Chapter 554 - 479: [Changes in the Situation at Shanhai Pass]

In just half a year.

The Primordial Sect entered a period of rapid development.

Its size expanded wildly.

Nine Main Divine Halls were established in the Nine Great Celestial Domains.

They were presided over by the Seventy-Two Primordial Demons, who had become Great Emperors.

Beneath the Main Divine Halls were numerous Divine Sacrifice Halls. These, in turn, commanded altars of various levels scattered throughout the All Heavens and Myriad Realms, each managing a different number of Divine Envoys.

To this day.

After its complete structure was established.

The Primordial Sect had finally become what outsiders saw as the inscrutable number one Demon Sect, a taboo of the All Heavens, the Primordial Celestial Demon... a behemoth whose name alone made people’s faces pale.

Nourished by such a behemoth,

Wu Dao, hidden behind the scenes,

the one known to the world as the Primordial Daoist Venerable, the source of darkness and misfortune, the Evil Dragon circling the All Heavens that countless heroes longed to slay,

had also gradually come into his own.

However,

what few people knew was that

this Evil Dragon, so replete with evil across the All Heavens, was now the Wushi Domain Lord in Shanhai Pass, revered by the entire army.

He hailed from the Wu Race, a family full of decorated veterans.

A living legend of the battlefield!

Shanhai Pass.

Seven Days Pass, Wushi Domain.

Formerly the Muddy Star Realm.

A few months ago, Muddy Star Emperor died in battle.

Wu Dao was ’promoted’ to Great Emperor’s Battle Power, officially took command, and renamed it the Wushi Domain.

The reason he didn’t continue using the Primordial title?

To avoid suspicion!

The Primordial Sect was causing too much of a stir.

The title of Primordial Emperor was, all in all, somewhat inappropriate for the times.

Wushi Domain Main City.

Miasma Abyss City.

Deep within the endless forbidden zone of the Miasma Abyss.

The Ten Directions ceased to exist, and the myriad Daos vanished.

Gravitational Magnetic Fields and miasmic Magnetic Fields intertwined, compressed, and fused into a Mixed Cave that devoured everything, forming an extreme high-pressure field akin to an ’Extreme Dao Furnace’.

VMMM~

In the core region of chaotic pressure.

A fantastical ocean of Primordial Magnetism heaved and surged,

like a Fierce Beast breathing in and out.

With every breath,

a massive amount of Dao Source was absorbed and digested.

The gains from the Primordial Dao Wheel’s Cultivation were swallowed whole.

The field of Primordial Magnetic Crystal Particles constantly expanded into a Proto-Cosmos of Primordial Magnetic Civilization, only to be crushed in the next moment by the high pressure of the Mixed Cave, pulverizing the crystal particles and the even more microscopic Dao Particles.

Destruction, reforging, transformation, destruction, reforging, transformation...

In this extreme environment,

bolstered by a continuous stream of initiations from the Dao Wheel,

the Primordial Magnetic Civilization was evolving at an incredible speed.

Wu Dao’s own physical scale was also pushing toward the even greater Infinite Domain.

VMMM~

The Wushi Domain Lord’s Battle Merit Order vibrated,

pulling Wu Dao’s mind back from its immersion in Cultivation. His consciousness probed the Battle Merit Order—

"The situation at the Eight Celestial Passes is growing more severe by the day. We hereby order the Wushi Domain Lord..."

It was from the Eight Celestial Passes.

A transfer order from the Barbarian City Military Department in the Barbaric Heaven Main City.

HUU~

He withdrew his consciousness from the Battle Merit Order.

’It’s indeed time to move.’

Sensing the diminishing effects of cultivating in the Mixed Cave, Wu Dao calmly opened his attribute panel—

[Physique: Primordial Magnetism Path]

[Extraordinary: Essence Devouring: All Things, Two Tribulations (388800/388800)+]

[Transverse Cultivation: Infinite Primordial Scripture - Holy Body Three Steps+]

[Divine Cultivation: Juntian Creation Scripture·Thirty Layers of Quasi-Emperor+]

[Soul Cultivation: All Forms Divine Luo Scripture·Thirty Layers of Quasi-Emperor+]

[Divine Origin: Upper-Rank Quasi-God Emperor]

[Celestial Treasure: Bitter Dust Robe (Emperor’s Artifact 100%)]

...

[Teleportation Points: ...]

Half a year.

It was but a fleeting moment in the All Heavens.

No matter how heaven-defying an existence was,

it would be impossible for them to grow much.

especially in the Great Emperor Domain.

But Wu Dao, this logic-defying anomaly, was clearly not among them.

The rapid development and growth of the Primordial Sect

provided him with a continuous supply of Divine Souls and Second Tribulation Dao Realms. The Little Star Mother had her hands full every day, spinning the Dao Wheel without a moment’s rest.

The defensive battle from half a year ago

had also brought him a great deal of civilizational fortune.

After the civilizational fortune was used up,

he had an inexhaustible supply of Five Tribulations Dao Source. Even as his consumption grew, the brave and battle-hardened Wu Race could satisfy his needs.

For all these reasons,

in just half a year,

he had advanced from just entering the Great Emperor’s Battle Power to the incredible Thirty Heavens of the Great Emperor, undergoing thirty infinite qualitative transformations.

Thus,

his total number of Two Tribulation Yuan Magnetic Crystal Particles

reached ∞^30!

State unlocked, invincible as a Great Emperor!

The authority of his Primordial Magnetism Path also rose to the limit of a Creator, second only to the All Heavens Emperors.

Recently,

his growth rate had slowed somewhat.

This was mainly because Great Emperor-level battle power at the Seven Days Pass was generally used as a deterrent. The fighting was usually between Quasi-Emperors, with few battles at the Great Emperor level.

The quality of the Dao Source was a bit lacking.

His numerous Incarnations had to fight nonstop every day, slaying low-level Mountain and Sea Wilderness Gods just to barely keep up with his consumption.

Furthermore,

the stimulation from the Miasma Abyss’s Magnetic Field environment

was also constantly weakening as he grew stronger. Before long, it would be completely unable to tear apart his microscopic structure.

’Tsk, the situation at the Eight Celestial Passes’ Barbaric Heaven is a bit complicated now.’

His thoughts returned to the transfer order.

Wu Dao thought about the Eight Celestial Passes, which could now be described as chaotic in every respect.

The World Fate Arena from half a year ago.

His victory alone.

Hongyuan’s utter defeat!

The Eight Celestial Passes’ Barbaric Heaven had lost a full sixty percent of its territory, with more than half of that becoming occupied zones taken by the Mountain and Sea.

Half a year passed.

The intelligence from the front lines was a constant stream of tragic news.

It seemed another ten percent of the territory had been lost.

If it were only that,

it wouldn’t be called chaotic. As long as Hongyuan united as one, holding onto the last thirty percent wouldn’t be a problem.

The reason the Eight Celestial Passes were chaotic

was mainly because

the last thirty percent of the territory was not in a single region.

Instead, it had been carved up due to the events of the last inter-realm arena, scattered across various locations within the Eight Celestial Passes. The pressure was imaginable.

In such a grim situation,

the original military forces of Shanhai Pass alone would sooner or later be completely eradicated by the Mountain and Sea.

Therefore...

just as Wu Dao had previously predicted,

aside from the Luotian Sword Realm and the Celestial Court,

the Seven Co-rulers, Daoist Lineages, Emperor’s Lineages, and Overlords of the All Heavens began to formally enter the fray, transferring the bulk of their power and heritage to Shanhai Pass.

This was also one of the reasons why

the Primordial Sect was able to run rampant in Hongyuan.

After the Overlords of the All Heavens entered the field,

the original military power structure centered around Buzhou Heaven was immediately impacted.

The Six Great Lords

integrated the vassal Daoist Lineages and Emperor’s Lineages under their banners.

On the surface, they were still under the jurisdiction of the Elder Council.

But in reality, they were very much fighting their own battles, unwilling to be subservient, each occupying a region in the Eighth and Ninth Celestial Passes.

The situation resembled a landscape of warring states.

However, since everyone had a common enemy, there was no internal strife, and they would still cooperate with the Elder Council’s command in large-scale battles.

As for normal times,

they would obey deployment orders but not broader summons.

They acknowledged the Elder Council’s authority but retained autonomy over the regions they garrisoned.

The Elder Council, for its part,

had no good solution for this.

The Six Great Lords.

Each was a supreme behemoth that commanded a Celestial Domain. If they were unwilling, making a move against any one of them could accelerate Hongyuan’s demise.

Under these circumstances,

the power of the Commander’s Law Enforcement Team

was also drastically curtailed above the Seven Days Pass.

This was because the great lords all had their own mature military and political systems, with their own methods of reward and punishment. They didn’t need outsiders meddling.

By the same token,

the Six Great Lords did not interfere with the military and political system originally built by the Elder Council, basically only recruiting personnel from their own factions.

For example, the transfer order Wu Dao received today

still came from the Barbaric Heaven Main City, which was under the original Elder Council’s jurisdiction. This was because he had joined Shanhai Pass with the background of a Loose Cultivator and was not affiliated with the military factions of the Six Great Lords.

If one of the Six Great Lords were to send him a transfer order,

it would be an attempt at recruitment,

not a military command.

Whether he was willing to accept would be entirely up to him.

Of course,

the Six Great Lords had only just entered Shanhai Pass a short while ago. They were still busy dealing with the Mountain and Sea and stabilizing their territory, so they didn’t have the energy for internal power struggles just yet.

’Oh, right.’

’Regarding the situation above the Seven Days Pass,’

’there’s one more thing worth mentioning.’

’That’s the Dragon Hunting Tower and Human World!’

’Those two former scourges of the All Heavens actually showed up in Shanhai Pass a month ago, hiding in some unknown place in the Eighth and Ninth Celestial Passes.’

The reason they were discovered

was reportedly because the two bastards ran into the Mountain and Sea Territory to hunt Desolate Gods wantonly, and then got chased and beaten severely by a large force from the Mountain and Sea’s Di Race.

Fleeing all the way,

they escaped into the territory garrisoned by the Profound Yellow Heaven.

Then, influenced by the infamous reputation of the ’Three Scourges of the All Heavens,’ they were chased and thrashed again by the Profound Yellow Heaven’s army, like rats scurrying across the street.

When Wu Dao received this news,

he almost laughed out loud.

’Haven’t seen them in half a year and they’ve gotten this pathetic?’

He remembered the scene from half a year ago, after he had thrashed the Dragon Hunting Tower and Human World, when the two factions were fearfully scavenging trash in the All Heavens Border Wilderness.

’They probably couldn’t stand the humiliation anymore.’

’Plus, they were desperate.’

’That’s why those two degenerates took a desperate risk and chose to come to Shanhai Pass to hunt Desolate Gods.’

Unlike the Primordial Sect,

they only wanted physical bodies and Divine Souls.

It seemed they were tinkering with some secret related to the paths of Transverse Cultivation and Soul Cultivation.

The Ancestral Bloodline of the Desolate Divine Seed

was top-grade in both physical body and Divine Soul.

The risk was a bit high,

but the Dragon Hunting Tower and Human World had no choice.

In the past half-year,

whenever they encountered the Primordial Sect in the All Heavens, they would be caught and beaten severely, just as Wu Dao had said he would do.

He would destroy them every time he saw them!

After this happened enough times,

even with their significant resources, the two scumbag factions couldn’t take it anymore. Their only choice was to come to Shanhai Pass and fleece the Mountain and Sea Wilderness Gods.

As for Hongyuan,

below the Eight Celestial Passes, the Great Dao was suppressed.

Further down, there was also the Celestial Punishment.

In the Eighth and Ninth Celestial Passes,

the powerful legacies of the lords of the Six Great Celestial Domains stood guard!

If they dared to make a move here, it wouldn’t be like in the rest of Hongyuan where they could come and go as they pleased.

If not for the fear that large-scale internal conflict would give the Mountain and Sea Realm an opportunity, the two scumbags would have likely been brought to justice by the All Heavens on the very first day they showed their faces.

In a sense,

Shanhai Pass was their life-saving Talisman.

’In the Eight Celestial Passes, the Great Dao only suppresses Primordial Chaos. The All Heavens Emperors roam freely, and Great Emperors are no longer the top tier of battle power.’

Wu Dao’s thoughts churned as he analyzed the potential dangers he might encounter in the Eight Celestial Passes.

The first

was definitely the Mountain and Sea.

They were dying to get their hands on him.

Although they had failed several times, they would surely try to hunt him again if they got the chance.

Not to mention,

the big tiger hiding within Hongyuan

had still not been caught.

The next time it struck,

it probably wouldn’t give him any chance at all!

Aside from the Mountain and Sea,

there was also the Dragon Hunting Tower.

Their methods were extremely unusual.

They seemed to be able to lock onto those who had achieved the Extraordinary through the Body Dao. There was no guarantee they wouldn’t recognize him.

However,

Shanhai Pass had the suppressive manifestation of the Great Dao, so the effects of such a taboo technique should be greatly reduced.

Otherwise,

after being tricked and beaten so many times in a row,

if the Dragon Hunting Tower discovered that their enemy was the Wushi Domain Lord, they would definitely expose his identity, even if they couldn’t kill him.

But he couldn’t let his guard down.

Before he reached the All Heavens Emperor’s Battle Power, it was best to avoid any contact with that scumbag faction.

Besides the Mountain and Sea and the Dragon Hunting Tower,

he also needed to be wary of the only other enemy he had since coming to Shanhai Pass: the Rising Dragon Celestial Dynasty, the lord of the Profound Yellow Celestial Domain.

However,

he was now a Great Emperor Domain Master, had forged a Golden Body during the World Fate Arena, and held high prestige within the original military faction.

With this backing,

on the surface,

the Rising Dragon Celestial Dynasty certainly wouldn’t dare to target him. As for in the shadows, the current Eight Celestial Passes were too chaotic; they would have far too many opportunities to make a move.

The dangers were many,

but Wu Dao felt no fear in his heart.

He was no longer someone who could be easily dealt with. Kill one of him, and thousands upon thousands more would remain.

From now on, unless there was a major event,

his Main Body would not make an appearance.

Worst case scenario,

even if his identity was exposed,

at worst, he would just have to move from the light into the shadows, learning from the Dragon Hunting Tower and Human World to endure humiliation and carry on. It was no big deal.