Chapter 422 - 220: Wuchen’s Divinity Transformation

Chapter 422: Chapter 220: Wuchen’s Divinity Transformation

For those remaining at the Sect, the hardest days were those spent waiting for battle reports.

If the Black Cliff Mountain Range defense line fell, the Sect itself would be endangered.

This time, the enemy attacked with meticulous planning while our side was unprepared. We scrambled to respond, putting us at a disadvantage.

In fact, after Xu Ran learned from Qin Yufeng that the acceleration of the Heaven and Earth Dao Concealment was the handiwork of the Overseas Archipelago, Li Daoyi had already reported the news to the Upper Sect.

The reply they received stated that scouts had been dispatched but had found no significant anomalies. The Upper Sect promised to heighten their vigilance and defenses, remain ready for battle, and had even organized some countermeasures.

However, the Overseas Archipelago waited until the Hidden Dao Era Millennium to make a move. After such a long time, the mainland Cultivation Realm had long since let down its guard, believing the enemy wouldn’t attack.

Now, scrambling to respond, it was uncertain whether they could mount an effective defense.

And indeed, just as everyone had feared, a mere half-month after Li Daoyi led his forces to the front lines, a battle report arrived at the Sect: the Black Cliff Defense Line had fallen.

Upon hearing this news, the disciples left behind at the Sect felt as if their world was collapsing.

Many had considered the possibility of the line falling, but it had only been half a month!

This was proof of the enormous disparity in strength between the two sides.

Just as Li Daoyi had previously speculated, the Overseas Archipelago hadn’t even deployed that many of their powerhouses.

This time, the forces from the Overseas Archipelago that entered the Black Cliff Mountain Range were led by seven Divinity Transformation Daoist Monarchs. They were followed by two hundred Nascent Soul Stage Cultivators and nearly a thousand Golden Core Stage Cultivators, with the weakest members being at the Foundation Establishment Stage.

Ordinarily, a force of this size would be insignificant. Any one of the Ten Major Sects could have dealt with it easily.

But this was the Hidden Dao Era Millennium, and most of the powerhouses in the mainland Cultivation Realm had entered a Dust-covered state.

In all of Changqing County, aside from the Profound Pure Sect, which had dispatched the two Nascent Soul Stage Cultivators Li Daoyi and Chu Lingxiao, the twenty-odd other Nascent Soul Level powers combined had only managed to muster twelve Nascent Soul Stage Cultivators.

Even with the cultivators who rushed to provide aid from several neighboring Counties, our side’s total number of Nascent Soul Stage Cultivators barely reached forty-something. We were outnumbered nearly five to one.

The most critical factor, however, was their leaders—the Divinity Transformation Daoist Monarchs.

By this point in the Hidden Dao Era Millennium, very few powers in the mainland Cultivation Realm still had Cultivators of that Realm assigned to active duty.

Among all the powers in the entire Eastern Domain, only the Ten Major Sects and a few other top-tier powers still had Divinity Transformation Daoist Monarchs in residence.

However, it was uncertain if all these powers combined could even muster twenty Divinity Transformation Daoist Monarchs. Furthermore, the Black Cliff Defense Line was not the only front; other defense lines also needed reinforcements, making it impossible to send everyone to Black Cliff.

Once the available Divinity Transformation Daoist Monarchs were spread out, only three came to reinforce the Black Cliff Defense Line. And that small number was only because Changqing County, being adjacent to Linhai County, was situated on the absolute front line.

With such a vast disparity in forces, the battle was one-sided from the very beginning. The forces from the Overseas Archipelago completely overwhelmed the mainland Cultivation Realm’s defenders.

Our side could only struggle to hold on by relying on a few natural defensive Arrays.

However, our side did achieve some brilliant successes in the fighting.

Two of the former Three Heroes of Changqing, Li Daoyi and Chu Lingxiao, joined forces to face five enemy Nascent Soul Stage Cultivators. They battled for four days and five nights. Not only did they hold their own, but they also seized an opportunity to slay one of their opponents and heavily wound two more, forcing the rest to flee in a panic.

During the fight, Li Daoyi wielded both the Path of Space and the Path of Life and Death Reincarnation inherited from the Evergreen Sword Saint. He also unleashed a swordsmanship technique that shone like a scorching sun, its dazzling brilliance making his enemies suffer immensely.

Chu Lingxiao’s performance was no less impressive than Li Daoyi’s. He always seemed to anticipate the enemy’s moves, cutting off their attacks before they could even launch. Like Li Daoyi, he had also mastered the Path of Life and Death, and he too knew the swordsmanship technique that blazed like a scorching sun.

Individually powerful and perfectly coordinated, their combined combat prowess far exceeded that of other Cultivators at the same Realm.

When news of their accomplishments spread, it served as a huge morale boost for the dispirited forces.

Watching Li Daoyi and Chu Lingxiao fight side-by-side, a few of the older Cultivators were lost in a daze. The scene stirred old memories, taking them back to a time before the Hidden Dao Era, when the Five Young Demon Saints of the Demon Race’s Demon Court had come to challenge the Human Race.

Back then, the Demon Court’s Five Young Demon Saints had arrived with overwhelming momentum. With their flawless coordination, they had thoroughly suppressed the younger generation of the Eastern Domain, leaving them humiliated.

That is, until the equally well-coordinated Three Heroes of Changqing stepped forward. Despite being outnumbered, they fought their opponents to a draw after ten days, managing to preserve a shred of dignity for the Human Race.

Seeing two of the Three Heroes of Changqing fighting side-by-side once more, now as Nascent Soul Stage masters and the top combatants on this battlefield, filled many with a sense of wistful nostalgia.

The young prodigies of yesteryear had all become titans of a new generation.

At the same time, many couldn’t help but wonder where the third member of the Three Heroes of Changqing, Luo Qianxue, was now.

Given that her talent was no less than that of the other two, they were certain she must have become a Nascent Soul True Monarch by now. If she could only join forces with the other two—if the Three Heroes of Changqing fought together—their achievements would surely be even more dazzling.