Chapter 433

Chapter 433: Debt Dao Rules, Regional Dao Weapons

“You…”

Yun Ye managed to utter just one word before falling silent.

Only the power of the Formation of Heaven’s Command could obstruct the strength of the True Formation of Annihilation; without this force, even if the citizens within the true formation were safe, the ability of the super spirit veins to produce spirit energy would diminish with every passing moment.

The super spirit veins were already half-damaged; if this destruction continued, they would truly become empty shells, directly downgrading. By that time, not only would the existing practitioners be unable to advance, but even the resources needed to regain their strength might be insufficient.

Without the power of the Evil Spirit God, the strength that Yun Ye controlled was far from overwhelming, and he could only allow sacrifices to happen, generating the power needed to break the deadlock.

“Do not mind it; it is a necessary choice.”

The individual facing the distance, with their back to Yun Ye, transformed into points of light along with their clothing and magical artifacts, vanishing completely.

“For the path of tomorrow!”

Thousands of practitioners chose to sacrifice themselves, becoming the kindling to fuel the flame of tomorrow.

Boom!

Six more white Light Feathers materialized, and the Ming Rihui Sword in Yun Ye’s hand extended its blue ribbons, enveloping the blade as countless blue threads converged.

Blue radiance spread from the Ming Rihui Sword to his attire, revealing several blue patterns on the black Daoist robe.

So many practitioners had sacrificed themselves that the Tomorrow Dao Weapon rekindled the power it once displayed in the domain of Dusk Setting Sun Chaotic Dawn.

Yuexin watched this scene and looked down at the Mark of the Reflecting Moon on her left hand. The silver light spread, and a blurry celestial figure suddenly re-emerged.

“Fourth Seat…”

Yun Ye sighed.

“Leading by example. Moreover, I cannot advance to the Mystic Realm; the four-hundred-year deadline is approaching, and it is good to make the most of my remaining energy… Wei Yang, you cannot die; you should continue to lead them forward.”

Yuexin smiled.

“I will not die.”

Severing the roots on all sides!

Yun Ye stated lightly and suddenly swung his sword. Three white Light Feathers shattered, visibly reducing the power of the True Formation of Annihilation by a large margin.

Black Light Feathers were pure power enhancers.

White Light Feathers represented the hopes of the people and had a strong conceptual interference ability, greatly amplifying the Tomorrow Dao Weapon’s capacity to strike concepts.

Yun Ye directly weakened the power of the True Formation of Annihilation by thirty percent with just half of the white Light Feathers. He shattered three more white Light Feathers and three black Light Feathers, harnessing the power of the Present Red Heaven to aim a single sword strike at the entire True Formation of Annihilation.

This blow was forcibly intercepted by multiple Dao Weapons, leaving several cracks on the ten artifacts.

“Continue, Ming Wei Yang; let’s see how many loyal subordinates you have left to sacrifice.”

Everyone present was a True Person. Despite their anger at the loss of the artifacts, none of them stepped back.

They had long completed their simulations and believed they must fight. Although they could still barely resist the current Tomorrow Dao Weapon, once the response of the Tomorrow Dao Weapon surpassed theirs, a single sword strike might render their artifacts half-damaged. At that time, how could they, relying on their cultivation as True Persons, contend against the Dao Weapons?

“Eradicate!”

Under the Ascension of the Heavenly Path, the eight True Persons did their utmost to sever the connection between the Great Wilderness Spirit Marsh’s super spirit veins and the Red Heaven realm.

The combined strength of the Present Red Heaven and the Formation of Heaven’s Command was indeed powerful, gathering the energy of two hundred thousand law realms and a hundred Mystic Realm practitioners. Their destruction was slow, but they were gradually making progress.

Yun Ye, in a state of absolute rationality, wore a blank expression as he swung his sword again and again, causing cracks to spread across many national-level Dao artifacts, almost leading to their collapse.

“I vow upon the fortune of the Luo Dynasty to suppress all traitors!”

At this moment, Que Yu added new rules to the Dao artifacts, causing their power to surge and outshine all other national-level Dao artifacts.

A massive number of Order Chains extended to block out the sky and the sun, intercepting the strike of the Tomorrow Dao Sword. These chains penetrated the super formations, aiming to strangle Yun Ye.

However, the Red Heaven True Immortal Law momentarily held them off. Although the Dao artifacts held an advantage, they could not completely disregard the Power of Rules like Ordinary Law could.

“At the cost of one national-level Dao artifact, I will erase you, Ming Waiyang. You truly have enough pride to descend into hell!”

Several True Persons stated.

One national-level Dao artifact held millions of echoes; once entangled by a great disaster, its destruction was inevitable, with only one-third recoverable in the end.

This cost was indeed quite burdensome; a province could only gather a million echoes in a millennium, and their accumulation of tens of millions of echoes was purely inherited from the previous dynasty!

“The Celestial Empire is unified, and all sides bow in submission. The weight is determined by the Dao artifacts; a million echoes are enough to request a position for a True Person in the Celestial Empire.”

“The power of someone with a two-thousand-year lifespan is being destroyed by a mere group of weeds!”

Que Yu’s expression darkened as he clenched his fist, causing the space around him to explode. His anger was uncontrollable. A True Person whose Dao artifact was damaged no longer qualified to join the Celestial Empire. If a million echoes were offered to the Celestial Empire, it would be enough for ordinary beings to ascend to True Persons, granting them two thousand years of life.

As a True Person approaching the end of his life, he naturally wanted to take a step further, to ascend to an Honored Position and live another lifetime!

Now, everything was gone!

Though the Lord of Luo had promised that once they broke through the New Dao and obtained its Dao artifacts, he would take part of the credit to ask the Celestial Empire for a further ascension.

But…

Was there any real possibility?

Que Yu was not naive; after calculations, he concluded that the likelihood of the Lord of Luo fulfilling his promise was less than ten percent, mostly providing him with a sliver of hope.

“Boom!”

The blue light from the Tomorrow Dao Sword was blocked by Que Yu’s Dao artifact. Although it could still cause damage, it was noticeably much slower.

Originally, with one swing of his sword, ten artifacts would receive two or more additional cracks. With a single Dao artifact, it would almost be half-destroyed with one strike.

But now, damaging Que Yu’s Dao artifact only resulted in one crack, and after connecting the Dao domain, it only resulted in a shallow mark.

Clearly, due to the addition of new rules, Que Yu’s Dao artifact had reached a higher level.

This level was called "State Domain."

Forcing the addition of rules could only elevate to the next tier.

The initial Dao artifact echoes in Baishi Town were only in the hundreds, but after accumulating debt to add rules, they could directly gain the effectiveness of state-level Dao artifacts.

The same principle applied to national-level Dao artifacts, which could ultimately achieve "State Domain" effectiveness.

The entire Red Heaven realm had only eleven states.

Reaching the artifact level of a continent with just the power of three states was quite rare; usually, it was achieved through debt to reach the same level.

At a one-percent effectiveness with state-level artifacts, the New Dao could only compete by borrowing strength from heaven and earth, causing its Dao artifacts to suffer calamities.

If they remembered correctly, the Dao wielder of the New Dao had nearly gathered all the echoes onto Ming Waiyang, with no second wielder possessing a million echoes.

Once they borrowed,

The New Dao would be close to destruction!

Even if they retreated, every sixty years, the New Dao would weaken once. Even if the New Dao resolutely shifted the echoes of its artifacts, causing two-thirds of them to vanish, it would lead to a sharp decline in the effectiveness of its Dao artifacts, and upon their return to encircle and kill again, they would surely succeed!

They were already holding the winning cards!

But was the reality truly like this?