Chapter 849: Humanity Must Have Rites

The hundred-zhang-tall body of the Dark Heaven Emperor's Son collapsed.

"Emperor's Son!"

"No, impossible…"

Three thousand Imperial Race forbidden guards, the Horned Demon warriors, stared in terror at the scene before them—their Emperor's Son, felled in a single strike, dead, fragile as duckweed in the wind, like an ant.

"Kill! Revenge!"

"Kill…"

Many of the forbidden guards roared.

Yet before they could do anything, they heard the searing, destructive hum of swords flooding their consciousness seas, and lost their minds.

A great swath of figures collapsed, heavy armor clattered to the ground, and the Imperial Race's painstakingly refined halberd treasures fell.

"Don't!"

"Spare their lives!"

Antu Zi, Brother Brother Xuanwu, and the others instinctively roared out.

Jiang Ding paid them no heed. With a shift of his divine sense, he arrived at the fallen body of the Dark Heaven Emperor's Son, stood atop his mountain-peak-sized head, and gazed into those dimming eyes.

The other Dao Sons hurried to follow.

Tianji Dao Son examined the Dark Heaven Emperor's Son closely with his divine sense for a long while before finally letting out a breath of relief.

This man wasn't dead.

His connection between spirit soul and body had been severed by a single sword strike—the sword light was terrifyingly precise.

His consciousness sea was filled with raging Great Sun Destruction sword intent; the sword intent had formed seal after seal of Great Sun talismans, sealing his consciousness sea layer upon layer without leaving a single gap, so that even self-detonation was impossible.

"Marvelous—"

"Jiang Ding Zi, your attainments in spirit soul and sealing arts are quite impressive."

Tianji Dao Son was somewhat surprised and sighed in admiration: "I had always thought sword cultivators were crude and wild, incapable of such delicate spellcraft. Now I see it was indeed a prejudice, caused by the sword cultivators within the sect being far too weak."

The other Dao Sons stared with burning eyes at the fallen Dark Heaven Emperor's Son and the surrounding three thousand Horned Demon warriors, as if seeing enormous treasures.

Through these people, they could learn of the existence of an unfamiliar realm.

This intelligence alone would be enough to trade for a Void-Tempering treasure!

And not just one—more than ten; no Void-Tempering great power would be stingy over such a thing.

Jiang Ding did not answer his words, continuing to gaze into the Dark Heaven Emperor's Son's consciousness sea.

Within this man's consciousness sea, something dark was surging, as if about to revive and burst forth. Tracing its source, he discovered it was within the black-armored giant's body, coming from his bloodline.

Jiang Ding's expression shifted slightly.

It was as if part of this man's spirit soul did not reside in the consciousness sea, but in his bloodline!

"I'll do it!"

Tianji Dao Son also noticed this, his expression turning solemn.

He formed hand seals; myriad ethereal Tianji hex omens flashed by, merging with the power of Antu Zi, Taiyi Taiyi Qingmu, Brother Brother Xuanwu, and the others, transforming into layer upon layer of seals that all fell upon the hundred-zhang-tall giant's body.

Soon, the agitation within the consciousness sea vanished, settling once more into calm.

Jiang Ding checked again and again, finding nothing amiss.

"This man attacked me—his crimes are monstrous—he should be handed over to me for disposal."

Jiang Ding unceremoniously stored the Dark Heaven Emperor's Son within his storage jade pendant, then with another sweep, drew in fifteen hundred Horned Demon warriors along with their halberds and heavy armor.

To perform a soul-search on a Dao Son—

This exceeded his capabilities; it was better left to the Immortal Gate's elders and the central array spirit computer to handle, letting them decide whether the war should proceed.

Tianji Dao Son and the others had veins bulging on their foreheads, yet they did not act.

"These are yours."

Jiang Ding pointed at the Horned Demon warriors strewn across the ground and said: "The secret art of drawing upon this, and this portion…"

"Mysterious-Yellow Primordial Mother Qi."

Ji Liuyue took a deep breath and said through gritted restraint.

"Right, the secret art of the Mysterious-Yellow Primordial Mother Qi, and this portion—belong to me."

Jiang Ding said coolly: "What say you all?"

His hand gripped his sword hilt as he quietly regarded the nine Dao Sons, a touch of killing intent blossoming.

The grand situation of the realm, the grand situation of humanity—important.

The Immortal Gate's interests and his own—equally important.

And there was no question of priority; they stood on equal footing.

If the realm flourished and humanity flourished, yet the Immortal Gate and he himself were gone—such an outcome was absolutely unacceptable.

In the distant satellite orbits, the light of several dozen fourth-tier forbidden nuclear weapons blazed once more, like cold, indifferent Star Lords of all heavens gazing down upon the earth.

The nine Dao Sons quickly calmed themselves and deliberated for a moment.

"Agreed."

Tianji Dao Son said in a low voice: "But you must swear by sword intent that you will not attack us again from this point on, and that when we need reinforcement, you will come to our aid.

If necessary, when we cannot capture a Horned Demon Emperor's Son, you must also help—at the very least, you must help us capture one Emperor's Son to bring back to the sect."

This was no longer fearing the sect elders' punishment for aiding the enemy.

No longer held in regard.

Because they were about to earn a heaven-shaking great merit, far surpassing every sect Dao Son in history!

Clearly, they still had great confidence in dealing with the so-called Horned Demon Emperor's Son; as long as the Great Sun Sword Son didn't sabotage things, defeating and killing one, and additionally capturing one, was not difficult.

The reason for saying so was merely as a precaution against the unexpected.

"No problem at all."

Jiang Ding said cheerfully.

These Horned Demon clansmen clearly hail from a very powerful Immortal Dao civilization; a single Immortal Gate alone cannot handle invasions from beyond the realm or counter-invasions, nor can it swallow everything on its own.

Therefore, sealing the secret and attempting to slay the nine Dao Sons at great cost is no longer feasible.

Unless something unexpected happens, the Immortal Gate and the Taiyi Qingmu Xianzong will form an alliance for a period; internal hostility will ease greatly, no longer leading to life-or-death confrontations at every turn.

As for him personally...

It's acceptable.

The Horned Demon Clan appears to be a powerful Immortal Dao civilization; it certainly won't lack strong ones, so there's no need to fixate solely on the nine Great Dao Sons.

"Here."

The Heavenly Secret Dao Son sighed in relief, handed Jiang Ding a jade slip, and turned to leave.

Bang!

At that moment, a head exploded into fragments, scales scattering in all directions.

The surrounding Dao Sons watched.

This was the Shadow Demon Dao Son attempting to soul-search a Horned Demon Imperial Clan Guard Warrior to obtain information on that realm; as expected, it failed.

The opponent had strict soul-sealing prohibitions on his body, and they were completely different from the soul-sealing prohibitions of this realm, not following the same development path.

"Don't do this in front of me."

Jiang Ding took the jade slip from the Heavenly Secret Dao Son's hand, frowned, and said, "You must first pin a crime on him, such as having attacked us first, or having once slaughtered the human race; only then can you soul-search."

"Unnecessary."

"You are too hypocritical; it's all the same..."

The Shadow Demon Dao Son was unmoved.

Jiang Ding narrowed his eyes.

"Makes sense."

"Indeed so."

The Shadow Demon Dao Son felt aggrieved inside but said solemnly, "These demonic fiends from beyond the realms attacked us without cause; they are truly heinous. To investigate the reason, I had to perform a soul-search; it was truly unavoidable.

For the sake of all beings under heaven, I alone will bear the blame and the curse of evil..."

Bang!

Speaking thus, he grabbed another Horned Demon Warrior and attempted a different soul-searching Mi Fa; as expected, it failed again, and the scale-covered head exploded into fragments.

"Dao Friend Shadow Demon, you do understand propriety."

Jiang Ding's expression softened; his divine sense surged into the jade slip to examine the secret technique for collecting the Profound Yellow Primordial Mother Qi.

The premonition regarding the nascent Sword Realm space was not wrong.

The Profound Yellow Primordial Mother Qi indeed greatly benefits its growth.

Similarly, the Profound Yellow Primordial Mother Qi carries great danger; it must be sealed layer by layer beforehand to obliterate the faint Heavenly Dao will of the Yin-Yang Void Realm before being placed into the nascent Sword Realm space.

Otherwise, there is the danger of being burst open or having one's soul usurped by the Heavenly Dao will of the Yin-Yang Void Realm.

(End of this chapter)

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