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Above the Nine Heavens.
Six Sunburst Golden Core cultivators from the Immortal Alliance and the Limitless Star Palace had left the stabilizing formations upon which their lives depended, rushing towards the starry sky.
Li Hanqiu could naturally not turn a blind eye, and he too rose to intercept them.
But as he appeared, four of the six who were heading deep into the starry sky broke away to intercept him in his direction.
The two sides merely traveled for a moment before encountering each other in the void.
"True Person Li, please halt."
The leading Golden Core of the Immortal Alliance, Lu Xi, took a step forward, "The matter from ten years ago, True Person Li, should have an explanation for us from the Immortal Alliance, shouldn't it?"
"An explanation? What kind of explanation do you want? Wasn't the incident from ten years ago already settled? What, do you intend to extort Nine Cauldrons Sect over and over again on the same matter? Does the Immortal Alliance have any credibility left as a major sect!? Do you have any semblance of the morals expected of a major sect? Or... do you really think that we from Nine Cauldrons Sect can only be bullied by the Immortal Alliance without any resistance?"
Li Hanqiu said coldly.
"Heh, isn't Nine Cauldrons Sect announcing Alkaid's cultivation at this time to tell the world that a second top-notch combat power has emerged in their sect, and they should therefore have more say in the Cangwu Great World? But just because he announced his strength doesn't mean we have to take it at face value, does it? We need to test it personally to know his true weight."
The Golden Core Cultivator from Limitless Star Palace, Qiao An, said with a smile.
"Test it? What kind of method requires two Golden Cores to take action!?"
Li Hanqiu said gravely, "If it were only Miller from the Immortal Alliance heading there, I would not block him in the slightest, and Alkaid would prove to the world through a battle with this Sunburst Golden Core that he has indeed reached the pinnacle of power. But now you are sending both Miller and Zhan Ke to take action at the same time, ganging up on fewer opponents? Do you, Limitless Star Palace and the Immortal Alliance, find this honorable?"
He swung his hand fiercely, "Withdraw immediately! Otherwise, don't blame me for showing no mercy! If it comes to fighting until heaven and earth shatter, you will be the greatest sinners in the Cangwu Great World!"
"Heaven and earth shatter? Li Hanqiu, you've been blabbering these words for years, you're not tired of it, but we are tired of hearing it."
Lu Xi's expression turned fierce, "Come on then, I want to know how you plan to shatter heaven and earth. But let me tell you, if your Golden Core suffers the slightest mishap, the legacy of your Nine Cauldrons Sect... can forget about preserving it."
At that moment, two more streaks of light came speeding from the edge of the sky.
The energy released from their Golden Cores was vast and mighty, illuminating hundreds of thousands of miles around. It was so bright and eye-catching, even in the deep and silent starry sky.
"It's Ye Lin and Fu Long from the Myriad Beasts Sect."
The Golden Cores of the Immortal Alliance and the Limitless Star Palace immediately identified the aura of the newcomers.
Accompanying the arrival of the two Golden Core cultivators was the powerful divine sense of Ye Lisha from the Myriad Beasts Sect, who had arrived earlier, "The Immortal Alliance and Limitless Star Palace still act so overbearingly! You haven't even unified the Cangwu Great World, yet you start to oppress other powers in Cangwu Great World, even demanding that Sunburst Golden Core cultivators have to look to you before acting? So if you eventually unify the Cangwu Great World, does that mean all of us, including us, the Golden Cores, have to heed your commands and be ordered around like servants?"
Her divine sense exploded unreservedly, almost tantamount to a public rebuke within the Void Divine Realm.
And the departure of the seven Sunburst Golden Core cultivators from the Immortal Alliance, Limitless Star Palace, and Nine Cauldrons Sect from the formation stabilizing their Golden Core state had already attracted the attention of all large powers.
Now, not only the cultivators from the Immortal Alliance, Limitless Star Palace, Nine Cauldrons Sect, and Longevity Sect were watching, but also those from the Supreme Yin Sect, Heavenly Law Pavilion, Golden Temple, Brahma Heavenly Kingdom, Brahma Sect, and Taiyi Sect had their eyes focused on this stretch of starry space.
If they truly behaved in an unreasonable and domineering manner...
It would indeed be easy to push many powers that originally admired their strength to their opposing side.
Realizing this, Qiao An hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Everything we, the Limitless Star Palace and Immortal Alliance, do is for the peaceful development of Cangwu Great World. It's just that True Person Li Hanqiu, without any discussion, wants to fight until heaven and earth shatter. Such behavior, resorting to threatening the entire Cangwu Great World and its millions of living beings at the drop of a hat, is truly displeasing. Family Head Lu Xi's tone was just a bit harsher because of that. If True Person Li Hanqiu can assure us that he will not so casually speak of destroying the Cangwu Great World in the future, we are willing to make concessions."
Li Hanqiu instantly heard the hidden malice in Qiao An's words, "The true sources of instability for the Cangwu Great World have never been from our Nine Cauldrons Sect, but rather from your Limitless Star Palace and Immortal Alliance! Why was I forced to such extremes last time? Wasn't it because of the relentless pressure from the Immortal Alliance? And the time before that, the Patrol Heaven Warship from your Limitless Star Palace came all the way to the heartland of my sect. So in that situation, I'm not even allowed to fight back?"
He swung his hand abruptly, "As long as the Immortal Alliance and Limitless Star Palace can promise never to invade the territory of any power again, I, Li Hanqiu, will definitely stay behind closed doors and earnestly stabilize my Golden Core in the palace! Can you, the Immortal Alliance and Limitless Star Palace, do that?"
"Our Limitless Star Palace is only spreading the gospel of freedom for those sects, to avoid the oppression of common people within those Sects. Could it be that the Nine Cauldrons Sect, seeing such oppression and slaughter taking place within some sects, can remain indifferent? Doesn't this kind of aloof behavior lack even a shred of responsibility of a major power?"
"Oppression and slaughter? Which sect's internal oppression and slaughter can compare to that of your Limitless Star Palace? Don't forget, the Quicksand Sect is still in ruins to this day, and the Black Feather Sect has been broken and many lives lost because of the intervention of your Limitless Star Palace. You, the Limitless Star Palace, have no right to say such things."
Li Hanqiu countered mercilessly, without giving an inch.
At this moment, Ye Lin and Fu Long, two more Golden Core cultivators, had also arrived.
"True Person Li is right, the Immortal Alliance and Limitless Star Palace are indeed the biggest sources of instability in the Cangwu Great World."
Fu Long said loudly, "Is the True Person planning to take action against them? The two of us can easily keep two of them occupied, and the remaining two surely won't stop you? Do you have enough time to go and aid True Person Alkaid?"
Li Hanqiu glanced at the Golden Core from the Myriad Beasts Sect…
Clearly, the Myriad Beasts Sect was helping the Nine Cauldrons Sect simply out of the necessity to seek any potential allies to face the pressure brought by the Immortal Alliance and Limitless Star Palace.
In reality, they would much prefer Li Hanqiu and the Golden Cores from the Limitless Star Palace and Immortal Alliance to fight to the death.
The best outcome would be if Li Hanqiu could perish together with one or two Golden Cores from the Limitless Star Palace and Immortal Alliance.
He looked up at planet number 6713 at the edge of the starry sky…
Two Sunburst Golden Cores…
This was already the best outcome after the three parties weighed the pros and cons of balancing power.
After all, both sides had an unspoken agreement.
Moreover, based on what Alkaid had said earlier, he should indeed have the strength to deal with the two Golden Cores.
Not to mention defeating them, just being able to withstand their attacks and accomplish the feat of fighting against two alone, the Nine Cauldrons Sect...
Would surely relive the glory of being one of the top ten Immortal Sects of the past and be officially listed as the seventh pinnacle Immortal Sect of the Cangwu Alliance Conference!
Thinking of this, Li Hanqiu snorted coldly, "Further talk is useless. In the end, don't you just want to see Alkaid's true strength? Then watch closely."
Fu Long and Ye Lin were somewhat disappointed and could not say much more.
The Golden Cores from the Immortal Alliance and the Limitless Star Palace exchanged smiles and turned their gaze toward planet number 6713.
Next up was the time for the three Golden Cores to employ their methods.
...
On the dead planet 6713.
Alkaid calmly assimilated the strength of the Star Core he had just absorbed.
When he sensed the rapid approach of the two mighty Golden Cores, he slightly raised his head. His powerful Divine Sense reached their position first: "You've arrived."
This astonishing range of Divine Sense transmission made Miller of the Immortal Alliance inwardly feel a twinge of unease, but outwardly he showed no hint of it and instead spoke sternly, "Alkaid, ten years ago in the Ascendant Tower..."
"Alright, no need for superfluous words. I'm well aware of what you want to do, and you're clearly aware of why I'm waiting here for you. So, with that in mind..."
As Alkaid spoke, his vast Star God Physique gradually shrank, transforming into the form best suited for combat.
"What are you waiting for?"
Hearing Alkaid's direct and candid words, Miller and Zhan Ke exchanged a glance.
"Since you are deluded, we will indulge you."
The next moment, the Golden Cores within them began to operate, unleashing a terrifying energy from within the Golden Cores.
Because they were unable to precisely control the use of each portion of energy within the Golden Cores, a large amount of energy dissipated during the operation of the Golden Cores. The external manifestation of this change was that the two of them instantly became a fearsome fireball with diameters ranging from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of meters.
The blazing white radiance mixed with temperatures of tens of millions to billions of levels, constantly emanated from their bodies, forming a luminescence and heat that was impossible to look at directly.
If such a form were to appear in the Cangwu Great World, the mere display of it would be enough to burn the heavens and boil the seas, turning any being below the Golden Core Level to ashes.
And for them, this was merely the dissipation of energy caused by the rotation of the Golden Cores.
As the operation of the Golden Cores reached a certain limit they could bear, Miller, bathed in flames and intense light, abruptly formed a grasping motion with an empty hand, and six rings of light appeared in front of him.
The closest of these rings had a diameter of only ten thousand meters, while the farthest reached a diameter of one hundred thousand meters.
"Six Yang Divine Sword! Strike!"
Driven by Divine Sense, a streak of sword light pierced through the Golden Core, being amplified as it passed through these rings of light.
With each ring it passed, the sword light's strength was enhanced, and the temperature it emitted grew even fiercer.
By the time it had traversed the six great rings, not only had the diameter of this sword light reached an astounding thirty thousand meters, but the temperature and concentrated energy within were potent enough to penetrate and shatter a planet instantaneously.
"Swoosh!"
The dazzling light filled the sky.
The thirty-thousand-meter-wide sword of light, moving at subluminal speeds, shot through the starry space directly toward Alkaid, who was millions of miles away. Find adventures on My Virtual Library Empire
At such a fearsome speed, the distance of millions of miles between them took less than two seconds to cross...
And in less than two seconds, Alkaid was fully prepared.
The radiance emanating from the External Elixir was in no way inferior to Miller's.
And furthermore...
An energy pillar, almost identical to his Six Yang Divine Sword, immediately followed, piercing through the starry river, confronting it head-on.
Yes, a direct confrontation.
No delay, no circling, no dodging, no evasion.
He withstood the force head-on with nothing but the power of the Crimson Red Gold Core.