Chapter 589: Star-Making Fountain, War Fortress

Li Qi and Shen Shuibi immediately got up and rushed towards the heavens.

Then, they saw an astonishing sight.

Beyond Celestial Dwelling (Xinxiu)—

A curtain of light stretched across the sky; even tens of thousands of light-years away, this light curtain was still clearly visible, displaying its presence to all the heavens through some strange super-distance effect.

Innumerable world clusters, at least a trillion worlds, spanning the sky, were cut in half by a dazzling light.

Li Qi seemed to see sparks flying, countless worlds torn apart in an instant, all their matter condensed, and thus, gigantic stars were born and burned.

This was the most spectacular star-forming activity Li Qi had ever witnessed, yet for the lives within those world clusters, it was an apocalyptic disaster.

Under this super-distance effect, Li Qi could clearly see that after countless worlds were dismantled, they formed vortex-like structures, just like… galaxies.

They were galaxies, or rather, Milky Ways, hundreds of billions of Milky Ways!

This process was like a fountain spewing colorful water, except what was spewing out were clusters of stars.

Those light bands continuously spread, seemingly dividing Outer Void into several sections. Li Qi could see that many world structures had already collapsed, all turning into raw materials used in the star-forming activity.

These stars, which should have taken billions of years to gradually evolve, were compressed into a single minute, rapidly completing everything.

This was… the most extravagant fireworks display in all the heavens.

In a very short time, Outer Void was filled with the remains of worlds.

This was… a world clearly divided.

Outside that light band, which was Li Qi's side, worlds and world clusters continued to operate as usual, unaffected in the slightest.

Inside that light band, which was the Human Dao side, except for a few worlds, all other worlds shattered. The splattered matter formed complex network-like structures filling the space, and flashes caused by gravitational fusion erupted, with different colors indicating different levels of explosions, and even Guixu were forming one by one.

The colorful patches of light and that light band interwove, and such a chaotic situation appeared particularly strange within the orderly light band.

What a magnificent sight this was.

In the vast and boundless Void Realm, these galaxies resembled grotesque octopuses, draped in their bizarre golden light-band fences, so much so that Li Qi was captivated by these strange sights.

“This is… a defensive line?” Li Qi stared blankly, murmuring as he looked at the light band that had instantly spanned hundreds of millions of light-years.

This was a defensive line, a defensive line forged from the ‘Dao’.

Step across, and the other side possessed completely different physical Laws.

Human Dao! It had altered the physical Laws of the entire Universe!

That light band was a massive, static front line that had cut off the entire Universe, dividing it into two!

By directly interfering with the large-scale physical properties of the Universe, Human Dao forcibly divided the battlefield into two, with the adjoining areas serving as the battleground.

Human Dao had created a brand new Universe and used that light band as a boundary to delineate the regions of the warring parties!

Because the Dao was completely altered, all the worlds on that side collapsed. Only worlds qualified to maintain their own Dao could ensure they were not torn apart by the altered Dao of Human Dao!

Li Qi could see that the closest light band to him, the one at Celestial Dwelling (Xinxiu), was roughly tens of thousands of light-years away.

That was the front line, where the enemies he had to face were located.

But at this moment, Li Qi suddenly felt something trying to burrow into his mind!

However, this thing did not seem to bear any malice.

This made Li Qi choose to accept it.

The moment he accepted it, he felt as if his consciousness had connected to a… peculiar place.

Space and time merged into one here.

Infinite cosmic light gathered here, and hundreds of millions of thoughts began to reverberate. They were in different spaces, and their cosmic light was also different.

Li Qi saw more people than stars, moving rapidly here. In this strange and complex place, they traversed like gods, quickly leaving Li Qi behind.

Then, a piece of information arrived, and Li Qi suddenly understood what this place was.

This was… the General Staff.

The General Staff controlled by Zhu Fengdan.

This was a technique Li Qi first learned when he learned to perform sacrifices and communicate with ghosts and gods, and he had used this trick in the Earth Oil Realm before.

This was an ‘Alliance’ presided over by Invoker, spanning tens of thousands of years across all the heavens, and encompassing the infinite worlds of the entire Universe!

Through this, all warriors could be connected, and everyone could receive first-hand news. This method was no worse than The Axis of All Realms.

As a staff member, he needed to be constantly linked here, becoming a ‘gear’ in this place. He would receive orders here and then execute them in reality.

Alternatively, he could also use this place to conduct ultra-long-distance real-time communication with other staff members and even superiors for strategic exchanges. No matter how distorted the external space-time became, no matter how much the flow rate of cosmic light differed between them, there would be no impact whatsoever.

And the results of all discussions here, all intelligence contributed, and all suggestions put forth, would be gathered in the hands of the ‘General’ here, who would make the final decision.

For the first time, he deeply realized—the war had begun.

Then, before he could speak, intelligence belonging to Celestial Dwelling (Xinxiu), seen by others, arrived in his mind.

This was not textual intelligence, but comprehensive information, including visual, auditory, tactile, and so on, almost as if he were personally present.

After the previous guidance, Li Qi understood that this was information given to him by others. He could also collect and upload intelligence, which would then be distributed by his superiors to others.

But that was for later; at this moment, Li Qi was already immersed in the incoming information.

That was…

Near Celestial Dwelling (Xinxiu), the Human Dao region among the infinite stars on the opposite side.

In that place, after those worlds were torn apart, their remnants condensed under the magic of the Human Dao Great Powers, transforming into tens of thousands of stars.

Tens of thousands of suns, and then—all collapsed! Then they transformed from brilliant light into profound darkness.

All light was absorbed, all energy was plundered, and then injected into new Formations.

As the heat decreased, the absorbed energy suddenly erupted elsewhere, and then, a Human Dao city descended out of thin air!

With a rumble, that city directly suppressed an unknown number of regions in Outer Void, forging the front line directly into an iron wall!

Tang Nation city—Gansong!

Li Qi simultaneously gained the perspective of the world, which came from direct observation by Shaman God Mountain.

Different perspectives, different locations, and possibly even different times—all this intelligence arrived at Li Qi simultaneously, helping him make decisions.

Through the perspective of Shaman God Mountain, Li Qi was able to instantly understand what had happened.

In the world, in the Central Plains region where Human Dao was located—

Those human cities, from capital cities, to prefecture cities, and then to county towns, were dismantled one by one.

Cities assembled entirely from Spiritual Artifacts now fulfilled their design purpose, as Golden Dais quickly teleported these cities to their designated locations.

Nearly half of the Human Dao's territory became empty land, and this half was teleported to many battlefields in Outer Void.

Human Dao had dismantled the cities on its territory and distributed them to various locations to serve as war hubs!

And Li Qi was going to face Gansong.

Then, these Human Dao cities, transferred from the world to Outer Void, began to shrink and change form, as colossal Spiritual Artifact cities, floating in the Void Realm, unfolded! They even continuously expanded their range, devouring the temporarily formed stars and the remnants of those worlds!

Spheres flew out from the center of the colossal city, which were complete Spiritual Artifact assembly lines.

These spheres, like a siphon, preyed on stars, with suns being devoured by spheres only a few feet in size within minutes. Then, one Spiritual Artifact after another emerged from them, rapidly assembling under the control of Human Dao cultivators.

Cities that were originally only about a thousand li in size quickly expanded into colossal war fortresses a million li in size under such rapid expansion.

Moreover, this was merely the center; the edges were still continuously spreading, seemingly intending to build magnificent passes spanning the stars in the Void Realm, using them as a foundation to slowly engage in battle with Shaman Dao.

The war potential of Human Dao was at this moment completely transformed into war strength!

As for those destroyed worlds?

When two sides besiege a city, and the attacking side chops down trees and digs stones near the city to build war machines, isn't that perfectly normal?

When felling trees to build trebuchets for the army or for cooking fires, there's no need to consider the thoughts of the ants under the tree roots, nor the thoughts of the tree itself.

These worlds were the trees that were cut down, and the lives within them were the ants in the tree roots.

Perhaps these worlds knew nothing at all; their worlds simply vanished abruptly, and they themselves suddenly disappeared.

Fortunately, Human Dao's methods were relatively swift, usually painless.

Li Qi even saw a pathetic unlucky soul through the information that was transmitted to him at that moment.

His world had just broken through its world barrier, embarking on its first exploration of Boundless Outer Domain. That astronaut… perhaps that's what he should be called; in any case, that person, laden with the hopes and glory of his entire civilization, stepped into the Void Realm. He was supposed to wander in Boundless Outer Domain for a few days before returning to his world, receiving the admiration and recognition of the entire world, becoming the ‘First Person to Step Beyond the Void’ recorded in history, remembered by his entire civilization.

But when he woke up in his spacecraft and looked back, he found that… his world was gone.

It was like an astronaut waking up to find Earth had disappeared.

Putting aside that unlucky person, Li Qi quickly recovered from this sensory experience and then looked towards the horizon.

“I'm ready. Now… I'll leave this side to you,” Shen Shuibi said to Li Qi when she saw him return from his daze.

“Stay in touch. I'll keep an eye on your side,” Li Qi nodded.

“Don't worry, with my abilities, as long as a Fourth Rank doesn't make a move, I'll be safe. But you… remember to send Shi Wei away,” Shen Shuibi instructed.

These past few centuries of peaceful days have been enough. Next, it's time to face what needs to be faced.

“Send her away… where to?” Li Qi sighed.

Among all the heavens and myriad worlds, is there still a safe place at this moment? In Boundless Outer Domain, where can one escape?

Though it is said that Boundless Outer Domain is vast and boundless, in the face of the direct conflict between the two Dao Orthodoxys, where can one find peace?

Shen Shuibi calmly said, “Send her back to the world. No matter how intense the war gets, it won't spread to the world. It's just… staying at Shaman God Mountain isn't safe either. Send her to the Western Paradise Buddhist Kingdom. At least there, the problems won't be too big. You have grievances with the Heavenly Demon, and it's hard to guarantee that the Heavenly Demon won't attack her when the Shaman God are too preoccupied to interfere outside, using it to affect you.”

Yes, Li Qi still had grievances with the Heavenly Demon. It was fine before because of the Shaman God's protection and Shaman God Mountain's direct oversight. The Heavenly Demon' several attempts had come at a high, even extremely heavy, price, so heavy that even Da Tu Shaman God shook his head.

Now that Shaman God Mountain is collectively participating in the war, the Shaman God will face the Human Dao Sages, and the battle will be unbelievably exaggerated, making it difficult for them to spare hands to protect the younger generation.

The Heavenly Demon will inevitably make a move, so sending her to the Buddhist Kingdom would be safer. At least the Buddhas won't just stand by and watch the Heavenly Demon cause trouble.

“Alright, then I'll send her to the Buddhist Kingdom. It's good for her to have some peace,” Li Qi nodded, finalizing Li Shiwei's future itinerary.

The couple's only concern was this child. Once she was taken care of, Li Qi and Shen Shuibi could fully dedicate themselves to the battle.

“Then I'll go to the front line to prepare first. We've already finished deploying the Formation in this world cluster. We've been waiting for hundreds of years, so we definitely can't let Human Dao easily finish deploying their front line. You should also receive orders soon to organize the first wave of surprise attacks, so prepare in advance,” Shen Shuibi said.

Having said that, she didn't linger but quickly rushed towards the border, to the location of that light band.

Li Qi also wasted no time and immediately activated the Formation Plate.

The world-cluster level Formation that he and Shen Shuibi had spent hundreds of years deploying was activated at this moment!

It is well known that world clusters flow.

Countless worlds travel through Outer Void at a speed of thousands of li per second.

Many civilizations, upon learning this, would be very surprised, because so many worlds, distributed in different directions, are all moving, yet they all move in the same direction, causing the worlds to achieve a form of relative stillness, looking as if they are circling.

In this vast Universe, countless worlds flow like moths to a flame, circling and swirling, day after day, year after year. Perhaps after hundreds of millions of years, they will return to their original starting point.

However, a problem arises.

If the moths named ‘worlds’ are rotating, what is the flame they are revolving around?

In Celestial Dwelling (Xinxiu), the answer is ‘Great Fire’. All worlds revolve around Great Fire, never stopping.

But at this moment, the answer was changed by Li Qi.

The direction of rotation of all worlds suddenly changed, as if the originally quiet whirlpool was suddenly broken!

The world cluster began to become chaotic, and then a new order was built!

At this very moment, the instant the Formation Plate was activated, the candle flame around which the moths named ‘worlds’ revolved changed from Great Fire to Li Qi!

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