In other words, based on the temporary intelligence gathered by the thought avatars, it would take several years to kill even the lowest-priced life in the Spirit Realm.....

"That's impossible, if that were true, where would the Masters of One Tao get their ruling power from! Also, are you sure we are in the Spirit Realm, and not inside some magical artifact of a Taoist Lord where rules can be designed at will?"

"Look up."

"Look at wha.....uh....."

The thought incarnation that spoke quietly shut its mouth, knowing well that it had indeed arrived in the legendary Spirit Realm.

Because at this moment, appearing in the sky above, was an enormously sized Fox Demon isolated by a thin membrane, and its familiar appearance made the thought avatars recognize its identity as the Celestial Fox!

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[Identity: Taoist Evil (Chaotic)]

[Danger Level: Deadly]

[Affiliation: ???]

[Evaluation: This is a Demon Fox that has turned into a Taoist Evil from devouring too much Golden Nature, please be cautious, do not encounter it within the membrane of heaven and earth, and absolutely do not provoke it with your lifespan, its way of feeding is through swallowing whole.]

...

"Alright, I believe what you're telling me, I think we should now figure out a way to relay the message back so the main body doesn't waste any more time in this damned Spirit Realm!"

...

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Cangxuan Realm.

Fifteen days later.

The unfortunate thought avatars finally sent a message back from the Spirit Realm.

[Warning! Stop wasting your energy in the Spirit Realm, it's not suitable for you, and stop sending thought avatars there, it's a waste of resources, lastly, this might be the only message we can transmit back, there won't be another one, and you definitely don't want to know what we sacrificed to get it through!]

Chen Zhixing: "..."

"So why is it that after waking up, the first thought that pops into my mind is this?"

With a slight headache, which was the aftereffect of extensively splitting thoughts lately, Chen Zhixing made himself a cup of Nourishing Spirit Tea after getting up, then reached out through the Star Monarch Tao to check on the status of the thought avatars connected to the Spirit Realm.

The result was not promising.

Previously, his thought avatars typically survived at a rate of thirty out of a hundred sent, but something unknown happened last night that left only seven of them alive out of the hundred plus that were surviving before.

"Just because they sent me a message? Is the Spirit Realm really that fierce?"

After sipping some Nourishing Spirit Tea and settling for a moment, Chen Zhixing temporarily abandoned the idea of putting more incarnations into the gaping hole that was the Spirit Realm.

As the saying goes, no one knows you better than yourself.

Since the thought avatars paid such a high price to tell him not to focus anymore on the Spirit Realm, naturally, Chen Zhixing wouldn't be so obstinate as to ignore his own advice.

"But what's interesting is that when I generated the thoughts originally, most of them were only given one rule for exploring the Spirit Realm, yet once they reached there, they actually learned to warn me....Could it be that the Spirit Realm rules completed the personification of the thought avatars?"

The thought flashed by, and Chen Zhixing let it slide.

Since the path to the Spirit Realm was blocked, he could only focus more on reality; most crucial among those was the Cosmic Realm.

"I wonder what the current situation with the Descent has developed to, it seems like I haven't heard any news about it recently, hmm, I'll look for Divine Sword Elder later to let him check the situation in Central State or search for any space cracks opening around Gan State.... This small place of Gan State is still too enclosed, without searching specifically, there's simply no news from the outside world."

Chen Zhixing was quite right in his thinking.

Since he arrived at Gan State until now, external Descent events did occur, but the news never reached Gan State.

Remote, desolate, impoverished.

So, no cultivators want to come to Gan State, let alone specially send news from the outside world.

Moreover, it's not just the native cultivators of the Cangxuan Realm who don't want to come, even those who arrived in Gan State through Descent from other worlds wouldn't want to stay long in the resource-poor Gan State.

Even some outsiders among the demons would leave Gan State at the first opportunity upon arriving through Descent....

"Your eminence, you're saying you want us at the Iron Sword Sect to organize people to scan for space cracks within Gan State?"

Divine Sword Elder was stunned, had the master gone mad? What good is it to search behind like this in such a ragged place as Gan State!

Divine Sword Elder knew for sure there were space cracks in Gan State!

But what would knowing even accomplish at this stage, the only cultivators capable of traveling through them to the outside realm are those of the Nirvana Realm because anyone not in Nirvana wouldn't withstand the spatial winds of the early stages of the Star Realm during Descent.

How many Nirvana Realm cultivators are there throughout Gan State.

Among these Nirvana Realm cultivators, how many would be willing to enter the space cracks now?

From what Divine Sword Elder knew, there wasn't a single one.

It's reasonable to deduce that any ambitious cultivator in Gan State had long left for other places, and those who remain are either timid or homebound, unwilling to leave even their own state, let alone venture into other worlds!

Yet the question remains.

If they are unwilling to step out, why investigate these space cracks?

As for whether external forces might invade Gan State through space cracks and cause chaos.... truth be told, if they were true otherworldly powers, what difference would it make if Gan State did or didn't investigate with their force.

Uh, the difference might just be, if you don't plan to resist, the strong from other worlds wouldn't bother with you, if you do resist a little.... what if it excites them!

Anyhow, in the seven thousand years of history recorded in Sheep City within Gan State, there has never been mention of harm from otherworldly beings during Descents, and instead, there are records of multiple trades occurring between visiting otherworld cultivators and local Gan State cultivators in Sheep City, even one notable instance, five thousand years ago, when an otherworld cultivator found Gan State exceedingly impoverished and stayed to help cultivate resources here.

The name of that otherworld figure is long erased by time, but three of the six forests within Gan State owe their emergence to this person.

So for Gan State cultivators, Descent was never considered a bad thing.

And due to their relatively weak power, there's naturally no tradition of searching the entire state during Descents.

Regarding this nature among Gan State people, Chen Zhixing knew it couldn't be changed.

In Gan State, even the rise of a powerful Demon Sect would be considered beneficial.

In comparison, Descent is far from seeing as danger.

Chen Zhixing directly stated, "I need a space crack, and if you find one, I'll reward you with a pill that can enhance Nirvana Realm cultivation."

"Your eminence, rest assured, the Celestial Sword will mobilize the Iron Sword Sect to search all throughout Gan State for you!"

The Celestial Sword Elder said with resolute assurance, then hastily went to organize personnel.

Chen Zhixing: "..."

Customs and traditions can indeed be changed, as long as there's enough interest involved, there's no room left for what's so-called tradition.

This method left Chen Zhixing somewhat helpless.

"I now roughly understand why for so many years, no outside cultivators have aspired to target Gan State anymore."

...

In fact, it proved that compared to the so-called customs, interests undoubtedly mobilized more of one's positivity.

In merely three days, Divine Sword Elder brought back news of no less than six space cracks for Chen Zhixing.

Though four of them were false, there were indeed two real space cracks found by Iron Sword Sect members.

One was discovered in Kuyang Mountain outside Sheep City.

The other, unfortunately, opened right beneath Chongming Mountain, now guarded by Venerable Chongming, the only Peak Realm Great Demon in Gan State!

"Venerable Chongming, huh...."

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