Shattering the Void Mirror

As the figure burst out of the flames, the cheering and celebrating personnel at the Tianhuang Kingdom's military base fell silent.

Not only them, but even several important figures from the True Immortal Research Institute suddenly stood up from their seats, quickly completing a performance of being weak but fully recovered.

"Not destroyed!? The Fallen Star wasn't destroyed!?"

"The target has entered the clouds. Repeat, the target has entered the clouds to hide, we have lost sight of it."

"Our plan has failed."

Soon, the Tianhuang Kingdom's military base resumed operation.

The messages were quickly transmitted to the Blue Sky Federal Conference Room, thousands of miles away.

The atmosphere in the conference room was deathly silent as everyone listened to the report from the military base.

At this moment, Defense Minister Garrison suddenly said, "Things are not as bad as we think."

The old woman waved her hand, quickly obtaining access to the conference room's large screen, and captured the last frame of footage, continuously zooming in. "We urgently employed the most advanced image enhancement technology. According to the footage obtained in the final moments, although we ultimately failed to capture this falling star, we have severely damaged it. Please take a look..."

Her words quickly attracted the attention of everyone present.

After studying the displayed pictures for a while, they all breathed a sigh of relief.

"The Fallen Star has been severely damaged! And judging from its immediate escape into the clouds to hide, it has lost at least half of its fighting strength!"

"Good, it seems our plan has succeeded."

"As long as we can severely damage the Fallen Star, it will prove that our plan is feasible. The next step is simply to continuously supplement and improve the plan. For example, this time, if we had not sent out twelve Aurora drones, but instead sent out the remaining twelve, making the attack team twenty-four, the Fallen Star would have been doomed."

These prominent figures from the Blue Star Federation have all made statements, regaining their confidence.

"We have already mastered the relevant technologies. The next step is simply to mass-produce the Aurora drone and the Starfall missile... Although many things rely on the Cosmic Light Laboratory and require a lot of investment, if we spare no effort and disregard costs... at the latest, we can produce another twelve drones and more than fifty Starfall missiles in six months. In one year, we will have more than thirty-six drones and more than one hundred missiles."

Jiali spoke loudly, giving everyone a boost of morale.

"Good!"

"Thirty-six Aurora Borealis aircraft, plus our existing twelve drones, are more than enough to surround and destroy that mech!"

"Increase investment! We need to see results faster!"

One by one, the top decision-makers in their respective countries spoke up.

Robert solemnly declared, "This ambush has enraged the enemy, and we may not have much time left! Within six months, we must possess more than thirty-six drones and more than one hundred Starfall missiles!"

"Six months... that would probably cost hundreds of billions of federal dollars..."

Jia Lisi said.

"I will apply to Congress and provide as much as they need. Now that these two weapons have proven effective, we should spare no effort to arm ourselves with them. In addition, we also need further support from other countries."

Robert said, his gaze sweeping over the crowd. "Don't forget, besides that Fallen Star, our enemies also include the True Immortals of the Immortal Realm! The Immortal Realm is our true target!"

"The Realm of Immortality!"

Commander Mike, Prince George, and others all had a gleam in their eyes.

The reason why the Starry Federation was able to complete the formation of the Blue Star Federation so quickly this time was because they used the secret of the Immortal Realm as a lure.

Lured by the promise of immortality, these countries quickly reached a consensus and completed technology sharing, which led to the emergence of the Aurora drone and the Starfall missile in less than two years.

"We've calculated that the combat power unleashed by that Cheng Ying mech is about the same as that True Immortal. Since we were able to severely injure and besiege that Cheng Ying mech with the help of the Dawn Goddess Squad, we will definitely be able to kill that True Immortal residing in the world from the Beast God Alliance."

Robert said, "Of course, considering that intelligent life should be more flexible than metallic life, we should have more drones and more missiles to deal with the True Immortals who reside in the world!"

At this point, he paused slightly. "Considering that the number of resident True Immortals in the Longevity Realm may reach double digits, and that after they conquer the Dragon Shepherd Kingdom, they may launch a counterattack against our Blue Star at any time, the stronger our military power is, the better."

Two-digit number of true immortals...

This brings to mind the intelligence about the Immortal Realm.

And the military force needed to conquer the Immortal Realm...

Even at the current level, it will probably take three to five years before they can officially enter the realm of immortality.

Three to five years...

It's too long.

Who knows if their health will suddenly deteriorate rapidly due to illness, accidents, or other reasons in the next three to five years?

They might even be impeached by their rivals and lose their power.

Thinking of this, George, Mike, and the others exchanged glances. "We will mobilize funds from other sources to increase investment in the Cosmic Light Laboratory."

As for people's livelihood and construction...

It's okay to take a break.

People have enough to eat and drink, what more could they want?

"Can you get in touch with Mr. Lu Ya? How is he doing? Is his mecha damaged? If you need any help, please let us know, and we will do our best to cooperate."

At this moment, in the conference room of the True Immortal Research Institute, Zhao Tianfeng, Dong Xuanyuan, Han Guanglie and others were constantly questioning Xie Yusheng, throwing out several questions at once.

After all, only Xie Yusheng was able to contact Lu Ya, the Qianxing person.

And Xie Yusheng...

I also have some headaches now.

Three Aurora drones self-destructed at close range, causing severe damage to the Cheng Ying mech.

Compared to the standard Cheng Ying mech, this "Thunder" type mech, made of Blue Star materials, has very poor defense.

The severe injury greatly affected even his True Spirit.

If he weren't worried that the mecha falling into the hands of the Starshine Federation might lead to a technology leak, he wouldn't have bothered to bring it back.

Anyway, it doesn't cost much to manufacture such a mech.

He can build a factory with a total investment of only 30 million, let alone if the Kingdom of Middle-earth takes the stage.

The estimated cost is ten million.

Of course, this is without taking into account the cost of "shared spirit".

If the expenses of "common spirit" are included, the monetary value is simply immeasurable.

"I don't know. I will try to contact Mr. Lu Ya, and I will let everyone know as soon as I have any news."

Xie Yusheng responded.

Seeing this, Zhao Tianfeng, Dong Xuanyuan, Han Guanglie and the others did not dare to press the matter further.

He could only instruct him, "Please tell Mr. Lu Ya that we, the Central Plains, the Great Jin, and the Yellow Dragon, have always been his most steadfast allies."

Xie Yusheng nodded, and quickly took out his notebook, pretending to try to contact that Qianxing person.

But in his heart, he kept calling out to the Gu Jinlai.

"Senior Taiyi, Senior Taiyi, are you still there? Something terrible has happened."

Xie Yusheng continuously stimulated his spirituality.

"I'm watching."

Gu Jinlai remarked, "I never imagined that Blue Star's technology has developed so rapidly in recent years."

"The Starshine Federation has opened a passage connecting to the Realm of Immortality and obtained a large amount of materials and data from it. As the saying goes, 'the stones from other mountains can be used to polish jade.' The new elements brought by these materials and data have made up for many of the Starshine Federation's technical deficiencies and overcome a lot of difficulties. This is why the Starshine Federation has achieved a technological leap in the past few years."

Xie Yusheng explained.

In fact, it's not just the Starshine Federation; the Central Kingdom and the Great Jin Dynasty are no different.

Especially the Middle-earth kingdoms.

Although the original Central Kingdom was also part of the ancient Xia civilization, it was clearly a level below the Yellow Dragon Kingdom and the Great Jin Kingdom.

If these two countries can be ranked in the top ten globally, with Huanglong Kingdom even ranking in the top five or even breaking into the top three, then Zhongtu Kingdom has always been outside the top ten.

From its initial small but significant presence to its current status as an equal to the Yellow Dragon Kingdom and the Great Jin Kingdom, this alone demonstrates the changes that have taken place in the Central Kingdom over the years.

Unlike other countries, any changes in the Middle-earth Kingdom are initially controlled by the nobles. Before the nobles have completely divided up the spoils, they will not easily reveal the changes to the common people, which is why the common people do not have a clear sense of them.

There are even countries whose prestige is growing stronger day by day, yet they themselves remain unchanged from before.

"Is that so?"

Gu Jinlai said, "I thought it was a change brought about by the revival of Spiritual Qi."

Xie Yusheng listened and remained silent for a moment before tentatively asking, "Senior Taiyi, do you... do you think that Qianxing person might also be an ancient being who awakened due to the revival of Spiritual Qi?"

As he spoke, he seemed to realize that his statement was too bold, and quickly added, "I didn't mean anything by it, it's just... I keep impersonating that Qianxing person, and I'm always worried that he might settle scores with me in the future..."

Gu Jinlai, those who used the Void Projection Technique to descend upon Xie Yusheng could clearly and accurately sense his unease and suspicion.

Clearly, his interactions over the years have given him a clue.

Considering that he would be there in about half a year, he simply gave a vague answer, "Don't worry, nothing will happen. With me here, you can pretend to be a 'Qian Xingren' for as long as you want."

"Is... is that so..."

Xie Yusheng gave a slightly nervous smile.

"Master the True Spirit Manifestation Technique as soon as possible. Once you master it, you'll be able to control two, four, or even eight Shadow Mechs simultaneously. Then, this kind of situation where your mechs are nearly destroyed due to being surrounded won't happen again."

This Gu Jinlai.

"Yes, I will work even harder."

Xie Yusheng quickly replied.

"I remember you still have a Cheng Ying mech. Now, pilot another mech to retrieve it."

Gu Jinlai, "Showing a second Chengying mech can serve as a deterrent, lest the Blue Star Federation think that having those drones means they can take advantage of us and that no one can stop us."

"This..."

Xie Yusheng said with a bitter face, "My True Spirit is in severe turmoil, and I'm afraid I won't be able to maintain the True Spirit Manifestation Technique for a while..."

"It's alright, I can lend you a hand."

Gu Jinlai, beams of clear light have been poured down.

Using the Void Projection Technique, he could merge his True Spirit and spirituality into Xie Yusheng, which was similar in nature to the initiation and transmission of power.

Although this process will greatly deplete his True Spirit power, but...

It's nothing more than spending a few hours to clear the light.

Now, he doesn't lack those ten or eight beams of clear light.

In fact, after only six beams of clear light, Xie Yusheng was as if he had been fully revived, and his True Spirit was once again functioning smoothly.

"Thank you, Senior Taiyi."

Having regained his True Spirit, Xie Yusheng excitedly agreed and quickly used the True Spirit Projection Technique to control the second Chengying Mech towards the battlefield.

Compared to before, this time he made no attempt to conceal his figure. The energy emitted by the nuclear fusion engine was quickly captured by satellites, and the freely flying mech appeared on the command center screens of all the major powers.

Upon seeing the mecha, Zhao Tianfeng, Han Guanglie, Dong Xuanyuan, and the others breathed a long sigh of relief.

Meanwhile, the ruling class of the Blue Star Federation, whose meeting had just concluded and whose communications had not yet been completely cut off, stared at the screen with slightly pale faces.

"How could this be!? Why didn't anyone tell me there was a second Fallen Star mech over there!?"

"Damn it, this is a huge problem!"

"Gentlemen, we must relocate as soon as possible. If this Fallen Star mech chooses to enter our Starshine Federation to carry out a decapitation strike, we will be unable to resist it with our current strength."

Everyone in the conference room seemed somewhat restless.

Some even showed fear in their eyes.

"Don't we still have twelve Aurora drones as backup!?"

Prince George immediately pressed for answers.

"We still have drones, but we don't have enough Falling Star missiles. Without Falling Star missiles to hold them back, he can wipe out all twelve Aurora drones with the first wave of electromagnetic pulse weapons."

As she spoke, Jiali said with some helplessness, "If the new batch of funding had been approved four months ago, we wouldn't be in this situation now, where we don't have enough missiles."

George, Mike, and the others looked very grim.

In the end, they had no choice but to get up and prepare to enter the underground bunker, all the while angrily saying, "Increase investment! We must increase investment! We must destroy all these machines! This world absolutely cannot allow weapons that can threaten us to exist!"

The Realm of Mysterious Immortals.

Over the course of more than a year, Gu Jinlai has already circled the Xuanxian Realm, and now he has settled in the Crimson Flame Valley.

He had already wiped out the Xuan Yuan Sword Sect, the Ji family, the Chi family, and the Bai family. What remained were the mortal kingdoms that depended on them for their existence.

However, these countries are vast and populous. It took him several months to clear out just one territory of the Creation Gate. If he were to eliminate them one by one now, it would take at least ten or eight years.

Therefore, he specially returned to the Crimson Flame Canyon, which connects the two worlds, and quietly comprehended the changes in his mental state.

Compared to a year ago, his mental state has already reached the ninth level of perfection.

However, that's not the point. The point is that the amount of clear light accumulated on his body has exceeded four thousand.

These four thousand beams of clear light gave him many options.

For example, forcibly elevating one's mental state to the Great Dao Golden Immortal realm.

This refers to the human level within the six realms of the Xuanhuang Immortal Dynasty.

He has already refined the Thunder Heavenly Dao within the Void Core. With a mental state at the level of a Golden Immortal of the Great Dao, he can completely cultivate the Eye of Thunder Punishment. At that time, he can use this immortal technique to set a "standard" to trigger the power of the Great Dao of Destruction. In an instant, he can use the Great Dao of Destruction to annihilate all living beings within a radius of tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands of miles that meet the "annihilation standard".

With this immortal technique, he could wipe out the entire Xuanxian Realm and the mortal realm in no time.

The power of destruction is the power of the Great Dao.

Although the vast scope would cause the destructive power to be dispersed, the strongest beings in the mortal realm are often only at the level of the Primordial Spirit Realm or the Returning Void Realm. No matter how dispersed the destructive power is, it is still more than enough to kill cultivators who have not even mastered the "Dao".

Only those who have attained the Dao and become immortals, or illusory immortals, can rely on their own understanding of the Dao to become survivors of the destructive force.

However, cultivators who are not killed by the power of destruction can sense it Gu Jinlai. At that time, whether it is to send someone to capture them or to make another trip, it will be much more convenient and faster than searching one place after another.

"Zhao Xi's Eighteen Heavens method regarding the Six Realms is merely a concept. It might have some effect before reaching the Great Dao Golden Immortal stage, but at that stage, it's just like theory—only useful for reference. The Nirvana Diagram in the Profound Origin Sword Manual, and the Mind Tempering Method: the Gate of the Mysterious Female, can indeed raise one's cultivation level. However, the Nirvana Diagram is a supplementary method to the Profound Origin Sword Manual and is useless to me. The Gate of the Mysterious Female... its level is too low. Adding it with Qing Guang would be too inefficient..."

Gu Jinlai sighed, "If only there were more methods for Spirit Refining that record the six paths of mind and spirit."

However, no matter how poor the cost-effectiveness is, in the absence of a better mental tempering method, he can only improve his mental realm first.

So what if it's wasted?

He could afford to waste more than four thousand beams of clear light.

Just then, a noise seemed to come from outside.

Gu Jinlai stood up and left the study.

Before long, Tian Qingzi, Dan Chenzi, and Bai Jie Daozhu arrived one after another, led by Ye Yan.

Upon seeing Gu Jinlai in the living room, the group was slightly taken aback and quickly stepped forward to greet him.

"Greetings, Supreme Elder."

"What's up?"

A question has been asked Gu Jinlai.

The group exchanged glances, and finally Tian Qingzi stepped forward and said, "Does Divine Jiang remember a year ago in that place called the Demon Realm, when some Demonic Spirit gave us some world coordinates, saying that they had been there and even infiltrated it, but it was proven to be a world unsuitable for them to live in?"

Yes, that's true.

This Gu Jinlai.

"When our Longevity Pavilion's Hundred Tribulations Dao Master was not isolated from the outside world in the Xuanxian Realm, he traveled to many worlds of the Xuanhuang Alliance, and even visited the Xuanhuang Great World. According to his research on the coordinates of those worlds, one of them... is called the Immortal Cloud Realm. This world is one of the closest worlds to the Xuanhuang Realm. There are thousands of realm gates connecting the Xuanhuang Realm, and there are even naturally formed inter-realm passages similar to the Demon Realm Rift..."

At this point, Tian Qingzi immediately said, "If Divine Saint Jiang is in a hurry and doesn't want to wait three or four years for the boundary gate of the Xuan Yuan Sword Sect to open, he can arrive at the Immortal Cloud Realm first and then enter the Xuanhuang Realm from the Immortal Cloud Realm."

"Entering the Xuanhuang Realm from the Immortal Cloud Realm?"

Gu Jinlai leaned slightly forward. "Is this method feasible?"

"It's not a big problem."

Dan Chenzi, standing to the side, also spoke up, "Since the Demon Realm has opened a passage to the Immortal Cloud Realm, there must be corresponding facilities. In the Xuan Yuan Sword Sect, there is a special immortal artifact called the Void-Breaking Mirror. This is a rare standard immortal artifact in the Xuanhuang Alliance, with hundreds of them scattered outside. It was carefully crafted by a Great Dao Golden Immortal who is proficient in the Dao of Space. If Divine Jiang can borrow this immortal artifact and assist it with some facilities, even if they are just rift generators, he can easily complete the journey between the two realms by carving out a rift."

"The Void-Breaking Mirror".

The six immortal artifacts of the Xuan Yuan Sword Sect are renowned, and now that the Furnace of All Beings has fallen into his hands, he has also heard of the Breaking Void Mirror.

With the help of the Void-Breaking Mirror, I can actually enter the Xuanhuang Realm several years ahead of schedule...

His gaze lingered for a moment on the Mysterious Female Gate, a method for Spirit Refining.

If he could obtain a large number of methods for Spirit Refining from the Xuanhuang Realm, not only would the power of the Thunder Eye be greatly enhanced, but the time it would take him to elevate his mental level to the Heavenly Dao Realm would also be greatly shortened.

With this thought in mind, he said directly, "Compile your travel experiences related to the Immortal Cloud Realm and the Xuanhuang Realm into Jade Slip and give it to me."

"We are ready."

Tian Qingzi quickly took out two Jade Slip: "In addition, we have compiled all the experiences of the elders of Changsheng Pavilion who have traveled abroad and engraved them on these two Jade Slip. The information recorded on one of these Jade Slip slips is relatively accurate and has considerable reference value. The other slip either contains vague information or is from a long time ago, and things have changed. Jiang Shengsheng can just read it casually."

Gu Jinlai nodded.

The reason why Changsheng Pavilion has been able to survive to this day is because they have always been careful and prudent in their actions and very pragmatic.

In addition, each of the pavilion masters is very good at interpersonal relationships and even better at doing things, so he was not surprised that they were able to make these preparations in advance.

"Very good, the people of Changsheng Pavilion have put their hearts into it."

Gu Jinlai said, "Your sect is located near the Black Dragon River. The Xuan Shui Sect, which originally occupied that area, has been destroyed and currently has no new master. So, let's bring it under the jurisdiction of the Longevity Pavilion."

Upon hearing what Gu Jinlai had said, Tian Qingzi, Dan Chenzi, and the others were immediately overjoyed.

"Thank you, Divine Lord Jiang. We will certainly maintain order along the Heilong River and govern this area well for you."

Tian Qingzi immediately cupped his hands in greeting.

Xuan Shui Sect...

That's a large sect.

Its territory is equivalent to one-third of the Changsheng Pavilion.

The news resulted in an increase of one-third of their territory, and the three of them were immediately grateful for having personally made the trip to deliver the information.

Gu Jinlai nodded and waved for Tian Qingzi and the others to leave.

After they left, he began to examine the two Jade Slip.

The Xuanhuang Realm, also known as the Xuanhuang Great World, possesses a unique environment, much like a star, which uses its gravitational field to attract a large number of worlds to revolve around it.

The Immortal Cloud Realm is like this.

Although the two worlds are separated by countless light-years in the cosmos, the number of spatial nodes is extremely large, so much so that even without deliberately calculating the world coordinates, passages that can connect the two worlds will naturally emerge.

There are more than a dozen similar worlds.

These dozen or so worlds were once considered subordinate forces of the Xuanhuang Immortal Dynasty within the Xuanhuang Alliance, and other worlds didn't even want to give them seats.

However, in the end, because these dozen or so worlds were too close to the Xuanhuang Great World, had a high level of development, and had many powerful beings, other worlds dared not offend them too much and had no choice but to tacitly allow them to become members of the Xuanhuang Alliance.

"The Void-Breaking Mirror..."

Gu Jinlai reading the message in the Jade Slip, Gu Jin looked thoughtful.

"With the Void-Breaking Mirror, we can use the passage from the Demon Realm to travel to the Immortal Cloud Realm, and then from the Immortal Cloud Realm to the Profound Yellow Realm, thus saving three or four years of time..."

Given that the evil god could awaken at any time, this is clearly good news.

But...

Since the Void-Breaking Mirror allows him to enter the Demon Realm Cloud Realm through a spatial rift in the Demon Realm, then...

Given that Chenyu will be able to complete the boundary gate in another six months, it wouldn't be a problem for him to bring this immortal artifact to Blue Star ahead of schedule.

"Perfect timing. After going to Blue Star and resolving the issues Blue Star, we can travel through the Demon Realm and then from the Immortal Cloud Realm to the Xuanhuang Realm to seek a way to fight against the evil god."