Cultivation begins in Qingfeng Market.

Over the next few months, Lin Zhao gave the Robber Cultivator Alliance no chance to breathe.

The previous strategy of dividing forces and gradually encroaching on enemy territory has been pushed to its extreme, continuously compressing the Jiexiu Alliance's operational space.

The expeditionary force was almost entirely mobilized—he even drew several Core Formation cultivators from the Yan family, leaving only a handful of Core Formation cultivators to guard the camp.

The number of Core Formation cultivators in the expeditionary force increased to forty, while the number in the Tribulation Cultivator Alliance had dropped below fifty due to the previous battles.

The combat power at the Core Formation level has been completely leveled out.

More importantly, problems began to emerge within the Cultivator Alliance—conflicts between various factions were amplified by successive defeats, and cooperation became increasingly passive.

Sometimes, even after receiving orders to provide reinforcements, they would linger on the way until the battle was over before finally showing up.

A localized struggle that should have been evenly matched often ended with the inexplicable retreat of the side that was robbing the cultivators.

After another all-out confrontation.

The activities of the Robber Cultivator Alliance were completely compressed into the core twelve peaks.

Lin Zhao has been with the expeditionary force for half a year.

The Fourth Total War is about to begin.

The frequency of these battles was astonishing; in the two decades prior to the expedition, there had only been five major battles of this scale.

Normally, one should first refine Qi and build a foundation, and then finally form the core.

Those who have reached the Core Formation stage cherish their lives and will not easily give up.

In other words, only Lin Zhao, representing the sect, could command and mobilize the Core Formation cultivators of the expeditionary force.

Of course, the four mid-stage Core Formation cultivators who came with him also contributed a lot.

Master Nianwei, Master Zhao Kun, Master Chulan, and Zhong Tiangu are all highly influential figures in their respective factions.

Nobody wants to be the first to stick their neck out, but nobody wants to be left out of the list of victors.

The fourth battle begins.

The expeditionary force once again charged towards the Robber Alliance.

The next moment, the battle broke out again.

Qi-refining cultivators advanced using the array formation, engaging in long-range spiritual energy clashes.

Foundation Establishment cultivators engaged in one-on-one battles at low altitudes, fighting relentlessly and refusing to retreat.

Core Formation cultivators clashed with Core Formation cultivators, and Dharma Domains collided in mid-air, scattering fragments of spiritual light everywhere, while the roar of clashing magical treasures echoed across the sky.

At the same time, at the expeditionary force camp.

Inside the cave dwelling of the Yan family patriarch.

He was alone in the cave; the battle outside had no effect on him.

The Yan family patriarch opened his eyes; he was about to take action.

Before setting off, Lin Zhao vaguely revealed a message—this time he was going to end the battle.

He said he had the means to take down the leader of the Jiexiu in one fell swoop.

The Yan family patriarch didn't know how much of what he said was true or false.

But Lin Zhao was more capable than he had imagined, both in terms of strength and methods.

In the fourth general offensive, all the Core Formation cultivators were deployed to the front lines, leaving both the expeditionary force and the Tribulation Cultivators' side extremely vulnerable.

This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for him.

The Yan family patriarch had no time to wait any longer.

He got up and left the cave without making a sound.

Although the expeditionary force's battle formations were fully deployed during the war, they were as if they were completely undefended to him.

The Yan family patriarch kept his escape light extremely low, almost skimming the ground.

But he didn't notice that someone was following him.

The Azure Lotus clone followed behind him, its spirit-sealing seal completely suppressing its aura.

Although the Yan family patriarch searched several times to see if anyone was following him, he found nothing.

The Spirit Sealing Seal is a restrictive spell given by True Monarch Qingyuan. Even Nascent Soul cultivators cannot detect it, so it is no problem for the Yan family patriarch, who is at the peak of Core Formation.

Moreover, he certainly couldn't have imagined that Lin Zhao actually had two powerful clones, which was simply too illogical.

The Yan family patriarch circled around the twelve main peaks of the Tribulation Cultivation Alliance.

We arrived at that unremarkable low peak.

Thousands of feet down.

Natural caves, branching paths, and mazes.

However, the Yan family patriarch passed through the darkness without even using his divine sense, which clearly showed that he was very familiar with this place.

A cavern spanning ten miles in size.

A top-tier third-order formation lay across the center of the cave, its gray-white spiritual light barrier shimmering with an ethereal glow.

The Yan family patriarch did not make a move.

The leader of the Jiexiu sect is not dead yet. If he breaks the formation now, the Jiexiu leader can retreat immediately.

He needs to wait until Lin Zhao and the leader of the Jiexiu fight to the very end, until the Jiexiu leader is completely tied down, or until he dies.

The fusion of the Fire Elemental Shield and the Earth Flame True Fire will take some time.

The Fire Elemental Shield emerged from his body and hovered in front of him.

The flame patterns at the core of the shield pulsated gently, resonating with the fourth-order Earth Flame True Fire within the formation.

Lin Zhao, hiding in the shadows of the crack, watched this scene and seemed to be deep in thought.

The Yan family patriarch knew the location and formation of the underground cave like the back of his hand.

He and the leader of the Tribulation Cultivator probably knew each other, but later broke off their relationship because of a fourth-tier spiritual object.

Although it was just a guess, Lin Zhao felt that this was the truth.

The main battlefield.

The Five Prisons Suppressing the World Heavenly Dragon was already hovering in the air, and the five prisons were rotating endlessly.

Lin Zhao naturally saw the images transmitted back by Qinglian's clone.

The Yan family patriarch is waiting.

Wait for the leader of the Jiexiu to die, or wait for Lin Zhao to die.

He doesn't care who dies; as long as one side is defeated, he will immediately merge with the Earth Flame True Fire.

Since that's the case, Lin Zhao will no longer hold back.

He needed to end the battle as soon as possible, as the Yan family's affairs had already dragged on for more than half a year.

It's been long enough.

Lin Zhao's Five Sacred Mountains Dharma Body glanced in the direction of the sect.

Hundreds of thousands of miles away, at the Tianxing Peak Cave.

Lin Zhao opened his eyes and stopped cultivating.

He manifested the Heavenly Heart Dharma Wheel in his sea of ​​consciousness. The wheel slowly rotated, composed of countless extremely subtle runes—each rune was constantly being created and destroyed.

Within the consciousness of the Five Sacred Mountains' avatars, the illusory image of the Heavenly Heart Dharma Wheel simultaneously manifested.

The main body and the two avatars maintain constant synchronization of their spiritual consciousness, and the Heavenly Heart Dharma Wheel can naturally descend upon the avatars as well.

However, the distance is too far, requiring a large amount of divine sense to be consumed.

The main body can use the Heavenly Heart Dharma Wheel normally within the sect, and it can operate at full power for several days without any problems.

Now, it has descended upon the Five Sacred Mountains from over 100,000 miles away, and can only last for a maximum of one hour.

An hour is enough.

The Five Sacred Mountains Dharma Body opened its eyes, and the Heavenly Heart Dharma Wheel slowly manifested in the void behind it.

Lin Zhao stood in mid-air, the Heavenly Heart Dharma Wheel behind him slowly rotating, as if a celestial god had descended upon the battlefield.

Five-colored spiritual light shot into the sky from the Heavenly Dragon's body, and the Dharma Domain instantly expanded outward. With the blessing of the Heavenly Heart Dharma Wheel, the Dharma Domain forcibly expanded from fifty miles to a hundred miles.

Within a hundred miles, the Five Prisons will undergo ten transformations, each with its own unique characteristics.

When the Heavenly Dragon roams, the Five Hells follow wherever it goes.

The Heavenly Heart Dharma Wheel hangs high behind Lin Zhao, echoing the Heavenly Dragon—with each turn of the Dharma Wheel, the five elements change according to one's will.

The leader of the calamity cultivators looked at the hundred-foot-tall heavenly dragon and the five ever-turning Dharma Prisons, and squeezed out four words through gritted teeth.

"Dharma-image space".

This is Lin Zhao's true strength.

Without the aid of the Heavenly Heart Dharma Wheel, he could only transform the Five Hells into five Dharma Domains for his use.

Now, he can utilize the full power of the ten characteristics.

Lin Zhao's hundred-mile-long domain completely clashed and became entangled with the leader of the Tribulation Cultivators' illusory and real domains, and the power of the Five Prisons began to infiltrate and erode the illusory and real domains.

This effectively sealed off the possibility of the leader of the calamity cultivators absorbing external spiritual energy.

The death of the leader of the calamity cultivators has arrived.