Stealing the Heavens.

Chapter 118 Controlling the Northern Continent

As Zi Dong had expected, they had just crossed the Great Snow Mountain and the Northern Illusion Sea and entered the Northern Continent when they saw a scene of chaos.

The cultivators of the Azure Lotus Sword Sect gathered together and, using the Great Snow Mountain as a base, slowly advanced into the heart of the Northern Continent.

However, these cultivators who came to provide support did not obey the orders of the Azure Lotus Sword Sect and all fought their own battles.

"Elder Qiao, Elder Wang, gather the cultivators from the Yuntian Sect first." Zi Dong quickly instructed Qiao Hankun and Wang Gun to contact each other.

The demon race has no organization, but they are familiar with the terrain and skilled in illusion, especially the plant demons.

Even the Qinglian Sword Sect cultivators, who were familiar with the demon race, found it difficult to defend against, let alone other Daoist cultivators who had little interaction with the demon race.

Qiao Hankun and Wang Gun led the other elders and quickly gathered nearly 10,000 Yuntian Sect cultivators who had entered the Northern Continent.

Most of them were cultivators from affiliated sects, and they had already suffered heavy losses and had not achieved any results at all.

Zi Dong divided the nearly 10,000 Yuntian Sect cultivators into several small teams of 100 people each, led by elders and deacons.

Choose a small hill to the side of the Qinglian Sword Sect base, and gather nearly ten thousand Yuntian Sect members around it to unite their righteous energy.

The Heavenly Fortune Dao Disc needs to be controlled with Righteous Qi. After nearly ten thousand Yuntian Sect cultivators merged with Righteous Qi, they were able to connect with the Heavenly Fortune Dao Disc.

Zi Dong made quite a spectacle; the area within a hundred miles was bathed in golden light, and no demon dared to approach.

The Northern Continent is entirely covered by mountains and forests, with no cities in sight. The demon race lives in caves and forests.

Zi Dong led nearly 10,000 Yuntian Sect cultivators forward slowly, beginning to repair the damaged nodes one by one.

All the demons retreated in fear, for the righteous energy not only greatly weakened the demonic energy but also suppressed their true forms.

The most powerful ability of the demon race is to transform into their true form, because their inner core is located within that form.

The Azure Lotus Sword Sect and other Daoist cultivators also gathered here. With the protection of righteous energy, they were able to suppress the demon race.

Zi Dong ignored the Taoist cultivators and continued cultivating while repairing the damaged nodes.

Once all the nodes in the Northern Continent are activated, he can use the Heavenly Fortune Dao Disc to transform the entire Northern Continent into a large array.

The powerful demons quickly discovered the problem and hastily mobilized demon cultivators to both prevent Zi Dong from repairing the nodes and destroy the repaired ones.

However, the Yuntian Sect cultivators were all enveloped in golden light, making it impossible for the demon cultivators to break through.

Those who tried to destroy the repaired nodes were all killed by the Yuntian Sect cultivators mobilized by Zi Dong.

The domineering nature of the Heavenly Fortune Dao Disc lies in the fact that as long as a node is activated, Zi Dong can use the Heavenly Fortune Dao Disc to instantly mobilize cultivators who have integrated righteous energy to any activated node.

The demon cultivators suffered heavy losses, and Zi Dong had already occupied a quarter of the northern continent.

The powerful demons had no choice but to negotiate with the Azure Lotus Sword Sect, hoping that Zi Dong would stop seizing the Northern Continent.

"Sect Master Xuebing, even if the demon race agrees to unite with the Daoist sect, I will still repair all the nodes in the Northern Continent!"

Zi Dong answered decisively that the Northern Continent must be completely controlled in order to force the demon race and the Taoist sect to fight against the demon race together.

"Lord Zidong, it may be inappropriate to force the demon race in this way," Sect Master Xuebing advised again.

If the demon race is pushed too far, they may completely surrender to the demon race, which would be even more detrimental to the Daoist sect.

"Sect Master Xuebing, what value does the demon race have if we lose the Northern Continent?" Zi Dong said disdainfully.

Once the demon race leaves the Northern Continent, without the support of demonic energy, their strength will decline significantly, and the demon race will no longer need them. The Snow Ice Sect Master glanced at the golden, radiant Xuan Body above Zi Dong's head and said nothing more, because Zi Dong's analysis was entirely correct.

The four continents of Tianyun Continent—east, west, south, and north—are the foundation of the Taoist sects and the three races of demons, monsters, and witches. If they are separated from these continents for an extended period, they will lose their blessing of fortune.

Only the Central Continent has integrated the fortunes of all four continents, so the Taoist sects and the three races of demons, monsters, and witches will not have any problems there.

In other words, the demon race will definitely defend the Northern Continent to the death and will never give up, so Zi Dong has absolute confidence in subduing the demon race.

As Zi Dong had analyzed, things unfolded exactly as he had predicted. When he occupied half of the Northern Continent, the demon race finally agreed to unite with the Daoist sect.

However, just as Zi Dong had predicted, the demon race would not confront the demon race head-on, but only agreed not to help the demon race attack the Daoist sect.

"Sect Master Xuebing, you discuss the alliance with the demon race. I'll take my men back to the Eastern Continent first."

Zi Dong did not insist on repairing all the nodes of the Northern Continent, because he had brought very few array plates left:
"The demon race must promise not to destroy the nodes again, or I will return and occupy the entire Northern Continent!"

"Please rest assured, Lord Zidong, the demon race would absolutely not dare to damage the node!" Sect Master Xuebing immediately assured him.

The Snow Lotus Ancestor is on the same level as the Demon God, and there are many powerful demons in the Great Snow Mountain, so the demons dare not easily offend the Azure Lotus Sword Sect.

Zi Dong immediately led the Yuntian Sect cultivators back to the Eastern Continent, where he had already collected a considerable amount of resources.

These resources must be handed over to Zhou Yunting as soon as possible so that the array masters of Yuntian Sect can quickly refine the array plates.

Zi Dong waited at Dragon Saliva Lake for a month before Zhou Yunting sent someone to deliver the refined array plate to him.

These are enough to control half of the East Road. In order to guard against a surprise attack by the demons, Zi Dong plans to repair all the nodes of the East Road first.

However, Zi Dong soon received news that the demons had not only failed to enter the Northern Continent and the Southern Continent, but had instead recalled all the cultivators from the other three continents.

"Zi Dong, the sect leader has sent a message saying that the Great Xia Immortal Sect of the Western Continent is coming to the aid of the Yun Tian Sect, and the Demon Clan is attacking them with all their might."

While Zhou Xinyu was resting in Zidong, she quickly relayed Zhou Yunting's message to him.

"What does Master mean?" Zi Dong asked Zhou Xinyu while controlling his Xuan Body cultivation.

"What else could it mean but to send you with people to support the Great Xia Immortal Dynasty!" Feng Qingwu immediately said.

“That’s exactly what I mean.” Zhou Xinyu glanced at Feng Qingwu, then nodded to Zi Dong.

"Junior Sister Xinyu, I need a lot of array plates, otherwise I won't be able to go to the Western Continent." Zi Dong took the opportunity to make an exorbitant demand.

"The sect leader is currently purchasing array plates throughout the entire Eastern Continent and will send them over as soon as possible." Zhou Xinyu glared at Zi Dong:
"However, the sect leader has one more requirement: you must enter the western continent from the central continent."

"How does Zi Dong get to the Central Continent?!" Feng Qingwu asked immediately, puzzled.

"The sect leader will have a solution," Zhou Xinyu said, looking at Zi Dong, who also had a questioning expression.

"Junior Sister Xinyu, you're not going to send me to the Central Continent alone, are you?" Zi Dong asked, staring intently at Zhou Xinyu.

“I’ll go with you; the others will enter the Western Continent from the North and South continents respectively,” Zhou Xinyu explained.

"I want to go to the Central Continent with Zi Dong too!" Feng Qingwu shouted quickly.

"Go find the sect leader yourself!" Zhou Xinyu glanced at Feng Qingwu with some disdain. Did anyone think they could just go to the Central Continent?
"Hmph, I'm going back to the sect to find the sect leader right now!" Feng Qingwu glared angrily at Zhou Xinyu and flew directly towards the Azure Dragon Mountain Range.

(End of this chapter)