"The second matter, cultivators need to go to various human settlements in the Blood Refinement World to guard them."

In the Nine Provinces, conflicts between cultivators rarely affect ordinary people unless it's a situation that spirals out of control. This is because, despite their conflicts, Nine Provinces cultivators share a consensus that ordinary people are the cornerstone of the cultivation world.

But in the Blood Refinement World, no such rule exists. Nine Provinces cultivators may have compassion for the lives of ordinary people, but the Blood Race does not. Injured Blood Race members need to recover quickly during a battle, which requires a large amount of Blood Food.

Therefore, it is foreseeable that with the outbreak of battles on various battlefields, Blood Race members will inevitably go to those human villages and wreak havoc.

In the face of the Blood Race, the humans in the Blood Refinement World have no ability to resist; even a single Blood Race member has the ability to wipe out a village.

This matter needs to be prevented before it happens. Otherwise, if the Nine Provinces cultivation world conquers the Blood Refinement World only to find the place devastated, the sin would be enormous.

Number Nine responded, "You've thought it through well, and I'll assign part of the cultivators the task of garrisoning human settlements."

"The last matter, I want to go to the Empyrean Sea!"

This time, Number Nine paused for a moment before responding, "As you wish!"

As the words fell, Lu Ye felt a slight warmth on the battlefield marking on the back of his hand, followed by a burst of information in his mind.

After carefully examining it, he quickly understood.

As the greatest contributor to facilitating the Nine Provinces cultivation world's expedition to the Blood Refinement World, and having completed numerous preparatory works before the two-world war, Lu Ye was granted the privilege of freely using the Heaven's Augury Pillar to teleport during the war.

This is essentially a reward, and it was evident that Number Nine made some adjustments within the bounds of its rules.

The Heaven's Augury Pillar itself is capable of teleportation. Nine Provinces cultivators enter the Spirit Stream battlefield and Cloud River battlefield from their homeland, and they also return to the Nine Provinces using the teleportation of the Heaven's Augury Pillar.

Therefore, logically, locations with an installed Heaven's Augury Pillar should allow mutual teleportation connections.

However, in fact, only the cultivators of the Spirit Stream battlefield within the Nine Provinces can enjoy this convenience. Cultivators in the Cloud River battlefield and even in the Nine Provinces' homeland cannot use the Heaven's Augury Pillar for teleportation.

This is clearly a restriction imposed by Number Nine.

Lu Ye had been puzzled about this matter before, but he couldn't quite figure it out. Now it seems it might be related to the world's foundation.

Teleportation consumes energy, and the higher the cultivation level and the greater the distance, the more energy is consumed. The energy consumed, whether from Spirit Stones or a cultivator's own spirit force, can be considered the world's foundation.

The foundation of the Nine Provinces World is in a state of recovery, so it's naturally not wise to consume it excessively, as this would affect the recovery progress. Therefore, Number Nine restricted the teleportation between Heaven's Augury Pillars. After all, if only a few people are doing this, it doesn't affect the bigger picture, but given the number of Nine Provinces cultivators, if everyone had such a privilege, it would greatly hinder the world's foundation recovery.

As for the Spirit Stream battlefield... the entire scope of the Spirit Stream battlefield is relatively small. It only seems vast due to the limited mobility of Spirit Stream Realm cultivators. The low strength level of Spirit Stream Realm cultivators means teleportation consumes minimal world foundation, so providing such convenience to them in the Spirit Stream battlefield doesn't have much impact.

Also, teleportation using the Heaven's Augury Pillar in the Spirit Stream battlefield requires the consumption of merit. No one would do this casually, so although Spirit Stream Realm cultivators in the Spirit Stream battlefield have this convenience, very few actually use it.

It might have been long ago that Number Nine established a rule prohibiting cultivators outside of the Spirit Stream battlefield from using the Heaven's Augury Pillar for teleportation, but since Lu Ye brought it up, adjustments had to be made.

In any case, Lu Ye's journey to the Empyrean Sea is to contribute to the great battle, likely accelerating the war's progress significantly, so there's no reason for Number Nine to disagree.

Having gained the privilege, Lu Ye didn't set off immediately. Instead, he flashed to an unoccupied area, condensed a doppelganger, and dressed it in the Crimson Dragon Battle Suit, hanging the sword gourd on it. Aside from the unchanged appearance, another sword cultivator was freshly forged.

The two Lu Yes walked out together, leaving a group of Righteous Blood Sect and Ziwei Dao Palace cultivators dumbfounded. Even Shui Yuan was extremely shocked.

Yiyi leaned over to Shui Yuan's ear and whispered a few words, only then did Shui Yuan understand. She scrutinized the two Lu Yes up and down and found that aside from their different attire, she couldn't distinguish the real from the fake; she could only marvel at the profoundness of Lu Ye's doppelganger technique.

Lu Ye stepped up to Shui Yuan and said, "Second Senior Sister, I'm heading to the Empyrean Sea. I'll leave matters here to you, and I'll leave a doppelganger to assist."

"Take care of yourself." Shui Yuan solemnly advised. Through their communication, she now knew that the battle in the Empyrean Sea was crucial to deciding the outcome of the two domains' racial struggle. The victor would likely secure the final victory in the war. At such a critical moment, Lu Ye going to the Empyrean Sea was clearly to lend his strength.

She wasn't worried about Lu Ye's safety. Even when he was alone, he could navigate the situation here, so with the Nine Provinces army now present, there was no reason he couldn't. Nonetheless, a word of caution was still necessary.

Lu Ye nodded, "Additionally, please send out word that if anyone encounters a Sacred Seed, let the news spread immediately, and I'll rush there to handle it as soon as possible."

Shui Yuan gravely nodded in agreement.

Lu Ye then turned to Lann Qiyue, "Junior Sister, your help will be much needed here."

"Rest assured, Senior Brother."

Lu Ye took a step forward, arriving at the Heaven's Augury Pillar, and placed his hand on it. Instantly, his figure disappeared.

When he reappeared, he was already within the Righteous Blood Sacred Land.

With a sweep of his Mental Consciousness, he quickly perceived the situation here.

War had broken out but was still in the preliminary stages of attrition. The Blood Race was using their less cultivated members to deplete the human forces. Every moment, a large number of Blood Race members died on the way to the attack. Above the Empyrean Sea, countless mutilated bodies fell like raindrops.

This was the usual tactic of the Blood Race's army when besieging the Righteous Blood Sacred Land. The last time Lu Ye was here, he had experienced such a scene.

If it weren't for the support of the Nine Provinces cultivation world, it would be hard to say whether the Righteous Blood Sacred Land could withstand it this time. However, with the Nine Provinces cultivation world as a backup, the defense here at the Sacred Land, while not impregnable, wasn't something easily breached either.

This made the Blood Race's side quite distressed because, no matter how much they increased the intensity of their attack, the Righteous Blood Sacred Land could still hold on.

A moment later, Lu Ye arrived at the defensive islet on the outskirts of the Sacred Island, where he saw the Senior Brother stationed there.

A group surrounded the Senior Brother, many of whom were familiar faces to Lu Ye, including the sect master, Pang Zhen, Long Bai, as well as Mount Tai, Nian Yuexian, and others.

Most were unfamiliar, but each appeared to have an ethereal Dao Bone aura, clearly strong figures from the major sects.

Lu Ye quickly stepped forward to pay his respects.

Long Bai was somewhat surprised: "Kid, where did you spring from?"

They hadn't seen Lu Ye earlier and had confirmed through Feng Wujiang that Lu Ye was not within the Righteous Blood Sacred Land. Now that the Blood Race's army was besieging from all sides, making passage impossible, Lu Ye's sudden appearance seemed quite unusual.

"Teleportation via Heaven's Augury Pillar," Lu Ye explained.

Long Bai couldn't help but say, "Are you the heavens' favored child or something?"

Everyone knew that the Heaven's Augury Pillar could teleport, but it wasn't something that could be easily used. This time, everyone could teleport here from the Nine Provinces due to the necessity of the situation. However, after arriving, it was no longer possible to use the Heaven's Augury Pillar for teleportation, except Lu Ye could, which made him stand out.

Considering all the extraordinary and unique experiences Lu Ye had gone through over the years, such an occurrence happening to him didn't seem that hard to understand?

"What's the situation now?" Lu Ye approached the Senior Brother to ask.

Feng Wujiang briefly explained the current situation to him and continued, "The Blood Race should have realized something is off. I estimate they'll soon adjust their strategy, which may lead them to a desperate move. That could be quite disadvantageous for us."

According to the original plan, in the early stage of the war, the battalions from the Eight Great Provincial States were to surround from outside. Before the Blood Race could react, they'd collaborate with the forces here at the Sacred Land for an inside-outside pincer attack to catch the Blood Race off guard.

But if the Blood Race launched a full-scale attack early, the Sacred Land's side would have to bear all the pressure.

It wasn't a matter of not being able to withstand it. Now, with the Bingzhou battalion joining and leveraging the geographical advantages along with the strength of over seventy top-tier experts, they could hold on, but there would definitely be significant casualties.

They must persist until reinforcements from the other eight battalions arrive, which might take several days.

From the human race's standpoint, the preferable scenario would be for the Blood Race to maintain the usual pace of their warfare rather than suddenly disrupt it.

However, the Blood Race isn't foolish. The anomaly in the Righteous Blood Sacred Land is evident to them; they just can't figure out why its defensive power has suddenly increased.

Failing to understand, they might very well decide to launch a direct assault to see for themselves!

The Blood Race has no patience left for the Righteous Blood Sacred Land. If the roles were reversed, the human race in the Nine Provinces wouldn't allow a Blood Race stronghold to exist anywhere either.

Messages have already been sent to the other eight battalions to speed up, but moving a battalion isn't as simple as wanting to move faster; it requires consideration of the whole.

With no other choice, the eight battalions could only send their elite forward, leaving the rest behind.

The battalions are comprised of elites from various major sects. With this kind of selection within the elite, none heading to the battlefield first are below the True Lake Level 5 realm. Such a force advancing from eight directions could directly impact the outcome of the war.

Half a day after Lu Ye arrived at the Righteous Blood Sacred Land, the intensity of the Blood Race's attacks indeed surged dramatically. Clearly, the Blood Race also feared unnecessary delays and was preparing to use an overwhelming superior force to eradicate the Righteous Blood Sacred Land once and for all.

The Blood Race originally thought the Righteous Blood Sacred Land wouldn't withstand such an assault, but to their shock, the Sacred Land actually held out!

The reason being, the cultivators from the previously hidden Bingzhou battalion had also joined the defense ranks.