This is also the reason why the defense of the Righteous Blood Sacred Land has been able to remain stable.

And this is still the result of the Bingzhou army battalion showing some restraint, as they didn't want to alert the enemy. Therefore, the Bingzhou battalion that came to provide reinforcements didn't exert their full power.

But the Blood Race felt troubled because no matter how they increased the strength of their attacks, the Righteous Blood Sacred Land managed to miraculously withstand them.

The performance of the Sacred Land gave them an unbelievable feeling and left the Sacred Seeds orchestrating this great war somewhat at a loss.

While the great war in the Sacred Land raged like a blazing fire, Lu Ye was setting up a teleportation array beside the Blood Pool in the Southern Territory of the Blood Refinement World.

He had spent more than half a month searching in the underground Blood River. Although he couldn't probe the mysteries of the Blood River, he did find a drop of Sacred Blood.

Perhaps because of his current strong saintliness, during his search, he developed a particular sense for the Sacred Blood scattered in the underground Blood River. As long as it was within a certain range, he could sense it. Otherwise, in an environment like the underground Blood River, where Mental Consciousness is heavily suppressed, it would be impossible to probe the surroundings.

By refining another drop of Sacred Blood, his saintliness slightly increased. The increase wasn't significant, as the stronger the saintliness, the slower the increase.

However, the vast energy contained within the Sacred Blood allowed his cultivation to grow again, and now he wasn't far from reaching Level 6 of the Divine Sea Realm.

When the Nine Provinces cultivators descended into the Blood Refinement World, he sensed it immediately, and roughly understood what happened, so he knew that it was time to conclude his exploration of the Blood River.

The nearby placement of the Heaven's Augury Pillar is at the Lock Horns Grotto Heaven, and he needed to return there quickly. Moreover, he had already received a message from Shui Yuan.

At Lock Horns Grotto Heaven, there was a teleportation array he had set up in advance. By using the teleportation array, he could save travel time.

With his current cultivation and expertise in Array Path, setting up a teleportation array was no trouble at all. Soon after, it was arranged, and he stood on the array, channeling spirit force into it to activate its power.

Amidst the spatial distortion, his figure vanished.

When he reappeared, he was already inside the Lock Horns Grotto Heaven.

Expanding his Mental Consciousness, he immediately detected many new presences in the area.

"Junior Brother," a familiar voice called by his ear. Lu Ye looked towards the sound and saw Shui Yuan's smiling face.

Standing next to Shui Yuan was another familiar figure, surprisingly, the Palace Master of Ziwei Dao Palace, Pang Huanyin.

Lu Ye knew that a group of Nine Provinces cultivators would be teleported to Lock Horns Grotto Heaven, but he didn't expect them to be his own people.

It's likely due to Number Nine's doing, otherwise, such a coincidence doesn't make sense. This saved Lu Ye a lot of trouble.

The air was filled with the scent of blood, and many Blood Race corpses were still visible in the area, indicating a battle had occurred here. Given the current strength of Righteous Blood Sect and Ziwei Dao Palace, they wouldn't have been able to capture a Blood Race's Grotto Heaven on their own, especially with several Divine Sea Realm Blood Races gathered here. Yet from the Righteous Blood Sect, there was only Shui Yuan.

But with Lann Qiyue assisting, the outcome was entirely different.

Under the influence of Lann Qiyue's saintliness, the strength of all the Blood Race members was significantly reduced. She adhered to Lu Ye's previous instructions, only assisting the arriving Nine Provinces cultivators in fighting enemies and never taking action herself. With her assistance and protection, Righteous Blood Sect and Ziwei Dao Palace captured Lock Horns Grotto Heaven without any casualties.

"Senior Brother Lu!" Pang Huanyin greeted him with a smile. Although they hadn't seen each other for years, she was still as dashing as ever, though her cultivation seemed much more mature than before.

Lu Ye smiled and returned the greeting, "Junior Sister Pang."

As they spoke, a snow-white figure darted over and leaped onto Lu Ye's shoulder. It was Amber, and with Amber was Yiyi, who pounced over as well.

After such a long retreat of diligent cultivation, both Amber and Yiyi had reached the peak of the True Lake Realm, almost ready to advance to the Divine Sea stage.

This was thanks to the numerous gold-hued spirit fortune sticks Lu Ye had left for them when he departed. Without sufficient resources, even with their unique cultivation methods, they wouldn't have achieved such progress.

A robust figure was also approaching; it was Giant Armor. He was bare-chested, with steaming blood Qi, as if he had just fought a battle not long ago. His body still bore some bloodstains, though judging by his unharmed appearance, it was clear the blood belonged to the Blood Race.

Their eyes met, and Giant Armor gave a silly grin.

Old companions from the same sect, meeting in a foreign land, filled Lu Ye with joy, although he found it strange not seeing Hua Ci.

Understanding his thoughts best, Yiyi came over to explain, "Sister Hua Ci was dispatched to follow the Bingzhou battalion in their operations, and they should currently be in the Empyrean Sea area."

Lu Ye understood; the Righteous Blood Sect currently has more than two healing cultivators, but only Shui Yuan and Hua Ci are noteworthy. Shui Yuan needs to lead the allied forces of the Righteous Blood Sect and the Ziwei Dao Palace, so Hua Ci being drafted was reasonable.

"Since you're new here, how is everyone feeling?" Lu Ye asked.

Shui Yuan replied, "The spiritual energy of this realm is more concentrated than that of the Nine Provinces. The Blood Race's Blood Technique is quite mysterious, but what baffles me is that the Blood Race's strength doesn't seem to match their cultivation realm. They can't manifest power commensurate with their realm level."

Initially, upon suddenly arriving and noticing the congregation of numerous Divine Sea Blood Race members here, Shui Yuan was startled and feared they might suffer heavy losses. However, upon actual confrontation, they discovered that the Divine Sea level Blood Race members were feeble.

Pang Huanyin nodded in agreement, "Is the Blood Race's strength inherently this way, or is there a special reason?" As she spoke, she glanced toward the direction where Lann Qiyue stood.

Although Lann Qiyue had shown them the identity tablet Lu Ye had given her beforehand, allowing Shui Yuan and others to roughly understand that she wasn't an enemy, Lann Qiyue ultimately looked like a Blood Race. Before Lu Ye confirmed her identity, no one knew if she was telling the truth.

During the recent battle, Lann Qiyue was quite helpful, and she had been exerting her own influence. This led Pang Huanyin to suspect secretly whether Lann Qiyue was manipulating their strength.

Lu Ye smiled and stated, "There is nothing wrong with the Blood Race's strength. The reason they have weakened is thanks to Junior Sister Lann!"

As he spoke, he gestured.

Lann Qiyue, who had been standing alone, quickly approached.

Lu Ye seriously said, "Allow me to introduce you all to Junior Sister Lann Qiyue. Originally, she was also of the human race, but due to certain reasons, she became part of the Blood Race, and moreover, she is a Sacred Seed within the Blood Race! Well, a Sacred Seed surpasses ordinary Blood Race members, and holds saintliness. We humans can't sense it, but for the Blood Race, it's a suppression that greatly hinders their power exertion."

Upon his explanation, Shui Yuan and the others finally understood, and their wariness towards Lann Qiyue dissipated.

"Second Senior Sister, I have decided to formally accept Junior Sister Lann into the sect. After I meet with the sect master, I will report it directly."

Shui Yuan comprehended, "The old man will not object. Since you have accepted her, she will henceforth belong to the Righteous Blood Sect, regardless of being human or Blood Race."

Lann Qiyue noticeably sighed in relief.

Lu Ye then introduced her to Shui Yuan and the others, and they all exchanged salutations.

This was the first time Lann Qiyue met others from the Righteous Blood Sect aside from Lu Ye, and it was also her first encounter with the Nine Provinces cultivators, so naturally she didn't want to leave a bad impression. Fortunately, she had performed well before Lu Ye arrived.

Putting aside other matters, without her covert assistance, the allied forces of the Righteous Blood Sect and Ziwei Dao Palace would certainly suffer considerable losses.

On another note, Number Nine might have known that Lu Ye arranged for Lann Qiyue to remain here, which is why it sent the allied forces of the Righteous Blood Sect and Ziwei Dao Palace to this location.

The other locations for Heaven's Augury Pillars weren't arranged this way.

Lu Ye brought a total of around a hundred Heaven's Augury Pillars this time. Apart from the ten left at the Righteous Blood Sacred Land, the rest were placed throughout the Blood Refinement World.

For the vast territory of the Blood Refinement World, less than a hundred Heaven's Augury Pillars definitely isn't plentiful.

Thus, at this moment, each location where a Heaven's Augury Pillar stands is swarmed by numerous Nine Provinces cultivators, ensuring that each Grotto Heaven can be seized promptly, allowing forces to then spread outward!

Lock Horns Grotto Heaven doesn't need it because there's the Sacred Seed Lann Qiyue, and the surrounding territory is under her control, so not much military force is needed.

Although Lu Ye hadn't communicated extensively with Number Nine since arriving at the Blood Refinement World, through the Heaven's Augury Pillars, Number Nine could understand all of Lu Ye's arrangements, ensuring optimal responses when sending Nine Provinces cultivators here.

For instance, it concentrated all of the Nine Provinces' nine battalions in the Empyrean Sea, aiming to complete the encirclement of the Blood Race army and annihilate as much of the Blood Race's power as possible in one battle.

One could say Number Nine's spiritual intelligence is equal to that of humans, even surpassing them in some aspects.

The power gathered at Lock Horns Grotto Heaven isn't strong compared to other Heaven's Augury Pillar locations, but with Lann Qiyue here, everything is resolved!

For the allied forces of the Righteous Blood Sect and Ziwei Dao Palace, this situation offers tremendous benefits, namely more opportunities to hunt the Blood Race and more rewards. It is foreseeable that after this war, the surviving cultivators of the Righteous Blood Sect and Ziwei Dao Palace will reap plentiful benefits.

This is likely some personal sentiment toward Lu Ye from Number Nine, also seen as a form of reward. Regardless, Lu Ye did a lot of preliminary work in facilitating the Nine Provinces cultivators' expedition to the Blood Refinement World, and effort deserves reward.

While they were talking, Lu Ye noticed a group of cultivators standing silently at a distance. They didn't seem to be from the Righteous Blood Sect or the Ziwei Dao Palace, as the leader of these cultivators was clearly of the Divine Sea Realm.