Let you simulate life, but you change fate every time?! Chapter 1042 - 547: Eighth Life: The Leviathan Overturns the Sea, Armies at the Gates! (Part 2)

"With the Thousand Cord Dragon Trapping Array surrounding Xuandan City, and the presence of experts like Yang Yuan, we possess sufficient strength to withstand the majority of the Divine Fire Sect's forces."

"I shall utilize this window of time to push my cultivation to the absolute limit."

Lu Yuan resolved to enter isolated seclusion without delay.

Though his mastery over the Power of the Supreme Law now allows him to overcome a Void Saint Master at the late stage, it would still prove insufficient against a true Ming Dao Venerable.

The chasm separating those two levels is immense; no amount of Supreme Law can bridge that distance.

Only by advancing his Cultivation to the Late Void Realm Stage, triggering a massive surge in his power, could he hope to challenge a Ming Dao Venerable!

Just as Lu Yuan retreated into seclusion, the external world was consumed by chaotic transformation.

As days bled into nights.

A flood of dire reports arrived from the Medicine God Sect, plunging Yang Yuan and his companions into a state of nervous exhaustion, rendering them unable to eat or sleep.

However, with the Medicine God Sect currently under total blockade, even a Ming Dao Venerable could not breach the lines.

Their only remaining option was to desperately fortify Xuandan City, ensuring it did not fall to the Divine Fire Sect.

Yet, the inevitable eventually arrived.

Half a month later.

To the terror of Yang Yuan and his allies, a massive army materialized on the horizon near Xuandan City.

This force from the Divine Fire Sect consisted of over a million soldiers, even the weakest among them holding at least Nirvana cultivation.

Warships blotted out the sun, and banners fluttered wildly in the wind.

The scale was incomprehensible, a sea of troops stretching beyond the horizon.

The heraldry on their flags depicted a blazing fire, pure and sacred, appearing as though it could purge all the filth of the world!

A million Nirvana Great Cultivators, ten thousand Celestial Destiny Great Powers, and twenty Void Saint Masters—this was the true, terrifying core of an Immortal Dao Lineage.

"Intelligence was correct. After failing to seize the sect, they have directed their full wrath toward Xuandan City."

Gazing down at the sea of soldiers beneath the ramparts, Yang Yuan’s expression turned solemn, a suffocating pressure descending upon him.

While the army numbered only a million, every single individual was an elite handpicked from countless domains.

They were armored in the finest gear, possessed immense power, and specialized in secret techniques of terrifying lethality—far beyond the capabilities of ordinary cultivators.

Furthermore, through rigorous integration.

They moved with perfect synchronization, creating battle arrays that could elevate their collective strength to monstrous heights.

Facing such a predatory force, even with Yang Yuan having conscripted three million defense troops and holding the high ground, the prospect of victory remained bleak.

"Old man Yang Yuan, I am Elder Chu Tianlie of the Divine Fire Sect! Since we have arrived at your doorstep, why do you hesitate to fling open the gates and yield?"

Suddenly.

A figure surged from the back of the ranks, traversing the distance in a few rapid flashes to stand at the very front.

He was draped in robes of vibrant scarlet. Despite his advanced age, his voice was boisterous and resonant, and his frame was remarkably tall and sturdy.

His stiff, red hair spiked toward the heavens, intensifying an aura that felt stubborn and forged in iron.

His voice erupted like a thunderclap near the ears of all present.

Even muted by the city’s defense array, the shockwaves caused every soldier within Xuandan City to feel their blood churning violently.

Some of the weaker guards coughed up blood instantly, feeling the pressure threatening to rupture their internal organs.

"The Half-Step Venerable of the Divine Fire Sect, Chu Tianlie?"

Upon witnessing his emergence, Yang Yuan’s face drained of color, his heart plummeting into a dark abyss as the crushing reality took hold.

Under normal circumstances.

A Void Saint Master approaching the Perfection Realm must inscribe their mark upon the heavens and earth or impart profound truths to the masses to earn the title of Venerable.

Alas, geniuses are as common as schools of fish in a river.

Furthermore, with only three thousand Laws existing in the Dao, all had long been claimed by previous Venerables, leaving nothing for those who followed.

Consequently, no matter how extraordinary the aptitude of current descendants, they are forced to wait for an ancient Venerable to perish before they can vie for the vacant position.

Yet, a thousand years ago, Chu Tianlie was the most luminous prodigy produced by the Divine Fire Sect.

Born into destitution, his aptitude for Cultivation was frightening, allowing him to touch the Void Perfection Realm within a mere millennium.

From that point on.

He fought across the lands, accumulating glory for his Sect until he was personally granted a fragment of the Fire Dao Laws by the Sect Leader, attaining the rank of Half-Step Venerable.

He stood only a hair's breadth away from becoming a Venerable of this era.

It must be understood that for a common Saint Master, attempting to reach the status of Venerable through raw power alone—without backing or influence—is a task more arduous than conquering an entire empire repeatedly.

Yet Chu Tianlie had managed to carve out a path to that status, even when all Law Authority was locked away, proving just how lethal his capabilities truly were.

It is not an exaggeration to claim.

With his natural gifts, once he attains the title of Venerable, his power will undergo such a qualitative shift that crushing the old generation of Venerables will be a trivial task.

"Since my name precedes me, you are aware that I despise pointless chatter."

"Cease your resistance and surrender immediately, or suffer a total annihilation."

Chu Tianlie’s words were sharp and cold,每一句 radiating with the authority of the Heaven and Earth Laws, causing the minds of all defenders to reel with his overwhelming arrogance. Defying him was akin to challenging the heavens themselves, promising only the most agonizing end.