After the Chef God Competition ended, the projection array formations above the cities continued operating for several months before finally concluding. Various exaggerated advertisements bombarded the continent’s martial artists until their heads throbbed with pain.

Moreover, they discovered a pattern!

Ever since the Dragon-Tiger Hegemony Contest, whenever the projection array formation activated, the Eternal Ages Sect Master would definitely be the first to appear on screen!

So when the array formation light curtain suddenly activated again without warning, the entire Xingyun Continent immediately exploded, and all the martial artists’ scalps went numb!

“Whoosh!”

In an instant, light curtains in all the major cities displayed the same scene.

Jun Changxiao’s extremely handsome face appeared on screen, smiling with refined courtesy: “Friends in the audience, I’ve missed you all so much!”

Holy crap!

They actually guessed right!

That shameless fellow appeared again!

“Thump!”

Martial artists in all the major cities immediately collapsed in droves upon seeing Jun Changxiao appear on the light curtain.

This kind of ability to strike across mountains was something even Martial Saints couldn’t achieve, showing just how powerful Dog Sheng’s protagonist halo was!

“…”

Standing beside him, City Lord Han’s mouth twitched slightly.

Honestly, seeing that fellow’s smile and shameless tone made him want to immediately walk over and pin him to the ground for a good rubbing.

“Ahem, ahem.”

Jun Changxiao cleared his throat and said: “Everyone, I presume you all know about the Planar Battlefield matter.”

“Planar Battlefield?”

Martial artists in various cities looked completely confused.

City Lord Han’s expression changed drastically as he urgently transmitted: “Sect Master Jun, this matter absolutely cannot be spoken of!”

Regarding the Planar Battlefield matter, aside from the major powers and relatively strong rogue cultivators who knew about it, ordinary martial artists certainly had no knowledge. First, knowing wouldn’t help them anyway, and second, it would easily cause continental panic.

“They don’t know?”

Jun Changxiao’s expression suddenly turned serious as he said: “City Lord Han, the Planar Battlefield concerns Xingyun Continent’s future. Can it be concealed for a moment but concealed forever?”

“This…” City Lord Han was speechless.

“All Xingyun Continent martial artists have the right to know what calamity their own world is about to face, even if they can’t help!”

Jun Changxiao’s voice was very loud, and he didn’t use private transmission—he specifically wanted the entire continent to hear!

“Planar Battlefield?”

“Calamity?”

The martial artists became even more confused.

Those in the know showed faces full of sorrow.

The matter of going to the Planar Battlefield had weighed on their hearts for a long time. They dared not tell their relatives and friends for fear of worrying them, but wasn’t this also a form of torture?

“Everyone!”

Jun Changxiao looked at the camera with a solemn expression: “The Upper Realm has a regulation—every five years, they select planes to enter a battlefield they’ve created for slaughter. Winners live, losers die!”

“Very unfortunately.”

He paused before continuing: “This session of the Planar Battlefield selected our Xingyun Continent. We must dispatch two thousand experts with minimum Martial Emperor cultivation within the specified time to enter and contend with other powerful planes!”

Martial artists across the entire continent were completely dumbfounded!

Dispatching two thousand experts with minimum Martial Emperor cultivation—anyone could figure out with their toes that this so-called battlefield must be extremely cruel!

“Our Xingyun Continent has been in decline ever since the Battle of the Emperors. Going to the Planar Battlefield is undoubtedly a suicide mission, so calling it a catastrophic disaster is not excessive!” Jun Changxiao added.

“Thump!”

At a certain city gate, several young men knelt on the ground in unison, tears streaming down like rain: “Master, you said you’d be leaving for a while soon and told us to cultivate diligently. Could it be…”

“Alas.”

The old man stood with his back to his disciples, sighing: “That’s right. Your master must enter the Planar Battlefield!”

Some juniors who had always felt something was off, upon hearing Jun Changxiao’s words and recalling how their elders had seemed to be arranging their affairs long ago, suddenly understood!

“Father.”

Inside a certain family clan, a young man ran in, knelt before his father, and cried: “Are you going to the Planar Battlefield? Is that why you passed the Family Head position to me!”

“My son.” The Family Head stood up, placing his hand on the young man’s head: “Since you now know, you should work even harder in cultivation. The Qin Family’s future depends on you.”

“Father! Can’t you not go to the Planar Battlefield!” the young man cried.

The Family Head faced death with equanimity: “The Planar Battlefield is a disaster for Xingyun Continent. Even knowing it’s a mountain of blades and sea of flames, your father must venture through it, because… it can at least bring a ray of hope to future generations.”

…

The camera in the light curtain also showed City Lord Han. He remained silent throughout, his expression growing increasingly pained. This made the continent’s martial artists realize that Jun Changxiao was absolutely not spreading false rumors!

The Planar Battlefield existed!

Our Xingyun Continent truly faced a great calamity!

“However…”

Just then, Jun Changxiao’s tone shifted as he smiled: “Those experts about to enter the Planar Battlefield—if they’re willing to spend a bit of money to grease the wheels, they won’t face any danger whatsoever.”

His serious expression from moments ago suddenly transformed into a smile. The transition was so abrupt that the continent’s martial artists were all stunned.

“Sect Master Jun!”

City Lord Han’s eyes widened: “What do you mean by ‘grease the wheels’?”

“Spend money to ward off disaster,” Jun Changxiao said.

City Lord Han naturally understood what “spend money to ward off disaster” meant, so he hurriedly asked: “Grease whose wheels?”

Jun Changxiao pointed to himself: “Mine.”

“Yours?”

“Correct.”

City Lord Han collapsed: “Sect Master Jun, with the Xingyun Continent calamity imminent, you’re joking like this—doesn’t your heart hurt?”

Those martial artists in the first batch to enter were furious.

Going to the Planar Battlefield, they had prepared themselves for certain death. Yet this fellow brazenly made jokes—this was truly unbearable.

“Jun knows you all don’t believe it, so I won’t bother explaining. After you enter the Planar Battlefield, you’ll understand.”

Jun Changxiao wouldn’t force an explanation. After all, even if he told them the base had already developed to town-scale, they definitely wouldn’t believe it. Only after they went in would the truth become clear.

“However.”

Jun Changxiao added: “This lord will be blunt up front—for the first batch of martial artists entering the Planar Battlefield, each person only needs to give me ten thousand natural spirit stones now, and you’ll be safe and worry-free within the battlefield. If you only pay after entering, the price will multiply several times.”

“Ten thousand natural spirit stones?”

“Does this fellow think we’re idiots?”

“I think he’s not joking—he’s deliberately trying to scam money!”

The Xingyun Continent experts were furious beyond measure, even feeling their intelligence had been greatly insulted!

City Lord Han couldn’t help it either, saying in a heavy voice: “Sect Master Jun, coming out to scam money when the continent faces disaster—isn’t this going a bit too far!”

Giving him ten thousand natural spirit stones to ensure safety in the Planar Battlefield—only someone whose head had been kicked by a donkey would believe that!

“Whoosh!”

Just then, the projection array formations in all cities shut off.

“City Lord Han.”

Jun Changxiao cupped his hands: “I’ve said my piece. Whether you believe it or not is your business. Jun will take his leave first.”

With that, he turned and left.

This time, he came to Central Reverence Province to borrow the array formation to inform the entire world, mainly to lay the groundwork for when experts from all directions entered the Planar Battlefield. Whether they paid or not wasn’t important, because if they paid after going in, he’d earn even more!

Simply put, Jun Changxiao was speaking the words first. When you truly went to the Planar Battlefield and saw the scale of the Xingyun Continent base, you’d naturally understand what “greasing the wheels” meant and would willingly give even more natural spirit stones.

Someone might ask: what if the sect bigshots who entered the Planar Battlefield refused to pay?

That hypothetical didn’t exist!

As long as Jun Dog Sheng wanted to squeeze someone, he definitely had numerous methods.

Moreover, this truly couldn’t be considered extortion. At least he had worked hard and contributed to the Xingyun Continent base, even subjugating the surrounding continents. What was originally a certain-death situation for Xingyun Continent would probably transform into a pleasant sightseeing trip. Wasn’t it perfectly reasonable and justified to charge them?

“Ah.”

After returning to the Eternal Ages Sect, Jun Changxiao sat in his chair, shaking his head: “Who’d have thought that I, Jun Changxiao, would possess the noble sentiment of saving the world from fire and flood. After City Lord Han and the others learn the truth, will they send banners of gratitude?”