Chapter 1438: Admission Notice of the Immortal Gate Military Academy

The cultivators of the Badaxian Sect hesitated and struggled for a long time.

Gradually, Jiang Ding's expression returned to calm.

Clang!

He drew his sword.

With one sword strike, billions of rays of light bloomed, falling upon the Soul Transformation and Void Refining cultivators of the Badaxian Sect; every single person received a wisp of sword qi.

This tiny wisp of sword qi, landing on cultivators like Lord Dingding Zhenzun, immediately erupted with immense power.

"Pfft!"

"No! Without the command of our Ancestor, I will absolutely not surrender..."

Lord Dingding Zhenzun, struck by a wisp of sword qi, was like one struck by lightning; he struggled with all his might, but in the end, he truly could not resist. His soul and spirit were suppressed, he fainted into death, and lost all consciousness.

"Disciples all, follow this old man to kill!"

This was a Void Refining cultivator of the Wuxingtian Sect who refused to surrender to death; he led many disciples in a desperate charge, only to be struck by a wisp of sword qi in the end, helplessly falling into a coma, unable to turn back the tide.

"Kill..."

The Void Refining cultivator of the Shadow Demon Abyss attempted to flee to await the future, but was also struck by a sword qi and captured.

There was also a Void Refining cultivator of the Qingmuxian Sect who, without a sound, fainted flat on the ground the instant he touched the sword qi...

Such was the case; every cultivator of the Badaxian Sect did their utmost.

Helplessly, they truly could not resist.

They were captured and each received an admission notice for the temporary training class of the Immortal Gate Military Academy.

Jiang Ding glanced at them, turned, and left.

Before the great powers of the Badaxian Sect died, the Immortal Gate would not harm these people.

The great powers of the Badaxian Sect still retained immense strength; it was not good to drive them to a dead end, to turn them into lone wolves, into unaffiliated cultivators.

At that time, eight unencumbered strong ones would be enough to make any faction frantic, even causing them to decline from prosperity to ruin and perish entirely.

Setting aside other things, if those eight people never engaged in a decisive battle but simply targeted the subordinate factions of the Immortal Gate for slaughter and massacre, fleeing whenever the main fleet arrived, who could withstand them?

This would be a completely lose-lose situation.

For such strong ones, before they die, one must give them something to care about, must let them have some pots and jars; otherwise, the competition between the two sides would become a competition without any bottom line, with no winner.

Decades later, the Ancient God Domain Realm Channel Array, built by the Immortal Gate at the cost of massive manpower, material resources, and a vast amount of heavenly treasures, was completely constructed.

These expenditures further accelerated the arrival of the Immortal Gate's economic crisis.

Economic crisis!

It is estimated that in another two hundred years or so, the Immortal Gate's economy will suffer numerous explosions, the entire economic system will collapse, education, military, and scientific research will all fall into stagnation, countless companies will go bankrupt, citizens will have no jobs and can only lie at home, and cultivation will come to a complete halt.

—However, they can still afford to eat.

It is just

that cultivation is no longer possible.

The Immortal Gate, top to bottom, has no spirit stones left, not a single spirit stone remains; for a Daoist civilization, this is hardly different from mortals losing their jobs and starving to death.

On this day, the First, Second, and Third Front Armies of the Immortal Gate formally declared war on the Nether Black Sky Crane Clan, one of the seven primal races of the Ten Thousand Races Alliance, on the grounds of slaughtering the human race, a crime of the utmost evil, and then advanced.

There was no other reason; purely, the Nether Black Sky Crane was closest to here, and this race possessed territory in three domains, which could satisfy the Immortal Gate's short-term expansion needs.

"Great Sun, I entrust this place to you."

Yuan spoke solemnly.

"Marshal, I will certainly not disgrace the mission."

Jiang Ding bowed and said.

This was not to boost morale or increase confidence, but to state a fact to a certain extent.

He possessed the ability to instantly advance to Void Refining.

If willing to consume some of his foundation, he could fully advance to Void Refining; combined with the Ninth Front Army and the fixed Grade-Nine Supreme Great Array, even if the great powers of the Badaxian Sect personally besieged this place, they could not hope to break through within several tens of days, and they could fully wait for the Immortal Gate's reinforcements to cross the domain via the Super Teleportation Array.

"Hahaha, it is good to have confidence."

Yuan laughed heartily and said, "However, if you encounter an enemy beyond human control, you must still flee. If the person is here, the land is here; if the person is lost, the land is entirely lost. Remember this point."

"As long as the citizens remain, as long as the citizens remain united with one heart, everything will be available in the future."

"Understood."

Jiang Ding also showed a smile: "I wish everyone a triumphant return."

"Naturally so."

Yuan waved his hand, indicating he need not see him off further, then boarded the flagship Free Immortal Gate, leading the Central Army Group far away, deep into the endless darkness of the domain space.

The Third Front Army of Zhenzun Senior Wanji and the Second Front Army fleet of Zhenzun Zhenjun Shenji accompanied the two wings, with a subtle resonance between the military formations.

The expedition of the fleet of billions of citizens had begun.

At this very moment, the Foundation Establishment cultivators in the fleet had entered a state of hibernation; this hibernation would last for hundreds of years, after which the Immortal Gate's fleet would arrive at the Nether Black Sky Crane's ruling center, the Zhong Senior Qian Shi Gao Jie Hei Tian Gao Jie, to launch an offensive.

There was no way; the space between domains was truly too vast; without teleportation arrays, simply traveling took such a long time.

However, once they arrived at Hei Tian Gao Jie, the situation would be much better; it was closer to the center of the Ancient God Domain, the density of life worlds increased greatly, it was more abundant, and it might take only a few years or a few decades to reach another domain.

Jiang Ding gazed at the starry sky of the universe at this moment.

The Immortal Gate's most elite troops were all here; countless steel warships covered hundreds of thousands of kilometers of the starry sky, their aura immense and terrifying, slowly penetrating deep into the void, gradually moving away, gradually moving away, and then slowly disappearing, van

ishing from everyone's sight and spiritual sense.

If there were no accidents, the next meeting might be hundreds of years later.

By that time, if everything went smoothly, the Immortal Gate would have occupied a Zhong Senior Qian Shi Gao Jie, successfully built a Super Teleportation Array, and restored material circulation with the rear again.

A ripple arose in Jiang Ding's heart, then subsided.

He withdrew his gaze, returned to the very center of the vast formation of the Ancient God Realm's domain passage, and sat cross-legged in the cosmic starry sky. The Great Clarity Flying Sword burst forth from the earth, radiating light; its roots dug deep into space and the rules of the Heavenly Dao, gathering the essence of the sun and moon and the spiritual energy of heaven and earth like a tsunami, filtering it through layers before channeling it into the sword master's body.

These external spiritual energies of heaven and earth and essences of the sun and moon repeatedly tempered Jiang Ding's newly formed magical body, as well as tempered the sword soul, magic power, and divine sense, further solidifying his foundation.

After the battle at the Hidden Heaven Pavilion, Jiang Ding's sword art and sword soul had grown, and his sense of self had been cemented in the Glorious Blood Duel.

Thus, he could now, through a stronger sword soul, stronger sword art, and the further enhanced structure of the Six Realms of Reincarnation, further refine his Shen Hun He Fa and magic power, pushing them far beyond the limits of immortal sect Gong Fa.

This was solidifying the foundation.

None of this would be in vain; after he advanced to the Void Refinement Realm in the future, he would be even stronger.

Moreover, because his foundation and heritage were so deep, he would not remain in the early stage of the Void Refinement Realm for too long; perhaps only a few decades would be needed for his magical body to adapt, allowing him to automatically break through to the mid-stage of the Void Refinement Realm, saving thousands of years of cultivation time in the Void Refinement stage, making the cost-performance ratio extremely high.