Bombarding Cultivators with Cluster Artillery

”Unable to develop?”

”Beyond the world community?”

Distance, as long as it’s far enough, no matter the power, one is helpless.

”The main force of the Xianmen Sect can’t descend, nor can I take people or control puppets there.”

Jiang Ding felt utterly disappointed.

It was as if he saw countless Spiritual Stone Mountains sprouting wings and flying away, as well as various rare Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasures disappearing without a trace at fair exchange rates.

At the same time, he breathed a sigh of relief.

His feelings were incredibly complex.

”If the main force of the Xianmen Sect can’t come, then I need to handle it myself.”

Jiang Ding took some time to calm his emotions and fell into deep thought: ”The Great Sun Sect is still very far away, but the Demon Sect and the Liudao Sect appear to have signs of retreating to Yue Country. Even though the possibility doesn’t seem high right now, they have many options and may not come to Yue Country, but preparations should be made just in case.”

”At the moment, my crisis preparedness plan can only deal with the crisis of Yue Country and the surrounding forces. Once a crisis that affects the whole region arises, there’s nowhere to escape.”

”Find a time, set up the rest of the teleportation Formations in the Spiritless Gobi of the Tushan Monster Country, to ensure that I can escape instantly no matter the circumstances.”

Jiang Ding sat down with his legs crossed and submerged himself into cultivation.

...

In Chu Country, Xueshishan Mountain.

The mountaintop had many more traces of battle; the rocks melted under the high temperature, collapsed, and the last bit of greenery vanished.

Finally, all became quiet.

”Brother Li, do you still want to fight with me?”

The Chiyan Fox King’s peaks quivered slightly with her breath, and with a smiling expression, she looked at two Golden Pill cultivators from the Qiyu Sect: ”I still have strength to spare.”

”Demoness!”

Zhou Sanyan’s Flame Mountain Magical Treasure in front of him erupted with flames, his rage uncontrollable, yet he did not make another move.

After exchanging glances with Cultivator Baimei, they both saw the helplessness in each other’s eyes.

Together, the brothers could defeat her.

But they couldn’t kill her!

Moreover, even if they could kill her, what then?

The three Golden Pills from Xuetu Hall were still alive, and despite Patriarch Hua Xue Mu Tiansnow being heavily injured and weakened from the previous encirclement, he could recover in a decade or so.

What would they do then?

”King,”

Cultivator Baimei calmed down and no longer beat around the bush, saying, ”First we eradicate Xuetu Hall, and then we two forces can discuss. How about that?”

He decided not to pursue the death of a Golden Pill elder from their sect anymore.

What could he do without sufficient strength?

This kind of helplessness had appeared many times in his life of several hundred years. Cultivators couldn’t do whatever they wished, and had long learned to compromise under various circumstances.

”Very well.”

The Chiyan Fox King revealed a charming smile.

Kong Que breaking through to the Middle Jindan Stage was indeed something she didn’t wish to see, but it didn’t cause the power structure between the Fox Tribe and the Five-Colored Peacock Clan to invert, still staying within a bearable range.

Overall, the Demon Country had grown stronger, which, at a time when various crises were emerging, could also be considered a good thing.

The tense stand-off between the three Golden Pills and the great demons vanished, and they flew onto the Qiyu Pavilion Ship, filled with many foundation-building Qi cultivation cultivators from various sects, along with demon generals and lesser demons, flying towards the last gate of Xuetu Hall.

Not long after,

The shouts and cries of tens of thousands of cultivators and mythical creatures, the appearance of Magic Glyphs filling the sky, and the collision with the gloomy and bloody fog of the Sect Protection Formation of Xuetu Hall resounded.

Ear-shattering thunderous sounds came forth, Spiritual Light annihilated each other, and from time to time, zombies and specters screamed, vanishing into thin air.

...

Clang!

Sword Intent and Divine Sense became the sword, cutting through a wisp of grey fog from within the jade bottle.

Branches of the Blue-Gold tree fell down, breaking sharply and twining around the wisp of fog containing the Fusion Magnetic Crystal Core, slowly contracting and sending it into the Azure Great Sun within the tree’s shade.

High temperature, sharpness.

The grey fog dissolved, absorbed by the Blue-Gold large tree, with the Light of Yuanmagnet between the branches subtly strengthening as it oscillated with the magnetic field.

”So far, over four thousand strands of fog containing the Fusion Magnetic Crystal Core have been integrated.”

”There should be another decade or so to integrate six thousand strands, reaching the Grand Mastery stage. At that time, the speed and strength of the Flying Sword will see a dramatic increase.”

Jiang Ding closed his eyes to feel the moment, then opened them.

Divine Sense connected to the library, searching for the Superly Dharma, second order, top-level.

”…’Paperman Trumpet Suona Superly Dharma’… With ancient rites and sacrifices, persuasion, guiding the deceased’s souls into reincarnation, dispersing the breath, facing enemies, first destroy remnants of souls with Buddha light, then transcend the remaining breath…”

”…’Reincarnation Transcendence Technique’…”

”…’Soul Extinction Technique,’ the principle of which is based on Divine Sense and Yang Attribute mana, erasing all souls and magical auras within a certain range…”

”This one.”

Out of the few second order, top-level Superly Dharmas, Jiang Ding immediately chose the ’Soul Extinction Technique.’

Persuasion, reincarnation, soul appeasing—all that complicated stuff, just erase the traces cleanly, all at once. Simple and direct.

He called up the magic inheritance, Divine Sense surged into it, watching each word carefully, occasionally referencing the recorded explanations of predecessors to deepen understanding, bypassing points of confusion, taking note of them, and planning to inquire with Immortal Dinghai during Chinese class.

One month later.

Jiang Ding’s lips moved as he muttered the incantation, and after more than twenty breaths, a cold light spread from his fingertips, cleansing away all souls and various chaotic auras within a radius of several thousand meters.

”Done.”

”Casting the spell took a bit long, but since it’s not a combat spell, it’s fine. I can get to work now.”

Jiang Ding’s face showed delight.

His figure flashed, vanishing from sight.

Underneath the deep pool.

Casually releasing several strands of Moon-White Sword Qi to reinforce the seal of the Peacock Demon Kong Que, after confirming that everything was normal with Armor-25, Jiang Ding disappeared in the center of the teleportation formation.

The place of his lair, he would not leave through this exit from now on.

The teleportation formation at Lanshan Spirit Mine flashed, and Jiang Ding took over an intelligence jade slip from a youth in blue clothes who looked exactly like him, reading it. He concealed his form and flew toward the sky.

”Take a trip to Tushan Monster Country, to the Spiritless Gobi, and find a secluded place to set up the teleportation formation.”

”The distance is further than expected, but no matter. With King Kong Que’s contribution, I’ve gotten rich and bought a dozen more teleportation formations, which adds more security.”

The vast land spread out beneath Jiang Ding’s feet as he silently thought.

”Try to gather intelligence on Liudao Sect and Great Sun Sect without alarming the Demon Country, which has established a neutral commercial city on the edge of the Spiritless Gobi. Human cultivators and the Demon Race can come and go freely, profiting handsomely from the interactions.”

”It’s relatively safe. Many large trading companies from the Beiyuan Immortal Cultivation World have set up branches there, procuring local specialties. The Demon Country would not dare to offend them lightly.”

For more than three months, he kept traveling.

Crossing tens of thousands of miles of Yue Country and Chu Country’s territory, the people were in dire straits, displaced by chaos spreading from the Cultivation World into the mortal realm.

He did not reveal himself to these, casually casting an invisible Sword Qi that embedded itself within those foundation building Qi cultivation diabolical loose cultivators, lying in wait.

The Sword Qi would erupt randomly in two or three years, causing internal bleeding, organ disruption, and shattered souls among different casualties.

Then every three thousand kilometers, he would find a hidden underground location to set up a teleportation formation, intermittently adding dual formations within a three thousand kilometer range to avoid having a single formation damaged or encountering unexpected delays in escape.

Three months later,

At the edge of a forest and a gobi, an invisible Escape Light appeared, flying toward a rough-hewn city made of giant stones and logs on the horizon.