Chapter 928: Desperate Stronger Emerges

"This move is truly brilliant!"

The power of the five Heavenly Venerates would indeed recover soon. At that point, any advantage gained would instantly turn to dust before the Immortality Realm.

But if, before then, all the members of the Five Elders Association were captured... What would be left for the five Heavenly Venerates would be nothing but a vast, empty land.

Although he didn't know much about the Immortality Realm, Li Fan was certain that even the most ordinary cultivators were useful to these five Heavenly Venerates. Perhaps a slight reduction wouldn't have much impact. But if, within their controlled territory, all cultivators, and even mortals, were to vanish... It would definitely be a major blow to them.

"Could it be that the Five Elders Association in this era is truly about to be defeated like this?" Li Fan couldn't help but think so.

Over the next few days, the war progressed smoothly. The scales of victory continuously tipped towards the Myriad Immortals Alliance. However, as an enormous entity with a heritage spanning thousands of years, the Five Elders Association finally unleashed a powerful resistance when pushed to the brink.

The image on the Celestial Mystic Mirror suddenly switched to a scene in the sky. From a blurry, oval-shaped doorway, a team of cultivators flew out in unison. They were clearly not members of the Myriad Immortals Alliance. However, their style of dress was also different from that of the current Five Elders Association. Their clothes were uniformly embroidered with the same profound patterns. As these cultivators looked at the neat, uniform black-clad formation not far away, excited smiles of eagerness appeared on their faces.

"Is this... the Grand Supreme Sect?" Li Fan looked at the somewhat familiar sect emblem and slightly furrowed his brow.

The Celestial Mystic Mirror's image changed again. Doorways appeared one after another, and many ancient sects, rumored to have perished, surprisingly reappeared in the world at this moment, joining the battlefield.

Not only that, the Celestial Mystic Mirror's view focused again, capturing an incredible scene. A female cultivator, dressed in a white form-fitting outfit and with a graceful figure, was seen, though her location was unknown. She slowly bowed towards a tightly shut, golden gate, radiating an ancient, sacred aura, in the void ahead. Then the great gate burst open, casting down a dazzling golden light. As the light faded, more than ten figures identical to the white-clad female cultivator appeared in the mirror. Their appearances were exactly alike, with only slight differences in age and strength. It was as if they were the same white-clad female cultivator at different ages.

Without uttering a single unnecessary word, these white-clad female cultivators sped towards the distance.

"This is..."

"The Immortal Sect Armory?" A sharp glint flashed in Li Fan's eyes. The information he had previously gathered about the Immortal Sect Armory surged into his mind.

The Immortal Sect Armory was an existence within the Myriad Immortals Alliance similar to the Celestial Mystic Mirror. There, cultivators could freely exchange for a vast array of cultivation methods, ancient texts, and treasures originating from ancient immortal sects. The required resource was not contribution points, but rather soul points.

Li Fan had known before that the Immortal Sect Armory also contained realistic illusions of numerous ancient sects from antiquity. The power that created these realistic illusions was very similar to that of the Fallen Immortal Realm. Within it, cultivators of the Five Elders Association could explore many ancient sects that had gone extinct. The sects also contained images of many ancient cultivators; most of them lacked their own consciousness, being mere physical forms. However, in actual combat, the power they wielded with every move was almost indistinguishable from that of real people. Cultivators from the Five Elders Association could expend soul points to continuously spar with these ancient cultivators, thereby improving their combat power. Furthermore, within the Immortal Sect Armory, no injuries would affect their real bodies; only minor light damage would be inflicted upon their souls. Even better, these soul injuries could also be healed by expending soul points. Theoretically, if one had enough soul points, even a novice mortal cultivator could become extremely formidable through repeated battles.

"Are these summoned figures projections of themselves, left within the Immortal Sect Armory by expending soul points?" Li Fan instantly understood the origin of these cultivators, who resembled clones.

Clearly, Li Fan's guess was not wrong. Similar scenes were unfolding across various locations of the Five Elders Association. As the golden ancient gates continuously projected figures, the remaining resistance of the Five Elders Association instantly expanded more than tenfold. Moreover, these cultivators, capable of leaving projections in the Immortal Sect Armory, were all seasoned warriors. Their combat experience was extremely rich, and their appearance caused immense damage to the Myriad Immortals Alliance. Furthermore, it seemed that as long as their true selves remained alive, they could summon their projections from the Immortal Sect Armory again after a period of rest, by expending soul power. This was almost equivalent to infinite resurrection. In this way, the numerical advantage of the Myriad Immortals Alliance's black-clad cultivators was also nullified. The Immortal Alliance's offensive slowed down.

Not long after the stalemate emerged, another force joined the battle. The image on the Celestial Mystic Mirror changed once more. As if affected by some interference, the image displayed in the mirror became somewhat blurry. It appeared to be a continuous city built upon the sky. The cultivators within the city were all in a deep slumber. With a slight tremor, all the cultivators awoke. There was no confusion typical of suddenly waking from a long sleep; instead, their faces were filled with annoyance at having their pleasant dreams disturbed. Mutters and curses escaped their lips, and without any visible action, their clothes transformed into full-body, liquid-metal-like battle armor. They then flew off towards the battlefield.

The Celestial Mystic Mirror's image suddenly cut out. It seemed to have been forcibly interrupted.

"That place is..." Li Fan was slightly stunned: "The Land of Boundless Joy?"

The Land of Boundless Joy was the most mysterious place within the Five Elders Association's territory. It was a dreamland for all cultivators, and only those who passed trials could enter it. Once one journeyed to the Land of Boundless Joy, few ever returned. And in that fleeting glimpse, Li Fan had also seen many interesting things within that ethereal city in the sky. For example, skyscrapers and neon lights like those in a modern city. For example, aerial roads, like rainbows, connecting numerous buildings. For example, shuttles constantly moving and flying through the city.

"The power of Boundless Joy almost covers the entire Xuanhuang Realm. Among the five Heavenly Venerates, the Boundless Joy Heavenly Venerate should also be the strongest."

"Interesting." That place bore a striking resemblance to a futuristic cultivation world scene Li Fan had once seen in his own time. "If possible, I could use a clone to travel there for a visit." Li Fan had a feeling that he might find something interesting in the Land of Boundless Joy.

The addition of cultivators from the Land of Boundless Joy completely turned the tide of the battle. Although their cultivation wasn't particularly high, the magical artifacts they carried were truly formidable. The metallic robes could absorb almost all attacks and then deflect them back. Furthermore, each cultivator carried an almost inexhaustible supply of energy beams. With a thought, they deployed behind them. Then they began to unleash a barrage of attacks on the Myriad Immortals Alliance cultivators.