Chapter 267 : Western Spirit Domain

After learning from Zhang Ergou that everyone in the Northern Spirit Domain cultivated immortality, Zhang Qingrou was utterly shaken.

Looking at the light shining in Zhang Ergou's eyes, as well as the bustling pedestrians on the streets,

they were nothing like the mortals of the Western Spirit Domain, who were ragged and frail. Everyone here was strong and carried hope in their hearts.

Everything resembled a paradise on earth. Seeing this, Zhang Qingrou suddenly felt that perhaps there was nothing wrong with a world where everyone cultivated immortality and everyone understood reason.

At the very least, the people here all had enough to eat and were able to cultivate.

Zhang Qingrou also wondered that if the Western Spirit Domain had been like the Northern Spirit Domain, perhaps her parents and siblings would not have starved to death while fleeing the famine.

Perhaps her parents would have also become cultivators and been able to witness everything in this cultivation world alongside her.

Thinking of this, Zhang Qingrou slowly lowered her hands. Memories from the past flooded into her mind, and she instinctively clutched her chest.

Unfortunately, there were no "what ifs." Reality could not be changed. Her family had long since remained forever in the Western Spirit Domain.

"What's wrong?"

At that moment, the Spirit of Immortality also noticed Zhang Qingrou's emotions and could not help asking.

"It's nothing. I just remembered some painful things."

Having recovered herself, Zhang Qingrou shook her head and answered.

"Based on my observations and perception, this place is indeed exactly as you were thinking just now. There isn't the slightest trace of any Evil Demon."

The Spirit of Immortality revealed the results of its investigation.

"What? No Evil Demons? Not even the faintest aura?"

Zhang Qingrou was astonished upon hearing this.

After all, Evil Demons were ravaging the world today. Even the Holy Lands and great sects of the Western Spirit Domain could not suppress them. Those places were guarded by Tribulation Transcension cultivators, yet even they had been affected.

Although Zhang Qingrou had imagined how powerful the person who created the cultivation method must be, she had never dared to imagine that such an existence had completely eradicated every Evil Demon throughout the entire Northern Spirit Domain.

But if that was not the case, then how had he managed to make it so that not a single Evil Demon could be seen anywhere in the Northern Spirit Domain?

"This shouldn't be possible!"

"Don't tell me the Evil Demons voluntarily abandoned the Northern Spirit Domain!"

Faced with so many things that completely shattered her understanding of the world, Zhang Qingrou could only feel helpless.

"Let's go deeper and take another look. I refuse to believe it."

Putting everything else aside, Zhang Qingrou also wanted to find the answer within the Northern Spirit Domain.

Just as Zhang Qingrou ventured deeper into the Northern Spirit Domain in search of answers,

Li Tianwei was heading in the exact opposite direction, making his way toward the Western Spirit Domain.

The moment he broke through the world barrier and entered the Western Spirit Domain, Li Tianwei immediately sensed that the spiritual energy he had previously controlled with absolute certainty had disappeared.

Everything seemed to have reverted to how the Northern Spirit Domain had once been.

However, to Li Tianwei, it made little difference.

He merely paid the spiritual energy a brief glance before immediately raising his head to look into the sky.

Above the heavens, concealed behind the white clouds, there was an enormous eye peering through the cloud cover, silently watching everything below.

At that moment, it seemed as though everything in the world had fallen under the gaze of that Heavenly Eye.

"This aura... it feels strangely familiar."

Looking at the Heavenly Eye above, that was Li Tianwei's first thought.

Unfortunately, no matter how hard he searched through his memories, he still could not determine where that familiar feeling came from.

If Li Tianwei had opened his eyes while breaking through to the Nascent Soul Realm, he probably would have understood why it felt so familiar.

The crimson eye that had appeared back then was similar to the Demon Lord now hanging above the Western Spirit Domain. The only difference was that Li Tianwei had completely absorbed that crimson eye, so it was only natural for him to find this one familiar.

"However, this eyeball seems to be nothing more than a projection."

With Li Tianwei's current strength, he could clearly perceive the condition of the eye suspended in midair.

It was obviously only an illusion, yet the fact that someone could leave such an eye hanging over the Western Spirit Domain was enough to show just how terrifying the mastermind behind it truly was.

"An existence beyond Tribulation Transcension... an Evil Demon comparable to an immortal?"

As Li Tianwei gazed at the eye, such a thought arose in his heart.

Unfortunately, there was no answer.

The Evil Demons were far too bizarre. They had already left Li Tianwei confused more than once.

Soon, Li Tianwei's consciousness slowly spread outward.

Rumble...

In an instant, Li Tianwei's terrifying divine sense enveloped an unknown number of tens of thousands of li.

Everything within the Western Spirit Domain gradually entered his perception.

"I didn't expect the situation here to be this severe."

Through the perception of his divine sense, Li Tianwei instantly understood the current state of the Western Spirit Domain.

The world itself had already become completely corrupted.

The lingering remnant souls and stray thoughts left behind by countless living beings that originally drifted throughout heaven and earth were continuously breeding under some unknown force.

As a result, something unimaginably horrifying had come into existence.

Within merely ten thousand li, the land had already become a living hell, where beings even more terrifying than evil ghosts were rampaging everywhere.

"Sun and Moon Banner, come forth! Illuminate everything in this world!"

With a lift of his hand, the Sun and Moon Banner appeared out of thin air. The banner, bearing a sun on one side and a moon on the other, gently fluttered in the air.

Soft multicolored radiance and moonlight emerged, soaring straight into the heavens.

Receiving Li Tianwei's command, the consciousness of the Sun and Moon Wheel—or rather, now the Sun and Moon Banner—began operating on its own.

Now that the immortal artifact, the Sun and Moon Wheel, had completely fused into the Soul Banner, the Sun and Moon Banner could function independently even without Li Tianwei's direct control.

That was the terrifying aspect of an immortal artifact.

Ordinarily speaking, one would need at least the strength of an immortal to completely control the spirit of an immortal artifact.

But for Li Tianwei, rules and requirements meant nothing.

After all, the Sun and Moon Wheel had always been so obedient.

Wasn't it perfectly normal for a Nascent Soul cultivator like him to wield an immortal artifact?

Very soon, under the operation of the Sun and Moon Banner, countless Evil Souls roared as they poured forth.

Ever since the cultivation method had spread throughout the Northern Spirit Domain, most affairs had already been settled.

Thus, all the Evil Souls Li Tianwei had previously refined had long since returned.

Countless Evil Souls surged out, blotting out the sky and covering the earth as they swept toward every corner of the world.

The number of Evil Souls within the current Sun and Moon Banner had multiplied many times over.

After all, during the spread of the cultivation method, cultivators throughout the Northern Spirit Domain who had embarked upon cultivation had fought a world-shaking war against the cultivators who upheld the old order.

No one knew just how many people had died during that time.

Naturally, Li Tianwei had not let those stained with sin escape either.

He could only allow them to remain within the banner, diligently cleansing their sins and accumulating merit.

For that reason, Li Tianwei had been continuously refining souls without pause.

The number contained within the banner had already reached nearly eleven digits.

Every single one of them was a sinner.

This was also why the aura of the Sun and Moon Banner had become so overwhelmingly profound.