Chapter 1236: The Brother Xuanwu Heavenly Palace Great Cultivator Is So Furious He Vomits Blood

The instant the Brother Xuanwu Heavenly Palace great cultivator's Dao Merging Lei Gao Jie rose, the starry sky where the Immortal Gate lay also underwent a tremendous change.

Amid the undulating, turbulent starry sky, hundreds of millions of citizen warships rose into the air, countless fighters and battleships densely packed, with sky-carriers at the center, over a thousand Soul Transformation-grade starry fortresses exerting pressure on all sides, countless rule-runes spreading outward, linking into a net, forming a terrifying aura that even the aura of the Dao Merging heavenly tribulation could not suppress this massive fleet.

Dao Merging!

This is the East Pole Demon Sect's Dao Merging army formation!

The great cultivators of Wuxingtian Sect, Tianji Immortal Palace, Qingmuxian Sect, and other sects trembled in their hearts at this moment.

They held their breath, staring fixedly at the fleet within the chaotic starry sky.

Amid the encircling fleets, the Freedom Immortal Gate, the Great Sun Dayang Tianchi, and seven planet-class warships like stars hung across the sky, army formations and army souls weaving into a net; under the lead of nine planet-class warships, the East Pole Demon Sect's most elite citizen fleet had completely broken free of the Void Refinement shackles and thoroughly stepped into the Dao Merging realm.

If this terrifying fleet had been born at the start of the Jiao Jiao Mingyu war, every faction except the East Pole Demon Sect would have been annihilated!

Baxian Sect, the Jiao Demon Imperial Clan—no matter how they resisted, the result would be a sweeping rout.

The Jiao Ming Emperor would have no possibility of escape!

"Why hesitate, fellow cultivators?"

"Cross your tribulation swiftly, and together we shall destroy the East Pole Demon Sect!"

The Brother Xuanwu Heavenly Palace cultivator within the endless Lei Gao Jie saw this and immediately grew anxious, roaring: "It's nothing more than death if I fail to succeed—why this hesitation, this weakling's posture!"

Before this, he had still believed that after breaking through to Dao Merging, he could slaughter in all directions—first destroying the East Pole Demon Sect, then the Qidaxian Sect, thoroughly establishing the Brother Xuanwu Heavenly Palace's hegemony of sole supremacy over the two domains; he himself could also use the resources of the two domains to eye the realm above Dao Merging, reviving the glory of the Upper Realm's Tianyun Emperor's Court.

Now, such thoughts were completely gone.

Even if he broke through normally, a single Dao Merging cultivator alone probably could not do much to the East Pole Demon Sect.

Let alone that he was now breaking through in haste, his body still bearing layer upon layer of terrifying Nine Nether Curses left by someone, penetrating deep into his divine soul and fleshly body—this was a curse-killing method that had never appeared in the Nine Spirit Domain or Jiao Jiao Mingyu, seemingly containing extremely profound Immortal Dao knowledge, that terrifying thing that seemed like Metal yet was not the Five Elements' Metal.

This curse method probably could not be fully suppressed even by advancing to Dao Merging!

At that time, he who had survived the great Dao Merging tribulation would likely have to face the East Pole Demon Sect's Dao Merging-grade army formation in a heavily wounded state!

This would undoubtedly plunge him into an extremely dangerous situation.

The only way to break through was for more sect great cultivators to cross their tribulations without regard for consequences, simultaneously advancing to Dao Merging; with such joint action, not only would they not fear the East Pole Demon Sect, there would be a great possibility of annihilating its citizen fleet, thoroughly eradicating this domain's demonic

sect, this heresy.

"Cross the tribulation! Cross the tribulation!"

"Fellow Daoists, please cross your tribulation swiftly!!!"

The Brother Xuanwu Heavenly Palace great cultivator urged repeatedly.

The great cultivators of Qingmuxian Sect, Wuxing Wuxing Tianzong, Wan Shouxianzong, and others reacted differently.

Some had calm expressions, such as the great cultivator of Wan Shouxianzong.

This wild fellow seemed to have heard nothing, seen nothing; he slowly sat down, continuing to use the seventh-tier spiritual vein to polish his divine sense and magic power, solidifying his foundation, deaf to the outside world.

Some wore expressions of apology—this was the great cultivator of Qingmuxian Sect.

This snow-skinned, pure-aura, elfin-like maiden laid down layer upon layer of healing grand arrays outside the Brother Xuanwu Heavenly Palace great cultivator's tribulation range; countless bamboo seas of lush green took root in the starry sky, ensuring that the moment the Brother Xuanwu Heavenly Palace great cultivator survived the great tribulation, he could immediately receive some healing measures.

The great cultivators of Qitaxian Sect merely sighed and continued to sit cross-legged in cultivation, polishing their foundations.

"You!"

"Utterly shameless!"

The Brother Xuanwu Heavenly Palace great cultivator's vision went black; he nearly vomited blood.

These people, one and all, had not the slightest sentiment of ally or fellow Daoist; seeing him fall into danger, they couldn't be bothered to care, wholly focused on their own cultivation, not even willing to put on a hypocritical pretense.

"Hahaha!"

"It seems Elder Brother Xuanwu is also not very popular among the many fellow Daoists of the sects!"

From within the All-Heavens Qingfeng Beidou Taibai Netherworld Curse-Killing Grand Array, standing far upon the Freedom Immortal Gate, he laughed heartily: "If you all disregarded consequences and triggered the Dao Merging heavenly tribulation together, as long as three or four died while three or four sect Dao Merging cultivators advanced, the Immortal Gate would be in danger—there would surely be a risk of annihilation."

"Now it seems, fellow elders, just as in the countless years past, you have never changed; your original intent has always remained the same."

He let out a great sigh of relief.

The hearts of those around him—Zhenjun Shenji True Honored One, Senior Wanji True Honored One, Taoqing True Honored One, Great Sun Canghai Tianjun, and others—finally settled, feeling much more at ease.

If the Baxian Sect great cultivators fought desperately, disregarding sacrifice, they truly could not withstand it!

At least before the central array spirit computer advanced to Dao Merging, being besieged by three or four sect Dao Merging cultivators, the Immortal Gate fleet could not bear it—these were sect Dao Merging cultivators far stronger than the Jiao Ming Emperor.

Facing the distant mockery, the great cultivators of Wan Shouxianzong and others didn't even lift their eyelids, continuing to cultivate.

For existences like them, only their own Dao path was eternal.

Others' mockery was no different from roadside wood and stone; it was hard to stir any emotional ripple in their hearts.

"The Great Dao is arduous, there is no choice…"

The Qingmuxian Sect great cultivator sighed softly.

Among the eight great cultivators, foundations differed, accumulations differed; if

they broke through in haste, what was originally at least an eighty to ninety percent chance of success would instantly plummet to a thirty to forty percent chance.

The probability of death was as high as fifty percent!

How was this any different from gambling one's life?

Their cultivation not only concerned their own lives, but also the fate of hundreds of millions of sect disciples, the ancestral masters' inheritances, the sect's very survival.

How could they lightly speak of gambling their lives?

Let alone for the Brother Xuanwu Heavenly Palace great cultivator?

Absolutely impossible!

This sect, in the post-Great Sun Sword Pavilion era, had displayed intense aggression, harboring wild ambitions to replicate the Great Sun Sword Pavilion's path, leap forth, and swallow the Baxian Sect to become the sole dominator of the domain.

For this person, for so-called fellow Daoists and allies, to cast themselves into a life-gambling danger—they were not yet mad.

Besides, the fierce battle between the East Pole Demon Sect and the newly born Dao Merging cultivator was equally crucial to them.

Two Dao Merging combat powers checking and guarding against each other was what gave peace to cultivators like them who had not yet advanced to Dao Merging; otherwise, once Dao Merging cultivators appeared, there would likely not be a single day of peace.

Although in theory one can trigger a Dao-Integration heavenly tribulation at any time, fearless of powerful enemies and capable of killing across realms.

But there is only ever the saying of "a thief for a thousand days," never "guarding against a thief for a thousand days."

A Dao-Integration cultivator's Shen Hun Yin merges into a region's Heavenly Dao; as long as the soul imprint is not consumed by the Heavenly Dao for a single day, one is forever undying, and the mortal body can sweep aside all directions, wielding a power that Void Refinement cultivators cannot imagine.

Against such a terrifying existence, if there were no powerful enemy to restrain it, and it set its mind to plotting against a peak Void Refinement cultivator, what use would even the strongest defense or the strongest trump card be?

Which Void Refinement cultivator could possibly withstand it?

Therefore, a newly born Taiyi Qingmu Xianzong Dao-Integration must have a powerful enemy!

This is the shared will of all Suoyouxian Sect great powers — even if Brother Brother Xuanwu's Heavenly Palace were not besieged by the Eastern Extreme Demon Sect, they would still find a way to bring about this situation, and at critical moments would not even hesitate to provide vast quantities of heavenly materials and earthly treasures, to promote the birth of more Void Refinement cultivators in the Eastern Extreme Demon Sect, giving them the ability to restrain the newly born Dao-Integration.