258: A colossal creature, capable of shattering stars with a single palm strike.

The battlefield of the comprehensive advance was exceptionally tragic, with battles between Body Integration and True Immortal powerhouses occurring one after another.

Almost every moment, someone fell, or large patches of Demonic Beasts and demon plants were annihilated.

Half a month after the battle broke out, a nearby Nightmare Sect Spirit Transformation female Cultivator leading a team, Chen Peipei, was suddenly ambushed by three Fifth-order Demonic Beasts.

Had Su Ling's squad not been adjacent and arrived in time upon receiving the news, she would have certainly perished here.

Even so, half of Chen Peipei's shoulder and arm were torn to shreds, and she could not recover in a short time.

Severely injured, she could only temporarily withdraw from the battlefield.

And of the hundred-man squad under her command, only forty or so remained alive.

Left with no choice, Chen Peipei could only entrust Su Ling to take over command and care for them.

According to battlefield rules, this was a matter of course, and Su Ling agreed without hesitation.

However, while reorganizing the team, he unexpectedly saw a familiar face.

Zheng Cheng, the Treasure Pavilion Core Formation manager Su Ling had befriended when he first arrived at Thousand Star City.

His cultivation had now reached the Nascent Soul Middle Stage.

"Brother Zheng, why are you here?"

Su Ling was very curious; he had visited Chen Peipei's station two years ago and hadn't seen Zheng Cheng then.

Zheng Cheng's face was pale, but his eyes shone with deep joy, and his tone was full of emotion, "Han... no, Brother Su, I didn't expect to see you here either..."

After catching up, Su Ling learned the reason for Zheng Cheng's presence.

As one of the logistics suppliers for the Seven Sects' plane campaigns, Treasure Pavilion also provided some direct combat forces for the war.

Two hundred years ago, Zheng Cheng had finally reached the Nascent Soul realm, but a life of ease had kept him stuck at the Nascent Soul Early Stage without progress.

At that time, he already knew that the newly promoted Golden Immortal Disciple 'Han Yu' was actually Su Ling, with whom he had been acquainted for many years.

Recalling how this kid had encountered such a great opportunity after participating in a National War.

Having been stuck for a long time, Zheng Cheng couldn't help but want to gamble on his immortal path.

It just so happened that six months ago, a batch of supplies needed to be delivered to the Green Wild Mountain Range Plane, so he took the initiative to apply to join the ship and fight.

He arrived just as the war was about to start and was subsequently assigned to Chen Peipei's command.

He didn't expect to encounter such a dangerous situation shortly after the fighting began.

"Without experiencing wind and rain, it is difficult to attain immortality."

Zheng Cheng looked at a fragment of a Magic Treasure in his hand and smiled bitterly, "But this wind and rain is a bit too fierce."

"You'll get used to it."

Su Ling smiled slightly and said calmly, "Although there are War Slaves charging ahead, the battlefield is complex and changes in an instant... Being able to survive at the hands of Fifth-order Demonic Beasts means your strength already exceeds many Nascent Soul Cultivators."

Zheng Cheng shook his head and said seriously, "My survival wasn't due to strength... Speaking of which, I have to thank Brother Su for saving my life!"

Having managed Treasure Pavilion for many years, the quality of the Magic Treasures on him was excellent, and he had plenty of them.

Even so, this near supreme grade protective Magic Treasure still shattered under the fierce attack of an Early Stage fifth-order Flame Wolf.

At the critical moment, an arrow shot from the sky, instantly killing that Flame Wolf.

Unfortunately, Su Ling was busy fighting several other Fifth-order Demonic Beasts at the time and didn't notice that the person he saved was Zheng Cheng, whom he hadn't seen in a long time.

Had he arrived any later, Zheng Cheng would have surely died... Three months later, the resistance forces on the periphery of the Wither and Flourish Domain had been completely cleared.

The front line finally stopped a hundred miles away from the Domain.

At this moment, the Wither and Flourish Domain had already shrunk to a range of a thousand miles.

The thing True Monarch Yaoguang was worried about had not happened yet.

Like a cornered beast still fighting, the Vine Demon gathered a large number of Demonic Beasts and demon plants in the underground tunnels carved out by its vines.

Creating the area with the densest life aura on the entire planet.

"How spectacular!"

Su Ling looked at the constantly waving vines on the distant horizon and couldn't help but marvel.

If placed on Blue Star, the range of this Vine Demon's Domain would be larger than the whole of Australia.

Even now, being suppressed to this extent, if all the vines were to lash out in a single line, it could probably destroy that country where life is 'good'.

"Spectacular indeed."

A Haoyang Spirit Transformation Cultivator stood beside him and nodded in agreement, "But compared to the legendary Star Gods, its size can only be described as average."

"Star Gods?"

Su Ling's heart stirred slightly, "Senior Brother Qian is talking about those Starry Sky Giants born from Star Cores, right?"

"Exactly."

Haoyang Spirit Transformation Cultivator Qian Yuanfeng's eyes were distant as if reminiscing, and he made a gesture, saying, "I once had the honor of seeing a recorded image where a Starry Sky Giant struck with its palm, and a plane's star was directly shattered... Of course, that star was much smaller than the Green Wild Mountain Range Plane."

Starry Sky Giants, one of the Peak races in the sea of stars.

Born from Star Cores, they are Golden Immortals by birth.

Most of their primary cultivation Laws are related to the Path of Strength.

Su Ling had heard Immortal Venerable Clear Ripple mention that it seemed the Dao Venerable-level expert currently mastering the Law of Strength was one of the top entities among the Starry Sky Giants.

Crushing a star with a single palm... Just imagining that kind of power was enough to make one shudder.

Su Ling remarked with emotion, "Born as Golden Immortals, this kind of talent is simply Heaven-Defying."

"The Great Dao is fair."

Qian Yuanfeng chuckled, "The Star God race has powerful individuals, but breeding a single clansman takes tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of years. Their racial development is extremely difficult, with barely over a thousand clansmen to date... Compared to the tens of thousands of Golden Immortals and hundreds of Dao Venerables in the Immortal Realm, what does this bit of strength amount to?"

"Haha, that's true."

Su Ling smiled faintly, "We are born weak, but we can gradually climb to the Peak through continuous cultivation. Moreover, the waves behind never cease, and our development potential is even greater."

"Even so..."

Qian Yuanfeng sighed softly, "The road to immortality is long; we still need to work hard."

Su Ling nodded slightly, silently watching the battle in the distant sky.

The Seven Sects had launched plane wars, and now three planes had been completely occupied.

The resources harvested were immeasurable.

It was foreseeable that once these planes were integrated, the Disciples of the Seven Sects and even the entire Canglang Plane would usher in a new round of development.

But the Disciples and Loose Cultivators who fell numbered in the tens of thousands.

Various War Slaves were even closer to a million in number.

This was only because the high-level combat power was overwhelming; otherwise, the losses would have been several times higher.

Even so, once when Su Ling returned to the Command Post to pay his respects to a Command Post True Immortal, he heard that the Seven Sects were recruiting a large number of plane Loose Cultivators.

At the same time, the Sea Race, which had been fully subdued, would successively send no fewer than a million third and fourth-order amphibious Sea Race members to participate in this plane war.

Compared to human Cultivators, the number of deep-sea Sea Race members was even more immense.

But the Sea Race working so hard was closely related to certain interests promised by the Seven Sects.

Forceful suppression can hardly compare to the initiative driven by profit.

However, the two planes Su Ling had successively fought in were either wastelands or rolling mountain ranges.

As a result, he had not yet met with the Sea Race allies.

The battle between Peak True Immortals continued.

According to Qian Yuanfeng, it wouldn't be surprising if it lasted for several more years.

The low-level Cultivator armies, who were temporarily able to rest, also recuperated on the spot, waiting for further instructions.