Chapter 1142: The Sovereign of the Horned Demon Imperial Clan

Jiao Jiao Mingyu · Jiao Mo Gao Jie.

This was the center of Jiao Jiao Mingyu, the ancestral star of the Horned Demon Imperial Clan, and also the place the Jiudaxian Sect madly pursued. For this they had cast away life and death, fighting desperately for over a thousand years, with hundreds of millions of heroes of the Nine Spirit Domain buried here, yet never willing to give up even a sliver.

At this moment, the Dao-soldier troops of the Jiudaxian Sect formed a chaotic grand formation, bombarding this place without cease. The starry cosmos of the universe was in turmoil beyond endurance, the heavens collapsed and the earth split, myriad laws of rules shattered, chaos was unclear, and order was in disarray.

The formation outside Jiao Mo Gao Jie was breached once again.

That formation opened a hole, on the verge of shattering, allowing the Dao-soldiers of the Jiudaxian Sect to wantonly slaughter countless members of the Horned Demon Imperial Clan.

Hum!

At this moment, a clearly Dao Merging-grade grand formation within Jiao Mo Gao Jie unfurled. Across the endless starry cosmos of the universe, a hazy net of Heavenly Dao law appeared. Numerous rules wove together into a domain, and the Heavenly Dao birthed a hazy will, forming a towering, incomparably majestic ten-thousand-zhang Demon God wreathed in countless chaotic law auras.

Horned Darkness Sovereign!

The Horned Demon Imperial Clan actually truly possessed a Horned Darkness Sovereign!

His lifespan was far too long, and he had long grown weary of all the affairs of the world, sealing himself within the ancestral star. Only when his race faced an enemy threatening their very extinction did he break out of seclusion in wild fury. He could instantly suppress and kill countless Void Refinement cultivators, shatter endless rules, and make Void Refinement cultivators die like ants.

These were the Horned Darkness Sovereign's thoughts at that time.

Boom!

In the starry sky, the hundreds of millions of starry warships remained. Not only had their numbers not suffered great losses, but after a thousand years of ceaseless slaughter and rotation, the fierce killing aura of the military formations had grown ever purer, seemingly on the verge of transcending Void Refinement. Hazy nets of Heavenly Dao law manifested within the military formations, and amid the bitter warfare, military formation techniques were iterating and advancing at an extremely rapid pace.

At this moment, the Horned Darkness Sovereign unleashed his divine might, tearing through layer upon layer of the sealed military formation patterns, immediately drawing the counterattack of this starry fleet's military formation.

Boom!

The military formation operated hazily, blasting out a dazzlingly brilliant azure magnetic-rule electromagnetic beam. A hazy net of Heavenly Dao law accompanied it, granting the beam an attack power that posed a certain threat even within the Dao Merging realm.

"Two Forms Micro Dust Nine Spirit Immortal-Slaying Formation…"

From within the Badaxian Sect's military formation came the aged, weathered voice of a great power from the Tianji Xiangong.

Likewise, a hazy void of Heavenly Dao law manifested. The Tianji Xiangong provided guidance and locking for the Immortal Gate's magnetic-rule main cannon;

Wuxingtian Sect provided endless energy for the Immortal Gate's magnetic-rule main cannon;

Brother Xuanwu Heavenly Palace provided stronger magic power transmission efficiency and electromagnetic shell resilience;

Qingmuxian Sect used the Taiyi Taiyi Qingmu rule to harmonize the conflicts of magic power rules among the Jiudaxian Sect, fusing them into one…

Two Forms Micro Dust Nine Spirit Immortal-Slaying Formation!

This terrifying formation was born from the past joint-attack formation of the Jiudaxian Sect used to surround and kill Zou Zou Xiyuan. Over these years, it had undergone tremendous improvements by incorporating the weaknesses of Jiao Jiao Mingyu and the Horned Demon Imperial Clan. The computational power of the Jiudaxian Sect's great powers was almost entirely devoted to this

aspect, and at this moment it finally erupted with tremendous effect.

Layer upon layer of rule-light empowerment!

Formations operated across the endless starry sky between the Jiudaxian Sect!

All of this amplified the Immortal Gate's magnetic-rule electromagnetic beam again and again. In an instant, the hazy net of Heavenly Dao law surrounding that beam rapidly solidified. A real, non-illusory net of magnetic rule appeared in the starry cosmos of the universe, and a will of the Heavenly Dao of magnetic rule emerged. Chaotic qi arose spontaneously, and its might instantly became terrifyingly immense, truly entering the next realm.

It had reached — the might of the Dao Merging tier!

And not the kind that barely reached it, but one that had advanced a considerable distance within.

Whoosh!

Boom! Rumble!

The magnetic-rule beam blasted out by the Immortal Gate's hundreds of millions of military formations struck the body of the Horned Darkness Sovereign standing in the starry sky of Jiao Mo Gao Jie, forcibly shattering the net of Heavenly Dao law of force rules around him and shattering his solid, indestructible scales.

Whoosh!

Whoosh whoosh whoosh!

The azure magnetic-rule beam, carrying an entire net of Heavenly Dao law, came blasting forth in an endless stream.

This stretch of heaven and earth had practically ceased to contain even space and rules. The Horned Darkness Sovereign wielded his Heavenly Halberd in battle, shattering beam after beam of magnetic rule and trampling through layer after layer of magnetic-rule Heavenly Dao law net, yet was still utterly unable to approach the Void Refinement cultivators of the Jiudaxian Sect.

The distance between them seemed brief, but in reality spanned a vast stretch of starry sky.

Several days later, the seemingly invincible Dao Merging-tier powerhouse, the Horned Darkness Sovereign, was covered in wounds, with ghastly white bone exposed in many places.

He sensed danger and had no choice but to retreat backward, taking shelter within the Horned Demon Imperial Clan's Dao Merging formation.

This kind of scene had appeared countless times over these years.

The two sides had fought countless times, countless people had died, and the result seemed to have changed not at all.

"The military-formation cultivators of the Horned Demon Imperial Clan are withering, dying continuously…"

"The spirit stone reserves of their ancestral star are decreasing…"

"It is estimated that in another five hundred years, we will be able to breach this Jiao Mo Gao Jie Dao Merging-grade formation. At that time, if the Horned Darkness Sovereign does not flee, we will be able to surround and kill him."

In the command headquarters of the Jiudaxian Sect allied forces, a great power of the Tianji Xiangong spoke slowly.

Due to the uniqueness of its own path, the Tianji Xiangong was often able to secure the support of the other seven great sects on many decisions. In the absence of opposition from other sects, it could generally represent the common will of the Badaxian Sect and negotiate directly with the Immortal Gate.

"If everything goes smoothly."

The great power of the Tianji Xiangong spoke again.

"Now, a difficulty has arisen. Under the influence of the military talisman, the King of Equality of Yama Hell Inverting Yin-Yang Grand Formation has appeared, and juniors of Nascent Soul tier and below are fighting within the formation."

"Our juniors' strength surpasses theirs, but under the constraints of the grand formation, their power has been severely

weakened, and the current battle situation is extremely unfavorable."

"Once the juniors die in battle, the next batch of nine million juniors will once again be bound and sent into the King of Equality of Yama Hell Inverting Yin-Yang Grand Formation, repeating endlessly, until the last junior dies out. All the juniors' blood souls will fuse together, transforming into a terrifying attack that curses us Void Refinement cultivators — an attack that cannot be dodged."

"Once this happens, we will lose the ability to face the Horned Darkness Sovereign directly."

"In the end, the entire human race of the Nine Spirit Domain will be exterminated!"

"Yuan!"

The great power of the Tianji Xiangong looked at Yuan and said in a heavy voice: "Why has the Great Sun Sword Child still not awakened? He should have entered slumber together with our sect's Dao Child, and awakened together. This is common sense!"

"Yuan, over these years you have deliberately delayed the time for us to achieve victory, holding much in reserve, unwilling to see us seize the Zhong Senior Qian Shi Gao Jie and advance to Dao Merging."

"Let that be, those are matters of the past."

"Now, must it still be like this?"

"Once the blood curse of the Yanluo Hell King of Equality's Yin-Yang Reversal Grand Formation takes shape, and we are gravely wounded, can your Dongji Demon Sect remain unscathed? Will you not be wiped out to the last man?"

The Tianji Xiangong great being said coldly.

The other great beings stared at Yuan with killing intent in their eyes. The Grand Dao was right before them, yet someone was deliberately obstructing and delaying it — they wished they could slaughter every last one of them.

"What does it have to do with me?"

"How would I know when the Great Sun Sword Child will awaken?"

Yuan smiled faintly, seemingly unmoved by the killing intent radiating from the eight great beings: "Placing your hopes on a junior is a foolish move. In my view, you'd be better off burning your essence and blood to fight Horned Darkness Sovereign to the death — that would give you a better chance of winning."

"If five or six of you could die, that would be wonderful."

Yuan's smile faded as he sighed.

The current situation was extremely unfavorable for the Immortal Sects.

The chances of the Taiyi Qingmu Xianzong great beings advancing to Dao Merging were simply too high!

Once too many advanced to Dao Merging — for instance, if six Taiyi Qingmu Xianzong Dao Merging cultivators appeared in the starry sky — the Immortal Sects would immediately face the risk of annihilation, whether they won or lost the battle against the Horned Demon Imperial Clan.

"Seeking death!"

The killing intent in the eyes of the eight Taiyi Qingmu Xianzong great beings intensified even further.