The Fourth Stage of the Realm War (End)
Even Yang Tianyou hadn't expected the battle to end so quickly.
This is mainly due to the Myriad Qi Divine Flame.
The supernatural Divine Ability that Yunhua comprehended from the "Western Florescence Marvelous Myriad Qi True Scripture" was so effective at restraining Fire Dao beings that it achieved such outstanding results.
Of course, killing a thousand enemies results in eight hundred casualties on your own.
More than a dozen Void Refinement warriors perished in the Nine Phoenix Realm.
Several Void Refinement warriors also perished in the Lu Wu Realm.
The Old Man Zhui Dao who carried the torch was almost beaten to a pulp.
Two of the Four Great Nation Lords perished on the spot after Venus disintegrated: Emperor Xinglong of the Hanwu Empire and Emperor Zhenxuan of the Grand Mystery Empire.
The Ten Thousand Nations Army Corps was annihilated.
The Seven Stars Sacred Lord and the Old Black Dragon were also severely injured.
The two Void Refinement powerhouses of the Seven Stars Sacred Land and the Eastern Sea Flood Dragon Clan were completely wiped out in this battle, losing one of their most powerful trump cards.
Not long after the war ended, the 23,000 soldiers of Lu Wu Army Corps were scattered and perished under the Military Dao Forbidden Technique.
After this battle, Lu Wu Army Corps had only a little over 50,000 Reserve Army left.
The number of High-Rank Cultivators capable of serving as generals is also severely insufficient.
In other words, Lu Wu Army Corps can only launch one more all-out attack before losing its Void Refinement combat power.
On the Buddhist Sect side, the fundamental principle of Void Refinement —the Tribulation Transcendence Arhat— has been lost.
The Yang Household's Purple Moon Army also suffered heavy losses in many battles, with tens of thousands of soldiers falling in total.
It can be said that the great battle in Lanke Temple directly reduced the high-level combat power of the two realms by a large margin, especially the Lu Wu Realm.
All told, we currently only have seven or eight Void Refinement warriors.
If the Nine Phoenix Realm were to deploy the same lineup as before, the Lu Wu Realm would absolutely be unable to withstand it.
However, according to calculations by Yang Tianyou and other high-ranking members of the Alliance, the Nine Phoenix Realm is probably no longer capable of launching a war of this scale.
Even with a large Reserve Army, without enough Sage Manifestation powerhouse to serve as high-ranking generals, the legion's strength will be greatly weakened.
In this battle, the Nine Phoenix Realm lost as many as four or five hundred cultivators who had attained the Sage Manifestation.
Some were high-ranking generals in the legion, while others were cultivators who had fought alongside the Sage Manifestation of the Lu Wu Realm.
With the defeat of the Nine Phoenix Realm, these "weak" Sage Manifestation were naturally relentlessly hunted down by the Lu Wu Realm, suffering extremely heavy losses.
Without decades of licking its wounds, the Nine Phoenix Realm will definitely not recover.
Of course, nothing is absolute.
The Nine Phoenix Realm's profound foundation is undeniable.
If they really spare no expense to draw on their strongest warriors, it wouldn't be a problem to assemble another dozen or twenty Void Refinement fighters.
For this reason, Yang Tianyou did not lower his guard just because of a single victory in a war.
Instead, they kept a close eye on the movements of the Nine Phoenix Realm, their hearts pounding with anxiety.
However, a sudden piece of news completely put his mind at ease.
Nine Phoenix Realm Alliance.
The scene was eerily silent, and the faces of the six top experts were extremely grim.
"First, the battle at Lanke Temple was lost, and then the Acquired Fox was killed by the Red Dust Demon Venerable."
"Could this be a sign of the decline of my Nine Phoenix Realm?" the Fire-Bathing Tribe Chief muttered to himself.
Bang!!
The Nine Phoenix Emperor slammed his fist on the table, and behind him appeared phantom images of various Flame Sacred Spirits, surging with heat and terrifying aura.
"My Nine Phoenix Realm will never decline, never!!"
The Fire-Bathing Tribe Chief nodded repeatedly; the Nine Phoenix Emperor's ferocious expression had truly frightened him.
"Call!!"
Leaning heavily against the throne, the Nine Phoenix Emperor first closed his eyes slightly, then opened them and looked at the Daoist Taiyi, transmitting a message to him.
The latter's expression immediately changed drastically. "Impossible! Your Imperial Lord, please find someone more capable!"
The Nine Phoenix Emperor's expression was grim, but he said no more.
"Then each of us should guard our own territory and prepare for the attack of the Red Dust Demon Venerable."
During this period, all races devoted themselves to refining spatial treasures.
We cannot allow this demon to run rampant any longer. To quell external threats, we must first secure our internal stability. Even if we cannot completely eliminate him, we must keep him under our noses.
Otherwise, the fate of the Celestial Fox today will be our fate tomorrow!
"It was a cold, gloomy voice from the Nine Phoenix Emperor," he said.
Without the slightest hesitation, the five powerful figures, including Daoist Taiyi and Giant Spirit Sage, agreed.
Just half an hour ago, the Devil Cultivators launched a ruthless attack on the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox Clan, using Void Torrent to break through the Clan-Guarding Formation. Then, the Red Dust Demon Venerable and the Celestial Person Sword Immortal joined forces to kill the Sky Fox Old Ancestor.
This matter has alarmed all the High-Rank Cultivators in the Three Great Realms, and everyone in the Nine Phoenix Realm is on edge.
No one could have imagined that the Devil Cultivators of the Lu Wu Realm, whom they initially thought were just a minor ailment, would actually become a serious threat.
It became a nail driven into the heart of the Nine Phoenix Realm, difficult to remove, and causing excruciating pain.
Without eliminating the threat of Devil Cultivators, the high-ranking officials of the Nine Phoenix Realm dared not launch another attack on the Lu Wu Realm, fearing they would perish at the hands of Devil Cultivators like the Sky Fox Old Ancestor.
After the meeting, in the Imperial Dynasty Palace, the Nine Phoenix Emperor's gaze was icy.
"You old coward, you won't even agree to these conditions offered by the Emperor? You really are a stubborn old turtle!"
After speaking, the Nine Phoenix Emperor pondered for a moment, then got up and went to a secluded corner of the Palace. He formed a hand seal, and a red vortex appeared in front of him.
He reached out and plunged into the vortex, and after a moment, he emerged from the vortex clutching a silver-gray crystal with eighteen facets.
The Seventh Tier mid-level Spirit Items, the Cosmic Silver Crystal, contains immense and extremely high-level Spatial Power.
After activating its internal energy using a special Secret Method, one can use various Spatial Secret Method with this treasure.
The Cosmic Silver Crystal is of immeasurable value; in the Upper Realm, it would be enough to exchange for several ordinary Eighth-Tier Treasures.
Unless absolutely necessary, the Nine Phoenix Emperor would never use the Cosmic Silver Crystal.
This treasure can enhance the strength of the Tribulation Transcendence Old Ancestor after he descends to the mortal realm.
Simply put, an ordinary Tribulation Transcendence Old Ancestor descending to the lower realm has combat power comparable to the Early Void Refinement. After using this Cosmic Silver Crystal, they can easily reach the mid-stage or even Late Stage of Mid-Stage Void Refinement.
In critical moments, the Cosmic Silver Crystal can definitely play a huge role.
However, with Devil Cultivators rampant at present, if this treasure is not used and their Devil Cultivator is allowed to grow, the Nine Phoenix Realm may even be in danger of being plunged into the Abyss.
After a moment's hesitation, only a resolute look remained in the eyes of the Nine Phoenix Emperor. He lifted his imperial robe and strode away.
"Hmm? Lin Yingyue and the others were surrounded and killed by the Nine Phoenix Realm, suffering heavy losses?" Yang Tianyou's eyes narrowed, but quickly relaxed again.
In their efforts to encircle and kill the Demon Sea Devil Cultivator, the Nine Phoenix Realm lost several more Void Refinement warriors, and even the Nine-Phoenix Army Corps suffered heavy losses.
Even so, Lin Yingyue, Chen Qiaosheng, and others still managed to break through the encirclement.
Although both sides suffered heavy losses, the threat of Devil Cultivators remained, and without dealing with these individuals, the Nine Phoenix Realm could not concentrate its forces for Realm War.
"So you've finally realized the situation is getting out of control?" Yang Tianyou smiled faintly.
After suffering repeated defeats, the Nine Phoenix Realm's strength has shrunk significantly, and the gap between it and the Lu Wu Realm has gradually narrowed.
The Fourth-Stage War ended almost as soon as it began.
"At least fifty years of recuperation period, we must make good use of it!" Yang Tianyou muttered, then his figure moved and disappeared from Great White Residence.
The next moment, he appeared in the Spirit Medicine Garden, in front of a small brown wooden house.
A rich aura of life wafted out of the small wooden house, and as it passed by, the flowers and plants grew wildly as if they were going crazy.
"What is the origin of this Little Tree in Yu Qi's Dantian that it can release such terrifying Life Qi..." Yang Tianyou sighed inwardly, and then released his Divine Sense.
After glancing at the Old Man Zhui Dao, whose physical body had been reconstructed with Yang Yuqi's help, he nodded in satisfaction and left the Spirit Medicine Garden.
After the Battle of Lanke Temple, Yang Tianyou destroyed the consciousness of the Thunder Dao Cultivator, leaving behind an extremely intact empty shell, which could be used to refine into Puppet or Talisman Soldier.