Bombarding Cultivators with Cluster Artillery

Chapter 1336: Chapter 1304: A Great Expert of the Heavenly Mechanism Immortal Palace Advances to Harmonization

Under the cold gaze of the nine Refining Nothingness combat power masters from the Domain Overlord forces, the Heavenly Mechanism Immortal Palace Great Expert remained composed and unruffled.

Within the thunderclouds of the Harmonization Heavenly Tribulation, dense as ink, an array of divination objects—abacuses, bamboo tally cords, turtle shells, star-river-grade computers, and many others that had appeared throughout human history—spread outwards in all directions. Countless rules intertwined, propelling these objects to spin, as if constructing an entire world dedicated to the art of divination.

The Heavenly Mechanism Rules—no—Destiny Rules. The trajectory of destiny seeped within!

Enveloped in countless Destiny Rules, the figure of the Heavenly Mechanism Immortal Palace Great Expert appeared hazy and indistinct, their entire form obscured within the mist of destiny, incomprehensible and hidden.

No one had ever truly understood the strength or secrets possessed by the Heavenly Mechanism Immortal Palace Great Expert.

Among the Immortal Sect Great Powers, he was always harmless, ordinary. The Heavenly Mechanism Immortal Palace was never the strongest among the Nine Great Immortal Sects, always inconspicuous and lacking in prominence.

Yet, throughout history, the Heavenly Mechanism Immortal Palace had never faced the peril of annihilation!

The Five Elements Heavenly Sect had suffered such a fate before, once besieged by multiple Immortal Sects. Their Great Experts fell into traps, gravely injured and on the brink of death, their foundational legacy teetering toward collapse. In desperation, they allied with the Eastern Devil School to endure through their dire times.

The Xuanwu Heavenly Palace had also encountered such a crisis, nearly wiped out by the Eastern Devil School. If not for the intervention of the Seven Immortal Sects acting out of sect interests, the Xuanwu Heavenly Palace would have been destroyed. Even so, the Xuanwu Heavenly Palace now remains the sect owning the fewest Minor Thousand Worlds, and its disciples inherently have less potential compared to other Immortal Sects.

Once glorious and nearly capable of unifying all Nine Spirits Realm’s Immortal Sects through its dominance, the Great Sun Sword Pavilion has been reduced to history, its swordsmen all that remain…

Throughout history, countless Immortal Sects have risen to supremacy, basked in endless glory, only to descend into decline, overturned and forgotten. Their cycles of peaks and valleys mirrored the life of a mortal—no permanence, no certainty.

This is but the natural order, the Heavenly Reason. The Cosmic Starry Sky itself is an unstructured flow; nothing eternal or immutable has ever existed.

Yet the Heavenly Mechanism Immortal Palace persists as such.

Always so unimpressive, never encountering any change.

When seen through a timeline of tens of thousands of years, this stability inspires an unsettling chill. People instinctively fear these Destiny Rules—something intangible, insubstantial, devoid of direct destructive power.

In the storm of the thunder tribulation, infinite Heavenly Earth Spiritual Qi gathered around the figure within. This continuous Gathering Spirits process went on for a century, during which the figure in the thunder tribulation pushed its aura to an extreme.

Protected by the Heavenly Tribulation, a force surpassing the limits of Refining Nothingness emerged!

Destiny Rules underwent a great breakthrough. The Divine Soul Brand of the cultivator integrated into the Heavenly Dao itself, from which arose traits of immortality and indestructibility. Unless the Divine Soul Brand was devoured by the Heavenly Dao, they could perpetually exist within the heavens and earth.

Boom!

The first bolt of the Heavenly Tribulation struck down, shattering layers upon layers of the divination world, destroying tens of thousands of divination objects, weakening the aura of the hazy figure slightly. This was far less domineering than the likes of the Xuanwu Heavenly Palace Great Expert, who bathed in thunderous light and roared with laughter, daring to punch against the heavens.

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“The Way of Heavenly Mechanism truly is so slippery,”

Far explained to the surrounding Xianmen cultivators, “They cultivate Destiny Rules, yet fail to penetrate destiny itself. Instead, they grow more ‘superstitious,’ believing in an overarching will within the cosmic Heavenly Dao—a superior entity akin to an Emperor.”

“The heavenly tribulation is merely a punishment mechanism of the Heavenly Dao, a manifestation of that superior entity’s majesty.”

“Thus, cultivators must exhibit humility and reverence, fearing and trembling as they traverse the tribulation. They regard every bolt of thunder and every drop of rain as a grace from the heavens, cautiously striving to behave as obedient subjects.”

“I wonder if this peculiarity is exclusive to the Heavenly Mechanism Immortal Palace, or if all cultivators of the Heavenly Mechanism Way are the same.”

“So, that’s how it is.”

The observing cultivators, including the Sun Extinguisher Heavenly Monarch, came to a sudden realization.

The Xuanwu Heavenly Palace Great Expert could ignore the first bolt of the heavenly tribulation without issue. However, the Heavenly Mechanism Immortal Palace Great Expert was far from capable of such a performance. Moreover, this was not a pretense; he had indeed sustained injuries, harmed by the Heavenly Dao’s punishment, too wary to feign resistance.

They couldn’t help but scorn him in their hearts, considering it overly weak.

Even in the face of the Heavenly Dao, one shouldn’t stoop to such submission; at the very least, one should die standing tall.

However, this disdainful and dismissive sentiment naturally held no sway over the powerful figure enduring the tribulation. His path, his existence, relied upon no one’s perceptions or judgments.

Boom!

Boom! Boom!

Bolts of Harmonization Thunder Tribulation fell one after another, while Xianmen’s actions continued uninterrupted—arranging formations targeting the Way of Heavenly Mechanism.

After over sixty years of intense study, Xianmen had deepened their understanding of Harmonization Stage capabilities. This made the process of arranging their formations smoother, with efficacy surpassing the time they confronted the Xuanwu Heavenly Palace Great Expert.

Countless Xianmen cultivators waited silently.

Several months later, as the final bolt of thunder struck down, the dark clouds dispersed, and the serene starry sky above Nine Spirit Realm reemerged.

Amidst the clearing, a frail elder draped in coarse robes appeared.

His body was riddled with scars—external on his flesh and internal upon his Divine Soul. He appeared bloodied and mangled, resembling a cultivator teetering on the brink of death.

Yet his aura radiated with incredible vitality and overwhelming magnitude.

Although merely a single individual, he transcended billions of lives, detached from the mortal world, residing at the heart of Destiny Rules Heavenly Dao Law Net, a favored child within the Heavenly Dao itself.

With a single thought, he could summon power far beyond the limits of Refining Nothingness, marking him as a Domain-Level being of unparalleled renown across the infinite cosmos.

“Fire the cannon.”

Far declared calmly.

He did not see any value in negotiations between the two sides.

This was an irreconcilable conflict of core interests; no room for compromise existed. Language held no value under these circumstances.

Buzz!

The Medium Thousand World Starry Sky World-Locking Array, the All Heavens Beidou Taibai Netherworld Curse Killing Array, and the Xianmen’s army formation of countless warships activated simultaneously. Chaos-infused runes erupted in unison, vast Elemental Magnet Rules Heavenly Dao Law Net spread outward, consuming all—overwhelming even the newly-formed Destiny Rules Heavenly Dao Law Net.

Boom!

At the center of the three seventh-tier formations, colossal banyan roots snaked and coiled like massive serpents. A grand banyan tree Destruction Cannon of ten thousand kilometers roared to life, unleashing a beam of destruction illuminating the entire Cosmic Star River.

Simultaneously, the Taibai Netherworld Sky Patrol Arrow, long prepared, detached from the Elemental Magnet Rules Heavenly Dao Law Net’s orbit in the starry sky. It shot toward the newly-ascended yet severely wounded Harmonization God Monarch, targeting the core of his Divine Soul.

Two lethal attacks converged as the Harmonization Thunder Tribulation faded away!

“Alas!”

“Far, Fellow Daoist, truly leaves no room for mercy.”

The Heavenly Mechanism Immortal Palace Great Expert chuckled bitterly.

He glanced at the scars etched upon his flesh and the incomplete integration of his Divine Soul Brand within the Heavenly Dao, sighing faintly.

Then, he ignited his Essence Blood—the freshly transformed blood born from his breakthrough.

His body instantly dissolved into a cluster of Spiritual Light, fully merging into the Destiny Rules. Following the trail of the Destiny Rules Heavenly Dao Law Net, he fled relentlessly, sacrificing everything without the slightest intention of holding his ground for a fight.