As the changes in the eastern region surfaced, more and more people discovered that the abnormal places were all very special.
Because of various reasons, many secret realms were formed.
Many people investigated the unknown young experts to no avail and began to investigate the intelligence of various secret realms.
There were people who wanted to make friends, people who wanted to be apprenticed to a master, and people there for all kinds of purposes. They were all waiting for Ye Changge to come over so that they could have a conversation.
Unlike the eastern region, in which something strange occurred, the other regions were all in a state of chaos.
The Shadow House had a long history. They used the path of assassination and the exchange of information as their main means of survival. All of their inheritances were techniques like assassination.
Their actions were ruthless, and they collected a lot of heavenly and earthly treasures.
With a loud bang, the members of the Shadow House, who were busy with their own matters, were all startled awake.
When they came to their senses, they found that the most important place of the whole sect had been covered by the crown of a huge tree.
Countless branches and vines began to grow chaotically, extending and attacking the disciples of Shadow House.
Along with the screams, the captured people were trapped by the vines and wrapped like mummies.
The vines grew sharp thorns and pierced into the bodies of the disciples of Shadow House. Not long after, their cultivation was completely sucked away.
"Who is this evildoer? How dare he attack our Shadow House? Does he not know how to write the word 'death'?!"
As loud shouts rang out, powerful attacks emerged from many tall buildings, caves, and underground pavilions, and bombarded the branches and vines.
Unfortunately, the severed limbs continued to grow. Soon, these experts realised that their attacks were useless.
In this hopeless situation shrouded by the strange trees, the people of the Shadow House had no way out. In their deep despair, they were sucked dry.
In just a few days, the Shadow House, which had stirred up storms in the cultivation world for thousands of years, was exterminated just like that.
"BURP!"
As if they had eaten their fill, a burp was heard far away.
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Central Region, Danding Alliance.
Xie Dongyang, the Alliance leader of Danding Alliance, who had just received special intelligence, was processing the new information.
The Dark Shadow Pavilion had been destroyed, and all the disciples had been sucked dry. All the heavenly materials and earthly treasures stored in the Treasury had disappeared.
"Alliance leader, there's urgent news! Should we send someone to report it?"
Xie Dongyang raised his head and rubbed his temples.
They received confidential information just now, so what urgent news had come this time?
"Call him in."
An executive director of the Danding Alliance walked in and reported to Xie Dongyang, "Alliance leader, we've just received news that a batch of spirit pills we sent to the five Dragon Valley has been intercepted. I wonder who did it."
"Oh? How's the loss? What's the situation?" Xie Dongyang asked.
"That batch of pills was a transaction we made with the Five Dragon Valley. It was priceless and abnormally precious. We paid a great price to successfully refine it."
As if he had thought of some strange information, the supervisor continued to explain in a strange tone.
"As for the situation of the personnel, the head supervisor, Supervisor Yuan, and Supervisor Wang who were escorting them were all seriously injured. All of the disciples were also seriously injured. However, no one died, and all of their stored treasures disappeared."
"As for the next investigation, please give us your instructions, Alliance leader."
As the Executive Supervisor explained, Xie Dongyang's expression kept shifting.
"Don't worry about it. Just treat it as if nothing happened. As for the Five Dragon Valley, tell us about the situation. We will compensate you in the future."
As if he didn't expect such an answer, the executive supervisor raised his head in surprise and looked at Xie Dongyang with a strange expression.
"The opportunity to become an emperor has appeared. Many old monsters have awakened. We received news that the Shadow Pavilion has been destroyed."
"We couldn't even find the headquarters of their sect, but they were destroyed. Their disciples became dried up, and their sect's treasures disappeared."
A trace of fear flashed across Xie Dongyang's face as he continued to explain, "In order to become an emperor, some experts who think that they just lack the opportunity to awaken will frantically search for resources to make up for their strength."
"This time, we only lost resources and no one died. Do you still want to pursue the responsibility of those quasi-emperor experts? Our Pill Cauldron Alliance still wants to continue to pass down the legacy. We don't want our entire clan to be wiped out."
The executive director was already stunned by Xie Dongyang's words. He quickly bowed his head and left in a panic.
"Ai, these are troubled times. Pass my orders. The Pill Cauldron Alliance will no longer refine high-grade pills and will no longer accept high-grade medicinal herbs."
"Those that have already been refined should be sent out immediately. Return all the medicinal herbs that have been accepted and pay double the deposit."
The Pill Cauldron Alliance wasn't the only one who made the same decision.
Those who also had precious natural treasures and weren't known for their strength gave the same order.
As for when to stop, that would depend on how many people couldn't hold it in and wanted to seize the opportunity now.
In any case, not to mention becoming an emperor, even those who had the qualifications to break through to the emperor realm were very rare.
For example, the Ten Ultimate Sword Sect, the Wan Xiang Sect, both of which had a very strong foundation and had an old monster; not only did they not stop searching for materials, but they also sped up the pace of collecting heavenly materials, earthly treasures, and spiritual herbs.
In the Hidden Edge Sect, Ye Changge was sorting out his harvest.
"Tai Chi Heart Cleansing Pill, North Star Soul-Gathering Pill, Nine Revolving Yuan Pill, Spirit Summoning Pill, Big Dipper Mysterious Origin Immortal Pill..."
"With these pills, my energy reserves will definitely be enough. In addition to my own cultivation, it will definitely exceed the amount of energy I need to enter the Great Emperor Realm."
"Golden Hammer, Pure Yang Mirror, Heaven Roaring Shield, Dark Thunder Trident, Soul-Gathering Golden Phoenix Saber, Buddha Root Token, Heaven Expanding Staff..."
"With these weapons, even if I self-destruct, I should be able to block a portion of the pressure and attacks from heaven and earth, right?"
"Dragon Fish Vine, Hidden Fire Wish Spirit Tree, Ghost Spirit Silk, Scarlet Sun Flower..."
Ye Changge's eyes lit up. He didn't know how jealous those old monsters who were still plundering outside would be when they saw how Ye Changge was counting the materials.
They didn't care about their status and plundered. Some of the treasures they obtained couldn't compare to Ye Changge's signed-in rewards, be it in quantity or quality.
In order to seize the opportunity, the three old monsters had already begun to connect with the heaven and earth. They were ready to break through to the Great Emperor Realm.
Who knew how much effort they had put in before? Who knew how many years they had waited after sleeping imprisoned? Finally, the heaven and earth had changed, and the opportunity to become an emperor had appeared.
The possibility of two great emperors appearing at the same time was too low. Moreover, who knew if the current Heavenly Mortal World would be able to admit that many great emperors had attained the Dao?
The three old monsters were all confident in themselves, believing that all they lacked was heaven's secrets.
Now was the time. In order to prevent others from getting there first, they had to start preparing to break through to the emperor realm.