Cultivating for a hundred lifetimes to ascension

Zhao Sheng, upon seeing the Jade Pond, immediately had a gleam in his eyes, for it was the renowned Washing Spirit Pond!

He stepped forward, walked around the Washing Spirit Pond twice, and then extended his right hand, which wore the Sumeru Ring, to the center of the pond.

The next second, with a flash of clear light, a black-and-white long sword with its scabbard fell into the pond out of thin air, quickly submerged by the jade liquid, sinking to the bottom.

Zhao Sheng sat cross-legged and silently watched the Washing Spirit Pond, as if waiting for something.

He didn't have to wait long before bubbles suddenly appeared densely on the Jade Pond, a vortex emerged in the center, and the surface began to descend bit by bit, as if something below was absorbing the essence of the jade liquid.

At that moment, the bottom of the pond suddenly emitted a sword chant, which carried a strong sense of joy.

Seeing this, Zhao Sheng finally showed a slight smile.

The Washing Spirit Pond is indeed worthy of being a treasure of the Spirit Clan, as it has marvelous effects on Emperor Tianjian's injuries.

Seeing that it would take quite a while for Emperor Tianjian to fully recover, Zhao Sheng decided to stay there to protect the Heavenly Sword. Meanwhile, he took the opportunity to consume pills and circulate his energy to restore his Primordial Qi.

While he silently guarded the Heavenly Sword, waiting for its emergence, time slowly passed by, yet outside, due to his plans, countless storms brewed for a time.

Two months after Zhao Sheng closed himself off in the Washing Spirit Hall, the Ascension Platform at the peak of Heavenly Pillar Mountain saw its busiest day in thousands of years.

The Dragon-subduing Demon-suppressing Great Master, Ancient Scholar Xie Jue Nan, Dragon-fishing Elder Zhou You, the Nine Chimeras Demon Lord, Mad Monk, Heavenly Termination Immortal, Pig Emperor, and the Dragon Serpent Emperor who had just undergone a transformation into a True Dragon in less than a century... these eight Divinity Transformation level combat forces of the Tianzhu Realm all gathered at the Ascension Platform to join in the grand event.

The eight Divinity Transformation powerhouses stayed on the Ascension Platform for three full days, and they discussed and argued for three days and nights.

Finally, the Great True Monarch Zhao Xuanjing, using his prestige among fellow Daoists as a guarantee, barely managed to convince all the Divinity Transformation powerhouses.

On the morning of the fourth day, beams of tunneling light flew consecutively from the Ascension Platform, each heading towards the ends of heaven and earth, even to the overseas territories…

Half a month later, the Great Zhao Dynasty was the first to gather a batch of elite troops, heading towards the Heavenly Burial Plain.

Not long after, in the Zhao Family's Divine Dragon Valley, eight thousand miles away, huge floating fortresses ascended, carrying members of the Foundation Establishment, even the Golden Core Clan, quickly heading to the Heavenly Burial Plain.

The Southern Sky Zhao Family acted the fastest, followed by the Ksitigarbha Sect, then the Beast Taming Sect, Immortal Device Sect, and Sky-splitting Sword Dao and other top sects, all mobilizing elite disciples and a large quantity of magic artifact resources, preparing to rush to the battlefield.

Meanwhile, the Central Continent Alliance headquarters in Flying Immortal City also issued emergency summon orders, countless summon command tokens flying swiftly across the Central Continent like snowflakes.

Numerous cultivation sects and cultivation families, upon receiving the summon orders, though shocked and stunned, had no choice but to gather their disciples and family members to report to Flying Immortal City as instructed.

This time, the alliance summon order was obviously unusual; not only was the Central Continent Cultivation World fully mobilized, but also North Cold, South Yan, East Demon, West Wilderness, the four continents, and the Shattered Star, Storm Center, East Sea, North Pole, the four outer seas, all had major actions.

As time passed, various continents and outer seas successively sent out large batches of core forces, and under the leadership of their respective Nascent Soul Ancestors, they traveled far to Central Continent, heading towards the "Storm Center," the Heavenly Burial Plain.

The grand plan initially revealed by Zhao Sheng was now finally officially set in motion.

At this time, almost no one knew, an unprecedented battle that would decide the fate of the Three Realms was gradually unfolding.

In any world, war can be described as a systematic grand operation.

Once the warring parties engage, the time from start to finish may be brief.

However, before the official outbreak of war, both sides need an extensive and complex preparation phase.

Once it involves a world-level super war, the time spent accumulating strength and preparations for both sides will undoubtedly be even longer...

Faced with the "war declaration" made by the Tianzhu Realm, the Netherworld, headed by the Heavenly Dao Sect, was not alarmed but delighted, thus more rapidly mobilizing troops, intending to take the opportunity to settle the score with the Tianzhu Realm.

As the steps of war draw ever closer, the clouds of war gradually gathered over the Central Continent sky.

However, very unusually, the previously active small-scale skirmishes around the Heavenly Burial Plain suddenly came to a halt, and the warring parties very "tactfully" gave up such futile human resource draining actions.

In the years that followed, the battlefield unexpectedly entered a brief period of "peace."

However, everyone knew, the longer this "peace" lasted, the larger the eventual battle would be, and the more tragic the outcome.

By then, apart from the Divinity Transformation True Monarchs standing at the Absolute Peak, even the Nascent Soul Ancestors might not dare to guarantee their survival in this battle.

As the cold came and went, spring during summer, three years flew by like a blink.

On this day, a beam of silver-white sword light suddenly flew from a nameless valley southeast of Divine Dragon Valley.

The sword light soared into the sky, circled around the clouds once, and then instantly transformed into a long arc of sword light, speeding wildly towards the far eastern horizon.

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Zhao Sheng leisurely stepped into Ascension Square, then looked around, only to see a huge figure, as majestic as a mountain, appearing out of thin air and landing in front of him.

Zhao Sheng looked him up and down with joy and stopped his gaze abruptly on the black-and-white scabbard hanging from the man's waist, exclaiming, "Is this...?"

Zhao Sheng smiled lightly, and out shot a long sword, bursting forth from the scabbard in a clear and melodious cry, rapidly shrinking to a three-inch-long small sword that hovered in mid-air, its point lightly nodding three times towards Zhao Sheng and then along with a cold, indifferent voice, saying: "This is...?"

In a clear and long sword chant, the silver-white long sword shrinks rapidly into a three-inch-long little sword.

It soars into the air and Lawrence describes Zhao Sheng "That...?"

Zhao Sheng deftly stepped into the Ascension Square on Heavenly Pillar Mountain, then looked around.

Zhao Xuanjing glanced up and down at him, suddenly stopping with surprise at the black-and-white long sword hanging on Zhao Sheng's waist and exclaimed, "This is...?"

Zhao Sheng smiled slightly and calmly replied, "It's the Heavenly Sword." In the future, when the battle breaks loose, once the Heavenly Sword is unleashed, it will certainly shake the heavens and earth!

A moment later, Zhao Sheng learned of the numerous changes in Central Continent over the past three months from Zhao Xuanjing.

There was no doubt that the prelude to the war was increasingly in sight.

Zhao Sheng was indifferent about Zhao Xuanjing's discontentment with the fact that the alliance had not fully been mobilized.

Regardless, all of this was a necessary ruse to lure the Netherworld into a trap.

In any world, war is undoubtedly a systematic grand project.

Once the enemy shows up, the objective will have been achieved, and nothing else will matter!

Finally, as long as the objective was met, all was irrelevant!

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