Great Victory and Crushing Defeat

The demon ships had limited speed and suffered heavy losses in the siege battle. Apart from five that were captured, the rest were all destroyed in the battle.

The resounding victory came both suddenly and unexpectedly, leaving everyone ecstatic.

After cleaning up the battlefield, Chen Nianzhi led everyone back to Star-Sun Island.

Along the way, everyone flattered Chen Nianzhi, and the Heavenly Hut Sect even cupped his hands to Chen Nianzhi and said, "This great victory is entirely due to Guixu's strategic planning."

"If it weren't for Brother Dao's prior arrangement of the Duality Earthfire Sword Formation, we would probably be in a very difficult situation."

Chen Nianzhi shook his head and smiled, "Brother Tianlu flatters me. Without your Earthfire Mystic Crystal Sword, I'm afraid I wouldn't have been able to set up this formation."

"Brother Guixu is too modest."

The Heavenly Desolation Sect smiled and then flattered, "Fellow Daoist's Heavenly Fire Law Power is truly astonishing. We all know the defensive capabilities of that Tier 5 Treasure Ship, and even the Six-Winged Devil Master, Devil Race at the Nascent Soul Great Perfection stage, couldn't withstand the power of a single sword strike."

"Such astonishing power is something even Half-Step Primordial Spirit realm ancestor couldn't achieve."

Amidst the lifting of the banners, everyone returned to Star-Sun Island.

Upon arriving at Star-Sun Island, Chen Nianzhi found many cultivators collapsed on the ground, all pale-faced, and many even looked like withered trees, having exhausted their Law Power and died.

Seeing this, Chen Nianzhi felt a tremor in his heart. These people were cultivators who provided Law Power for the Duality Earthfire Sword Formation. Just now, in order to quickly defeat the powerful enemy, Chen Nianzhi forcibly extracted their Law Power to activate the sword formation.

The result was extremely tragic. Millions of cultivators who provided the Law Power suffered severe damage to their vital energy, and more than 30% of the Qi Refining Cultivator had already suffered great loss of essence and vital energy, likely losing their chance to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage. Many others even perished on the spot.

However, if he hadn't forcefully drawn out his Law Power just now, he probably wouldn't have been able to unleash the nine swords in succession, and he might have missed the best opportunity to kill the demon.

If the Duality Earthfire Sword Formation hadn't been used to defeat the Devil Race and completely destroy their will to fight, the Devil Race would have been able to preserve most of their strength, and the battle would likely have become an even more brutal and protracted conflict.

Regardless of the circumstances, the fact that these people perished because of Chen Nianzhi Chen Nianzhi affected her.

Jiang Linglong noticed Chen Nianzhi's expression and comforted him, "In any great battle, there are always casualties. This time, the losses are the fewest among all the victories."

"Even you and I can't guarantee we'll make it back alive from this battle. Most of these low-level cultivators are lucky to be alive."

"I see."

Chen Nianzhi nodded, a determined look in her eyes.

Although he had a trace of compassion and kindness in his heart, he was by no means a pedantic person. He naturally understood the principle of making a decisive move when necessary, otherwise he would not have decisively unleashed nine sword strikes.

Suppressing his distracting thoughts, Chen Nianzhi instructed Chen Xianye, "The cultivators who presided over the formation in this battle should first receive their battle merit rewards, and medical supplies should also be given priority to them."

"I'll arrange it right away."

As Chen Xianye spoke, he set off to deal with the matter.

After explaining these matters, the True Lord returned to the main hall.

After a brief deliberation, the Heavenly Desolation Sect said with a look of ecstatic joy, "In this battle, we killed more than thirty True Lord of the Six-Winged Devil Race. Their demon ships and low-level cultivators were also completely wiped out. We should report this to all domains to boost morale."

Everyone was overjoyed upon hearing this. Killing over thirty True Lord in one fell swoop and crushing a Devil Race army of tens of millions, this victory was already a significant one for the Vermilion Bird Star-Constellation Archipelago.

After the message was relayed, everyone immediately took stock of their spoils and found that they had captured quite a lot of supplies in this battle.

Unfortunately, most of the resources available to Devil Cultivator are items from the Demonic Path, such as Blood Crystal, dark stones, and Demon Treasure, which are mostly useless to Human Race.

A few items that are somewhat useful, such as the Tier 5 magic ship and some Tier 5 Demon Treasure, can only be melted down and used as materials.

Chen Nianzhi took charge of burning the useless Devil Creature and restoring the formation on Star-Sun Island. After three busy days, he finally convened the True Lord Meeting again.

At the assembly, Chen Nianzhi spoke up, "Now that the Six-Winged Devil Race has been defeated by us, it's time to arrange for people to retake the affiliated Spirit Isle."

"That's how it should be."

Chen Nianchuan nodded and then said, "The Six-Winged Devil Race only has seven Nascent Soul Heavenly Demon left. They've probably been terrified. Without the help of the Tier 5 demon ship, they're no longer a threat."

Everyone nodded in unison, agreeing with the suggestion to retract the array's core at this time.

Seeing that they agreed, Chen Nianzhi smiled slightly, and was about to say something when she suddenly noticed that Star-Sun Island was trembling violently, and the light of the entire array dimmed.

At the boundless horizon, where the Northern Black Tortoise Star Palace is located, the spiritual light of the entire formation dimmed.

"Impossible!"

The Heavenly Hut Sect looked ecstatic, revealing an expression of disbelief and horror.

If the Black Tortoise Star Palace formation in the distance is destroyed, there is only one possibility: the entire archipelago at the core of the Black Tortoise Star Palace has dimmed.

However, within the Black Tortoise Star Palace Archipelago, there are seven major star Spirit Isle and sixty-seven Tier 5 main Star Spirit islands. The fact that so many array nodes have all fallen in such a short period of time is extremely rare even in thousands of years.

The Heavenly Desolation Sect, his expression panicked and his eyes filled with terror, exclaimed, "The Black Tortoise Star Palace Archipelago are ruled by the Wang Clan clan of the Primordial Spirit Clan from the Far-Northern Icefields, with hundreds of True Lord stationed there. How could they have been defeated in such a short time?"

Chen Nianzhi's expression also changed drastically. He glanced at the True Lord around him and found that most of them had turned pale, as if they were all filled with fear and a desire to retreat.

Everyone was understandably terrified. Even the powerful Black Tortoise Star Palace Archipelago had been defeated. How could their Vermilion Bird Archipelago, without Primordial Spirit Dao Lord to protect them, possibly withstand such a defeat?

At this critical moment, Chen Nianzhi steadied himself and quickly said, "Everyone, please don't panic. The most important thing right now is to figure out what's happening at the Black Tortoise Star Palace."

Yes, yes, yes.

Desolate Heaven Daoist quickly spoke up, taking a deep breath, and said, "The White Tiger Star Palace Archipelago are also guarded by Nine Abyss Daojun. Let's send a message to inquire about the situation."

"Yes, yes, send the message quickly."

Everyone spoke up and immediately contacted the White Tiger Star Palace Archipelago.

Soon after, news arrived from the White Tiger Star Palace Archipelago and fell into Chen Nianzhi's hands.

After reading it, Chen Nianzhi quickly understood the cause and effect, and then took a deep breath and said, "Everyone, Wang Daojun of the Far-Northern Icefields was ambushed by four Outer Realm Demons Primordial Spirit and his physical body was destroyed by the Heavenly Demon."

"Now that his Primordial Spirit has escaped the Black Tortoise Star Palace, he was able to join forces with the Outer Realm Demons to breach the Black Tortoise Star Palace Archipelago."

Upon hearing this, everyone quickly glanced at the letter and couldn't help but show expressions of embarrassment.

The Third Elder of the Heavenly Hut Sect, his face contorted with rage, couldn't help but shout, "How could Wang Daojun be so foolish? He didn't even investigate the opponent's strength before daring to launch a rash attack?"