"Spatial Annihilation Cannons, prepare!!"
"Target, the beast claw in the sky—fire with full force!"
From within each Immortal City came angry roars. On every city wall, one could see massive rune cannons mounted. These cannons gleamed silver-white all over, emanating a chilling aura that made hearts tremble. They were none other than the newly forged Spatial Annihilation Cannons.
Over the years, Great Yi had not wasted time. The Heavenly Works Pavilion had produced large numbers of void-mining ships, harvesting immense amounts of shattered void crystals from the chaotic meteor streams of the void. With the aid of the Universal Printer, these were forged into Spatial Annihilation Cannons. Their destructive power, after repeated rounds of strengthening and optimization, had reached the point where they posed a deadly threat even to the Dao Platform Realm. Without doubt, these were top-tier doomsday weapons—yet they could still be mass-produced.
In preparation for the calamity that was bound to arrive, Yi Tianxing had given a direct order: every Great Yi Immortal City must be equipped with four Spatial Annihilation Cannons, mounted on the four cardinal walls. This became each city's trump card—whether facing internal threats or external enemies. As long as the enemy did not surpass the Dao Platform Realm and step into the Dao Proving Realm, they would never escape a barrage from these cannons.
Four cannons at once instantly multiplied an Immortal City's defensive and deterrent strength.
Until now, Great Yi had kept this trump card concealed, never once displaying it to the outside world—waiting only for this very moment. Recently, with the final batch completed, every Immortal City was fully armed.
The reinforced cannons no longer only threatened Dao Platform cultivators, but could also significantly endanger Dao Proving experts.
"Spatial Annihilation Cannons ready—charge the furnaces!"
One after another, the massive cannons manifested, their muzzles locked directly onto the beast claw descending from the void. At their core sat an Energy Furnace, designed to receive power and convert it into destructive energy. A Spatial Annihilation Cannon could not be fired casually. Each furnace could condense heaven-and-earth spiritual qi on its own, but the gathered energy was only enough for three blasts. After that, unless supplemented with external energy, the furnace would require long intervals to recharge.
Clatter!
Nearby soldiers opened storage pouches and poured items into the furnaces. With crisp clinking sounds, it was clear these were not ordinary spirit stones but Eternal Coins—purple-golden Eternal Coins. Each one equaled a million ordinary Eternal Coins, and just now, hundreds of them had been dumped in, worth over a hundred million coins.
Boom—boom—boom!!
As the furnaces roared to life, countless runes flared along the cannon barrels, the muzzles glowing with blinding silver-white light. In a thunderous flash, beams of annihilation blasted forth, slamming into the beast claw. Ten purple-golden Eternal Coins were consumed in an instant, reduced to nothing.
The saying goes: "One cannon blast costs ten thousand gold."
But this was far worse—each blast devoured the equivalent of ten million Eternal Coins. Even the hardened soldiers watching couldn't help but twitch at the thought. If an entire city fired at once, that was forty million coins gone in a single volley. Considering the number of Immortal Cities across Great Yi, the cost of this campaign would be counted not in billions but in astronomical figures.
The expenditure alone was enough to drive ordinary people insane.
Yet the results were immediate. The enormous beast claw was struck dead on by four annihilation beams. Around the claw, space twisted violently, shattered apart, collapsing into nothingness. Space itself dissolved, its annihilation force turning into countless invisible blades that sliced into the claw.
Bang!!
The claw exploded into bloody mist, bursting apart under the annihilation force. From the fragments of flesh, endless numbers of terrifying soldiers spawned.
There were Blood Asuras, blood-red and ferocious.There were terrifying entities radiating demonic sound that attacked the soul.There were countless Yellow Turban Warriors, each tens or even hundreds of zhang tall, like giants, wearing yellow turbans and wielding divine weapons. Unlike mortal Yellow Turban rebels, these were true Taoist guardian warriors, soldiers of heaven itself, exuding awe-inspiring might.
Fragments of the beast claw became endless Nether Ghosts, far more dreadful than ordinary wraiths, carrying soul-hooks and death-scythes.
Followers of the Dao Sovereigns appeared—
From Qingtian Dao Sovereign came the Apostles of Judgment, carrying the Rewarding Good / Punishing Evil Orders, able to burn evil-doers with karmic fire.
From Xuantian Dao Sovereign came flocks of Chongming Birds, legendary divine birds with double pupils, whose cries shattered beasts and demons.
From Juntian Dao Sovereign came the Crystal Jade Clan, flawless bodies like living crystals, natural masters of elemental forces.
From Xietian Dao Sovereign came dreadful Evil Gods, shrouded in madness-inducing corruption, along with endless Demonic Sword Immortals, their evil qi blotting out the skies.
From Cangtian Dao Sovereign, supreme among the Nine, came the Overlord Race—possessing the Cangtian Overlord Physique, growing ever stronger in combat. Beneath them were the War Race, inheriting diluted bloodlines, forming indestructible war bodies, and further beneath them the Soldier Race, frenzied undying berserkers—numbers like an ocean, fearless and relentless.
The power of the Nine Dao Sovereigns' vassals erupted in full, surging across Great Yi's realms like overwhelming tides.
Even though the Spatial Annihilation Cannons had obliterated part of the claw, and many vassals perished in the process, the surviving hordes still numbered in unfathomable multitudes—legions upon legions, countless beyond measure. Outside every Immortal City, the flood of enemies descended like a sea, threatening to drown everything.
"Kill! Those who submit to the Court live, those who resist—die!"
"Kill! Destroy Great Yi! Slay Yi Tianxing!"
The Nine Heavens Coalition roared madly as their endless armies pressed forward.
"Xuanhuang Guardians—activate!!"
From every City Lord's Mansion, figures shot skyward, raising their official seals. The Immortal City Lords chanted, their seals blazing with radiance. In an instant, the seals resonated with their cities, countless runes igniting as each city was enveloped in the Xuanhuang Barrier.
Glorious yellow radiance surged forth, its aura heavy and vast as the earth itself. The barriers merged with the land's dragon veins, drawing inexhaustible power from heaven and earth, providing a defense as immovable as mountains.
"The Xuanhuang Barrier is raised—Guard Legions, onto the walls! Fight to the last drop of blood!"
"Bounty Hunters, arm yourselves! On the walls! Behind us are your families, your kin, your people! If the cities fall, slaughter awaits. Great Yi's people fear no battle!"
"Great Yi rose from nothing, forged its way through blood and death, surviving amidst myriad races! My Great Yi people are all dragons! Let the realms witness our spirit and blood! We will die standing, never live kneeling! Kill! Kill! Kill!!"
City Lords cried out, rallying their soldiers.
This was not a skirmish—it was a war of annihilation, brought by the Nine Dao Sovereigns.
Defeat would mean the destruction of Great Yi, the shattering of its people's pride and spirit.
"What madness… The Nine Dao Sovereigns truly intend to erase Great Yi? Do they not care that Great Yi has rendered immense merit to the Eternal World? Great Yi is a pillar of the Eternal World itself! How dare they act so recklessly?"
On the sidelines, Ancestor Ming He and other mighty ones could only watch in stunned disbelief.