Chapter 1402: Immortal Gate Eight-Tier Army Formation · Six Paths of Reincarnation Five-Element Magnetic Void True Formation

Within the scheduled time, all five hundred million citizen soldiers of the Immortal Gate's Ninth Star-Sky Front Army took their positions; among them, warships and fighters flew into the aerospace motherships' hangars, and the aerospace motherships in turn flew into the star-sky fortresses, entering march mode, only deploying in an instant when battle came.

This was why reconnaissance and search capabilities were so important to the Immortal Gate—once ambushed in march state, the consequences would be extremely severe.

"March formation, deploy."

Jiang Ding stood upon the planet-grade warship, the super warship Dahari, his divine sense linking the four-direction army formation.

With the flagship super warship Dahari as the center, wave after wave of azure array patterns like ripples spread toward the four directions; countless strands of Order power rose and fell, carrying an unmistakable aura of the Six Paths of Reincarnation's Human Path, yet far stronger than when he acted alone—reaching the terrifying might of the Dao Merging tier.

These azure array patterns, like ripples, spread to the planet-grade warship of True Venerable Mie Ri, and then spread further to the warships of the other two Immortal Gate Void Refinement cultivators.

With these three points as centers, wave after wave of array patterns continued spreading to the many star-sky fortresses, the many aerospace motherships, the many aerospace fighters.

Almost in an instant, the auras of the five-hundred-million-citizen fleet suddenly became one!

Compared to the Immortal Gate's other Dao Merging tier army formations, the Ninth Star-Sky Front Army's formation appeared hazy and indistinct, as if veiled in mist; across hundreds of thousands of kilometers of starry sky it flickered for a moment, and then the entire massive star-sky fleet vanished in an instant, not even a trace of residual aura left behind—even when asteroid belts occasionally crashed through, they struck nothing at all.

Immortal Gate Seven-Tier Army Formation · Six Paths of Reincarnation Five-Element Magnetic Void True Formation!

This was the Immortal Gate's standard seven-tier army formation, with minor improvements made to suit the commander even better, further raising the combat power of this direction's fleet.

And the Ninth Star-Sky Front Army formation's specialty was offense and concealment.

Within a deep-layer space sufficient to deceive even Dao Merging Divine Monarchs, a massive deep-space fleet traversed the cosmic starry sky, expected to enter critical state in three days, capable of legion teleportation, passing through the transmission array to Jiao Jiao Mingyu, and then entering the Tian Yuan Domain.

"This army formation…"

True Venerable Mie Ri was shaken within.

Although there had been many drills in the past, now that true combat had truly arrived, his heart still could not help but be deeply stirred by this Immortal Gate army formation.

A Dahari sword cultivator—his sword arts were actually so perfectly suited to the Immortal Gate's army formation; it was truly inconceivable, nothing like coincidence—of course, it really was no coincidence.

God only knew how that brat had practiced his swordsmanship; somehow he had ended up practicing it into this state.

"Senior Mie Ri,"

"Congratulations on advancing to Void Refinement, extending your lifespan by thirty thousand years."

Jiang Ding's avatar appeared within the warships of the three Immortal Gate Void Refinement True Venerables, smiling as he offered greetings: "This is our first real combat. Do you see anything in the fleet formation's operation that needs improvement?"

"Nothing—you call the shots."

"I can no longer make sense of it; I can only execute. Only from afar could I offer opinions."

True Venerable Mie Ri said ruefully: "Thinking back to those years, you brat were still this little thing, and now you've actually surpassed me. If I'd known back then, I would've beaten you black and blue first."

"That wouldn't do—you'd be locked up, and locked up for a very long time at that."

Jiang Ding shook his head.

The remaining two Immortal Gate Void Refinement cultivators were True Venerable Ni Ri and True Venerable Ping Yang, both meritorious seniors from the battle that annihilated the Dahari Sword Pavilion, their political stance extremely reliable, their talent and brilliance extraordinary—basically the very finest figures of their respective eras.

Jiang Ding discussed in detail with the three the upcoming military affairs of the Ninth Star-Sky Front Army, especially matters concerning the garrisoning of the Tian Yuan Domain realm passage after his departure.

When the commander was absent, the Ninth Star-Sky Front Army needed to accept the guidance and orders of True Venerable Wan Ji's Second Front Army, jointly guarding the Tian Yuan Domain realm passage, ensuring the absolute safety of the mother star.

After the small meeting concluded and internal opinions were unified, Jiang Ding convened an enlarged meeting of the Ninth Front Army attended by all Soul Transformation generals, explaining to these senior officers the Ninth Front Army's strategic objectives, imparting to them the key points of the army formation, and teaching them difficulties in their cultivation and the like.

This was an Immortal Gate traditional custom; the army and a school shared great similarities—during march, learning could not stop either.

"The mission of the Ninth Star-Sky Front Army is to garrison the Tian Yuan Domain realm passage, ensuring the mother star and rear cannot be attacked."

"Our enemies—first, naturally, are the various Dao Merging powers of the Ancient God Domain; the secondary vigilance target is the Badaxian Sect. They are currently reliable, but we must maintain sufficient wariness toward them; we can never fully trust them at any time, and must set aside a portion of response force as necessary…"

"If the Immortal Gate Military Committee issues orders, we may undertake further military operations. None of you may slack in training…"

"…Commander of the 97th Group Army, Fire Leopard Three—you made an error in the army formation coordination just now. For army formation nodes 2342, 312, and 31, your response speed was too fast, affecting the overall strength of the army formation in that region, causing it to drop by 0.3 percent, and causing the entire Ninth Front Army formation's strength to drop by 0.097 percent."

"Can this problem be solved?"

Jiang Ding looked toward a young man in the meeting.

Fire Leopard Three.

An out-of-realm ascension immigrant, an absolute prodigy of the Fire Spirit Realm, possessor of the Fire Spirit Dao Body, currently late-stage Soul Transformation, with considerable talent in the study of the Fire Dao, who had once Li Xia Da Gong for the Immortal Gate, solving a key technical difficulty of planet-grade engines.

This was no accident.

It was precisely because he possessed such talent and ability, coupled with excellent character and moral standing, that he was able to become an Immortal Gate citizen.

This cultivator's talent in the Fire Dao was excellent; he might, at the peak of Soul Transformation, comprehend the Order power of the Fire Dao, possessing strength comparable to that of the former Jiao Mo Imperial Clan's Ancient Prince Ming Tian.

At the Divine Peak stage, he comprehended the power of the Order of Fire, possessing strength comparable to that of the Ming Tian Ancient Prince of the Horned Demon Imperial Clan of the past.

"…Report, Vice Commander! I have a question regarding army formation node 31!"

Fire Leopard Three's face flushed red, but he did not pretend to understand what he did not; he reported loudly.

"Oh, your understanding of army formation node 31 has some deviation…"

Jiang Ding immediately entered teaching mode, splitting off a wisp of divine sense to explain the army formation knowledge of this point to him in detail.

At the very same instant, he split off tens of thousands of strands of divine sense to handle various matters simultaneously—covering the Ninth Front Army's internal affairs, discipline, and instruction—processing the entire front army's governance methodically.

These split-off strands of divine sense were assisted by the Ninth Front Army's legion formation spirit; the consumption was extremely small and would not affect his command ability or combat power in the slightest.

The Ninth Front Army flew between realms for several days, then entered fleet teleportation state, departing the Nine Spirit Domain via the super transmission array's guidance, entering Jiao Jiao Mingyu, and then spending several more months to arrive at the Tian Yuan Domain realm passage.

Here, the scene had already become something entirely different.

Banners like Rushan and like seas, the oppressive might of army formations filling all four directions; numerous Xianshan, islands, giant beast Dao soldiers, ancient tree Dao soldiers, and heavenly soldier divine general Dao soldiers carpeted all the starry sky, yet were concealed by the Tian Yuan Domain realm passage grand array, not revealing a single trace.

The Badaxian Sect's Dao soldier forces had likewise gathered.

The entire Nine Spirit Domain's Jiudaxian Sect had completed all preparations for war, awaiting only the order to be issued before they could charge into the Ancient God Domain.