Divine Brilliance

Although he was in secluded meditation, Zong Shou was still aware of what was happening outside.

Through the hundreds of Hidden Guards who Ruoshui laid out outside, they were still able to reach all about.

Although he wasn’t sure about news around all corners of the world, he had a good idea of the rough situation.

He knew that to the east there were at least 7.4 million troops scattered at the border, ready in wait to explode out.

Pretty much each day that passed, there would be more soldiers who rushed over from all areas. They ranged from 30-50 thousand soldiers, succeeding in creating an endless stream of troops. They pressed over with the aura of an ocean.

“Hong Jiuchen really knows how to use troops. Who knows whether this is his own arrangement or whether it is someone else’s doing?”

When armies fought wars, the way to make people yield without fighting focused on the word ‘aura’.

Aura was enough to scare the enemy, using troops to bear down on the enemy to defeat them. This way of using troops was really intelligent.

Zong Shou sighed. Although he had given the people of the Seven Countries and also those nobles and aristocrats hope, it was still a worrying thing if they were able to withstand the aura of the enemy.

However, there was still some good news. The moment Zhuang Yu was appointed, he started to reorganize the troops and Generals to select elite ones.

This person had fought wars for 10 years and was never defeated. He was really famous. The Kings of the Seven Countries all cooperated, so everything went smoothly.

The second thing he did was to send his entire family, all the young and old over to Yuanjing Celestial Palace.

In doing so, he was used them as hostages as well as entrusting them to him. He let Zong Shou take care of the lives of his entire family.

Not only him, he actually convinced the Kings of the Seven Countries to do the same. They handed over the wives and parents of all the power holders and even Generals under them to the palace.

“With that, at least the heart of the military would be unified…”

The Generals were the courage of the army, if they didn’t have other thoughts, then they would be willing to fight to the death.

This meant that he would be able to rely on the army! With the backline stabilized and there being no worries with replenishments, their hearts would all be unified.

Even if they couldn’t win this, at least they started off in a situation where they wouldn’t be immediately defeated.

With that, Zong Shou was sure that even if that Hong Jiuchen used ten million troops, he wouldn’t be able to get what he wanted.

“However, this fellow really is confident!”

Zong Shou smiled.

Someone like Zhuang Yu definitely couldn’t entrust the care of his family to another person.

He did that both to stabilize the hearts of the army and also for them to gain confidence in him.

Most probably he already had confidence in winning and being able to fend off the enemy. He was also confident that Zong Shou wouldn’t do anything to his family.

Even if he lost, there would be nothing on his conscience.

When one turned their eyes to the troop arrangements, it was extremely amazing. Some places had deep meaning.

Even if he personally did it, he couldn’t have done anything better.

Because he didn’t know the enemy well, he might even do even worse that Zhuang Yu did.

Now he was more confident that this person was the one who blocked the God Emperor Army for a full 7 years!

This person plotted for a full 6-7 years. If he was to kill Jiujing, then the thing he had to first consider was being surrounded and attacked by the other countries.

This was why he definitely had many methods buried. Even if he didn’t win, he definitely wouldn’t lose.

He was fortunate to win this round!

He totally relaxed and laughed out loud several times.

His extremely nervous and tensed up emotions were loosened a little, the darkness around him dissipated.

Then, he entered meditation once more. This time he was improving in the Three Thousand Star Falling. He was in the crucial moment of comprehending the Star Dao Seeds and merging with the Dragon Pellets.

Since he arrived in Yuanlian World, only now was he able to put down everything and focus on studying and analyzing this technique.

Still using the Book of Eon to speed up time, once he went into the meditative state, a full 20 days passed. Only then did he slowly awaken.

This was the date that Tanjing and him had decided on.

If it was as expected, Hong Jiuchen would attack today.

“This Space Technique is really amazing. The faster the speed, the slower the time passes. If one is able to reach extreme speed, they would never grow old.”

“Not only speed. The size and amount of matter of an object will affect the surrounding space and time…”

Zong Shou opened his eyes and looked forward, stunned.

This was something he comprehended 3 days ago.

He only felt that the space in front of him was made up of several lines, that they were all interconnected and couldn’t be separated.

All of the Daos, all the developments from which were entangled within.

The Dao word in his mind became clearer and clearer. That uncertain and illusionary feeling dissipated and he saw a clearer path.

Even the Star Dao Seeds in his soul started to change.

The positions of many stars were being shifted and corrected. There were even some invisible lines connecting one another.

A weird color appeared in Zong Shou’s eyes.

“Why do the stars seem similar to the stars in the sky?”

They shouldn’t have had any connection, but at this moment he noticed that there wasn’t much of a difference between the two.

If Zong Shou projected his soul space out, it would seem more orthodox than the Taoist Faction’s Falling Star Technique which they formed from gazing at the stars.

Each star, each corner, had a rhythm and cohesion to one another.

“It might really be true when people say that the stars are the instantiation of the Heaven and Earth Daos, which is why they look so indiscernible and majestic…”

The moment such a thought rose up, Zong Shou felt a little gleeful.

In other words, his Three Thousand Star Falling was indeed a match with the Grand Daos.

After the stars shifted, he also noticed that the Ten Extreme Imperial Dao Destruction Sword Formation was becoming more and more under his control.

One technique, one Sword Formation, if they were both used at the same time, they would probably work in tandem.

During these 20 days, although he increased the Star Dragon Pellets to only 42 and there were only still 24 swords, Zong Shou still felt that his strength had increased by half.

All the stars could change as and when he wanted them to. He could also control the Dragon Swords with his heart.

Even his intent was within the Ten Extreme Imperial Dao Destruction Sword Formation.

If he was willing, he could suppress it!

He wasn’t like he was a few months ago when he had totally no control at all!

“Oh, if I have another 10 days, this Sword Intent can also enter the Spirit Realm! At that time, even if someone is peak Celestial Realm, we might be able to fight!”

He instead anticipated the arrival of that Lu Family person.

He felt delight in his heart, so naturally a smile appeared on his face.

Xiaori seemed to sense it, pouncing onto his body and sniffing about. It seemed really satisfied and drunk from the scent.

Zong Shou gazed toward the air. A purple gold-colored invitation was hanging outside of the void, in the space fissure there.

He didn’t wake up on his own accord just now. Although the war was about to begin, there wasn’t much he could do.

He only needed to continue comprehending here and wait for the outcome of the battle.

However, there were people who weren’t willing for him to be at peace. This talisman was one, there were also several Spirit Realm Elders outside of his room who were suppressing their anxious feelings.

Their faces were filled with worry like they were hesitating whether or not to disturb him.

Zong Shou smiled, casually reaching out and grabbing the invitation talisman from the void.

There weren’t many words written within. It only said that Wushen Celestial Palace was holding a gathering today and invited him over to join in the feast.

The one who signed off was the Nine Capital Celestial Dynasty Yuanlian World Master Hong Jiuchen.

Zong Shou’s brow rose, thinking to himself, what was he planning?

A huge battle was at hand and he wanted to invite him to a banquet?

Were they worried he would go against the agreement or was he going to diss him on the spot? Did they really think they were going to win?

What was that person planning to do?

Thinking about it for a moment, Zong Shou shook his head and was prepared to directly smash the invitation.

However, the moment he used strength, he felt a green light suddenly rise up from within.

It turned into thin pale green threads and entered his palm.

“Poison?”

Zong Shou was stunned, the Chakra Meridians within his body jolted, a sharp Sword Energy charged out with a thought.

Without much effort, he smashed and removed the green light which had invaded his body.

“No, this poison isn’t a real poison but it is gathered by Spiritual Energy! Even if one doesn’t care about it, it will dissipate by itself. That’s true. Hong Jiuchen is about to win, so why would he do such an irrational thing? So, this is a threat?”

Zong Shou’s pupils constricted. The one who attacked did reach the Late Celestial Realm and might have even reached the peak.

“Interesting. Actually using poison as a Dao. He was even able to reach the Celestial Realm with it…”

The point of this was to tell him that it was okay even if he didn’t come, that within this Yuanlian World, there were still powers that were able to restrict him.

It was best for him to know his place and stick to his promise.

Zong Shou laughed. He was originally not planning to head to the banquet. Such lowly people, why should he let them gloat? He really couldn’t be bothered with them.

However, at this moment, he had become a little interested.

They were already bullying him in front of his face, if he didn’t react, wouldn’t other people laugh at him for being a coward?

With a flash of his body, Zong Shou was outside of the door.

He glanced at people with shocked expressions on their faces before retracting his gaze.

“I have planned for the battle today in advance. Zhuang Yu’s troop commanding ability is no worse than Zong Yuan and Ren Tianxing, so there is no need to be worried. You all just need to defend this Yuanjing Palace. If a cultivator attacks, then just kill them!”

His lips curled, “The outer region cultivators all look down on us. They say that our Cloud World has been peaceful for 10,000 years and that we don’t know how to fight. However, we have been wrapped up in a battle of factions, so which one of us here hasn’t been through troubles and battles? The Cloud World Spiritual Wave is low, but we are able to fight through all the difficulties and reach such a stage. Why would we be afraid of them? You all are the elites selected by your factions, able to fight one against three, against people of the same grade. Today, even if they go all out, why would we bother to fear them at all?”

A casual few words managed to calm everyone down, making all of them smile.

The few of them weren’t afraid to fight, they were just worried about the battlefield. That was something that they had no control over.

Zong Shou stopped worrying about them and flew into the air toward the east side.

Wushen Celestial Palace? Zong Shou was going to go over to see what surprises the feast could give him.