The strong wind howled.

Tang Tian stood at the front of the floating ship, overlooking the vast land below.

The floating ship was extremely fast, equivalent to the speed of a Soul Formation realm cultivator flying at full power. However, it had a formation on its periphery that protected the entire ship, so even though there was a raging storm outside, it was very quiet inside.

Under his feet, mountains quickly passed by.

Tang Tian saw some powerful demonic beasts and many ordinary wild beasts, running and leaping in the mountains.

In addition, he also saw numerous human settlements, big and small.

In the area near Qingyue Gate, most of them were cultivator cities, and one could clearly feel the strong spiritual energy fluctuations.

As they moved further away from Qingyue Gate, the number of cultivator cities gradually decreased, replaced by a large number of mortal towns.

Since crossing over, Tang Tian had finally seen the true atmosphere of the mortal world.

Old farmers tilling the land, women weaving cloth, and children running around naked, chasing and playing.

Suddenly, Tang Tian remembered Gu Xiaoxue. Before being brought into Qingyue Gate by Elder Hanhai, she was also one of them, holding her younger brother and sitting on top of a pigsty, watching the sunrise and sunset.

"Lao Jin, what's wrong?"

Chi Yuan suddenly walked over from behind.

Tang Tian snapped out of his thoughts and shook his head, saying, "Nothing, I haven't been out for a long time either."

"I've been in Qingyue Gate all this time, almost forgetting what it's like outside."

Regarding the memories of his previous life, they had indeed become increasingly blurry, almost completely forgotten.

Chi Yuan rolled his eyes, crossed his arms, and leaned against Tang Tian, saying, "It's still the same as before, stinky and hot. For a little bit of cultivation resources, it's either you kill me or I kill you. Everywhere is full of conspiracies and schemes."

"If it weren't for Qingyue Gate, or rather, Cloud Summit Heavenly Mansion, the number of cultivators in this land would be reduced by at least half."

Tang Tian was stunned and asked, "Why?"

Chi Yuan said, "Although the expansion of the Heavenly Mansion has broken the original power structure and caused a certain degree of chaos."

"But from a broader perspective, it brings order and provides enough living space for the weak."

"When I say weak, I'm not just referring to cultivators with poor talent, but also those who have enough ability but die halfway due to various bullshit reasons."

"The Heavenly Mansion provides a relatively fair platform for everyone, allowing each person to find their own place."

"Compared to hundreds of years ago, the overall number of cultivators has increased by more than double, and even the number of mortals has increased by more than ten times."

Tang Tian couldn't help but fall silent.

He didn't expect that from Chi Yuan's perspective, it would be like this.

And yesterday, Qin Hai described Cloud Summit Heavenly Mansion as a powerful entity that continuously compressed the living space of the old forces, a powerful and extremely domineering existence.

Different perspectives lead to completely different conclusions.

But these two images both objectively exist and are the true Cloud Summit Heavenly Mansion.

It has nothing to do with right or wrong, only with one's standpoint.

Fortunately, when Tang Tian crossed over, he was already standing on the side of Cloud Summit Heavenly Mansion.

Being under the command of the strong is much smoother than being under the command of the weak.

The two of them chatted casually, and Tang Tian continued to observe the mountains and rivers below.

After some time had passed, cultivator cities became very rare, and it had basically turned into a purely mortal world.

The spiritual energy here was also very thin, with towns of all sizes scattered around.

Tang Tian also saw two different mortal armies engaged in a bloody battle at a hill, with bloody corpses scattered all over, very tragic.

And as they flew over a hunting village, the villagers inside actually knelt down, repeatedly kowtowing and praying to the gods.

"Some people can't leave a radius of a hundred miles in their entire lives, and they haven't even heard of the cultivation world, let alone seen any cultivators."

"So even if a Qi Refining stage cultivator flies overhead, they would treat them as immortals."

Chi Yuan said.

Tang Tian nodded.

The world of cultivation was truly vast and expansive. With limited information and inconvenient transportation, many people would assume that the whole world was similar to the place they lived in.

In places with scarce spiritual energy, it was rare to find Qi refining cultivators.

"Does the Heavenly Mansion not care about mortals?" Tang Tian asked.

Chi Yuan smiled and said, "Of course they do."

"But the Heavenly Mansion hasn't been established for long, and in such a vast world, there are bound to be areas where their influence falls short."

"In a few thousand years, they should be able to expand their influence to cover everything."

"At that time, the world of cultivation will flourish even more."

Tang Tian remained noncommittal.

These decisions and plans were not something he could currently be involved in.

Moreover, he wasn't particularly interested.

He just needed to focus on himself.

The day passed smoothly on the airship.

The next morning, Tang Tian stood at the front of the airship and realized that they had already left the mortal area at some point.

Cultivator cities reappeared, but their architectural layout was completely different from the vicinity of the Qingyue Gate.

Chi Yuan told him that they had already left the jurisdiction of the Qingyue Gate.

Looking at this original world of cultivation, Tang Tian felt a sense of solemnity and cruelty.

It was common to see cultivators engaged in life-and-death battles in the cities and the wilderness, and the ground was littered with the bones of beasts that had been devoured.

When passing by some major powers, protective formations would immediately activate, and several powerful cultivators would emerge from the ground, looking at Tang Tian's airship with vigilance.

There were even cultivators in the Fusion Realm among them.

But when they saw the flag on top of the airship, their expressions instantly changed, and they retreated far away, silently watching the airship speed through the sky.

No one dared to cause trouble.

"We've already left the jurisdiction of the Qingyue Gate, but their flag still has such a deterrent effect." Tang Tian said with a smile.

The top of the airship was adorned with the emblem exclusive to the Qingyue Gate.

Chi Yuan smiled and said, "Of course."

"Hundreds of years ago, if you flew past like this in an airship, those who came to investigate wouldn't just be those in the Out of Body and Fusion Realms."

"Transcending Tribulation, Ascension, and even Immortals could appear and forcibly stop you."

"But now..."

"All those people are gone."

Tang Tian couldn't help but feel a chill.

Although Chi Yuan's words were simple, he could fully imagine how fierce and bloody it must have been back then.

No wonder those people would appear so nervous and fearful after seeing the emblem of the Qingyue Gate.

It could be said that even ten Chi Yuans combined would not be able to match the power of that ordinary flag.

The airship continued to move forward, flying over one different world after another, and even passing through the territories of several other affiliated sects.

On the morning of the third day, the sun turned the entire sky red.

And before Tang Tian's eyes, on a vast and boundless plain, a magnificent super city shimmered with golden light under the sun.

"We've arrived."

"That's Gu Li City."

Chi Yuan said.

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