Chapter 2286

The human sword cultivators began to flee.

A sword cultivator's life is one of forging swords, practicing swords, slaughtering, and fleeing.

Unlike many stereotypes, this inheritance is not one of stubbornness; once a situation becomes hopeless and the win rate drops to zero, they flee faster and more fiercely than rabbits, bearing a semblance to the saying that before the autumn wind stirs, the cicadas already sense it.

A sword cultivator who is not good at fleeing is not an excellent sword cultivator.

It was merely a few breaths.

The heavenly court battlefield, where they fought to madness, had already ended; all sword cultivators had slipped away, fleeing madly, each risking their lives.

At the same time, the most terrifying casualties appeared.

In all battles, the greatest casualties did not occur during stalemated frontal clashes, but when one side collapsed and the victors pursued the fleeing enemy!

The human sword cultivators were not defeated, but were retreating in order.

Yet the fact of their fleeing could not be concealed.

The celestial divine army of the Loom Heaven Divine Court and the heavenly troops of the Heavenly Court instantly surged in morale, giving chase tail-to-tail, and for a time achieved great victories.

A large number of human sword cultivators were buried here, their blood staining the starry void..

Sword cultivators kill, sword cultivators triumph.

Sword cultivators fail, sword cultivators die.

This is the eternal truth of the boundless starry void, clear as heavenly mandate, never changed.

……

The Supreme Sun Heaven Palace.

"Your Majesty,"

"The first test has already been completed."

The Fusang Emperor and Empress, overseeing numerous military and political affairs of the Dao Court, spoke softly: "In the past hundred thousand years, the myriad clans' heavenly court has persisted under immense war pressure, maintained organization, and most importantly, the technology of the three realms has continuously iterated and advanced with warfare, achieving one breakthrough after another."

"In the final battle where sword cultivators assaulted the heavenly court, they decisively committed fresh troops, delivering the decisive blow against the sword cultivators."

"The siege of the myriad clans' heavenly court is hereby lifted."

"After the war, benefiting from advancements in three-realm technology, they will surely undergo a great leap in immortal-path science, their strength greatly increasing."

"The Dao Court Immortal-Path Science Academy believes the three-realm system still holds deep untapped potential."

The Fusang Emperor and Empress gave the conclusion jointly reached by the Dao Court bureaucratic team.

This conclusion carries substantial data references, various opinions, battlefield results, specific immortal-path scientific bases, and so on; few dare to brush it off before the Lord of the Foundations.

Regardless of the bureaucratic team's subconscious will, they must obey.

"Speak of the sword cultivators' casualties."

Jiang Ding said lightly.

This result, to this lord of the boundless starry void, seems not to surprise him.

This sentient being is nearly omniscient and omnipotent to a certain extent, like the heavenly Dao itself.

"One hundred million sword cultivators, over a hundred thousand years of war, eight hundred thousand returned."

The Fusang Emperor and Empress reported briefly.

"The greatest casualties occurred during the final retreat; even with external guidance, Dao Court sword cultivators fleeing the myriad clans' heavenly court domain paid a huge price."

"The number of sword cultivators who finally returned to the Dao Court is eight million, two hundred seventy-nine thousand, one hundred eleven."

Ninety million human sword cultivators all died just like that.

And they were not ordinary sword cultivators, but the sword cultivator elites ranked among the one hundred million in the boundless starry void; they thus silently buried their bones on the battlefield, raising no ripple.

The Fusang Emperor and Empress could not help but feel a pang in their heart.

These people, truly are outstanding talents of the boundless starry void!

Such precious sword-path talents, the foundation of the Dao Court, died like weeds, like ants—utterly insignificant.

"Too many."

"The battle looked rather bland, without many twists."

Jiang Ding said lightly.

"..."

The Fusang Emperor and Empress.

"You have time to go console them."

"Just distribute the war merit rewards and consolation rewards separately, and increase them by ten percent—let it be so."

Jiang Ding casually ordered, then sank back into Dao contemplation, his whole person beginning to seem a bit dull-witted, this being the manifestation of his soul's computational power being over-drawn.

"Your Majesty, will you not go?"

The Fusang Emperor and Empress could not help but say.

She knows that, even as she is the Empress of the immortal dynasty, her status extremely exalted, yet in the hearts of a group of sword cultivators who kill without blinking and regard death as homecoming, she is no more than that, lacking much reverence or fear.

These are merely a band of mad desperadoes.

Only the solace of the Sword Dao Sovereign can greatly boost their military spirit and Sword Dao will.

"Not necessary."

"The duty of the Sword Immortal Maiden is to maintain strength, not to display too much tenderness."

"This is harmful to ruling sword cultivators."

This response came slower, after some time, before a thread of soul computational power answered the Fusang Emperor and Empress's words, and then the azure-clad youth sank once more into silence.

The Fusang Emperor and Empress were startled, then fell into contemplation.

Is this the sword cultivator dynasty that has appeared in history?

The Fusang Holy Land has never personally experienced the establishment and rule of a sword cultivator dynasty, lacking in this aspect; now this shortcoming has been made up.

The sword cultivator dynasties of history must have been just as brutal.

However, the Supreme Sun Dao Court differs from the many sword cultivator dynasties and immortal dynasties that have appeared in history.

That is, a terrifyingly abundant talent pipeline— the more slaughter and death, the faster the peerless sword cultivator prodigies are born; the Xiandao Sect's education and talent reserves are so terrifying that there is fundamentally no worry of shortage.

The Fusang Emperor and Empress have no doubt that, even if many sword cultivator immortal dynasties in history, after experiencing three consecutive near-death battles, the entire dynasty's sword Dao prodigy talent would certainly suffer a break, requiring at least a million years to recover, and the recovery ceiling would certainly be far inferior to that of the Supreme Sun Dao Court.

This is the terrifying foundation of the Dao Court's Xiandao education.

……

Numerous Dao Court sword cultivators returned from the battlefield after bloody combat, then entered seclusion.

They gained vast military achievements, and more importantly, gained vast sword Dao insights from the bloody combat.

These precious insights, on one hand, strengthened their sword Dao foundation; on the other hand, resolved numerous difficulties in the Dao Court's Xiandao research— many research projects that had defied answers for hundreds of thousands of years of experimentation were instantly solved.

Bloody combat is the most orthodox way for sword cultivators to research Xiandao science.

Bloody combat is the life and all of sword cultivators.

Numerous sword cultivators who returned from the battlefield after bloody combat brought back vast precious Xiandao knowledge and insights, further advancing the progress of the Supreme Sun Dao Xiandao system.

After this batch of sword cultivators entered seclusion, the situation in the Wu Jin Kong Kong battlefield again entered a lull.

Returning to the past state where no major wars occurred, only small-scale sword duels and constant skirmishes, in such localized combat a new batch of sword cultivator prodigies grew robustly.

At the same time, the myriad clans' heavenly court was also rapidly reconstructing using various Xiandao technologies breakthroughs achieved in the war.

The Xiandao technology levels of the two major Xiandao powers in Wu Jin Kong Kong are constantly advancing; each enhances their own Xiandao level, sparing no effort to favor talents who achieve breakthrough results, while those who merely occupy positions without contribution are continuously eliminated, allowing all kinds of Xiandao scientific technologies to burst forth like a spring.

The Xiandao science of this era begins step by step, moving toward a brilliance surpassing many eras.

(End of Chapter)