Ten thousand I am across the heavens

Hundreds upon hundreds of streaks of light flashed across the battlefield. Dozens of enormous, icy hands sealed valiant warriors beneath the icebergs. Lan Jiyuan, however, shimmered with a faint light as he weaved through the deadly attacks. His repeated, masterful dodges were beyond even his own expectations.

It was as if the mecha he wore had gained its own will, fighting alongside him against the powerful enemy. At this moment, all those who had once been by his side, all those who had left him forever, all possessed this mecha, becoming its activated soul.

What they could do was very limited—they could only slightly improve performance—but in this way, they passed on their knowledge, experience, luck, and courage.

Through the gap between two thick icicles, Lan Jiyuan passed through with an extreme, gymnastic-like twist. His sword, gleaming at its brightest point, was thrust into the unknown immortal's pupil with a deadly strike.

The thrusters on his body unleashed their maximum power, even melting the glaciers dozens of meters behind him, spewing out columns of fire hundreds of meters long. The blade, glowing like the sun, could easily slice through steel like butter. But at this moment, it was as if he had struck at the end of the world; no matter how he pushed, the blade could not break through that invisible barrier.

The difference in strength was simply too great; it seemed that no matter how hard he tried, there was no chance of victory. However, at this moment, he had long since forgotten the meaning of giving up. The instant he launched his desperate charge, he had already disregarded life and death. How could he possibly abandon the fight because of a mere setback?

The machine's output had reached its limit, but his output was still insufficient. Since the energy from the remotely transmitted Dao Yuan reactor was not enough to break through the defense, he would unleash his own power.

The energy of heaven and earth suddenly converged in his direction. Since mortals couldn't break through his defenses, he decided to abandon humanity. At this moment, he chose to instantly become an immortal. Even choosing to become an immortal under these unprepared conditions was almost tantamount to suicide. But the gathering energy of heaven and earth was also an inexhaustible source of power.

In that instant, he used the gathered energy of heaven and earth as a balancing weight and the reactor energy transmitted from Cheng as the spark to ignite the fuse.

Amidst the flashing light, his own body ignited. It was a body forged from countless drops of blood and sweat, every single mark meticulously crafted and painstakingly drawn. Now, it burned fiercely like a flag ablaze on a battlefield.

The energy of heaven and earth surged into his body, which should have burst him apart, because his popularity was far from enough to become an immortal. One must be a prominent figure in the mortal realm, accumulating sufficient prestige, or sealing one's popularity with specific Gu worms, and possessing extremely strong personal power to balance the three energies of heaven, earth, and humanity in this process, and ultimately achieve the goal of becoming an immortal.

He was just an ordinary company commander. There was no way he could have enough popularity. But if all the Dao marks on his body were burning, then the situation would be different.

The immense energy and the spirit of heaven and earth were perfectly balanced; the absence of either would trigger a self-destruction. Yet, at this moment, he was in a state of near destruction, but had temporarily gained an immeasurable amount of energy.

At this moment, his eyes were blank, yet he was precisely manipulating these two completely different forces within his body, bringing them to a temporary balance. Meanwhile, his own energy intensity instantly multiplied.

The nameless immortal before him didn't even glance at him, completely ignoring his attack. At the same time, a massive, icy hand slammed down beside him, intending to crush him to death right in front of him.

In the next instant, a layer of white light suddenly covered the blade. The temperature instantly increased by more than an order of magnitude, and the mech's propulsion also increased instantly. Using the vast space as a fulcrum and the spatial region as its driving force, the blade pierced through his defenses, leaving him completely unprepared. The blade pierced his skull, interrupting his thoughts. All attacks were thus abruptly halted.

While a sixth-level immortal can also have their head shattered without necessarily dying, having their skull pierced by a tough blade will at least cause them to experience a temporary halt in thought.

In that brief pause, more than a dozen people emerged from the ruins of the battlefield, displaying the same spirit as Lan Jiyuan as they plunged their swords into the bodies of their powerful enemies.

At that moment, they had the opportunity to kill each other, but the thought of the enormous trouble that would cause made them all hesitate.

Killing him here would cause the Immortal Aperture to close. Given the tampering with his body, the newly formed blessed land would self-destruct, expanding into a distorted domain where conventional forces could not be deployed. This meant that killing him here would defeat the enemy's strongest force, achieving the ship's strategic objective: destroying a crucial base of the Icebreaker Alliance.

After only a moment's hesitation, Lan Jiyuan had already made up his mind: "You all step back, I'll kill him."

In a battle between masters, life and death hang in the balance. If one hesitates for even a second longer, the opponent may have already completed the head repair and regained full combat power in an instant.

With his immense power, Lan Jiyuan directly shook off his comrades. Everyone received a mass message he had sent, and then they saw his body unleash energy far exceeding normal levels. The sword in his hand pierced the forehead of the enemy immortal, and he carried the opponent into a streak of light, crashing forward.

At such extremely high speeds, there is absolutely no chance to react, and they have already covered dozens of miles.

At this moment, someone finally realized what he was about to do. This resolute charge was aimed directly at the invisible barrier in front of him, and he sprinted at high speed into the Five Domains Boundary Wall.

Here, immortals and mortals are, in a sense, on the same starting line. No one can use their killing moves, and if someone dies here, even if their immortal aperture self-destructs, the distorted rules will be directly absorbed by the Five Realms Boundary Wall, preventing any impact on the outside world.

In that brief sprint, the nameless immortal regained consciousness. But to his horror, he found himself propelled by a terrifying force, crashing once more into the Five Realms Boundary Wall. Unable to use his killing moves, he could only muster his immense physical strength to grab the sword embedded in his forehead, attempting to forcefully pull it out before fleeing the area.

At this very moment, the energy of heaven and earth continued to converge, and Lan Jiyuan's body was still burning. This was not a killing move at all. Rather, it was extending the self-destruction process from an instant to several minutes. The self-destruction was not yet over, and the power that was enough to temporarily break through the defenses of an immortal was also brought into this Five Domains Boundary Wall along with him.

Outside, he might be crushed like an ant by the immortal's killing moves, but here, in this sealed land where both sides only dared to fight with brute force, he temporarily possessed power that was evenly matched with his opponent. The two were rolling around in the mud, like mortals without any extraordinary power, tumbling and scrambling on the ice.

Meanwhile, a powerful electromagnetic signal was transmitting its coordinates to the rear, and its information resounded through the communication channel.

"Shoot at me!"

When an immortal's location is locked within the Five Realms Boundary, it often means death.

The operator of the corps-level main gun, after receiving the communication, hesitated for less than a second before gritting his teeth and pressing the fire button with tears in his eyes. The opportunity created by his comrades' lives could not be missed because of his indecisiveness.

The immortal, impaled on the ice by Lan Jiyuan, screamed in terror. He could already see the blue cannon muzzle pointing directly at him in the distance: "Are you crazy? You're in the path of the bombardment too. They don't care if you live or die; they're going to blow you up too. A few immortal stones a month? Why are you risking your life?"

"Hahahaha! What do you mean you don't care whether I live or die? I was the one who called for that bombing!" As soon as he finished speaking, the light completely engulfed the two of them. A dazzling explosion erupted within the Five Realms Boundary Wall.

Just like those dim figures in his memory, Lan Jiyuan also turned gray in the memories of others.

At this point in the battle, the first immortal to be slain by an ordinary soldier appeared. Before launching his final charge, the message he sent to the masses wasn't a dying wish, but rather a secret on how to ignite his body and utilize the surging energy of heaven and earth from his ascension to immortality to temporarily achieve balance.

Theoretically, as long as the genetic lock is unlocked, there's a chance to achieve this. What he didn't know was that if the timing reached the second level, such self-immolation could even result in a complete escape. However, all the Dao traces on his body would be burned away. He would have to go back and start cultivating from scratch.

The fall of a sixth-level immortal might seem to have little impact on the battlefield, but it was as if it ignited the fuse of the war.

Gradually, the glow of light began to shimmer on every front. More and more warriors began to imitate this tactic, calling it the "Glorious Charge." They charged forward with their last ounce of glory, ready to die alongside the enemy!
Not every charge succeeds in knocking the immortal away and carrying them back to the Five Realms Boundary Wall. However, when several sixth-tier cultivators were blasted to ashes by the heavy artillery during the Glorious Charge, those who survived, upon seeing the Icebreaker Alliance warriors ignite their bodies, began to fill their eyes with fear. Those who were once insignificant ants became stinging killer bees. Even though they were incredibly small and easily crushed, a single misstep could result in an instant death from their venomous stings.

The battle lines were clearly on the verge of collapse. The Icebreaker Alliance's forces were clearly at a significant disadvantage, seemingly on the verge of being breached and utterly routed. Only one last, precarious defensive line remained, yet it could not be broken through. The combined fleet of the East Sea was now feeling exhausted and began to wonder: could it be that even if all the fleets had broken through the Five Domains Boundary Barrier, they still couldn't break through these people's defenses?
The soldiers in those armies launched desperate charges time and again. Their charges brought a tremendous boost to morale, granting their legions terrifying bonuses and raising their spirits to unprecedented heights. So much so that many regular legions began to develop their second killing weapon, evolving into elite legions.

This scene was strikingly similar to the underground base's resistance against the eldest son, where the two sides were separated by an immense gap in strength. They seemed like opponents of completely different magnitudes. Yet, the underground base managed to hold on, almost single-handedly bringing the eldest son to the brink of annihilation.

Now, facing an opponent of unprecedented strength, the allied forces of the East China Sea are experiencing the same feelings the eldest son had back then. Faced with such an invincible force, even with their superior military strength, they can't help but feel a sense of impossibility: this war is unwinnable. Even if they gain a temporary advantage on the battlefield, they will ultimately be bogged down in endless counterinsurgency battles, eventually becoming exhausted and forced to withdraw from this land.

Meanwhile, on another battlefield, Wu Meng, though suffering a combined attack from three major legions, has not yet been defeated.

But that wasn't the worst part. The worst part was that a colossal palace was slowly descending from the heavens. A giant dragon coiled around the palace, displaying extraordinary power. It was none other than the Dragon Palace, one of the most powerful Immortal Gu Houses in existence!
In the battle at extremely high altitudes, Dragon Palace, relying on his top-notch comprehensive abilities, defeated Sky City and broke through the defenses of the two days. He slowly descended from the sky, and once he joined the battlefield, the battle situation would undoubtedly collapse.

Neither the Eighth-Rank Immortal Gu House itself, nor the Eighth-Rank Immortal residing within it, is sufficient to completely disrupt the balance of the battle.

Looking across the battlefield, there was no one left to spare. It seemed this wave of enemies was beyond the reach of willpower alone. No one knew how many immortals were hidden among them. Even if there was only one Rank 8 immortal among them, it was impossible for the front lines to effectively utilize their strength. Even if forces were immediately dispatched from the rear, it would be difficult to find enough time to deal with them.

Just as the opportunity they had fought so hard for was about to be squandered, or even lead to utter ruin, the commander of the 13th Army Corps suddenly received an extremely secretive communication. The source of this communication left him momentarily filled with suspicion and uncertainty.

"This is your last chance. I will make a move for a moment to temporarily restrain the Dragon Palace, and only you possess the power to instantly change the course of the battle. But you will pay a price for that."

[To be continued]

Please add this to your favorites and vote for it! (End of Chapter)