The Great Wild God - Chapter 476

Chapter 476 Group of Dragons Without a Head
After the nine prisoners of war were handed over to the Tian Clan for redemption, Chen Xun no longer needed to stay in Qingwu Ridge to guard them. He, Zong Ya, Su Wuyang, Su Tang, Qing Xuan, and the others led the three thousand disciples who had cultivated in Qingwu Ridge for five years back to Cloud Continent.

Of the six Golden Scaled Ships, five returned to Cloud Continent with Chen Xun.

As a newly refined top-grade warship of the Kui Long Pavilion, the Golden Scaled Ship was refined into a sealed-grade Purple Night Profound Bomb Formation. Its entire body was twenty zhang long, capable of traveling ten thousand kilometers in the sky every day. It could only be considered a medium-sized warship in Cloud Continent, but both its attack and defense were much stronger than the previous Profound Bomb Chariots.

Mountain Parasol had put in all his strength and could only refine one Golden Scaled Ship in two years.

Chen Xun had long anticipated that the Zhu Clan would fight over the Heavenly Volcano Spiritual Vein, so he had transferred all six of Mountain Parasol’s Golden Scaled Ships into the Heavenly Furnace Secret Realm. In the end, they were all of great use.

Now that the situation in the Heavenly Furnace had stabilized, and the Golden Scaled Ship could only display its greater might in Cloud Continent, where the spiritual energy in the heavens and earth was relatively abundant, Chen Xun naturally sent all five Golden Scaled Ships back to Cloud Continent to prepare for the war in Darkness Ridge, leaving only one for Su Shousi, Zong Ling, and Gu Feng.

Xuanjing was a central location, so the Cetian Manor naturally wouldn’t allow the three thousand elites of Mountain Parasol to enter the Xuanjing City.

After returning to Cloud Continent, Chen Xun rushed to Xuanjing City to pay his respects to King Qing, and then directly led his three thousand disciples back to Mountain Parasol on five golden scale boats.

Cloud Continent was abundant in spiritual energy. The five golden scale ships could sail westward day and night. In six days, they would leave the Central Region under the jurisdiction of the Jiang Clan and the Ce Tian Manor and enter the Northwest Region.

Just as the five Golden Scaled Ships were about to fly across the Hengyun Mountain Range west of the West Jersey Sea, they saw hundreds of cultivators occupying the western foot of the Hengyun Mountain Range. They were using two medium sized warships as their cores, commanding all sorts of spirit swords and magical artifacts to attack a peak that was enveloped in a green spirit shield.

It was midnight, and the defensive formation at the western foot of Hengyun was only emitting a faint spiritual light. It seemed that many places had been destroyed. However, the spells and divine abilities developed by the hundreds of cultivators and two floating warships that attacked the peak of the western foot of Hengyun were dazzling, illuminating the night sky as bright as day.

Chen Xun and the others saw a fierce battle from six to seven hundred kilometers away.

The mountains around the mountain peak were engulfed by the fire. Thick smoke billowed hundreds of kilometers in radius, and flames swirled about. Occasionally, high-grade spells would shake the mountains, and large numbers of birds were fleeing the battlefield in horror.

“The west foot is where the Cloud Crossing Sect’s mountain gate is located, but I wonder which sect it is that expended so much effort to forcefully occupy the Cloud Crossing Sect’s mountain gate?” Zong Ya frowned slightly and stood on the deck of the Golden Scaled Ship with Chen Xun, looking at the endless mountain range at the western foot of the horizontally clouds.

Originally, they had planned to go around the mountains to the north of the Horizontal Cloud Sect, but they didn’t expect that they would encounter such a thing when they just entered the Northwest Domain.

Seeing how intense the battle was, the invading enemy was determined to seize the Cloud Crossing Sect’s mountain gate.

The northwest region had been headless for decades, and the devilish tribulation of the early years had weighed on everyone’s heads. The hinterland of the northwest region was still relatively calm.

In the past few years, the entrance to the Devil Ruins at the summit of Mount Tu had been completely sealed, and even True Monarch Crimson Brow had been transferred out of the Governor’s Mansion of the Northwest Region. As a result, there had been more friction between the sects in the Northwest Region.

The Northwest Region Governor-General’s Mansion was originally set up to lead the sects of the Northwest Region to prevent devastating disasters, so it had no right to interfere in the affairs of the sects of the Northwest Region.

After Lord Crimson Brow moved away, God-controller Mansion only sent a Dharma Prime Minister to preside over the Northwest Domain Governor’s Mansion, so it was even more impossible for him to grasp the situation in the Northwest Domain.

The northwest region was a bitter and cold place, but it stretched for nearly a hundred thousand kilometers. There were two to three billion people in the region. There were many sects, large and small. Even after experiencing several devastating blows like the devastating calamity, there were still more than a thousand cultivators with cultivation above the Tian Yuan Realm.

It was precisely because of the devastating impact of the devastating calamity that a sect vacuum appeared in large areas to the east of Tu Shan and Wuteng Sand Sea, intensifying the conflicts between the various sects in the Northwest Region.

The strength of a sect was directly related to its ability to control a large amount of spiritual energy resources.

Even if the Spirit Gathering Array refined by Mountain Parasol was able to get rid of its direct dependence on spirit veins and spirit acupoints, it was essentially the same.

Within a certain region, the amount of spiritual energy that the heavens and earth could generate was certain.

The more beautiful the valley was, the more abundant the spiritual energy was. The spiritual veins, spiritual acupoints, and spirit gathering formations refined by Mountain Parasol were just different methods of gathering the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. Spiritual veins and acupoints could be said to be spirit gathering formations formed naturally.

Disciples need large amounts of pure and dense spiritual energy to cultivate. Planting spirit herbs and herbs and raising spirit birds and spirit beasts required a large amount of mountains with abundant spiritual energy.

Controlling a large area and population meant selecting more disciples with better aptitudes to strengthen the sect.

The Northwest Region had been without a leader for many years, and God-controller Mansion could not interfere directly in the affairs of the sects in the Northwest Region. At this moment, the most urgent threat to the demons in the Northwest Region had been eliminated. How could any sect with some strength and ambition in the Northwest Region hold back?

Chen Xun had thought that the area of the Northwest Domain near the West Swamp Sea would be better. After all, they hadn’t been cleansed by the devils. The sects here should be relatively stable. He hadn’t expected that they would encounter a sect war the moment they left the West Swamp Sea.

“Take a detour to the north.” Chen Xun said. He had nothing to do with the Crossing Cloud Sect’s style of doing things. He didn’t know who was right or wrong in this sect war, and didn’t want to stand out and meddle in other people’s affairs.

God-controller Mansion allowed Canglan to add ten prefectures, and also tacitly allowed the four sects of Mountain Parasol to expand westward, but only to the west of Tushan. God-controller Mansion sent the message through Crown Prince Jiang Nan Ke, but he still didn’t want to see Mountain Parasol stretch his hand to the east of Tu Shan.

Tu Shan traveled a hundred thousand kilometers east to the West Coast, which was the true traditional northwest region.

Seeing the sect war at the western foot of the Hengyun Mountain Range, Chen Xun didn’t want to meddle. He just wanted to order five golden scale ships to circle around the western foot of the Hengyun Mountain Range, only delaying their journey for half a day.

At this time, Su Tang, Qing Xuan, and the others were disturbed by the battle at the western foot of Hengyun. They interrupted their retreat and walked onto the deck. The Fire-Winged Demonic Ape treated mortals like ants, not interested in the battle between low-level cultivators, and continued to cultivate profound arts in the cabin.

Su Wuyang also flew over from another Golden Scaled Ship and asked,

“There’s no way for the Northwest Region to continue in such a chaotic state. Which family will God-controller Mansion arrange to fill the gap in the Northwest Region?”

“None of the four God-controller Mansion Prefecture Lords should decide on such a big matter without authorization. Perhaps they are all waiting for Emperor Xi’s orders, but Jiang Nanke said that Emperor Xi is cultivating in seclusion in the Upper Realm. They don’t know when he will come out of seclusion.” Zong Ya said.

When Chen Xun saw Zong Ya and Su Wuyang’s eyes, there was some hope hidden in the darkness. He said,

“Mingmian God-controller Mansion is presided over by Jiang Mingtai, Jiang Junwen, and the other four prefectures, but the strength of the descendants of Jiang and the Thirty-Six Divine Generals hiding beneath the surface of the water is much stronger than he imagined. Just the Tian Clan’s strength was above the six sects, far beyond Mountain Parasol’s ability. “No matter which family God-controller Mansion will arrange to fill the gap in the Northwest Domain, let’s not have any unrealistic delusions now.”

Zong Ya nodded. In terms of strength, Mountain Parasol could be said to be the leader of the various sects in the Northwest Domain. However, his foundation was still far inferior to that of Divine Night Sect. He did not support the Xi Martial Emperor and expel the Ji Clan. Naturally, he did not have the delusion of separating the Northwest Domain from Jiang. The Northwest Domain was not something they could reach out to.

In particular, Lord Crimson Brow’s death had dissipated, and Divine Night Sect’s legacy in Cloud Continent could be said to have completely disappeared. The Ce Tian Prefecture would definitely not accept that Mountain Parasol had the qualifications to inherit the Dao of Divine Night Sect.

“After King Qing succeeds to the throne, can anyone return to the Northwest?” Su Wuyang couldn’t help but ask.

Chen Xun smiled and said, “If I were Prince Qing, even if I inherited the throne, I would rather split the Northwest Region into a dozen countries than let a single family dominate. Besides, with so many clans and sects supporting Prince Qing, I would still have to reap some benefits. No matter what, Mountain Parasol would not be allowed to monopolize it.”

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Chen Xun didn’t have the mood to return to the cabin to cultivate, so he stood on the deck with everyone and watched the battle at the western foot of Hengyun.

Five Golden Scaled Ships circled around the northern foot of Hengyun Mountain and flew past a gorge. Beside the stone stream at the bottom of the gorge, there were more than a hundred young men and women sneaking towards the north.

With so many people crossing mountains and mountains, they naturally couldn’t hide anything from Chen Xun and the others.

However, in order to avoid unnecessary interference, the five Golden Scaled Ships slowly advanced westward in the sky 4,000 feet away. The clouds gathered around them completely covered the hull. Looking up from the ground, only five floating clouds could be seen moving westward from the night sky.

More than a hundred young men and women, who were in a hurry and had angry and painful faces, would occasionally turn their heads to look at the mountaintop of the fierce battles at the western foot of the mountain. They simply did not realize the abnormality in the sky above their heads.

“They are all disciples of the Horizontal Cloud Sect.” Su Wuyang said in surprise.

Apart from the floating clouds surrounding the golden-scaled ship, the night sky was as clear as washing water, and the crescent moon was like a hook, illuminating the mountains with a faint floating light. In his early years, Su Wuyang had traveled to the Celestial Realm and had seen many things. He recognized these young men and women with a single glance. He wore the robes of the disciples of the Hengyun Sect.

“If they don’t rush to support the sect and resist the strong enemies, how can they go north?” Qing Xuan asked in confusion.

“It should be because the Hengyun Sect is unwilling to beg for survival, so they want to transfer some of their young disciples out. Those who stay behind will live or die with the sect, right?” Zong Ya said.

Chen Xun swept his divine sense into the canyon. The two disciples with the highest cultivation were only at the early Heavenly Yuan Realm. Most of the other disciples of the Hengyun Sect were at the middle and late stages of the True Yang Realm, and there were only seven or eight at the Reincarnation Realm. They should be the last seedlings that the Hengyun Sect wanted to preserve.

“From the looks of it, the Horizontal Cloud Sect has quite a bit of backbone that would rather die than surrender.” Su Wuyang said.

Chen Xun thought to himself that Su Wuyang was most likely thinking about the suffering of the Su Clan’s remnant clan over the years, and he sighed with sorrow in his heart, wasn’t he?

Su Tang and Qing Xuan both looked at Chen Xun. Although the Ce Tian Manor did not wish to see Mountain Parasol interfere in the affairs of the sect in the Northwest Region, Chen Xun dared to ambush Lord Crimson Brow in the Qingwu Ridge. No matter what, he would not give the Ce Tian Manor a few unclear warnings. This really bound his hands and feet.

“Why don’t I go take a look?” Su Tang asked.

“There may be Dharma Realm experts guarding that place. You may not be able to scare them away if you go there alone.” Chen Xun said.

The chaos in the Northwest Region gradually rose. Disputes occasionally occurred between sects for the sake of competing for the mountain range spirit veins, but they were afraid that the Ce Tian Manor and the Northwest Region Governor Manor would interfere directly and would not kill them all.

Once a powerful enemy broke through the mountain protection array, they would lose the ability to survive together with the sect. It was a pragmatic choice to choose to break through the encirclement and withdraw in order to revive.

At this moment, the victory and defeat were not decided. The Crossing Cloud Sect had already sent out disciples with low cultivation. Chen Xun felt somewhat strange. Could it be that the Crossing Cloud Sect was certain that the other party would kill them all before they needed to make preparations?

Chen Xun didn’t immediately rush to the western foot of Hengyun with Su Tang and Qing Xuan to investigate. His divine sense extended along the canyon to the forests on both sides of the canyon. Soon, he caught a cold killing intent more than a hundred miles away from the front of the canyon. There were actually several experts above the Heavenly Yuan Realm ambushing the northern foot of the forest, probably to prevent the disciples of Hengyun Sect from escaping from this direction.

Chen Xun gestured for the left and right Golden Scaled Boats to hide under the clouds, and then slowly headed north along the gorge after the disciples of the Hengyun Sect.

More than a hundred disciples of the Horizontal Cloud Sect had just left the canyon when a cold killing intent assaulted them.

The disciples of the Hengyun Sect were already frightened birds, but they were also locked in by such a cold killing intent. Apart from the two Heaven Origin Realm cultivators who drew out their spirit swords and blocked in front of many disciples, the others were panicked for a moment, not even able to figure out where the strong enemy was coming from.

A startling rainbow flew out of the cliff thousands of feet away, heading straight for the entrance of the gorge. However, halfway through the flight, that person was suddenly alarmed by the existence of the five golden scale ships. Without thinking, he flipped his spirit sword upwards and a sword beam directly slashed towards the golden scale ship hidden in the clouds above.

The sword light shrieked through the air, and a strong wind swept through the air. In the blink of an eye, it shattered a few strands of floating clouds. However, the sword light collided with the protective spirit shield of a golden scale ship, and with a light pu sound, it shattered into countless shadows and scattered into the night sky.

That person stopped in midair and looked up. He was immediately frightened to the point that his soul scattered. He didn’t expect that five warships, Zong Ya, Su Wuyang, Su Tang, Qing Xuan, and the others would slaughter him. It was as if a thousand zhang cliff peak was pressing down on his heart and almost fell from the sky.

That person was shocked. How could Hengyun Mountain hide so many experts?

However, seeing that person’s face clearly, Chen Xun’s brows furrowed. He didn’t expect that the Kaiyang Yu Clan would actually be behind the fierce battle between the sects at the western foot of Hengyun.

Chen Xunji pointed at that person and shouted sternly, “Peng Xingtian, you are so bold. If you don’t stay in Kaiyang Prefecture, you actually dare to hide in this Hengyun Mountain to kill my Mountain Parasol disciples. I think you are tired of living!”

Peng Xingtian was the commander of the Divine Feng Camp, and was also the direct trusted aide of the Kaiyang County Marquis and the Divine Front Army Commander Yu Tai. Chen Xun had once had contact with him in Qingjiang. He didn’t expect that the commander of the Divine Feng Camp would actually hide here and kill all the low-level disciples of the Hengyun Sect.

Peng Xingtian was scared out of his wits. He had a feeling that Chen Xun would have to delay for a few days before he could pass through Cloud Crossing Mountain. How could he let this Zombie Star crash into him tonight?

Before Peng Xingtian could explain, nine chains of divine power crazily rolled up from behind Chen Xun, pouncing towards Peng Xingtian like a golden mad dragon.

Seeing Chen Xun’s murderous intent suddenly rise, Peng Xingtian did not dare to neglect him. He brandished his spiritual sword and nine sword lights shot out, wanting to break through the nine shen power chains with force.

The nine shen power chains that he used the Immortal Binding Technique to control were focused on the suppression of his soul. Unless Peng Xingtian’s nine sword lights could directly threaten Chen Xun and cause him to remove the nine shen power chains, it would definitely not be something that Peng Xingtian could easily break.