Modern World's Martial Dao Human Immortal

You Long Creek.

Alkaid stood quietly by the stream.

But at this moment, he did not let himself be immersed in the power of the mountain and river veins.

A series of Soul Condensing Pills had already made his Divine Intent strong enough to replace the Heavenly Intent with his own, allowing him to harness the heavenly and earthly power fields to temper himself anywhere.

Not only that, since his own realm had reached the Star Master Level, his manipulation of the Stellar Power Field was no longer just about leveraging the heavenly strength to temper himself; he could now manipulate the entire Stellar Power Field.

In other words, as long as his body could withstand it, there was virtually no limit to the heavenly power he could harness to temper himself.

Relying on the power of mountains and rivers had thus become meaningless.

"The Heaven and Earth Furnace, Heaven and Earth Realm, and Star Transformation—these three phases, to some extent, are all about refining and tempering one's body."

Alkaid felt the strengthening of his body and sorted through his cultivation path.

"The Heaven and Earth Furnace is the beginning of forging a Celestial Body. After the Celestial Body is cultivated, it resonates with the power of heaven and earth to form a domain. Once the domain is established, it can mobilize more heavenly and earthly power to further strengthen the Celestial Body.

When the Celestial Body is intensified to its limit, the cultivator integrates spirit, energy, and soul as one, touching upon the Stellar Power Field."

One involves harnessing the power of heaven and earth to temper oneself; the other touches the Stellar Power Field and integrates with the stars.

The nature of the two is vastly different.

If the former, when cultivated to its utmost, could stir the weather and summon rain, then the latter...

Could shatter planets.

The gap was not only immense, the limits were as different as heaven and earth.

"Seventh Rank and Eighth Rank, even Ninth Rank, have no fundamental differences. The core of this realm is to forge a powerful body, striving to manipulate the Stellar Power Field at the moment of reaching the Star Lord Realm..."

Alkaid thought, "Not just Seventh, Eighth, or Ninth Rank, from the Fourth Rank onwards, the Martial Path has been developing in this direction: first breaking through the human body's limits, then nurturing a powerful Divine Intent, thereafter replacing Heavenly Intent with one's own to harness the power of heaven and earth, and gradually touching upon the stars..."

A linked system of cultivation.

"In terms of realms, I have already touched the Stellar Power Field, and even... if not afraid of being crushed directly by the Stellar Power Field, I could even forcefully leverage it to enhance my body, just like a Star Master Level expert..."

But to harness the power of stars to enhance oneself, just thinking about it is enough.

His current tiny body could not even withstand one ten-thousandth of the stellar power.

To utilize this power, either methodically step by step tempering the body until the Celestial Body reaches Perfection.

Or...

Alkaid recalled the flow of mountain and river veins he had drawn upon during his Earth Furnace and slowly exhaled a breath.

"Formation."

Formations could also achieve the effect of aiding cultivation.

"Besides formations, there are also elixirs. Elixirs that enhance the body's strength could advance the progress of the Celestial Body, and healing elixirs could also indirectly improve the efficiency of cultivation... so..."

Alkaid felt the progress of his Celestial Body solidifying...

Three months should be enough.

In three months, he would be able to step into the Celestial Realm.

By then, new branches would probably have sprouted on the ancient tree.

"I hope by then it's the [Alchemy] profession."

Alkaid muttered softly.

He gradually emerged from his state of merging with heaven and earth.

Not far away, he already felt someone approaching.

When he finished his work, Yue Xingzhou, Zong Yan, and Leng Jun had already approached him.

After their arrival, Alkaid seemed to discern something and his gaze fell on Leng Jun. "Did you train your internal organs? Good."

"The Liao Family has many top-tier elixirs, all excellent for internal training. I have taken quite a few. If I still can't achieve the Grandmaster status, I truly wouldn't have the face to see you, Young Master."

Leng Jun said.

Upon hearing this, Alkaid did recall this matter.

In fact, not just Leng Jun, recently, Lei Yun, Pang Long, Su Hua, and others had made significant progress.

In a lower realm, wanting to drastically improve overnight largely depended on resources.

Like Zong Yan, Alkaid only needed to give him a Nurturing Soul Pill, and he could immediately break through to the Divine Intent Martial Saint realm.

As for the stray thoughts in Nurturing Soul Pills causing the emergence of Heart Demons?

In front of high-rank cultivators, what talk is there of Heart Demons?

And if he wasn't given a Nurturing Soul Pill, he would never become a high-rank cultivator in his lifetime.

Thinking this, Alkaid did not voice his thoughts but instead asked, "What's the matter?"

Leng Jun hesitated for a moment, then said, "The old master sent me to ask you... What happened with Red Star... Are we... allied with the Snow Dragon Federation?"

"Red Star..."

Not easy to explain.

Alkaid was somewhat unsure how to describe this matter to Su Chiming.

For the time being, he had to set it aside: "We've formed an alliance, don't worry about the matters over there for now."

"Yes."

Leng Jun nodded.

That's when Yue Xingzhou stepped forward, "Chairman, representatives from the Jiang Family, Lu Family's Lv Jianfeng, Lv Xinghe have come, along with representatives from several other families."

"Oh."

Alkaid wasn't surprised by their arrival.

Kong Fang and his people had already openly stepped into the Red Star Imperial Palace, and during this process, there had been virtually no significant resistance from the Jiang Family of Red Star. With this trend, the entire Red Star was likely to be completely overturned.

Although the main force overturning Red Star was the Snow Dragon, Dayu Country's Kong Fang had only brought a few hundred people to make a token gesture, but...

The two were allies!

Even if few people went, the enormous benefits from dividing the spoils would enable Kong Fang, representing Dayu's Su Family, to grow at an incredible rate into a massive entity spanning nations and continents.

Under these circumstances, it was natural for the major families to become restless, eager to share in the spoils.

"What's the Yue Family's stance?"

Alkaid glanced at Yue Xingzhou.

"The Yue Family, in all matters, looks to Chairman Alkaid's lead without hesitation."

Yue Xingzhou stated emphatically.

Alkaid nodded upon hearing this.

In the recent months, the Yue Family...

Had truly been like a steward, continuously assisting the Su Family from all sides, allowing the Su Family to gradually stabilize the situation in Dayu Country.

If not for the Yue Family's help...

Even with the Su Family's ample preparations to ascend to the status of a Noble Family, it was inevitable that they would become overwhelmed at this time, plunging the entire Dayu Country into turmoil.

After all...

The magnitude was too great.

Currently, the Su Family had barely managed to maintain the situation in Dayu Country. If Su Chiming were to go to the Red Star Empire to take over this colossal entity that spanned two continents...

Alkaid estimated that this old head of the Su Family might indeed be at risk of being worked to death.

In such a situation, it seemed somewhat necessary to appropriately delegate power.

After all, in these past few months, these families had also been behaving.

Of course, if power were to be delegated, it could not be done as it currently was.

It was necessary to have a good talk about the rules with the nine major families.

"Let them proceed to the meeting room."

Alkaid said.

Immediately afterwards, he glanced at Leng Jun: "Have the old man come over too."

"Yes."

Yue Xingzhou and Leng Jun responded simultaneously.

While Alkaid glanced at Zong Yan: "You must be here concerning the affairs of the World Aid Council, right? What happened?"

"This..."

Zong Yan didn't know how to express himself for a moment.

After a while, he organized his language: "The essence of the establishment of the World Aid Council was to combat the Red Star Martial Saint. Even if it meant wooing countries from two continents in the Middle East to form an alliance, it was to resist the pressure from Red Star. But recently, with the Snow Dragon Federation taking the Red Star Capital with overwhelming force, it seems...

Red Star is finished?"

"Yes."

Alkaid responded calmly: "Based on the level of readiness here in Dayu Country, Red Star will become history at an appropriate time."

"Dayu?"

Zong Yan was slightly startled upon hearing this.

Then, his pupils suddenly dilated: "Dayu!?"

Not the Snow Dragon, but Dayu Country!?

"Correct."

Alkaid confirmed: "Dayu."

Zong Yan stared at Alkaid in horror, his eyes filled with disbelief.
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From Alkaid's words... could it be that the Snow Dragon Federation's attack on the Red Star Empire was on his behalf!?

In the future, it would be fully handed over to Dayu, to the Su Family, or rather, to Su Alkaid!?

This...

How could this be possible!?

"Although Red Star will still exist for a while, that is out of the need for stabilization in that region, but in reality, there is no more Red Star... so..."

Alkaid glanced at Zong Yan: "The World Aid Council either has to be disbanded or transformed in nature."

"No more Red Star, no more Red Star..."

Zong Yan continuously muttered this phrase under his breath.

Red Star...

Was gone just like that?

The powerful empire that the World Aid Council saw as a major threat, one that even required the combined forces of two continents in the Middle East to barely survive its pressure, was just gone?

To be completely eradicated by the Snow Dragon Federation and replaced by the Su Family of Dayu?

The goal they had held on to for so many years was suddenly gone, and suddenly...

Zong Yan's eyes filled with a sense of loss.

Alkaid said nothing more, but simply walked toward Emperor Yu's Mountain Villa.

As for Zong Yan's inability to understand...

He could only think more about it.

He couldn't provide any consolation.

It was only after Alkaid had walked a few dozen meters away that the slightly confused Zong Yan came to his senses and hurriedly followed, a bit nervously: "No more Red Star... then... what about the spots for going to Artifact Sect, and... with Snow Dragon striking against Red Star, what should be the response from Red Star's main branch at Artifact Sect... "

"Artifact Sect..."

Considering what Leng Tianfeng had said about "the fall of Artifact Sect" being just a bluff, Alkaid didn't complete his sentence, but simply said: "Snow Dragon will attempt to open the Stellar Gate. After they open the Stellar Gate and understand what happened in Artifact Sect, there will be planning for the next steps. Until then, we need to patiently wait."

Zong Yan listened and slightly adjusted his status.

Now, the recommendation seats for going to Artifact Sect were in the hands of Snow Dragon.

And Snow Dragon and Alkaid were clearly in an alliance...

Contemplating this, he already made up his mind: "Chairman Alkaid, the Red Star Jiang Family ruled that land for hundreds of years, and the number of forces loyally supporting them must be countless. Even with Snow Dragon continuously purging these forces, they cannot be eradicated quickly.

To ensure that Kong Fang and the others can smoothly take over the resources and technologies left by Red Star, The World Aid Council is fully willing to assist and follow the chairman's arrangements."

Alkaid looked at Zong Yan.

He was one of the earlier Martial Saints to join his side.

The two had even had the camaraderie of fighting side by side.

Unfortunately, Zong Yan had devoted most of his life to the World Aid Council, and now his role was mainly to act as a bridge of communication between him and the World Aid Council, not as decisively steadfast as Kong Fang at his side.

With divided loyalties, naturally, he couldn't be much use.

However, considering that Kong Fang's side was rather isolated...

He eventually nodded: "Let Hong Chuan and Ji Pingtian take people there."

"Thank you."

Zong Yan nodded deeply.

After a brief exchange, Emperor Yu's Mountain Villa was already close at hand.

But Jiang Sheng, Lv Jianfeng, including the Martial Saint Lv Tianhe, were not waiting in the meeting room, but stood at the entrance of the villa.

When they saw Alkaid arriving, everyone bowed in salutation simultaneously.

"We greet the Chairman."

The scene was a reenactment of the one that had taken place at the Star Universe Central Building meeting room.

Only, compared to the last time, which maintained a shown respect, this time...

Everyone's gaze towards him was not only respectful but also contained deep awe.