Bombarding Cultivators with Cluster Artillery

After an unknown amount of time, all the lights faded away.

At the center of the Great Dao’s chaos, a dim lotus seed floated up and down, faintly enveloped by nine folded leaves. Each vein on the lotus seed was the pinnacle of brilliance and mystery of the Destruction Dao, constantly absorbing Heavenly Earth Spiritual Qi, sunlight, moonlight, and starlight to grow. This growth process was slow, taking tens of millions of years to mature.

”Finally,”

”No unexpected changes, it succeeded.”

Jiang Ding slowly withdrew the seal, his face noticeably pale, falling into a state of severe injury and weakness.

Gong Caiyu was slightly tense.

Her Divine Soul constantly focused on the Supreme Great Sun Celestial Pivot, secretly escalating the Dubhe Defense Array to the highest alert level.

If circumstances were unfavorable, and the Tu Shan Maiden Corps couldn’t completely eliminate the opponent, she might have to communicate with the numerous super-tier Elite Dao Soldiers of the Taoist Court. These super-tier Elite Dao Soldiers possess Emperor Slayer level combat power, far from being insignificant cannon fodder.

In the command sequence for guarding the Forbidden Palace, the Xianmen Sect’s ten fleets held unchallenged first priority, politically utterly reliable, followed by the Supreme Great Sun Sword Dao Soldiers, then the Beidou, Giant Gate, Seven Kills, and other Dao Soldiers sequences, akin to an array of Ancient Emperors surrounding and attacking.

This is the current power of the Supreme Great Sun Ancient Emperor Imperial Guards.

The Fusang Empress was equally tense.

”Hahaha, no worries!”

”If enemies come, it’s a great thing. For a Sword Cultivator’s life, having formidable enemies is fulfillment.”

Jiang Ding gave a faint smile.

He didn’t think it was unfair to him, though heavily injured and weak. Yet he possessed the Human Emperor’s Seal; if the Forbidden Area Ancient Emperor decided to come, it would be an opportunity for significant advancement in the Sword Dao.

”Let everything be as it is.”

”This time, the expedition to the Dark Forbidden Zone should crush with grand momentum, mobilizing armies of tens and hundreds of billions, uprooting and annihilating the enemy, without playing any extreme games. Wars of this world shouldn’t be fought entirely by Sword Cultivators. The Immortal Sect Fleet, Beidou Dao Soldiers, should all have combat experience.”

Jiang Ding assigned tasks, requiring outcomes twenty thousand years later.

If not achieved, those involved would be held accountable.

Subsequently, he closed his eyes, continued to deduce and simplify the Sun Immortal Scripture in the direction of the Cross Immortal Scripture while healing, simultaneously collaborating with numerous Taoist Court researchers on investigating the Blood Fiend’s grievance.

The Blood Fiend’s grievance from the essence of heaven and earth is a high-level energy; overcoming its utilization might birth multiple Emperor Realm Cultivators without issue.

Then, the dreaded Blood Fiend’s grievance be nothing but a pile of Immortal-tier Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasures ubiquitous and free.

This would pioneer an entirely new path, akin to bacteria evolving to consume lignin—a tremendous achievement, and the first beings to accomplish it would gain unimaginable era dividends.

Under these circumstances, it would be hard not to become an Emperor.

Of course, the challenge lies in this process.

Twenty thousand years is far insufficient for this path’s formation; possibly tens of millions to billions of years, not even completed in the Supreme Great Sun era. Currently, the goal is simply finding a way to seal the Blood Fiend’s grievance, not pushing further. Not all Immortal Dao research projects succeed; most result in waste.

Jiang Ding is accustomed to this, enthusiastically participating in every significant Immortal Dao research project.

Failure is wealth, knowledge. Presently, the profound foundation of the Supreme Great Sun Immortal Dao is built on countless failed cases, exceptionally precious.

”Yes, Your Majesty.”

”In twenty thousand years, before you will be a ten-trillion cultivator elite army.”

The Fusang Empress heaved a rare sigh of relief, nodding with a smile.

After so many years, finally a war meets her aesthetic, using overwhelming force to crush opponents, not a Holy Sword Fight.

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The entire Taoist Court fell into general mobilization and total war preparedness.

The intensity of military training nationwide noticeably increased tenfold; frameworks of Star Domain Army divisions were quickly filled, expanded to fully equipped status, key officers in the Star Domain Army like the Refining Nothingness, Harmonization, Heavenly Person Cultivators received sleep subsidies, allowing them to hibernate until future warfare begins.

Once major battle merits are achieved in endless starry sky warfare, originally unbreakable bottlenecks, about to exhaust lifetimes, would find turning points; war dividends are coming.

As for soldiers below Refining Nothingness, junior-mid-level officers, twenty thousand years suffice for many reincarnations, only maintaining excellent troop inertia, instantly gathering billions, tens of billions, more elite troops during wartime.

It clearly states, beyond the elite troops, reservists and militia soldiers would be prime candidates of elite soldiers in many Immortal Dynasty periods.

The primary training focuses between Supreme and superior Realm Cultivators.

These generals, strong in power, are legion commanders whose military quality directly influence the upper limits of the Immortal Dynasty army; thus, training of Supreme generals is crucial, abundant Emperor Realm Cultivators especially the Xianmen Sect’s Emperor Realm Cultivators serving as Chief of Staff, frequently refining soldiers, conducting military exercises, severely reprimanding unqualified Supreme commanders.

Occasionally, the Supreme Great Sun Ancient Emperor personally visited battlefields, directing army formation exercises, discussing army formation Dao with many generals.

In such rigorous preparations, unknowingly, twelve thousand years passed.

One day, the starry sky experienced several perturbations; celestial phenomena rose, with Great Sun falling, Golden Crow cries, time chaos, human reincarnation, other phenomena continuously appearing, rocking the Star Sea, triggering strict control by Taoist Court’s detection systems, increasing alert levels several folds of Immortal Dynasty army stationed nearby, demonstrating proper army formation quality.

In the Supreme Great Sun Celestial Pivot, Jiang Ding opened his eyes, gazing towards the turbulent Star Sea.

”Not bad.”

”Han Lin, Great Love, and Seven Kills, Great Sun Bright Light, Great Sun Yang Mang’s five Immortal Bodies completed breakthroughs, now achieving Immortal Body Small Achievement, showing significant strength gap from other Emperor Realm Cultivators.”

”Softheart, congratulate them for me.”

Jiang Ding casually said.

Emperor Realm Cultivators with Immortal Body Small Achievement are extremely rare historically; many eras didn’t have them, like the Ten Thousand Laws Immortal Dynasty, Qilin Immortal Dynasty, Ji Yan Immortal Dynasty, where few Emperor Realm Cultivators already represented remarkable, unable to further support them.

Immortal Dynasty’s resources and productivity were limited, the precision of Emperor’s Immortal Dao Universe Constant Experience Formula used as a model was similarly limited.

By chance, neither was an issue in the Supreme Great Sun Immortal Dynasty.

Great Love, Han Lin, each has their own fortunes; Great Sun Bright Light’s trio owes it to breakthroughs achieved in last encirclement of the Ten Thousand Laws Ancient Emperor through Holy Sword Fight, most importantly, it’s the Taoist Court’s platform, accessing the top-notch research outcomes of endless starry sky, participating in research processes, etc.

Among remaining Emperor Realm Cultivators, those most likely to achieve further breakthroughs are Yuan.

But it’s uncertain; the Emperor Realm path lacks guaranteed planning from Spiritual Energy absorption; even with sufficient Immortal-tier resources, it’s about comprehension. Nobody knows if one can breakthrough or remain constant throughout life, the latter being much more probable.