Chapter 516: Chapter 228 Fengdu Authority Token Appears_1

    The Netherworld water monster advanced towards the Imperial Capital at high speed, crossing over half the expanse of Jing Province in just a few hours.

    As the Imperial Capital drew near, the various sects stationed outside its premises began to reveal themselves.

    A hundred miles from the Imperial Capital, the sects stationed there belonged to the 72 Blessed Lands.

    In comparison to the nearly realm-like grotto heavens, the stability of the blessed lands paled in comparison, and among the 72 Blessed Lands, only about a dozen had a long heritage of Taoist traditions and their own unique characteristics that enabled them to be passed down from ten thousand years ago to the present.

    Most other blessed land sects emerged as alternates in the wake of successive Spirit Energy Tidal Surges.

    These sects had relatively shallow foundations, and many didn’t even have the backing of a Divinity Transformation Realm cultivator to protect the sect, relying instead on a few True Disciples holding spirit treasures in the Qi Cultivation Stage.

    These minor blessed land True Disciples, who had scarce access to information, generally paid little attention to the circulating Netherworld news among the various sects, allowing them to maintain a considerable degree of pride.

    Yet this pride was thoroughly shattered as they witnessed with their own eyes the proliferation of water monsters and the passage of ghostly soldiers.

    The entourage protected by over a hundred Divinity Transformation Realm supernatural beings, with even the Mount Luofeng’s 6 Hell Deities among them, perturbed heaven and earth with their towering ghost energy, and with a mere glance, destroyed the Sect Protection Array within the sect’s grounds, leaving all the True Disciples exposed to the water monsters.

    With ghost energy invading their bodies, the multitude of Qi-training cultivators suffered greatly, managing to barely protect themselves by forcefully activating their spirit treasures.

    Yet this was merely the ripple effect of the ghostly soldiers’ passage; throughout the ordeal, the hundreds of Divinity Transformation Realm supernatural beings and the Mount Luofeng’s 6 Hell Deities had not even glanced at these minor blessed land sects.

    Whizzing past one sect’s grounds after another, the Netherworld supernatural beings were already nearing the Imperial Capital, fifty miles away.

    At fifty miles from the Imperial Capital, the 36 Little Grotto Heavens and many top blessed lands with ten thousand years of heritage were stationed.

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    Yet, even in the face of the many grotto heavens stations, the Netherworld water monster showed no sign of restraint; in fact, its soaring ghost energy grew ever more intense, inciting the array formations of numerous sects to activate, as beams of spiritual light rose from the ground.

    “These Netherworld supernatural beings are simply too outrageous!”

    An enraged shout emanated from Heaven’s Pillar Division’s Xuantian Sect grounds, the speaker was none other than the current generation Taoist of this grotto heavens sect, who had reached the Qi Refining Peak and was a mere step away from Spirit Transmutation.

    As a proud young prodigy of his generation, the Heaven’s Pillar Taoist naturally had his own arrogance, regarding everything outside of the grotto heavens sacred ground as insignificant. How could he tolerate the brazen passage of these Netherworld ghosts and gods?

    The words of Heaven’s Pillar Taoist naturally resonated with many grotto heavens True Disciples.

    “Please, Elder, take action and extinguish the Netherworld’s arrogance!”

    Many True Disciples from various sects immediately looked towards the Divinity Transformation Realm powers within their own sect’s grounds.

    These powers were either long-lived Spirit Beasts that had been nurtured since the previous Age of Spirit Energy Tide or Spirit Transmutation puppets handed down to the present.

    Faced with requests from the True Disciples, these powers ignored them completely; some even scolded curtly:

    “Fools, the Heaven’s Pillar Taoist shouted fiercely himself, but have you seen the Divinity Transformation Realm forces of the Xuantian from Heaven’s Pillar take any action?”

    “There are more than a hundred Divinity Transformation Realm powerful experts in the Netherworld procession. A force that vast can only be contested by a united front of all the grotto heavens sacred land.

    Look at the attitude of all the sects right now; does it look like they are uniting?”

    “There’s an old saying, ‘the nail that sticks out gets hammered down.’ Our sect doesn’t have the strength to directly confront the Netherworld ghosts and gods.”

    “We sects gathered here for the matter of re-establishing the City God, and to clash with the Netherworld at this critical juncture would undoubtedly push the Netherworld decisively towards Emperor Xia, resulting in more loss than gain.”

    “It is still too early, we must not!”

    Nearly all the grotto heavens sacred land sects gave a negative response, leaving the True Disciples with no option but to watch the imposing ghostly soldiers pass with eyes wide open in anger.

    These sects with deep resources naturally possessed much more sophisticated methods. Their formations were strong enough to withstand the ripple effects of the ghostly soldiers’ passage, and although ghost energy brutally assaulted the formations, sect Disciples could not initiate countermeasures.

    After the Netherworld water monster swept past, nothing but desolation remained outside the sect grounds.

    The Netherworld supernatural beings continued forward, quickly approaching the Imperial Capital, now only thirty miles away.

    Five markets were situated in this area; as the ghostly soldiers arrived, the market formations burst forth with radiant light, and a series of immense dharma images based on formations appeared above the markets.

    The Golden Armor Divine General, the Whisk Taoist, the Protector Dragon Venerable, the White Jade Immortal Crane, and the Mountain-Moving Strongman—all five dharma images were impressive, their very presence bringing down infinite pressure the moment they appeared.

    These dharma images, constructed from the formations’ patterns, stood dozens of yards tall like the Sun God Dharma Image, carrying near-extreme power of the current world.

    The mere presence within the world seemed to attract backlash from the laws of heaven and earth, with massive amounts of tribulations starting to gather in the skies.

    Cold eyes peered through the formations as if to see through the congregation of a hundred ghosts within the Netherworld water monster.

    However, in the next moment, as several ghost gods shook their banners, Netherworld power crossed the Yin-Yang boundary into the water monster, completely replacing everything in the dharma images’ sight with a grand Netherworld city.

    “Boom!”

    The formation’s patterns backfired instantly, causing all five dharma images to flicker, but then the radiance in the markets flickered again, swiftly stabilizing the formations.

    However, after this event, the five dharma images dared not spy rashly anymore and simply watched as the Netherworld water monster approached.

    As the 5 Great Grotto Heavens Sacred Lands demonstrated their might, the Netherworld side also began to consciously retract the surrounding water monsters, refraining from intruding upon the formations of the Grotto Heavens Sacred Land.

    Both parties maintained restraint as the dharma images of the 5 Great Grotto Heavens Sacred Lands observed the Netherworld supernatural beings nearing the gates of the Imperial Capital.