Chapter 975: Doushuai Eight Scenic Lamps, Wujitianxin Pendant

Chen Mobai intently observed the changes within the artifact refining furnace, his brows furrowing and relaxing. These tier-five materials, even for someone of his status, were only collected in a single set. Failure would likely cause him lifelong heartache.

Only when he actually began refining a tier-five artifact did he realize its difficulty. Due to a lack of sufficient samples and trials, various unexpected situations could arise during the process.

This is precisely why extensive experience is indispensable for mastering artifact refining. For example, Venerable Chengxuan has refined at least tens of thousands of artifacts in his lifetime. He basically has a clear understanding of the problems that might occur during the refining process of each type of artifact, and even their solutions.

Fortunately, Chen Mobai had refined the Dao Fruit from the Elixir Cauldron Jade Tree beforehand, using this method to compensate for his lack of experience and skill.

As time passed, the furnace fire in the refining chamber grew increasingly fierce, reaching a temperature unbearable even for Core Formation cultivators. However, Chen Mobai, possessing a Fire Spirit Body, felt perfectly at ease and comfortable in this environment.

He continuously adjusted the magical seals, precisely controlling the heat and the input of true qi to ensure the materials fused under optimal conditions.

The White Glaze Heavenly Crystal began to emit streaks of flowing light, and the Nine-Yang True Fire Stone released dazzling flames. Catalyzed by the furnace fire, the two formed a wonderful resonance with the partially formed Eight-Scenery Tushita Lamp, attracting each other and gradually merging into one.

This was a sign of successful refining, and a hint of joy rose in Chen Mobai's heart.

However, guided by the Dao Fruit's experience, he did not lower his guard. Instead, he became even more focused, ensuring he wouldn't fail at the last moment.

With a thought from his divine sense, a Tushita Fire was ignited on the lamp's wick.

Unlike other artifacts that require nurturing a spirit, the most unique aspect of the Eight-Scenery Tushita Lamp is that its artifact spirit is fire itself.

Chen Mobai had long ago refined nine Tushita Fires into it, nourishing the spirit of the flames.

As the Tushita Fire burned, the lamp's various materials, guided by this immortal flame, began to fully release their Dao韵 and merge into the Violet-Green Divine Flame. Gradually, the previously weak flame spirit seemed to have undergone thousands of years of tempering, slowly growing stronger.

At this moment, Chen Mobai's divine sense entered, beginning to guide this flame spirit to become the core of the Eight-Scenery Tushita Lamp. This process required extremely precise control; any slight error could degrade the artifact's quality.

His divine sense weaved like fine threads, stabilizing the spiritual essence while guiding it to permeate every corner of the Eight-Scenery Tushita Lamp. Simultaneously, his divine sense, sharp as a blade, engraved the restrictions related to this artifact from the Violet-Green Demon Refining Heavenly Scroll in various places. These restrictions were precisely the pathways for the flame spirit's circulation.

As the flame spirit infused the entire artifact, the Eight-Scenery Tushita Lamp began to emit a faint violet-green glow, even subtly becoming transparent, as if illuminated throughout.

Accompanied by a crisp sound, the White Glaze Heavenly Crystal and the Nine-Yang True Fire Stone had completely disappeared, fully integrated into the Eight-Scenery Tushita Lamp.

At this point, the tier-five spiritual veins of the entire Scarlet City Mountain were activated, and vast, pure fire spiritual qi surged in continuously, making the refining workshop feel as if it were situated directly above magma. Fortunately, everyone had already evacuated, leaving only Venerable Chengxuan and a few artifact refining teachers guarding it.

Seeing the scene of tier-five spiritual qi converging, they all breathed a sigh of relief.

This meant the artifact refining was successful!

Chen Mobai, however, was fully immersed in the refining process, his mind intertwined with the newly forged Eight-Scenery Tushita Lamp. As his true qi circulated, he could feel every wisp of flame and every strand of spiritual essence flowing within the lamp.

His luck was quite good; the artifact, immediately upon completion, reached the mid-tier-five level. It had not disappointed the all-tier-five materials and the refined Dao Fruit.

The body of the Eight-Scenery Tushita Lamp was circular with a long handle. The handle was purple-gold, and the perfectly round lampshade resembled blossoming crystal petals, smooth as a mirror, emitting a faint, warm luster. At its very center, a violet-green flame burned on the wick. This was a Tushita Fire, also the artifact's flame spirit, constantly flickering with vitality.

Chen Mobai injected his Pure Yang True Qi, and soon a violet-green Tushita Fire ignited. Its power, magnified tenfold after passing through the lampshade.

Under the effect of the artifact's restrictions, this Tushita Fire absorbed and transformed the surrounding fire spiritual qi, forming a thin flame barrier that enveloped Chen Mobai's entire body.

This was the Violet-Green Barrier, capable of blocking and purifying various negative energies such as demonic qi and yin qi. Moreover, as long as Chen Mobai used a single Tushita Fire, he wouldn't need to manually control it; the flame spirit would continuously convert the surrounding fire spiritual qi to sustain it.

After testing the "Violet-Green Barrier," Chen Mobai then experimented with the "Tushita Demon Refining Array."

Having personally refined this artifact, Chen Mobai's control over it was stronger. With the aid of the flame spirit, he ignited an additional Tushita Fire, beyond the original six. A total of seven violet-green flames formed a powerful, enclosed demon-refining space.

Within this confined space, the Tushita Fire could reduce anything to ashes.

Chen Mobai, who was extremely sensitive to the void, even perceived that the enclosed area of the Tushita Demon Refining Array was another realm.

An array forming a realm was subtly at the tier-six level.

However, in this state, in just a few moments, Chen Mobai felt his Pure Yang True Qi deplete by 30 to 40 percent.

He immediately stopped the experiment, looking at the exquisite Eight-Scenery Tushita Lamp in his hand, which resembled a work of art, and couldn't help but smile with satisfaction.

When the Eight-Scenery Tushita Lamp reaches tier six, it will be able to merge the Violet-Green Barrier and the Tushita Demon Refining Array, allowing it to activate a divine ability named "Tushita Heaven."

This Tushita Heaven is, in essence, equivalent to a "Dharmic Realm."

This was also the most powerful aspect of this artifact that Chen Mobai had comprehended from the Violet-Green Demon Refining Heavenly Scroll. However, that was merely the understanding of Qing Shi and Qing Jing. Chen Mobai felt that the complete Violet-Green Heavenly Scroll might contain even more beyond Tushita Heaven, or even beyond a Dharmic Realm.

He hoped that when his cultivation broke through to the Soul Transformation stage, he would gain even more by studying the Immortal Sect's Seven Great Heavenly Scrolls.

Thinking this, Chen Mobai put the Eight-Scenery Tushita Lamp away.

In the future, to enhance the power of this artifact, besides accumulating over time and elevating the Tushita Fire Spirit, he would need to find ways to collect tier-six materials.

Chen Mobai felt the latter path was more suitable for him. Perhaps in the Profound Fire Sect of Nanzhou, there might be tier-six White Glaze Heavenly Crystal, Nine-Yang True Fire Stone, and so on.

Furthermore, the corpse of the Dragon God Star Matriarch should be able to yield tier-six Violet-Gold Flame Copper.

Thinking this, Chen Mobai felt that upgrading the Eight-Scenery Tushita Lamp to tier six in the future might not be so difficult.

He slowly withdrew his true qi and divine sense. The furnace fire gradually extinguished, and the entire refining chamber returned to peace. Finally, he rose and emerged from seclusion.

"Chunyang, have you succeeded?"

Outside the door, Venerable Chengxuan waited with several Core Formation cultivators from the artifact refining department, including a much-aged Hong Mengkui, who asked with anticipation upon seeing him emerge.

"My luck was good; I've successfully refined my first tier-five artifact!"

Chen Mobai smiled faintly, retrieved the Eight-Scenery Tushita Lamp from his dimensional storage, and handed it to Venerable Chengxuan, who took it with slight excitement.

One must know that in the Immortal Sect, it's not guaranteed that a new tier-five artifact will be born even in hundreds or thousands of years.

This is precisely why tier-five artifact refiners are so rare.

Venerable Chengxuan truly feared that after his passing, the Dancing Artifact Dao Academy, as the ancestral hall of artifact refining in the Immortal Sect, would lack a tier-five artifact refiner to oversee it.

Now that Chen Mobai had succeeded in refining, he could finally put his mind at ease!

"Oh, yours is actually mid-tier five!"

After taking it, Venerable Chengxuan examined it closely and suddenly exclaimed in surprise. The several Core Formation cultivators from the artifact refining department nearby looked shocked and all gathered around.

"Just luck, luck! I was in good form during refining!" Chen Mobai said with a humble expression on the surface, but secretly transmitted a message to Venerable Chengxuan: "It's all thanks to the Dao Fruit of the Elixir Cauldron Jade Tree, Ancestral Master is truly powerful."

Venerable Chengxuan nodded after hearing this, then handed the Eight-Scenery Tushita Lamp to Hong Mengkui and the others nearby for their appreciation.

"I also refined a Dao Fruit, but even with tier-six materials, I only managed to elevate my Scarlet Heart Treasure Mirror to high-tier five. For you to refine the Eight-Scenery Tushita Lamp to mid-tier five, it shows that your talent in artifact refining is exceptional, and you absorbed and refined more of the Dao Fruit..." Venerable Chengxuan had the most authority on this matter. His transmitted message to Chen Mobai contained a sigh mixed with a hint of relief.

Now, even if he were to pass away on the spot, he would have no more worries.

"Oh no, I'm still far from it!"

Chen Mobai continued to be modest. He knew that it was due to his use of tier-five materials. However, once the artifact was formed, all materials had fused into one, and the entire artifact emanated a tier-five aura. Without high-end equipment, it would be indiscernible.

"Chunyang's artifact refining techniques were taught by me..."

At this moment, Hong Mengkui had already begun to boast to the other Core Formation cultivators from the artifact refining department, showing off that he had taught a tier-five artifact refiner.

"Oh, please! With Chunyang's talent, anyone teaching him would result in a tier-five refiner. What credit do you get?!"

Deng Daoyun, the head of the artifact refining department, gave Hong Mengkui no face, uttering a remark that made the latter jump in annoyance but was unable to refute.

"Indeed, indeed, we haven't seen you cultivate Jingchun into a tier-five artifact refiner."

Bian Jingchun, who had just flown over upon receiving the news, instantly darkened her expression. But seeing who had spoken, she dared not say anything.

Everyone present had taught her during her time at the Dao Academy.

Watching Hong Mengkui, who was holding the Eight-Scenery Tushita Lamp and arguing with Deng Daoyun and others, Bian Jingchun quietly walked up to Chen Mobai and bowed to them.

"Long time no see, Senior Sister!"

Chen Mobai happened to overhear the conversation among the old men. Seeing Bian Jingchun, he also called out, slightly teasingly. When he first followed Hong Mengkui to learn artifact refining, Bian Jingchun immediately called him Junior Brother, but Chen Mobai had never called her Senior Sister.

This single call instantly made Bian Jingchun's pretty face flush, feeling quite embarrassed.

"Haha, alright, alright. Let's first go to Five Peaks Immortal Mountain to confirm your tier-five artifact master title."

Venerable Chengxuan, seeing this scene, couldn't help but chuckle but still spoke up to rescue Bian Jingchun from her predicament.

Deng Daoyun reluctantly handed the Eight-Scenery Tushita Lamp back to Chen Mobai. He had managed to get his hands on the artifact while Hong Mengkui was arguing with others.

Since Patriarch Qianxing was in seclusion and a tier-five title required personal approval from a Soul Transformation cultivator, they could only seek out Qi Yuheng.

Qi Yuheng didn't understand artifact refining, but he could sense that the Eight-Scenery Tushita Lamp was indeed tier five, so he signed it directly.

Soon after, the news that the Lord of Zhengfa Hall had refined the Eight-Scenery Tushita Lamp and become another tier-five artifact refiner spread throughout the entire Immortal Sect.

Although it was widely known that Chen Mobai's talent was unmatched in the Immortal Sect's history, everyone was still shocked upon seeing this announcement.

His cultivation speed was number one in the Immortal Sect, his sword dao talent was number one in the Immortal Sect, he had long been a tier-five formation master, and now even his artifact refining had reached tier five.

How could the gap between people be so vast?!

One should know that even Patriarch Qianxing, touted as the Immortal Sect's polymath, only elevated his artifact refining and other immortal cultivation arts to tier five after reaching the Soul Transformation stage. After reaching the Nascent Soul stage, he only achieved tier-five in formation mastery.

Especially the art of artifact refining, which cannot be advanced solely by talent. It demands the most experience and practical tempering, requiring thousands of trials and the creation of tens of thousands of works before mastery can be achieved!

Yet Chen Mobai still easily passed the tier-five assessment.

One can only say that some people cannot be described as merely "human"!

They are a monster!

Regarding this, Chen Mobai was quite modest and low-key.

After all, he knew himself that his ability to refine the Eight-Scenery Tushita Lamp was entirely due to refining the Dao Fruit.

At his true skill level, he estimated he could only refine up to high-tier four.

Therefore, after successfully refining the Eight-Scenery Tushita Lamp, apart from having Venerable Chengxuan and Qi Yuheng appraise it to confirm his tier-five level, he used the rest of the time as an excuse to solidify his insights from this refining experience, entering seclusion once again.

After returning to the Eastern Barrens, Chen Mobai then reassembled the Five Extremes Sky Heart Pendant in the One Yuan Secret Realm.

This artifact was originally designed to be detachable, so after acquiring the Pure Heart Red Rope, it was easily reassembled.

However, even after reassembly, this artifact was only low-tier five, making it somewhat uninteresting to Chen Mobai, who had just refined the Eight-Scenery Tushita Lamp.

But after carefully refining it with the Can Tong Qi, he discovered a pleasant surprise.

The original Heavenly Yuan Pearl merely possessed a tier-five defensive light shield and a portable tier-five spiritual vein. However, after synthesizing it into the Five Extremes Sky Heart Pendant, it could utilize the five directional jade pendants to unleash Five Elements Divine Light.

This Five Elements Divine Light was also at the tier-five level, considered one of the most common combat techniques of the Five Elements attribute. A round of attacks with the Five Elements Divine Light might not be as effective as Chen Mobai's single strike with the Violet Lightning Sword wielded by his Myriad Sword Dharma Body, but for him, it could serve as a bridge, saving time.

Previously, when Xiao Yuli visited North Abyss City, Chen Mobai learned from her the method for cultivating the Primordial Five Elements Extinguishing Divine Thunder: using Five Elements Divine Light to condense the Five Elements Ten Thunders.

However, because Chen Mobai had many combat techniques, he wasn't particularly eager for the Primordial Five Elements Extinguishing Divine Thunder, so he didn't waste time on it.

But now with the Five Extremes Sky Heart Pendant, Chen Mobai essentially had his Five Elements Divine Light cultivated directly to the tier-five level.

This instantly gave him great motivation to cultivate the Primordial Five Elements Extinguishing Divine Thunder.

After all, half the path was already covered; not cultivating it would feel like a waste.

Furthermore, a higher level of the Primordial Five Elements Extinguishing Divine Thunder was the One Yuan Dao Palace's most powerful technique, the "Grand Five Elements Extinguishing Divine Light Ray."

According to Su Ziluo, when Venerable Ming ascended Five Emperors Mountain in the past, he was struck by this technique, and his physical body turned to dust. Had he not possessed the Ghost Embryo Reincarnation Art, the grass on his grave would have grown into a forest.

The method to cultivate the Grand Five Elements Extinguishing Divine Light Ray involved powerful divine sense and the sword-cultivation method to condense the Primordial Five Elements Extinguishing Divine Thunder into a single strand.

Chen Mobai already possessed these prerequisites.

If he mastered this technique at the Nascent Soul stage, even if he encountered Venerable Ming in the future, he might be able to scare him into turning and fleeing!

After mastering the Five Extremes Sky Heart Pendant, Chen Mobai visited the Divine Tree Secret Realm again.

He continued to use the Devouring God Art to absorb the Great Dao Tree's free-floating spiritual sense. However, after this refinement, he found that his divine sense had only slightly increased.

Because further refinement with the Lamp Lighting Art was still needed, he calculated and found it was no longer faster than cultivating under the Azure Jade Parasol Tree himself.

Realizing this, Chen Mobai sighed.

After his divine sense realm broke through to the late Nascent Soul stage, the Great Dao Tree was finally no longer useful to him.

This made Chen Mobai, accustomed to rapid improvements, feel somewhat unaccustomed.

Within the Great Dao Tree, there was indeed a Celestial Venerable Dao Fruit, but he dared not refine it.

After fully replenishing his Heaven-Severing Immortal Life Sword Intent, Chen Mobai left the Divine Tree Secret Realm.

Myriad Transformation Immortal City!

After giving Ye Qing's Floating Cloud Sword a check-up and maintenance in the Sword Cleansing Pond, Chen Mobai went to find Qing Nü.

"The formula for the Violet Spirit Elixir has been adjusted, but it's only for tier two. Refining tier three and four might still require further modification..." Chen Mobai and Qing Nü collaborated to refine seven batches of Violet Spirit Elixirs. After personally consuming them, they finally completed the modifications to the formula.

"Just perfecting the tier-three formula is enough. As for tier four, I'll be consuming it anyway, so any toxicity doesn't matter to me." Chen Mobai said this. Qing Nü could consume tier-three Violet Spirit Elixirs. Although she had some means to resolve elixir toxins, she had no way to deal with the toxicity of the Violet Spirit Elixir's raw materials.

"If it's possible to fully refine them, it's better to improve them all. The alchemists of the Five Elements Sect in later generations certainly won't have this capability," Qing Nü said this, not out of disdain for local alchemists, but because it was unlikely that an alchemist of her caliber would appear in the Eastern Barrens again.

"It's a pity Yan Shaoyin left. He was quite skilled at modifying elixir formulas and substituting medicinal ingredients," Qing Nü said with a hint of regret. To be able to become a tier-four alchemist in an environment like the Eastern Barrens and independently complete the refinement of the Infant Nurturing Elixir, Yan Shaoyin's alchemy skills were highly admired even by Qing Nü.

If he were in the Immortal Sect, Yan Shaoyin might have been able to form a Nascent Soul or even become a tier-five alchemist.

"We'll take it slow." Chen Mobai could only say this.

After waiting for a while longer in Myriad Transformation Immortal City, Chen Mobai waited for a batch of Pure Yang Condensing True Elixir to be finished.

When he fought against Venerable Ming's Ghost Embryo Incarnation, he used two drops of vital blood, one of which was even heart blood, damaging his vital essence.

This batch of Pure Yang Condensing True Elixir, besides boosting his cultivation, was meant to replenish his vital qi and vital blood.

In addition, the Golden Liquid Jade Restoration Elixir was also ready.

Both yielded ten pills, all of supreme quality.

After taking them, Chen Mobai went to North Abyss City to notify the people of the Star Sky Grand Mercantile Association.

Although he had reached an agreement with Xing Ji, no one knew how the righteous-demonic war would develop. What if the Star Sky Dao Sect had bad luck and became a primary target for the demonic path?

Therefore, Chen Mobai still wanted to acquire the Three Light Divine Water as soon as possible.

At least Qing Nü's resources for forming a Nascent Soul needed to be prepared in advance.

The person in charge of the Star Sky Grand Mercantile Association in North Abyss City was Chen Mobai's acquaintance, Qu Xiuxian. However, she was unaware of this transaction, indicating her status was probably too low.

Not long after the message was sent back to Dongyue, the Star Sky Dao Sect unexpectedly sent three Nascent Soul cultivators directly.

"Brother Starfall, aren't you taking this a bit too seriously?" Chen Mobai looked at Starfall, who was leading the group, and Xing Huo and Xing Xuan behind him, and couldn't help but comment.

It was just a few Core Formation spiritual elixirs, after all.

"Chen Xuemen, your Eastern Barrens enjoys an era of peace, but it's not like that outside. It's better to be cautious." Venerable Starfall showed no embarrassment whatsoever. With a plump face and squinting eyes, he smiled and took the Golden Liquid Jade Restoration Elixir that Chen Mobai handed over.

"Junior Sister, please take a look too." Venerable Starfall had considerable expertise in alchemy, often assisting in the refining of the Three Light Divine Water. After appraising the seven Golden Liquid Jade Restoration Elixirs in the bottle, he satisfactorily handed them to Xing Xuan beside him.

Xing Xuan nodded. Not long ago, she had successfully refined a batch of Three Light Divine Water independently, making her one of the Star Sky Dao Sect's key cultivation alchemists.

"All are supreme-grade elixirs, truly worthy of True Monarch Danxia's work!" Xing Xuan carefully appraised each Golden Liquid Jade Restoration Elixir three times, her jade-like face expressing slight admiration as she spoke.

"Chen Xuemen, please accept this." After both confirmed there were no issues, Starfall produced a portion of the Three Light Divine Water.

Chen Mobai also appraised it on the spot. While this might be considered impolite in the Immortal Sect, it was common practice here. If any issues weren't settled face-to-face, once one stepped out the door, nothing would be acknowledged afterward.

After accepting the Three Light Divine Water, Chen Mobai invited Starfall and the other two to dinner, but they shook their heads, indicating they were in a hurry to return.

"I hope these elixirs can help our sect gain one or two more Core Formation cultivators!" Chen Mobai personally saw the three off at the large teleportation array. Venerable Starfall spoke.

Whether the two parties would continue to cooperate in the future depended on the effects of this batch of Golden Liquid Jade Restoration Elixirs.

The Five Elements Sect's large teleportation array was not connected to the Star Sky Dao Sect's, so after Venerable Starfall arrived in Dongyi, he would still need to fly to Golden Crow Immortal City. Along this path, there was a possibility of encountering rogue cultivators.

Because it was currently the period of the righteous-demonic war, many hidden old demon lords had emerged to take advantage of the chaos.

They all wanted to seize the opportunity, while the Nine Heavens Demon Eradication Sect and most righteous cultivators in the Eastern Lands were held back by Venerable Ming and the ghostly deities, to plunder smaller sects or slaughter cultivators rich in vital essence to refine demonic artifacts.

This was precisely why the Star Sky Dao Sect had dispatched three Nascent Soul cultivators directly for this transaction.

Upon returning to North Abyss City, Chen Mobai also noticed signs of a turbulent era.

North Abyss City, already densely populated, was now experiencing an even greater influx of people.

"Xuemen, most of these are cultivators from Dongwu..." E Yun explained. After the Five Elements Sect notified Dongwu about the righteous-demonic war, they originally intended for the local cultivation families to organize defenses and protect their homes.

However, the major families were alright; their thousands of years of foundation were in Dongwu, and spiritual veins were difficult to relocate. They jointly sailed their treasure ship fleets onto the sea and formed an alliance.

However, the remaining medium and small families basically packed up their assets, brought most of their elite disciples, and directly fled to the Eastern Barrens.

These groups were mostly led personally by Foundation Establishment or even Core Formation cultivators, and they had already purchased properties in various Immortal Cities of the Eastern Barrens long ago, so E Yun found it difficult to stop them.

Not just these cultivation families, but the rogue cultivators of Dongwu fled even faster.

They had no fixed assets; all their wealth was contained within their storage bags.

Fengyu Immortal City, connected to Dongwu's teleportation array, was now overcrowded.

Because many Dongwu rogue cultivators lacked spirit stones to purchase property in the Eastern Barrens, they were not granted entry by the Five Elements Sect and could only stay in Fengyu Immortal City, which was an open city with visa-free entry.

Several times, Dongwu's rogue cultivators caused trouble, and some, accustomed to the lawlessness in Dongwu, even committed secret murders and robberies.

Naturally, the Five Elements Sect showed no mercy. Conveniently, Mo Douguang was currently stationed in Fengyu Immortal City. He personally took action, slaying three Dongwu Foundation Establishment cultivators and hanging their heads at the city gate, which immediately brought the situation under control.

"This is outrageous! Dongwu is their homeland, yet when faced with external enemies, they simply flee..." Upon hearing this, Chen Mobai was extremely displeased.

If Dongwu were easily overrun, the Eastern Barrens would directly face the demonic path and the myriad demons of the desolate sea. That would certainly not be good for their Five Elements Sect.

Fortunately, those major families were sensible.

"...Actually, several of the largest families in Dongwu have already sent their core disciples to North Abyss City. It's not just Dongwu; the situation in Dongyi is similar, with most pouring into our sect's Bright Mirror Immortal City, and those sixteen Golden Core powers came to North Abyss City, frantically buying properties to prepare their escape routes, causing housing prices to surge again," E Yun continued. After listening, Chen Mobai deeply felt that the local people lacked integrity.

The demonic path and demon race hadn't even landed yet, and they were already arranging their escape routes.

"Summon the representatives of the major Dongwu families in North Abyss City. I will personally explain the stakes to them." Chen Mobai thought for a moment, figuring that perhaps Dongwu lacked confidence in defending their territory, as they only had Core Formation cultivators at most. Thus, it was necessary for him to give them some confidence.

If necessary, the Five Elements Sect would even personally lead an army of cultivators into Dongwu to help them eradicate demons and monsters and defend their homeland!

"Chen Xuemen, we also want to defend our homeland, but our strength is insufficient. This isn't a war against the Cloud Dream Lake monsters; it's against the demonic path and the myriad demons of the desolate sea, both possessing Nascent Soul cultivators..."

"Indeed, indeed, our ancestors have already led our family's elites and ten ancestral treasure ships to patrol the coastline, but how long can they last?"

"Although our few major families are the most renowned in Dongwu, combined we only have tens of thousands of cultivators. On the border, hundreds of thousands of Dongwu rogue cultivators have fled into Cloud Dream Lake, or even into your esteemed sect's Fengyu Immortal City. If these rogue cultivators united with us, perhaps we could form even stronger war formations to resist Nascent Soul cultivators!"

"Those cultivators from smaller families are even worse; they flee faster than rogue cultivators."

The representatives of the eight major Dongwu families in North Abyss City, after hearing Chen Mobai's words, were pleased that the Five Elements Sect was willing to provide support but still poured out a litany of grievances.

For them, even if they could escape to the Eastern Barrens, their spiritual veins, foundations, mineral veins, and other assets accumulated over thousands of years would all be destroyed, becoming resources for the enemy.

So, even knowing it was like a praying mantis trying to stop a chariot, they united, forming the strongest treasure ship fleet along the desolate sea coastline, synthesizing war formations, and preparing to fight to the death to defend.

However, to avoid total annihilation, they still sent people to the Eastern Barrens to purchase properties and prepare escape routes.

These major Dongwu families still had some fighting spirit.

"Is there no one from the Sun family?" After everyone had finished speaking, Chen Mobai noticed the absence of a representative from the Sun family, his most familiar one, and couldn't help but ask.

"Patriarch Sun Huanglong took the lead, rallying all our families through the alliance. The formation of the treasure ship fleet along the coastline is mainly his accomplishment..." The Lu family's representative, who was speaking, had a complex expression. Over the years, they had subtly replaced the Sun family's leadership position in Dongwu, but in the face of this war, their Lu family internally split into two factions.

One faction wanted to stay and defend their home, while the other wanted to pack up their assets and flee to the Eastern Barrens for refuge.

The Lu family's old ancestor was also in a dilemma, wanting both to survive and not to abandon thousands of years of foundation.

It wasn't just him; the other major families were in similar situations.

But at this moment, Sun Huanglong, in his former capacity as the Dongwu Alliance leader, issued a command, resolving to lead the Sun family's disciples to live and die with Dongwu. He was the first to lead the Sun family's treasure ship fleet towards the desolate sea.

With Sun Huanglong's leadership and encouragement, the other eight major families gritted their teeth and decided to fight first.

After all, they also knew that the Five Elements Sect would certainly not stand by and watch Dongwu fall.

What if, with the Five Elements Sect's support, they managed to defend it?

Behind them was their homeland and ancestral foundation, making it worth fighting for.

However, to avoid total annihilation, they still sent people to the Eastern Barrens to purchase properties and prepare escape routes.

Chen Mobai was very satisfied after listening.

"I understand this matter. I will issue a new policy shortly!" After hearing the grievances of the eight major families' representatives, Chen Mobai decided to support them with concrete actions.

Soon, E Yun announced new immigration regulations throughout the Five Elements Sect's territory.

It stipulated that foreign nationals owning property in the Eastern Barrens could have a maximum of five permanent residents per household. All others would be considered on tourist visas, and those exceeding thirty days would be directly repatriated.

Tourist visas could be obtained a maximum of three times; after exceeding three times, applications would not be accepted temporarily!

Fengyu Immortal City, Bright Mirror Immortal City, and other visa-free entry/exit port cities would cancel their visa-free policies starting today. Each foreign national would be allowed to stay for a maximum of fifteen days; exceeding this would result in immediate expulsion.