Yellow Court Daoist-Chapter 733 - 659: Exile!

"I am willing to go!"

Lu Qingfeng followed the crowd, volunteering as well.

Objectively speaking,

he was not keen on facing such peril just as they were about to search for the Immortal Qin Realm.

It was known that not long ago, the 'Immortal Qin Emperor' had slain a Soul Searching Marshal and ten thousand of his Heavenly Soldiers and Generals in the Star Sea Realm.

Who knew what other dangers lurked within?

This was why the generals initially stayed silent.

But risk came with opportunity.

With two Marshals and two hundred thousand Heavenly Soldiers united, entering the Star Sea Realm was dangerous, yet success could mean immense rewards afterward.

Furthermore,

if one did not volunteer, it could embarrass one's own Marshal, making future prospects grim.

The two Marshals together commanded twenty Divine Generals.

"Choosing three out of twenty doesn't necessarily mean it will be oneself," the generals thought privately.

"Good!"

Seeing the generals volunteer, the Heavenly Observation Marshal was indeed very pleased.

He pointed to a general surrounded by flames and declared loudly, "Then it would be an honor for Flame God General to undertake this task!"

The Flame God General, ranked mid among the eleven Divine Generals under the Heavenly Observation Marshal, neither highly nor lowly.

"This general accepts the command!"

Though inwardly cursing, outwardly he bravely accepted the task.

His expression carried the grandeur of 'an honor most sublime' and 'a duty that cannot be shirked.'

The other generals admired this and were also relieved.

Looking at the Flame God General, the Heavenly Observation Marshal waved his hand, and a twenty-one-segment wooden whip, blazing with firelight, golden light, glowing halos, and roaming lightning, landed in the hand of the Flame God General.

The Heavenly Observation Marshal declared: "This is the 'Thunder God Whip' bestowed by the Heavenly Venerate, designed specifically to combat the gods and Evil Gods of the Lower Realm. When you enter the Star Sea Realm, wield this whip. It should be able to destroy any Evil Gods among the three hundred and sixty-five stars."

[Immortal Artifact: Thunder God Whip]

[Grade: Second Rank]

[Description: Crafted by the Nine Heavens Yinyuan Leisheng Puhua Heavenly Venerate in imitation of the God Beating Whip, this whip is wooden and three feet six inches and five points long with twenty-one segments, each having four seals, a total of eighty-four seals. When forged, it holds the power of thirty-two, one of which is bestowed to the Heavenly Observation Marshal. With this whip, one may strike down any Evil God or Wild God. Should any deity deviate from the Divine Dao, one can wield this whip to either punish them or strip them of their Divine Position, with power over life and death!]

"What a splendid 'Thunder God Whip'!"

Lu Qingfeng marveled secretly.

With the 'Thunder God Whip' in hand, those deities reliant on their Divine Dao for life would face dire straits not only from punishment but also risk losing ninety percent of their strength once stripped of their Divine Position.

Even Lu Qingfeng, a Thunder Department God General, shuddered at the sight.

Unless willing to forsake one's Divine Position, the whip could still control.

"However,"

"The whip is indeed mighty, but it carries many limitations."

Lu Qingfeng observed the whip. Though feeling the inherent dread of his Divine Position,

he wasn't really worried about it himself. If someone were to attack him with it, he could simply renounce his Divine Position and neutralize its power, turning the Thunder God Whip into nothing more than a common Second-rank Immortal Artifact.

Moreover,

the 'God Beating Whip' could strike True Gods and Star Lords of note, but this 'Thunder God Whip,' crafted merely by a Thunder Department Venerable, held little sway over Thunder Department God Generals like Lu Qingfeng and was almost comical against entities such as Four Bright Gongbin Yuanjun, the Marshal of Soul Searching, or even the Heavenly Observation Marshal himself.

"Its uses are limited."

Lu Qingfeng pocketed the Daluo Cave Temple, pondering secretly. Still coveting the 'Thunder God Whip' he thought, "After this battle, once the whereabouts of the Immortal Qin Realm are clarified and Le'er is found, I should ask the Marshal to let me examine this whip closely."

The Thunder God Whip, modeled after the God Beating Whip.

One could analyze and derive from it, possibly even unraveling the secrets of crafting the original God Beating Whip.

In "Primordial," one hesitated to use it,

but in reality, it might prove extremely useful!

Thinking this,

he simply awaited the conquest of the Star Sea Realm.

Time passed.

Twenty days later,

suddenly the sky darkened.

Lu Qingfeng looked up to find the sun, moon, and stars had all vanished, immediately realizing—

"The Star Shifting Dou Department Star Lord has acted!"

...

With no stars to light it, the Star Sea Star Battle Formation suddenly dimmed.

The Soul Searching Marshal issued the command—

"Attack!"

Generals and soldiers surged forth with vigor, crossbows firing violently, Thunder Generals pounding drums and slamming hammers, with thunder spreading across and enveloping both the inside and outside of the Mountain and Sea Realm. A fierce assault ensued, and with the sun and moon devoid of light, there was a thunderous crashing darkness filling the skies.

The Star Sea Formation constantly swayed yet stood resilient.

The two Marshals exchanged glances, divine swords inscribed in their hands.

"Charge!"

Striking the Star Sea Formation seventy-two times, they opened a small gap.

"Flame God General!"

"Eastern God-searching General!"

"Soul Searching General of the Yang Realm!"

"Why don't you quickly move?!"

Both Marshals barked the order.

From their respective formations, three Thunder Department God Generals emerged, responding with a 'Command acknowledged,' and turned into Mysterious Light charging directly towards the Star Sea Formation.

Once the central three hundred and sixty-five primary stars of the formation were broken, the Star Sea Realm would have no further means of resistance.

Lu Qingfeng, commanding ten thousand Heavenly Soldiers, set up a vast trapping formation.

He still had the capacity to observe the Star Sea Formation.

This formation was truly strong. Before, when the stars illuminated it, even he could not claim to navigate it freely. Even now, with its power halved, entering it meant only just managing to protect himself.

To talk of breaking this ancient perilous formation rashly—that was simply impossible.

His mind fully focused on unraveling the mysteries of the formation.

Suddenly, he noticed a change.

In the midst of the formation, as stars rotated, evolving into an ancient starry sky, deep and unseeable. In the moment when all stars hid from view, a peculiar shift occurred.

"This is—"

Lu Qingfeng watched closely, his face suddenly pale: "This is bad!"

Star Shifting.

Star Transformation.

The Star Sea Realm was attempting to flee!

"Clever Qin Zhen."

"Is he intending to repeat his trick, to banish the Star Sea Realm again?"

Seeing this, Lu Qingfeng's mind raced.

Without further thought, he rushed out of the formation, leaping up to chase after the Soul Searching General of the Yang Realm and the other two God Generals, shouting as he went: "Hurry, suppress the Void!"

With his shout,

he along with the three God Generals stepped into the Star Sea Realm.

The formation concealed their presence, lightning flashing, leaving no trace.

Outside.

...

"Teacher!"

"General!"

"Capturing God General?!"

Zheng Chi, Lin Ye, and other deities along with the two Marshals witnessing this unexpected change, were all startled.

Heavenly Observation Marshal reacted the fastest, taking command in the formation—

"Seal the Void!"

The thirty-six Sky Net Array originally only blocked the void to prevent anyone inside from escaping, and it was already quite formidable. Although the Heavenly Observation Marshal didn't know what his Capturing God General had discerned, he certainly has commanded troops and subdued demons for numerous years, and his experience was rich.

He knew there was no time to delay.

He quickly changed the formation.

The response of the Heavenly Observation Marshal could not be called slow.

But it was, after all, too late.

The Star Sea formation was already prepared, clearly just waiting for the stars to disappear before slipping away. Lu Qingfeng, relying on the 'Daluo Cave Temple,' discerned this at the last moment, as the situation was akin to having the arrow on the bowstring.

After he entered the Star Sea Realm.

Just as the Heavenly Soldiers and Generals outside had just changed formation.

But with the shaking of the void, a wave of ripples surged, and within the thirty-six Sky Net, where was any trace of the Star Sea Realm?

...

The earth shook and heavens trembled.

"What a cunning Immortal Qin Emperor!"

Lu Qingfeng stepped forward into the midst of the Star Sea and almost couldn't stand firm.

He was truly shaken.

Who could have thought, that under the siege and blockade of two hundred thousand Heavenly Soldiers and Generals from the Marshal Mansions, the Immortal Qin Emperor still had this final move hidden. Once activated, even the Soul Searching Marshal and Heavenly Observation Marshal were caught off guard.

He looked towards the heavens.

The stars shifted.

The sun and moon moved positions.

There was no sight of the Thunder Department Heavenly Soldiers.

No time to look more.

No time to think more.

Lu Qingfeng entered within the formation, and the fierce array reacted at once.

With a thunderous roar!

But seeing the stars trembling in the sky, turning into meteors plummeting straight toward him.

Who could withstand the fall of the stars?!

Not just him.

Beside him, the Eastern God-searching General, the Yang Realm Soul Searching General, and the Flame God General had just entered the formation, the world quickly shifted again, each stumbling and falling.

Suddenly seeing the stars fall from the sky, their expression tightened and greatly alarmed.

"Escape quickly!"

While in the formation, they dared not take it head-on.

Lu Qingfeng surveyed with his 'Daluo Cave Temple,' detecting the weaknesses of this formation. Clearly, banishing a realm took a significant toll, and while it had to guard against external heavenly might, the power of the formation didn't decrease, but the internal suppression weakened.

With a tear!

Lu Qingfeng ripped open a crevice with one hand and leaped towards the outside of the formation.

With a thunderous roar!

But behind them, the stars were quicker, and a majestic figure appeared from nowhere, holding a banner with the power of the Ancient Starry Sky, rolling up the stars to smash down towards Lu Qingfeng and the others.

"Taiyin Calamity Crossing Robe!"

"Cloud Summit Step!"

"Five Elements Peach Blossom Miasma!"

Two Great Divine Powers unfolded, his body engulfed in moonlight robes, mystical light flashing under his feet, taking a step as if crossing the horizon. He then deployed the Third-rank Immortal Artifact 'Five Elements Peach Blossom Miasma' procured from the Nine Nether Buting Mountain to envelop his whole body.

Layered protection.

Divine Powers running for escape.

Yet, still unable to evade this strike—

Boom!

He felt a sharp pain in his back, his internal organs rattling.

The Five Elements Peach Blossom Miasma burst open in an instant, dispersing into waves of miasma. The Taiyin Calamity Crossing Robe on his body also couldn't sustain, dissolving into specks of silver light.

"Spurt!"

Lu Qingfeng spat out blood.

Feeling pain all over his body.

Yet his heart contained a trace of joy: "The destination of exile in the Star Sea, perhaps, is Immortal Qin."

With this thought in mind.

Lu Qingfeng simply fled, did not attempt to break the formation, made no resistance.

Just honestly hitched a ride.

Whatever Heavenly Court.

Whatever Thunder Department.

All were but minor details.

Cloud Summit Step unabatingly dashed towards the land below. Like a beam of flowing light, he vigorously activated various Great Divine Powers in mid-air—

Light Splitting and Shadow Transformation, a Void Sword Technique!

Invisibility Technique!

Inverted Void Glazed Glass Wall!

Plunging towards the earth, vanishing halfway down.

Behind Lu Qingfeng.

The Flame God General, holding an Immortal Sword in one hand and the Thunder God Whip in another, tried to fend off the hits, the immortal gleaming sword shattered into dozens of pieces, his entire divine body blasted into fragments.

The Thunder God Whip also got flung out of the formation.

A flash of light in the mid-air, disappearing without a trace.

But the Flame God General finally fell out of the Star Battle Formation, his flesh and Divine Soul coming together, his face pale, continuously vomiting blood, with no care to gather the fragments of the Immortal Sword nor to search for the Thunder God Whip.

"Run, run, run!"

Frantically escaping without choosing a path, he vanished without a trace.

Observing the Eastern God-searching General and the Yang Realm Soul Searching General.

The former grasped a Thunder Ring and also held a Thunder God Whip, using the Thunder Ring to protect the body and the God Whip to smash the stars.

Boom!

Protecting his whole person who got smashed flying away, shedding countless drops of blood.

Yet he transformed into a thunderclap and disappeared in a flash.

"Control!"

The latter, the Yang Realm Soul Searching General, deployed one hundred and twenty-nine thousand six hundred iron talismans, encasing himself and instantly setting up a Seventh Level Formation.

This was the 'Nine Strategies Xuanhao Talisman,' not the items originally bestowed for managing the Changqing Realm, but instead, the Yang Realm Soul Searching General had refined it for many years with his heart's blood, having already achieved the status of a Supreme Treasure among Immortal Artifacts.

The formation enveloped him.

The Yang Realm Soul Searching General, also a master of Array Dao, found a slight crevice to escape when the stars smashed down.

The stars crashed.

The Nine Strategies Xuanhao Talisman exploded, ten thousand scattering beyond trace. Only one-tenth gathered, forming armor around his body.

Yet the lingering power of the stars descended.

Still causing the Yang Realm Soul Searching General's armor to shatter, his body exploded. When regathering in mid-air, his vitality was weak, and he found it difficult to use divine powers again.

In the heavenly starry sky.

A Star Banner swept down, intending to capture the Yang Realm Soul Searching General alive.

But at the place where this Divine General fell.

A roll of heavenly thunder roared.

Barely blocking the Star Banner.

Within the lightning, a mysterious light appeared, whisking away the Yang Realm Soul Searching General into the void. After the lightning dispersed, there was no trace of the Yang Realm Soul Searching General.

The Star Banner swept through, returning without success.

Thus, the four Divine Generals fled in disarray, all heavily injured.

Trapped within, the Star Sea vanished, each of their paths uncertain.

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