A Mortal’s Journey to Immortality: Wang Yu’s Rebirth as the Reincarnation Dao Ancestor - Chapter 191
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Chapter 187 A Fight Broke Out
“Right now, rumors are flying everywhere, saying that the two Holy Lords have encountered problems in their cultivation and have gone mad. And indeed, the two Holy Lords are at a critical moment in their seclusion, and we can’t contact them at all. This has caused panic among many forces in the Chaotic Star Sea that are close to our Star Palace, and even some of our own disciples are unsettled. The affairs of the palace are currently being held together by Elder Tang and a few other mid-Nascent Soul elders.”
“But they can only barely hold on.”
“The righteous and demonic paths are now restless, and it’s already difficult for those few mid-Nascent Soul elders and our twenty-odd early-Nascent Soul elders to control the situation.”
Elder Ximen sighed softly.
He was also deeply worried about the situation of the two Holy Lords.
“Well, since we can no longer suppress the righteous and demonic paths, we can only weaken them by force. We need to use a tough stance to arouse their suspicion and make them unsure of our true situation.”
“Speaking of which, Elder Xu and Elder Lian, who were in charge of certain matters on the outer twenty-four star islands, unexpectedly perished a few years ago. Even their Nascent Souls couldn’t escape back to the Star Palace. I suspect it was the righteous and demonic paths who were secretly sabotaging us…”
“This time, we should retaliate in kind!”
“Hmph, our Star Palace has ruled the Inner Star Sea for tens of thousands of years. It’s not like we haven’t faced near-overthrow before. But when have we failed to survive?”
Another person nodded,
their attitude becoming even more forceful.
“Yes, back then, two of our predecessors, the Twin Saints, were defeated by that invincible Heavenly Mirror Hermit! One of them was even killed on the spot! That person’s existence once put our Star Palace in an extremely passive situation.” Heavenly Mirror Hermit
, once the number one cultivator in the Chaotic Star Sea, once single-handedly fought against the entire Star Palace without being at a disadvantage, his power shaking the Chaotic Star Sea for hundreds of years, a figure that later generations of cultivators could hardly match.
You must know that their Star Palace Masters have always been the best among their peers.
In battles between equals, they rarely lost.
Not to mention the joint actions of the “husband and wife duo.”
Two against one, they were always invincible.
But then…
that time, they stumbled.
And they stumbled badly.
“The Star Palace weathered the centuries-long shadow cast by that figure, so what’s a little storm like this now?”
“Besides, neither the current Six Paths Supreme Saint nor that madwoman Wan Sangu is a match for that Heavenly Mirror Hermit. And our Star Palace’s two Holy Lords are stronger than our predecessors, stronger than the Six Paths Supreme Saint and Wan Sangu. Palace Master Ling once decisively defeated Wan Sangu and the Six Paths Supreme Saint…” “Just
two defeated opponents.”
“As long as the two Palace Lords emerge from seclusion, everything will be fine.”
“Furthermore, once the two Palace Lords reach the Nascent Soul stage, the Six Paths Supreme Saint and Wan Sangu will be nothing but clowns. This Chaotic Star Sea will undoubtedly return entirely to the Star Palace’s control…”
Like a “cyclical reincarnation.”
When the Star Palace enters a period of decline, its influence retreats to the area between the inner twelve star islands and the outer twenty-four star islands.
Once the Star Palace becomes strong and great again
, its influence will extend back to the outer twenty-four star islands,
compressing the development space of both the righteous and demonic paths.
Now…
Their Star Palace was merely in a slump.
Little did Ximen and his companion know that the reason Six Paths Supreme Saint and Wan Sangu formed the Reverse Star Alliance and chose this moment to act so hastily was because they feared Ling Xiaofeng and Wen Qing, both at the peak of the late Nascent Soul stage, would break through to the Divine Transformation stage! They
feared the birth of a Divine Transformation cultivator!
Once a Divine Transformation cultivator appeared in the Star Palace, these two great cultivators would have no choice but to flee to distant lands.
The remaining Nascent Soul cultivators would have to remain low-profile like dogs.
There was no other option.
Just look at the ancient contract the demon royal family was forced to sign to understand.
Did they really think the two great demon royal families of the Star Sea wanted to coexist peacefully with humans?
In the end, they were all subdued by generations of Divine Transformation cultivators from the human race.
The Star Palace’s legendary Divine Transformation cultivators had used underhanded tactics against the unconvinced tenth-level demon kings, preserving these as part of the Star Palace’s foundation.
Six Paths Supreme Saint and Wan Sangu weren’t fools; how could they sit idly by and wait to die?
They chose this moment to start the war precisely because they received news from within the Star Palace that Ling Xiaofeng and Wen Qing had once again entered a long period of seclusion. This situation indicates either progress in cultivation, with one foot already in the Nascent Soul stage, or the discovery of the secrets of the Nascent Soul stage, marking the beginning of the final breakthrough.
Regardless of the reason, the pace must be disrupted.
The two must be forced to emerge from seclusion.
Thus, the Reverse Star Alliance appeared.
Thus, the undercurrents surging outside have directly become the prelude to an unprecedented war.
…
Outside.
In the area of the Twelve Inner Star Islands.
Several thousand-mile-long islands are under siege by the Reverse Star Alliance.
One of the forces is the largest.
Within the arrayed ranks, two auras are so powerful they are suffocating, causing one’s mind to tremble.
“Nascent Soul…late stage?!”
“It’s Six Paths Supreme Saint and Wan Sangu.”
“Why are they here?”
“Do they want to completely break ties with my Holy Palace?”
In the largest city on the island, over thirty Core Formation cultivators lead thousands of Foundation Establishment and numerous Qi Refining disciples, standing ready for battle.
Another Nascent Soul elder from the Star Palace is stationed there.
At this moment, this man, his face grim, manipulated the city-protecting array, confronting the Six Paths Supreme Saint and Wan Sangu.
His teeth were practically grinding to powder.
Of course, anger was one thing, but even more so, a deep-seated fear lurked in his heart.
Facing him were two powerful cultivators and several Nascent Soul stage cultivators,
along with numerous Core Formation stage cultivators.
He could only rely on the city-protecting array to hold out until reinforcements arrived.
“Fortunately, Shuoyang Island has been managed by my Holy Palace for countless years. No matter what, this place was once an important stronghold against the monster tides of the Inner Star Sea. The island is riddled with array formations and restrictions, including many ancient Nascent Soul level formations. Even a Nascent Soul stage cultivator caught in them risks death. They have never been removed, but rather maintained with a large amount of spirit stones, precisely to prevent the current situation from occurring.”
Back then, he didn’t understand why Palace Master Ling Xiaofeng insisted on spending so many spirit stones to maintain the operation of the numerous ancient arrays on the Twelve Inner Star Islands.
He felt that the Star Palace was at its peak and there was no need for such a fuss.
Now, he understood.
This kind of preventative measures was something he lacked.
“Don’t panic, there are plenty of large formations on the island. These scoundrels from both the righteous and demonic paths will find it extremely difficult to even approach Shuoyang City, let alone conquer this island…”
“We have plenty of spirit stones to wear them down.”
“Moreover, the Holy Palace’s reinforcements will arrive soon. Once the two Holy Lords emerge from seclusion, they will definitely not let these scoundrels from both the righteous and demonic paths off the hook.”
The Nascent Soul stage elder of the Star Palace boosted morale.
The effect was good.
The entire Star Palace felt much more at ease.
…
Outside the island.
A large formation composed of tens of thousands of cultivators slowly approached.
On two large ships, a man and a woman sipped tea and chatted in the open space.
“Liu Dao, do you think Ling Xiaofeng and your sister will emerge from seclusion because of this little matter?”
The one who spoke was an old woman with a slightly hunched back.
Although her face was old, she was vigorous and showed no signs of aging.
“It’s still early; it’s definitely not time for them to come out yet.”
The middle-aged man, who was sipping his tea, paused, then spoke with a slight twitch of his lips.
This man was the Six Paths Supreme Saint.
“Do we have to fight our way to Tianxing City?”
“If we switched sides with them, wouldn’t we also be determined to fight to the death?”
“Indeed.”
The old woman nodded.
“Then, Brother Wen, is our strategy really to force the two Tianxing Saints out of seclusion?”
A mid-Nascent Soul cultivator, who was neither a righteous nor a demonic cultivator but had chosen to join the Reverse Star Alliance, frowned and asked.
“Fellow Daoist Qiu, this is something we must do.”
The Six Paths Supreme Saint put down his teacup, responding calmly but with unquestionable authority.
The reason was simple:
“You don’t want another Nascent Soul cultivator to appear in the Star Palace, do you?”
This Chaotic Star Sea cannot produce Nascent Soul cultivators for the time being.
And it absolutely cannot be Ling Xiaofeng and Wen Qing.
Otherwise, he would be doomed.
Even if Wan Sangu broke through to become a Nascent Soul cultivator, it would be a thousand times better than those two breaking through.
Therefore, they had to use the Star Palace’s millennia-old foundation to force Ling Xiaofeng and his younger sister to emerge from seclusion, thus disrupting their mental state and overall condition.
If Ling Xiaofeng and Wen Qing truly emerged to fight, it would play right into his hands.
At that point,
it wouldn’t matter if the righteous and demonic paths lost the battle.
It wouldn’t matter if he and Wan Sangu lost either.
They could always try again and make a comeback.
After all, the Star Palace wasn’t powerful enough to destroy the combined forces of Holy Demon Island and the Myriad Laws Sect, much less powerful enough to wipe out the large number of righteous and demonic experts who had gathered there.
Furthermore, they could periodically engage in minor disturbances, simply preventing Ling Xiaofeng and Wen Qing from having the time and energy to focus on their cultivation.
In this way, their strategic objective would be achieved.
If the two abandoned their ancestral foundation and didn’t emerge from seclusion, the righteous and demonic paths could easily eliminate the rest of the Star Palace, leaving them isolated and without support! Incidentally, this would also stain all the righteous and demonic forces in the Chaotic Star Sea with the blood of the Star Palace, dragging them down with it.
By then,
even if Ling Xiaofeng or his sister Wen Qing were to miraculously break through to the Nascent Soul stage, his side would have gathered hundreds, even two hundred, Nascent Soul stage cultivators to band together for mutual support.
No matter how strong a Nascent Soul stage cultivator is, can they possibly outlast hundreds of Nascent Soul stage cultivators in a war of attrition?
At worst, there are still the demon races from the Outer Star Sea that can be brought in.
The Flood Dragon Clan and the Dragon Whale Clan both have grudges against the Star Palace.
As long as the Nascent Soul stage cultivators are forced to keep attacking and constantly depleting their own essence, he might be able to have the last laugh!
As long as he can wear down two of them, what does it matter if he is suppressed for a period of time?
Of course, that is the worst-case scenario.
…
Void Heaven Palace.
Lava Road.
Middle section of the Black Desert.
“The twenty-second swarm…”
Han Li looked at the Gold-Eating Insect swarm cleaning up the battlefield, his anticipation growing stronger.
Seventeen small colonies of several thousand Ironfire Ants and five medium-sized colonies of tens of thousands of Ironfire Ants were successively harvested by the Gold-Eating Insects he controlled.
And throughout the entire process, not a single Gold-Eating Insect was lost!
Not a single one was lost!
What an incredible feat!
As long as his Gold-Eating Insects weren’t alone, the vast difference in individual strength, combined with their numerical advantage and the aid of his divine sense, made them utterly invincible.
More than twenty Ironfire Ant colonies were wiped out without a scratch.
Ironfire Ants, annihilated.
Gold-Eating Insects, zero casualties.
And some of the Gold-Eating Insects that had devoured large numbers of Ironfire Ants were already showing signs of transformation.
This Black Desert, for other cultivators, was undoubtedly a very difficult testing ground, an extremely dangerous and perilous place.
But for him, it seemed to have become a miraculous treasure land?
“So, I should thank those two old guys in the Star Palace?”
(End of Chapter)
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