Bombarding Cultivators with Cluster Artillery

The Great Sun Heavenly Pond continuously traversed through the Nine Spirits Realm, passing one teleportation Formation after another, radiating endless brilliance as it patrolled this starry sky.

Jiang Ding stood inside the crystal walls of the Heavenly Pond, gazing at the dark and heavy starry sky.

In his heart, an inexplicable sense of reassurance emerged.

”Swordsman,”

”Swordsman, Swordsman!”

Yue was restless, itching to try something: ”In the Nine Spirits Realm, you should be the strongest cultivator now. Have you considered undertaking some other grand affair?”

She appeared to be an impatient warmonger.

However, this seemed to be the truth.

At this critical juncture, with the nine Masters of Refining Nothingness having marched to external domains and not yet returned, and new Refining Nothingness cultivators yet to be born, the Dari Swordsman ranked tenth among the powerhouses of the Nine Spirits Realm.

A powerhouse among the top ten of an entire Domain!

The strongest in the current Domain!

”A grand affair?”

Jiang Ding was momentarily stunned.

Then, he rolled his eyes and couldn’t be bothered to pay attention to this lunatic from the Great Sun Sword Pavilion.

”Yue, give it a rest.”

Gu Lin True Lord was also there, letting out a light chuckle: ”If Jiang Ding were to betray, there wouldn’t be many from the Xianmen Sect willing to follow him, and even if they did, it would be futile.”

”The Refining Emptiness Peak cultivators of the Xianmen Sect’s seventy-two Earth Evils and thirty-six Heavenly Gang Star Formation can’t breach it, nor can the Clan-Protecting Formations of the Eight Great Immortal Sects. What exactly are you scheming?”

”Hmph...”

Yue huffed lightly, unwilling to bother with these juniors.

She had a strong sense of rank, typically speaking to Divinity Transformation cultivators was her limit, and she could not stoop any lower.

As everyone casually chatted, the Great Sun Heavenly Pond once again passed through a Super Transmission Array and officially returned to the Xianmen Sect, emerging within the Super Transmission Array.

The Great Sun Heavenly Pond burst into a blaze of light, releasing cultivators like Gu Lin True Lord, An Siyan, and Jin Lingfeng, along with their warships, Air-Space Motherships. It then switched to autopilot and headed towards the Thirty-Third Heavenly Gang Orbit of the Xianmen Sect.

The sky was filled with a dense array of Air-Space Battleships, Air-Space Warplanes, and Air-Space Motherships.

An Army Formation spread out a vast array of Runes, and many warships bore the marks of blood and swords, an intense and vicious aura of the battlefield rushing forth.

”Welcome!”

”Welcome, all fellow daoists, on your triumphant return!”

Divine Mechanism Heavenly Monarch, with many administrators remaining on the Mother Star, received them. Upon seeing the many warships and cultivators disembarking from the Great Sun Heavenly Pond, he bowed deeply with utmost respect and formality.

”All of this was made possible by the fearless sacrifices of our Immortal Sect Citizens, their perseverance, and dedicated combat.”

”For this reason, we were fortunate to triumph and have not failed our mission.”

Jiang Ding, devoid of his usual casual demeanor, approached Divine Mechanism Heavenly Monarch and returned the bow with solemn respect.

Divine Mechanism Heavenly Monarch was not merely welcoming him.

He was also fulfilling the duty of acting as governor, expressing respect to countless Immortal Sect Citizens who fought bloodily, consoling the spirits of the fallen citizens in the heavens—this was not something Jiang Ding himself could refuse.

”You’ve worked hard!”

Divine Mechanism Heavenly Monarch grasped Jiang Ding’s hand firmly, his emotions surging but he refrained from saying more.

The Xianmen Sect held a grand welcome ceremony for the returning expeditionary army, a celebratory banquet, and announced the good news to all citizens, bolstering morale.

After the banquet, the hibernating cultivators continued their slumber, while those resting and rotating took their leave.

Once their leave ended, they would, depending on the progress of the war, re-engage in battle. The hibernating cultivators were in the last call sequence, and unless absolutely necessary, the Xianmen Sect would not call upon these cultivators on the verge of breaking through to Divinity Transformation.

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In the emptiness of the Golden Palace, Jiang Ding, Gu Lin True Lord, Divine Mechanism Heavenly Monarch, along with An Siyan, Jin Lingfeng, Zhang Junsheng and others who had not entered hibernation for some reasons, were taking a stroll. Even now, when there was no one around, they remained quiet, conversing only through Divine Sense.

”Senior, how is the situation on the battlefield?”

Jiang Ding inquired.

Divine Mechanism Heavenly Monarch has always had a direct channel to the frontline, this matter relating to the Xianmen Sect’s rearguard is of crucial importance and cannot be neglected.

”It’s going smoothly.”

”At present, the advantage of the Nine Great Immortal Sects has increased by quite a bit.”

Divine Mechanism Heavenly Monarch isolated his conversation from Gu Lin True Lord and others; the latter tugged at his beard and walked aside: ”Jiaoming Emperor proactively interrupted the blood battle of the Yama Hell Equal King Yin-Yang Inversion Array, saving millions of Horned Demon Imperial Clan Cultivators from imminent death, thus preserving the clan from extinction.”

”For this, Jiaoming Emperor paid with severe injuries to himself, the explosive deaths of nearly half of the Great Emperors, and nearly half of the Ancient Emperors were severely injured.”

”The current situation looks very promising; the Nine Great Immortal Sects are expected to conquer the Horned Devil Realm, a Medium Thousand World, within four hundred years, expelling the Horned Demon Imperial Clan.”

”The prerequisite is that the Nine Great Immortal Sects do not fall into internal chaos and are not seized upon by Jiaoming Emperor.”

”Another four hundred years?”

Jiang Ding was slightly puzzled.

It was clear that in the past, even when the Jiaoming Emperor was not severely injured, and the Horned Demon Imperial Clan’s Harmonization Formation had nearly a hundred million clan members, it only took five hundred years to conquer. Now, with such a great advantage, it still requires four hundred years, which seemed irrational.

”Yes, that’s the case.”

Divine Mechanism Heavenly Monarch explained: ”Once the external pressure is lost, fissures begin to appear between the Xianmen Sect and the Eight Great Immortal Sects, as well as among the Eight Great Immortal Sects themselves; they are no longer united, fearing that their own injuries or deaths will cause them to lose their influence in the division of spoils after the battle.”

”Many things are political, and cannot be viewed from a purely military perspective.”

”This is a good thing for the Xianmen Sect.”

Divine Mechanism Heavenly Monarch seemed optimistic: ”Once a Harmonization cultivator emerges from any of the Eight Great Immortal Sects, it’s not just us who will be afraid. The other Seven Immortal Sects are equally terrified of such an event, and at that time, our relationship with the Seven Immortal Sects will see a significant improvement, entering a second honeymoon phase.”

”There’s a lot of leeway here, which can ensure that the Xianmen Sect’s post-war status remains unshaken.”

”Understood.”

”If Senior says so, then it must be so.”

Jiang Ding nodded with a smile.

After chatting for a while longer, Jiang Ding bid farewell to Divine Mechanism Heavenly Monarch and said to Gu Lin True Lord, ”Teacher, I’m going to prepare for facing the Divinity Transformation Tribulation. If you’re interested, you may observe.”

”Of course I’m interested.”

Gu Lin True Lord’s spirits lifted.

She was waiting here for this very reason.

Advancing to Divinity Transformation with the blueprint of the Refining Void Space was an entirely unexplored field within the Xianmen Sect, making her quite apprehensive, which is why she had calculated everything well in advance.

”Alright.”

Jiang Ding smiled.

With a single step, his figure blurred, passing through space to arrive outside the Xianmen Sect’s atmosphere. He released all his aura without restraint, no longer suppressing anything.

Boom!

In the starry sky, billowing dark clouds converged, rapidly expanding to thousands of miles, and then tens of thousands of miles, layering across the sky.

The clouds were as black as ink; within them, electric snakes roamed and flashed, each thunderbolt emitting a cyan-purple hue, gathering the great momentum of heaven and earth, merging into the thunderbolts.

Any one of these thunderbolts could easily shatter a Nascent Soul Cultivator.

Such thunderbolts filled the sky, covering the heavens and earth like a cyan-purple Thunder Net, a Thunder Prison, sealing all escape routes.

In the midst of this terrifying Thunder Prison and Heavenly Might,

A green-clothed youth sat in calm meditation, his expression serene.