Bombarding Cultivators with Cluster Artillery

Great Emperor Scripture.

The Great Emperor Scripture, the legacy of Refining Nothingness, was right there before his eyes!

The Blood-robed Taoist came to a sudden halt, his hand gripping the sword beginning to tremble, his gaze locked on the ancient moss-green bamboo scroll, his heart churning violently like a tumultuous river.

The path of the Emperor was right here!

”Imperial Realm...”

The Blood-robed Taoist actually exhibited hesitation, a timid expression on his face, he dared not approach, no longer displaying his previous bloodthirsty madness.

Countless gazes converged upon this place.

Even the eyes of Demon Mountain turned blood-red, loyalty forsaking sanity in front of the Great Emperor Scripture. He wished he could rush forward immediately and snatch the scripture.

However, strands of blood-colored Sword Qi, even in the Blood-robed Taoist’s daze, slowly crawled over his skull, like countless blood spikes with their blades turned inwards.

With every step Demon Mountain took forward, the blood spikes dug deeper into his flesh, penetrating further into his Divine Soul.

In the end, Demon Mountain dared not move any longer, his whole body chilled to the bone.

Countless blood-colored Sword Qi pierced through his body, and any further advance would completely perforate his Divine Soul with that terrifying Sword Qi.

”The Emperor is muddleheaded...”

Chenshan King glared at that lowly servant.

For someone of the direct lineage of the Flame Stone Family, the Great Emperor Scripture, though extremely precious, was not impossible to obtain; what limited his breakthrough were only his own talent and resources.

Yet for a mere servant!

For a servant to obtain the Great Emperor Scripture provoked an inexplicable and manic killing intent in him, nearly unbearable to endure.

This was the instinct of beings from the Domain Ruler races.

”Great Emperor Scripture...”

”In my life, I also have had the moment to witness it...”

Jiang Ding took a lot of time to calm the stirring within his Lake of Heart and carefully took the ancient bamboo scroll into his hands, without any inspection, as his Divine Sense and Sword Intent directly probed into it.

”Dao Heart Demon Slave Scripture!”

This was the name of the Great Emperor Scripture; it wasn’t disguised at all.

Just like the overbearing Horned Demon Imperial Clan, ruling over the Star River, enslaving countless beings of myriad clans without any scruples, making them scramble to serve them loyally.

The Horned Demon Imperial Clan brutally and directly exterminated all who defied them in the Domain, reigning supreme over all.

”...Slave Scripture...”

Jiang Ding wasn’t particularly surprised, and didn’t even care much; he continued to read through the main text of the scripture.

”...Merging the Dao Heart and the Demon, creating a Slave Seed, merging with the Divine Soul, merging with flesh and blood, merging with the Life Treasure, merging with Cause and Effect, merging with the bloodline...”

”...After undergoing three disasters of Heavenly Tribulation as a Slave Seed...”

”...To then ascend to the Imperial Realm...”

Jiang Ding scrutinized the scripture in detail, forgetting everything else, deeply comprehending as he fell into a state similar to secluded cultivation.

He was immersed in the Enlightenment of the Dao.

The Yanliu Imperial Child kept his gaze fixed on the Blood River King, seeing him in such a state, he couldn’t help but reveal a look of intense wariness.

The Blood River King, indeed, had greater talent than him.

Had the Blood River King been born in a human sect similar to those of the Imperial Clans, he himself would have probably only been able to look up to him, perhaps not even qualified to follow, let alone contend with him.

Fortunately, thankfully.

Yanliu Imperial Child sneered internally.

Since ancient times, beings of the Alien Race with talent comparable to Blood River King, even superior to him, were not unheard of in Horned Ming Realm; they weren’t unique creations of the world.

These Alien Clan Geniuses, without exception, failed to cause any significant disturbances.

Most of these Alien Clan Geniuses died in obscurity, perishing in unknown corners at the hands of lower-ranked or even the weakest of cultivators.

Some Alien Race Geniuses were luckier, obtaining more time to grow and causing some local uprisings, killing some Slave Race Cultivators and Imperial Clan Cultivators, then being slain by the more numerous Imperial Clan Cultivators who came upon hearing the news.

Blood River King was originally meant to meet the same fate.

But he was clever, finding a great opportunity by stepping into the exceedingly rare battle of Emperors, and demonstrated enormous utilitarian value.

This is the only reason he’s still alive now.

Jiang Ding contemplated in silence.

Undoubtedly, his understanding of the Immortal Path surpasses that of an average Peak Divinity Transformation Cultivator by a bit. This is a credit to the Xianmen Sect’s education system, as well as the results of working, researching, and learning day and night alongside Divine Mechanism Heavenly Monarch, Heavenly Monarch Wanji, Yuan Deng, and others, providing him with the basic ability to comprehend the Great Emperor Scriptures.

This Great Emperor Scripture is named ”Dao Heart Germinates the Demon Slave Scripture.”

It comes from an unknown Immortal Path civilization known as Ancient Divine Path, possibly of the Human Race Immortal Path civilization, as Jiang Ding saw some writing habits typical of Human Cultivators within the scripture.

But that isn’t certain.

One could only say it’s possible, given that he is but a weak cultivator himself; his vision and Immortal Path foundation are merely insignificant like dust in the vast Domains, making his judgments unreliable.

Not to mention, he’s currently just a creature with the memories of the Blood River King and not equivalent to an Immortal Sect Disciple.

This Immortal Path civilization called Ancient Divine Path once thrived to the utmost extreme!

For, they could enslave even Refining Nothingness!

They even created a specific Immortal Path Cultivation Method like the ”Dao Heart Germinates the Demon Slave Scripture.”

The essence of this scripture is for the cultivator to use their own Divine Soul, flesh and blood, and Life Treasure to condense a slave seed, then continuously nurture the slave seed until it merges as one with the Divine Soul.

In the end, the slave seed is the cultivator, and the cultivator is the slave seed.

Only when the slave seed endures the Divinity Transformation Heavenly Tribulation and ascends to Refining Nothingness, can one be said to have mastered this scripture.

By then, even if a slave seed cultivator ascends to Great Emperor, life and death would still be controlled in the hands of the master of the slave seed, with no possibility of breaking free.

Furthermore, what’s more terrifying is that the slave seed will imperceptibly change the slave seed cultivator, making them increasingly loyal to the master, unwaveringly faithful until eventually, the slave seed cultivator will never even conceive the thought of betrayal, as this emotion will be permanently lost in their Divine Soul.

The thought of betrayal wouldn’t even exist!

For some reason, this scripture was obtained by the Horned Demon Imperial Clan and underwent many alterations, becoming one of the Imperial Realm inheritances of the Horned Demon Imperial Clan.

”Sigh...”

Having finished reading, Jiang Ding let out a long sigh.

”How is it?”

”Blood River King.”

Yanliu Imperial Child looked down from above, his tone cold: ”Is this a Great Emperor Scripture?”

”Indeed, it is.”

”Great Emperor Scripture.”

Jiang Ding didn’t ask further, but slowly said: ”Why is there only the first part, and the rest sealed? Especially the part about how to ascend to the Imperial Realm, it’s completely missing.”

For a Slave Race Cultivator to be able to ascend to Great Emperor is already good enough.

Freedom is not something to think too much about.

There are also examples in the Domains, like the nine Slave Clan Emperors under the command of the Ancient Emperors. It’s not a shocking or appalling concept.

”This is simple.”

”Blood River King.”

Yanliu Imperial Child’s wounds healed quickly, his shattered armor restored, regaining the Imperial Child’s aloofness and superiority, he said: ”For slaying the ten king-grade Imperial Guards of the Cangkong Imperial Child, I grant you the middle chapter.”

”For assisting me in slaying the Cangkong Imperial Child, I grant you the final chapter.”

He emphasized the word ”assist.”

An Imperial Child is not someone a non-Imperial Child can kill; doing so would trigger mechanisms that the Great Emperor left with the Imperial Child, and at that time, any kind of ruler would die.

After saying these words, Yanliu Imperial Child looked down coldly at the blood-robed Taoist before him.

Granting.

A noble granting a servant.

This was not a trade, but a reward from the noble Imperial Child to the servant, where the servant only had the right to accept without the opportunity to ask for further instruction or negotiation.

Jiang Ding fell into deep thought.

Time passed by unknowingly.

The blood-robed Taoist sheathed his longsword, reigned in his fierce and cold killing intent, his expression softened and became affable, revealing a smile, as he slightly bowed and respectfully performed a salutation.

”Greetings to the Imperial Child.”