The Sword God of the Universe

Chapter 2578: Chapter 2578: The First Probe

The Chaotic Primordial Golden List represents Creation’s will to a certain extent, but it cannot fully stand for Creation.

Cultivators below the Immortal Emperor level cannot touch Creation, so they have no concrete concept of it. However, once reaching the Immortal Emperor level, mastering or even creating Supreme Rules, they will understand the mysterious, obscure, and irrevocable nature of Creation.

Because of such Creation will, the Creator of Yama Palace would not dare to personally kill Jing Yan. Without Creation’s will, even if there were Immortal Emperors who didn’t wish to see Jing Yan killed, the Creator Immortal Emperor of Yama Palace might not care. Moreover, the Immortal Emperor wanting Jing Yan dead is not only the one from Yama Palace.

How the Thunder Immortal Emperor was conspired against involved more than just one or two Immortal Emperors.

Even within Chaotic Primordial Space, the entities capable of killing the Thunder Immortal Emperor are very few. The Thunder Immortal Emperor’s power was exceedingly strong among those in the Chaotic Primordial Space. And the Thunder Immortal Emperor also had a sister, namely, Night Moon Immortal Emperor.

The power that could annihilate the Thunder Immortal Emperor and force Night Moon Immortal Emperor into hiding is anything but ordinary.

Jing Yan inherited the Thunder Immortal Emperor’s legacy, mastering the Immortal Technique Thunder Origin. Now, he has regained control of the Thunder Domain in Kunling Heaven. These developments undoubtedly unsettle those who had conspired against the Thunder Immortal Emperor. If they could, they would certainly act to obliterate Jing Yan, because although Jing Yan currently cannot threaten them, his rapid growth makes them uneasy.

In fact, when Jing Yan eliminated the Slaughter God Hall in Faro Heaven, an Immortal Emperor in Chaotic Primordial Space did make a move against Jing Yan. That Immortal Emperor also intended to kill Jing Yan.

Now, with the protection of Creation’s will, Jing Yan can temporarily avoid direct confrontation with Immortal Emperors, giving him some respite. Jing Yan has always worried an Immortal Emperor might act, so he desperately strives to enhance his strength. He does this to save his life in front of an Immortal Emperor.

But currently, Jing Yan’s strength still cannot truly contend with an Immortal Emperor. Perhaps he can withstand one or two moves from an Immortal Emperor, but these would not suffice to save his life. Maybe if he could grasp Silent Annihilation within Thunder Origin, he might stand a two to three percent chance of preserving his life when facing an Immortal Emperor.

Yet, Silent Annihilation is incredibly challenging to master.

Although Jing Yan has long been attempting to comprehend Silent Annihilation, progress is painfully slow. So far, he still cannot foresee the time to deploy Silent Annihilation.

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Led by Yama Palace, the Alliance Army drives straight in!

The army travels through many cities en route, several of which belong to Hongmeng City’s system. These cities indeed have plenty of cultivators, yet the City Lord Mansions have been abandoned. The Yama Palace Alliance Army’s cultivators can freely enter the cities without much resistance. However, they are also unlikely to gain much from these cities, as they don’t want to plunder unrelated cultivators. As Jing Yan and others envisioned, Yama Palace and the Alliance wish to take over these cities once Hongmeng City is removed.

Because there is almost no resistance along the way, the Yama Palace-led Alliance Army has swiftly approached Hongmeng City. This city, with only over twenty thousand years of history, has already become the largest in the entire Thunder Domain and even the entire Heavenly Domain.

The Alliance Army’s Heavenly Domain Flying Boat group comes to a halt outside Hongmeng City.

Numerous cultivators fly out from the Heavenly Domain Flying Boats. The Yama Palace Alliance Army has deployed sixteen Heavenly Domain Flying Boats in total. Each flying boat carries a multitude of powerful cultivators. The weakest among them is likely at the Peak of Immortal Rhythm Netherworld Realm. Individually, these cultivators would be mere cannon fodder, but forming teams into battle formations, they possess considerable combat power. A standard Immortal Rhythm Peak team has combat power roughly equal to that of ordinary Immortal Venerables.

However, even so, these Immortal Rhythm Peak cultivators essentially remain cannon fodder.

In the whole Heavenly Domain, cultivators at the Peak of Immortal Rhythm Netherworld Realm are quite strong. After all, Immortal Venerable Realm cultivators make up only a tiny fraction of the entire cultivator base. Under normal circumstances, Immortal Venerate Realm cultivators are rarely seen. So, Immortal Rhythm Peak is relatively powerful. But this war is a high-level conflict, and many Immortal Venerable Peaks are involved. What else could these Immortal Rhythm Peaks be but cannon fodder?

Due to the sheer number of cultivators on Heavenly Domain Flying Boats, it took a full four hours for all personnel to disembark. These individuals occupy different positions based on their different forces, appearing quite distinct.

Yama Palace personnel gather together, Tianji Trading House personnel gather together, Eight Gods Pill Sect personnel gather together, Sima Family personnel gather together. The more than ten top-tier first-rate forces also align according to their own distributions.

A dense crowd stands packed on the ground.

While the leaders of each force, the magnates, hover in the sky, surveying the ground and the vast city ahead.

"Alliance Leader, up ahead is Hongmeng City. How should we attack?" Sima Family’s Family Head, Sima Tianyang, asks beside Yu Hentian.

This war is destined for massive losses. Each force naturally hopes to minimize its own losses.

"Initially, let’s conduct a probing assault! We’ll first see how strong Hongmeng City’s Guardian Array truly is," Yu Hentian says, staring at the city ahead.

Yama Palace has been investigating the level of Hongmeng City’s city arrays. Information collected from various sources suggests that although Hongmeng City has been built for only over twenty thousand years, its Guardian Array is incredibly formidable. The number of arrays compares well with the main cities of seasoned superpowers, and among these formations are some top-tier arrays.

"So! Each force sends one ordinary Immortal Venerable. Additionally, superpowers dispatch fifty Immortal Charm Realm members, first-rate forces dispatch twenty Immortal Charm Realm members. These dispatched individuals will collectively attack Hongmeng City to test the capability of its Guardian Array," Yu Hentian continues after pondering briefly.

"Sure, I agree with Hateful Sky Alliance Leader’s plan!" President Jiang Yue of Tianji Trading House is the first to support.

"Yes, I think it’s a fair approach!" Sima Tianyang echoes.

"Alliance Leader, my Eight Gods Pill Sect will dispatch two Immortal Venerables, but we won’t send Immortal Charm level personnel," Mingze Sect Master of Eight Gods Pill Sect says.