System: After the fortune telling, my cultivation level skyrocketed.

Compared to this dark vortex that can devour heaven and earth, the towering frontier defense line seems so small, like a fragile barrier protecting the cultivator civilization behind it.

All the juniors from the ten realms who had reached the defensive line instantly showed fear, their hair standing on end—no one knew what was hidden within this boundless darkness, and no one dared to imagine what would happen if they fell in.

"Is this the border of the cultivator civilization's universe?"

"Could that endless vortex of darkness be the entrance to the universe of the strange race?"

"As a first-class celestial being, why does my soul tremble when I see such a scene?"

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Faced with the cosmic oppression of another hostile civilization, even Chen Xuan, whose Dao Heart was at its peak, felt his heart stop.

That intense, inexplicable sense of impending death did not originate from any particular being, but rather from a strange universe rejected by the natural order of the original world; it was an instinctive fear at the level of civilization.

"You all felt it, didn't you?" Jue Wuqing glanced at the group of pale-faced juniors, his tone heavy, "Only by standing here will you know what a crisis of survival is, and what the brutality of a war of civilizations is."

Zi Chen nodded in agreement, his eyes solemn: "With just one glance, we won't need to say more about the evil deeds of this strange race. The guidance from the unseen will tell you that if this civilization invades and occupies our cosmic origin, all our races will be completely annihilated, and even our true spirits will not be able to survive."

"This warning will become clearer as your cultivation level increases. This is one of the reasons why so many powerful figures in the Immortal Ancient Era participated in the war even without offspring or tribes." As soon as Jue Wuqing finished speaking, he flashed out of the warship and looked back at Zi Chen, saying, "You lead them to Wujiang City first, I'll be right back."

Zi Chen nodded, and without lingering, immediately steered the warship toward the nine floating cities about a million miles outside the defensive walls.

The warship flew away from the defensive line, and all around it was endless darkness. The oppressive feeling that penetrated to the bone made one's heart tighten and it was almost impossible to breathe.

"Feast!"

Zi Chen gave a low shout and quickly formed hand seals.

On the warship, a dazzling array of light instantly lit up, with pale golden Dao patterns flowing around it, effectively isolating the strange aura pressing in from the outside.

"Boundless City, we're almost there." Zi Chen pinched his sword finger, his gaze fixed on the void ahead. "After you enter the camp, do not move around casually. Wait for Wu Qing to bring back specific information before taking any action."

"Yes!"

Chen Xuan and everyone else bowed in unison, their eyes filled with solemnity.

The warship continued its journey, and the island, which was originally just a small dot in the void, grew rapidly at a visible speed as it approached, eventually transforming into a vast continent suspended in endless darkness—majestic and magnificent, like an ancient divine continent fallen to earth, which could not be described by the word "city".

Beyond the mainland, multiple terrifying array formations overlapped in layers: the outer array flowed with dark golden eternal Dao rhythms, the middle array shimmered with eerie blue killing light, and the array at the core had strange and complex Dao patterns, faintly revealing a terrifying pressure at the quasi-emperor level, making people tremble with fear.

woohoo-

Just as over a hundred warships approached the airspace of Wujiang City, the void in front of them suddenly rippled and twisted, and two middle-aged men dressed in magnificent robes embroidered with star patterns appeared out of thin air.

Their imposing aura, at the level of First-Class Immortal Kings, descended like a mountain pressing down upon us. Their eyes, cold as blades, swept across the decks of all the warships, their tone devoid of any warmth: "Imperial Decree!"

The two men possessed a profound and unyielding aura. Although they were only at the Immortal King level, they did not back down in the slightest. Even though they sensed the Dao Lord level aura hidden inside the warship, they still stood upright, like two guardian deities.

"Boys, watch closely, the Dao Lord is about to appear." Zi Chen's divine sense arrived just in time, carrying a hint of warning.