Daojun, start from Penglai foundation building

As Xuanji directed the military formation, the four million Dao soldiers of the Qinghua Dao Sect immediately began to move. The huge military formation began to operate, transforming into the shape of the Bagua (Eight Trigrams). As the Bagua was in place, Xuanji, who was in the center, waved the command flag again, and a roar that shook the sky resounded from the ten-thousand-strong military formations that formed the Bagua.

In an instant, accompanied by the roar of millions of soldiers, the sky was filled with the sounds of mountains and seas, the wind and clouds surged, and bolts of lightning flashed across the sky, with faint traces of golden lightning bursting forth.

The Qinghua Dao Sect is the lineage of the Heavenly Venerable.

The foundation of a Dao lineage that governs the true Yang is far beyond that of ordinary Pure Yang holy lands.

The supernatural powers and profound guidance provided by this Master of the Dao, Zhenyang, are unparalleled by ordinary holy lands, not to mention the blessings he bestows upon his disciples by the great Dao's fortune.

Taking Qinghua Dao Sect as an example, the selection of Dao soldiers in Qinghua Dao Sect is all of the highest quality. Even the lower-grade Dao soldiers are selected from the best of the best.

Although the Yimu Dao Soldier is a low-grade Dao Soldier of the Qinghua Dao Sect, his equipment consists entirely of Yimu Thunder Bamboo, which is renowned throughout the myriad realms.

Both the robes they wore and the swords they wielded were crafted from Yi Wood Thunder Bamboo. When a ten-thousand-person formation simultaneously unleashed their magic, the power of Yi Wood Golden Thunder, amplified by the combined might of ten thousand people, was enough to cover an area of ​​tens of thousands of miles and destroy the enemy.

The four million Yi Wood Dao soldiers, by drawing upon the Yi Wood Golden Thunder, were enough to create a thunderstorm covering a radius of one million miles, leaving nothing but barren land. The sheer area it covered was comparable to that of a True Monarch of Refining Emptiness.

Sensing the wandering thunderous energy between heaven and earth, and gazing at the golden lightning that manifested in the sea of ​​clouds like raging dragons, Jin Yang narrowed his eyes, showing no emotion: "It is the Yi Wood Golden Thunder Array of the Qinghua Dao Sect."

"Four million Yi Wood Dao soldiers, all wielding lightning-summoning artifacts, what a grand gesture!"

Wen Yuan, standing to the side, sneered, "As expected of the Heavenly Venerable lineage, countless middle and lesser Thousands are eagerly flocking to it to attach themselves."

"I have heard that there is a Middle Thousand World that is rich in Yi Wood Thunder Bamboo, and every five hundred years they offer ten million five-hundred-year-old Thunder Bamboo to the Qinghua Dao Sect."

"A thousand years is enough time, not counting the cost, for the Qinghua Dao Sect to train nearly ten million Yi Wood Dao soldiers."

"Given the foundation of the Qinghua Dao Sect, there will inevitably be even more soldiers following behind these four million Yi Wood Dao soldiers."

Everyone nodded silently; no one dared to underestimate the profound foundation of a Taoist sect.

Take the Qiankun Dao Sect for example. Although it only occupies one-third of the Nine Provinces Realm, with its accumulation over the past 40,000 years and the offerings from so many Middle and Lesser Thousand Worlds that depend on it, heaven knows how much resources it actually possesses.

Just by looking at the hundreds and thousands of Refinement Void True Monarchs in Yanzhou, one can tell how profound the foundation of the Qiankun Dao Sect is.

Even if they were all forcibly infused with luck and elevated by resources, who could do that without sufficient foundation and resources?
The Qinghua Dao Sect has just offered four million low-grade Dao soldiers equipped with Yimu Thunder Bamboo robes and Yimu Thunder Bamboo swords. Although it is a bit extravagant, it is not enough to move Han Yuan and the others too much.

Moreover, although the Qinghua Dao Sect dispatched four million Yi Wood Dao Soldiers, the Yuanyang Dao Sect also mobilized four million Fire Serpent Dao Soldiers.

It's hard to say who will win in this clash of thunder and fire.

Han Yuan looked at Jin Yang: "Fellow Daoist Jin Yang, what are your chances of winning this battle?"

Jin Yang pondered for a moment: "It's about fifty-fifty."

Upon hearing this, not only Han Yuan and Wen Yuan, but also Lian Ri, Cai Yue, Shao Yang, and Shao Yin were somewhat surprised: facing the four million Yi Wood Dao soldiers of the Qinghua Dao Sect, with Qinghua Xuan Yi personally in charge, the fact that they could say the outcome was fifty-fifty was enough to show Jin Yang's confidence.

Jin Yang explained to the crowd, "If it were simply a battle of Dao soldiers, my Yuan Yang Dao Sect's Fire Serpent Soldiers might not be a match for Qing Hua's Yi Wood Dao Soldiers."

"But this time it's not just a battle between Dao soldiers, both sides' true disciples will also participate. I fought against Xuan Yi in the Buzhou Realm. When we went all out, it was a 50/50 match between us."

Hearing Jin Yang's explanation, the others understood: Jin Yang had not placed his hopes on the Dao soldiers at all. He was planning to take action himself if the Dao soldiers were at a disadvantage in the fight, thus forcibly dividing the outcome into a 50/50 split.

Recalling the earth-shattering battle between Mingxian and Zhengqing yesterday, Wen Yuan couldn't help but ask, "Fellow Daoist Jinyang, are you confident?"

Jin Yang couldn't help but laugh and said, "I say, Fellow Daoist Wen Yuan, don't boost others' morale while diminishing your own."

“That’s just Xuan Yi, he’s not Penglai Lingyuan.”

Upon hearing this, the others chuckled: Yes, that was just Xuan Yi of the Qinghua Dao Sect, not Penglai Lingyuan.

At some point, the four words "Penglai Lingyuan" became like a huge boulder pressing down on their heads, making them unable to lift their heads, unable to see the sun and moon, and seemingly destined to live their entire lives under the shadow of that boulder.

But after a while, they seemed to get used to it; as long as they didn't look up, it wasn't a big deal.
Amidst a multitude of complex thoughts swirling within them, another earth-shattering battle erupted outside the walls of the Dao Palace, on the vast plains of Lanyuan.

"Thunder!"

"Thunder!"

"Thunder!"

A deafening roar came from the Yi Wood Daoist army formation arranged in the Eight Trigrams, its sound stirring up strong winds and summoning thunder, the movement of wind and thunder spreading for thousands of miles.

Four million Yi Wood Dao soldiers drew upon Yi Wood Golden Thunder, using the Eight Trigrams as their foundation and starting from the Zhen position. In an instant, thousands of golden thunderbolts descended from the sky, striking the fire serpent Dao soldiers of the Yuan Yang Dao Sect. For a moment, countless bolts of lightning erupted and raged, and swathes of fire serpent Dao soldiers fell beneath this golden heavenly thunder. Yi Wood Golden Thunder is no ordinary heavenly thunder; it is innate thunder. Although Yi Wood Thunder Technique is of the Yin attribute and not as fierce and domineering as Jia Wood Divine Thunder, its unique continuous and all-pervasive characteristics are enough to make Yi Wood Thunder Technique's status extremely important.

At this moment, thunderbolts rained down from the sky, countless golden lightning bolts descending like snakes from the heavens and then burrowing into the bodies of the surrounding creatures, destroying their souls and internal organs, and annihilating their life force.

In an instant, under the onslaught of Yi Wood Metal Thunder, the Fire Serpent Soldiers of Yuan Yang Dao Sect suffered heavy casualties, with almost every 10,000-person formation being wiped out.

A formation of ten thousand people consists of tens of thousands of low-grade Golden Core cultivators. Even the Yuanyang Dao Sect, which monopolizes the Huayang Realm and has many vassal realms, cannot ignore such a loss.

At this moment, within the Yuanyang Dao Sect's army formation, Jin Xing stared at his own losses with bloodshot eyes, and looked to his left and right, saying, "Send the order to deploy the Earthly Fiend Fire Serpent Formation, activate the Earthly Fiend Fire Qi, and blast away the Qinghua traitor's Wood-Golden Thunder Formation!"

As Venus gave the order, the Fire Serpent Dao Soldiers, who had suffered heavy losses, immediately began to change formation. Millions of Dao Soldiers changed formation under the thunder that descended from the sky, like a venomous snake that coiled up and held back despite the wind and rain.

As the grand formation took shape, a fierce aura soared into the sky. With the formation of the Earthly Fiery Serpent Array, the soaring fiery aura surged and churned, blocking the bolts of lightning from entering.

"Come on fire!"

"Come on fire!"

"Come on fire!"

With a deafening roar, the sky above the Fire Serpent Soldiers was gradually dyed crimson by the fiery energy. Then, the clouds resembled fireworks, and the rainbows flowed like flames. All the fire essence gathered in one place, transforming into a fireball ten thousand miles in size, containing terrifying power.

Under the full force of the Fire Serpent Dao Soldier, the fireball, which was 100,000 miles in size, fell like a meteor and crashed down on the Wood Dao Soldier.

In an instant, flames erupted, and the raging fire was swept away by the aftershocks. Even though he was wearing a robe made of Yi Wood Thunder Bamboo, the Yi Wood Dao Soldier was ultimately limited in his cultivation and could not withstand the scorching, soul-burning flames.

A fireball struck, and a corner of the Bagua formation, which was arranged by four million Yi Wood Dao soldiers, was immediately missing.

Hearing the cries of pain and suffering around him, Xuanji remained unmoved, as if he hadn't heard anything at all.

At this moment, he was not only a true disciple of the Xuan generation of the Qinghua Dao Sect, but also the commander-in-chief of these four million Dao soldiers. A commander-in-chief must be ruthless and merciless in using troops. Otherwise, the more soft-hearted and soft-fisted he was, the more people would die.

Ignoring the missing corner of the formation, Xuanji continued to give orders, drawing upon the Yi Wood Metal Thunder to launch a fierce attack on the vital point of the Earthly Fiend Fire Serpent Formation.

The Dao soldiers have undergone years of training and have long since developed these habits. When a corner of the formation is missing, the surrounding Dao soldiers, led by the deputy general, fill the gap and maintain the stability of the formation.

Although the fireball caused considerable damage, it was all within Xuan Yi's and Xuan Ji's acceptable range.

As the Yimu Dao soldiers concentrated all their strength to bombard the vital point of the Earthly Fiend Fire Serpent Formation, they almost annihilated the illusory image of the Earthly Fiend Fire Serpent, which had gathered the evil energy and blood essence of millions of people.

Seeing this, Venus immediately gave the order, and the Earthly Fiery Serpent Formation changed again. The Earthly Fiery Serpent, which was formed by gathering the power of millions of fire serpent soldiers, buried its head in the ground and then spewed flames from the ground at the Eight Trigrams Formation of the Yi Wood soldiers.

For a time, the two sides' soldiers clashed back and forth. The Yi Wood Metal Thunder fell from the sky, and the Earthly Fiend Fire erupted from the ground. The thunder and fire clashed continuously, and the world was filled with lightning and raging fire. The spiritual energy of the air within a radius of millions of miles was almost completely evaporated.

The battle had only been going on for about a quarter of an hour when it reached a fever pitch, with millions of soldiers transforming from large formations into a torrent of green and crimson hues.

When two torrents collide, it is like the clash of thunder and fire, the battle between a god and a serpent.

As the sounds of battle filled the surroundings, and all around were severed limbs and corpses, with hordes of Dao soldiers falling, and Golden Core Dao soldiers painstakingly trained by various sects losing their lives before they even had a chance to self-destruct, Xuan Sang could no longer sit still.

"Xuanji, let Xuanjing, Xuanxing, and I go and fight for a while."

Xuanji shook his head: "Stay calm. Jin Chen, Jin Hao, and Jin Gong of the Yuanyang Dao Sect have been missing. They must be lying in ambush, just waiting for you to slip up and reveal your weaknesses."

"No matter how great the loss, we must not act impulsively at this time."

"It's just four million Yi Wood Dao soldiers. Even without these four million, the sect can still send us another four million, or even eight million, or more."

"If any one of us is lost, the sect's losses will far exceed what four or five million Dao soldiers can make up for."

Seeing that Xuanji disagreed, Xuansang had no choice but to suppress his impatient Dao heart and wait for Xuanji's command.

Because the general in this battle is Xuanji, which was decided by the eldest brother Xuanyi, they can only obey. On the battlefield, all decisions are made by the general; that is the rule.

Meanwhile, in the Yuan Yang Dao Sect's Earthly Fiery Serpent Formation, Jin Xing looked at the Qing Hua Dao Sect's Bagua Formation, which was as solid as a rock and remained stable despite all kinds of damage. He couldn't help but sigh, "Look at how stable the Qing Hua Dao Sect's Yi Wood Metal Thunder Formation is. This shows that the general on the other side is also a person of extraordinary character."

"The ability to endure huge losses without making rash moves, and to remain unchanged in the face of all changes, demonstrates a tenacious and unyielding spirit, making one a formidable character."

Hearing Jin Xing's undisguised praise, Jin Chen couldn't help but say, "Jin Xing, let's not talk about that. Our losses are even greater than those of the Qinghua Dao Sect. What should we do?" (End of Chapter)