Bombarding Cultivators with Cluster Artillery

”Yes, Senior!”

Jiang Ding replied solemnly.

Now, looking back, he also felt a shiver of fear.

To think he dared to directly engage with the mystical techniques and skills of Heavenly Calculator Daoist, a famously cunning figure in the cultivation world, made him wonder if he had been influenced by the opponent’s Divine Soul technique at the time.

It certainly was not.

After all, in terms of strength, one was just a weakling.

It could only be said that the temptation of Refining Nothingness was too great. With the possibility of significant opportunities in Refining Nothingness, many would lose their reason and disregard everything.

If one were a true Loose Cultivator without any backing, such a move would definitely spell doom, with life and death out of one’s control.

It was like a moth trapped in a web; the more it struggled, the tighter the trap bound it. No matter how exceptionally talented or clear the Sword Heart was, it was all useless.

To be undefeated on the frontal battlefield only to be defeated in the dark corners was too bitter to accept.

This was the terrifying aspect of the Heavenly Calculator’s divination technique, exerting force silently.

”Seniors, there’s also this.”

”The life and death, or sudden rise of the Xianmen Sect in the next few thousand years, breaking through Refining Nothingness, or even peeking at higher paths, or perishing here, with both you and I turning into lost souls, all depend on this very place.”

Jiang Ding spoke gravely.

He produced two sealed giants clad in black armor, each with a lone horn reaching skyward from their foreheads. Merely with their physical bodies, they emitted an aura far surpassing that of the Golden Pill Peak, having taken this path to its limits.

It was none other than Ming Tian Emperor and Mingyu Emperor!

Alongside, there were fifteen hundred Horned Demon Imperial Guards.

”Beyond the Domains…”

”The alien race’s Immortal Civilization…”

Yuan, Divine Mechanism Heavenly Monarch, Heavenly Monarch Wanji, Sun Extinguisher Heavenly Monarch, Canghai Heavenly Monarch’s pupils constricted.

They joined hands, operating the Refining Void Great Formation. The surroundings became misty, and together with Jiang Ding, Immortal Gulin, and the rest, the heavens and earth transformed, time flowed.

When Jiang Ding opened his eyes again, he and the others had arrived at a place covered with red soil, utterly devoid of life.

As far as the eye could see, even divine souls of Dao Child Level could not see any boundary, and the air was extremely thin.

”Mars.”

”This is Mars.”

Divine Mechanism Heavenly Monarch explained to the juniors around him, ”This thing is too dangerous.”

”You mentioned this race has strong spatial technology? Even with layers of seals, it’s unsafe to keep it in the Xianmen Sect.”

”This place is ideal, situated between two universes, within the range of the Immortal Sect Refining Void Great Formation, yet not on our Mother Star.”

”If we cannot defeat them, we could consider banishing the enemy to the deepest part of the Soulless Universe. Even those Above Void Refinement would suffer greatly… Great Sun Sword Master had done this once.”

Divine Mechanism Heavenly Monarch said proudly.

This was one of the most successful strategies of the Immortal Sect in the past, establishing their position as the Domain Overlord.

”Impressive.”

Jiang Ding clicked his tongue, curiously asking, ”Why not just transform it a bit and consider colonization? It could increase the basic platform of the Immortal Sect, increasing our citizen numbers.”

”No need.”

”The cost is too great, and it’s unnecessary.”

Yuan explained with a smile, ”In a Soulless environment, humans cannot birth a Spiritual Root.”

”Besides, the Immortal Sect has always been troubled by resources, while there has never really been a shortage of people. If we had more people, we cultivators would probably have a hard time. It’s something no one really desires.”

He did not shy away from discussing interests or making such divisions openly.

”Oh.”

Jiang Ding nodded in understanding.

As the few chatted, peaks of experimental equipment as large as mountains were continually teleported from the Mother Star. The sandy base instantly solidified, transforming into a clean, flat metallic surface, impenetrable to air.

After a few breaths, the desolate Martian surface disappeared.

In its place was a top-standard laboratory of the Xianmen Sect!

Both the security and the equipment were the most top-notch.

In the future, at least several hundred thousand of the top Immortal Research personnel would come here to engage in the study of the Horned Demon Tribe, exploring various possibilities.

The Xianmen Sect would allocate the majority of its resources here, and any industry or project even slightly related to this place would experience extreme prosperity and major development, changing the destinies of countless cultivators and mortals.

On the experimental platform, top-tier Refining Nothingness Spiritual Gold restraint straps appeared, firmly binding the two Emperors, with a Refining Void Great Formation further suppressing them, providing respect to these Golden Pill Stage Emperors.

”Horned Demon Imperial Clan…”

Yuan gently caressed the scales of the Ming Tian Emperor.

Blue spiritual light flickered on his fingers, and various data appeared on the central control screen — soul structure, body structure, mana structure, strength, bone structure, composition…

Such massive data flow appeared on the screen like a waterfall pouring down, overwhelming to any ordinary Golden Pill Monk at a single glance, unable to assimilate such a massive amount of information.

As for the Foundation-building cultivators, they could only see a gloomy blue screen with nothing on it.

”How strong!”

”Such a powerful body…”

Yuan exclaimed with admiration, ”Merely at the peak of Golden Pill, yet his body is even more resilient than the majority of the Xianmen Sect’s Air-Space Motherships, comparable to a metallic life form, no, even stronger than that.”

”Senior, he also possesses a Ten Feet Unbreakable Space, showing that the body refinement Immortal Technology has reached an extremely prosperous level,”

Jiang Ding added.

He took out a jade slip that recorded his entire process of battling the Emperor and the various insights that emerged in his mind after slaying four Emperors.

”Ten Feet Unbreakable Space… What a sophisticated space technology.”

”It actually evolved from body refinement?”

Yuan was astounded.

He continued to use the equipment to scan the bodies of the two Emperors, with Divine Machine Heavenly Monarch, Heavenly Monarch Wan Ji, Sun Extinguisher Heavenly Monarch, and several dozens of Heavenly Monarchs assisting alongside, managing the equipment, maintaining the magnetic field, and so on, each performing their respective duties.

Without anyone instructing what to do, everyone knew their roles, with their research competency being at the top.

Several days later.

”Our trouble might have grown,”

Yuan said solemnly after completing a full set of physical examinations, looking at everyone, ”We have focused our research on this race’s bloodline and discovered it is extremely complex, containing very high-grade power and very stable in structure.”

”This means their bloodline can be passed down relatively stably.”

”This means the number of Void Refinement Realm powerhouses of this race, the Horned Demon Imperial Clan, might not be few, and will at least far surpass our domain.”

Jiang Ding’s expression shifted slightly.

Void Refinement numbers far exceeding our domain!

This was a piece of extremely bad news.

As is known in the Immortal Path, the top strong are everything, and the disparity in numbers of Void Refinement powerhouses could very likely be the disparity in strength between the two sides.

”It seems, before the opponents are aware and unsure of our presence, we absolutely cannot lose the strategic advantage…”

Yuan murmured to himself.

”Indeed, re-aligning with the Eight Great Immortal Sects…”

Divine Machine Heavenly Monarch, Heavenly Monarch Wan Ji, and others fell into discussion.

...

Jiang Ding was currently uninterested in these matters crucial to the domain’s strategy, focusing more on his own cultivation and advancement.

He toured the top-tier laboratory of the Xianmen Sect, broadening his knowledge, then took his leave with Immortal Gulin, An Siyan, Jin Lingfeng, and the others,

The others returned home, while some rested in the quarters.

Jiang Ding, however, went alone to the mainframe area of the Central Array Spirit Computer, retrieving three strands of Mysterious Yellow Primordial Qi from the Refining Void Space and entrusting them to the care of the Central Array Spirit Computer.

He entered it, preparing for a ten-year comprehensive examination of his divine soul, body, mana, and meridians.