Nuclear-powered Sword Immortal
Chapter 866 - 714: Energy Academy

Chapter 866: Chapter 714: Energy Academy

The scorching sun blazed brightly.

At this moment, Gu Jinlai was walking on a rural path thousands of miles away from the port city of the Immortal Shadow Association.

He now had a preliminary understanding of the Immortal Xuanhuang Realm and naturally needed to move on to the next step of his strategic planning.

"My goal in coming to the Immortal Xuanhuang Realm has always been to obtain the magic skills to oppose the Evil God. To acquire these skills, I must at least come into contact with the top figures of the Xuanhuang Immortal Dynasty, the fourteen elders named after the Taiyin Star and the Southern Dipper Six Stars, Beidou Seven Stars. As for the struggle between the Xuanhuang Immortal Dynasty and the rebel forces, it’s not something I should get involved in."

Unfortunately...

The Xuanhuang Immortal Dynasty is not a place of benevolence.

The weight of a Third-Rank Golden Immortal is considerable. If he chose to approach the elders who manage all the affairs of the Xuanhuang Immortal Dynasty, naturally, he would be granted an audience. With luck, they might directly provide the methods to him, seeing that they share a common cause against the Evil God.

But...

This is the best possible outcome.

Next, it’s possible that the Xuanhuang Immortal Dynasty might directly drive the Immortal Xuanhuang Realm to the Longevity World, using the Longevity World as a battlefield to combat the Evil God.

This might repel the Evil God, but the Longevity World would likely be utterly destroyed.

Just like how the Immortal Xuanhuang Realm, once a cosmic marvel of an unknown trillion-mile continent, turned into a Grotto Heaven.

This goes against Gu Jinlai’s goal of preserving the Longevity World.

Additionally, another possibility is that the Xuanhuang Immortal Dynasty isn’t ready to confront the Evil God and directly retreats, leaving him empty-handed.

The worst-case scenario is that the Xuanhuang Immortal Dynasty directly captures him, making him, like those laborers, part of maintaining the operation of the Immortal Xuanhuang Realm.

"For others, with no choice, they could only take a risky gamble, but for me..."

Gu Jinlai looked at the remaining two thousand-something Qingguang.

He felt that he should reinforce his strength first before trying to contact the elders of the Xuanhuang Immortal Dynasty.

With stronger power, even if the elders of the Xuanhuang Immortal Dynasty harbored ill intentions, he would be able to escape in time.

"More than half of these fourteen elders are members of the Imperial Family of the Xuanhuang Immortal Dynasty. These people have strengths ranging from Fourth to Ninth Rank. The others are individuals promoted due to outstanding contributions, each above Seventh Rank... Even if I were to meet the weakest elder, I should ideally possess Fifth Rank strength... After all, the other party holds top secret techniques, and I must guard against being defeated across ranks..."

Gu Jinlai thought for a moment, the Fifth Rank was still insufficient.

What if the other party concealed their strength?

The Sixth Rank would be truly secure.

"Additionally, I need to prepare a retreat route in case the other side takes aggressive actions."

A section of the Jade Scroll provided by Pang Yuan flashed in Gu Jinlai’s mind regarding the divisions of the Immortal Xuanhuang Realm.

The current Xuanhuang Realm is far less vast than it was ten thousand years ago.

According to the Taiyin Star, Southern Dipper Six Stars, Beidou Seven Stars, and the Central State where the Imperial Capital is located, it is divided into fifteen states.

Each state sets up provinces, counties, and towns below.

It still follows the system from the Xuanhuang Immortal Dynasty ten thousand years ago, without any changes due to the advancement of the technology tree.

Many places adhere to ancient customs.

On one side, they’re building annihilation reactors, while on the other side, they’re still plowing with oxen.

This is also why Gu Jinlai finds the Xuanhuang Immortal Dynasty somewhat incongruous, as if it’s a retro-style science fiction world.

"The Xuanhuang Immortal Dynasty has been undergoing unprecedented upheaval for ten thousand years. Zhou Huang refining the Xuanhuang Great World into a Grotto Heaven may not have gained everyone’s support. Moreover, most Star Gods serving the Xuanhuang Immortal Dynasty may not do so willingly. Furthermore, the Immortal Xuanhuang Realm continues to devour one world after another, having to face battles with these forces. Those already conquered by the Immortal Xuanhuang Realm have formed the Rebel Alliance, stirring up trouble in secret..."

Gu Jinlai shook his head at this thought.

His attention lingered for a moment on Tiantong Star Lord among the Southern Dipper Six Stars and Star Lord Tianji among the Beidou Seven Stars.

Tiantong Elder’s cultivation is most suitable, being only a Fourth-Rank Golden Immortal.

His directly governed Tiantong State has quite a few rebel forces operating, and due to his cultivation, he lacks the time to suppress them.

The other, Star Lord Tianji...

Once explicitly opposed Zhou Huang’s devouring of various worlds to forge the Immortal Cave Heaven.

Many worlds about to be consumed by the Xuanhuang Realm reach out to him for help.

Many Great Dao Golden Immortals have preserved their sect traditions through him, at the cost of becoming Star Gods.

However, it’s merely the sect traditions.

Their worlds, the remaining spirit mechanism within, and the countless all living beings, essentially become nourishment for the Immortal Xuanhuang Realm as the world collapses.

But, his cultivation is too high, an Eighth-Rank Golden Immortal.

"To be safe, I choose Star Lord Tian Xiang."

Gu Jinlai decided.

He chose neither Tiantong nor Tianji.

One is Fourth-Rank; although exhausted internally, it’s obvious he’s heavily monitored.

The other...

Too powerful.

The Tianxiang State governed by Star Lord Tian Xiang is one of the native states of the Xuanhuang Realm, very stable, so much so that the military strength within the state is not strong.

Additionally, Star Lord Tian Xiang has a gentle temperament, making the likelihood of accidents when interacting with him relatively low.

"First, go to Tianxiang State to find the Spiritual Technique beyond the Third Rank, and then seize the opportunity to contact Star Lord Tian Xiang to see if I can obtain the magic skills against the Evil God from him."

With this thought, Gu Jinlai set out, heading straight for Tianxiang State, equivalent to the heartland of the Immortal Xuanhuang Realm.

...

Blue Star.

After more than two months of urgent repairs, the Star Gate in Chen Domain was finally completed.

Accompanied by the constant dispersal of spatial fluctuations, Chao Jiuyin, Zhao Yushu, and others, along with Zhou Yi, piloting the Cheng Ying Mecha, eagerly stepped into the Star Gate, returning once again to Blue Star.