Aspiring to the Immortal Path

Everyone was dumbfounded by the treasure light emitted by the Rosecloud Domain.

Yu Cheng refining the court into a weapon was shocking enough, but Tang Jie had refined the entire Rosecloud Domain!

These were both grandiose projects, reflective of immense ambitions.

Compared to the Court of Myriad Domains, the Rosecloud Domain was clearly a much larger, fiercer, and more unstoppable weapon.

As the Rosecloud Domain revealed its nature as a weapon, it charged at the court.

It was difficult to describe with words the sheer grandiosity of the sight. To describe it as a comet was already degrading, for it was far larger and stronger than any comet.

As one drew close, one would see that it was truly a world hurtling toward one, the apocalypse multiplied a thousand times over, a terrifying existence in the galaxy.

It was the wheel of history, ruthlessly crushing all in its path, making the Court of Myriad Domains seem like an ant.

“Evade!” Bei Xuanzhen cried out in terror.

The Court of Myriad Domains had no choice but to make way, avoiding a collision with this domain. In its very first battle as a weapon, it had been forced to flee before it could show off any of its power.

Alas, the Rosecloud Domain was no longer as clumsy.

Before activating the formation and releasing its treasure light, the Rosecloud Domain was akin to a rolling boulder, only able to travel in straight lines. But now, it was like a hammer on a chain, still huge and powerful, but much more agile.

As the Court of Myriad Domains evaded, the Rosecloud Domain turned to it and continued the pursuit, reacting many times faster than before.

The Court of Myriad Domains fell back once more, the massive shining palace spinning in the void as it once more evaded the Rosecloud Domain’s charge.

And it had strength for more.

Ethereal beams of light shot out from the court.

This was the counterattack of the Court of Myriad Domains, and as the beams of light struck the Astral Winds, they pierced through and struck the surface with thunderous impact.

“Continue evasive maneuvers, and release the Thousand Belt River!” Bei Xuanzhen roared. “Its movements aren’t as agile as ours. It’s not a complete divine weapon!”

As expected of the Immortal general Yu Cheng had left to hold down the fort.

As a commander, he not only possessed impressive martial power, but also a penetrating insight. With a glance, he could see where the difference lay between him and his foe.

The Rosecloud Domain was powerful, but while the Court of Myriad Domains was almost completely refined, the Rosecloud Domain was far from completion.

A completely refined Court of Myriad Domains could instantly use thousands of Divine Connections at once.

But this was clearly not the case for the Rosecloud Domain. It couldn’t release any Divine Connections to hurt enemies and still had to ram into them with its massive body. This meant that the refining and modifications done to the Rosecloud Domain had all been aimed at controlling it.

In the end, the Rosecloud Domain was just too big.

After several hundred years of cultivator wars and constant merging, the Rosecloud Domain had become one of the biggest domains in the Great Stellar Chiliocosm. Refining such a massive domain required an ocean of resources. Even plundering everything it had come across in its voyage through the stars had not been able to provide all the resources Tang Jie needed. Thus, he prioritized its internal operations.

As for releasing Divine Connections to hurt foes, that was a fantasy.

One could say that Tang Jie had prioritized scale above all else. The Court of Myriad Domains had been transformed into a divine treasure that was far scarier than any Dao armament, but the domain that Tang Jie had refined was a half-finished product that couldn’t even be considered a divine treasure.

Yet this half-finished product was chasing the Court of Myriad Domains across the void.

From a distance, it appeared like a giant metal ball chasing a small glass ball.

The Court of Myriad Domains dodged here and there while firing off Divine Connections, sending up shockwaves across the Rosecloud Domain’s surface. Alas, the damage it could inflict was limited. All the cultivators were protected by formations, and it was instead the demons trying to land on the surface that suffered, like mosquitoes being squashed between two giant palms.

Pa.

Squished.

Demons died in great numbers, and before it could contaminate the earth, their demonic energy was converted by the Eight Ocean Mountains into energy to maintain the Rosecloud Domain’s flight.

The Rosecloud Domain pursued the Court of Myriad Domains like a bellowing beast while the court “nimbly” darted here and there, always able to get out of the Rosecloud Domain’s way and unleash a sharp counterattack.

It was like an experienced bullfighter, waving its red cape to bait the bull that was the Rosecloud Domain, after which it would brush past it and deliver the lethal blow to its spine with its sword. But while the Court of Myriad Domains seemed to be playing around with this bull, Bei Xuanzhen knew that between the bullfighter and the bull, the bullfighter had no leeway to make mistakes.

Even the tiniest mistake would spell doom for the Court of Myriad Domains.

This forced the court to cautiously dance, enacting a breathtaking bullfight on the stage of the universe.

Alas, there were no spectators to this bullfight. Everyone was a participant, offering up their everything for victory.

On the Rosecloud Domain, tens of thousands of cultivators stood in formations and placed their hands on designated energy supply points to power the domain. Spirit stones alone were not enough to move such a massive domain.

With every passing moment, piles of spirit stones were being burned up, and cultivators were dropping from exhaustion, to be carried away and replaced by another.

The Court of Myriad Domains was in the same situation, its soldiers gathered at various locations and pouring in their energy to keep it going. Even though the court needed less energy to operate, the repeated battles had worn away their manpower such that they had less available than their foe. Moreover, the Divine Connections the court was firing off also took a lot of energy.

Both sides were suffering.

It was a battle of attrition to see who would drop first.

Later on, Bei Xuanzhen decided to have the court stop attacking, for he realized that it was better to focus on evading than waste power attacking the Rosecloud Domain. The energy the Rosecloud Domain was consuming to move was far greater than the damage it took from all the attacks.

Seeing this, Yun Tianlan frowned. “They figured out the Rosecloud Domain’s problem. They’ve stopped attacking, saving energy that they can put into movement.”

Xu Miaoran chuckled. “But a little too late. He’s still no Yu Cheng, who would have not attacked from the very start. While this one is no fool, his reaction time is a little slow, and in war, that little bit is all that matters.”

Huang Wuji nodded. “The lady is correct! All preparations are complete. Shall we begin?”

“No, wait a little so that they think they’ve succeeded… Decrease the speed of the planet weapon!”

With Xu Miaoran’s order, the Rosecloud Domain suddenly decelerated.

The rampaging bull suddenly slowing down meant that the bullfighter had some space to relax.

And the Court of Myriad Domains almost instinctively used this opportunity to slow down. Until the Rosecloud Domain completely stopped its attacks, the Court of Myriad Domains had to save energy wherever it could.

As they engaged in a few more rounds of bobbing and weaving, Xu Miaoran observed that slippery “mouse” in the distance and slowly took out an item.

The Mountain River State Diagram!

Everyone turned solemn, for they knew that the key moment had arrived.

As she threw the Mountain River State Diagram into the air, the Yellow Court World appeared in the Rosecloud Domain, overlapping with it and then seeping into it.

At that moment, the Rosecloud Domain and the Yellow Court World completely fused!

At the same time, the Court of Myriad Domains had just evaded a charge from the Rosecloud Domain.

As the two crossed paths, the Rosecloud Domain erupted with a light a thousand times brighter than before.

Within this blinding light, an enormous phantom beast barged out of the Rosecloud Domain.

“Awwooooo!!” It let out a frenzied roar.

The Ning Beast.

The Ning Beast seemed powerful, but it was ultimately an ethereal existence, created through a formation to move a domain. No matter how strong it appeared to be, as a phantom, it should have posed no threat.

But a moment later, the Ning Beast turned around and snatched the Court of Myriad Domains as it passed by.

Like a naughty child finally catching his bouncing marble.

It was held fast in its paw.