Chapter 934: Jiao Jiao Mingyu Possesses a Zhong Senior Qian Shi Gao Jie!

"Those eight people have gone mad, they don't care about their lives."

"In the past several martial demonstrations, they collectively displayed an extremely abnormal fearlessness of death, with tight coordination — something we have never seen before."

Yuan sighed and said: "Therefore, we cannot stop them, cannot prevent them from making contact with Jiao Jiao Mingyu."

In the immortal gate's planning, outward exploration should only begin at the earliest after their own Refinement Void cultivators are born.

Resources are actually not lacking right now — sitting atop twenty-six Minor Thousand Worlds, more abundant than any era in history. The Refinement Void project is advancing in an orderly fashion and has not encountered any insurmountable bottleneck. Steady, stable development is what the immortal gate needs most right now.

Unfortunately, the Badaxian Sect does not agree, and they have the capability to act on it.

"Jiao Jiao Mingyu…"

Jiang Ding drew in a deep breath, his heart shaken.

An unfamiliar immortal Dao civilization — unknown whether strong or weak, unknown in details, unknown how far their immortal Dao technology has developed.

Everything is unknown.

If Jiao Jiao Mingyu possesses an immortal Dao civilization far surpassing the immortal gate's…

Then the immortal gate and the Badaxian Sect will face destruction without the slightest suspense, vanishing without a trace. In the realm, in the universe, their existence will be forever forgotten — just like the countless civilizations that have dissipated in the long river of time.

The surrounding Soul Transformation Canghai Tianjun also wore expressions of horror.

"Next, I shall share with all fellow daoists partial intelligence on Jiao Jiao Mingyu, obtained from the already-deciphered Divine Soul of the Imperial Son."

After letting the Canghai Tianjun digest what he had just said, Yuan continued: "If the memories within the Divine Soul of the Jiao Jiao Mingyu Imperial Son were not falsified in advance by the strong ones of their race, then according to the intelligence, Jiao Jiao Mingyu is ruled by a race called the Jiao Mo Imperial Clan. It is a realm with several hundred Minor Thousand Worlds, possessing a Zhong Senior Qian Shi Gao Jie."

"In terms of richness, it far surpasses our Nine Spirit Realm."

"A Zhong Senior Qian Shi Gao Jie?!!"

"A Zhong Senior Qian Shi Gao Jie? Is there no mistake?"

Many Canghai Tianjun were startled, even terrified, realizing something.

"Yes, it is a Zhong Senior Qian Shi Gao Jie."

Yuan knew what they were thinking and sighed: "It is precisely the kind of Zhong Senior Qian Shi Gao Jie that can give birth to beings above Refinement Void — the Zhong Senior Qian Shi Gao Jie that the Great Sun Sword Pavilion and others have been longing for, the one that may possess existences above Refinement Void."

"Those eight madmen clearly knew this, yet still refused to let the immortal gate destroy the spatial passage."

"Damn it, have they gone mad?"

One Canghai Tianjun could no longer sit still and said in shock and fury: "Do we still not know what level they're at? Among Refinement Void, they count as a very strong type — Refinement Void peak, with no weak inheritance — but before existences above Refinement Void, they don't even qualify as ants!"

"They're seeking death!"

"Seeking death!"

"No, we cannot—"

"Die together with them!"

Cang Hai Canghai Tianjun stood up, his face full of killing intent, and proposed: "Even if those eight people have gone mad, we must still attempt to destroy the spatial passage. Even if the immortal gate is ultimately beaten apart by the Badaxian Sect, we cannot face existences above Refinement Void right now."

"Absolutely not!"

"Right!"

Mie Ri Canghai Tianjun's expression was icy: "Have they truly gone mad?"

"Whether truly mad or feigning madness, we need not pay them any heed."

"Just because they don't fear death, does that mean we do?"

"I would rather fight those eight mad Refinement Void great powers to the death than face existences above Refinement Void right now."

"Open war!"

"Destroy the Badaxian Sect!"

"Right! We cannot go to our deaths together with them…"

The surrounding Canghai Tianjun were likewise in an uproar, abnormally furious, their killing intent chillingly cold. A Jin Dan cultivator appearing in such an environment would die without a sound in an instant.

"Silence!"

Yuan struck the rostrum forcefully.

The nearly frenzied Canghai Tianjun around him fell silent — one could hear a pin drop.

"I haven't finished speaking. Wait a moment."

Yuan continued: "From the Imperial Son's Divine Soul, this Zhong Senior Qian Shi Gao Jie has indeed given birth to figures above Refinement Void, whom they call the Jiao Ming Emperor. But in this era, no such figure has been born."

"Note, this is information from within the Imperial Son's Divine Soul."

"Besides that, at the Great Emperor level — the Jiao Mo Imperial Clan calls Refinement Void great powers Great Emperors — their Great Emperors, on the surface, number fifty-six!"

Fifty-six Refinement Void!

Jiang Ding's breath caught.

The surrounding Canghai Tianjun, however, remained emotionally stable, not showing the same agitation as when they heard of existences above Refinement Void.

"Among these Great Emperors, most should be early Refinement Void, at most on the level of Taiyi Qingmu Xianzong's Dao Soldiers. Among them are nine Ancient Emperors who established nine Holy Lands — the strongest among them, reputed to have hope of achieving Emperorhood, and can be regarded as very powerful Refinement Void peak great powers."

"Additionally, we must consider that this race has produced figures above Refinement Void, and may well possess corresponding means."

"These are the general intelligence we obtained from the Imperial Son's Divine Soul. More detailed intelligence is here — everyone may read it carefully."

Yuan took out a number of jet-black jade slips and distributed them to the crowd.

This is extremely rare in the immortal gate. In the past, documents were always transmitted through the network; now physical jade slips are being distributed, indicating that the confidentiality level has reached the highest grade, ensuring that even if the immortal gate's immortal Dao network is breached, no leaks will occur.

A jet-black jade slip also appeared before Jiang Ding. He steadied his spirit, calmed himself, and his divine sense and sword intent surged into it.

The surrounding Canghai Tianjun did likewise, falling into deep reading and contemplation.

This—

The jade slip detailed the customs, language, culture, races, and other circumstances of Jiao Jiao Mingyu.

It was a realm of mixed habitation by many races, including the human race, Tree Demon race, Stone race, Fox race, and others, accounting for ninety-nine percent of the realm's intelligent lifeforms.

But the rulers had nothing to do with these races.

The population was small; only the Horned Demon Imperial Clan, numbering in the hundreds of millions, ruled over everything.

The Horned Demon Imperial Clan was a race where every citizen was a soldier; each and every one of them possessed formidable body-tempering talent, and countless Kings and Great Emperors were born among this race.

They ruled over everything; all other races were slaves of the Horned Demon Imperial Clan — their servants, their food, their vassal troops, sacrificial offerings to their ancestors, with life and death entirely at their whim.

Canghai Tianjun's divine soul computational power was extremely strong; in no time at all, everyone had already finished reading the information above.

"From the current look of things, there is nothing above Refinement Void…"

One Canghai Tianjun hesitated: "In that case, it would not be good to wage an all-out war against the Badaxian Sect. Objectively speaking, if the Badaxian Sect truly fights with everything they have, we really are no match for them."

"The Divine Son's divine soul cannot be fully trusted either."

Some Canghai Tianjun raised doubts: "I even suspect these Divine Sons are bait — deliberately released to fish out the Mo Sheng Gao Jie. Their divine souls were tampered with beforehand."

"Even if the Divine Son's divine soul wasn't tampered with, based on the current information, the Jiao Jiao Mingyu is still too powerful. Fifty-six Refinement Void cultivators, all of the same race — we are no match."

"Not to mention the potential Refinement Void cultivators…"

"And the methods above Refinement Void left behind by the previous generation of the Horned Demon Imperial Clan…"

"After all, the Divine Son is only at the peak of Jin Dan — what true secrets could he possibly know? There may well be existences above Refinement Void slumbering within the Horned Demon Imperial Clan…"

The many Canghai Tianjun debated heatedly, each putting forward their own opinions, none of them very optimistic.

Yuan listened one by one to the opinions of the various Canghai Tianjun, as well as Jiang Ding and Teacher Gu Lin.

"I have understood everyone's thoughts."

Yuan sighed: "However, under these circumstances, we cannot wage a decisive battle against the Badaxian Sect. They are bound to make contact with the Jiao Jiao Mingyu, whether or not it is a trap."

"Since we are unwilling to wage a decisive battle against them, we can only consider the matter of joining the war."

"Currently, the Immortal Gate and the Badaxian Sect are discussing how to secretly and efficiently gather intelligence on the Jiao Jiao Mingyu, to infiltrate it and obtain more precise information. To this end, centered on Shadow Demon Abyss, we have organized a new intelligence department, named 'Shadow'."

"The Immortal Gate will craft some equipment for the lurking cultivators of Shadow Demon Abyss, and help design some concealment arts…"

"When this kind of infiltration will be exposed, it's hard to say."

"If we are not optimistic, a war between realms may break out within several hundred years. To this end, I suggest further…"

"…opening up trade with the Badaxian Sect, absorbing as many high-tier heavenly materials and earthly treasures as possible, allowing more Soul Transformation cultivators of the Immortal Gate to be born, arming the Immortal Gate well, and preparing for the future…"

The Golden Imperial Palace meeting proceeded in an orderly fashion.

(End of this chapter)