Above the Great Dao

Chapter 1258 590: Mud Bodhisattva Incident

The Fire Camp consists of 1,200 Heavenly Soldiers, with one Heavenly General. In the case of the Three Pure Ones Demon Refining Well, more than ten Heavenly Soldiers were killed or injured. In recent days, many have been supplemented, and it is now fully staffed.

This journey to the Thunder Mystery Province is also part of normal dispatch. In the Earth Immortal Realm, unexpected events often occur in various places, requiring the Heavenly Court to send people to investigate the truth, lest small disturbances become major ones.

"The Thunder Mystery Province we are heading to is one of the three main provinces of the Thunder Department."

Zhong Lin, being the Heavenly Mechanism Scholar, was well-versed in the geography of the Earth Immortal Realm and the structure of the Heavenly Court. He sat on the Star Shuttle, speaking eloquently to Chen Shi and others.

"The three main provinces of the Thunder Department: Thunder Capital Province, Thunder Mystery Province, and Thunder Province, are not particularly formidable. The real power lies in the Nine Departments under the Thunder Department. But whether it's the Nine Departments or the three provinces, they're all operational. Above them are the Guardian Gods, the four Grand Marshals of the protectors, the Turtle and Snake Generals, the Four Divine Monarchs, and the Four True Sacred Monarchs."

Chen Shi was startled: "Is the Thunder Department that strong?"

Zhong Lin said: "These are just the Guardian Gods. Above them in the Thunder Department are the five Grand Marshals of the Thunder Department, the five Thunder Kings, five Thunder Emperors, thirty-six Divine Generals, and twenty-four Heavenly Monarchs. Beyond that are the four Heavenly Palaces of the Northern Pole Sacred and the Heavenly Palace of the Thunder Ancestor. Each palace commands one hundred thousand Heavenly Soldiers and Generals and the Divine."

Chen Shi's Heart Spirit trembled greatly; what a vast force the Thunder Department was! Far surpassing King Li's Heavenly Soldier Camp!

King Li's position is second only to the Jade Emperor, but it seems to have significant exaggeration.

But why does such a powerful Thunder Department still require their Heavenly Soldier Camp to investigate when something goes wrong?

"Immortals who cultivate Thunder Law often need to rely on the power of the Thunder Department's gods; to combat powerful demons, they also need the power of the Thunder Department."

Zhong Lin said, "Most of the Heavenly Soldiers and Generals in the Thunder Department are also immortals. If there's nowhere good to go, you can become a Heavenly Soldier in the Thunder Department, and the treatment is quite generous. Except that the casualty rate is a bit high."

Chen Shi asked, "How high? Higher than our Heavenly Soldier Camp's?"

"Not exactly. Our Heavenly Soldier Camp has the highest casualty rate." Zhong Lin said.

The Heavenly Soldiers of the Fire Camp showed a pained smile.

"Is the Thunder Department the Heavenly Court's most powerful army?" Xiao Dululu asked.

"No. The most powerful is the Heavenly Court's Dou Department. Although the Thunder Department is strong, it is slightly inferior in scale to the Dou Department."

Upon hearing this, everyone was aghast.

Their Star Shuttle was queued at the back, with more than ten Star Shuttles ahead, aligning neatly, passing through the Star Gate one by one.

The Star Shuttle is a transport ship of the Heavenly Soldier Camp, and when combined with the Star Gate, it can quickly traverse the cosmic void, advancing by borrowing Starlight at an astonishing speed.

The Earth Immortal Realm is vast, with various Immortal Islands, Immortal Seas, Star Seas, Heavenly Abysses, and celestial barriers. Relying solely on immortals to fly over would be slow, and it could exhaust them to death. Therefore, it is necessary to travel between places using the Star Shuttle and Star Gate.

The Heavenly Soldier Camp's Star Gate is at the Heavenly River Crossing of the Western Heaven Swing, where the Star Power is most concentrated. The Star Gate is a copper gate with five layers of portals, engraved with dragons and phoenixes, imprinted with various mysterious Dao Patterns that intertwine and change continuously when absorbing Star Power, very mystical and wondrous.

The river water in the Heavenly River is condensed from Starlight. With the river water, the Star Gate can be activated.

The Star Shuttle they rode on was crafted from shuttle wood.

The shuttle wood grows on both sides of the Heavenly River, forming dense forests that bloom with Starlight at night, sparkling magnificently. When the wood reaches a height of a thousand zhangs, it is considered mature. Heavenly Workers carve pavilions, terraces, and towers on the shuttle wood, imprinting various grand Dao talismans, calling it a Star Shuttle.

The Star Shuttle accumulates Star Power and can traverse between Star Gates.

Beneath the Star Shuttle, Starlight flowed, carrying Chen Shi and others slowly into the Star Gate. Suddenly, an infinite Star Power surged before them, and immediately the Star Shuttle subtly trembled, pulled by the Starlight, whizzing away, becoming faster and faster, surpassing the speed of these immortals in mere moments, reaching an inconceivable degree!

Chen Shi and the others were overwhelmingly astonished, peering outside the Star Shuttle.

"Don't stick your heads out!"

The Heavenly General guarding the Star Shuttle hastily brandished the Immortal Sword, sweeping along the ship's edge, forcing everyone's heads back into the Star Shuttle, shouting loudly, "The Star Shuttle is too fast. If you stick your heads out and get hit by the Starlight, your skin and flesh will be gone in an instant, your skulls full of tiny holes, so soft they will shatter at a touch!"

The Heavenly Soldiers stood in awe, not daring to peek anymore.

The Star Shuttle rapidly sped through the starry sky, heading toward the Thunder Mystery Province.

"This Starlight is so formidable; can it be collected and refined into a Magical Treasure?"

Chen Shi suddenly had a thought, taking out the Purple Heaven Gourd, and sacrificing the gourd to collect the swiftly passing Starlight outside.

This Purple Heaven Gourd was a fruit of the Purple Heaven Vine, an upper-grade among Earth Treasure Spirit Roots, which before exhausting its Life Span, uses its remaining power to form a gourd. After acquiring this treasure, Chen Shi had refined it thoroughly, but he never knew its purpose and kept it in a small temple, supported by incense offerings.

The Purple Heaven Gourd collected Starlight with a whooshing sound, continuously drawing the Starlight outside the shuttle into the gourd.

The gourd looked small but its internal space was astonishing, resembling a realm itself. Even when Chen Shi swallowed long rainbows to collect Starlight, it still wasn't filled in a short time.

Seeing this, others also each sacrificed their Magical Treasures, trying to collect Starlight.

The Heavenly General guarding the Star Shuttle saw this and merely sneered, without interference.

Suddenly, their Magical Treasures were pierced by Starlight, riddled with holes, akin to being eroded by bugs.

"Pop!"

An immortal's Immortal Artifact exploded, turning into dust.

Everyone felt a pang of heartache, watching helplessly as their Magical Treasures became scrap iron.