Reincarnation Girl Becomes Immortal

If that's the level of combat power, she might need to fully transform into a dragon to barely cope.

"I will use the Yin family's secret technique to forcibly seal the Spirit-Locking Array before they set off, so that the mortal plan can proceed smoothly... Please break through the Divine Capital Altar in the mortal realm within September." Yin Wanluan's clone said calmly, "Leave my mortal sister, the mortal saintess, alive; she still has some use."

"As for the others, they can all be killed without consequence."

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Volume 1: Chapter 226, Building Feuds and Connecting Soldiers

Eight years after the save file was loaded, in early spring, February.

After a heavy rain, some tender shoots and twigs sprouted from the bottom of the soil, showing a touch of green beneath the trampled and flattened withered grass.

The rainstorm came and went quickly, leaving little water behind. This area is a hilly plain with plenty of soil that absorbs moisture. After just two or three days of sunny weather, the surface returned to its dry state.

The difference from before the war is that this hilly area is now tinged with a faint crimson hue.

Even with the torrential rain, the crimson blood flowing from the numerous corpses inevitably stained the area red.

The Xuan Tian Sect army spent three days clearing the battlefield and collecting numerous weapons and armor.

Afterwards, the logistics department would clean the armor they received, then paint or embroider snake patterns on it before supplying it to their own side.

The Xuantian Cult army relied on war to sustain itself, and the equipment of its personnel became significantly more complete after the war.

Compared to the defeated Purifying Fire Cult army, our side suffered fewer casualties, and we only need to capture one more city to make up for the manpower deficit.

The specific approach involved bringing in a large number of people who believed in the Xuantian Sect as the logistics army, and mobilizing the previous logistics army to be incorporated into the regular army.

So, not long after the war, the strength of the army actually increased.

In terms of resources, there is no shortage. In the mortal realm of the Pure Fire Realm, there are many crops that are easy to plant and mature, and the varieties are so good that they seem to be cultivated by wood-type cultivators with painstaking efforts. Each city has a large amount of stored grain, which is more than enough for the use of troops.

Afterwards, the army spread its faith, forged siege weapons, planned supply routes, supply lines, and logistics, and once everything was ready, it began its southward march.

After winning a major battle against the Pure Fire Sect army on the border, the Xuan Tian Sect army was able to occupy almost any territory they went to.

Even if cities loyal to the Pure Fire Sect block the way, all that is needed is to send out siege weapons to create a sensation and threaten the city, and have warriors in the army secretly infiltrate the city to cause riots. It can be taken down in just a few days.

Once Xi Heng returned to the Zhengjun Army, this massive, violent machine began to operate efficiently.

She was familiar with how to attack cities and had experience in managing marches and training troops.

Compared to the soldiers around her who lived in peacetime and rarely actually fought in battles, her methods of leading troops were more comprehensive.

In just one month, the Xuantian Army, divided into several divisions, conquered seven cities in the northern part of the Dasheng Kingdom and occupied two prefectures.

In March, several armies converged as planned, forming a single force that pierced the enemy's heart like a sharp dagger, advancing towards the sacred altar of the capital in the center of the Great Sheng Dynasty.

During this period, militia groups spontaneously organized by followers of the Pure Fire Sect often harassed them, but Xi Heng could easily resolve the situation by sending out martial artists and elite vanguard troops without any hesitation.

Then, the Pure Fire Sect, together with the Great Sheng Kingdom, sent two major military departments to the north to try to quell the rebellion.

One of the troops was defeated head-on by the Xuan Tian Sect army, while another troop, due to various reasons, lost morale and a mutiny broke out during the march.

Before even making contact with the Xuantian Sect's army, they spontaneously scattered.

Defeats on the main battlefield are commonplace and have little impact on world affairs.

However, a subsequent report of a defeat before the battle even began led to increasingly exaggerated perceptions and rumors about the Xuan Tian Sect's army among the common people, claiming that its soldiers and generals were all offspring of demons and monsters, or that they were favored by heaven and secretly assisted by the gods.

In short, the name of the Xuantian Sect Army became increasingly renowned, and the people of Dasheng Kingdom either avoided it at all costs or actively sought out the symbols or doctrines of the Xuantian Sect to secretly read and memorize.

In the fifth month, Xi Heng led his army around the capital of Dasheng Kingdom and had a brief exchange with the envoys who came out of the capital.

During this time, she overheard some transactions and promises made by mortals. The young woman, who was a cultivator, simply responded with a few words and did not agree to anything, and continued to lead the army south.

By the sixth month, the Xuan Tian army had gathered in the central part of the Da Sheng Kingdom, not far from the Divine Capital Altar.

The entire court of the Great Sheng Kingdom fell into silence, helpless against the Xuan Tian Sect army.

It wasn't until the Holy Altar of the Pure Fire Sect announced that it would hold a grand relief ceremony, requesting the Great God of Pure Fire to send true immortals and gods down to earth to drive away the troublesome demons.

The Dasheng court finally took action, dispatching a large number of elite troops to guard the Divine Capital Altar.

Xi Heng continued his southward advance, conquering cities and seizing territory, while the Pure Fire Sect began holding a grand relief ceremony.

To save the capital city from threat, pilgrims from all over the world gradually gather.

Stories of immortals and gods circulated again in rural towns and cities, and people gradually regained their faith in the Pure Fire Sect.

In the Xuan Tian Sect army, a general proposed at the command meeting that the military should be dispatched to intercept the messengers of the Pure Fire Sect who came to worship in all directions, and that elite warriors should be sent to sabotage the relief ceremony.

Xi Heng then said, "It's alright, let them go."

"But if the Pure Fire Sect really invites immortals and gods down to the mortal realm..." Even the commander-in-chief Xie Jun was uneasy.

“Those are just cultivators, not true immortals or gods.” She shook her head and said, “Now they can’t come down to the mortal realm either. No other cultivators will participate in this battle. You just need to prepare to attack the city.”

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In the seventh month, Xi Heng stood alone in the military camp tent, staring at the map before him, silently pondering whether there were any omissions in the siege plan.

After much thought, finding nothing amiss, he nodded gently.

"If the plan goes smoothly, we can take over the Divine Capital Altar by mid-July... faster than Yin Wanluan thought." Xi Heng looked up at the south.

The Fire Prison Spirit Locking Array is hidden in the northern part of the Divine Capital Altar. If the Spirit Locking Array is not closed, the powerful beings inside can arrive to support the outside world in just two or three minutes.

Whether everything goes smoothly depends on whether Yin Wanluan can seal the Spirit-Locking Array...

Xi Heng thought to himself that such a major event could very well lead to Yin Wanluan's betrayal being discovered by the higher-ups of the Fire Prison.

That might lead to very heavy consequences for her.

"If she gets caught, I'll go back to Hellfire and try to get her out..."

"But for now, let's focus on the things at hand." Xi Heng put aside his many worries, knowing that when the time came, things would come.

The many treasures, information, and resources that one acquires in this life can be utilized in the next life.

If this continues, one may never achieve a satisfactory outcome in this lifetime.

In future lives, I will surely obtain everything I desire.

……

Three days later, the sky was overcast.

Outside the walls of the Divine Capital Altar, black flags with snake patterns fluttered and rustled in the wind.

A long wind howled, and the dark clouds were blown around like giant beasts rolling, obscuring the bright light in the sky.

The war drums from all four directions beat slowly at a certain rhythm, the thumping sound like a countdown, foreshadowing some great event that is about to happen.

Even ordinary soldiers would shudder at the thought.

As the drums sounded, siege engines such as catapults and battering rams were pushed to the front of the battle line. Accompanied by the shouts of the rebel generals at the front, they were loaded with ammunition, soldiers, and engineers to operate the machines.

The siege formation was quickly set up, and the rebel generals, following the pre-battle procedure, shouted loudly towards the city ahead, urging the city to surrender and issuing threats.

The enemy soldiers on the city walls naturally dismissed the words of the Xuantian Sect as heresy, claiming that if the heretics dared to attack the city, immortals would descend with divine punishment to annihilate the evil army outside the city.

Xi Heng remained in the rear, waiting for the battle to begin.

If there are cultivators among the enemies, she will step in.

If not, she was confident that her Xuantian Sect army could capture the city in a short time.

The Xuan Tian Cult Army is more disciplined and more imposing than the enemy's military, and its actual strength is undoubtedly a level higher due to its cultivation of the Hunyuan Technique.

The siege equipment used was also personally improved by her.

There are few wars in this world, and the development of military equipment for attacking and defending cities is relatively backward. The catapult structure is quite old-fashioned in Xi Heng's eyes, two hundred years behind the Great Zhao.

Using the design blueprints of the Great Zhao Dynasty to construct military equipment would give them an overwhelming advantage in dealing with the defensive structures of the Divine Capital Altar.

Gradually, the shouts from both sides in front of the city wall subsided, replaced by the more rapid-fire beat of war drums.

"Let's attack the city," Xi Heng simply ordered from the rear.

The messenger waved the flag and shouted loudly, while the drummer beat the drum faster and faster.

The next moment, a muffled whooshing sound rang out from the front, and the projectile threw out a round boulder, which drew a conspicuous arc in the air.

The boulder crashed down on the city wall with a thunderous and explosive sound.

When the first booming sound rang out, the shouts of messengers, the beat of war drums, and the cries of soldiers obeying orders from both sides immediately became extremely intense.

Countless chaotic sounds overlapped, along with more and more boulders being thrown up, either crashing into the city walls or falling directly into the city, causing gasps and screams from inside the Divine Capital Altar.

Some of the projectiles emitted fireballs that crashed into the city, scattering sparks and setting houses ablaze.

Since the start of the war, the situation has escalated.

The battering ram, carrying dozens of gunners and shieldmen, was pushed forward by several physically strong warriors. The enemy used oil to fight back, but it was blocked by the fireproof cloth covering the front.

The arrow rain could not break through the defenses. As long as the battering ram was placed against the edge of the city wall, it created a staircase passage leading directly to the top of the White Stone City Wall.

The generals cleared the way, and then a large number of vanguard troops carried ladders and charged forward, attacking the city walls together with battering rams.

Taking advantage of the enemy's rare moment of respite, another massive ram, laden with large tree stumps, stopped in front of the city gate.

People pulled the iron-clad battering ram and smashed it hard against the city gate.

The muffled, explosive sounds reverberated as the battering rams repeatedly struck the city gate, quickly leaving dents and gaps in the iron-clad gate studded with nails.

On the city wall, the two armies began close combat, and a large number of lives were lost rapidly.

Xi Heng watched the scene of blood and flesh flying and life-or-death struggle from afar with his extraordinary vision, but remained unmoved in his original spot.

She came here only to deal with cultivators, and did not want to directly participate in the battles of ordinary mortals with her physical body.

With no cultivators present on the enemy side, she had plenty of free time.

In this battle, the Xuantian Sect invoked the promises of the martial artists who had previously sought to learn the Hunyuan Gong, requesting their assistance.

A large number of martial artists are currently wandering around as unofficial generals of the Xuantian Sect, rapidly weakening the Jinghuo Sect's fighting force.

The battle had barely begun when it turned into a one-sided affair due to the involvement of martial artists.

"These city walls, which are over ten meters high, can hold off ordinary armies, but they can't stop martial artists and generals who can scale walls and leap across rooftops," Xi Heng muttered to himself.

Time is ticking.

Within half a quarter of an hour, the Pure Fire Cult army, which could barely hold the city walls, could no longer maintain the defense of the city gates.

The already cracked city gate burst open with a final blast of battering rams, which then retreated, allowing a massive influx of soldiers to surge into the city.

A long shout of "The city has fallen!" echoed from behind the city gate, and the entire Divine Capital, both soldiers and civilians, instantly erupted into a frenzy of excitement.

Many residents hurriedly packed their belongings and fled towards the southern city gate, which was not besieged. Those who could not escape knelt down and shouted the name of the Xuantian Sect in an attempt to survive.

The logistics militia, who firmly believed in the Purification Cult, immediately collapsed upon hearing of the city's fall, with only a few fanatical followers remaining to fight, making it difficult to form a decent organization.

The Xuantian Sect army rushed into the city, first engaging in fierce battles with the remnants of the Jinghuo Sect who blocked their way at the city gate, and then, driven by their savagery, they began a collective, unconscious act of burning, killing, and looting.

Xi Heng did not stop him, but got up and left the chariot, using his light footwork to leap into the city from one side of the city wall.

Seeing the panicked crowd fleeing, she headed in the opposite direction of their escape towards the center of the Divine Capital Altar.

She had walked this road several times before and remembered it clearly.

After turning several times and climbing several wide steps, we gradually arrived at the sparsely populated Mortal Pure Fire Temple.

Originally, there should have been many guards standing around this area.

However, today was different; not only the guards, but even most of the priests and pilgrims in the temple had fled in panic.

Furthermore, even now, as the Xuan Tian Sect army has completely breached the city walls, no cultivators have come to resist.

"I wonder how long Yin Wanluan can stop it..."

She looked at the white stone steps in front of her and the magnificent and solemn white hall above them.

Take a step and climb the steps.

His right hand fell to his waist, and he slowly drew out a sword hilt without a blade.

Driven by spiritual energy, flames quickly ignited at the tip of the sword hilt, solidifying into a tangible fire crystal.

Over the past few months, she has gradually mastered this magical weapon. Although she is not as proficient as Yi Fei, she can use it as a normal sword without any problems.

The distance between the palace gates ahead and Xi Heng gradually closed.

The interior of the main hall is well-lit and appears bright.

A woman with light-colored hair, dressed in a pure white robe, sat in the main seat at the top of the hall.