Chapter 1191: This World Is About to Be Destroyed

That terrifying omen had vanished without a trace.

Jiang Ding could not comprehend what manner of existence it was; he only felt it was like a natural enemy of all living beings, utterly impossible to resist.

He looked around. Mu Mu Tianxue, Yeyue Canghai Tianjun, Gong Gong Caiyu, and the others noticed nothing at all.

But Han Lin and Da Ai Canghai Tianjun, the two of them, were as if facing a great enemy. With a whoosh, they retreated several hundred li in one go, staring fixedly in this direction, looking as though they were ready to flee beyond the starry sky at any moment.

Mu Mu Tianxue and the others were baffled.

Jiang Ding remained silent.

After a long while, the blood-sea vortex continued to expand, concealing something utterly terrifying within it.

After much hesitation, Han Lin and the other still returned.

Jiang Ding looked at them with an inquiring gaze.

"Little Martial Uncle..."

Han Lin gave an awkward smile: "I suddenly felt very dangerous—a danger more terrifying than death itself. I couldn't control myself for a moment. Please don't take offense."

"The same goes for me..."

Da Ai Canghai Tianjun immediately cut in.

Hum!

A terrifying pressure, in which the six paths' order interwove and cycled, appeared between heaven and earth. Gazing upon it was like beholding the entirety of reincarnation—countless sentient beings wailing within, dying, never to be reborn for eternity.

Jiang Ding's gaze was calm.

The words on Da Ai Canghai Tianjun's lips immediately halted.

A trace of hesitation appeared on his face.

The Da Ri Sword Lord always kept his word, never striking those who had not violated the laws of Master Tushan—but would there be an exception?

Especially since this concerned... his very life and death.

"Canghai Tianjun,"

Da Ai Canghai Tianjun hesitated for a long while, faltered for a long while, and finally said: "It may be, perhaps, related to the great tribulation of the upper realm... It may be, perhaps, that all the living beings of this world will be devoured in several thousand or tens of thousands of years..."

"Of course, this is merely my casual speculation; it cannot be taken seriously."

He immediately added with an apologetic smile.

"This world will perish in ten thousand years?"

"Nonsense!"

Mu Mu Tianxue was stunned, then flew into a great rage and rebuked him.

This was truly a fairy tale!

The world had existed for so long—how could living beings be so wantonly wiped out? Da Ai Canghai Tianjun was, after all, a Canghai Tianjun. How could he speak like those cultivators who had fallen into demonic possession, worshiped gods, and casually proclaimed the destruction of the world?

"Yes, yes, Miss Mu is right."

Da Ai Canghai Tianjun nodded and bowed repeatedly, smiling apologetically: "I was momentarily confused. Please forgive me."

"Perish..."

Jiang Ding revealed a contemplative expression.

After that, he turned and left, leaving a group of Canghai Tianjun exchanging bewildered glances.

Within the Black Demon Palace.

Jiang Ding sat quietly upon the Six Paths Throne, silently gazing at the sky.

He reached out and beckoned.

Hum!

Within the Yuanci Eye of the Yin-Yang Yuanci Jueling Mountain Grand Array, waves of azure-blue water churned, the earth shook and mountains trembled. Across the entire sky of Master Tushan Master Tushan Zhongting, spanning tens of thousands of li, ten thousand streaks of Jin Chong Guang appeared, accompanied by the clang of sword-song breaking through the air, tearing apart sky and earth, scattering the clouds, and countless golden lotuses were born in the sky as Dao essence spread outward.

These celestial phenomena immediately caused panic among the many cultivators of Master Tushan Master Tushan Zhongting, and many emerged from their closed-door cultivation sites.

"A divine treasure is being born..."

"A heaven-born and earth-nurtured treasure of the land—it belongs to the virtuous..."

An experienced old cultivator immediately deduced what was happening and spoke instinctively.

Swish!

A large circle of gazes turned toward him, expressions of admiration appearing.

"Misunderstanding."

"This is a misunderstanding..."

The old cultivator gave an awkward smile, slipped away into the crowd in a flash, and could no longer be found.

"Investigate him—murder for treasure and the like. In the places he has been before, have any cultivators mysteriously vanished..."

Faintly, the cultivators of the Supervisory Hall could be heard whispering.

A divine treasure is being born!

And within Master Tushan Master Tushan Zhongting, no less!

Isn't this perfectly normal?

This was the dwelling place of all the Canghai Tianjun in the entire world, a place where all manner of heaven-born treasures naturally gathered.

However, such terrifying celestial phenomena were unprecedented, seemingly surpassing even the omens that accompanied a Canghai Tianjun's advancement to Soul Transformation in the past. Even with the grand array blocking it, it was nearly suffocating, impossible to think.

After an unknown length of time, amid the shaking earth and trembling mountains, a piece of earth-yellow spirit gold as large as Shanfeng broke through the soil. Nurtured by the power of the entire world for twelve hundred years, it emanated an aura that would make even Soul Transformation Canghai Tianjun's hearts tremble with fear.

Even a Primordial Spirit treasure striking it would not have the qualification to leave a mark upon this earth-yellow spirit gold.

A sixth-grade heaven-born treasure—Great Earth Wu Mother Gold!

This was a sixth-grade spirit gold, nurtured into being by drawing upon the spiritual energy produced between breaths by the entire Minor Thousand Worlds through the Da Ri Ding Gao Jie Array. It held tremendous value even for Void Refining cultivators, and only one portion emerged every six hundred years.

Now, twelve hundred years have passed, and the Earth Mother Metal of Wu has also condensed into two portions.

These materials can serve as the primary ingredients for refining the Number One Synthetic Synthetic Gengjin, and can be used to temper treasures of the Void-Refining space level, such as the Supreme Pure Flying Swords.

For now, they are useless, serving only as reserves.

We must wait for the Supreme Pure Flying Sword to break through.

Jiang Ding reached out and beckoned.

Countless Six-Path Order Sword Qi erupted around the Earth Mother Metal of Wu, isolating the heavy pressure and the naturally radiating spiritual light capable of injuring Soul Transformation cultivators; the Sword Qi sealed it, then stored it within the jade pendant.

Twelve hundred years

of accumulation resulted in just these harvests.

"I have a premonition that I will become extremely poor in the future, just like Zou Zou Xiyuan... no, even poorer than Zou Zou Xiyuan."

Jiang Ding muttered to himself.

To this day, even the spiritual metal synthesis industry of the Immortal Sects cannot synthesize the sixth-tier supreme spiritual metal, Number One Synthetic Synthetic Gengjin, from fifth-tier materials out of thin air.

Even ordinary sixth-tier spiritual metal synthesis is extremely difficult, consuming vast amounts of energy with extremely limited output; large quantities of lower-tier heavenly treasures and earthly gems play an important supplementary role, but cannot completely replace them.

This means Jiang Ding is walking the old path of many high-tier cultivators: lower-tier heavenly treasures and earthly gems are gradually becoming merely a quantity to him, holding little practical significance.

They can only supplement; they hold no decisive power.

Therefore, poverty may be inevitable.

"Master Canghai Canghai Tianjun."

Mu Mu Tianxue and Lieyang Canghai Tianjun stepped forward and bowed respectfully.

The two had received an audience.

"Hmm, I called you here for the same old reason."

"Master Tushan Master Tushan Zhongting has become filthy again; such things seem inevitably unavoidable as time passes, causing great vexation."

Jiang Ding nodded slightly and tossed a jade slip to the two: "Follow the list above; everyone on it must be executed. Ensure procedural legality, ensure their crimes are declared, present evidence, and do not affect the cultivation lives of other cultivators... these are old clichés. You performed well in the past; proceed exactly as you did then."

The sword cultivators of Master Tushan Master Tushan Zhongting have always been the ones to carry out such executions of internal offenders guilty of capital crimes; they are quite willing to do so, work with great efficiency, and have never made mistakes, so whenever Jiang Ding had a need, he immediately thought of them.

Eliminating corruption is a crucial step in the restoration of Master Tushan Master Tushan Zhongting and the revitalization of industry.

Next, production will develop; planting techniques, alchemy techniques, breeding techniques, artifact-forging techniques, and so on will be improved... striving to advance the world's productivity further without compromising sustainable development, benefiting all cultivators.

"Yes, Sword Disciple."

Lieyang Canghai Tianjun and Mu Mu Tianxue probed their divine sense into it, saw over a hundred thousand names within, felt a chill in their hearts, and bowed respectfully once more.