Cultivation starts from devouring the Dao fruits

"Cloud Crown True Monarch! You beast, you damned beast!!"

The muscular old crone roared furiously, her eyes bloodshot as she frantically swung her blade at Zhao Yu.

Yet the Star Barrier remained impregnable; no matter how the old crone hacked and slashed, she could not break through that layer of the Star Barrier.

The dazzling starlight twinkled; a Star Long Spear descended from the heavens, striking the old crone's skull and sending her head flying off.

The muscular old crone had practiced the top Physical Refinement Secret Technique from the Holy Blue Palace and had reached Six Levels of Nascent Soul in her Cultivation Level, yet she still couldn't withstand the blow from the Star Long Spear powered by the 36 Primordial Star Rings' Spirit Locking Mystical Array.

Taking advantage of the situation, the White Ghost Emperor grabbed the muscular old crone's Nascent Soul and stuffed it into his mouth.

"Fangfang!!"

The white-haired old man, his eyes nearly splitting with rage, let out a furious roar and directly used the Heaven Unraveling Profound Spirit Great Technique, his aura surging to the realm of a great cultivator at Seven Levels of Nascent Soul.

A Star Long Spear fell from the sky and burst the white-haired old man's head open. His Nascent Soul that had not yet completed its combustion directly exited his body, only to be caught by the White Ghost Emperor in a single claw and stuffed into his mouth.

The middle-aged Taoist with a defeated look on his face shouted loudly, "Stop, Sect Master Zhao! We are willing to surrender!"

Xinlian, the Fairy, yelled angrily, "Wang Lili, do you wish to betray the sect? You traitor!"

Wang Lili said with a bitter smile, "Xinlian, I just want to protect you! To me, you are more important than the Holy Blue Palace!"

Xinlian, the Fairy's face twisted as she screamed, "I don't need your protection! If you really want to protect me, then kill him!! Kill Zhao Yu!!"

A Spear of the Stars fell from the sky, striking Xinlian, the Fairy's skull and shattering her head.

White Ghost Emperor stretched out a claw and grabbed Xinlian, the Fairy's Nascent Soul, swallowing it in one gulp.

"Xinlian! Zhao Yu, you damned..."

Wang Lili's eyes nearly split with rage as he let out a furious roar. A Spear of the Stars descended from the sky and blasted open his head.

White Ghost Emperor stretched out a claw, grabbed Wang Lili's Nascent Soul, stuffed it into his mouth, and began to chew noisily.

"The 36 Primordial Star Rings' Spirit Locking Mystical Array is indeed too powerful! The Holy Blue Palace truly deserves to be one of the two hegemonies of the Blue Sky Sea. Qi Hai Sect is also a hegemony on par with the Holy Blue Palace; if one doesn't possess Divinity Transformation Cultivation Level, attempting to forcefully attack Qi Hai Sect would certainly be a suicidal endeavor."

Zhao Yu watched as the several direct-line Nascent Soul Cultivators from the Holy Blue Palace were easily and brutally killed by the 36 Primordial Star Rings' Spirit Locking Mystical Array, and his heart slightly shuddered with trepidation towards Qi Hai Sect.

Though the Holy Blue Palace had recruited many Nascent Soul Cultivators and its overall strength had far surpassed Qi Hai Sect, the Holy Blue Palace only took action against Qi Hai Sect's peripheral forces and dared not attack the sect's headquarters, due to the extreme danger of the place.

Zhao Yu transformed into an Escape Light and arrived above the Holy Blue Palace, surrounded by starlight, and declared, "Holy Blue True Monarch conspired with the demon race to betray our alliance and attacked my Dan Ling Sect, and he has been slain by me! Those of the Holy Blue Palace must surrender immediately, or else, there will be no mercy!"

"What? The Palace Master is dead! That's impossible?"

"Damn it, avenge the Palace Master!"

"Zhao Yu has brazenly invaded our Holy Blue Palace, and the core of the array is now under his control. The situation is beyond redemption; we can only flee!"

"..."

The faces of the cultivators from the Holy Blue Palace changed drastically, some launched a charge towards Zhao Yu's direction, while others made the rational choice to flee the area.

Zhao Yu smiled faintly, activating the Spirit Locking Mystical Array of the 36 Primordial Star Rings. Countless stars shone brightly, enveloping the core area of the Holy Blue Palace within layer upon layer of barriers, preventing anyone inside from escaping.

The escape lights collided with the barriers, unable to break free.

One by one, the star arrows, condensed from the light of the stars and manipulated by Zhao Yu, shot towards those cultivators, killing them one after another.

Those cultivators from the Holy Blue Palace who had charged at Zhao Yu couldn't even get close before they were blasted into pieces by the star arrows.

Nine Nascent Soul Level auras arose from various places within the Holy Blue Palace as nine Nascent Soul Cultivators flew up into the sky, watching Zhao Yu with vigilance on their faces.

Guest Elder Huining, clenching his fists in greeting, said, "Sect Master Zhao, I am Huining, a guest elder of the Holy Blue Palace. We joined the Holy Blue Palace with the sole wish to exterminate demons and devils, not as members of the direct lineage. I beseech Sect Master Zhao to allow us to leave!"

Zhao Yu said indifferently, "Since you are all people of the Holy Blue Palace, you are my enemies! Unless you are willing to drink this Spirit Poison and be at my beck and call from this point forward, you can live and leave. Otherwise, please die here. I will not leave any loose ends!"

The reason why Huining and the other eight Nascent Soul Cultivators could practice in the core area of the Holy Blue Palace was undoubtedly due to their connection with the Nascent Soul Cultivators within. Almost certainly, most of them were good friends with the Nascent Souls of the palace. Zhao Yu certainly would not let these people go.

"Sect Master Zhao, how is your conduct any different from that of cultivators on the Demon Path?"

A beautiful female cultivator with a voluptuous figure, dressed in a yellow silk dress, with an oval face, willow-leaf brows, and exceptionally delicate features, spoke out with a chill in her tone.

Zhao Yu extended a finger, and a star long spear descended from the sky, striking the head of the stunning female cultivator and shattering her skull completely.

The White Ghost Emperor appeared beside the beautiful cultivator like a specter, reached out a claw, and captured her Nascent Soul. He stuffed it into his mouth and began to chew voraciously.

Zhao Yu said indifferently, "Victors be kings, and losers be bandits! If you wish to die, I will fulfill your wish and let you reunite with your friends. My patience is limited, and I will not give you too much time to consider!"

The eight great Nascent Soul Cultivators, seeing this scene, were filled with both shock and rage. A chill welled up in their hearts as they looked up at the layers of the 36 Primordial Star Rings in the sky, their eyes flickering with despair.

If this had taken place in the outside world, the unified strength of the eight great Nascent Soul Cultivators could have contested even greater cultivators. But before the Spirit Locking Mystical Array of the 36 Primordial Star Rings, they were utterly vulnerable, like lambs to the slaughter.

Huining, with a resigned sigh, said, "I am willing to serve you, Sect Master!"

"I, too, am willing to serve you, Sect Master!"

"..."

After a moment's consideration, the rest of the Nascent Soul Cultivators also promptly chose to submit. After all, they valued their own lives more!

Not long afterward, Spirit Boats arrived from afar, entering the Holy Blue Palace. From the boats, numerous cultivators from the Dan Ling Sect emerged, leading the cultivators from the penal battalion to fight against the remaining recalcitrant members of the Holy Blue Palace.

Within a few days, the remnants in the Holy Blue Palace were completely annihilated, and the remaining cultivators all chose to surrender, subsequently being incorporated into the penal battalion by Zhao Yu.

Soon, the news that the real Lord of the Holy Blue had fallen and the Holy Blue Palace had been conquered spread quickly throughout the Blue Sky Sea, causing a huge commotion.