"We will continue to pursue the traitors of Jiuzhou and dock the World Extermination Warship at the Fire Spirit Realm. Once we locate the Jiuzhou World, we will deploy the World Extermination Warship."
A voice echoed from the World Extermination Warship, followed by the departure of over a dozen demonic powerhouses radiating terrifying auras. They tore through space and vanished.
Judging by their auras, these demonic beings were all mid-stage Invincible powerhouses, and three of them possessed auras no weaker than Yuan's.
After these powerhouses departed, the World Extermination Warship turned and entered a spatial rift. The void instantly fell silent.
After an unknown amount of time, figures began to arrive at the location.
They were powerhouses from various surrounding worlds, as well as void beasts.
Upon seeing that the space where the Skywater World once stood was empty, the assembled beings were shocked, their eyes filled with disbelief.
"The Skywater World has been destroyed! My heavens, with four mid-stage Invincible powerhouses guarding it, what kind of enemy did they encounter?" a being exclaimed in shock.
"It must be the powerhouses from Jiuzhou. How did they manage this? Has Yuan, the World Lord of Jiuzhou, broken through to the high-stage?"
The strongest being in a world is its World Lord. Yuan was the strongest among the Invincible in Jiuzhou, hence all those in the void universe who knew of Jiuzhou referred to Yuan as the Lord of Jiuzhou.
"The great lords from the Divine Realm have just disappeared. It seems that group from Jiuzhou has escaped again. Including the Skywater World, this group of humans from Jiuzhou has already annihilated seven worlds!"
"We cannot allow these humans from Jiuzhou to run rampant any longer. Their indiscriminate killing will surely bring disaster upon us sooner or later."
The powerhouses present engaged in heated discussions. In the Western Domain, some worlds resisted the Divine Realm, while others wished to be ruled by it. Therefore, in the eyes of the latter, Jiuzhou were rebels and bandits.
"We hope the great lords from the Divine Realm can quickly annihilate those humans from Jiuzhou and restore peace to the Western Domain!"
The assembled powerhouses dispersed one after another. Except for the void beasts, the powerhouses from the worlds departed with worried expressions.
After all, the Skywater World was considered a relatively strong world in the vicinity. Yet, in the blink of an eye, it was destroyed by the humans from Jiuzhou. This meant that if they encountered these people from Jiuzhou, their own worlds would also be annihilated like the Skywater World.
More than ten days passed in the blink of an eye, and Li Xiaotian and his entourage finally returned to Jiuzhou.
The Dragon Horse led the Jiuzhou World and had been hiding at the edge of the Western Domain, so it encountered no danger after Li Xiaotian's departure.
Moreover, any weaker void beasts it encountered were eliminated by the Tongtian Sword Master and others.
With the return of the ancient powerhouses, the entire Jiuzhou World erupted in joy.
This signified that Jiuzhou now had a foundation to stand upon in the void universe. For the beings of Jiuzhou, it meant that their world had become stronger and their safety was guaranteed.
The entire Jiuzhou World descended into celebration. Yuan allowed the Jiuzhou World to absorb the Skywater World, flooding Jiuzhou with rich energy. Jiuzhou began to expand and strengthen rapidly.
For a time, many beings in Jiuzhou broke through their cultivation, and the overall strength of Jiuzhou reached an unprecedented height.
It is worth mentioning that the Demon Lord had not yet broken through and had fallen far behind.
After Li Xiaotian returned, the Demon Lord did not even grant him an audience, seemingly having thrown a tantrum.
With the ancient powerhouses providing support, Li Xiaotian felt completely at ease. He no longer needed to manage any affairs and dedicated a month to spending time with his wife and daughter.
On this day, all the Invincible powerhouses of Jiuzhou gathered, their expressions solemn.
They knew that the crisis facing Jiuzhou had not yet been resolved.
"Jiuzhou must save itself. The Divine Realm will not let us go. Even if we surrender now, the Divine Realm will not forgive us. Therefore, Jiuzhou has only one path remaining: resistance!"
Yuan declared, and the more than twenty Invincible powerhouses present listened with serious expressions.
"Being situated in the Western Domain is our misfortune, but we have no choice. The entire Western Domain is now ruled by the Divine Realm. To put it bluntly, among the worlds resisting the Divine Realm, Jiuzhou's strength is only moderate. Therefore, thus far, only the powerhouses of the Divine Realm's demonic race have dealt with us."
"And according to the information we have gathered, there are a total of fifteen mid-stage Invincible powerhouses among the demonic race members pursuing us. Three of them are comparable to my strength, all being sixth-stage Invincible. As for the number of low-stage Invincible, it is currently unclear."
Yuan spoke calmly, his words causing the hearts of everyone present to sink to the abyss.
The demonic race of the Divine Realm alone was enough to make Jiuzhou unable to resist. If the Divine Realm were to concentrate its power on Jiuzhou, Jiuzhou might not even have a chance to escape.
"If we confront them head-on, our chances of victory are slim. Therefore, our world faces the imminent crisis of destruction at any moment."
"However, this is also Jiuzhou's opportunity!"
Yuan looked at those present, his eyes gleaming with brilliance.
"They are short-handed, so we can evade them to buy time. As long as they do not discover Jiuzhou, we will have one more day of safety."
"But this is not a long-term solution. Therefore, we must improve our strength as quickly as possible, first to protect ourselves, and then to resist!"
"Senior, why don't we flee the Western Domain? I heard that the void universe is divided into five major regions, and the overlord worlds in the other four regions do not enslave myriad worlds like the Divine Realm does," the Tongtian Sword Master inquired.
"Fleeing the Western Domain, heh, we had this idea long ago, but the difficulty is immense," Yuan replied with a wry smile.
"Although the void universe is divided into five major regions, these five regions are not interconnected. They are separated by the Sea of Taboo."
"The Sea of Taboo?" the Tongtian Sword Master asked with confusion.
"Indeed, the Sea of Taboo. Simply put, it is as if the five regions are five islands floating on the Sea of Taboo."
"And anyone below the high-stage Invincible who enters the Sea of Taboo will surely die!"
Boom!
At that moment, Li Xiaotian and others, who knew little about the void universe, were all inwardly shocked. Mid-stage Invincible powerhouses were already considered true powerhouses in their eyes, but who would have thought that such powerhouses would be like ants before the Sea of Taboo.
Entering it meant certain death!
"How did it form? What dangers does it hold that can cause mid-stage Invincible powerhouses to enter and die?" Li Xiaotian couldn't help but ask.
"I don't know. Information about the Sea of Taboo in the entire void universe is extremely scarce. It is likely that only high-stage Invincible powerhouses are qualified to access information about the Sea of Taboo," Yuan shook his head and said, as he himself had never been to the Sea of Taboo.
"Therefore, there is currently only one way for travel between regions, which is through fixed spatial passages built by ninth-stage Invincible powerhouses."
"And there is only one such spatial passage in the Western Domain, located beneath the Divine Realm's world."
Upon hearing this, Li Xiaotian and the others' expressions changed slightly. This meant that the plan to escape the Western Domain was unfeasible. The Divine Realm clearly would not allow Jiuzhou to leave openly.
Let alone leaving, if Jiuzhou dared to show itself, it would likely be annihilated by the powerhouses of the Divine Realm in an instant.