Myriad Daos of the Heaven

Qing Xun and Blood Hand were both stunned by Jiang Jichen’s surge in power.

Jiang Jichen then asked, "I estimate about a year has passed. Hasn’t the Academy’s back mountain closed yet?"

Qing Xun said, "Most areas of the Academy’s back mountain should be closed by now. Everyone is likely heading for the Mysterious Land. We can leave the back mountain by passing through there."

Hearing this, Jiang Jichen asked in confusion, "The Mysterious Land?"

Seeing that Jiang Jichen seemed completely unfamiliar with the Mysterious Land, Qing Xun continued to explain, "The Mysterious Land is the last Training Land to open in the Academy’s back mountain. It’s also known as the preliminary Heavenly Dao Path. By stepping onto it, you can comprehend Basic Level Heavenly Dao Techniques. The deeper you go, the more complete the techniques you can perceive. However, it seems no one in history has ever reached the end of the Mysterious Land."

"The path is incredibly difficult. You are suppressed by the Celestial Dao and must resist it with your Cultivation. Only those with sufficiently powerful Cultivation can gain a foothold in the depths of the Mysterious Land and comprehend a more complete, Basic Level Celestial Dao. Those who can no longer withstand the Celestial Dao’s suppression are teleported out, back to the outside world."

"You can’t choose to give up on this path. You must walk until you reach your absolute limit, the point where you can no longer withstand the Celestial Dao’s suppression. Only then will you be teleported away. Otherwise, you’ll be trapped here forever, with no way out!"

"To put it plainly, it’s a Training Land, but it’s also the only way back!"

After Qing Xun’s breathless explanation, Jiang Jichen finally understood completely.

"Okay, so we have to go to the Mysterious Land, then?"

"Of course. Let’s get going!"

"Wait!"

However, just as they were about to leave the Demon Phoenix Palace, Jiang Jichen suddenly called out.

Qing Xun and Blood Hand looked at him in confusion and asked, "What is it?"

Jiang Jichen said seriously, "I think we forgot something!"

Hearing this, Qing Xun and Blood Hand grew even more confused. ’Does this Demon Phoenix Palace have some other treasure we don’t know about?’

But they had searched the entire Demon Phoenix Palace and hadn’t found any treasures.

All except for the erotic trinkets lining the shelves.

’Don’t tell me he’s talking about... those obscene contraptions?’

The expressions on Qing Xun and Blood Hand’s faces became incredibly awkward.

Seeing the change in their expressions, Jiang Jichen knew they had guessed.

However, Jiang Jichen maintained a solemn expression and began speaking with a perfectly straight face. "Yes, while these are all obscene contraptions, and I despise the Demon Phoenix for his shameless behavior, I must admit his Cultivation was truly profound. Every single one of these devices is imbued with his aura. Oh, and the auras of the Cyan Phoenix Empress and the Blood Phoenix Empress, of course. In truth, tools are neither righteous nor evil, neither proper nor obscene; it all depends on the user. If we were to detonate these items, their destructive power would be unimaginable. We can’t let them go to waste!"

Qing Xun and Blood Hand stared, dumbfounded. ’They couldn’t believe this shameless bastard, Jichen, was actually planning to take all the obscene contraptions the Demon Phoenix had left behind.’

It was true; there were no powerful Spiritual Artifacts in the Demon Phoenix Palace. But since these obscene contraptions were all crafted by the Demon Phoenix himself, they were naturally extraordinary and could be considered Supreme Treasures.

However, one of Jiang Jichen’s remarks struck them as particularly strange.

’Jiang Jichen said these erotic toys were imbued with the auras of the Cyan Phoenix Empress and the Blood Phoenix Empress. What exactly did he mean by that?’

However, having received the inheritances of the Cyan Phoenix Empress and the Blood Phoenix Empress and cultivating the complete Cyan Phoenix Technique and Blood Phoenix Technique, they could indeed sense the auras of the two Empresses on each of the erotic items.

Jiang Jichen had already opened a Storage Bag. With a sweep of his hand, he stuffed all the obscene contraptions the Demon Phoenix had accumulated over millennia into a High-Level Storage Bag.

’My dear lecherous Brother Demon Phoenix, I’m really doing you a favor here,’ Jiang Jichen thought smugly. ’I’ll make sure these things are put to good use. It would be a crime to let such treasures go to waste.’

And yet, the look on his face was dead serious, as if he were performing some solemn duty!

"With these wonderful items," Jiang Jichen said to the two women with a straight face, "no matter how strong our enemies are, they’ll be in for more than they bargained for!"

Then, he led the way out of the Demon Phoenix Palace.

He left Qing Xun and Blood Hand standing there, still stupefied.

In the end, the three of them retraced their steps, stepping onto the black stone platform and returning to the area outside the Phoenix Tree.

Back outside the Phoenix Tree, Jiang Jichen didn’t see Suu Luo.

However, Jiang Jichen did find a message from her.

The message said she had urgent business and had to return to the Asura Realm first, but that they would meet again soon.

At the end, there was a private note meant only for Jiang Jichen.

Suu Luo noted that, through her Asura Eye, she had seen all the mischief Jiang Jichen had gotten up to.

She had only left for the Asura Realm after confirming they were all safe.

Reading this part of Suu Luo’s message, Jiang Jichen felt a pang of complex emotions.

However, he quickly composed himself and continued on his way toward the Mysterious Land in the Academy’s back mountain.

Their Cultivation was now formidable, and their speed was astonishing.

Following a set direction, they soon came upon a road of crumbling ancient stone. It was thousands of meters wide, stretching straight ahead until it vanished at the horizon.

In the distance, an enigmatic light merged with the sky.

This was... the Mysterious Land!

It was also the path of return, but no one had ever reached its end—that place where the enigmatic light merged with the sky.

By the time Jiang Jichen, Qing Xun, and Blood Hand arrived, there was no one ahead of them on the path.

Everyone else was already far in the distance.

In fact, many had probably already been teleported back to the outside world.

The trio stepped onto the path of return. With their immense power, they moved at an incredible speed.

Soon, they began to overtake many others.

"Whoa, look! It’s Jiang Jichen! He... he actually showed up!"

"Am I seeing things? That speed...!"

"And those two peerless beauties with him! One of them looks like the pearl of the Qing Family, Qing Xun, and the other one..."

...

Watching Jiang Jichen, Qing Xun, and Blood Hand speed past, the crowd erupted in shocked cries.

Their speed was utterly staggering!