Modern World's Martial Dao Human Immortal-Chapter 468 - 454: Tidying Up

Penglai Dao Lord saw Alkaid showing mercy to her subordinates and then suddenly erupting to slay the Abyssal Ruins Dao Lord…

She didn't understand why.

But she didn't probe further.

Perhaps Alkaid was trying to build her confidence for her effort to Integrate Dao by slaying a Void Dao Lord.

Cultivation is a very private matter.

Even the closest friends shouldn't inquire too much.

As long as the goal was achieved, that was all that mattered.

"Fifteenth Level Formation."

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Penglai Dao Lord glanced at the grand formation enveloping the entire Heavenly Dao Sect, feeling more assured that Alkaid could arrange an Immortal Array in the future.

Without hesitation, she spoke, "I'll go see if I can still catch up with Hei Yue and Jade Kirin. They dared to join forces and provoke me; they must pay the price for their actions, no matter what."

"Dao Lord, please feel free."

Alkaid spoke and added, "Afterward, please come back here. I need Dao Lord's help for the final refining of the Human Emperor Sword."

"Is it almost complete?"

A spark of excitement flashed in Penglai Dao Lord's eyes: "So soon?"

"I, Alkaid, am known for being fast."

Alkaid said with a smile.

"Good, I will sweep the surroundings and once they've been completely subdued, I'll dedicate my full effort to assisting you with the final refinement of the Human Emperor Sword."

Penglai Dao Lord happily agreed.

With that said, she seemed ready to leave.

Alkaid hurriedly took out a Superior Dao Artifact and a remnant Cave Heaven Core: "The slaying of Abyssal Ruins was thanks to the Dao Lord's power. These items..."

"You keep them for now. Something from a Void Dao Lord should aid you in your upcoming effort to Integrate Dao. If you succeed, we can advance or retreat together, and these items will be my gift to you. If your attempt fails… I won't be shy about keeping what you leave behind," Penglai Dao Lord said bluntly.

After hearing this, Alkaid didn't insist, nodding her head: "I will not disappoint you, Dao Lord."

"Be careful. If there's danger again, ask for my help right away."

As soon as Penglai Dao Lord finished her words, her figure flickered and disappeared.

She was Traversing space by leveraging the Great Void Path through the power of the Origin Dao.

Just as a person's strength increases, their speed inevitably follows suit.

There is naturally resonance and interaction among the Three Thousand Great Daos.

Once Penglai Dao Lord had left, Alkaid's gaze returned to the six Shattered Void, led by the True Monarch of Hollow Void, within the array.

With a step into the void, she appeared directly on the battlefield where True Monarch of Hollow Void, who had fought to a draw, and Zhen Xuanyuan were located.

With a grasp of her empty hand, the power of the Twelve Demon Gods Heavenly Sealing Formation surged forth, each Demon God exerting a formidable power far beyond the Shattered Void level, boldly capturing each of the disruptive Shattered Void.

However, these Shattered Void...

Even including True Monarch of Hollow Void, as soon as they sensed the stagnation of combat fluctuations and that it was Alkaid emerging victorious, they immediately ceased fighting and pleaded for mercy.

"Alkaid, Sect Leader, please understand, we were forced by Abyssal Ruins to be enemies with Heavenly Dao Sect. In truth, we hold no ill will towards Heavenly Dao Sect," they implored.

"Reporting to Sect Leader Alkaid, even though we are followers and disciples of True Monarch of Hollow Void, we were compelled by circumstances. He was envious of our talents, and we had to either serve him completely as his disciples and subordinates or be killed by him on the spot. Under such circumstances, we had no other choice…"

"We are willing to serve Heavenly Dao Sect and contribute our strength to its development and construction from now on, to make amends for today's mistakes."

Alkaid glanced at the twelve Demon God shadows that had reformed overhead...

The speed of these Shattered Void's allegiance was probably because they understood that, facing the power of the Fifteenth Level Formation, they had no choice but to surrender if they didn't want death.

However, just as he was controlling the Demon God shadows to deliver a lethal blow to these Shattered Void, Zhen Xuanyuan remarked, "I can't speak for the other Shattered Void, but a thousand years ago, True Monarch of Hollow Void had to serve Abyssal Ruins and become his disciple to preserve himself…"

He added, "Moreover… his true form is that of the Human Race."

Alkaid's gaze fell on True Monarch of Hollow Void.

Once Cultivation reached a certain level, life forms could freely transform.

Although True Monarch of Hollow Void maintained human form, Alkaid had assumed he was of the Star Spirits Clan or Void Tribe because he was a disciple of Abyssal Ruins Dao Lord.

"A thousand years ago, I too was regarded as a prodigy, advancing into the realm of Shattered Void within merely three hundred years," said True Monarch of Hollow Void bitterly. "But because my talent was too exceptional, Abyssal Ruins took notice during an outing. He concocted a reason to kill me, so I had no choice but to take him as my master in order to survive…"

After explaining, he quickly stated, "In fact, over the past thousand years, although I have served Abyssal Ruins diligently, he never trusted me. Three hundred years ago, he used a Dao Artifact of Causality, obtained by chance, to plant causality onto us, indirectly controlling and influencing us through this artifact."

"A Dao Artifact of Causality?"

Alkaid was somewhat surprised.

Despite the fact that her perspective had expanded countless times compared to before, she had yet to encounter the realms of Destiny and Causality.

Instantly, she scanned the remnants of Abyssal Ruins Dao Lord's Cave Heaven Core and quickly, a mysterious Dao Artifact appeared in her hand.

Upon handling this artifact, Alkaid immediately felt a Perception connecting her with over a hundred targets.

Among them, several were the present six Shattered Void, including True Monarch of Hollow Void.

For many years, Abyssal Ruins Dao Lord had either genuinely or deceitfully taught True Monarch of Hollow Void and others how to cultivate.

This had sealed their causality.

With this Causality Dao Artifact, he could completely force Hollow Void True Monarch and the others to repay their causality, thereby stripping the cultivation from their bodies.

Just like the current Hollow Void True Monarch, once stripped, his power would tumble down a thousandfold, plummeting from a top ten candidate on the Dao Lord succession list to that of an ordinary Shattered Void cultivator.

But that wasn't all...

It seemed that Abyssal Ruins Dao Lord had also "saved" the lives of Hollow Void True Monarch and others.

Even though it was he who had led Hollow Void True Monarch and the rest to venture into dangerous places—part of the causality—which led to Hollow Void True Monarch and his group doing nothing to help when Abyssal Ruins True Monarch recently faced a life-threatening danger, the fact that he saved Hollow Void True Monarch was undeniable.

If he were to activate this Causality Dao Artifact...

Under the backlash of causality, Hollow Void True Monarch would not necessarily have to pay with his life, but he would definitely suffer from the backlash of causality.

And now this Causality Dao Artifact had fallen into Alkaid's hands...

"From this moment forward, we are willing to follow the commands of Sect Leader Alkaid, looking to him as our guide. Should we betray even half a word, under the backlash of causality, may all of us suffer deviation and perish."

Hollow Void True Monarch declared solemnly.

The other Shattered Voids also expressed their stance one after another.

Willing to surrender to Heavenly Dao Sect to atone for their sins.

Alkaid glanced at Zhen Xuanyuan.

But Zhen Xuanyuan simply said, "Heavenly Dao Sect is indeed in need of people now. If Sect Leader Alkaid is willing to accept them, we have no objections."

After all, had Hollow Void True Monarch not purposely underperformed earlier, given the strength of this sixth-ranked aspirant on the Dao Lord succession list, it would have been inevitable for a Supreme Elder or two of the Heavenly Dao Sect side to fall.

They owed Hollow Void True Monarch a favor.

Upon hearing this, Alkaid thought for a brief moment.

"This time, Hei Yue Demon Venerable and Jade Kirin Demon Saint joined forces to attack Penglai Dao Lord. Afterward, Penglai Dao Lord will certainly seek vengeance against this demon and monster. Not to mention the rest, the Yin Moon Sect is very likely to be uprooted. Once the Yin Moon Sect is eradicated, we must have enough strength to occupy that territory, capable of handling the demon cultivators' retaliation for decades, or even centuries to come. During this period, we must have strong cultivators stationed on this land until the Yin Moon Sect exhausts all of its strength..."

With that thought in mind, his gaze returned to the several Shattered Voids: "Then I shall give you a chance to redeem yourselves. Assist our Heavenly Dao Sect's Southern Region, assist Penglai Dao Lord, to attack Yin Moon Sect and be stationed in the land of Yin Moon Sect. If you perform well, I will relieve you of the causality carried by this Causality Dao Artifact."

"Thank you for your mercifulness, Sect Leader."

"Sect Leader Alkaid has saved us from the bitter sea, and we are endlessly grateful. We will devote our full effort to serve Heavenly Dao Sect as a way to repay Sect Leader Alkaid's kindness."

Each of the Shattered Voids spoke up one after the other.

Seeing this, Alkaid waved his hand: "Alright, Zhen Xuanyuan, Gu Li, Dong Xi, I will trouble you three Supreme Elders to take Hollow Void True Monarch and the others to the Southern Region, and escalate the war against Yin Moon Sect. This time, we shall completely expel and annihilate Yin Moon Sect."

"Yes."

Zhen Xuanyuan and Chi Yun responded solemnly, and soon they led Hollow Void True Monarch and the others away.

"Chi Yun, Liao Chen, Yuan Xing, the three of you handle the aftermath. Treat the injured disciples with full effort, compensate the fallen disciples, and quickly rebuild the destroyed peaks. Strive to restore order to the Heavenly Dao Sect at the fastest speed and move out of the shadow of this great battle."

Alkaid continued issuing commands.

The three Supreme Elders also took their orders and busied themselves with their respective tasks.

Alkaid...

then glanced around.

His fight with Abyssal Ruins Dao Lord, though quite short-lived, had in fact caused severe damage to Heavenly Dao Sect.

Especially the head-on collision between Golden Book Venerable wielding the Twelve Demon Gods Heavenly Sealing Formation and Abyssal Ruins Dao Lord. Even though the impact was in the Void, the shockwave and the storm it set off still ravaged the land for tens of thousands of miles, causing countless houses to collapse and formations to shatter.

And who knows how many cultivators perished in the aftermath of that collision.

In the face of Dao Lord level power...

Those cultivators who hadn't reached Hollow Void were just too fragile.

Alkaid watched for a moment, then with a flash, appeared beside Golden Book Venerable.

"Venerable."

But Golden Book Venerable was examining the Twelve Demon Gods Heavenly Sealing Formation and curiously said, "Since when has this formation become so powerful?"

Seeing that the Venerable's demeanor was calm, as if he hadn't cared about what had just occurred, Alkaid also calmed down.

"I have made a series of improvements to the formation, elevating it to the standard of a Fifteenth Level Formation."

"A Fifteenth Level Formation?"

Golden Book Venerable recalled this designation: "Is it the ranking system you promoted within our Sect concerning formations, artifact refining, and alchemy?"

"Yes, the previous designations as Grandmaster Level Formation, top-notch formation, were too vague."

Alkaid responded.

"Alright then,"

Golden Book Venerable nodded: "If there's nothing else, I shall take my leave."

After saying this, his form flickered and he vanished without a trace.

The thought processes of beings like Artifact Spirits differ completely from those of humans. Perhaps...

Even life and death are viewed as normal transitions of existence to them, and they do not feel any sorrow.

After Golden Book Venerable left, Alkaid looked once more at the Heavenly Dao Sect Elders, who were beginning to busy themselves all around. With them here, the Heavenly Dao Sect would not be thrown into chaos.

However, it was crucial that the two top-notch Dao Artifacts he was refining were not affected by the disturbances in the sect's earth veins, to prevent any issues in their forging.

Immediately, his form flickered, and he returned to Abandoned Heaven Valley.