159: Confrontation

After Nuwa arrived at the Immortal Volcano, she simply stayed there.

Since she would be Cultivating alone anyway if she went back, it was better to have company here.

Furthermore, she was extremely interested in that great cauldron.

It wasn't just the thick Aura of Creation within it that attracted her.

She also vaguely felt that this cauldron was related to some Opportunity of hers.

"Sister, when did you obtain such a treasure? What a wonderful source of fortune."

Yuan Feng thought for a moment and said, "This was gifted by Fellow Daoist Hongjun; it should be that he reached some kind of deal with someone."

"So it was Hongjun..."

Nuwa was momentarily stunned; wasn't that her Saint teacher?

It wasn't that she was surprised by Yuan Feng calling her teacher 'Fellow Daoist.'

After all, given their Realm, she wouldn't believe it if they said they didn't know each other.

Rather, it was because her Saint teacher had actually gifted such a treasure to them.

Clearly, she was his Disciple, and her own Dao was also compatible with it.

Back then, the Saint teacher had given the San Qing one Supreme treasure each, while she only received two Top Grade Innate Spirit Treasures.

She had thought the Saint teacher had simply run out of Supreme treasures.

She never expected this would be the case; shouldn't the teacher dote on her, his Last Disciple, the most!

...

Time passed as quickly as a white horse crossing a gap.

In the blink of an eye, tens of thousands of years had passed.

During this time, the Killing Intent and Evil Qi within the Primordial Land had thickened considerably.

The vast majority of Cultivators were affected by it, emerging from seclusion one after another to cast their gaze across the Primordial World.

Above the Nine Heavens, the brilliance of the sun, moon, and stars shone continuously, and one could vaguely see strands of qi mechanisms connecting and converging between the stars.

A great Formation covering the Zhou Tian Starry Sky was gradually being perfected.

In the starry sky, countless members of the Yao Race were also shuttling back and forth.

Dijun presided over the Heavenly Court, using the he tu luo book as a base to transform it into a vast star map.

He condensed Solar True Fire at his fingertips, constantly deducing on the star map; with every stroke that fell, a main star was designated.

Three hundred and sixty-five golden lines extended from the he tu luo book, piercing through the Nine Heavens to connect with real stars.

Thus, the three hundred and sixty-five main stars were selected.

Taiyi stood in the Sun Star Palace, the chaos bell hanging high above his head.

Whenever Dijun adjusted a star's position and caused a stellar tremor, he would activate the chaos bell.

The sound of the bell crossed the Void Realm, stabilizing the erupting power of the stars.

The Chaos dao patterns on the bell's body flowed incessantly, creating a mysterious resonance with the Zhou Tian Starry Sky, gradually projecting a miniature bell shadow onto the surface of each main star.

At the same time, in order to completely control these three hundred and sixty-five main stars,

the Yao Race did not hesitate to deploy three hundred and sixty-five Grand Unity Golden Immortals, who, by holding the corresponding Star Banners, could use their own power to temporarily perform the duties of Star Lords.

With the main stars stabilized and billions of stars automatically returning to their positions, the Zhou Tian Star Array had already begun to show its majesty.

The operation of the Zhou Tian Star Array brought unprecedented stability to the Primordial World.

The heavenly net composed of the three hundred and sixty-five main stars and billions of stars was like a solid suit of starlight armor placed over the Primordial Land, completely isolating the Chaos turbulence outside.

Stabilizing the Primordial firmament was only the basic function of this Formation.

As a famous Formation in the Primordial Land that integrated both offense and defense, the Zhou Tian Star Array was also top-tier in terms of slaughter.

When the Formation unfolded, it could trigger world-destroying starlight to perform a strangulation with endless astral light.

At the same time, the starlight formed its own barrier, and the heavenly secrets within the Formation became chaotic, making it very difficult for enemies who entered to find a weakness.

The Zhou Tian Starry Sky refined the firmament, showing a strong tendency to crush the Primordial Land.

Facing the magnificent heavenly might of the Heavenly Court's Zhou Tian Star Array, how could the East Duke be willing to show weakness?

The East Duke sacrificed the Myriad Immortals Formation Map on the Wendao Platform at the highest point of Penglai Immortal Island, and in an instant, the entire Immortal island burst forth with ten thousand zhang of radiant clouds.

Thirty-six thousand Immortal Court Cultivators stood in their respective positions, each performing unique hand seals to use themselves as the formation eye and activate this Supreme Formation.

Above Penglai, cyan clouds gathered like a canopy, and purple qi rose like dragons and snakes.

The Innate Pure Yang Treasure Mirror appeared above the East Duke's head, and wherever the mirror's light shone, the Immortals' magic power actually condensed in the air into tangible golden chains.

These chains intertwined with each other, constructing a massive three-dimensional Formation net whose scale was so grand that it actually enveloped the entire East Sea.

Within the Formation, the East Duke held the great power of the myriad Immortal generals added to his own body, and he suddenly felt that he was already peerless.

Feeling brilliant Immortal light flowing through every strand of his hair, his every move triggered the angry waves of the East Sea to surge.

This unprecedented sense of power made him laugh toward the heavens.

"Dijun and Taiyi? Just two feathered beasts!"

The East Duke looked up, his gaze piercing through layers of the horizon to reach directly above the Nine Heavens.

In his eyes, that Zhou Tian Star Array was nothing more than a flashy decoration; how could it compare to this solid power of ten thousand Immortals?

With a casual wave of his hand, a ten-thousand-zhang beam of Immortal light flew out of the Formation, slashing the falling starlight to pieces as if to demonstrate his power to the Heavenly Court.

Turning his head toward Mount Buzhou, a contemptuous curve appeared on the East Duke's lips. Those boors of the Wu Race who only understood brute force were no different from ants in his eyes.

During the previous expansion of the Immortal Court, they had opposed him quite a bit.

If those Ancestral Witches dared to provoke him now, he could use Immortal fire to refine their Turbid Blood True Bodies at any time.

Suddenly, he remembered the two people who had snatched the pure world white lotus right in front of him on Penglai Island back then.

Although he hadn't found any clues about those two for so long, it didn't stop him from noting the Karma between them.

Back then, you ignored me.

Today, I am no longer the same as before.

If those two dared to show themselves again, he would definitely let them taste the sensation of being devoured by ten thousand Immortals.

Thinking of this, he stomped his foot with delight.

The entire East Sea trembled beneath his feet, and the billion-mile sea area instantly boiled, as countless members of the Sea Race sank to the bottom in terror.

The East Duke took this fear for granted, believing that at this moment, he was the Primordial Supreme.

The Pure Yang Treasure Mirror reflected his distorted face, and blood-colored dao patterns appeared between his brows; this was a sign of excessive Karma contamination, but he was completely oblivious, instead treating it as a symbol of power.

"From this day forth, the Primordial Land shall regard Penglai as Supreme!"

...

Above the Nine Heavens, the Zhou Tian Starry Sky shone.

In Penglai, billions of Immortal lights were dazzling.

The Heavenly Court and the Immortal Court had already presented a posture of confrontation.

This standoff between the two caused the entire Primordial Land to take notice.

One side held the Heavenly Court, backed by the boundless Star Domain.

The other side governed the myriad Immortals and was the orthodoxy personally sealed by the Saint.

There was bound to be a battle between the two sides.

It was truly hard to say who would win or lose.

However, looking at the current situation, all living beings were still more optimistic about the East Duke's Immortal Court.

On one hand, since its birth, the Heavenly Court had always been focused on controlling the starry sky.

Aside from establishing the Yao Race last time, it hadn't shown much else.

But the hegemonic way of the East Duke and the Immortal Court was already famous.

When the Immortal Court went on a campaign, not a blade of grass would grow.

With a mere gesture, All Spirits would be annihilated.

There was a rumor in the Primordial Land:

When the East Duke arrives, another territory is about to fall.

Seeing All Spirits bowing their heads and the Penglai Luck reaching its peak, the East Duke also became increasingly unable to restrain his ambition to launch a full-scale war.