Chapter 2781

The battlefield of the innate holy spirits and the ancient gods was a shattered universe, with many great stars wandering in all directions, forming one killing formation after another. In it, the colossal ancient gods and the deities born from the stars each held long halberds, heavy axes, long spears, and other weapons, facing off against each other. Their military formations were extremely dense, with the distance between any two ancient gods not exceeding a hundred li.

A hundred li.

Not light-years, not ten thousand li, but a hundred li.

In a war on a cosmic scale, it actually used a hundred li as its unit, possessing a kind of ancient, natural beauty.

Given the ancient gods' towering, mountain-like physiques, this hundred-li distance was practically shoulder-to-shoulder, extremely similar to the dense infantry formations of cold-weapon warfare in the mortal world. If one did not closely examine the formations and the unified aura between these ancient god clans' living beings, one might mistake them for a true mortal cold-weapon war.

The ancient god clan was like this, as were the innate holy spirits who had fought them for who knows how many years.

The two sides arrayed themselves in the starry sky and fought to the death, soldiers gathering into dense military formations, the strong each commanding their armies to charge the formations. The strongest among the ancient gods was named Gu, an incomparably colossal giant, his entire body covered in thick, rough skin upon which were etched obscure black runes, emanating a heavy, chaotic aura.

Fiercely attacking him was a vague giant of starlight, bright and dim, the strongest of the innate holy spirits from the Third Golden Great Age, the God of Myriad Stars in the Heavens.

The booming sound never ceased, the Milky Way shattered by brute force.

The two masters of the Golden Great Ages thus faced each other in slaughter, roaring continuously, having fought without interruption for at least ten million years. Wounds constantly appeared on both sides and constantly regenerated, as both sides' defenses were too strong, and their offensive means seemed insufficient.

This led the war to enter a stage of consumption and torment.

Clang!

At this moment, a faint sword light subtly appeared in the endless starry universe, accompanied by a faint sound, causing the starry sky to begin to change.

At a distance of several trillion light-years from the two masters of the Golden Great Ages, a sword light tore through time and the Milky Way, forming a sharp hole. A deep, terrifying fleet, its numbers endless and continuous, slowly descended upon the cosmic frontier. Layers of fleet shadows appeared, filling the starry sky.

This fleet was obviously very vigilant and solemn, immediately preparing for a defensive counterattack. All the cultivators in the fleet knew this principle, proven by countless past campaigns: the enemy would surely attack while crossing halfway, especially now that there was no Tai Shang Da Ri Gu Huang to provide cover.

But alas, all this was in vain.

The cosmic frontier was utterly silent, so quiet that a falling needle could be heard.

The highly vigilant cultivators of the Tai Shang Da Ri Immortal Dynasty looked around somewhat blankly, while the many forbidden-zone ancient emperors and the cultivators of the General Staff felt their hearts jump with omens repeatedly, casting out one after another illusion-breaking military formation immortal arts, forming hidden, high-frequency detection ripples spreading in all directions.

Almost all the forbidden-zone ancient emperors leapt up, maximizing their formation defenses and jointly casting out one after another detection immortal arts.

Nothing was found.

Everything seen was real, just like a true endless starry sky.

"Could this truly be endless starry sky, not an illusion?"

The Sun Ancient Emperor was somewhat blank.

Immortal Dao science told him this was all real, not an illusion, but reason told him it was impossible, for no Golden Great Age would be like this—military-political efficiency so low, even taking several hours for cultivators to appear from the distant myriad-worlds settlements and rush here.

Not breathing, not an instant, but several hours!

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A reaction speed of several hours—this hardly seems like a cosmic-level political-military organization, rather giving the impression of a makeshift troupe.

"Not an illusion."

"This is the true universe."

"Or perhaps there is another possibility: that this is an earth immortal extremely skilled in illusion, who has already let us utterly sink in an instant, with no power to resist. Anyway, we found no traces—everything seems naturally formed..."

The forbidden-zone ancient emperors discussed.

These were all people of resolute Dao hearts, who would not let unobservable things affect their Dao hearts. Soon, a forbidden-zone ancient emperor decisively said: "Since it cannot be observed and is naturally formed, let us treat it as not an illusion, and speak again when we find traces!"

The spacetime expedition fleet held its position, analyzing the raw data sent back by the various detection immortal arts.

"Beyond one thousand million li outside, in the myriad-worlds settlements, a unit is approaching us, very strange..."

"Beyond four hundred billion light-years, there are intense battle fluctuations, with aura intensity exceeding that of the Three-Character Scripture Ancient Emperor but below that of an earth immortal, similar to the aura intensity of a Yan Fa Immortal Venerable, yet weaker. There are two such fluctuations, and these two life fluctuations are now fighting..."

"The myriad realms show barbaric desolation, lacking road construction, industrial construction. Cultivator mobility relies mostly on natural world passages and transmission arrays on few main roads, efficiency very low..."

"Industrial production efficiency extremely low, agricultural production efficiency extremely low, artifact refinement level extremely low..."

"Discovered vast numbers of human lives, social structure primitive, a tribal alliance system. Immortal Dao industrial and agricultural levels... no level, no place that can be called Immortal Dao agriculture or industry, only the crude simplicity of ancient sages..."

The Great Dao detection wave emitted by the Seventh Golden Great Age toward the outside returned, bringing back piece after piece of information.

This caused many forbidden-zone ancient emperors to show strange expressions.

The beginning of the Immortal Dao.

Barbaric and primitive.

The Great Dao just opened...

A forbidden-zone ancient emperor immediately recalled the Tai Shang Da Ri Gu Huang's simple description of this era, and suddenly understood in his heart.

"That is to say,"

"This is not an illusion, but simply that the master of this Golden Great Age has not discovered us? Amid such violent spacetime dimensional rupture fluctuations, they actually did not notice us?"

The Sun Ancient Emperor spoke blankly.

This somewhat overturned his impression of the masters of the Golden Great Ages.

Even the Yan Fa Immortal Venerable, who has not reached earth immortal status, would immediately detect the expedition fleet upon first encounter and muster all heavenly court forces to surround and slaughter it.

"It should be so."

Beidou Ancient Emperor looked toward that vast army of the myriad worlds now approaching the fleet.

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This is a mixed army, marching at an extremely slow speed—even a short distance of ten million kilometers is covered sluggishly. It has many giants, as well as phoenixes and true dragons driven and pulled along, and large numbers of humans serving as auxiliary troops. These humans should all be heavenly talents from the various tribes.

These humans, phoenixes, true dragons, etc., wear armor and hold weapons, their refining level quite low—not low, but clumsy, wasting materials, offering cultivators hardly any enhancement. Although people of this era call themselves totem warriors and not cultivators,

the true combat power should lie in those giants with rough, sturdy skin.

The armor and weapons on these giants are obviously much stronger than those of humans, dragons, phoenixes, golden crows, etc., but still limited. Their strength relies entirely on these giants' innate, extraordinary talents, an inborn foundation like that of innate demons and gods.

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