Chapter 1256: Four Great Powers Come to Kill? Merely the Weak

The instant the heavenly tribulation ceased, boundless starlight and spiritual energy came rolling in, pouring into the Shenmu Shenmu Futianrong.

The once-bare Pillar of the World sprouted countless branches, which forked into trunks, and on those trunks grew dark-green leaves hundreds of meters wide.

On the great earth, the countless roots that had been shaken down by the heavenly tribulation regained their vitality, each one taking root in the ground again, smoothing the ley lines, regulating the mountains, rivers, wind, rain, and thunder, and mending every kind of disaster.

In the span of a breath, the entire world became lush and full of life once more, not a trace of the havoc left behind by the Dao Merging heavenly tribulation to be seen.

Hum!

The brand-new Central Array Spirit Computer law-net once again covered the entire world, just as it had blanketed the Mother Star for countless years—citizens trading a portion of their privacy for greater societal safety.

At the same time, the Central Array Spirit Computer reconnected the Immortal Gate military formation, the Immortal Gate Xing Chen Ding Gao Jie formation, and every Immortal Gate cultivator, aiding their offense, defense, and all production activities.

In that instant, a tremendous, qualitative change swept through the Immortal Gate!

The most visible change was a leap in the overall strength of the Immortal Gate's three-hundred-million-citizen fleet formation—nearly multiplying several times over in an instant.

No—"several times" is too vague.

To be precise, the Immortal Gate military formation's strength leapt by more than five times in an instant!

None of the hardware had changed; not even a single spirit stone's worth of magic power had been added. Yet across the entire Immortal Gate fleet, every combat metric—military formation coordination, Dao Merging-tier spellcasting, broadside cannon volleys—surged at once. The software had undergone a massive upgrade.

The formation's reaction speed and the strength it could unleash were now worlds apart.

By analogy, it was as if an ordinary person had instantly gained the reaction speed, technique, and combat patterns of a Wudao Sect Grandmaster—an explosive leap in strength.

And in truth, the Immortal Gate military formation had already possessed Dao Merging-tier strength to begin with.

Now, it can be said plainly: even among the Dao Merging tier, among the countless Dao Merging Divine Monarchs of the endless starry sky, the Immortal Gate stands among the very best!

"Central Array Spirit Computer…"

The instant the Central Array Spirit Computer returned, Jiang Ding immediately noticed the difference in himself.

His thought activity, soul-computing power, and ability to control the military formation had all increased dramatically. A Dao Merging-tier formation now felt as easy to him as eating or drinking—any thought he sent out received a precise response from the formation, as if he commanded all living beings.

Of course, this was an illusion.

An illusion brought on by the Central Array Spirit Computer and the fleet of hundreds of millions of citizens.

At this moment, Jiang Ding once again understood the vital importance of the Central Array Spirit Computer to the Immortal Gate.

Everything was different now.

The Immortal Gate's combat power, its future scientific research capability, and its production capacity would all undergo earth-shaking transformations.

"Charge!!"

"Attack immediately!"

Yuan roared.

The instant the Central Array Spirit Computer passed through the Dao Merging heavenly tribulation and returned, he had already bellowed the order, commanding the Immortal Gate's three-hundred-million-citizen fleet to erupt forth and, at an even greater speed, charge toward the four great powers of the Qingmuxian Sect who had come to surround and kill them.

At the same time, the boundless Primordial Magnet Heavenly Dao law-net bloomed, sealing off their escape route at an even faster pace.

……

In the starry sky, the great powers of the Tianji Xiangong, the Xuantian Heaven Palace, the Wuxingtian Sect, and the Qingmuxian Sect burst forth in a frenzy, their auras cold and deep—billions upon trillions of living beings' blood could not wash away this terrifying killing intent.

But at that moment, their bodies stiffened.

"That damned dead thing has already advanced…"

The Wuxingtian Sect great power was a kindly-faced old man, his expression one of bitter sorrow.

"What's there to fear?"

"At worst it's just a mortal body!"

The Xuantian Heaven Palace great power said savagely.

He was deeply unwilling, refusing to accept this outcome, determined to fight to the death, his body radiating an incomparably tragic and heroic aura.

Yes—tragic and heroic.

At this moment, now that the Central Array Spirit Computer had advanced and undergone a qualitative change, the balance of strength had already shifted dramatically.

At this moment, the weak ones were the four of them!

Whether in absolute strength or in their use of the Heavenly Dao law-net, it was the same—they were at an absolute disadvantage, no longer qualified to be opponents of the current Immortal Gate fleet.

Their only hope of victory lay in burning everything they had in battle, in a miracle appearing—the weak defeating the strong.

This was no fantasy.

History had never lacked wars where the weak defeated the strong; paper strength did not dictate the outcome, and miracles were not impossible.

"A miracle will not appear."

"We are not a people united in heart and sincere in purpose."

The Tianji Xiangong great power's gaze was icy.

He sighed softly, filled with endless regret at having missed his chance.

He said nothing more to persuade. His body crumbled into streams of spiritual light, merging into the Fate Rule Heavenly Dao law-net, tearing open the not-yet-fully-closed Primordial Magnet Heavenly Dao law-net, and his figure swiftly vanished.

At nearly the same moment, the remaining three Dao Merging Divine Monarchs also departed—none slower than another, all cunning beyond measure; their fierce and furious words bore no relation to their actual actions.

Including the Xuantian Heaven Palace great power, who had seemed on the verge of losing his reason.

Dao Merging Divine Monarchs were immortal and indestructible; a mortal body was indeed just a mortal body—this was true.

Yet for a Dao Merging Divine Monarch, the mortal body was not some stinking skin to be casually discarded either. It was equally vital, tied to cultivation and advancement.

Once they lost their mortal bodies, their cultivation would grind to a halt on the spot, their lifespans would drain away as usual, and for at least six or seven thousand years they would be unable to interfere with the mortal world in the slightest.

Six or seven thousand years—is that short?

The Eastern Extreme Demon Sect itself has a history of only just over ten thousand years, approaching twenty thousand!

Once the four of them fell, it could be said for certain that the Nine Spirit Domain and the Jiao Jiao Mingyu Domain would be unified under the Eastern Extreme Demon Sect, standing unrivalled for six or seven thousand years.

Six or seven thousand years from now, the Domain Overlord—who would have gathered all the resources of both domains—would surely undergo further changes in strength.

At that time, even if they revived and reformed their mortal bodies, what could they do?

The result would only be annihilation once more.

The only question remaining was how much damage they inflicted on the Eastern Extreme Dongji Dongji Mo Men and how many of their servant races they slaughtered; hoping to massacre their citizens on a large scale was a delusion, a path to self-destruction.

The furious killing intent of the four Weixian Sect Divine Lords who had merged with the Dao vanished; fleeing even more crazily than before, the four each took a different direction, with no intention of joining forces to counterattack.

"Brother Brother Xuanwu!"

The Taiyi Qingmu Xianzong's fleet of three hundred million citizens hesitated not, focusing solely on hunting down the great experts of the Brother Xuanwu Heavenly Palace.

The citizen fleet, distributed across tens of thousands of kilometers of starry sky, began spatial leaps time and again; the fleet merged into the Yuan Magnetic Rule and the Heavenly Dao Net, furiously pursuing the great experts of the Brother Xuanwu Heavenly Palace, lacking the Clumsy and Heavy sluggishness of conventional military formations, flexible and ferocious, keeping the enemy in their sights without letting go.

A figure, like a golden meteor, with a hazy azure world following closely behind.

One ahead, one behind, the pursuit never ceased.

"Eastern Extreme Dongji Dongji Mo Men!"

"Too arrogant!"

The great expert of the Brother Xuanwu Heavenly Palace raged in fury.

He was horrified to discover that the speed of this ghost fleet was even faster than his own solo flight!

As time passed, the distance between the two rapidly closed; soon they would enter the range of the Eastern Extreme Dongji Dongji Mo Men fleet's simultaneous cannon barrage!

A scene simulated itself within his divine soul.

If hundreds of millions of cannons fired simultaneously, targeting him alone, the consequences...

The great expert of the Brother Xuanwu Heavenly Palace felt his scalp go numb.

He would be severely wounded in an instant, his dharma body shattered!

A single individual could not possibly resist!

Thinking this, the great expert of the Brother Xuanwu Heavenly Palace felt his heart bleed; he hesitated no more, burned his essence blood, causing his speed to increase several-fold, quickly shaking off the Eastern Extreme Dongji Dongji Mo Men fleet and vanishing from sight.

The vast starry sky fleet had no choice but to halt, floating amidst the star river.

"He escaped, what a pity..."

Yuan stopped, sighing.

The fleet legion's formation spirit scanned all directions time and again, finding no trace, having completely lost the enemy's aura.