Chapter 1334

The battlefield fell silent.

Within the Realm of Mortals, Jiang Ding sat cross-legged, drawing spiritual energy from his storage jade pendant to restore his magic power, closing his eyes to heal outside the lake of blood and mountain of corpses.

The Blood Lake Ancestor had not inflicted any real injury upon him.

But that technique of Jin Zhi causality, forming a droplet-like strong interaction force, had directly shattered his Shen Hun He Fa, leaving him critically wounded—from within outward.

The bodies of sword cultivators are extremely fragile.

"I'll likely need over twenty years to repair myself—even under Taiyi Qingmu Xianzong's healing conditions…"

Jiang Ding swiftly completed his self-assessment.

He abandoned the idea of healing immediately, gestured with his hand, and three objects flew from the ashes of the Blood Lake Ancestor's body—a fist-sized blood jade mountain, nine skull heads, and a jade slip shaped like an arm bone—landing in his palm: the Blood Lake Ancestor's storage pouch.

"Stay here for a while."

Jiang Ding pulled from the Realm of Mortals a skull sealed in layers of bindings, casually tossed it to the ground, and tapped it with his toe, sinking it tens of thousands of meters underground—even a Cultivation-to-Liberation cultivator's spiritual sense could not detect it.

The Blood Lake Ancestor was not dead.

This man differed from Ni Zhao Zhenzun, a lone cultivator; he belonged to a sect, and within his ancestral hall, there might exist soul lamps or life-death tablets—should he die or suffer grave injury, the soul lamp would glow abnormally, allowing sect cultivators to come to his aid.

Of course, within Mo Sect, such devices serve more often to track down traitorous disciples.

Jiang Ding's seals of the Realm of Mortals included countermeasures for this: the Blood Lake Ancestor's soul lamp within the ancestral hall of Blood Lake Bone Mountain still burned brightly, showing no anomaly.

"Pity."

"Such dominance in Xian Dao communication technology exists only among True Sects or certain Dao Sects; if you encounter a Taiyi Qingmu Xianzong disciple—especially an heir—it becomes useless…"

Jiang Ding sighed faintly.

This was the primary reason he planned to flee immediately after slaying Chong Guang Lei Canghai Tianjun, returning to the Upper Realm only after thousands of years, once he had ascended to Cultivation-to-Liberation.

Moreover, if his Xian Dao could grow unimpeded within Taiyi Qingmu Xianzong's domain, he would seriously consider ascending beyond He Dao before returning to the Upper Realm to cleanse it and solidify his path to immortality.

After meticulously erasing all traces of magic power, residual effects, and causal remnants from the scene, Jiang Ding's figure vanished.

His escape route was exceedingly complex: first via teleportation array back to Mud Swamp Demon City, then departing tens of thousands of kilometers from it, returning to the Northern Plain, and only then returning to Taiyi Qingmu Xianzong.

This was to evade the calculations of He Dao–above cultivators.

Such cultivators possess precisely this ability.

Even if Jiang Ding erased every trace, they could still deduce it—only after centuries or millennia of time passage and spatial shifts could the traces vanish completely.

Yet the calculating ability of He Dao–above cultivators is not limitless; expanding spatial displacement exponentially increases the difficulty of their calculations.

"Actually, there's no need to worry too much,"

"According to Cultivation World standards, I possess a 'Treasure that Suppresses Destiny,' which grants exceptional resistance to calculation—even He Dao–above cultivators may not pinpoint my exact existence…"

"In the terms of the Cultivation World, I actually carry a 'Treasure of Destiny Suppression' on me. Its ability to ward off divination is extremely strong—even those above the Dao Merging realm may not be able to divine my exact existence…"

"Without this Treasure that Suppresses Destiny, in the Upper Realm I might have to seek refuge under the Taiyang Line of the Grand Yin-Yang Sword Realm, relying on the protection of its powerful cultivators to survive—any misstep would mean death."

"Rank suppression is terrifying; no clever stratagem can overcome it."

"The suppression of rank is too terrifying. No scheme or stratagem is of any use."

The healing period lasted thirty years.

During this time, Jiang Ding submitted his conceptual prototype of the "Jin Zhi Causality Strong Interaction Droplet" technique to Taiyi Qingmu Xianzong, sparking massive uproar in the sect's scholarly circles; countless Canghai Tianjun and Zhenzun expressed intense interest.

After collective evaluation by Taiyi Qingmu Xianzong's Academic Committee, the hypothesis was published in the sect's premier journal, The Cultivator's Gazette, and unprecedentedly earned him one point three He Dao combat merits.

Remember, this was merely a hypothesis, a mere prototype!

Taiyi Qingmu Xianzong's many Zhenzun and Canghai Tianjun were discerning—they instantly recognized the immense potential of this concept, which might grant Taiyi Qingmu Xianzong another layer of foundational strength.

At the Jin Huang Palace Academic Conference.

"The Mother Civilization has given us too much…"

Yuan, after deeply calculating the future prospects of the Jin Zhi Causality Strong Interaction Droplet, sighed: "Our mother universe must be a world equal to the Xian Dao universe; the fusion of wisdom sparks between these two universes will inevitably birth great achievements."

"Since the discovery of Zhong Senior Qian Shi Gao Jie, a new current of thought has emerged within Taiyi Qingmu Xianzong: relocating the entire capital to Zhong Senior Qian Shi Gao Jie, designating it as the sect's primary capital, and granting citizenship to all born within it."

"This view has gained wide acceptance; the reasons are all highly logical—whether for research, cultivation, warship construction, or improving citizen quality, Zhong Senior Qian Shi Gao Jie's abundant environment offers far greater advantages…"

"This view gained the approval of many people, and the reasons given were all extremely sound. Whether in scientific research, cultivation, warship construction, or the improvement of citizens' aptitude, the bountiful environment of a Zhong Senior Qian Shi Gao Jie could bring far more assistance…"

Yuan declared decisively.

"Two intersecting universes are our true foundation—this importance may even surpass the legendary Da Senior Qian World!"

Many Taiyi Qingmu Xianzong Zhenzun and Canghai Tianjun pondered Yuan's words.

The numerous True Sovereigns of the immortal gates and the Master Canghai Canghai Tianjun pondered carefully for a long while.

"Take Po Fa Xian Jin, for instance,"

Wan Ji Canghai Tianjun of Taiyi Qingmu Xianzong's Materials Science Academy endorsed Yuan's view and offered another proof: "The Badaxian Sect believes Po Fa Xian Jin arises naturally, like many high-grade rare spiritual ores in the Cultivation World—born of heaven and nurtured by earth."

"There is some truth to this."

"But according to our research, Po Fa Xian Jin is closely linked to uranium-235 nuclear fission; as nuclear fission occurs continuously, combined with spiritual energy conditions, it has a minute probability of naturally forming Po Fa Xian Jin, and its rank may rise as spiritual energy concentration increases."

"In the past, Po Fa Xian Jin's rank consistently hovered around sixth grade—equivalent to a Cultivation-to-Liberation-grade heavenly treasure, a sect-transmitted divine metal."

"But now, after Taiyi Qingmu Xianzong has drawn resources and heavenly treasures from hundreds of worlds, and its spiritual veins have reached near-seventh-grade level, the Po Fa Xian Jin born in the past few decades has begun to show rank elevation."

"In the past, the grade of Po Fa Xian Jin hovered around the sixth tier for years on end, equivalent to a Void Refinement-grade heavenly treasure—the divine metal inherited by Taiyi Qingmu Xianzong."

Wan Ji Zhenzun withdrew a cube measuring exactly one cubic centimeter and presented it to the members of Taiyi Qingmu Xianzong's Academic Committee.

"Po Fa Xian Jin's rank is rising?"

Jiang Ding, upon hearing this news, felt his heart leap.

One of the primary materials of Taiqing Sword was Po Fa Xian Jin!

Why were the Dao heirs of the Upper Realm's Xian Sects inherently superior to him, possessing far greater foundational potential?

One of the main materials of the Taiqing Flying Sword is Po Fa Xian Jin!

Why are the Dao children of the Upper Realm's Taiyi Qingmu Xianzong born above him, possessing a foundation and potential far surpassing his own?

Apart from the inheritance itself, their Ben Ming Fa Bao was forged from inheritance divine gold far exceeding the sixth tier, and the resulting divine soul and magic power foundations were entirely different.

If Po Fa Xian Jin could give birth to seventh-tier inheritance divine gold...

This meant that even if Jiang Ding did nothing, as long as he found a way to smelt seventh-tier Po Fa Xian Jin, his root potential would naturally draw closer to that of the Taiyi Qingmu Xianzong Dao children of the upper realm!

Jiang Ding suppressed his excited thoughts and waited for the Po Fa Xian Jin born in the most recent several dozen years to rotate before him.

He picked up this pure gold cube, his divine sense and sword soul carefully scanning it.