The Sixth Mainland's Secret Ancestor had betrayed them, and more than half of the Seven Skygods had perished. Not only did the Fifth Mainland have to defend against the Eternals' invasion, but they also had to deal with the Neohuman Alliance's counterattack. The Sixth Mainland also had to eliminate the threat left behind by Secret Ancestor. There was no better time to defeat the humans than now.
This was a great undertaking, and Xu Qing would not let it go.
As for Lu Yin, he didn't care about him at all. No matter how high Lu Yin's status was, it was impossible for him to get the entire Fifth Mainland to support him. More importantly, Curly Beard, who had ambushed the corpse keeper, wasn't following the Astral Beast Domain's orders. This meant that they still had support, which was the Eternals.
Although the Eternal Race was also their enemy, it had not reached the point where they would fight to the death. They were willing to share the Fifth Mainland with the Eternal Race.
Outerverse's southern weaves, Daosource Sect.
"Ironblood Weave has been breached, so we need to send people to defend it as soon as possible and chase those beasts out," someone said. The speaker was a middle-aged man with a scholarly temperament, and there was a halo of light behind him that was overflowing with brilliant colors, making him seem like a deity. He was Nine Glories, and he was one of the Sixth Mainland's Daosource Sect's Half-Progenitor. He was known as the powerhouse closest to the Progenitor realm, and he was the eldest son of the Martial Ancestor.
After saying that, Nine Brilliance looked in a certain direction. It was another space filled with lava, and a body was floating in the lava. It was impossible to tell whether the body was male or female, but it was not the body of an ordinary person. It was a layer of lava. "There's no rush. Let's clean up the Secret Progenitor Domain first. Wouldn't it be better if those beasts helped us clean up the domain?"
Nine Brilliance frowned and looked in another direction, only to see a cherry blossom floating in the air. "What do you think?"
After waiting for a long time, there was no response.
The Nine Luminaries' frowns deepened, each one more bizarre than the last. "Let's clean up the Secret Progenitor Realm first before driving those beasts away. Or, one of us can go to the Astral Beast Domain and have a chat with them." With that, everything returned to normal.
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In the Outerverse, the closest regions to Ironblood Weave were the asteroid belt and Eastly Weave. As long as one crossed the asteroid belt, they would be able to enter Northcastle Weave.
Ten days had passed since Ironblood Weave had been breached. Due to the Sixth Mainland's purge of the Secret Progenitor Territory, they had yet to react to Ironblood Weave. Some of the astral beasts had entered Eastly Weave, while others had crossed the asteroid belt and entered Northcastle Weave.
A weave was very large, and ordinary astral beasts would need at least half a month or even a month to travel from one weave to another. There were some astral beasts that weren't Explorers and could still travel through space, but their speed was much slower. They would need at least one or two months to travel from one weave to another, and that was under the premise that they had wormholes.
Anyone who could cross the meteorite belt and enter Northcastle Weave in ten days was at least an Explorer.
Following an excited roar, the three-colored flame burned the void and swept towards the spaceship in the distance. In an instant, the spaceship turned into ashes. No matter how many people were inside, they all disappeared in an instant.
This was Flying Flame, a three-colored flame beast. It was ranked tenth on the Heavenly Beast List and was one of the most powerful races in the Astral Beast Domain.
Any giant beast that could enter the Heavenly Beast List was extremely powerful. Even the Sound Monster could only be ranked eleventh.
This Flying Flame had the strength of a Hunter, and it roared at the sky, causing its tri-colored flames to illuminate the universe.
Not too far away, another giant beast charged out. It looked like a centipede, but it had wings. Soon after, more and more Explorer realm beasts entered Northcastle Weave.
These beasts were too excited. Humans had the ambition to conquer the Astral Beast Domain, but the Astral Beast Domain also had the ambition to conquer the Human Domain. Their desire to conquer the Human Domain caused them to become unbridled.
Destruction.
Flying Flame landed on a planet in Northcastle Weave. Its sharp claws pierced through the planet's core, causing the entire planet to crack open.
The planet was still in the era of cold weapons, and the most powerful people could only cut through houses. They could not even be considered as cultivators, so they could not even put up a fight against a terrifying beast like Flying Flame. The entire planet was pulverized.
Even further away, a fiery red light crashed into the centipede beast. This was a technological weapon that had come from a planet that was currently exploring the surrounding star systems. On that planet, this weapon was powerful enough to move mountains and fill seas, and it was a destructive weapon that was forbidden from being used in wars.
The moment the centipede beast was discovered, the people on that planet immediately panicked. They did not hesitate to use their most terrifying weapons to attack, but it was useless. They could not even leave a scratch on the centipede beast.
The centipede beast swept past and tore apart the planet. Countless people howled in agony as they were swallowed up by the magma and the black hole. They left behind a brief moment of light in the dark universe before vanishing.
Northcastle Weave was engulfed in the flames of war. Planet after planet was destroyed, and spacecraft after spacecraft exploded.
In outer space, a pale-faced man looked at the various beasts that were recklessly destroying planets in the distance. Just as he was about to take action, his gadget beeped. He looked over, and his eyes lit up with joy. He then glared fiercely at the beasts in the distance before charging off in a certain direction. This person was a Cruiser from Northcastle Weave.
There were many cultivators in the vast Northcastle Weave, but there were not many who could explore space.
The ruler of Northcastle Weave, the Greatsword Dynasty, had gathered all of the cultivators in Northcastle Weave to deal with this crisis.
The Greatsword Imperial City had ruled Northcastle Weave for countless years, but now that the beasts were invading, cultivators began to gather in the imperial city. They looked up at the imperial palace and waited for the ruler of the Greatsword Dynasty to appear. They did not want to leave Northcastle Weave, as this was their home. Their family and friends were here, and it was impossible to take them away in a short period of time.
The imperial city gates opened, and all of the cultivators looked expectantly at the imperial palace. They saw a man dressed in imperial robes with a haggard face. This was the ruler of the Greatsword Dynasty, the youth who had once been threatened and suppressed by Aegis. He had now grown up.
"The nation is in danger, and the people are in pain. Enemies are invading, but I will use the power of the nation to resist them without fear. I vow to defend Northcastle Weave with my life."
Many cultivators were excited. "We vow to defend Northcastle Weave with our lives."
"We vow to defend Northcastle Weave with our lives."
"We vow to defend Northcastle Weave with our lives."
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Ding Xing stood nearby with a complicated expression. Defend? How?
This was an invasion from the Astral Beast Domain, so how many people could Northcastle Weave possibly have?
The Great Eastern Alliance and the Sixth Mainland had reached an agreement, and the Sixth Mainland gave the Great Eastern Alliance three years to retreat. Many people from the eastern weaves had already left for the Innerverse, and it was the same for Northcastle Weave. If Northcastle Weave had ten thousand cultivators in the past, then there were now only six thousand at most. Forty percent of the cultivators had left, and the remaining cultivators had not left because they did not want to, but because the Greatsword Dynasty had used various reasons to keep them.
It was all because the emperor did not want to leave.
The Greatsword Dynasty had been in danger of being destroyed, but they had eventually been reestablished with Lu Yin's help. However, the price they had paid for this was that the Greatsword Dynasty was no longer the Greatsword Dynasty. They had to listen to Lu Yin, and they would do whatever he said without any autonomy.
It was not that the Greatsword Dynasty had not thought of rebelling, as they had at least wanted some autonomy, even if it was just a little. However, they did not dare to speak up against Lu Yin's increasingly powerful Great Eastern Alliance.
Occupied by the Sixth Mainland
To the Greatsword Dynasty, the Outerverse was an opportunity. Even though it was still under someone else's rule, they had already experienced the worst-case scenario, and it could not get any worse. The Sixth Mainland also needed their help in ruling the Outerverse.
This was what the Greatsword Dynasty thought, which was why the imperial family had not left and had even used various methods to force many cultivators to stay.
Lu Yin was aware of this situation, but he had not had the time to deal with it yet.
Are we really doing the right thing?
Ding Xing looked at the cultivators who were united and determined to fight it out with the Astral Beast Domain. He sighed helplessly, as he had been out there before and knew how vast the universe was. He could only hope that these people would not die under the claws of the astral beasts.
Just as he was thinking about this, a terrifyingly high temperature descended as tri-colored flames burned the Greatsword Dynasty. "Humans, enjoy the joy of death."
Ding Xing was shocked. "Your Majesty, run!"
One cultivator after another wailed. In a corner of the imperial city, a sword was unsheathed as a woman walked out of the void and faced Flying Flames. She raised her hand and slashed out. "Ten Thousand Swords as One."
Flying Flames' body was injured by the sword, and fresh blood dripped down. "Who is it?"
The woman's gaze was cold. "The one who will kill you." She then stepped forward and slashed down with her sword.
Ding Xing was excited. "Your Majesty, it's Madam He! Legend has it that she cultivates at the Innerverse's Myriad Swords Peak. She returned some time ago, and many people wanted to take her as their master, but they could not find her. I never thought that she would still be in the imperial city."
"That's great! With Madam He's help, this astral beast will definitely die. She's a Hunter and has an illustrious reputation in the Innerverse," the emperor of the Greatsword Dynasty said excitedly.
The tri-colored flames clashed with Madam He, and the imperial city was destroyed in an instant. Flames filled the sky.
Madam He panted heavily as half of her body burned, and her longsword was distorted. Humans did not have an advantage against astral beasts, let alone one of the top ten beasts on the Heavenly Beast List.
"Die, human!" Flying Flames slashed out with its claws, and the flames scorched the void as they swept towards Madam He.
Madam He's gaze turned sinister. "Ten Thousand Swords as One." Her body followed her sword as it tore through the flames and stabbed into Flying Flames' body. The sword qi pierced through Flying Flames' body and exploded through the void.
Many of the Greatsword Dynasty's cultivators were excited. They had won, they had won!
Flying Flames' body was right in front of Madam He's eyes, and the high temperature had scorched her skin. She looked up just in time to see Flying Flames' large eyeballs drooping down. It opened its mouth and bit down on her.
This was the day that the Greatsword Dynasty was destroyed, and it was Northcastle Weave's most tragic day. On this day, countless Northcastle Weave's cultivators had died tragically, and many more had become food for the astral beasts. The number of deaths was uncountable.
More and more astral beasts surged into Northcastle Weave and wreaked havoc, causing the entire weave to fall apart. Then, their gazes turned south, towards Frostwave Weave.
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Mournful screams rang out in all directions as a city was destroyed. A woman hugged her child as she screamed at the top of her lungs. A shadow shrouded the city as the astral beasts' enormous bodies crushed it. The entire city ceased to exist.
This was the border between Northcastle Weave and Frostwave Weave, and one of the astral beasts had already arrived. It was the first to appear, and it had already destroyed several planets. Its gaze was sinister and bloodthirsty as it looked towards Frostwave Weave and let out an excited roar. It then leapt up and charged towards the south.
When it saw that there were planets and space stations in front of it, the astral beast became even more excited. It loved the despairing screams of humans before they died, and it loved to see rivers of blood flow. It made its blood flow faster and excited. The more it thought about it, the more excited it became. The astral beast sped up as it wanted to be the first to enter Frostwave Weave.