Chapter 1271: A Vaster Realm Star Domain

The Nine Great Immortal Sects broke out of Jiao Jiao Mingyu and entered the Mo Sheng De Gao Jie!

Every hair on Jiang Ding's body stood on end.

His divine sense and sword intent took over the entire formation of the mother planet; the Central Array Spirit Computer cut off all other computing power supply, dedicating the mother planet's entire computing power to bolster his divine soul, ensuring he could react under any circumstance and activate the Immortal Gate's escape contingency.

"A strange realm, an unknown Immortal Dao civilization,"

"Please, do not encounter anyone above the Dao Integration realm, or even a Near-Immortal level expert..."

Jiang Ding whispered in his heart.

If they encountered such an expert, he even suspected that all the experts of the Nine Great Immortal Sects would die instantly.

This was certainly not the end.

If that terrifying expert harbored evil thoughts, with a single thought, a terrifying and unknown attack would spread across the star domain along some mysterious cause-and-effect, launching a killing strike; the ancestral seats of the Eight Great Immortal Sects and all the experts on the Immortal Gate's mother planet would instantly turn to ash and be utterly annihilated.

If that situation arose, the only chance for survival would be to hide within the spiritless universe from which the mother planet originated.

Provided the reaction was fast enough, even if it was only one ten-thousandth of a millisecond.

Jiang Ding's heart was cold and rational as he waited silently.

Time in the Cultivation World is very long; especially for high-level cultivators and Dao Integration factions, a few hundred years passing is no different from a few months passing for mortals; for a Dao Integration faction, a few hundred years is almost too short for any significant change to occur.

But time in the Cultivation World is also very short.

Especially during battle; the killing struggles between Dao Integration experts have already occurred a thousand or ten thousand times, yet in reality, only a single breath has passed, and the battle that determined the fate of billions of living beings across an entire realm has already concluded.

Not much time had passed.

Three minutes, fifty-nine seconds, eight hundredths of a second, two milliseconds, nine hundred and ninety-seven microseconds later, after experiencing countless struggles at the Dao Integration level, new news arrived.

"Jiang Ding, our pursuit and extermination plan has failed."

Yuan spoke, his voice slightly weary.

"With the help of the Central Array Spirit Computer, Tianji successfully locked onto Jiao Minghuang and another mid-stage Dao Integration Divine Lord; our speed was also faster than those two, and much faster."

"Jiao Minghuang and the other burned their essence blood; we also burned our essence blood, sparing no cost."

"However, at that moment, a hidden realm wormhole appeared before Jiao Minghuang and the other; their familiarity with the terrain far exceeded ours. The two successfully escaped by using this wormhole. We dared not continue drilling into the wormhole to pursue them because we did not know the situation on the other side."

"The extermination failed."

"The plan to seal off information about Jiao Jiao Mingyu has also collapsed."

However, his voice was not too depressed.

As time passed, a hint of excitement began to appear in Yuan's eyes, and a few seconds later, that hint of excitement turned into burning passion, which he did not bother to conceal, displaying it openly before the Vice Administrator guarding the Immortal Gate's mother planet.

A trace of excitement appeared, and after several more seconds, that trace of excitement turned into burning heat, not concealed at all, displayed openly before the deputy ruler of the Immortal Gate guarding the mother star.

"The enemy is not a Near-Immortal level expert, or even if one exists, they have not noticed us."

Jiang Ding also relaxed somewhat, speaking for Yuan.

If they had provoked a Near-Immortal level expert, by now, enough time would have passed for Yuan and his group to die eight hundred times; the distance across several realm star domains could not block the attack of such an expert; the distance was not far enough.

If they had angered a near-immortal level powerhouse, at this point in time, it would have been enough for them to die eight hundred times over; the distance of several realm starfields could not block the attacks of such powerhouses, the distance was still not far enough.

Truly, the realm star domains make people feel so helpless.

In many cases, it all depends on luck; if the luck is too bad, no matter how talented the genius, how perfect the Immortal Dao system, or how hard the people within strive, the outcome is death, with no exceptions.

Just now, Yuan was also sending the message through a concealed method; once he died, the mother planet would have the maximum time to react and escape quickly.

Although, this highest-specification etiquette of total annihilation should not be used on ants. After all, it is normal for a powerful expert to casually crush an ant; going thousands of miles to find the ant hill and killing every single one of them would be how incredibly bored?

However, even as ants, the Immortal Gate must do everything possible for its own survival.

However, even as ants, the Immortal Gate still needed to exert every effort for their own lives.

"This possibility has eliminated part of the threat, but it cannot be completely ruled out."

Yuan was not fully reassured and said in a deep voice: "Take the Immortal Gate as an example; if a Foundation Establishment cultivator rebels in a Minor Thousand World, it would not warrant deploying the Immortal Gate's fleet of hundreds of millions of citizens to suppress it; it would not immediately alert us."

"There is still a possibility that this strange realm contains experts we cannot resist."

"This unfamiliar realm still has the possibility of powerhouses existing that we cannot withstand."

But!

The interface of the True Venerable of Ten Thousand Machines revealed a burning look in his eyes: "There is also a significant possibility that this realm, this vast realm where at least several Dao Integration experts survive, has no experts above the Dao Integration level."

"Then, the path for the Immortal Gate to surpass Dao Integration is about to open."

"Then, the difficulty for us to advance to Dao Integration will decrease significantly; these possibilities also exist."

"I suggest that while reinforcing the Jiao Jiao Mingyu realm channel with all our might, we spare no cost to search for all kinds of information about this realm and quickly ascertain the situation here..."

The nine Immortal Gate Councilors spoke one after another, rapidly completing the plan.

After reaching a consensus, they immediately convened an expanded Soul Transformation meeting; the Central Array Spirit Computer watched everything, setting the highest-level divine soul prohibition on this meeting to eliminate any possibility of leaks.

Finally, this meeting reached numerous resolutions, involving strengthening the mother planet's defense, cooperation with the Eight Great Immortal Sects, and more.

The most important resolution was

that the Immortal Gate would dispatch a reconnaissance unit—the Immortal Gate Sword Cultivators, carrying numerous Soul Transformation and Nascent Soul stage nano-liquid invisible robots—to begin executing a reconnaissance and infiltration plan, searching for all the information the Immortal Gate needs in this strange realm and even more distant realms.

Undoubtedly, among the Immortal Gate cultivators whose individual combat power is generally low, the Immortal Gate Sword Cultivators are the strongest reconnaissance cultivators!

Their profession was built in this direction, emphasizing extreme stealth, a single explosive strike followed by an instant retreat and escape, and then summoning the Immortal Gate's main battle legion to carpet-bomb the enemy.

And the strongest Immortal Gate scout is the Immortal Gate Sword Dao Ancestor—Great Sun Master Canghai Canghai Tianjun.

And the strongest Immortal Gate scout was the Immortal Gate Sword Dao Ancestor — Dali Canghai Tianjun.

Yuan used a more formal and solemn title and said: "The Immortal Gate's seventh-stage nano-liquid robots are currently under development and are expected to be deployed in two to three thousand years."

"At that time, if the war situation requires it, can you go to scout the Immortal Gate's enemies?"

"I have a premonition that if no terrifying expert beyond our imagination appears, this will be a long war; the experts of the Eight Great Immortal Sects will at least advance to the mid-stage of Dao Integration before starting their next plan, which may require at least five to six thousand years of preparation time."

"I have a premonition that if no terrifying powerhouse beyond our imagination appears, this will be a prolonged war; the great powers of the Badaxian Sect will need to at least advance to the mid-He Dao stage before beginning the next plan, which may require at least five or six thousand years of preparation time."

"Immortal sects are about the same—we need time to grow."

"During this period, covert warfare between reconnaissance efforts may be even more important. We need accurate intelligence before setting foot on the border battlefield. We cannot give up our terrain advantage and charge blindly into unfamiliar territory."

"That's going too far."

"Whatever the Immortal Gate requires, I naturally have no objections."

Jiang Ding shook his head slightly, disliking Yuan's politeness.

Of course, this was Yuan's usual style.

He liked to discuss matters with any cultivator, ensuring the other party would sincerely carry them out. He generally disliked issuing compulsory orders. This wasn't special treatment for Jiang Ding, and Jiang Ding had no intention of correcting other people's habits either.

As for the Shadow Demon Abyss, which specialized in concealment?

Their intelligence could be referenced, but it couldn't be trusted entirely. Otherwise, one might unknowingly fall into a trap and end up in danger without realizing it.

The Immortal Gate must have its own independent intelligence channels!

(End of chapter)