700: Chapter 700 Sword Formation Perfected

After the Celestial Palace issued the bounty order, it spread throughout the Star Continent under the Celestial Palace's jurisdiction.

The bounty was ridiculously high, enough for a Loose Cultivator to Cultivate from Qi Refining to Body Integration, with a large sum left over.

The footage captured on the shadow recording stone was also played repeatedly in every city and checkpoint.

Those masked figures in black, the golden light of Buddhism, the cold light of the Sword Cultivator, and the palm prints of Body Integration were watched repeatedly by countless Cultivators.

The factions under the Celestial Palace's jurisdiction began to stir.

Some genuinely wanted to investigate, some wanted to take the opportunity to make a profit, but most were just putting on a show—they couldn't afford to provoke the faction capable of wiping out the Cai family.

Meanwhile, the members of the Budao Alliance were holed up on an uninhabited Shattered Star Continent, hiding in a remote Immortal Cave.

Jingkong sat cross-legged on a stone platform, twirling a string of prayer beads in his hand. After listening to Lin Feng finish describing the Celestial Palace's reaction and the bounty, he smiled and said, "Amitabha, it seems the Celestial Palace wants to declare war on us."

"Are you worthy? Declare war on you?" Gu Lingshuang leaned against the stone wall, glancing at him sideways.

"Amitabha, Benefactor Gu, that is incorrect." Jingkong pressed his palms together. "Our Budao Alliance is now, at the very least, one of the top factions. If you calculate it, we are only second to the Celestial Palace."

"Your calculation is a bit too off, isn't it?" Gu Lingshuang rolled her eyes.

Tang Zhan was polishing his sword nearby, not even lifting his head: "Stop arguing, let's talk business."

Lin Feng leaned against the stone wall, his expression calm: "The bounty order is out, and the reward is not low. The shadow recording stones have also been distributed; our shadows are all over the Immortal Domain. Showing our faces now is just asking for death."

"Then what do we do?" Chu Yiyi toyed with the qiankun ring she had swiped from the Cai family. "We can't just hole up here forever, right?"

"As long as we don't make a move, we'll be safe for the time being," someone said.

"That's impractical. We can't go our whole lives without making a move, can we?" another person shook their head.

"It's over. If our Cultivation Techniques and methods are recognized by acquaintances, wouldn't we be in danger?" Chu Yiyi exclaimed.

As soon as she said this, the atmosphere in the Immortal Cave suddenly sank, and no one spoke again.

Huangfu Zhanming broke the silence and spoke slowly: "Come to my place."

Everyone looked at him.

"Which Immortal Dynasty is yours?" Lin Feng asked.

"Tianyang Star, True Spirit Immortal Dynasty."

"Tianyang Star?" Lin Feng looked at him, his tone serious. "It is said that there is a Mahayana Cultivator named Qin Chen there. Do you know anything about him?"

"Rest assured. Based on my many years of investigation into the Tianhuang Continent, he should also not be very friendly toward the Celestial Palace, at most neutral. So, as long as we don't provoke him when we go there, it will be fine," Huangfu Zhanming said slowly.

"Where is Tianyang Star?" someone else asked.

"It's quite remote, backed by an Immortal Sect." Huangfu Zhanming looked at that person and said slowly,

"After arriving, you will disguise yourselves and conceal your aura. I will arrange reasonable identities for you. Palace guards, warehouse managers, procurement attendants—anything works."

After a pause, he added: "Even if the Celestial Palace finds out, I have a Teleportation Array already set up, and we can escape directly to the Immortal Sect's territory."

Jingkong's eyes lit up: "This poor monk wants to be a warehouse manager."

"If you become the warehouse manager, the warehouse will be empty in three days," Gu Lingshuang sneered.

"Amitabha, Benefactor Gu, that is incorrect. This poor monk sees the four elements as empty; if the warehouse is empty, it is merely verifying the Buddha Dharma."

"Get lost."

Jingkong sighed, looking full of regret.

Lin Feng raised his hand to interrupt them: "Enough fooling around. There's no time to lose; let's leave now."

Everyone exchanged glances, said no more, and simultaneously flashed their figures, appearing in the starry sky.

A dozen figures flickered in the starry sky, speeding toward a Star Continent in the distance.

The two hundred and eightieth year,

Time flew by, and over a decade passed.

With Xuantian's blessing, you successfully Cultivated the Five Elements Life and Death Sword Array, Six Harmonies Void Breaking, and Big Dipper Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation to Perfection.

During the last engagement, you realized that the entry-level "Big Dipper Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation" lacked both power and formation speed.

By the time you set up the sword formation, the opponent would have already made their move.

Therefore, during this closed-door cultivation, you couldn't wait to push all three Divine Abilities to Perfection.

Now, the Perfection-level sword formation can not only be formed instantly but also has doubled power. You believe that to kill a Mahayana Cultivator of the same rank, a single strike is enough.

The immortal slaying sword formation directly channels the Power of the Great Dao, so you do not need to force the Power of the Great Dao into Law Divine Abilities like Liu Tianxing and the others.

However, you recalled the methods of Liu Tianxing and Cai Xingchen at the time—using Law Divine Abilities as a foundation first and then infusing the Power of the Great Dao, which indeed significantly increased the power.

This is a clumsy method with no technique, but it is practical. Many Early Stage Mahayana Cultivators who haven't yet comprehended Great Dao Divine Abilities do this.

However, Mahayana Cultivators of similar strength generally do not fight to the death—without a means to trap the opponent, they will just run if they can't win.

But you pondered for a moment; you could try playing this way with your own conventional methods in the future.

After all, it wouldn't expose your trump cards.

At the same time, through the last engagement with Liu Tianxing and his companion, as well as watching Qin Han fight the Divine Beast, you also understood what level you are currently at.

If you use all your trump cards, your strength should be about the same as the Celestial Palace's Divine Beast, comparable to the Late Stage of Mahayana.

As for your strongest trump card, that is undoubtedly the immortal slaying sword. If driven with full power, it should be able to contend with those top-tier Mahayana Cultivators.

But doing so carries too much risk—you are not yet confident in breaking Venerable Tianming's "Words Follow the Law" and "Judgment of Destiny."

Moreover, it is said that the level of the Flame Emperor is even above Venerable Tianming.

This gives you a bit of a headache.

"It seems that if I encounter someone at the level of the Flame Emperor or Venerable Tianming, I still have to run."

You understand that if Mahayana is divided into high, middle, and low tiers, you are among the strongest of the middle tier.

But encountering those ten or so top-tier figures from the Demon, Monster, and Immortal domains is still very dangerous.

After thinking, you continued to calculate the direction for improving your strength next—increasing cultivation base, comprehending Laws, and comprehending Great Dao Divine Abilities.

Unfortunately, none of these three paths can be solved within a hundred years.

"I must slow down the growth of the Celestial Palace; otherwise, when they further expand, I will only be able to passively take a beating," you muttered in your heart.

"If I create an organization specifically to assassinate the Celestial Palace's vassal factions and Geniuses, I should be able to buy at least a few hundred years of time."

As you thought, your Divine Thought swept across the Tianhuang Continent.

The events that had happened on the Tianhuang Continent over the last decade were filtered and screened by you one by one, and finally, a few useful pieces of information were extracted.

Today's Tianhuang Continent can be considered half-integrated into Tianyang Star. Trade is flourishing, and its strength is expanding further, even surpassing the other Three Great Factions.

Those Three Great Factions dare not provoke the Tianhuang Continent entirely because they fear you.

As for why the Celestial Palace has had no time to interfere with you, you have also figured out the reason—it turns out the Cai family was wiped out, and a mysterious organization of Loose Cultivators is being hunted by the Celestial Palace's bounty.

You watched the Cultivation Techniques in that shadow recording stone, and one guy who was pressing his palms together while killing people amused you.

"Isn't that Jingkong, that bastard?" you laughed.

Although monks in the Immortal Domain are as numerous as ox hairs, you always feel it is that guy Jingkong.

You laughed, and your Divine Thought spread out, covering the entire Tianyang Star—Tianyang City, Piaomiao Sect, Divine Dragon Cult, True Spirit Immortal Dynasty, everything was under the shroud of your Divine Thought.

When you "saw" what was happening in the imperial city of the True Spirit Immortal Dynasty, your face turned so dark it could drip water.