The closer one drew to the heavenly book, the more prosperous the Celestial Realm Battlefront became. When Lu Yun came within five thousand kilometers of the treasure, he saw numerous marketplaces and temporary villages. There were even some rudimentary cities in the surroundings.

Cultivators who did not find success in the outside world chose to stay in the battlefront and operate businesses to maintain their livelihoods outside.

The War Gods Ranking wasn’t the heart of the realm. The area roughly five hundred kilometers around the heavenly book was the true core. Newcomers first arrived inside the core, so Lu Yun didn’t spend much time traveling to the stone tablet.

“A newcomer?” When other cultivators saw an empty-handed young man dressed in plain white robes, they immediately knew him to be someone on their first trip to the Celestial Realm...