Raid the Nine Heavens

After using up all the summoning contracts, Xiao Yun did not linger in the Summoning Temple. Instead, he went to the Myriad Treasures Pavilion and bought 15 Arena Vouchers, 12 Normal Treasure Hunt Keys, 2 Wish Cubes, and an Advanced Summoning Contract from the Daily Shop.

He then arrived at the Treasure Hunt Temple and directly used the free treasure hunt once. The result was merely 50,000 Gold Coins. He had originally wanted to do a twelve-pull, but found that his Lord Level was too low, so he could only give up. He decided to save the Treasure Hunting Keys until he could perform a twelve-pull.

Next, he went to the Artifact Hall, which specialized in increasing the power of artifacts. He spent Gold Coins to raise the Shennong Ding from level 5 to level 14, increasing its bonus health by 40,000 and attack by 50 points.

After handling the artifact upgrades, he moved on to the Artifact Refining Pavilion. By now, all the War Spirits under his command had blue two-star equipment. Keeping the remaining equipment was useless, so Xiao Yun simply upgraded it all to the highest level at once to see what equipment he could synthesize.

For weapons, he synthesized a purple two-star Void-Breaking Sword and a purple one-star Form-Void Sword. For helmets, he only synthesized a purple two-star Void-Breaking Crown. The armor had the same result, a purple two-star Void-Breaking Armor. Finally, the accessories produced a purple two-star Void-Breaking Necklace as well.

After equipping the latest Void Breaking Set, Xiao Yun found that his Sword Immortal Template had grown stronger again. He then brought the somewhat hot-tempered Gonggong with him and headed for the entrance to the Nine Heavens.

When he arrived at the entrance to the Nine Heavens, he found Sovereign of Destiny Chu Ying'e, Rain Master Divine Monarch Xi Zhaoyue, Nine Heavens Profound Maiden Xuan Yinghua, Lord of Hundred Weapons Wangliang, and the others already there. They had long known that Xiao Yun had returned and understood that this time, he intended to reclaim the entire Nine Heavens. They had been waiting for him for quite some time.

Upon seeing Xiao Yun, they all bowed at once. "Greetings, Lord."

Xiao Yun replied directly, "No need for formalities. Rise!"

Once they had risen, Xiao Yun got straight to the point. "An entire day has passed. Have you completed the reconnaissance of the Nine Heavens? Have you found a suitable route that will allow us to strike straight at the heart and directly eliminate the core of corruption?"

Nine Heavens Profound Maiden Xuan Huaying stepped forward and reported, "Lord, after a day of reconnaissance and clearing, there is indeed a route that leads directly to the core area of Lingxiao Tianque in the Nine Heavens. However..."

At that point, Xuan Yinghua stopped, as though she had considerable concerns.

Xiao Yun said directly, "However what? As long as it is within my power, I will handle it."

Only after receiving Xiao Yun's assurance did Xuan Yinghua continue. "To accomplish this, we must reach the BOSS within three hours. Otherwise, we will easily be completely surrounded by Demonic Monsters closing in from all sides, and one or more War Spirits may be sacrificed."

Xiao Yun hurriedly asked, "Can't we return directly to the White Jade Capital? If danger arises, wouldn't we just return immediately? How could a War Spirit die?"

Sovereign of Destiny Chu Ying'e answered, "Lord, Lingxiao Tianque is different from other places. It has independent Laws of Space, so we cannot return directly."

Hearing this, Xiao Yun also recognized the difficulty. Still, he wanted a safer plan. "Is there another, more reliable option?"

Xuan Yinghua said, "Of course there is, but it would naturally take much more time. If we are not in a hurry, we can proceed slowly. But if time is tight, we must take risks."

After thinking for a moment, Xiao Yun turned to Wangliang. "General Wangliang, how do you think we should handle this?"

Wangliang said boldly, "As men, we should strive forward. How can we cower and refuse to advance?"

Xiao Yun then looked at Water Ancestral Shaman Gonggong behind him. Gonggong directly swung the spear in his hand. "In the eyes of the Witch Clan, no one can stand in our way. As long as the Lord gives the order, I will lead the charge. Besides, only Slaughter can bring us glory."

At last, Xiao Yun gave the order. "I have decided that we will attack immediately. We must break the Seed of Corruption within Lingxiao Tianque in the shortest possible time and save all of Lingxiao Tianque."

Everyone immediately shouted, "Battle! Battle! Battle!"

Xiao Yun continued, "To break through the obstacles along the way as quickly as possible, divide into two teams. The first team will be led by the Nine Heavens Profound Maiden, with Sovereign of Destiny Chu Ying'e, Rain Master Divine Monarch Xi Zhaoyue, Jiuli War Demon Wangliang, and Night Warden Ye Ming as members. The second team will be led personally by me, with Water Ancestral Shaman Gonggong, Nine-headed Giant Snake Xiangliu, Hundred Flowers Fairy Hua Wushuang, and Meow Fairy Miao Danna. The two teams will attack in rotation and defeat the enemies at every stage as quickly as possible. The remaining War Spirits will serve as the logistics team, responsible for collecting and distributing loot and resupplying Supplies. Our team will make the first move. Xuan Yinghua, you and the others rest for now."

"Yes." Xuan Yinghua and the others naturally understood that the Lord was looking out for them.

Once everything had been arranged, Xiao Yun wasted no more words. He led his team to the stage entrance and immediately unleashed the Sword Immortal Spirit Body's ultimate skill—Myriad Swords Returning to the Source.

An enormous phantom of an Azure Sword Lotus, three zhang tall, appeared behind him. Then the Sword Lotus came apart, transforming into sword shadows that filled the sky and swept straight toward the monsters within the stage.

Although the Demonic Monsters were powerful and numerous, they were completely unable to withstand the ultimate skill unleashed by a level 80 Sword Immortal. The first stage was easily breached.

Then came the second, third, and fourth stages. They advanced directly to the fifth stage, where they encountered a leader monster and finally stopped. Yet this monster did not hold them back for long. After it shattered every sword shadow from Myriad Swords Returning to the Source, Xiao Yun used the Dao-Opening Sword Art to cleave it in half.

At this point, the Sword Immortal Spirit Body's ultimate skill entered cooldown. It would need to accumulate enough rage before it could be used again.

Next, Water Ancestral Shaman Gonggong took action. Having absorbed the experience from the monsters in the first five stages, he had already reached level 20 and learned the area-of-effect skill, Ice Sealing Heaven and Earth.

Upon reaching the sixth stage, he directly unleashed the ultimate technique Ice Sealing Heaven and Earth, freezing all the Demonic Monsters inside into ice sculptures. With only a light tap, those monsters cracked apart into countless ice crystals. He strolled through the stage with ease and effortlessly cleared the sixth stage.

After that, Gonggong used the same method to break directly into the tenth stage. The leader of this stage was a demonized member of the Fire Crow Clan, the natural counter to Gonggong's ice power. Upon seeing Gonggong unleash Ice Sealing Heaven and Earth, it used Raging Flames to completely break the skill apart.

Then a Demonic Erlang Shen Puppet attacked from the other side, its Double-Pointed Two-Edged Spear thrusting straight at Gonggong.

Gonggong refused to be outdone. He had no fear whatsoever of an attack from a junior. He directly raised his Tidal Torrent Spear to meet it.