Bombarding Cultivators with Cluster Artillery

”Hey, hey, Jiang Ding...”

Sun Extinguisher Heavenly Monarch’s voice came from the phone, the surrounding environment seemed quite noisy with the ding-dong of call numbers incessant.

”Senior Sun Extinguisher, have you been released from prison? You haven’t gone back in, have you?”

A tight feeling gripped Jiang Ding’s heart.

That sound, it somewhat resembled the queue calling sounds from Xiandu No.1 Prison, which he had visited...once...several times.

”No!”

”What are you talking about? You don’t trust me?”

Sun Extinguisher Heavenly Monarch was displeased, ”I’m processing the paperwork, the formalities for withdrawing from the Immortal Sect, as well as the procedures for future citizenship and, while my identity is still valid, applying for the Immortal Sect Army to block Xu Jiezhong’s domain for a while...and so on, these things are very troublesome.”

”Oh, right, after withdrawal and before re-enrollment, you can’t be elected to the city-level or above government positions in the Immortal Sect for three hundred years, that won’t affect your Immortal Path planning, right?”

”Not at all, absolutely not.”

Jiang Ding let out a sigh of relief.

He had no intention of going into politics, staying at Qingfeng University was just fine.

”Good, that’s settled then.”

”I’ll send you a proxy document for the withdrawal procedure later, you sign it, and I will handle all the procedures for you, so you don’t have to make another trip, it’s quite a hassle,” said Sun Extinguisher Heavenly Monarch.

”Understood.”

Jiang Ding sat cross-legged within the Sun Abyss, eyes closed in cultivation, inhaling and exhaling the Heavenly Earth Spiritual Qi and Great Sun Essence into his being, slowly accumulating mana reserves, tempering his Divine Soul and Sword Intent.

Several months later.

He opened his eyes and flew towards the sky above the Great Sun Heavenly Pond.

”Hello!”

”Dari Swordsman!”

Sun Extinguisher Heavenly Monarch flew over, flicked his yellowish hair with a touch of black, and enthusiastically greeted, ”Our warships have been sealed; non-citizens can’t use them. I can only hitch a ride with you.”

”Haha, no need to be polite, Senior Sun Extinguisher.”

After all, it is common to carpool when going out for a trip.”

Jiang Ding stepped forward with a warm smile, exchanging greetings one by one: ”Greetings Elder Canghai, Elder Pingyang, Elder Niri...”

Around Sun Extinguisher Heavenly Monarch were Heavenly Monarchs like Pingyang, Canghai, Niri, and so on, a total of ten Heavenly Monarchs, including Canghai Heavenly Monarch with the highest cultivation at the Late Truth-Transforming Stage, while Sun Extinguisher Heavenly Monarch and others were at the Early Stage of God Transformation, all freshly promoted, having been brothers for thousands of years.

Ten Heavenly Monarchs, including a Late Stage Nascent Soul Cultivator.

With such power, to besiege Xu’s Transmutation God, a Mid Stage Nascent Soul Cultivator, and Wang Clan’s Divinity Transformation, likewise a Mid Stage Nascent Soul Cultivator, the lineup was indeed luxurious.

Even so, Canghai Heavenly Monarch and the others still felt it wasn’t foolproof, only suggesting traveling plans after Jiang Ding’s promotion.

Jiang Ding invited Sun Extinguisher Heavenly Monarch and the others to come beside the Moon Creek River, to sit down in a temporarily created glass palace, offering tea, allowing them to enjoy the view of mist and dense clouds while discussing matters.

”This place isn’t good.”

”I don’t like it.”

Sun Extinguisher Heavenly Monarch gulped a cup of tea and clicked his tongue, ”The aura of Sword Intent here is too strong, my sense of alarm keeps going off, I can’t relax at all.”

”Indeed, it’s a bit hard to control...”

The surrounding Heavenly Monarchs nodded in agreement, none of them quite comfortable here.

”That...I’m sorry.”

”I simply can’t converge it further; this is where the Lunar Pulse Sword Intent exists, and it’s already the most restrained.”

Jiang Ding gave a bitter smile.

The group engaged in some small talk for a moment, discussing the latest achievements in the Immortal Path research acquired by the Xianmen Sect—particularly the results related to the Cultivation Methods that emerged in the Moon Exploration Expedition Laboratory—strengthening their camaraderie before finally moving on to the main topic.

”Fatty, go!”

The Sun Extinguisher Heavenly Monarch gestured with his lips.

”Alright, big brother!”

The Canghai Heavenly Monarch eagerly stepped forward, spreading a map of the Minor Thousand World and the surrounding features such as the Netherworld Gang Wind Ocean Current, Meteorite Belt, and other topographic characteristics in front of everyone.

At the top of the map, there was a line of text: ’Xu Jie Travel Strategy Plan.’

Everyone straightened up and put on serious expressions.

The Canghai Heavenly Monarch might always look obsequious in front of the Sun Extinguisher Heavenly Monarch, but in reality, he held the highest military rank among them, with the richest war experiences, especially at the God-transforming Level.

”Please look here.”

With a Tactical Pen in hand, the Canghai Heavenly Monarch pointed at the Xu Jie map and said, ”Xu Yan has a Starry Sky Fortress, but it is a two-thousand-year-old version from the Immortal Sect. Since then, he has not received any technological updates from the Xianmen Sect. This is the structural diagram of the Starry Sky Fortress from that time, along with the supporting Army Formation diagram.”

He transmitted a pile of files to everyone.

Jiang Ding’s Divine Sense connected to the network to carefully read and compare the past diagrams with the current Starry Sky Fortresses and Army Formations used by the Xianmen Sect. He discovered that in two thousand years, the Sect’s Starry Sky Fortresses had nearly doubled in strength.

”This Starry Sky Fortress has ninety-seven important Formation energy nodes. Destroying any Formation node will allow us to breach the entire fortress. Regarding its supporting Army Formation...”

The Canghai Heavenly Monarch carefully explained the plan to the group.

In this operation, Nascent Soul Cultivators would still use the Army Formation method in battle, with or without the Starry Sky Fortress. This had become an instinct ingrained in the bones of the Xianmen cultivators, impossible to change.

”Elder Canghai,”

After listening to the battle plan, Jiang Ding raised his hand to inquire, ”Has Xu Yan’s Starry Sky Fortress remained unchanged for two thousand years? I’ve heard that he was once one of the greatest elites of the Xianmen Sect, even hoping to become an Ancient Transcendent like the Heavenly Monarch Wanji or Divine Mechanism Heavenly Monarch. He has led many breakthroughs in the Immortal Sect Army Formation’s technology.”

”To this day, I can still see Xu Yan’s name in many teaching materials and Cultivation Methods.”

”That’s a good question,”

The Canghai Heavenly Monarch nodded approvingly.

”I have considered this issue as well and have made contingency plans.”

”However, based on current conditions, the changes in Xu Yan’s Starry Sky Fortress should not be significant. There’s even a possibility it has degraded due to lack of maintenance and a severe shortage of key refining materials.”

”As you know, almost 70% of the materials used in the Immortal Sect’s Starry Sky Fortress refining are controlled substances, and there are almost no natural substitutes within the Domain.”

”Jiang Ding, you don’t understand.”

”This isn’t about whether he’s an elite or not.”

The Sun Extinguisher Heavenly Monarch interjected, almost gleefully, ”Advancement in the Starry Sky Fortress technology often requires data computations from the Central Array Spirit Computer. Without it, relying solely on a Nascent Soul Cultivator’s Divine Soul Computational Power would mean a task that takes one year could not be accomplished even in a hundred years by a cultivator.”

”This isn’t about your talent. The sheer volume of calculations is just that vast and unavoidable.”

”And then there’s the need for supporting personnel at all levels. The operation of each tier in the Xianmen’s Immortal Dao Industry requires talent.”

Pingyang Heavenly Monarch added, ”I’ve heard Xu Yan established an Elders’ Institute Academy to recruit Cultivators related to the bloodlines of Xu’s and Wang Clan to train them into talent, but it was in vain. His teaching methods are far behind that of the Xianmen Sect, and there is fierce infighting between the direct and collateral lineages within.”

”Moreover, even if these people from the Elders’ Institute Academy really came to the fore, the Xu Domain doesn’t have related job positions to accommodate their employment!”

”A Small World, even if he made some remarkable advances, being able to develop one or two Immortal Dao industries that barely meet the common standards of a Domain would be good enough; expecting more would be impossible.”

”Indeed.”

”Overall, the advancement of Xu Yan’s Starry Sky Fortress technology is almost impossible,”

the Sun Extinguisher Heavenly Monarch concluded.

While they chatted casually, the Great Sun Heavenly Pool Crystal Wall flowed around, producing a Spatial Anchor Point and detaching from the Thirty-Third Heavenly Gang Orbit. Under the blessing gazes of many Celestial Lords of Immortal Gate, it flew towards the dark depths of the Domain.