At the instant Su Ming's body and the ring were Relocated by the Sun Sinking Talisman, Su Ming's Ecang clone, who was sweeping through the galaxy with nearly one hundred thousand cultivators in True Morning Dao World, and wherever he went, he would either send his soul to join Ninth Summit or be reduced to rivers of blood. The clone was charging through the galaxy when he came to an abrupt halt.
He had long gray hair, and there was a blood-red light in his eyes that flickered between bright and dark. A grim and bloodthirsty air fused with madness, and the aura of death that was filled with the will of destruction contained a heinous malice. This was the clone that was similar to darkness formed after Su Ming's destructive personality fused with his Ecang clone!
The clone's face was filled with aloofness, and it was slightly different from Su Ming's. It was difficult for anyone to find Su Ming's presence on him, but he was Su Ming.
The clone stopped in midair at that moment. The nearly one hundred thousand cultivators behind him were silent. No one dared to say a single word. All of them stared at Su Ming's dark Ecang clone with respect.
'Sun Sinking Talisman …' A glint appeared in the eyes of Su Ming's dark Ecang clone, and a pensive look appeared on his face. He could sense that his real body had been Relocated. At that moment, his connection with his real body had been severed, and he could not sense where his real body had gone. He could only vaguely sense that his real body was not in danger, but even though the connection had been severed and the two of them seemed to have turned into two unrelated people, the dark Ecang clone still acted according to Su Ming's will.
He was Su Ming, and this was the Abyss Builder's inborn ability that no other methods could interfere with the Abyss Builders' Possession besides the Heavenly Incense Rune.
After a moment of pensive silence, a red glare shone in the eyes of Su Ming's dark Ecang clone. He knew that he could not help his real body much, which was why he decided to ignore him. He could only follow his real body's will and create Ninth Summit in True Morning Dao World.
'I'll gather enough power of the fate of the world here. Then, when my real body returns, he will be able to … replace True Morning Dao World!' Resolve appeared in the eyes of Su Ming's dark Ecang clone. Without any hesitation, he charged forward.
Time trickled by, and in the blink of an eye, half a year went by. During it, most of the remaining cultivators in True Morning Dao World were like a huge rolling snowball that slowly grew larger under the joint efforts of eldest senior brother, second senior brother, Hu Zi, Su Ming's Ecang clone, and the hundreds of thousands of cultivators who had joined Ninth Summit.
Huge stones gathered together from all directions and gathered at the spot where the ninth summit was built, turning into a gigantic continent. Tall mountains rose from the ground, and towers appeared in the blink of an eye. The outline of the ninth summit was gradually formed as time passed by.
Another half a year passed. The gigantic Ninth Summit that surrounded the mountain gate was no longer in its embryonic form, but had also shown its extraordinary might. Nearly five hundred thousand cultivators were training there, and all of them had become disciples of the Ninth Summit through different methods. Some of them were willing, some of them were forced, and some of them were forced to become disciples of the Ninth Summit due to other reasons.
There were various races among them. Some of them were originally from Morning Dao Sect, and some of them were once from the Immortals' Union. But now, Morning Dao Sect and the Immortals' Union were no longer around. All of them were disciples of the Ninth Summit.
The nine majestic mountains were the most prominent buildings in the ninth summit. They stood incredibly tall, and the mighty pressure spreading out from them enveloped the entire area, turning into layers of white ripples. As they spread out, they blocked the whirlwind from reaching them. Even though Su Ming's real body had disappeared, his Ecang clone was still around. Once the Ecang clone donned the black robe, besides his eldest senior brother and the others who knew that Su Ming had disappeared, no one else knew that the black-robed man known as the Malicious Fiend in the ninth summit and the Great Sect Elder of the ninth summit was in truth just a clone.
The first Sect Master of the Ninth Summit was second senior brother. Eldest senior brother did not want to do this, and Hu Zi could not be bothered to do it. Su Ming's Ecang clone did not care about his status, which was why the responsibility naturally fell on second senior brother's head.
As for eldest senior brother, he was the same as Su Ming's Ecang clone. As a Great Sect Elder, he was in charge of punishments. With his murderous aura, he could intimidate all disciples.
Hu Zi had nothing to do, but as if he was used to fighting in the battlefield, he took up the responsibility of leading the Ninth Summit's disciples to continuously expand True Morning Dao World and continuously subjugate the remnant cultivators who had lost their foundation, be it True Morning Dao World or the Immortals' Union.
Among the nine mountains in the Ninth Summit, the ninth summit was where the sect's main hall was located. Among the other mountains, Su Ming's Ecang clone was in the fourth. Once he handed over the matter of the war to Hu Zi, he isolated himself all year long to refine the power of the foreign fate he gathered together. The third mountain belonged to Hu Zi, the second was his second senior brother's chamber, and the first belonged to his eldest senior brother.
Time passed. A total of two years had passed since Su Ming disappeared. During them, the Ninth Summit continued growing stronger. It also expanded its territory, turning into a gigantic existence in the galaxy.
During those two years, the number of cultivators in the Ninth Summit increased from the previous five hundred thousand to nearly eight hundred thousand. This number might seem like a lot, but before the disaster caused by the whirlwind, there had been tens of millions of cultivators in True Morning Dao World. Right then, it could be said that there was less than a tenth of that number.
However, this time, Hu Zi led the cultivators of the Ninth Summit to fight fiercely against another group of cultivators in the north, ending the Ninth Summit's continuous expansion.
Su Ming's Ecang clone was also shocked by this matter, which was why he ended his isolation. Once he walked out, he personally headed to the galaxy in the north of True Morning Dao World. Once he fought against the people there in a battle of Arts that shook the entire galaxy, he heavily injured their strongest, but he was also heavily injured. He returned to the Ninth Summit and isolated himself once more.
Because of this, Hu Zi ended his campaign in the galaxy. Once he returned to the Ninth Summit, he immersed himself in Su Ming's initial request — to break the Relocation Rune to enter Morning Dao Sect.
Even Hu Zi, who had absolute talent in Runes, needed some time to break the Rune. After all, it was a Rune similar to a defense that had been in place for countless years in Morning Dao Sect. Once it was shut from the inside, if it could be easily broken from the outside, then it would not live up to its name.
However, Hu Zi was confident that if he was given a few more years, he would definitely be able to break the Rune.
However, through this matter, it could be seen that Su Ming's disappearance was due to him being the strongest person in the Ninth Summit. This was something that even his Ecang clone would not be Su Ming's opponent if he fought against him at full strength. This was something that his eldest senior brothers and the others acknowledged.
It was precisely because of this that the Ninth Summit's expansion came to a halt. It stopped in the north, beyond the territory of a sect that had been established almost at the same time as the Ninth Summit two years ago.
It was a sect called New Dao Sect. All the cultivators in it were former disciples of Morning Dao Sect. In fact, if anyone continued making inferences, they would be able to find out that they were an army sent by Morning Dao Sect to fight against the Immortals' Union in the past. They might have suffered a blow during the disaster, but nearly one million cultivators had survived and formed the New Dao Sect.
They were the ones who stopped the Ninth Summit's expansion. The strongest person in the sect was an Almighty known as Dao Sect. His level of cultivation was mysterious and unfathomable, and he was also the one who had personally fought against Su Ming's Ecang clone. During that battle, he had even forced the Ecang clone to reveal his true form, but both of them were heavily injured, and both of them had to isolate themselves due to severe injuries.
That was why even though the Ninth Summit had stopped expanding, New Dao Sect could not do anything to the Ninth Summit. Large-scale battles between them no longer occurred, but small-scale conflicts still frequently occurred.
If the Ninth Summit and New Dao Sect were the only two forces of power left in True Morning Dao World, then the conflict between them would definitely become stronger until it reached the point where they would fight to the death. But in truth, this did not happen, because in the vast True Morning Dao World, he and the Dao Sect Master were not the only ones who had the same thought as Su Ming to create a sect in the past. That was why there was a third force of power near the south of Morning Dao Sect.
It was a force of power known as South Union, which was formed by the remnants of the Immortals' Union and numerous small races. They also had nearly one million cultivators, and there were many powerful warriors among them. In fact, in terms of overall power, they surpassed the Ninth Summit and Dao Sect, which did not have Su Ming. However, between South Union and the Ninth Summit was the gap that had been blasted open in Arid Triad Expanse Cosmos in the past. That was the region where the whirlwind was the strongest. When that region swept through, it indirectly blocked most of the cultivators of South Union. Even if they found a way to move in the whirlwind, it was still difficult for a large number of them to cross the area where the whirlwind was the strongest.
If they went around it, they would not have the protective ripple that allowed them to exist for a long period of time in the whirlwind. If they failed, they would die, which was why they did not have too much conflict with the Ninth Summit and Dao Sect.
Just like that, during the two years after Su Ming disappeared, the three great forces of power in True Morning Dao World slowly developed. As they kept each other in check, a rare balance was formed.
However, this balance was incredibly fragile. With the slightest carelessness, it could be broken. Once it was broken, a fierce battle between the three great forces of power would erupt, and each of them would have their own trump cards.
The Ninth Summit could not know the trump cards of South Union and New Dao Sect, just like how the other two forces of power did not know. Besides Su Ming's return, the Ninth Summit's trump card was also the destruction of Morning Dao Sect's Relocation Rune.
Once the Relocation Rune was destroyed, the people from the Ninth Summit could enter Morning Dao Sect. Even if Morning Dao Sect had been reduced to ruins, the Ninth Summit could still become stronger. In fact, it could ignore all the whirlwind in the world outside and use the one hundred something Relocation spots to instantly appear in another place.
Time passed, and the third and fourth years slowly went by. The conflict between the three forces of power gradually became more intense, to the point that it was about to go out of control.
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