"With your current strength, you're already among the best in the eighth rank," Wang Yinlan said.

The eighth rank has early, middle, late, and peak stages, and the leader Wang Yinlan spoke of was clearly the best at the peak of the eighth rank. However, compared to the masters of the entire Sacred Sect, he was still too weak.

"You broke through very smoothly, and the sacred cornerstone is also very solid, but after all, your cultivation time is still too short, your combat experience isn't rich enough, and you've learned too much and it's too complicated. In the next period of time, you must think clearly about which path you want to take in the future. Your next step is to build a sacred portal, and you can't be so complicated at that time."

Wang Yinlan instructed, "Furthermore, the abilities of the Sacred Gem must continue to be developed. Currently, it seems like it only has one ability: giving others a sacred aura. This ability is very good, and it will definitely play a big role when working as a team later."

Ji Jiayu kept what Wang Yinlan said to himself. In the end, he and Nie Lanxi waited for Wang Yinlan to announce her mission.

"There's no assignment. What you need to do next is cultivate, consolidate your cultivation, master your sacred arts, and watch more light and shadow battle scenes to prepare for the future."

Wang Yinlan said, "Holy City is very dangerous right now, and it's no longer suitable for you two to go on missions."

"Is it that serious?" Ji Jiayu's heart sank.

"You'll know the specifics soon." Wang Yinlan sighed lightly, "Don't waste time. Start cultivating now. I'll find some sparring partners for you."

"Okay..." Ji Jiayu was silent for a few seconds and nodded. At this moment, the desire to become stronger in his heart grew stronger.

About half an hour later, Wang Yinlan found ten sparring partners for Ji Jiayu. They were all senior captains in the Holy Guard, all of them at the eighth rank, generally between thirty and forty years old, and had considerable combat experience. Among these people, Ji Jiayu also met an acquaintance:

Lu Shan!

Lu Shan was the guide who had led him from the initial camp to Camp No. 1. He was ranked No. 1, but his promotion speed was too fast, and he didn't interact much with Lu Shan, but the two had always known each other.

"Do you know this person?" Wang Yinlan pointed at Lu Shan.

"Of course." Ji Jiayu hurriedly nodded, "Long time no see, Lu..." Ji Jiayu didn't know how to address Lu Shan for a moment, and finally called out "Teacher Lu."

Lu Shan hurriedly smiled and waved his hand, "I don't dare, I didn't teach you anything."

"Later, I learned that Lu Shan was a spy planted by the Secret Investigation Department in the Radiant Supremacy Sect. In the recent battle to suppress the remnants of the Radiant Supremacy Sect, he played a significant role, so he was transferred to the Holy Guard." Wang Yinlan's words shocked Ji Jiayu, and he knew that the Lu Shan in front of him had also had a thrilling experience.

"What I did is nothing compared to what you did." Lu Shan saw the shock in Ji Jiayu's eyes and said with a smile.

"Okay, let's cut to the chase here." "Let's introduce ourselves first, then start practicing," Wang Yinlan said.

After Lu Shan, the nine eighth-level Ming Saints each reported their names. These ten eighth-level Ming Saints all had a good impression of Ji Jiayu, and the two sides got along quite well.

For the next three months, Ji Jiayu devoted himself to cultivation.

He essentially stabilized the sacred cornerstone every night, fought against ten eighth-level Ming Saints in the morning to increase his combat experience and improve his control of sacred techniques and sacred patterns, and in the afternoon, he applied the sacred light aura to everyone, ensuring everyone's cooperation.

He lived each day to the fullest and in pain, as time passed, more and more bad news reached the camp.

First of all, what touched everyone's hearts the most was the dynamics between the Light and Dark Demon Clans. They had invaded the Sacred Chenghai on a large scale, and so far, they had destroyed six cities and caused hundreds of thousands of casualties among the Light Clan. Most of the Sacred Kingdom's forces and powerful figures from the Sacred Sect were dispatched to fight against the Dark Demon Clan.

The Defense Council considered having the Great Prophet seek assistance from the nearby Green Sea of ​​Life and the Endless Blue Sea, but these two seas were also facing crises. As for the three more distant human territories, they didn't even have the ability to sail on a large scale, let alone send troops to the Sacred Clear Sea to fight.

The Guangming Clan could only rely on themselves!

At the same time as the Light Dark Demon Clan attacked Paradise Island, a massive light barrier appeared in the sky dome of the Divine Clear Sea, connecting in pieces, almost covering the entire sky.

The Great Heavenly God-level power arrived again.

Due to some hidden reason, the Great Prophet had no choice but to rely on the Heavenly Apocalypse Fu that the Divine Clear Sea had stored for hundreds of years to delay the expansion of the Divine Vacuum Domain. However, if this continued for too long, the Apocalypse Fu would run out, and the divine vacuum would occupy the entire Divine Kingdom.

The forces of the Divine Kingdom and the entire Sacred Sect had been mobilized, but there was still no way to resolve the crisis. This left many Guangming people panicking. For the Ming Sheng and Ming Gods, this would be a protracted war!

There was also a light barrier over the Shengyou Forest, but the Apocalypse Fu reserves in the Shengyou Camp were still abundant, and so far, it had not affected Ji Jiayu and Nie Lanxun's cultivation.

Today, on a very ordinary and mundane day, the chairman of the Defense Council delivered a speech, announcing that the darkest hour had arrived, and Sacred Chenghai would launch an all-out war!

On this day, Ji Jiayu, Nie Lanxun, Lu Shan, and the others took over the image stone from Wang Yinlan in a special training ground. Under the influence of divine power, a light and shadow image appeared, and Lei Xiaoqing appeared within the light and shadow image. She stood in front of a long table, looking straight ahead with a solemn expression.

"Just five minutes ago, I received a message that the Light and Dark Demon Clan had officially breached Luoyao City, which is also the ninth city they have breached since invading Sacred Chenghai. Demons have always held the belief that their hearts must be different if they are not of our race, and they will not be lenient toward foreign races. Hundreds of years ago, countless of our ancestors died tragically at their hands. Our Light and Demon Races are at odds, and this is especially true with the Light and Dark Demons!"

"Today, the Dark Light Demon Race once again attacked with the evil intention of exterminating my Light Race, and we must go all out for the sake of our home, family and friends!"

"In this war where you die or I die, we must not give up, we must not tire, and we must not let them easily achieve any strategic goals! We must fight bravely to eliminate these evil source invaders, and restore the holy clear sea to save everyone from fire and water! No matter how many demons they come, we must destroy them, even if it means fighting to the point of soldiers! The light lives on!"