The War Begins
Several months later, in the realm of the Machine Puppet Divine Court, on the Void River near the Consciousness Barrier, a shipping route was in operation.
One after another, Transport Ship Machine Puppet with the Artificial Purple Mansion and Artificial Nascent Soul carried countless supplies and provisions to the front lines, serving as both necessities and consumables for the Machine Puppet legion in its standoff with the Immortal Realm, in preparation for any eventuality.
But just a few months after the route opened, it was suddenly struck by a devastating disaster.
Like a storm, the Sword Qi came from nowhere. The massive, blazing white Sword Qi, like the most terrifying natural disaster, swept up countless Transport Ships in the energy storm and blasted them to pieces.
If someone could look down from an extremely high place, they would see a huge white crescent moon temporarily dividing the entire Void River in two.
When this ancient river stopped flowing, the entire shipping route of the Machine Puppet Divine Court was also cut off. The ships ahead immediately sped forward, trying to transport supplies into the Consciousness Barrier before being caught by the attackers, while the Transport Ship behind were forced to stop and became congested in front of the fracture zone.
Countless Machine Puppet Forces took to the skies in search of the enemy, but were immediately met with a storm of Thunder that destroyed them.
After the Thunderstorm, an enormous silver-armored War God emerged from the Void. His lower body was below the Void River, while his upper body floated above Void River. With a gentle sweep of his hand, a column of Machine Puppet Fleet vanished in the flames.
Alarms blared, and more Machine Puppet guards surrounded the area. However, to the Giant God that had appeared there, it was all in vain, only slightly delaying his march toward destroying the entire Transport Ship.
To counter him, it is necessary to mobilize the true Battle Corps forces within the Machine Puppet Divine Court.
At the Immortal Realm front line, in the Command Center, the communication Spirit Crystal on the table lit up, its internal Runes flashing continuously.
The Immortals sitting to the side made the connection, and after a brief exchange with the person on the other side of the communication Spirit Crystal, he turned to look behind him and reported, "Your Majesty, the Battle Corps of the Machine Puppet Divine Court have begun to mobilize!"
"Great! We've been waiting for this!"
Le Zhentian ordered, "Issue my order: the entire Fleet assembles and attacks at will. The goal is not to kill the enemy, but merely to delay their advance. After three rounds of attacks, if the enemy continues to retreat, then concentrate superior forces and launch a fierce attack on the enemy's command Core!"
"Yes!"
Under Le Zhentian's command, the Immortal Realm Fleet quickly responded. The Immortal Realm Fortress blockade was breached, and countless Immortal Realm Void Airship, filled with highly skilled Immortals and piloting various Magical Artifact, charged towards the defenses of the Machine Puppet Divine Court.
There are countless types and sequences of Machine Puppet, including powerful Emperor-level Machine Puppet. However, the Immortal Realm is no weaker than them. Theoretically speaking, the Immortals of the Immortal Realm are the prototypes of the Machine Puppet.
When these Immortals made their moves, they unleashed a variety of Divine Abilities and Spells far more complex than those of the Machine Puppet. These spells carried a variety of effects, and even spells from the same sect and the same Cultivation Technique would differ in the hands of different people.
Compared to rigid Machine Puppet, the supernatural Divine Ability of Immortals are many times more flexible and adaptable. Moreover, although the Immortal Emperor Shuhua was the master of Immortal Arts, and the Machine God perfectly inherited his understanding of Immortal Arts, in the past 70,000 years, while the Immortal Realm as a whole was in decline under the rule of the Four Emperors, the Cultivation World with Hundred Flowers and a hundred schools of thought contending.
These changes, along with their Ascension, were also carried to the Immortal Realm of the Book and the Immortals. Some went into hiding, some were taken in by the Four Emperors, and some were absorbed by Le Zhentian and protected in the Central Immortal Realm. During the period from the fall of the Four Emperors to the reappearance of the First Immortal Emperor to Le Zhentian's succession, these Immortal Arts sprang up like mushrooms after rain.
Those who were able to participate in this expedition were undoubtedly the elites of the Immortal Realm who had absorbed the results of these changes. Although the changes in the Immortal Realm over the past 70,000 years were only from the Cultivation World to the Immortal Realm, in some ways, they were still stronger than the evolution of the Machine God itself.
After all, no matter how far-sighted the Machine God is, it is still just an individual, but the changes in the Immortal Realm are created by countless worlds and countless cultivators.
Faced with a vast number of Machine Puppet, the Immortals possess more complex and dazzling methods. Some can single-handedly control a huge Sword Array, some can transform their bodies to form various Divine Beast mimics and use the power of the Divine Beast to fight, and some, even after their heads are smashed, still survive and can fight bravely.
As for those Emperor-level Machine Puppet, Le Zhentian split into two and held off two of them alone, while the other Immortals formed an array and worked together to control combat weapons composed of equally huge Magical Artifact, fighting against them without being at a disadvantage.
The Machine Puppet have undoubtedly encountered the most powerful enemy they have faced in the tens of thousands of years of civilization's development. Before this, the most powerful enemy they had encountered in the process of civilization's expansion was only the remnants of the Taste Desire Venerable had already been routed by the Immortal Realm Army.
But at this very moment, another incredibly powerful Consciousness Demon was relentlessly destroying their supply lines from behind, forcing the Machine Puppet to mobilize one and a half Grand Warband to deal with it.
Thus, the Machine Puppet of the three Grand Warband "End War," "Conversion," and "Blade Emperor" at the front did their best to resist the offensive of the Immortal Realm, while the "Ingenious Strategy" Grand Warband with stronger support capabilities provided central support. At the same time, the newly arrived "Mighty God" and half of the "Dao Embryo" Grand Warband, which had survived the explosion of their Garrison World due to their early withdrawal, traveled to the Void River in the rear through the Rift in the Consciousness Domain.
However, at that very moment, seeing the Machine Puppet Forces continuing to retreat, the Immortal Realm suddenly increased the intensity of their offensive by two levels.
Immortal Emperor Le Zhentian no longer held back. Using some kind of secret technique and relying on his explosive combat power, he first beheaded the "Blade Emperor," then dismantled this battle-hardened Emperor-level Machine Puppet into a pile of rubble. Under his leadership, the Immortals of the Immortal Realm also unleashed their true abilities. Before long, they advanced straight in, about to break through the defenses and approach the central army of the Machine Puppet Divine Court.
Left with no other choice, the "Mighty God" Battle Corps, which had already deployed halfway, had to retreat. The Emperor-level Machine Puppet "Mighty God," wielding a long sword in both hands and with a furious face resembling a wrathful Venerable, also retreated, taking over from the damaged "Blade Emperor." Together with "Conversion," they withstood the unstoppable force of the fully-powered Immortal Emperor Le Zhentian.
While the war on the front lines was raging, Bai Qiuran's true form, along with Tang Ruowei, secretly made their way to the location of the Machine God Core, following the coordinates provided by Eden.