In the space, Zhang Yi was still in seclusion.
He had now reached the Immortal Lord realm, and his cultivation had stabilized.
But just a while ago, the five clones he had cultivated had all successfully matured.
The five limbs had become five brand-new clones, but they lacked souls.
Without hesitation, Zhang Yi split off five new souls from his own, entering the five bodies.
Splitting off five souls at once also caused some damage, requiring a long period of recuperation to recover.
These five clones had just been cultivated and were only at the Earth Immortal level, needing to cultivate step by step to the Heavenly Immortal or even Immortal Lord realm.
However, Zhang Yi’s cultivation had now broken through to the Immortal Lord realm, and the clones would cultivate much faster this time.
In addition, other clones, such as Xiao Youyi and Jia Ren, also entered the space to cultivate whenever they had time, so as to improve their strength more quickly.
Bao Huang Feifei, Fei Xin, and others also returned to the Third Jianmu World to cultivate whenever they had time.
At the same time, under the effect of 190 times the time flow, his second and third worlds had cultivated a large number of experts.
True Immortals and Heavenly Immortals emerged in batches.
Only a few of these experts had been dispatched to help Huang Feifei and Fei Xin with their tasks.
Most of them remained in the third world to continue cultivating. Xiao Fei planned to cultivate these people as a hidden force.
They would be unleashed at a crucial moment to deliver a fatal blow to the Demon Alliance.
On the battlefield against the demons, the human race, taking advantage of the opportunity when Xiao Fei had killed a large number of cannon fodder, temporarily stabilized the defense line.
At the same time, internally, they concentrated their efforts on dealing with the demon forces.
At that time, the human race had voluntarily retreated, but in addition to Juntian Realm, some demon forces still remained in Cangtian Realm and Yangtian Realm, as well as in affiliated forces outside the two worlds.
Due to being constantly suppressed by the Demon Alliance, they had not had time to deal with these internal enemies.
This time, with the border defense line stabilized, they took the opportunity to sweep away all internal enemies.
The human race quickly defeated and expelled the demon race within Cangtian Realm.
However, the remaining demon race joined forces with the demon forces in Yangtian Realm, making them even more difficult to deal with.
Meanwhile, the Demon Alliance had once again regrouped, and the human front line could not hold on.
Although Xiao Fei had designed the previous incident and killed a lot of demon cannon fodder, the overall strength of the Demon Alliance was still far superior to that of the human race.
After the previous incident, the demons increased their efforts to investigate and apprehend spies within their territory.
It was much more difficult for Fei Xin’s merchant caravan and Huang Feifei’s intelligence department to cause trouble as they had before.
A single misstep could lead to exposure, capture by the demons, and a miserable death.
However, many strategic materials within the demon territory had been collected by Fei Xin during his previous speculation.
Various immortal herbs and fruits had their own growth cycles and patterns, and supply could not be guaranteed in a short period.
In contrast, the human race had ample supplies provided by Xiao Fei’s space.
The Demon Alliance’s idea was that if they didn’t have it, they would come to the human race to snatch it.
On the front lines, the human forces were forced to retreat repeatedly, with large swathes of territory falling into the hands of the Demon Alliance.
Soon, the Demon Alliance army had pressed to the edge of Yangtian Realm, and Yangtian Realm was on the verge of falling.
Juntian Realm, as the rear base of the human forces, dispatched a large number of reinforcements to the front lines this time.
Due to Zhang Yi’s seclusion, the Moral Peak was led by Jia Ren this time, along with the disciples of the Moral Peak.
In addition to the Moral Peak, Jin Wucheng of Jinfeng from Yuxu Palace also led a group of disciples to join the expedition.
“Brother Jia, when we get to the battlefield, stay by my side, and I’ll look after you!”
Jin Wucheng glanced at the rather weak disciples of the Moral Peak, patted Jia Ren on the shoulder, and offered to look after him on the battlefield.
The disciples of the Moral Peak spent most of their time studying and propagating Zhang Yi’s spirit, and their combat power was not very strong.
Jin Wucheng was a relatively senior Heavenly Immortal in Yuxu Palace, and his strength was considered quite high among those of the same level.
Jia Ren quickly cupped his fists in thanks for Jin Wucheng’s kindness.
The disciples of Yuxu Palace joined forces with the disciples of Qiankun Palace, and with some additional forces drawn from the surrounding areas, a total of only a few hundred people were assembled, and they immediately charged towards the front lines.
This force was not much in the grand scheme of the battlefield, but it was the best they could do.
They traveled for three days and were about to reach Yangtian Realm when they saw billowing dust ahead. A group of human cultivators was rushing towards them, looking disheveled.
“What’s going on, fellow Daoists ahead?”
“We lost, Yangtian Realm has been breached by the demon allied forces!”
Jia Ren glanced at the retreating personnel and found that there were not many of them.
Yangtian Realm was home to one-third of the human population, but there were far more than these people present.
“What about the others? Did they not break through?”
Jia Ren grabbed a cultivator’s clothes and asked.
“Most of the people who escaped back are here. The rest are surrounded in Yangtian Realm and cannot break through!”
Jia Ren’s gaze swept over them. The people who had escaped were all disheveled and dejected, numbering about a thousand in total.
“So you abandoned your human comrades and fled yourselves!”
Jia Ren was furious, his hands already gripping the collar of the cultivator’s clothes.
“Do you know that nearly one-fifth of our human population is in there?”
The more than a thousand people who had escaped were all of decent combat strength, but in Yangtian Realm, there were still a large number of people without strength.
The cultivator, cornered by Jia Ren’s questioning, became angry and shouted.
“Do you know that the number of demon allied forces is more than five times ours, and their combat power is more than ten times ours!
How do you expect us to fight? It would be useless even if we went back to die!”
“If you have the guts, go up yourself and rescue them, don’t yell at me here!”
The cultivator broke free from Jia Ren’s grasp and retorted without backing down.
“As long as you have the courage to fight your way back, I’ll risk my life and go back with you to save people!”
At this moment, the thousand or so people who were stopped all looked at Jia Ren.
Their eyes held indifference, mockery, confusion, and hope…
In fact, humans are not made of wood, how can they be without feelings!
If they had any other choice, they would not have been willing to abandon their companions and flee like this. Among those trapped were many of their relatives and friends.
Some were even their closest kin, such as parents, wives, and children.
But now, the disparity in strength between the two sides was too great, and most importantly, the human race lacked a central figure.
At this moment, Jin Wucheng patted Jia Ren on the shoulder.
“Don’t be impulsive! With our current strength, going back now would be suicide and would achieve nothing!”
But Jia Ren seemed not to hear his reminder, and he stepped forward!
“Fellow Daoists, given the current situation, the demons are stronger, and we humans are weaker.
If we fear the power of the demons, we might as well surrender now and let the demons deal with us.
However, even if we surrender, the demons will not let us go, and the human race has no way back!
At this time of being weaker than the enemy, with no retreat, we can only fight to the death!”
“In Yangtian Realm, there is nearly one-fifth of our population, which is our hope for future victory!”
“I! Jia Ren of Yuxu Palace! intend to fight my way back to rescue them. If you have the guts, come with me and carve out a bloody path!”
“Good! Jin Wucheng will accompany you today, fighting for the future of humanity!”
“Though there are thousands, I will go!”
“Damn it! Count me in too!”