Chapter 559: Breaking Out

Within the Xuanyu Kingdom.

Inside the royal palace.

In a spacious great hall.

Dozens of figures sat around a long table.

Everyone wore a grave expression, remaining silent for a long time.

The entire hall was deathly quiet.

After a good while.

A man sitting at the head of the table sighed, "In six months at most, the Living Array will surely be broken."

"The Transmission Array leading to the outer domains is not even half-built."

"The plan is destined to fail."

Hearing the man's words, the expressions of those present grew even heavier.

A man dressed in brocade robes clenched his fists, a look of unwillingness appearing on his face.

"The operation of the Living Array relies on the faith of the common people of the Xuanyu Kingdom."

"With the same level of faith, the stronger one's strength, the stronger the power of faith."

"If we were to make our cultivation methods public and increase the number of Cultivators in this Xuanyu Kingdom, the power of this array would certainly be greater, and it would surely be able to resist those people from the Star Palace outside, buying more time for our plan."

The man at the head of the table shook his head upon hearing this, "If we were to make the cultivation methods public, it would only attract the attention of the Star Palace sooner."

"Perhaps the situation would become even worse."

The man in brocade robes sighed and said nothing more.

The man at the head of the table swept his gaze over the crowd.

After pondering for a moment.

He spoke slowly.

"The Living Array is connected to the people of the Xuanyu Kingdom; once this array is forcibly broken, as the source of power for the Living Array's operation, the people of the Xuanyu Kingdom will inevitably be affected."

"At that time, it will surely lead to devastation and corpses strewn across the fields."

"Since the plan to build a Transmission Array and leave the Ancient Star Domain is already destined to be unfinishable."

"It would be better to dismantle the array in advance and fight the Star Palace Cultivators."

"The common people are innocent."

"They chose to believe in us, providing us with the power of faith and protecting us until today."

"We must be responsible for them."

"Although the Star Palace Cultivators are overbearing, they are not cruel people; if the common people do not resist, they will not kill these mortals."

Upon hearing this, the crowd fell silent for a moment before nodding one after another.

They were very clear.

Once the array is dismantled, the hope of escape is extremely slim.

But if the array is not dismantled, the result will only be the loss of the lives of hundreds of millions of mortals.

Rather than that.

It is indeed better to be decisive.

"Since that is the case, let us do it."

"Pass down the order: in half a day, dismantle the array..."

"Break out!"

"Save as many as we can."

The man at the head of the table looked at the crowd and spoke with a grave expression.

The crowd nodded one after another.

Then they left the hall to make preparations.

A moment later.

Only the man at the head of the table and a woman of stunning beauty remained in the hall.

"Li, I am afraid I have implicated you this time."

He gave a bitter smile.

He had used a special method to send a message to his daughter.

Asking her to return.

All for the sake of having her bring back the Saint Spirit Ancient Jade to set up the Living Array.

To buy time for building the Transmission Array.

Originally, he had been full of confidence.

As long as he could buy two to three years of time, the array could be completed.

But he had not expected.

That the Star Palace's determination to wipe out the "remnants" of the Liuli Kingdom would be so great.

They had directly sent an Elder at the Integration Stage Late Phase.

This already exceeded the upper limit of what they could handle.

Otherwise.

If the Elder leading the team had been at the Integration Initial Stage or Integration Mid-Stage.

They might have truly been able to find a way to buy enough time.

The woman shook her head, "Father, the reason your daughter was able to escape back then was not only because of you, but also because of the help of many people from the Liuli Kingdom."

"Seeking a way out for the people of the Liuli Kingdom is also a duty of your daughter."

"Even if it means sacrificing my life for it."

The man laughed upon hearing this, "Good—truly worthy of being my, Liuchuan's, daughter."

The woman smiled, a figure flashing through her mind.

A flicker of sorrow crossed her eyes.

This trip, I fear, will be a final farewell.

That guy has so many excellent female cultivators by his side; he won't miss one less.

He shouldn't be too sad, right?

Half a day later.

The Array that had shrouded the Xuanyu Kingdom for a full year suddenly vanished.

The next moment.

Over a thousand figures suddenly flew out from another direction of the Xuanyu Kingdom, scattering to flee.

They shot off in all directions.

Seeing this scene.

Hailing was not alarmed but delighted.

"Finally couldn't help but come out?"

"Want to escape?"

"You all are thinking a bit too much!"

Hailing laughed heartily.

He pointed a finger toward the sky.

In this world, the night sky suddenly replaced the clear, sunny day.

Endless stars manifested.

Wherever the starlight reached.

It transformed into a hazy radiance between heaven and earth.

Immediately following.

A force of suppression erupted.

Those many figures who had just escaped the Xuanyu Kingdom seemed as if they had been fixed in place, instantly frozen in mid-air.

Only a few people still possessed the power to move.

But they were like those stuck in a deep quagmire, every movement incredibly difficult.

Among these few people.

Included Liuchuan.

Liuchuan looked at the many cultivators of the Liuli Kingdom and the Xuanyu Kingdom.

Then he looked at his daughter beside him, who was likewise suppressed and unable to move.

A flash of decisiveness crossed his eyes.

He pressed his palm downward.

Inside the Xuanyu Kingdom.

Over a hundred pillars of light shot up into the sky, shrouding Liuchuan.

Liuchuan's body seemed to turn into a bottomless pit, swallowing all those hundred-plus pillars of light.

His original Spirit Transformation Stage Perfection cultivation, after swallowing the power of these light pillars, actually reached the Integration Initial Stage!

"Break!"

His figure shook.

A strange power spread out, scattering the starlight.

That force suppressing the world instantly dissipated.

The crowd of suppressed people one after another regained their ability to move.

His eyes were filled with flawless light, as if a deity had descended to the world.

His gaze swept over the crowd, his voice carrying.

"Flee!"

"Sovereign!"

Hearing Liuchuan's words, a flicker of hesitation crossed everyone's faces.

Then they gritted their teeth and fled at top speed.

"Li, go!"

Liuchuan handed a Jade Pendant to the woman beside him and spoke in a deep voice.

The woman looked at Liuchuan with reluctance, then without further hesitation, fled toward the distant sky.

"This Sacrificial Power is truly a peculiar force."

"To be able to borrow from mortals who possess not a shred of power, and erupt with such formidable strength."

Hailing looked down at the Xuanyu Kingdom.

The places where those pillars of light had previously erupted were precisely temples.

These temples are worshipped by mortals on ordinary days.

Collecting the power of faith and converting it into this Sacrificial Power.

A mere mortal small kingdom is capable of converting such powerful Sacrificial Power.

If one were to obtain the cultivation method for this Sacrificial Power and build temples throughout the entire Ancient Star Domain.

Just how powerful a force could one collect?

It is simply unimaginable.

No wonder the Star Lord attaches such importance to this Liuli Kingdom.

A thought flashed through Hailing's mind.

Immediately after.

He withdrew his gaze from the Xuanyu Kingdom and looked at those figures moving away into the distance.

He chuckled.

"Do you think that by staying behind, these ants can escape?"

"You are too naive."

Having said that, he looked at the people behind him.

The next moment.

Dozens of figures flew out simultaneously.

Liuchuan frowned.

Dozens of Spirit Light beams shot out from his body, transforming into dozens of light shadows that charged toward the group of Star Palace Cultivators.

Every one of these figures possessed power at the level of Spirit Transformation Stage Perfection.

"To manifest so many clones at once."

"Is this also a characteristic of Sacrificial Power?"

"It truly is a covetable power."

Hailing chuckled.

The stars in the night sky became increasingly bright.

Immediately.

Endless starlight converged into dozens of pillars of light, descending from the night sky.

They enveloped all of Liuchuan's clones.

Fixing all of his clones in mid-air.

Without his obstruction.

Those dozens of Star Palace Cultivators continued to pursue the fleeing figures.

In an instant, they disappeared from sight.