Chapter 771: Domain-Level Great Array

Master Dinghai Master Dinghai Zhenjun's resolute words made the sect masters of the Qidaxian Sect tremble with shock.

Brother Brother Xuanwu's Heavenly Palace is not weak.

At its peak, it once dominated forty-one Minor Thousand Worlds, surpassing all sects, but its consecutive defeats by the Dongji Demon Gate made everyone momentarily underestimate it.

The ceasefire treaty made everyone's hearts sink even further.

Once Brother Brother Xuanwu's Heavenly Palace signs the ceasefire treaty, the sects surrounding the Dongji Demon Gate will instantly lose one member, and whether the plan can succeed afterward becomes uncertain.

The Dongji Demon Gate is not what it was thousands of years ago; a ceasefire treaty must be treated with extreme caution, bound by the Heavenly Dao, and breaking it is no easy task.

Brother Brother Xuanwu's Heavenly Palace's meaning was very clear.

In this time of declining sect strength, they cared not if fire and water flooded the world afterward; they would solve future problems in the future, as they could no longer afford to worry.

Expecting Brother Brother Xuanwu's Heavenly Palace to cede Minor Worlds again under such circumstances to satisfy the Qidaxian Sect's interests was pure wishful thinking!

Moreover, if they could not satisfy them, what if they simply let the Dongji Demon Gate run free?

This domain does not belong solely to Brother Brother Xuanwu's Heavenly Palace; since the Qidaxian Sect does not cherish it, then let it be abandoned. It is absolutely impossible for Brother Brother Xuanwu's Heavenly Palace to sacrifice itself to snatch a chestnut from the fire.

This resolute, shameless posture left the sect masters of the Qidaxian Sect helpless.

The sudden change in the situation left people at a loss.

The tension between the domains remained thick; the Immortal Gate's army and Brother Brother Xuanwu's Heavenly Palace's army faced off, the Void Refining Great Beings were licking their wounds, and the Qidaxian Sect's army was gathering, yet no war was launched.

The domain fell into a "silent war."

"Brother Brother Xuanwu's Heavenly Palace has not responded to our ceasefire request; they neither agreed nor firmly refused, choosing instead to fight to the death. Brother Brother Xuanwu's ambassador negotiated with us in the Immortal Capital, responding to everything with a humble posture, yet gave no concrete promises."

At the military conference, Zhenjun Shenji Canghai Tianjun explained the current situation to the numerous officers.

"Undoubtedly, the Badaxian Sect has fallen into internal chaos and temporarily cannot form a united force."

"This precious breathing space, we do not know if it will continue or for how long, but we must make use of it."

"Everyone, please look,"

Zhenjun Shenji Canghai Tianjun pointed to the star map before him, showing the newly conquered Fire Spirit Domain, Tian Hai Gao Jie, and other Minor Worlds, all carefully selected before the war; either their resource output held strategic value or they had a decisive impact on the Immortal Gate's Immortal Dao industrial development, capable of greatly accelerating the condensation speed of Soul Transformation opportunities and Nascent Soul opportunities.

Or their terrain was extremely important, secretly aligning with the strategic advantages of the starry sky, suitable for deploying great star arrays where one man could hold the pass against ten thousand.

"We must quickly construct a Void Refining-level domain array between these key Minor Worlds to defend against possible future attacks by the Immortal Sect coalition and encirclement by Great Beings."

"The main body of the relevant domain array was forged before the war; next comes installation and construction. Over the past few years, we have gradually completed parts of the array formations."

"The current goal is to complete the construction of this domain array within at most ten years."

"Immortal Gate cultivators must be strong in both war and construction; we must grasp both hands, and both must be hard."

"Below, I will assign the array tasks."

Zhenjun Shenji Canghai Tianjun spoke with decisive speed: "Mie Ri Canghai Tianjun, lead your troops to Tian Hai Gao Jie and complete the 'Qingfeng Qingfeng Beidou Ten Thousand Stars Flowing Light Array—Project No. 1' within the domain and outside the domain wall, within the asteroid belt, with a deadline of three years; violators will be punished by military law!"

"Yes! Supreme Commander!"

Mie Ri Canghai Tianjun dared not smile frivolously; he saluted, turned, and led his army away.

"Tian Xing Canghai Tianjun, lead your troops to Ling Huo Gao Jie and complete the 'Qingfeng Qingfeng Beidou Ten Thousand Stars Flowing Light Array 8548—Project No. 1', with a deadline of two years..."

"Yao Chong Guang Canghai Tianjun..."

Zhenjun Shenji Canghai Tianjun issued orders one by one, fully considering the array terrain, the commanders' abilities, and their specialties; with the assistance of the Central Array Spirit Computer, tasks were assigned with very few errors.

The main force remained unmoved, safe and secure.

In the end, Jiang Ding also received a task: to travel via the teleportation array into Ling Huo Gao Jie and lead a portion of the aerospace army to complete the construction of the 'Qingfeng Qingfeng Beidou Ten Thousand Stars Flowing Light Array' within the domain.

The Immortal Gate's booming domain construction project further stimulated the Badaxian Sect; the negotiation progress of each side had to accelerate, and each became less greedy, making concessions.

However, no matter what, Brother Brother Xuanwu's Heavenly Palace's Void Refining Great Being suffered injuries too severe; he needed time to recover and absolutely could not fight now, as it would make him too easy a target for focused attacks, greatly increasing the possibility of his demise.

If the Qidaxian Sect's Great Beings were to ignore others and launch a solo attack on the Immortal Gate to interrupt its construction, it would be too dangerous, causing unease in their hearts.

The Immortal Gate's fleet does not suffer from many mobility flaws; once encircled and attacked alone, their demise is highly probable.

Not everyone is a Brother Brother Xuanwu Great Being, capable of escaping multiple times under the Immortal Gate fleet's siege, suffering only severe injuries.

In the blink of an eye, another eight years passed.

The Immortal Gate was bustling with activity as the domain-level array 'Qingfeng Qingfeng Beidou Ten Thousand Stars Flowing Light Array' gradually took shape.

This was not achieved in just eight short years.

Over the past thousand years, the Immortal Gate had been executing war plans, continuously forging super-gigantic domain array artifacts, paying the price of generations of cultivators' efforts; how many cultivators died of old age during this process, until it gradually took form; now it was merely installation and construction, with efficiency vastly different from starting from scratch.

In just eight short years, spurred by the Immortal Gate's growing strength, the Badaxian Sect held their noses and made concessions, barely reaching a new Ba Sect Alliance treaty.

Compared to the tens of thousands of years of lifespan of Void Refining Great Beings, this efficiency was considered extremely high.

Brother Brother Xuanwu's Heavenly Palace was no longer required to cede vast numbers of Minor Thousand Worlds or scatter hundreds of thousands of years of accumulated faith and worship; they were only required to provide vast amounts of heavenly treasures and earthly gems as military funds to incentivize the cultivators below and compensate the Great Beings of the other Immortal Sects.

Brother Brother Xuanwu's Heavenly Palace reluctantly agreed.

They had once dominated forty-one Minor Thousand Worlds; despite continuously losing cities and territories, the accumulated resources remained. With the number of Heavenly Palace cultivators drastically reduced, they were still temporarily well-off and could endure it.

More importantly, although they had spoken harsh words about not caring if floods raged after death, the Dongji Demon Gate bordered Brother Brother Xuanwu's Heavenly Palace and posed the greatest threat to them.

If they did not eliminate it, the first to perish in the future would be Brother Brother Xuanwu's Heavenly Palace; they truly could not continue to sit idly by, making this a choice born of utter helplessness.

After a few years of silence, the dark clouds of domain war rose again.

Before the Ba Sect coalition officially deployed troops, the Badaxian Sect, hoping against hope, sent a final negotiation request to the Immortal Gate.

"Their demands have become more moderate,"

Zhenjun Shenji Canghai Tianjun read the handwritten letters from the Badaxian Sect's Void Refining Great Beings, smiled, and displayed them before everyone: "They say that as long as we withdraw from eleven domains, apologize, and pay a large amount of war reparations, we can return to the original domain status and live in peace."

"What do you think?"

"Hahaha..."

Many Canghai Tianjun laughed loudly.

They felt no temptation; ignoring the Ba Sect coalition army already assembled and pressing down on the domain, they felt no fear, even though many might die in the coming war.

You should know, this is a terrifying army formed by the union of eight boundary-domain hegemon-level powers, the Badaxian Sect!

"Better go have a talk. Even stalling for a few days, a few hours, would be good."

Zhenjun Shenji Canghai Tianjun shook his head slightly.

"Jiang Ding,"

Zhenjun Shenji Canghai Tianjun thought for a moment, looked down at a youth below, and said with a smile, "Do you want to go see the Dao Children of the Jiudaxian Sect? One through nine, all neatly lined up."

(End of this chapter)