Cultivation: When you take things to the extreme

Chapter 1197: Chapter 718: Taoist Soldier

“This is…”

“Manjusri Wisdom Sword!”

“Brahma Sect?”

Witnessing this scene, everyone outside the forbidden zone was shocked, their gazes turning towards the West, towards the Ahan Temple of the Supreme Mysterious Three Sects.

However, even the Immortals and Buddhas of the Ahan Temple at the western border were full of astonishment.

This person from the Human Sect had reached the peak in Proving the Dao, endured the unprecedented Three Layers of 99 Heavenly Tribulations with his own strength, and on his own founded a Tao Lineage as an Earth Immortal. Undoubtedly, he had become the foremost person in the Divine Land, and even among the past generations of Peak Emperors, he stood at the absolute pinnacle. His strength was unquestionable.

But he is he, the Human Sect is the Human Sect, and the Wandao School is the Wandao School.

Compared to the long-standing heritage of the Three Great Sects, the Wandao School had a very shallow foundation, at the start having only one True Immortal—himself, the Honored Wandao. Below him were all Void Immortals who had not completed the Nine Tribulations.

Even after the creation of the Taoist Domain and the attraction of many True Immortals, including the migration of entire clans like the Yousu Clan, the number of True Immortals was still not large. Before he proved to become an Earth Immortal, there were barely more than a dozen in total, and most of them were Guest Elders serving the sect.

And that’s just the True Immortals. As for those above True Immortals but below Earth Immortals, the Extreme Imperial Weapons, apart from that damaged Void Mirror, there were no others heard of.

So what is going on? Where did the Manjusri Wisdom Sword come from? Could it be that the Master of Ten Thousand Paths, the supreme of the Human Sect, ignored his own status and sneaked into the Ahan Temple to steal a treasure of the Brahma Sect?

The world was filled with doubts and suspicions, and the Immortals and Buddhas of Ahan Temple were even more astounded. Although Manjusri is a prominent lineage within the Brahma Sect, since ancient times, no one has proven the Dao with it, and no Taoist weapons of the Wisdom Sword level have remained.

Now…

“Roar!!!”

Manjusri Wisdom Sword, with the Great Sun Five Wisdom, exhibited its mighty and formidable presence, subduing the Ancient Dragon Corpse, causing it intense pain, making it wail mournfully. Its azure-black corpse scales turned ashen grey under the illumination of the Great Brahma Buddha Light and began to melt like snow.

Although the Manjusri Wisdom Sword previously showed no advantage against Xu Yang, and was even continuously suppressed, failing to break through his Sleeve Universe and was captured by the prohibition, that was against Xu Yang—a Xu Yang who held the Heavenly Immortal rank and possessed external enhancements. It was natural for the sword to be unable to defeat him, which does not mean that Manjusri is powerless or the Wisdom Sword incapable.

Now, facing the Ancient Dragon Corpse, this Wisdom Bodhisattva of the Brahma Sect finally demonstrated the capabilities of a Peak Earth Immortal. Even as a Taoist Soldier, it wielded full divine power, suppressing the Ancient Dragon Corpse below the Wisdom Sword at their first clash.

Yet, within this forbidden zone, there is more than one Corpse Body wandering.

The ground collapsed, gates of hell opened, and terrifying shadows stepped out. They appeared like Walking Dead and undying beings covered with spells, twisted in nature, looking bizarre and ominous. Their form was interwoven with Dao, but presented in an atypical way that was hard to comprehend and even more terrifying.

Emerging from hell, they ascended to the high heavens, their black hands reaching like claws towards the Heavenly Palace, as if to drag this Immortal Palace into hell.

Greeting them was a sky full of Heavenly Thunder and profound Great Arts. Thousands of Celestial Patrol Warships opened fire, annihilating most of these Walking Dead instantly, leaving only a few terrifying shadowy figures entangled with curses to survive. Yet, they couldn’t reach the Heavenly Palace; beams of radiant light descended, suppressing them separately.

“This…”

“Imperial Arms, it’s Imperial Arms again!”

“The Wandao School has such a foundation?”

“Mere Imperial Arms, even the Three Great Sects can’t match this, right?”

“No, these are not ordinary Imperial Arms; the Extreme Divine Power they unleashed is clearly more terrifying!”

“The war just started with the use of Imperial Arms, are we about to witness a battle at the Peak?”

“There must be beings within these Six Forbidden Zones comparable to Ancient Great Emperors, or even more terrifying existences lurking. Otherwise, the Three Great Sects wouldn’t have retreated in defeat back then!”

“…”

Watching the grand battle within the forbidden zone, the collision between the Heavenly Palace and hell, everyone was shaking with fear.

Although it was already known that the forbidden zone was terrible and not to be underestimated, its development was still somewhat unexpected. The conflict escalated to a battle of Imperial Arms and the clashing of Extreme Dao from the start. True Immortals, who once dominated areas within the Divine Land, now served merely as a backdrop, dimmed by the Extreme Divine Power.

The path of hell was extremely horrifying, with Corpse Bodies continuously stepping out from the shadows, burdened with heavy curses granted by the power of the Great Dao, defying the heavens, striving in desperate struggle, charging through Heavenly Thunder Earthly Fire and crashing into the Heavenly Soldiers and Generals.

Diverse in form, some were human, some were beastly, others were merely shadows—neither living nor dead, not dying, not extinguishing, carrying multitudes of curses. Each strike displayed distorted Dao, beings at the same rank as Immortals and Buddhas.

Such scenes left the world silent, with hearts surging forcefully, filled with fear and horror.

“So many Walking Dead…”

“Even if not Earth Immortals, they are True Immortals!”

“From where did they come? From where?”

“Is this the accumulation from the Dark Chaos?”

“No, no, no, the Dark Chaos alone definitely does not have such potentiality!”

“This is just one of the Six Paths. If the other forbidden zones are the same, then the accumulative forces of the Divine Land’s successive Imperial Dynasties and even the Three Great Sects would not amount to so many Immortal Corpses.”

“This must be the potentiality from the root of that chaos, the accumulation of boundless eons before Ancient Times!”

“How many Immortals and Buddhas had to be slain to have such a terrifying legacy?”

“What kind of existence is He…?!”

Outside the forbidden zone, all were watching with tension and fear, yet with a glimmer of hope amidst the trepidation.

The Six Paths Forbidden Zone was indeed terrifying, but this Taoist Academy of the Human Sect seemed even more formidable. Even if the hellish Walking Dead kept coming, they could not withstand the relentless bombardment of Heavenly Thunder Earthly Fire. Hell was being decimated, reducing the Walking Dead to powder—even Ancient Immortal Corpses, capable of wielding Extreme Divine Power, couldn’t change the tide of the battle.