Chapter 984: Emperor of the Slave Race

The Shadow Demon Dao Disciple continuously transmitted a wealth of intelligence to the surrounding Dao Disciples, all consisting of the latest emerging findings.

Shadow Demon Abyss cultivators lay in ambush across the wilderness, spying on the world; new intelligence emerged every moment. Summarizing, classifying, and synthesizing this intelligence was the trade of the Shadow Demon Abyss's inherited disciples and Dao Disciples, for which they had even created numerous spells to assist.

Jiang Ding and the surrounding Dao Disciples silently read, cross-referencing with much existing intelligence and pondering.

No words were spoken; it was all spiritual sense reviewing intelligence and thinking, continuing for several months, with the ten Dao Disciples still deep in thought.

Nascent Soul cultivators possessed immense patience, feeling no urgency whatsoever.

"In the Cultivation World, the topmost power is everything, the central convergence of all contradictions."

"Therefore,"

Jiang Ding analyzed the political situation of the foreign realm using the moral education he had received.

"The topmost power in Jiao Jiao Mingyu lies with the Great Emperors, and the Jiao Ming Emperor above them, whose existence is unknown."

"They are the primary contradiction."

"From the memories of the captured Imperial Princes and the intelligence gathered by Shadow Demon Abyss cultivators lying in ambush over these years, Jiao Jiao Mingyu possesses fifty-six Great Emperors, including nine Ancient Emperors and nine Slave Race Great Emperors."

"Hmm, Slave Race Great Emperors?"

Jiang Ding fixed his gaze on this piece of intelligence.

These nine Slave Race Great Emperors were servants of the nine Ancient Demon Emperors of the Jiao Demon Clan, personally cultivated by them, and publicly claimed to be as close as brothers.

"Allowing Slave Race cultivators to advance to Void Refinement... does the Jiao Demon Imperial Clan possess such magnanimity and confidence?"

A great sense of wariness rose in Jiang Ding's heart.

Just like him, allowing his subordinates to advance to Soul Transformation without any restrictions, feeling no fear whatsoever, unafraid of any threat latercomers might pose, possessing sufficient confidence.

He even looked forward to the birth of Soul Transformation cultivators in the Northern Plains, causing productivity and tax revenue in the world to surge dramatically.

One must know, Soul Transformation cultivators are not merely huge money sinks, consuming vast amounts of Spirit Stones.

If Soul Transformation cultivators are willing to work, applying their immense magic power and spiritual sense to production, they are incredibly formidable, far stronger than millions of Qi Refining laborers working simultaneously.

A single Soul Transformation cultivator is equivalent to hundreds of millions of beasts of burden.

Reasoning from oneself to others, if the Jiao Demon Imperial Clan possesses this same confidence, it would be terrifying; there must be hidden power.

"Oh, no."

"Below are annotations from the experts of Brother Brother Xuanwu's Heavenly Palace and the Shadow Demon Abyss."

Jiang Ding looked closely.

Intelligence on any realm is personally reviewed and approved by Void Refinement experts of the Nine Spirit Realm, acting with their own hands; they are no longer the distant experts of old, unseen for millennia from on high.

"These nine Slave Race Great Emperors must have been subjected to severe prohibitions imposed from their soul and spirit to their physical bodies, plus causality and rules."

"The Slave Race occasionally produces peerless geniuses that even amaze Void Refinement experts; investing a little yields a Void Refinement servant, which is indeed tempting..."

This was the annotation from the expert of Brother Brother Xuanwu's Heavenly Palace.

"Not so."

The annotation from the Shadow Demon Abyss expert was even more extreme.

"These nine Slave Race Great Emperors, in my view, must have already been forged into external avatars or similar things; their original souls and selves have been erased, because according to intelligence, many relatives, clans, and tribes of the Slave Race Great Emperors did not receive great benefits after their advancement to Void Refinement, which defies reason..."

"Jiao Jiao Mingyu, the Jiao Demon Imperial Clan enslaves the ten thousand races; they must have severe measures to prevent their rule from being overthrown. Whoever dares to violate them will inevitably be attacked by the multitude of Great Emperors."

"The Ancient Emperors are no exception."

"Even if they have the ability, they will not make enemies with the multitude of Great Emperors in the clan over a single servant and tribe."

"Therefore, an explanation must be given to the Great Emperors."

"In my view, erasing the original self and forging them into external avatars is more reasonable from the perspective of tribal and personal interests..."

"... Perhaps this is an opportunity; I wonder if the spells the Jiao Demon Imperial Clan uses to erase the original soul of a Void Refinement expert are strong enough."

"One must know, preserving the complete existence of a Void Refinement expert without diminishing combat power while erasing their original self is not easy; if the methods are crude, leaving many remnants, it might be an opportunity that can be used by us..."

Several subsequent experts, along with the Xian Men Administrator Yuan, also explored this possibility and established a research institution to conduct saturation exploration, leaving no possibility unexamined.

"These Slave Race Great Emperors are currently useless."

"Contacting Void Refinement is too dangerous; moreover, at the very least, they have been subjected to severe soul prohibitions, making them a huge source of danger, potentially triggering the attention of the Ancient Emperors."

Jiang Ding rejected this possibility.

This level is too high; it is not something he can utilize.

"This is a world of the Immortal Dao."

"In Jiao Jiao Mingyu, in the absence of a massive invasion by external enemies, the primary contradiction must be internal contradictions."

"Sentient beings all fight for their own interests; the interests of the tribe are not necessarily one's own interests, and one's own interests are not necessarily the interests of other clansmen... and so on. In the absence of external enemies, internal contradictions must be paramount, making slaughter and the killing of thousands inevitable."

In Jiang Ding's heart, much knowledge regarding moral education flowed slowly past.

He turned his attention to the history of internal strife within the Jiao Demon Imperial Clan.

"... The War of the Nine Saints... the nine Ancient Emperors have been slaughtering each other continuously for over ten thousand years, with hundreds of millions of Slave Race experts dying, and many Jiao Demon Imperial Clan experts spilling blood across the starry sky."

"To this day, the armies of the nine Ancient Emperors still face off in the starry sky,"

"confronting each other..."

"... There is a maxim in the realm: 'The Emperor of Jiao Jiao Mingyu must be the Jiao Ming Emperor'..."

"He who unifies the realm must advance beyond the Great Emperor..."

"Very good, the internal contradictions of the Jiao Demon Imperial Clan not only exist but are sharp."

"They may start fighting."

Jiang Ding whispered.

He instantly understood the concerns of many Void Refinement experts: "Therefore, it is best not to create a weak but not strong enemy for them at this time..."

Jiang Ding finished reading everything, finally fixing Mu Chong Guang Zhu Zhong on the intelligence regarding the Cangyan Star Sea where the spatial channel is located and the star domain where the Cangyan Ancient Emperor resides.

"In the Cangyan Star Sea, there are six Jiao Demon Clan Great Emperors; while revering the Cangyan Ancient Emperor, the six Great Emperors engage in endless open and covert struggles. The demon armies clash every few hundred years; the strife is extremely cruel, yet there are rarely reports of Great Emperor battles breaking out."

【Internal succession law…】

【The son of a Great Emperor is not necessarily born with the Great Emperor's Crown; other close kin of the same clan likewise possess varying degrees of succession rights.】

【Imperial Son's Crown?】

【What is this thing? It seems to be something like a Heavenly Heart Imprint or a Dao Child's Seal — for instance, my Supreme Clarity Flying Sword is very beneficial for advancing to Great Emperor, but it is condensed after birth; it is something born from "combining clan fortune" and "world fortune" and the like. Many Imperial Sons have repeatedly fought and killed each other over this object, and the fall of an Imperial Son is commonplace.】

【Compared to the Dao Child of Taiyi Qingmu Xianzong, these Imperial Sons seem somewhat weaker in status.】

【The Dao Child of Taiyi Qingmu Xianzong need not fight over anything; as long as they grow normally, they will almost certainly reach Void Refinement, and certainly Great Emperor.】

Jiang Ding finished reading these, and a line of thought gradually formed in his heart.

Continue calibrating.