Modern World's Martial Dao Human Immortal

"Supreme Holy Artifact."

Alkaid said in a low voice.

However, it could only be considered the lowest grade, possessing the potential to grow into a Supreme Holy Artifact, nothing more than a Composite Immortal Artifact.

But even so, this single Composite Immortal Artifact greatly enhanced Alkaid's insight into the Soul Dao.

This insight, however, didn't seem like the pure power of the Soul Dao.

Rather, it was more of a resonance produced by the interplay of the Void Great Dao with the Soul Dao.

"The Three Thousand Great Daos together construct the entire universe; they have never existed independently of one another. In the past, I could use the Void Great Dao to resonate with other Great Daos and release non-Void Category Dao Techniques. Composite Immortal Artifacts, Supreme Holy Artifacts, they merely take this resonance a step further..."

Alkaid held the newly transformed Composite Immortal Artifact in his hand.

With a slight movement, he soon discovered that using this Holy Artifact as a medium, he could perfectly convert his Void Share between the Void Great Dao and the Soul Dao.

"This is incredible..."

Alkaid controlled his own Void Force, and with the help of the Ten Directions Abyss Tower, he gradually felt as though he had completely merged into the Soul Dao, transforming into a Dao Lord of the Soul.

During this transformation, the Immortal Realm's pull on him also gradually weakened.

Once he fully transformed into a true Soul Dao Lord, the Immortal Realm's pull on him fell to almost nothing.

"To be able to convert a Void share into a Soul Dao share... does that mean my limit for the Void Great Dao has doubled!?"

Alkaid looked at the Ten Directions Abyss Tower.

Merging into the Soul Dao doubled it. If he merged once more, integrating other Great Daos into it, would it double again!?

If he continued to merge, using this Supreme Holy Artifact, wouldn't he be able to cultivate to the Immortal Venerable, or even Immortal King level directly in the Lower Realm?

Of course, the premise was that the Lower Realm possessed thousands of Void shares.

"Huh!"

Alkaid took a deep breath.

At last, he had solved the biggest problem he faced in the Lower Realm.

Although the Void Force he could use was still limited, mere shares above ten would immediately force his ascension to the Immortal Realm, but...

As long as he didn't encounter a true Dao Venerable, who else in the Lower Realm universe could push him to this extent?

"Moreover, if I convert the excess shares into the Soul Dao using the Supreme Holy Artifact, it means I can cast Void and Soul Composite Immortal Techniques..."

Alkaid pondered, then paused for a moment.

Composite Immortal Techniques!

These seemed to be a domain only Immortal Venerables would touch upon.

And without exception, those capable of mastering Composite Immortal Techniques were among the top of the Immortal Venerables.

Alkaid's "memories" contained visions of such Immortal Techniques, but he had never really mastered a Composite Immortal Technique.

It was evident that his own Realm, which had just stepped into the Immortal Venerable Level, wasn't quite there yet.

He estimated that only when the progress of "Integrate Dao - Void" exceeded 400, or even 600, would various Composite Immortal Techniques emerge.

And even the Composite Immortal Techniques that initially sprang up might not be the Soul or Void types he could learn.

"It looks like I need to improve my Realm next,"

Alkaid thought to himself.

However, this idea only lasted for a moment before he suppressed it.

Compared to ascending in Realm and mastering Composite Immortal Techniques, he was more curious about what changes would occur once the "Artifact Refining" branch grew to 100% at the Nineteenth Rank.

Would it reach the limit of "High-Dimensional Cognition," or would it enter a new domain of mastery?

With this expectation, he turned his gaze back to the Limitless Sword.

"To refine the Limitless Sword into the Ten Directions Abyss Tower, making it the Ten Directions Limitless Abyss Tower... would likely be infeasible, since the Limitless Sword is also a Void Immortal Artifact, incapable of producing a 'Composite' effect."

As he pondered, his gaze fell on a treasured item that he had been refining over the years but had not yet turned into an Immortal Artifact.

"Time Orb."

Merging the Time Orb, a Time Immortal Artifact, into the Ten Directions Abyss Tower.

Time and space have always been closely related.

Moreover, with his profound expertise in the Path of Time, merging this Immortal Artifact should be within his confidence, avoiding a result that would be overly cumbersome.

"After the Path of Time, it will be time to try merging the Destruction Path or the Origin Dao."

These two were the Great Daos he was most familiar with, aside from the Time Dao.

Among them, the Destruction Path annihilates everything, which could just barely be correlated with the Void Great Dao.

As for the remaining Origin Dao...

It was more like an all-purpose tool.

Therefore, the top-tier Dao Artifacts and Semi-Immortal Artifacts for Destruction and Origin Daos needed to be scheduled for crafting as well.

He perused the various Storage Treasures in his possession.

He quickly located five or six sets of Immortal Artifact materials suitable for refining Destruction and Origin Dao Artifacts.

From the Sun and Star Sect's twenty-one Dao Lords who fell, including the Sect Master Golden Light Dao Lord, more than half provided him with ample resources.

If it wasn't for his current "labor costs" being so high, the "Businessman" Experience these materials could offer would absolutely be more than the "Demon Hunter" Experience.

And if really necessary...

He had several Semi-Immortal Artifacts that had been captured.

Dismantling these Semi-Immortal Artifacts would yield materials that could be barely utilized.

"If all goes well, in just thirty to fifty years, the Ten Directions Abyss Tower will possess the combined powers of the Void, Soul, Time, Destruction, and Origin Dao. After elevating my Realm and finding Composite Immortal Techniques, a single Immortal Technique could produce effects like Soul disruption, accelerated Time, sealed Void, and the power of total annihilation. And if that weren't daunting enough, the amplification by the Origin Dao would allow for continuous casting of Immortal Techniques. If all goes well, could one, as an Immortal Venerable, even challenge an Immortal King?"

Alkaid spoke, seemingly coming to a realization.

"Composite Immortal Technique may be the only way for lower Immortals to break their shackles."

This thought lingered for a moment before Alkaid chuckled at his own naivety.

"My Human Immortal Path is almost reaching the Heavenly Immortal Path."

He shook his head, "Unity of Heaven and Man? Then what kind of Immortal does that make me?"

Gathering his focus, Alkaid's form shifted, and this time…

He was headed straight for the Sun and Star Sect.

Fearing that the situation might change, it was time to completely resolve the issues with the Sun and Star Sect.

…

Merely half a day after Alkaid's departure, the Slaughter Star Alliance had caught up once again.

"Damn it! We're one step too late!"

A Daoist Lord lamented.

"It must be due to heavy injuries that he had to hastily tend to himself; sensing that we were just about to catch up, he had no choice but to grit his teeth and continue fleeing for his life."

Another Daoist Lord conjectured.

"No matter. As long as he still carries the Mystical Light Boat, we will eventually catch up again. And that boat, being a Semi-Immortal Artifact of our Slaughter Star Alliance's headquarters level, I have specially integrated numerous secret techniques and prohibition laws into it. It would take him at least a dozen years to refine it! And we are not going to give him the chance to rest! With such heavy injuries, let's see how long he can last!"

The Nine Palaces Dao Lord was full of confidence.

However, Zhuan He Dao Lord looked slightly worried, "Alliance Hierarch, could it be that Alkaid is deliberately leading us on, just waiting to recover from his injuries to strike us like thunder?"

"Hehe, I've said, we won't give him another chance."

The Nine Palaces Dao Lord spoke with conviction, "In this period, I've already spread the news that the core forces of the Sun and Star Sect were utterly annihilated within the alliance. Even those Daoist Lords who were originally ambivalent have come forward to confirm the veracity of my words. Upon hearing the news, they have been looking to verify it through their own channels. Their morale has soared. Do you know how many Dao Lords have contacted me in less than a month's time?"

He extended a finger, "No less than a hundred!"

A hundred?! Over a hundred Dao Lords?!

Zhuan He Dao Lord was profoundly shocked.

"Even though these hundreds of Dao Lords may not all fully trust our Slaughter Star Alliance, those who desire a spot for Ascension to the Immortal Realm would naturally need to prove themselves. I've already summoned them to assist me in encircling and killing Alkaid. So far, forty-one have responded!"

"Forty-one Dao Lords!"

Zhuan He Dao Lord gasped in surprise.

Even at its peak, the number of openly known Dao Lords in the Sun and Star Sect did not reach this level!

With so many Dao Lords responding…

It seems this part of the cosmos is indeed about to enter the era of the Slaughter Star Alliance.

"The forty-one Dao Lords who responded to our call, plus the thirty-one of us, make a mighty force of seventy-two venerable Dao Lords! To say that more than half of the Dao Lords in this cosmos are gathered under our banners, such a force, not to mention that Alkaid is at the end of his tether, even if he was still at his peak, he would still be on a road to his death."

As the Nine Palaces Dao Lord spoke, he himself became exhilarated.

The command of seventy-one Dao Lords, what an immense power!

Something he couldn't have imagined before.

And often, a snowball of victory tends to grow larger as it rolls. As long as he properly publicizes this battle's victory and credits it to himself, then ignites the resentment of the cosmos's other Dao Lords against the Sun and Star Sect… even if there is no such resentment, who wouldn't want a chance to ascend to the Immortal Realm?

He, who is achieving both, will eventually start a wildfire that burns all the forces standing his way to the ground.

Neither the Sun and Star Sect nor the Dao Venerables…

None shall stand!

…

Alkaid, who was rushing towards the Sun and Star Sect at full speed, was naturally unaware that the Nine Palaces Dao Lord had taken credit for eradicating the Sun and Star Sect's main force and was using this opportunity to propagate his influence, rallying all Dao Lords hostile to the Sun and Star Sect, rolling towards him like a snowball.

At this moment, Alkaid had already arrived at a large star not far from the Yun Ji Starport.

This star was known as Nine Leaf Star.

It was the homeland of the Nine Leaf Dao Lord of the Sun and Star Sect, who was also stationed there year-round.

On this planet, there was also a gigantic Stellar Gate that led directly to the heartland of the Sun and Star Sect.

Whether the news had not yet reached this far, or for some other reason, this gigantic Stellar Gate was inexplicably not closed, which saved Alkaid the trouble of having to alter its operation mode and forcibly open it.

Upon his arrival, Alkaid immediately opened the passage connecting the Stellar Gate to the Sun and Star Sect's heartland; after a single traversal, he was not far from the Sun and Star Sect.

The Sun and Star Sect's headquarters was located at the Gate of the Immortal Realm.

It was a supermassive star akin to the Northern Sea Star.

However, unlike the freely accessible Northern Sea Star, this star was entirely owned by the Sun and Star Sect and was protected by multiple layers of Formations.

Not just at the Sun and Star Sect's headquarters, but also the peripheral planet to which Alkaid traversed, there existed Fifteenth Level Formations.

He had barely made it through the Stellar Gate before he was immediately engulfed by the Formations.

And the Sun and Star Sect, prepared for his arrival, instantly mobilized a dozen Integrate Daos, under the leadership of Deputy Sect Master Evergreen Dao Lord, brandishing an Immortal Artifact and arriving at the scene.

Clearly, they were ready for his invasion of the Sun and Star Sect and had laid traps in advance.

But Alkaid, trapped in the midst of both Formations and encirclement, showed no signs of panic. Instead, he immediately fixed his gaze on one of the figures preparing a Dao Technique.

If he had not "seen" incorrectly—

This was the Time Dao Technique!