Chapter 1335

Jiang Ding's sword soul enveloped the object in his hand, continuously scanning and evaluating it, comparing it against all the Po Fa Xian Jin he had encountered before.

A table appeared before him, filled with data on weight, hardness, toughness, spiritual affinity, and various other metrics; this table rapidly thickened, becoming as tall as a person in the blink of an eye, with vast amounts of material data appearing.

This was a star-domain-level humanoid super-scanner scanning metal materials!

The Immortal Sect True Venerables and Master Canghai Canghai Tianjun around him held their breath.

They knew that within the Immortal Sect, when it came to familiarity with Po Fa Xian Jin, none could rival Master Canghai Canghai Tianjun.

This familiarity even surpassed Yuan, the number one figure of the Immortal Sect!

Po Fa Xian Jin formed a crucial part of Master Canghai Canghai Tianjun's life-sword, accompanying him day and night for over five thousand years, never separating for a single moment.

One could say that after reaching Soul Transformation and the birth of the sword soul, he could be considered a high-energy being closely linked to Po Fa Xian Jin; whether he was even a carbon-based lifeform was debatable.

Such a transformation, among sword cultivators, seemed to be called the unity of man and sword?

Senior Wanji True Venerable muttered a complaint inwardly.

"Po Fa Xian Jin has indeed become stronger."

"Material indicators across all aspects have increased by 5.62 percent, currently leaping from a sixth-tier supreme material toward the seventh tier; the change is very slow... but it has indeed changed."

Jiang Ding looked up, copied his analysis report to all committee members, and gazed with burning intensity: "Senior Senior Wanji, according to your research, what methods can accelerate the qualitative transformation of Po Fa Xian Jin?"

"There are."

"Upgrading the mother planet's spiritual veins to the seventh tier is sufficient."

Senior Wanji True Venerable stated without hesitation: "The mother planet is too critical; located at the junction of two great universes, it concerns our retreat route. Furthermore, all Po Fa-related processing must occur on the mother planet to possess optimal conditions; elsewhere, even in the Zhong Senior Qian Shi Gao Jie, it is not ideal, with too many interfering factors."

"The mother planet's seventh-tier spiritual veins..."

Jiang Ding pondered.

This would be difficult.

The Nine Spirit Realm within the Zhong Senior Qian Shi Gao Jie is merely a seventh-tier spiritual vein, born from the creation of heaven and earth.

If one wishes to elevate the mother planet to such a degree, perhaps the Immortal Sect must expand its sphere of influence to around ten domains; otherwise, resources would be entirely insufficient.

This issue can only be temporarily shelved.

However, the importance of the mother planet to the Immortal Sect is irreplaceable, whether in the Zhong Senior Qian Shi Gao Jie or the Da Senior Qian Shi Gao Jie; there is no doubt on this point.

"The second proposal."

Yuan, presiding over this academic conference, announced in a loud voice: "Zhenjun Shenji True Venerable proposes that henceforth, the Immortal Sect will invest five percent of its annual tax revenue into the research project of the 'Jin Zhi Causal Strong Interaction Water Drop'."

"Please, all committee members, cast your votes."

This proposal was originally intended to be put forward by Jiang Ding, but after exchanging words with many seniors, many advised him to avoid suspicion due to a conflict of interest, so it fell to Zhenjun Shenji True Venerable.

Five percent of annual tax revenue represents the absolute limit of the Immortal Sect's capacity.

The Immortal Sect has numerous research projects; military expenses, education funds, industrial production funds, all aspects require money, and every single one is crucial; they can only squeeze out these funds to develop the Immortal Sect's own embryonic immortal arts.

This is a massive super-weapon immortal art engineering project that may last for tens or even hundreds of thousands of years; it cannot be broken through in a short time.

This is a massive super-weapon immortal art project that may take tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of years to complete; it cannot be broken through in a short time.

Jiang Ding cast his vote.

Other members of the Immortal Sect Academic Committee cast their respective votes.

"Thirty-three in favor, three opposed."

"This proposal is passed."

Yuan announced.

Blood Lake Corpse Bone Mountain.

Thirty years, for such an upper-realm True Sect-level power, was extremely brief; nothing major occurred, everything remained normal, utterly unremarkable.

Thirty years is an extremely brief span for an upper-realm true-sect-level faction; nothing major happened, everything was as usual, utterly unremarkable.

A beam of blood light surged from the distance, covering the sky and earth; the bloody scent was pungent, the pressure deep, suffocating.

Such a violent escape light triggered no alarms from the Blood Lake Corpse Bone Mountain formation; instead, it extended streams of blood light to welcome the figure arriving from afar.

Such a violent streak of escape-light did not trigger any alarm from the Blood Lake Corpse Mountain grand array; instead, it extended trails of blood-light, guiding the approaching figure from afar.

"Welcome the Ancestor back to the mountain!"

Thousands of millions of cultivators across the entire mountain knelt, their voices rising like a tidal wave, shaking heaven and earth: "May the Ancestor's lifespan equal heaven's, may you live forever and exist with the Dao!"

"The Blood Dao endures forever; the Ancestor's magic power is boundless!"

"Congratulations to the Ancestor..."

Many disciples shouted in unison, their eyes filled with fanatical reverence.

That figure in a blood robe with red hair did not pause even for an instant, flying straight into the peak of Blood Lake Corpse Bone Mountain, its form gradually disappearing within the clouds.

Inside a deep-red palace of mysterious and wondrous atmosphere, the Blood Lake Ancestor sat cross-legged, meditating with eyes closed.

His divine sense began connecting to the Blood Lake Corpse Bone Mountain's treasury, secret vault, and scripture tower, picking and choosing within, searching for something.

His divine sense began connecting to the Blood Lake Corpse Mountain's treasury, secret vault, and scripture pavilion, sifting through them, searching for something.

"Blood Lake's vanity is truly strong."

Jiang Ding's divine sense scanned various things as he complained: "Every time returning to the sect, creating such a huge spectacle; does he not feel ashamed or annoyed? If I were called like this every day, I would be embarrassed myself, so awkward that my toes would curl out a three-bedroom, one-living-room apartment."

Jiang Ding's divine sense swept over the various things, and he complained, "Every time you return to the sect you make such a big show of it—don't you feel embarrassed, don't you find it annoying? If I were called out like that every day, I'd be mortified myself, so awkward I could dig out a three-bedroom apartment with my toes."

After his injuries recovered, he immediately returned to the upper realm, retrieved the Blood Lake Ancestor's head, used a quasi-seventh-tier soul-searching talisman to examine it, obtained the Blood Lake Ancestor's entire memory, and then arrived at Blood Lake Corpse Bone Mountain.

Disguising his sword soul as a Blood Dao divine sense, he scanned all directions, quickly acquiring detailed intelligence on the surrounding environment.

"Blood Lake Corpse Bone Mountain, excluding the Blood Lake Ancestor, has four Void Refinement cultivators: three at the early stage and one at the mid-stage."

"Blood Lake

Excluding Old Ancestor Blood Lake, there are four Void Refining cultivators in total—three early-stage Void Refining and one mid-stage Void Refining."

"The one at mid Void Refinement isn't in the sect — seems to have gone off to refine a magic treasure."

Jiang Ding swept his divine sense across them: "There are also a great many Soul Transformation cultivators, and an enormous number of Nascent Soul and Jin Dan cultivators… forget it, these low-ranked cultivators aren't truly guilty of the worst crimes. They can't change a Void Refinement's will, they can only adapt and then survive. They're far from being the chief villains — they should be given room for reform."

"The remaining four Void Refinement cultivators have slaughtered billions, devoured human souls and hearts — every sort of crime."

"Void Refinement cultivators are the top-tier beneficiaries of the established order; there's no excuse that lets them draw a clean line from the sins of the Blood Lake and Corpse Bone Mountain. Find a chance to kill them all off, that's all."

"These few individuals are each weaker than True Venerable Mire — disappointing."

There was another reason as well.

The existence of Void Refinement cultivators posed a threat to his control of the entire Blood Lake and Corpse Bone Mountain. For instance, if he took out everything in the sect's vaults, these Void Refinement cultivators might object; or if he did anything unusual, such as issuing an order to collect large numbers of specimens, these Void Refinement cultivators might grow suspicious.

By comparison, the Soul Transformation cultivators were far easier to deal with.

As long as he refined a few clones, he could perfectly impersonate these four Void Refinement cultivators. At the very least, Soul Transformation cultivators absolutely couldn't see through it, and the order of the entire Blood Lake and Corpse Bone Mountain would remain normal, drawing no attention from the Immortal Artifact Sect.

"Let it be so for now."

Jiang Ding thought calmly: "I'm still weak right now, unable to sweep clean the Upper Realm. I can only grow within the existing order, until the day I have the power to do so."

"If I become invincible in the Upper Realm, I will surely bring happiness and peace to all living beings."