The night in Jade Dragon Valley was anything but peaceful. Perhaps due to the arrival of winter, or perhaps because the valley was surrounded by mountains on three sides, the cold winds swept over the hills, swirling within the valley and striking the rocks on either side with a loud clatter. From time to time, stones were blown into the valley.

From the horizon, the sound of the beast tide grew ever louder.

This disturbance prevented many cultivators, even during their rest periods, from engaging in cultivation peacefully, prompting them to fly to the peaks surrounding Jade Dragon Valley.

On the mountain peaks, snow had settled, creating an expanse of white. The sky was filled with falling, feather-like snowflakes.

A stark contrast to the pleasant temperatures at the foot of the mountains.

At night, with snow falling, the cultivators on the mountains released their divine senses fully. They gazed toward distant mountain peaks, able to sense the roars and movement of beast hordes on the ever-further mountain ranges.

In the most distant part of the mountain range was a crimson volcano, perpetually free of snow. It's said that atop it grew a three-thousand-year-old Sunset Wood, casting a glow spanning thousands of feet at sundown.

This place was the territory of the Three-Eyed Demon Roc race, known as Chixia Ridge.

All eyes were fixed on Chixia Ridge, then turned toward the area between Chixia Ridge and Jade Dragon Valley.

This group included the Ye Family, with Ye Haicheng at the forefront, followed by Ye Jingcheng, Ye Xingliu, and Ye Jingyu.

Beside the Ye Family stood a few allied families, including the Chu Family and even members of the Wan Family, who happened to be observing from the mountain peaks at that moment.

The Chu Family needed no explanation; being a family related by marriage to the Ye Family, it was not surprising for them to be drawn due to their familiarity with the Taihang Mountain Range.

As for the Wan Family, their gathering beside the alliance families and the Ye Family perplexed Ye Jingcheng and the others.

However, when it came to the Wan Family, Ye Jingcheng found it difficult to harbor any aversion toward them.

Wan Hongchang generously contributed a Stone Spirit, and Wan Chengyi from the younger generation didn't hinder him from obtaining Amber Crystal at the Foundation Establishment conference.

"Ye Daoist must be well aware of what needs attention this time." The Wan Family's Purple Mansion ancestor was an old white-haired man dressed in a golden insect robe, carrying a broad sword on his back.

Known as Master of Ten Thousand Swords, he was reputed to have once boasted of defeating ten thousand swords with a single strike.

"Wan Daoist jests. This is not something a newly-promoted Purple Mansion family like ours can delve into easily, but it won't be simple. Let's not talk about the Three-eyed Demon King being in the late stage of the fourth tier; beside Chixia Ridge lies Dragon's Nest Valley and Lion King Ridge, where the Earth Dragon Demon King and Yun Shi Demon King dwell, neither of whom are ordinary demon kings." Ye Haicheng shook his head and took a step back.

He then detailed the situation around Chixia Ridge one by one.

These three major demon kings were most likely to apply direct pressure.

As for the Demon Emperor and Nascent Soul cultivators, unless there were many real master's deaths, they wouldn't appear, as an existing agreement stated.

"Chirp!"

...

In the distance, the loud cry of the Great Roc reverberated, like a bugle call announcing the dawn.

At the horizon's edge, a scarlet glow emerged, alongside a hint of white fish belly.

The first light of the sun began to rise slowly.

In the distance, faintly visible were silhouettes of red rushing toward the sky.

The roar of the beasts intensified!

Rumor had it that the Three-eyed Demon Roc race bathed in the morning light and fire. Even without a close look, the immense height and breadth of Chixia Ridge's peaks allowed the group to discern some shadows.

At that moment, a terrifying divine sense swept unchecked toward Chixia Ridge from within the valley.

In an instant, under the blazing sun, countless roc shadows began to align and float in the air, their gazes fixed in unison.

"Chirp!"

...

The roc's cries grew shriller and sharper, filled with a note of warning.

Simultaneously, within the entire mountain range, countless demon beasts began to stir.

This included the instant change in the expressions of many cultivators from the Ye Family.

Though they couldn't sense what their side had done, it was undeniable the Three-eyed Demon Roc was approaching.

"The beast tide is about to start, possibly because the Demon King discovered a real master in this region." Ye Haicheng's face turned somewhat unsightly.

At that moment, a massive Treasure Ship in the center of the valley ascended, mirroring a standoff with the Three-eyed Demon Roc, rising into the sky of Jade Dragon Valley.

The light on it was similarly thousands of feet long, and at this moment, Master Miaofa stepped out from the void.

With one hand gripping a duster behind his back, he held in the other an array disc densely covered in spirit patterns.

The array disc moved towards Jade Dragon Lake first.

It seemed to be drawing the lake's water, intending to extinguish the demon fire of the Three-eyed Demon Roc.

Then it extended towards the Three Mountains, as if linking the formation of the Three Mountains.

Simultaneously, a terrifying aura of spiritual energy began to erupt from an unknown time in Jade Dragon Valley.

This realization struck the Ye Family cultivators, as it dawned on them that the entire spiritual vein of Jade Dragon Valley had reached the tier four high-grade level.

To think that when they attacked Jade Dragon Valley, it only had tier three spiritual veins.

The Taiyi Sect's assault had been planned long ago.

They weren't simply stepping in on behalf of the Mo Family.

Ye Jingcheng's heart spirit trembled, as did those of the entire Ye Family at that moment.

He guessed the neighboring Chu Family's shock was not minor either, considering they had initially thought the Taiyi Sect seized Jade Dragon Valley merely to cultivate Spirit Fish; it was clear now their ambition for this secret realm had been longstanding.

Of course, the Ye Family and the Chu Family were aware that other families and forces from Taichang Commandery knew little of what was happening.

They assumed Jade Dragon Valley had always been like this.

Moreover, the current spectacle was exceptionally grand, as if the mountains, rivers, and lakes were fighting on behalf of the entire Taiyi Sect.

For a number of cultivators, the roars of the beast tide seemed to bring back their confidence.

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