Chapter 980: Alliances
Editor: Dragon Boat Translation

Moreover, Teng Li himself was extremely skilled in the art of concealment. When you sensed something amiss and tried to escape, you found that there was already no way out.

Under Teng Li’s leadership, the losses among the human race began to rise continuously.

Originally, the power balance among the various races in the Glass Space had been quite even. Even though the Evil and Ice clans targeted the human race, the humans had their own allied races.

In this state of mutual checks and balances, there had not been an absolute power imbalance.

This had been the case during the initial explorations of the Mountain Sea and Sun Moon Realms.

In the end, it had mostly resulted in small-scale skirmishes, and more often than not, the races had focused on searching for various heavenly materials and earthly treasures.

After all, the Glass Space was vast, with an abundance of resources. Instead of spending time fighting, one might have found more heavenly materials and earthly treasures by covering a few hundred more miles.

Five days had passed in the blink of an eye. Chen Fei had refined the last piece of Sacred Spirit Bamboo, and his Pillar Mountain had reached its peak.

At this point, Chen Fei’s cultivation in the mid-stage of the Sun Moon Realm had been considered complete.

If he had been outside at that moment, Chen Fei could have advanced directly to the late stage of the Sun Moon Realm if he had wished.

The condensation of the Third Divine Power had posed no difficulty for Chen Fei.

The cultivation of the mid-stage Sun Moon Realm had currently reached a standstill, but for Chen Fei, continuing to enhance his combat power had not been a problem at all.

For other cultivators at the mid-stage Sun Moon Realm, reaching this point often led to stagnation due to limitations in their vital energy and spirit. They could not grasp the profundities of their techniques any further.

Sometimes, the inability to understand the deeper aspects of a technique in the Sun Moon Realm had not been due to lack of comprehension but simply because the foundational conditions had not been met, preventing one from understanding the principles of the technique.

It was like asking a cultivator at the Sun Moon Realm to explain the rules—they could not articulate it because they could not directly perceive the rules, only experiencing them passively through their divine powers.

The deeper mysteries of techniques were also a result of this issue. Only the truly exceptional geniuses who happened to align with a particular point of the technique could have continued to comprehend it.

Chen Fei, with his panel, had not faced this problem.

Instead of immediately continuing his cultivation, Chen Fei had picked up a crystal and observed it carefully.

This had been the Rule Crystal Chen Fei had obtained in Spirit Concealing Lake, considered the most valuable of all his gains.

Although he had eventually been pursued by ten late-stage Sun Moon cultivators and dozens of mid-stage Sun Moon cultivators from the Glass Clan, it had all been worth it.

Rules were elusive and hard to sense even for those at the Sun Moon Realm, let alone see. However, the rule in Chen Fei’s hand had been in a solidified state, visible directly.

Understanding and controlling rules in the Rule Integration Realm mainly relied on perception.

One extracted what was needed from the vast rules, eliminating the interference of other rules. Every step had to be taken with extreme caution.

Otherwise, if one had suddenly stopped at a certain position, aside from limitations in one’s innate talent, a major possibility was that other rules had been mixed in with the rules one initially controlled, leading to impure rules.

The difficulty of following the path of heaven and earth was apparent.

If understanding the path of heaven and earth had been akin to summarizing the rules personally, then a Rule Crystal was like a book with detailed text.

To those in the Rule Integration Realm, solidified rules like these held no secrets, and comprehending them had been much simpler than perceiving them in the void.

Moreover, for those in the Rule Integration Realm, there was another use for the solidified Rule Crystal.

That was, using the Rule Crystal to cleanse one’s controlled rules. The Rule Crystal could act as a sieve, filtering out other miscontrolled rules and purifying one’s own rules.

Both using it for comprehension and purifying one’s rules made the Rule Crystal an invaluable treasure for those in the Rule Integration Realm.

As for those in the Sun Moon Realm who wanted to use the Rule Crystal, there had been methods for that as well.

One method was to use the Rule Crystal to strengthen one’s divine powers. The strength of divine powers was related to the amount of rule dust within them. The Rule Crystal could forcibly increase the amount of rule dust in divine powers without causing them to collapse.

This method caused minimal damage to the Rule Crystal, allowing those in the Sun Moon Realm to use it and then directly sell it to those in the Rule Integration Realm.

As for those in the Sun Moon Realm trying to comprehend the Rule Crystal, even though the Rule Crystal was like a book, the Sun Moon Realm cultivators couldn’t even recognize the text of the rules, making any attempt to “read” it utterly futile.

Aside from enhancing divine powers, there was another, more thorough way to use the Rule Crystal: to treat it as a source of spiritual insight.

The rich spiritual insight could greatly enhance a cultivator’s comprehension, much like the environment in the Qiankun Mansion.

The spiritual insight possessed by the Rule Crystal surpassed even that of the Qiankun Mansion.

However, using the Rule Crystal in this manner would continually deplete it, eventually causing it to vanish.

Using the Rule Crystal in such a way would be a gross waste, even describing it as such would be an understatement.

Chen Fei did not need to enhance his divine powers; instead, he required an improvement in his understanding of techniques.

Not only for the Desolate Slaughter Night Star Sword but also for the more crucial Celestial Suppression.

Chen Fei had previously estimated that normally, using the panel to cultivate Celestial Suppression would take around twenty to thirty years to reach the Great Completion stage.

In the Qiankun Mansion, with its special training rooms, it would take approximately four to five years.

This period was actually not too long, given that the final stage of Celestial Suppression involved condensing the body of rules. Four to five years was relatively short.

Even a few decades were considered a brief span of time for those in the Sun Moon Realm.

Chen Fei had originally planned to spend a few years gradually cultivating Celestial Suppression.

Whether he would first break through to the Rule Integration Realm or complete Celestial Suppression to the Great Completion stage would depend on future opportunities.

Now, a huge opportunity presented itself: using the Rule Crystal directly for cultivation, which would significantly shorten the time required for mastering Celestial Suppression.

The stronger one’s power, the greater the benefits one could gain in the Glass Space.

For other Sun Moon Realm cultivators, using the Rule Crystal this way might seem like a waste.

But for Chen Fei, it was precisely the right moment.

Holding the Rule Crystal, Chen Fei, with the operation of the Suppressing Dragon Elephant and Thunder Roar Stellar Technique, continuously saw insights related to Celestial Suppression and the Desolate Slaughter Night Star Sword appearing in his mind.

Much like in the Qiankun Mansion, these insights were washed by the overwhelming spiritual essence of the Rule Crystal, revealing even more insights.

The process of deriving the Dao was difficult, but once reached, it became significantly simpler. The abundant spiritual essence made this even more apparent.

The insights into Celestial Suppression and the Desolate Slaughter Night Star Sword filled Chen Fei’s mind, which he absorbed greedily.

This speed was even faster than his cultivation in the special training room of the Qiankun Mansion, and much faster at that.

As the proficiency of the two techniques improved, Chen Fei’s body began to gradually change, with an increasingly heavy aura pervading the mountain’s interior.

Cultivation was timeless, and Chen Fei was entirely immersed in the advancement of his techniques.

Outside the Glass Space, various races stood in the sky, with dozens of Empyrean-level experts.

Their overwhelming auras clashed, and the heavens above continuously manifested various celestial phenomena.

Suddenly, Dao Yuefeng’s brows twitched slightly. His previously closed eyes snapped open, and his right hand extended forward. The rules at the surface of the Glass Space began to violently distort.

In the next moment, a figure was pulled out, revealing a human cultivator at the Sun Moon Realm.

Before entering the Glass Space, human cultivators at the Sun Moon Realm always carried a positioning stone. If the situation became untenable within the Glass Space, they could attempt to escape to a weaker spot in the Glass Space’s space.

At such times, Dao Yuefeng, responsible for this task, would sense the disturbance and, as he did at this moment, pull the individual into the human territory.

Other races, naturally, had similar methods.

Under normal circumstances, cultivators at the Sun Moon Realm entering the Glass Space would not exit prematurely unless they were severely injured or in possession of a significant treasure that compelled an early exit.

“Greetings, Emperor!”

Zhu Jingxin, who had just emerged from the Glass Space, was still somewhat disoriented. However, upon seeing Dao Yuefeng, he quickly bowed and saluted.

“Please, rise,” Dao Yuefeng said, observing Zhu Jingxin. He did not sense any aura of a treasure but noted that Zhu Jingxin had indeed been injured, though not critically.

” Emperor, there have been changes in the Glass Space. The Evil and Ice Clans are collaborating to massacre our human race, and other alien races are also taking advantage of the situation…”

Zhu Jingxin quickly relayed the situation within the Glass Space to Dao Yuefeng.

As Zhu Jingxin spoke, Dao Yuefeng’s brows furrowed slightly.

The alliance between the Evil and Ice clans was not unexpected; the human race also had its alliances. However, Zhu Jingxin’s report indicated that a genius had emerged among the Evil, possessing over a hundred mid-stage Sun Moon Realm avatars, with their numbers continuing to grow.

This new, lethal factor had directly disrupted the balance of power.

While others remained neutral, seeing the human race in such a dire state, they were unlikely to help. Instead, they added to the pressure.

The Forest, Hill, and Water Clans were the most excessive, aligning with the Evil and Ice races, attacking the humans regardless of any previous conflicts or interests.

Other races also perceived the human race as weak and, if the human numbers were even slightly reduced, would treat them as prey to be hunted.

Under such circumstances, the human race’s other allies were too afraid to assist, leaving the human race isolated and defenseless.

“Over a hundred avatars, and still increasing?” Dao Yuefeng’s brow tightened.

“Is it the Evil Clan’s Hundred Evil Night Walk? They must have recently obtained a Rule Crystal for replication, which explains their current situation. But using the Rule Crystal this way will likely lead to the collapse of their divine souls in the future,” another human Emperor, Sun Zhongqing, interjected.

Dao Yuefeng remained silent. Whether the Evil Clan’s divine souls would eventually collapse was a matter for later. For now, the pressing issue was how to handle the harsh situation facing the human Sun Moon Realm cultivators in the Glass Space.