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Chapter 494: Chapter 490 Main Battlefield
"So, by your account, you have abandoned the Holy Dynasty? Abandoned forty billion of the Human Clan in the Holy Dynasty?"
Gu Jinlai looked at Ding Zhongyuan.
Ding Zhongyuan discerned the dissatisfaction in Gu Jinlai’s words and said with a wry smile, "It’s not that we have abandoned the forty billion of the Human Clan in the Holy Dynasty, but rather... the ideology of the upper echelons of the Holy Dynasty has indeed fundamentally changed, and furthermore... for a long time to come, the Holy Dynasty simply won’t need our help, our salvation."
"No need for help? What does that mean?"
Gu Jinlai was somewhat surprised.
Ding Zhongyuan took a deep breath and said gravely, "If the Holy Dynasty possesses enough boldness to counterattack, they are fully capable of crushing and annihilating the Devils encircling the Holy Dynasty!"
He looked at Gu Jinlai, "Because the true main force of the Devils, the Demon Emperor, the Demon Gods, including the most powerful Demon Lord Cangming, their primary target has never been the Holy Dynasty, but our Immortal Country! In fact, a few years ago, Demon Lord Cangming initiated a large-scale enlistment, turning the attention of all Demon Emperors, Demon Gods toward Immortal Country!"
"The Demon Emperor, the Demon Gods shifted their focus to Immortal Country..."
Listening to Ding Zhongyuan, Gu Jinlai found this both unexpected yet reasonable.
The Devils had broken through the Twelve Domains of the Holy Land decades ago.
You see, the forces occupying the Twelve Domains inherited many properties left behind when the Heavenly Master Civilization of the Holy Land fell, and top warriors were not few in number.
From what Gu Jinlai knew about the Li Yang Cave Heaven, during the decisive battle with the Devils, four powerful True Immortals were deployed.
Not to mention other powers.
Despite external rumors that the alliance formed by the sects of the Twelve Domains was breached by the Devils mainly due to internal distrust among the Human Clan, which perpetually sabotaged each other, but...
No matter how much they sabotaged each other, the overall strength of the Twelve Domains at that time was absolutely superior to that of the current Holy Dynasty.
Possibly strong enough to breach the Twelve Domains, yet the Devils remained indifferent to the Holy Dynasty, allowing the Holy Dynasty to survive for decades...
Could one say the Devils were badly damaged after breaching the Twelve Domains?
It’s been decades since the Twelve Domains fell one by one, and the Devils, having devoured a large amount of the fallen Spiritual Essence of the Human Clan, should have recovered their Primordial Energy by now, and even become stronger.
Yet, under these circumstances, the Holy Dynasty still stands firm, which is inexplicable.
Hearing what Ding Zhongyuan said, that the real target of the Devils is Immortal Country...
This could explain the reason why the Holy Dynasty remains unshaken.
"Originally, even though the Devils were strong, since the Demon Lord could not truly descend, these Devils actually couldn’t do anything to our Immortal Country. Under the leadership of the Immortal Master, we even launched several counterattacks..."
"Immortal Master!?"
Gu Jinlai was startled, "Immortal Country has an Immortal Master?"
But then, he felt like he was making a big deal out of nothing.
The path of the Immortal Master had already been researched by Immortal Country a thousand years ago.
The birth of an Immortal Master now...
Wasn’t strange at all.
Moreover, after a thousand years of development, perhaps the path of the Immortal Master has been completed, and more than one Immortal Master might have been born.
"Yes!"
Ding Zhongyuan nodded emphatically.
"With an Immortal Master... Immortal Country still cannot expel the Devils?"
Gu Jinlai said with a grave expression.
"On the direct battlefield, we are not afraid of the Devils, but..."
Ding Zhongyuan laughed bitterly, "We fear the Demon Spirits."
Demon Spirits...
Gu Jinlai fell silent.
This system perfectly counteracts cultivators.
"Even the Immortal Master cannot combat those powerful Demon Spirits?"
"Among the Demon Spirits, even an Upper Spirit Venerable cannot quickly erode an Immortal Master. However, strong as the Immortal Master is, their damage to the Demon Spirits is still too weak. But if an Immortal Master is surrounded and bound by many Demon Gods, with numerous Spirit Venerables continuously eroding..."
"The Demon Spirits have directly entered the battle now, and under these circumstances, has Immortal Country still not implemented the Heavenly Master System?"
"They have."
Ding Zhongyuan said, "But... to this day, no one has successfully stepped into the creator’s domain."
"No one has entered the creator’s domain!?"
"Yes."
Ding Zhongyuan nodded, "Although there are many inheritor’s of the creator within the Immortal Country, but... the path of the creator has ultimately been broken for hundreds of years. The inheritance is being lost all the time. Moreover, with the Devil’s chaos over the past century, when real danger comes, would those major Sects choose to save their own sect’s inheritance first, or think about preserving the creator’s inheritance?"
Gu Jinlai was speechless.
"Moreover, the gap between Heavenly Monarch and creator is like a chasm. In recent years, hundreds of Heavenly Monarchs from the Immortal Country have, one after another, attempted the path to become a creator, and without exception, all have failed..."
As Ding Zhongyuan spoke, a hint of sorrow flashed through his eyes.
A thousand years ago, due to the anomaly in the Spirit Realm, all creators, as well as those who could perceive the True Spirit Realm, were lost. Cultivators fell into ecstasy.
In their eagerness to break free from the shadow the Heavenly Master had cast, they burnt down all texts related to the Heavenly Master lineage, even persecuting the surviving Heavenly Masters.
Though some wise men saved some of the creator’s texts, there weren’t many left.
In the absence of a complete system, it’s extremely difficult for an inheritance to produce a creator.
It’s like having physics books in a trap but no corresponding materials in mathematics, chemistry, and other subjects. Even the most intelligent person would struggle to become a master of physics.
Especially when there is no mentor and only self-study is possible.
Right now, on the battlefield of Immortal Country, as Demon Spirits join the battle, the Cultivator System is gradually beginning to bear the consequences of their past actions in suppressing the Heavenly Master System.
"In fact, under the current circumstances, we still hold sufficient advantage in the Immortal Country."
A flicker of fear passed Ding Zhongyuan’s eyes, "This is due to the Blood Moat Demon Abyss expanding further in recent years. If we allow this expansion of the Demon Abyss to complete, Demon Lord Cangming will truly arrive, and by then..."
"Demon Lord!"
Gu Jinlai had learned about this terrifying entity from the memory of the Aries Star Lord.
Even though the creator had never personally fought with a Demon Lord, it was known that it was because of the Demon Lord’s emergence that, for the first time in the confrontation between creators and Demon Spirits, a creator had perished.
This...
was an existence on the same level as a creator but seemed more powerful than a creator.
To kill that Demon Lord, the Holy Land had deployed six creators and barely managed to do it at a great cost to themselves.
According to the theories derived from the memory of the Aries Star Lord, a Demon Lord possesses the advantage of fighting three creators at once.
The Demon Lord, being more powerful than the creator, naturally represses the Cultivator System.
Given that even the Spirit Venerables could not be defeated by Immortal Masters, who could only narrowly resist them, if a Demon Lord truly descended...
It’s feared that the Immortal Masters within the Immortal Country would likely face inevitable death.
"Now, the key to the battle between Immortal Country and the Devils is the Blood Moat Demon Abyss. The Immortal Country is frantically launching one attack after another in an attempt to take back the Blood Moat Demon Abyss, while the Devils, too, keep mobilizing troops to defend it, even summoning a large number of people from the Twelve Domains to rush to support the Blood Moat Demon Abyss when they notice that they are not strong enough."
Ding Zhongyuan said solemnly, "Originally over a dozen Demon Gods lay in wait on the periphery of the Holy Dynasty, but now... according to our investigations, I fear there are only a handful left! If the Holy Dynasty could muster enough courage to counter-attack the Devils, with the power of the Six Great Cave Heavens behind them, they could definitely tear through the Devils’ blockade, recover a lot of lost territory, and recapture many resource points."
Cultivators are highly dependent on resources.
Especially for forming the Saint Body...
Without the appropriate resources, many people form weak Sacred Bodies that barely enable them to surpass the Heavenly Tribulation to become a Void Immortal.
Therefore, if the Holy Dynasty could really strike out, recapture the lost lands, rather than relying on absorbing those refugees and plundering the resources they carry for cultivation, there is even hope that it could truly rise again in the future."
"The reduced number of Demon Gods on the periphery, does the senior leadership of the Holy Dynasty know about this?"
Gu Jinlai asked.
"Of course they know, our people have communicated this information to them more than once, but..."
Ding Zhongyuan shook his head, "The senior leaders of the Holy Dynasty probably think that even though there aren’t many Demon Gods left, it would still cost a lot to strike out and indeed, if those who have received Divine Weapons want to truly unleash power comparable to that of the Demon Gods, they must utilize the Power of the Spirit Mechanism from within the Cave Heavens, and a single battle could potentially destroy decades of accumulation in the Cave Heavens. Therefore, even though they know this, they are indifferent and lack the courage to seize the opportunity for a decisive battle with the Devils."
After speaking, he looked at Gu Jinlai, "Based on our understanding of you, Ancient Martial Saint, over this period, we know that you are someone who wants to do things, to achieve great things. Therefore, we sincerely invite you to join us in heading to Immortal Country and collectively fight against the Devils. Immortal Country is truly the land of hope, where everyone genuinely unites. Even the weakest person will breathe in the Spirit Mechanism to fortify the power of Immortal Country. With everyone’s resolve, the hope of Immortal Country defeating the Devils is just around the corner, whereas, the so-called hope of the Holy Dynasty is merely false propaganda, aimed at deceiving countless people into fleeing to the Holy Dynasty and then stripping them of the resources needed for their sects to rise again, utterly depleting them."
"You no longer plan on staying in the Holy Dynasty?"
Gu Jinlai gave him a glance.
"Now that the battle for the Blood Moat Demon Abyss between Immortal Country and the Devils has reached an intense stage, if we can drive out the Devils from the Blood Moat Demon Abyss, the situation will be completely reversed, and Immortal Country’s war against the Devils will enter a new phase. Thus, just as the Devils have summoned almost all the Devils from the Twelve Domains, so too has the Immortal Country issued a call to all cultivators abroad..."
Ding Zhongyuan said, pausing in his speech, "Everyone above the Devas Realm is included in this summons. In this war, Immortal Country needs everyone’s strength, I, Pu Tizi, Liu Zhenyuan, and visionaries like the Ancient Martial Saint."
Gu Jinlai, after hearing what Ding Zhongyuan had said, fell silent for a moment before finally saying, "The Immortal Country is vast with many formidable beings. In such a world-scale war, even a Martial Saint like me might not be able to make a significant impact... Therefore, I can only apologize."
