This Young Master is not Cannon Fodder

Tianyi estimated that his own comprehension of the worldly laws was around average for an immortal emperor, maybe even below average. If his age was taken into consideration, it was more than amazing how short of a time it took to achieve such mastery. But if you also included the wide range of worldly laws he comprehended, it was monstrous. No other immortal emperor could compare.

After all, rather than disperse their focus, they would rather focus on mastering three laws and merge them with their primary law and achieve the Origin Immortal Realm. No matter how many laws an immortal emperor mastered, it would be useless if they couldn’t merge them and break the limit of the Extremity Immortal Realm.

Perhaps if he had only focused on the Law of Spacetime, his mastery would already be at the precipice of the Extremity Immortal Realm, but Tianyi had always been clear-headed about his greatest advantage, the Nine Heavens Universe.

It was his greatest reliance.

As long as the Nine Heavens Universe was not destroyed, Tianyi would be immortal, even if someone destroyed all his conduits. He would just simply be unable to return to the Three Thousand Immortal Realms System anymore. It was a form of eternity he possessed since he entered the Immortal Realm.

Tianyi had the confidence to proclaim that if he had full access to his inner universe’s full might, he could fight a divinity, perhaps even defeat them. After all, although divinities were powerful, they could not escape the influence of the Heavenly Dao. He could even paint the Three Thousand Immortal Realms System in his own image.

Alas, the Heavenly Dao restricted him from using too much power. He couldn't even absorb spiritual qi as easily as a mortal.

The simplest method to increase his combat power was to increase the amount of power he could use from the Nine Heavens Universe in the Three Thousand Immortal Realms System. However, even if Tianyi’s comprehension of a single law increased, the amount of power he could use barely changed. That’s why Tianyi focused on comprehending numerous laws and applying them.

The speed of his comprehension was not fast enough. When the final battle against the Demon Clan arrived, he was not sure he could defeat the realm beast. Before meeting the Sūryaḥ Buddha, Tianyi had confidence, though now he didn’t.

Tianyi appeared in a remote location in the Vast Void. What he wanted to practice would make too much of a commotion, and he didn’t want the Numinous Sword Sect or the Buddhists to notice.

After releasing his immortal sense and detecting no one, Tianyi nodded. Next, thousands of ripples appeared and out stepped his conduits. Their strength varied. The strongest was an immortal emperor, while the weakest could only display the power of a transcending mortality saint. The only reason they could stand in the void was thanks to the aid of his first-level conduits.

Countless level zero conduits, eighty-one level one conduits with the power of true immortals, nine level two conduits at the half-emperor level, and one level three conduit with the power of an emperor. A hundred and twenty-nine of the conduits entered a peculiar pattern, an invisible line of qi connecting all of them.

“Arise.”

In the abyss of the True Dragon Realm, a star appeared. No, it was an eye that resembled a star. The ocean floor quaked, and the currents intensified as the slumbering creature moved. Soon, a black dragon soared into the sky. His mere presence cowed all the life within hundreds of kilometers, for they knew they were but insignificant specks of dust before the dragon king.

He was Donghai Longzi.

After floating in the sky for a while, Donghai Longzi reigned in his aura, allowing all life to breathe a sigh of relief and remove themselves from the ground. The East Sea Dragon King flew toward the ancestral lands of the Dragon Clan, Crystal Palace.

“East Sea Dragon King, congratulations on your recovery and taking another step on your path,” Demon Emperor Redraco said.

Donghai Longzi transformed into his humanoid form, standing out among the many dragons in Crystal Palace. After the realm beast was sealed again, the Void Continent no longer existed, and it was no longer suitable as a base of operations against the alliance of the Immortal Court and the Numinous Sword Sect.

Because of the loss of the Void Continent, the Demon Clan fell to a great disadvantage. Donghai Longzi and many other demons fought against the humans, but they still lost more than they won. It was during one of these battles that Donghai Longzi was injured and forced to recuperate for a long time. It was only now that he had finished healing.

“It’s not much. At least not enough to affect the outcome of the battle. I’m just glad that I made it before the end of the war,” Donghai Longzi said. Although he stayed away in order to heal, he still knew the general circumstances of the war between the demons and the humans. The climax of the war was coming.

The humans have forced the Demon Clan to retreat to the True Dragon Realm, Phoenix Realm, and Qilin Realm. Nearly eighty percent of the realms in the Divine Beast Pseudo System had been conquered by the humans, and it was only a matter of time before they breached the final strongholds.

“Your addition will be of great assistance for the final battle,” the Dragon Patriarch said.

“Final battle?” Donghai Longzi questioned. “Has it already been determined?”

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All the true dragons nodded, causing Donghai Longzi to sigh. He didn’t lament the timing of the final battle, but that he only learned now. Did they suspect him?

“Has it already reached this point? Are we preparing to release the realm beast?” Donghai Longzi asked.

Upon hearing of the realm beast, all the true dragons present had complicated expressions. Finally, Demon Emperor Redraco spoke up. “If possible, we don’t want to release it unless we have no options left. If used now, we will have to worry about it devouring our own territory.”

He sighed. “We should have used him at a critical moment to deal a devastating blow to the humans, but they attacked the Void Continent and caught us off guard. Forget it, it’s too late to regret now. We just have to keep him as a last resort and deterrence for the humans.” ṝ

“The humans also know this. That’s why they are unwilling to fight us in the void, where the realm beast can run amok without care,” the Dragon Patriarch added.

Donghai Longzi nodded. However, his questions did not end. “Forgive me for saying this, but I don’t think the Demon Clan can win. The humans have only sent a portion of their strength. They still have more powerful reserves in the Three Thousand Immortal Realms System. During my time there, I have long heard of the fame of Sovereign Xi, but she has not appeared yet. The Numinous Sword Sect must also have such an expert, being the Immortal Court’s equal. Does the Demon Clan have any trump card to equalize the battle?”

Not just Donghai Longzi, but the other true dragons focused their gaze on the Dragon Patriarch and Demon Emperor Redraco.

Upon seeing that they were unwilling to say more, Donghai Longzi pressed on. “Even if we have trump cards, we should still make the necessary preparations, right? If we lose, we should send out some seeds in order to continue the Demon Clan, right?”

Finally, Demon Emperor Redraco sighed. He opened his mouth, but the Dragon Patriarch stopped him. “Stop, have you forgotten his order?”

“Patriarch, he didn’t say we couldn’t reveal some things,” Demon Emperor Redraco said, confusing the true dragons present. He looked at Donghai Longzi, as if judging him. Donghai Longzi didn’t shrink back under scrutiny. Finally, Demon Emperor Redraco nodded.

“In a sense, there is a trump card,” Demon Emperor Redraco started. “No matter the end result, victory or defeat, the Demon Clan will never be destroyed. At least, that’s what he said.”

Donghai Longzi’s eyes flickered. All the true dragons present also became confused. In their cognition, the three patriarchs and the four divine beasts should be the highest authority of the Demon Clan. Why did the Dragon Patriarch and Demon Emperor Redraco refer to someone else respectfully?

Unfortunately for them, neither Demon Emperor Redraco nor the Dragon Patriarch had the intention of enlightening them.

Ba Shifang clasped and unclasped his fingers. This was his very first war. It can be considered a swift war, but for Ba Shifang and other new immortals, it was the longest battle of their entire lives. They did not have battle after battle, day after day, but it would be a lie to say that they had ever truly relaxed during their breaks.

Thanks to those continuous battles, he truly reached the peak of the Seamless Immortal Realm, just one step away from the Extremity Immortal Realm. But this final step was an uncrossable gulf for him. However, he wasn’t too worried about the final battle against the Demon Clan.

He didn’t know what Tianyi experienced during his so-called rest, but Ba Shifang did hear that Tianyi was practicing. Tianyi, practicing, was a two-word combo that was very unfamiliar to Ba Shifang.

Although he inherited Tianyi’s original talent and his progress exceeded nearly ninety-nine point nine-nine percent of geniuses, Ba Shifang knew he didn’t hold a candle to Tianyi. Seriously, who could? He didn’t think those geniuses that ended up being divinities could compare to Tianyi either.

The rate at which he comprehended the laws was beyond monstrous. He had to be focused wholeheart on merging the five elemental laws to comprehend the first percentage of the Law of Five Phases, but Tianyi did it even faster than him, while he was distracted by the other laws. He obtained knowledge and objects that others needed blood, sweat, and tears to get. Given enough time, Ba Shifang believed that Tianyi would become a divinity similar to Pangu.

No, he was already like Pangu. After all, Tianyi had an inner universe.

So for Tianyi to practice, it meant he was serious. Tianyi’s strength should increase by at least fifty percent at minimum, in Ba Shifang’s opinion. Double was the most likely option.

Although Ba Shifang could no longer be considered Tianyi’s clone, since the connection between them had been severed, Ba Shifang knew that Tianyi was his biggest backer. The stronger Tianyi was, the better for him.

Still, that didn’t mean Ba Shifang could rest on his laurels.

Ba Shifang had mastered the Three States of Qi, and even improved them a bit. The biggest drawback of the Three States of Qi was that the body couldn’t directly use Ye or Yu. It had to be decomposed into qi first. So far, there was no technique that used the Ye or Yu state of qi as fuel.

He planned to create a new technique that could use Ye or Yu, so he wouldn’t need to waste time and convert them back to qi before usage. Ba Shifang decided to start on the basis of the law of water. When people think about the three states of matter, most of them would think of ice, water, and mist. So, it was easiest to start on this basis.

While Ba Shifang trained, his partner Hu Landie was not idle either. Aside from the necessary time spent with Ba Shifang, she spent most of her time cultivating. To obtain eternal life was her goal. It was her obsession, and the foundation of everything she did.

Even her acceptance of Ba Shifang’s confession was a result of weighing the benefits and detriments. She was clear that she had no feelings for Ba Shifang, but if it would allow her to gain access to more resources, she was willing to play the role of a wife or a dao companion.

Although she didn’t know everything about Xi Tianyi, she was still clear about his potential. A relationship with Xi Tianyi was incredibly beneficial to her. Until she found an opportunity or benefit far more than what her current status could afford her, she would remain attached to the Immortal Court and Ba Shifang.

Weighing the pros and cons with impartial eyes, giving her a rationale that could be called chilling. That was the core of Hu Landie.

It was why she joined the Buzhou Immortal Sect, the organization that forced her to use the Spring Autumn Butterfly to reverse time and return to the days before she embarked on the immortal path.

In the midst of cultivation, Hu Landie opened her eyes. She was being summoned. Not just her, Ba Shifang, too. The two exited their rooms and, after a few words, appeared in the main hall of the palace. There, they saw everyone else had been summoned.

More importantly, they saw Xi Tianyi appear in front of everyone again. The time had come.