Chapter 1678: Today's Immortal Gate

Year, Immortal Gate Solar System.

Today's Immortal Gate, the Dao of Immortality flourishes ever more, seventh-tier spirit veins crisscross within the Solar System, spreading like a heavenly river across the cosmic starry sky, a galaxy of starlight, magnificent beyond compare.

This is the sect's sacred ground, hegemon of the world cluster.

This is the homeland of dozens of Dao-Union Divine Monarchs, the place where celestial-tier civilization heavy treasures suppress, the home port of numerous illustrious eighth-tier Star Sea Group Fleet armadas.

Here, Immortal Dao science advances with each passing day, every moment new Immortal Dao science and technology that influences every trade is born.

The finest prodigies of thought, virtue, talent, and merit from all races gather here, absorbing new thoughts and new ideas from outside every moment, ensuring thought does not ossify, internal citizens do not rot in comfort, just like those many races that have already perished.

From every aspect, this civilization is so full of life and vigor.

It greatly resembles the history of the rise of the Upper Realm Taiyi Qingmu Xianzong, all such unity of purpose, striving together, talents descending without regard for convention, even more outstanding!

On this day, the Golden Imperial Palace held the Immortal Gate Academic Conference as usual.

"Solar System-class warship engine 8721 conduit has developed a problem, cannot be solved."

"Construction is stuck here, no one knows how many years before a breakthrough, needs more technical accumulation, perhaps three thousand years, perhaps twenty thousand years, cannot be estimated…"

Behind Senior Wanji Divine Monarch, eight mechanical arms danced, writing out Immortal Gate-unique runes of 0s and 1s, these runes expressing the massive data of eighth-tier engine furnace construction information.

Actually, when these slumbering Void-Tempering cultivators awakened and once again took over Immortal Gate's critical departments, it was controversial, after all, while they slumbered, Immortal Gate's Immortal Dao science and technology advanced with each passing day, whether the knowledge these old predecessors possessed could keep up with the times was itself a question.

Immortal Gate's key posts mean the Dao path, even with great respect, no one would yield.

However, when these old predecessors advanced to Dao Union, and divine soul computing power, divine sense precision and the like increased tenfold or more, these dissenting voices vanished.

Now, Senior Wanji Divine Monarch and the other old predecessors have once again fully taken charge of the Immortal Gate.

"This is the norm of scientific research, nothing to be done."

"If this technical route won't work, then try another."

Zhenjun Shenji Divine Monarch sighed.

Exploring the unknown will inevitably fall into technical bottlenecks, requiring long stretches of time to break through, or perhaps never breaking through at all, no matter how skilled the Immortal Gate is at Immortal Dao research.

"Sigh,"

"Back in the day…"

Destroyer Sun Divine Monarch showed a sorrowful look, and left without looking back.

Seeing this, the many Divine Monarchs were somewhat downcast.

When did being stuck by a small technical bottleneck for thousands or tens of thousands of years become so commonplace?

It shouldn't be like this.

In the past tens of thousands of years, the Immortal Gate's many Immortal Dao sciences and technologies advanced by leaps and bounds, multiple heaven-rending thresholds such as Void Tempering, Dao Union, and stellar-class warships were crossed one by one, when had they ever regarded these trivial engine technologies as important?

The times gave the Immortal Gate a hero beyond his era, pushing the Immortal Gate to where it stands today.

The Immortal Gate and this hero beyond his era achieved each other, grew with each other, neither could grow alone, combined they possessed Immortal Dao research levels far exceeding the present, complementary to the utmost.

And now, with the hero beyond his era gone, all things will eventually return to normal.

"Is he… still alive?"

Jin Lingfeng Divine Monarch said softly.

This soft murmur spread outward in all directions like ripples.

In many Divine Monarchs' hearts, a figure appeared, a youthful face, the look of an ordinary high school boy, carrying a broken sword everywhere he went.

Ten thousand years now, is he well?

Is he dead?

This old friend who accompanied us for tens of thousands of years, is he still here, has he completed the ideal in his heart?

Senior Wanji Divine Monarch and the others looked toward Luo Luo Zhongfu.

This ruler of the Immortal Gate, whose talent was by no means much inferior to that old friend.

That old friend ultimately chose resolutely to depart, pursuing a life-and-death ideal, among which Luo Luo Zhongfu's existence was an important factor, even without the Great Sun Sword Master, the Immortal Gate would surely endure, would surely not be overturned by external celestial forces, absolutely certain, the Immortal Gate had no worries.

"I don't know."

Luo Luo Zhongfu pondered for a moment, and said: "We have been observing the galactic core black hole, but so far have not discovered anything, we estimate it will take about twenty thousand years before we can observe changes within, only after twenty thousand years will light travel from the galactic core black hole to reach us, bringing news of what happened there."

"For now, we wait."

"From ancient times to now, from Yuan to Wu, throughout the Immortal Gate's history, there have been too many sages who died seeking the Dao, if such a thing truly happened again, then we must learn to accept it."

"Life must go on."

"We should believe that even if he is gone, he must surely be happy, if we truly let him die of old age within the Immortal Gate, that would be the misfortune for him."

"Indeed,"

"He is a heartless sword cultivator…"

Siyan Divine Monarch fell into reminiscence.

That person, born Lord of the Great Sun Sword Dao, sentimental yet heartless, charging forward in pursuit of the Sword Dao without a backward glance, caring nothing for past bonds, when they clearly still had at least several hundred thousand years of shared life ahead.

Such a person, even

if buried in the galactic core black hole, counts as happiness, I suppose.

Thinking this, she felt somewhat better.

Wooo~

Woooo~~~

At this moment, Luo Luo Zhongfu's expression changed drastically.

After how many years, the shrill air-raid siren once again sounded within the Immortal Gate, falling into the ears of every high-tier cultivator, instantly tensing their nerves, the entire Immortal Gate Solar System's formations activated swiftly, the Solar True Fire Shield materialized from void into substance, thirty-six Solar Radiance Wandering Dragons emanated a low, oppressive might.

"Superluminal object detected!"

"All physical observation methods have failed, activating the Fate of Destiny Heavenly Dao Rule Net, calculating, calculating… suspected creation of a civilization above Tier Three!"

"Super civilization invasion!"

"The superluminal object is about to reach the Immortal Gate in three seconds. It may destroy the Immortal Gate's Solar True Fire Shield in a single strike!"

"Command: First Front Army…"

The shrill alarm of the Central Array Spirit Computer blared, one order after another was issued, and every Immortal Gate army group rapidly entered combat readiness.

But it was already too late!

At present, only the Immortal Gate's First Army Group could be thrown into the battlefield; the remaining army groups would need at least another minute before they could set foot on it!

Could the Immortal Gate's First Army Group and the Solar System Array stop the superluminal object?

"Initiate full mobilization immediately!"

"We will pay any price…"

Yuan roared.

Halfway through his words, his voice suddenly jammed to a halt.

Because, after seeing the Solar System Array's violent reaction in the distant starry sky, the superluminal object abruptly came to a halt and sent wave after wave of divine-sense transmission messages and soul-verification messages, which traveled toward the Immortal Gate at a somewhat slow and sluggish speed of light.

"Welcome!"

The voice of the Central Array Spirit Computer immediately rose an octave.

"Welcome!"

"Welcome, Grand Sun Counselor!!!"