Overseas Battlefield

The Realm of Immortality.

Overseas Tianyuan Dao.

At this moment, the peerless immortal who had received the divine weapon's recognition as his master and was known as the Heavenly Origin Immortal Venerable was on a large ship, looking exhausted as he hurriedly led his subordinates away.

Gazing at the island already engulfed in flames and destruction, several saints beside him had eyes filled with pain and resentment.

"How could this be?! How could this be?! Our Tianyuan Dao Thirty-Three Islands have a full thirty-three Saints! Thirty-three Saints! Plus six hundred Celestial Person, under the leadership of the Supreme Elder... and they were completely defeated in just half a year..."

The eyes of Bai Chiye, the Dao Master of Tianyuan Dao, were filled with pain.

Even decades ago, at the height of Tianyuan Dao's power, there were only six Saints.

At that time, Tianyuandao was able to dominate a major road and govern hundreds of millions of people.

But right now, a lineup of one peerless immortal, thirty-three saints, and six hundred Celestial Person cannot even defend thirty-three territories whose combined area is less than half the size of Tianyuan Island back then.

"This batch is definitely the main force of the Demonic Beasts. In the past six months of fighting, we have already fought against more than ten Demon Emperors... Perhaps all the Demonic Beasts in the surrounding area have gathered in this sea area..."

Another saint said with a dejected expression.

"But... the overseas regions have always been barren, with scarce resources and people. Why are these Demonic Beasts coming to our overseas regions instead of attacking Qian Tian or even the Holy Domain?"

The other Celestial Person elder was full of confusion.

"Perhaps... it's because our Tianyuan Dao is too powerful?"

The sage sighed, "Our Tianyuan Dao not only has top-tier existences among the True Immortals of the Land such as the Supreme Elder, but also has produced thirty-three sages. This power is no less than that of Qian Tian. They are worried that our rapid rise will threaten their strategy of sweeping the world, so they concentrated their forces to destroy our Tianyuan Dao first."

The saint's words resonated with the others, who nodded in agreement.

They couldn't think of any other reason besides this one.

At this moment, an elder suddenly said, "Where is Bai Qi? Didn't he send word a few months ago that they brought in reinforcements from Qian Tian, and he kept saying that the reinforcements were incredibly powerful and could definitely change the predicament of our Tianyuan Dao? Now that our Tianyuan Dao's last Xin Huo Island has fallen, where are they?"

Bai Chiye glanced at the elder. "There is no hope, Qian Tian... I know that a hundred years ago, a great change occurred, and its power has been greatly weakened. Even after years of recuperation and recovery, it is still not strong enough to fight against the Demonic Beasts in front of us... A dozen demon emperors... hundreds of demon kings... What a despairing force this is."

His words silenced everyone in the room.

Even the Supreme Elder, who was known as the Heavenly Yuan Immortal Venerable and had been recognized as the master of the divine weapon, sighed, "Now that things have come to this, we can only retreat to Qian Tian with our people... Fortunately, with our remaining strength, even if we retreat to Qian Tian, we will never see the scene from decades ago where we were driven back by the Great Qian Imperial Tutor Tai Yuan alone. Even if we occupy a certain place, I think Qian Tian will not dare to say a word against it."

"This is the only way."

Bai Chiye nodded. "We'll restart my Tianyuan Dao inheritance there then."

The others also remained silent.

At this moment, Tianyuan Immortal Venerable, who was an unparalleled illusory immortal, seemed to sense something and suddenly looked up at the sky.

Immediately afterwards, dozens of small dots appeared on the horizon.

"Demonic Beasts king-level flying beast!?"

"No! That direction... is it Qian Tian? Qian Tian's reinforcements have arrived?"

"They look like some... warships? But how can warships fly in the sky like Celestial Person? And these warships are far too big."

As dozens of small dots flew closer on the horizon, the remaining elders of Tianyuan Dao were able to see what those black dots looked like.

At that moment, a saint emerged from the warship soaring through the sky at an incredible speed.

Upon seeing this sage, Celestial Venerable Tianyuan was somewhat surprised. "It's Bai Qi."

"It seems that Qian Tian's reinforcements have indeed arrived... It's just a pity... they wasted too much time and are too late."

Bai Chiye sighed.

The white flag that flew out from the fleet also arrived above this large ship.

Looking at the group of wounded and disheveled people, Bai Qi's expression was filled with disbelief. "Supreme Elder, Dao Master, you... could it be that our Tianyuan Dao..."

"The Demonic Beasts are far more terrifying than we imagined... The number of Demon Emperors is far more than six. The total number of Demon Emperors who have appeared during this period is as high as fourteen. Some of the Demon Emperors are extremely powerful. This force is beyond what our Tianyuan Dao can withstand."

Bai Chiye nodded with some pain in his eyes.

He glanced at the approaching fleet. "Is this Qian Tian's reinforcement? It looks impressive, but unfortunately, it's too late."

After saying that, he seemed to have thought of something and shook his head, "Even if the people of Qian Tian arrive in time, it won't change the course of the battle. According to our guess, there are more Demonic Beasts than we have seen. The number of Demon Emperors is probably not just fourteen, but twenty, twenty-five, or even thirty..."

As he spoke, he said with self-deprecation, "These Demonic Beasts have really gone to great lengths to destroy our Tianyuan Dao."

"Thirty Demon Emperors..."

Bai Qi's expression changed slightly, but he didn't show much fear. Instead, he perked up and said, "Dao Lord, we should trust Lingxiao Palace... trust the reinforcements from Qiantian! They... are very powerful!"

As he spoke, seemingly feeling that this adjective wasn't enough, he added, "Extremely powerful."

"Extremely powerful? Could it possibly defeat thirty Demon Emperors?"

Bai Chiye shook his head.

Some elders, however, stared in astonishment at the massive fleet that was almost flying overhead. "These ships... are so huge! They must be over three miles long, and they're all made of special metals... Good heavens, I see Immortal Refined Metal!? Warships made of Immortal Refined Metal!?"

"Using top-tier materials to forge such a flying ship? That's too extravagant! Wouldn't it be better to forge more spirit swords and create more sacred bodies for us?"

"These huge ships look incredibly heavy. How did they even get into the sky? Could it be some kind of lost floating island technology from a thousand years ago?!"

All the members of Tianyuan Dao felt their horizons had been broadened and their knowledge expanded.

At that moment, a voice suddenly came from above the warship.

"We have completed the scan of the Demonic Beasts within a thousand miles of the island ahead. There are eleven life forms with an energy level of over one million and one hundred and twenty-two life forms with an energy level of one hundred thousand in the island ahead. Automatic locking is complete... Are there any more people from your Tianyuan Sect in that area? If not, we will open fire and annihilate them."

The sound did not subside, and the Tianyuan Dao members on the large ship below heard it clearly.

"Master, have all of our Tianyuan Dao's people on Xinhuo Island been evacuated?"

Bai Qi quickly asked.

"They've all evacuated. We were the last group responsible for covering the rear. Those who didn't evacuate... are probably already..."

Bai Chiye did not continue speaking.

However, the Supreme Elder, Tianyuan Immortal Venerable, frowned. "Attack here? This place is still nearly a hundred miles from the coastline of Xinhuo Island. Attacking an enemy hundreds of miles away... You don't mean to tell me that there are Divine Ability among Qian Tian's reinforcements, do you?"

"This..."

Bai Qi didn't know how to explain, and after a while, he responded tactfully, "It's about the same as a great Divine Ability being."

"Great Divine Ability being!?"

Celestial Venerable Tianyuan's pupils constricted slightly. "Qiantian actually sent a powerful Divine Ability to provide reinforcements? But why... did I not sense the aura of a powerful Divine Ability on that fleet!?"

"This... is just comparable to a great Divine Ability being in terms of attack power."

Bai Qi really didn't know how to explain this to his own Supreme Elder.

After all, it took him quite a long time to understand Qian Tian when he first went there...

Or rather, to understand the power of Lingxiao Palace at that time.

"The Supreme Elder will know after observing for a moment."

As Bai Qi spoke, he turned to Xiang Fengyun, who was at the head of the warships above him, and said, "You may fire."

"Clear."

Xiang Fengyun nodded.

A powerful spiritual energy emanated from him, and the order to fire was quickly relayed to the entire fleet.

In an instant, the front of the main guns, each over 300 meters long, mounted on all forty warships in the fleet, simultaneously lit up with a dazzling light, and a violent energy surge emanated from them.

This terrifying energy fluctuation immediately made everyone gasp for breath.

"This..."

"Such a powerful energy fluctuation... This kind of attack might actually be able to annihilate those Demon Emperors..."

Some elders at the Celestial Person Realm and Saint Realm were excited.

"Of course, not only the Demon Emperor, but also the Demon King. Just now, Xiang Tianjun said that there are eleven life forms with energy reactions of millions and one hundred and twenty-two life forms with energy reactions of hundreds of thousands. These refer to the Demon King and the Demon Emperor."

White Flag Road.

Bai Chiye found his explanation hard to believe. "You don't mean to tell me that he plans to use the war weapons installed on these warships to kill all eleven Demon Emperors and one hundred and twenty-two Demon Sovereigns in one attack!?"

"Just a Demon Emperor or a Demon King."

As Bai Qi spoke, he seemed to have thought of something. The Tianyuan Dao people's vision was still limited to their small overseas territory, and their understanding of Qiantian was still stuck decades ago.

He gave a wry smile and said, "Dao Master, Supreme Elder, let's watch patiently. The power of Lingxiao Palace is beyond all our imagination."

"Main gun will be activated in three seconds to destroy the target. Please prepare your eye protection."

At this moment, Xiang Fengyun's voice came down from the warship in the sky again.

As he finished speaking, the energy of the main guns of the forty warships was also concentrated to its maximum.

"Buzz!"

The lightning flashed.

A full forty special shells were fired from the main cannon, hurtling towards Xinhuo Island at dozens of times the speed of sound.

Just a few seconds...

These shells have already crossed the distance between their sea area and Xinhuo Island.

"Everyone below the Spirit Refining Realm, close your eyes."

Bai Qi shouted loudly.

The next moment...

A burst of brilliant light, as dazzling as the sun, suddenly shone from the horizon, instantly overshadowing all the light in the world.

Moreover, this intense light flashed not just once, but dozens of times.

It's like dozens of suns rising simultaneously on the horizon at the edge of your vision, their intense light piercing the void and illuminating the world, stripping everyone of their sense of light, leaving only a dazzling and indescribable splendor and blazing white.

The awe-inspiring power unleashed madly assaulted all the surviving cultivators of Tianyuan Dao.

Spirit Refining, Spirit Transformation, Primordial Spirit, Celestial Person, saint...

Even the peerless Void Immortal who had gained the recognition of the divine weapon and was known as the Heavenly Origin Immortal Venerable suddenly opened his eyes wide and stared intently at the light at the end of the sky that seemed to be released by dozens of suns at the same time.

Everyone was speechless at the same time because of the soul-stirring scene and images before them.

"Boom!"

A burst of intense light.

Time and time again.

The shockwave from the explosion spread outward at a speed of nearly ten miles per second.

Furthermore, the explosion shook the earth, and the resulting rumble was like an earthquake, which in turn triggered a tsunami that spread in all directions.

That sweeping force, in less than a few seconds, formed a tsunami several meters high around Xinhuo Island. The tsunami layered up, eventually reaching tens of meters high, like a towering wall of water, carrying devastating power, and crashing towards the remaining Tianyuan Dao troops less than a hundred miles away from Xinhuo Island.

This massive, surging tsunami finally jolted the speechless crowd awake.

"This power... this power..."

"A great Divine Ability! This is definitely a great Divine Ability that only the most outstanding terrestrial immortals in legends can unleash!"

"Dozens of powerful divine Divine Ability unleashed simultaneously?! These warships can actually unleash dozens of Divine Ability in one go?! How powerful is that?!"

Everyone felt their hearts trembling.

White Flag reacted quickly, manifesting his saintly form immediately and descending from the sky with a violent force, splitting the tsunami, whose power had greatly diminished after affecting nearly a hundred miles, thus barely saving the large ship.

Otherwise, even from such a great distance, the impact of this tsunami would still be enough to capsize the large ship carrying nearly a thousand people, causing them all to fall into the sea.

"Eleven life forms with energy levels of one million have been eliminated. Of the one hundred and twenty-two life forms with energy levels of one hundred thousand, twenty-four remain. Deploy the Cheng Ying mechs to finish them off!"

At this moment, Xiang Fengyun's voice came again from the massive fleet overhead.

Immediately afterwards, one after another, enormous mechs, some tens of meters long and a few even reaching hundreds of meters, were taken out of their storage treasures and, controlled by the Heavenly Lord, took to the air and headed towards the Firewood Island.

These mechs are mainly the "Destroyer" Model 3, whose combat power is no less than that of a True Immortal on Earth, and whose output is even comparable to that of a True Immortal residing in the world.

The more advanced "Destroyer" Model 4 mechs are even capable of fighting against immortal beings residing in the world.

As people from Gu Jinlai handed over the Heavenly Spirit Pearl and other items obtained from the main palace of Aries Star to the members of the Celestial Master's Hall, in less than a year, Celestial Lords sprang up like mushrooms after rain in the Celestial Master's Hall.

Today, the Lingxiao Palace, including the Heavenly Lords who came from the Immortal Kingdom, has a total of nearly a thousand people.

Yes!

Thousands of Heavenly Lords!

This was something that was almost unimaginable to Xiang Fengyun, Si Tianyan, Zhang Yukun, Zhang Lihuo, and others ten years ago, but it actually happened right in front of everyone.

With a roar, the nuclear fusion engines of the Cheng Ying mechs started up, propelling these massive machines, weighing tens of thousands of tons, towards Xin Huo Island.

The energy fluctuations emanating from each mech instilled a sense of dread in the Celestial Person and saints of the Tianyuan Dao.

They had no idea what these monsters were.

But they knew that this fleet's single volley had annihilated eleven Demon Emperors and nearly a hundred Demon Sovereigns...

If this power were used against them...

Both Tianyuan Paths have probably been razed to the ground.

"What... what's going on? How can Qian Tian's war machines be so powerful!?"

Immortal Venerable Tianyuan turned to Elder Baiqi in disbelief.

"The powerful force is not Qian Tian, but Ling Xiao Palace."

Bai Qi said in a deep voice.

But after a moment, he thought of something else, "It wouldn't be an exaggeration to call it Qian Tian, because Qian Tian is equivalent to a part of the territory of Lingxiao Palace."

"What exactly happened?"

Bai Chiye couldn't help but ask as well.

"With the rise of Lingxiao Palace, the current Qiantian is no longer the Qiantian of the past."

Bai Qi recalled the scenes he witnessed in Star Province and said with deep emotion, "The Lingxiao Palace, which rules Qiantian, is more powerful than any of us can imagine. In particular, the Palace Master is a legendary figure. When I first heard about his deeds, he had already suppressed the Abyss Lord and a True Immortal who resided in the world. As I learned more and more about the Palace Master, I realized that his strength was beyond words."

"Stronger than those lords of the sacred realms?"

An elder couldn't help but ask a question in return.

"What is the Lord of the Grotto Heaven? That ancient Palace Master was not only exceptionally talented and possessed extraordinary cultivation, but his vision had also transcended the Qian Heaven and our world, setting his sights on a much wider world. Celestial Immortal and Immortal Lord are not enough to describe his greatness. He was the Lord of the World and the King of all Immortals."

As Bai Qi spoke, his expression was filled with heartfelt submission.

Seeing Bai Qi, an elder of Tianyuan Dao, praising others in front of him, the Supreme Elder, made him feel somewhat uncomfortable.

However, seeing the raging flames on Firewood Island that almost lit up the sky, he quickly suppressed his discomfort.

The fleet dispatched by Lingxiao Palace was able to completely annihilate the Demonic Beasts forces that had defeated Tianyuan Dao. Even the True Immortals of the World were not qualified to be his opponents. Why should he, the Supreme Elder of Tianyuan Dao, feel uncomfortable?

Qi Ingestion.

We have to Qi Ingestion.

Especially...

"Now that the Demonic Beasts on Firewood Island have been eliminated, does that mean we no longer need to flee?"

The Dao of the Heavenly Origin Immortal Venerable.

"Of course, even if we were to reclaim the lost thirty-three islands of Tianyuan, including the main island of Tianyuan, it would be a matter of just a word from that Lord Xiang."

White Flag nodded.

At this moment, an elder standing nearby couldn't help but say, "Would Lingxiao Palace be so kind as to help us for nothing? Could they have some ulterior motive towards our Tianyuan Sect?"

"Attempt?"

Bai Qi was speechless upon hearing this. "You have such thoughts because you have no idea how powerful Lingxiao Palace is. Just like us, Tianyuan Dao, would you have any designs on a small island inhabited by mortals?"

At this point, he seemed to have thought of something and shook his head, "Compared to the extremely powerful and prosperous Lingxiao Palace, our Tianyuan Dao is probably not even as good as a small island. We are probably just a wealthy man in a mortal city on a small island."

"This..."

Bai Chiye found it hard to believe.

Is the gap really that big?

Bai Qi was too lazy to explain further and asked directly, "Have you ever heard of the Holy Land of Yinglong?"

"Nature."

The members of Tianyuan Dao nodded.

"Then let me tell you, the Holy Lord of Yinglong Holy Land has publicly stated more than once that the luckiest thing in his life was merging Yinglong Holy Land into the Lingxiao Palace system. Especially recently, after Lingxiao Palace and the Immortal Kingdom agreed to jointly build a cave heaven to maintain the operation of the Longevity Realm, many forces like Yinglong Holy Land, even if they want to merge into Lingxiao Palace, will not be accepted by Lingxiao Palace."

Bai Qi looked at everyone and said, "You don't actually think that our Tianyuan Dao is stronger than the Yinglong Holy Land now, do you?"

Immediately, Tianyuan Immortal Venerable, Bai Chiye, and the others were speechless.

In the following period, the fleet, led by Xiang Fengyun, began a systematic campaign to suppress the overseas Demonic Beasts.

With the help of advanced radar detection, warships and mechs directly launched beyond-visual-range attacks on the Demonic Beasts.

Whether it's the Demon Emperor or the Demon King, they are often hit and killed from a distance before they can even "see" the exact location of the Cheng Ying mechs and fleets.

As for those demonic birds at the level of Demonic Beasts kings, they don't even qualify to be included in the count.

This power deeply shocked the Tianyuan Immortal Venerable, Bai Chiye Daoist Master, and others who were accompanying him.

They put themselves in Xiang Fengyun's shoes and thought about what would happen if they were facing his fleet...

Let alone fighting to the death, they would probably end up like those Demonic Beasts, not even knowing where the fleet was before being attacked from hundreds of miles away, along with their mountain gate, and razed to the ground.

This beyond-visual-range attack tactic finally made Tianyuan Immortal Venerable and others realize the gap between the two sides.

Especially...

On the third day of the siege, a colossal demon god, over a hundred meters in size, led a group of demon emperors in an attack. However, they were still defeated and annihilated by this fleet in conjunction with the Cheng Ying mechs. The people of Tianyuan Dao were already considering what method they could use to join Lingxiao Palace.

Compared to the fervor and longing of the Tianyuan Dao members for the Lingxiao Palace fleet, Xiang Fengyun, as the fleet's leader, realized the seriousness of the situation after leading the mecha legion to annihilate the demon god.

"Something's not right! The overseas regions have always been lacking in Spiritual Qi and resources, so there are basically no powerful forces entrenched there. Under such circumstances, why would Demonic Beasts deploy so many troops here?! In less than three days, we have killed more than forty Demon Emperors and more than a thousand Demon Sovereigns. Now, even Demon Gods have appeared..."

Extremely alert, he immediately ordered, "Prepare the fleet to be on alert, release the Xuan Niao fighters, and expand the reconnaissance range! Increase the reconnaissance distance from three thousand miles to ten thousand miles!"

Upon receiving the order, the Heavenly Lords quickly used the True Spirit Manifestation Technique to control a series of Xuan Bird fighter jets to take off from the warships and then fly out at ten times the speed of sound to explore the surrounding area.

Less than an hour later, news arrived from the Heavenly Emperor's side that more than ten Xuan Bird fighter jets had been destroyed in the eight thousand miles to the north.

And in that area...

More than a hundred Demon Emperors have been detected!

Even a demon god...

It also reached an astonishing double digit!

"There's definitely something wrong with the Demonic Beasts here!"

Upon receiving this news, Xiang Fengyun dared not delay in the slightest. "The fleet must retreat and create distance! Also, send a message to Assistant Liu and Immortal Master Zhao! We need reinforcements!"