Chapter 1331 - Clash Between Immortal Artifacts

The elven race and the giant clan's intervention surprised no one; everyone expected it. To lure Liu Wuxie into the Myriad-Phase Divine Buddha Array, the Grand Unity Sect had captured seven giants and dozens of elves, utterly offending both races.

Many looked on with contempt; a prominent sect had actually stooped to a despicable tactic.

The giant clan's fist force locked onto the Grand Unity Sect's region. If Sang Lu continued to attack the Heavenly Dragon Sect, that power would crush everyone in the Grand Unity Sect's faction—elders at the Earth Immortal Realm and Void Realm, and the remaining disciples alike.

The elf's spell proved even more terrifying, manifesting a colossal elven guardian in the void. Its aura surged like a tidal wave and forced Sang Lu back a step, tipping the situation against the Grand Unity Sect.

Even Zhuge Ming hadn't expected the giant clan and the elven race to stand up for the Heavenly Dragon Sect against the Grand Unity Sect.

"Are you two courting death?!" Sang Lu roared. Though both races were powerful, they couldn't rival a great sect like the Grand Unity Sect.

"Why don't you come and try?" A voice echoed from the giant clan.

The giant clan thought differently from humans and refused to accept threats. They repaid favors and avenged grudges, with no patience for treachery. The standoff held until a powerful sound wave swept in from the distance.

When it hit, countless warships trembled, unable to withstand its force.

"The Great Divine Sun Bell! That's the Great Divine Sun Bell's power!" exclaimed a Quasi-Heaven Gaze Realm expert from the Nine Dragon Palace.

Everyone knew the Grand Unity Sect had forged an immortal artifact capable of communicating with the celestial realm—the Great Divine Sun Bell.

Rumor held that ringing the Great Divine Sun Bell once demanded immeasurable energy and even immortal power, but no one knew for sure.

Liu Wuxie, however, knew that whether in the Indigo Bamboo Astral Domain or the Fleeting Cloud Celestial Realm, activating an immortal artifact required immense resources, beyond even Heaven Gaze Realm cultivators.

The Great Divine Sun Bell's sound wave began to crumble the giant clan's fist force. And that was only the sound wave. If the bell itself descended, it would be even more terrifying. Wouldn't it kill everyone present?

Moments later, the elven guardian began to crumble as well, unable to withstand the bell's power.

The Grand Unity Sect erupted in an uproar. Sang Lu and his peers looked confused. None of them had contacted the sect—so why was the bell triggered? Everyone could guess the shattering of so many Soul Tablets had driven the sect into fury.

However, the aftershock didn't dissipate. After the sound wave had shattered the fist force and the elven guardian, the remaining energy charged toward the Heavenly Dragon Sect. If it landed, it would destroy the entire warship and reduce every disciple and elder aboard to ash.

This was the power of an immortal artifact; it was capable of destroying everything in its path.

Liu Wuxie watched in silence, taking in the Grand Unity Sect's every move. Emotion never touched his face; he remained terrifyingly calm. This was when he was the most dangerous, hiding murderous intent deep in his heart. One day, he would make the Grand Unity Sect pay.

Zhuge Ming formed seals, trying to neutralize the sound wave. However, he stood only at the Quasi-Heaven Gaze Realm, not at the Heaven Gaze Realm. When the wave swept over, he staggered a step back, and the distant spectators retreated, afraid of getting caught up in the aftermath.

No one had activated an immortal artifact in the Indigo Bamboo Astral Domain for years—the last use dated to the ancient war three hundred thousand years ago.

Since then, immortal artifacts had vanished from public sight.

Just as the sound wave neared the Heavenly Dragon Sect's warship, a powerful light ray descended from the sky. Countless warships trembled under the intense spatial fluctuation, and ordinary disciples turned pale. The dazzling ray arrived with an even more terrifying aura.

"The Radiant Mirror!" the Nine Dragon Palace leader shouted, recognizing its power.

The Grand Unity Sect wielded the Great Divine Sun Bell, and the Heavenly Dragon Sect wielded the Radiant Mirror. Everyone in the Indigo Bamboo Astral Domain knew those two immortal artifacts.

Ripples spread as the Great Divine Sun Bell's sound wave crumbled beneath the powerful beam.

Cheers erupted from the Heavenly Dragon Sect's warship; they had narrowly avoided disaster. Only an immortal artifact could confront another. The Heavenly Dragon Sect didn't sit by—they retaliated with their own and delivered a resounding slap to the Grand Unity Sect's face.

The beam didn't stop there. It slammed into Sang Lu and his cohort, sending them flying. It didn't take their lives; it only taught them a lesson. Had it killed Sang Lu and the others, the conflict would have exploded into all-out war, halting the Myriad Race Ceremony on the spot.

The immortal artifact's power vanished as swiftly as it came, and the void fell silent as if nothing had happened. Only harsh breathing echoed around them; many races still reeled in shock. They had brushed death's gate several times in just a few breaths.

𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝔀𝓮𝒃𝙣𝓸𝒗𝒆𝒍.𝙘𝒐𝒎

"The Myriad Race Ceremony isn't over. Let's continue," said the Nine Dragon Palace leader, stepping in to keep the conflict from escalating. The two forces could settle it after the ceremony ended.

The alchemy event hadn't ended yet, and the Grand Unity Sect still had a chance.

"That's right. If you keep fighting, both sides will suffer," several forces chimed in, mediating and steering focus back to the Myriad Race Ceremony.

Sang Lu glared at Liu Wuxie, murderous intent radiating as if it could pierce the warship's defenses. If looks could kill, Liu Wuxie would have died countless times.

The Grand Unity Sect's disciples and elders glared at Liu Wuxie with seething hatred, as if they wanted to eat him whole.

Sang Lu waved his hand and turned to leave. Moments earlier, the sect master had ordered him to continue the Myriad Race Ceremony first; they still had another chance to kill Liu Wuxie in the Divine Sun-Shooting Tower.

The Radiant Mirror's sudden strike had inflicted some damage on the Great Divine Sun Bell.

As the Grand Unity Sect withdrew, the Heavenly Dragon Sect finally exhaled in relief, especially Elder Long, who feared mishaps might befall Liu Wuxie. He already saw Liu Wuxie as the sect's hope of rising; losing him would be an immense loss.

"Everyone, proceed to the deck to refine your pills," Zhuge Ming said as he returned to the warship. He formed a series of hand signs, and the deck expanded until it could accommodate thousands of alchemists refining at once.

This time, a little over a thousand Heavenly Dragon Sect disciples took part in the alchemy event. A small portion failed to collect enough spiritual herbs, and another portion couldn't produce heaven-defying pills, so those disciples gave up.

"Wuxie, are you ready?" Elder Long asked, eyes hopeful.

The alchemy event's reward included not only administrative rights over a planet but also management rights to several interstellar teleportation arrays. Even one such array produced an immense annual income.

Those interstellar teleportation arrays dated to ancient times, and the sects that built them vanished into history, leaving the arrays ownerless. Many forces had coveted them for years.

Liu Wuxie nodded, confident that few in the Indigo Bamboo Astral Domain could surpass him. He walked to the deck's edge rather than the center, summoned an alchemy cauldron, and prepared to begin refinement.

The Grand Unity Sect disciples readied themselves, determined to seize first place no matter what. They had already failed the first two events, and another failure would do more than humiliate them—it would leave them without a single first place across all three events.

Losing more than 2,000 elite disciples had dealt a massive blow to the Grand Unity Sect. The immediate result was a grievous blow to their foundation, one they couldn't recover from for years. The sect could even face a broken lineage and a generation of decline.

The other races also threw themselves into alchemy.

When Liu Wuxie set out the ingredients he had gathered, each radiated terrifying nether energy. Every item was scarce outside. However, pills refined from Netherworld ingredients offered no benefit to humans.

He fed the ingredients into the cauldron one by one and summoned demonic flame to envelop the vessel.

"His alchemy technique is unusual," said an elder beside Elder Long, eyes fixed on Liu Wuxie.

Everyone was dazzled by Liu Wuxie's first two performances—his extraordinary talent in blacksmithing and talismans—and watched the alchemy event with keen anticipation, Elder Long included.

"It's unusual. It doesn't look like any alchemy technique from the Indigo Bamboo Astral Domain," Elder Long said with a nod. He hoped to decipher something, but the methods proved unique, beyond what ordinary people could imitate.

Even if someone copied Liu Wuxie's technique, they wouldn't be able to grasp its essence. He had openly shared the pill's formula before, yet no one managed to reproduce his results.

On the Grand Unity Sect's side, activity burned just as hot. Several elders stood with Mo Hong and guided his refinement. Black fog soon emerged, a natural phenomenon of his process. The denser the nether energy the pill released, the better the result.

On the Heavenly Dragon Sect's side, several disciples also performed admirably, black mist gathering above their cauldrons.

Only Liu Wuxie's station looked plain. Whatever technique or phenomenon he used, everything seemed ordinary—no flamboyance, no dramatic ripples—just a natural flow of motions.

Only alchemy grandmasters saw the profundity within. Whenever Liu Wuxie moved, he would tug at the meridians of heaven and earth, each motion tempered thousands of times. Only those who had unity with heaven and earth could accomplish such a feat.

Time slipped by, and some races produced their pills to begin its assessment.