Chapter 1445: True Venerable of Taiyin

Amidst the war of realms.

Time flows like water; in the blink of an eye, over a hundred years have passed.

Two generations of mortals have lived and died from birth to death, yet the realm war of the Immortal Sects continues.

On this day, Jiang Ding stood amidst the starry sky, silently gazing at the current Ancient God Realm's realm passage, watching the warships and soldiers flowing along that channel like a river.

Compared to over a hundred years ago, this place is far more prosperous.

Citizens of the Immortal Sects, upon completing their new recruit training, immediately rush to the battlefield: to Jiao Jiao Mingyu, to Tian Yuan Domain, to the Ancient God Realm, to every place where the glory of the Immortal Sects resides.

At the same time, heavy equipment produced by the Immortal Sects—shells, warships, aerospace carriers, and the like—is transported to the front lines through this realm lifeline, supporting the unprecedented fierce war waged by the Immortal Sects.

Countless heavenly treasures and raw materials for Immortal Dao industry from the Ancient God Realm also flow through this route, returning to the Immortal Sects for processing.

The citizens of the Immortal Sects have been fighting for nearly four hundred years.

The lives of two generations of Foundation Establishment citizens have been spent on the battlefield: either dying in battle, or advancing in rank, or retiring in the later stages of life to return to their hometowns, like falling leaves returning to their roots.

The war has lasted for centuries, yet it is still far from nearing its end.

This is the right and obligation of all citizens.

No matter how cruel, no one can escape it.

Jiang Ding took out the Immortal Sect's internal military briefing and slowly opened it.

"... On April 3rd of this year, the Immortal Dao industrial base in the Demon Heaven Realm was completed, marking that the Immortal Sect now possesses the capability to produce aerospace carriers and warships below that tier on-site, greatly reducing the logistical burden..."

"... Today, August 21st of this year, the First, Second, and Third Expeditionary Front Armies of the Immortal Sect, invincible in battle and unconquerable in attack, have captured the Second Domain of the Nether Black Sky Crane, the Black Feather Domain, successfully conquering the Black Feather Realm of the Zhong Senior Qian Shi Gao Jie. The Alliance of Ten Thousand Races was even more wretched than in the previous battle; they offered only symbolic resistance before retreating. The Nether Black Sky Crane clan's God King who had merged with the Dao was enraged and went mad, yet he did not charge up alone..."

"... The Immortal Sect Military Commission has ordered a ten-year rest, after which to attack the Black Sky Domain and Black Sky Realm, the final ancestral lands of the Nether Black Sky Crane clan, completely annihilating all territories of the Nether Black Sky Crane clan in the Ancient God Realm.

I wonder if this race will continue to flee before their final ancestral home..."

"... The Immortal Sect Intelligence Department warns: Under the Immortal Sect's overwhelming military pressure and the joint advocacy of many powerful cultivators in the Ancient God Realm, the Demon God Sect and the Jiudaxian Sect of the Ancient God Realm are beginning to lean towards the Alliance of Ten Thousand Races. They seem intent on setting aside their past grievances to establish a 'Ancient God Alliance' to jointly resist external enemies. Relevant alliance negotiations are underway, with momentum of immense scale..."

"However, the first meeting of the three major powers did not go smoothly. Judging from many indirect intelligence reports, it seems all parties felt the other's demands were too high and difficult to accept."

"All are thinking of making allies bear more risk

?? while securing more safety for themselves."

"The second and third meetings were the same."

"Under the gradually expanding military pressure of the Immortal Sect, many forces in the Ancient God Realm may feel a strong threat, thereby lowering their expectations and negotiation bottom lines. The possibility of establishing the 'Ancient God Alliance' is constantly increasing; please, the Immortal Sect Military Commission, seriously consider this possibility..."

"... The Tianji Immortal Palace and other sects may join the Ancient God Alliance; however, the nine major Immortal Sects, including the Tian Shen Palace, strongly oppose this, even willing to start a battle on the spot. The rift is immense..."

Jiang Ding silently finished reading this issue of the Immortal Sect's internal military briefing.

Overall, the Immortal Sect's war is still proceeding smoothly, though there are hidden concerns.

This hidden concern is that, under the pain of their very flesh and blood, many forces in the Ancient God Realm have gradually begun to set aside their hatred and unite.

This is because the Immortal Sect adopted the method of boiling a frog in warm water; otherwise, the many forces in the Ancient God Realm would be even more tightly bound now, not as loose as they are today, bickering over alliance terms every other day and parting in anger.

It is not that these God Kings who have merged with the Dao are not smart enough; at this time, they are still engaged in endless internal strife, unwilling to unite sincerely against the external enemy.

Is sincere unity so easily achieved?

There is a paradox here.

All forces want to preserve themselves and then achieve victory; this is inevitable.

However, in war, sacrifice is inevitable; God Kings who have merged with the Dao will inevitably die. War is such a cruel thing; it is impossible for God Kings to merely put on airs for a while and then end it.

Then, who is the God King who has merged with the Dao that must inevitably be sacrificed?

No one is willing.

The God King who has merged with the Dao does not wish to die, no matter the reason; nor does his race wish for their ancestor to die.

No matter what, even the greater good cannot make them compromise.

Since ancient times, the term 'mob' has been repeatedly mentioned in military history, representing an objective law rooted in the essence of intelligent life, not something easily resolved.

"The variable lies with the Badaxian Sect..."

Jiang Ding murmured to himself.

If only the Immortal Sect had discovered this realm alone.

Without the Badaxian Sect, the Immortal Sect could gradually push through the Ancient God Realm, occupying all places except the three central rings of the Zhong Senior Qian Shi Gao Jie, and then plan for realms beyond merging with the Dao, striving to possess self-defense capabilities before the Ancient God Ancestor or that so-called Son of the Ancient God awakens.

Fortunately, the great experts of the Badaxian Sect have now been severely injured; even by the most conservative estimate, they will need at least a millennium to recover.

Otherwise, the Immortal Sect would already be stuck in a strategic stalemate.

Clang!

At this moment, some changes appeared in the starry sky.

From the horizon came a clear, melodious sword sound, cold as water, freezing all

things; all emotions in the world fell into dead silence, the Supreme One forgetting emotion.

Jiang Ding looked up, gazing at the one not far away.

A breathtakingly beautiful young girl in a moon-white immortal skirt was slowly walking towards here.

Beside her, layers of icy Taiyin rules bloomed and spread in all directions, carrying a terrifying aura capable of making ninety-nine percent of the Void Refinement cultivators in the world despair and fear.

The newly appointed ambassador of the Qingmuxian Sect to the Immortal Sect, the True Venerable of Taiyin.

Procedurally speaking, the Immortal Sect has not declared war on the Badaxian Sect; normal personnel exchanges, economic exchanges, and even the exchange of international students between them continue as before.

"Congratulations on your advancement to Void Refinement."

"If this were in the era of the Nine Spirit Domain, you could already be called the Master of the Taiyin Sword."

Jiang Ding said indifferently.

Last time, he was suspected of intentionally allowing the Shadow Demon God King to further enter the Immortal Sect's military formation, and was immediately reported by the True Venerable of Sun Destruction, who reported it to the Immortal Sect Military Commission.

After a careful investigation, the Immortal Sect Military Commission confirmed the facts and issued a military punishment.

Finally, Jiang Ding was sentenced to a thousand years of imprisonment; due to the special circumstances of the war, the execution of the sentence could be postponed until after the war, but not a single day could be reduced, and there was no such thing as redeeming one's crimes through merit.

Merit is merit, fault is fault; the two exist at the same time.

Now, Jiang Ding no longer dared to casually lay hands on an envoy of another nation.