[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-cluster-artillery-shattering-the-immortals":3,"chapter-cluster-artillery-shattering-the-immortals-cluster-artillery-shattering-the-immortals-chapter-982":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Cluster Artillery: Shattering the Immortals",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2342993,4578,"Chapter 982","cluster-artillery-shattering-the-immortals-chapter-982",982,"\u003Cp>A hundred years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The time has come…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ding whispered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Behind him, the Sun God Tree slowly collapsed, revealing a blue-gold flying sword that flew into his third eye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This flying sword, after a century of continuous refinement, successfully ascended to the rank of Superior Primordial Spirit Treasure, adorned with thirty Great Solar Heavenly Gang prohibitions, each like a star circling within the blade, granting it unmatched sharpness and speed, elevating it to a higher level.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Countless azure electromagnetic runes flashed, and the supercarrier Dayanghao likewise began to contract, shrinking, until finally, using its fifth-rank memory-spirit metal ability, it compressed from dozens of kilometers down to one kilometer, flying into his third eye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Shadow Armor, refined for over a hundred years, shimmered and vanished without a sound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Armor on. Marching out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At some moment, the Dayang Pool, which had occupied the thirty-third Heavenly Gang orbit of the Immortal Sect for centuries, gradually grew hazy, then vanished entirely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the entrance of Qingfeng University.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Qianzi, Tianjizi, Antuzi, Xuanwudaozi, and six others waited in silence as Gu Lin Zhenjun saw them off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The passing faculty and students ignored the group entirely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Where is Jiang Dingzi?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Liuyue whispered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, about to step into a foreign realm, she suddenly felt fear and unease—this was the first time she would leave her sect’s protection and enter alien lands, helpless and lost, nothing like the calm composure she had imagined.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The other Daozi felt the same; the atmosphere grew heavy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qingmudaozi’s instincts activated—she sought out a stronger cultivator nearby, willing to pay the cost of assistance, healing, defense, or speed enhancement in exchange for protection.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That person, though low in character, truly possessed strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang… Dingzi…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Lin Zhenjun found the title awkward; for nearly a century, she had grown used to addressing Daozi as “Xxxzi,” and the contradiction unsettled her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her expression shifted slightly, then she said: “He’s already here.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“He says he doesn’t trust you, so he won’t meet you. When he feels unsafe, he won’t help you. Please be cautious and don’t expose yourselves.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The words were blunt and uncouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hah!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perfect—like anyone wanted to see him anyway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Liuyue sneered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet strangely, her heart gradually steadied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She suddenly had a strange illusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dayang Jianzi seemed utterly familiar with stealth, concealment, and assassination—effortless, experienced—completely unlike novices like them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was unthinkable: a sword cultivator, and the shadowy stealth of the Shadow Demon Abyss—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They should have been entirely incompatible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“May all fellow Daoists return victorious.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Lin Zhenjun said softly: “Alas, I am but a weak individual, without a legion at my side—mere an ant. Had I been stronger, I would gladly march with you into the foreign realm, contributing even at the cost of my life.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I am utterly ashamed. I shall never again have the face to meet you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You truly are enviable.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Liuyue sighed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a Law cultivator, she had no desire for risk—only wished to cultivate peacefully to Void Refinement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet heaven never yields to human wishes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“In the future, should a realm-wide war break out, your ability to command legions will still prove invaluable.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t give up on yourself.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Liuyue offered insincere comfort.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her figure and the other Daozi gradually vanished, gone to parts unknown.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the Immortal Sect’s ultra-long-range teleportation array, a faint, barely detectable spatial fluctuation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, countless spatial runes flared to life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Is Jiang Dingzi here?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Antuzi suddenly wondered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The eight of them remained connected by array, able to communicate even while concealed; now they whispered the question via secret technique.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The surrounding Daozi repeatedly scanned the area with spiritual sense—found nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He should be here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tianjidaozi calculated, then said: “The Eastern Pole Demon Gate’s teleportation array cannot activate without his permission; none of us have authorization.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such caution isn’t bad…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each Daozi had their own thoughts; silence fell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the Immortal Sect’s teleportation array, they passed through the Xuanwu Tian Gong star region, Qingmu Immortal Sect star region, Wuxing Tian Zong star region, and dozens more arrays, each Immortal Sect repeatedly scanning them—checking soul, flesh, karmic ties, laws, and more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These stringent measures ensured the location of their home realm remained hidden.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ding concealed himself within the void, silently watching the ever-changing scenery ahead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These Immortal Sect lands—he had never set foot in any since birth. This was his first time; many star-region vistas opened his eyes, captivating him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Too bad, he could only catch fleeting glimpses—no time to linger and admire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Years later, after endless inspections, they appeared in a dark star region.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Around them, no sky, no ground—only chaos. No feature allowed them to deduce their location.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was where the two realms’ passage lay.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was also the center of the Nine-Spirit Life-Death Illusion Micro-Dust Array, painstakingly constructed over centuries by the Nine Immortal Sects at great cost of rare treasures and manpower, said capable of confronting Void Refinement and above.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This place held the highest secrecy level in the realm—even Daozi had no right to know. In truth, only nine people in the Nine-Spirit Realm knew its location.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the center of this dark space, a swirling vortex of chaos spun, emitting faint wisps of nether qi—utterly alien to their own realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beside the chaotic vortex sat a fisherman wearing a conical hat, rod extended, motionless, as if he had been fishing here for countless years, guarding this place for countless years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By the chaotic vortex sat a fisherman wearing a straw hat, holding a bamboo pole to fish for something, utterly motionless, having remained here for countless years, guarding this place for countless years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xuanwudaozi revealed his form, bowing deeply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the past century, the Xuanwu Tian Gong’s great one had been stationed here to prevent changes in the realm passage; the Nine Immortal Sects rotated duty every nine hundred years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While the great one guarded, the other eight sects also monitored this place with various means—they had not abandoned oversight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While the great adept was on duty, the other eight immortal sects also employed various methods to monitor this place; they had not abandoned it entirely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fisherman slowly turned his head. Seeing only Xuanwudaozi, he paused slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You little brats…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He fell silent a moment, then spread his spiritual sense like ripples across the water—not targeting anything, merely a casual sweep, as if performing routine flight cultivation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He paused in thought, then spread his spiritual sense like ripples on water, not targeting anything, merely conducting a routine patrol of his surroundings, as if during ordinary flight cultivation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Good.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Xuanwu great one nodded approvingly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet still, only Xuanwudaozi remained visible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A mere Nascent Soul cultivator—and yet he achieved this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One must admit: if the Nine Immortal Sects truly united and each contributed their ultimate secrets, they could accomplish what was otherwise impossible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After scanning several times, the Xuanwu great one flicked his fingers, casting a detection spell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the Xuanwu great adept scanned the area several times with his spiritual sense, his fingers twitched slightly, casting a detection spell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A ring of transparent ripples spread outward, revealing the figures of Antuzi, Ji Liuyue, Tianjidaozi, and the other seven—all with disappointed expressions, like children caught misbehaving before a stern elder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A ring of transparent water ripples spread outward, revealing the figures of An Tu Zi, Ji Liuyue, Tianji Daozi, and six others, each with small faces full of disappointment, like children before the great adept, deeply dejected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Antuzi and the others bowed deeply, not daring to show the slightest disrespect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were disheartened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hahaha!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t be so downcast. To achieve this at Nascent Soul is already extraordinary.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Xuanwu great one smiled, then his gaze sharpened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eight people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eight Daozi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Had the Eastern Pole Demon Gate broken their promise?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He cast another spell—this one far more refined, adorned with countless mysterious runes that flickered in constant birth and death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Merely glancing at it was enough to make any cultivator below Void Refinement dizzy, mentally foggy, and physically unsteady.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The surrounding Daozi quickly averted their eyes, refusing to look again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Far off, a young man in blue robes appeared, watching him with extreme caution, poised to flee at any moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hah! Jianzi, long time no see.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Xuanwu great one clapped and laughed: “You’re an anomaly—a Dayang sword cultivator whose concealment arts seem even better than those of the Shadow Demon Daozi. Truly, you stir murderous intent—I’d love to crush you utterly.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hah, Sword Son, it's been a long time.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Xuanwu Elders clapped and laughed: \"You're an oddity indeed—a Great Sun Sword cultivator whose concealment arts seem even better than those of the Shadow Demon Dao Disciple. It stirs a killing intent in me, to crush you utterly.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But now it seems, an anomaly, an anomaly—an anomaly is good.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This lowly, alien race, the Jiao Demon Emperor Clan, is precisely what needs an anomaly.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Old man hopes the Sword Son returns from the foreign lands laden with gains, making great merit for the revival of our human race.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked utterly sincere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I pay my respects, Elder Xuanwu.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ding bowed with utmost reverence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old monster looked approachable, but he dared not let his guard down even slightly—his warning sense had reached its peak; should there be the slightest irregularity, he would abandon everything and flee immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sword Son, you are doing well.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elder Xuanwu nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Children, go.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"May you return victorious, securing greater advantage for this domain.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a wave of his hand, fine gray threads appeared on the nine Dao Sons, wrapping and entangling them into clusters of chaotic giant eggs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, the chaotic giant eggs descended one by one into the chaotic vortex of the realm passage, each vanishing from sight.\u003C\u002Fp>",1617,"2026-06-20T23:34:28.016Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","fd494098db03b64139961260cf2cdae807ffdf3fbf24145037c4f5b975718d50","cluster-artillery-shattering-the-immortals-chapter-983","cluster-artillery-shattering-the-immortals-chapter-981",1000,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fcluster-artillery-shattering-the-immortals-cover.jpg"]