Modern World's Martial Dao Human Immortal

Chapter 194 Casting the Sword

Seeing his spirited expression, the other students also became restless.

"They've really started fighting?"

"Chief Shen led the charge not long ago, and they've already fought? And there's a result?"

"This fast? Was Xuanming Sect annihilated in seconds?"

Varieties of discussions started to emerge.

Some quick-reacting individuals immediately accessed the Void Divine Realm through their devices.

Even though cultivators without Divine Sense couldn't directly enter the Void Divine Realm, they could still browse the information from the realm, presented in the form of images, videos, and text, through their devices.

And just as these students started browsing, exclamations erupted throughout the big classroom, incessant to the ear.

"Holy shit! They really fought, and we even won!"

"I just got in touch with a brother of mine who constantly follows the Campaign columns, and he said not only did we win, but we also won thoroughly! Conservative estimates put Xuanming Sect's losses at more than two Battle Courtyards, and our side supposedly had fewer than twenty casualties! Such a record, it's simply heaven-defying!"

"I knew it, I knew after we lost the islands in the Eastern Sea that our Sect had been planning a huge move! A mere Xuanming Sect dares to provoke us in the Eastern Sea, asking for trouble! Turns out the Sect was waiting here! Not striking until struck, and once striking, we've inflicted heavy losses on them! Hahaha, I'd like to see if they dare to act arrogantly in the Eastern Sea again!"

"If your information is true, this isn't just about inflicting heavy losses! Xuanming Sect's elites were all in the Eastern Sea, and every Great Cultivator there is top-notch, and those stationed on Fangyuan Island are the cream of the crop. If they really lost two Battle Courtyards, you can say Xuanming Sect has been crippled!"

The students, as if transformed into experts, began discussing enthusiastically and excitedly.

Listening to their conversations, the instructor also realized the significance of this news.

The Great Cultivators of their Campaign Hall had marched out of the Nine Heavens Domain, making everyone there highly attentive to this news. Furthermore, this battle was critical for Nine Cauldrons Sect's face and determining if they could reclaim the East Sea Archipelago in the near future, which added another layer of importance to the news.

They had thought that the battle between Nine Cauldrons Sect and Xuanming Sect would be a back-and-forth affair lasting one or two months before yielding a result, but now...

How long has it been!?

Without delay, he also didn't bother with anything else and quickly accessed the Void Divine Realm to gather specifics about the news.

And soon, his communication device received a message.

It was a mission assigned from above.

The task required them to produce several special reports to be published in the academy's portal area in the Void Divine Realm.

Upon seeing this mission, the instructor's spirits lifted, "That's fantastic."

He turned his gaze to Su Yaoshuang, "This task, you and Zhang Yao and the others follow up on it. Try to collect as much detailed information about the battle as possible. I'll assist you. With the attention this news is drawing, if you do well, it'll be a brilliant addition to your resume."

"I'll do my best," Su Yaoshuang quickly replied.

"Good, you guys go collect the information now."

The instructor said, and soon hastily announced independent study before leaving quickly.

He knew that with such uplifting news being released, the students likely did not have the mind to listen to any more of his lectures.

And that was indeed the case.

Not just in their classroom, but other classrooms and even other teaching buildings were quickly filled with unrestrained cheers.

All the students were jubilant and proud of the Sect's glorious victory in the Eastern Sea.

As the news continued to spread, some students even spontaneously left the classroom to celebrate on the school grounds and sports field.

The entire academy was enveloped in an atmosphere of celebration.

Not just in the academy, but Dragon Majestic City, and even other cities within the Nine Heavens Domain were the same.

Cheering crowds even took to the streets voluntarily, expressing their joy.

Many bars, singing halls, and other public venues were packed to the brim with revelers.

Since the Patrol Heaven Warship from Limitless Star Palace descended upon the city, everyone in the Nine Heavens Domain had been living under a cloud of oppression.

Especially Dragon Majestic City...

Thousands of miles away, acting as the battlefield, countless small towns had been wiped out by the aftershocks of battle.

And within these small towns lived many families of workers who came to Dragon Majestic City to earn their living.

But just because of one invasion from Limitless Star Palace, who knew how many were left widowed or orphaned, their families destroyed.

You can imagine how oppressive the atmosphere in Dragon Majestic City was.

In such a situation, Dragon Majestic City desperately needed a major victory, as did the Nine Heavens Domain to dispel the gloom brought by Limitless Star Palace.

For this reason, the External Propaganda Hall decided to make this news public.

And for this reason, upon the release of the news, both Dragon Majestic City and the Nine Heavens Domain were filled with such joy, and the entire city erupted into cheers.

...

Within Purple Cloud Courtyard,

Alkaid, with his keen perception, sensed the cheers from Dragon Majestic City.

After scanning with his Divine Sense, he quickly refocused his attention on the Eastern Sea battlefield.

By now, the Eastern Sea battlefield had entered its mopping-up phase.

Shen Qinglian and the others, like cutting through rotting wood, crushingly defeated the Xuanming Sect personnel who stayed behind on Fangyuan Island.

Despite Fangyuan Island having several Fifth Level Formations, to fully unleash the Formations' power required sufficient strength.

Moreover...

Fangyuan Island was originally one of the strongholds Nine Cauldrons Sect planned to establish in the Eastern Sea, so the Array Masters were all too familiar with these Formations.

Not to mention that there were no longer any Great Cultivators from the Xuanming Sect stationed on Fangyuan Island, even if there were, it wouldn't take them too much time to breach these formations.

"Next, we'll need to clear the other islands, as well as prepare for any counterattacks from the other forces in the East Sea Archipelago..."

Alkaid pondered.

However, the other forces were not to be feared.

Under the deterrence of the Nine Cauldrons Sect devastating nearly half of the Xuanming Sect's power in one fell swoop, forces such as the Star Sea Sect, the Dayue Dynasty, and the Ancient Immortal Sect would definitely not dare to act rashly.

What truly required caution was the Great Sun Sword Sect.

"The cultivators of the Great Sun Sword Sect, both in terms of quality and equipment, are better than those of the current Nine Cauldrons Sect; moreover, the Great Sun Sword Sect has Heavenly Palace Cultivators. To try to completely block their communication, to change their tactics, or even to send them the wrong orders as we did with the Xuanming Sect, I'm afraid might be somewhat difficult..."

Once unable to completely stop the information exchange of the Great Sun Sword Sect cultivators, his existence as a "Dharma Phase Cultivator" would be exposed.

Of course, the first thing to be exposed would be the Dharma Phase Spiritual Treasure in the hands of Li Qingshan.

But this also meant that his time to confront other Dharma Phases head-on was not far off.

"It all depends on how long Sect Master Li's cover can last."

Alkaid said, glancing at the progress of "Artifact Refining".

To quickly promote himself to the equivalent of a Tenth Level Master Artifact Refiner.

And at the same time...

He also needed to continue advancing on the "Martial Path".

Although he was advancing quickly with the help of the core of the stars and many cultivation resources, becoming a Star God...

Still needed substantial time.

Therefore, he wanted to find a faster way to enhance his Martial Path cultivation by reaching a higher Realm, just as in the Alkaid Realm.

If his Realm could be the first to reach above that of Star Gods, he believed he could find many techniques to compress the cultivation time required at the Star Master phase.

"Hall Master Alkaid."

Just as Alkaid was contemplating, the voice of Master Yun Lai came from outside.

His tone carried a hint of excitement: "It's done. Under your guidance, Hall Master, and with the practical work of Dong Liu Shui and several Grandmasters, the first Fourth Generation Superior Grade Treasure Level Flying Sword developed by us is completed..."

"Oh?"

Alkaid looked up slightly: "It's finally finished?"

Now that he no longer needed to pay close attention to the situation in the Eastern Sea constantly, he left his room immediately, nodded to Yun Lai and others waiting at the door, and headed straight for the experiment workshop.

Inside the workshop, dozens of people had already gathered at this time, the weakest among them being Master Artifact Refiners like Yun Lai.

Leading them were several Artifact Grandmasters like Dong Liu Shui.

The entire workshop was divided into several parts.

Some areas smelted metals, some synthesized materials, yet others engraved Formation Patterns.

"The Chief is here."

"What Chief, it's the Hall Master, address him as Hall Master."

"During this period of time, hasn't everyone's Artifact Refining standard significantly improved? And this improvement is mostly thanks to the continuous guidance from Hall Master Alkaid, to us, he is much like a respected teacher, we should call him Teacher."

As Alkaid arrived, everyone greeted him, dispersing at the same time to reveal the core workbench of the workshop.

There, led by the Artifact Grandmaster Dong Liu Shui, several people were surrounding a Flying Sword, conducting the final checks as if it were a treasured object.

"Hall Master Alkaid, the Purple Cloud 15 improved model Flying Sword has been completed without fail," Dong Liu Shui said excitedly, holding the Flying Sword.

"Good!"

Alkaid nodded.

In fact, he had long possessed the ability to produce the Purple Cloud 15.

But now, he had too many tasks to attend to.

He needed to teach Gao Shenghan and other Array Masters from the Mystic Formation Hall the improvements to the Spirit Gathering Array, to monitor some intelligence information in the Void Divine Realm, and to also keep an eye on the evolving situation in the East Sea Archipelago. He also had to spend time enhancing his Star Master cultivation.

As for Artifact Refining...

Though it was important, he had to delegate the tasks to other Master Artifact Refiners and Artifact Grandmasters.

He only needed to handle the final assembly, to engrave the Formation Patterns from the 'Spirit of Myriad' himself.

In this way, he only had to dedicate part of his attention to ensure the smooth operation of the Purple Cloud Courtyard, while continually producing Purple Cloud 15 improved model Flying Swords.

"Fourth Generation Flying Swords."

One of the Artifact Grandmasters beside Dong Liu Shui was full of awe: "I can hardly believe it, that we could leap straight to forging Fourth Generation Superior Grade Treasure Level Flying Swords. One or two years ago, we couldn't even produce Second Generation Interior Grade Treasure Flying Swords. The occasional one or two Second Generation Interior Grade Treasure Flying Swords we did make were stacked up in the laboratory with excellent materials, costing hundreds of thousands - utterly lacking any feasibility for production. But now..."

"Fourth Generation Flying Swords, you underestimate this sword. A sword like this has the same high compatibility advantage with Divine Sense as the Purple Cloud 12 improved model Flying Sword. With our Primordial Spirit Cultivators' advantage, the ultimate power this sword will unleash should be comparable to that of Fifth Generation Flying Swords! Do you understand what that means?!"

Dong Liu Shui's eyes sparkled: "It means that one of our Second Rank Great Sword Cultivators can rely on this Flying Sword to contend with those Fourth Rank Great Sword Cultivators who only have First Generation Superior Grade Treasures! Even against the elite forces of the Great Sun Sword Sect, they would still be able to fight three to one!"

Fighting three to one against the elite forces of the Great Sun Sword Sect!

This statement made the breathing of all the Artifact Refiners quicken.

The Great Sun Sword Sect was the biggest obstacle to the Nine Cauldrons Sect's reconquest of the Eastern Sea. If the sword cultivators of the Nine Cauldrons Sect could truly fight three to one against the Great Sun Sword Sect...

The restoration of the Eastern Sea was just around the corner!