Chapter 2106: The Heavenly Horse Star Domain Where a Foreign Race Descends

"In the end, there are hidden dangers."

"It would have been better if more time had passed. By then they would have adapted, and even when facing other human True Immortals, they wouldn't defect in the heat of battle."

Yuan, however, was not at ease.

"What you say also has its reason."

"The Supreme Solar Sword Dao Soldiers can be trusted. They exist independently of the other Dao Soldier units, and share the same great Dao interests with me."

Jiang Ding nodded slightly and said nothing more.

In this battle, he did not plan to take the field — not just this one, but in all future battles, as long as he did not encounter a True Immortal, he would not make a move.

Campaigning and fighting cost far too much time — more than ninety-nine percent of it spent on the road, with the actual fighting brief and swift.

If he participated closely in every battle, it would waste a great deal of his time — the loss outweighing the gain.

His time should be spent deducing and comprehending the universal constants of the Immortal Dao universe, not on these secondary battlefields.

If these Dao Soldier armies cannot defeat their opponents, Jiang Ding will execute the supreme commanders of the Seven Great Dao Soldiers and the Supreme Solar Sword Dao Soldiers, and deeply reflect on his own army-building plan.

That would be incompetence.

There must be punishment.

Jiang Ding took one last look at the highest-tier flagship of the Immortal Gate.

A brand-new standard solar-system-class warship, shaped like a dusk-like sun, likewise an application of Jiang Ding's empirical formula for the universal constants of the Immortal Dao universe — a creation produced and named the Law-Slaying Solar Ship.

The ship's engine is the Immortal Gate's newly developed ninth-tier Grand Yin-Solar Dao Furnace engine. This engine drew heavily on the inspiration of the Immortal Gate's Spiritless Universe antimatter reactor engine, and was ultimately developed by Yuan, Jin Yu Zhi, Lu Yuan, and others, equipped on the Immortal Gate's Sovereign-class warships.

The ten strongest warships were built with Jiang Ding's participation, applying his empirical formula for the universal constants of the Immortal Dao universe. Their Immortal Dao technological content is extremely high, possessing combat power at the level of a quasi-Ninth Tribulation Sovereign.

With such an army, if it cannot sweep through the Heavenly Horse Star Domain and other places, there must be a problem with the military's organization and construction.

Jiang Ding did not pay much attention to this, turned around, and returned to the solar system to continue cultivating.

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The Heavenly Horse Star Domain.

This was an existence called the Heavenly Horse Star Domain Group, including the Heavenly Horse Star Domain, Heavenly Cloud Star Domain, and four other star domains — a lonely island of life in the endless starry sky. Ever since the Ten Thousand Laws Immortal Court collapsed tens of millions of years ago and the star domain's super transmission array failed, no outsiders had ever visited here.

The endless cosmic starry sky is in motion; the coordinates of great thousand worlds and star domains are constantly changing.

Many years ago, the star domains neighboring the Heavenly Horse Star Domain Group were places like the Heavenly Dragon Star Domain — the star domain currently ruled by the True Dragon Son, the True Immortal of the demon race. But now, tens of millions of years later, everything has changed, and no one knows where the Heavenly Horse Star Domain Group is today.

Since ancient times, many Eighth Tribulation Sovereigns, in their twilight years, chose to explore outward, walking into the dead starry sky, hoping to find new life-bearing star domains — but never with any result.

This was a privilege belonging solely to True Immortals; even Ninth Tribulation Sovereigns found it hard to set foot there.

Gradually, all factions gave up hope and focused on the internal disputes within the star domain group.

Today's Heavenly Horse Star Domain is ruled by the Heavenly Horse Immortal Race. These white horses clad in splendid wings have been renowned since ancient times for their nobility, strength, and loyalty. During the Ten Thousand Laws Immortal Court era and several human imperial dynasties, they were listed as war beasts. The place called the Heavenly Horse Star Domain is naturally suited to the growth of Heavenly Horses.

Outside the Heavenly Horse Star Domain, the Heavenly Cloud Star Domain is ruled by the Divine Dao, and the Heavenly Cluster Star Domain is ruled by other Immortal Races.

The Divine Dao and the Immortal Races fought, allied, schemed and plotted against each other among these not-so-large star domain groups, their relations Layered Contradictions. The lives lost to war were beyond counting — no different from any other star domain. Intelligent beings always had to struggle, for their own interests.

The once-solid blood alliance between the Divine Dao and the demon race from many years ago — no one remembers it anymore.

On this day, at the center of the Heavenly Horse Star Domain, in a place bathed in radiant dawn light, many Sovereigns of the Heavenly Horse Race gathered to discuss the Dao and bathe in the starry sky's Tianhe.

There were many attendants around — humans, dragons, cranes, and so on — all beautiful beings.

The Heavenly Horse Race loved beautiful beings.

"Brothers and sisters,"

"I have called you all here today for two reasons. First, to catch up — it has been many years since we last met, and I do miss you dearly. Second, a Heavenly Horse has put forward a proposal, saying he wishes to restore the traditional blood alliance with the human race, and I would like to discuss it with you all."

A Heavenly Horse with a seven-colored single horn on his head and an exceptionally robust body said in a muffled voice.

A heavy pressure radiated from his entire being — great light, great brightness, great righteousness — specifically countering evil and unorthodox. He must be an Eighth Tribulation Sovereign at the rule's extreme on the luminous aspect of the Solar Great Dao, and the pressure he faintly exuded far surpassed that of the other Heavenly Horses.

Yet his speaking voice was very mild. From time to time, Sovereigns glanced his way, their eyes full of reverence. He must be a Respected and Esteemed elder of the Heavenly Horse Immortal Race, one unaccustomed to ruling his clan through pure violence — broad-minded and benevolent.

This was the Eighth Tribulation Sovereign of the Heavenly Horse Race — Tianma Zhong!

He was a strongman whose prestige was Wang Su Zhong among the star domain groups. In the eyes of outsiders, he was renowned for his ruthlessness and cruelty, his greatest pleasure being to crush the skulls of living beings beneath his iron hooves — all races of living beings feared him.

However, within his own clan, he seemed to be entirely different.

"A blood alliance with the human race?"

Hearing Tianma Zhong's words, the surrounding Sovereigns of the Heavenly Horse Immortal Race were all surprised.

"Hasn't the blood alliance with the human race long since been shattered?"

"Back then, when the Divine-Demon Allied Army pressed in with overwhelming force and the Ten Thousand Laws Immortal Court's eastern expedition army was about to defeat this rabble and slaughter them by the hundreds of millions, our ancestor… abandoned the darkness for the light, Li Xia Da Gong merits, breaking the blood alliance that enslaved us. That is why we enjoy the happy life we have today, no longer becoming slaves."

A Heavenly Horse Sovereign with a pleasant voice said, somewhat puzzled.

Her body's curves were soft and natural, radiating flowing light and brilliant colors, possessing a strange beauty that often drew sidelong glances from many Heavenly Horses. This Sovereign of the Heavenly Horse Immortal Race seemed exceedingly beautiful in their eyes — a beauty that could topple kingdoms, a charm even Sovereigns found hard to resist. Human beings, however, could hardly empathize.

"Yuncai, that was then."

"This is now."

Tianma Zhong explained patiently: "The human race is indeed the hegemon race of the endless starry sky. They clearly looked rotten, degenerate — back then like a bunch of stupid pigs running about at random, letting those weak and useless noble scions of the Immortal Courts occupy vast authority and heavenly materials and earthly treasures, laughably worthless."

"But unexpectedly, in just a few tens of millions of years, they have regained their fighting strength in the endless starry sky."

"They have even given birth to two True Immortals!"

"This is truly terrifying beyond words."

"This clansman of ours should be thinking of leaving a way out for the race. If someday the human True Immortal truly becomes the Human Emperor again, it counts as leaving a path of survival for the race. Back then, we did not slaughter all humans either — several knight sects with which the old Heavenly Horse ancestors had deep feelings were preserved, and even today they are still kept and treated well; generation after generation of celestial beings can emerge continuously."

"Back then, the old ancestors and them shared a bond like blood brothers. If not for the collapse of the great tide, it would not have come to this."

"What do you all think?"

Tianma Zhong asked.

This was truly a matter that greatly violated tradition.

Over many years, the Heavenly Horse Immortal Race had stood high above, noble by birth, while the human race had long since become one of many slave races — despised, casually devoured and slaughtered, made into servants and slaves. Now, to restore part of the tradition, to allow lowly humans to ride once more upon the Heavenly Horses' backs — this was truly a matter shocking to Heavenly Horse ears.

Tian Ma Zhong had already anticipated the storm this would stir up within the clan, the fierce opposition, and so he was being relatively cautious.

"Fair point."

"Zhong, this is a shrewd move…"

"The younger generation will likely be angry; we need to pacify them more…"

"Can we slow down? Many Tian Ma, including us, feel rather uncomfortable about this…"

Unexpectedly, the many Tian Ma Supreme Beings each offered suggestions one after another; the occasional objection was only about the method, with none of that absolute, die-hard conservatism.

"Huh?"

Tian Ma Zhong was taken aback.

"Hahaha!"

"Zhong, did you think we were all fools?"

One Tian Ma Supreme Being laughed heartily and said: "So-called 'the ancestors' laws cannot be changed' is nothing but a struggle for interests dressed up in righteousness — who doesn't know that?"

"In the past, we took it so much for granted."

"Now it is the great righteousness of our race — how could we still be squabbling?"

"You underestimate us!"

"Hahaha…"

The surrounding group of Tian Ma Supreme Beings all burst into laughter.

"Everyone—"

Tian Ma Zhong was moved in his heart, and for a moment could not speak.

All these years, toiling away within the clan, thinking himself hardworking, thinking his vision far-reaching, seeing what the Tian Ma could not see — in truth he had still been far too arrogant.

Which of these fellow clansmen was not a heaven-blessed prodigy, devoted heart and soul to the clan?

Which one was inferior to him?

Tian Ma Zhong felt ashamed in his heart, and a great aspiration was born within him.

With clansmen of one mind like this, in the future, the Tian Ma Immortal Clan might well produce a true Immortal!

Then why would they need to consider attaching themselves to another race?

"Brothers and sisters, it is I—"

Tian Ma Zhong said shamefully, just as he was about to speak, his expression suddenly changed, and he whipped his head to look into the distance.

Boom!

Rumble rumble…

In the distant starry sky, a sudden violent storm arose at this moment — wind and rain raging, Lei Ting flashing, boundless gales converging toward that single center like a vortex, and an incomparably terrifying, incomparably heavy End-Law aura spread outward, reaching across the four great star domains including the Tian Ma Star Domain, carrying a clear sense of destruction and slaughter.

Moreover, a faintly visible portal appeared in the distant starry sky.

Faintly, a low murmur drifted over.

"Tai Shang!"

"Tai Shang Great Sun Sword Dao! Tai Shang Great Sun Sword Dao…"

These murmurs, like the sound of the Great Dao, spread out in all directions, falling into the divine souls of every living being, every Supreme Being, making their souls tremble and their bodies shiver uncontrollably.

Here at the Tian Ma Immortal Clan, all was silent.

Dead silent — not a single sound, even the wind seemed about to freeze.

A long, long while.

"Tai Shang!"

"Tai Shang…"

"Tai Shang Great Sun Sword Immortal…"

Tian Ma Yun Cai of the Tian Ma Immortal Clan spoke in a dry voice — clearly a Seven-Tribulation Supreme Being, yet frail as a willow catkin in the wind — and said bitterly: "Among the human race, the most cruel, the most violent, the most bloodthirsty… true Immortal of the human race's Sword Dao."