Bombarding Cultivators with Cluster Artillery

The lives of elites and powerful warriors,

to a Sword Cultivator, present the supreme opportunity!

”Utter madness…”

”It makes me want to just grab any powerful person and kill them without worrying about friend or foe, the situation, just keep on killing, endlessly…”

A hint of deep red appeared in Jiang Ding’s eyes.

This wasn’t an influence of sword refining, but purely a strong greed manifesting outwardly, visible to anyone.

”No, don’t.”

”You’ll die.”

Jiang Ding took a deep breath, evaluated his own heart, and gradually cleared the sudden burst of avarice from his Divine Soul, ”Even if a Sword Cultivator craves strength from powerful warriors and seeks substantial progress in Sword Intent, this kind of madness, this being lost in slaughter is not good, clearly abnormal.”

”Cultivators need some inner conviction to maintain stability and go far.”

”Relying solely on slaughter, sooner or later one will fall into madness, hit a bottleneck, self-destruct, or halt progress.”

Sword Cultivators, born from the battlefields of races, walk a deviant path, are too erratic and perilous.

Without an external enemy, purely Sword Dao-oriented sects and Sword Dao cultivators will implode, fracture; without adversaries, they themselves will create them. This is not the orthodox path.

Jiang Ding introspected for a long time before opening his eyes.

Briefly calculating the time, only a few breaths had passed; the war had just begun to transition into the next phase, far less dramatic than the earth-shattering changes that had occurred in the Sea of Consciousness.

Scanning the battlefield.

Twenty-four Air-Space Group fleets were guarding his side, while the rest were clearing the battlefield, bombarding all cultivators who wouldn’t surrender.

Cultivators from Xuanwu Heavenly Palace were fleeing everywhere, occasionally fighting over paths, in absolute chaos.

Among them, a large number of lower-tier Foundation-building cultivators surrendered.

They had no particular loyalty to Xuanwu Heavenly Palace, felt no burden in surrendering, and since they were minor characters, the Spirit Soul Restrictions were simple; the Immortal Sect Fleet could easily suppress any outbreaks and releasing them required no great effort.

As for the Golden Pill Monks, many surrendered too, having previously circumvented the Spirit Soul Restrictions and made various covert indications until they confirmed the Immortal Sects were willing to accept their surrender and also willing to exert force to suppress the restrictions.

Xuanwu Heavenly Palace is typically a sect belonging to a select few, with very weak cohesion. In times of disadvantage, very few still resisted against the tide.

However, this didn’t include the core disciples and higher members of Xuanwu Heavenly Palace.

Whether moved by sentiment for the sect or the sublime restrictions of the Heavenly Palace, core disciples like Wood King and others used their means to desperately flee, without any intention of surrendering.

The group fleet’s artillery boomed mightily, Spirit Particle Sonar waves scanned all around, bombarding time and again. Without the support of the Army Formation, individuals like Wood King held little resistance, and only one or two managed to escape.

”Xuanwu Heavenly Palace indeed has many pillars of support, huh.”

Jiang Ding said indifferently, his hand on his sword hilt.

Yet, he didn’t look toward the one or two fleeing kings of the Heavenly Palace; rather, his gaze was cast far away, onto a chessboard of black and white, thirty-six white pieces vertical, thirty-six black pieces horizontal.

Upon it, a deep and distinct sword mark was very clear.

Zhong Yuanzi’s Life Treasure, the Innate Eight Trigrams chessboard, a Refinement Void Level Tools embryo!

”Xuanwu Daoist...”

Jiang Ding showed a wary expression and did not step forward to collect his spoils of war.

Xuanwu Heavenly Palace, with its very special setup, had a Daoist for each realm, and these Daoists were not divinely appointed but chosen as earth-shattering talents nurtured from a young age.

But rather, it came through slaughter, through devouring, from the undeniably strongest!

So, how does Xuanwu Heavenly Palace ensure its Daoists are not weaker, maybe even stronger than other Immortal Sect’s Daoists, and have the potential to ascend to the Refinement Void level in the future?