729: Chapter 729 The Battle of Mahayana

Xuanyuan Shouyi turns his head to look at you.

You continue slowly: "In the Immortal Domain, all things fight for Spiritual Qi, fight for resources, and fight for a glimmer of survival. Mortals live for a hundred years, Cultivators live for a thousand years, and Mahayana live for ten thousand years... But no matter how long one lives, isn't it all just fighting?"

"Mortals don't know there are heavens beyond heaven, so they live their lives with peace of mind. A tree grows in an uninhabited valley; if no one cuts it down, it lives for thousands of years. A blade of grass grows by the roadside; it dies the moment someone steps on it."

"But in the eyes of Heaven and Earth, is there any difference between the few months it lives and the few thousand years a tree lives?"

Xuanyuan Shouyi is silent for a moment, then slowly smiles: "Fellow Daoist Qin, these words of yours... are quite surprising to me."

"It is merely a feeling stirred by the scene." You withdraw your gaze and look at him. "Let this Star Continent grow on its own. Can you give me another Star Continent? I wish to reconstruct it."

He looks at you, hesitates for a moment, and says slowly: "That won't be necessary."

As he speaks, he raises his hand and hands over a handful of soil radiating five-colored light: "This is nine heavens breathing soil. Take it; consider it an exchange for this Star Continent."

You look at the nine heavens breathing soil, then at him. After accepting it, you nod: "Very well, thank you, Fellow Daoist Xuanyuan. Consider it a favor I owe you."

"Hahaha, that is easy to say." Xuanyuan Shouyi laughs.

He pauses, his expression turning serious: "I have heard that the Flame Emperor has returned. The Tiangong has already issued a life-and-death battle invitation to the Immortal Sect, and they specifically named you to join."

The moment he finishes speaking, you receive a transmission from Murong Changge—the content is much the same as what Xuanyuan Shouyi said: the two sects have agreed to a life-and-death battle to settle past Karma.

Your Divine Thought sweeps through the message content. You smile and look at Xuanyuan Shouyi, your tone calm: "Thank you."

He waves his hand: "If you have any needs, just look for Xuanyuan Ziyan. I will not disturb you further."

You nod, and he immediately moves, disappearing from sight.

Xuanyuan Ziyan does not leave.

She looks at this Star Continent, her expression indifferent.

You look at her and ask curiously: "Fellow Daoist Ziyan, have I offended you somewhere?"

She doesn't even look at you, her tone indifferent: "No."

"Then why are you always so unapproachable every time you see me?"

"I simply don't like you."

You smile and shake your head, handing over a list of Materials: "Could I trouble Fellow Daoist Ziyan to help me gather these Materials?"

She takes it, glances at it, and hands you a qiankun ring directly, saying faintly: "I had it prepared for you long ago."

You take it and look inside; it is full of the auxiliary Materials needed to refine the immortal slaying sword.

You didn't expect her to have prepared it so early.

"Consider it a favor I owe you." You say with a smile.

"You already owe quite a few favors." Her tone is cold. "Try to survive first."

Before the words fade, without moving her body, she disappears.

You do not leave the Xuanyuan Immortal Clan immediately. Instead, on a nearby uninhabited star, you construct an innate true fire furnace and begin refining the immortal slaying sword.

Time flows gently, and days pass one by one.

Half a year later, you successfully refine the eighth immortal slaying sword.

But you do not rush to leave; instead, you begin to comprehend the eighth Divine Ability on the spot—Eight Desolations Annihilation.

Two years later, with the support of the xuantian treasure mirror, Eight Desolations Annihilation finally enters the introductory stage.

You still do not leave, continuing to study it.

Nine years later, Eight Desolations Annihilation finally reaches Perfection.

You immediately bid farewell to Xuanyuan Shouyi and leave the Xuanyuan Immortal Clan.

On the way, you send a transmission to Murong Changge, informing him that you are ready.

A moment later, Murong Changge replies—the location for the battle is Hailan Star.

After traveling to Hailan Star, you sit in a private booth on the second floor of a restaurant, looking toward the direction of the Teleportation Array.

The street is filled with people, and the sounds of hawking, soliciting customers, and bargaining are mixed together, very lively.

Across the street, in a shop, a middle-aged man is pinning a child's bottom down and beating him hard, cursing: "You rebellious brat, are you going to run off again?"

"I won't run, Dad, stop hitting me... If you hit me any more, I'll be crippled!" The child cries and shouts.

"Old Wang, stop hitting him." Someone nearby laughs and advises, "Weren't you like this when you were young? Won't it be fine when he grows up?"

The man doesn't answer. He helps the child up, pulls down his pants to look, and frowns: "Sigh, it's all swollen."

The child pouts and complains: "Am I your biological son? How can you lay such a heavy hand?"

The man takes a deep breath and says angrily: "The Immortal Domain hasn't been peaceful lately, don't leave the city! Don't leave the city! You refuse to listen; I might as well have beaten you to death."

The child wipes his nose: "A gentleman possesses the four seas and should soar across the sky to forge a world of his own. How can one stay cooped up at home all day?"

The man doesn't answer, saying coldly: "Go wash the bowls immediately."

You smile to yourself, remembering that when you were young, you were also chased down several streets by your father, and in the end, he even had to take you to apologize to the neighbors.

Thinking about it now, with your father's strength at the time, there was no need to chase you for several streets.

As you think, the light beam of the Teleportation Array lights up again, and another batch of people appears.

You put down your teacup, move, and appear on the square.

Jun Wuchen, Murong Changge, Han Feiyu, Yan Ruyu, Ancestor of the Mo Family... all seventeen Mahayana of the Immortal Sect are present, not one missing.

Qin Yu, Meaty, and Chu Chu, seven people in total, have also come.

There is no small talk, no unnecessary pleasantries. Everyone stands still, their gazes falling on you.

You scan them and nod slightly.

Everyone knows what is to be done next.

"Let's go." Murong Changge says.

Everyone takes a step, and the Hailan Star beneath their feet instantly shrinks into a black dot.

Without stopping, they take another step, covering millions of miles.

Three days later, they are already more than a dozen light-years away.

You stop in an empty expanse of starry sky. Twenty-five people line up, no one speaking. The stars in all directions hang silently, so quiet that there isn't even the sound of wind.

After waiting for about half a cup of tea's time, more than thirty figures emerge one after another from the depths of the starry sky.

They do not arrive together; they appear in batches, each batch separated by half a breath, layering in front of you.

The first batch is Mentor Chan Yi, Jiemie, and ten Mahayana Early Stage Cultivators from the Tiangong.

The second batch is Xu Haoran, Liu Tianxing, and ten Mahayana Middle Stage Cultivators.

The third batch is Liu Xuerong, Ye Chen, and five Mahayana Late Stage Cultivators.

Finally, three figures appear side by side.

No, to be precise, four figures.

The ten-thousand-foot-tall Tiangong Divine Beast is the most eye-catching, with a person standing on its head—it is the Flame Emperor.

The Flame Emperor has a flame mark on his forehead. He stands with his hands behind his back, not deliberately exuding any Aura. Yet, the moment he appears, the entire starry sky falls silent for an instant, and even the air currents slow down by half a beat.

Venerable Tianming is on his left, his expression calm; he is now at Mahayana Perfection.

Venerable Yong Ye is on his right, a faint smile hanging on the corners of his lips, also at Mahayana Perfection.

You have seen most of these people from the Tiangong before. Their strength has improved, and there are many new faces who have just stepped into the Mahayana Early Stage.

Only Liu Xuerong remains at the Mahayana Late Stage—perhaps due to the impact of her previous serious injury, her Realm has not improved. But no one dares to underestimate her. With her Aptitude, having settled in the Mahayana Late Stage for a thousand years, she must have already comprehended a Great Dao Divine Ability.