Chapter 1024: The Immortal Sect Is About to Birth a Refining Void Cultivator

Following Yan Liu's words, the ancient bamboo slip began to radiate light, and some of the seals were lifted.

Jiang Ding's divine sense swept over and discovered that the middle chapter of the *Dao Xin Zhong Mo Nu Jing* could now be studied; it proposed more concrete methods for breaking through to Refining Void, sharing common ground with certain research directions of the Immortal Sect yet differing greatly.

It possessed extremely high scientific research reference value!

If this material could be transmitted back to the Immortal Sect, it would surely bring leapfrog development to the Immortal Sect's path of Refining Void — the breakthrough from zero to one, from nothing to something, truly establishing a direction.

Jiang Ding's heart stirred with excitement, then slowly calmed.

"Not enough."

"Imperial Son, this — is not enough."

Jiang Ding stared at Yan Liu and said slowly: "Chen Shan Wang was far too rude, repeatedly acting on his own and going against Your intentions. I need his head."

"It just so happens that Chen Shan Wang misses Sha Yi Wang too dearly; a reunion would be a fine thing."

"Dong Xue He Wang, you have quite the nerve…"

Chen Shan Wang raged inwardly.

Amid his fury, he instinctively glanced at Yan Liu, and a dread he himself found surprising rose in his heart — fear that the other party would hand him over.

It was simply that this Imperial Son's many past actions had made him instinctively distrustful.

If it were Cang Kong, he would not have had this worry at all.

"Impossible!"

"Absolutely not!"

Contrary to his expectations, Yan Liu flatly refused: "Chen Shan Wang is my own uncle; even if he erred, his crimes do not warrant death. Dong Xue He Wang, calm your anger — I will sternly rebuke Chen Shan Wang and will not let him commit such an error again."

He spoke these words to soothe a servant, showing none of the rage and killing intent a superior would normally display when his authority was challenged.

Chen Shan Wang inwardly breathed a great sigh of relief, and felt a touch of gratitude.

"Oh?"

Jiang Ding also stared at Yan Liu.

In war, everyone was growing.

This Imperial Son was likewise growing rapidly — amid the brutal war, swiftly casting off all his untimely delicateness and beginning to handle things in a down-to-earth manner.

His handling of the Chen Shan Wang incident this time was precisely that.

For Jiang Ding, Chen Shan Wang deserved death.

For Yan Liu, however, this man was his base, his foundation — something that could not be shaken under any circumstances, and must be tightly united.

This point, he had achieved.

Jiang Ding's face showed a thoughtful look; no one knew what he was thinking, and he did not answer Yan Liu's words.

This caused Yan Liu to misunderstand.

"Dong Xue He Wang, do not believe any of Cang Kong's promises."

"Cang Kong, after all, is not the Cang Yan Gu Imperial Son."

Yan Liu said earnestly: "Cang

Yan Gu Imperial Clan cannot be equated with Cang Kong — far from it. Cang Kong faces severe internal constraints; the force behind him is not firm, and cannot compare with me by any means."

"With me here, with my father here, you will surely be perfectly safe!"

"Not only now, but in the future Da Di Jing as well — you and I must join hands, fight side by side. There is no need to worry; even a Great Emperor is not without enemies."

"On the contrary, a Great Emperor faces more challenges and threats. Just as my father Yan Shi Da Di has no choice but to let his Imperial Son's crown be contested, unable to oppose it."

"For the next several thousand, several tens of thousands of years, when everyone else has grown old and died, you and I will still be here, still united in perfect sincerity, sharing wealth and longevity."

"If you do not betray me, I shall never betray you!"

Yan Liu was utterly sincere.

"The final chapter."

Jiang Ding said flatly, showing no sign of being moved by Yan Liu's long speech, and put forward a new condition.

Yan Liu's face was expressionless.

"Since Dong Xue He Wang desires it,"

He paused for a moment, then smiled: "Naturally, there is no objection. You and I are to fight side by side for tens of thousands of years to come — what is a mere Great Emperor scripture?"

With a flick of his finger, the final layer of restriction on the ancient bamboo slip was lifted.

"Good."

The blood-robed Daoist opposite gave a slight nod, offered no courtesy of thanks, turned and vanished, using magic power to shield the transmission on this side.

Yan Liu sat upon Wang Zuo, lost in thought.

A long while passed.

"Seventh Uncle, do you think he will defect to Cang Kong?"

Yan Liu asked, with a hint of worry.

This was a tremendous hidden danger, and the very reason he had previously instructed Chen Shan Wang to try to suppress and subdue this slave-king — worry had long existed in his heart.

If Cang Kong gained such an arm, the war would hold no hope of victory.

"He should not."

Chen Shan Wang replied without thinking.

"Why?"

Yan Liu was pleased.

"Because compared to Cang Kong, you are weaker, your clan is weaker — and this is timely aid in snow."

"If it were Cang Kong, he was already on the verge of victory; victory was already his to begin with. Were it not for Dong Xue He Wang's intervention, Cang Kong would already have claimed the crown."

After his earlier ordeal, Chen Shan Wang spoke with great directness.

This is a reflection of the greater trust that has developed between ruler and minister.

"Weaker in strength, weaker in clan, and that actually became an advantage?"

Yan Liu's Imperial Son did not get angry, as expected, and sighed.

"Yes."

"Such an absolute prodigy of a slave race, so proud and arrogant, must surely be unwilling to remain a slave."

King Chenshan gave a cold snort: "Perhaps in his heart, he sees more possibility here of breaking free from the slave brand, gaining liberty, and advancing to the Da Di Jing realm."

"On this point, please do take note."

"Hahaha, that does make sense."

Yan Liu's Imperial Son laughed heartily, seemingly unconcerned about anything.

……

"So that's how it is, so that's how it is."

"Above Soul Transformation, it turns out to be like this…"

In the vast, deathly silent starfield, a Daoist in a blood-red robe revealed a look of sudden enlightenment.

The complete scripture of the Great Emperor unfolded before his eyes, and the path of Refining Void was instantly revealed with clarity.

The so-called Refining Void was indeed what the Immortal Gate had previously guessed: forming a miniature world within the body. This world is the core through which the Xiu Xian Zhe Fa's magic power and divine soul operate. This world possesses an independent, self-cycling ecosystem, capable of transforming the spiritual energy of heaven and earth out of chaos.

Relying on this, only at the Refining Void realm does one truly possess the ability to detach from the Minor Thousand Worlds and survive independently.

It can be said that only at the Refining Void realm does one become a true realm-being.

Within the miniature world inside a Refining Void cultivator's body, a thing called a Rule Seed will be born. The Rule Seed contains the power of rules, and the nature of this rule-power differs according to the type of miniature world.

This rule-power will immensely amplify a Xiu Xian Zhe Fa's strength in a certain aspect, enough to suppress with a single thought all cultivators below Refining Void.

The complete "Dao Xin Zhong Mo Nu Jing" records in full the detailed methods for cultivating the miniature world within the body, as well as the method for birthing the power of rules.

What is recorded here is not conjecture.

It is a practical path that the Immortal Gate urgently needs!

Of course, this path is tightly bound to the 'slave seed' — a Xiu Xian Zhe Fa must refine himself into another's servant to have any chance of advancing, otherwise there is no hope in this lifetime.

But this matters not, for the Immortal Gate is not a rootless cultivator who stumbled upon a stroke of fortune.

The Immortal Gate possesses sufficient heritage of the immortal Dao.

The Immortal Gate fully possesses the ability to dissect this Great Emperor scripture, digest and absorb it, and thereby create its own civilization's scripture for Refining Void.

In other words,

If nothing unexpected happens, the Immortal Gate is about to give birth to a Refining Void cultivator!