Chapter 260: The World Gathers

The inner universe in Su Wen’s body was completed.

Immediately after, Su Wen heard the system notification.

[Congratulations, host. The Stellar Transposition has been upgraded to Lv9, and you have obtained a hundred days of enlightenment!]

This time, what Su Wen comprehended was the Astral Great Dao.

Another hundred days passed in the cultivation space.

When Su Wen opened his eyes again, he continued to make his choice.

[The system has created a Heaven Rank domain!]

[Ding-dong. The system has constructed a Heaven Rank domain. Consumption: 30 Million!]

Su Wen sucked in a cold breath at the sum. This was too expensive.

But what Su Wen did not know was that the domain created by a Heaven Rank was actually a foundation for their future.

The stronger the laws used in creating the domain, the more powerful it would be in the future.

However, ordinary Heaven Rank cultivators, or even the vast majority of them, could only construct their domain from a single law.

With the construction of multiple laws, each additional law made it countless times more complicated.

In particular, constructing a domain required a martial artist to have an extremely deep understanding of the laws. For an ordinary martial artist, constructing a domain composed of multiple laws would take an unknown number of years.

Moreover, once they broke through the 3rd Grade of Heaven Rank, there would be no chance to reconstruct their domains any longer.

With the system assisted construction, Su Wen’s surroundings changed.

It was as if he was in a vast universe with huge stars swimming around him.

Anyone who took a glance at it would be terrified. A vast blazing sun that was flying at high speed streaked across the sky, leaving a scorching golden light trail.

The white Qi dragon representing the Roaming Dragon Wind Sword was no smaller than those stars, and it was also swimming under a certain law!

This was too terrifying.

If Su Wen had not been impressed by the domain of that saber expert from Yan Country previously, looking at it again now, it was obvious that that fellow’s domain was trash.

Be it in terms of might or range, that guy’s domain was completely inferior to Su Wen’s domain.

It couldn’t be helped. When both parties formed their domains, their comprehension of martial arts was worlds apart!

How many people could cultivate a Heaven Rank cultivation technique to the maximum at Su Wen’s cultivation level?

What they comprehended was just the tip of the iceberg.

What Su Wen comprehended was a true Great Dao opened through a Heaven Rank technique!

Furthermore, he had cultivated three Heaven Rank techniques to the maximum.

Even with the help of the system, this construction still took seven years!

However, it had a huge impact on Su Wen’s future!

In addition to the time freeze cards, Su Wen consumed a total of 200 million Emotional Value points.

There was still a large amount of Emotional Value left. Su Wen thought for a moment and exchanged for another drop of Vermillion Bird blood essence!

He directly swallowed it.

After consuming the Vermilion Bird’s blood essence, Su Wen fell into a meditative state.

This time, he did not need the system’s help.

Su Wen’s domain slowly unfolded. Suddenly, he transformed into a young Vermillion Bird.

His entire body was covered in flames as he spread his wings and soared through the universe.

If Su Wen’s previous strengthening was comprehension, then Su Wen’s next strengthening was his main body!

The Vermillion Bird’s Blood Essence allowed him to purify his bloodline, strengthen his body, and strengthen his Vermillion Bird Glazed Body.

With the remaining Emotional Value, Su Wen started to exchange for the Time Freeze Cards to cultivate!

No one would cultivate the power of three different systems at the same time.

While this cultivation made Su Wen extremely powerful, it also made his breakthrough path extremely difficult.

Year after year passed!

[Ding-dong. The host has broken through to 4th Grade Heaven Rank and has received the ability of Soul Condensation!]

Compared to the previous grades, the biggest difference in breaking through was the condensation of the soul.

After condensing the divine soul, the martial artist’s control and use of strength would step onto a new level.

[The host has chosen to use the system to condense his soul. 80 million Emotional Value consumed!]

For ordinary martial artists, condensing the divine soul was only to strengthen themselves through the comprehension of the law within the divine soul. However, Su Wen used the system to condense the divine soul.

This system actually melted the few Great Dao laws Su Wen chose to comprehend into his soul.

After the pure soul was condensed by the system, white dragons coiled around the body of the soul. The main body of the soul burned with flames, and within the soul, there were stars everywhere.

Su Wen had never seen anyone else’s soul before, so he did not find anything unusual about it…

After this wave of cultivation and leveling, Su Wen did not have much Emotional Value left.

After using some Time Freeze to consolidate his cultivation, Su Wen chose to end his cultivation session.

As for the lottery… he had drawn a total of 30 times… Another round of good draws, and he had drawn quite a few good items!

Host: Su Wen

Emotional Value: 350,000 points

Level: 75

Cultivation: 4th Grade Heaven Rank

Cultivation Technique: Heaven & Earth Great Solar Sutra

Body Tempering Cultivation Technique: Vermillion Bird Glazed Body

Battle Technique: Jadebreak Fist (LV9) Layered Wave Saber (LV9) Stellar Transposition (LV9) Great Solar Supreme Policy (LV9) Roaming Dragon Wind Sword (LV9)

Divine Ability: Sword Dao — Daybreak

Bloodline: Vermilion Bird

Special Skill: Embodiment of the Vermillion Bird (Completion Rate: 1%) (Currently able to transform into a young Vermillion Bird, time limit: 1 minute)

To be honest, Su Wen was a little dissatisfied with this improvement.

In his opinion, he could completely raise his cultivation level a little higher.

However, in reality, Su Wen’s current combat strength could no longer be limited by the traditional grades.

Most importantly, he had laid an even more solid foundation for his future.

In the following period of time, Xiang Feiyan began to reform her country.

It was just as Su Wen had said. After losing their Heaven Rank patriarchs, these families had become weak.

Especially after some people tried to rebel and were destroyed by the Royal Court.

The resistance of the aristocrats instantly became unprecedentedly weak!

Even if these tax systems made them extremely unhappy, even if they wanted to rebel…

However, with Su Wen and Ning Shuang, the two Heaven Rank experts, they could not cause any trouble.

After this came a period of time where the various countries would continuously recruit people and gather talents.

This was a great battle that concerned the world, and no one dared to be careless.

Resources, soldiers, commoners, and spiritual masters were all sent to the extreme north of the continent.

Everyone knew that once the Demon Race really attacked the human world, it would be a calamity for all races.

And in the void, the sounds became more and more frequent.

All of the Heaven Rank present could hear them now.

Finally, Su Wen prepared to set off again. This time, Xiang Feiyan would not go with him.

After half a year of cultivation and pill consumption, Zhao Jin’s cultivation had barely broken through to 9th Grade Earth Rank.

Su Wen handed the Paragon Elixir to him and said in a deep voice, “In 15 days, you can swallow this elixir! After breaking through to the Heaven Rank, don’t tell anyone. This is a Qi-Concealing Belt. Hide your cultivation well and protect the family and Xiang Feiyan.”

Zhao Jin nodded, solemnly receiving the pill and stuffing it into his bosom.

The women at home also surrounded him. Most of them had low cultivation levels and would not go to the front line.

However, Su Wen still planned to bring two of them over!

One was Yan Luoying, and the other was Ni Hongxiao.

Yan Luoying’s military talent was far beyond that of ordinary people!

Furthermore, this time, Su Wen handed her a new large-scale Army Formation.

That was Su Wen’s lucky draw from the system.

“God of Slaughter Army Formation!”

[There is no upper limit to the number of people in this Army Formation. When the formation is activated, the killing intent of the division will increase by 15%. The consumption of physical strength and True Qi will decrease by 30%, and the recovery of physical strength and True Qi will increase by 30%. Kill all enemies and leave no survivors!]

[Note: This formation needs the commander to have led the army to slaughter more than 500,000 lives!]

If it was an ordinary person, they might not be able to satisfy this learning requirement, but Yan Luoying would definitely be fine.

With this army, Su Wen was more inclined to let Yan Luoying lead the army because the allied armies needed capable commanders.

Su Wen knew that it was not the time to hide in such a war.

No matter what, they had to get through this difficult situation first.

Su Wen left Zhao Jin behind only because he had to protect his family. No matter what, he had to leave some protection for his family.

Furthermore, Su Wen did not think that Zhao Jin would have much of an impact on the battle.

However, how should one put Yan Luoying’s leadership skills?

Su Wen knew very well that if even Heaven Rank experts were to fight, then the demon army would have to rely on the allied armies to defend themselves. An outstanding commander was also very important!

Furthermore, Yan Luoying’s current cultivation level was not weak.

Wu Muyu looked at Su Wen with tears in her eyes. “Brother Su, can’t you not go?”

She was really worried about Su Wen.

Cui Yumian also looked reluctant.

She had also began to step onto the path of cultivation.

Compared to others, she started later.

In the past few days, Su Wen had refined the Golden Crow’s blood essence into her body.

She also chimed in, “That’s right. Husband, you have so many tricks up your sleeve and are so smart. Can’t you stay behind? It’s very dangerous to fight with the demons! And Sister Ning Shuang will also go with you. What if… what if something happens to you… what should we do!”

As he spoke, tears fell.

Xie Yiyi and Zhao Wanrou also looked aggrieved.

No one wanted them to go to war.

Su Wen smiled and stroked Wu Muyu’s head. He looked at the girls and said with a smile, “Although your Brother Su is not a good person, he is not selfish enough to watch everyone die. What is that saying again? When the nest is destroyed, there will be no eggs left? Battling with the demons is different from a war between countries.

It is different from personal grudges and requires everyone to work together. If I watch them die today and remain indifferent, on the day they die, when the demons invade, perhaps others will watch us die in the future!”

Su Wen sighed. “People can’t keep escaping sometimes!”

Xie Yiyi couldn’t help but ask, “Husband, how long have you been at the Heaven Rank? Even if you really go, what effect will it have on the battle?”

Su Wen laughed loudly as a sharp glint flashed across his eyes. He said confidently, “I’m already very strong!”

“Don’t worry! I’ll come back alive! I’ll definitely come back alive!”

Su Wen promised the girls seriously.

After saying that, he suddenly looked at Xue Qianxun and rubbed his chin. After pondering for a moment, he seemed to have thought of something and pointed at her. “You, come with us!”

Xue Qianxun did not resist and agreed to follow!

Su Wen was very satisfied. This woman was very useful to him!

This time, the people Su Wen brought along were Yan Luoying, Xue Qianxun, and Ni Hongxiao!

Su Wen would not fly over with one hand carrying each person like Wu Kunhu. That would be too stupid. The few of them chose to go there by horseback.

Xiang Feiyan personally came to the city gate to see him off!

In reality, the various countries could no longer hide the truth from the people. After all, there needed a large-scale mobilization of people and resources.

As the emperor, he naturally had to have a dignified excuse!

There was no need to hide anything, and they revealed their intentions to resist the demons.

Therefore, the citizens of the various countries were also in a state of panic!

After all, the Demon Race was already a legend that existed tens of thousands of years ago.

No one knew how powerful the demons were at this time!

No one knew how many experts the Demon Race had as well.

In the capital of Yan Country, Emperor Yan and Prime Minister Qin Wenchang watched the Heaven Rank experts leave.

Emperor Yan sighed.

“Minister Qin! The heavens are not helping me!”

Qin Wenchang naturally understood what he meant.

In the Emperor’s heart, Zhou Country could already be considered a piece of meat in his mouth. As long as he exerted more strength, he might be able to swallow it.

Qin Wenchang shook his head and said, “Your Majesty, now is not the time to be calculative about this. No one knows how terrifying the demon race is. If we lose this war, whatever domination we aim for will all be for naught.”

The Emperor said helplessly, “That’s right. The best outcome would be for both the Zhou and Chu Heaven Ranks to die there, while our Yan Country would have a few more! Then the demons would retreat! That would be the best outcome.”

This fellow sure knew how to dream.

But Qin Wenchang was still worried.

“His Majesty asked General Lu Zhen to follow the army?” Qin Wenchang asked.

Emperor Yan nodded and said, “This is not the time to hide anything. If our alliance army loses, the world will definitely be plunged into misery and suffering!”

Qin Wenchang smiled and did not speak.

Both he and Emperor Yan knew this very well.

Lu Zhen could not stay in Yan Country.

Lu Zhen’s cultivation was at the peak of the 9th Grade. Without a Heaven Rank, there were very few people who could suppress him. At the same time, his prestige in the army was extremely high!

In a situation where external battles were not allowed, once this fellow decided to rebel, he might be able to do something big!

Wu Kunhu and Su Changqing’s example was right in front of him.

No emperor would want such a power beyond their control to appear.

In Great Zhou, Emperor Zhou left. Not out of everyone’s expectations, he chose to let the Second Prince supervise the country!

This way, the second prince would be able to take over the authority as he wished!

When Su Wen arrived at the northernmost area, he could see a vast crowd.

There were soldiers, commoners, and spiritual masters here. They were all part of the human race.

There was also the group of Heaven Ranks huddled together. No one dared to get close to the Heaven Rank experts!

However, compared to the first time they arrived, the area had already begun to look somewhat different.

Basically, they were all living in tents now.

In the largest tent, Su Changqing and the others sat down.

The upper grade Heaven Rank experts were also present. Most of them had been entrusted by the emperors of the various nations to take over their own affairs.

However, Su Wen was the temporary representative of the Chu Country, not Xiang Ding.

Xiang Ding had no objections to this. After all, he was not good at these things either.

For the Zhou Country, it was still the Zhou Emperor.

On the other hand, the Yan Country sent their strongest expert, Murong Qiu!

Although the Barbarians were separated based on tribes, they were represented by the strongest Barbarian Tribe, Zhujiu Yin!

He had inherited the legacy of the ancient ferocious beast, the Torch Dragon. Thus, every generation of the Barbarian King was also known as Zhujiu Yin, taking after the literal name of the Torch Dragon.

Next were the Nine Sects!

There were many experts in these nine God Sects.

After them were the experts from the ordinary aristocratic families. Most of them were of lower grades in the Heaven Rank.

As for those Heaven Rank vicious beasts, they had all transformed into human forms.

This was the first time Su Wen had seen their incarnations!

These guys had still maintained their original forms the last time, but this time, because they had a huge command tent, they all transformed into human forms and entered.

Gongsun Shi’s face was still pale.

He said in a deep voice, “Currently, there are no living beings in Nine Nether Island. This island is not condensed by human forces, but rather repaired through the laws of heaven and earth. Therefore, before it completely floats up from the void, neither the demons nor you guys can enter.”

“Now, I’ll divide the positions of the guards. Those above 5th Grade Heaven Rank will be the commanders, and the vanguard!”

“One person will be responsible for 5,000 miles from the west to the east. This way, it’s barely possible to cover every area.”

“After that will be the low grade Heaven Rank experts! You all shall follow the high grade Heaven Rank experts. Each of you will be given a Star Disk that can sense the Heaven Rank experts within 300 miles!

All of you have your own patrolling area. If nothing goes wrong, you won’t encounter them. Once any Demon Heaven Rank experts appear in the patrolling area, you must immediately go and fight them. If you can’t defeat them, you can call for reinforcements to prevent others from taking advantage of you!”

“Remember, you don’t have to show any mercy to the demons! Whenever you encounter any demons, you don’t have to ask anything. Just kill them!”

Gongsun Shi looked at the group of Heaven Rank experts and said, “I know that many of you might be dissatisfied, but I’m not afraid to tell you that resisting the demons will benefit you greatly!”

“Eh?”

Everyone was stunned. What benefits could there be?

“Resisting the demons will give you merit!”

“Merit?” The term was incomprehensible to the Heaven Rank experts.

However, Su Wen’s eyes lit up.

He was familiar with this term!

Gongsun Shi explained, “As long as you kill the demons, you will be blessed with Heaven & Earth Merit. This Heaven & Earth Merit can make it easier for you to comprehend the martial path and increase your strength. Do you know why humans had the Nine Saints and Four Emperors ten thousand years ago, while I’m the only one now?

It’s because during the war between the two worlds back then, obtaining Merit greatly increased the speed of cultivation for martial artists.”

Gongsun Shi was very pleased to see the light in the eyes of the Heaven Rank cultivators.

He smiled and said, “Got it? This time, it’s a life and death crisis, but it’s also an opportunity for you guys.”

Su Wen however frowned.

Obtaining Merit through slaughtering the demons?

In the battle between the two worlds, the heavens and earth condensed the Nine Nether Island…

This matter sounded a little strange no matter how one listened.

However, he did not know what was the hidden truth behind all this yet!

At this moment, Gongsun Shi continued, “Since the armies of the various races have already gathered, someone needs to command them. I feel that the Great Chu General, Yan Luoying, is quite heroic and talented. She is decisive in killing! She can lead the armies of the various countries!”

Everyone raised their eyebrows.

At this moment, the Yan Country’s Murong Qiu bowed and said, “Saint Gongsun, please listen to me. I also know Yan Luoying. Although she can be considered a famous general, she has never really fought any hard battles! My Yan Country’s Lu Zhen destroyed the Great Qi back then. After that, be it to the Chu Country or the Zhou Country, they both had outstanding military achievements. I’m afraid it’s more suitable for him to lead these allied armies!”

Right at this moment, Wu Kunhu spoke up, “Lu Zhen? Is he even worthy? Back then, he merely used the opportunity of the Heaven Rank battle to advance to the front line of the Huai River, but I directly sent him back to Fort Boulder! I don’t think he’s that powerful!”

There was nothing wrong with his words.

Speaking of which, Wu Kunhu still had the upper hand when he fought with Lu Zhen, even though Yan Luoying and Su Changqing were part of the reason why the Yan Country’s economy was in turmoil.

However, from the results of the direct exchange, Lu Zhen was inferior to Wu Kunhu!