Chapter 566 - 490: [The Big Tiger Will Appear]

The Eight Celestial Passes.

The Chixiao Dam Area.

In the aftermath of the great battle, a temporal storm swirled.

The ravaged Realm Sea was also rapidly flowing back. Between the rise and fall of the waves, crests carrying innumerable worlds crashed against the area’s dikes.

"We won!!"

Amidst the utter silence,

someone let out a great roar.

What followed was a tsunami of cheers.

For with the Taotie Commander-in-Chief’s escape, not a single member of the Taotie Race remained on the battlefield.

Or rather—

every last Taotie had been annihilated by a single man!

"Wushi Domain Lord, unrivaled in this generation!"

The many Great Emperor Domain Masters,

leading their hundreds of millions of soldiers, offered Wu Dao their most sincere reverence. The battlefield respects the strong, and in their eyes, Wu Dao was a mighty hero worthy of their admiration!

With his power alone,

he had annihilated four All Heavens Ancestor Kings.

He then wiped out the Taotie Race’s grand army of Ancestral Kings.

His methods were brutal and horrifying, but no amount of cruelty toward the enemy was too much!

"You are the true heroes."

Facing the cheers of the officers and soldiers,

Wu Dao nodded with a humble, appreciative smile, showing none of the ferocious tyranny he had displayed when devouring Ancestral Kings and annihilating armies with a flick of his finger.

A righteous man attracts much support.

’Still, one must keep up appearances.’

"After this defeat, Mountain and Sea probably won’t launch another large-scale attack on our dam area in the short term."

Emperor Chixiao, at his side, also broke into a heartfelt smile. He had suffered considerable Dao injuries, and his aura and Dao Essence were somewhat weakened.

After all, his opponent had been a commander from the Primordial Race.

Although everyone’s power and achievements were similar in the All Heavens Emperor realm, the advantage of bloodline still remained. The Primordial Race had mastered far more Supreme Divine Communication Techniques than cultivators of the same rank in Hongyuan.

If Wu Dao hadn’t annihilated the grand army,

and if that commander hadn’t feared that reinforcements would arrive to surround him, Emperor Chixiao would likely have paid a terrible price today.

"They won’t give us much of a chance to breathe."

Wu Dao shook his head. "Mountain and Sea have suffered major defeats in other dam areas, but their attacks haven’t stopped for a single day."

Whether in the Mortal Realm or the Extraordinary Realm,

waging war is all about momentum.

You press the attack with the first surge of vigor, but falter with the second.

Mountain and Sea has already conquered eighty percent of the territory in the Eight Celestial Passes. They will swiftly seize the final twenty percent, even if the price is higher.

"I will do my best to request reinforcements from my superiors."

Emperor Chixiao sighed, naturally understanding this principle. Then, as if remembering something, he offered Wu Dao a guarantee.

Now that Wu Dao’s strength had been exposed,

the next time,

Mountain and Sea would surely overestimate him as much as possible, analyze his rate of improvement, and specifically assign All Heavens Ancestor Kings to deal with him.

Without powerful All Heavens Emperors as support, they would absolutely be unable to defend this dam area next time!

"With you here, it shouldn’t be too difficult."

Thinking of this,

Emperor Chixiao even shared a small joke with Wu Dao.

Wu Dao’s potential was simply too incredible.

No matter how difficult it was, the military headquarters would surely arrange for powerful experts to ensure his safety.

Wu Dao had no objection to this.

He had guessed as much before coming to the Eight Celestial Passes. After all, the value he had demonstrated was great enough to warrant special attention from the Elder Council’s military department.

And indeed, he was right.

The battle in the Chixiao Dam Area had just ended.

The Elder Council at the Nine Heavens Pass had secretly dispatched a Peak Heavenly Emperor to hide and watch over the Chixiao Dam Area.

It was worth mentioning,

that this All Heavens Emperor was from the Law Enforcement Team.

He was dispatched personally by someone from the Grand Elder Faction, and the entire deployment process was handled without the involvement of, and was even concealed from, the other few Grand Elders.

Evidently,

the Commander’s Law Enforcement Team had already uncovered something, and believed that the "big tiger" hiding in Hongyuan was a certain Grand Elder!

This was an extremely serious matter.

Of the eight Grand Elders in the Elder Council (the one from the Rising Dragon Celestial Dynasty had been dismissed), each represented the supreme military commander of a Celestial Domain.

Although the All Heavens Lords entered the scene later,

and the Grand Elders’ military power was somewhat divided and weakened, they had been cultivating their power since the Four Tribulations, and the sheer size of the armies they controlled was still terrifying!

Furthermore,

the Grand Elders themselves came from the core of power of a Heavenly Domain Lord.

For example,

the Supreme Emperor Celestial Venerable of the Celestial Court.

As the first heaven under the Profound Celestial, his status in the Celestial Court was second only to the Great Celestial Venerable.

If it was truly confirmed

that the "big tiger" was a certain Grand Elder,

then the most severe scenario would be that a Heavenly Domain Lord’s faction was mostly composed of spies from Mountain and Sea!

A Heavenly Domain Lord rebelling!

The matter was too grave. If word got out, all of Primordial Chaos would feel a chill run down their spines!

For every day it wasn’t rooted out,

a giant landmine remained buried within Hongyuan!

Once it detonated...

With troubles both internal and external, Hongyuan would be in grave danger!

’If the traitor is from the Celestial Court, it’s impossible that the Great Celestial Venerable doesn’t know, given his cultivation. He would surely be eager to have it detonate sooner rather than later.

Buzhou Heaven is also unlikely, with the Martial Ancestor there.

Daluo Heaven and the Celestial Court are thick as thieves, and the Luotian Sword Master is also in complete control.

As for the other Celestial Domains...’

Deep within the Realm Sea,

Wu Dao also surmised that the "big tiger" was very likely a certain Grand Elder. Excluding the three major Celestial Domains, the others all seemed possible.

But that "big tiger" was hidden too well.

After the Four Tribulations,

it had yet to show its hand.

Even the Law Enforcement Team, which had been investigating all this time, had only determined a general target, to say nothing of Wu Dao.

He could only think deeper.

That hidden "big tiger."

Or rather, when the power behind it would reveal its fangs.

’The Martial Ancestor!’

Wu Dao’s consciousness perceived the martial fortune burning fiercely within the Great Dao of time and space, surging toward the Ten Celestial Passes, and he understood.

As long as the Martial Ancestor did not fall,

no matter how many schemes the Mountain and Sea Realm devised, they could not overcome this pillar that held up the heavens.

And last time, the Heaven-Burying Emperor had revealed

that according to the Slaughter Emperor’s observations, the Martial Ancestor’s Dao fortune had at most one year left before it burned out completely. There might be some discrepancy, but not by much.

"One year... PHEW~"

Wu Dao let out a small breath and opened his attribute panel—

[Physique: Primordial Magnetism Path]

[Extraordinary: Essence Devouring: All Things, Three Tribulations (400,100/517,600) +]

[Transverse Cultivation: Infinite Primordial Scripture·Chaotic Body Third Layer +]

[Divine Cultivation: Juntian Creation Scripture·Third Level of Great Emperor +]

[Soul Cultivation: All Phenomena Divine Luo Scripture·Third Level of Great Emperor +]

[Divine Origin: Lower-Rank God Emperor]

[Celestial Treasure: Bitter Dust Robe (Emperor’s Artifact 100%)

...

[Teleportation Points: ...]

After advancing to All Heavens Emperor,

the Primordial Dao Wheel had been accelerating at any cost.

Coupled with devouring four All Heavens Ancestor Kings and numerous other Ancestral Kings this time, as well as the nourishment from the Ancestral King civilizations devoured by his other Incarnations,

he had created a massive amount of Three Tribulations All Things Dao Veins.

In a short period, this had propelled him to the All Heavens Emperor Third Layer.

His rate of improvement was perverse.

But he had far too little time.

Before the Martial Ancestor’s Scattered Dao,

he had to obtain the Extreme Dao Bell, seize the Burning Chaos Furnace, and step into the Primordial Domain. Only then could his schemes and preparations at Shanhai Pass take effect.

With this in mind,

the newly-advanced Third Layer Wu Dao immediately, and without pause, created and proliferated even more Incarnations, dispatching them to the Eight Celestial Passes and the forbidden zones of the various Celestial Gates of Shanhai Pass below the Eight Celestial Passes.

Subsequently,

the Incarnations that entered the forbidden zones

would also steadily grow stronger from a distance as his own power increased, allowing them to complete their tasks.

As for the Nine Heavens Pass,

Taichu Heaven.

It was located in the Taichu Universe Sea.

The rules of its forbidden zones could obliterate All Heavens Emperors at a moment’s notice.

He would need to further increase his strength before he could dispatch Incarnations there.

’Has the Celestial Punishment been loosened to allow Great Emperors at the Twenty-Four Celestial Levels?’

While dispatching more Incarnations,

Wu Dao noticed that the Tribulation Qi within Hongyuan had soared by several degrees.

The Tribulation Qi sowed chaos in the Dao.

At this moment, Hongyuan was allowing Great Emperors of the Twenty-Four Celestial Levels to take action within its bounds.

After a while longer,

even All Heavens Emperors would likely be unleashed.

The loosening of the Celestial Punishment had a slight impact on the Primordial Sect’s operations, but it wasn’t too significant.

During this period,

because the benefits were too heaven-defying,

the Primordial Sect had also recruited some Great Emperors.

Coupled with the absurd rate of improvement of the Seventy-Two Primordial Demons, they could still manage.

Even if they were jointly targeted,

Wu Dao’s Incarnations provided a backstop, and the collection speed for Tao Realms and Divine Souls did not drop.

Although the Tao Realms were replaced frequently,

fortunately, satisfying his needs only corresponded to the number of All Things Dao Veins, and the vast, boundless Hongyuan Heavenly Realms could continuously meet his demands.

The only obstacle

was perhaps that the closer an Original Dao Realm was to the Five Tribulations, the more prosperous it would be, and the greater the resistance the Primordial Sect would encounter in its plunder.

Some Three Tribulations Original Dao-verses

had already given rise to an Emperor’s Lineage.

If Wu Dao were to step into the Four Tribulations and essentially become an All Heavens Emperor, then the Primordial Sect’s prey would become the Ancestral Lands of All Heavens Emperor’s Lineages.

Of course,

this was the worst-case scenario.

Not every Tao Realm was occupied by a Hongyuan Daoist Lineage; various factors influenced them, creating differences between prosperity and decline.

Some Three and Four Tribulation Dao-verses

were too barren and dilapidated.

The powers of All Heavens wouldn’t even give them a second glance.

...

Wu Dao’s guess was not wrong.

The defeat in a single dam area

did not affect the offensive rhythm of the Mountain and Sea Realm.

Not long after the great battle had ended,

Mountain and Sea regrouped and once again launched a fierce assault on the Chixiao Dam Area.

However,

it was no longer the Taotie Race, but the Taowu Race.

Furthermore, this time the commander-in-chief was a Twenty-four Heavens Ancestral King, and the other three vice-commanders were at the Fifteenth Layer of Heaven.

Wu Dao’s dam area

was not in the most fiercely contested region of the Realm Sea.

To dispatch such powerful All Heavens Ancestor Kings, the offensives on other battlefields would inevitably be hindered.

To go to such great lengths,

they were clearly still fixated on him.

Although the Taotie Race had suffered a crushing defeat last time, with only their commander-in-chief escaping, they had managed to probe Wu Dao’s strength.

In such a short time,

no matter how heaven-defying Wu Dao was, it was impossible for him to have advanced beyond the Fifteenth Layer of Heaven.

In response to this,

Wu Dao could only wish the Taowu Race good luck.

He hadn’t reached the Fifteenth Layer of the All Heavens Emperor realm, but his ’bodyguard’ was far more terrifying than the Taowu Race’s commander!

The outcome was as expected.

The Taowu Race arrived with overwhelming momentum.

They presumed to understand all the forces in the Chixiao Dam Area and foolishly attempted to breach the dam and capture Wu Dao alive.

But what they didn’t know was

that the Law Enforcement Team had secretly dispatched a Peak Heavenly Emperor to guard the Chixiao Dam Area, without their spies ever knowing.

After the Taowu Race approached the dam area,

the lurking Peak Heavenly Emperor from the Law Enforcement Team didn’t even appear. He simply unleashed a wave of pressure from afar, annihilating the three All Heavens Ancestor Kings of the Taowu Race!

The remaining small fry,

naturally, mostly ended up in Wu Dao’s stomach.

Without their backbone,

the rest of the grand army couldn’t stir up any trouble and was quickly surrounded and wiped out by the forces of the Chixiao Dam Area.

...

"Damn it, since when was a Peak Heavenly Emperor hiding in the Chixiao Dam Area?!"

"He must be on the verge of being exposed! Many decisions from the Hongyuan Elder Council are now being made by the Martial Ancestor’s faction, who act first and report later."

"The Martial Ancestor, HMPH!"

Another disastrous price of total annihilation.

This made Mountain and Sea realize that their "big tiger" hidden in Hongyuan had very likely been exposed. They estimated it wouldn’t be long before it was dragged out!

"How much longer does the Hongyuan side need to build the bridge between the two realms?"

After realizing this,

the upper echelons of Mountain and Sea also grew anxious.

Once that "big tiger" was exposed,

their deeds in that Celestial Domain would surely be revealed as well. If the bridge wasn’t completed before the exposure, they wouldn’t be able to stir up much trouble due to the limitations of the Celestial Punishment.

"Currently, most of Hongyuan’s Dao fortune is gathered on the Martial Ancestor and Shanhai Pass. With a few more large-scale victories, Hongyuan’s Tribulation Qi will surge, and the speed of seizing control of the Heavenly Domain Ancestor Dragon Vein will also increase."

"Tell them to speed up. After all, they’re meddling with a Heavenly Domain Ancestor Dragon Vein. If it takes too long, the Primordial Chaos of that Celestial Domain will definitely sense that something is wrong."

"Understood."