The Saintdragon Emperor and the rest hurriedly helped Tianming establish the nine armies based on the specialties of each sectâs beastmasters. He had basically drafted all the experts in the Sky Palace Formation.
âThe sovereign isnât letting me interfere after activating the Flameyellow Guard Formation. Hence, all I can do is bring along the Myriad Solar Sect cultivators and have the Ninedragon Imperial Tomb act as a mobile base that can react to any changes.â
There was a limit to the Ninedragon Imperial Tombâs space, so Tianming had chosen the most agile and strongest thirty million people. If there were too many people, it would just slow down their dispatch speed. With thirty million working together with Tianming and the Ninedragon Imperial Tomb, he would still be able to respond to an emergency if something occurred on the celestial orderian side.
As for whether the gods left behind in the Sky Palace would join this nova source war, they would have to see how the situation unfolded. âTheyâll suffer both the threat of Skywolf and the celestial orderians. I wonât deploy them lightly. The Sky Palace Formation is an extension of the fusion formation, hence its requirements for spiritual threads are less. Even if Iâm not inside, they should be safe.â That was why Tianming dared to leave along with all the experts.
There was a second reason, which was that the Ninedragon Imperial Tomb had transformed from a mere transportation tool to a superweapon! Its attack, defense, and speed had all undergone a metamorphosis. It wasnât limited to just passively taking beatings now. Just the power stored up in its miniature nova source was fifty percent higher than the total stored in both of the Divine Sun Palaceâs âeyesâ combined.
Tianming had a rough gauge of its power. He recalled Sovereign Greenvoid; as long as he didnât exit the Ninedragon Imperial Tomb, the sun emperor couldnât do anything to him! Furthermore, once his omnisentient threads reached twenty billion, he wouldnât necessarily fear the sovereign. âHe really doesnât have any advantages now except for the Flameyellow Coffin and Flameyellow Guard Formation.â That was why Tianming had decided to ride the Ninedragon Imperial Tomb out of the Sky Palace Formation along with his thirty million troops.
âSet off!â Ye Lingfeng, Li Qingyu, and Weisheng Moran were by his side, as well as Yu Ziqian, who had hollered about joining the great battle. Long Wanying was there as well.
As for the seniors like the Saintdragon Emperor and Northdipper Swordsage, they had stayed behind in the Sky Palace Formation to take care of the rear.
Before setting off, Tianming had transplanted all of the saplings in the Voidsky Realm. They had been neatly arranged in rows, and had taken root and germinated. Now that the tomb had its own nova source, they were no longer needed. Taking root, germinating, absorbing nova source, and maturing before finally bearing divine herbs was their new lifeâs mission.
âBased on the Azurecloud Divine Treeâs efficiency, theyâre a multiplier of a nova sourceâs effectiveness. They can bear many fruits and bless many lives. As long as these thirty-five Azurecloud Divine Trees can mature, the inside of the Sky Palace Formation will never be lacking divine herbs again. The Azurecloud Divine Tree was already so effective on the barren Azurecloud Continent last time, so theyâll definitely have an even better future now that theyâve been planted in the best spot on the sun.â That was Tianmingâs accounting toward the Azurecloud Divine Tree. At the very least, it was very safe inside the Sky Palace Formation.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
He recalled the treeâs tumultuous coexistence with humans back at the Azurecloud Continent. âThe sun is just too hot, which makes everyone here short-tempered. However, the divine tree can bring down the temperature and provide vitality and shade. Itâs pretty nice to be able to bring harmony between people.â Tianming was upbeat when he imagined their future. For that beautiful dream, they had to do their best to fight for it and protect it.
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The flames of the Voidsky Flame Pillar rushed to the skies as a giant ship with nine dragons came out and flew toward the clouds. The new Ninedragon Imperial Tomb had nine dragons wrapped around it, all covered in thick scales. Countless divine patterns moved on the scales, forming a top-tier mobile formation that looked impregnable.
Inside the tomb, the thirty million expertsâ eyes were lit up with passion as they were ready to battle anytime. The nine armies were split across the dragon heads, each of which had about three hundred thousand people, as Tianming had brought those closest to him into the inner part of the tomb itself.
While manipulating the tomb to fly below the flaming clouds, he looked at the current state of the myriad sectsâ territory. Now that everyone was in hiding, the once prosperous world looked desolate, apart from the celestial orderians near the Flameyellow Divine Pillars.
The tomb flew over the Myriaddragon Mountains. Even now, corpses littered the ground. Skywolfâs astralship, the Greenvoid Abyss, had been taken away as well.
âIs this the Flameyellow Guard Formation?â Tianming increased the Ninedragon Imperial Tombâs altitude to right below the flaming clouds and he saw countless gold and red divine patterns swimming around the clouds. There seemed to be countless beasts roaring inside the sea of fire. The flaming clouds supported the formation, turning it into a moat of death.
Tianming and the myriad sects had been imprisoned on the sun with no way out. He didnât dare to enter the Flameyellow Guard Formation when there were so many unknowns.
âIf we donât get through this formation, weâll never know the situation above, nor anything about Skywolf. All of our life and death will be determined by him alone. Itâll be fine if he wins, but if he loses, others can attack our fusion formation and weâll soon face disaster. And thatâs the most likely conclusion when Skywolf is eight times stronger than the celestial orderians.â Long Wanying was full of worry.
Eight times! How had they calculated it? Simple, they had used nova source quantity. The two Skywolf worlds added together were four times the size of the sun, and the celestial orderians only had half of the sunâs power. Tianming had no idea where the sun emperor had the confidence to go up alone.
âItâs probably the Flameyellow Coffin and this formation, but can things from millions of years ago really be that helpful?â Long Wanying was prudent and maintained her doubts.
âNo one can see through the sovereign. Sometimes, we donât know if heâs really that terrifying or just too arrogant.â Many people had that opinion.
Tianming didnât say anything. He only drove the Ninedragon Imperial Tomb and slammed it right into the Flameyellow Guard Formation.
âWhatâre you doing?â Long Wanying hurriedly asked.
Tianming replied in a low voice, âThe tomb is an inheritance of the Flameyellow Imperial Star, too. Maybe the formation wonât block it?â He had that guess as he hadnât suffered any rejection from the flaming clouds when the tomb had flown beneath them. Such a guardian formation would certainly have at least some response, even if it didnât automatically attack. Of course, he had also only dared to try because of his confidence in the current Ninedragon Imperial Tomb.
âHang tight!â he shouted.
Everyone was stunned, because this clearly looked like a joyride.
The Ninedragon Imperial Tomb rushed into the clouds. âJust as I thought!â His face brightened with happiness.
That was actually quite normal. The tomb and coffin were both divine objects of the flameyellow divinities. Why would their formation block their own divine objects? Tianming hadnât thought of that point earlier because of how anxious he was. If there was no obstruction, the hundreds of thousands of meters of cloud would be easily traversed by him.
Flames roiled everywhere as thousands of giant beasts gathered behind the Ninedragon Imperial Tomb, all letting out excited roars. They followed behind as if they had found the king of beasts.
The next moment, the tomb broke through the clouds. Tianming stopped it before it completely exited, as he could already see the outside. His eyes stung from all the white. A massive white star had appeared right above his head. The flames burning on it looked even fiercer than the sun.
Countless human silhouettes were moving on it, arranged into dense armies that flew into space in an orderly manner.
Tianming had already known that the nova source war would come soon, but he hadnât expected it would begin right now!