Above the stratosphere, the disciples of Xiuxing Star were visiting such a height for the first time.
"It's so amazing, the clouds are actually under my feet."
"We're actually flying higher than the clouds!"
"What's so strange about that? At the highest peak of our Xuanmen, we could still see clouds below the mountaintop in the morning."
"Look, the sheer cliff mountain range is ahead. We're actually flying directly over it."
"..."
They chattered excitedly about the various things below, all of which they had learned from the teachings of Xuanmen.
The suspended vehicles directly traversed the sheer cliff mountain range and entered the territory of the Northern Region.
At this time, in the Northern Region, the location for the Xuanmen branch had already been chosen.
The location was not too far from the sheer cliffs, only about a hundred kilometers away.
The distance between the Xuanmen headquarters and the Northern Region branch was not too great, as the headquarters could quickly provide support if any incidents occurred at the branch.
The suspended vehicles flew directly towards a demonic sect.
Upon seeing so many suspended vehicles approaching, the demonic sect in the Northern Region immediately assumed they were magical artifacts and that righteous sects had come to destroy them. Thus, they immediately counterattacked.
However, such a counterattack was naturally futile. After a short while, the demonic sect was annihilated by Xuanmen. Then, these Xuanmen disciples began to disembark and commence the construction of the branch here.
This time, the Dragon Country did not send a construction team.
The construction of this branch was carried out by the Xuanmen disciples themselves.
Those who could come to the Northern Region were all Xuanmen disciples who had cultivated to the Qi Refining stage. Carrying burdens was naturally very easy for them. Furthermore, knowledge regarding construction had also been taught at the Xuanmen headquarters. Thus, these Xuanmen disciples began to build the Xuanmen branch bit by bit.
As for Su Han's tower-shaped magical artifact, there was only one. Therefore, the cultivator prison at the Xuanmen branch had to be constructed using formations.
A week later, the Xuanmen branch in the Northern Region was completed. The original buildings of the demonic sect were largely preserved. After some renovation and the addition of a small number of new buildings, the Xuanmen branch was initially established.
"The Xuanmen branch is finally completed."
"That's wonderful."
"It feels so good to see the Xuanmen branch built with our own hands."
"..."
Amidst the cheers of these Xuanmen disciples, Su Han flew from the Xuanmen headquarters to the Northern Region and began to set up the formation for the cultivator prison.
This cultivator formation was capable of confining cultivators up to the Nascent Soul stage. If there were any criminal cultivators exceeding the Nascent Soul stage, they would be imprisoned in the magical artifact prison tower.
After setting up the cultivator prison formation, Su Han returned to the Southern Region.
While crossing the sheer cliff mountain range, Su Han decided to try approaching it.
As Su Han moved closer, the heavenly lightning from the sheer cliff mountain range surged towards him.
First, ordinary heavenly lightning struck Su Han. Su Han only felt that the attacks of this heavenly lightning were similar to ordinary attacks from cultivators at the Golden Core stage. These attacks only caused Su Han some pain.
The closer Su Han got, the more powerful the attacks of the heavenly lightning became. When Su Han was still a hundred meters away from the mountaintop of the sheer cliff mountain range, he felt that the attacks of this heavenly lightning had reached the power level of cultivators at the Nascent Soul stage. Su Han moved forward another ten meters, and the power of the heavenly lightning reached the mid-Nascent Soul stage level.
Then, another ten meters, and the power of this heavenly lightning reached the peak Nascent Soul stage. At this point, Su Han was still eighty meters away from the summit of the sheer cliff mountain range. Currently, facing peak Nascent Soul stage attacks, Su Han could still maintain his offensive capabilities at this level.
However, if he continued to advance, Su Han would not be able to do so without relying on external aids.
"Advancing another ten meters would mean attacks equivalent to the Soul Transformation stage and above, and still eighty meters away. Could it be that it can surpass the Tribulation Crossing stage cultivation? Such a thing shouldn't happen!"
Su Han took out a magical artifact. Under the protection of the artifact, the surrounding heavenly lightning could no longer reach Su Han's immediate vicinity.
Su Han continued to fly forward. Even while controlling the artifact to protect himself, Su Han could still sense the attacks of the surrounding heavenly lightning.
Upon reaching seventy meters, the surrounding attacks truly reached the Soul Transformation stage level.
At sixty meters, the heavenly lightning attacks reached the mid-Soul Transformation stage power. At fifty meters, these attacks reached the peak Soul Transformation stage power. And from fifty meters all the way to the summit, the attacks were consistently at the peak Soul Transformation stage. This level of attack continuously fell upon Su Han's magical artifact.
Su Han thus moved along the mountaintop of the sheer cliff mountain range, using his magical artifact for defense.
The mountaintop of the sheer cliff mountain range was a barren expanse of rock.
Su Han directly picked up a piece of rock.
Because they were constantly affected by this heavenly lightning, the rocks on the mountaintop of the sheer cliff mountain range had acquired lightning attributes.
These rocks had acquired lightning attributes due to the influence of the heavenly lightning, they were not inherently lightning-attributed.
Su Han began to walk along the mountaintop of the sheer cliff mountain range, hoping to find the source of the heavenly lightning. However, the sheer cliff mountain range was incredibly long. Su Han had only walked a short distance, and it was completely ineffective.
Having merely walked a short distance, Su Han found no useful information whatsoever.
"It seems that the reason for the formation of this sheer cliff mountain range can only be understood when my cultivation is higher in the future."
Afterward, Su Han collected five cubic meters of rocks from the mountaintop of the sheer cliff mountain range and then left the summit to return to the Xuanmen headquarters.
Su Han handed over a portion of the rocks he had brought back from the mountaintop of the sheer cliff mountain range to the Dragon Country cultivators who had returned to the teleportation gate. Perhaps science could shed light on the secret of these rocks.
Meanwhile, at the Xuanmen branch in the Northern Region, after a further period of rest, they finally began to take action.
A fleet of drones, carrying various propaganda leaflets for the cultivator prison, began to distribute them to the various sects in the Northern Region.
The Dragon Country had previously dispatched many explorers. These explorers had continuously gathered various intelligence in the Northern Region. Therefore, the Dragon Country had a certain understanding of the sects in the Northern Region.
Before Xuanmen began to apprehend criminal cultivators, they naturally had to widely publicize their intentions. Only then would they commence their actions. This would allow the cultivator sects to recognize the prestige of Xuanmen.
When Xuanmen started distributing leaflets, the sects of the Northern Region cultivator world did not take it seriously.
At this moment, at a mountain gate, a Qi Refining stage cultivator handed a leaflet to the sect leader.
"Sect Leader, this thing just fell from the sky!"
The sect leader read the contents and said, "Such meaningless things, truly tedious. Alright. Don't show me these things anymore. A cultivator prison? How could such a thing exist."