Ah Lan could hear the heartbeats of the people around him to determine their strength.
Back then, during the trial of those young people, he had relied on this talent to rely on a very low-key, seemingly down-and-out person. In the end, that person eliminated all the other trial challengers and became the champion. As for him, he naturally stepped into the starry skies.
However, reality was not as good as he had imagined. That person was said to be from the Dark Phoenix Clan, who had not taken a fancy to him and had thrown him here. This was the border between the Endless Weave and the Technocracy.
The Technocracy would attack the Endless Weave from time to time, and the border had long since grown accustomed to it. However, Ah Lan knew a secret: this war between the Technocracy and the border had been instigated by someone. He even knew that person. Although he did not know why that person had attacked the Technocracy in such a suicidal manner, the war had been started by that person.
He hated war because he could die at any time. Fortunately, the war had not lasted for long.
Ah Lan leaned against the wall and looked at the dark sky. In the distance, the star was about to collapse.
Suddenly, Ah Lan's expression changed. His pupils shrank, and he subconsciously covered his ears. What had he just heard?
He had heard a heartbeat that shook the universe. He had never heard such a strong heartbeat before. Even the supposedly powerful powerhouses did not have such a heartbeat. In fact, the difference was too great. He did not know how great it was, but his intuition told him that it was very great.
He looked up and saw nothing, but he was sure that someone had just passed by. That person was so powerful that the border defense line had not even been able to detect them.
Ah Lan's face went pale. Should he report this?
In the end, he decided not to, because no one would believe him.
The war between the Technocracy and the Human Domain had continued since ancient times. No one remembered why the two domains had started fighting. It was just like the war between the Human Domain and the Astral Beast Domain.
Most people did not know what the Technocracy was like. Even powerful human organizations like the Daynight clan did not know. It was rumored that the Technocracy was controlled by the mainframe, and no one could sneak in. The mainframe could monitor everything inside.
If the humans wanted to understand the Technocracy, the only way was to send super powerhouses in every once in a while.
Those who could barge into the Technocracy had to be at least at the level of an Emissary. The Technocracy was used to this and had long since prepared measures to deal with the human powerhouses.
However, this time, all means used to deal with the human powerhouses collapsed in an instant. The superweapons erected at the border of the Technocracy to attack the Human Domain were shattered into pieces. All surveillance methods failed, and no images could be captured.
Elder Lohar's teacher rushed into the Technocracy without any hindrance. Every step he took distorted space and time as he crossed an endless distance.
Suddenly, the entire Technocracy was shaken, and countless pairs of eyes opened. "Human super powerhouses, protect the central command."
In the starry skies of the Technocracy, a figure suddenly appeared. Ripples appeared in the void, unable to bear the weight of this figure.
"Really, it's been a long time since I last came." An aged voice rang out. It was Elder Lohar's master, known as Master Yuan.
Master Yuan looked around and focused on a few directions. He could feel the terrifying power.
For the Technocracy to be able to resist the Human Star Domain for so many years, they also had their own powerhouses. However, what Master Yuan feared the most was the mysterious Mastermind. Even now, no one knew where the Mastermind was or what kind of power it possessed.
Master Yuan's eyes flashed, and he took another step forward before vanishing into outer space.
In a corner of the Technocracy, machines were quickly assembling to form numerous spaceships. Not too far away, there were even more spaceships. Inside these spaceships were humans, not androids. It was unusual for humans to appear in the Technocracy, but these people were different. They were from the Sixth Mainland.
Lu Yin's guess was correct. The Sixth Mainland's Progenitors had already taken action, and they could not return empty-handed. The Innerverse was in a state of chaos, so they had set their sights on the Outerverse, which they had originally planned to attack. They had bypassed the Astral River's energy barrier and attacked through the Technocracy.
Countless cultivators from the Sixth Mainland boarded spacecraft and headed towards the Outerverse.
Inside one of the spacecraft, Huang San gulped and carefully looked outside. "This is the Fifth Mainland. Even the sky is dark, but it's not connected. It's really been shattered."
"This is just a corner of the Fifth Mainland. The Fifth Mainland's true territory should be the Human Domain. The Technocracy is much smaller than the Human Domain's Outerverse," Yan Xiaojing calmly said as she appeared behind him.
Huang San turned around. "Xiaojing, will we be able to return alive?"
Yan Xiaojing fell silent.
In the past, they would have said yes without hesitation. Not only would they be able to, but they would also be able to destroy the Fifth Mainland's cultivators and even wipe out their cultivation system. After so many years, they had been this confident.
However, after the Innerverse war, the Martial Progenitor had been severely injured, which had caused the situation in the Innerverse to change completely. Their thoughts had also changed. It seemed that the Fifth Mainland would not be so easily defeated.
"Don't worry. This is the Fifth Mainland's weakest human Outerverse. With our Bloodburn Realm's strength, we can destroy it," Yan Xiaojing reassured him.
Huang San had a complicated expression. The Huang family had once been an Imprinter family, and even if they had declined, they could still obtain some information. Apparently, the war in the Innerverse had not gone well, and many people had died, especially those of the same age. The Innerverse had become a graveyard. Would this place become the Bloodburn Realm's graveyard?
In another spacecraft, Autumnfrost Qing's eyes were filled with pride. Unlike Huang San, he was filled with ambition. Even though he knew that the war in the Innerverse would be difficult, he was still filled with confidence. After all, this was only the Human Domain's Outerverse. If the Bloodburn Realm could not even take down the Human Domain's Outerverse, then they would have failed.
He wanted to perform meritorious deeds in this war and suppress those of the same age who wanted to slaughter the Innerverse's titled powerhouses.
Many people only wanted to go to the Innerverse and slaughter the Fifth Mainland's titled powerhouses, and even Di Fa was the same. He was different, as he liked to crush others. If he could not crush the Fifth Mainland's Innerverse cultivators, then he would crush the Outerverse cultivators.
On another spacecraft not too far away from the Autumnfrost family, a man's eyes were cold and filled with excitement. If Lu Yin had been here, he would have definitely recognized him as Butcher, the expert who had absorbed Che Lie's bloodline back in the Daosource Sect's ruins.
The Bloodburn Realm was one of the Sixth Mainland's nine filaments, and its strength was unfathomable. This time, the person leading the attack against the Human Domain's Outerverse was Patriarch Mo Jiang, a World Imprinter.
A World Imprinter had a power level of over 800,000, and they were incomparably terrifying powerhouses.
The Sixth Mainland had never believed that there would be a powerhouse in the Outerverse who could rival them, until Master Yuan appeared.
Patriarch Mo Jiang suddenly opened his eyes, and the heavens trembled. "Not good!" He then stepped forward.
The next moment, many of the Sixth Mainland's cultivators felt a heavenly pressure, especially those who were Imprinters of Patriarch Mo Jiang.
In the distance, Patriarch Mo Jiang and Master Yuan encountered each other.
"Get lost!" Master Yuan barked, his voice echoing through the heavens and tearing through the stars. Many of the Sixth Mainland's cultivators were shocked, and those who had not reached the Explorer realm all spat out blood.
Yan Xiaojing's face paled, and she looked up into space. How was this possible?
This was the Technocracy. Had the mainframe made a move against them?
"You'll be destroyed sooner or later, so why struggle? If you surrender, I can guarantee that you will become an elder of the Sixth Mainland's Daosource Sect," Patriarch Mo Jiang said, his voice echoing through the heavens.
Just the two of them were conversing, but the heavens were unable to withstand the pressure, and they immediately split apart.
"I said, get lost!" Master Yuan barked again. Then, the heavens turned upside down, and everyone from the Sixth Mainland felt as if the heavens and earth were falling apart. The fear that came from their hearts overwhelmed them.
"Then let's fight," Patriarch Mo Jiang said.
Following that, many of the Sixth Mainland's cultivators saw an unforgettable scene. Two palms collided, and the heavens shook. Countless cracks extended into the distance with no end in sight. The fleet of spacecraft was mercilessly torn apart, and many spacecraft exploded as countless cultivators howled in agony.
Within one spacecraft, an old woman with the strength of an Imprinter shrieked as she charged towards the battlefield, but she was instantly reduced to a puddle of blood.
Imprinters had power levels that exceeded 500,000, and they were known as Envoys in the Fifth Mainland. However, such powerhouses did not even have the qualifications to join the battlefield.
The heavens seemed to have changed, and it was as if a piece of paper had been torn apart. Inside was an unshakable expanse of space that no one had ever seen before, and it seemed even more real.
All of the cultivators from the Sixth Mainland had fainted, and no one had witnessed this scene.
After an unknown amount of time, Huang San woke up and saw several powerful cultivators in outer space discussing something. He looked around and saw that Yan Xiaojing was still asleep.
He hurriedly woke Yan Xiaojing up.
Yan Xiaojing rubbed her head. "What happened to us?"
Huang San shook his head. "I don't know."
Yan Xiaojing looked into outer space and saw several seniors. However, these seniors did not seem to be in a good mood, especially when she saw Patriarch Mo Jiang.
Patriarch Mo Jiang's expression was ugly, and it was obvious that the situation was not good.
Yan Xiaojing's heart sank. Had the invasion failed before it had even begun?
On another spacecraft, Autumnfrost Qing rubbed his head as he stood up. He panted heavily and wiped the corner of his mouth. He had actually been injured, and he could not take a single look. This was the strength of a World Imprinter. The Fifth Mainland's Outerverse actually had such a powerhouse.
However, no matter how strong they were, they could not stop the Bloodburn Realm. Patriarch Mo Jiang was only one of the Bloodburn Realm's World Imprinters, and the Autumnfrost family's ancestor was also one. The Bloodburn Realm's three strongest families all had terrifying powerhouses, and above them were the even stronger Cosmic Imprinters and the legendary Celestial Imprinters. How could the Outerverse stop them?
What could they use to stop them?
Outside the Technocracy, one of the defensive lines against the Human Domain suddenly collapsed. Master Yuan walked out, and his pale face returned to normal.
During his battle with Patriarch Mo Jiang, he had deliberately concealed his strength because he was afraid that Patriarch Mo Jiang would invite the Sixth Mainland's powerhouses to join the battle. He had even pretended to be injured in order to numb the Sixth Mainland. Now, he needed to buy time and gather the entire Outerverse's strength to resist the Sixth Mainland.