the constant flickering of names on the gate pillars, with some rankings rising and others falling. More often, names dim and disappear entirely.

No matter how others' names change, the name of Lu Yiye at the top remains as steady as a mountain, unmoved. There's an air of being at the summit.

This makes many domain experts amused and annoyed, secretly cursing the lack of heroes and letting a brat gain fame!

Such a situation lasted for several days before Lu Yiye's name was suddenly surpassed, and they looked at who had overtaken him.

Yellow Dragon World, Gu Yulou!

A predictable outcome, the young man from the Nine Heavens World used some method to kill more than a dozen Blood Race cultivators, achieving a temporary ranking quickly, but would inevitably fall back since his stamina would not last.

The Yellow Dragon World, self-proclaimed as the center of the stellar space and boasting as the number one domain, might sound boastful, yet its strength is clearly visible. The top geniuses from Yellow Dragon World are naturally extraordinary. In previous Divine Sea competitions, as long as cultivators from Yellow Dragon World didn't perish, they typically secured a top-three spot. This is the formidable foundation of a top domain.

There are more than ten other domains comparable to the Yellow Dragon World.

Hence, it can be foreseen that as time passes, more and more will surpass Lu Yiye, continuously pushing his ranking down.

When Lu Ye was killing the Blood Race, experts from various domains were jubilant, thinking the young man was impressive, releasing a thousand-year grudge on everyone's behalf.

But his name constantly remaining at the top was indeed eye-catching and seemed unworthy of the honor. Now that he's been knocked off the top spot, the list looks much more pleasing to them.

Yep, if the youngster's rank could drop out of the top ten, it would look even better.

Lu Ye was collecting herbs!

He discovered a pattern: if the Taichu Realm could be divided like the Spirit Stream battlefield, there could be three regions: the outer circle, inner circle, and core circle.

The outer circle is his initial location, where spirit jade is abundant. Finding a Spirit Jade Vein easily shows this.

While the doppelganger was wandering the outer circle, it frequently collected scattered spirit jade.

The current location is considered the inner circle, different from the outer circle, abundant in exotic flowers and rare herbs.

Yang Qing previously reminded him that the environment here differs from the outside world. As a very ancient wilderness, many exotic flowers and rare herbs that grow here have long been extinct outside. If possible, collecting them would be valuable, if not for crafting, at least for exchanging spirit jade while traveling through stellar space later.

Because they are rare, the spirit flowers and rare herbs produced here are exceptionally precious, items that cannot be found at leisure.

If he encounters them, Lu Ye wouldn't miss collecting them, which is why his ranking dropped. During this period, he also encountered two battles: one where he attracted the Blood Race using the Blood Resonance Technique, easily handling them, and another was a close combat fight with a human race combat cultivator, which Lu Ye thoroughly enjoyed.

If the opponent hadn't suddenly ambushed him, he might have been willing to let him go. But since the opponent attacked first, he had no choice but to be ruthless.

No idea which domain the cultivator belonged to, but he clearly regretted before dying.

Lu Ye isn't skilled in pharmacology, but fortunately, he was influenced by Second Senior Sister and Hua Ci, knowing that many Spiritual Medicines require special collection techniques and containers to prevent the loss of their properties.

But that's essentially all he knows...

The Spiritual Medicines growing in this place are unknown even to Second Senior Sister, should she come here.

Therefore, Lu Ye uses the most straightforward method to collect them - dig up the soil containing the entire root system and throw it directly into his storage space, ignoring special techniques or containers.

This may cause some loss of medicinal properties, but it's efficient and time-saving.

Both the primary form and doppelganger are acting in separate locations, making significant gains for now.

Until a certain moment, the wandering doppelganger suddenly paused and looked down at his waist.

Hanging from the waist of the doppelganger is the sword gourd. It can be said that the doppelganger became a sword cultivator mainly due to the presence of the sword gourd, a mystical item capable of devouring treasures and turning them into Sword Qi, the higher the quality of the devoured treasure, the greater the power of the Sword Qi.

When Lu Ye was in the Nine Provinces killing and looting, he obtained many spirit and magic artifacts, things that wouldn't fetch much when sold to the Heaven's Augury treasure vault. Therefore, he let the sword gourd devour them all in one go. However, since the devoured treasures weren't of high quality, the Sword Qi wasn't very powerful, which is one reason the doppelganger's overall strength is inferior to the primary form.