Chapter 861: Mars Horned Demon Imperial Clan Laboratory

"Yes, Senior!"

Jiang Ding answered solemnly.

Now, thinking back on it, he felt a lingering fear.

To dare directly lay hands on the techniques and secret arts of someone like Tianji Candidate Daozi, a famously sinister figure in the Cultivation World — this made him suspect he had been influenced by the other's soul secret arts at the time.

It definitely wasn't.

After all, in terms of strength, a single one was just a weakling.

One could only say the temptation of Void Refinement was too great; when it came to a great opportunity that could increase the possibility of Void Refinement, much of one's reason would vanish, and one would no longer care about anything.

If this had been a true rogue cultivator, one without any backing, this single move would have certainly finished them — life and death beyond their own control.

Like a moth caught in a spider's web — the more it struggled, the tighter the trap wound around it; no matter how peerlessly gifted, no matter how clear and bright the sword heart, it was all useless.

Undefeated on the open battlefield, yet defeated in a dark corner — it was too bitter to accept.

This was the terror of the Tianji divination path — striking from where no sound could be heard.

"Seniors, there's also this."

"The life or death of the Immortal Gate over the coming thousands of years — whether it will suddenly rise, break through to Void Refinement, even glimpse the road above, or perish here and now, with you and I all becoming lost souls — it all comes down to this."

Jiang Ding Ning Zhong said.

He took out two sealed hundred-zhang black-armored giants, their single horns on their foreheads thrusting skyward; their very flesh alone radiated an aura far surpassing the peak of Jin Dan, having reached the absolute extreme of this path.

They were none other than Ming Tian Emperor's Son and Ming Yu Emperor's Son!

Beside them, there were also fifteen hundred Horned Demon Imperial Clan Imperial Guards.

"Beyond the realm…"

"The immortal-dao civilization of an alien race…"

Yuan, Zhenjun Shenji Canghai Tianjun, Senior Wanji Canghai Tianjun, Mieri Canghai Tianjun, and Master Canghai Canghai Tianjun's pupils contracted.

They joined hands, activating the Void Refinement grand array; the surroundings grew hazy, and along with Jiang Ding, Teacher Gu Lin and the others, heaven and earth shifted, and time flowed.

When Jiang Ding opened his eyes again, he found that he and the others had already arrived at a stretch of land covered in red soil, devoid of any sign of life.

A glance showed it was all like this; even with a Candidate Daozi-level soul, one could not see the boundary, and the air was exceedingly thin.

"Mars."

"This is Mars."

Zhenjun Shenji Canghai Tianjun introduced to the little ones around him: "This thing is too dangerous."

"You said this race has very strong spatial technology? Even with layer upon layer of seals, it's not safe to keep it in the Immortal Gate."

"This place is perfect — separated by two universes, within the range of the Immortal Gate's Void Refinement grand array, yet not the home star."

"If we can't win, we can still consider banishing the enemy to the deepest part of a spiritless universe; even those above Void Refinement would lose a layer of skin doing that… back then, the Great Sun Sword Master was dealt with exactly like this."

Zhenjun Shenji Canghai Tianjun said rather proudly.

This was one of the Immortal Gate's most successful strategies back then, establishing the position of hegemon over the realms.

"Impressive."

Jiang Ding clicked his tongue, curious: "Why not modify it a bit? We could migrate people or something, expand the Immortal Gate's base, increase the number of citizens."

"No need."

"The cost would be too great, and there's no necessity."

Yuan explained with a smile: "In a spiritless environment, humans cannot be born with spiritual roots."

"Besides, the Immortal Gate has always been troubled by resources; people have never really been in short supply. If there were even more people, the days of us cultivators would probably not be too pleasant — none of us would be very willing."

He did not shy away from openly discussing interests and drawing these lines.

"Oh."

Jiang Ding understood.

While the few chatted idly, array patterns rippled continuously in the void; one experimental apparatus after another, each as large as a mountain, was teleported over from the home star. The dust-covered foundations instantly became solid, turning into clean, flat silver-white metal ground, with not even air leaking out.

After a few more breaths, the desolate Martian ground around them was gone. In its place,

was a laboratory built to the Immortal Gate's highest standards!

Whether security or apparatus, everything was top-tier.

In the future, at least several hundred thousand of the most elite immortal-dao research personnel would come here to engage in the study of the Horned Demon race and explore every possibility.

The Immortal Gate would invest the most resources here; any industry or project that had even the slightest connection to this place would welcome an extremely prosperous great development, and the fates of countless cultivators and mortals would be changed because of it.

On the experimental platform, restraint straps forged from top-grade Void Refinement spirit gold emerged one after another, binding the two Emperor's Sons tightly. On the outer layer, a Void Refinement-level grand array pressed down, giving these two Jin Dan-stage Emperor's Sons full respect.

"Horned Demon Imperial Clan…"

Yuan gently stroked the scales of Ming Tian Emperor's Son.

A ghostly blue spiritual light flickered on his fingertip, and data after data appeared on the central control screen — soul structure, flesh structure, magic power structure, strength, bone structure, composition…

And so on; massive streams of data appeared on the central control screen, scrolling down like a waterfall. An ordinary Jin Dan cultivator would only need one glance to grow dizzy and muddled, utterly unable to take in such a tremendous volume of information.

As for Foundation Establishment cultivators, they could only see a bluish screen — with nothing on it at all.

"So strong!"

"Truly powerful flesh…"

Yuan said with a sigh of admiration: "Just at the peak of Jin Dan, yet the flesh is actually tougher than the vast majority of the Immortal Gate's sky-motherships — a humanoid metal lifeform, no, even stronger than a metal lifeform."

"Senior, it also has a ten-zhang unbreakable space; its body-tempering immortal-dao technology has developed to an extremely prosperous degree."

Jiang Ding added.

He took out a jade slip, which recorded the entire process of his battle against the Emperor's Sons, as well as the various insights that surfaced in his mind after slaying five Emperor's Sons.

"A ten-zhang unbreakable space… what a brilliant spatial technique."

"It actually extended out from body tempering?"

Yuan could not help but sigh in amazement.

He continued to use the instrument to scan the bodies of the two Imperial Sons, while Master Canghai Canghai Tianjun, Senior Wanji Canghai Tianjun, Mieri Canghai Tianjun, and dozens of other Canghai Tianjun assisted nearby, operating the instruments, maintaining the magnetic fields, and so on, each performing their own duties.

No one gave orders; everyone knew what they had to do, their scientific literacy being of the very highest caliber.

Several dozen days later.

"Our trouble might be great."

After completing a full body examination, Yuan looked at the crowd and said with a Solemn expression: "We focused our research on the bloodline of this race and discovered it is extremely complex, containing very high-level power, and its structure is extremely stable."

"This means their bloodline can be passed down relatively stably."

"This means that for this race, the Jiao Mo Imperial Clan, the number of Refining Void Realm experts might not be small; it will at least far exceed that of our realm."

Jiang Ding's expression changed slightly.

The number of Refining Void experts far exceeds that of our own realm!

This is a terrible piece of news.

One must know that in the path of Immortality, the top experts are everything; the gap in the number of Refining Void experts is very likely the gap in power between the two sides.

"In this light, before the other side knows or is certain of our existence, the strategic initiative must absolutely not be lost..."

Yuan muttered to himself.

"Indeed, re-establishing an alliance with the Badaxian Sect..."

Master Canghai Canghai Tianjun, Senior Wanji Canghai Tianjun, and others fell into discussion.

Regarding matters concerning the realm's strategy, Jiang Ding was not interested now; he was more concerned with his own cultivation and advancement.

After touring this top-tier laboratory of the Taiyi Qingmu Xianzong to broaden his knowledge, he took his leave together with Teacher Gu Lin, An Siyan, Jin Jin Lingfeng, and others.

The others went home or returned to their dormitories to rest.

Jiang Ding went alone to the location of the Central Array Spirit Computer mainframe, took three strands of Xuan Huang Hong Meng Mother Qi from his Refining Void space, and handed them over to the Central Array Spirit Computer for safekeeping.

He entered it, preparing to undergo a comprehensive purge of his soul, body, magic power, and meridians for a period of ten years.

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