Chapter 736 - 370: A Meaningless War

Chapter 736: Chapter 370: A Meaningless War

Wang Tianli and his men, having made preparations long ago, had already excavated the locations for the Arrays according to Cheng Zongyang’s instructions. The next step was for Cheng Zongyang to set up the Arrays and place the Spirit Storage Dharma Pearls.

The location of each Spirit Storage Dharma Pearl would be protected by a Restriction, ensuring no one but him could take them. They would simply emit Spiritual Qi from underground, supplying the cultivation needs within the Array.

Although every mountain would have the same type of Array, the method to activate each one was different—like identical locks with unique keys. Furthermore, depending on the specific mountain’s topography, Spirit Storage Dharma Pearls of different Tiers would be installed.

These different locations were designed to be suitable for various purposes: for entire influences, for individuals, or as public cultivation abodes.

Cheng Zongwen and Zhou Zhendong followed Cheng Zongyang the entire time, their main responsibility being to record the designation number of each mountain’s Array, the Grade of its Spirit Vein, and other such details.

Only by doing this could they ensure that when someone rented a mountain in the future, they would know the Grade of its Spirit Vein, the Tier of its Array, its various functions, and so on.

While Cheng Zongyang was setting up the Arrays one after another, the situation brewing in the Ice and Fire Cultivation Immortality Realm finally reached its breaking point.

The moment a Seven-Star Family in Li City made a move against a Six-Star Family, it was like a lit fuse touching off the tense powder keg of the city.

Every influence had its own backers. The higher up the hierarchy one went, the larger the powers became, and the more they adhered to established rules. Thus, if a fight could be avoided, it generally was.

It was better to talk things out, negotiate problems, and haggle back and forth over interests. They would even join forces to ostracize and punish those who broke the unspoken rules.

This time, however, was different. The powers at the very top had already negotiated the terms, settling the grievances, costs, and bargaining chips for all sides.

That meant the influences left in the dark could only serve as pawns.

And so, with the fuse lit, the various influences began to act, using all sorts of righteous slogans as pretexts. One dragged in another, one supported another, and one allied with another. Just like that, every influence in the eight Main Cities of the Ice and Fire Cultivation Immortality Realm was pulled into the fray, each opening its own front and setting the entire Cultivation Immortality Realm ablaze.

With the onset of this turmoil, individuals and families who had already bound a Ten Thousand Races Spirit Seal and wished to avoid the conflict immediately used the new teleportation function to enter the Realm of Ten Thousand Races and seek refuge.

At the same time, a great many people applied for residency in the Realm of Ten Thousand Races, simply because it offered benefits and the protection of the realm’s Immortal.

With resident status, powerful individuals would have to think twice before acting, lest they face automatic capture and imprisonment, or even a fatal penalty of heavenly lightning—a life for a life.

As a result, more and more people bound the Ten Thousand Races Spirit Seal, more and more people immediately fled to the Realm of Ten Thousand Races, and more and more people became residents of the realm.

While everyone had their own roles to play, as the great war in the Cultivation Immortality Realm began, the five leaders of the Five Great Immortal Sects could only stare in silence at the Spiritual Ability interface projected by the Ten Thousand Races Spirit Seal Token.

This completely new and different Ten Thousand Races Spirit Seal Token, along with its added functions, had utterly stripped the Five Great Immortal Sects of their confidence—their confidence in controlling the Cultivation Immortality Realm!

The new rules of the Realm of Ten Thousand Races gave everyone from the common folk at the bottom to the Nine-Star Influences at the top a new option: enter the Realm of Ten Thousand Races, become its residents, and then apply for a territory to establish their influence.

The implication was obvious: everyone now had another path to take.

For the influences that had been suppressed by the Five Great Immortal Sects for centuries, this new option was a game-changer. It was obvious what they would choose to do.

But that alone might have been manageable. After all, the Five Great Immortal Sects controlled the passage. As long as they set up a Tier Five Array and stood guard themselves, no influence would dare risk mutual destruction by confronting an Immortal Sect.

As it turned out, the teleportation function single-handedly crushed that hope.

It seemed this war was pointless.

This was why the five of them, gathered together once more, had remained silent for so long.

There was absolutely nothing they could do.

As for confronting the Immortal of the Realm of Ten Thousand Races?

That was out of the question.

Given that someone could create such a thing, they had no doubt whatsoever about the identity of the master of the Realm of Ten Thousand Races. Who else but an Immortal could accomplish such a feat?

"If there’s truly nothing we can do, then this war has lost all meaning," the leader of the Lingxi Immortal Sect said with a sigh. "The fact that those other influences have slowed their operations recently is enough to reveal their thoughts. And that’s not to mention the Divinity Transformation Opportunity at the Immortal Dao Auction, or the selection for the position of Immortal Envoy, which promises immortality. Even our own Immortal Sect disciples are getting restless over these things."

But the others remained silent.

How could they fail to see it? With the appearance of the new rules, dissent had already taken root. It was unstoppable.

If negotiations failed, those influences could have all their members bind a Ten Thousand Races Spirit Seal, pack their belongings into their spatial treasures and Storage Pouches, uproot their Spirit Veins, and teleport directly into the Realm of Ten Thousand Races. There, they could easily establish a new territory for themselves.

They would no longer need to heed the whims of the Five Great Immortal Sects or submit to their control. Those Nine-Star Families could become even more powerful influences. If one of their members managed to obtain Divinity Transformation resources, their strength could even surpass that of the Five Great Immortal Sects.

All the plans they had schemed for so long had become nothing more than an illusion.

"Everyone," the leader of the Medicine Immortal Sect said in a heavy voice. "I’m afraid this war must be stopped. Before coming here, I received my master’s counsel. His Lifespan is down to less than a century."

He didn’t have to say more; everyone present understood the implication.

His master either had to obtain the Divinity Transformation Opportunity and break through, get a Longevity Elixir to extend his life, or simply wait for death.

Seeing that the others remained silent, the leader of the Medicine Immortal Sect could only sigh before continuing, "The rules for the auction are out. I presume you all saw one of the hints included within. Furthermore, it is impossible to break through to the Divinity Transformation Realm here, in our world. Everyone, our Sect’s historical records also note that after *that person* left all those years ago, he sealed this world on his way out.