Chapter 1233: Frontline Battlefield: Nine Void Refinement Zhenzun of the Immortal Gate

Three months is but an instant in the war of the starry sky.

"Teacher,"

Jiang Ding looked at Teacher Gu Lin, the Master Canghai Canghai Tianjun.

She had walked out of the Dayang Dayang Tianchi and was now seeing someone off, her eyes filled with reluctance and regret.

"Go back, go to the mother planet."

Jiang Ding gazed at the distant starry sky: "This battle has a certain possibility of failure."

"If Yuan and we fail, and the citizen fleet's elite are utterly annihilated, do not attempt rescue; instead, you must launch an attack on the realm passage immediately, shatter the realm passage, sever the two realms, and buy time for the Immortal Gate to recover and rebuild the citizen fleet."

This is possible.

The Badaxian Sect is too eager for the Dao Integration realm; they have drawn most of their power to the Nine Spirit Realm of the Zhong Senior Qian Shi Gao Jie.

The Nine Spirit Realm was never their homeland to begin with, merely a temporary foothold; now that they have a better place, the political center of the Badaxian Sect has shifted, effectively moving the capital, and the defensive forces in the Nine Spirit Realm are at their weakest point in history.

"If the plan to shatter the passage between the two realms fails, then we can only go to the End of Law City."

"You must wait, wait for the future opportunity of civil war within the Badaxian Sect; this is inevitable. If the Immortal Gate did not exist, they would have already fought until their brains were bashed out until an absolute dominant power emerged; the probability of peaceful coexistence is not high."

Jiang Ding gave his instructions again and again.

Although these Master Canghai Canghai Tianjun all knew this, he could not help but instruct them, fearing she might forget, or become too emotional, abandoning the future vitality of the Immortal Gate and causing the Immortal Gate to lose all possibility of revival completely.

"Rest assured."

"I know, you rest assured."

The Teacher Gu Lin, the Master Canghai Canghai Tianjun, said with a melancholy air.

Many years ago, one of her students was now about to rush to the front-line battlefield, while she herself would remain as a backup seed for the future in the safest rear area, leaving her with a strange, indescribable feeling in her heart.

"If anything goes wrong, take care of my mother and younger sister."

Jiang Ding smiled.

Voom!

Several months later, brilliant light erupted, endless light blooming in the starry sky; spatial rule runes bloomed again and again, ten thousand stars shone, and spatial waves rolled and churned, turbulent.

Finally, everything calmed down.

The front line, the Nine Spirit Realm of the Zhong Senior Qian Shi Gao Jie.

Billions of warships crossed the sky, countless chaotic military formation runes spread across the universe and starry sky; as time passed, after hundreds of years of peaceful rest, that heavy, cold aura of military soul and killing intent had not weakened in the slightest, but instead had strengthened nearly twofold, pushing toward an even more terrifying realm.

This is the change brought to the Immortal Gate by peace and the dividends of realm war.

During these hundreds of years, the sleeping cultivators of the Immortal Gate continuously awakened, passed the heavenly tribulation, and became Soul Transformation cultivators; Foundation Establishment

Golden Core cultivators advanced even more frequently, countless in number.

Up to now, the Immortal Gate possesses over one thousand Soul Transformation cultivators!

And the Void Refinement cultivators number nine!

The Immortal Gate has a total of thirteen Void Refinement opportunities; four of these were captured and refined by the Immortal Gate itself, while the remaining nine Void Refinement opportunities came from the Badaxian Sect, a necessary condition for the Immortal Gate and the Badaxian Sect to form an alliance and jointly surround and kill the Jiao Ming Emperor to seize the Zhong Senior Qian Shi Gao Jie.

From the thirteen Void Refinement opportunities, eight Void Refinement cultivators were ultimately born.

Five brilliant and extraordinary peak Soul Transformation cultivators of the Immortal Gate, who had experienced the era when Immortal Gate citizens were slaves and servants, rose from the insignificance of the Immortal Gate, endured several realm wars, and made huge contributions to the Immortal Gate; these five ancient Soul Transformation cultivators died in the heavenly tribulation, their bodies and bones leaving no trace, their souls and spirits utterly extinguished.

Those powerful ones who did not die in the Void Refinement war or the Dao Integration war perished under the heavenly Dao's Lei Gao Jie.

This truly makes one sigh.

In the seventh-grade spiritual vein of the Nine Spirit Realm of the Zhong Senior Qian Shi Gao Jie, a modernized Immortal Dao city rose abruptly, named Ming Jing, with a layout similar to the Immortal Gate capital, dense with Immortal Dao formations everywhere.

In the Great Hall of Ming Jing, countless wreaths, Bai Bu, and mourning scrolls filled the air; the atmosphere was solemn and grave, slightly sorrowful.

Beside five coffins covered with the Immortal Gate's azure flags, flowers were piled high; numerous Soul Transformation Canghai Tianjun, Void Refinement Zhenzun, and many Nascent Soul cultivators queued to offer flowers and bow in farewell.

A youth in green robes followed within the crowd, queuing silently.

"Senior, may you have a safe journey..."

After offering flowers, Jiang Ding walked toward a corner of the Great Hall.

Here, Yuan, Zhenjun Shenji Zhenzun, Senior Wanji Zhenzun, Taoqing Zhenzun, Mie Ri Canghai Tianjun, and others were speaking in low voices.

Master Canghai Zhenzun, who had already advanced to Void Refinement, was not present; he was currently stationed on the mother planet.

"There is no need to be too sorrowful."

Yuan sighed: "Qing Li and the others were all over nine thousand years old; dying in the Void Refinement heavenly tribulation is the happiest ending for a Soul Transformation cultivator."

"In the past thousands of years, and in even more distant times, countless Immortal Gate citizens have died; in future wars, we too may die; there is nothing major about it."

"If young citizens can die, then we old things can naturally die as well."

"Death..."

Senior Wanji Zhenzun remained silent.

A friend of nearly ten thousand years, a bond of nearly ten thousand years, suddenly gone, vanished; how could one be so carefree?

Yet, one can only be so.

Between life and death lies an eternal parting; one can only accept it.

Silence surrounded them.

The deceased Qing Li Canghai Tianjun and others were among the oldest Soul Transformation cultivators of the Immortal Gate.

The many Soul Transformation cultivators and Nascent Soul cultivators present were almost all his juniors; in the past,

the old senior always looked after and cared for the juniors; during battles and slaughter, he always charged at the very front, and during retreats, he always stayed at the very rear, fearing the little ones would be clumsy and encounter danger.

The passing of such an old senior truly makes one's heart ache with extreme grief.

"The battlefield,"

"The war effort takes precedence."

Zhenjun Shenji Zhen-zun suppressed the grief in his heart and changed the subject: "Everyone, now the Immortal Gate has over a thousand Soul Transformation cultivators, nine Void Refinement cultivators, planetary-grade warships have been born and mass-produced, perfectly digesting the war spoils of the Horn Demon Imperial Clan, the Immortal Gate fleet's strength has been greatly enhanced, and a several-fold increase in strength is the most conservative estimate."

"Corresponding to this,"

"those eight old things, now, are somewhat weak…"

Zhenjun Shenji Zhen-zun's eyes were cold as an abyss, killing intent blossoming: "I have absolute confidence that, commanding the Immortal Gate fleet, I can steamroll them, slay them, and the possibility of them even escaping is extremely small."

He was now extremely confident; the Immortal Gate fleet's strength had undergone earth-shaking changes, no longer what it once was.

Jiang Ding's eyes lit up, then he shook his head slightly.

"The only thing now blocking us is that all eight of those old things possess the ability to trigger a Dao Merging heavenly tribulation at any moment!"

"Once pressured too much, if they all recklessly trigger Dao Merging heavenly tribulations, this will bring us tremendous danger — we may even face a joint siege by three or four Immortal Sect Dao Merging Divine Monarchs, whose strength far surpasses that of Horn Ming Huang!"

"This situation is far too dangerous."

Zhenjun Shenji Zhen-zun tapped his finger and unfurled a starry sky map: "Therefore, our plan is to boil the frog in warm water — not to apply enormous pressure on them at the first moment, letting them always believe they still have strategic buffer room, always have a way out, so they won't recklessly trigger Dao Merging heavenly tribulations all at once."

"One must know that Dao Merging heavenly tribulation is extremely dangerous; in haste, what the success rate would be, whether one can advance to Dao Merging — these are all unknown. No one would gamble unless driven to a dead end."

"This is our opportunity."

"The unknown powerful clans in the realm starry sky are simply too many; danger lurks everywhere."

Zhenjun Shenji Zhen-zun said solemnly.

"We must capture a single Dao Merging within the shortest time! At least seize a split soul, to be used for analyzing Dao Merging-grade divine souls and letting the Central Array Spirit computer advance to Dao Merging-grade."

"Otherwise, the Immortal Gate's internal political stability, whether the Immortal Gate still possesses ruling-grade combat power among Dao Merging — these will forever remain unknowns."

"This is the Immortal Gate's Heavenly Dao Hunting Plan."

"And those eight old things have also given us a tremendous opportunity."

Senior Wanji Zhen-zun took over the thread and said: "Their obsession with breaking through to Dao Merging is too strong; for this they would rather give us nine Void Refinement opportunities, and additionally signed an alliance extremely favorable to us."

?? After the first Immortal Sect great power breaks through to Dao Merging, they need to let us inspect their Dao Merging-grade divine soul, assisting our research.

Heavenly Dao alliance contracts are synonymous with wastepaper in the Nine Spirit Domain — after all, too many Heavenly Dao alliance contracts have been torn up in the past.

But why do the many Immortal Sects keep signing them?

Precisely because within Heavenly Dao alliance contracts and Heavenly Dao oaths there exists a real, unfalse power; Immortal Sect cultivators can indeed break free, but they need to pay the price of Yao Fu Chu Zhong.

The Immortal Sect great powers perhaps believe that after breaking through to Dao Merging, they can break free from this contract unscathed.

This seems true — Immortal Sects have deeper research into Heavenly Dao oaths, different inheritances, let alone after grasping the subversive power of a Dao Merging Divine Monarch.

The Immortal Gate, however, believes this should not be the case.

"Based on our observations of the Nine Spirit Realm over these years, and the deductions of the Central Array Spirit computer, we believe the great power of Brother Brother Xuanwu's Heavenly Palace has the greatest possibility of breaking through to Dao Merging, and the time is the very near future."

"This old friend now may need us to lend him a helping hand."

Senior Wanji Zhen-zun sneered coldly: "While he is still at the peak of Void Refinement, I think the Heavenly Dao oath within Brother Brother Xuanwu's old thing's divine soul needs to be strengthened, lest after Dao Merging he truly breaks free from our control and something completely unexpected happens."

"The Heavenly Dao Hunting Plan."

"Also known as the Myriad Heavens Qingfeng Qingfeng Beidou Taibai Youming Curse-Slay Grand Formation!"

"Using the Heavenly Dao alliance contract as a guide, we will extremely strengthen the curse-slay power within. We have absolute confidence that even a Dao Merging cultivator cannot be exempt — at least severely wounding them, preventing the Immortal Sect Dao Merging Divine Monarch from displaying strength far surpassing Horn Ming Huang."

"This is our moment to capture a single Dao Merging!"

As for why the Heavenly Dao alliance contract would become a curse-slay formation?

From beginning to end, the Badaxian Sect never intended to honor the contract.

The Immortal Gate is the same.

From the very start they were scheming — the Heavenly Dao alliance contract was fundamentally a key node of a curse-slay art carefully disguised by the Immortal Gate, and moreover, using the lure of advancing to Dao Merging, it let the eight Immortal Sect great powers voluntarily accept it, actively propose it, and actively incorporate a curse-slay node into their divine souls.