The person leading the group laughed, "Rest assured, envoy, we are willing to shed our blood for the Heavenly Dao!"

These dozens of people transformed into streams of light, flying towards the final Treasure Ship.

Lan Zhixian's smile gradually faded.

Four True Immortals exchanged glances, each looking somewhat solemn.

"Why are more reinforcements being sent?"

"Was the Heavenly Dao's previous mobilization insufficient?"

"Who knows."

"Say no more," Lan Zhixian narrowed her eyes slightly, "Return to your positions and continue forward."

The female True Immortal beside her whispered, "Will there be more reinforcements later?"

Lan Zhixian did not answer.

She sat in the bow of the ship, continuing to wipe her Immortal Treasure Long Sword, appearing entirely different from her previous absurd demeanor in the cabin.

After proceeding for less than half an hour, a vortex appeared on the Immortal Spirit Road, with dozens of streams of light entering it.

They were still cloaked, cold-faced Dark Sect Members.

After a brief exchange of pleasantries, these Dark Sect Members headed to the rear Treasure Ship.

Lan Zhixian's expression grew more serious.

Moving forward for another half hour, the third batch… fourth, fifth…

The closer they got to the Xu Realm where the Mechanical Demon was located, the more Dark Sect Members came to support them, gathering over twenty top-level elites from various branches here.

They all followed the orders of the Heavenly Dao Stele, coming to assist Lan Zhixian's group.

With the Heavenly Dao Stele's coordination, they arrived just in time, and none were wasted in their efforts.

When they were an hour's journey away from Wang Jixuan's Xu Realm, Lan Zhixian saw seven or eight massive Treasure Ships in various forms hovering ahead, and her mouth twitched slightly.

A large group of reinforcements had already been waiting here for a long time.

A total of forty-six branches had mobilized over 2,000 cultivators in the Unification and Tribulation Crossing Realm, along with several dozen loose immortals stationed at these branches…

And these were just their reinforcements!

At this point, the Dark Sect Members led by Lan Zhixian's four True Immortals numbered more than five thousand.

Not to mention the several hundred Immortal Soldiers and their Battle Array used as a trump card;

They had four True Immortals, dozens of Primordial Immortals, over a hundred Loose Immortals…

Is the Mechanical Demon really that fierce?

Lan Zhixian was already considering retreat, but she also realized that though this battle would be difficult, if they could succeed, it would be a great achievement.

"Senior Sister, ahead is the Xu Realm!"

"Good!"

Lan Zhixian looked as though she had everything under control:

"Fellow Immortals, let's discuss how to face our enemy."

"This action is led by our fellow, we certainly will follow their command."

"Then I won't refuse."

Lan Zhixian quickly spoke:

"First, we should leave a few Loose Immortals to block any possible appearance of the Heavenly Net Group along the Immortal Spirit Road.

"Next, we send out our vanguard to provoke the opposition and pinpoint the main force of the Mechanical Demon, then crush them with thunderous momentum!

"The Heavenly Dao command is to annihilate the cultivation world here.

"To prevent the Mechanical Demon's army from holding us back with a sea of people tactic, we also need an alternative plan. Junior Sister, you and Sheng Xuan should lurk in the shadows, find the opportunity, and eliminate the cultivators of this realm!"

The other three True Immortals exchanged glances.

Using the power of True Immortals to wipe out these ants who haven't achieved immortality seemed somewhat…

"Senior Sister's wisdom."

"This can be done!"

Lan Zhixian advised, "Fellow Immortals, this is the first time I've seen such caution from the Heavenly Dao Stele, bringing us troops from eighteen branches, and then pulling so many elites from various realms. So let's not act all high and mighty, prioritize completing the Heavenly Dao Stele's mission, and conduct assassinations rather than risk mission failure and punishment. Also, if things look wrong, retreat immediately, it's better to live to fight another day."

"Rest assured, Senior Sister."

"Agreed!"

Lan Zhixian waved her hand.

Simultaneously, one male and one female True Immortal concealed themselves, while another took the lead to scout, and Lan Zhixian handed a Jade Talisman to this male True Immortal to mobilize troops.

Soon, a thousand Dark Sect Members, fifty Loose Immortals, and ten Primordial Immortals gathered in front of the fleet, led by this male Immortal, charging towards the Xu Realm.

Lan Zhixian followed with the main force, ready to support at any moment.

...

"Boss! They've arrived!"

"Hmm?"

Daoist Wang immediately jumped up, rushing to the rear of the command platform in two steps.

Mu Dan's fingers flew across the controls, and the vanguard troops of the Dark Sect appeared in the center of the large screen.

"Wow, so many Immortal Level energy reactions! But most are Loose Immortals, with only one True Immortal level energy reaction, seemingly at the fifth or sixth grade True Immortal tier."

Wang Jixuan asked, "Just these?"

"Yes, likely their first troops, or a probing force."

Mu Dan quickly said:

"If the Dark Sect Heavenly Dao is merely putting up a show, they will soon initiate a challenge and pressure us here.

"However, now it hasn't been half a month… will they attack directly?"

"Let's wait and see, keep an eye on that True Immortal, if they start slaughtering the crowd, it will be a big problem."

Wang Jixuan turned to a side projection screen and tapped a few keys.

The projection screen immediately displayed the interior of Wangxian Valley's Mountain Gate.

The door to the Second Base was open, a group of cultivators bringing their families was entering the base, while a dense crowd awaited to enter from behind.

Outside Wangxian Valley, there were still more than a hundred thousand cultivators waiting to enter.

Xiao Huating was drinking Immortal Dew to soothe her throat while humming in the formation, her little face pale with exhaustion.

However, her ability couldn't be replicated for now, the cultivators' Primordial Souls were much stronger than ordinary humans, she couldn't affect too many at once, doing hundreds at a time for testing.

Murong Zhengyi and over a hundred young disciples from various sects stood by the gate, performing service duties, registering and distributing Jade Talismans for each cultivator.

Additionally, a batch of Mechanical Bodies guarded the entrance, all entering cultivators had to roll up their sleeves for nanochip injection.

Murong Zhengyi and his team were equally tired, given the non-stop cycle they had been in recently.

Abandon mental testing?

Wang Jixuan hesitated slightly.

Removing the gate limitation would quickly let tens of thousands rush into the Second Base.

But now, the pass rate for the mental screening was only eighty-five percent, with over twenty thousand to be eliminated from the group of over ten thousand.

This place indeed harbored some with ulterior motives, with improper mental states, even those with blood-stained hands.

And the eighty-five percent pass rate was boosted by thousands of major sect disciples, if counting only loose cultivators, it'd be around seventy percent.

Meaning, not all these people should be taken along.

"Mu Dan, can you try to improve efficiency here?"

"It's mainly stuck at Xiao Huating," Mu Dan said sympathetically, "Xiao Huating is exhausted."

Wang Jixuan sighed, "If only those who can't pass her screening would voluntarily step forward…"

"If the Dark Sect attacks as per the Heavenly Dao's half-month timeline, we should manage the screening, but if they attack early, we're in trouble."

"Will they attack early?"

"It depends on the Heavenly Dao's control over the Dark Sect Members."

Mu Dan blinked:

"Besides, boss, are they underestimating us with such little battle power? Apart from that True Immortal, we can handle the rest! Provided those sixty Immortal-Level energy reactions obediently enter our nuclear bomb array."

Wang Jixuan shook his head.

They were tricked once before, they would certainly be cautious now.

He distinctly remembered they had four True Immortals.

Wang Jixuan originally considered using his Foreign Soul Puppet Burst Seed, potentially fighting one against four, but now, with the vanguard force alone having so many loose and primordials, who knows how many more will come later.

Mu Dan couldn't detect the inside of the Immortal Spirit Road either…

"Hmm?"

Wang Jixuan glanced at his Storage Magical Treasure, which contained a Treasure Bead issued by Tianluo, enabling entry into the Immortal Spirit Road.

Moreover, not only he had it, Amina, Lao Zheng, and Xiao Huating each had one.

"Boss, they stopped at a mountain peak five hundred kilometers north of Wangxian Valley."

Mu Dan softly asked:

"Should we bomb them directly?"

"If they don't move, we don't move," Wang Jixuan said quietly, "I'll think of a way to force their main force out of the Immortal Spirit Road… if they're just posturing, going through motions, all the better…"

Mu Dan: "By their looks, it doesn't seem they want to go through motions."

"Hmm, then notify Master Tai Ye, tell them not to act rashly, ask Tianluo Loose Immortals to delay as much as possible."

Wang Jixuan rushed to the top of the spire, where his Foreign Soul Puppet was located.

"I'll find a way to slip away and scout inside the Immortal Spirit Road."

"Sure, boss, be careful… want to take some of the little bombs I just made? Energy Gathering Nuclear Bombs plus a little antimatter spice!"

Wang Jixuan: ...

"Hurry up with your actions!"

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