The future...
As the topic ca up.
The white-haired old man’s expression grew somber, laced with threads of resentnt, before he sighed helplessly and changed the subject.
"And what of that person? How are things now?"
Prince Nanyang knew who he ant. A flicker of respect appeared in his eyes as he replied, "He’s about eighty or ninety percent of the way there, but it will still take so ti."
So ti...
Jiang Yuansheng stroked his beard, his gaze filled with concern.
"The Dragon Mud Cave Heaven will open again in a year at most. Will that be enough ti?"
"We do our best and leave the rest to the Celestial Mandate."
Prince Nanyang let out a soft sigh, his usually composed expression now tinged with anxiety about the uncertain future.
This ti.
If they were to lose again.
There would truly be no hope left for the era to co.
So...
Whether for themselves or for the greater good, ’everyone’ had begun to resort to any ans necessary.
Including him.
He too had put aside his prejudices and accepted the unstable elent that was Wu Dao.
Because this ti, they had to win!
WHOOSH—
A cool autumn breeze blew in through the window.
The atmosphere in the study grew heavy and oppressive.
"Hah, let’s not dwell on such vexing matters. At least our chances this era are forty-sixty. It’s not like we have no chance at all, hehe."
Jiang Yuansheng broke the silence with a show of optimism, then said with a smile:
"The frontline has been in a stalemate for a long ti. It desperately needs a fierce general to break the deadlock. Have any ideas?
That position.
"The sooner you take it, the more you’ll benefit. If you wait until the Dragon Mud Cave Heaven opens, its value will be greatly diminished."
"Master, you’re putting in a difficult position."
Prince Nanyang said, fiddling with his teacup, his tone tinged with self-deprecation.
"Wu Dao has never considered himself my subordinate. Though his thods are domineering and ruthless, everything he does is for his own benefit. A pointless struggle with no profit holds no aning for him."
"Back then, he likely felt he was no match for , which is why he yielded and chose to join our side as a collaborator. I can’t order him around."
The main reason was the cost was too high.
The current Wu Dao could even overpower a master at the Celestial Human Twelfth Floor.
If he were to be moved by the old thods...
...it would take, at minimum, an Alien Species of the Celestial Human Level to entice him.
An entity of that level.
Did indeed exist.
But they were nearly impossible to find, nor would they allow themselves to be found.
Furthermore...
Prince Nanyang took a small sip of tea, his gaze profound.
"The rear is threatened by more than just one Celestial King. There’s the lingering poison of the Three Great Demon Races, as well as all the demons and monsters that have erged with the chaos of the tis. They all need to be suppressed and controlled."
"I can faintly see another turmoil in the near future, one that could shake the entire Southern Border to its core."
"The Bai Ze Bureau, Martial King Mountain, and the few Supre Elders stationed at Zige Mountain won’t be enough to suppress it."
"Tsk, what a sha."
Jiang Yuansheng knew Prince Nanyang wasn’t one to speak idly, and he smacked his lips with a hint of regret.
On the front lines,
the top masters of the Southern Border and the Central Plains were evenly matched, creating a stalemate of mutual deterrence. The conflict was mainly decided by the battles fought by those below them.
At a ti like this,
if a fierce general who could dominate even Celestial Beings were to join the fray, the stalemate would quickly be broken.
But as Prince Nanyang said,
the rear was the foundation of the front lines, and it absolutely could not fall into chaos.
Since Wu Dao happened to be interested in those demons and monsters, his use in guarding the rear was indeed greater than on the front.
"Speaking of which, the man is also exceedingly cautious."
Recalling sothing,
Prince Nanyang added with a smile, "Back when I sent Zhiyin to recruit him, I revealed a few things. I thought he would co to for answers soon after."
"I never expected that he would hold back until reaching his current level, and still he shows no intention of getting to the bottom of it."
"He never gives anyone a chance to grab hold of a weakness, and he never trusts anyone. This kind of person, centered so extrely on their own path, is the most terrifying."
Jiang Yuansheng let out a breath, his expression hardening. "To be honest, if the situation weren’t so dire, I would never let you tell him those things in the future."
"Because he is just too similar to the one who caused all of this—the Slaughter Emperor."
"If my Dao is still, all is still. If my Dao moves, all may die!"
"There’s no guarantee that after he learns the truth, he won’t do sothing insane to break the deadlock. He is a complete double-edged sword."
The Slaughter Emperor...
Hearing this title,
a complex emotion—part pride, part resentnt—flashed through Prince Nanyang’s perpetually calm eyes.
WHOOSH—
He let out a soft breath.
The complexity in his eyes vanished. Prince Nanyang stared at the curling steam from his tea and said calmly,
"Double-edged or single-edged, in the end, it must be swung at the sa enemy. When the calamity arrives, it won’t care if you are good or evil."
Jiang Yuansheng fell silent at his words before sighing helplessly once more.
Calamities rise and fall over countless years.
People like Wu Dao were not few, but their final fate, as Prince Nanyang had said, was the sa for all.
They were all beasts trapped in a cage, fuel in a furnace.
Indeed, there was no need to worry too much about right and wrong anymore.
He just wondered.
If this ti, this batch of fuel could burn the furnace-cage to ashes.
...
While Prince Nanyang and Jiang Yuansheng were discussing Wu Dao in veiled terms...
Wu Dao’s na,
...was once again laid out on the tables of all the major powers under heaven, just as it had been after the incident in Pingliang City.
The East Sea, the Western Desert, the Central Plains, and the Northern Lands.
The leaders of these four regions stroked the Communication Jade Talismans in their hands, their expressions a mixture of admiration, gravity, and envy.
But one thing was universal.
They were all deeply shocked, and each of their responses was different.
The other Three Kings’ general attitude was to win him over, hoping to poach this fierce general from Prince Nanyang and bring him under their command.
The Central Plains Imperial Court, on the other hand, was wary.
On the current battlefield, those of the Dao Embryo realm did not appear, leaving Celestial Beings to act as generals.
If a powerhouse who could threaten a Dao Embryo with re Celestial Power were to join the battlefield,
Dali’s military situation in the Southern Border...
...wouldn’t be completely overturned, but it would definitely be put at a disadvantage.
Therefore,
after the battle at Lancang County City,
the Imperial Court had elevated the level of importance it placed on Wu Dao to that of a ’human-shaped natural disaster’.
To keep a close watch on Wu Dao’s movents, a large number of spies were dispatched from the Central Plains that very day, secretly infiltrating the Southern Border.
The mont Wu Dao showed any sign of heading to the front lines,
the Central Plains would be able to respond imdiately.
As for trying to make contact and turn him,
the Imperial Court hadn’t even considered it. The only desire Wu Dao had ever shown was an interest in Alien Species.
A price that even Prince Nanyang couldn’t pay,
they certainly couldn’t either.
Not to ntion,
they would also have to consider the problem of continuously satisfying him to ensure he wouldn’t be turned by soone else using the sa thods.
All in all,
after the battle at Lancang County City,
Wu Dao’s na had beco thoroughly renowned throughout the lands of Dali.
From the world of cultivators On the Mountain to the common folk in the Jianghu, everyone knew that an Overlord Whale had appeared in the Southern Border—one capable of changing the course of a local battle all by himself.
So enthusiasts,
even began calling Wu Dao the number one person below the Dao Embryo realm, soone who could take even a being from above the firmant down with him.
Regarding this claim,
there were those who worshipped and revered him, and there were those who were unconvinced and disdainful, stirring great waves throughout the Jianghu.
There were even rumors.
It was rumored that the lead prodigies from the Holy Lands of various regions were descending from their mountains, intending to travel to the Southern Border to challenge Wu Dao and contend for the title of ’number one below the Dao Embryo realm’.
As for all the voices in the Jianghu,
Wu Dao heard them, but felt not the slightest ripple in his heart.
After all, he had stood at the peak of a world in his past life. His state of mind had long been unmoved by empty fa, so how could he be affected?
As for those crazies from the rumors who wanted to challenge him,
he put out a direct ssage—
"Challenges are fine. The price is one Celestial and Human Alien Species per challenge. We won’t be sparring; it will be a battle to the death. Otherwise, they can go cool off sowhere else."
WHOOSH WHOOSH WHOOSH—
Outside Lancang County City.
Sixteen thousand ters below the apex of the firmant!
Above him was an ocean of golden Gangfeng Thunderbolt that annihilated the void into primordial chaos.
Beneath a maelstrom-like vortex,
Wu Dao slowly opened his eyes. A ray of golden light pierced the chaos. He flexed his muscles, and his aura crushed the wind and thunder. His majestic, heaven-propping physique was like that of a waking God and Demon.
It had been half a month since his battle with the Celestial King.
In that battle,
on the brink of life and death,
his body’s potential had been greatly released, and he had slamd against the barrier of the Human Extre Limit.
And so!
After his physique was restored and had recovered,
he didn’t entertain a single thought of rest or recuperation. He imdiately went into seclusion in the firmant to assail the Human Extre Limit Domain.
For half a month,
every day he would draw down the golden Gangfeng Thunderbolt from above—a force capable of shattering even the physique of a Horizontal Refining Eighth Gate master—to temper his body.
At first, he couldn’t withstand it at all.
His flesh and bones were instantly blasted into a gravel-like state, and his soul and consciousness felt as if they had fallen into the Abyss, suffering endless tornt from the Celestial Punishnt.
But he reveled in it.
And he constantly increased the intensity.
The mont his body and soul could no longer be destroyed into a gravel-like state, losing the effect of extre tempering, he would draw down an even greater amount of the golden Gangfeng Thunderbolt.
In that half-month,
Wu Dao lost count of how many tis his body and soul had been shattered. In any case, one instant he would recover, and the next he would be obliterated again in an infinite, repeating cycle.
This uninterrupted, inhuman, Purgatory-like tempering,
...was rewarded by the heavens for his diligence.
The great gate of the Human Extre Limit’s barrier, along with his Potential Release, was pried open bit by bit.
Finally, on this very day, at this very hour,
the gate was thrown wide open!
He had taken another One Step on the path of life’s evolutionary leap.
CRACKLE—
BOOM!
The golden, raging thunder and Gangfeng.
...was drawn down by Wu Dao as he rotated his Magnetic Field, pouring down like a bursting dam.
But this ti...
no matter how furiously the golden Thunderbolt and Gangfeng raged, it could no longer blast him into gravel.
At most, it could pulp his muscles and organs, burn his exterior into a charred husk, and scrape him down to a skeleton.
But these were re flesh wounds.
Nothing worth ntioning.
"So comfortable~"
Wu Dao sat cross-legged in the eye of the surging, golden maelstrom of wind and Gangfeng as if soaking in a hot spring. His terrifying face, constantly shattering, charring, and then rapidly regrowing flesh, wore an expression of utter contentnt.
While enjoying his soak in the ’hot spring’,
a thought crossed Wu Dao’s mind, and he opened his attribute panel—
[Physique: Human Extre (Limit)]
[Extraordinary: Essence Devouring Art (92% Potential Release)
Thunder Punishnt Dominating Whale Fist 7000 years (True Intent Ninth Floor)
Divine Desolate Transformation 8000 years (Horizontal Refining Seventh Gate Limit) ]
[Teleportation Points: 44615]
Half a month of bitter, life-and-death cultivation!
On the attribute panel, his power data had skyrocketed.
Human Extre Limit, 92% Potential Release!
Forty-Turn Undying Extre Gold Body!
Forty-Turn Magnetic Field Rotation!
The Primordial Magnetism currents generated by his cells created an even stronger gravitational link.
His Undying attribute had increased again.
Now, even if he were crushed into particles tens of tis smaller than gravel, he would not die.
Following that,
the Thunder Punishnt Dominating Whale Fist and Divine Desolate Transformation, both techniques of Soul and Flesh Refinent, had also seen terrifying improvents thanks to the comprehensive feedback from the Human Extre breakthrough.
Seven thousand years of Power in the Thunder Punishnt Dominating Whale Fist!
True aning of Boxing Ninth Floor!
Eight thousand years of Power in the Divine Desolate Transformation!
Horizontal Refining Seventh Gate Limit!
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