Transformation Diagram: Starting as a Skinny Dog

"The grand scheme of the world, the actions between great nations, are determined by the decisions of the Holy Land Masters and the emperor. As generals outside, we only need to fulfill our duties within our scope. Guzi Pass has trapped our main force heading south for nearly half a year, yet we cannot break through. Recently, we lost a division under Yuan Wutian. His Majesty has been enraged several times, urging us to quickly break into Dragon Abyss. To this end, he has sent a distinguished elder to the front lines."

In the hall, the Alliance Army's commanding officers used the Round Light Technique to observe Gu Hanfei, all showing expressions of curiosity.

Another distinguished elder has arrived on the battlefield?

Who could it be?

While everyone was curious, a phantom of a chessboard slowly appeared in the hall. On the chessboard, there appeared a mysterious figure dressed in a plain white Taoist robe, carrying seven ancient swords on his back. The left side of his face was covered with a half bronze Nuomian mask, and beneath the mask, the skin displayed the evolving patterns of a battlefield map, revealing no true features.

"Who is that?"

At this moment, all those using the Round Light Technique from various locations to view the image projected by Prince Gu Hanfei of the elder who had come to assist in the battle, all collectively gasped:

"It's actually Elder Li Xuange!"

"Soldier Dao Banished Immortal!"

"The very one who once, with eight hundred Taoist Soldiers, laid siege to the 'Nine Luminaries Burning City Formation,' summoned the Earth's Poison Fire to consume a hundred thousand Barbarian cavalry, and after the battle crystallized the entire Red Water Riverbed into the Glazed Tile Great Wall—Soldier Dao Banished Immortal!"

"I have also heard of him. Three hundred years ago, he awakened a hundred thousand War Souls from the previous dynasty, using the 'Sutra of Salvation' to exorcise their grievances and created the half-human, half-ghost 'Rebirth Army,' ultimately forcing the Khan of the Northern Desert Grassland to death at the Great Immeasurable Mountain, securing the 'Ancient Mongolian Country' for our Da Yuan."

"This one was already a Soldier Dao Banished Immortal three hundred years ago and was said to have returned to a reclusive life after establishing a sect, yet he appears once again on the battlefield."

...

At this moment, the mysterious Soldier Dao master praised by the Qi Cultivators' Alliance Army commanders was already leading the army close to Guzi Pass.

He rode upon an Ancient Mutant, with a dragon head and lion body, leaving characters shaped like lightning marks as it walked on clouds.

Behind him was a formidable army of ten thousand clad in Yin Qi, unlike living beings—the Rebirth Army he claimed three hundred years ago.

At this moment, accompanying this commander were two others. One held a large flag, donned in animal skins, exuding a primal aura. Depictions of various restless demon beasts were faintly visible on the flag.

"Friend Tuoba, I came at the Primordial Emperor's invitation; why must you accompany me to endure the hardships of the battlefield?" Li Xuange's voice sounded somewhat ancient, with a half Nuomian mask revealing no expression. Hands clasped behind him, he glanced at the middle-aged man with the flag beside him.

"No other reason. My Hundred Soul Banner needs periodic sacrifices and nourishment. Following you allows me to refine it with the blood of Ji Country's soldiers and civilians." The middle-aged man surnamed Tuoba grinned.

"I heard that every fierce soul in Tuoba Elder's Hundred Soul Banner is at least of the Eleventh Realm level?" A white-haired young man in a Star Robe, standing to Li Xuange's left, slowly opened his mouth and asked with a smile.

"What, does Saint Xu wish to experience it?" The beast-skin clad man revealed a gleam of anticipation, saying, "I've long wanted to challenge the 'Great Star Technique' of the Three Star Cave."

"Tuoba, do not be rude. Young Master Xu is, after all, a Saint Heir. He came this time also to assist the battle; how can you speak to him this way?" Li Xuange responded calmly.

"No harm, I came this time for my sect's affairs. As long as Elder can capture Dragon Abyss Major General Chen Ku for me to take back to Three Stars Sect, engaging in a friendly match with Tuoba Elder is no issue." The white-haired young man in a Star Robe said with a smile.

"I've long heard that the First Saint Son, Xu Puti, in addition to mastering the Great Star Technique, has pioneered another unique path. Very well, as you say, I shall first help you capture Chen Ku, and then learn your sect's High Technique." The beast-skin middle-aged man said.

"Hmm?" At this moment, Li Xuange, wearing the half Nuomian mask, suddenly uttered a soft 'huh,' as clouds as dark as ink flickered past the skin beneath the Nuomian.

He suddenly raised his head, gazing towards the distant thousands of miles away Guzi Pass, speaking unexpectedly with very grave tone:

"Is that... a Heavenly Dao Tribulation?"

Instantly, upon hearing this, the two others simultaneously looked towards the distance.

There, in the vast sky thousands of miles away, which should have been dominion of golden laws like a vast ocean, suddenly, behind that golden ocean of laws, emerged a vast black as ink ocean of the Grand Dao, forming a whirlpool stretching for hundreds of miles...

It seems as if some defying power had invoked divine retribution.