677: Chapter 677 The Fourth Prince Reaches Core Formation

Regarding this war with the Long Whale Palace, what Liu Xuan wanted was not to win, but to delay it as much as possible, which was relatively less difficult.

When it came to the combat power of the lower and middle tiers, the current Joyous Union Sect, supported by various resources from the Southern Border, was far stronger than before.

The great sun warship, the magnet warship, the thousand star flying sword, the Liu Clan Talisman, the Liu Clan Medicinal Pill... combined with the True Qi that directly doubled the combat power of the Cultivator, the army of Cultivators formed into a battle Formation, and its power was extraordinary.

The Liu Clan's industries continued to expand; large Flying Boat Magical Artifacts like the great sun warship and the magnet warship would not have been so easy to sell if not for the war.

If the war could be stably controlled to a certain scale like the Endless Demon Court did, it would actually be beneficial for Liu Xuan's development.

The outbreak of the war in the East Sea did not affect the trade between the Southern Border and the East Sea; on the contrary, it became even more prosperous.

War in the Cultivation World inevitably brings about various spoils of war and the plundering of various resources.

The Physical Body of Yao Beasts, the treasures carried by Yao Beasts, Yao weapons... all of these things were high-quality spiritual materials.

Furthermore, as the army of Cultivators fought against the Yao Race, the demand for Talismans, Medicinal Pills, Magical Artifacts, Formation flags, and warships increased, all of which greatly stimulated commercial trade.

From the current perspective alone, the outbreak of the war in the East Sea was a great thing for the entire Liu Clan.

But behind this benefit lay great risks and crises. If they could not block the Long Whale Palace, and once core areas like the Yin-Yang Great Island were breached, no matter how many Spirit Stones they earned, it would all be for nothing.

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Qiankun Hall.

Liu Xuan had been very busy recently.

The anomaly in Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi had made the entire Cultivation World restless. Great Sage Taisui was uniting the entire Southern Border Yao Race, the Western Desert Buddhism wanted to form an alliance with the Southern Border Yao Race, the Dao Court had already begun to mobilize troops against the Western Desert Buddhism, and the East Sea's Long Whale Palace had inexplicably invaded the coastal waters of the Joyous Union Sect...

Every day, after helping Jiang Xingwan to Cultivate, Liu Xuan still had to spend time paying attention to the situation on all sides and analyzing the future changes in the situation.

"The Western Desert is too far away. I wonder if the Dao Court has started fighting with the Buddhist sect?"

There was no Teleportation Array in the Western Desert, and travel between the two places was inconvenient. Liu Xuan had not planted any spies in the Buddhist sect before, so he could not know the battle situation immediately.

"What on earth is the Dao Court doing?"

Liu Xuan casually crushed a Jade Slip into dust, his expression a mix of confusion and gloom.

Liu Xuan could not obtain intelligence from the Western Desert in time, but he could learn some intelligence about the Dao Court through Tiangong Immortal City and Red Dust Daoist Lord Su Qingyan's channels.

Judging from intelligence from various sources, the Dao Court currently possessed two wills.

One was the conservative faction, mainly composed of most early and Middle Stage Spirit Transformation Dao Lords; they believed that the Spiritual Qi anomaly could not shake the Foundation of the Dao Court, so there was no need for excessive intervention.

The other was the radical faction, led by that Lord of the Dao Court, who wanted to start a war that would sweep across the entire Cultivation World.

The Dao Court's Xuangang Prefecture mobilizing troops against the Western Desert represented that the will of the Lord of the Dao Court had suppressed the conservative Dao Monarchs.

Attacking the Western Desert Buddhist sect was just the beginning. The Dao Court was still constantly mobilizing armies of Cultivators. It was said that they would successively launch wars against the Northern Plains, Southern Border, and East Sea simultaneously, with the slogan of exterminating the Yao Race in all directions and unifying the Cangwu Cultivation World.

The slogan was shouted loudly, but Liu Xuan always felt it was abnormal.

The reason was simple: the Dao Court already possessed an absolute advantage in the Cangwu Realm and could completely rely on low-intensity Pioneering War to slowly nibble away at the Yao Race, becoming the master of the Cangwu Realm without risk; there was no need to start a major war.

For example, for that Lord of the Dao Court, the resources controlled by the Central State Dao Court were completely sufficient to support his Ascension; Cultivating in seclusion with peace of mind was the right thing he should be doing.

Without war, he was invincible within the Dao Court; even if all the Spiritual Qi in the Western Desert and the East Sea gathered in the Southern Border, it would not be any loss to him.

Once a major war started, the Heaven and Earth Law would be disrupted, Spirit Transformation Dao Lords would not be subject to the backlash of the Heavenly Dao Law, rules and order would cease to exist, and anyone could die!

Under normal circumstances, if a Dao Monarch used their full strength, they would suffer the backlash of the Heaven and Earth Law. For a Dao Monarch, this was not a suppression by the Heavenly Dao, but rather a form of protection.

Because this backlash weakened the combat power of all Dao Monarchs, making them dare not act easily, which indirectly reduced the conflicts between Dao Monarchs.

But once the Heaven and Earth Law was disrupted, Dao Monarchs would have no scruples when attacking each other, and the difficulty of killing a Dao Monarch would be much lower.

Every Dao Monarch and Yao Sage was a lucky person favored by Heaven and Earth. To other Dao Monarchs, everyone was a walking Heaven And Earth Treasure.

Once the war started, rules and order would cease to exist, and under the coercion of the general trend, even a Spirit Transformation Dao Lord could not retreat unscathed.

Except for those Dao Monarchs with great ambition, large-scale war had no benefits for most Dao Monarchs and would only increase their risks.

The Lord of the Dao Court insisted on his own way, insisting on starting a war that would affect the entire Cultivation World at this time. The goal was definitely not the slogan of unifying the Cultivation World; there was a high probability that he had other purposes.

"Hum~"

Liu Xuan was deep in thought, but his train of thought was interrupted by a golden Flying Sword light that shot into the sky.

Looking up, he saw that the place where the commotion came from was not far away; it was just in a side hall in front of the Qiankun Hall.

"Clang~"

The golden Flying Sword light crashed into the Formation barrier, emitting a huge roar, attracting many Liangyi Palace Disciples to stop and watch.

A moment later, a man in white stepped out of the hall, and the golden Flying Sword light shrank into a golden Magical Artifact sword and drilled into his body.

The fourth son was dressed in fluttering white clothes, his posture like a sword, standing with his hands behind his back on the eaves of the side hall. He cupped his hands and bowed to all directions, "I am Fourth Young Master Liu Daocheng. I was lucky enough to undergo Core Formation, but my control over Golden Core magic power is not yet proficient. I have disturbed you all just now, please do not mind."

"Fourth Young Master Liu Daocheng?"

"He is the fourth son of the Sect Master, right?"

Inside the Liangyi Palace were mostly middle and high-level members of the Yin-Yang Branch of the Joyous Union Sect, or young Genius Disciples, and someone immediately recognized the identity of the fourth son.

Liu Xuan had arranged for many Liu Family descendants to come to the East Sea for training. Yu Chi, Tong Xiao, and the others had Bloodline talents that were too high, so they rarely appeared in public and did not reveal their identities.

Sect Master Liu Xuan only had a few children who were widely known to everyone; among them, the fourth son Fourth Young Master Liu Daocheng and Granny Turtle's Disciple Liu Jingchun were the two most famous.

"Rumor has it that this Fourth Young Master Liu Daocheng is only about seventy years old. A seventy-year-old Golden Core True Person... terrifying!"

"I heard that all the Liu Family descendants have learned the Heaven-Seizing One Qi Secret Art. It seems that this True Qi is indeed Heaven-Defying!"

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Looking at the fourth son who had achieved Core Formation at such a young age, everyone had all sorts of thoughts in their hearts.

A Disciple who was close to the side hall cupped his hands to return the salute to the fourth son and said with a smile, "Congratulations to Young Master on promoting to Golden Core True Person, may your Dao path be evergreen!"

"Congratulations to Young Master on promoting to Golden Core True Person, may your Dao path be evergreen!"

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Given the status of the fourth son, many Disciples successively offered their congratulations, among whom were many Nascent Soul True Lords.

"Thank you all!"

"It is just a mere Golden Core, not worth mentioning, not worth mentioning..."

The fourth son was humble with his words, waving his hands repeatedly, but the corners of his mouth could not stop curling up. If it were not for the crowd, Liu Xuan estimated that he would be grinning from ear to ear.