Divine Brilliance
chapter-955

“I have always had full faith in the invincible Blood Sword Monster Ruler of the Cloud World! Why is it that the people by his side are the ones with no confidence? Don’t worry, it is far from a lost cause. Just wait!”

Ruoshui was caught off guard. She looked closely at Feng Taiji and, as expected, at the depths of his eyes, he didn’t waver at all.

He was still really confident in Zong Shou and also had intentions to advance and retreat together with them.

This person was enemies with Zong Shou, not even an ally, who knew that he had such great respect for Zong Shou?

She also knew that there were many disagreements within the Sword Sect as they grumbled about the current situation.

Feng Taiji was definitely under a large amount of pressure for him to make such a decision.

“Ruoshui is really grateful for Brother Feng to be righteous. If Ruler knows about it, he would be really happy and touched…”

Ruoshui hadn’t finished her words when Shi Ruolan’s voice interrupted, “I actually didn’t expect that you were such a person. Brother Shou was right about you! However, the only thing we can do now is to wait. There is nothing else we can do.”

While saying this, Shi Ruolan rubbed her head and looked at the map in front of her.

Zhuang Yu was still within the Cloud World and was still finding it exhausting to handle. It was the same on her side too.

The difference in the number of ships on both sides was simply too large. Even if she had many strategies in her head, there was nothing that she could use.

The three of them had nothing to say and were in total silence.

However, right away, the silence of the cabin was broken.

Zhao Yanran suddenly stepped in.

“Wait? There is no need to wait anymore!”

The three of them to look over. Her lips curled up as she spoke with a profound expression.

“Ruler has already returned and he will arrive in just a few days.”

They knew that Zhao Yanran and Zong Shou had the seed cauldron relationship, so for her to say that meant that she sensed something.

Ruoshui’s eyes were brimming with life, filled with delight. However, she had a cold and calm personality, so she suppressed it instantly.

She thought about how she could take lazy naps a few days later. She really missed Zong Shou’s tail, the warm and fluffy fur that was extremely comfortable when used as a pillow.

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Within the Royal Demon God Shuttle, Zong Shou was sitting down cross-legged.

At this moment, there was a Celestial Realm Cultivator in prison attire in front of him.

Many Spiritual Patterns were shot into the body of the Celestial Realm Cultivator who had his eyes closed whilst Zong Shou changed his hand seals.

If one could see the scenes, they would notice that within the Spiritual Orifices of the Celestial Realm’s body, there were many mysterious talismans that were forming.

They were similar to the patterns on the Imperial Demon Slaying Records.

However, they were much simpler. There was actually no need to be that complicated. The Sheepskin Scroll not only included refining methods and Dao Soldier cultivation methods, but also a few set techniques.

At this moment, the talismans that Zong Shou planted into his body were like a Spiritual Formation. Not only could they transform and convert the True Qi and soul nature of the Dao Soldier such that he could lead and direct his usual cultivation, but the moment he fought with other people, the Spiritual Formations within Dao Soldiers would allow them to link up into one.

Since Aokun rushed over, Zong Shou stopped heading over at full speed. He spent a full 20 days to finally reach the area near Yuanlian World.

Zong Shou and the few others also spent a full 200 days on the Imperial Demon Slaying Records.

Most of the lacking portions were filled in and made up.

This was also the reason why Xi Zi’s Source Ocean Spirit Changing Technique was so exquisite and was compatible with the secrets of Heaven and Earth.

There were many places that they could directly take over to use and there was pretty much no need to modify anything.

However, there was a small portion that even a Peak Saint Realm like Aoyi, who was even half a step to End Realm, couldn’t do anything about.

However, at such a stage, this Dao Soldier Technique already had very few weaknesses.

Even Aoyi and Aokun, with their knowledge, if it wasn’t for the fact that they had seen the formation diagram, it would have been tough for them to figure out where the weaknesses of the Dao Soldier Technique were.

Even if they knew, being able to make use of it was another different thing.

Based on what Aoyi said, there was nothing in this world that was perfect and there was no complete spell or cultivation method. Even the Taoist Faction and her Dragon Race which had spread for tens of thousands of years didn’t have perfect Dao Soldiers. They looked really strong and majestic, but there were still some weaknesses behind them. It was just that it was a rarity and others didn’t know about it. The Imperial Demon Slaying Records were actually the most complete ones she had seen in her life. With the Xi Zi Source Ocean Spirit Changing Technique to fill up the holes, it could be listed as one of the pinnacle ones, no weaker than any of the top five techniques…

Aoyi was from the Ice Horned Dragon Race and she headed out into the outer region at a young age to climb to Saint Realm, step by step.

Who knows how many different types of Dao Soldiers she had seen in her life. She was really clear about the strengths and weaknesses of each faction and her evaluation could be seen as a form of recognition and approval.

Zong Shou didn’t continue forcing to perfect this Dao Soldier Technique anymore. Roughly 30 days ago, he started to refine these Celestial Realm Cultivators into Dao Soldiers.

At the start, there were some who were really unwilling who would rather die than follow. They were true Celestial Realm Cultivators but had to step into a wrong path to become Dao Soldiers with uncertain futures.

Zong Shou didn’t bother. He also didn’t care about persuading them, using Aokun’s suppression to forcefully refine them.

Often, after he shot the restriction formations into their bodies and taught them the technique, these Celestial Cultivators stopped struggling.

This Dao Soldier Technique didn’t harm their own cultivation, but instead, increased their lifespan. Their futures weren’t too dark either.

They could still cultivate, the only thing was that if they reached God Realm, there would be a long period of time where before they firmed up their soul, their strength would be lower than normal God Realm Cultivators.

However, to them, it was something that they could accept. Most of them were people who were trapped in the Nine Extreme Death Jail for a very long time and wasted large portions of their lives. If they all walked the proper path, not many would be able to survive the God Realm Tribulation.

On the contrary, this Dao Soldier Technique could allow 3 people to join hands and work together to face a tribulation. To them, it was much safer than facing the tribulation alone.

The various formations recorded in the Imperial Demon Slaying Records also gave them enough confidence and things to look forward to.

However, they also knew that from now onward, they wouldn’t be able to break out of Zong Shou’s control and they were connected with him in life and death.

No one who allow the secrets of such a top Dao Soldier Technique to be leaked to anyone else.

Even if they were able to step into God Realm, the ‘freedom’ that they would be able to obtain was only relative.

This was why anyone who was refined by Zong Shou and had no other path to choose would immediately search for a room in the Royal Demon God Shuttle, focusing on converting their strength and also on comprehending this Dao Soldier Technique.

1 person a day for 36 days. This was already the thirty-sixth one.

There were 7 diagrams in the Imperial Demon Slaying Records with 3 as the base number.

3, 6, 12, 18, 36, 72. At the most, it could reach 108 people to form a Cycle of Heaven Formation which was the strongest one.

36 Heaven Grade Dao Soldiers could already form an Imperial Big Dipper Demon Slaying Formation.

The 7 formations on the records didn’t have names.

Zong Shou was too lazy to think, directly adding onto the records 3 talents, 6 mergers, 12 days, Heaven Stars Earth Evil Cycle of Heaven, etc., words to make things much easier to read.

As for the Dao Soldiers, since he used the contents of the Imperial Demon Slaying Records along with some from the Source Ocean Spirit Changing Technique, the technique was also able to include Earth Grade Dao Soldiers, so he directly named Heaven Grade Dao Soldiers Source Ocean Demon Slaying Warriors.

As for the Earth Grade ones which were Spirit Realm Dao Soldiers, he named them the Spirit Changing Demon Slaying Warriors.

Dao Soldiers were split into Heaven, Earth, Xuan and Huang. Zong Shou didn’t have a single Earth Grade Dao Soldier under him.

On the contrary, he had 36 Heaven Grade Soldiers.

“Once these people convert their True Qi and Soul Power and activate the Imperial Big Dipper Demon Slaying Formation, they will have the ability to kill Peak God Realm Cultivators. They might even be able to go up against 10 of them! However…”

With Celestial Realm Cultivators’ ability, their strength as Dao Soldiers would be much stronger than orthodox Dao Soldiers.

The 36 he chose were all late and even Peak Celestial Realm.

They were the top ones out of the one 180 people within the Jade Plate.

However, at this moment, he was running out of materials to refine Dao Soldiers.

To accelerate more than 100 days with 2 Saint Realm Cultivators, no matter how many Celestial Stones he had, he couldn’t sustain such consumption.

With the materials he had, he could at most refine 4 more Source Ocean Demon Slaying Warriors.

“Forget it! I will refine all this and bother about the rest in the future. Luckily, without these 36, the Jade Plate would be easier to suppress. Actually, Yexuan alone can go against 3 Saint Realms! Aokun is invincible among people of the same grade and with his Dao, only over a dozen Saint Realm Cultivators could handle him. As for Aoyi, she can just charge into the Nine Capital Celestial Dynasty to fight with their Nine Celestial Emperors and she would still be fine. This strength should be enough…”

At this point, not only could they sweep Yuanlian World, they could even sweep Nine Capital Celestial Dynasty and Tianfang Guild. They could take over their worlds as well as the ones that Xuanling Guild controlled.

A few months ago, Lu Wubing told him to act weak in front of the enemy, so they could obtain the moral high ground.

At this moment, it was time for him to collect his gains. Be it his own strength or the Great Gan Celestial Dynasty that could support him, it was time for them to conquer territories in all directions!

180 Source Ocean Demon Slaying Warriors were enough to suppress more than 40 small worlds.

Once they stabilized, they could swiftly amass strength. Continuing to expand or attacking the Cloud World were both possible ideas.

The only thing he had to consider was whether the End Realm Cultivator behind Nine Capital Saint Dynasty would appear…

Zong Shou thought about it seriously and then laughed coldly.

Was there a chance? It was not worth it for End Realm Cultivators to come out just for such a small number of territories.

Even if they did, then they were the ones who would lose.

He didn’t fear them on his side.

Since his wings were already grown, then he would destroy anything blocking his path…