Nuclear-powered Sword Immortal-Chapter 606 - 598: Evacuation

Gu Jinlai listened to what Zhao Xi had to say, his expression somewhat astonished.

Can the Power of Heavenly Dao be manipulated in such a way?

"Separating power from the Transforming Spirit Heavenly Dao will disperse after several days, even if it’s carried by the True Immortal Dao Fruit, so it needs to be used immediately. Moreover, this will cause the Transforming Spirit Heavenly Dao to weaken or even regress. But the crisis of the Ten Thousand Stars Sword Sect has not been resolved; the premature maturation of Transforming Spirit Heavenly Dao is not necessarily a good thing,"

Zhao Xi explained patiently, "The most critical point is... by using the power of Transforming Spirit Heavenly Dao through the Netherworld God, it’s possible to attack Demon Lord Cangming himself. If he’s injured, our chances of victory on the Blood Moat Demon Abyss Battlefield will increase from sixty-forty to seventy-thirty, or even eighty-twenty."

"Injure Demon Lord Cangming..."

Upon hearing this, Gu Jinlai thought of the valuable information obtained by projecting Immortal Sui Mu through the Void Projection Technique and a bold idea emerged in his mind, "I just so happen to need to return to the Holy Dynasty to take care of some matters. I will handle this Netherworld God."

"You!?"

Zhao Xi looked at Gu Jinlai and, recalling the terrifying energy he sensed emanating from him, slowly nodded his head.

...

Gu Jinlai had not expected that he would only stay in the Immortal Country for one day before setting out on the road back to the Holy Dynasty.

However, unlike when he rushed to the Immortal Country with four Supreme Void Immortals, forty ordinary Void Immortals, and four hundred Saints, this time he was only accompanied by Zhang Tianye.

Yes!

To ensure absolute safety, Zhao Xi decided to have Zhang Tianye, who possessed the battle power of a Peak True Immortal, accompany Gu Jinlai back to the Holy Dynasty.

At that moment, this Peak True Immortal was piloting a Dao Artifact reminiscent of a flying shuttle, traversing the Void at an incredibly fast speed.

The speed of this Dao Artifact couldn’t compare to the full burst of speed of a True Immortal, but it was more Qi-efficient.

After all, they still had to confront a Netherworld God with battle power no less than that of Peak True Immortals, and as one of the most important combatants, Zhang Tianye couldn’t stay away from the Immortal Country for too long.

If it weren’t for such a critical issue with the Netherworld God, and the fact that the Holy Dynasty had sent reinforcements, even if Zhao Xi wanted to ensure absolute safety, he couldn’t afford to dispatch a Peak True Immortal.

...

Aboard the flying shuttle.

Gu Jinlai was continuously flipping through the materials about the Profound Immortal Realm that Zhao Xi had given him.

As Zhao Xi said, he knew much more about the Profound Immortal Realm than Gu Jinlai.

Though the layers he understood were quite basic, they sufficed to give him a clear understanding of the Profound Immortal Realm. ƒгeeweɓn૦vel.com

"Above the Heavenly Immortal Realm lies the Profound Immortal... and that’s how the name Profound Immortal Realm came to be."

Gu Jinlai browsed these ancient texts.

The most frequently mentioned in these texts was the Heavenly Dao.

Hundreds of Heavenly Daos.

Yes!

Hundreds!

Because the spirituality of the world suffered a great loss in the battle ten thousand years ago, the entire Profound Immortal Realm became quite barren. With resources increasingly precious, the Profound Immortal Realm had no choice but to turn its focus toward exploiting and researching the rules of Heaven and Earth.

As a result, their exploitation of Heavenly Dao reached its pinnacle.

"A world interwoven with hundreds of Heavenly Daos... Since fully stimulating Heavenly Dao inevitably consumes Spirit Mechanism, and the Profound Immortal Realm is extremely short on Spirit Mechanism, they had to avoid excessive consumption of it to prevent the realm from completely declining. Wars involving the Spirit Mechanism level are practically expressly forbidden, leading to... this world bizarrely achieving a fragile balance!?"

Gu Jinlai found the documents fascinating as he read through them.

Void Immortals with their own Grotto Heaven dare to defy the will of True Immortals.

True Immortals dare to slam the table in front of Heavenly Immortals.

The conflicts between Heavenly Immortals also had to appear just and proper.

The reason is that once war breaks out, Void and True Immortals will not be stingy in exhausting Spirit Mechanism. Once it involves Spirit Mechanism, and even the Power of Heavenly Dao, True and Heavenly Immortals must likewise deploy Spirit Mechanism and Heavenly Dao powers, and they might not be able to suppress those Void and True Immortals.

And once Spirit Mechanism and Heavenly Dao powers are deployed, they will certainly lead to the loss of Spirit Mechanism.

Such a loss of Spirit Mechanism infringes upon the interests of all cultivators in the entire Profound Immortal Realm.

This situation...

However it was looked at, it seemed strange.

Of course, equality was based on having a Grotto Heaven capable of leveraging Spirit Mechanism. Those cultivators without this capability, even if they were as powerful as a True Immortal, still couldn’t ensure their lives as well as a Void Immortal who possessed a Grotto Heaven and had cultivated Heavenly Dao within it.

"The world is vast and full of wonders."

As Gu Jinlai traveled, reading through the ancient tomes related to the Profound Immortal Realm.

Far away at the edge of the Holy Dynasty, Demon Emperors and Demon Lords were gathering resources according to the blueprints sent from the Demon Realm and casting a colossal Demon God Body.

After depleting their accumulated heritage over the years, they finally completed a massive Demon God Body with three faces, six arms, and standing over a hundred meters tall.

After shaping the Demon Body, these Demon Emperors and Demon Lords quickly gathered to send a certain communication.

Once the message was fully conveyed, a special spiritual fluctuation broke through the sky and infused into the giant Demon God Body.

Receiving this power, the Demon God Body moved slightly and turned its gaze back to the many Demon Lords and Demon Emperors.

"We welcome Spirit Venerable Xuan Yang," they greeted with spiritual fluctuations, all the Demon Lords and Demon Emperors bowing respectfully.

"Hmm."

The Xuan Yang Demon God responded with an acknowledgment and waved his arm, "Be on alert."

At the same time, he called out again, "Qian Yan."

"Lord Spirit Venerable Xuan Yang."

As the other Demon Emperors and Demon Lords scattered, the Demon Emperor named Qian Yan stepped forward with a bow.

"I hope that world you spoke of is truly as interesting as you say, worth relocating the Netherworld God to the dominion you occupy in the Chen Domain."

stated the Xuan Yang Demon God.

"Please rest assured, Lord. According to our understanding of that world, it has a population more than double that of the Holy Dynasty. The delicacies there must be unimaginable," Qian Yan the Demon Emperor quickly said.

"How much spiritual essence a world has accumulated is partly determined by its population; the key factor, however, is whether the will of that world is alive or dead, and if the Spirit Realm born from that will still exists. Without the Spirit Realm, it’s like using a sieve to hold water; no matter how much you pour in, it will drain away at an alarming rate, leaving nothing behind."

The Xuan Yang Demon God spoke as he walked towards a towering mountain.

This mountain appeared unremarkable at first glance and unlikely to attract anyone’s attention.

Yet, it was beside this very mountain that a terrifying life form of over two hundred meters high resided.

And the spiritual fluctuations that radiated from it prompted even the Xuan Yang Demon God to immediately step forward and express his reverence, "Sovereign Hong Ying."

"Xuan Yang."

The Demon God known as Hong Ying looked towards Xuan Yang, then shifted his gaze to the Qian Yan behind him, "Is it the one who discovered that world?"

"Yes."

Xuan Yang Spirit Venerable replied, "It has already beguiled those humans into building a ’Crack Generator’ to breach the rift between the two realms. Once the rift is open, our vanguard can enter that world."

"Excellent. Your contribution has been noted by Emperor Cangming. Once we reach the Chen Domain, you will be able to revert back to your Demon Spirit form and leave your mark in the Eternal Life Tower," said Hong Ying.

These words instantly filled Qian Yan the Demon Emperor with excitement, "My thanks to Sovereign Hong Ying, my thanks to the great Emperor Cangming."

"Well then, it is no longer safe here. We must evacuate as quickly as possible with the body of the Netherworld God intended for His Majesty, since the Chen Domain—"

Hong Ying said.

Even after hearing this, Xuan Yang Spirit Venerable still found it hard to believe, "Are you saying that those monsters have descended?"

"Indeed, through my investigations, I’ve confirmed that the monster who devoured Star Trace and Long Xiao is a more terrifying and perfect being than those from a millennium ago. Because the targets it has eliminated were already infamously powerful even back then."

Hong Ying’s expression was fraught with gravity, "It was the Aries Star Lord from the Holy Land."

Although it was only one of his incarnations, similar to what Demon Lord Cangming is trying to nurture using the Netherworld God body.

However, compared to Demon Lord Cangming, it was inherently weaker, and the incarnation it could nurture was also weaker, its combat power at most reaching that of the most top-tier Demon Gods, not yet crossing into a higher level, thus it would not be a decisive force on the Blood Pool Demon Abyss Battlefield.

"The Aries Star Lord!?"

Spiritual fluctuations surged violently on the Xuan Yang Demon God.

Not only him but also Qian Yan the Demon Emperor behind him couldn’t help shivering.

In the Holy Dynasty...

Was such a terrifying monster really hidden?

One that could even eliminate the Aries Star Lord from a millennium ago?

"Based on the information I’ve gathered, after it eliminated the Aries Star Lord, it refined the monster into a Ruins Beast!"

"A Ruins Beast!"

Fear and dread flashed in the eyes of both the Xuan Yang Demon God and Qian Yan.

Such creatures were enemies of all life.

While life forms like the Xuan Yang Demon God who controlled a Demon God Body did not have to worry about being suppressed by a Ruins Beast, because they were initially transformed from Spirit Realm Life, they could still inflict grave damage to beings like them, the Spirit Venerables.

"Considering your words, the Spirit Realm Body of the Aries Star Lord spanned over a thousand kilometers... It’s difficult to imagine how powerful a Ruins Beast refined from such a monster would be; this... is a force we can’t hope to contend with in the short term," said Hong Ying.

Speaking thus, the massive figure of Hong Ying turned towards the mountain beneath him, rapidly uncovering a vast amount of soil.

Revealing a Netherworld God Body burrowed in the soil underneath, about sixty meters tall.

Or rather...

a Saint Body resembling that of a human.

The gazes of Xuan Yang Demon God and Qian Yan the Demon Emperor fell upon the not so imposing Netherworld God Body, filled with reverence.

The great Demon Lord Cangming, due to his immense power, could not even have his incarnation pass through the Blood Moat Demon Abyss, so he could only descend to the world through Divine Thought. Then, by nurturing in a body refined from special materials, the Netherworld God body would grow.

Grown enough to fuse into an incarnation of the Demon Lord.

"Therefore, our wisest course of action is to avoid confrontation for now."

Carrying the Netherworld God Body, the Hong Ying Demon God rose into the air: "We will temporarily abandon the Holy Dynasty and retreat fully to the Chen Domain to lie low, and we will attempt to enter the world Qian Yan mentioned. If that world truly offers vast rewards, then the Holy Dynasty? Immortal Country? Even the entire world will be within our reach."

"Yes."

Xuan Yang Demon God and Qian Yan the Demon Emperor followed suit, acknowledging the command and leaving with Hong Ying.