How could Jiang He not be shocked?

  It was the Yuan Slaughter Sword—a premium-grade innate soul treasure, the finest tool for slaughter!

  Jiang He had a hunch when he read the introduction of the soul treasure seed, but his excitement remained irrepressible after he had really obtained an innate soul treasure.

  Still, uncertainty followed his excitement……

  Was the Yuan Killer Sword not the Nether River Patriarch’s treasure?

  The Nether River Patriarch himself was not a weakling whose strength was just short of the Saints’ level. His treasures included both the Yuan Killer Sword and Infinite Pain Sword, both of which were said to be indestructible as long as the Blood Sea was not destroyed. Unless the Saintess attacked, no one could kill someone like the Nether River Patriarch.

  As a matter of fact, Jiang He did ask the returning immortals about the celestial battlefield.

  The Nether River Patriarch had not actually fallen.

  It was said that he led the Asura race and left the Three Realms Faction, occupying a realm of their own as the independent Sura race.

  Moreover, the Suras were overall stronger than Sky Demons or other mid to lesser races……

  “The Nether River Patriarch’s Yuan Killer Sword……”


  “So, is this sword real or fake?”


  Jiang He frowned.

  Was the Yuan Killer Sword he planted a mere replica of the Nether River Patriarch’s sword, or the one which he owned?

  After he planted the Yuan Killer Sword, did the Nether River Patriarch still have his?

  Or perhaps……

  The Nether River Patriarch had already lost his Yuan Killer Sword a long time ago?

  Whatever the case may be, Jiang He probably would develop a karmic connection with the Nether River Patriarch since the Yuan Killer Sword was now in his possession.

  He could not help inhaling sharply at the thought.

  “Gasp!”


  “The Nether River Patriarch is among the strongest, unmatched Demi-Saints just beneath the Saints themselves…… if I develop a karmic connection with him, would he trace it, return to Earth, and try to kill me?”


  Jiang He shuddered.

  It was very likely!

  Even so, he could not help panicking at the thought that he was targeted by a Demi-Saint.

  “No!”


  “I must not give up on the Yuan Killer Sword either!”


  “This is a premium-grade innate soul treasure. My combat strength would rise to the next level after I invoke it, and I could fight even ancient Grand Luo as an equal!”


  “Even so, I must be wary of the Nether River Patriarch!”


  “Legend has it that such beings can vaguely sense karmic connections even from trillion of light years away and unleash an attack by tracing it…… Though the fact that I am a Grand Luo prevents his long-distance attacks, what if he eventually comes charging down to Earth?”


  “Most importantly……”


  “I cannot be sure that the Nether River Patriarch would not return to Earth or when. Under these circumstances, I would have to live in fear every single day, suffering sleepless nights once again without hope of peace……”


  Jiang He headed beneath the Old Tea Tree of Enlightenment while holding the Yuan Killer Sword.

  The sun was blazing high overhead since it was noon in the Farm right now, and he could use some shelter beneath the tree.

  Nonetheless, Jiang He did not say a word even as he stood under the tree and only took a deep breath after thirty seconds, and then sighed lengthily.

  Then, a look of resolve flashed on his faced.

  He dripped a drop of blood.

  The Yuan Killer Sword was invoked.

  Killing intent flashed in Jiang He’s eyes, he said somberly, “Being worried is not my style…… instead of staying paranoid, I should improve my own strength so I can kill the Nether River Patriarch as soon as possible. With that, I naturally wouldn’t have to worry about him coming to bother me!”


  “Of course…… I might not be able to kill the Nether River Patriarch either.”


  “In the end, he is one of the Demi-Saints who are peerless, bar the Saints themselves. Killing him would be extremely difficult since he would not die if the Blood Sea is not destroyed, not to mention that I am tied to him by fate since I’d planted his Yuan Killer Sword. It would be a good idea if I could reason it out with him and appeal to his kindness.”


  Jiang He thought about a great many things, but all those things required power.

  After invoking the Yuan Killer Sword, he distributed the immortal crystals he bought thanks to Jin Sidao among Dumbo and the others, saying, “Go. Plant these crystals as soon as you can, so that we would be done planting before night.”


  Now that his Farm was a hundred squared kilometers, it was the size of a small city base. Inside, everything was basically dirt aside from the mansion, purple bamboo forest and the small artificial lake.

  He had planted the mutated grapes and the Old Tea Tree of Enlightenment in the yard of the mansion itself.

  Jiang He did not really put an effort to it since his mansion was too small, and not even 20 Mu…… And now, it was 100 squared kilometers and equal to 150,000 Mu, and a single day was enough to plant all three million immortal crystals he gathered.

  “Come to think of it……”


  “I was planning to create a sandy beach and a trench but that never happened because my farm was too small. Now, I can.”


  Creating a bay was too easy for elites like Jiang He.

  Moreover, he had gone overseas with Wang Hou, and had gathered several beautiful islands.

  When the time comes, he could put the island in his farm, while having Dumbo and Trumbo dig out a trench and fill it with seawater.

  “I’ll catch some young fish when the trench is made, so I can fish at any time……”


  As the thought crossed his mind, Jiang He sat beneath the Old Tea Tree of Enlightenment and had Hu Mei brew him a pot of its tea. At the same time, he took out his notebook where he had recorded his Martial Dao Cultivation, and truly started to create the cultivation manual.

  ***

  Meanwhile, at the celestial battlefield far away from Earth……

  The name ‘celestial battlefield’ was itself a common name. There were countless systems and planets here, with vast continents floating between the stars.

  The Three Realm’s encampment stood atop a colossal continental boulder.

  Its size could only be calculated in terms of distance, and around it was numerous stars.

  On a huge divine city on that continent, warp light flickered and Yu Yuan soon appeared.

  The immortals guarding the portal clearly did not recognize him, but they still approached him immediately upon sensing his Dao.

  “My lord……”


  “Spare the nonsense, I’m in a hurry!”


  Before the immortal guard could finish, Yu Yuan shrugged him off, turning into shot of immortal light before disappearing.

  Around half an hour later, at the Jie Sect, Yu Yuan landed outside a grotto-heaven located on a mountaintop and spoke to it. “Master, your disciple has returned.”


  “Eh?”


  There was a gasp of surprise from within the grotto-heaven, and a woman who appeared valiant and formidable in her golden armor stepped out. Furrowing her beautiful brows, she asked in surprise, “You’ve returned alone?”


  The woman had ravishing looks, but those who knew her would almost never think of her as a woman.

  She was the Grandmaster of Heaven’s personal disciple. Alongside the Daoist of Many Treasures, the Saintess of Wudang, and the Saintess of Turtle Spirits, they were the four chief disciples of the Jie Sect. In terms of strength, the Golden Spirit Saintess was also superior to the other two Saintesses, and ranked among the top-five in combat ability amongst all disciples of the sect.

  Indeed, perhaps only Daoist of Many Treasures—the sect’s top Chief Disciple, as well as outer disciples Zhao Gongming and the Cloudy Sky Matriarch—were a match for her.

  And Yu Yuan himself was a personal disciple of the Golden Spirit Saintess.

  He did not hold anything back, and told her everything about what he saw and experienced on Earth.

  It was only thanks to being an individual of her level that the Golden Spirit Saintess merely pondered after Yu Yuan’s story.

  After a long while, she looked up, a look of disbelief appearing in her beautiful eyes as she exclaimed in shock, “Are you saying that Jiang He routed the legion of the Hundred Races Alliance alone?”


  Pausing, she then added, “I did hear about that and merely took it for exaggeration…… now it’s clear that it’s the truth, and the Alliance is certainly not weak. And yet, Jiang He managed to overwhelm them all by himself and cut down almost a hundred Golden Immortals, and I’m afraid he would not be average even among Grand Luo.”


  Yu Yuan could not help remembering the moment Jiang He sent him flying over hundreds of miles the moment they met……

  Nodding, he added, “The kid possessed overwhelming power and was an equal match for me when he was Golden Immortal. Now that he is full-fledged Grand Luo, he would not lose out even against the best Grand Luo.”


  “Interesting!”


  The Golden Spirit Saintess laughed. “Perhaps he has already grasped the Dao of Grand Luo and has merely refrained from ascending, which explains how he could overwhelm the legion of the Alliance…… I wonder which brother’s legacy he has inherited that a disciple so outstanding could be groomed? Could it be one of my martial uncles?”


  “No, no…… if he really were a successor to my first or second martial uncles, my master would not be thinking about accepting Jiang He as a personal disciple……”


  “What?”


  Yu Yuan was stunned.

  His patriarch wanted to take the kids in as his own disciples?

  Whoops!

  It seemed that he may have used the wrong wording when he relayed the patriarch’s words…… After all, did he not tell Jiang He and Wang Hou clearly that they would join the Jie Sect as third-generation disciples, equal in rank as Yu Yuan himself?

  “Oh, right!”


  Yu Yuan exclaimed, seemingly remembering something just then. “Master, Jiang He is a little……”


  “How do I put this……”


  “His story is simply unbelievable.”


  “According to what I know, he has cultivated for less than a year until now, without any mentor or inheriting any form of legacy. Everything he learned, he created himself…… he even created an item refinement technique so incredible it was said that he could improve an average immortal item by one full grade in an hour!”


  “He even created his own array technique. Though his array seems whimsical with no set pattern at all, it is actually extremely complex and cannot be removed according to regular means of array removal!”


  “Oh, he had also developed a pellet refinement technique, which has a very unique process……”


  The Golden Spirit Saintess was dumbstruck.

  Staring at her own disciple for minutes, she then asked, “Are you pulling my leg?”


  “I wouldn’t dare!”


  “Across all the words since time immemorial…… I have not heard of a mortal who has cultivated to Grand Luo in a single year, let alone created their own cultivation methods. Even the Gods and Demons who were born so possessed outstanding power at birth, but never to that level!”


  “There is not one word of falseness in what your disciple has spoken.”


  Yu Yuan vowed solemnly.

  In response, the Golden Spirit Saintess flew deeper within the Jie Sect’s mountain archway, telling him, “Do not spread word of that for now. I’m going to my master.”