Bombarding Cultivators with Cluster Artillery

Chapter 1347: Chapter 1315: A Chess Game of Cause and Effect Reveals the Future

In the cosmic starry sky, a Heavenly Dao Chessboard spanning thousands of kilometers emerged, infused with countless runes of rules, law nets of the Heavenly Dao, and innumerable secrets of the Immortal Path hidden within.

“Pieces, come forth!”

Yuan and the great powers of the Heavenly Mechanism Immortal Palace each pointed into the void, and piece after piece appeared.

Before the great powers of the Heavenly Mechanism Immortal Palace floated piece after piece of white chess pieces.

Though white, they contained seven colors—red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet—all merged to form the white, a total of 181 pieces.

Jiang Ding focused intently, gazing upon these white pieces.

Within them lay eight rules, eight Heavenly Dao law nets, condensed into a single small piece!

These eight rules were not randomly stacked; rather, intricately interconnected through formations of immense complexity, bearing a striking resemblance to the formations used in the domain warfare during the eight Immortal Sect alliance’s siege of the Xianmen Sect last time, yet even stronger. Rules converged into a Heavenly Dao law net, condensed into a singularity.

“Such power…”

Jiang Ding, relying on the Sun Star Formation, looked at the white pieces, his expression shaken.

At present, everyone was in a projection state!

This meant that all cultivators could only exert extremely limited mana and Divine Sense—just peak Nascent Soul level at best—with the Eight Immortal Sect great powers in projection form containing only minimal strength.

However, when the eight Harmonization projections united in a formation, those chess pieces displayed strength equivalent to Refining Nothingness tier.

Remarkably, a single portion of power was magnified to display at least a hundred times its actual strength!

Simply in terms of rule application and the Heavenly Dao’s law net utilization, they achieved such terrifying results. The original mana had not increased, yet the destructive impact was enhanced to this horrifying degree.

“Pieces, come.”

Yuan likewise swept his sleeve.

A brilliant azure light flew out from his sleeve, transforming into chess pieces as black as pitch.

These pieces contained countless Yuan Ci Heavenly Dao law nets and rules of destiny, fused together with the united will of three billion citizens. The paths of innumerable sentient beings converged in one direction, integrating countless thoughts to eventually form the profound.

Black pieces numbered 180, one fewer than the Eight Immortal Sects.

Yuan tacitly acknowledged the viewpoint that the combined strength of the Eight Immortal Sects exceeded that of the Xianmen Sect overall.

However, the great powers of the Heavenly Mechanism Immortal Palace were dissatisfied with this symbolic concession.

“Yuan, you should not possess 180 black pieces.”

“This is unreasonable.”

The great power of the Heavenly Mechanism Immortal Palace frowned and said, “We represent eight factions, while your Eastern Devil School alone represents just one. You should only have 23 pieces. Even if your army formation is exceptionally strong, at most you should possess fifty pieces.”

He waved his hand, generating a veil of mist to shroud 130 of the Xianmen Sect’s 180 black pieces, rendering them invisible.

Bang!

The sound of cannon volleys rang out.

The mist that had been obscuring was forcibly shattered, and many of the concealed black pieces were revealed once more, although a portion was outright obliterated.

Now, only 110 black pieces remained, a loss of seventy pieces.

“This will suffice.”

Yuan remained silent, not pressing the attack further.

Simultaneously, an invisible ripple, similar to the karma technique and the aura of a Heavenly Dao pledge, enveloped the surroundings and imprinted itself into the minds of all nearby cultivators.

‘Karma technique… The pledge technique…’

A thought surfaced in Jiang Ding’s mind.

The current state was extraordinarily peculiar. Both sides had executed certain techniques, finally forming a domain-enveloping karma technique. Under such circumstances, deception was virtually impossible.

Unless, one forcibly shattered this karma technique.

That wasn’t difficult.

The only consequence would be the destruction of the chessboard itself, leaving both parties with no desire for refinement and instead descending into bloody conflict and full-scale war to determine a victor—who was most deserving to live within the domain.

This was precisely the reason for Yuan’s retreat, allowing the black pieces of the Xianmen Sect to reduce from 180 to 110.

Clearly, in Yuan’s view, the hard power of the Xianmen Sect could fully rival five Immortal Sects.

“Black pieces—110…”

The eight great powers of the Immortal Sects exchanged glances and nodded slowly without objection.

“Senior Tianji, your pieces should not count to 181 either.”

Yuan began his move.

He pointed toward the center of the many white pieces, and amidst the deafening roar of cannon volleys, fifty white pieces were shattered by destructive light, collapsing into strands of spiritual light and disappearing into nothingness.

“How dare you!”

The surrounding great powers erupted with fury.

“You cannot unleash your theoretical power.”

Yuan said indifferently, “The Eight Immortal Sects internally constrain each other, always holding back strength to defend against potential treachery among yourselves. You cannot fight at full capacity.”

“Reducing fifty white pieces is already considerate of your human-world forms.”

“Otherwise, the fleet of the Xianmen Sect would long since have attacked.”

“I refuse to believe that the Eight Sects—if the Xianmen Sect were to annihilate one—would unanimously choose between frenzied retaliation, complete collapse, or sacrificing their lives for others to claim victory.”

Yuan looked at the Eight Sect great powers.

“What say you, seniors?”

The eight remained silent.

Buzz!

Buzz, buzz!

The Heavenly Dao Chessboard was bathed in light as its legitimacy was accepted by all participants, transforming incessantly. One by one, stars and Minor Thousand Worlds appeared, cosmic gales and currents, Netherworld storms, Sun Stars—all rising and falling as naturally as the surrounding starry sky.

What emerged was a star map encompassing the Nine Spirits Realm and Horned Ming Realm in three-dimensional splendor.

Clap!

A great power of Xuanwu Heavenly Palace made the first move, granting the Immortal Sects indeed an attacker’s first-turn privilege.

A black piece radiated gold light, erupting from outside the chessboard’s realm and landing precisely at the northeastern corner.

“Audacious indeed!”

Yuan’s expression shifted, killing intent flashing.

This point lay near the Nine Spirits Realm, close to the mother star of the Xianmen Sect.

An Immortal Sect’s Harmonization God Monarch truly possessed the capability to infiltrate the Nine Spirits Realm and annihilate the Xianmen Sect’s mother star’s hundreds of billions of citizens within mere moments. Even Canghai True Venerable, with mastery over the Immortal Sect’s Mother Star Array, could not stand against such devastation.

Escape was feasible; the Dharma-Ending City could take some citizens into exile.

“The mother star has fallen at least twice,” Yuan said calmly.

“Once due to the Blood God Sect under your Xuanwu Heavenly Palace, and another time due to the Great Sun Sword Pavilion.”

Yuan did not lay pieces near the mother star for reinforcement but instead placed his first white piece in the Nine Spirits Realm of the Medium Thousand World.

The piece landed precisely on the mountain gate of the Xuanwu Heavenly Palace.

Furthermore, the geographic advantages within the Medium Thousand World were amplified by the presence of this white piece, solidifying it as an exceptionally crucial strategic stronghold.

Silence reigned as piece after piece was played.

Soon, the area surrounding the Xianmen Sect’s mother star was entirely engulfed by eighteen black pieces, seizing every segment of control and extinguishing all life within.

The great power of Xuanwu Heavenly Palace, however, did not even glance at his own mountain gate in the Nine Spirits Realm.

Clap!

Yuan’s gaze turned frosty.

He placed another black piece, crushing the mountain gate of Xuanwu Heavenly Palace and the remaining seven Immortal Sect mountain gates utterly. Tens of billions of elite disciples of the Immortal Sects transformed into masses of blood mist, without a single survivor.

Great powers of the Five Elements Heavenly Sect and Green Wood Immortal Sect both twitched slightly.