Cultivation: When you take things to the extreme

Chapter 381: 251: Counterattack_1

Chapter 381: Chapter 251: Counterattack_1

The sea of blood dissipated, and the great battle came to an end.

Among the battlefield full of wounds and scars, those who had survived felt an unreal sensation.

All of this had come too suddenly, the reversal even more abrupt; they had not yet had the time to accept it, and it was already settled.

Did the Blood Demon really fall so quickly?

No, it should be said, that “Immortal” was truly that powerful!

Just one sword, only a single strike, and the outcome was decided, victory and defeat clear.

Is this the White Jade Capital?

The Heavenly Palace Immortal City, it’s not an exaggeration?

There’s a sense of disbelief in the aftermath of such a calamity.

However, everyone soon recovered.

No matter what, it’s good to have survived, not to mention now they had a support as mighty as the heavens.

So their own master turned out to really be the Left Envoy of White Jade Capital, not just making empty boasts or deceitful claims.

Although just an envoy, not the lord of this Immortal City, his status must also be high, right?

Second only to one, above tens of thousands?

Is there really an Immortal within this city?

In that moment, many random thoughts cluttered their minds, but they quickly returned to reality.

Looking at the ground filled with wounds and lingering blood, the excitement that had just surged up turned back into silence.

This battle was too tragic.

This calamity was too painful.

More than half of the disciples from the Five Palaces and the people from the Twelve Towers had died or been injured.

The various sects, the cultivators from all directions, along with the people from numerous nations, and billions of beings in the world, had fallen into the sea of blood, barely one in ten survived.

Although in the final moments, the White Jade Immortal City had descended, reversing the situation and saving them from the brink, previous losses ultimately couldn’t be reversed.

Everyone was silent, the atmosphere oppressive.

But now was not the time for grief and pain.

The mere Blood Demon was just the beginning.

Many more things were yet to be done.

For example… sweeping clean the world, rooting out the problem at its source!

“Buzz!”

The White Jade Immortal City moved, emitting dazzling Immortal lights, which summoned the Four Great Divine Generals and the Mingxiao Taoists, returning them to the city.

Then, it swept over the ground, collecting the shocked disciples from the Five Palaces, the people from the Twelve Towers, and along with the corpses, drew them all into the White Jade Immortal City with the Immortal light.

After that, the Heavenly Palace trembled, bursting forth spiritual light, transforming into a comet-like rainbow that shot towards the distant horizon.

…

At the core of White Jade Capital.

The Yang God incarnation sat cross-legged, unfolding the Heavenly Craft method, connecting this body with the White Jade Immortal City.

The Celestial White Jade Capital, with the Immortal Spirit Mech Armor, consisting of ten million artifacts level, was formed by combining five Spiritual Treasures, each pertaining to one of the Five Elements, with ten million Magical Treasures.

However, this was not its final complete form!

Without the power of an Immortal Spirit, how could the Immortal Spirit Mech Armor be deserving of its name?

Thus, the ultimate form of the White Jade Capital should be “One Immortal, Five Spirits, Ten Million Laws!”

One Immortal Artifact at the core, directing from the center.

Five Spiritual Treasures as support, forming the structural framework.

Ten million Magical Treasures as the foundation, making up the whole.

Only then would it be the final complete form of the White Jade Capital, its combat power sufficient to suppress those at the Return to Void stage, and perhaps even challenge those at the Integration stage.

Regrettably, in the World of Dao and Law, there’s only one Immortal Artifact, which is designated as Xuanyuan after achieving the power to Slaughter Demon.

There’s no second Immortal Artifact that could supply the White Jade Capital.

But not to worry, if there’s no Immortal Artifact, they’ll make do with people.

The Yang God incarnation, the Five Elements Spiritual Body, coupled with the meticulously Crafted Five Elements Orb that unified the Five Elements, and assisted by Skill Traits, could just barely take on the role of an Immortal Artifact, completing the last imperfection of the White Jade Capital.

Therefore, Xu Yang placed his own Yang God incarnation, the Left Envoy “Kong Xuan”, at the central hub, allowing this largest in scale and volume Immortal Spirit Mech Armor to be completed.

After completion, the next step was actual combat application.

…

The Death Land of the Blood Sea was still boundless and vast, stretching nearly a million miles.

Although there are no true Immortals, demons, gods, or buddhas in this world, there’s an abundance of Yuan Spirits and vast expanses of heaven and earth. Even this nearly million-mile Blood Sea Death Land did not make up one percent of the total volume.

One can imagine how vast this world is.

Even so, the million-mile Blood Sea is still a boundless entity in the eyes of common people and even Grand Cultivators.

Although the Blood Demon had perished and the sea of blood was emptied, this sea of blood is not the same as the other sea of blood.

An utmost Demon Artifact equivalent to the presence of a Mahayana True Immortal, can it be easily destroyed?

Previously, what the Heavenly Sword had cut down was merely a part of the power summoned by the Blood Demon, not truly annihilating the Map of the Blood Sea.

The path of cultivation becomes increasingly difficult the higher one climbs.

The gap between Mahayana and Integration is a thousand times, even a hundred thousand times wider. The former can already be referred to as an Immortal, while the latter is still a great being among mortals, belonging to worldly cultivators.

The difference between Immortal and mortal is more than just a gap—it’s as vast as the difference between the clouds and the mud.

Therefore, though the Blood Demon is dead and the sea of blood emptied, the Blood Sea Death Land remains, and the Ten Thousand Phenomena Demon Artifact still exists.

But it just exists.

After the ancient wars, with the combined efforts of Ancient Immortals to suppress it, this supreme Demon Artifact was not destroyed, but it was severely damaged. Even its original Artifact Spirit was scattered.

If not for this, how could the Blood Demon, merely at the Transformation stage, have occupied such a supreme Demon Artifact?

With the Artifact Spirit scattered and the Artifact Body also heavily sealed and badly damaged, it’s only by virtue of the undying Demonic Qi that this million-mile sea of blood is sustained.

Thus, although the land is dangerous, it’s not utterly perilous; the Demon Artifact is strong but not invincibly strong.

It still depends on who the opponent is.

“Boom!”

A ray of Immortal light from White Jade, like a comet falling, charged directly into the Death Land, hovering over the sea of blood.

“Whoosh whoosh!”

“Gurgle gurgle!”

As the aura of both immortals and demons clashed and stimulated, the sea of blood churned tumultuously, and countless fragmented demon shadows emerged from within.

Those were… corpses, relic corpses left from ancient times!

They were a mix of immortals and demons, humans and beasts, and although they were broken and battered, they hadn’t decomposed for ten thousand years. Moreover, soaked in fresh blood and eroded by demonic nature, they had turned into terrifying existences that were half alive and half dead, half corpse and half demon, forming perilous barriers in this Death Land.

However…

The Heavenly Palace, Immortal City stood tall and majestic.

In the Celestial White Jade Capital, there were Twelve Towers and Five Cities.

Inside the Heavenly Palace, within the Immortal City, one could see five palaces set out in the form of the five spirits.

At this moment, the five palaces shone brightly, casting out rays of azure, yellow, vermilion, white, and black. These beams, like swords or pillars, swept into the sea of blood.

“Bang bang bang!”

The divine light, like swords, performed the action of ‘Scouring the Court and Sweeping the Den’, streaking across the vast sea of blood. One after another, demon corpses comparable to Nascent Souls or even those undergoing Divinity Transformation failed to dodge, directly shredded by the divine light, reducing them to ash.

The Five Colors Divine Light from the Post-Heaven, a peerless Divine Power amongst humans.

At this moment, when cast by the intact White Jade Capital, with the Yang God incarnation, the power of the Five Elements Spiritual Body, in conjunction with the Immortal Spirit Mech Armor, and ten million artifacts being pushed to their limits… Dimly, it seemed there was a trace of reversing Pre-Heaven.

Pre-Heaven Five Elements?

This was a Great Divine Power, which couldn’t be aspired to lightly!

But the Immortal Spirit Mech Armor, with ten million artifacts at their limit, driving the Post-Heaven Five Elements, was more than enough to sweep away hordes of demons.

In an instant, within the sea of blood, countless ancient demon corpses turned to ash and smoke.

Yet, across the ten thousand miles of the Blood Sea, countless dangers lurked. What were these ancient demon corpses in comparison?

“Hahaha!”

As the sea of blood boiled over, more corpse bodies rose with the surging waves and charged towards the White Jade Immortal City.

The Immortal City stood unshaken, and the divine light continued to sweep, annihilating countless ancient demon corpses and firmly suppressing the counter-surge of the sea of blood.

At the same time, streaks of flowing light shot out: the four great Divine Generals, the Mingxiao Taoists, Sword Academy Sword Cultivators, Array Academy Formation Cultivators, Talisman Academy Talisman Masters, Heavenly Craftsmen…

Ten million cultivators soared forth, some maneuvering mech armors, some wielding Magical Treasures, arranging sword arrays, talisman arrays, battle arrays, and spiritual arrays.

While also an Immortal Spirit Mech Armor, even though the White Jade Capital’s size surpassed that of Xuanyuan, in terms of individual battle strength, it fell short compared to Xuanyuan.

Because its initial design and creative concept were not focused on individual combat prowess, but rather on group battle strength. As a moving Heavenly Palace, a domain in itself, akin to a mobile warship fortress, it offered support to the cultivators of the Wandao School within.

Its battle strength stemmed partly from its own might, the Five Elements Spiritual Treasures, ten million artifacts, and partly from the cultivators it carried; suite by suite of Spirit-Treasure Mech Armors, squadron by squadron of cultivator soldiers, as well as various palaces and academies, Martial Artists, Sword Cultivators, Formation Masters, Craftsmen…

The more cultivators it carried, the stronger its battle strength became, and its role grew increasingly comprehensive.

So how many cultivators were nestled within the White Jade Capital now?

Tens of thousands!

Even when a lion fights a rabbit, it uses all its strength; Xu Yang had directly moved almost the entire Wandao School over.

Now, on the White Jade Capital, there were dozens undergoing Divinity Transformation, thousands of Nascent Souls, countless Golden Cores, as well as Mech Armor teams formed by various palaces and academies: hundreds of Ten Million Artifacts Level main battle mech armors, thousands of Million Artifacts Level medium mech armors, and various academy cultivators forming military arrays, battle arrays, sword arrays, talisman arrays, artifact arrays…

Aside from those making preparations for the third Immortal Spirit Mech Armor at the Yin Mountain Mansion, the primary battle strength of the Wandao School was now atop the White Jade Capital.

Not just in battle strength, but also in resources.

Within the Five Palaces, inside the Five Treasures, each houses a Qiankun realm, filled with mountainous piles, amounting to millions and billions of Mana Money, Spirit Stones, Talismans, medicinal pills, rice, liquor, meat, as well as Magic and Spiritual Artifacts, even the Duotian Altar laden with incense…

In the world of Dao Law, borrow the false to cultivate the true, with a population of three trillion, three thousand years of accumulation.

There are also skill traits, the Farming Great Law, and the massively produced resources, which have now become the strategic reserves of White Jade Capital, ready to be deployed at any moment to confront the fiercest of battles or even wars.

This is White Jade Capital, the mobile Wandao School, the mobile world of Dao Law!

Its enemies are not just up against a single Immortal Artifact or a Mecha but a world, a civilization, a complete system with frontline strength, logistical support, consumption maintenance, production supply…

A world, a civilization, the culmination of billions of Cultivators working in unison, now officially unveiled before everyone’s eyes.

Tens of thousands of Taoists from Mingxiao sound the Duotian Altar, arranging the Shenxiao Great Array.

“Thump thump thump!”

The Strongman Thunder Drum, thundering through heaven and earth.

“Duotian Divine Thunder!”

“Boom!!!”

The Command Flag waved, and the bugle sounded, instantly bringing down thunder like rain from the sky, striking into the boundless Blood Sea, obliterating countless Ancient Demon Corpses along with the waters of the Blood Sea into ash, vanishing like smoke and clouds.

“Heavenly Master Being Position!”

“Slay Demons and Exterminate Evils!”

Another group, composed of over a thousand Golden Cores led by a Spirit-Treasure Mech Armor, joined forces to cast a Demon-Slaying Talisman like a curtain waterfall from the heavens.

This talisman was covered in spells and seal script, as well as the venerable names of many Divine Monarchs and Heavenly Honored Ones, the divine command urgent as fire.

All of a sudden…

“Boom!”

Like a canopy, the curtain waterfall of the Demon-Slaying Talisman fell into the Blood Sea, instantly pulverizing the countless Ancient Demon Corpses into ash; the thick, malodorous waters of the Blood Sea evaporated swiftly, revealing a land that had been tainted for who knows how many tens of thousands of years.

“Five Elements Sealing Demon!”

Another group, all Formation Masters, combined the power of the Immortal City, casting countless talismans and planting numerous array banners, forming a heavenly array.

“Roar!!!”

In an instant, within the Immortal City, all five palaces were set in motion, with Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, Black Tortoise, and Kylin – the true spirits of the five great divine beasts emerged, joining the array and pressing down like five heavenly pillars driven into the Blood Sea.

With a single roar of the Azure Dragon, there was the light of Yimu cleansing everything; with a single roar of the White Tiger, there was the Sword Qi of Xinjin sweeping across; then there was the true flame of the Vermilion Bird, the Kui Water of the Black Tortoise, and the thick earthen energy of Kylin…

The Five Elements Array was completed; the Five Spirits displayed their might!

The boundless Blood Sea, the countless demon objects, turned to ash upon slight touch.

If one were to look down from the nine heavens, they would see the million-mile Blood Sea, quickly contracting under the array of the five directions, amidst various phenomena.

“Gurgle gurgle!”

The million-mile Blood Sea boiled like a cauldron under unimaginable assault, causing the viscous, malodorous blood to coagulate, dry up, and shatter, revealing the dark reddish, deeply furrowed, parched land beneath.

After who knows how long, the Blood Sea was emptied, not a single drop of blood remained, only a strand of blood light hanging in the void.

Within that blood light was a tome, its sanguine cover obscuring its contents; yet enigmatically, countless visions appeared within it – Pure Lands of the Buddha, cycles of reincarnation, beasts and evil ghosts, hellish Asuras, celestial maidens and divine servants…

All the myriad forms of existence were contained within.

There it was – the paramount Demon Artifact: the Map of the Blood Sea.