Facing an absolute crushing gap in strength, the Devil Compassion Sovereign had no chance of victory.
When he saw that the opponent had effortlessly resolved his Sovereign Celestial Art, the Devil Compassion Sovereign knew that he had lost, and lost completely.
"I never expected Brother Meng to have already stepped into that realm. It is truly shocking."
"I concede."
The Devil Compassion Sovereign was also straightforward. Knowing there was no hope of turning the situation around, he directly dispersed his Sovereign Celestial Body and turned to retreat back toward the Hundred Battles Domain camp.
At this moment, everyone else was still shocked by the terrifying scene just now, where the Sleeping Emperor had actually controlled his Sky Dragon Celestial Body and had it swallow the energy of the Devil Compassion Sovereign's Great Vajra Celestial Body's Sovereign Celestial Art Vajra Annihilation Heaven Bowl in a single bite. Seeing the Devil Compassion Sovereign concede so decisively, many people did not even have time to react.
As for the two other giants among the Three Great Leaders, Sword Concealing Elder and Corpse Mountain Elder, their expressions were extremely ugly as they fell silent. In that brief instant earlier, they had also sensed the Sleeping Emperor's cultivation. It had surpassed Eighth Grade and reached Ninth Grade, leaving the two of them with nothing more to say.
The Sleeping Emperor naturally had no intention of challenging the remaining two who were even weaker than the Devil Compassion Sovereign. After seeing the latter concede, he directly returned to his own formation.
"The three wagered battles have concluded. My Great Heavenlaw Domain has achieved two victories and one draw. The one million Sovereign Spiritual Liquid and one thousand cities should be prepared by your Hundred Battles Domain as soon as possible. Do not force this seat to personally come and collect them."
Mandala's calm voice spread out, causing the hearts of all the Hundred Battles Domain experts to tremble.
Sword Concealing Elder and Corpse Mountain Elder clenched their teeth, then both turned their gazes toward Liu Tiandao. However, the latter was no longer able to support them. He only said lightly, "Since we lost, we naturally must honor the agreement."
Hearing this, Sword Concealing Elder and the others could only nod in pain. Given the temperament of the Great Heavenlaw Domain Lord, if they dared to renege, the Hundred Battles Domain would likely pay an even heavier price.
"As expected of Sect Master Liu, so trustworthy," Mandala said with a faint smile.
Liu Tiandao smiled but did not respond to her words. Instead, he said, "I ask that the Great Heavenlaw Domain Lord carefully consider my previous proposal. If you feel the stakes are insufficient, I can add more."
Mandala's voice grew slightly colder as she replied, "I have already said it before. Such a matter is absolutely impossible. Also, if your Sky Profound Palace dares to secretly play any underhanded schemes, and I catch hold of evidence, then all consequences will be borne by you, Liu Tiandao."
Although no one knew exactly what the two great figures were discussing, judging from the tone of the exchange, it was not hard to tell that the conversation was far from pleasant.
This was also normal. After such an incident, the Great Heavenlaw Domain and the Sky Profound Palace had already formed enmity. It was just that now was not the time to settle it.
At present, there were only a few years left before the once every thirty years Northern Region Grand Hunting War. The seven top tier powers were all preparing for that true great battle. No one wanted to become the next force to disappear, so before that, the seven top tier powers would try their best to maintain peaceful development.
Liu Tiandao chuckled softly and said nothing more. He cupped his hands toward Mandala, then his figure merged into the void and vanished.
Seeing this, Sword Concealing Elder and the others felt that they had completely lost their support. Naturally, they did not dare to bargain further with Mandala. After promising that everything would be prepared and delivered to the Great Heavenlaw Domain within ten days, Mandala waved her hand and ordered the withdrawal.
Mandala's figure disappeared first. The remaining matters would naturally be handled by the Three Emperors.
The war of conquest launched by the Great Heavenlaw Domain against the Hundred Battles Domain finally came to an end with a great victory for the Great Heavenlaw Domain. At the very first moment after the war concluded, all information related to the battle spread at an astonishing speed, eventually reaching the ears of the many forces paying attention to this war.
From a certain perspective, this result was not too surprising. After all, everyone knew that the strength of the Great Heavenlaw Domain exceeded that of the Hundred Battles Domain. If not for the Sky Profound Palace secretly backing them this time, the Hundred Battles Domain would not have had the courage to provoke the Great Heavenlaw Domain.
However, the process itself left a deep impression on many people. In particular, the Sleeping Emperor who had already reached Ninth-Grade Sovereign, and Liu Bai who had consecutively slain ten domain commander level experts from three major forces.
Although to first rate or top tier forces, Liu Bai's current cultivation was still insufficient to attract their attention, his battle record was simply too outrageous, and his methods were also bizarre and unpredictable. It was said that he possessed quite a few good items, so many interested parties also began to pay attention to him.
This could be considered Liu Bai's initial appearance in the eyes of the entire Northern Region. Many people began to regard him as a representative of the younger generation of the Great Heavenlaw Domain, placing him alongside the young geniuses of the other six top tier forces.
These geniuses included Fang Yi of the Divine Pavilion, the Netherworld Prince of the Netherworld Palace, Liu Yan of the Sky Profound Palace, Saintess Su Biyue of Myriad Saint Peak, and others.
However, compared to figures like Fang Yi and the Nether Prince, Liu Bai's emergence felt somewhat abrupt. This was because among the younger generation of the Northern Region, aside from the seven top tier forces, many first rate forces also had quite a few renowned figures.
Each of those individuals had cultivation far higher than Liu Bai who was only Third Grade Sovereign. As a result, many people believed that Liu Bai had simply been exaggerated, and that his rise to prominence in the Northern Region was entirely due to his origin from the Great Heavenlaw Domain.
If not for this identity bonus, with such strength alone, any carefully nurtured successor of a first rate force would surpass him by an enormous margin.
Naturally, Liu Bai did not concern himself with the outside world's noise. At this moment, he was in seclusion in the back mountain of Nine Nether Palace.
After all, he had obtained so much experience value. It was indeed time to properly enhance himself.
As for cultivation, there was no rush for now.
With so much experience value, if he were to break through to Fourth-Grade Sovereign the moment he entered seclusion, it would feel a bit too fake. So Liu Bai planned to wait three or four days before doing so.
If he was not increasing cultivation, then the only path to directly enhance his combat strength at present was the path of a Spiritual Array Master.
Coincidentally, Liu Bai still had quite a few Seventh-Rank Spiritual Arrays, and even Eighth-Rank Spiritual Arrays, which were perfect to choose a few to study.
Glancing at his current attribute panel, it listed the arrays he had mastered.
First-Rank Spiritual Arrays
Consciousness Mesmerizing Array perfected
Spiritual Rain Array perfected
Flame Serpent Spirit Breaking Array perfected
Wolf Spirit Slaying Array perfected
Nine Heavens Thunder Spirit Array perfected
Second-Rank Spiritual Arrays
Five Wheel Heavens Splitting Array perfected
Third-Rank Spiritual Arrays
Demonic Vine Strangulation Array perfected
Hundred Spirits Sword Array perfected
Fourth-Rank Spiritual Arrays
Minor Thousand Spirit Sword Array combined array
Fifth-Rank Spiritual Arrays
Divine Cauldron Heaven Refining Array perfected
Heaven Wind Earth Rain Array perfected
Sixth-Rank Spiritual Arrays
Demon Lotus Slaughter Spirit Array three lotus form
Starlight Seven Kill Array perfected
Vast Sky Sword Array entry level
Divine Python Swallowing Heaven Array entry level
Star River Grand Array entry level
Seventh-Rank Arrays
Demon Lotus Slaughter Spirit Array complete form
Red Cloud Array perfected
Capital Heaven Divine Fire Array entry level
Skeletal Illusion Array not yet initiated
If he raised his cultivation to Fourth-Grade Sovereign, Liu Bai could barely deploy Earth Grade High-Level arrays in his normal state, namely the strongest Seventh-Rank arrays. At present, among the four Seventh-Rank arrays on his panel, aside from the Demon Lotus Slaughter Spirit Array which was Earth Grade Middle Level, the remaining three were all Earth Grade Low-Level.
Among the first volume of the array collection he obtained from the array ruins, there were two Earth Grade High-Level arrays among the ten Seventh-Rank arrays. They were the Prison Suppressing Bright King Array and the Heavenly Dragon Breath Array.
The former was a suppression and defensive array, while the latter was a pure killing array.
Moreover, according to the description in the book, the Heavenly Dragon Breath Array could use dragon clan essence blood to strengthen the array's power. The higher the grade of the essence blood, the greater the array's might, potentially reaching the level of a Heaven-Grade Spiritual Array at its strongest.
As for the only Eighth-Rank array in the collection, it was merely Heaven Grade Low Level, and it was still incomplete.
Fallen Soul Array incomplete, Heaven Grade Low-Level. It contained twelve Soul Banners and could capture the divine souls of those who entered the array.
The ability to seize divine souls was truly formidable. However, this array only had the soul capturing method and no follow up, which was why its grade had fallen to Heaven Grade Low Level.
If this array were not incomplete, Liu Bai guessed that it might even reach the level of a Grandmaster array.
These three arrays were the ones Liu Bai had chosen to enhance. As for the Sixth-Rank arrays, he had already temporarily learned three of them earlier, which was sufficient, so this time Liu Bai had no intention of selecting any arrays below Seventh-Rank.
To raise a Sixth-Rank array from entry level to perfected required one hundred and twenty thousand experience points, while a Seventh-Rank array required one hundred and eighty thousand experience points, with an additional three thousand needed to reach entry level.
As for Eighth-Rank Spiritual Arrays, there was a small leap. Entry level required five thousand experience points, minor mastery required fifty thousand, and perfected required two hundred and fifty thousand. That was a total of three hundred and five thousand experience points.
When Liu Bai raised these three arrays along with all the previous ones to the perfected stage, he consumed nearly one million four hundred thousand experience points.
However, the boost to his combat strength was enormous.
As long as he was given enough preparation time, he could even threaten a Asura King who was a Seventh-Grade Sovereign.
Of course, the Asura King was currently recuperating from injuries, so Liu Bai was merely using him as a reference and did not actually harbor any thoughts toward him.
It could be said that as long as Liu Bai raised his cultivation by one more grade, he would already be fully qualified to become the Tenth King of the Great Heavenlaw Domain.
Naturally, Liu Bai had no such thoughts for the time being. Once one became a King, they would need to manage their own forces, which brought Liu Bai no benefit at all. It was far better to continue staying with Nine Nether Palace.
After finishing his array studies, Liu Bai continued searching through the panel. As the contents of the attribute panel grew more and more extensive, he usually could not be bothered to look through everything carefully.
Only now did he realize that his artifact refining and pill refining had not been improved for a very long time. At present, he was still only a Mid-Grade Artifact Refiner and a Fourth Grade Spiritual Pill Master.
After some thought, he directly raised the Divine Refinement Method to the perfected stage, consuming one hundred thousand experience points. He also raised the first volume of the Azure Pill Codex to the perfected stage, consuming fifty thousand experience points.
In an instant, two massive streams of information surged directly into Liu Bai's mind. If not for the fact that his cultivation had long since become extraordinary, and his divine soul had grown countless times stronger along with it, this sudden influx alone could have caused his soul to collapse.
He sat cross legged for a full ten days organizing and digesting this information before barely completing the process. From here on, to raise his artifact refining and pill refining further, he only needed to practice more.
These were purely technical matters. The realm had already been raised, so it would be very easy.
"It is about time for my equipment set to truly be put on the agenda. It has been so long already. With my current artifact refining realm, forging a set of miraculous armor should not be difficult."
"And pill refining too. This also requires a great deal of practical experience."
Coincidentally, Nine Nether Palace had obtained a large amount of resources this time, among which pill refining and artifact refining materials were the most abundant, more than enough for Liu Bai to freely use for a while.
"There is still quite a bit of experience left. Should I raise my array path realm as well."
Out of eight million experience points, aside from four million used to raise himself to Fourth-Grade Sovereign, there were still a full four million remaining. It was definitely not enough to raise him to Fifth-Grade, and leaving it unused would be far too wasteful. It was better to directly convert it into combat strength.
"Upgrade Void Heart Eye State to Ture Heart Eye State."
Two million experience points melted away like snow under the blazing sun. Immediately afterward, Liu Bai felt a humming sound echo through his mind. A hazy gray world appeared before his eyes, followed by countless lines of all kinds intertwining together, forming a bizarre and fantastical world.
Liu Bai raised his hand and touched his forehead. Although he could not physically feel anything, he was certain that a third eye had appeared on his forehead, and what he had just seen was precisely the vision of this special eye.
With a wave of his hand, a thin stream of water flowed out of the air and gathered before him, forming a smooth mirror.
Using the reflection, Liu Bai saw his current appearance.
Just as he had expected, reflected in the mirror was a handsome youth with three eyes.
"Not bad, not bad. I am starting to look a bit like a younger version of Erlang Shen."
Liu Bai chuckled softly.
Do not think that this extra eye was merely for appearance. With this True Heart Eye State, even the most basic level of it was enough to greatly simplify countless Spiritual Arrays in Liu Bai's vision.
In the future, when encountering Spiritual Arrays, he might not even need experience points to upgrade them. As long as he was given ten days or half a month, he could thoroughly research and understand any array.
Of course, if he wanted to save time, he would still need to rely on the cheat. There was no way around that. Since he wanted convenience, he could only pay the price.
Before he knew it, nearly half a month had already passed.
Now, even if he raised his cultivation to Fourth-Grade Sovereign, it would not attract attention. So Liu Bai no longer hesitated and directly added four million experience points into the Innate Five Elements Art.
In an instant, Liu Bai felt towering waves surge within his Sovereign Sea. With each roll of the waves, the sea level rose once more. After several such surges, Liu Bai felt that his Sovereign Sea had been completely filled.
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