Chapter 1399: The Immortal Gate's War: Collective Decision-Making

Tian Yuan Domain, the inter-domain passage.

The Immortal Gate's Central Array Spirit Computer and Tianji Divine Monarch joined forces to lay out the grand Tianji Array, assisted by the Dao Merging Divine Monarchs of the other seven Weixian Sect, correcting the Tianji formation to achieve the most precise divination results.

This Tianji divination lineup was undoubtedly terrifying.

With the massive computing power of the Immortal Gate's Central Array Spirit Computer, and the mysterious inheritance passed down from the Upper Realm by Tianji Divine Monarch, the two combined produced a terrifying effect far greater than one plus one.

It could be said that on the path of Tianji, few Dao Merging Divine Monarchs could compare to them.

In just over a year, the Tianji Xiangong's grand cultivator opened his eyes.

"Beyond all doubt,"

"From beginning to end, the one thing we consider most important, most terrifying, is only one thing."

The Tianji Xiangong's grand cultivator said slowly: "That is, does the Ancient God Domain have any existence above Dao Merging?"

"Only this question."

"Besides this, the Jiudaxian Sect of the Ancient God Domain? The Ten Thousand Races Alliance? The Yao God Sect?"

"What are these?"

"Don't even mention these people—even if the Ancient God Dao were resurrected!"

"Even if the Ancient God Dao were resurrected and swarms of direct disciples appeared, as long as there is no existence above Dao Merging, there is nothing to fear. We can sweep through the Ancient God Dao at its peak!"

This question had weighed heavily on the hearts of many Jiuling Domain grand cultivators from beginning to end.

Also because of this, they had been postponing the military deployment plan, hesitating, afraid that one wrong step would lead to utter destruction, the entire sect wiped out, not even a chicken or dog spared.

"What do you mean?"

Brother Brother Xuanwu's Heavenly Palace grand cultivator's heart stirred.

"What I mean is, this Cangtian Pavilion must be visited."

"The so-called Ancient God Dao inheritance—we don't care about it. Tianji Xiangong has no need of it whatsoever."

Tianji Xiangong's grand cultivator said in a heavy voice: "We need only one thing—to investigate the history of those years, to investigate whether the Ancient God Domain currently has any existence above Dao Merging!"

"We need to resolve this question."

"For this… no matter the cost!"

The Qingmuxian Sect grand cultivator, the Wuxingtian Sect grand cultivator, and others fell into contemplation.

After a moment, one by one, including the Wuxingtian Sect grand cultivator, their gazes grew firm.

Clearly, they had already made up their minds.

They all looked together at Yuan, and behind him, the East Extreme Dongji Dongji Mo Men's two-billion-citizen fleet that filled an entire stretch of starry sky—this terrifying fleet emanated a pressure heavy enough to weigh on the heart of any single Weixian Sect grand cultivator.

Within the same great realm, the East Extreme Dongji Dongji Mo Men's replication and proliferation speed, the speed of strength enhancement, were simply shocking.

"Honored seniors, the Immortal Gate's Political Participation Council is convening."

"Please wait, the result will appear shortly."

Yuan said calmly.

He did not regard himself as a Dao Merging Divine Monarch who could dominate an entire domain, but merely as an ordinary representative of the Immortal Gate, carrying out the collective will of the Immortal Gate's citizens, not his own personal thoughts.

In major Immortal Gate affairs, there has never been any case of one person deciding everything with a single word; it has always been collective decision-making.

……

"Oppose!"

"This is too dangerous!"

"Cangtian Pavilion is an eighth-tier heavy treasure, far beyond Dao Merging. Once trapped within it, one will surely face life-and-death peril, and the chance of escape is extremely slim…"

Mieri True Venerable leapt up as if his backside were on fire.

"As soldiers, we should fight head-on. Going into a formation layered with restrictions, onto a battlefield preset by others—what is this?"

"This is stupidity!"

"No, we should go."

"Another Immortal Gate Refining Void True Venerable, Senior Wanji True Venerable, whispered: "Whether an existence above Dao Merging exists or not must be confirmed. Otherwise, striking rashly and drawing the attention of such an existence would cause the Immortal Gate to be wiped out in an instant."

"Risk exists, but it is worth it."

He was speaking of others' risks, yet no one made snide remarks, saying he was instigating others to their deaths.

Because Senior Wanji True Venerable had returned alive from life-and-death battlefields countless times!

He had already risked death for the Immortal Gate countless times. He had such qualifications; others did not dare speak mockery even if they wanted to. This old senior's seniority and combat experience were far too rich.

"You son of a…"

Mieri True Venerable had wanted to curse angrily, but upon seeing the person, immediately swallowed his words back.

"The value of the Great Sun Canghai Tianjun is extremely important to the Immortal Gate."

Yuan, representing his main body, said slowly.

"This may be our closest combatant to above Dao Merging, one who may emerge in tens of thousands of years, propelling the Immortal Gate to become a power above Dao Merging."

This was an objective fact.

To confirm whether an existence above Dao Merging exists, should the Immortal Gate's strategic-level foundation be allowed to take such a risk?

Is it worth it?

He personally believed it was not worth it.

"If we cannot survive this tribulation, there will be no future…"

"No, risk objectively exists. Better to ignore Cangtian Pavilion altogether and directly dispatch troops to the Ancient God Domain. If there's an existence above Dao Merging, we'll just die and be done with it. The retreat route to the mother star is already prepared anyway. Let's just gamble…"

"Between domains, what perfect safety is there? If we die, dying together with all of you is fine."

"Under possible circumstances, why not confirm it? The risk may not be that great…"

Many of the Immortal Gate's Refining Void cultivators argued endlessly.

Overall, both opinions existed in roughly equal measure, making it impossible to reach a definitive conclusion, and the matter descended into utter confusion.

If this situation dragged on and several meetings failed to produce a decision, the Immortal Gate would exercise its executive authority—forcing a choice between the two similarly-voted proposals and implementing one.

In war, the greatest taboo is doing nothing at all.

Even making the wrong move would be better than that.

Judging from Yuan's current leanings, he might choose to ignore the proposal regarding the Cang Tian Pavilion.

In the end, everyone's gaze turned toward Master Canghai Canghai Tianjun.

They wanted to hear the party directly involved give his opinion.

Of course, they were only listening.

If Master Canghai Canghai Tianjun failed to convince the many Void Refinement cultivators of the Immortal Gate present, then even if he wanted to go, he could not.

The overall decisions of the Immortal Gate—Master Canghai Canghai Tianjun, Yuan, Zhenjun Shenji Master Dinghai Zhenjun, Senior Wanji Master Dinghai Zhenjun…no one was permitted to defy them.

This was a principle on par with a constitution!

"My opinion is: go."

Jiang Ding stood up and said slowly, "Because, first, confirming whether or not something exists above Harmonization is of vital importance to the Immortal Gate."

"If within the Ancient God Domain there exists a being above Harmonization in slumber or in closed-door death seclusion, and we were to disturb it without sufficient preparation, that would undoubtedly be seeking death, plunging the Immortal Gate into annihilation."

"Second, the risk is not great; it remains controllable."

"The reasons are as follows. First, I can advance to Void Refinement at any time, possessing combat power at the Harmonization level. At that point, even if I cannot directly slay a Taiyi Qingmu Xianzong Harmonization cultivator, escaping would not be a problem."

"Second, the eighth-tier supreme treasure Cang Tian Pavilion has gone untempered for several hundred thousand years and has already fallen into a weakened state. Furthermore, several dozen Harmonization Divine Monarchs are restraining it, so it does not have much remaining power to annihilate me."

"In summary, I believe that the trip to Cang Tian Pavilion is necessary for the Immortal Gate."

Jiang Ding finished presenting his viewpoint and sat down.

"The risk is not great…"

The many Void Refinement cultivators of the Immortal Gate fell into deep contemplation, repeatedly verifying this viewpoint within their divine souls.