Seeing the slightly solemn look on Xu Qingzhi's face, Zhang Ke restrained his smile and asked in a deep voice:
"What happened?"
Xu Qingzhi whispered:
"Master, the expedition to realm No. 7 of Tianzijia failed.
Three days ago, the pioneers of this realm were counterattacked by the feathered forces in this realm. A total of fourteen Dao Lords fell, and nearly 250,000 disciples of three hundred sects fell.
According to the reports from the disciples of various sects who have fled back, the feathered people in the realm of Tianzi Jia No. 7 are gathering in large numbers, and they seem to be attacking this realm in reverse."
"Ss—!"
Zhang Ke inhaled slightly.
The day has finally come!
From the first day of ‘Operation Boundary Breaking’, Zhang Ke knew that the Blue Realm would one day be counterattacked by all realms.
How can I avoid getting my shoes wet if I often walk by the river?
In the conquest of nearly ten thousand realms, there are too many unpredictable situations, and it is impossible for the war in every realm to go as planned.
There will always be various obstacles and unimaginable difficulties, such as this situation now.
However, in order to minimize accidents, Zhang Ke made overall arrangements for the conquests in all areas.
The expedition to other worlds is carried out every thirty years, and different realms will be selected each time. Basically, they are the two Tianzi realms, the Five Hundred Earth realms, and several Xuan and Huang realms.
Although doing so will slow down the speed of conquering all areas, it can ensure that there are always 60 people in the area to deal with emergencies.
Sixty years ago, in view of the relatively smooth progress of our own conquests in all other realms, it was suggested on many occasions that 80% of our practitioners should be sent to attack all other realms in order to speed up the integration of all realms.
But Zhang Ke resisted the pressure brought by all forces and persisted in his opinion without retreating.
Because of his persistence, there was even a rumor in the spiritual world that Zhang Ke was helping the Xiantian Yiqi Southern Sect to seek benefits in this way.
Of course, it is unknown how much of this is due to the speculations of the practitioners and how much is the calculation of the sect.
But today, Zhang Ke's persistence in the past once again confirmed his foresight and ability to control the overall situation, but Zhang Ke would rather this day never come.
Zhang Ke stood up from the futon, thought for a moment, and asked:
"The No. 7 realm of Tianzi Jia is the 'Pankong Realm' connected to the node of the 'Arctic Shangzhen Palace' in the southern region and the Tianfeng Peak realm?"
"Exactly!"
Zhang Ke flipped his right hand, and a dark golden Rubik's Cube rotated and unfolded in the palm of his hand, manifesting various terrains in the Southern Territory.
Among the five regions in the world, only the Eastern Region and the Central Region have a strict order, either divided by states or countries.
Due to the influence of terrain and concept factors in the other three major regions, the various sects are scattered and intertwined, forming a situation where you are among me and you are among me.
Therefore, these three regions are not divided into nine states like the Eastern Region, but are defined by sects.
The Western Region is governed by Buddhism, and there are temples everywhere. Even the managers of various places can only be held by Buddhist believers.
Due to the Buddhist philosophy, the people in the Western Regions have a relatively peaceful temperament and rarely have disputes. At the same time, they are also somewhat stubborn in their old ways and unwilling to accept outside ideas.
Various initiatives of the ‘Innate One Qi Southern Sect’ have long been integrated into every corner of the Blue World, but promotion and development in the Western Region is the most difficult.
The Northern Territory is a land of bitter cold. The north wind is biting and the wind is biting. The entire Northern Territory is covered with ice and snow all year round.
It snows lightly on the third day and heavily on the fifth day. There are almost no other colors except white.
The extreme climate has cultivated the somewhat withdrawn but perseverant character of the people in the Northern Territory. They are as silent, tenacious and persistent as the cedars in the Northern Territory.
When Zhang Ke convened the sects of the world for a sect conference more than a hundred years ago, he saw with his own eyes the simple and arrogant side of the people of the Northern Territory.
The southern region is mostly filled with rolling mountains and dense forests.
It is hot all year round, and you can survive the winter wearing only a single coat. Because of the unique climate and terrain, the variety of wild beasts and insects is unparalleled in the world.
The cramped terrain, complex and treacherous dense forests, and poisonous insects everywhere have caused the characters of the people in the Southern Region to become cautious and changeable.
Most of the sects in the Southern Region are good at raising Gu insects, five poisons, and refining various poisons.
It is said that people from the Southern Region once refined a drug that could poison the Tao Lord. This shows how proficient the people in this region are in the preparation of drugs.
The third-grade sect ‘North Pole Shangzhen Palace’ is located in the northwest corner of the Southern Territory and governs thousands of large and small sects within a radius of 300,000 miles.
There are three Dao Lords in the sect, more than a hundred Yuanshen True Lords, over a million disciples, and as many as 300 million people in the territory.
Chaitian Peak is the highest mountain within thousands of miles nearby. The peak is as straight as a sharp sword, hence its name.
The boundary node where Pankong Realm and Azure Realm intersect is in the sky above Tiantian Peak.
A purple vortex hundreds of miles in size appeared two hundred feet above the Tiantian Peak, like a rotating purple cloud.
In the center of the purple vortex, a purple glow rushed down and landed on the top of the Tiantian Peak.
The sects from the Blue Realm that go to the Pankong Realm all enter through this purple vortex.
Zhang Ke used the 'Xumi Tian Eye Formation' to examine the purple vortex above the Sky Peak for a moment.
I found that the rotation of the purple vortex was quite stable, and I knew that no Yumen from the Pankong Realm would appear in a short period of time.
Slightly relieved, Zhang Kexi asked:
"I remember that there are not many Dao Lords in the Pankong Realm. How come the sects in this realm suffered such heavy losses?"
Xu Qingzhi explained:
"Since this realm began to attack Pankong Realm sixty years ago, the more than 300 sects were relatively cautious at first and cooperated with each other.
After various sects discovered countless precious treasures in this world, the situation became chaotic.
Due to the strong military strength and personal strength of the sects in this world, in the early confrontation with the Yuren, they were defeated all the way without encountering a tough opponent, which caused each sect to look down on the Yuren.
In addition, in order to loot various treasures, various sects dispersed.
Three days ago, the thirty-six feathered human Taoists of the Pankong Realm jointly issued a notice, calling on all the feathered people in the Pankong Realm to encircle and suppress the practitioners in this realm.
At this time, each sect has penetrated deep into the hinterland of Pankong Realm, and it is too late to retreat.
Under the endless attacks of Yu Men, each sect could only fight independently due to the distance between each other. Only tens of thousands of the 300,000 disciples stationed at the boundary nodes escaped back.
Even the Dao Lords of more than a dozen high-ranking sects lost fourteen of their lives under the sudden siege of the Yuren Dao Lord.
According to reports from the disciples of various sects who finally escaped.
They saw tens of thousands of suspended mountains rushing towards the boundary node where the two worlds intersect.
I guess the Yuren of the Pankong Realm have plans to counterattack this realm."
Zhang Ke sneered:
"The Pankong Realm ranks seventh among the Tianzihao realms, how can we underestimate it.
I have warned you many times before that when you are in enemy territory, you must be cautious, cautious, and cautious again.
But in fact, as long as you see some benefits, you will forget all the rules.
The reason why I want to rebuild the Heavenly Palace is to prevent such unruly things from happening."
Seeing Xu Qingzhi's face looking a little ugly, he changed his mind and asked:
"Are there also disciples of my sect among them?"
Xu Qingzhi nodded lightly.
"Our sect also lost nearly three thousand disciples in Pankong Realm."
Zhang Ke suddenly felt a gloomy feeling in his heart that could not be let go.
'It seems that the rules in the sect still haven't played their intended role!'
Zhang Ke recorded this in his mind.
The matter has come to an end, what needs to be done now is to deal with the upcoming threats, and other matters will be discussed later.
"Do you know the strength of Pankong Realm coming to invade this realm?
How many more days will it take to enter the intersecting node of the realm?"
Xu Qingzhi replied:
"I got this news two days ago, and I sent people to sneak into Pankong Realm to investigate.
After two days of investigation, I have a general understanding of Pankong Realm.
There are thirty-six Yuren Tao Lords coming to invade this time, and the number of Yuren Yuanshen True Lords is estimated to be over 10,000. In addition, there are nearly 70 million Yuren troops."
After a brief pause, Xu Qingzhi continued:
“It’s worth noting that the Yumen are always in a state of contention. They have strong personal strength and are very difficult to deal with because they are born with the ability to fly.
In addition, the feathered army did not come empty-handed, but drove thousands of suspended mountains, large and small.
This Hanging Mountain can not only provide a place for the feathered army to settle down, but can also use the mountain to launch attacks. It can also block attacks from large-scale war weapons in this world. You need to pay attention to this when the time comes.
Hmm~~, according to the spies' report, its vanguard will rush to the boundary node where the two realms intersect in two days, and its army will rush there within seven days."
Zhang Ke asked:
"Is Yu Ren Daojun very powerful?
Fourteen Dao Lords have fallen in this realm, but not one of them has been lost?"
Xu Qingzhi explained:
"I have asked the returned Tao Lords, and the strength of the Yuren Tao Lord is actually inferior to that of the Tao Lords of this realm.
The reason why there was such a huge loss is that it is said that the Tao Lords of Yuren first sent one person each to hold back the Tao Lords in their own world, and at the same time concentrated the power of many people to surround and kill the Tao Lords in their own world one by one.
Since Yuren Daojun had already made a plan before the war started, they circled around from the outside and attacked inward, eventually leading to the death of many Daojuns in this world."
Zhang Ke solved a doubt in his mind and held his chin while thinking about how to deal with it.
After a while, he suddenly asked:
"Qingzhi, if you were me, how are you going to deal with this war?"
Xu Qingzhi has also thought about this issue in the past two days. When Zhang Ke asked, he immediately replied:
"Relocate all the people in the area of 100,000 miles around Tiantian Peak.
Summon all the sects in this realm to set up multiple ring positions, blockade the surrounding sea, land and air, and use the Tiantian Peak as the battlefield to start a duel with the enemies of the Pankong Realm."
There are only thirty-six Yu Ren Tao Lords in the Pankong Realm, and Xu Qingzhi doesn't take this kind of strength into consideration at all.
Only the thousands of hanging mountains and the feathered people who are born to fly are a bit troublesome.
Once the Hanging Mountain flies into various places in this world and crashes, it will definitely cause huge disasters to the area below.
In addition, Yumen have wings, and if they enter in large numbers into various places in this world, their flexible mobility will also cause harm to various places, especially those cities in the secular world.
After hearing Xu Qingzhi's plan, Zhang Ke was noncommittal and asked:
"Qingzhi, do you know what is the greatest harm to our world from all realms?"
Xu Qingzhi thought for a while and said:
"The destruction caused by practitioners from other worlds, the massacre of the secular world in this world, and the panic caused by various attacks."
Zhang Ke slowly shook his head.
"No, no matter how many and powerful the enemies are, as long as the overall strength of their realm is not as good as our own, even if they cause certain harm to this realm in a short period of time, they will eventually be repulsed by this realm."
Xu Qingzhi said doubtfully:
"If it weren't for these attacks, what else could cause great harm to this world?"
Zhang Kening said:
"The unfathomable!"
"The unfathomable?"
Xu Qingzhi was greatly puzzled. After repeating this sentence, he asked:
"What is the immeasurable?"
Zhang Ke frowned and thought for a while and said:
"Let me explain it to you this way.
If there is a substance in the Pankong Realm, this substance has the characteristics of extremely rapid spread, infection, latent, and mutation.
It can be an insect, some kind of flower, or even water or gas, etc.
Once the creatures in this world are infected by this substance, they will suffer from diseases, madness, death and other phenomena. At the same time, these infected people will spread and spread through contact and air, infecting more creatures.
If this kind of substance is brought to this world by the Yuren, and this world discovers it in time, or fails to prevent the Yuren from spreading this substance, what will be the consequences?"
Xu Qingzhi's expression changed instantly, and she understood the meaning of Zhang Ke's words.
The so-called "unpredictable" things do not just refer to substances such as certain infectious viruses, but various dangers that may cause large-scale spread and death to living beings in this world.
Just thinking about it for a moment, Xu Qingzhi couldn't help but shudder.
"Then...then when our world launches a conquest on all realms, will we unconsciously bring back such 'unpredictable' things?"
Zhang Ke smiled and said:
"That's not true. Each realm is protected by different laws of heaven.
Substances like this that can infect and kill on a large scale will be filtered by the realm's own power, or change its original structure, and will not have much impact on the living beings in this realm.
After the two realms merge through the intersecting realm nodes, the laws of the two realms will gradually merge.
Just like putting a little paint in two directions in the water, the colors in the two areas will be distinct at first, but as they merge with each other, only the same color will appear in the water.
Therefore, under normal circumstances, even if foreign objects invade each other, they will gradually assimilate.
However, if a large number of creatures from other worlds deliberately bring a special substance into this world and spread it, it will cause great harm to the creatures in this world in the initial period of time when it spreads.
And if this special substance also has latent and mutating characteristics, even the power of the realm will be difficult to change its origin.
Because after this substance enters this world, after time passes and mutates, it will eventually become a substance in this world, and it will also be protected by the laws of heaven."
Xu Qingzhi completely understood what Zhang Ke meant.
“The leader’s intention is that if the Yumen bring a large amount of special substances with them when they enter this world, after the initial filtering and changes, most of the special substances will be assimilated and become no threat.
But there may also be a small amount of special substances that mutate and lurk, eventually becoming a substance that is extremely harmful to living beings in this world."
Zhang Ke nodded and said:
"Exactly, so this world can accept the invasion of a small number of alien creatures, but it must not be invaded by a large number of them.
Once 70 million feathered people enter this world, no one can guarantee whether these feathered people are carrying any material that is extremely harmful to the creatures in this world.
Once it spreads, it will not only cause great harm to the living beings in this world in a short period of time, but may even extend to future generations."
Xu Qingzhi's mind was shaken, and he calmed down and said:
"Then now that our world is conquering all walks of life, if the sects in this world have a large amount of such substances, wouldn't it be possible to speed up the integration with other worlds?"
Zhang Kesurong said:
"Never entertain the thought of trying to make a fool of yourself.
This highly contagious substance can easily be changed and mutated by the laws of all realms.
If nearly ten thousand realms are infected and mutated by various special materials, when these realms are integrated with this realm, this realm may have to face tens of thousands of infectious substances.
Since these substances are spread out from this world, they are naturally protected by the laws of this world. Imagine tens of thousands of infectious substances with different characteristics raging in this world.
In addition, this substance is too harmful to the creatures in the realm and can easily cause genocide.
This not only contains great cause and effect, but also causes harm to the realm itself.
So, never have such thoughts, remember?"
Zhang Ke solemnly warned Xu Qingzhi again.
Xu Qingzhi was shocked by Zhang Ke's expression. She had never seen Zhang Ke have such an expression before and said hurriedly:
"Remember, Master, I won't make this kind of mistake."
After explaining one sentence, Xu Qingzhi said again:
"Then how will the leader prepare to deal with Yu Ren's upcoming attack?"
Zhang Ke said in a deep voice:
"Never fight in your own home, because what you break is what belongs to you.
In this war, we must take the initiative and enter the Pankong Realm to fight against it."
Then Zhang Ke took a deep breath and said:
"In the name of the 'Boundary Patrol Platform', give me this order:
All the sects and sects stationed in this realm will gather in the Southern Territory to reach Tianfeng within one day. The number of people sent by each sect will be decided by you.
In addition, thirty-six demon kings from the ‘One Hundred Thousand Mountains’ will be recruited to assist in the battle, and the number of demon clan combatants shall not be less than thirty million.”