It is said that the Yang family has only officially risen for a hundred years, and even the free lineage has only been two hundred years since Tianling Immortal Lord became an immortal.
But in the past two hundred years, how did it accumulate such huge strength and have such great influence?
Although the fairyland sects in the three states have not yet spoken out, with the approval of all the Taoist forces in the three states, the trend of Xi, Yan, and Jiao to guard one state has become irreversible.
The forces in the cultivation world naturally understand that the title of Zhou Mu is just a title. Among the three states, even those forces such as the Wei family and the Shantian Sect who are close to the Yang family or belong to the free lineage will not listen to the announcement, let alone
Talk about Feiyun, Yunyi, Yuanjiang and other schools.
But this title of a state's state pastor is not useless in today's era of great changes. Just look at the name of the immortal leader Tianling Xianzun.
Furthermore, although fairyland sects such as Lingyi Sect have been suppressing the state for thousands of years, they have never had such a reputation.
The fierce resistance from the sect that the cultivating world expected did not appear. Of course, they did not recognize the identity of Sanzhou's state pastor, and just waited in silence.
In this way, the cultivation world has maintained a strange calm, but this calm has the repression before the storm.
All practitioners in the cultivation world understand that this kind of peace must be temporary.
They don't believe in the sect, and the Xiaoyao lineage will just let the free lineage expand day by day.
Now we are just waiting for the opportunity. Once we take action, it will definitely be earth-shattering, and I am afraid it will far exceed the battle of the Four States thirty years ago.
The guesses of the cultivators in the cultivation world were correct. Facing the increasingly powerful and expanding Free Lineage, Xiaoyao and the Ten Immortals of the sect have completely united together.
However, the Free Line seemed unaware of this and took frequent actions again, guiding water veins and opening canals within its own sphere of influence.
After more than a hundred years of operation and three expansions, the Grand Canal is undergoing its fourth expansion this time under the leadership of the Yang family.
Today's Grand Canal starts from Bo County of Huzhou in the south, goes all the way north across Chi and Xi counties, extends west to Lei and Yan states, crosses the five counties of Fog, Zhen, Hail, Yan, and Deng, and connects the overseas cultivation world to the south.
This time it starts from Bo County and extends east again to Lang and Tao County.
Originally, Yan County was used as the hub, and it went north to Lian and Ju counties.
This time, Tao County will be used as the hub, and if the two counties of Shangze and Jiang in the north are connected, it will greatly strengthen Huzhou's water transportation, and even surround the Feiliu Sword Sect in the center, forming a trapped dragon.
The first canal reaches Xijun, goes west through Sangzhou, and passes through Tongjun to Huaijun.
This time, we will use Tongjun as the hub, go north to Fengjun, pass through Yujun, go north to Yuzhou, and meet all the way to Yujun, connecting Sangzhou and Yuzhou.
Taking He County of Huzhou as the hub, it goes north to Binzhou, passes through Jing County and reaches Yu County, the core of Binzhou.
This time, it goes west from Yujun, the core of Binzhou, and completely connects to Yujun, the core of Yuzhou, and then directly connects to Shajun, the core of Xizhou, all the way west.
At the same time, they all moved northward from Yujun in Binzhou, Yujun in Yuzhou, and Shajun in Xizhou, and finally converged at Bingjun, the core of Liangzhou, completely connecting the four prefectures of Xi, Yu, Bin, and Liangbei.
The four northern states, Yan, Lei, and Sang, and the four Hunan states are also connected by Hubin and Sangyu.
Although the two states of Yan and Yan are not yet connected due to thunder, through the three states of Yan, Lei and Hu, the eight states of the cultivation world can be regarded as barely connected.
In this way, the world of cultivation presents an extremely strange scene. On the one hand, there is the enthusiasm of the Free Line that runs through the Eight Prefectures Grand Canal, and on the other side, the complete silence of the Sect and Xiaoyao Lines.
By the time the Grand Canal was initially fully connected in the 499th year of the Gregorian calendar, the entire cultivation world was already like a huge volcano on the verge of eruption.
Xiaoyao and the two sects didn't want to take action so quickly, but the Youli sect was so aggressive, how could they let them do what they did.
The two lines have agreed that even if there is a civil war in the Zhoutian world, they cannot allow the free lineage to develop like this and dominate Zhoutian.
But before they could make up their minds to take action, news came one after another that disrupted their plans.
Baihu Mountain is the earliest extraterritorial force to establish itself in the Mangshan Mountains of the East, and it is already quite powerful.
After Yang Jiadong left Yumen Pass in the previous episode, Baihu Mountain absorbed many escaped demon cultivators and took the opportunity to grow a lot.
After absorbing the demon cultivators who fled from Feng County in Sangzhou three years ago, it suddenly became the strongest force in Mang Mountain in the East.
The forces in Dongji Mang Mountain feel that there is no room for two tigers in one mountain. Baihu Mountain seems to have grown rapidly after absorbing the forces of Feng County, but it also hid the hidden danger of division, and there will definitely be a conflagration.
Little did you know that the Lord of White Tiger Mountain was quite capable. Qingluan Demon King, the leader of the extraterritorial forces in Feng County, just brought some birds and monsters to the Ice Phoenix Palace, and completely integrated the two forces.
In the past three years, it has been attacking everywhere, constantly destroying the extraterritorial forces that surrendered to the Mang Mountains in the East, and has become the undisputed overlord.
News came not long ago that the master of Baihu Mountain successfully survived the thunder tribulation, and Baihu Mountain has become the top first-class Taoist power in the world of cultivation.
At the same time, the foreign forces were defeated from Sa County in Xizhou, and everyone thought that their vitality would be severely damaged.
But after only one year of repairs, it successfully cultivated a large oasis in the West Pole desert and established Qilin Island.
Everyone speculated that Sajun's extraterritorial forces had left a back-up early, but they had foresight.
What's more important is that the Lord of Qilin Island also successfully survived the thunder tribulation, making Qilin Pavilion become a world-class Taoist power after Ice Phoenix Palace and White Tiger Mountain.
In the past few decades, the cultivation world has only noticed that the Yang family has been attacking everywhere, constantly purging and expelling extraterritorial forces within the territory.
But they ignored that the suppression of the Yang family also brought together the foreign forces scattered throughout the prefectures and counties.
Although there are less sporadic disturbances on weekdays, the Arctic Ice Phoenix Palace, the East Pole White Tiger Mountain, and the West Pole Qilin Continent have also grown rapidly.
The Three Pole Land is vast and boundless, and is scattered with numerous external forces, large and small. It is originally a piece of loose sand.
But now, due to the suppression of the Yang family, each of them respects the three major forces as the main ones, and the three major forces also take the opportunity to integrate the three poles and become the overlords of the three lands.
Now the palace masters, mountain masters, and continent masters of the three major forces have passed through thunder tribulations one after another, posing a huge threat to the local forces in Zhoutian.
If we start a war with Youli's lineage right now, I'm afraid...
Just when the sect and the immortals of Xiaoyao were hesitating, a piece of news came that shocked their hearts, and they had to temporarily give up their plans to plot against the free lineage.
In the overseas cultivation world, the horned demon king of the Yellow Court Realm set off the largest wave of beasts in history to besiege the old Taoist realm force Diaojing Tower.
Taotianmen, the overseas fairyland sect, received the jade charm from Diaojing Tower, and immediately joined forces with the Taoist realm sect Yuhaizong and the Taoist cultivators of various sects guarding overseas to go to the rescue.
As a result, the rescue failed, and instead they were ambushed halfway by the Horned Demon King. They were defeated and suffered heavy losses.
The Jiao Chi Demon King fought one against three, Tao Dan, a Taoist cultivator from Huang Ting of Tao Tian Sect, died on the spot, while Shi Dan and Yang Bai escaped with serious injuries.
Lan Feng, the new Taoist priest of Thunder Tribulation in Lingyi Sect, was unlucky. While escaping, he bumped into the Horned Demon King and was beaten to death with one of his claws.
Taotian Sect's new Thunder Tribulation monk was seriously injured, and he fainted immediately after barely escaping back to the sect.
Only Xiao Xunqian, who was in the Thunder Tribulation realm, saw the opportunity early and escaped early, successfully escaping the disaster.
The collapse of the highest combat power of Zhou Tian's side caused the coalition forces of various sects who came to the rescue to flee in panic, and suffered heavy losses under the pursuit of overseas forces.
Among the monks from various sects who went to guard overseas, Taoist Dongxiang from the Huagai Realm of the Feiliu Sword Sect died, and four Taoist monks from the Purple Wind Sect, including Taoist Xunming from the Huagai Realm, died.
Taoist Yuan Qing, the leader of Yuhai Sect, died, the four Taoist monks of Taotian Sect who were the main force in the rescue died, and almost all the real monks who went to rescue were lost.
In this battle, the Dao realm force Diaojing Tower was destroyed. More than ten Dao realm monks, including one Huang Ting and two Thunder Tribulation monks, died, and the overseas cultivation world that had been flourishing for more than a hundred years was seriously damaged.
When the news spread, the entire cultivation world was shaken.
Two hundred years ago, Taotian Sect lost several Taoist cultivators due to Yang Hongyuan's plan.
Two hundred years have passed, and the power has finally been restored. This time the battle has returned to its original shape, and the situation is even more critical than the last time.
After all, at the beginning, the cultivation world was mostly fought within itself, but now it is invaded by forces from outside the territory.
The Yuhaizong has gained a lot of benefits from following the Taotian Sect over the years, but this time, the death of a large number of high-level monks, including the leader, has also severely damaged their vitality.
Fortunately, Taoist Yuan Zhan, the usually low-key elder of the Yuhaizong, came out of seclusion and took over as head with a cultivation level in the Huagai realm, quickly settling down the Yuhaizong.
In addition to this, the three sects of Lingyi, Zifeng, and Feiliu were considered to have affected Chiyu. Even though there were few deaths, they were the true foundation of the sect.
The two top Taoists of Lingyi Sect, Lan Feng and Lan Kui, died one after another. The Giant Wood Immortal Lord personally passed down the immortal instructions to welcome Sang Wuji, who was in the Thunder Tribulation Realm, to return to the sect and take over as the leader.
The Feiliu Sword Sect also lost two Taoist priests, Dongliu and Dongxiang, and now relies entirely on Donghu Taoist from the Thunder Tribulation Realm to support its appearance.
The Zifeng Sect was the sect that suffered the most losses apart from the Taotian Sect, losing four Taoist cultivators including two Huagai Taoist cultivators in the first battle.
The Zifeng Sect originally thought that when the garrison period expired, the Taoist ancestor of the sect would return to the sect to regain his reputation. However, they did not know that they would suffer such a disaster. Fortunately, the ancestor of the sect Huang Ting, Lei Jie, was unharmed.
In recent years, the Yang family has led a series of battles with monks from outside the region, and they have all won great victories, which has boosted the morale of the monks in Zhoutian.
Who would have expected that the counterattack from the outside monks would be so fierce and ferocious, and I was disappointed with the performance of the sect's lineage.
The Free lineage has been fighting continuously, but when it comes to the sect lineage, it is defeated and lost. The hearts of the people in the cultivation world naturally favor the Free lineage.
The news was received in the Immortal Palace, and the sect responded quickly.
Haiyu Immortal Lord personally descended to earth to take charge of Taotian Gate. At the same time, the immortals of the sects ordered Lingyi, Fentian, Zixiao, and Feiliu to send personnel to overseas for support.
If it were another time, the Xiaoyao lineage would be happy to see the sect lineage being unlucky.
But at this moment, the free lineage was so powerful that it could not be ignored. Qian Xuandao of the Huangting realm was the main one, and Taoist Taoist Haomiao of Jinzhong of the Thunder Tribulation realm was the assistant, leading ten Dao realm monks to rush overseas.
With the combined efforts of the free and sect lineages, the decline was stopped.
The Horned Demon King also gave up when he saw the opportunity, and began to operate Diaojing Island as his base, and officially launched his own banner: Antarctic True Dragon Island!