Chapter 623: Chapter 332: The Dao Conference Begins

[Use 10 billion experience points]

[Successfully deduced the Martial Arts Array]

Sky-Piercing Battle Array: The army forms an array, using the vitality and battle qi of Martial Artists as a medium, forging a movable battle array, enhancing soldiers’ combat power, converging combat strength, and the battle qi can suppress the enemy’s power to a certain extent, making the army invincible wherever it points!

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"A nightmare for the Cultivators!"

After Gu Zhan saw the system’s detailed explanation of the Sky-Piercing Battle Array, he couldn’t help but sigh once again. With this battle array coming into existence, the Cultivators’ superior status will be completely overturned.

This Sky-Piercing Battle Array is somewhat similar to the God-Trapping Array, but the differences are quite obvious.

The God-Trapping Array restrains Cultivators using the grand momentum of heaven and earth and guiding runes within a specific range, indiscriminately limiting them. However, Cultivators are restricted more severely, amplifying the advantages of Martial Artists. But the range of the God-Trapping Array is greatly limited. The one Gu Zhan currently has only extends for about a hundred miles, not even enough to cover a Capital City.

On the other hand, the Sky-Piercing Battle Array, although it has similarities with the God-Trapping Array, is different in that while one suppresses indiscriminately, the Sky-Piercing Battle Array suppresses the enemy exclusively. However, the degree of suppression is not as intense as the God-Trapping Array. The advantage lies in the significant enhancement it provides to allies while suppressing the enemy.

At the same time, the Sky-Piercing Battle Array’s greatest strength is its ability to gather strength, condensing the army’s power while suppressing the enemy.

To put it simply,

the God-Trapping Array is for dealing with experts and requires experts, while the Sky-Piercing Battle Array is for mass combat—the larger the number, the stronger it becomes. The more obedient the troops are, the stronger the battle qi becomes.

The maximum capacity of this Sky-Piercing Battle Array can reach 100,000 people!

After reviewing the system’s annotations on the Sky-Piercing Battle Array,

Gu Zhan smiled faintly and murmured, "An army encircling Cultivators—this world’s rules really can change!"

Of course, more importantly,

the emergence of this array has opened a new line of thinking for Gu Zhan.

It was destined for him to lead the Martial Arts against the Cultivation Realm, but the greatest flaw of Martial Arts was too obvious. He was outpacing everyone by miles,

and the Cultivation Realm did not allow Martial Arts the time to develop slowly.

The progress of Martial Arts also struggled to match his pace.

But now, with the appearance of arrays, this bottom line has been compensated for. He could kill freely at the front, while the sweepers could keep up with his speed at the back,

while the God-Trapping Array and the Sky-Piercing Battle Array might not overthrow the Cultivation Realm, but the mindset has already opened up. In the future, more and stronger arrays will definitely be acquired.

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The turmoil in the Capital City of the Xia Kingdom quickly spread and stirred up a clamor, elevating Gu Zhan’s fierce reputation in the Cultivation Realm to another level and invigorating the Martial Artists in the Human World further.

This battle was even more formidable than the battle at Martial Emperor City.

However, it also increased the Cultivation Realm’s apprehensions even more. The Dao Forum once again ignited a fervor, with more Cultivation Sects responding to the invitation of the Ten Thousand Laws Immortal Alliance. For a moment, the fervor around the Dao Forum grew greater, with even many prominent figures from the current Cultivation Realm emerging from their barriers just to participate in the Dao Forum.

Nevertheless, just as the Dao Forum was drawing great attention,

major upheaval occurred among the common folk within the Xia Kingdom territory as well.

Suddenly, news reached every corner of the world,

that Emperor Xia Ji Yi, abdicated the throne to the Martial Emperor, bowed his head and became the King Xia.

And on September 20, the Martial Emperor Gu Zhan held the enthronement ceremony in Taian City, proclaiming the nation’s name as Wu, setting the era name as Tianqi, and changing the ninth year of Qingli to the first year of Tianqi, establishing the capital at Taian City.

After Gu Zhan ascended the throne, the court underwent major changes.

The former Military Advisor of the Martial Emperor’s Mansion, Prefect of Yunzhou, Rong Yichu became the Prime Minister, Nangong Weiyang from Yunzhou Military became the Grand General, being the only woman in history to serve as the military leader, Sword One, the first devotee of the Martial Emperor’s Mansion, became the Imperial City Forbidden Army Commander, and then the Wen Sheng of 1500 years ago, Kong Xi, was appointed as the National Academy Sacrificial Officer, Daoist Wenxian Changmingzi as Director of the Astronomical Bureau, Gu Chuan as Minister of the Ministry of Rites, and so on.

All this news almost spread overnight across the rivers and mountains.

However, in reality,

the territory of the current Wu Dynasty only includes Jizhou and Yunzhou, as the other seven provinces have been devastated by the local Immortal Sects, leaving the court completely without control.

But,

after the advent of the Immortal Sects, with all nations falling in name only, Gu Zhan openly established a nation and declared the national doctrine that ’All lands under heaven are king’s lands, all shores are king’s subjects’, drawing countless gazes and debates instantly. Various opinions flew everywhere, and for a time, the Wu Dynasty became the focal point of the whole world.

In such a chaotic whirlwind of public opinion,

time quickly reached October 1.

The center of public discourse soon shifted entirely to Liangzhou.

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Liangzhou, originally one of the nine provinces of the Xia Kingdom,

after the advent of the Immortal Sects, the court fell in name only, completely losing control over the provinces inland. Following this, with a notorious display of power by Cultivators in the Cultivation Realm, the government of Liangzhou vanished without a trace, replaced by the rules of the Immortal Sects.

Subsequently, the Ten Thousand Laws Immortal Alliance was established,

and Liangzhou directly became a vassal to the Cultivation Realm.

However,

in late September, with the formation of the Wu Dynasty and the ascension of the Martial Emperor Gu Zhan, a direct ultimatum was sent to the nine provinces within the former Xia Kingdom’s territory, containing a terse sixteen characters:

All lands under heaven are king’s lands,

All shores are king’s subjects.

In the eyes of everyone, this ultimatum was seen as the Martial Emperor Gu Zhan’s declaration of all-out war against the Cultivation Realm, and the public opinion swayed decisively.

Gu Zhan’s current prestige among humans is likened to a deity among mortals,

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