Chapter 2710: The Song of the Celestial Zither—Materialist Civilization

The Song of the Lyre.

This is the strongest material civilization discovered by the Xianmen Sect to date.

In Jiang Ding’s eyes, black and white lights flickered as he carefully scanned and processed the various features of the Celestial Zither race, using his nearly immortal divine soul computational power to deduce.

“That crystal embedded in the forehead… it should be a highly technological information processor.”

“The bodies of the Celestial Zither people have undergone multiple transformations, with each transformation exceeding a thousand years in interval. The life limit of this Celestial Zither individual is 300,000 years… Is this Celestial Zither person a high-ranking individual?”

asked Jiang Ding.

“Probably not.”

“He was captured after we shot down a scout ship. It is worth noting that this scout ship, although its technological content far exceeds that of the Xianmen material civilization, has an appearance style similar to the SDHAF-2134-21 model ship in the Central Array Spirit Computer’s material civilization database.”

“This ship was originally a main battleship designed by Lu, later widely used within the Galaxy, and deeply influenced the design style of subsequent Xianmen ships.”

Yuan said with some frustration.

This kind of enemy-like yet uncertain situation, where it’s inadvisable to fight to the death immediately, feels very unpleasant.

Moreover, they know very little about the Song of the Lyre. This is an unfamiliar civilization, and to the highly information and reconnaissance-focused Xianmen, such an unknown civilization is not easily treated as hostile, because the unknown is the most dangerous thing in the world.

“Do you think it’s possible they’re descendants of the Xianmen Sect?”

“Could they be descendants who have forgotten the name of the Xianmen Sect, existing at least at the supergalactic cluster level?”

Jiang Ding’s tone became somewhat grave.

If viewed through the lens of the Immortal Dao Universe, this could be a material civilization equivalent to the Ancient Emperor level, and at the very least, possibly an even stronger material civilization, one that even surpasses the Forbidden Area Ancient Emperors, capable of reversing the material and time of the material universe.

As for divine-level civilizations, probably not.

A being equal to immortals should be omniscient and omnipotent, beyond the Xianmen Sect’s ability to spy upon.

“Indeed so.”

“Perhaps there is a past, perhaps the Song of the Lyre civilization is extremely powerful, and both parties are striving to conceal their information from each other, this reconnaissance process may continue for hundreds of thousands to tens of millions of years, until one side believes it fully understands the opponent.”

“Otherwise, a fight should not break out.”

Yuan judged.

This is like poking a stick at a wolf, where both sides are wary.

“Indeed, it should be so.”

“We must be cautious.”

Jiang Ding was silent for a long time and said.

“We must be cautious.”

He repeated.

Surprisingly, there was no appearance of a Great Sun Sword Cultivator’s crazed bloodlust. Though his heart trembled with joy, he showed no change on the outside.

This is for dealing with an unknown and powerful opponent.

“We are advancing this matter.”

“If the Xianmen material civilization is defeated, it will produce a large number of refugees. We hope for resettlement or, if necessary, military intervention.”

Yuan said solemnly.

“Of course.”

“There is no need to specifically ask for it.”

Jiang Ding took a deep breath, resisting the urge to explore the Soulless Universe right away, which would be too dangerous.

He is a typical supernatural being of the Immortal Dao, with all his learning within the scope of the Immortal Dao Universe. The hidden immortal technique might not adapt to the Soulless Universe, or perhaps in the Soulless Universe, he is a super life form emitting stellar-like fluctuations, constantly leaking energy, much too obvious, like a torch in the Dark Forest.

Perhaps, at a very, very distant distance, he would be locked onto by the material civilization.

Mainly, the rule inertia in the Soulless Universe is too strong, difficult to utilize, otherwise, with a single thought, the Supreme Great Sun Ancient Emperor could know most things.

Furthermore, a very dangerous factor exists.

That is, the Song of the Lyre civilization has an exploration depth far surpassing that of the Six-Word Immortal Scripture Ancient Emperor!

If this is truly so, and the Supreme Great Sun Ancient Emperor rashly charges in, fighting as a guest in the Soulless Universe, unable to invoke the authority and might of the End of Dharma Path, his combat power wouldn’t even be a tenth, almost certainly suffering the same fate as Xi Yuan back in the day, doomed to die!

“Increase reconnaissance!”

“Intelligence and information!”

“Senior Yuan, back during my university days, your student, Immortal Luling, told me in the first class that the Xianmen Sect uses intelligence as the foundation of war, and intelligence is the life of the Xianmen Sect citizens!”

Jiang Ding earnestly said, “I hope the Xianmen material civilization will, as much as possible, use its strength to gather intelligence on the Song of the Lyre. The Immortal Dynasty will provide the greatest computational support and establish a specialized research department to assist in the material civilization’s research and decisions.”

“The power infused with spiritual energy will temporarily not appear in the Soulless Universe.”

In terms of intelligence, when facing an unfamiliar civilization, this is of utmost importance.

“The Xianmen Sect will do so!”

Yuan said in a deep voice.

Without a doubt, the Xianmen Sect resides at the intersection of the Soulless Universe and the Immortal Dao Universe. The emergence of the Song of the Lyre civilization is bound to bring a crisis of extinction, so there is no overemphasizing its importance.

…

The Supreme Great Sun Ancient Emperor suppressed the Nine-leaf Sword Emperor with a single sword!

As a result, the order of the Supreme Great Sun Immortal Dynasty and the Endless Starry Sky was thoroughly stabilized, and the Forbidden Zone Emperors became more compliant with the Immortal Dynasty’s commands, especially regarding directions involving Immortal Dao research.

During their research, the Forbidden Zone Emperors keenly noticed an issue, multiple new academic researches in the Supreme Great Sun Ancient Emperor’s topics were now predicated on a universe completely devoid of spiritual energy, and a large amount of effort was being allocated, even encroaching on some resources of the Six-Word Immortal Scripture Project.

At a secret location, constructed as a place of concealment by the Seven-character Immortal Scripture Ancient Emperor and Nine-leaf Sword Emperor using divine soul path authority, there were multiple divine soul fluctuations, all famous Forbidden Area Ancient Emperors of the Endless Starry Sky.

This was the secret meeting place of the new and old emperors, ensuring that there were no reaches of the End of Dharma Path.

“What is the Supreme Great Sun planning?”

“What does he want to do in a universe entirely without spiritual energy?”

The chilling voice of Emperor Huanggu asked.

“Is he attempting to completely invoke the End of Dharma Path in the current world, to annihilate all beings in the Human World, leaving no spiritual energy or rules, causing Taiyin and Taiyang to fall, causing the complete collapse of the Immortal Path?”

“Theoretically, during this process, the End of Dharma Path would become unprecedentedly powerful, providing unimaginable opportunities for any creature of the End of Dharma Path, as this is the destined fate of the End of Dharma Path in the universe… However, the universe is not currently in the Dharma-Ending City Age.”

The tone of the Beidou Ancient Emperor was one of exceptional astonishment, even with a hint of admiration for this human cultivator descendant.

What is the essence of the End of Dharma Path?

It’s a specific cycle of the universe!

Once the End of Dharma Path truly appeared in the Human World, invoked to descend by the authority of the End of Dharma Path, it would dramatically increase its chance of achieving immortality.

Of course, this task is extremely difficult and terrifying.

The vast universe flows ceaselessly, and any action by any creature is unlikely to influence the universal cycle, akin to a fantasy.

Should anyone claim that the Supreme Great Sun Ancient Emperor could completely reverse the universe’s cycle, the Beidou Ancient Emperor wouldn’t believe it.

The Supreme Great Sun Ancient Emperor cannot do it.