Outside the black vortex of the chaotic void, the Guiyi Realm and the Demon Alliance were locked in fierce combat. Despite the carnage, neither side had any intention of backing down.
Every war brought immense consumption, particularly of resources like immortal pills, immortal brews, immortal herbs, and immortal fruits.
Xiao Fei had been closely monitoring the battlefield situation, as both warring factions were his sworn friends. He could not stand idly by.
With both sides desperately in need of various strategic resources like immortal pills, he felt it was his undeniable duty to intervene.
Through years of cultivation and development, he had established a vast network of undercover agents within both the Demon Alliance and the Guiyi Realm.
Now, using these agents, he supplied various strategic materials to both sides, ensuring their logistical needs were met.
This allowed both armies to fight with their full might, charging onto the battlefield in their most perfect states to kill more enemies and achieve glorious victories.
Good deeds beget good fortune; practicing virtue always yields rewards.
For instance, the immortal stones from the Demon Alliance and the Guiyi Realm were now flowing into Xiao Fei's coffers ceaselessly.
The Guiyi Realm, aside from immortal herbs, possessed relatively abundant immortal stone resources. They spent them lavishly, without hesitation.
However, the Demon Alliance was far less fortunate. Their immortal realm resources had long been depleted, and they had already been plundered by Xiao Fei multiple times.
Even the Demon God Mountain, the main base of the demon race, had been destroyed by Xiao Fei, and the demon veins beneath it had been siphoned dry.
Consequently, the entire Demon Alliance was now at its wit's end, utterly destitute, like cornered, starving wolves.
To earn immortal stones from them required risking one's life.
Xiao Fei's business philosophy always emphasized harmonious dealings for prosperity, understanding and fulfilling customers' needs and urgent desires.
Since they couldn't afford immortal stones, he proposed a trade: collecting corpses from the battlefield in exchange for immortal pills.
This provided a path to wealth for the impoverished cultivators of the Demon Alliance.
The cultivators of the Demon Alliance, having endured years of hardship, were already driven to desperation, their eyes practically glowing green with avarice.
Upon hearing of this opportunity, they saw the corpses on the battlefield with a fervor that surpassed their excitement for a lover.
After every major battle, the cultivators of the Demon Alliance would meticulously clear the battlefield of any remaining corpses, leaving not even a single hair behind.
Once the corpses were collected, the Demon Alliance cultivators had no choice but to turn their attention to the enemy.
This, in turn, indirectly boosted the combat effectiveness of the Demon Alliance, allowing the previously disadvantaged faction to hold out for a longer duration.
Both sides were locked in a battle to the death. Although they suspected the person selling immortal pills from behind the scenes, they were too preoccupied to investigate.
Xiao Fei invested all the immortal stones he obtained into his space, increasing the concentration of immortal energy and the speed of time flow within it.
After all, he had only recently broken through to the Golden Immortal realm, and the realm of Supreme experts was still a distant, even unattainable, goal.
It was better to use all the acquired immortal stones to enhance his own strength within his space.
As for the corpses collected by the Demon Alliance, he refined them into blood, which he used to nourish the Jianmu tree.
Watered with this blood, the Jianmu tree had now reached a terrifying height.
Legend had it that Jianmu could connect heaven and earth, allowing anyone who climbed it from below to reach the celestial realm.
Now, under Xiao Fei's cultivation, this Jianmu tree had grown to a height comparable to the legendary connection between heaven and earth.
From any angle within the space, one could not see the treetop of Jianmu; it resembled a colossal, steep mountain piercing directly into the sky.
Seven enormous branches grew from the Jianmu tree, with an eighth branch beginning to sprout at the very top.
These branches spread out, obscuring a vast expanse of the sky.
Aside from the one from which Xiao Fei had previously plucked its fruit, each of the remaining branches bore a fruit.
Each fruit had evolved into a colossal world, capable of nurturing countless beings.
Furthermore, within the worlds of Jianmu, spiritual energy was extremely dense, and immortal energy resources were abundant, with the immortal energy becoming increasingly concentrated the higher one ascended.
Coupled with the time dilation of over 200 times, those residing in the Jianmu worlds experienced incredibly rapid cultivation progress.
Taking advantage of the conflict between the Demon Alliance and the Guiyi Realm, Xiao Fei had been secretly developing and accumulating his strength.
This protracted war of attrition between the two sides lasted for several hundred years.
Ultimately, the Demon Alliance's strength proved inferior, and they were unable to defeat the Guiyi Realm, gradually succumbing to defeat.
The Demon Alliance suffered heavy losses in this war, with countless elites perishing. Even more than ten Golden Immortal powerhouses were completely annihilated.
Similarly, after centuries of consumption, the Guiyi Realm was also greatly weakened.
Several Earth Fiends died in this battle, and most of the remaining ones, having been reborn after death, were left extremely frail.
Even the Supreme experts of both sides were exhausted by the conflict.
Especially since the Demon Alliance had only two Supreme experts, they had to face the Guiyi Realm's three Supreme experts.
San Yang Demon Venerable and Lei Peng Demon Venerable had become much younger since their participation in the war, as they were frequently beaten like grandchildren.
Despite enduring beatings in every major battle, they were forced to charge onto the field.
This time, it was their turn for karma to catch up, allowing them to experience the pain that Xuan Tian Dao Venerable endured when being beaten.
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Jun Tian Realm.
This was the last bastion of humanity within this universe.
In recent centuries, as the Demon Alliance shifted its focus to the Guiyi Realm, the humans of Jun Tian Realm finally gained a moment of respite.
Xuan Tian Dao Venerable had not opened the doors to his cave dwelling since announcing his seclusion hundreds of years ago.
Today, a clone of Xiao Fei, accompanied by Zhu Yu, came to pay a visit. The doors to Xuan Tian Dao Venerable's cave dwelling automatically opened, welcoming them inside.
"You truly put on a magnificent show, you brat!"
Although Xuan Tian Dao Venerable claimed to be in seclusion, he was, in fact, fully aware of all external intelligence. Thus, upon meeting Xiao Fei, he immediately praised him.
"Your scheme this time has directly averted the crisis for Jun Tian Realm, winning humanity several hundred years of breathing room.
Moreover, the Demon Alliance has been severely weakened after this great battle, and they will not launch an offensive against humanity for at least several thousand years."
Xuan Tian Dao Venerable couldn't help but stroke his beard in admiration.
However, Xiao Fei remained unfazed by Xuan Tian Dao Venerable's praise, his face devoid of any emotion. He calmly stated:
"If we only gain a few thousand years of recuperation, it will have little substantial benefit for humanity; it will merely be like trying to stop a boiling pot by adding more water.
The destruction of the Immortal Realm is imminent. In their desperate state, the Demon Alliance will undoubtedly launch a full-scale offensive against us.
The Demon Alliance still has over twenty Golden Immortals and two Supreme experts. Will we be able to defeat them then?"
"What are your plans then?"
Xuan Tian Dao Venerable and Zhu Yu simultaneously looked at Xiao Fei.
"My idea is to strike while the iron is hot, to seize this opportunity of the Demon Alliance's great defeat to completely annihilate them!"
"An excellent idea, but how do we deal with the Demon Alliance's two Supreme experts?"