The witch uttered words tinged with resentment as she nestled in Li Dao's arms, her voice muffled.
"I'm sorry to have kept you waiting."
Li Dao held the witch as if she were a person made of glass, afraid that she would shatter if he exerted the slightest force.
In the days that followed, one more person appeared on Daoyi Peak, and life returned to normal.
Li Dao and the witch slept together, discussing and exchanging Taoist techniques, living a life like immortals.
However, such days passed in the blink of an eye. On this day, the zither and lute played in harmony atop Dao Yi Peak. Li Dao played the flute, and the witch played the zither. Just as the music was in perfect harmony, a sudden change occurred.
laugh!
A discordant sound shattered the tranquility of the place.
Suddenly, an extremely astonishing fluctuation appeared between heaven and earth. The void exploded, and a badly damaged warship, dripping blood, rushed out from the shattered void, its terrifying killing aura shaking the heavens and the earth.
"Who dares to trespass into the Heavenly God Academy?!" an elder roared, his face grave.
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Meng Tianzheng tore through the void to stop the elder, and his expression changed as he looked at the warship.
Buzz!
Ripples spread through the void, and the geniuses cultivating in their respective caves appeared one after another, looking at the bronze warship with equally solemn expressions.
Li Dao and the witch also arrived, and their brows furrowed as they looked at the bronze warship that had been broken in two.
“These are warships from the frontier!” Meng Tianzheng spoke up at this moment, and his words immediately sent a chill down the spines of everyone present, and all eyes turned to look at them.
Everyone also saw the battle flag mark engraved on the bow of the ship. It was the iron-blooded battle flag that belonged only to the frontier. No other race was allowed to use this symbol. Only the frontier could use it.
The bronze warship was deathly silent, just like the frozen expressions of everyone present.
Chi!
Elder Meng Tianzheng leaped into the air and rushed over quickly, followed closely by the other elders.
Li Dao gave the witch beside him a wink, and they both landed on the warship.
At this moment, Meng Tianzheng discovered a middle-aged man who had fallen into a coma, with only half of his body remaining and blood still dripping from his body.
Elder Meng Tianzheng channeled a wisp of divine power over him, and the middle-aged man who had been unconscious slowly awoke. Li Dao and the other man also went over to him.
"Something terrible has happened... The formidable border pass has collapsed, and powerful beings from another realm have broken in!" Although the middle-aged man was weak, his voice was still very loud and resounded through the sky.
"what!"
At that moment, countless exclamations rang out, and then everyone felt a chill run down their spines, as if they had fallen into an icy lake and their hair stood on end.
This is devastating news.
Everyone knows that beings from other realms will once again invade this world, and when that happens, the world will surely shatter, rivers of blood will flow, and corpses will litter the sky.
Those will be absolute dark times, with the world in turmoil and unable to find peace.
But this day came so quickly, and the sudden news was hard for many to accept.
The younger generation of the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths has not yet grown up, they are not ready, but the beings from the other side of the world have already attacked.
"Are we destined to be forged in blood and fire?" a prodigy murmured, the pressure in his heart instantly increasing.
Many people are wavering; perhaps the most terrifying era has already begun.
Even Li Dao, who had a premonition, frowned deeply.
On such a peaceful and serene day, I received such terrible news, and my heart was filled with turmoil.
"It's too sudden! Unrest is about to break out, but I'm not ready!" someone shouted, trembling and on the verge of collapse.
The creatures of that generation were truly terrifying, possessing too many legends, and were synonymous with cursed lands and hell.
Moreover, some sages have predicted that the great calamity of this era will far surpass that of the past, overturning the world and becoming the darkest period in history. Every time people think about this, the pressure on everyone's hearts increases.
The young man spoke for many people; everyone present hoped that the unrest would be delayed as long as possible, so that there would be more time to prepare.
Even the elders of the three academies looked shocked, clearly taken aback by this sudden news.
"Tell me what happened quickly!" Meng Tianzheng used his great power to help the middle-aged man heal his injuries. His injuries were too serious. Half of his body had been cut off, and his primordial spirit was about to split apart. If it weren't for the Grand Elder's divine power maintaining him, he would have died long ago.
With tears of blood streaming from his eyes, the middle-aged man recounted everything he had seen.
"The frontier has been turned into a hell, countless people have died, heaven and earth are weeping, and countless souls are wailing. It's too tragic!"
His brothers, his friends, his relatives, and many familiar people were killed in an instant, with no strength left to resist. Blood and tears flowed down, but they were not enough to express even a fraction of the grief in his heart.
The people around him fell into endless silence upon hearing his words. The attack from the alien realm was simply too powerful, and the number of experts they had dispatched was unimaginable. They had breached the formidable pass in an instant.
"You said you come from the Great Crimson Heaven?" Meng Tianzheng frowned, but did not lose his composure and asked calmly.
"That's right, it's the Great Crimson Heaven, that ancient land that was once said to be unbreakable, but now it has encountered an unprecedented catastrophe, with countless lives lost and it has been turned into a ghost town!" The middle-aged man was excited, blood streaming down his body but he didn't seem to notice.
At this moment, an elder from the Immortal Academy took out a purple-gold pill and had the middle-aged man take it. Instantly, purple energy surged and divine power surged.
The cracking sound of bones echoed continuously as flesh and blood regenerated, and the lower half of the body recovered at a visible speed.
"Thank you, senior!" the middle-aged man said solemnly. Although his injuries could heal slowly with his strength, this pill undoubtedly shortened the time considerably. The hatred in his heart did not allow him to rest peacefully.
"The Great Crimson Heaven was forged from immortal bones, so this path should not have been opened. Why was it broken open at this time?" The old monsters frowned, their expressions uncertain, and an ominous premonition lingered in their hearts.
In their view, if alien beings were to invade, they should enter from the borderlands of the Three Thousand Provinces, where the situation is the most unstable. However, if the Great Crimson Heaven were to collapse at this time, the situation would be extremely dire.
"Perhaps the alien realm is preparing a feint, intending to send our elite forces into the Great Crimson Heaven, and then launch a surprise attack on the borderlands of the Three Thousand Provinces."
At this moment, Li Dao, who was standing to the side, gave a reminder.
Upon hearing Li Dao's words, everyone fell into deep thought.
Of the nine heavens and ten lands, only the borderlands of three thousand states are unstable. Over the long years, although people from other lands have not landed there, they have still caused great trouble.
That is why generations of sages, on the verge of death, would go there to exert their last bit of energy, achieve ultimate sublimation, and fight their final battle.
"This possibility is not without merit. They have been attacking the borderlands of the Three Thousand Provinces, but this time they have changed their target. There must be something fishy going on."
"But for now, we can only go to the Great Crimson Heaven to put out the fire first, and we cannot let our guard down in the Three Thousand Provinces."
"Go and invite the Ancestral Dragon Horn, and order all the great clans in the Nine Heavens to go to the Great Crimson Heaven to provide support!"
Meng Tianzheng quickly gave the order, his tone full of decisiveness.
Everyone trembled with fear; the real war had begun.
From the subsequent questioning, everyone learned from the middle-aged man that it was the Immortal Refining Pot that smashed open the Great Crimson Heaven.
Legend has it that the pot was specially for refining immortality, and its ferocity was unparalleled. It was the Dao artifact of an immortal king from another realm.
Oh oh oh!
On this day, the mournful sound of horns rang out, reaching all corners of the heavens, and countless streaks of light shot out.
Shi Hao had just returned to the academy when he heard the bad news, and his heart was heavy. Upon hearing the horn, he did not return to his cave immediately. After visiting his teacher, he went to Li Dao's dojo.
The temple remained the same, but a lingering sense of dread permeated the air.
After harvesting the precious herbs in the medicinal field, bursts of breakthrough aura surged from the independent peaks surrounding Dao Yi Peak, indicating that Mu Wanqing and the others were breaking through their cultivation barriers.
Li Dao sat alone atop Dao Yi Peak, holding a glass cup in his hand, the Thunder Tribulation Liquid inside emitting a pleasant aroma.
Li Dao sat quietly by the jade table, watching the turbulent events unfold outside. He also heard the horn sound. In an instant, the calm aura surrounding him changed. He remained calm, but beneath the calm, undercurrents were surging.
The witch opposite him paused slightly in the hand holding the glass cup, and softly said to Li Dao:
"Shi Hao is here."
Li Dao waved his hand, and the void suddenly cracked open, revealing Shi Hao's figure slowly emerging from the crack.
When Shi Hao saw Li Dao again, he felt as if the person in front of him was a bottomless abyss. Even though he was right in front of him, he felt as if there was a world between them.
His previously somewhat serious expression dissipated, and he looked at Li Dao with a smile, saying:
"I haven't even had a chance to congratulate Master on breaking through and slaying me, and on your great progress in cultivation."
With Li Dao's all-seeing eye, he naturally saw the mutually reinforcing and restraining Wheel of Bitterness within Shi Hao's body, and knew that he had also found his own path.
"We're all old acquaintances, so there's no need for such formalities. Please sit down."
Li Dao shook his head. It would be time to set off soon. The sound of the True Dragon Horn meant that the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths had reached the most critical moment, and any cultivator within the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths had to answer the call unconditionally.
Shi Hao sat down, and without exchanging pleasantries, looked directly at Li Dao and asked:
"The foreign forces are coming in strong; many people will die."
“Many, many.”
"What should we do?"
"Live."
Li Dao and Shi Hao quickly exchanged information, and an unyielding, heavy pressure filled the air.
Upon hearing Li Dao's words, Shi Hao fell silent for a moment.
"They are all the most outstanding prodigies. If they grow up, they will become a force capable of changing the entire Nine Heavens and Ten Earths." Shi Hao was referring to the disciples in the academy, who were all heirs of various sects.
If they grow up, thousands of years later, the entire Nine Heavens and Ten Earths will be filled with new blood, and the entire Nine Heavens and Ten Earths will be transformed.
They are passionate and enthusiastic, and can change the stubborn ideas of many older generations.
"There's no way to avoid it, no way to escape it."
"The emergence of so many prodigies in our generation is perhaps destined to be tempered and grown in blood and fire."
Li Dao's gaze was far-reaching; he naturally knew how powerful this group of prodigies would be once they grew up. But time waits for no one, and war had already begun.
"I just feel sorry that some people were crushed by the tide of the times before they could realize their talents."
Shi Hao sighed. He thought of the group of extraordinary talents in the ancient immortal era, and how similar the situation was to the present one. It was as if it were a predetermined cycle.
"Stop overthinking it and get ready for the battle."
"Only those who survive have the right to talk about tomorrow."
"Besides, we won't be going to the battlefield so soon. Jiutian also needs hope, a group of people to place their hopes on the future."
Li Dao looked into the distance, his eyes seemingly piercing through layers of heaven and earth, seeing the surface tranquility of various places in the nine heavens and ten earths shattered by the True Dragon's Horn.
The True Dragon Horn was sounding, spreading further and further away. Even the old man of the borderlands could hear the mournful sound of the horn, as if it were an echo from the ancient immortal era.
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