Chapter 1146: A Thousand Years of Accumulated Desire for Slaughter

Countless inspirations exploded in Jiang Ding's heart, and a single sword had already taken shape within him.

"Sword Child,"

"Please advance to Hua Shen Qi, right here."

Yue suddenly said, "Your advancement to Hua Shen requires no assistance, no favorable timing, place, or people. You can do it now."

"Advance to Hua Shen now?"

Jiang Ding was momentarily stunned.

Then he sighed, temporarily set aside the tide-like inspirations in his heart, rose, and flew out of Dayang Dayang Tianchi.

Jiang Ding stepped on the void and instantly sensed something different.

There were many more places in the void to draw strength from, more forces he could employ. Without much effort, he nearly doubled his own speed, and in a few flickers, he darted through space and flew outward.

"Sword Child."

Yue, somewhat dejected, followed along.

"Senior Zhenjun Shenji!"

Jiang Ding saw Master Canghai Canghai Tianjun outside Dayang Dayang Tianchi and greeted him brightly: "Long time no see, Senior. You're still radiant as ever, truly enviable."

"I see the aura around you is faintly stirring, as if you are about to break through to Void Refinement. Congratulations."

"Haha!"

"I see you, kid, are doing quite well yourself!"

Master Canghai Canghai Tianjun smiled gracefully, completely relaxing, and teased: "A thousand one hundred years, and you're still no different from before, still this little runt. Back in the day when you were at university... wait, what kind of look is that you're giving me?!"

Master Canghai Canghai Tianjun was laughing when his words suddenly halted, and he violently retreated a large step backward.

He watched the green-robed youth before him with some wariness.

Just a moment ago, he had still looked like a fresh, clean-cut boy-next-door.

Suddenly, a thread of crimson appeared in the youth's eyes, filled entirely with killing intent, without a trace of anything else.

That killing intent was a deep red, like the color formed by countless pools of blood drying and flowing over and over again — purely the deep red of coagulated fresh blood.

"What kind of look?"

Jiang Ding looked at Master Canghai Canghai Tianjun, somewhat baffled: "I'm just looking at you normally, Senior."

"Did you see wrong?"

Master Canghai Canghai Tianjun looked at the green-robed youth once more, carefully.

He immediately retreated one step.

Then retreated three more steps.

Then retreated several hundred more steps, until he was over a hundred kilometers away before he could feel slightly more at ease, and the instinctive warning in his divine soul eased somewhat.

"Stop!"

"Stop right there, kid, don't come any closer to me!"

Seeing that Jiang Ding showed signs of approaching him, Master Canghai Canghai Tianjun hurriedly spoke to stop him: "Your current state isn't quite right. If you go out, you absolutely must not encounter any unfamiliar cultivators, especially the strong ones, or you probably won't be able to control yourself."

"You know, this is still me!"

"If it were a Taiyi Qingmu Xianzong Hua Shen cultivator, outside the immortal gate, in an empty place — I can't imagine what would happen!"

Master Canghai Canghai Tianjun's heart trembled with shock.

He finally understood where the intense unease in his heart was coming from.

Before him stood a Great Sun Sword Child.

A Great Sun Sword Child who,

for a thousand one hundred years, had not engaged in a single slaughter!!!!!

How is this any different from standing next to a hundred thousand tons of TNT about to explode?

On top of that, that ignorant, clueless look of not knowing what's happening is also very deceptive, and instead causes the danger index to climb tenfold, a hundredfold.

He might at any moment tear off that seemingly clueless disguise, suddenly erupt, slaughtering billions, never stopping until he has drunk his fill of the blood of all living beings.

Even more terrifyingly, based on Master Canghai Canghai Tianjun's own experience, Great Sun Sword Children and Great Sun Sword Masters are often completely unable to control themselves!!

Don't be fooled by the green-robed youth's gentle appearance right now — what happens the next moment is completely unpredictable, entirely chaotic and random.

"Oh, alright, Senior."

Jiang Ding was always obedient and well-behaved in front of his elders, and immediately stopped walking upon hearing this.

"To make a long story short, things have changed. Don't advance to Hua Shen Qi for now."

Master Canghai Canghai Tianjun rapidly explained the current situation in the realm domains, especially detailing the Yama Hell Equal King Yin-Yang Reversal Grand Formation and the predicament the immortal gate faced.

"That's the situation."

"Now, if you have the ability, could you go sit in command at the realm domain passage between the Nine Spirit Domain and Jiao Jiao Mingyu?"

Master Canghai Canghai Tianjun inquired: "If the Badaxian Sect agrees to our conditions and grants the immortal gate absolute strategic security after the war, then we can launch the campaign to annihilate the Horn Demon Imperial Clan."

"The realm domain starry skies are endlessly vast, powerful civilizations emerge one after another. We must constantly strengthen ourselves, our power ever growing, to face future threats."

"If the immortal gate's central array spirit computer breaks through to the Dao Merging tier, and the immortal gate produces double-digit numbers of Void Refinement cultivators, we can accept that outcome as well — we don't necessarily have to both perish together."

"If the Badaxian Sect is unwilling to agree, then come back, and we'll prepare to flee to Facheng for survival."

Master Canghai Canghai Tianjun said in a slightly cold, heavy voice.

Even though his daughter was within the Yama Hell Equal King Yin-Yang Reversal Grand Formation, locked in life-and-death combat, urgently awaiting reinforcements, none of this could affect his judgment.

Since the thousand-year realm domain war began, the number of immortal gate citizens buried in Jiao Jiao Mingyu had exceeded ten million — constantly replenished, constantly dying, sacrificing themselves one after another.

This was the obligatory duty citizens bore alongside the immense rights they received.

Then

Many citizens had died.

Her daughter, for the greater good of the immortal sect, could die just the same.

"Is that how the situation stands?"

Jiang Ding sighed softly. He understood.

"Senior, I will go hold the position at the realm passage."

He agreed.

"When you go, it would be best to seal yourself off. Don't run into any strangers along the way."

"Taiyi Qingmu Xianzong cultivators cannot be slaughtered yet."

Master Canghai Canghai Tianjun cautioned.

"Jiang Ding, are you confident?"

Master Canghai Canghai Tianjun asked again: "Within the Yama Hell Equal King Grand Array, there exists a tremendous inequity. We cannot commit Soul Transformation combat power and must face many Soul Transformation cultivators of the Horned Demon Imperial Clan at Nascent Soul cultivation."

"Among these Soul Transformation cultivators of the Horned Demon Imperial Clan, there are many Imperial Sons, including nine Ancient Imperial Sons. The strongest among them, the Underworld Heaven Ancient Imperial Son, poses an extreme threat and can already be called an Ancient Imperial Son—he was personally crowned by the Horned Underworld Emperor."

"The array triggered by that military talisman must certainly be a domain array above Dao Merging. Currently we cannot find the slightest clue to break it. We can only delay and prevent its descent, but in the end it cannot be avoided."

"There's a Soul Transformation Ancient Imperial Son?"

"That's manageable."

Jiang Ding immediately seized the key point, interest rising in his heart. He nodded and said: "I understand, Senior can rest assured."

"Very well."

"Safe travels."

Master Canghai Canghai Tianjun watched him carefully, confirmed there was no reluctance, and set his mind at ease.

Hum!

Dayang Dayang Tianchi hummed and churned into operation, shrank, then was fed into the Taiyi Qingmu Xianzong super teleportation array. Spiritual energy of heaven and earth surged in like tides, and countless spatial runes blossomed.

Countless rays of light carried this past Refinement Void fortress of the Great Sun Sword Pavilion away, causing tremendous spatial turbulence that took a long while to settle.

The Great Sun Sword Son had already appeared.

He would hold position within the realm passage, ensuring the Nine Spirit Domain had no shortcoming in combat power whatsoever.