Chapter 618.2: Never Backing Down (1/2)

“I hear and obey!” Yuchi Hanxing’s affirmative reply rang out. Soon after, the formation in Sword Pavilion of southern Dusk Province lit up as a million soldiers stepped inside. Even the giant Black Tortoise followed the soldiers into Witherdew Major’s Serenity Province.

In fact, the divine beast had been drafted into the Dusk Phalanx by now. The current Dusk Phalanx was quite different from what it’d once been. Instead of cultivators, every soldier was an immortal, all of whom… bore a formation of heaven and earth!

Additionally, Dusk Phalanx’s combat prowess had grown exponentially after undergoing Lu Feng’s training. In particular, Yuchi Hanxing’s constitution had been awakened with Lu Feng’s help, which quickly increased her cultivation to arcane dao immortal realm. This was before taking into account two even more fearsome monsters, namely Yuchi Hanxing’s parents, Yuchi Tianhuang and Xuan Yu, as well as Xuan Yu’s almost two hundred thousand primordial soldiers.

By now, they’d all become Lu Yun’s Infernum and Xuan Yu’s name had been written in the Tome of Life and Death. As long as she existed, the ghostly soldiers would never die.

This was merely the force’s internal strength. What the world at large dreaded most were the ten lord-grade ships. Each of them equipped with a main cannon and thirty-six immortal crystal cannons, they were simply flying citadels of war.

While quite a few factions had ordered lord-grade ships of their own, each one came at an exorbitant price, so those factions could afford one at most, even if they were to empty their coffers.

And though crystal cannons could be bought, the ones Lu Yun sold were auxiliary grade with a maximum output of three billion crystals. Ones that could fire off ten billion crystals weren’t up for sale.

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Those most excited about Dusk Phalanx’s expedition into Witherdew Major were the members of the Xue Clan. Serenity Province had been the clan’s former domain, so there were still quite a few clansmen there reluctant to leave.

Not to mention, an important part of the clan’s wealth was hidden somewhere in the province, riches they hadn’t had time to retrieve when disaster struck. So, with Lu Yun’s tacit agreement, Xue Chujiu tagged along behind the soldiers. [1]

In any event, the Dusk Phalanx incursion into Serenity Province was a major event that shook the world.

Exalted Major had dispatched troops to the province to vie for control with other factions. By now, the area was almost entirely theirs. But now, Lu Yun was suddenly trying to wrest it away from them! And more importantly, he’d accepted the Exalted Emperor’s summons for an audience three days hence!

Lu Yun had never been the sort to back down. Unyielding and unbending, such was his nature.

For their part, the other eight parties involved fell silent. All eight emissaries took their edicts with them and left with their tails between their legs. None of them were certain that Lu Yun wouldn’t suddenly arrest them and burn them at the stake.

The man was mad, purely and simply insane! No one could predict what he would do next, especially since his actions clearly bespoke a lack of respect for the nine celestial emperors. By using the Exalted Emperor, he was face-slapping all nine of them.

He entertained Exalted Major’s emissary over the next three days. When time came for them to travel, the apprehensive and overwrought peerless immortal declined to travel with Lu Yun and hastily took his leave.

“What a coward.” Lu Yun chuckled and grabbed Qing Yu’s hand. “Let’s go together. I’m curious to see if the Exalted Immortal Sect will dare try anything when we bring the Scroll of Shepherding Immortals with us.”

This time, he needed Qing Yu with him to strike fear into the Exalted Immortal Sect and deter them once and for all, as their continued little machinations were proving quite the irritation.

“I’m going with you.” Holy Lord Ashu suddenly appeared in front of Lu Yun.

“You’re back! Did you win or lose?” Lu Yun hastened to ask, his eyes bright.

“Yin Jiuying is no ordinary existence. As a primeval divine beast of extreme yin, a jiuying, he’s almost impossible for someone of the same level to defeat.” Ashu shook his head. “That being said, he’s now become a corpse beast.”

“Didn’t you say you wouldn’t do anything to help us?” Long aware of Ashu’s existence, Qing Yu looked at the holy lord with confusion.

“If you were to die, my dear, I’d have no choice but to go back to the underworld and give up resurrecting my body.” Ashu’s eyes were filled with powerlessness as he muttered to himself, “But who would’ve thought you’d stir up so much unholy trouble? First the emphasis on supplemental paths, then the establishment of your sacred land, and now you’re sticking out your tongue at the entire world… Be certain that I’m going to stay far, far away from all this nonsense as soon as you perfect that breathing method!

“Also, be aware that the Exalted Major isn’t so harmless a place!” Ashu’s expression suddenly turned incomparably grave. “It’s where the Exalted Divines’ emperor fell! The tribe’s former divine court is in Exalted Major, and I suspect that the current Exalted Major’s Zhao Clan possesses the bloodline of the Exalted Divines.”

The resting place of an emperor!

When the great emperors died during the war of Emperors Fall, wherever their final resting place was came to be known as a Last Repose.

Dusk Province was the human emperor’s Last Repose, and Exalted Major was the Exalted Divine emperor’s Last Repose. According to Ashu’s calculations, the specific position was the Exalted Immortal Sect’s ‘Mount Exalted’.

“Is there anything you don’t know?” the astounded Qing Yu asked.

“Once you’ve lived as long as I have, you too will know everything.” Ashu glanced at her and fidgeted a little awkwardly.

As a dao sovereign of the Dao Flower, Qing Yu exuded the aura of the immortal dao, and there was another Dao Flower inside her nascent spirit that overflowed with exuberant life force.

Ashu’s soul was very attracted to this life force, but his body was uncomfortably repulsed by it. For him, it was a very contradictory and confusing sensation.