Chapter 1407: The Person in the Hall Has Wisdom in Grasp, Powerless to Reverse the Ten Deaths Situation

“Swish, swish…”

At the border between Qilin Jie and Zhongyuan Jie, a torrential rain of blood poured down.

In the past, blood like this from a Sheng Di would have been priceless treasure, each drop containing boundless essence. If an ordinary person could refine it, it would be a tremendous fortune on par with a Sheng-level secret treasure.

But now, forget about anyone trying to steal some blood—not even a single person dared to approach the battlefield.

“It’s coming, it’s coming…”

“Run!”

The Lingshi masters from Zhongyuan Jie fled in panic from Bailie Shou Shan, utterly disorganized.

The Jixian Juren had fought to the midpoint and retreated three steps, stepping from Qilin Jie directly into the territory of Zhongyuan Jie. Fortunately, it landed on the Bailie mountain range, destroying only a dozen or so trading towns. The various demon hunters unique to Zhongyuan Jie had mostly evacuated in advance or escaped with secret treasures amid life and death, so the damage wasn’t excessive. Even so, Bailie Shou Shan was completely gone. This was already a stroke of luck in misfortune, because if that foot had landed on a Lingshi county city… The people of Zhongyuan Jie didn’t even want to imagine the horrific casualties.

“Report—”

“The northwest of Zhongyuan Jie, including Changsheng Jun, Beiming Jun, Luori Jun, Baiyi Jun, and twenty other county cities, have all been affected.”

“Among them, the first three suffered the greatest losses. Fortunately, only the towns were damaged, and the aftershocks reached the cities but were blocked by spirit arrays. Preliminary statistics show over ten thousand dead and countless injured…”

“Bailie Shou Shan has turned into an abyss, with all the spirit beasts wiped out. The dominant spirit beast of Bailie Shou Shan, suspected to be near Sheng-tier—the Eight-Armed Heavenly Yuan—is confirmed dead, as its dwelling, Huaguo Cave, was right under the giant’s foot.”

“The giant’s foot shattered the seal on the Tianling ruins in Bailie Shou Shan, suspected to be a Taixu or near Sheng-tier site. But as soon as the site emerged, it turned to dust, and the inheritance is lost.”

“And…”

“There’s more…”

“This is even worse…”

From Qilin Jie to Zhongyuan Jie, as the Jixian Juren and Sheng Di Qilin clashed, intelligence from various wartime observation teams kept streaming back to Shengshan headquarters. It was then processed and organized in the Foreign Affairs Division, with unresolved matters escalated to the highest level, passed through the hand of the Foreign Affairs Division’s chief to Fang, the Dao Dianzhu, for proper handling.

The branches of Shengshen Hall across the lands were fully activated, operating like a precise machine to minimize the battle’s losses as much as possible. Even so, the war damages that outsiders couldn’t see left the intelligence personnel shocked and appalled.

“The Shengshen Continent has a rule that battles above Wangzuo level must open a boundary domain. I didn’t understand it before—it seemed like overkill. But now, thinking about it, the Dao Dianzhu was incredibly farsighted; this rule is absolutely necessary!”

“Unbelievable! What on earth is that giant? It actually tore apart Sheng Di Qilin with its hands!”

“I heard it’s from Ye?”

“You believe that? I don’t. How could a Sheng Nu from Ye be this monstrous? I think it’s an ancient void clan descending.”

“I heard it’s Shen Yi…”

“I heard it’s the Dao Dianzhu’s Tianji puppet that went out of control?”

In Gui Zhe Shengshan, at Sheng Huan Hall, Dao Qiong Cang sat before a cluttered array of silver tables, his face extremely grave. His fingers moved rapidly, as if calculating something, while he muttered unconsciously:

“Beihuai’s regrets are enough… Ben Zun won’t work… Bottom line…”

“Cross street corner hasn’t rioted… Shen Yi’s virtual image… Hmm, seems it’s set…”

“Even if Beihuai reveals it was me who invited him… Hmm, no problem… The Dao Dianzhu position, they made me take it…”

“Situ Yongren is decent, rising quickly; their attention is all on Beiming Emperor Realm…”

“Sheng Di Rao clan didn’t appear in Beiming…”

“Xiang Yaoyao runs like a rabbit; just in time, that cabinet while Shen is away… Can take care of it…”

“Zushen Bang… This Zhoutian Can, Xu Xiao Shou maybe…”

“Good thing Hua Changdeng can come out this time… For emergencies…”

“Hmm, Shen’s life star… Zushen life pattern? This thing has emerged too…”

The hall was silent yet noisy. The resurrected Tianji spirit Xiao Qi hovered over the table, darting between the dense array of communicators, methodically issuing commands one after another.

“Old…”

When Xiao Qi grew tired and looked up to complain, seeing the deeply furrowed brow of the old Dao, it immediately swallowed its words and focused back on work.

As for the old Dao’s unconscious mutterings… Well, there were no outsiders here, or he wouldn’t act like this. Xiao Qi knew that, but it couldn’t really understand the content—those fragmented words didn’t form coherent thoughts. It did know that the old Dao’s mind could handle multiple frequencies, updating dozens of information threads in a short time and processing them simultaneously. So, his muttering naturally jumped around, even hard for a Tianji puppet to grasp.

Dao Qiong Cang soon stopped his self-talk. A scene appeared before him, projected by Xiao Qi, showing the exact moment the Jixian Juren tore apart Sheng Di Qilin. Clearly, this was the most pressing matter.

“Incredible.”

Dao Qiong Cang paused his rapid finger movements and let out a deep sigh:

“Sheng Di Qilin is in its true form, but constrained by the Four Symbols Seal of Sheng Palace, its power is less than one ten-thousandth.”

“Add to that being drained for so many years, it’s already in a weakened state.”

“Beihuai’s remnant soul is parasitic on it, but without prior coordination in experiments, controlling it must be hindered, unable to unleash full power.”

“Even so, the remaining combat strength of Sheng Di Qilin is stronger than that of a typical Sheng Di’s intent avatar.”

“Xu Xiao Shou, what kind of power is this?”

What Dao Qiong Cang was calculating included various matters on the continent, as well as the Ranming site. A part of it was also Xu Xiao Shou’s terrifying combat ability, which even he hadn’t anticipated.

The golden light giant was expected, based on intelligence. But the white bone giant and the subsequent super-large giant had startled even Dao Qiong Cang.

“Xu Sheng Di?”

He couldn’t help but think that, but quickly shook his head.

“It’s borrowing the power of ancient martial Renjian Dao, but not entirely…”

“From his reaction speed in battle, he still needed trash talk to catch his breath, so the backlash from activating the white bone giant and super-large giant must be severe…”

“In this state, Xu Xiao Shou’s power roughly surpasses peak Bansheng, touching the threshold of Sheng Di… Well, Bansheng is basically Sheng Di’s zero realm, with little difference.”

“He could be called the first Bansheng, but aside from those like Shen Yi or You Yuan who can directly confront it, I wouldn’t want to clash with his edge.”

Unlike outsiders, Dao Qiong Cang’s perspective was far higher. He could easily assess the super-large giant’s strengths and weaknesses—at least, it was inferior to a fully powered Shen Yi or the like. But how many Shen Yi were there in the world?

“For now, let’s consider it as the first Bansheng. After all, he’s still an ancient sword cultivator with other trump cards unused…”

“And just by glancing at it, he could master ancient martial Renjian Dao—probably Egui Dao as well. What talent…”

After sighing inwardly, Dao Qiong Cang began to calculate in advance how Xu Xiao Shou would handle the backlash from activating the super-large giant:

“A Bansheng-level physical body isn’t enough…”

“His Lingshi is only at Wangzuo Dao realm…”

“Ancient sword cultivation has high offense but low defense; ancient sword techniques won’t help with backlash at all…”

“He also revealed something like a ‘Life Mystic Array Diagram,’ giving him Bansheng-level self-recovery…”

Dao Qiong Cang unconsciously started moving his fingers again, glowing with golden light. He calculated quickly, considering every detail and even parts others might overlook.

Finally, he reached a conclusion:

“He can’t withstand it.”

“The backlash is too strong.”

“Even with Xu Xiao Shou’s strong recovery, after Renjian Dao, he’s weakened, and after the super-large giant, he’ll definitely be weakened…”

“Even if he activates the Life Mystic Array Diagram to wake up quickly, there’ll be at least a moment when he’ll fall unconscious.”

“Who knows, he might want to pass out midway through the fight—from the increase in his trash talk, you can see he was relying on willpower later…”

“The human will is one of the sources that births great miracles…”

“That’s right, we can’t ignore Xu Xiao Shou’s will—it’s very strong!”

“So, the question is…”

After Xiao Qi finished its tasks, it noticed the old Dao calculating again, but with a slightly more relaxed brow, and couldn’t help but ask with concern:

“Old Dao, is Xu Xiao Shou ‘over the limit’?”

This “over the limit” was their exclusive term. Back on Void Island, it meant “variable.” In normal times, it referred to things even the old Dao hadn’t anticipated.

Dao Qiong Cang glanced up and said flatly: “Beyond reasonable expectation, but still within control.”

“Oh, oh.” Xiao Qi relaxed and quickly flew to another communication bead, mimicking the old Dao’s tone to issue commands.

“The question…”

Dao Qiong Cang suddenly pulled out a miniature Tianji creation of Xu Xiao Shou, fully immersing his mind and perspective, thinking from Xu Xiao Shou’s angle:

“If I were Xu Xiao Shou, what would I do in advance to handle the period of possible unconsciousness?”

“After all, my opponent is the unfathomable Dao Dianzhu…”

In Zhongyuan Jie, at Bailie Shou Shan:

“So heavy…”

“My eyelids are closing…”

After tearing apart the Qilin, Xu Xiao Shou’s first instinct was not to waste it. He planned to throw both the Qilin blood and its true body into Xing Jie for Long Xing to handle.

Long Xing’s spirit politely refused.

Are you kidding? It had watched the entire external battle. The power of Beihuai had nearly breached Xing Jie before—if it took in the Qilin true body, even a single drop of blood, what if that terrifying entity came knocking again?

Xu Xiao Shou suddenly snapped awake, realizing his mind was getting foggy—he couldn’t be greedy!

He directly discarded the two segments of Sheng Di Qilin’s corpse, tossing them into the spatial fragments. Even if that thing might regenerate if not destroyed, he couldn’t worry about that now.

“I don’t have much time left.”

“Long Xing Qianbei, do you have any way to help?”

Xu Xiao Shou was still maintaining Shen Min Moment but didn’t dare decide alone, seeking help from the ancient ancestral tree.

As for that so-called “strongest ally” mentioned by Ba Zun An… If Xu Xiao Shou still trusted Old Ba now, he wouldn’t be Xu Xiao Shou. That ally might indeed be the strongest, but at least, it wouldn’t appear unless he was pushed to the absolute limit. Ba Zun An used people to the brink of death. Even knowing the guy wanted to force him to grow quickly through battles, Xu Xiao Shou would still curse when needed and fight back when it came to that.

“Powerless to help.”

For the query from Xing Jie’s master, Xu Xiao Shou, Long Xing’s spirit indicated it didn’t want to get involved. Its abilities were limited to Xing Jie; within that range, it would act, but beyond it, it didn’t even want to move. Otherwise, why move to Xing Jie in the first place?

“Damn it, all of you are just dead weights…”

Xu Xiao Shou had no choice but to rely on Shen Min Moment to stimulate himself and think quickly:

“Jin Ren, you move too!”

As soon as he thought, he felt like sleeping—it was really unbearable!

Fortunately, far in the Ranming site, they could still communicate through thoughts, turning Jin Ren into a tool for rapid analysis.

The first thing Jin Ren said was like a thunderbolt:

“You’re done for, boss!”

“‘Shen Min Moment’ plus ‘Jixian Juren’—you passed out for a bit when you tried it in Xing Jie.”

“Now adding Renjian Dao, plus overtime fighting and self-exertion… One close and two awakenings will definitely exhaust you to death!”

“I’m hiding in the unnoticed underground layer of Ranming site; I tested Renjian Dao here too…”

“It’s very useful, but shutting it off directly weakens you—I was dizzy for a long time.”

“You have Long Zu power and Tian Zu power, so you’ll be a bit better, but with all these other weakened states, the backlashes stacking up mean only one path: death!”

“Really can’t survive?” Xu Xiao Shou’s thought-voice turned a bit fierce.

“Okay, okay, I exaggerated—don’t make me die too!” Jin Ren panicked. “I activated Shen Min Moment and used weaving techniques to simulate it: three days.”

“Three days?”

“Yes, at minimum, you’ll be unconscious for three days, unable to move or resist—like a fish on a chopping block. In the current war situation, it’s no different from being dead.”

“That’s under normal conditions.” Xu Xiao Shou could still think and read the implied meaning in Jin Ren’s thoughts.

“Yes, under abnormal conditions, you’ll have to integrate into the Life Dao Disk to fall unconscious. That can compress the time to half a day, and then rely on willpower stimulation—I’ll stimulate you then.” Jin Ren said.

“If I pass out, the Dao Disk should shut off automatically.”

“Yes, boss, you’re really out of it—you forgot about Tan Shen…”

Xu Xiao Shou suddenly realized.

In his Jixian Juren state, he reached into his chest without a word.

From the scorching flesh, Tan Shen, who was sleeping soundly, suddenly felt himself flying up.

“Meow?”

“Three Yan Tongmu, control me: don’t close the Life Dao Disk even in death, and don’t close ‘Heaven and Human Unity’!”

“Meow…”

Tan Shen tilted its head, not quite understanding, but feeling needed, it was overjoyed. It didn’t foolishly activate Three Yan Tongmu as Three Tribulations Eyes; instead, it quickly handled its master’s command.

“Buzz!”

The Jixian Juren stepped out a Dao Disk underfoot, integrating into Heaven and Human Unity state.

Right then…

“Under control, passive value, 1.”

Mental awakening triggered.

Xu Xiao Shou broke free from Three Yan Tongmu’s control and fell into confusion.

Thank you, Guess Um Dala, for your repeated rewards to Little Fish; Little Fish, you know what to do, right?

Yu Zhi Wen: “This girl thanks you again… Hmm, not recommended to wait, but there should be another chapter ha.”

And more?

Yu Zhi Wen: “Beg, beg…”