Myriad Daos of the Heaven

Under everyone’s watchful eyes, Jiang Jichen was devouring all the Spiritual Qi infused with the Human Emperor’s aura, drawing it into his body.

In just a short while, Jiang Jichen felt his injuries had largely recovered. His depleted Spiritual Qi was also being replenished at a terrifying speed, and his reserves were starting to overflow.

Moreover, the Spiritual Qi suffused with the Human Emperor’s aura was truly mystical.

At this moment, Jiang Jichen could feel his Cultivation advancing.

His Seven-Colored Divine Thought even followed the golden light and landed upon the Ancient Human Emperor Palace in the void, continuously delving deeper and spreading out!

It was as if some kind of summons from the depths of the Ancient Human Emperor Palace was compelling his Divine Thought to press forward and explore.

The farther he went, the richer and purer the Human Emperor’s aura became.

Following the ribbon of golden light, Jiang Jichen continuously absorbed and devoured the energy, his speed becoming even faster and more ferocious than when he started.

This feeling was somewhat reminiscent of when he was in the plaza of the Ancient Ruined City, before the Exquisite Treasure Tower, using his Divine Thought to communicate with the Golden Spirit Sea.

The Source Character Qi Condensing Technique was simply too profound. Even Jiang Jichen, who cultivated it ceaselessly, only understood the tip of the iceberg.

By absorbing the dense Spiritual Power carrying the Human Emperor’s aura, Jiang Jichen’s injuries quickly vanished completely, and his Spiritual Power became abundant.

In fact, if he continued to press forward, devouring and absorbing, he felt his Cultivation would break through to the next level.

"Who?"

However, just as Jiang Jichen’s Divine Thought delved into a certain part of the Ancient Human Emperor Palace, a voice suddenly echoed within his Sea of Consciousness.

It was like immortal lightning striking the world, or stars colliding—Jiang Jichen’s Divine Thought was nearly obliterated.

It felt like he was sailing a lone skiff through a raging, storm-tossed sea.

Tossed about by wind and rain, his situation was perilous!

But Grandma Turtle’s Divine Thought suddenly manifested, intercepting that incomparably terrifying Divine Thought.

Without a moment’s hesitation, Jiang Jichen promptly retreated.

His Divine Thought returned to his body, and Jiang Jichen’s eyes snapped open.

A lingering fear gripped him.

’That was a Supreme Divine Thought. If Grandma Turtle hadn’t intervened in time, my own Divine Thought would have been ground to dust.’

’Even with the miraculous nature of my Seven-Colored Perfect Divine Thought, I would’ve been lucky to escape with even a sliver of my consciousness intact.’

"That was a Guardian of the Ancient Human Emperor Palace. The true Strongest one did not even act!"

Grandma Turtle’s voice reached him.

Jiang Jichen was shocked to his core!

’Just a single Guardian is already in the Supreme Realm. The true Strongest of the Ancient Human Emperor Palace is simply unimaginable.’

Moreover, the last image he saw had flashed by in an instant.

It was the depths of the Ancient Human Emperor Palace, where three old men in grey robes sat cross-legged beside a mysterious altar.

On the altar sat a tall figure, shrouded in a mysterious light that obscured its true appearance.

Everything his Divine Thought had seen was extremely blurry.

In fact, the moment he saw it, the memory began to fade.

It was as if the scene had never happened at all.

But Jiang Jichen possessed a Seven-Colored Divine Soul, which was far from simple. Images seen by his Divine Thought would automatically be imprinted upon it, making them difficult to erase.

And while it wasn’t truly erased, everything was blurry and indistinct.

’Those three old men... they’re definitely beings above the Supreme Realm!’

Such a thought arose in Jiang Jichen’s mind.

’As for that figure on the altar...’

Just as Jiang Jichen was about to think further, Grandma Turtle’s voice interjected, stopping him. "Do not think about that figure!"

"Remember, until you have reached a higher Realm, do not try to recall that figure!"

Grandma Turtle warned Jiang Jichen directly.

Jiang Jichen was horrified and dared not think about it any further.

’There must be a profound reason for Grandma Turtle’s warning,’ he thought. ’She’s doing this for my own good.’

All of this had transpired within his Divine Thought, in a mere instant.

Jiang Jichen reined in his thoughts and began to inspect his physical condition.

He found that he was now in peak condition. His Cultivation had even advanced further, and an incomparably powerful feeling filled his entire body.

It was only then that he realized he had become the center of everyone’s attention.

The gazes fixed upon him were filled with shock, complexity, killing intent... and more!

The shock came from everyone, naturally;

The complexity came from the cultivators of the Southern Continent, who had finally confirmed that he was, indeed, Jiang Jichen;

The killing intent came from the other four major regions besides the Southern Continent, as they resented Jiang Jichen for snatching away their Spiritual Qi.

However, the scene that had just unfolded had stunned them for a time, leaving them somewhat wary.

Hua Xiaoling and Yee Youmeng stood guard on either side of Jiang Jichen, one holding a Purple Whip and the other dragging a large machete.

Clearly, they had long since awoken and had sensed the crowd’s hostility.

Jiang Jichen patted the dust off his clothes and stood up.

Before Jiang Jichen could even speak, a cultivator from the Central State sneered coldly, "A piece of trash at the Spirit Infant Middle Realm actually dares to come to the Central State to compete with the geniuses? Needless to say, only the Southern Continent could produce such weak garbage!"

This Central State cultivator was at the Half-step Nascent Soul Realm; no wonder he looked down on Jiang Jichen.

However, upon hearing the Half-step Nascent Soul Realm cultivator’s words, the cultivators from the Southern Continent all looked at him as if he were an idiot.

’Back in the Southern Continent, Jiang Jichen killed dozens of Nascent Soul Early and Mid-stage cultivators. Who are you, a mere Half-step Nascent Soul Realm cultivator, to mock him?’

There were three people with this Half-step Nascent Soul Realm cultivator. One of them, an Initial Stage of Nascent Soul cultivator, continued, "Do you have any idea whose spot you’re standing on? None of us here would dare to cultivate there, yet a piece of trash like you actually dares to occupy it? And you even used such despicable means to plunder our Spiritual Qi! You’re dead!"

The other person was at the Nascent Soul Middle Realm. The three of them were actually brothers and were somewhat well-known in the Central State.

At this point, the leader of the trio, the Mid-stage Nascent Soul Cultivator, sneered, "You dare to occupy the exclusive cultivation spot of the Silver Spear Goddess, Miss Ye Rou? Do you know who she is? Miss Ye Rou is the second pearl of our Central State’s Human Emperor City and the fifth strongest on the Central State Youth Rankings. She could crush you with a single finger. But there’s no need for Miss Ye Rou to act today. We, the Three Shao Brothers, will take care of capturing and killing you for her!"

Hearing the words of the Three Shao Brothers, the crowd looked at Jiang Jichen’s party of three with pity.

They felt that these three would likely stain the ground with their blood today and die a violent death.

After all, even setting aside the fact that he had offended so many people in the Ancient Stone Plaza, just daring to occupy the Silver Spear Goddess’s exclusive cultivation spot was a death sentence.

And now that the Three Shao Brothers had stepped forward, many people couldn’t be bothered to intervene. They were content to just watch the show from the sidelines.

They didn’t believe for a second that a mere Spirit Infant Junior Cultivator from the Southern Continent, the weakest region, could possibly be a match for the Three Shao Brothers.

"This kid is in for it now. His end is going to be miserable. The Three Shao Brothers are notoriously ruthless!"

"That kid from the Southern Continent deserves to die for daring to take over the exclusive cultivation spot of Human Emperor City’s second pearl, Goddess Ye Rou."

"And to so arrogantly plunder the Spiritual Qi of the entire Ancient Stone Plaza... He’s acting like we don’t even exist."

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The cultivators from the Central State, Northern Plains, Western Desert, and Eastern Land mocked him without restraint, certain that Jiang Jichen was doomed.

But the cultivators from the Southern Continent, in contrast, were looking with pity at the Three Shao Brothers who had surrounded Jiang Jichen.

’The Three Shao Brothers... they probably can’t even take a single blow from Jiang Jichen, can they?’

This was what they were thinking in their hearts.