111: You guys team up, I'll backdoor.

In the Central Continent, the sky has fallen.

A mushroom cloud, so massive it was beyond words, rose into the sky from the original site of the Cloud Top Heavenly Palace.

That terrifying shockwave turned into a visible white airwave, sweeping across thousands of miles.

Countless mountains and rivers were leveled, and rivers flowed backward.

On this day, all Cultivators at or above the Soul Transformation Stage in the Central Continent, no matter where they were, whether in seclusion or debating the Dao, felt a sudden jolt in their hearts and simultaneously looked in the same direction.

They felt that a Luck as heavy as a mountain, inherited for ten thousand years, was at this moment completely erased from this world.

"The Xu Family... is gone?"

"Cloud Top Heavenly Palace... just like that... is gone?"

Strands of Divine Thought, containing endless shock and fear, intertwined in the Void Realm.

This was more shocking than hearing that a Holy Land had been exterminated... On the Endless Dead Sea, at the border of the East Barrens and the Central Continent.

The massive heaven-patrolling boat was breaking through the clouds like an ancient behemoth patrolling its territory.

On the deck, the Tianyan Saint Wen Chici had his brows furrowed.

Ever since that terrifying explosion from the heart of the Central Continent half an hour ago, the unease in his heart had grown more intense.

The secrets of heaven were completely muddled into a mess.

The deduction technique he took pride in was now like a piece of scrap metal, unable to see any future scenes, only a chaotic blood-colored mist.

"Report—!"

An Elder of the Tianyan Holy Land scrambled onto the deck with a panicked expression, the communication Jade Slip in his hand nearly slipping out due to his trembling.

"Saint... Saint! Something terrible has happened!"

Wen Chici's heart sank, but he maintained his composure on the surface.

"Why the panic? Where are your manners?"

"The Xu... Xu Family... Cloud Top Heavenly Palace... has been... leveled to the ground!" The Elder's voice was so sharp it changed pitch.

"What?"

On Wen Chici's perennial iceberg-like face, a crack finally appeared.

The several Holy Land Elders behind him all gasped in unison, almost thinking they had misheard.

"What did you say? Say it again!"

"It's true!" The Elder was almost in tears. "News just came in! Half an hour ago, the Myriad Dao Divine Sect came out in full force. Hundreds of Disciples were deployed directly to Cloud Top Heavenly Palace via a spatial portal! Within the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, they broke the mountain-protecting array! In half an hour, they slaughtered the entire Xu Family and looted all the treasuries!"

"Finally... finally, they detonated the Spiritual Vein foundation of Cloud Top Heavenly Palace! Not a single tile is left of the entire Heavenly Palace!"

"Boom!"

This news, like a bolt of Nine Heavens divine lightning, struck hard into the minds of everyone on the heaven-patrolling boat.

Silence.

Everyone was stunned, their minds blank.

What was the purpose of their trip?

To go to the East Barrens and flatten that so-called Myriad Dao Divine Sect.

But now, before they even reached the East Barrens, the other party had already demolished their ally's home?

What kind of situation was this?

Our side is still following procedures, preparing to gather troops and march on the starter village.

The opponent has already flashed directly to our high ground and pushed the crystal?

"Impossible... this is absolutely impossible!" an Elder murmured in loss. "The Xu Family is protected by the Nine Heavens Cloud Array and has several Body Integration Stage Old Ancestors in residence! How could they... how could they within an hour..."

No one could answer his question.

Because everything that had happened had completely exceeded their scope of understanding.

Wen Chici's body was trembling slightly.

Not from fear, but from extreme rage.

An unprecedented sense of humiliation, like a poisonous snake, gnawed at his heart.

He prided himself as a chess player, viewing the world as a chessboard.

But now, he realized he knew nothing about where his opponent was, how many troops they had, or where their next move would be.

Meanwhile, the opponent had already flipped his table and burned his ally's house while they were at it!

How was this playing chess?

This was a one-sided informational crushing!

"Pfft—"

Wen Chici could no longer suppress his churning blood and Qi. A mouthful of golden blood sprayed onto the white deck, a shocking sight.

"Saint!"

Everyone was pale with fright.

"Pass my order!" Wen Chici wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, his eyes bursting with an unprecedented madness and Killing Intent.

"heaven-patrolling boat, change direction!"

"All Elders and Disciples, burn your Lifespan to power the boat!"

"Target—Hundred Flowers Palace!"

"Rendezvous with Hundred Flowers Palace immediately!"

"I want to gather the strength of both Sects and use all our foundations! Even if I have to turn the entire Central Continent upside down, I will drag those damned rats out!"

"I want them to know what the true wrath of a Holy Land is!"

...Myriad Dao Divine Mountain.

On the Sect square, the atmosphere was as lively as the New Year.

Small mountains made of rare spiritual ores, divine wood, and precious jade almost filled the entire square.

Multi-colored light radiated in all directions, and the aura of treasures soared into the sky.

All of these were spoils of war brought back from the Xu Family's treasury.

"We're rich! We're rich! Senior Brother Wang! We've really struck it rich this time!"

Er Gou hugged a ten-thousand-year-old ginseng thicker than his waist, laughing so hard he couldn't close his mouth, and drool was even running down.

"Be calm! Be calm! Look at how little ambition you have!"

Wang Duojin stood with hands on hips atop a small mountain of Top-Grade Spirit Stones, trying hard to look calm and composed, but the corners of his mouth, stretched to his ears, completely betrayed him.

"This... this is just the beginning!"

"Wait until we raid Hundred Flowers Palace and Tianyan Holy Land. Then, we'll have Spirit Stones for beds and Immortal Artifacts for bowls. That's what I call living!"

"Senior Brother Wang is right!"

"Senior Brother Wang is mighty!"

The group of Disciples let out a mountain-shaking cheer.

They looked at Wang Duojin with eyes full of fanatical worship.

Following Senior Brother Wang means having meat to eat!

No!

It's having mountains of gold and silver to eat!

Main Peak, Sect Master's courtyard.

Chu Xuanjin was still lying on that rocking chair, leisurely drinking tea.

In the water screen before him, the lively scene of the Disciples on the square, like bandits dividing loot, was clearly playing.

"Sigh, these kids don't understand the principle of not flaunting wealth at all."

"Too high-profile, not good, not good."

Chu Xuanjin muttered, but a gratified smile appeared on his face.

He liked this feeling.

The entire Sect was flourishing and full of vitality.

Just then, the System's notification sounded in his mind.

[Ding! Detected that the Host's Sect has successfully launched an extermination war and obtained massive resources!]

[Sect prestige has increased significantly! Sect overall strength has increased!]

[Special Reward: Sect Great Gift Pack *3! Open now?]

Chu Xuanjin raised an eyebrow.

"Oh? So generous this time? Giving three directly?"

"Open them, open them all."

[Ding! Congratulations to the Host for obtaining:]

[High Grade Immortal-tier mountain-protecting array blueprint *1 (Zhou Tian Star Array)!]

[High Grade Immortal-tier war Magic Treasure *1 (Ten Thousand Dragon Realm-Refining Flag)!]

[Special building blueprint *1 (Reincarnation Trial Tower)!]

[... (Massive resources have been automatically added to the Sect treasury)]

[Congratulations to the Host for obtaining: Special Bloodline Fusion opportunity *1!]

[Congratulations to the Host for obtaining: Dao Insight Empowerment *1!]

Chu Xuanjin looked at this series of rewards and nodded with satisfaction.

Not bad, not bad.

The Zhou Tian Star Array can be used to replace the somewhat outdated Spirit Gathering Array on the Divine Mountain.

The Ten Thousand Dragon Realm-Refining Flag sounds like a good thing for group fights; I can give it to Ye Chenfeng and the others.

The Reincarnation Trial Tower is an even better place for Disciples to grind experience.

As for the Bloodline Fusion and Dao insight, they are even more timely.

"Fusion, empowerment," Chu Xuanjin murmured in his heart.

"Boom!"

An indescribable mysterious power instantly enveloped him.

He felt his Myriad Medicine Dao Body undergoing some kind of wonderful transformation, as if it were merging with the Myriad Daos of this world.

Simultaneously, countless Great Dao truths concerning time, space, life and death, and Reincarnation flooded into his Sea of Consciousness like a tide.

His cultivation, at this moment, began a frantic surge!

Heavenly Immortal Great Perfection!

"Crack—"

An invisible Bottleneck was easily broken through!

True Immortal!

A terrifying pressure far exceeding that of a Heavenly Immortal flashed through his body before being quickly restrained by him.

"Whew..."

Chu Xuanjin let out a long breath of turbid Qi, feeling that the whole world looked different in his eyes.

If before he was standing by the river watching the scenery.

Then now, he had already jumped into the river and could personally feel the flow and pulse of the water.

"Early-stage True Immortal, it's alright."

He felt the power within him and gave a nonchalant evaluation.

This feeling of leveling up while sitting down was truly simple, unadorned, and boring.

He turned his gaze back to the water screen.

However, this time, the scene in the water screen was no longer the Sect square but had switched to the Central Continent.

The three forces of Wen Chici, Xu Zhenxiong, and Qiao Lian had successfully rendezvoused at Hundred Flowers Palace.

Three massive war boats floated above Hundred Flowers Palace, blotting out the sun.

Tens of thousands of elite Disciples from the three major forces gathered here, their Killing Intent soaring to the skies.

"Myriad Dao Divine Sect! You've gone too far!"

"If this debt is not repaid, we swear we are not human!"

"Blood debts must be paid in blood!"

Seeing the group of people in the water screen filled with righteous indignation and shared hatred.

Chu Xuanjin yawned.

"How boring."

"The same few lines over and over, no originality at all."

Feeling a bit bored, he casually activated the Heavenly Dao Dharma Eye, preparing to find some fun.

The golden pupil light pierced through endless space, sweeping across the entire Central Continent.

The destiny lines and Karma chains of countless Cultivators were laid bare before his eyes.

Finally, his gaze fixed upon the massive heaven-patrolling boat of the Tianyan Holy Land.

"Hmm?"

For the first time, a hint of interest appeared in Chu Xuanjin's eyes.

Under the gaze of the Heavenly Dao Dharma Eye, the core of that war machine, built from countless Heaven And Earth Treasures, was not some energy center at all.

Instead, it was a massive heart, slowly beating and covered in eerie black runes!

This heart emitted an aura that did not belong to this world, greedily absorbing the Spiritual Qi of heaven and earth, as well as... the Luck and vitality of all the Tianyan Holy Land Disciples on the boat!

And Wen Chici, as the Saint, was the largest "nutrient provider" for this heart.

His "Mandate of Heaven" did not come from the Heavenly Dao, but from the "gift" of this heart.

[Name: abyssal seed (Disguised Form)]

[Grade: ???]

[Status: Parasitizing, Absorbing, Growing]

[Weakness: Pure Innate Dao Principle power]

"Interesting, truly interesting."

A playful curve hooked at the corner of Chu Xuanjin's mouth.

"After all that, this Tianyan Holy Land is just a large mobile blood bag."

His gaze continued deeper.

Passing through the mountain-protecting array of the Tianyan Holy Land, he directly locked onto a dungeon in the deepest part of the Holy Land.

Inside the dungeon, it was dark and damp, filled with various malicious Restrictions.

In a cell at the very back.

A little girl who looked only seven or eight years old, dirty and poorly dressed, was curled up in a corner.

Her limbs were pinned firmly to the wall by black chains carved with runes.

Her shoulder blades were even pierced through by two long black nails, sealing all her power.

She was skin and bones, her eyes hollow, like a puppet without a Soul.

However, under Chu Xuanjin's Heavenly Dao Dharma Eye.

A pure and extreme seven-colored pillar of dao rhyme rose from this little girl, piercing through heaven and earth!

That pillar of light was so brilliant that it was even more dazzling than all the Disciples he had seen before combined!

A line of golden information appeared before Chu Xuanjin's eyes.

[Name: ??? (Self-named: Linglong)]

[Realm: None (dao rhyme self-obscured)]

[Root Bone: Innate Dao Embryo (Divine Grade among Divine Grades, unique throughout the ages)]

[Luck: ??? (Forcibly suppressed and stripped by the 'abyssal seed')]

[Status: Imprisoned, Near death]

[Hidden Information: She is the manifestation of a fragment of this world's 'Heavenly Dao' and is the only existence capable of countering and purifying the 'abyssal seed'. The Tianyan Holy Land imprisoned her here and has been extracting her Innate dao rhyme for years to feed the 'abyssal seed'.]

The smile on Chu Xuanjin's face slowly faded.

It was replaced by a cold indifference.

He watched the massive "Avenger Alliance" formed by those three forces in the water screen, heading at full speed toward the East Barrens.

Then he looked at that tiny flame of life in the dungeon, which was dying and seemed like it could go out at any moment.

"Heh."

Chu Xuanjin stood up from his rocking chair.

This was the first time in this month that he had stood up.

"You guys go fight your team battle."

He stretched, his joints making a series of crisp popping sounds.

"As for me, I'm going to steal a base."

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PS: It's not that posting one chapter a day means less content; I used to have this many words in two chapters a day too. It's just equivalent to merging two 2,000-word chapters into one. If you insist on me posting two chapters, I can only split one chapter like this into two.

Don't ask why I'm explaining today; if you ask, it's just to pad the word count. Water water water water water water water water water water water water water water water water water water water water water water water water.

There are still 50 more... oh my gosh, why are there so many... water water water water water water water water water water water water water water water water water water water water.