Chapter 1340: Arrival at the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder True Sect

Jiang Ding sat quietly atop the Blood Lake Corpse Bone Mountain.

Before departing, the largest sect in the Lei Ting Domain, at his single command, sprang into action; countless Jin Dan, Nascent Soul, and Soul Transformation cultivators became busy, beginning to collect specimens of the Lei Ting Domain's many unique creatures, ores, and heavenly treasures, as well as various inheritances.

The power of the Blood Lake Corpse Bone Mountain was far greater than that of the Mire Demon City.

The efficiency of collecting these things far exceeded that of the Mire Demon City, further enriching the foundation of the Immortal Sect's library, once again bolstering the Immortal Sect's Immortal Dao database, the original source from which all Immortal Dao achievements are born.

Moreover, these collection activities were hidden within the chaotic and complex mass of sect affairs; unless one controlled the sect's top leadership, it would be extremely difficult to detect what was being done.

In just ten short years, within the Lei Ting Domain, almost all Mortal-grade items, as well as various Grade One to Grade Six heavenly treasures, were collected in single copies; except for a very few items too rare to obtain, almost everything was swept up in one net.

At this moment, the benefits of eliminating all Void Refinement cultivators became apparent.

This slightly abnormal situation did not arouse suspicion among everyone up and down the Blood Lake Corpse Bone Mountain; the Void Refinement command, although somewhat strange, was simply executed by lower-grade cultivators, who would not have more thoughts on the matter.

"This place is no longer of use."

Jiang Ding collected the final specimen and inheritance, then departed the Blood Lake Corpse Bone Mountain.

Before leaving, he ordered all the Void Refinement cultivators of the Blood Lake Corpse Bone Mountain to enter seclusion, no longer receiving subordinate disciples and the like; under the automatically operating sect-defending formation, maintaining order for several hundred years posed no problem.

If not for the startled gaze coming from the Immortal Artifact Sect.

Jiang Ding concealed his form and flew toward the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder True Sect at a leisurely pace.

"Oh?"

At this moment, the intelligence agency of the Blood Lake Corpse Bone Mountain delivered a report, causing him to raise an eyebrow slightly.

"Interesting."

"Cai Shan True Venerable, the Patron Saint Envoy of the Immortal Artifact Sect, is truly a waste."

After reading this report, Jiang Ding laughed and cursed, seeming somewhat surprised.

Several decades ago, Cai Shan True Venerable, the Patron Saint Envoy of the Immortal Artifact Sect, gathered the ten-domain sect-defending Dao Soldiers and numerous True Sect Void Refinement cultivators; under the command of many Immortal Artifact Sect inner disciples, they formed numerous Void Refinement great formations and marched in great numbers toward the Jin Chong Guang Sea, intending to annihilate the newly risen Jin Chong Guang Sect, uphold the order of the Immortal Artifact Sect, and allow no power to overturn it.

Cai Shan True Venerable arrogantly refused the peace plea from Shuo Yang True Venerable of the Jin Chong Guang Sect, offering heavy bribes, planning to annihilate this sect as a warning to others.

However, several decades later,

he failed.

In fact, the moment Cai Shan True Venerable descended upon the Jin Chong Guang Sea, and the moment the numerous True Sect Void Refinement cultivators had just descended upon the Jin Chong Guang Sea, while they were suffering heavy injuries, they were ambushed by Shuo Yang True Venerable and other Jin Chong Guang Sect Void Refinement cultivators, who struck them at their vital point.

Cai Shan True Venerable had originally believed he feared nothing.

He did

not believe any small sect would dare to launch a proactive attack against the Immortal Artifact Sect, and he had enough confidence that even if such a small sect attacked them, protected by the ten-domain Dao Soldiers, they could not harm them in the slightest.

Because these were Dao Soldiers forged by the methods of the Immortal Artifact Sect; under the command of inner disciples, they would unleash power far exceeding that when in the hands of True Sects, making the annihilation of True Sects a trivial matter.

Unfortunately, facts proved this to be Cai Shan True Venerable's foolish delusion.

The moment the ten-domain army descended, they were ambushed by Shuo Yang True Venerable and others, who fully unleashed the Jin Chong Guang Sect's Jin Chong Guang Dao Soldiers; afterwards, Shuo Yang True Venerable, Ming Chong Guang True Venerable, Ping An True Venerable, and others unleashed power beyond imagination, defeating the ten-domain army, with casualties numbering in the hundreds of millions, blood staining the earth.

Even though Cai Shan True Venerable used his trump card, the Patron Saint Envoy's trump card, he was still blocked by a suddenly appearing Void Refinement Incense Fortress, unable to turn back the dire situation.

In this battle, numerous True Sect Void Refinement cultivators perished, including a Void Refinement cultivator from the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder True Sect who was already severely injured.

Not a single Immortal Artifact Sect disciple died.

Whether inner disciples, outer disciples, or Cai Shan True Venerable, Duo Fu True Venerable, and others, all managed to escape narrowly, with never an accident.

The Void Refinement peak cultivators who escaped from the Blood Lake Corpse Bone Mountain speculated that Cai Shan True Venerable's attitude had softened somewhat.

If the Jin Chong Guang Sect does not intend to unify the Jin Chong Guang Sea, everything seems negotiable, though the specifics remain uncertain, as Cai Shan True Venerable's whereabouts are undetermined.

"Cai Shan?"

"What a pity; if not for the Immortal Artifact Sect..."

Jiang Ding sighed slightly.

"Shuo Yang True Venerable and these old acquaintances have indeed achieved something; I admire them greatly in my heart."

After this battle, the Jin Chong Guang Sect might be accepted by Cai Shan True Venerable, firmly establishing its foothold in the Upper Realm; of course, it might also attract even stronger forces from the Immortal Artifact Sect, leading to death without a place to be buried.

One cannot say which probability is greater.

There is no way around it; Shuo Yang True Venerable and the others had no foundation, no retreat, so they could only take a gamble, to fight for a chance; this is the inevitability of humble times.

Unlike Jiang Ding, who from beginning to end had the Immortal Sect as a backing, possessing confidence.

"What a pity,"

"the result is already destined; it is entirely futile labor. After I slay the disciple inheriting the Lei Yang Heavenly Sword Realm, it will inevitably draw the divination of powerful Immortal Sect experts from the Upper Realm. They cannot divine me, because I am not in the Upper Realm at all, but similar Master Shuoyang inheritances are not difficult to divine..."

Jiang Ding said with schadenfreude.

"Of course, this is none of my concern."

"Out of my promise to Zou Zou Xiyuan, before I challenge the disciple inheriting the Lei Yang Heavenly Sword Realm, I will send a message to Xi Ping An, telling him to leave; as for how he chooses, that is none of my concern."

The surrounding space rushed past at high speed.

Through the various teleportation arrays of the Blood Lake Corpse Bone Mountain,

Jiang Ding arrived near the mountain gate of the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder True Sect without spending much time.

"Nine Heavens Divine Thunder..."

Jiang Ding silently gazed at the distant Shanfeng surrounded by numerous Lei Ting.

Numerous mountains and waters, pavilions and towers, the sect's great formation; what a scene of an Immortal paradise! Yet tens of thousands of kilometers away lay a desolate landscape where life had been utterly extinguished.

These were the traces left by the Blood Lake Corpse Bone Mountain's attacks over the past several thousand years, which have yet to dissipate.

"Three Void Refinement cultivators: one mid-stage Void Refinement, Wan Lei True Venerable, and two early-stage Void Refinement."

"Their strength is very weak."

Using the Materialist Sun Sword Soul to sense the auras of living beings and powerful ones from an extremely long distance, Jiang Ding silently calculated: "However, this sect-defending Thunder Formation is quite profound; borrowing the Grade Six spiritual vein, that natural Thunder Shanfeng, and the disciples of the sect whose Gong Fa share the same origin in the hundreds of millions, Wan Lei True Venerable's strength will be greatly enhanced, likely exceeding that of the Blood Lake True Venerable alone by a large margin."

This does not count the individual strength of the Blood Lake True Venerable, aided by the sect's Dao Soldiers and numerous Void Refinement brothers and sisters.

"... It can be done."

"For the sake of the righteous path, this sovereign charges forward without hesitation…"

Jiang Ding Zi muttered.

Around him, the Mortal Dao gradually spread outward, covering the entire Nine Heavens Divine Thunder True Sect, bit by bit, thread by thread, spreading and shrouding with extreme subtlety, taking care not to prematurely trigger the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder True Sect's formations, with abundant patience.

This process of the Mortal Dao's shrouding and covering might last ten years before it completely finishes the concealment and blockade of information within tens of thousands of kilometers around.