Cultivation: When you take things to the extreme

Chapter 1195: Chapter 717: Forbidden Area

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“Launching an attack on the Six Paths?”

“By the command of the law!!”

The crowd’s eyes sharpened with astonishment, yet dare not speak more, the cultivator leaders from Scholar’s Palace stand up immediately and departed upon the order.

Some unaffiliated guest elders, or simply those not from the Taoist Domain, sat in confusion, not knowing what to do.

Xu Yang, however, did not care much: “Reasons arise and cease, each goes their own way!”

After saying so, with a wave of his sleeve, before the people below could react, they felt the space shifting. When they came to, they found themselves in the wilderness, precisely in the suburbs of Wandao City.

“This…!?”

The crowd startled, yet before they could react, they saw an uproar ahead, a billion radiant lights soared to the sky, both the Palace of Ten Thousand Dao above and the Wandao City below sprung into action.

“Boom Boom Boom!”

Lightning flashed and thunder roared, winds howled and clouds surged with war drums beating, ship after ship of Celestial Patrol Warships took to the skies, squad after squad of Heavenly Soldiers and Generals followed, with Mana Altars emitting incense, connecting heaven and earth, performing large rituals.

Each palace, each institute, each mansion, each department, the whole Wandao School, like a gigantic war machine, every link, every part, was in operation, exerting force.

Potential revealed, latent power unleashed, the entire Scholar’s Palace, the entire Taoist Domain, billions of cultivators, countless lives, all plunged into battle readiness, about to unleash a spectacular war sweeping across the Divine Land.

Such a scene left the crowd aghast, their hearts beat with alarm, and some felt a loss.

“Ten Thousand Dao School…”

“Are we truly going to attack the Forbidden Zones?”

“After the unrest was subdued, another conflict arises?”

“Taoist Master, why do you exclude us?”

“Although we have not joined the sect, we hold the position of guest elders, and have been listening to the teachings of Taoism in the palace, millennia long, deeply educated, if the School summons us, we will surely not hold back, why…”

“Is it that you no longer trust us?”

“Peace had barely lasted over five hundred years, wounds from all sides are still fresh, the vital energy of the world not yet restored, if war rekindles…”

“Those Six Forbidden Zones contain huge terrors, wreaking havoc for a thousand years, just recently subsided, if touched, it might awaken and unrest may rise again, bringing further darkness…”

“In the past, several Great Emperors after attaining their Dao, also united the Three Great Sects to explore the Forbidden Zones, even launched military attacks, resulting either in vain, or grand defeat, even causing catastrophes, bringing suffering to the world…”

“Hurry back, defend our ancestral lands, to avoid calamity!”

Seeing the Wandao School fully activated for war, people reacted differently, some felt lost and regretful, some frowned with worry, others even resorted to launching their Escape Light, fleeing swiftly.

No need to mention those who felt lost; they were the former guest elders, those who did not commit to the School, remaining outside the core, observing even as the Human Sect established its path, thereby facing exclusion now.

There’s no choice; loyalty that’s not absolute is absolutely disloyal!

This incursion into the Forbidden Zones, addressing the roots of the unrest, is a war of establishment for the Human Sect.

War is both a catastrophe and an opportunity, concerning the Qi Fortune of the sect, naturally outsiders cannot meddle, becoming unstable factors, influencing the situation during the war, sharing fruits after.

Thus, they had to be excluded.

Though the crowd understood this clearly and could accept it, they still felt a loss, as if missing a tremendously valuable opportunity.

These are the cultivators of Taoist Domain, the guest elders of Scholar’s Palace.

Those from outside the domain had no such thoughts, only waves of concern.

Six Forbidden Zones!

In Divine Land, though there are many dangerous places, which even True Immortals and Earth Immortals dare not enter, the most extreme are these Six Forbidden Zones.

Named after the Six Paths of Reincarnation, said to have formed after the Ancient Times, strongly associated with the Demon Star that fell at the end of Ancient Times, causing Divine Land to splinter.

There has been rumors suggesting that the root of the unrest lies within the Six Forbidden Zones. A great terror resides within, and even Peak Emperors can only repel it with effort, unable to suppress it completely.

Hence, since the Ancient Times, although Peak Emperors have been born continuously, they have also attempted to attack the Six Forbidden Zones, but never managed to completely pacify them, at most causing them to recede temporarily, halting the chaos.

In some cases, excessive attacks provoked a counterattack from the forbidden zones, rekindling unrest and calamity, even leading to the destruction of several Imperial Dynasties, with the rulers of dynasties who had reached the Peak Dao missing, leaving a great shadow over the world.

So now, seeing Wandao School initiating war preparations to attack the Six Forbidden Zones, these cultivators from outside the domain, True Immortals from all around are worried, fearing a disaster in the city could extend to affect them.

This is not their short-sightedness, it’s not that they do not understand the principle “To perish now or to gamble on a grand plan and still perish,” it’s really because the shadow of unrest is too deep, too overwhelming, and with several previous failed painful lessons, they had to choose to protect themselves wisely.

This is human nature; even knowing ignoring hidden dangers would ultimately lead to destruction, there are people who would rather seek temporary relief despite its futility, preferring to limp on, instead of taking the risk.

As the cultivators withdrew, clouds moved mysteriously from all directions.

Inside the Palace of Ten Thousand Dao, Xu Yang watched everything from his high seat, yet remained completely unmoved.

A thousand years ago, when he became an Earth Immortal, the Supreme of the Netherworld Sect covertly influenced the Heavenly Dao trials, aiming to cut off his path, but was instead defeated by him, suffering a great deal, even possibly seriously damaging his vital energy.

Such circumstances, logically, he should have intensified efforts, devouring more lives to heal his injuries, to restore his vital energy.

But he did not, instead gradually receding, and after five hundred years ceased actions, causing the largest unrest in the history of Divine Land lasting nearly two thousand years to come to an end.

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