The Master of Beasts-Chapter 719 - 216:

Chen Jiuge, who returned to Xingyue City through the Shadow World, steadied himself a bit stumbling and said with some lingering fear, "Even the Shadow World is having issues now, and this Golden Sand Desert is starting to become incomprehensible!"

While traversing the Shadow World with Xiao Ying, the two were targeted by a massive shadow beast.

Although it's the Shadow World, the rules on both sides are still somewhat similar, as the shadow world corresponding to the Golden Sand Desert also doesn't have shadow creatures above the Golden Immortal level.

Despite both being Three Flowers Heavenly Immortals, the creatures of the Shadow World are obviously stronger. If it weren't for the Shadow Demon clan being not too far away, which eventually scared off the beast, Chen Jiuge might really not have made it out.

"Forget it, in the future, try not to traverse the Shadow World, it always feels very dangerous."

"Xiao Ying, tell your clansmen too, don't stay in the Shadow World if there's nothing urgent."

Xiao Ying slowly nodded, indeed, the current Shadow World is no longer suitable for the survival of Shadow Demons.

"No nose, no ears, born incomplete, I seem to have seen this organization somewhere before!"

After pondering for a long time, Chen Jiuge suddenly had a flash of insight and said, "Heavenly Defect!"

"But Heavenly Defect is supposed to be an organization that recruits Loose Cultivators born with physical defects, isn't it?"

When he first came across that force, he was quite curious and specially looked into it. The leader of Heavenly Defect is only of Three Flowers Heavenly Immortal cultivation, and is born with seven fingers, not like the two people I saw earlier.

"Could it be that it's another deeply hidden organization?"

Chen Jiuge felt troubled, this is too chaotic.

The turbulent Heavenly Gate, those Holy Lands that only care for their own gates, the Small Sects struggling to survive, the force that Senior Brother Tian Yue joined, and now another mysterious Heavenly Defect organization emerges.

In addition, there are numerous Ghost Monsters rampaging in the True Realm, the resurrected Evil Ghost Clan, and the Jialouluo and other self-styled groups of Evil Ghosts.

The current True Realm is simply a chaotic stew!

Chen Jiuge was somewhat hesitant about whether to continue expanding his territory.

Right now, he has already occupied the legitimate Five Elements Sect and Puppet Sect. Furthermore, with the demise of the Beisheng Sect, the alliance between Puppet Sect and Beisheng Sect has started to destabilize.

Some smaller forces, feeling weak and on the fringe, have begun to spontaneously rely on Xingyue City.

The survival environment in the Golden Sand Desert has become too harsh, with some forces being wiped out from time to time. If it were just small forces it would be okay, they can band together and are not afraid, but the ones being eradicated are the strong forces, which is really terrifying.

Although it's speculated that perhaps the Golden Sand Desert will directly merge in a few hundred years, surviving these few hundred years is the key!

"Never mind, let Truth Listener bring those two back and interrogate them first before deciding."

"Even if I truly do not expand, my current territory is already large enough. Shuibing only mentioned occupying as much land as possible, not about how large it should be, so it should be fine now."

"If I continue to fight, I fear when the True Realm merges, she won't be able to cover me!"

After muttering a few fragmented words, Chen Jiuge chose not to ponder further and retreated into the Chaos World like a turtle hiding in its shell.

Focusing more on nurturing Spiritual Beasts would enhance safety; even though it wouldn't have much use against Daluo, surviving a moment longer is still beneficial.

......

The altar in the region of Beisheng Sect was destroyed, the Mass Grave was filled again, and the souls in agony and howling were all blessed by Truth Listener one by one.

But this doesn't mean that the unknown ritual didn't achieve its effect.

Looking at the Golden Sand Desert from the True Realm, there's a seemingly thin yet unbreakable film between it and the True Realm, the world barrier. Even for Daluo to pass through this barrier without damage, a great cost is required.

The barrier that originally sparkled with brilliance and seemed full of Spiritual Energy is now entwined with a layer of black mist, being continuously dyed black from the bottom upwards. From afar, it appears like a giant black bowl inverted over the Golden Sand Desert.

"What's this?"

Outside the Golden Sand Desert, there were originally many shops specifically doing business with Loose Cultivators inside, with some goods ordinary in the True Realm fetching high prices here due to the price difference, profiting in resources.

Lately, due to the Golden Sand Desert only allowing entry without exit, many shops backed by common forces have already closed, yet there are still some holding on.

The change in the barrier naturally drew the attention of these cultivators.

"The barrier turned black? Is it going to merge with the True Realm?"

"It seemed like this before too, but why does this black mist feel different this time, giving off a sinister vibe?"

Tushan Jing, the manager of the Qingqiu clan, said with a serious expression, "This is the Boundary Film, but this Boundary Film is abnormal!"

A brave Loose Cultivator inquired, "Excuse me, Tushan Senior, what's abnormal about it?"

Tushan Jing casually glanced at the Loose Cultivator, his imposing presence causing sweat to bead on the cultivator's brow, Tushan Jing replied lightly, "A normal Boundary Film carries no aura, just like water; it is water, without containing anything else!"

"But the Boundary Film before us is clearly different, it contains other things!"

"Tushan Senior, what does it contain?"

"I don't know, but I think it won't be anything good. It gives me a very bad, very evil feeling!" Tushan Jing shook his head and said.

Ignoring the inquiries from the cultivators behind him, Tushan Jing turned back to the Tushan clan's shop with his clansmen.