Immortal Father
Chapter 908 - 908 317 Zhunti Weeps at the Coffin

908: Chapter 317 Zhunti Weeps at the Coffin 908: Chapter 317 Zhunti Weeps at the Coffin Although the incense merit was abundant this time, Li Ping’an’s Golden Cloud over the Spirit Platform seemed to have also improved, digesting the incense merit rather quickly;

The Soul-Cleaving Banner continuously absorbed the fear mingled within the incense merit, while Li Ping’an ceaselessly infused it with Heavenly Dao merit to avoid its collapse;

In just six or seven hours, the vast expanse of merit cloud had already disappeared without a trace.

Li Ping’an even heard the Golden Cloud above his Spirit Platform let out a satisfied burp.

He retracted the Soul-Cleaving Banner and his figure slowly descended from the high altitude;

With a casual flick of his finger, he sent a large portion of merit to Guilingling, Zi Yao Xianzi, and Immortal Huanglong, the three main forces, and distributed Heavenly Dao merit to everyone who had participated in the battle.

Feng Zhansiang seemed to have integrated the merit into her Primordial Spirit.

This merit triggered an epiphany of The Great Dao, which became the final step for Feng Zhansiang’s promotion to Golden Immortal.

As the merit descended, she instantly became a Golden Immortal, and a long saber shadow unfolded from within the cosmos, nearly spanning this small dimension.

—Naturally, the main factor for becoming a Golden Immortal was her continuous deep cultivation and accumulation of understanding in the Dao Realm; the Heavenly Dao merit was but a small aid.

Li Ping’an reflected upon this with emotion.

One of his four trusted aides had become a Golden Immortal!

Feng Zhansiang was a rare military talent, well-versed in the art of war and adept at battle formations; now stepping into the realm of Golden Immortal faster than Wang Shan, she counted as a fierce general of the Heavenly Court, though serving as a trusted aide seemed somewhat beneath her talents.

“Your Majesty.”

Zi Yao Xianzi appeared before Li Ping’an, accompanied by celestial light; her fluttering dress promptly settled down, and her delicate yet substantial figure was faintly discernible.

She bowed to Li Ping’an and asked softly with phoenix-like eyes shining with points of starlight:

“Now that the ferocious demons have been eliminated, and all the wicked monks are vanquished, how shall we handle these million Dao Soldiers?

“Moreover, this realm is far too distant from the Misty Realm; without celestials or masters to station here, we cannot relocate the tens of millions of mortal beings either.

“What should we do?”

Li Ping’an pondered and spoke slowly: “I was already considering this tough problem.

If we leave, and the Western Sect returns with a vengeance, I fear they will take it out on the mortals.”

Multiple beams of Daoxian light descended, gathering the celestials together.

They were all worried about the follow-up handling of this realm.

Qing Su wasn’t particularly skilled at scheming and thus simply gave up thinking, wandering among the corpses of the malicious beasts with Guiling.

They were not collecting ingredients, of course.

The beasts were cruel and bloodthirsty; their flesh reeked and they had already gained intelligence and transformed.

They were making sure the beasts were dead and extracting the Storage Treasures from them, collecting battle spoils for the Heavenly Court.

Not long after, Feng Tingzhu and Xing He joined the process of cleaning the battlefield.

“Dealing with the aftermath is always the most troublesome.”

Li Ping’an said:

“Since we have intervened, we cannot leave the job half done.

“If it doesn’t work out, we can only borrow celestials from the alliance and seek assistance from the mother to use the map of the mountains and rivers; moving them several times is also possible.

“These mortals are living in such dire straits; it would be truly unbearable if they were to fall victim to malevolence once more.”

Luo Xuejing reminded: “Your Majesty, the matter of how tens of millions of mortals will survive is also a challenge.

Evacuating them would require at least three realms the size of the Misty Realm.”

Zi Yao Xianzi suggested: “Or we could settle them in the dozen or so minor realms nearby the Misty Realm.”

Immortal Huanglong asked gravely: “Are we abandoning this realm?

With all its elements complete and abundant Spiritual Energy, not to mention the large amount of Spiritual Energy released by the death of so many demons, it’s an excellent place for cultivation and may easily attract Loose Cultivators from those minor realms.”

“The main issue is that we can’t defend it; we can’t stay here forever.”

Li Ping’an sighed lightly:

“Previously, I was thinking about quickly opening up various realms, essentially borrowing the power of Uncle Ling Shi and Uncle Huanglong to sneak attack the Western Sect’s bastions of incense merit and absorb their incense merit.

“Now it seems that this incense merit is really not easy to obtain.

“If we cannot properly resettle these mortals, it would be better to take our time, develop from the Misty Realm outward, thus allowing them to avoid several calamities.”

Immortal Huanglong said: “It would be great if we could pull this realm next to the Misty Realm.”

Li Ping’an’s expression flickered.

He was still imagining the ‘Reunite Heaven and Earth’ method.

The problem was that this realm was far too distant from the Misty Realm and had too many living beings.

Moving there was fraught with difficulties and would severely drag on their overall plan.

In Li Ping’an’s plan, for the eight directions of east, south, west, north, northeast, northwest, southeast, and southwest, each would establish a ‘minor realm convergence point.’

For the northwest direction, centered around the Misty Realm, the first batch would gather ten minor realms into a ring, and the second batch would add thirty minor realms to form an ‘outer ring.’

Such a formation of forty minor realms would be a formidable force, serving as a steadfast foundation and radiating over two or three hundred minor realms in the northwest direction, forging a cornerstone for the Heavenly Court.

Then, they would proceed to strategize toward the west and north, methodically creating eight ‘minor realm convergence points.’

The reason for coming to this eastern border was due to the Heavenly Square Pavilion discovering traces of the Western Sect Dao Soldiers’ movements, unearthing this ‘hidden’ minor realm.

This was entirely outside of Li Ping’an’s original plans.

Using this ‘Eastern Jia Six’ realm as the core for the Vast Wilderness Heaven and Earth’s eastern ‘minor realm convergence point’ was quite appealing;

Regrettably, they currently lacked the strength to defend and manage this place.

Divide half the power of the Misty Realm to come here?

That would only make it easier for the Western Sect to defeat them one by one.

Li Ping’an, Immortal Huanglong, Luo Xuejing, and Zi Yao Xianzi began to struggle with the dilemma.

In the distance came the crisp laughter of Guilingling, who was attempting to tease Qing Su and Feng Tingzhu.