Chapter 1326

Nine Heavens Divine Thunder True Sect.

It was a sect built upon a Lei Ting mountain peak, the mountainside perpetually wreathed in dark clouds with lightning flashing and thunder rumbling, harboring a sixth-grade upper-quality spirit vein within, extremely suitable for cultivators who practiced thunder arts.

Today, with the arrival of the Taiyi Qingmu Xianzong emissary, the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder True Sect cast off the dejection and worry of nearly a thousand years of war, hanging lanterns and festoons, brimming with joy, the entire sect swept up in celebration.

The Taiyi Qingmu Xianzong emissary had chosen the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder True Sect to host a banquet, entertaining True Sovereigns from all directions — this was an unprecedented event!

This represented the Taiyi Qingmu Xianzong emissary's absolute support for the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder True Sect.

Even if Blood Lake Corpse Mountain was stronger by a notch, so what? Would they dare offend the might of the Taiyi Qingmu Xianzong?

In the hearts of many Nine Heavens Divine Thunder True Sect disciples, this war that had dragged on for several thousand years, with countless disciples killed and wounded, was about to end; they would never again face the prospect of death at any moment.

The entire Nine Heavens Divine Thunder True Sect brimmed with a festive atmosphere.

At the summit of Lei Ting mountain peak, within the most solemn Lei Ting palace, the Taiyi Qingmu Xianzong emissary True Sovereign Cai Shan sat in the seat of honor, while Blood Lake Corpse Mountain's Void Refinement cultivators and the many Void Refinement cultivators of the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder True Sect paid respectful obeisance, then sat upright and proper, not daring to show the slightest impropriety before the Taiyi Qingmu Xianzong emissary.

"Fellow Daoist Blood Lake, the fighting now must stop."

"No more struggles of any kind are permitted."

True Sovereign Cai Shan said in a heavy voice: "For the next eight hundred years, the Thunder Flame Domain must maintain the present situation. The sect does not wish to see a unified domain — this is the bottom line!"

"Otherwise, at the Hundred Realms Mountain, the demon race is stirring, and it is precisely the time for Void Refinement cultivators to rush to the front lines to win merit…"

He stared at True Sovereign Blood Lake and said with chilling coldness.

Eight hundred years — this was the term of True Sovereign Cai Shan's appointment as Taiyi Qingmu Xianzong Offering Emissary.

And maintaining the balance and stability of the many forces under his jurisdiction, ensuring everything remained within the Taiyi Qingmu Xianzong's control, was his most core duty.

"The Immortal Emissary commands, and Blood Lake naturally obeys."

True Sovereign Blood Lake was an old man in a blood robe with crimson hair, his long hair scattered wildly over his head, bowing respectfully as he spoke.

"It had better be so."

True Sovereign Cai Shan snorted coldly.

If not for being held back by people within the sect, he could right now conscript True Sect Dao Soldiers from the surrounding domains, use the Taiyi Qingmu Xianzong Dao Soldier battle formation diagram to encircle and kill this man, then cleanse Blood Lake Corpse Mountain from top to bottom, eliminating any factor that affected the stability of the Thunder Flame Domain.

"Fellow Daoist Wan Lei, from now on please do not take the initiative to provoke…"

True Sovereign Cai Shan commanded.

He had no interest in which of the two great True Sects was right or wrong, nor did he wish to know what twists of cause and fate lay between them.

Stability!

A stable Thunder Flame Domain — that was the only thing he wanted.

"Yes, Immortal Emissary!"

Wan

True Sovereign said with bitterness.

The Nine Heavens Divine Thunder True Sect also had connections and foundations within the Taiyi Qingmu Xianzong; he naturally knew the reason the Offering Emissary was so restrained and weak — the Blood Puppet Elder faction had latched onto a current-generation inheritance disciple of the sect, their power swelling greatly, to the point of openly defying the Taiyi Qingmu Xianzong's rules and still going unpunished.

This point, however, was something the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder True Sect could not compare to.

"Fellow Daoists, the great enterprise of the sect is arduous; we should exercise forbearance for the sake of the sect…"

The posture of the two great True Sects submitting together made True Sovereign Cai Shan's expression ease slightly, his tone warming a little, no longer so cold and harsh, causing the surrounding Void Refinement True Sovereigns to heave a sigh of relief.

At this moment, many Void Refinement True Sovereigns' expressions shifted slightly as they looked toward the entrance of the Lei Ting great hall.

There, an old man with gray-green hair and a verdant toad on his shoulder walked unhurriedly into the great hall, bowed once to the Taiyi Qingmu Xianzong Offering Emissary, then found a seat and sat down.

His aura was between the Hua Shen Qi and the Void Refinement stage — it should be a clone.

True Sovereign Cai Shan's face darkened like still water.

"How dare you!"

"Nizhao, you are nothing but a cultivator from the wilds; appearing before the Taiyi Qingmu Xianzong Offering Emissary, you dare not come in your true body — such disrespect, you have enormous nerve!"

A Nine Heavens Divine Thunder True Sect early-stage Void Refinement cultivator flew into a rage and rebuked him.

Nizhao Demon City had always been a thorn in the flesh and a splinter in the eye of the two great True Sects; there was no small amount of enmity between them. For instance, this Void Refinement True Sovereign who had ascended two thousand years ago — back when he was at the Hua Shen Qi, he had fellow sect brothers die at the hands of True Sovereign Nizhao, and had himself narrowly escaped with his life.

"I wondered who it was? So it's that little cultivator from back then."

Nizhao Jiang Ding glanced at him and sneered: "Back then you came to my Nizhao Demon City to steal, making off with a Void Refinement medicinal ingredient born in my Nizhao, and by luck you got away. Now you still dare appear before me."

"If you're not convinced, come to my Nizhao Demon City. This old man can bind his own hands and feet and fight you one-on-one."

"You—"

This Nine Heavens Divine Thunder True Sect Void Refinement cultivator was furious, yet dared not respond.

True Sovereign Nizhao was a long-established Void Refinement cultivator, and moreover had a Void Refinement-stage spirit pet; fighting together, their strength was not weak even among mid-stage Void Refinement cultivators — he was naturally no match.

"Then let this old man take up the challenge. How about it? Nizhao."

Nine Heavens Divine Thunder True Sect's patriarch, True Sovereign Wan Lei, released his might and said slowly.

"No need."

"This old man has never been fond of fighting."

True Sovereign Nizhao said lazily, utterly unconcerned.

When true experts from the two great True Sects really came, he had always simply fled, and did not fear them.

"But you, Wan Lei — do you really dare to step outside the sect's formation?"

"Aren't you afraid of running into that old thing Blood Lake halfway?"

True Sovereign Nizhao mocked.

"Sharp-tongued and slick-lipped

."

True Sovereign Wan Lei shook his head and said no more.

"Immortal Emissary, please forgive the impropriety."

"The two great True Sects are truly going too far in bullying others. This one did not dare to come in person, please forgive the offense…"

Mud Swamp True Venerable put on yet another attitude toward the Taiyi Qingmu Xianzong envoy, apologizing with a smile.

This humility was simply unlike facing one of the same rank; it was more like standing before an elder, the posture extremely low, truly capable of bending and stretching as needed.

"No matter."

"Dao Friend, guarding the peace of a region also counts as meritorious."

Mountain-Cleaving True Venerable showed neither joy nor anger, saying lightly.

"Please forgive me…"

Mud Swamp True Venerable apologized with a smile once more, growing even more humble as he respectfully presented this millennium's tribute, not daring to overstep by even a fraction under the Taiyi Qingmu Xianzong's majesty.

This Dao Discussion Assembly was in fact a process for the Taiyi Qingmu Xianzong to once again assert its majesty; no Void Refinement cultivator dared to be forceful on such an occasion.

……

After paying tribute to the Taiyi Qingmu Xianzong, Mud Swamp True Venerable suppressed the humble smile on his face and went to a side hall.

"Greetings, Dao Friend Mud Swamp!"

"Your presence here truly brings brilliance to this humble dwelling…"

Here, the Heavenly Craft Tower steward Duofu True Venerable adopted yet another attitude, incomparably enthusiastic, going out to welcome him from a great distance and leading the way ahead, with every single action putting others at ease.

"Dao Friend Duofu, you truly inspire admiration."

"Forgive my rudeness."

Mud Swamp True Venerable performed a cupped-fist salute and sighed: "Whether it be cultivation, strength, background, or future prospects, you far surpass me; I truly feel ashamed before you."

"Not at all!"

"I am merely born into a slightly better background, nothing worth mentioning; a heroic figure like Dao Friend Mud Swamp, who rose from humble origins, is the true hero…"

Duofu True Venerable repeatedly said he dared not accept such praise.

After exchanging pleasantries for a while, Duofu True Venerable ordered someone to bring out a storage bag, opened it, revealing within it all manner of sixth-rank heavenly materials and earthly treasures that Mud Swamp True Venerable had pre-ordered—altogether three hundred and one portions of Void Refinement-rank heavenly materials and earthly treasures: yang-attribute, fire-attribute, life-rule-attribute, space-rule-attribute—all rare treasures within the Thunder Flame Domain.

The price was, naturally, the same.

"Dao Friend, do you see any discrepancy?"

Duofu True Venerable inquired.

"No discrepancy. The reputation of the Heavenly Craft Tower is naturally something I can trust."

Jiang Ding Zi carefully inspected for a long while, then said with a smile.

These heavenly materials and earthly treasures were naturally the sword-forging materials he had ordered; to conceal his true purpose, he had mixed in many life-rule and space-rule items.

These surplus materials would naturally not be wasted; the Immortal Gate market could absorb them.

"This is the agreed-upon price; please, Dao Friend Duofu, inspect it."

Jiang Ding Zi calmly handed over another storage bag.

Inside were over six hundred portions of Void Refinement-rank heavenly materials and earthly treasures, as well as over seventy million supreme-grade spirit stones—a loan from the Immortal Gate, backed by Jiang Ding Zi's own credit, somewhat exceeding the scope appropriate to Mud Swamp True Venerable's status.

This quantity, by his calculations, should not cause the Heavenly Craft Tower to tear up its own reputation on the spot; it was still within the safe range.

Any more than this, and it seemed it would no longer work.

"It seems Dao Friend has recently obtained no small fortune."

"Congratulations to Dao Friend."

Duofu True Venerable inspected for a while, showed a smile, then solemnly said: "The heavenly materials and earthly treasures from these transactions must absolutely not be used for lawlessness or wrongdoing. Does Dao Friend understand?"

"Naturally."

Mud Swamp True Venerable nodded.

He put away these heavenly materials and earthly treasures, and without any reluctance turned and left.

At this moment when all Void Refinement cultivators in the Thunder Flame Domain were paying respects to the Taiyi Qingmu Xianzong envoy, the outside world was actually at its safest; the opportunity could not be missed, and there was no need to linger over anything.