Cultivation begins with separation.

Chapter 409 Consumption

As the battle began, Yi Dong gradually learned about the nature of immortals in this world.

The Great Dream Immortal Venerable is indeed an incomparably powerful Immortal King. Even if he went to the Heavenly Capital Spirit Realm and fought against a powerful Immortal Emperor, the outcome would probably be inconclusive.

However, the other True Immortals of the Great Dream Immortal Sect were not like that.

Because most of the True Immortals of the Great Dream Immortal Sect have merged with the Dao of Heaven and Earth, but rather with the Dao of some Immortal Kings and powerful True Immortals such as the Great Dream Immortal Venerable.

Originally, in the eyes of modern cultivators, the path of ancient cultivators was incomplete. In essence, the True Immortals who merged with the Dao were no match for True Spirits, nor for modern cultivators.

In this world, most cultivators are even more lacking in this area.

Of course, precisely because the path to immortality has been simplified, it is much easier for true immortals to advance in this place.

If it weren't for this simplified path, even if the Great Dream Immortal Sect had been passed down for countless years, it would have been lucky to have three to five hundred True Immortals. How could it have the current situation of tens of thousands of True Immortals on the surface, and probably no less than one hundred thousand in secret?

Yi Dong understood this situation.

The cultivation civilization in this void is undoubtedly prosperous, but it is also distorted.

The current cultivators in the Heavenly Capital Spirit Realm are developing towards the direction of True Spirit, basically only cultivating cultivators with Heavenly Spirit Roots. In contrast, in this void, cultivators do not think about seeking a stronger path, but rather about finding a more convenient one, winning by sheer numbers.

There are two directions, and it's impossible to say which is more superior, because Yi Dong doesn't know what situation the human race in this void is facing.

In Yi Dong's view, those Immortal Kings and True Immortals who stand at the very top obviously do not want too many beings in the world who can rival them, which is why they have developed a simplified method of cultivating immortality.

"Therefore, the arrival of the Great Dream Immortal Sect was not because of the destruction of the star, but because I was passing on the orthodox cultivation tradition, especially the Heavenly Book tradition."

This is really…”

For a moment, Yi Dong didn't know what to say.

The void is so vast, and the human race occupies less than one trillionth of it. I really don't understand why we have to start suppressing newcomers now. Wouldn't it be better for everyone to work together to rise up for the human race?
Of course, that's what Yi Dong thought, and in reality, he also understood.

Compared to dangerous expansion, it is safer to seize existing interests.

If you have family assets to fight for, why bother starting from scratch?

If vested interests do not want to share with newcomers, suppressing them from the source is one of the most suitable methods.

The arrival of the Great Dream Immortal Venerable may be due to dealing with Yi Dong's massive distribution of "correct" cultivation inheritances, especially the Heavenly Book inheritance.

Originally, Yi Dong was planning to take back the Heavenly Book inheritance recently, since with "The Law of the Devil" he no longer needed to promote the Heavenly Book inheritance.

After all, he himself was not a selfless person, and he did not want too many strong people to appear in the world, nor did he have the idea of ​​helping others achieve their goals.

Originally, the Heavenly Book inheritance was just a gimmick to attract more disciples; it wasn't a genuine intention to spread the Heavenly Book inheritance.

However, now that he's being forced into this situation, Yi Dong doesn't want to reclaim the Heavenly Book inheritance so quickly.

In terms of overall combat strength, he is far inferior to the Great Dream Immortal Sect.

But even if he fought the Great Dream Immortal Sect for thousands of years, he wouldn't panic.

In any case, those participating in the battle are all causal puppets and great awakening puppets.

These two sacred body puppets are now far stronger than him, especially the causal puppet, which makes Yi Dong a little unsure. It would be good if some of them were killed by the Great Dream Immortal Sect.

At this moment, Yi Dong was unaware that the causal puppet's karma was indestructible and its body would not perish.

As expected, the war gradually intensified over time.

Small factions in the surrounding star systems were all recruited by the Great Dream Immortal Sect to participate in the siege of the Demon Temple.

The demon temples, which were set up in the demon squares of various star systems, were successively breached, and a large number of demon disciples died tragically.

The Demon Temple's sphere of influence gradually shrank to its original three star systems.

Three hundred years have passed.

The war has reached this point, and neither Yi Dong nor the Great Dream Immortal Sect has suffered fundamental damage, but they have basically destroyed the forces in the surrounding star systems.

As expected of the Karma Puppet, which is known as the number one among the three holy bodies, it has fought for three hundred years. Many Karma Puppets have personally participated in the battle and killed thousands of True Immortals, yet it itself is immortal.

The edge of the Golden Glow Galaxy.

Fleets traversed the starry sky, sometimes plunging into space, sometimes emerging, with countless naval cannons firing and making the starry sky even more dazzling.

Throughout the galaxy, planets are frequently shattered by the fleet's cannon fire, and countless lives perish rapidly with each explosion.

In the control room of a warship on a fleet of the Great Dream Immortal Sect, three Nascent Soul cultivators were arguing fiercely.

"This war is meaningless. Our Xianliu Peak Third Branch has lost nearly 100,000 elders and disciples, while the other side has only lost some warships."

Our dream-like fairy ship has no advantage over those warships controlled by puppets.

Due to years of war, we don't even know if the Abyss Overlord is human.
"How long will it take to kill the Abyss Overlord?"

"The Abyss Ruler is located in one of these three star systems, with the Golden Glow Star System being the most likely candidate. To kill the Abyss Ruler, we must breach the defenses of this star system. Otherwise, the incident of thousands of Immortal Venerables perishing while we venture deep into enemy territory alone will still occur."

To win this war, necessary sacrifices are unavoidable.

“A necessary sacrifice? Now, even the true disciples of our Great Dream Immortal Sect are going to the battlefield. Is that still a necessary sacrifice?”
Moreover, what's the point of continuing the fight, even if we kill the Abyss Overlord?
"We can neither seize the Heart of the Stars nor take over the territory, because this is our sect's territory." "There's nothing we can do; the Abyss Ruler broke the rules."

These rules of the Immortal Realm have been followed for countless years, and even the three major Daoist sects cannot break them. The Abyss Ruler must pay the price.

This is not just a matter for our sect.

These three Nascent Soul cultivators were not cultivators who achieved immortality through the use of human fortune.

Those cultivators who advance through unorthodox means such as luck, large quantities of elixirs, and rare and precious materials can only serve as nominal or outer disciples in the Great Dream Immortal Sect.

True disciples are all practitioners of the Great Dao and the righteous methods, which are the traditional methods of returning to the void. The core disciples who go even further are the few who practice the Heavenly Book.

The Great Dream Immortal Sect has occupied large areas in the Immortal Realm and the Void, and has used various means to transform these areas, thereby enabling the creation of celestial books related to the Great Dao of Dreams.

Some celestial book inheritances that have not evolved properly will degenerate into Void Return inheritances.

The Great Dream Immortal Sect doesn't have many Heavenly Book inheritances, but it has countless Void Returning inheritances.

This has resulted in countless true disciples gathering at the Great Dream Immortal Sect's trillion spiritual peaks in the Immortal Realm.

Although true disciples are nothing special in the Immortal Realm, true disciples of sects have a very high status in the Great Thousand World. Some true immortals from sects who come from other paths are not even as high in status as them.

In a sense, the true disciples are not cannon fodder for the Great Dream Immortal Sect.

As the war has progressed, the number of outer disciples born of human destiny is completely insufficient to sustain the battlefield.

Because the outer disciples born from the destiny of humanity have too many mental defects, the Abyss Ruler has already developed many methods to address them.

The most well-known are the "conversion" methods used by Buddhist practitioners.

Those Buddhist cultivators who can fight one-on-one with true immortals and possess a vast array of supernatural powers can easily convert and turn countless outer disciples against their will.

This is the true transmission, which involves cultivating one's spiritual power step by step, transforming the mortal mind into the divine mind, and effectively countering Buddhist cultivation methods.

These three Nascent Soul cultivators wouldn't have complained if they hadn't personally gone to the battlefield.

True disciples like them, who come to the Great Thousand Worlds for training, have always been among the most noble in the human race, and have never needed to take any risks.

Unfortunately, the war of the gods is about to begin.

If the Abyss Overlord survives a divine war, this area that originally belonged to the Great Dream Immortal Sect may spiral out of control.

Every battle of the gods is both a danger and an opportunity for cultivators who are gathering the fortune of humanity.

The Great Dream Immortal Sect calculated that the Abyss Ruler's rank was that of a human god. In the divine war he participated in, he could not harm the opponent, which is why he wanted to destroy the opponent outside of the divine war.

In fact, these three Nascent Soul cultivators were unaware of this.

Even ordinary cultivators, or forces with thousands or tens of thousands of Dao-Merging True Immortals, could be quickly suppressed by the Great Dream Immortal Sect.

However, the Dao Integration True Immortals of the Great Dream Immortal Sect discovered that the Buddhist cultivators under the Abyss Ruler were all highly skilled in the Great Dao of Cause and Effect, possessed a vast array of supernatural powers, and were not only comparable in combat strength to Dao Integration True Immortals, but also impossible to kill.

This is what makes the Great Dream Immortal Sect uncomfortable.

Immortality is not a rare ability. In the Immortal Realm, there are many True Immortals or True Spirits who have achieved Dao Integration and possess this ability.

Even within the Great Dream Immortal Sect, there are many True Immortals who claim to be immortal and indestructible, the most representative of whom is the Great Dream Immortal Venerable.

Immortality is not a terrifying ability. In fact, immortality does not mean that one cannot die, but rather that the underlying principles have not been fully understood, making one impossible to kill using ordinary methods.

Once the Great Dream Immortal Sect has thoroughly researched and understood the principles behind a single or a few immortal beings, they can gradually devise methods to eliminate them.

However, a group of people with the combat power of true immortals who are gathered together and possess immortality is troublesome.

Given the vast entanglement of cause and effect, it is extremely difficult to understand the immortality that arises from the Great Dao of Cause and Effect.

In the Immortal Realm, there are also great sects and religions whose true immortals have merged with the Great Dao of Cause and Effect.

If a sect that has thoroughly studied the principles of cause and effect were to deal with these Buddhist practitioners, it might have an advantage.

Unfortunately, the Great Dream Immortal Sect studies the Great Dao of Dreams, but has not conducted in-depth research on the Great Dao of Cause and Effect.

In the Immortal Realm, sects and great religions that are well-versed in the Dao of Cause and Effect will not help the Great Dream Immortal Sect.

Because no one wants to pass on the core Dao-related knowledge that their sect has mastered, lest they become subject to the control of other sects in the future.

The Great Dream Immortal Sect considered that, while controlling losses, it could not destroy the Abyss Overlord with drastic measures, so it thought of using its true disciples to slowly deplete the Abyss Overlord's war potential.

In the eyes of the Great Dream Immortal Sect, the reason why the Abyss Ruler is so powerful is partly due to Buddhist cultivation, and partly due to its countless warships.

Building warships requires a large amount of resources.

As long as the war continues, the resources of the Abyss Overlord will eventually be exhausted. At that time, without the support of warships, even if the Buddhist cultivators are strong, they will not be able to withstand the siege of countless True Immortals from the Great Dream Immortal Sect.

Even if we can't kill the Abyss Ruler, we can still drive him to the territory of other immortal sects.

As for how many disciples would die during the consumption of the Abyss Overlord's resources, the higher-ups of the Great Dream Immortal Sect didn't care at all.

(End of this chapter)