Nuclear-powered Sword Immortal-Chapter 655 - 629: Forcibly Breaking Through

Immortal Country.

Immortal Master Zhao looked at Gu Jinlai, who had come under the guise of "Liu Feiyun," his expression somewhat despondent.

"Qiu Yu... She was like a child I raised from a young age; to her, I was like a father... To think that she could also..."

The master of this Immortal Country seemed somewhat unable to comprehend.

"Why? In the Immortal Country, she had her friends, masters, disciples, why would she choose to betray us?"

"Perhaps, she was more optimistic about the future of the Profound Immortal Realm. After all, everyone must give way to personal safety; they don’t want to live in a place without a future," Gu Jinlai said.

He thought of the immigrants on Blue Star; to regular people, they were leaving behind friends and family, yet they still left their native country without hesitation to head somewhere else. How could those around them understand?

"Does she really believe that our Immortal Country is bound to fail?" Immortal Master Zhao asked, unwilling to concede.

But after he asked this question, he seemed to catch himself showing a lapse in composure.

This was not the time to be discussing this matter.

What had happened had happened. What he really needed to do was to act quickly to remedy the situation to prevent it from deteriorating further.

"Alarming the snake by beating the grass, your next attempt to infiltrate the Ten Thousand Stars Sword Sect to shake Master Xuanling’s Transforming Spirit Heavenly Dao... will be difficult," Zhao Xi said as he forced himself out of his despondence.

"I’ve never considered using infiltration of the Ten Thousand Stars Sword Sect to shake up Master Xuanling’s Transforming Spirit Heavenly Dao," Gu Jinlai said, looking at Zhao Xi. "Although we haven’t completely broken our ties with the Ten Thousand Stars Sword Sect, I suspect it’s almost the same thing. If I’m not mistaken, the Ten Thousand Stars Sword Sect will soon make their next move, one that will be very unfavorable for us."

"Just at this time..."

Zhao Xi’s expression grew grave, but quickly after he seemed to think of something and shook his head: "This is exactly the right time! While we are searching for a breakthrough, isn’t the Ten Thousand Stars Sword Sect also playing a game with us? We can see hints of this since we clearly have the advantage in the Blood Moat Demon Abyss, yet Immortal Taibai, one of the strongest True Immortals, suddenly retreated to the Ten Thousand Stars Sword Sect, citing injuries as his reason, and the other few True Immortals also dealt with our tasks with reluctance."

"Their goal is to keep us entangled with the Demon Realm, buying time for themselves," said Gu Jinlai, associating this with the situation of the Ten Thousand Stars Sword Sect. "If I’m not mistaken, thanks to the Spirit Crystals they’ve taken from us over the years, Master Xuanling’s Transforming Spirit Heavenly Dao must be nearing completion. Once it’s complete, he will attempt to bring the Power of Heavenly Dao to the Immortal Country and, using a fully cultivated Transforming Spirit Heavenly Dao, he will devour your newly gestated Transforming Spirit Heavenly Dao, seeking to achieve Heavenly Dao Perfection in one fell swoop and step into the realm of an Immortal Master. When he descends upon the Immortal Country, that will be our chance!"

Not only Immortal Masters can bring Heavenly Dao temporarily into battle, those Daoist Masters who have nurtured Heavenly Dao to completion also have ways to detach it from their abode.

The only difference is that Immortal Masters can reintegrate the Heavenly Dao back into their Cave Heaven, while top Daoist Masters who detach the Heavenly Dao from their Cave Heaven have no choice but to fight a battle to the death until the Power of Heavenly Dao is exhausted.

"Opportunity..."

Zhao Xi murmured contemplatively: "The fostering of Transforming Spirit Heavenly Dao must have had some contingency in place, and because I have allowed it to merge with my Cave Heaven to cultivate it, once Master Xuanling descends and activates that contingency, devouring and merging the Transforming Spirit Heavenly Dao, that would be like gaining control of our Cave Heaven, an Immortal Master with a Thousand-mile Cave Heaven... even Profound Immortals can do nothing against that!"

"But he will need time to devour and merge your side of the Transforming Spirit Heavenly Dao, and if we can kill him during this time, the Transforming Spirit Heavenly Dao he brings will dress you for your wedding. At that time, you will triumph over your weakness, devour his Transforming Spirit Heavenly Dao in turn, and not only become a Daoist Master, but also achieve Heavenly Dao Perfection directly and step into the peak of the Heavenly Immortal Realm—the Domain of an Immortal Master, and become a true Emperor Immortal Lord," explained Gu Jinlai.

"When he arrives, his Transforming Spirit Heavenly Dao will likely become one with my Cave Heaven. To put it differently, at that moment, he will be like a top Daoist Master who owns a Thousand-mile Cave Heaven. Even if he needs some time to complete the devouring of the Transforming Spirit Heavenly Dao, or if I can disrupt him using my control over the Heavenly Dao, the power he can wield will still not be inferior to any top Daoist Master."

A top Daoist Master!

To slay such a supreme being within his "Cave Heaven" in a very short time is not something even a Profound Immortal can do!

"If things really become uncontrollable, I will have to disperse the Transforming Spirit Heavenly Dao directly. Although this means we will be set back by another decade or so in finding a permanent solution to the threat of the Demon Spirits, at the very least, the hidden danger from the Ten Thousand Stars Sword Sect can be first pushed back," Zhao Xi resolved in his heart.

"There’s no need," Gu Jinlai said.

If he really did that, the Ten Thousand Stars Sword Sect would go mad; attacking the Immortal Country with fury and forcing it to wage war on two fronts wouldn’t take long before the entire Immortal Country collapsed.

Therefore...

"Since I’m suggesting that we assassinate Master Xuanling upon his arrival in the Immortal Country, it’s because I have a certain level of confidence," Gu Jinlai said, looking at Zhao Xi. "At that time, you just need to do everything you can to hold him back from devouring the Transforming Spirit Heavenly Dao and controlling the Immortal Country! Leave the man himself to me!"

"You?"

Zhao Xi was startled.

"A Daoist Master, I might not be unable to kill him quickly."

"Not just a Daoist Master, a Daoist Master with the Power of Cave Heaven," Zhao Xi stated emphatically.

He knew Gu Jinlai had pursued the Innate Sacred Path and was formidable in battle, but still...

For an Immortal at the Heavenly Immortal realm, having a Cave Heaven and not having one are fundamentally different concepts.

"Trust me," Gu Jinlai said. "Just recently, I managed to directly kill one of the strongest True Immortals who had activated the Flame Heavenly Dao. Besides, I have a certain... what you could call an Innate Divine Ability. If I release it..."

He glanced around: "The battlefield will likely be within this Cave Heaven. Once that divine ability is unleashed, the entire Cave Heaven spanning a thousand miles will become a land of death. For safety, it’s best if Immortal Master Zhao moves important items and personnel to another Cave Heaven in advance."

"Spanning a thousand miles, turned into a land of death!"

Zhao Xi couldn’t help but inhale sharply at Gu Jinlai’s words.

A thousand miles!

Even for the most powerful Great Divine Power, the typical range of annihilation was only a hundred miles. Including the less lethal shockwaves and effects, reaching two or three hundred miles was the limit.

A thousand miles...

Even if it was just the shockwaves extending for a thousand miles, the increase in involved energy was by no means as simple as three or four times!

It was a hundred times, a thousand times!

This kind of power...

"If there really is such a power..."

"There is."

Gu Jinlai emphatically said, "I will return to the Immortal Country as soon as possible! Once you see my True Body, you will naturally be able to judge that my words are true."

"Return to the Immortal Country... The space channel to the Immortal Country still needs more than four months..."

"I came through the connection channel between the Ten Thousand Stars Sword Sect and the Immortal Country."

Gu Jinlai stated directly.

Zhao Xi pondered for a moment and then nodded his head.

If Gu Jinlai truly possessed the terrifying strength to kill a Daoist Master, traversing the connection channel between the Ten Thousand Stars Sword Sect and the Immortal Country to forcefully return to the Immortal Country wouldn’t be a difficult task.

After all, the Guardians of the connection channel mainly consisted of the Ten Thousand Stars Sword Sect’s True Immortals, who did not indulge in building a Grotto Heaven to station Heavenly Immortals there.

"Since we’re about to break with the Ten Thousand Stars Sword Sect, it’s time to act against Immortal Sui Mu, Beichen True Immortal, Ying Huo True Immortal, and Earth Suppressing True Immortal—to take them down directly. In addition, it’s time for all Grotto Heavens to fully engage in Spirit Crystal Collection."

Gu Jinlai said.

"I understand. Leave those four to me, and I will give orders for the collection of Spirit Crystals," said Zhao Xi, nodding.

At that moment, Gu Jinlai seemed to remember something and said, "It would be best to capture the four True Immortals of the Ten Thousand Stars Sword Sect alive. I’ll see if I can get some useful information from them. Besides, I plan to start nurturing Creation Heaven Dao in Qiantian’s Grotto Heaven. Do you have any suitable candidates over there?"

"Cultivating a Heavenly Dao... Only after a True Immortal melds their Dao Fruit with a Grotto Heaven to achieve the Heavenly Immortal Realm, can they use the power of the Grotto Heaven to allow the Dao Fruit to take root and sprout, thereby nurturing the Laws of Heavenly Dao. Each of the five Heavenly Immortals in our Immortal Country has important duties and cannot leave in the short term," Zhao Xi said.

Hearing this, Gu Jinlai temporarily let go of the idea.

The nurturing of Creation Heaven Dao in Qiantian still seemed an unattainable goal.

In that case, they could only continue to rely on Creation Gate’s Creation Heaven Dao to produce the Cheng Ying Mechas.

However, compared to the Creation Gate in the Profound Immortal Realm where spirit was scarce, Qiantian’s environment was obviously much better—it didn’t require refining the Spirit Mechanism into Spirit Crystals before activating the Heavenly Dao.

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"We can only continue to have Creation Gate produce standard Cheng Ying Mechas for siege purposes, while Qiantian constructs advanced Cheng Ying Mechas suitable for the use of Heavenly Monarchs," thought Gu Jinlai, glancing at Zhao Xi. "There’s no time to waste; I will forcefully rush through the connection channel between the Ten Thousand Stars Sword Sect and the Immortal Country in ten days! Make your preparations on your end."

"Ten days is enough. I will take down everyone from the Ten Thousand Stars Sword Sect and sever their peeping into our Immortal Country once and for all. That way we can at least postpone things for a while longer," said Zhao Xi.

Gu Jinlai nodded and then withdrew his Void Projection Technique.

Liu Feiyun performed a slight courtesy before taking her leave.

Zhao Xi watched Liu Feiyun leave, or more precisely, Gu Jinlai leave, his eyes filled with a hint of envy.

"The methods of a Heavenly Monarch are indeed divine and wondrous."

After a moment of contemplation, he quickly gathered his focus and issued an order: "Summon the nine Upper Immortals to see me."

...

Ten days later.

Gu Jinlai’s figure appeared in a gorge tens of thousands of miles away from the Ten Thousand Stars Sword Sect’s main gate.

This gorge was reported to have discovered a small Flame Crystal Vein forty years ago, and the Ten Thousand Stars Sword Sect sent six grand True Immortals to oversee it, ensuring the safety of this vein.

However, Gu Jinlai had learned from Immortal Sui Mu’s memories that there was no Flame Crystal Vein here at all. The true reason the Ten Thousand Stars Sword Sect heavily guarded this place was that it connected to the Immortal Country’s territory in the Longevity World.

Furthermore, the number of True Immortals stationed here wasn’t six, but twelve.

Double the number known to the outside world.

Among the additional six True Immortals, the weakest one possessed Top True Immortal Battle Power, and the leader was the renowned Yan Wuwen from the Ten Thousand Stars Sword Sect, who was rumored to have failed to reach the Heavenly Immortal Realm a hundred years ago.

Gu Jinlai observed the area enshrouded by a Formation defended by True Immortals from afar.

"Twelve True Immortals, one peak Formation, with defensive power strong enough to rival a Grotto Heaven with a Heavenly Immortal stationed within. Who would have thought that the war between our Longevity World and the Ten Thousand Stars Sword Sect would begin like this," Gu Jinlai muttered to himself.

The next moment, his speed burst forth, and he became like a bolt of lightning, hurtling towards the radiant gorge.