Even though he had now upgraded to Divinity Transformation, he still found it somewhat strenuous. Maintaining it for just a dozen breaths felt like a bitter battle.

He flipped his hand to take out a Nine Returns Cloud God Pill and consumed it, silently channeling his energy to refine it.

However, at this moment, the Primordial Spirit bound by the thunderbolt net suddenly began to struggle desperately and transmitted a plea: "Taoist, your skills are profound, far beyond this old man. Victory and defeat have been decided. I implore you to show mercy! I am willing to sacrifice everything, just spare my life."

"Want to live? It's not that easy!" Zhao Sheng's expression turned cold as he flicked a finger.

The thunderbolt net immediately lit up, emitting an even more dazzling brilliance, once again tightly binding the Primordial Spirit of Jingwu True Monarch.

Suddenly,

a yellow tunneling light soared into the sky from below, flying into the high heavens in the blink of an eye, arriving a hundred miles away, facing Zhao Sheng.

The light receded, revealing a bland-looking old man in a blue robe, precisely Jinghai Monarch, one of the three Great True Monarchs overseas.

At the same time, a graceful figure similarly emerged a few miles to Zhao Sheng's left. The newcomer, delighted in expression and dignified in demeanor, was Gui Mei Immortal.

Seeing an old friend arrive, Jingwu True Monarch suddenly let out a sharp howl. His Primordial Spirit swelled suddenly, enlarging four or five times over.

Zhao Sheng slightly furrowed his brow. The thunderbolt net bound the Primordial Spirit tightly. This struggle was not only futile but also extremely painful as countless thunderbolts pierced into the Magic Body, causing the Primordial Spirit to wither.

Jinghai Monarch's face turned grim, watching cautiously as he spoke solemnly, "This battle, you all have won! We will abide by the agreement, retreat nine thousand miles immediately, and voluntarily return a batch of prisoners. Now, please release Brother Jingwu!"

"No way!" Before Zhao Sheng could speak, Gui Mei Immortal hastily stopped him.

"Gui Mei Taoist, old Jingwu was captured by me personally. To release or not to release is my freedom, do you... have objections?" Zhao Sheng asked playfully in return.

Gui Mei Immortal brushed aside her hanging green strands, speaking with deep meaning, "Senior Zhao, please don't misunderstand. I merely wish to urge you to ponder deeply. Never make a decision on the spot. After all, old Jingwu's value far exceeds this."

Jinghai Monarch's expression became gloomier upon hearing this.

Yet, the situation at hand was extremely unfavorable and severe for his side. He alone was no match for the two opposite him, thus he had to remain calm.

In fact, if not for fear of the mysterious Island Master Li Chen, Gui Mei Immortal would have likely already incited Senior Thunder God to join forces to kill Jinghai Monarch and simultaneously crush the overseas army in one stroke.

Unfortunately, "Thunder God" was ambivalent, remained neutral, and never joined our state's faction.

Just then, an ancient bronze mirror fell from mid-air.

Zhao Sheng waved a single hand, and a giant thunderbolt palm broke through the void, effortlessly seizing the Xuan Zhao Mirror and then retracting it, falling into his hand.

Zhao Sheng glanced at the Xuan Zhao Mirror twice, his expression showing slight satisfaction, then flipped his hand to store this Ancient Treasure away.

Seeing the other party so arrogant, Jinghai Monarch felt a surge of anger, but the situation was stronger than him, so he had to suppress his anger and began to negotiate with the other party.

However, after speaking few words, Zhao Sheng pretended to be impatient, casually dismissing the matter with a few words, handing over the "negotiation" to Gui Mei Immortal.

Then, he himself carried the spoils of victory, boldly flying into our state's faction, and after having two words with Zhao Chengpin, left amidst earth-shattering cheers.

Upon Zhao Sheng's departure, Zhao Chengping instantly became the target of all the Nascent Soul Ancestors' flattery and praise.

This made Zhao Chengping both delighted and troubled, but fortunately, he was a master of social graces and soon skillfully engaged in lively banter with numerous Fellow Daoists.

Undoubtedly!

After this earth-shattering battle, the previously "obscure" Zhao family of Tongxin City immediately gained fame, shaking our state and the Overseas Immortal Cultivation World.

Of course, the Zhao family's rise to fame was just a minor embellishment. Thunder God True Monarch truly shocked the world in this battle, whose might rapidly spread throughout Da Chun Realm, instantly becoming a strong contender for the mightiest True Monarch of this realm.

Jingwu True Monarch's defeat and capture caused a massive blow to the overseas army's morale, making it no exaggeration to describe it as being on tenterhooks day by day.

Within a few days, the army collapsed, retreated nine thousand miles in succession, with millions of cultivators dead or wounded, and barely stabilized the battle line.

Meanwhile, this bad news quickly returned to the overseas Lichen Island, "Island Master Li Chen" Xuan Zhan boiled with rage, rumored to have secretly left the spirit island and set forth for Ximeng State.

However, Zhao Sheng waited in camp for over half a month, but this mysterious figure never showed up. This left him greatly disappointed.

Zhao Sheng originally planned to "lure the tiger out of the mountain," but did not expect the opponent to be so restrained.

Perhaps... this person didn't care about Jingwu's fate at all.

Wait, could it be that this person's injuries have reached a critical point, so he hides on Lichen Island, never showing himself?

To this end, Zhao Sheng repeatedly, secretly moved to the sea areas around Lichen Island, attempting to stealthily infiltrate the island to uncover the truth.

However, every time he approached the hundred-mile range of the island, for some reason he would always alert this person.

Despite this person possessing the Instant Teleportation Technique, before this person could take action, Zhao Sheng would preemptively move away.

The only time they exchanged moves was merely a single stroke. At that time, Zhao Sheng didn't activate the Giant Spirit Battle Body in time and almost suffered severe injuries from a single blow, but luckily his flesh was extremely resilient, escaping with minor injuries just in time.

After this incident, Zhao Sheng had no choice but to extinguish his previous thoughts and turned to anticipating the early arrival of the cross-realm ship from Three-Life Palace.

Six months later, Jingwu ultimately couldn't escape his fate!

Gui Mei Immortal and other alliance leaders could not possibly "release the tiger back to the mountain," thus after several months of negotiations, paying vast resources and countless promised conditions, they finally persuaded Zhao Sheng to hand over Jingwu's Primordial Spirit.

Receiving it like a treasure, Gui Mei Immortal and others quickly cast a Forbidden Technique, attempting to enslave a Divinity Transformation True Monarch.

Upon seeing this situation, Jingwu completely despaired. So before everyone could act, he boldly self-destructed his Primordial Spirit, rendering Gui Mei Immortal and others' plans void.

Another half year passed, and finally good news arrived.

The moment Zhao Sheng received the transmission, his face immediately beamed with joy, quickly summoning Zhao Chengping to his side, entrusted him with several tasks, leaving behind eight Qiankun Bags, then drifted away.

Apart from Zhao Chengping, no one knew where Thunder God True Monarch went afterward.

The Zhao family continued to claim externally that Thunder God True Monarch had a sudden enlightenment and had been in closed-door meditation, comprehending the Tao in the clan's secret den.

From then on, for a long period, the fame of Thunder God True Monarch grew larger, yet no one ever saw him again in person.

...

Days later, on the surface of Moonlight Star...

Above a ring-shaped mountain range, Zhao Sheng stood with arms crossed, hovering in mid-air, calmly looking up beyond the sky, seemingly waiting for something.

At this moment, within several hundred miles around him, there were at least more than two dozen Nascent Soul Ancestors present. Everyone was waiting for the arrival of Refreshing Spirit.

Soon, outside Moonlight Star, at a certain place in the sky thousands of miles high, ripples suddenly appeared.

In the next second, a ten-thousand-foot-long cigars-shaped azure ship silently passed through the space-time barriers and descended into this void.

"It's here!"

"Kekeke, finally arrived."

"Though it's a few days late, it arrived just in time!"

A group of Nascent Soul Ancestors saw the ship appear and soared into the sky, their eyes sharp as a knife.

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