Chapter 2616

Human sword cultivators, human sword emperors, once again in the face of war, displayed their extreme stability and reliability.

"Neutral?"

"This means, possibly helping the enemy, possibly helping Your Majesty?"

Jiang Dingleng said lightly: "These six people truly are not afraid of Your Majesty joining forces with the various foreign emperors to destroy them first—so bold and reckless, neutral... hahaha, neutrality belongs only to the strongest."

To be honest, he did have some anger in his heart.

The six human sovereigns of the forbidden zones ruled territories vastly larger than those of any foreign forbidden zone emperors — especially the three like the Tianhe Great Emperor, who had not yet ascended. It was only the presence and awe-inspiring power of the Tai Shang Da Ri Gu Huang that let them survive these chaotic years, unconsumed by the human and foreign emperors who followed the Eight-Character Immortal Canon.

Is it because the human forbidden zone emperors are extremely powerful, far surpassing other emperors, that they hold these benefits?

It is because of the existence of the Tai Shang Da Ri Gu Huang!

It is because of the existence of the Human Alliance!

"Write a letter to the three Tianhe Great Emperors."

"Inform them that, as the various emperors successively ascend, Your Majesty can no longer provide protection for these three; please, fellow Daoists, look after yourselves."

Jiang Dingleng said coldly. As for the three ascended emperors like the Sun Ancient Emperor, that's another matter—but the Tianhe Great Emperor and the other two, do they truly believe the benefits of the Human Alliance are eternal and require no reciprocation?

Utterly ridiculous!

"Yes, Your Majesty."

The Yin Yue Ancient Emperor swiftly noted it down.

In the division of duties among the three women, she managed diplomacy — for many emperors refused to regard anyone not of imperial blood as their equal, even if she held the title of empress.

"Next, while maintaining the industrial system's production, shift the focus to reorganizing the army."

"I know the current rank-and-file troops are a mixed bunch — many follow the old ways of the Ancient Immortal Dynasty, others practice systems even older than that, forming a disorganized force with no unified Immortal Way standard. They can't synchronize their spiritual energy to full strength, let alone exceed it, and they pale in comparison to our forces from before."

Jiang Dingleng warned: "Don't lose heart or worry — the emperors and we are in the same boat. We can only draft existing cultivators to form Dao Warriors; there's simply no time to train new recruits in our own system."

"By comparison, we have numerous skilled officers, many elite cultivators from the revived Ninth Immortal Dynasty, plus a wealth of magical artifacts, elixir-powered talisman warships, and other supplies forged by the early industrialization of the Immortal Way in the Tai Shang Da Ri Dominion — our military edge is overwhelming."

"These favorable factors must be repeatedly and thoroughly explained to the cultivators..."

"Yes, Young Master."

This is political propaganda, attributed to Gong Caiyu and a group of Tushan attendants, who recorded it immediately: "In industrial production and planning, we should regularly consult fate calculations and the counsel of true celestial beings of the Immortal Way Industry, as well as the various emperors. Given that many emperors have been lost, we must increase wartime subsidies for employing emperors tenfold and introduce matching policies to keep them in service."

"Inform these emperors that, if they survive this war, their cooperation priority shall be raised by at least two levels."

The so-called cooperation priority stems from a clause in the Tai Shang Da Ri Immortal Dynasty's *Regulations for Managing Foreign Scholars*: emperors with higher cooperation priority receive preferential treatment. For instance, many Sword-Path Emperors rank highest in this category, and the Tai Shang Da Ri Gu Huang has restored a complete Immortal Way system for them — fully meeting their needs for cultivation, enlightenment, studying the Immortal Canon, and forging magical artifacts.

Advancing in cooperation priority is extremely difficult, often requiring great achievements and scientific contributions.

Higher cooperation priority greatly aids emperors in interpreting their own Immortal Canon, approaching the forbidden zone sovereigns, achieving a third life with greater ease — and it holds strong appeal for their continued existence.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Fusang swiftly arranged numerous matters.

The entire Tai Shang Da Ri Dominion gradually began functioning like a vast, precise Immortal Way mechanism — one after another, its Dao Warriors were reconstituted, one after another, its Immortal Sect fleets were reassembled, the massive conscription system kicked into gear, and the Tian Yuan Tai Shang Da Ri Slaughter-Demon Sword Array shifted into its war configuration.

These, however, are merely the level of technique.

The true Dao resides in the Seven-Character Immortal Canon Project — in assimilating the enlightened insights from the Nine-Leaf Sword Emperor War, in absorbing the Undying Ancient Emperor's primordial talisman scripture, in the Central Spirit Computer: Four Spirits United Project, in the Emperor Refinement: Immortal Way System Project, in the Gold-Consuming Elixir Ant Clan's experiment of consuming the Ancient Great Emperor, and in the Six-Element Forbidden Immortal Ritual Refinement of the Tai Qing Flying Sword.

These are the true key factors influencing the great Dao to immortality.

The Swallowing Ancient Great Emperor did not die. He was imprisoned at the heart of the Great Dream Sword Realm, where an artificial realm was constructed to mirror the present endless starry sky. There, he did not falter — he continued walking his own Declining Age Dao, still striving to elevate his Immortal Canon toward the Eight-Character threshold, seeking to forge an entirely new path for the Declining Age.

During this process, he occasionally receives one or two critical opportunities—this is the nourishment from the Tai Shang Da Ri Gu Huang.

The Tai Shang Da Ri Gu Huang has continually observed his development, hoping he will one day achieve the Eight-Character Immortal Canon, then the Seven-Character, and beyond — for which it holds nothing back.

While managing countless affairs, Jiang Dingleng gradually entered deep enlightenment, drawing upon greater spiritual cognition to assimilate the insights gained from the Nine-Leaf Sword Emperor War and the Undying Ancient Emperor's primordial talisman scripture.

……

Time passed slowly.

Unnoticed, thirty years passed.

The aura of solemn lethality in the endless starry sky remained dense and grew ever more terrifying, yet open war had not broken out. The emperors still mobilized forces and drilled troops, striving to stockpile effective magical artifacts — but thirty years is far too brief to forge a cosmic war army.

On this day, the three human forbidden zone emperors—Tianhe Great Emperor and the others—finally could bear the pressure no longer, and under the invitation of the Tai Shang Da Ri Gu Huang, personally visited the Tai Shang Da Ri Yu to hold talks.

The cultivators and emperors of the Tai Shang Da Ri Yu warmly welcomed them with the highest etiquette.

The deep friendship between the Tai Shang Da Ri Yu and the Tianhe Yu and other two domains was displayed before the strong of all races in the endless starry sky—a bond as deep as a life-and-death blood alliance.

Yet in the palace where the two sides met, the atmosphere was anything but friendly — even seeming grim and cold: "Will you send troops to aid in defending your realm?"

"That is absolutely impossible."

Jiang Dingleng said coldly: "Your Majesty's battles will inevitably occur within the Tian Yuan Tai Shang Da Ri Slaughter-Demon Sword Array; beyond that, Your Majesty will not step one foot outside the Tai Shang Da Ri Yu."

"Outside the formation, surrounded by nine emperors who have mastered the Eight-Character Immortal Canon, Your Majesty will perish."

"The chance of escape is very slim."

"Please, three fellow Daoists, do not speak further these words that stir Your Majesty's killing intent."

"This will affect our friendship."