Cultivation: Being Immortal

Heavenly Court

Li Canghai is bargaining with the immortals from the Tianbei Star Domain, while the Heavenly Emperor sits above. The Heavenly Emperor’s clone has gone to confront the Buddha Master, but neither the clone nor the real body will move easily.

Although the Buddha’s followers are fighting fiercely and their troops have swept across two Star Domains, for the Heavenly Emperor and the Buddha Master, it is not a matter of great urgency. Even if the Tianyuan Star Domain is really swallowed up, it would not force the Heavenly Emperor to use his real body.

"Hundreds of years ago, during the battle for the Taiquan Star, countless lives were lost in my Tiannan Star Domain. In the end, the Taiquan Star also belonged to your Tianbei Star Domain. We said nothing, but our subordinates…"

Li Canghai is arguing fiercely. The many immortals from Tianbei Star Domain had long urged the Heavenly Emperor to order the Tiannan Star Domain to mobilize for battle, but the Heavenly Emperor has not given a direct order, and Li Canghai has always opposed it.

The reason for the opposition is actually that the price has not been agreed upon. The last unknown planet has already been named Taiquan Star and occupied by an immortal from the Tianbei Star Domain. Although Li Canghai and others received rewards like dao auras, they still feel it is not enough, and in the end, they can only leave a debt of gratitude.

Now, the Tianbei Star Domain wants to use this sense of debt to make Li Canghai and the others send troops, so Li Canghai naturally refuses to agree.

"Daoist Friend Li, what do you think we should do to send troops?"

The immortal from the Tianbei Star Domain was annoyed and didn’t even say the usual polite words, directly asking Li Canghai for the reason.

Li Canghai smiled, and the words he spoke sounded very grand, but secretly he passed the conditions through a private message.

Li Canghai’s conditions were simple, mainly two points. The first was direct rewards for military service, such as how many Tao Achieving and Transmigration Stage individuals would be deployed, as well as extra for injuries and deaths. The costs of war would be included in the prices.

The second aspect was about territory. This was something Cao Ying from Blue Star specifically told Li Canghai: the Tianbei Star Domain needed to support the Tiannan Star Domain in their fight against the Buddhist faction for territory.

The Tiannan Star Domain would not attack stars that were just occupied by the Buddhist faction, but rather aim for the territory they currently hold. The support from the Tianbei Star Domain was needed during the counterattack phase, and afterward, no provocations or complaints would be allowed.

"Taoist Friend Li, do you have the ability to counterattack the Buddhist faction?"

"Taoist friend, whether we have that ability will only be known after we fight. You decide whether to agree or not."

"I need to ask the Heavenly Emperor for his opinion."

The man said that although he didn’t believe the Tiannan Star Domain had this ability, the overall strength of Tiannan Star Domain was weaker than that of Tianbei Star Domain. However, now they have united, and just relying on the Tianbei Star Domain’s Buddhism might not be enough to stop them.

The immortals of the Tianbei Star Domain went to ask the Heavenly Emperor’s meaning, while those immortals from the Tiannan Star Domain were whispering and discussing. Many of the immortals were eager to obtain a planet; having a planet meant having a foundation.

The cultivators on the planet, once they reach above the Tao Achieving level, become their resources. These resources can strengthen them, even if it is a shard of dao auras that lasts for thousands or tens of thousands of years-it is still better than having nothing. If those people succeed in Transmigration and ascend, that would also be good, as they would have a few helpers in the Heavenly Court.

Just like today’s Star Domain battle, the immortals they invited had to pay a huge price and still couldn’t risk their lives for you. But immortals from the same Star Domain or even the same planet are different. They are natural allies who will fiercely help you in battle, so occupying planets is a very beneficial thing with no drawbacks.

This is also one of the reasons the Buddhism started the war. Without such benefits, why would the true Buddhas fight to the death? After Cao Ying made this suggestion, he immediately received support from the immortals of the Tiannan Star Domain. Even Li Canghai didn’t mind having another planet under his name.

"Li Canghai."

"Here, Heavenly Emperor."

"I have granted your request, but remember, do not invade the territory of your Heavenly Court colleagues. You are only allowed to fight for the territory of the Buddhism. If you break this heavenly rule, you will be severely punished."

The Heavenly Emperor said, holding the promise of the Buddhism’s planet. He had no reason to oppose it; even if Li Canghai took a planet, it was only a matter of three great immortals.

Moreover, the Heavenly Emperor knows Li Canghai’s strength. With Li Canghai’s power, he still has a long way to go to threaten the Heavenly Emperor. The current enemy of the Heavenly Emperor is still the Buddha Master.

The strength of the Heavenly Emperor and Buddha Master is still slowly growing. Ordinary dao auras have very little effect on them now, so they are not afraid of any immortals or true Buddhas posing a threat. They only need to gradually take over each other’s territory, which is the main idea of the Heavenly Court.

"Thank you, Heavenly Emperor. The Cang Hai will not dare to break the heavenly rules."

Li Canghai was suddenly very happy. His Canglan Star is the strongest in the Tiannan Star Domain. Canglan Star and Lingfa Star are many times larger than the other planets. In this battle, he might be able to take another planet.

Now that there is a cross-border teleportation array, he is not worried about managing it. At most, he can set up a teleportation array from Canglan Star to some Buddhist cultivator’s planet. It just means having a few more transfer stations, and Canglan Star has plenty of money.

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Tianyuan Star Domain, Huiyuan Star

Huiyuan Star is in the midst of falling. Large numbers of cultivators and ordinary people are dying due to the war. They cannot withstand the aftermath of the battles between high-level cultivators.

The battlefield has also shifted to the area near the cross-border teleportation array’s base. The base of the cross-border teleportation array has fully activated its defenses. Several energy chambers have been opened and are supplying power to protect the formation. Even the specially crafted formation robots are doing their best to maintain the operation of the formation.

"Taoist Friend Zhu, it seems that the teleportation array cannot open for the fifth time; there is not enough energy."

"Yes, the energy is being used up too quickly. Once the fourth teleportation starts, we will all retreat and tell the skilled fighters outside to withdraw as well. We can’t worry about the rest; we’ll take whoever can go."

Zhu Bin said that the base’s defense array and the teleportation array share the same energy, but the Buddhist sect is too strong and has consumed too much energy for defense.

"I will send them a message. How much longer until the fourth teleportation can start?"

"About half an hour should be enough. Tell them to hold on."

Zhu Bin said that the leaders from the seven planets of the Tianyuan Star Domain are all here, but now more than half of them are already dead. There are not many left, and whether they can hold on is still uncertain.

Additionally, there are still many survivors in the base; we haven’t counted, but there are still a few million, mostly from Huiyuan Star, while the other celestial sect planets have very few.

We don’t know exactly how many people have been teleported; it could be millions or even tens of millions, as several complete Star Ships went in, making it impossible to count.

"The time is up; the teleportation array has been activated."

"Go"

Half an hour passed in the blink of an eye. Zhu Bin couldn’t wait any longer; he was already being held back. If he didn’t leave now, he really wouldn’t be able to.

So, Zhu Bin was the first to charge in, and Ming Xin and the others immediately followed him into the teleportation array. Without Zhu Bin to maintain order, chaos erupted in the base. The surviving cultivators all rushed toward the teleportation array, many of them crashing into each other, and conflicts broke out.

"Alarm! Alarm…"

The huge chaos set off the alarms in the base.

"Let’s go!"

The cultivators fighting outside the base, hearing this, all changed their expressions and immediately abandoned their opponents to rush toward the base, even if it meant paying a heavy price.

"Break the teleportation array!"

The enraged Buddhist cultivator gathered dozens of Bodhisattva Realm Buddhist cultivators and attacked the base together. In just three rounds, the defensive formation was breached.

But those Buddhist cultivators did not dare to rush into the teleportation array, not knowing what was behind it; going there would mean death.

"Senior brother, what do you all think?"

"Behind the teleportation array is Yinfang Star in the Tianbei Star Domain. Since the situation is unclear, we still cannot go there."

"With Huiyuan Star taken, there are no Heavenly Court forces left in the Tianyuan Star Domain. Our strategy has been completed."

A few Bodhisattva Realm Buddhist cultivators discussed for a moment. So far, their first strategic step had been completed, and the Tianyuan Star Domain belonged to the Buddhist sect.

"Senior brother, according to the plan with the Buddhist sect of Tianbei Star Domain, we should attack Tianbei Star Domain and capture at least four planets to complete our Buddhist plan."

"That should be the case. If the Buddhist sect of Tianbei Star Domain did not restrain the immortal sect, we would not be able to capture Tianyuan Star Domain. This was agreed upon, and we should just follow it."

"Gather the personnel; aside from the necessary guards, the rest should assemble and prepare to open the Stargate."

"By the way, remember to take this interdimensional teleportation array apart and bring it back for study; it is a treasure."

A high monk from the Buddha sect specially suggested that this cross-border teleportation array is a technology greatly desired by the Buddha sect. They have been studying it for many years but have not made any breakthroughs, especially with the mixed energy technology, which makes them long for it even more.

"Be careful."

However, ten minutes later, those high monks from the Buddha sect suddenly shouted loudly and then directly teleported away.

Just as they left, the entire base exploded, and a fierce fire broke out, threatening to burn down the base. Some Buddhist cultivators tried to use spells to put out the fire, but when water touched the fire, the flames grew even stronger.

"What a wicked fire."

"Brother, when we work together, we can extinguish it. It’s just a bit of spirit fire."

"No need. The teleportation array in the Tianbei Star Domain has at least dozens. We can just take another one. Let’s let the brothers recover their spiritual power, and we will go to the Tianbei Star Domain."

That person shook his head. They could indeed put out the fire, but seeing the place burned like this, he thought it wasn’t worth much. They could just go to the Tianbei Star Domain and take a few more since there were plenty.

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