"But why is this place expanding? Could something be wrong?" Chu Lingxiao murmured, a hint of worry in his voice.
"Likely related to the Sect Master. Everyone, there's no need to fret." A voice suddenly came from behind. The experts of the human, demon, and monster races turned to see Yang Xiuzhu, Chu Hanyi,
None of the three races dared to be disrespectful. They cupped their fists in greeting.
Yang Xiuzhu and the others hurriedly returned the gesture.
By now, everyone had become acquainted and knew one another's identities.
Although Yang Xiuzhu and his companions far surpassed the combined forces of the human, demon, and monster races in terms of cultivation,
"Related to Yang Kai?" Ling Taixu's interest was piqued. "Brother Yang, could you elaborate?"
Everyone turned their gazes toward Yang Xiuzhu, curiosity written all over their faces.
Yang Xiuzhu pondered briefly before speaking: "The higher the Sect Master's cultivation, the deeper his mastery of spatial power, and the more expansive this world will become."
His own understanding of the Mysterious Boundary Bead wasn't all that great. As one of the former elders of
Upon hearing this, everyone nodded in understanding.
"So it was Yang Kai's doing? He's here?" Chang Yuan's expression turned suspicious as he released his spiritual sense to probe. After a moment, his face shifted. "He really has arrived. Seems he's in closed-door cultivation at that Xia girl's place. The fluctuation of this power is utterly bizarre—could this be spatial power?"
"It must be!"
As they conversed, the expansion of the Minor World continued unabated.
What had originally spanned a hundred li grew to ten thousand li before gradually subsiding.
At the edges of this small world, some obscure force seemed to be acting as a barrier, concealing the fluctuations of Yang Kai's spatial power and keeping the vast majority of the realm still sealed away. No one could catch a glimpse of its true extent.
"Hey—there's actually a whole cluster of buildings over there!" Lei Long had sharp eyes and immediately spotted a newly appeared settlement in the far distance. The structures weren't built particularly densely. Though they appeared haphazard at first glance, in reality they were arranged like stars scattered across a sky, seemingly concealing some deeper design.
"Shall we go take a look?" The crowd's curiosity was stirred, and many were eager to explore.
"Haha, this old man will scout ahead!" A hearty laugh rang out as Earth Demon transformed into a streak of light and charged off toward the settlement, seemingly fearless.
The others shook their heads and followed after him.
Yang Xiuzhu and his three companions exchanged glances, shared a wry smile, and trailed behind.
Before long, everyone arrived at the cluster of buildings. The moment they set foot on the ground, spirits perked up across the board.
The spiritual energy of heaven and earth here was at least two to three times denser than where they had started. That meant cultivating here would be at least twice as efficient!
"This place is good. The Monster Race claims a portion!" Lei Long wasted no time, sweeping his hand to carve out a large swath of territory.
"Then the Demon Race takes this section." Chang Yuan followed suit immediately.
Ling Taixu and
In a few brief exchanges, the experts of the three great races divided up the newly appeared cluster of buildings, each claiming a sizable territory.
"It seems the newly revealed land will have much denser spiritual energy. If Yang Kai opens up new territory in the future, it should be even better than this, right?" Chu Lingxiao mused thoughtfully.
"That should indeed be the case."
"Only don't know just how large this place is. If it's big enough, I'd be perfectly content never leaving for the rest of my life!" Chang Yuan laughed heartily.
He had suddenly realized that his decision back on the Tongxuan Continent—to bring the demon race's elite and follow Yang Kai—had been the right one.
Had he remained on the Tongxuan Continent, he'd never have had the opportunity to advance to the Holy King Realm, never have glimpsed a higher plane of martial arts.
Perhaps until the day he died of old age, he could never have surpassed the achievements of the Great Demon God.
But now, the legend of the Great Demon God had been shattered by countless people.
Chang Yuan's thoughts echoed Lei Long's. Both were filled with gratitude toward Yang Kai.
Over the following days, the three races collectively relocated, abandoning the pavilions and quarters they had built before and flooding into this newly appeared cluster of buildings.
Three months passed in the blink of an eye.
Yang Kai emerged from his closed-door cultivation.
The expansion of the Minor World was only natural. As his cultivation deepened and his understanding of spatial power grew, this world would gradually shed its veil of mystery and reveal its true form.
Yang Kai was just as curious—how large was this place, really?
Still, the sudden appearance of an entire new cluster of buildings had been somewhat unexpected.