Reasonable and Understanding

"We give up! We give up!"

Dong Xuanzi, standing nearby, also shouted, "The Ancient Immortal truly lives up to his reputation as the only True Immortal of our Holy Dynasty. His Law Power is boundless and his Divine Ability are vast. We admit defeat and beg the Ancient Immortal to show mercy."

Because it was so urgent, his shout didn't even have time to be transmitted through divine thought, which caused the illusory immortals and saints watching from afar to hear it.

For a moment, all the immortals and saints were shaken to their core and their emotions were in a daze.

We lost!

This battle was almost equivalent to a battle Gu Jinlai the Holy Dynasty and this recently powerful foreign immortal.

But the result was...

The Holy Dynasty has actually been defeated!

Even with the combined efforts of three peerless immortals, they could not defeat a single person Gu Jinlai!

What does that mean!?

This means that from now on, Gu Jinlai, no one within the territory of the Holy Dynasty will be able to subdue him.

"How so..."

"How could they lose when the three patriarchs, Duanmu Chengyun, Si Wuyai, and Dong Xuanzi, attacked at the same time?! Why did they lose?! This doesn't make sense!"

"How could we possibly lose..."

Many of the Void Immortals who came from the Six Great Grotto-Heavens were unable to recover from such a severe blow.

The defeat of the three great immortals means that from now on, the six great grotto-heavens within the Holy Dynasty will no longer be supreme. They have been driven off the altar of privilege that no one can control and that they can only examine themselves.

"Oh."

Gu Jinlai, no one has paid attention to the reactions of the immortals and saints of the Six Great Grotto-Heavens.

He acknowledged and glanced at Si Wuyai, whose holy body had been mostly destroyed by the two lightning halos.

Considering that his true purpose in coming to the Holy Dynasty was not to start a war with it, the Chaotic Starlight Body, which was operating at full power within his body, slowly stopped.

The characteristics of the Child of the Stars and the rotational characteristics of the magnetic field also gradually subsided.

As he stopped using these two methods, the two rapidly spinning halos of lightning gradually came to a standstill and began to dissipate.

It wasn't until the two thunderous halos had dissipated by more than half that Si Wuyai recovered from the state of being struck by thunder and unable to move.

He breathed a sigh of relief.

In just a few breaths, he felt as if he had escaped death.

No.

It wasn't just a feeling; he had actually escaped death.

If it weren't for the Gu Jinlai showing mercy, perhaps today...

When he came to his senses, his gaze turned to Gu Jinlai again with a hint of awe.

"Truly worthy of being called the True Immortal of Liyang Cave Heaven, who can fight Demonic Beasts to the last moment. Thank you for showing mercy, True Immortal Gu. I admit defeat, and I accept it wholeheartedly."

He said it sincerely.

Unless his strength can be further improved in the future, he will never dare to show his teeth in front of Gu Jinlai.

"It seems that we have reached a consensus after this exchange."

All eyes, from Gu Jinlai, swept over Si Wuyai, Duanmu Chengyun, and Dong Xuanzi.

Immediately afterwards, he gestured with his hand.

The two divine weapons, Haotian Divine Sword and Tianyuan Chess, fell into his hands at the same time.

"When I came into contact with these two divine weapons just now, I realized that these two divine weapons are destined for me. With the help of these divine weapons, my combat power will be stronger. My strength is equivalent to the strengthening of the Holy Dynasty's human race. Therefore, it is reasonable for me to take them away."

Upon hearing this, Si Wuyai and Dong Xuanzi's eyes widened in surprise.

"Ancient Immortal... this..."

"We were able to fight the demon god only by relying on the power of our divine weapons. If the ancient immortal takes away these two divine weapons, wouldn't that be a loss of two great immortal warriors on our side? We beg the ancient immortal to show mercy."

The two immediately became anxious and quickly said something.

"The loss of two True Immortal warriors on the human side?"

Gu Jinlai said calmly, "The strong will always be strong! If I can obtain the assistance of these two divine weapons, I will be more confident in dealing with the demon gods in the future. If I can carry out guerrilla warfare, with the power of the two divine weapons, it is not an unrealistic expectation to further kill two, three, or even four or five demon gods. How can you say that it will reduce the power of our human race's true immortals?"

"This..."

Si Wuyai and Dong Xuanzi immediately turned red in the face, racking their brains to come up with a way to get the divine weapon back into their hands.

Duanmu Chengyun quickly said, "Ancient Immortal, these two divine weapons are not just simple divine weapons; they are also related to the deployment of the power of our Holy Dynasty's six great grotto-heavens. It is precisely because of these two divine weapons as the control center that we can project the power of the grotto-heavens to the inner ring and even the outer ring cities, thereby resisting the invasion of Demonic Beasts in the first instance. If these two divine weapons are not available, the Holy Dynasty's defense system will inevitably have major problems. If reinforcements are not timely, the consequences will be unimaginable..."

Is that so?

Gu Jinlai frowned. "It's rare that these two divine weapons are so compatible with me, as if they can recognize me as their master and enhance my combat power... Finding such compatible divine weapons is not an easy task."

"Ancient immortals possess the qualities of true immortals; why should they fear not obtaining a satisfactory divine weapon?"

Duanmu Chengyun hurriedly said, "I am willing to offer two... no! three divine weapons to the Ancient True Immortal! I believe that with the Ancient True Immortal's abilities, he will surely be able to subdue the three divine weapons and greatly increase his own combat power!"

True Immortals have a much higher probability of recognizing divine weapons as their masters compared to cultivators below the True Immortal level.

No!

It's not about acknowledging a master, it's about surrendering!

Subdue the divine weapons and use them for your own purposes.

However, correspondingly, divine weapons have a significant amplification effect on True Immortals...

It's nothing special.

It's not much better than a saint wielding an ordinary magical artifact.

Moreover, this was under the condition that the divine weapon had recognized its master.

After all, the materials for divine weapons are innate divine beasts, and apart from a few powerful divine beasts, most innate divine beasts are only at the same level as resident immortals.

"I traded two divine weapons for three divine weapons from Sect Leader Duanmu. Isn't that equivalent to losing at least a national-level combatant? That's not right."

Gu Jinlai shook his head.

"No, no."

Duanmu Chengyun quickly said, "Over the years, our six great grotto heavens have collected quite a few divine weapons. However, since not everyone has the hope of recognizing a master for a divine weapon, we collect those divine weapons that have no hope of gaining a master. As for the number, there are just three or five of them. Therefore, giving three of them to the ancient immortals will not affect the overall combat strength of our human race."

"Oh?"

Gu Jinlai calmed down a bit. "Since it won't reduce the fighting strength of our Holy Dynasty's human race, then I agree. However, since there are five divine weapons available in the Holy Dynasty... and they're just sitting idle anyway, I'll see if I can find suitable masters for them. We should convert these divine weapons into fighting strength for our human race as soon as possible. Don't you agree?"

Five divine weapons!?

Duanmu Chengyun felt as if he had suddenly trapped himself in the trap.

Only...

Faced with Dong Xuanzi's Tianyuan Chess and Si Wuyai's Haotian Sword, they had to exchange them back no matter the cost.

At that moment, Duanmu Chengyun nodded hurriedly. "The Ancient Immortal is right. We were negligent and did not realize the help that the Ancient Immortal's power of immortality could provide in terms of divine weapons recognizing their master. We will now present the five divine weapons."

"Well then, I'll wait for Sect Leader Duanmu's good news."

Gu Jinlai nodded, and then added, "By the way, has Sect Leader Duanmu prepared my Immortal Refined Gold and other items? Speaking of which, besides the Immortal Refined Gold, I'm also missing some Thunder Magnetic Elemental Gold... There should be four or five thousand of these minerals stored in the Six Great Grotto-Heavens, right? I can exchange them with contribution points."

Without giving Duanmu Chengyun and the others a chance to reply, he seemed to have thought of something and suddenly said, "I just remembered, the reason why the Demon Slaying Hall only gave me 999.9 billion contribution points when I killed eleven Demon Emperors and one Demon God last time was because the one-time contribution point limit was 999.9 billion, right? In other words, the contribution points I actually received should have been higher. I'm too lazy to calculate the exact amount with the Demon Slaying Hall's main hall. Let's just consider it as offsetting those 5,000 portions of Thunder Magnetic Yuan Gold. What do you sect leaders think?"

Duanmu Chengyun glanced at the Haotian Sword and Tianyuan Chess in Gu Jinlai's hands, and then, recalling his feat of defeating the three of them single-handedly, he realized the extent of his strength...

Even if he summons Su Xin, Zhang Yingzhen, and Zhao Piaomiao to join forces, he might not necessarily gain any advantage.

Final...

He turned his gaze to Si Wuyai and Dong Xuanzi.

Although the leaders of these two great grotto-heavens knew that Duanmu Chengyun meant that they, the two great grotto-heavens, would be responsible for these costs, they still nodded vigorously without hesitation.

"No problem, absolutely no problem."

"The value of slaying a demon god cannot be measured by contribution points! Please rest assured, Immortal Gu, we will definitely help you gather the five thousand portions of Thunder Magnetic Essence Gold as quickly as possible."

The two of them agreed with great conviction.

Losing the divine weapon...

It had a huge impact on the two of them, and even on the cave behind them.

"Very good, you are all very understanding."

Gu Jinlai nodded. "Then, let's go to the Celestial Master's Hall."

As he spoke, he smiled slightly, "Now you all should believe that I have the ability to protect the Celestial Masters of the Celestial Masters Hall."

"I... believe..."

Although Duanmu Chengyun was somewhat worried that the several hall masters of the Celestial Master Hall would expose their "Fire Seed" plan...

However, the current situation is beyond their control, leaving them no choice but to comply.

Moreover...

If they can see a glimmer of hope, they can slow down their ongoing "Spark" program.

If the Demonic Beasts can be defeated, the Fire Seed Project may even become the Sowing Project.

Inviting Gu Jinlai join us at that time would not be a problem.

Gu Jinlai, Duanmu Chengyun, Si Wuya, Dong Xuanzi and the others quickly descended downwards.

In the dim light, two figures flashed by on the horizon.

Su Xin from Tai Su Cave Heaven and Zhang Yingzhen from Zhen Wu Cave Heaven rushed over as soon as they learned of the accident.

Only...

With the battle over and things seemingly resolved to a minimum, they were reluctant to show themselves.

If those few don't take action, the Holy Dynasty at least retains a fig leaf.

But if even they all made a move and still couldn't defeat Gu Jinlai, wouldn't that be equivalent to Gu Jinlai?

At that time, the six great grotto-heavens of the Holy Dynasty will have no chance of turning back.

Gu Jinlai Zhang Yingzhen and the others' thoughts, Gu Jinlai landed in the Celestial Master Hall and addressed the three deputy hall masters who had not yet left.

To be precise, it is a shift towards the ninth tone.

"Palace Master, you can start preparing now. If you need any assistants, just let me know. I think Sect Leader Dongxuanzi and Elder Dongyuanzi won't stop you anymore."