'A period of life and death.' Hearing Qiu Dao's words, the countenances of all Six Heavenly Generals changed.
All of them were the same as Fang Xingjian, often splitting out clones and sending them to the Divine Emperor's territories to conduct investigations.
However, as the six of them did not have powerful microscopic level illusory arts like Fang Xingjian, they could not probe as closely and find out as much about the situation in the Divine Emperor's territories.
Amongst the people in the Qiu Dao Alliance, Qiu Dao was the strongest and managed to find out the most information. Therefore, he had the greatest authority amongst the Qiu Dao Alliance.
At the thought of this, Fang Xingjian sighed a little inwardly. With his illusory arts, if he were to spend a few months' time, he would be able to find out the Divine Emperor's location in the physical world.
However, he did not actually have that much time to spend here. He might only be left with only 1.5 years of his lifespan, so how could he possibly spend a few months here?
Fang Xingjian's illusory arts still did not have the capacity to encompass the entire Earth, so it could not be used on the entire network. After all, the Divine Emperor had uploaded of his consciousness onto the network. Once he discovered something was amiss in the network, the entire planet's network would also discover this and Fang Xingjian's illusory arts would lose their effects.
If Fang Xingjian could not enter the network to tamper with it, it meant that he was unable to obtain the locations of all the servers. So, if that were the case, the Divine Emperor would still continue to live on in the network even if Fang Xingjian killed him in the physical world. This would be the case unless they located each and every one of the clones individually, but that would take too much time.
Therefore, the reason Fang Xingjian came over today was to see what plans the Qiu Dao Alliance had.
These people had fought against the Divine Emperor in this world for so many years, thus it was impossible for them to have made no preparations at all.
Qiu Dao said, "The Divine Emperor started making preparations for the space colonization a few years ago, and he constructed a base on the Moon last year. His development of space battlecruisers has also reached a certain degree.
"Right now, he has basically grasped the means to fly at superluminal speed and can complete the production of the space battlecruisers at any moment. Once it is completed, we'll be placed in an absolute disadvantage.
"After all, he can give up on Earth, but we cannot."
The Snake King frowned and said, "Since that's the case, we can only fight. We've prepared for so long. It's about time."
The ceasefire with the Divine Emperor was to prepare for the victory in the future. How could the Qiu Dao Alliance possibly not have made any preparations when they have been at a ceasefire for so long?
This time around, Zi Xing did not continue fighting with the Snake King. Instead, she looked at Qiu Dao seriously and asked, "Can we use that now?"
Qiu Dao nodded. "Although it's still a little lacking, its prowess is sufficient."
Hearing Qiu Dao's words, the eyes of everyone present—with the exception of Fang Xingjian—lit up.
Qiu Dao looked at Fang Xingjian and said, "Fellow Fang, you don't know this, but the seven of us joined forces to forge a treasure in order to go up against the Divine Emperor. We each implemented our means and integrated the essences of our martial arts and Divine Remains Equipment.
"Please come with me."
As they spoke, a large, deep, and bottomless hole suddenly appeared in the white space. Qiu Dao darted into it with a flash, and the remaining six of them also stepped into it. Fang Xingjian observed them for a moment and then entered deep into the hole as well.
Upon entering, he discovered that this hole was deep into the Earth's crust under the sea. Its depths far surpassed that of Fang Xingjian's expectations, and even after plunging for several hundred kilometers, the end still could not be seen.
As they continued to drop down, they traveled for over 3,000 kilometers and then passed through the Earth's mantle.
Everything within sight was just molten lava and magma, and the entire world seemed to have turned into a melting state.
Just then, Qiu Dao's voice rang out, "Everyone, be careful. We're entering the Earth's mantle."
After passing through the mantle, everything within sight was just darkness. There were streams of flames that continued to burst out, and there were all sorts of metal in a liquid state within sight.
Fang Xingjian understood that they had entered the outer layer of the Earth's core.
The seven Divine level experts in the Qiu Dao Alliance had joined forces, spending an unknown period of time to clear a pathway leading to the Earth's core.
At the next moment, under Fang Xingjian's surprised gaze, a golden pagoda that had a height of several hundred meters stood amidst the layers of darkness. The high temperature and high pressure in the Earth's core continued pushing the liquid metal to squeeze toward the golden pagoda.
However, this pagoda was unapproachable, just like how it was described in the legends. It was a precious and indestructible treasure. Regardless of how it was pushed by the surrounding darkness, flames, or liquid metal, none of those could get close to it in the least.
They were unable to get close, but there were streams of power—which could be seen by the naked eye—continuously condensing toward the golden pagoda. With the entering of each stream of power, the glow on the golden pagoda's surface would get increasingly stronger.
Zi Xing spoke with an arrogant tone, "This is the Seven Saints' Great Golden Pagoda that we've spent five years, depleted 12 Divine Remains Equipment, and collected countless metals and ether particles on Earth, to forge with the black fiendish flames in the Earth's core."
"Over the five years, the Seven Saints' Great Golden Pagoda has absorbed sufficient powers in the Earth's mantle." Qiu Dao felt emotional. "With this treasure in our hands, our chances of going up against the Divine Emperor will be higher."
However, the Snake King's countenance was extremely grim as he said, "The Divine Emperor's background is mysterious, and he has endless means. Before we fight, we must still first consider the consequences of us losing and be fully prepared to face them.
With that, he looked toward Ice Soul and said, "Ice Soul, how are the preparations over at your side?"
Covered in a cold light, Ice Soul lifted his hand, and an entirely blue palace—which looked as if it was made from ice crystals—appeared in his palm.
"This is the Ice Soul Divine Palace that I've spent countless years gathering the magnetic radiations from the North and South Poles, the divine light from beyond the heavens, and astral rays to create. The space it is in can be compressed to the size of molecules.
"Before the battle starts, we'll each create a clone and enter it with our disciples. With that, even if we lose in the fight against the Divine Emperor, we'll have somewhere to head to and wait for another chance in the future."
Hearing that, everyone nodded. Hiding a bit of themselves and their disciples in this Ice Soul Divine Palace that was the size of a molecule was considered as saving an escape route for themselves.
After saying that, Qiu Dao then looked at Wan Tong. "Wan Tong, how are the preparations with the Thunder Formation?"
Wan Tong had always been giving off the feeling as if his thoughts were wandering throughout the entire process. He also seemed to be a bit lost in the earlier conversation.
It was only until this moment that his gaze seemed a little clearer as he said, "99% of my martial will has been scattered in the Earth's atmosphere.
"If required, I can bring forth electromagnetic pulses across the entire planet within an hour. I should be able to paralyze the Divine Emperor's armies. However, with his skills, the duration of the paralysis will probably not exceed 15 minutes. We must control the Divine Emperor's true form within 15 minutes and stop him from activating his armies."
"15 minutes are enough." Qiu Dao nodded. "Now that everything has been prepared, we'll each leave behind a clone in the Ice Soul Divine Palace and also bring in our disciples."
Old Tian—who appeared ordinary and wore ordinary clothes, looking like an old farmer from the mountains—said, "I've already extracted a large amount of ether particles from the sky above the Atlantic Ocean. It'll be sufficient for us to cultivate for 20 years."
"Good." Qiu Dao nodded. Then everyone checked for any loopholes and engaged in a discussion. Fang Xingjian looked around and felt that the Qiu Dao Alliance's preparations were ample. If the Seven Saints' Great Golden Pagoda was really as good as they made it sound, then they might really have a chance of succeeding.