Nine Dragons Pulling the Coffin: I Set Taboos in the Heavens

"The path of cultivation truly has no end."

Fang Qing silently recited a phrase in his heart, feeling a great longing for the unfathomable and profound Tuo Shen Realm, but then suppressed his thoughts and turned his attention back to reality.

Yu Ling Shen Jiang is a capable and efficient female cultivator at the fourth level of the Mythical Realm. She wears silver-white armor and has a heroic air about her.

She had clearly been instructed to take Fang Qing, the newly arrived Mythical Fifth-Level Warrior, very seriously and quickly and clearly explained the defense arrangements.

"Fellow Daoist Fang Qing, your unit, the Taihuang Tian Vanguard Army, has been incorporated into the seventh defense zone on the left wing of the Tianyu Star Camp, designated as the Taihuang Battle Group. You are responsible for a defensive line approximately three light-years wide and five light-years deep in front of the defense zone."

The area is currently relatively stable, but there are occasional infiltrations from tributaries of the Van River and frequent harassment by small groups of future warriors. Your unit needs to establish a solid position, eliminate the infiltrating enemy, and be ready to support adjacent defense zones at any time.

She handed Fang Qing a jade slip: "This contains a detailed map of the defense zone, an overview of the enemy situation, a basic battle formation diagram of the alliance, and communication talismans. The battle group's supplies will be centrally allocated by the main camp, with additional supplies distributed according to battle merits."

There is also a Guardian Merit Ranking, where merits can be earned by slaying future warriors of different levels, destroying important enemy units, and completing specific tasks. These merits can be used to exchange for resources, cultivation techniques, and even opportunities to enlist the help of high-level cultivators in the Alliance Treasury.

Fang Qing took the jade slip, scanned it with his divine sense, and understood everything.

With his fifth-level Mythical Realm cultivation and command experience, he was more than capable of leading these three thousand vanguard troops to guard a region.

"Thank you for your help, General Yu Ling."

Fang Qing nodded in greeting.

Soon, the Thai Royal Guard Corps moved into the seventh defense zone on the left flank.

This is a three-dimensional defense network consisting of dozens of broken stars fixed by arrays and a large number of floating war platforms.

In the distance, the heart-stopping main stream of the Van River, like a moving curtain of the sky, slowly surged hundreds of millions of miles away, while some smaller "tributaries" or "waves," like tentacles, would occasionally break through the interference and interception of the outer perimeter of the defense line, infiltrating in and transforming into squads of hundreds to tens of thousands of "future warriors" who would endlessly harass and destroy the defense line.

These future warriors are quite different in form from the cultivators of the present heavens.

They were mostly dressed in streamlined silver-white or dark gray armor, all of the same style, covering their entire bodies and making it almost impossible to see their faces.

The armor appears to be highly integrated with the body, and may even be part of the body itself.

The energy they use is a cold, silvery-white radiance, originating from the same source as the radiant sand in the Brahma River. It possesses extremely strong corrosive and decomposing properties, and is significantly effective against the protective aura of immortals and the spiritual light of magical treasures.

Yang Qi and others under Fang Qing's command immediately went to fight the enemy and gain experience.

With their current Dao traces, killing some future warriors would be quite easy.

Fang Qing himself mostly sat cross-legged on the command platform in the center of the battle. He didn't personally go down to slaughter those ordinary future warriors, only occasionally having a thought about it.

"Om-"

A hazy, seemingly inconspicuous sword light quietly flew out from his fingertips.

This sword light was initially only about a foot long, its aura restrained. But once it was unleashed, it seemed to possess life and intelligence.

It nimbly traverses the edge of the battlefield, specifically targeting the stronger squad leaders or units with unique energy reactions within the future warrior squads.

The sword flashed past silently.

The futuristic warriors who are hit will instantly stiffen, regardless of what kind of armor they are wearing. Then, the silver-white energy, life essence, and even the cold mechanical soul fluctuations within their bodies will be drawn and devoured by the hazy sword light, like rivers flowing into the sea.

With each enemy it devoured, the sword light deepened in color and increased in length almost imperceptibly, radiating an even more terrifying sharpness and devouring aura.

This is precisely the innate divine power that Fang Qing created by combining his own understanding of the Daoist sword qi of the Great Extinction Slaughtering Heaven, the Devouring Origin of thousands of Emperor Serpent Talismans, and the sword dao will of the Nirvana God Realm after being tempered by the True Fire of Chaos Nirvana!
This sword aura can grow stronger by constantly devouring all the essence of its enemies. Moreover, because it contains Fang Qing's chaotic and heaven-devouring will, it also has a strong adaptability and restraint to those "future energies", and its devouring and conversion efficiency is extremely high.

At first, the sword light only hovered on the edge, launching sneak attacks and killings.

But as it devours more and stronger enemies, its power begins to manifest.

Later, it was no longer satisfied with small groups of enemies.

When a group of enemies numbering tens of thousands, led by several future warriors comparable to those at the ninth level of the Shattered Realm, attempted to forcefully break through the defenses of the Thai Emperor's battle group, the command was given: "Go."

Fang Qing simply uttered a single word.

The terrifying sword light, which had grown to a hundred feet in length and was a chaotic color of dark gold and gray-black, emitted a joyful yet bloodthirsty hum, transforming into a death ray that tore through the void and shot straight into the center of the tens of thousands of enemies.

"Swoosh—Boom boom boom!!!"

Wherever the sword's edge passed, swathes of future warriors froze, dimmed, and then turned to ashes.

Their energy, life force, and will surged wildly toward that sword beam.

The sword light was like a bottomless abyss, accepting all who came and devouring them all. Its size expanded again at a visible speed, and the killing and devouring aura it emitted made the other defensive cultivators watching from afar feel their souls tremble.

With a single sword strike, hundreds of thousands of future warriors were reduced to ashes, including several Mythical Level 1 generals!

A brief, deathly silence fell over the entire battlefield. Whether it was the remaining future warriors or the Guardian Alliance cultivators from neighboring defense zones who witnessed it all, they were all speechless with shock at this terrifying sword strike.

That was the art of pure slaughter and devouring, the ultimate expression of overwhelming power!
After this battle, the Thai Emperor's battle zone, especially the area where Fang Qing was stationed, immediately became famous on the left flank of the entire Tianyu Star defense line.

The legend of a sword that could devour ten thousand enemies spread quickly.

Everyone knows that a ruthless person has arrived in the Left Wing Seventh District. His supernatural abilities are strange and powerful, specifically designed to counter future warriors, and he can become stronger the longer he fights.

For the next period of time, the Thai Royal Group's defense zone became one of the most solid thorns on the left flank.

Enemies that infiltrate through the Van River often instinctively avoid this area and turn in other directions.

Meanwhile, Fang Qing's "Chaotic Devouring God-Slaying Sword Light" was not idle. It was frequently released by Fang Qing, like a sheepdog, actively patrolling and hunting down lone or small groups of future warriors within a certain range outside the defensive line, continuing to strengthen itself.

Strength is the fastest way to earn respect and followers on the battlefield.

Soon, some immortal forces that were fighting hard and suffering heavy losses in the nearby defense zone, or who felt that the generals they followed were not strong enough and their future was bleak, began to turn their attention to the Taihuang Battle Group and to the mysterious and powerful "Ancestor Fang Qing".

Fang Qing accepts all comers. As long as they abide by the rules and are willing to accept unified command, he will allow them to be stationed near the Thai Royal Guard's defense zone. When they encounter strong enemies, he will release his sword light or send Yang Qi and others to provide support.

Fang Qing's formidable strength, effective control over the future, and relatively fair approach have attracted more and more forces to his side, much like a magnet.

From the initial few fourth and fifth-rank immortal realms on the verge of collapse, to some powerful sixth and seventh-rank immortal realms, and even the remnants of two eighth-rank immortal realms that had been crippled in previous battles but still retained their foundations, they all chose to lead their people to surrender and seek refuge under Fang Qing's wing.

These forces brought with them their remaining troops, resources, unique inherited knowledge, and, more importantly, popularity and prestige.

Fang Qing's power expanded rapidly, like a snowball rolling downhill.

In just a few months, the number of immortals who took the initiative to join or sign subordinate alliances with the Thai Emperor's War Group as the core exceeded five thousand!

Although the vast majority of them are low-level immortal realms of grades one to five, with a minority of grades six and seven, and only two remnants of grade eight, when gathered together, they are still a force that cannot be ignored.

Its actual defense zone has expanded from the initial three times five light-years to a relatively stable "safe zone" with a radius of nearly one hundred light-years!
Fang Qing did not break up and reorganize all the forces, but instead adopted an alliance system.

With Taihuangtian as the absolute core and leader, other celestial realms enjoy different levels of autonomy and obligations based on their strength and contributions, together forming the "Taihuangtian Protectorate Army".

He strengthened his control over the alliance by assigning tasks, exchanging merits, and giving regular sermons. At the same time, he delegated some defense and enemy suppression tasks to give Yang Qi and others more opportunities to gain experience and allow the coalition forces to hone their skills in actual combat.

Such a large-scale consolidation and expansion of power naturally attracted the attention of the higher-ups in the "Tianyu Star" camp. However, that expert tacitly approved of all of this, as long as Fang Qing could hold the line, continuously kill enemies, and not violate the fundamental principles of the alliance, no one would interfere.

After all, it is common for capable generals to expand their power during wartime.

In this continuous process of war, absorption, integration, and expansion, Fang Qing's own cultivation level also soared at an astonishing speed.

His "Chaotic Devouring God-Slaying Sword Aura" devoured the essence of a massive number of future warriors. After being transformed by the sword aura, some of this essence was used to nourish the sword aura's own growth, while the other part was transformed into the purest chaotic killing essence, which was integrated into Fang Qing's chaotic inner world and Nirvana God Core.

At the same time, he was in command, leading thousands of celestial allied forces, regulating yin and yang, allocating resources, and adjudicating affairs... This in itself is a profound practice of command and order.

The wishes, reliance, and reverence from his millions of cultivators, after being filtered and purified, transformed into pure fortune and wisdom, nourishing his soul and Dao traces.

Within his chaotic inner world, the dark gold-colored Nirvana God Core became even more dazzling and dense, and more complex cosmic Dao patterns began to emerge on its surface.

The number and depth of his Dao traces increased rapidly under the intense war and command training, and his understanding of many laws such as "chaos", "devouring the heavens", "slaughter", "command", "time and space" and "life" reached a new level.

He even began to try to combine the many divine qigong techniques and Daoist principles he had glimpsed from the memories of the Chaotic Divine Embryo with the real war before him and the characteristics of future energy, in order to deduce more targeted supernatural powers or formations.

Everything seems to be moving in a positive direction.

The Thai-led coalition forces gained a foothold on the battlefield and their reputation gradually grew.

Fang Qing's strength steadily improved, making steady progress toward the threshold of the sixth level of the Mythical Realm.

The Taihuangtian body within the Myriad Realms King Map is also developing steadily under Biluo's governance, absorbing the continuous influx of people and resources.

However, one day, while Fang Qing was commanding from the high platform, manipulating the sword light to patrol and comprehending a newly deduced "Chaotic Light Sand Purification Array Diagram",

Without warning, the Immortal Execution King Token within his body suddenly began to vibrate violently.

It wasn't the slight resonance of receiving external information, but a rapid, warning-laden, violent tremor.

At the same time, he clearly perceived it through the connection he established with the third of the authority of the Myriad Realms King Map via the token.

The absolutely sealed and hidden inner universe of the Myriad Realms King Map was actually forcibly opened with a tiny entrance!

The Token of the Immortal Slayer!
Other holders!
Someone has actually entered the Myriad Realms King Map again!
The Myriad Realms King Map has always been his greatest trump card and escape route, the foundation of Taihuangtian's absolute security. Now, this foundation has actually been invaded by outsiders.

We must deal with the cultivators who have entered the Myriad Realms King Map! (End of Chapter)