Chapter 179

Conflicts between the four great continents are rare; once a conflict crossing continents occurs, it means the event will become very serious.

The Guyou Immortal Dynasty is not a benevolent party; its invasion war is inevitably accompanied by slaughter and plunder.

The existence of an Immortal Dynasty itself is very unreasonable; the long-lived nature of cultivators determines the rigid characteristics of official transfers, making it very easy to form a situation of a state within a state and family-style imperial courts.

Internal contradictions will reach a peak as the strength of all parties expands.

This matter, speaking of it, also has something to do with Lu Runping.

The words of the Lietian Corpse King's three-thousand-year revenge back then made various Immortal Dynasties actively increase their combat power, and Beizheng Sizhou entered a craze of high-intensity cultivation, while the appearance of the Profound Ice Dragon Emperor further catalyzed this phenomenon.

Although the Profound Ice Dragon Emperor disappeared, the overall combat power within various Immortal Dynasties increased by about fifty percent to two hundred percent.

Uneven distribution of strength led to disagreements in the allocation of benefits.

Internal contradictions became very serious.

Among the twelve Immortal Dynasties, more or less, several large-scale disturbances occurred.

Challenges from new forces to old forces, repeating over and over.

The various Immortal Sects of Donghua True Continent also understood very well the purpose of the Tianfang Immortal Sect bringing in the Guyou Immortal Dynasty: they wanted to borrow the momentum of the Immortal Dynasty invasion war to make their own cultivation advance further.

The Guyou Immortal Dynasty should also be clear about this point, but their interest demands do not conflict, and are even highly consistent, which is why this cooperation came to be.

The Beihuang Yu was originally a barbaric land that top-tier Immortal Sects looked down upon, with not much powerful strength.

The Shengling Sect, Ziyao Immortal Sect, or the Yuhua Immortal Gate, under the powerful Guyou Immortal Dynasty cultivator army, had absolutely no power to resist.

Righteous cultivators themselves would not actively engage in killing karma, but in the inheritance of the Guyou Immortal Dynasty, there is a cultivation method called 'Chiyou War Body', which can use killing intent to cultivate, enhance the physique, and thereby feed back into cultivation and raise the realm.

So they do not care about this; instead, they are happy for those Immortal Sects to resist, thereby creating slaughter.

Of course, they would not do things like slaughtering mortals.

They are not true demon cultivators; once they take action against mortals, they will suffer the joint attack of all cultivators, which is not something an Immortal Dynasty can withstand.

In three months, the Guyou Immortal Dynasty occupied the Beihuang Yu with the momentum of autumn winds sweeping away fallen leaves.

The Immortal Sects in the two great regions adjacent to the Beihuang Yu were all very nervous, fearing that the Guyou Immortal Dynasty would directly attack south next.

But they stopped.

The cultivator army was stationed on the edge of the Beihuang Yu, while transporting personnel to the Beihuang Yu and starting to build here.

Everyone understood that this did not mean the Guyou Immortal Dynasty had given up on attacking other parts of Donghua True Continent, but this was precisely the preparation for a long-term war.

If they had killed their way over in one breath, it might have been a grab, or a test of the reaction of the Donghua Zhenzhou Immortal Sects, but this direct start of construction was the rhythm of using the Beihuang Yu as a springboard to plunder more resources and land.

For this reason, the various Immortal Sects had to hold a meeting to discuss this matter.

Back then, the eighteen Immortal Sects and the Lu Family Immortal Clan formed the 'Yonghua Alliance', agreeing to resist external infringement together; now that the threat from Beizheng Sizhou had appeared, they could not turn a blind eye.

Among the sects attending the meeting, the newly appeared Ice Soul Divine Palace and Tianfang Immortal Sect were not present.

The latter was one of the initiators of the war, and the former was detached from the center and had no intersection.

It was still those Immortal Sects that participated in the Yonghua Alliance, but the people participating had changed.

Half of the previous generation of Land Immortals had already ascended.

Some of the remaining ones also did not ask about worldly affairs; those who participated in the meeting and were in charge were basically the younger generation of each sect.

Of course, the "young" mentioned here is relative to the level of Land Immortals; for their respective sects, they were all figures of the Supreme Elder generation.

The Jiuding Domain was one of the two great regions adjacent to the Beihuang Yu, and the contemporary Yuding Immortal of the Yuding Immortal Sect within it spoke:

"Everyone, the Guyou Immortal Dynasty is coming aggressively; although it is said that they certainly cannot swallow the entire Donghua True Continent in the end, if they are allowed to occupy any benefits, I fear that all twelve Immortal Dynasties of Beizheng Four Regions will take action. At that time, it is not impossible for the thirteen domains of Central Continent and the twelve Immortal Dynasties to swallow twelve great domains.

Therefore, this time, it is not just a matter for my Yuding Immortal Sect, the Wanhua Dao Sect, and the Shangqing Immortal Gate. However, it is indeed the three of us who are bearing the brunt. Yun Cheng Xian Ren, do you see any response strategy for this matter?"

Yun Cheng Xian Ren was a Land Immortal of the Wanhua Dao Sect.

"According to my understanding, the reason the Guyou Immortal Dynasty launched the war is that its internal overall combat power grew too fast, and emerging forces wanted to compete for resources with old forces, resulting in great internal contradictions and even several disturbances.

And such a situation is a trouble shared by all twelve Immortal Dynasties of Beizheng Sizhou, so the Guyou Immortal Dynasty is the first to launch a war, and once we cannot stop it, it will be the leader, and the rest of the Immortal Dynasties will likely swarm over.

My strategy is very simple: gather strength, and kill as many as they send! Since their internal strength has grown too much, we will help them eliminate some."

Zhenqing Immortal of the Shangqing Immortal Gate spoke:

"It should indeed be so, otherwise it might cause greater casualties later. If the war spreads to the entire Donghua Zhenzhou, I fear the destructive power caused will not be less than the destructive power formed by the Nanman Demon Venerable chaos back then, and it might even endanger the Daoist inheritance of various Immortal Sects."

Yuding Immortal looked at Shangyi Immortal of the Qingyang Immortal Sect and Lu Guanfei, the representative of the Lu Family Immortal Clan, and spoke:

"Besides the three of us, the two families in the Lianze Domain are most likely to be affected by the war. Do you have any suggestions?"

Shangyi Immortal said sternly:

"Back then, our sect's Yangming Immortal was injured in order to deal with the Kongming Ancestor, and later died in order to kill the Great Marsh Demon Immortal. Our predecessors used their lives to defend the sect's inheritance, so we naturally will not retreat. In this battle, my Qingyang Immortal Sect will certainly support with all our strength!"

Everyone turned their eyes to the young Lu Guanfei.

She was the youngest here, but no one looked down on her.

The Lu Family Immortal Clan had four Land Immortals in one family, and the momentum of development was still very fierce; it was very likely that one or two more Land Immortals would be born within the next two thousand years. This was a behemoth, and Lu Guanfei, the head of the three Lu Family heroes, was naturally not someone they could ignore.

Regarding this matter, before coming to attend the meeting, Lu Guanfei had already consulted Lu Runping and said directly:

"In this battle, the Lu Family Immortal Clan will participate with the whole clan!"

Once these words were spoken, people from various Immortal Sects were incomparably shocked.

Immortal Clans and Immortal Sects have fundamental differences; these people also have clansmen behind them, more or less, and no one dares to throw their entire clan's bloodline into such a large-scale event. If one is not careful, wouldn't the whole clan be wiped out?

Moreover, participating with the whole clan incurs how much karma; any single person could potentially involve a Land Immortal in the future, leading to a clan-extermination crisis.

How could such a decision not shock them?

Lu Guanfei saw the expressions of the crowd and couldn't help but laugh in her heart; this expression was exactly the same as when she first heard the Ancestor's answer.

She also didn't understand at first why the Ancestor made such an impulsive decision.

But Lu Runping only replied to her with one sentence.

"Below the True Immortal, I am invincible; above the True Immortal, one for one. With me here, I can protect the Lu Family Immortal Clan for ten thousand years without falling. Even if the twelve Immortal Dynasties come together, what is there to fear!?"

Lu Guanfei was very excited at the time; if she were a transmigrator, she would definitely shout, "Ancestor is awesome!"

But she wasn't, so she could only calm her excited mood and indicate that she knew what to do.

Afterward, coming here to attend the meeting, she spoke the words about the whole clan participating very easily.

The Lu Family Immortal Clan has developed for more than eight hundred and forty years; for many years, it has relied entirely on the Ancestor's protection, and the development has been smooth all the way, with the number of clansmen exceeding one million, and even having three Land Immortals.

Precisely because the development has been too smooth, participating in this war is very necessary.

On one hand, eliminate some younger generations with poor strength, insufficient talent, and insufficient luck to optimize the clan's bloodline; on the other hand, cool down the arrogant aura of those people in the Immortal Clan.

Although being able to let clansmen rely on the Lu Family Immortal Clan's incarnation to run rampant everywhere is also a symbol of strength, some people are too excessive and need to be sobered up.

War is a very good way of baptism.

According to Lu Guanfei's idea, out of one million clansmen, if half remain, it should be enough to let the family continue to maintain a prosperous development trend.

As for the half of the clansmen who were eliminated, it can only be said that they enjoyed what they should have enjoyed and should be content.

Well, there is a reason why Lu Guanfei could be directly appointed by Lu Runping as the contemporary spokesperson for the Lu family.

Yuding Immortal came back to his senses and sighed:

"The Lu Family Immortal Clan is worthy of being the family that carries the Heavenly Mandate as Xuanjizi said. Among the Immortal Clans today that can have such responsibility, only the Lu family exists. Admirable!"

Shangyi Immortal even laughed:

"In this way, there is no need to discuss anything further. With the Lu Family Immortal Clan, suppressing a Guyou Immortal Dynasty is not a problem. What's more, this time our four great Immortal Sects will also participate with all our strength. A mere Guyou Immortal Dynasty is nothing but clay chickens and pottery dogs!"

Regarding the combat power of the Lu Family Immortal Clan, as a neighbor within a great domain, Shangyi Immortal is the most clear.

A single Lu Family Immortal Clan, just looking at the combat power below the Land Immortal level, is absolutely no problem to rival three top-tier Immortal Sects.

If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he wouldn't have dared to believe that a family, in a mere eight hundred years, had achieved such achievements, even exceeding the accumulation of several generations of the Qingyang Immortal Sect.

How could he know that this was all Lu Runping relying on his own strength, emptying the treasures of the Tianyu Immortal Sect, Ice Soul Divine Palace, and other places, and then using the power of supernatural powers to develop the family into what it is today.

Shangyi Immortal just sighed that it was worthy of being the Heavenly Mandate Immortal Clan in Xuanjizi's mouth.

The Immortal representatives of the other Immortal Sects looked at each other; if the Lu Family Immortal Clan really wanted to participate with the whole clan, then it seemed there was really nothing for them to do.

But this also seemed to be a good thing: not participating, not incurring karma, and no damage.

Hong Zeyu of the Tianyu Immortal Sect spoke:

"In this battle, my Tianyu Immortal Sect will also participate."

He began to state his position, and the other Immortal Sects could not do nothing, so they all said they would send some people over.

The cultivators of various Immortal Sects began to assemble; the great battle was on the verge of breaking out!