Chapter 1416: The New Generation Great Sun Sword Lord Jiang Ding Zi

When the sword-Dao resonance of the heir apparent of the hegemon race of the endless starry sky appeared between heaven and earth, the Dao-Unification Divine Monarchs of the Jiudaxian Sect of the Ancient God Domain instantly felt the sky collapse.

A deep, heavy canopy descended from the heavens, shrouding everything, extinguishing the last sliver of hope for life.

A Dao Child and their sect often exist in a state of intimate correlation.

By such reasoning, what manner of terror must a sect be, if it can give birth to a true Upper Realm Xianzong Dao Child — or even one who merely approaches one?

This line of reasoning alone is enough to plunge one into despair at the mere thought.

The Dao-Unification Divine Monarchs of the Jiudaxian Sect of the Ancient God Domain clearly knew far more, their lineages descending from the Upper Realm, and so the fear in their hearts only grew stronger.

Many of them — for instance, the Righteous Dao Xianzong's Tianyun Divine Monarch — wore dim, desolate expressions, already contemplating the consequences of utter defeat.

He would not die; so long as he surrendered to the Tianji Divine Monarch, who shared his origin, there was a very great chance he could survive.

Although his cultivation would inevitably plummet, perhaps barely maintaining even the early stage of the Dao-Unification realm, and his foundation and potential would be drastically affected, possibly dooming him to never reach above Dao-Unification for the rest of his life.

But he could survive.

The disparity in strength was such; on the path of Tianji divination and concealment he had been utterly crushed, toyed with — what choice did he have but this?

Other Dao-Unification Divine Monarchs of the Unorthodox Dao Xianzong — such as the Tianshen Divine Monarch and the Wuguang Divine Monarch — instantly had their eyes blaze blood-red, their auras growing wild and restless, and a terrifying aura of destruction, of self-annihilation, gradually rose upon their bodies.

The slaughter and strife among cultivators of the Unorthodox Dao sects was often far more brutal than that with enemies from outside the sect!

Their struggles with the Divine Monarchs of Xianzong who shared their origin would only be more cruel, to the death, never relenting — under no circumstances would they yield, even in defeat they would bite off a chunk of their opponent's flesh!

The Dao-Unification Divine Monarchs of the Jiudaxian Sect of the Ancient God Domain were each different, and all looked toward the many powerhouses of the Jiuling Domain.

The next moment, they all froze.

A change—

A change had appeared!

The instant that sword-soul resonance appeared, the Tianji Divine Monarch, the Taiyi Taiyi Qingmu Divine Monarch, Brother Brother Xuanwu, and others' expressions changed wildly, and they instantly broke away from the battle formation of the Dongji Demon Gate fleet.

Eight Dao-Unification Divine Monarchs instantly reorganized into an equally exquisite battle formation, their gazes fixed in horror upon the blue-robed youth of the Cangtian Pavilion.

"Great Sun…"

"The Great Sun Sword Lord has appeared again…"

Brother Brother Xuanwu erupted in sudden fury.

He utterly disregarded the many powers of the Ancient God Domain, utterly disregarded the Tianshen Divine Monarch who could cause his foundation and reserves to surge explosively, and killing intent exploded forth with savage violence — a hatred and killing intent like Rushan, like the sea, bursting forth together, engulfing the Dongji Demon Gate.

The surrounding Tianji Divine Monarch, Taiyi Taiyi Qingmu Divine Monarch, Wuxing Divine Monarch, Yingmo Divine Monarch… and all the other Dao-Unification Divine Monarchs of the Jiuling Domain instantly went mad.

They ignored everyone!

In every one of their hearts, long-buried memories surfaced—

to the forefront of their minds — the tangled feuds of tens of thousands of years, the myriad pasts from childhood to youth to young manhood to prime to old age, the slaughter, the flight, the victories…

Originally, they had thought all of this was long past, gone forever.

That man, already dead, whom each of them had personally sent on their way dozens of times, continuously for thousands of years on end, ensuring that not the slightest remnant soul of that man remained, that he could never again appear between heaven and earth.

And yet!

Now!

A Great Sun Sword Lord was about to appear!

They had assumed this was something very far off, at least tens of thousands of years away — that there was still time, still time to scheme, still time to make all manner of preparations, that time was still ample.

But now — a thunderbolt from clear skies — suddenly, the Great Sun Sword Lord was about to appear, was appearing right now.

This familiar existence instantly awakened their memories of the past tens of thousands of years.

All the great powerhouses of the Jiuling Domain Xianzong instantly went mad, without the slightest hesitation; they utterly ignored everyone, and their terrifying, frenzied killing intent fell upon the Dongji Demon Gate fleet, upon that blue-robed youth.

"Yuan!"

"I ask you one question!"

The great powerhouse of the Tianji Xiangong had always maintained the appearance of a mild old man — practitioners of the Tianji path were ever thus, able to remain composed even in death — yet now his eyes were blood-red, killing intent bursting forth, his grey-white hair whipping wildly in frenzy.

He stared fixedly at Yuan, who stood within the most elite Central Army Group of the Dongji Demon Gate's two-billion-citizen fleet, and roared: "I ask you only one question!"

"Are you willing to execute Jiang Ding Zi this instant!"

"Answer!"

"Willing, or not willing?!"

The great powerhouse of the Tianji Xiangong howled in frenzy: "If you are willing, the Tianji Xiangong and the other seven Xianzong are willing to open all of their lineages to the Dongji Demon Gate, including every lineage above Dao-Unification.

We are willing to give you half of the Ancient God Domain, everything split down the middle; we are willing to submit to the Dongji Demon Gate, to be bound as father-and-son sects, paying over a vast tribute of celestial coin each year!"

"If you have further conditions, speak them — all can be discussed, all can be discussed!"

"Now, I ask you once more — willing, or not willing,"

"this instant, execute Jiang Ding Zi!"

In the starry sky of the universe, the fleet of the Xianmen Central Army Group, which without anyone noticing had already drawn a vast distance from the Badaxian Sect, fell into a momentary silence.

This was procedure being followed.

Every decision involving the entire Xianmen must go through such a procedure — collective decision, collective execution, collective bearing of all consequences.

In an instant, the procedure was complete.

"Not willing."

Yuan's voice came in layered, overlapping waves, a single person's voice containing hundreds of millions of voices within it, incomprehensibly strange.

"The Xianmen will absolutely never—"

"execute, or indirectly allow the execution of, any citizen, without that citizen having violated any law."

"Any citizen."

The collective will of the Xianmen fleet had already made its decision.

"Good!"

"Hahahahahaha… good!"

The Tianji Xiangong great cultivator was not surprised; his eyes blood-red, he laughed without end.

The surrounding Taiyi Qingmu Xianzong great cultivators were all in a similar state — not normal, each one mad and chaotic; at this moment reason and scheming could not influence anything.

"Kill!"

The Tianji Xiangong great cultivator, Brother Brother Xuanwu of the Xuantian Palace great cultivator, the Wan Shouxianzong great cultivator, and everyone else roared.

Hum!

Eight people struck at once, fighting to the death!

Eight terrifying Heavenly Dao rule law-nets instantly linked into one.

Any single Heavenly Dao rule law-net could make the ancient god domain's Taiyi Qingmu Xianzong Divine Monarchs' hearts tremble with fear; now eight were instantly connected into one through a great formation, and the exquisite coordination of the formation within was utterly suffocating, already exceeding the vision of Heavenly God Divine Monarchs and others, unleashing power far beyond that of a single person.

This terrifying Combined-Dao great formation's aura linked into one body, then gathered upon Brother Brother Xuanwu of the Xuantian Palace great cultivator, causing his power to surge wildly; he raised high with both hands a Brother Xuanwu bronze statue heavy as a star, like a cosmic black hole, and smashed it toward the East Extreme Demon Sect's several-billion warship fleet.

At this moment countless Heavenly Dao law-nets interwove around him; every move carried tremendous might, as if his body had become the sovereign of Heavenly Dao.

Boom!

On the other side, the East Extreme Demon Sect's several-billion central group army fleet likewise unleashed killing intent a step earlier.

An incomparably complex, incomparably exquisite Yuanci Heavenly Dao law-net — far surpassing any single Combined-Dao Divine Monarch of the Badaxian Sect — descended between heaven and earth; the spiritual energy of heaven and earth within several hundred thousand kilometers surged into the Yuanci Heavenly Dao law-net, combining to form a Stellar Yuanci Orbital Cannon built from thirty-six stars, which fired a terrifying strike.

This strike was incomparably brilliant, destroying the four directions; the Heavenly Dao law-nets in the cosmos almost collapsed at a touch, melting away everything.

Boom!

Boom boom!

This Stellar Yuanci Orbital Cannon struck Brother Brother Xuanwu of the Xuantian Palace great cultivator's Stellar Bronze Statue treasure, forcibly blasting him back, shattering the formation patterns formed by the surrounding eight Heavenly Dao law-nets, and even leaving terrible wounds upon Brother Brother Xuanwu of the Xuantian Palace great cultivator's body, shocking to behold.

"Seeking death!"

"You all seek death!"

Yet Brother Brother Xuanwu of the Xuantian Palace great cultivator grew ever more frenzied, completely ignoring his own wounds, charging in the vanguard, madly slaughtering toward the East Extreme Demon Sect fleet.

"Kill!"

The two sides ignored everyone else, madly butchering each other within the ancient god domain's Void Spirit Abyss.

"They…"

Within the Void Spirit Abyss, the many forces of the ancient god domain watched in terror.

For a moment they did not know whether to flee or do

what; they only unconsciously reined in their auras, lowering their own presence, not even daring to breathe.