Chapter 662: Chapter 633: 108 Star Ancient Cities
The battlefield of the Two Realms.
Numerous powerhouses of the Divine Court were stationed here.
Ancient cities stood one after another in the midst of the starry sky, mottled bloodstains upon them all carrying terrifying auras, enough to show what level the beings who had bled upon them had reached.
These Ancient Cities.
Were forged by the Cyan Yang Divine Court exhausting all its foundations, inviting all top-tier Artifact Refiners and Array Masters to work together.
There were one hundred and eight Ancient Cities.
Named after the one hundred and eight stars of the Celestial Spirits and Earthly Fiends.
Their purpose was to transform the one hundred and eight Ancient Cities into a supreme array, to intercept powerhouses of the Upper Realm.
Ever since the array was erected.
The offensive of the Upper Realm had been greatly curtailed.
More importantly.
The one hundred and eight Star Ancient Cities could refine Immortal Blood to nourish themselves, allowing their own bodies to continuously break through and transform.
The reason they possessed such a trait was entirely because, when forging the one hundred and eight Star Ancient Cities, the Cyan Yang Divine Court had exchanged from the Divine Kingdom’s store a top-tier material called Divine Blood Ore and fused it within.
This Divine Blood Ore was born from endless blood, so when the Star Ancient Cities fused with Divine Blood Ore, they also obtained part of its properties, able to refine Immortal Blood and nourish themselves.
Of course.
The Star Ancient Cities also had limits.
Even though they could refine Immortal Blood, at most they could step into the top-tier fifteenth rank of Supreme Treasure, equivalent to an Innate Spiritual Treasure of the Upper Realm.
At this moment.
On Celestial Spirit Ancient City, Ji Xuan stood atop the city wall, his mind sinking into the entire Star Ancient City, a faint smile appearing on his face.
"Nurtured by Immortal Blood for tens of thousands of years, Celestial Spirit Ancient City has already stepped into the fourteenth-rank Acquired Spiritual Treasure level. With some more time of nourishment, advancing to the fifteenth-rank Innate Spiritual Treasure should be no problem.
It’s just a pity that a sixteenth-rank Innate Supreme Treasure cannot be achieved by ordinary means. With the Divine Court’s current foundations, it is still insufficient to give rise to such a Supreme Treasure!"
Though he spoke thus.
Ji Xuan did not feel much regret in his heart.
For the Celestial Spirit Ancient City before his eyes, though it was only fourteenth rank, if it were to coordinate with the other Star Ancient Cities to activate the Celestial Spirit and Earthly Fiend Array, even Semi-Saints and Quasi-Immortal Kings could be suppressed and slain.
Precisely because such Ancient Cities were guarding the front, the Cyan Yang Divine Court had barely managed to claw back some of its decline.
Just at this time.
A cultivator flew through the air and arrived.
Seeing who had come, Ji Xuan’s expression remained unchanged: "Cyan Emperor, you are not guarding Celestial Spirit City, why do you have the time to come here today?"
"The reason I came today is that I, Cyan, obtained a certain piece of news that needs to be confirmed with Elder Ji."
"What news?"
Ji Xuan’s brows furrowed slightly.
The Cyan Emperor was guarding Celestial Spirit City; if there was nothing of great importance, he would never personally come.
So when he heard the other’s words, Ji Xuan instinctively felt a faint bad premonition in his heart.
The Cyan Emperor said, "Some days ago, a force of the Upper Realm attacked Celestial Spirit City. I captured a Vajra Guardian of the Great Leiyin Temple, and then performed a Soul Search on his memories, from which I learned one matter.
Namely that the master of that Great Leiyin Temple is very likely attempting to break through to the Saint realm.
If he truly succeeds in proving the Dao, to our Cyan Yang Divine Court, it will be an absolutely devastating blow!"
"Is this news true!"
Ji Xuan’s expression changed drastically.
The Cyan Emperor shook his head: "Whether the news is true or false, I cannot be certain either. But that master of the Great Leiyin Temple has already reached the Semi-Saint level since ancient ages. For him to step out that final step and prove the Saint is not completely impossible.
In truth, not only the master of the Great Leiyin Temple. From tens of thousands of years ago, many Quasi-Immortal Kings and Semi-Saints of the Upper Realm have personally descended, stationing themselves in the Immortal Realm.
At first I thought it was because the Upper Realm feared the Divine Court’s strength and thus dispatched many powerhouses to guard.
But now it seems, their goal is probably not as simple as guarding the Immortal Realm."
Hearing this, Ji Xuan’s expression immediately grew solemn.
For him to serve as a Divine Court Elder, he naturally was no fool. The Cyan Emperor had already spoken to this point; Ji Xuan only had to think slightly, and his heart had already connected many dots.
"So Fellow Daoist Cyan Emperor means, these Quasi-Immortal Kings and Semi-Saints intend to prove the Dao in the starry sky—"
"Precisely!"
The Cyan Emperor nodded.
"His Majesty the God Emperor set a restriction upon the Path to Immortality. All powerhouses at the sixteenth rank and above are unable to step even half a step beyond the Path to Immortality.
Since the Upper Realm’s invasion until now, one hundred thousand years have passed. The Divine Court’s strength should already be clear in the eyes of the Upper Realm. If they wish to truly shatter the Upper Realm, the best method is to have a Saint or an Immortal King step forth.
Saints and Immortal Kings cannot step beyond the Path to Immortality, then proving the Dao in the starry sky naturally poses no such constraint.
If the Upper Realm truly manages to produce an Immortal King or a Saint, the situation that the Divine Court has managed with great difficulty to maintain will be completely overturned!"
The Cyan Emperor’s voice was rife with gravity. Existences at the level of Immortal King and Saint were by no means comparable to Quasi-Immortal Kings or Semi-Saints.
Even the weakest Saint was still a Saint.
This point.
The Cyan Emperor had truly witnessed the methods of Saints in the simulated trials of the Divine Kingdom.
Even with his current cultivation, if he were to directly face a Saint powerhouse, he would be unable to withstand many exchanges.
Ji Xuan fell into deep thought.
After a long while.
He slowly spoke: "Fellow Daoist’s deduction holds no issue. Even if the Upper Realm did not have such intentions, we must still prepare for the worst.
With the Divine Court’s present strength limited, if a Saint or Immortal King truly appears, we will definitely be unable to resist.
Unless the Divine Court can likewise have powerhouses of the same level prove the Dao."
"To prove the Dao as Saint or Immortal King is easier said than done. If the Divine Court were given another million years, there might be a chance for Saints or Immortal Kings to emerge, but as of now, that possibility is all but negligible."
The Cyan Emperor shook his head. As for the Cyan Yang Divine Court being able to produce true Saints and Immortal Kings in a short span of time, he did not hold much hope.
This point.
Even the Cyan Emperor himself did not have much confidence.
After all, since he stepped into the fifteenth rank, counting fully, it had only been one hundred thousand years. Even with peerless talent, to truly attain Immortal King, the time required still had to be reckoned in millions of years.
Moreover.
Even with a million years, whether he could truly prove the Dao was another question.
Compared to the Upper Realm, the greatest problem of the Cyan Yang Divine Court was its shallow foundations, far inferior to the deep accumulation of the Upper Realm.
With this thought.
The Cyan Emperor said, "Right now, to resolve this, the best method is to have all one hundred and eight Star Ancient Cities advance to the fifteenth-rank Innate Spiritual Treasure.
With numerous Innate Spiritual Treasures as array cores, and the Celestial Spirit and Earthly Fiend Array set down, even if Saints or Immortal Kings truly emerge, we will still be able to contend."
As these words fell.
Ji Xuan’s expression showed some hesitation: "For the Star Ancient Cities to advance, they must be irrigated with enormous amounts of Immortal Blood. With the current situation of the Two Realms battlefield, we would need at least tens of thousands more years of accumulation before there is any hope of the Star Ancient Cities advancing."
"Under normal circumstances, it would indeed require tens of thousands of years. But if we take the initiative to launch an offensive and raise the intensity of the war, then the time needed for the Star Ancient Cities to advance will naturally be shortened!"
The Cyan Emperor slowly let out this sentence from his mouth, causing Ji Xuan’s expression to change.
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