With the battle over, Jianchen, Shen Jian, and Seiyu returned to the provincial city with the people from the Dong 'an province.
Shen Jian did not stay for long. On the day he returned to the provincial city, he bid farewell to Jianchen and the others before setting off on his own. He went in search of the call that had come from afar.
As for Xiong Zhong, Cheng Jingyun, and the others from the World of Forsaken Saints, they remained with the Tianyuan family. They were still too weak right now. If they went with their Spiritking, not only would they not be of any help, but they would become a burden instead.
After all, Shen Jian wanted to leave the Cloud Plane this time. He wanted to cross through space and go to places beyond the Cloud Plane. Danger was everywhere.
Jianchen adjusted his condition in the Tianyuan family as he waited for the trip to the Earth Spirit sect in three days.
At the same time, the three vice-leaders of the Empyrean Demon Cult who watched over the Cloud Plane shrouded in dense demonic aura within a dark, secret room in the headquarters of the Empyrean Demon Cult. They gave off terrifying presences that were as vast as the ocean, causing the air in the room to seem to freeze.
"What are the higher-ups thinking? The blood and soul beads that our branch spent so much time condensing with the help of the formations personally cast down by the great elder have been stolen, yet the grand elder hasn't reacted at all. Not only has he not sent Chaotic Primes to hunt down the person who stole the blood and soul beads, but he hasn't even searched for the blood and soul beads. He's completely indifferent towards the theft of the blood and soul beads. Hasn't all our efforts over the years been wasted?" Huai An said. His face was obscured, but his voice was filled with doubt and confusion.
"Huai An, this isn't something we can interfere with. It's best if you talk less about the higher-ups. If your voice reaches the grand elder's ears, he'll probably become displeased," Yi Huanyue said indifferently. Then she looked at the third vice-leader and said, "Elder Sen, a few days ago, Yaxi Lian was also captured by an unknown Infinite Prime. According to Yaxi Lian's description of the Primordial realm expert, do you think the Primordial realm expert who broke into our branch and stole the blood beads and soul beads is the same person who captured Yaxi Lian?"
The vice-leader referred to as elder Sen fell silent for a while before replying with his old voice, "Yaxi Lian said that the Primordial realm expert who captured her used laws with the light of the moon, making them as bright as the moon. The Infinite Prime who broke into our headquarters also used laws that were as bright as the moon. In my opinion, they're probably the same person. "
"Since they're the same person, it'll be much easier. According to my knowledge, the Infinite Prime seems to be connected to a person called Jianchen from the Divine Kingdom of Pingtian," Yi Huanyue said mysteriously.
"Jianchen! It's Jianchen again! " Huai An's cold voice rang out. As soon as he mentioned Jianchen, uncontainable killing intent filled his heart. He said, "Not only is this Jianchen openly opposing me and protecting Duanmu's successor's clan, but it's also because of him that I was forced to sign a ceasefire with the divine king for half a month. I even suspect that the Infinite Prime who stole the blood and soul beads from our Heavenly Demon Religion has something to do with Jianchen as well. This person can't be left alive."
Huai An paused before continuing, "We only managed to refine the blood and soul beads after a very long time and tremendous effort. We have to find them, or we won't be able to answer to the great elder. Since Jianchen is the key to this matter, I'll start with him," Huai An said with heavy killing intent.
"The blood and soul beads have been stolen.
Since the higher-ups aren't looking into it, there's something fishy about this matter. There's probably something we don't know about. Huai An, I think it's best if you don't act recklessly, "elder Sen reminded him kindly.
He and Yi Huayue were both unwilling to accept the loss of the blood and soul beads. This was because every single one of the eighteen tiny beads contained their blood, sweat, and tears. They had put in so much effort to refine every single one of them. Even though they knew that the great elder needed the blood and soul beads, and that they would not be able to obtain a single one of them even after they were condensed, it still represented their contributions and efforts.
However, both he and Yi Huayue could tell that there was probably something else behind this matter. It was not as simple as it seemed on the surface, so the two of them did not dare to act recklessly.
The blood beads and soul beads were protected by formations personally cast down by the great elder. Chaotic Primes could destroy the castle, but they could not destroy the formations that protected the blood beads and soul beads at all. However, the blood beads and soul beads had been stolen while the formations were still intact.
They could not guarantee that this was not purposefully arranged by the higher-ups, or that there was some scheme that they did not know about.
The light in Huai An's eyes flickered. After a moment of silence, he nodded slowly. "I understand the severity of this matter …"
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The Blood Sun Empire was located in the centre of the southern region. It was the only eternal empire in the southern region of the Cloud Plane. It was surrounded by six ancient empires as well as countless divine kingdoms of various sizes.
With a heavy creak, the heavy door to a secret room slowly opened in the depths of a resplendent hall within the imperial palace of the Blood Sun Empire. A middle-aged man in a purple-gold robe with a dignified bearing was standing in front of the door with his hands behind his back.
When the door of the secret room rose to the highest point and stopped, the middle-aged man walked out unhurriedly.
"Greetings to the ninth prince!"
Three middle-aged men had already stood politely outside the secret room. They had been waiting for quite some time now. They all bowed towards the middle-aged man who had emerged from the secret room.
The middle-aged man who had just emerged from a secret room in violet robes was the ninth prince of the Blood Sun Empire.
Even though there were over a dozen princes in the Blood Sun Empire, the number of people who were truly outstanding and qualified to become the next emperor could only be counted on one hand.
Not only was the ninth prince the most outstanding and dazzling of them all, but he was also the person that the current emperor valued the most.
There were even rumors that once the current emperor of the Blood Sun Empire abdicated, the ninth prince would definitely become the next emperor.
As a result, basically no one among the princes of the Blood Sun Empire could match up to the ninth prince's current authority.
The ninth prince stood before the three of them emotionlessly and said in an authoritative tone, "The three of you, go to the Yin Mountains of Sevens Despair near the Heavenly Moon Empire and retrieve the Flower of Ways I've been cultivating there."
After so many years of preparation, the ninth prince had already reached the peak of the Divine King. He was only a step away from the Primordial realm.
This step seemed close, but it was actually as far away as the horizon. It would not be easy to cross it.
No matter how astonishing the ninth prince's talent was, it would take him a very long time to break through the Divine King and reach the Primordial realm through his own abilities.
The Flower of Ways was the only heavenly resource that could allow him to break through his current bottleneck and reach the Primordial realm in the shortest amount of time possible.
As soon as the Flower of Ways was mentioned, the expressions of the three Divine King changed. They looked at one another, and their faces were filled with bitterness.
The ninth prince frowned and said sternly, "Has something happened to the Flower of Ways?"
The three middle-aged men who were also Divine King hesitated slightly before one of them finally mustered up the courage to say, "Ninth prince, a Primordial realm expert has taken the Flower of Ways."
The ninth prince's eyes immediately shone with a shocking light when he heard that. A tremendous presence radiated from him like a flash flood. It was extremely terrifying.
They were all Divine King experts, but the three middle-aged men retreated time and time again before the ninth prince's presence. They felt like mountains were crushing down on them.
"Let's go to the Yin Mountains of Sevens Despair," the ninth prince said emotionlessly.
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The Earth Spirit sect was one of the two peak sects in the Heavenly Moon Empire. It possessed an extremely great status within the Heavenly Moon Empire. Even the imperial family of the Heavenly Moon Empire treated the Earth Spirit sect with respect.
The Earth Spirit sect occupied the Three Thousand Spiritual Mountains with the densest origin energy in the Heavenly Moon Empire. They used the Three Thousand Spiritual Mountains as the core of the formation and cast down a tremendous protective formation.
The formation was so powerful that even regular Primordial realm experts would struggle to shake it.
Today just happened to be the Earth Spirit sect's once-a-century disciple recruitment ceremony. The small path leading to the Earth Spirit sect was already filled with people. Many young people lined up in an orderly manner, undergoing the various tests set up by the Earth Spirit sect in an orderly fashion. They wanted to join the Earth Spirit sect and become a disciple so that they could bring honour to their ancestors.
There was no lack of people from large clans that possessed some status in the Heavenly Moon Empire. They either rode tamed flying beasts that were not weak or sat in luxurious carriages.
As a result, there were all sorts of luxurious carriages parked outside the entrance of the Earth Spirit sect, as well as numerous colossal beasts that gave off powerful presences.
However, without any exception, no one dared to fly within a thousand kilometres of the Earth Spirit sect. They all travelled close to the ground.
At this moment, a golden streak of light suddenly appeared. It directly flew through the air, directly heading towards the Earth Spirit sect. In the previous moment, it was still far away, but in the next moment, it crossed the huge distance and appeared outside the Earth Spirit sect. It did not land on the ground. Instead, it just hovered in the air, standing at the same height as the tallest mountain in the Earth Spirit sect.
At a closer look, this was a golden carriage. It was powered by nine strange beasts, and every single one of them was extremely powerful. They all possessed the cultivation of Overgods.
"Who's the person in the carriage? He's actually so impressive. He's actually bold enough to hover in the air before the Earth Spirit sect …"
"That's the same height as the tallest mountain in the Earth Spirit sect. How bold of him. Does he know that his actions are a form of provocation to the Earth Spirit sect …"
"People who are bold enough to do this either know the rules of the Earth Spirit sect or are extremely impressive experts. However, even the emperors of the Heavenly Moon Empire and the elders of the Daoist Sect of Calm Clouds wouldn't dare to fly so high. That's the height of the mountain where the ancestor of the Earth Spirit sect sits."
.....
For a moment, everyone outside the Earth Spirit sect looked at the golden carriage in the air as they discussed among themselves.
However, when the Earth Spirit sect elder in charge of the recruitment ceremony saw the carriage in the sky, not only did he not go up to stop it, but his eyes narrowed instead as his face instantly became stern.
He had already recognised the origins of the carriage. As the owner of the carriage, he did indeed possess the right to do something like this.
At this moment, the protective formation of the Earth Spirit sect shook, and the entrance to the Earth Spirit sect was completely opened. Only when the Earth Spirit sect was welcoming a person of great status would they do something like this.
"So it's the divine king of the Pingtian. Your arrival really brings light to my Earth Spirit sect. Please come in, divine king." With a clear laugh, the current sect master of the Earth Spirit sect flew out with over a dozen elders. Every single one of them was filled with enthusiasm.
In the past, the Earth Spirit sect would never have welcomed the divine king with such a great array before he had broken through to the Primordial realm.
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