Besides the cultivators from their Wushan Star Domain, could someone within this Milky Way Galaxy possibly kill Feng Hou?
The leaders of Wenxin Sect and others couldn't believe it.
Over the hundreds of years they had spent in the Milky Way Galaxy, they had explored many inhabited planets and had a general understanding of the galaxy's overall strength.
Due to the environment for cultivation, the strongest cultivators that could emerge in the Milky Way Galaxy were only at the Golden Core realm. Furthermore, without guidance in cultivation, even peerless geniuses who managed to enter the Golden Core realm could at most condense a third-grade Golden Core, with most of them being in the lower-to-mid tiers of the third grade, their strength not worth mentioning.
Moreover, there was almost no connection between each inhabited planet. Although cultivators at the Golden Core realm could wander through space with their physical bodies, the universe was vast and boundless. Without treasures like starships or the help of star system teleportation arrays, it would be impossible to reach another inhabited planet in their lifetime.
In their Wushan Star Domain, star systems where inhabited planets had no connection with each other were called barbaric star systems.
The implication was that these were undeveloped star systems.
The Milky Way Galaxy was located on the edge of the Wushan Star Domain. If not for True Immortal Zhi Wu leaving his opportunities within the Milky Way Galaxy, they probably would never have come here in their lives.
Generally speaking, when cultivators from the Wushan Star Domain descended upon barbaric star systems, they would feel a sense of superiority. This sense of superiority stemmed from their own strength.
In their eyes, the threats within the Milky Way Galaxy were not the native inhabitants, but rather other cultivators who also came from the Wushan Star Domain.
But now, Dao Zun was telling them that the Golden Core realm cultivators under his command, including Feng Hou, the peak cultivator who had condensed a top-grade third-grade Golden Core, had all died in the land of opportunities. How could they believe it?
"Do you think I would lie to you about something like this?" the one-armed Dao Zun's eyes flashed with killing intent.
"Dao Zun, please do not be angry. We are simply finding it hard to believe,"
The leader of Wenxin Sect quickly replied.
Feng Hou's strength was only slightly weaker than Bai Zhen's. Moreover, Feng Hou cultivated the Way of Wind, which was excellent for escaping. Even Bai Zhen would find it difficult to kill him.
Could it be that the native inhabitants here possessed strength even greater than Bai Zhen?
"I have already shown my sincerity. Now it is your turn to consider whether you are willing to make a life-bound oath and cooperate with me. If not, do not waste my time!"
"I believe there are plenty who are willing to cooperate with me."
Dao Zun sneered.
The leaders of Wenxin Sect and the other two exchanged glances. After a silent communication, the leader of Wenxin Sect spoke, "This matter is of great importance. Dao Zun, please allow us to discuss it and give you a reply after we have reached a consensus."
"I will give you half a day. After this time, I will immediately seek out other cultivators to cooperate with," Dao Zun stated.
"As Dao Zun wishes."
The leader of Wenxin Sect nodded. After agreeing, the projections of the three vanished simultaneously.
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Inside the starship of the leader of Wenxin Sect.
"My lords, what do you think?" Daoist Wenxin asked.
"Even Feng Hou died in the land of opportunities, it seems that the land of opportunities is indeed not as simple as we thought. You should know that the strong individual who could kill Feng Hou did so while Feng Hou was under Dao Zun's command, which means Dao Zun was already occupied and unable to disengage at that time,"
Bai Zhen analyzed. "However, since Dao Zun approached the three of us, he clearly believes that with our assistance, we should be enough to deal with the strong individuals in the land of opportunities. I think we can join."
"Heh heh, Dao Zun that fellow said that the treasures obtained in the land of opportunities will be split fifty-fifty, and for the opportunities themselves, it will depend on each person's ability. Clearly, he thinks we cannot contend with him," Li Yangzi, clad in a Yin Yang Daoist robe, chuckled strangely.
"This is also normal. In the face of such opportunities, even the three of us would not easily yield, let alone the usually domineering Dao Zun," the leader of Wenxin Sect said calmly.
If they could obtain the opportunity left by True Immortal Zhi Wu, they could upgrade their Golden Core to first-grade, making their strength comparable to Nascent Soul cultivators. How tempting was that?
Moreover, after condensing a first-grade Golden Core and entering the Nascent Soul stage, the success rate of passing the Nascent Soul tribulation would also be much higher. This was the reason for their fervor for the Nascent Soul stage.
"However, if the three of us join forces, although we cannot defeat Dao Zun, we can at least tie him down. Who will be able to seize the opportunity is still unknown."
"Dao Zun approached us, indicating that he believes we cannot significantly affect him. This is also an opportunity for us, so I think we can join."
Li Yangzi also expressed his stance.
"Since that is the case, let it be decided then." Seeing that neither of his companions objected, the leader of Wenxin Sect breathed a sigh of relief and nodded.
After the three reached a consensus, the leader of Wenxin Sect contacted Dao Zun. The four, with the Heavenly Dao as witness, began to make their life-bound oaths.
"Heavenly Dao as witness, I, Li Yangzi, will fulfill my promise and venture into the Land of Ji Yuan with Dao Zun, the leader of Wenxin Sect, and Bai Zhen..."
"Heavenly Dao as witness, I, Bai Zhen, will fulfill my promise and venture into the Land of Ji Yuan with Dao Zun, the leader of Wenxin Sect, and Li Yangzi..."
"..."
"If I violate this oath, may I perish under the heavenly tribulation!"
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Dao Zun, the leader of Wenxin Sect, Li Yangzi, and Bai Zhen, all four, made their life-bound oaths under the witness of the Heavenly Dao.
As soon as the oaths were made, they felt their souls were shackled. They knew that this was a Heavenly Dao shackle. Once the oath was violated, the Heavenly Dao shackle would automatically open, unleashing heavenly punishment.
Only after fulfilling their oaths would the Heavenly Dao shackle naturally disappear.
"Since the oaths have been made, let us not waste time. Hurry and come towards my location," Dao Zun told the leader of Wenxin Sect his coordinates and urged him.
"We will arrive as soon as possible," the leader of Wenxin Sect nodded and said. Then, the three disappeared from the projection stone simultaneously.
"Dao Zun's location is over a hundred light-years away. Using spatial stones for time-space jumps, it will only take about half a year to arrive. Without delay, we shall set off now."
After calculating the distance and time, the leader of Wenxin Sect immediately arranged for manpower to replenish the spatial stones of the starship and swiftly headed towards Dao Zun's location.
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Just as the leader of Wenxin Sect and others were approaching Earth in their starship, Zhang Fan and the others had already entered a state of seclusion.
The descent of these extraterrestrial cultivators had put everyone on edge. This was because the strength of these extraterrestrial cultivators was indeed formidable. If they had not misjudged Zhang Fan and the others' strength and chosen to engage in a direct confrontation, Zhang Fan and the others would have suffered.
Even so, Zhang Fan and the others were helpless against the one-armed Dao Zun. Even Zhang Fan could only say he could hold his ground, but defeating him was extremely difficult with his current strength.
Therefore, he had to use all sorts of methods to rapidly increase his strength to deal with the impending return of the one-armed Dao Zun.
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ps: Second update!