Chapter 866 - 491: Divine Realm Empress

"With the Star Constellation Array built by my Divine Domain using the Heaven-Flipping Seal, every city has been infused with the Power of Stars, rendering them impregnable. I would love to see just how much of a decent foundation the Pinnacle Celestial Immortal Sect will have left, even if they manage to attack the Imperial City..."

Obviously, Gongyang Yunlan’s words indicated that she wasn’t foolish enough to demand a one-on-one duel with Xu Xiongda the moment the Pinnacle Celestial Immortal Sect arrived. Instead, she planned to let these invaders first thoroughly experience the Dubhe Divine Domain’s "hospitality." Only after wearing down the Pinnacle Celestial Immortal Sect would she personally deliver a fatal blow to the invaders.

Just as Gongyang Yunlan’s impassioned words boosted the morale of the soldiers, the Wuxiang Emperor, who had already been hiding in the shadows, vanished completely.

The Dubhe Divine Domain was no small Outer Realm; not only was its territory vast, but it was also littered with various defensive installations. A large number of colossal cities acted as array cores, constructing the Star Constellation Array that interlocked to protect the all-important Imperial City at the very center. It was precisely because of the Star Constellation Array and the Divine Artifact Level Heaven-Flipping Seal that the Pinnacle Celestial Immortal Sect’s army couldn’t just descend directly upon the Imperial City. They had to first destroy the cities serving as array cores one by one before their forces could reach the Imperial City’s gates.

Five days after the Pinnacle Celestial Immortal Sect’s army officially arrived at the border.

At the bow of the Holy Lotus, Zou Feng stood shoulder-to-shoulder with a man whose entire body continuously emitted a faint white glow. This glowing man had thick eyebrows and large eyes, exuding an aura of absolute righteousness. He could have stepped directly onto a stage to play a great hero without needing any makeup.

"HEH HEH HEH... Younger Brother Zou, being able to cooperate with you in attacking the city is simply my good fortune!" The glowing man was named Wang Yu, an Upper Sect Elder of the Pinnacle Celestial Immortal Sect. Like Zou Feng, he was currently at the Nascent Soul Middle Stage Realm.

In response to Wang Yu’s praise, Zou Feng replied politely, "Elder Wang, your Ten Thousand Souls Banner deserves the most credit for allowing us to take down three cities in a row!" As he spoke, Zou Feng’s gaze fell once again upon the Ten Thousand Souls Banner floating above the entire city. The first time he saw Wang Yu toss out the legendary Ten Thousand Souls Banner, Zou Feng had been genuinely shocked. He never expected that an Upper Sect Elder of the Pinnacle Celestial Immortal Sect would actually practice the Sacrificial Refining of such a heaven-defyingly wicked item. However, after they openly discussed the matter later on, Zou Feng was immediately relieved.

Wang Yu’s Ten Thousand Souls Banner had never absorbed any ordinary mortals. The reason he didn’t use the souls of ordinary people was partly because Wang Yu wasn’t completely deranged, but more importantly, their souls were far too weak and could no longer satisfy the banner’s requirements. The souls inside Wang Yu’s Ten Thousand Souls Banner all belonged to the Demon Race and Tribulation Cultivators. Of course, whether he had ever "mistakenly absorbed" the souls of normal Loose Cultivators was something only Wang Yu himself knew.

However, Zou Feng and Wang Yu’s cooperation in sieging cities was truly a match made in heaven. The cities they had previously conquered all fell to the exact same routine. First, Wang Yu would use his Ten Thousand Souls Banner, utilizing a massive amount of the Power of Resentful Souls to affect the minds of the Cultivators inside the city. Thanks to the protective enhancements of the city’s Array, even if the Ten Thousand Souls Banner operated at full power, it wouldn’t cause any major issues for the Cultivators inside. Yet, merely causing their minds to wander was already more than enough. Because next, Zou Feng would activate the Xuanwu Paradise, plunging the entire city into a "carnival."

Those defending Cultivators would exhaust their Spiritual Qi while dancing uncontrollably like madmen. The depletion of their Spiritual Qi would then render them unable to resist the Power of Resentful Souls from the Ten Thousand Souls Banner, driving them into a desperate situation where they could only watch helplessly as Zou Feng and the others wildly bombarded and destroyed the City Defense Array. After the city was breached, Zou Feng and Wang Yu would divide up the Cultivators inside. Their fate was either entering the Ten Thousand Souls Banner to suffer the bitter fruit of eternal damnation, or entering the Xuanwu Paradise to serve as human Batteries.

Zou Feng felt no pity whatsoever for these Cultivators of the Dubhe Divine Domain. By comparison, the Cultivators of the Dubhe Divine Domain were absolute beasts among beasts. All the Cultivators here were either Royal Family members or affiliated clansmen. Meanwhile, the rest of the Divine Domain’s populace were subjected to various forms of enslavement by them from birth. Those with Cultivation Talent were raised into Death Warriors through Cultivation Gu methods, forming their armies and cannon fodder. Those without Cultivation Talent were force-fed drugs, turning into obedient puppets who acted as hard laborers, toiling away until they dropped dead. Thus, the entire Divine Domain didn’t actually have any ordinary citizens; there was only a group of deranged Evil Cultivators and their enslaved puppets. Calling it the Dubhe Demon Realm would be much more accurate than the Dubhe Divine Domain. Therefore, sending these Cultivators into the Ten Thousand Souls Banner or turning them into Batteries in the Xuanwu Paradise gave Zou Feng zero psychological burden; in fact, he found it quite satisfying. Someone should have come to harvest these beasts a long time ago...

"Younger Brother Zou, according to the senses of the Ten Thousand Souls Banner, this city is garrisoned by three Nascent Soul Realm Cultivators..." Wang Yu deliberately mentioned this news, clearly feeling that an odd number of "talents" would be difficult to divide once the city was breached.

"Three high-quality goods? No matter, Elder Wang can take two, and I’ll just take one!" Zou Feng offered generously. After all, his cooperation with Wang Yu over the past few days had been extremely pleasant; they had speed-run through three major cities with almost zero casualties. Currently, the number of people serving as Batteries in the Xuanwu Paradise had increased by three, bringing the total to five Batteries when added to the previous two. Furthermore, aside from those in the Nascent Soul Realm, Zou Feng would also pick out some excellent talents in the Golden Core Realm to join them in "radiating light and heat" within the Xuanwu Paradise. Such a battle record made them the best-performing unit among all the divided siege forces, second only to Xu Xiongda’s team.

Of course, dividing their forces into multiple teams to siege the cities was a necessary measure. Without destroying all the array cores of the Star Constellation Array, it would be impossible to breach the Imperial City where the Heaven-Flipping Seal was stationed. Moreover, this campaign to annihilate the Dubhe Divine Domain required a swift resolution; dragging it out for even a single extra day would add numerous unpredictable variables. Putting aside any great calamities, the mere fact that the Ninefold Celestial Court was still stirring up trouble in the Northern Domain was enough to cause persistent headaches for the Pinnacle Celestial Immortal Sect.

"Alright, I won’t stand on ceremony with you. To tell you the truth, this Ten Thousand Souls Banner is currently only short of two Nascent Souls to advance a step further! Of course, out of these three Nascent Souls, the strongest one belongs to you, younger brother!" Wang Yu said with a series of strange chuckles.

Although the city before them hadn’t been breached yet, as the Xuanwu Paradise began to exert its power, the entire city had already entered "disco" mode, dancing with incredible joy. If this continued, within an hour, the Cultivators inside the city, including those three Nascent Soul Cultivators, would lose all their combat strength. After all, with the great Array blocking the way, there was no way to pull them into the Xuanwu Paradise; they could only let the Xuanwu Paradise broadcast its influence from outside the Array. If he could actually pull them into the paradise, the time it takes to drink a cup of tea would have been more than enough.

Zou Feng had originally thought that he would face all sorts of bitter battles upon entering the Dubhe Divine Domain. He wondered if this was really it. However, perhaps it wasn’t that the Dubhe Divine Domain was too weak, but rather... he was ridiculously strong now. Nascent Soul Middle Stage, Late Stage Tribulation Cultivators—none of them could rouse Zou Feng’s interest anymore. If they dared to charge out of the city, their only immediate outcome would be death. Zou Feng wouldn’t even need to attack personally; just the combat power aboard the Holy Lotus, supplemented by the buffs of the Poison Domain, was enough to make any Nascent Soul Cultivator who dared leave the city suffer unspeakably.

In fact, over the past five days, aside from deploying the Xuanwu Paradise and striking out with the World-Purifying Poison Lotus to destroy the Arrays, Zou Feng spent almost all of the remaining time simply standing at the bow with his hands clasped behind his back, showing off. With victory firmly in hand, Zou Feng chatted casually with Wang Yu. However, with a casual glance, Zou Feng noticed a fleeting flash of deathly aura cross Wang Yu’s face. Having reached his current Realm, coupled with the increasingly apparent Divine Skills of the List of Gods, Zou Feng could perceive certain unusual omens even without knowing any divination or physiognomy techniques.

Hmm?!

Right after seeing the deathly aura flash across Wang Yu’s face, a suffocating wave of malice surged forth. Zou Feng didn’t even need to check the List of Gods to know that some big shot had just been added to the list!

"Huh?" Wang Yu, who had still been talking incessantly just a moment prior, suddenly had a drastic change in expression. "I... I..."

SPLAT. Before Wang Yu could finish his sentence, his stomach violently exploded...