Bombarding Cultivators with Cluster Artillery
Chapter 1145 - 1113: The Interests of the Citizens Must Be Absolutely Protected!

Who is the most likely among the Immortal Gate to advance to Refining Nothingness?

Surely, it is Senior Yuan, Divine Mechanism Heavenly Monarch, and Heavenly Monarch Wanji.

They have been at the Peak of Hua Shen for far too long, having honed their Mana and Divine Sense countless times over countless years. As the top elites of the Nine Spirits Realm, there is absolutely no difficulty for them in breaking through to the next Realm; it is inevitable.

The only thing they lack is the Cultivation Method!

The issue of the Void Refinement Technique has plagued them for many years, unable to take a step forward, remaining at the Nascent Soul Stage, becoming the Ancient Transcendents of Immortal Gate.

Even in such a dead-end situation, relying on their talent, the collective wisdom of Immortal Gate, and the Central Array Spirit Computer, they have successfully developed several potential Void Refinement Techniques, repeatedly verifying them, and not forever trapped.

Now, having obtained several authentic references to Void Refinement Techniques, nothing can stop their progression.

In the near future, Immortal Gate will inevitably produce a Refining Nothingness Cultivator!

So, why are Sun Extinguisher Heavenly Monarch and a large group of Celestial Lords of Immortal Gate, along with even larger numbers of Immortal Gate True Monarchs, so anxious?

What are they afraid of?

It is known that Senior Yuan, Divine Mechanism Heavenly Monarch, and Heavenly Monarch Wanji can be regarded as the top three in Immortal Gate's political quality and moral character scoring. Unless it's Wu Fusheng, the first-generation governor of Immortal Gate, no one else has higher scores in moral character than they do, not even Jiang Ding, the moral valedictorian of Immortal Gate.

Immortal Gate was personally guided, developed, and expanded by these three Seniors!

Immortal Gate is what they have cultivated by hand, nurturing many juniors to carry out research and participating in numerous bloody battles for its growth, subtly shaping it into their ideal form in the process.

It could be said that first there were the Dao Hearts of these three Elders, and then came the moral character curriculum of Immortal Gate.

Jiang Ding might score a perfect 150 points in moral character, which is his limit.

Senior Yuan, Divine Mechanism Heavenly Monarch, and Heavenly Monarch Wanji could also score 150 points, but that is the limit of the exam, not their own limit; their actual limits far surpass a mere moral character test!

These Elders' seniority is terrifying. Although they are usually addressed by name directly by other Heavenly Monarchs, with little concern for hierarchy,

In reality, these three Seniors are the teachers and mentors of all the Heavenly Monarchs, who were nurtured and taught by them since they were little children, creating a bond akin to that with a father.

Take, for example, Sun Extinguisher Heavenly Monarch; when his grandfather was still in split-pants, Divine Mechanism Heavenly Monarch was already a Heavenly Monarch.

These three Elders can be said to have ultimate strength, seniority, and prestige in Immortal Gate, with no shortcomings.

In battle, even if they give a command that spells certain death, the Celestial Lords of Immortal Gate would obey without hesitation, leading their troops towards the direction they point to, even if it's a deadly abyss lying ahead.

So, what are Sun Extinguisher Heavenly Monarch and the other Celestial Lords of Immortal Gate guarding against?

As the saying goes, Duke Zhou feared the rumors whereas Wang Mang remained courteous before usurping power!

The past is the past, and the present is the present.

Past achievements are just that, in the past. Who knows what changes might take place in the heart of a Refining Nothingness Cultivator once born within Immortal Gate?

Refining Nothingness Cultivators already possess dominant strength on the battlefield, able to stand on their own in the realms without reliance on armies—who knows what they might think?

Of course, the moral character of Senior Yuan, Heavenly Monarch Wanji, and Divine Mechanism Heavenly Monarch is frighteningly high, making such an occurrence exceedingly unlikely.

But!

Lasting peace must be built upon sufficient preparation for war!

Only when one is strong and well-prepared can there be true peace.

And it is not to entrust the ideals of hundreds of billions of Xianmen Sect citizens, the lives of countless people onto the moral character of a single Refining Nothingness Cultivator!

Humans are complex and ever-changing beings, different at every moment, uncertain, and cannot be completely trusted.

Xianmen Sect belongs to everyone.

Even if it's someone like Yuan Deng, one of the founders who made extraordinary contributions, they cannot be allowed to destroy it!

"Senior, I know you all have made many preparations."

"That is good."

Jiang Ding spoke in a deep voice: "If Senior Yuan and the others are aware, they would be even more heartened, and would not blame anything; it means that what they swore to defend with their lives, sacrificing countless old friends to build, has truly taken root in Xianmen Sect."

"The path of Xianmen Sect is not built upon the few elites, but on the consensus of its citizens."

"This means that the error correction system of Xianmen Sect, its defense system, is perfect!"

Jiang Ding looked into the eyes of Sun Extinguisher Heavenly Monarch, earnestly saying: "Xianmen Sect is not that fragile. The elites of the Ten Thousand Clans are strong, but our citizen elites are not weak, and there is the absolute support of countless citizens. We can also truly influence some elites of the Ten Thousand Clans, those from the Outer Realm Human Race."

"If there are alien clan geniuses in the future who want to overthrow Xianmen Sect, we have the capability to suppress them!"

"We have the capability to, while absorbing the wisdom of these Outer Realm elites and reaping the tremendous benefits, cast away all the detriments."

"This is an undertaking of great benefit and minimal harm!"

"Jiang Ding,"

"This is just your wishful thinking, assuming everything goes smoothly."

Sun Extinguisher Heavenly Monarch no longer displayed anger but coldly said: "How many dangers has Xianmen Sect encountered in its development until now? The most dangerous moment, when the Mother Star was entirely lost, billions of citizens died—yet even then, we remained united, striving unwaveringly under the leadership of Senior Yuan and others, never giving up."

"Can these Outer Realm Human Race alien clan geniuses do the same?"

"They cannot."

"Not only can they not stay united in desperate times, but they will also kick Xianmen Sect when it's down amidst danger. And danger, Jiang Ding, I tell you, Xianmen Sect is bound to face various dangers in the future as there are too many Immortal Path civilizations within the domains, and Xianmen Sect is far from the strongest."

"Once Xianmen Sect falls into peril, those Outer Realm Human Race alien clan geniuses will become a curse."

"And now, your teacher Immortal Dinghai, Zhang Junsheng, Immortal Luling, and many other old cultivators are all in hibernation, because of a lack of Divinity Transformation resources..."

"Senior."

Jiang Ding interrupted him: "The implementation of the Great Sun Divine Transformation Strategy will inevitably be when Xianmen Sect's resources are hugely abundant, such as after we have conquered dozens of Minor Thousand Worlds in the Horned Ming Realm, all hibernating cultivators have been awakened, and Xianmen Sect's resources have exceeded the reserves of talent,"

"Only then will it be carried out."

What is the fundamental basis of Xianmen Sect? He has never forgotten; the interests of these citizens must be satisfied first before one can look to the future.

"Is that so?"

The expression of Sun Extinguisher Heavenly Monarch softened somewhat.

Many hibernating cultivators were his old friends, or juniors with whom he had deep bonds; his reaction was so intense because it struck at their fundamental interests.

Loyalty has always been his life credo.

There is no doubt that the Great Sun Swordsman has the capability to harm these people's fundamental interests.

There are many cultivators in the sect who long to become immortals and fervent young cultivators, his many old subordinates from past wars, old classmates, and the Immortal Gate Sword Cultivators... all these people could be strongly influenced by the Great Sun Swordsman.