Chapter 761: Taiyi Green Wood Dao Soldier, Ancient Beast of Desolate Blood Dao Soldier

After several months of cultivation, Jiang Ding opened his eyes.

Before him, thirty-six Star-Settling Array sky-pillars burst from the earth, piercing the blue sky, resonating and responding with the settling arrays of the other three directions, finally forming a star pillar over a hundred kilometers wide that shot into the starry sky.

The Di Ci Gao Jie is now under full control.

The function of the Star-Settling Array is far more than simply providing army formation buffs for external military arrays; it can regulate the changes of the world's earth veins and spiritual qi, the cycle of the four seasons, while also clearing the lingering auras of foreign cultivators left behind, and guiding the deviation and tilt of this world's general Heavenly Dao consciousness.

Simply put, if high-level cultivators from the Brother Xuanwu Heavenly Palace were to enter the Di Ci Gao Jie now, they too would be suppressed by the general Heavenly Dao consciousness!

For the Brother Xuanwu Heavenly Palace to seize the Di Ci Gao Jie again, they must once more conduct a proper starry sky battle, a landing operation, destroy the Immortal Gate's star pillars, and establish their own Brother Xuanwu pillars.

Jiang Ding looked up at the sky again.

Forty-eight Sky Armies floated in the sky, fully equipped, with high morale and tight army formations, casting a large shadow over the ground.

"Report to Commander!"

Teacher Ouyang Hui saluted and said, "The Northern Sky Front Army has finished resting and replenishing its troops. We have now handed over the Di Ci Gao Jie defensive positions to the second-line forces and can depart immediately. Please give orders."

On the ground, a sky fleet also saluted, consisting of twelve Sky Armies in total.

Compared to the main fleet, their warships were old; the number of Jin Dan cultivators among the fleet members was only one-fifteenth that of the main fleet, and the Foundation Establishment cultivators piloting the sky fighters were of average quality.

In terms of comprehensive army formation strength, they were only at the Nascent Soul early stage, and sometimes unstable.

However, there were advantages.

Quantity.

The Immortal Gate could easily raise second and third-line fleets with a hundred times the number of the main fleet to fill lines in various Minor Thousand Worlds; if pushed to the brink, they could even conscript cultivators from the Minor Thousand Worlds under their control, causing the fleet numbers to skyrocket.

Of course, the consequences were also severe.

Enlistment is an important part of a citizen's rights and obligations; if cultivators from the Minor Thousand Worlds were enlisted, even as grassroots soldiers and low-to-mid-level officers, without being granted the political power they should have, huge trouble would inevitably arise sooner or later, trouble capable of overthrowing the Immortal Gate.

Besides that, unmanned warships and unmanned fighters were also available for selection.

In terms of explosive troop production, the Immortal Gate feared no one.

"The Di Ci Gao Jie is entrusted to you all."

Jiang Ding first saluted in response to the fleet within the Star-Settling Array, then said, "Depart. The destination is the Tian Hai Gao Jie."

"Yes!"

Teacher Ouyang Hui, An Siyan, and other officers, along with all the soldiers and officers stationed in the Di Ci Gao Jie, saluted together.

Millions of voices rose in unison, loud and clear; with one heart and one mind, their voices shared the same frequency, forming a powerful sound wave that shook the clouds from the sky.

Ten thousand li without a cloud, a sky clear for ten thousand li.

Boom!

In the starry sky, the world barrier melted away, projecting a bright guiding light pillar that enveloped the Northern Front Sky Fleet group, carrying them up into the sky, up to the world barrier, and vanishing from everyone's sight.

The Immortal Gate's massive starry sky forces traveled through the starry sky; the ghostly gale blowing against them, the frequent appearance of meteorites hundreds or thousands of kilometers in size, and the full moon hanging high, constantly shining with the Yin Divine Light that could make Nascent Soul cultivators fear, none of these could affect the speed of this fleet.

Pressing forward without retreat, never falling back.

At this moment, on the flagship Iron Fortress Zhenjun Shenji of the Zhenjun Shenji Canghai Tianjun, a military meeting was being held, with the divine sense of numerous officers arriving via the fleet's internal network.

"The Tian Hai Gao Jie already looks like a bag of beans in our grasp."

The Zhenjun Shenji Canghai Tianjun pointed at a world-domain star map before him.

On it, the Tian Hai Gao Jie was not far from the Di Ci Gao Jie.

Life-bearing Minor Thousand Worlds, generally speaking, exist in a clustered state; certain star domains are densely distributed, while vast star domains contain not a single Minor Thousand World, a desolate wasteland.

If a Soul Transformation Canghai Tianjun were unfortunately lost within them, even after decades, their magic power and divine sense would be exhausted, leading to death, unable to resist the natural forces of heaven and earth.

The Di Ci Gao Jie, the Tian Hai Gao Jie, and numerous Minor Thousand Worlds were distributed across this starry sky.

"The starry sky cultivator army formations of the Brother Xuanwu Heavenly Palace in this direction have been annihilated; a large number of cultivators have died, and heavy army formation artifacts have been lost. They cannot be replenished in the short term, and even if they are, they will not be our match."

"As for the ground forces, their Dao Son has died. A new Dao Son will take at least several decades to be born, and their strength will certainly be weaker than the original Dao Son for a time, posing no threat to us."

The Zhenjun Shenji Canghai Tianjun glanced at the seats below.

A young officer sat calmly with his hand on his sword hilt, showing no excitement, no arrogance or wildness, as ordinary as if he had just picked up a pretty stone from the ground.

The death of the Dao Son was merely a breeze brushing the face.

Surrounding Soul Transformation cultivators like the Mie Ri Canghai Tianjun also unconsciously looked over in this direction.

The Great Sun, the Great Sun Sword Son!

Many old cultivators' eyes grew hazy.

They vaguely recalled meeting the Great Sun Sword Pavilion's Sword Son on the battlefield many years ago; at that time, Chong Chong Guang Zi was invincible. The Dao Sons of the Badaxian Sect, along with the Immortal Gate fleet, besieged him for years but could not defeat him; instead, his comrades-in-arms kept dying one by one.

The Great Sun Sword Intent shook the starry sky, gradually becoming Gao Ang and sharp, about to achieve a further breakthrough.

At that time, he and his comrades were in despair and fear every day, watching helplessly as the situation slid bit by bit into the abyss, with no way to stop it.

Only after victory was achieved on a higher-level battlefield, with the gaze of a Refining Void Great Power and the intervention of numerous Soul Transformation Canghai Tianjun, was he killed, his soul and spirit ground to ashes.

'Chong Yuan Zi, this boy has bad luck.'

The Mie Ri Canghai Tianjun and many old cultivators thought with schadenfreude.

What nine Dao Sons could endure, you alone are enjoying; can this fortune be small?

"Based on these two points,"

the Zhenjun Shenji Canghai Tianjun pointed at the star river, speaking with high spirits.

"If the three hundred and sixty Guardian Divine Generals of the Brother Xuanwu Heavenly Palace do not mobilize, the Brother Xuanwu Heavenly Palace will have no power to resist before us; no matter how many Minor Worlds there are, we can take whatever we want!"

Jiang Ding wore a Solemn Expression.

The Brother Xuanwu Heavenly Palace's thirty-six Guardian Divine Generals.

These are the Brother Xuanwu Heavenly Palace's Refining Void-level Dao Soldiers!

Since they appeared in this world domain, they have been constantly gathering incense and faith, sacrificing to heaven and earth, enshrining mountain, river, wind, rain, and ocean deities, and refining incense Dao Soldiers; over hundreds of thousands of years, the incense and faith have become unimaginably dense.

Even if the Great Experts of Void Refinement in the Heavenly Palace do not emerge, the Divine Generals of the Heavenly Palace can still protect the sect from destruction!

"These are good news."

"There is bad news as well."

The joy on Zhenjun Shenji Canghai Tianjun's face receded; he spoke with a Solemn tone: "According to the report from Cang Hai Canghai Tianjun, Commander of the Western Starry Sky Group Army, the Taiyi Taiyi Qingmu Dao Soldiers of Qingmuxian Sect have already mobilized, crossing the borders of Qingmuxian Sect and moving toward the Immortal Gate borders. Their declared pretext is military formation drills."

"Senior Wanji Canghai Tianjun, Commander of the Eastern Starry Sky Group Army, reports that the Huangxue Dao Soldiers of Wan Shouxianzong have already mobilized, their killing intent surging as they point their swords directly at the Immortal Gate."

"In the Immortal Capital, the ambassador of Wan Shouxianzong stationed at the Immortal Gate—a mere Nascent Soul cultivator—actually scolded us from a position of superiority, demanding we withdraw our troops immediately and pay compensation, offering no excuses, and displaying a clear intent to start a war."

"Other Immortal Sects, Shangqing Lingbao Sect, Tianji Immortal Palace, Shadow Demon Abyss, and even our allies, the Void Refinement Dao Soldiers of Wuxingtian Sect, have all shown unusual movements."

"The common point is that their movement speed is very slow, and they even turn back from time to time, just like a genuine military exercise."

(End of this chapter)