The Nine Provinces cultivation world's expedition against the Blood Refinement World, strictly speaking, was not a fair war, as the Nine Provinces side had long been planning and arranging, whereas the Blood Refinement World was completely unprepared.

Thus, even though the two domains were almost equal in size and cultivators' levels, when the war erupted, the Blood Refinement World was overwhelmingly defeated.

Whether it was the Empyrean Sea battle or the clashes between cultivators of both races in various places of the Blood Refinement World, the Blood Race was at an absolute disadvantage.

Ultimately, where is fairness in matters of war? It was a clash of two domains, a rivalry between two races. The human race held intelligence advantages and had substantial support from the Nine Provinces Heaven's Augury, hence they could advance like a hot knife through butter, unstoppable.

In merely a month after the expedition commenced, every gathering place of the Blood Race in the Blood Refinement World's Grotto Heaven Blessed Land and cave residences was basically cleared, leading to the reduction of Blood Race's numbers by seventy percent.

The surviving Blood Race were all panicked like stray dogs, fleeing and hiding everywhere; they were as arrogant as they used to be facing the human race, as pitiful as they are now.

The entire Blood Refinement World was in turmoil!

The Blood Race's escape and hiding certainly increased the difficulty for the human race in cleansing the Blood Refinement World, but this situation was expected, and the Nine Provinces cultivators needed to search far and wide for traces of the Blood Race, find them, kill them, and eliminate the threat.

Another month later, there were no large-scale battles in the Blood Refinement World anymore; all fights were between small-scale forces.

Injured Blood Race attempted to attack human race villages to replenish their consumption with Blood Food and recover injuries, but whenever they showed up, they were detected by cultivators stationed in human villages, and soon a large number of reinforcements rushed over.

In short, in today's Blood Refinement World, the Blood Race is like street rats; anyone daring to show themselves would invariably be pursued and surrounded by the Nine Provinces cultivators.

The measure of stationing cultivators in various human villages greatly minimized losses for the mortals.

Before the expedition, Nine Provinces cultivators never expected such an easy victory; they thought it would be a fierce struggle.

But looking at the overall situation, the most significant battle in this expedition was at the Empyrean Sea, and even that was won easily due to reasonable deployment.

The Nine Provinces' nine battalions set out from Empyrean Sea northwards, sweeping away all encountered Blood Race along the way; they could stabilize the situation wherever they went.

Currently, the elite of the nine battalions have crossed the twin peaks of Sky Supporting and Jade Pillar, and wherever they go, none can withstand their sharpness.

The war against the Blood Refinement World, after merely two months since it began, is already entering the final stage. It won't be long before all Blood Race is eradicated.

Lu Ye has been a bit troubled lately.

Since the war began, his existence had been a trump card against the Blood Race Sacred Seeds; in two months, his achievements were outstanding. With both his true self and doppelganger combined, he had hunted over a hundred Sacred Seeds; wherever he appeared, Sacred Seeds were bound to suffer.

How many Sacred Seeds were there in the entire Blood Refinement World?

Following the slaughter of over a hundred, only a few Sacred Seeds remain.

At this stage, it's not easy for him to hunt Sacred Seeds anymore; over the past two months, the living Blood Race Sacred Seeds have essentially all become aware of his existence, hence practically every Sacred Seed avoids him, making Lu Ye's hunting journey difficult.

Take the recent situation as an example; he received a message, hurriedly headed to where the Sacred Seeds appeared, but those Sacred Seeds had long vanished, leaving only a small group of human race cultivators severely injured in the Sacred Seed's attack.

The Sacred Seeds had also become smarter, aware of Lu Ye's status as their nemesis, so they never stayed in one place for too long, often adopting a mobile hunting state.

Now Nine Provinces cultivators are distributed across Blood Refinement World in small squads or teams; even with someone from the Divine Sea Realm present, when encountering Sacred Seeds, they're mostly powerless to resist.

The current situation is such, Nine Provinces cultivators finding traces of the Blood Race is difficult as they've mostly been killed, even if there are a few left, their numbers are minimal and they're hidden deep; however, Sacred Seeds searching for Nine Provinces cultivators is easily rewarding.

With Sacred Seeds' powerful strength, without the presence of human race's top combat power, no team can resist them.

The Sacred Seeds must be eliminated; otherwise, this expedition cannot be claimed as a complete victory, because the intimidation and damage caused by entities of their caliber are not to be underestimated.

Today Lu Ye received another message, immediately using the Heaven's Augury Pillar's transmission to hurry to where Sacred Seeds had appeared.

He arrived very quickly, but even if he was quicker, he couldn't match the Sacred Seed's slaughter speed. By the time he reached the destination, the Nine Provinces cultivators encountered by Sacred Seeds were virtually annihilated, and Lu Ye suddenly saw a streak of blood light fleeing towards the distance.

Immediately, he triggered a drop of Essence Blood, activating the Blood Escape Technique to chase after the fleeing blood light, but couldn't catch up.

The Sacred Seeds' saintliness intensity is not as high as his now; in a confrontation, they are suppressed by him and their powers decline; however, in terms of escape speed, they are about equal. If the opposing party focuses solely on fleeing, how could Lu Ye catch up?

Unfortunately, the Blood Escape Technique cannot act simultaneously with Move-Like-The-Wind and Wings; Lu Ye could only trail the fleeing Sacred Seed from afar.

After a brief chase, that Sacred Seed suddenly plunged downward and disappeared.

When Lu Ye reached where he vanished, he found a Blood Pool there...

Lu Ye did not hesitate at all, his figure leaping into the Blood Pool.

Half a day later, his figure emerged from another Blood Pool a thousand miles away, his expression somewhat helpless.

Although he was the first to pursue into the Blood Pool, the conditions inside were not suitable for tracking, so he absolutely couldn't trace the whereabouts of the Sacred Seed. After searching in the underground Blood River for a while, he ultimately had no choice but to give up.

This chase once again ended in failure.

He actually knew where the Sacred Seeds had been hiding recently; it was nothing more than the underground Blood River.

In the Blood Refinement World, as entrances to the underground Blood River, Blood Pools were everywhere, and the Sacred Seeds had the ability to freely enter and exit the underground Blood River. They only needed to hide in the underground Blood River, and no matter how great Lu Ye's abilities were, he could cultivate and still not drag them out.

Things were getting tricky.

Lu Ye hadn't expected that the biggest difficulty in this war would be these leftover Sacred Seeds.

A way to suppress these Sacred Seeds must be found, but in the current situation, he really had no good solution, being difficult to handle for the time being.

A ray of light suddenly pierced the clouds and poured down. Lu Ye looked upward and noticed the heavy clouds covering the sky for over two months had noticeably thinned, while above his position, a section of the clouds had broken open, letting sunlight shine through.

Ever since that day when the Nine Provinces cultivators invaded the Blood Refinement World, beginning with the confrontation between Number Nine and the Heaven and Earth's Will of the Blood Refinement World, the skies of the Blood Refinement World had been engulfed by clouds with frequent thunder.

For two months it had been like this, yet today there was finally some change.

This clearly indicated that Number Nine had gained an overwhelming advantage in the confrontation with the Heaven and Earth's Will of the Blood Refinement World; perhaps it wouldn't be long before these clouds dispersed.

This was good news.

The struggle at this level was mysterious and beyond human intervention. In fact, no one knew exactly how Heaven and Earth's Will battled each other.

One direct consequence was that the Heaven and Earth's Will of the Blood Refinement World couldn't deliver Heavenly Punishment to the invading Nine Provinces cultivators, indicating that in the struggle, the Heaven and Earth's Will of the Blood Refinement World was in a suppressed state.

As Lu Ye looked up at the bright line of light in the sky, pondering how to solve the issue of the remaining Sacred Seeds, a mystical sensation suddenly arose in his heart.

This sensation came out of nowhere, with no warning, leaving Lu Ye somewhat baffled.

But he soon noticed something strange because not only did this sensation arise here, but even his doppelganger experienced it.

Following this sensation, he carefully perceived it; it seemed to point in a particular direction, as if some force was mystically guiding him there.

Lu Ye couldn't help but become cautious.

If this were happening in the Nine Provinces, such a mysterious sensation would likely be a guidance from Heaven's Augury. But here in the Blood Refinement World, this sensation seemed rather extraordinary.

He hesitated, then raised his hand to touch the battlefield marking, gently calling out to Number Nine, and after getting a response, he informed about the situation, seeking clarification.

Number Nine responded, "If I were to contact you, I would use the battlefield marking, not this vague method."

"Then what is the situation now...?"

"Since you have a guess, why ask me?"

Lu Ye understood now that this sensation was guided by the Heaven and Earth's Will of the Blood Refinement World! In other words, it was the Heaven and Earth's Will of the Blood Refinement World guiding him.

Lu Ye was genuinely confused by this; there was nothing wrong with the Heaven and Earth's Will of the Blood Refinement World delivering such vague guidance. After all, the Heaven and Earth's Will of this world was neither strong nor clear enough to communicate directly with people like Number Nine could. It could only use this seemingly mystical yet helpless means, which could be seen as its instinctive response.

But the key issue was... he was human, so what did the Heaven and Earth's Will of the Blood Refinement World intend by delivering this guidance?

Even his doppelganger perceived it.

Just as he was pondering this, movement suddenly came from the battlefield marking.

He quickly investigated and found that the Second Senior Sister had sent a message.

"Has something happened?" Lu Ye quickly asked, instinctively believing the Second Senior Sister had discovered the whereabouts of the Sacred Seeds; he spoke as he began to move towards the nearest Heaven's Augury Pillar.

"Junior Sister Lann sensed something, seemingly pointing to a particular location. She's not sure what's going on and asked me to inquire with you."