Chapter 1423: The Proud Heavens of the Refining Emptiness Realm

Jiang Ding finished reading the many memory fragments in his sea of consciousness, carefully extracting all of them, expelling them from his sea of consciousness, and thoroughly sweeping it clean to ensure no residue remained.

Afterwards, he came to the center of the ancient divine hall, to a mountain-peak-like obsidian stone pillar.

This was the inheritance foundation of the Ancient God Dao.

Throughout the generations, many direct disciples of the Ancient God Dao had come here to kowtow to the patriarch, receive the patriarch's most core inheritance, and at the same time… be parasitized in their divine souls by the children of the Ancient God, becoming the warm nests for hatching the offspring of the Ancient God's children.

Starting from the third-generation Dao Lord of the Ancient God Dao, this kind of thing became unavoidable.

In the history of the Ancient God Dao, it was not uncommon for a perfectly fine person to suddenly undergo a complete change of temperament—this was the result of being body-snatched by the upper echelons of the Ancient God Dao to extend their lifespans, or being devoured by the children of the Ancient God, leaving only a human skin as cover.

These various phenomena were the reasons.

Jiang Ding released a wisp of divine sense to touch this Ancient God inheritance stele.

Hum!

The Ancient God inheritance stele immediately transmitted a rejecting intent, pushing his divine sense away.

Not only that, killing formations also emerged all around, intending to slay this outsider who had rashly intruded into the inheritance sanctum of the Ancient God Dao, but for some unknown reason the killing formations collapsed halfway through formation—likely due to the relentless assaults by the Yao God Sect and the Myriad Races Alliance over hundreds of thousands of years.

"It seems the Ancient God Patriarch was unwilling to bestow his inheritance upon people outside of a few personal disciples and descendants."

Jiang Ding felt a trace of regret.

The Ancient God Patriarch had feelings for the entire human race.

During his growth, inheritances like the Six Paths Reincarnation, which could be called the pinnacle of the entire starry cosmos, were given freely, without requiring any price, any loyalty—as long as you were human, with sufficient comprehension and ability, it would be given to you.

No matter how humble, how lowly you were, in an instant you would possess an inheritance surpassing that of so-called Emperor's Sons and Holy Sons.

Such great grace—who could not be grateful?

Such great grace—who could not feel a sense of belonging toward the human race as a group?

However, beyond this basic racial love, the Ancient God Patriarch was unwilling to extend his love to more human living beings.

It might have been related to his growth process—in his childhood, apart from a few confidants and relatives, he had not widely received the care and love of the human race.

On the contrary, much of his suffering in childhood—being hunted, being oppressed, being killed for treasures—all of this was done by human cultivators, who were not tolerant or kind, and left him with no warm memories.

Therefore, after becoming invincible across the entire world cluster, the Ancient God Dao established by the Ancient God Patriarch was not a sect possessed of great love either—a few descendants and personal disciples were supreme, ruling over everyone, taking whatever they wanted from all worlds, holding power of life and death.

The most core inheritance of the Ancient God Dao belonged exclusively to them, having nothing to do with outsiders.

"Enough then,"

"

Since the Ancient God Patriarch is unwilling, then forget it."

Jiang Ding withdrew his divine sense and sighed.

He truly wished to maintain a friendly relationship with the Ancient God Patriarch.

Another bearer of racial inheritance comprehension, whose Dao path had been walked far more deeply than his—if they could mutually promote and learn from each other, it would surely allow both their paths to be walked more smoothly.

But alas, the realm was too narrow; even the Ancient God Domain was not considered vast for Heavenly Persons—how could they be willing to share with another person?

But alas, the strong are unwilling to coexist peacefully with the weak.

Or perhaps also alas—if two racial inheritance bearers were of equal strength, and one of them was a sword cultivator, they would inevitably fight to the death… just thinking about it is despairing, the possibility of peaceful coexistence is almost nil.

Matters here concluded.

Jiang Ding stepped out of the ancient divine hall, looked toward the entire Cangtian Pavilion, and a trace of killing intent appeared in his eyes.

"I truly do not wish to slaughter the weak."

"But alas, all of you—each and every one of you has a path to your own death, every single person carries countless lives on their backs, those so-called holy sons and holy daughters of alien races from the Myriad Races Alliance are even more fond of cannibalism, and the Yao God Sect is even more of a demonic path, using human living beings to cultivate and refine treasures."

"This, leaves you no choice."

……

Void Spirit Abyss.

The Dongji Demon Gate fleet and the Badaxian Sect had already fought to the point of madness, shattering layer upon layer of Heavenly Dao rule law nets, tearing apart endless starry skies, light constantly being annihilated—the overflowing aftershocks alone caused the faces of many early-to-mid Dao Merging cultivators to turn pale with fear.

Such existences—if they encountered either side alone, they would have no chance of resistance, not even the possibility of escape!

"How could such powerful beings possibly appear in such a remote place as the Nine Spirit Domain…"

This kind of panic was collective.

Dao Merging cultivators from the Myriad Races Alliance, the Jiudaxian Sect of the Ancient God Domain, the Yao God Sect, and others quickly assessed the situation, and then arrived at a despairing answer.

Either of the two warring forces in the Nine Spirit Domain possessed strength far surpassing theirs!

Especially that Dongji Demon Gate!

People like the Weaving Heaven Spider God Monarch suspected that this single Dongji Demon Gate alone could annihilate the Jiudaxian Sect of the Ancient God Domain without leaving a single one alive.

Fortunately, these two great forces seemed to possess a hatred that could only end with one side's death—after joining forces for only a brief moment, they immediately began fighting each other.

However, the Jiudaxian Sect of the Ancient God Domain harbored no wishful thinking.

"And that existence suspected to be a Dao Son of an Upper Realm Taiyi Qingmu Xianzong!"

Heavenly God Monarch and others stared fixedly at the blue-robed youth in Cangtian Pavilion.

If they were facing the Jiudaxian Sect of the Nine Spirit Domain, they still had a possibility of victory—by exploiting their internal strife and uniting forces like the Myriad Races Alliance and the Yao God Sect, they might not be unable to defeat them, still possessing a few percent of hope.

But when facing an Upper Realm Taiyi Qingmu Xianzong Dao

Son, their hearts were in complete despair.

They, who possessed the inheritance of Upper Realm Taiyi Qingmu Xianzong, understood the Dao Sons of Upper Realm Taiyi Qingmu Xianzong too well—it was precisely because of this understanding that they could not muster even a shred of will to resist.

"We must kill him as soon as possible!"

"We cannot let him continue to grow, at any cost—otherwise everyone will die!"

Heavenly God Monarch said coldly.

He looked toward the Dao Merging God Monarchs of the Yao God Sect and the Myriad Races Alliance; among them, the Dao Merging God Monarchs of the Yao God Sect hesitated.

The Dao Merging God Monarchs of the Myriad Races Alliance, however, agreed in one breath.

"Good, we'll go along with what you say, Daoist friend!"

The Weaving Heaven Spider Divine Monarch and the others had no Upper Realm inheritance.

But that instinctive shudder of dread, the warning from some primordial ancestor, left him no room for hesitation. He said at once, "Part of the Eighth-Grade King of Equality of Yama's Hell Yin-Yang Inversion Grand Array has already been broken. We can undo the seal and let our Holy Sons and Dao Sons break through to Void Refinement, then crush their Dao Sons with the gap in realm."

"It will only require the assistance of all of you. What say you, fellow Daoists?"

The Weaving Heaven Spider Divine Monarch said, bristling with killing intent.

In his view, at the same realm they were indeed inferior to the Dao Sons of the Nine Spirit Domain, but what if they were a full major realm above?

The Dao Sons of the Ancient God Domain were still Dao Sons!

They were all prodigies of the realms!

A full major realm above—surely they could still effortlessly suppress and slay a few Soul Transformation juniors?

That was absolutely impossible!

"…Very well."

The Heavenly Spirit Divine Monarch, the Heavenly Fortune Divine Monarch, and the others showed hesitation on their faces, then agreed.

They had no better options either.

Besides, that one was only close to being a Dao Son of an Upper Realm Taiyi Qingmu Xianzong, not a true Dao Son of an Upper Realm Taiyi Qingmu Xianzong. With several dozen Void Refinement prodigies surrounding and attacking, there was still a considerable chance of slaying him.