Even Void Immortals and True Immortals would spare no effort to vie for Spirit Veins, the materials capable of creating Grotto Heavens.
In the Void, Gu Jinlai maintained his floating state, directly using the Void Projection Technique to project himself outside the borders of the Immortal Country.
Through Liu Feiyun, who had already arrived at the Immortal Country from the Holy Dynasty, he found Zhao Xi.
Feeling the Qi of Gu Jinlai on Liu Feiyun, Zhao Xi’s expression carried a hint of envy, "Truly an inconceivable Mysterious Technique. Alas, the path of cultivators is too focused on ’self’, adhering to the idea that ’I am one with heaven and earth’, which runs contrary to the Heavenly Master’s concept of harmonizing with all beings. Even the Innate Sacred’s ’Heavenly Born and Earth Nourished’ principle is more in alignment with the Heavenly Master’s path than that of a cultivator’s."
"Immortal Master Zhao flatters me."
Gu Jinlai conveyed through Liu Feiyun, and then asked, "Do you know when the Star Gate will open next?"
"At the earliest, in five months."
As Zhao Xi spoke, he asked, "What sort of predicament have you encountered over there?"
"Not exactly a predicament..."
Gu Jinlai paused for a moment, then continued, "Rather, I have a method which, if successful, could resolve the Ten Thousand Stars Sword Sect’s problem within the next three years. However, this method requires taking a large amount of Spirit Crystals away from the Immortal Country."
"To completely resolve the Ten Thousand Stars Sword Sect within the next three years?"
Zhao Xi was startled, "Didn’t you say the Ten Thousand Stars Sword Sect has an Immortal Master? What way is there to resolve such a threat as the Ten Thousand Stars Sword Sect?"
"Immortal Master Zhao should be aware of the Cheng Ying Mecha produced by our Qiantian, right?"
After entering into a deep collaboration with Gu Jinlai, he even dispatched a group of Heavenly Masters and Heavenly Monarchs to Qiantian, and so naturally he knew about the Cheng Ying Mecha that Qiantian was fervently casting.
"Immortal Master Zhao is aware of the Cheng Ying Mecha and knows that the Profound Immortal Realm has researched the power known as the ’Heavenly Dao’ to its limits. I, on the other hand, have gained entry into a force known as the Creation Gate which possesses a type of ’Creation’ Heavenly Dao. As long as there are sufficient materials and Spirit Crystals, I can quickly produce many Cheng Ying Mechas."
Gu Jinlai explained, laughing, "I have talked to you about the situation in the Profound Immortal Realm before. Due to the spiritual energy issue, True Immortals cannot engage in prolonged combat, and Heavenly Immortals rely on Grotto Heavens. Hence, Cheng Ying Mecha, which does not rely on the spiritual energy system and whose power is nearly infinite, can unleash combative powers in direct confrontation that are comparable to True Immortals. If used for attacking Grotto Heavens, their continuous firepower output is even more useful than that of Peak True Immortals."
"Cheng Ying Mecha, whose combat power rivals True Immortals without relying on the spiritual energy system!?"
Zhao Xi was taken aback, soon after, his eyes sparkled brilliantly.
He had witnessed the power of the Cheng Ying Mecha himself.
It could release top-level virtual immortal combat power in the Longevity World.
And because of the harsh environment, each True Immortal and Void Immortal from the Longevity World, even though they would not boldly claim to be able to overpower enemies across greater realms in the Profound Immortal Realm like Saints and Devas, still held a significant advantage.
Therefore, a Cheng Ying Mecha possessing top-level virtual immortal combat power in the Longevity World could unleash power close to a True Immortal’s...
It was entirely possible!
"Naturally, it’s true. At present, I am only short of enough Spirit Crystals to keep the Creation Heaven Dao constantly operational to produce mechas,"
Gu Jinlai said with a smile.
In truth, his statement that the Cheng Ying Mecha’s combat power was close to that of a True Immortal in the Profound Immortal Realm was rather modest.
A Returning Void Celestial operating a Cheng Ying Mecha could not match the flexibility and control offered by a Heavenly Monarch in their True Spirit Form.
Only when a Heavenly Monarch’s True Spirit became one with the mecha could they truly bring out the full combat potential of a Cheng Ying Mecha.
It’s like the difference between a driver who can drive a car and an old driver who has become one with the vehicle, able to navigate any road – the driving skills shown by the two are simply not on the same level.
Especially the mechas produced by Heavenly Monarchs using spiritual materials that perfectly match the Heavenly Monarchs themselves are like customized vehicles, offering performance that takes it to even higher levels.
For someone like Gu Jinlai, if he personally crafted a Cheng Ying Mecha, even using the same technology, he estimated that he could bring out combat efficiency at the level of Peak True Immortals or even the Strongest True Immortals.
Of course, the cost would probably be more than ten times that of a mass-produced mecha.
"If your mechas can resolve the formidable Ten Thousand Stars Sword Sect..."
Zhao Xi took a deep breath, "After dealing with the Ten Thousand Stars Sword Sect, could this batch of mechas be sent back through the Star Gate to the Longevity World to further address the Devil issue?"
"Handling the Devils is not a problem, but..."
Gu Jinlai spoke, then hesitated, "Mecha are powerless against Demon Spirits. Demon Spirits only need to kill the mechanic within the mecha, rendering the mecha useless... Although there is the concept of artificial intelligence, the wartime reaction of artificial intelligence cannot match that of a Returning Void Celestial with Divine Thought... I’m concerned that when the mechas slay Devils, the Devils might transform into Demon Spirits to act, and whether we... have sufficient strength to withstand the tactical changes from the Demon Realm."
Zhao Xi also returned to his senses.
The threat of the Demon Realm has never been the Devils but the Demon Spirits!
Currently, neither the Demon Lord nor the Dominator Level Demon Spirits could enter the Longevity World, but the Spirit Venerables were not restricted.
And to contend with Spirit Venerables...
Even Heavenly Monarchs would rely on numerical superiority to stand a chance.
The Immortal Country, although having secretly raised a large number of Heavenly Monarchs, counted only a few hundred in total.
The only consolation was that the Spirit Mechanism also enhanced the Heavenly Monarchs.
Otherwise, there would be no point in fighting at all.
Just that, no one knows how many Demon Spirits the Demon Realm has amassed over a thousand years of accumulation.
With no creator being born in the past millennium, if it truly came to facing the tactical variations of the Demon Realm, the only thing Zhao Xi could do was to activate the Transforming Spirit Heavenly Dao in advance and make an all-out effort.