Chapter 209

"Urgent report: The Shuiyu Dynasty and the Ji Family have arrived at the first city, and Elder Gu is leading strong practitioners in fierce battle against them."

"Meanwhile, the Hongwu Dynasty is also approaching the second city. At their current pace, they will reach our position in half a day!"

In the second city, Ji Xuan, the city's chief defender, listened to the subordinate's report with a grave expression.

Two emperor-level forces, accompanied by numerous other sects and families, launched a joint assault. Ji Xuan first received this news through the Heavenly Court Chat Group.

After all, the Heavenly Court Chat Group today was akin to a magical real-time communication tool, making information transmission far more convenient than before.

"Elder Gu has recently broken through to the late sixth stage, and with the gathering of strong practitioners at the first city, it should be able to hold off the Shuiyu Dynasty and the Ji Family as long as they do not use imperial weapons."

"However, once imperial weapons appear... the situation will become unpredictable!"

Although Ji Xuan had only heard of the power of imperial weapons and had not seen them personally, he could infer their might from saint treasures.

A sixth-stage cultivator wielding a saint treasure could almost sweep through others at the same stage, and a consummate sixth-stage cultivator could even challenge saints.

Of course, this refers to the lowest saints.

The power of saint treasures was evident from this.

If saint treasures were so powerful, the strength of imperial weapons was self-evident.

If these emperor-level forces came with imperial weapons, it would be equivalent to a saint's arrival.

If they could perfectly control the imperial weapon, it might even rival the presence of a quasi-emperor.

"But if an imperial weapon truly appears, the nation's lord will not sit idly by. We only need to deal with the ordinary cultivators."

Ji Xuan added.

Lu Qingyang rarely intervened, but whenever the Qingyang Immortal Nation faced life and death situations, his presence was guaranteed.

This meant that as long as the Qingyang Immortal Nation could handle it, no matter the difficulty, he would not interfere lightly.

Only when power beyond the limits of divine abilities emerged would he take action.

Therefore,

Ji Xuan was not overly worried about the imperial weapons.

"Pass down the order for the entire army to prepare for battle. The Hongwu Dynasty is an emperor-level force with an extraordinary foundation."

"This battle concerns the future of the Qingyang Immortal Nation and must not be lost."

"In addition, closely monitor the movements of other forces. Report any anomalies immediately!"

Ji Xuan said in a deep voice.

The eighteen cities were heavily garrisoned by the Qingyang Immortal Nation. If the Wuxian Realm wanted to break the Qingyang Immortal Nation, it had to first conquer these cities one by one.

If the army marched straight in, they might be cut off by the eighteen cities.

However, there was no guarantee that other forces wouldn't take the opportunity to pass through the eighteen cities and launch a surprise attack on the ancient desolation.

On the battlefield, there are no fixed rules; the victor is king.

After giving his orders, Ji Xuan appeared on the city wall, the killing intent in the spiritual energy of heaven and earth foreshadowing the imminent battle.

Ji Xuan's mind moved, and the surrounding spiritual energy gathered into a sea, which he then absorbed into his body.

In an instant, the spiritual energy trembled.

The vast spiritual energy was forcibly refined, gathered into his dantian, and then surged into his Purple Mansion, making the primordial spirit more solid. The aura connected, and Ji Xuan's momentum suddenly increased, filling the void.

"Boom!"

The primordial spirit manifested.

A towering phantom stood in the air, causing the cultivators of the second city to look up at the sky in shock at the grand vision.

"Vital energy phenomenon?"

"Looking at the phantom, it resembles Elder Ji of the Qingyang Immortal Nation, but this phenomenon is different from vital energy, truly mysterious."

"Hmph, your knowledge is shallow. The Qingyang Immortal Nation not only practices body refinement but also cultivation and magic."

"The Qingyang Immortal Nation divides its cultivation system into nine stages. It is said that upon breaking through the fifth stage, one can initially condense the primordial spirit."

"If my eyes are not deceiving me, this is the primordial spirit of the cultivation system. Ordinary fifth-stage primordial spirits cannot have such a powerful primordial spirit. Only sixth-stage combined stage cultivators can exhibit such might!"

Seeing the manifestation of the primordial spirit, many cultivators in the second city couldn't help but exclaim.

Although they had joined the Heavenly Court Chat Group, it was not easy to fully understand the Heavenly Court Market in a short time, let alone the differences between the systems.

After all, in the Wuxian Realm, body refinement was the main practice, and other cultivation paths were seldom followed.

Upon hearing others explain, some cultivators suddenly realized.

"A sixth-stage combined stage cultivator, its might even surpasses many True Lord's vital energy phenomena. It seems the other two systems are not necessarily inferior to body refinement!"

Someone exclaimed in amazement.

They were extremely unfamiliar with the other cultivation systems, and witnessing the primordial spirit phenomenon firsthand, they realized the might of the sixth-stage combined stage.

Body technique!

Cultivation!

Magic!

The three major cultivation systems. In the Wuxian Realm, body technique is often referred to as body refinement.

For a moment,

everyone developed a strong interest in the other two systems.

[Name: Ji Xuan]

[Race: Human]

[Realm: Late Sixth Stage]

[Physique: Five Elements Spiritual Body]

[Offering Value: 1,806,302,002]

"Late sixth stage, impressive!"

Ji Xuan smiled. Having been stuck in the mid-sixth stage for a long time, he had an epiphany today and achieved a breakthrough.

Stepping into the late sixth stage significantly enhanced his strength. The only regret was the lack of several hundred million offerings needed to exchange for ultimate techniques.

Sixth-stage ultimate techniques require at least one billion offerings, and top-grade ultimate techniques require several billion.

Offerings were hard to come by,

and Ji Xuan had not accumulated much.

Compared to body refinement cultivators, the cultivation and magic systems in the Wuxian Realm seemed somewhat out of place, given that the traditions primarily focused on body refinement.

The major emperor-level forces even had emperor-level inheritances.

Thus,

many body refinement cultivators could save a lot of offerings on exchanging ultimate techniques and resources.

This advantage was difficult for the other systems to match.

Ji Xuan could only envy and had no other choice unless a new world opened, possibly providing the necessary resources.

However, just as this thought arose, he suppressed it.

What a joke,

the Wuxian Realm had already caused significant losses to the Qingyang Immortal Nation. If more worlds opened, it would only add to the troubles.

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