Chapter 1724: I Have Not Gotten It Wrong

The Supreme Clarity Spirit Treasure Palace and the Spirit Treasure Divine Lord expressed a humble attitude, stating they were willing to continue abiding by the ancient god world cluster order of the Immortal Gate, their posture extremely low.

"Senior, those words are spoken in jest."

"The Immortal Gate treats every faction and race within the ancient god domain equally — it is nothing more than free trade."

Jiang Ding smiled faintly.

He did not give any positive response to the words of the Supreme Clarity Spirit Treasure Palace.

The Spirit Treasure Divine Lord and the Supreme Clarity Spirit Treasure Palace exchanged a covert glance, both uncertain in their hearts.

If the positions were reversed, eliminating or accepting the Qingmuxian Sect would both be possible — the probability of elimination might reach eighty percent, while accepting them as a vassal might be twenty percent.

Because although this act had its benefits, it was undoubtedly extremely dangerous — beings who possessed the Qingmuxian Sect's inheritance had far too deep a potential.

With the passage of time, a powerful expert might well be born who would further threaten the situation of the world clusters.

"Jiang lad, then what is your meaning?"

The voice of the Supreme Clarity Spirit Treasure Palace brimmed with seductive power: "I won't hide it from you — at its peak, the Spirit Treasure Realm did attempt to refine immortal artifacts, let alone the numerous eighth-tier and ninth-tier treasures. With the aid of the Spirit Treasure Realm — know that this is not the aid of the Supreme Clarity Spirit Treasure Sect, but the aid of the Spirit Treasure Realm itself!"

"With the aid of an upper-realm Qingmuxian Sect-level force, it will be of tremendous benefit both to you personally and to the Immortal Gate."

"An opportunity like this, once missed, will never come again."

As for forcibly plundering and slaughtering?

At this point, the Supreme Clarity Spirit Treasure Palace sneered coldly in its heart.

Even if a Supreme Being came personally, it would be impossible to plunder the core inheritance of the Spirit Treasure Realm, let alone the power of the Heaven-Man rank — even if it could not prevail, escape would still be highly possible.

"Senior, please wait a moment."

Jiang Ding nodded slightly.

The afterglow of the upper realms from sects such as the Qingmuxian Sect was also condensing — the Immortal Gate had to make all its decisions within an extremely short time.

This was not difficult to accomplish; the collective will of the Immortal Gate fleet could respond to battles at the level above the peak of Heaven-Man, and pondering these matters posed no problem.

A collective-will group meeting of the Immortal Gate fleet was being rapidly convened.

"Object!"

The Sun-Extinguishing Divine Lord represented the will of a large faction of extreme hawks within the Immortal Gate.

"This is a delaying tactic by the Supreme Clarity Spirit Treasure Sect — they are stalling for time, waiting for the Spirit Treasure Divine Lord to advance to Heaven-Man. The Spirit Treasure Divine Lord originally had some potential to advance to Heaven-Man, and now it is a certainty."

"Once the Spirit Treasure Divine Lord advances to Heaven-Man, his power will inevitably undergo a great breakthrough!"

"At that time, will the Immortal Gate still be able to subdue them?"

"We should take advantage of this time window to utterly annihilate them!"

The Sun-Extinguishing Divine Lord said with surging killing intent.

"But the inheritance of the Spirit Treasure Realm is very important to us."

"This is an almost complete near-immortal-grade inheritance!"

The Ten-Thousand-Mechanisms Divine Lord did not oppose the Sun-Extinguishing Divine Lord's inference, but merely pointed out the benefits within, saying in a heavy voice: "An almost complete near-immortal inheritance, and a refining-inheritance at that — in the future it will inevitably bring earth-shaking improvement to the Immortal Gate fleet, bringing the Immortal Gate truly closer to the position of a chess player in the endless starry sky."

"How high is the value of this knowledge inheritance?"

"One could say that twenty world clusters might not even match the value of this inheritance!"

"Even if we conquered a complete great thousand worlds, such as the Gods-and-Buddhas Great Thousand World, we might not necessarily obtain a complete near-immortal inheritance."

"Moreover, the Immortal Gate currently has no possibility whatsoever of launching an attack on a great thousand world — that would be seeking death!"

"Our goal from beginning to end has only been more world clusters."

"Before such an astonishing, heaven-shaking windfall, should we not take the risk?"

The Ten-Thousand-Mechanisms Divine Lord's gaze burned hot and fervent.

His path had always been the materials and smelting science of the Immortal Gate — if he could obtain such an inheritance, his great Dao in the future would blaze with boundless light.

Not only he, but a large number of Immortal Gate citizens in related fields would all take off.

These were the true stakeholders.

"The risk far outweighs the gain!"

"We should accept the Spirit Treasure Realm's inheritance."

"Opportunity waits for no man..."

A large number of Dao-Unification Divine Lords, Void-Refining True Reverents, and a sea of Soul Transformation, Nascent Soul, and Jin Dan cultivators all voiced their agreement in succession — these were all cultivators in the materials and smelting fields, and they saw the hope of their profession taking flight.

This was the inclination of a large group of Immortal Gate citizens.

"Scoundrels!"

"You lot, blinded in soul by personal interest!"

The Sun-Extinguishing Divine Lord flew into a towering rage: "No matter how fine a treasure, one must be alive to enjoy it. One Spirit Treasure Sect would be one thing, but several other sects are the same — can the Immortal Gate keep them all suppressed?"

"The Immortal Gate will be ruined by you lot!"

This faction likewise had numerous supporters.

"You speak utter nonsense!"

"What do you mean by personal interest?"

The Ten-Thousand-Mechanisms Divine Lord sneered coldly: "If the Immortal Gate's materials and smelting science advance, do only those of us in the field benefit?"

"Your warship refining costs drop, warship strength rises, the quality of magical treasures improves... are these not a slew of benefits for you as well?"

"Between realms, where is there no risk?"

"Even without the Spirit Treasure Realm, don't we still have to go fight in the Gods-and-Buddhas Great Thousand World? Is that not a tremendous risk?"

"Now that a matter with tremendous risk and tremendous benefit has appeared, why not do it?"

"My view is — do it, and do it big!"

The two sides argued

They argued endlessly, each with their own reasons, nearly coming to blows within the collective will of the Immortal Gate fleet.

In the end, the many wills of the Immortal Gate converged upon two Respected and Esteemed political advisors.

These two advisors had risen together with the Immortal Gate, earned countless Da Gong, trained countless disciples, and held far too high a prestige within the Immortal Gate.

On many matters, if not for the fierce opposition of all other Immortal Gate citizens, they could almost decide everything with a single word.

"Sigh…"

Extinction Sun Divine Lord and the others let out a sigh, a wailing like wild dogs.

Sure enough, the very next moment, what they had anticipated came to pass.

"I agree to accept the Spiritual Treasure Realm."

Great Sun Sword Master said.

"I agree."

Yuan said likewise. Meeting the furious gazes of Extinction Sun Divine Lord and the others, he gave a faint smile and said gently, "Extinction Sun, the interests of the Immortal Gate and our personal interests are exactly this—I cannot go against my own heart."

Extinction Sun Divine Lord and the others exchanged glances, speechless.

The Immortal Gate has never demanded selfless dedication from anyone—this would go against human nature.

Cultivators not only may express their own interest tendencies, they must express them; otherwise others won't know your interest tendencies, and the policies formulated will cause chaos.

This decision passed swiftly.

……

"Senior of the Upper Clarity Spiritual Treasure Palace,"

"Greetings, Senior. The Immortal Gate is willing to accept the Spiritual Treasure Realm."

Jiang Ding said with a smile. Without waiting for the two before him to answer, he laid out the Immortal Gate's detailed conditions: "Senior of the Upper Clarity Spiritual Treasure Palace, the Immortal Gate does not need your sect to fully refine artifacts, magic treasures, and mechanical flying ships for the Immortal Gate. What the Immortal Gate needs is your sect's complete inheritance, and for your sect to take charge of a fixed link within the Immortal Gate's industrial chain."

"If you are willing, you may sign a new covenant."

"And after this new covenant is signed, you will need to accommodate a certain number of quasi-ninth-tier forbidden nuclear weapons within your body, ensuring that after the covenant is breached by higher Immortal Dao techniques, the Immortal Gate still possesses sufficient deterrent power."

"How do you feel about this?"

Great Sun Sword Master laid out the Immortal Gate's conditions.

Conditions the Immortal Gate considered generous, but which others saw as extremely harsh.

"You say,"

"Open up your sect's complete inheritance?"

The smile vanished from the face of the Upper Clarity Spiritual Treasure Palace.

This was completely different from his conditions.

His condition was to be a dog—even being a slave could be barely accepted, nothing more than waiting for an opportunity.

But, inheritance!

The inheritance of generations of patriarchs!

And even having life-and-death restrictions imposed upon oneself.

Could these cultivators of the East Extreme Demon Sect have gone mad?

"Junior,"

"You

have you gotten something wrong."

The Upper Clarity Spiritual Treasure Palace's voice was dark and icy: "This sect is currently not your prisoner, but an immortal sect possessing the wills of numerous Supreme beings of the Upper Realm!"

"You,"

"have you gotten something wrong?"

An icy, terrifying will spread throughout heaven and earth, no longer showing any cringing submission.

"This lord,"

"has not gotten anything wrong, old bastard."

Jiang Ding said with a smile.

Boom!

In that instant, the ten great deep-space fleets of the Immortal Gate fired their cannons in unison. A terrifying destructive and law-annihilating might illuminated the entire cosmic starry river, sweeping down upon every living being of the Upper Clarity Spiritual Treasure Sect—world-shattering, heaven-destroying.

In an instant, the universe blazed bright as broad daylight.