Dual Cultivation God Returns

The ground was gray, and made of fine dust rather than a solid layer, like ash.

The absence of anything in the surroundings, anything at all – other than the World Stone, and this lifeless ash desert – made some of the beauties feel this place was eerie, and even surreal.

At this time, though, an ethereal mist covered the area and the Eternal Duality Valley’s expedition force appeared around the World Stone.

Orders immediately began flying around as they started spreading out and creating a perimeter, while workers and Symbol Arts Masters began preparations for rapid fortress construction.

The fortress had to at the very least cover the area around the World Stone, to prevent ants from being able to access and cross the link.

This was the same area that was always left empty around the World Stone in cities and fortresses everywhere, often filled with Formations and Arrays for control and surveillance of incoming and outgoing traffic.

They could feel massive amounts of Spiritual Qi flowing in from the World Stone, rapidly spreading far, sinking into the ground, soaked in by the air, the desolate emptiness starving for this breath of life.

Wu Long went down on one knee, placing his hand into the ash-like ground.

Despite this state, he could still feel it through his Earth Rune.

‘Heh, even those all-consuming Giant Reaper Ants can only strip away a superficial layer of Spiritual Qi, but cannot do anything about the very essence, the core’, he thought with intrigue, discovering that even this level of devastation only reached the very outer layers of this world.

This brought him to a thought, that even a single spec of dust, perhaps had a lot more to it, than he previously knew.

Now, however, was not the time to ponder on such things.

He began spreading his Earth Qi, activating that remaining essence of Earth attribute, which started absorbing the Spiritual Qi that sank into the ground.

The ground beneath his feet started slowly darkening, and solidifying, forming tiny chunks with a bit more weight to them. At the same time, the volume began rapidly decreasing.

Wei Lan mirrored his actions, knowing this experience was also beneficial for her, especially due to her unique way of using Earth Qi.

Although she, as any Earth attribute cultivator could not feel the presence of the essence of the Earth attribute within this soil at such fine level, she followed the lead of Wu Long’s Earth Qi to sense what he was doing, thus able to gleam insights.

Song Lingfei’s wings unfolded as she concentrated as well.

It was true for the time they spent traveling through links between World Stones, as it was a spatial channel, but also here, she could concentrate more clearly on the essence of the Concept of Space since all other aspects of the world around were relatively muted, allowing for a unique chance.

At the same time, construction began slightly further from the edges of the areas of the World Stone.

Giant boulders, cut to fit the form, were placed as foundations, since Wu Long predicted unstable footing. And though it would be solved with time, especially with him currently speeding the process,

Pre-built structures were taken out by Fen Baihu from her Mystic Realm, and workers began assembling the connecting parts.

Symbol Arts Masters and their supporting staff were busy installing the Array Discs and Arrays in preparation for a Grand Formation.

Giant Reaper Ants could feed on Spiritual Qi, so purely protective barrier type of Formation was useless against them, as protective strength crumbled against such structural disruption.

It meant this one had to be focused on two principles: repelling, which would constantly throw back any attackers, and counterattack, any equivalent of protective thorns.

Of course, these measures were not really supposed to ever be used, a last resort, or rather a failsafe in the event that a stray group of Demonic Beast ants actually managed to reach the fortress.

Of course, this was not that probable, as ants always prioritized living targets, rather than inanimate, since it was much easier and efficient to extract Spiritual Qi, but it was always better to be prepared than not.

The Formation, however, had another, far more important function, which was automatic collection of ant corpses and creating records using adjacent arrays that would be placed under the battlefield grounds.

The world shook on this side this time. They could feel the current of Spiritual Qi coming from the World Stone intensify.

It was hard for Fen Baihu to spread her influence far at this point, though not impossible.

However, to be safe, they decided to not send out scouting troops, even if an encounter with a full army of ants at this point in time was unlikely.

Almost a full day passed uneventfully, apart from rapid construction of the Protective Formation and the fortress.

And as the night fell, the three moons appeared in the skies at different times.

During the night, they felt the first, very weak gusts of wind, as it seemed that the world around them was slowly coming to life.

The wind caused waves of dust to crawl over the ground, creating wavy patterns for the first time in the completely flat terrain.

At this time, however, Wu Long also detected movement at the edge of his Spiritual Sense.

“A scout”, he announced to his ladies, limiting the range his words traveled to them only.

If he communicated it to everyone, it would likely greatly relieve many of the people around, since the prolonged silence with nothing happening only built up suspense and tension.

However, Nie Xiwang, urged him to minimize his help to the Sect during this expedition. Or rather, if possible, to almost not interfere at all.

The Ci Family’s situation that she witnessed on the Feilin Continent after Ci Han left them, seemingly made her think over the situation in the Eternal Duality Valley.

When she made this proposal, his Dao Family unanimously supported it, most vocally Ye Ling and Shen Min.

He agreed with their assessment. Since he also wanted to raise the competence level of the Sect in general. This plea from his ladies served as a reminder for him to not impulsively spring into action like he was used to doing, and take a more passive approach.

Thus, he left General Feng’s troops to discover the scout ant, or rather, the group as soon more entered Wu Long’s detection range, by themselves.

After a considerable time, a mass-communication talisman was used, notifying of the discovery, as two groups of scouts were discovered from different directions.

The World continued shaking, not just with earthquake, but the very air shuddering, as more and more connections formed between Spiritual Lands, and the World was gradually awakening.

This meant they had less than a day before the first wave of attack would arrive.

Nervous, and at the same time determined gazes appeared in the eyes of the Sect Members, as they quietly continued the work on the Fort Contsruction.

The Symbol Arts Masters also finished, and activated the first, simplest form of the Grand Formation.

Thus, the outpost of the Eternal Duality Valley into the Great Wilderness, was ready for the start of the battle, the first of an unending cycle of battles.

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