Bombarding Cultivators with Cluster Artillery

Chapter 1405: Chapter 1373: The Beautiful and Lovely Immortal Butterfly

“Heavenly Illusion Immortal Butterfly Clan!”

“How could this clan appear here? Is there a conspiracy?”

Jiang Ding cursed.

No matter what conspiracy is brewing, it has nothing to do with him; if the sky falls, the top human experts of the Perishing Immortal Realm can handle it. Even if they can’t, he can escape, there’s no need for unnecessary sacrifice.

One day, when his strength is sufficient, he alone and his sword will be enough to clear out all the evil spirits of the Perishing Immortal Realm.

The current issue is that he needs time to grow!

He must not attract the attention of the class quasi-immortal clan like the Heavenly Illusion Immortal Butterfly Clan at this weak stage.

“However,”

“Speaking of which…”

Jiang Ding’s heart suddenly stirred: “I wonder how stunning, how beautiful, and how breathtaking the legendary Immortal Butterfly would be.”

“Her soul, her blood, her bones, her Immortal Butterfly wings must be the best sword refining materials, amplifying and nurturing both the Divine Soul and Sword Intent far beyond the inheritance Divine Gold Taiqing Spirit Iron of the Great Sun Sword Pavilion, must be highly compatible with the reincarnation of the Six Dao Reincarnation because the Heavenly Illusion Immortal Butterfly Clan is best at constructing illusionary worlds.”

“Moreover, the most crucial part is, upon seeing me, she would certainly think of ways to kill me, without wasting thoughts.”

“She would naturally deliver herself to my doorstep.”

“If there’s no Immortal Butterfly, the next level royal bloodline Princess Xian Die is fine as well…”

Jiang Ding’s mind wandered.

He indulged in fantasies but did not neglect his tasks, leaving behind the layers of sealed Heavenly Illusion Immortal Butterfly, his body disappeared, only returning after several months with an integrated talisman board full of circuits.

“Seventh-rank, not quasi-seventh rank, a genuine Harmonization level soul searching talisman!”

“Worth one Harmonization battle merit.”

Jiang Ding showed a painful expression as he lightly pasted it onto the body of the Heavenly Illusion Immortal Butterfly.

For disciples of such near immortal level forces, one cannot be stingy, even for regular members, though wasteful, it can still be earned later.

If the Perishing Immortal Realm as this forward base is lost, his path forward would have many more hurdles, it must not fail.

“Now, I can’t draw attention from quasi-immortal clans.”

Jiang Ding whispered.

“Sss…”

“Sssss…”

The Heavenly Illusion Immortal Butterfly within the dark blue talisman displayed fierce resistance, her ribbon-like wings continuously struggled, eventually becoming still, with her life force incredibly weak, losing all will to resist.

A cluster of dark blue spiritual light emerged.

Jiang Ding’s Divine Sense penetrated within, as expected, encountering numerous Divine Soul traps that a Refining Nothingness Cultivator would carelessly fall into, forever lost in illusions.

These methods were like a gentle breeze to the Material Sun Sword Soul.

“The memories are somewhat fragmented, incomplete. Even the Harmonization soul searching talisman can’t fully uncover due to the species of this quasi-immortal clan.”

Jiang Ding sighed.

He carefully admired the spirit consciousness restriction of this clan, collecting data to enrich the Divine Sense restriction scientific knowledge reserve of the Xianmen Sect.

“This person is named ‘Huan Mian’, a member of the Heavenly Illusion Immortal Butterfly Clan, ordered to infiltrate the Thunder Flame Domain, previous memories are absent, presumably cut off willingly prior to infiltration.”

“After all, the Human Immortal Sects are equally hard to provoke.”

Jiang Ding searched through the fragmented memories: “The secondary scriptures of the clan’s inheritance scripture ‘Heavenly Illusion Immortal Scripture’, called ‘Heavenly Illusion True Spirit Scripture’, were extremely guarded, self-destructing upon contact with soul-searching aura, leaving only a name and some brief introductions.”

“‘Heavenly Illusion True Spirit Scripture’ specializes in infiltrating a cultivator’s Divine Soul, weaving a lifelong illusionary world for them, thereby absorbing numerous illusion puppet masters. It’s rumored that under Immortal Butterfly’s command, there is a Ten Thousand Clan Genius Illusion Puppet Team, which includes many human sword dao magic cultivator elites, and even Dragon and Phoenix Bloodline demon race elites, forming a terrifyingly powerful array…”

“The clan itself is adept at puppet manipulation, forming endless armies, their army formations are extraordinarily formidable…”

“‘Huan Mian’ has been in the Thunder Flame Domain for nearly twenty thousand years, his purpose… coincidentally aligns with mine, similarly awaiting the inheritor of the Immortal Sect, intending to leave a ‘illusion seed’ of an Immortal Butterfly upon Mud Swamp True Venerable’s death for the Immortal Sect inheritor for future use…”

“How could they be certain that Guang Lei Heavenly Monarch would challenge Mud Swamp True Venerable?”

Jiang Ding showed a thoughtful expression.

This reason is not difficult to guess.

There must be a huge spy force of the Heavenly Illusion Immortal Butterfly Clan among humans, guiding Guang Lei Heavenly Monarch here through various coincidences.

In fact, this is merely leveraging the momentum.

Guang Lei Heavenly Monarch was already searching for suitable strong opponents to fight everywhere, indifferent to targets, ultimately whether this ‘illusion seed’ could successfully infiltrate deep into Guang Lei Heavenly Monarch’s Divine Soul, deceiving the elders of his sect, remains uncertain.

Face-off battles among near-immortal level forces, secret espionage and counter-espionage have been ongoing for countless years.

This event is neither the beginning nor the end.

“A good piece of news.”

“If I were in my old stronghold, many things could be arranged more leisurely.”

Jiang Ding mused.

No matter how strong the Heavenly Illusion Immortal Butterfly Clan might be, this is not their core territory, they are inherently secretive, limiting the strong warriors they can mobilize, unable to pose a life-and-death crisis to him for the time being, the worst foreseen outcome did not occur.

“Huan Mian reports upwards to an unknown place every two hundred years, still one hundred and fifty-four years left.”

“This period is safe.”

Jiang Ding set aside the Heavenly Illusion Immortal Butterfly, retrieving a Void Refining Level Jade Box, sealing it layer by layer.

He can’t kill it yet.

The life and death of such spies will be known to their higher-ups, possibly triggering alertness at higher levels, thus bringing unknown risks.

Once Jiang Ding completes his plan and leaves the Thunder Flame Domain, that would be the time to act.

“From this moment,”

“I am Mud Swamp True Venerable.”

Jiang Ding murmured.

His appearance began to change, so did the robe he wore, transforming into an elderly man with grey-green hair, his shoulders bulging to reveal a jade green toad.

Mud Swamp True Venerable remained alive.

His complete memories had been taken, the entire Mud Swamp Demon City posed no difficulty to Jiang Ding.

Amidst the faint white glow, Mud Swamp Jiang Ding vanished.

…

A year later, Jiang Ding returned to Mud Swamp Demon City once more.

This time, this enormous Immortal City did not resist him, instead, dispersing a guiding formation, actively drawing him into the core area of the Immortal City, under layers of formation protection.

At the center of the jade green glazed palace, Jiang Ding sat cross-legged, his Divine Sense swiftly refining the formation core of Mud Swamp Demon City.

“Nineteen escape formations,”

“Three Void Refining Level kill formations… nice, fighting here would indeed produce many variables.”

Jiang Ding swept his Divine Sense.

Of course, they are just variables, this kind of variable still can’t reverse the final outcome.

But this is war, a life-and-death war, there shouldn’t be any negligence, no abandoning of any advantageous position, no matter how weak the enemy may appear.