Chapter 1224: Seeing Nine Dao Companions—This Is Truly Wonderful!

As the Dao Merging heavy treasure fell into Huateng's hand, everyone revealed greedy and jealous expressions.

But reason told them that this terrifying heavy treasure had its own will; even if they held it in their hands it would be useless, and instead they would die instantly.

"Reporting to the Commander-in-Chief of the Military Police Headquarters, sir—"

Huateng reported at once: "This trophy has been collected, but it cannot be transferred from my hands for the time being. I do not have such ability. Please have the Immortal Gate resolve this as soon as possible so that it may be distributed according to military merit."

Everything captured must be turned over to the public—she had not forgotten, nor dared to forget.

"Director of the General Training Department, sir."

"I have already received your application and am forwarding it upward."

The Commander of the Field Army Military Police Department was undoubtedly an Immortal Gate Master Dinghai Master Dinghai Zhenjun; his expression eased somewhat: "According to the Immortal Gate military code, for capturing this Dao Merging heavy treasure, you hold the greatest military merit. Under the current conscripted legion military law, you hold twenty to twenty-two percent ownership of this treasure."

"A formal reward notification will come down shortly."

Conscripted legion officers and soldiers only have one-third the trophy distribution rights of Immortal Gate citizen soldiers. If any Immortal Gate citizen captured a Dao Merging heavy treasure on the battlefield, he would receive at least sixty percent ownership.

This was clearly differential treatment.

Citizens and non-citizens were absolutely not the same.

"Yes, understood!"

Huateng saluted.

There was no unwillingness.

In all the realms, every faction gave priority to its core members, who held ownership. Let alone something as terrifying as a Dao Merging heavy treasure—not even a sliver could be given to a servant.

At most, a few Soul Transformation pills and treasures would be bestowed as a reward; that would be the master's benevolence.

The Immortal Gate could strictly follow military law and issue everything, including Dao Merging items, without the slightest skim.

This was simply unheard of!

Under such circumstances, to still feel unwilling would be far too foolish—treating the cold, cruel realm as a place where one could act on whims, treating the many cold, ruthless Immortal Dao factions as indulgent parents one could throw tantrums before, thinking that a little sulk would yield everything.

Such foolish people, those giant infants, deserved to be eliminated, to die; no one would indulge them.

"A Dao Merging treasure…"

Everyone looked enviously at Huateng, their gazes scorching, jealous, nearly drowning her.

At the same time, many began to daydream about becoming citizens—various privileges, various forms of acceptance, even being able to converse and discuss the Dao as equals with Great Emperors; the generous benefits were simply like a dream.

"Collect the spoils, clean the battlefield!"

"After a few years of rest, continue the advance, recover the many Minor Thousand Worlds that have already lost their kings…"

The Immortal Gate Master Dinghai Master Dinghai Zhenjun commanding each conscripted Star Sea Group Army

ordered.

Each of them was beaming with joy; as citizens, these Master Dinghai Zhenjun held full military merit. A single rebellion-suppression war had made each of them fabulously wealthy.

"Yes!"

The many Canghai Tianjun, Master Dinghai Zhenjun, as well as Jin Dan and Foundation Establishment cultivators were all exhilarated, hearts afire.

After this battle's victory, what followed would be a simple sweep forward—simply picking up military merit and opportunities for free. Each of them would grow rich, amassing a foundation that would be hard to accumulate even over several hundred years of peacetime.

Morale, at this moment, reached its peak, scorching like fire.

Just then, heaven and earth suddenly fell silent.

Hum!

Heaven and earth shook violently.

One, two, three… a total of nine streams of Gu Chen Zhong, terrifying, icy auras appeared between heaven and earth, covering tens of thousands of kilometers around, causing the entire world to congeal, to freeze—including the tens of millions of cultivators within, the battle-hardened, victorious elite troops, leaving them stiff all over.

One after another, a terrifying power that transcended Soul Transformation yet had not reached Refining Void suppressed the four directions.

Under this power, the so-called tens of millions of elite troops, their iron-blooded killing intent, all became mere ants; they could not even move a finger, only revealing extreme terror in their eyes.

Order!

This was Order!

And it was nine kinds of extraordinarily powerful, terrifying Order, far surpassing the Order of the strongest ancient prince of the Horned Demon Imperial Clan, Ming Tian. Within the same realm, any one of them could pin the ancient prince Ming Tian dead with a single finger.

And now, nine such people had appeared!

Even more terrifying, these nine had also formed an even more terrifying battle formation, joining forces against the enemy, causing people to be utterly horrified, completely despairing, unable to even summon a thought of resistance—the gap was too vast.

"Imperial Son!"

"No, Ancient Imperial Son… no, it's an Ancient Prince… no no…"

Huateng's whole body stiffened.

She used all her strength, painfully turning around, fixing terrified eyes on those nine terrifying figures.

Dao Child!

A human Dao Child!

A human Dao Child who surpassed the ancient princes; the two were fundamentally not beings of the same level.

At this moment, not only she, but the Bone Emperor Hammer as well fell into silence.

Originally, regarding the Immortal Gate's "trophy distribution," it had been furious, constantly hesitating, even wanting to abandon Huateng and leave this place.

But now, it spoke no more, falling into quiet, obediently hanging from Huateng's earlobe.

"Everyone, please remain calm…"

A gentle voice appeared in the ears of the tens of millions of conscripted legion cultivators.

The Immortal Gate Master Dinghai Master Dinghai Zhenjun commanding each group army subconsciously accepted the various commands of this voice.

At this moment, an unknown power spread out, seeping into every battle formation, every rune, instantly causing the soul reaction speed, coordination tacit understanding, and battle formation complexity of the tens of millions of conscripted legion to skyrocket.

Not several times, but over ten times, even over twenty times the surge!

In an instant, the entire tens of millions of conscripted legion became different, instantly transforming from cotton into steel; the entire aura was different, no longer even regarding the Imperial Son with fear.

Even under the pressure of the Nine Great Disciples, they felt no fear; all stiffness vanished, returning to normal as the power of their military formation concentrated, instinctively aiming at one of the Nine Great Disciples.

Only one; they dared not aim at more.

"So weak..."

Teacher Gu Lin sighed in his heart.

Now, without her vast citizen fleet by her side, she could not even defeat the weakest Taiyi Qingmu Xianzong Disciple, though in the past, relying on the fleet, she could fight two or three without defeat.

However, this did not affect the battle situation.

Hum!

Boom!

Heaven and earth trembled; space rolled like waves.

A brilliant great sun rose within the realm's starry sky; its light blotted out the sun and moon, illuminating everything, obscuring the stars filling the sky, leaving only itself to exist above and below.

This terrible destructive light instantly dispersed the pressure of the Nine Great Disciples.

Not only did it disperse, but that destructive light spread layer by layer, expanding, inch by inch annihilating the pressure and order of the Nine Great Disciples, then swallowing their domains, blocking their retreat, surrounding the nine domains layer by layer, leaving not a single gap.

Crack!

Crack!

Under the irradiation of the destructive light, the nine terrible order domains collapsed bit by bit, dissipated, and melted away at a speed that terrified people, just like Bai Dong Xue under the midday sun's rays.

"Such..."

Hua Teng and others were nearly suffocated.

At this moment, those nine terrifying figures vanished; all mysterious light disappeared, and instead they resembled birds in a cage, weak and pitiful, being swallowed by the terrifying destructive tide.

"This power!"

"Nine Heavens Rule Spirit Domain! Open!"

Tianji Disciple roared, fear on his face.

Hum!

The order domains of the Nine Great Disciples intersected and overlapped, reorganizing; countless hazy runes spread in all directions, being born and dying; the nine orders alternated and intertwined, combining through the inheritance of the Upper Realm, and within this, a power that was not a rule but similar to a rule was born.

Only thus did the destructive tide slowly stop, preventing the Nine Great Disciples from being killed the moment their aura and pressure were revealed.

"You have comprehended a Void-Grade order comparable to a rule?"

Tianji Disciple stared intently at the young man in green clothes within the light.

The Nine Great Disciples of this generation of Taiyi Qingmu Xianzong possess strength considered the strongest in the history of the Nine Spirit Domains!

Under the military formation, they even began to form power comparable to rules; they originally believed they were invincible, after all, Zou Zou Xiyuan could not comprehend Void-Grade rules until she reached the peak of Soul Transformation, no, until she entered the peak of Soul Transformation and much later, and only then barely comprehended Void-Grade rules, after which she broke through to Refining Void not long after.

They expected this generation's Great Sun Sword Disciple to be stronger than Zou Zou Xiyuan.

But they did not expect him to be this strong!

Only Hua Shen Zhong Qi, Zhong Qi!

He surpasses Zou Zou Xiyuan, but he cannot surpass her by so much; this should not be!

Zou Zou Xiyuan is already the top talent among the realms, the one with the highest achievement among all past Great Sun Sword Pavilion Sword Masters; even if the successor is stronger, there must be a limit; he cannot surpass her by so much.

However, the fact lies clearly before their eyes.

"Tianji."

"You all are truly good..."

Jiang Ding looked at the nine fellow Daoists, revealing a joyful smile: "This Lord thought he had already lost his dear friends, that it would be hard to find a kindred spirit in the human world, that he would be alone and lonely in the world forever, unable to bear the cold at the heights, desolate, cold, and sorrowful."

"I did not expect you all to give me such a great surprise."

"Hahaha!"

He could not help but laugh aloud, extremely pleased.