I Outworked the Entire Cultivation World

The city square.

When Lu Nanzhi revealed her demonic aura and trapped all the noble family disciples, the atmosphere in the square immediately boiled with unease.

The upper level where the Golden Core cultivators were stationed had its center obscured by something unknown, obstructing the view. They could only see countless puppets continuously rushing out from the obscured area, hindering anyone who approached.

"There really is a demon cultivator! Is she from the Lu Family?"

"Something big is about to happen, absolutely something big. We need to leave quickly!"

Those who valued their lives scattered and fled, chaos engulfing the square.

Both the people of the noble families and the sects were in disbelief, and the Lu Family elder immediately defended themselves.

"Lu Nanzhi is a disciple of the Heavenly Interence Sect. This must be a conspiracy by the Heavenly Interence Sect!"

Upon hearing this, everyone’s eyes shot uniformly towards the place where the Nascent Soul True Monarchs of the Heavenly Interence Sect were located. With Lii Jiuchuan and Zhao Fuyi absent, Ling Guanghan, Lu Nanzhi’s master, stood up fearlessly.

"Lu Nanzhi is both a member of the Lu Family and my disciple, Ling Guanghan. There must be a hidden truth to this. Before it’s clarified, please everyone... be cautious with your words!"

The last two words were squeezed out from Ling Guanghan’s teeth, imbued with his chilling and sharp sword intent, full of deterrence.

Ling Guanghan ranked third on the Nascent Soul Battle List, and with a cold and aloof personality, he always preferred action over words.

Kong Clan Leader, Kong Huaizheng, shouted, "Now is not the time to seek justice. You should be more worried about your family disciples! Quickly notify Fang Clan Leader to activate the city defense great array as a precaution."

Fang Clan Leader did not come to the square today and remained in Fang Clan City, claiming to meet an old acquaintance.

A Nascent Soul elder of the Fang Family worriedly said, "Maintaining the secret realm has already consumed too much earth vein spiritual energy. If the city defense great array is activated, the protective arrays in various parts of the Kong and Fang Clans might fail!"

Kong Huaizheng, full of righteous spirit, coldly questioned the Fang Family elder, "Are the lives of everyone in this city not important?"

Under the watchful eyes of the public, the Fang Family elder did not dare to claim that the lives of the Fang Clan people were more precious than others. He could only bow and take his leave to find the Fang Clan Leader.

Kong Huaizheng had already forcibly activated a central stone talisman controlling a Breaking Boundary Pearl since Lu Nanzhi revealed her demonic aura, attempting to pull those inside out.

But to his horror, he discovered that the connection between the stone talisman and the Breaking Boundary Pearl was severed. Unless those inside themselves crushed the Breaking Boundary Pearl or were naturally eliminated, he could not pull them out.

Clearly, all of this had been premeditated!

Kong Huaizheng quickly thought about the cause and effect and the response method, fearing to announce it aloud and cause panic.

Before long, people saw Fang Mingyi in distress through the Mirage Illusion, and the elders and cultivators of the Fang Family glared furiously at the Lu Family people.

The Lu Family members were restless, hearts pounding like drums.

"Why wasn’t Fang Mingyi transported out?"

Only then did they realize that Fang Mingyi had disappeared from the Mirage Illusion but did not appear in the square.

Crack!

The center of the three stone pillars in the square, the one topped with a demon clan totem, suddenly cracked.

The cracking sound was like a thunderbolt, striking everyone’s hearts, causing them to break out in cold sweat.

"Not good, someone is trying to destroy the secret realm!"

At the stone pillar’s center, the water vortex flickered and contracted, showing signs of collapse and closure.

The situation became increasingly critical, so Kong Huaizheng, disregarding everything else, flashed to the stone pillar’s base, mobilizing all his spiritual energy to stabilize the secret realm’s exit and prevent further stone pillar collapse.

Ling Guanghan and other Nascent Soul cultivators from major sects also rushed over to assist Kong Huaizheng.

Maintaining the entire secret realm was tremendously consuming. Each time the secret realm was opened, it consumed over sixty percent of the earth vein’s spiritual energy beneath Kongfang City.

"If you still want to save your family disciples, come and help. We must not let the secret realm collapse!"

Inside the Xuanming Battlefield, not only were there people beneath the central ice pillar, but a considerable number of noble family and sect disciples had been scattered by the Ice Demon throughout the Xuanming Battlefield.

They were both on the lower and upper levels.

All Nascent Soul True Monarchs present no longer cared about enmity among themselves. For their family disciples and clan descendants, they gathered around the stone pillar, pressing their palms onto it and exerting all their efforts.

The remaining city cultivators, observing this scene, were both astonished and terrified, at a loss for what to do.

Suddenly, challenges in the Mirage Illusion appeared with a shift of the wind and clouds. Five-colored thunder exploded brightly, engulfing heaven and earth, capturing everyone’s sight.

However, the people inside disappeared, not appearing outside.

The Nascent Soul True Monarchs of noble families exchanged looks, their hearts pounding like drums.

Those who remained until the end were all elite talents, whose training consumed enormous resources. Such good seedlings could not be easily replaced.

Should they be lost, it would be a significant blow to each family.

Kong Huaizheng hurriedly reassured, "Don’t worry. As long as the stone pillar doesn’t collapse, even with the secret realm fractured, they will only be trapped for a short time. Once the secret realm restores itself, they will come out."

With his words ended, all Nascent Souls increased their spiritual energy output, forcefully preventing the stone pillar from collapsing.

City cultivators watched the Mirage Secret Realm uneasily, seeing some sect disciples killing their way to the ice pillar, observing Jiang Yuebai suddenly unleash poison on everyone.

While everybody was baffled, those sect disciples were successfully transported out, dropping outside the stone pillar.

"Cough, cough, cough!"

Amid recurrent coughing, a radiance representing the human clan emitted from a stone pillar, injecting into everyone’s body, dispelling the poison within them and healing a significant portion of their injuries.

Within the Mirage Illusion, the entire Xuanming Battlefield disintegrated as the ice pillar collapsed, a fierce wind erupted.

The secret realm fragmented into isolated islands adrift in a dark void, gradually shattering from the edges into original law fragments.

Several Golden Core cultivators from the upper hunting layer fell outside the stone pillar, all sect disciples, with no noble family members.

Another two masked female loose cultivators dashed away in different directions as they emerged, as fast as lightning, eluding even the array on the square that couldn’t stop them.

"Sects’ disciples emerged successfully, yet all noble family disciples vanished. This is a plot against the noble families!"

An enraged Nascent Soul from a noble family shouted, but with stone debris crumbling from the pillars and the cracking speed increasing, they focused their attention.

The stone pillar’s cracking was greatly slowed, and some regions began slowly recovering.

The Nascent Souls eased, gradually noticing peculiarities and suspecting that the mastermind wasn’t genuinely trying to destroy the secret realm.

Realizing something was wrong, a few attempted to withdraw, but a terrifying crackle came from the stone pillar, a third portion was about to break!

At a critical moment, Zhao Fuyi arrived through the air, tearing his sleeve’s fabric and tossing it.

The strap’s talismanic light flashed, forming chains that quickly wrapped around the stone pillar, pulling it taut to prevent it from collapsing. With a surge of spiritual energy injected, the stone pillar began to slowly recover.

"Jiuchuan has gone to search for the missing disciples, so please stay focused," Zhao Fuyi solemnly urged.

Kong Huaizheng added, "I’ve already informed my older brother. He will certainly handle everything. For now, only by joining forces can we overcome this crisis."

The Nascent Souls glanced at each other and reluctantly stayed to stabilize the stone pillar.

On the stone pillar’s perimeter, Xie Jingshan widened his eyes, staring at the direction where the Golden Core female loose cultivator had disappeared. He caught a familiar scent.

That... was his mother?

"Where’s Brother Zhuo? And Senior Sister Hua? And Senior Sister Xu and Junior Brother Xu?"

Zhao Kunling emerged from the crowd to Brother Zhuo Qingfeng’s side, nervous to tears.

Zhuo Qingfeng swiftly searched around, finding no sign of Hua Yingshi, Xu Qianjin, and Xu Qiancheng.

The Xu family’s siblings had been separated from them early on, and Hua Yingshi, busy arraying, was not with them.

Thinking they might still be inside the secret realm, Zhuo Qingfeng’s heart skipped a beat.

"Senior Sister Tang, the senior brother still seems to be inside!"

Hee Wangchen anxiously clutched Tang Weimian, having not found their Golden Core senior brother, Li Shen Zhi.

"Senior brother? Junior sister!"

"Senior Brother Hui’en hasn’t come out either!"

The square was in a state of turmoil, with everyone frantically searching for their separated peers.

"Where’s Jiang Yuebai? Have you seen Jiang Yuebai?"

Zhuo Qingfeng urgently asked Xie Jingshan, who then came back to his senses, feeling a pit in his stomach.

"She seems to be inside as well! Lu Nanzhi didn’t come out either!"