Chapter 902: Xu Gao Jie

Xu Gao Jie.

This is a typical Minor Thousand World within a domain; before being named Xu Gao Jie, its name was Ten Thousand Mountains Domain, characterized by an abundance of mountains of all kinds, producing all sorts of green stone, black stone, jade, and blood stone, ranging from first tier to fifth tier, selling well across domains.

Two thousand years ago, the Ten Thousand Mountains Minor Domain belonged to the Immortal Gate, seized during the civil war among the Badaxian Sect.

Roughly a century later, Xu Yan, a Soul Transformation cultivator of the Xu clan, instigated by the great powers of the Brother Xuanwu Heaven Palace, driven by his own desire for Void Refinement and confidence in his talent and wisdom, rashly launched a rebellion, successfully splitting the Ten Thousand Mountains Minor Domain and Wang Gao Jie from the Immortal Gate, becoming the lord of a domain.

In that era, the two of them, Xu Yan and another, received joint support from eight great powers, signed a peace treaty with the Central Array Spirit Computer, and became a nail buried within the Immortal Gate.

The eight great powers expected this to cause further internal division within the Immortal Gate, thereby reaping the benefits as a third party.

The subsequent result, however, was in vain.

The Immortal Gate not only did not suffer internal chaos, but instead, while biding its time, continuously upgraded, iterated, and improved its Immortal Dao industry, Immortal Dao technology, and military arrays; finally, several decades ago, it successfully repelled the combined army of the Badaxian Sect in a domain war, expanding its domain sphere of influence by nearly double.

The Immortal Gate ushered in a renaissance.

It was precisely from that moment that the Immortal Gate's army blockaded the domain channels of Xu Gao Jie and Wang Gao Jie, isolating the two domains under the guise of military exercises.

Doing nothing, saying nothing, merely blockading, preventing entry and exit from within and without.

This silent coldness instilled fear, driving one to madness.

No matter how the people of Xu Gao Jie and Wang Gao Jie protested or condemned, it was useless; they received no response whatsoever from the Immortal Gate.

Even more terrifying was that the Badaxian Sect maintained close ties with them, even after the Immortal Gate won the domain war, still maintaining close contact, urging them to counterattack the Immortal Gate's Minor Thousand Worlds and the mother star.

Over ten years ago, abruptly, there was no response at all.

No matter how the people of the two great Xu and Wang families pleaded or explained the pros and cons, the Badaxian Sect remained silent.

This silence was terrifying.

Ten Thousand Great Mountains, within the Heaven Realm Mountain.

This is where the highest peak of the Ten Thousand Mountains Minor Domain lies, also the location of the fifth-tier spiritual vein; the direct bloodline of the Xu noble breeds thrives here, with the Ancestor presiding over this place.

"Kill!"

"Salvo!"

"Boom, boom-boom!"

Within the Heaven Realm Mountain, warships crossed the sky, fighter jets pierced through the clouds, various military array patterns densely covered the area, forming arrays that fired Yi Dao Dao Fa beams, collapsing patches of space.

If one did not look closely, one might vaguely think they had arrived at the Immortal Gate's warship training ground.

However, upon closer inspection, obvious differences were discovered.

The sky-fighter jets piloted by Foundation Establishment cultivators were acceptable; their speed, missile attacks, and military arrays lagged behind the Immortal Gate by only a dozen versions, barely belonging to the same era.

The sky-warships piloted by Jin Dan cultivators, however, showed a clear gap.

Looking at the warships' appearance, they were much the same: identical metal hulls, identical exhaust flames, but their speed was merely that of the Badaxian Sect's tower ships, palaces, and flying boats, those heavy military array artifacts.

No, even slower by a large margin.

Even if the Badaxian Sect did not prioritize military arrays as the main direction of sect development, their scale and the accumulation of time were right there; no random small workshop could compare.

The attack, defense, and movement of these 'warships'—let alone comparing them to the Immortal Gate's—could not even compare to those of the Badaxian Sect.

After two thousand years of degeneration, the Xu Gao Jie army had returned to the level a Minor Thousand World power should possess.

Let alone comparing them to the Immortal Gate or the Badaxian Sect; even the Minor Domain where the North Plains lie, if the Soul Transformation Canghai Tianjun were to unite, they would likely not fear Xu Gao Jie.

The only thing worth praising was that among the many so-called 'warships', occasionally one or two appeared with speeds significantly faster than the surrounding ones: sky-aircraft carriers. These hulls radiated an ancient aura of time, and many warships bore obvious signs of repair.

These were the Immortal Gate Nascent Soul True Persons who fled with Xu and Wang two thousand years ago.

Although they were already dead, their descendants were dead, or had become mortals, yielding place to the descendants of the Xu and Wang family bloodlines, their warships and sky-aircraft carriers were still preserved, inherited by the True Persons and True Persons of the Xu and Wang families, becoming the absolute main force warships in both families' armies.

"Boom!"

The final salvo of the million-strong army shattered hundreds of li of space, even triggering the grand momentum of heaven and earth, with imposing pressure that exceeded the limits of a Nascent Soul.

"Ten thousand victories!"

"Ten thousand victories!"

"The noble blood of Xu and Wang flows forever, eternal and undying!"

The warship commanders of various levels from the two great families cheered and leaped, a roar like a mountain call and sea tsunami, revealing the unrest in their hearts.

This level of array formation was not achievable under normal circumstances; after years of practicing the array formation, day and night without rest, they finally broke through.

"Dear friends and relatives, you have worked hard; rest for a while; the family will bestow great rewards..."

Fang Master Dinghai Zhenjun and Wang Master Dinghai Zhenjun of the Wang family exchanged a glance; both could see the joy in the other's eyes, and the appearance of their ever-tense minds relaxing slightly.

After years of practice, the warship military arrays of the two great families finally qualified to step onto the Soul Transformation battlefield.

Warships of all levels dispersed in an orderly manner.

"Brother Fang, this was not easy."

Wang Master Dinghai Zhenjun sighed.

Wang Master Dinghai Zhenjun, a peak Nascent Soul cultivator of the Wang family; unlike Fang Master Dinghai Zhenjun, whose Dao title was granted by the Immortal Gate due to the social influence of the Fang Group, his Dao title was self-proclaimed; outside the two domains, no one would recognize it, and people often called him by his name directly.

"Indeed, it was not easy."

"With this military array, the Eastern Extreme Demon Gate will no longer dare to act rashly."

Fang Master Dinghai Zhenjun was also exhilarated: "The Ancestor signed a treaty with them under the supervision of the Central Array Spirit Computer; citizens of the Eastern Extreme Demon Gate are forbidden from attacking us proactively, otherwise they will inevitably be stopped by the Central Array Spirit Computer."

"If they detach from the Star Fortress and warships, we are not afraid either!"

"The Badaxian Sect stands behind us, supporting us; what is there to fear from the cultivators of the Eastern Extreme Demon Gate, who rely on external objects and possess weak personal strength?"

"Hahaha..."

Fang Master Dinghai Zhenjun laughed heartily; the sound waves spread across a hundred li in all directions; the laughter was highly infectious, dispelling some of the gloom hanging over the hearts of the cultivators of the two great families.

"Hahaha..."

The True Persons and True Persons around also laughed loudly, as if there were no more worries, with nothing visible on their exteriors.

Only when Fang Master Dinghai Zhenjun, Jia Nian Master Dinghai Zhenjun, Wang Master Dinghai Zhenjun, and a few other high-ranking, powerful direct bloodline True Persons of the two great families walked into a magnificent palace within the Heaven Realm Mountain did the relaxed smiles on the faces of the many True Persons slowly fade.

"How did the investigation go?"

Noble Wang Master Dinghai Zhenjun lowered his voice and said, "Why did the Badaxian Sect collectively vanish abruptly over ten years ago, no longer responding to us?"

"What happened in there?"

"One Yijiaxian Sect would be one thing, but all eight are the same, exactly alike; when could they ever be so united and of one mind?"

The direct-line Master Dinghai Master Dinghai Zhenjun of the two surrounding families showed expressions of fear and unease.

The Xu and Wang families were able to carve out two small realms not because they were so strong from beginning to end.

It was the support of the Badaxian Sect!

Now, this support was instantly severed; let alone them, even the two Soul Transformation Master Canghai Canghai Tianjun were probably in fear and unease, perhaps having tried to flee more than once, only to return in the end.

"We found nothing."

Tianfang Master Dinghai Zhenjun said gloomily, "Our countless hidden spies and covert agents developed over the past two thousand years have been investigated and dealt with one after another these years; even those not investigated, no information whatsoever can get out, there is absolutely no efficiency like in the old days."

"Now that I think about it, the Dongji Demon Gate has been showing weakness for the past two thousand years."

"Through us, through various means, they hid their light and cultivated in the dark, developing secretly without arousing the vigilance of the Badaxian Sect."

"Without huge external pressure, the Layered Contradictions among the Badaxian Sect meant the allied army could never be formed, until the earth-shattering event of the Dongji Demon Gate several decades ago."

"When the Dongji Demon Gate truly bared its fangs, its mother star had already become an information black hole; nothing could get out, not even a simple greeting, let alone top-secret information."

The Master Dinghai Master Dinghai Zhenjun of the two surrounding families felt even more uneasy in their hearts.

"Is there really no information at all?"

Noble Wang Master Dinghai Zhenjun couldn't help but ask.

"There is still a little."

Tianfang Master Dinghai Zhenjun said, "Over ten years ago, the Great Sun Sword Disciple was inspecting the realm at the Great Sun Dayang Dayang Tianchi; at that time, some speculated he might be at the Nascent Soul early stage; according to the Dao Disciple's cultivation speed, he might now be at the Nascent Soul mid-stage."

"Nascent Soul mid-stage?"

Noble Wang Master Dinghai Zhenjun's heart gave a thud.

"The Great Sun Sword Disciple..."

Jia Nian Master Dinghai Zhenjun, that is, Xu Yan's grandson, the Nascent Soul early-stage cultivator Xu Jia Nian, felt complex and indescribable in his heart.

Recalling several hundred years ago, when he first met that youth in green robes, he could still exchange several moves with him, sometimes appearing evenly matched.

He had even once threatened the other party with the identity of a direct-line descendant of a Soul Transformation cultivator.

Thinking back now, how ridiculous the young self of that time was.

A third-generation descendant of a Soul Transformation cultivator actually went with full confidence to threaten a Dao Disciple of a realm overlord, believing the other party would fearfully submit and kneel to beg for mercy upon hearing his name.

At that time, while he was speaking, he must have been instantly watched by countless Master Dinghai Master Dinghai Zhenjun and Master Canghai Canghai Tianjun of the Dongji Demon Gate, right?

The only reason he could still survive back then was that, within the Dongji Demon Gate, the law was above everything.

If this had happened in the Badaxian Sect, where a Dao Disciple was threatened like this, even a Soul Transformation Master Canghai Canghai Tianjun would be severely punished; when necessary, a Soul Transformation Master Canghai Canghai Tianjun could even be directly executed, because the Dao Disciple's sense of belonging to the sect and family like a home must be absolutely protected.

(End of this chapter)

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