Zhang Zhen’s appearance drew the attention of the world.
His invincible stature also brought him some unnecessary trouble.
Most of the cultivators who chose to abandon darkness for light in the Four Directions Continent fell under Zhang Zhen’s banner, which immediately attracted the dissatisfaction of the higher-ups in the Heavenly Court.
Several Immortal King Realm experts jointly submitted a petition, requesting the incorporation of Zhang Zhen’s team.
However, facing this demand, Kong Xuan and others remained indifferent.
As internal contradictions intensified, the leading Immortal Kings were invited into a room for a secret discussion.
From that point onward, no one in the Heavenly Court dared to speak negatively about Zhang Zhen.
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One thousand days after the war began.
The World-Destroying Golden Toad and a Seven-Rank Immortal King perished together.
Gui Daoran and his disciples forced their way through three thousand miles of the Four Directions Continent and eventually returned with the corpse of their teacher.
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Two thousand days into the war.
The current headmaster of the Academy, Tian Guang, faced his impending demise and ultimately took down three fossil-level experts from the Four Directions Continent at the cost of his life.
On that day, all cultivators from the Heavenly Court witnessed the ascension of this senior.
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Three thousand days into the war.
Old Celestial Master of Dragon Tiger Mountain finally couldn’t hold out any longer. He ventured alone into thirty thousand miles of the Four Directions Continent and killed the old sect master of the Xuanwu Sect.
With the fall of the Old Celestial Master, the balance of the war began to tip.
The Eight Desolates Nine Domains surged with momentum, and reports of victories surged across the battlefield.
Yet, just as the Heavenly Court’s army was preparing to invade the Four Directions Continent, a mysterious person halted the offensive.
Soon after, the Heavenly Court’s army surrounded the Four Directions Continent, with numerous experts taking turns entering the continent to eliminate powerful foes.
Whenever a counterattack from the Four Directions Continent arose, the Heavenly Court’s army would respond with utmost severity.
This stalemate lasted for three thousand days.
On the six thousandth day of the war, the Four Directions Continent finally couldn’t hold back any longer. They rallied the strength of the entire world, attempting to have Realm Lord Luo Kai bear the Heavenly Mandate.
It was at this moment that Chen Changsheng, who had been hiding for six thousand days, finally took action.
He summoned the Ice Fire Immortal King Xu Hu, Jade Emperor Kong Xuan, Grand Marshal Yang Jian, the Qinchung Fairy Su Wan’er, the ancestor of the Qingqiu Fox Clan Hu Tudou, and these top-tier experts from the Eight Desolates Nine Domains.
Additionally, there were Tiger Cavalry Leader Sun Huaiyu, the Lord of Reincarnation Nalan Fuyao, an Eighth-Ranked Immortal King sent from the Ancient Forbidden Ground, and two Seven-Rank Immortal Kings dispatched from the Deadly Valley.
These individuals chose to stand alongside Chen Changsheng.
Counting Chen Changsheng himself, there were a total of eleven Immortal King experts and eleven who were above Seven-Rank.
Such power would command respect, even from the Forbidden Ground.
However, despite gathering such a significant force, the number of powerful cultivators from the Four Directions Continent still held the upper hand.
At this point, everyone understood how correct Chen Changsheng’s strategy of encirclement was.
The battlefield in the Four Directions Continent faced defeat, but this did not mean that their million-day foundation would be exhausted.
Once pushed to a desperate state, this group would fight to the d*ath, and the blow to the Eight Desolates Nine Domains would be devastating.
To hold back the Four Directions Continent’s ultimate foundation, Chen Xiang and Xu Yao also entered the fray one after another.
As time passed, Chen Changsheng’s side gradually showed signs of defeat, leaving the Chen family’s three elites no choice but to change the battlefield.
With the departure of the Chen family trio, all pressure fell onto Xu Yao and others.
At that time, Realm Lord Luo Kai had reached the peak of Nine-Rank Immortal King, accompanied by more than a dozen protective guards.
Meanwhile, among the younger generation of the Eight Desolates Nine Domains, the highest cultivation did not exceed Five-Rank Immortal King.
A team with the highest strength limited to Five-Rank Immortal King taking on a Nine-Rank Immortal King at peak strength with over a dozen protectors was sheer fantasy.
Repeated failures and severe injuries struck one after another.
If not for Zhi Ze’s assistance, Xu Yao and the others might have perished countless times.
This kind of battle continued for a thousand years.
During this period, the Ancient Forbidden Ground and Deadly Valley continued to intervene, and Chen Changsheng nearly lost his life in the process.
At a critical moment, Xu Hu, Gongsun Huaiyu, and Fu Yao sacrificed themselves to block the pursuit, allowing Zhi Ze to lead Chen Changsheng to escape.
After fleeing the battlefield, Chen Changsheng rested for ten years before rejoining the fight with eight puppets.
The fierce slaughter continued, but Luo Kai was getting closer to bearing the Heavenly Mandate.
Once Luo Kai bore the Heavenly Mandate, the counterattack from the Four Directions Continent would be unacceptable for the Eight Desolates Nine Domains.
It was at this moment that the Phoenix Emperor relinquished her Heavenly Mandate.
The Heavenly Mandate was restored to the Eight Desolates Nine Domains, relieving the pressure on Xu Yao and others, while everyone saw a certain level of cultivation growth.
However, just when everyone believed that Chen Changsheng would allow someone to bear the Heavenly Mandate of the Eight Desolates Nine Domains and confront Luo Kai, Chen Changsheng adamantly refused to let anyone bear it.
Over this matter, many argued with Chen Changsheng, yet he remained steadfast in his view.
As time passed, Luo Kai had already dipped a foot into the realm of Heavenly Mandate.
Only a few more years stood between him and full realization.
When everyone expected that the war would fail due to Chen Changsheng’s erroneous judgment, Zhang Zhen, at the peak of Seven-Rank Immortal King, found Luo Kai wielding a blade.
Zhang Zhen’s Sky Soul had long since manifested and turned into his exclusive weapon.
A Seven-Rank Immortal King challenging a semi-heavenly Mandate was undoubtedly the greatest joke in the world.
Luo Kai, however, readily accepted the challenge, and the battlefield for the two was set in the depths of the Void, where no one knew the specifics of the fight.
All that was known was that a month later, Zhang Zhen’s “corpse” floated out of the Void, clutching a human head.
Boom!
The entire Four Directions Continent exploded!
They could not accept the sudden disappearance of their hope for a turnaround.
What they could not accept even more was that the semi-heavenly Mandate of the Four Directions Continent had been slain by a Seven-Rank Immortal King, killed by a Sky Soul!
Zhang Zhen’s “corpse” was taken away by Chen Changsheng, and the Eight Desolates Nine Domains adopted an insular defense once again.
No matter how fiercely the Four Directions Continent attacked, the Eight Desolates Nine Domains stood unmoved.
The Seven-Colored Meteorite had been stolen, and the future of the Four Directions Continent had long since been severed, meaning that their so-called foundation was like floating weeds without roots.
d*ath and drained vitality would be the fate of those foundations from the Four Directions Continent.
Yet, Chen Changsheng’s insular defense prevented them even from having the right to d*e in battle.
The masters of the Four Directions Continent banded together, and when Chen Changsheng was too cautious to emerge, he would ambush whenever the enemy was isolated or outnumbered.
Should the Four Directions Continent choose to avoid combat, Chen Changsheng would dispatch Xu Yao’s squad of prodigies to assassinate.
Sometimes, even Chen Changsheng himself would personally lead a strike.
