Aspiring to the Immortal Path

“AAAAAH!!!”

Countless ghosts wailed as they vaporized.

After cleaning up the battlefield, Tang Jie examined his harvest and nodded in satisfaction. “This time wasn’t bad.”

Once Eternal Night had been banished, Tang Jie swiftly set about eliminating the subordinate Nether Emperors and Ghost Kings of the two Nether Gods. But since there were far too many ghosts, Tang Jie wasn’t able to destroy them all and had to let some of them disperse on their own.

Tang Jie ended up being the sole beneficiary of this battle, reaping an unimaginable fortune.

Other than the wealth of Nirvana, he also had the fortunes of all those Nether Emperors and Ghost Kings. Finally, there was the Nether God palace itself, which represented an extremely valuable resource. The Soulrest Wood that could nurture the Divine Soul could be just as important to Immortals.

The last extra bonus was the Sovereign Blade.

Finally possessing a weapon soul, the Sovereign Blade seemed complete. As he held it, a golden light flowed across the weapon, seeming alive as the blade reflected Tang Jie’s handsome face.

To have a weapon soul was to be granted life, to be much more intelligent. Tang Jie could even sense that it could think and receive his will.

In other words, the Sovereign Blade had a soul, so Tang Jie simply needed to give it a vague order, not even needing to detail exactly what it had to, and the Sovereign Blade would go off to complete the task on its own.

After some thought, Tang Jie said, “Go and cut down the palace pillars on that side for me.”

The Sovereign Blade flew off and made a circuit around a hall in the distance, easily chopping down all the pillars in this area. Not only that, all the pillars were cut down at their supports, ensuring that nothing went to waste.

“Cut this pillar into wooden boards,” Tang Jie ordered.

The Sovereign Blade transformed into hundreds of wood-cutting knives and began to slice up a pillar into boards. By applying a simple formation to these wooden boards made of Soulrest Wood, he could turn them into treasures that could protect the Divine Soul, which were extremely valuable for low-level disciples. And one pillar could be made into several hundred such boards.

In the blink of an eye, the pillar had been sliced up.

Tang Jie then said, “Carve the formation lines.”

This time, the Sovereign Blade was somewhat at a loss, aimlessly flying around the pile of wooden boards.

Tang Jie chuckled. “Watch me.”

He grabbed a wooden board and swiftly carved lines onto it.

The Sovereign Blade let out a cheerful trill, and a moment later, several hundred small knives began to work, perfectly finishing the work in a few seconds.

The weapon soul of the Sovereign Blade was incredible, even able to learn! Tang Jie inwardly celebrated.

The Sovereign Blade created by the Weapon Mantra, which the Martial Lord had achieved through his betrayal of the Heavenly Dao, was truly remarkable. Not only could it shatter all weapons and simulate all weapons, it had the ability to learn and grow stronger. But this wasn’t easy, and it was only today that it had achieved its potential.

Other than the ability to carry out orders and learn, the soul-imbued Sovereign Blade also had the ability to attack the soul with greater effectiveness. It also had the ability to defend and nurture the soul, though not as well as when it had still been the black grain.

This was understandable. Transforming into a weapon soul had brought it additional functions, but it had to make some sacrifices for what it had gained. While the black grain had been able to protect the Divine Soul to an incredible level, it would consume itself each time it was used, so it couldn’t be considered a permanent solution. The current defensive ability was somewhat weaker, but at least he didn’t have to worry about it eventually dwindling to nothing.

Besides, there were still more Death God weapons, so in the future, he could just scrape together some black grains to use specifically to protect his soul, combining the two methods.

Tang Jie needed only a few moments to understand the entire situation.

Now that there were no threats around, Tang Jie tossed out the Sovereign Blade and said, “Go!”

Understanding his intention, the Sovereign Blade transformed into a thousand axes and began the mass dismantling of the Nether God palace. Compared to back when he was dismantling the Myriad Court fragment, things went much faster, and in only half a day, Tang Jie had finished packing up the palace and set off on his way.

Several days later, Tang Chuan returned to find Tang Jie and bring him back to the Flame Yang Domain.

At this moment, the Flame Yang Domain was celebrating its victory against the Nether Domain.

When Tang Jie arrived at the Great Sun Sect, a great festival was being held within the city, and the Spiral Flame was brightly lit.

But all of this seemed to be completely unrelated to Tang Jie.

He was stopped by the cultivators guarding the gate.

“You don’t recognize me?” Tang Jie narrowed his eyes at the two cultivators.

He had spent so long at the Great Sun Sect, laying down formations for it and fighting here and there, that he found it hard to believe that somebody wouldn’t recognize him.

One of the cultivators bowed. “How could this one not know True Person Tang? But we would like True Person to wait a moment while we report your arrival.”

Both of the cultivators were at the Mortal Shedding Realm and couldn’t see Tang Jie’s true cultivation level, so they addressed him as True Person.

Tang Jie’s tone darkened. “You know it’s me, but you still have to report back for permission to let me in?”

The other cultivator hastily replied, “True Person, please calm yourself. It’s simply because we’re currently in a state of high vigilance, so we have no choice but to…”

“Is that so,” Tang Jie coolly replied. “When the Nether Domain was invading, I could go in and out as I pleased, but now that the Nether Domain has retreated, Great Sun City is suddenly on high alert? I wonder who they are on alert for.”

The two cultivators dropped their heads in silence.

Tang Jie didn’t make trouble for them, simply waiting while at the same time dropping his cultivation level from Deification to Heart Demon. He wasn’t exactly an expert in this sort of disguise, but the Heavenly Dao Realm made him an expert in all things.

A few moments later, Demon Hunter Captain Wu Xiuqian emerged from the city.

It was Wu Xiuqian who had first welcomed Tang Jie into the city. At that time, Tang Jie had been rather weak, so he hadn’t complained. But Tang Jie was now a major contributor to the Flame Yang Domain’s victory against the Nether Domain, the leader of the reinforcements from Rosecloud. For Yuan Tianzhong to not be welcoming him personally was rather problematic.

Tang Jie’s eyes briefly flashed with anger.

Wu Xiuqian flew over and saluted Tang Jie from a distance. “Brother Tang, you’ve finally returned. You’ve had this brother waiting for you for quite a while!”

It was not known that Tang Jie had entered the Nether Domain. Wei Tianchong and the others had simply said that he had gone elsewhere in the Flame Yang Domain to seek medicine to treat Wang Posha. Thus, nobody was too surprised about Tang Jie’s trip and subsequent return. After all, Wang Posha had recovered not too long ago.

But what had Tang Jie’s status been before? After the encounter with all those Rosecloud cultivators, particularly in how those Violet Palace True Lords had treated Tang Jie, who would dare to speak so casually with Tang Jie? Even Yuan Tianzhong didn’t dare to assume airs in front of Tang Jie, yet Wu Xiuqian was calling him “brother”.

Tang Jie inwardly snorted, realizing that the retreat of the Nether Domain had brought about some inevitable shifts.

But he remained outwardly composed, saying with a smile, “Yes, and in the time I’ve been gone, it’s become a big deal to come in through the front door.”

Wu Xiuqian’s face froze, and he awkwardly said, “Brother Tang, you misunderstand…”

Tang Jie stopped him. “Ah, it’s fine; it’s just a minor matter. Waiting for a message to be relayed won’t kill anyone. Right, how is Sect Master Yuan doing?”

“He’s doing very well. He’s currently in the tower hosting the honored guests from all around.”

“Oh?” Tang Jie raised an eyebrow. “‘Honored guests’ from where?”

Wu Xiuqian chuckled. “All the old friends, like the Unbounded Sect, the Crimson Lotus Gate, and the Celestial Sword Gate, and also some other small sects.”

“Ho?” Tang Jie’s smile broadened. “So you’re saying that there are no cultivators from the Rosecloud Domain among them?”

“This…” Wu Xiuqian grimaced before ultimately shaking his head and saying nothing. But there was a sense of hostility on his face that he made no attempt to hide.

Tang Jie understood.

He saluted and said, “Tang Jie understands. If that’s the case, Hunter Captain Wu, please guide me to where my brothers are staying. I would like to meet with them.”

“They are on Anyuan Peak.”

These words made Tang Jie freeze, and he looked at Wu Xiuqian in disbelief. “My brothers aren’t even allowed to enter Great Sun City?”

Wu Xiuqian casually replied, “There’s nothing that can be done about that. My Great Sun City is currently tight on resources and can’t support too many people.”

“Oh?” Tang Jie studied Wu Xiuqian’s expression and chuckled in realization.

So it really was all about the loan?

There had been no time to think when the Nether Domain was bearing down on everyone, and they had been willing to accept any conditions so long as someone was willing to help.

But now that the Nether Domain had retreated, those unsightly questions had finally floated to the surface.

Yuan Tianzhong and the other sect leaders suddenly realized that they owed a huge debt to the Rosecloud Domain, a debt so great that it burdened the entire economy of the Flame Yang Domain.

Gratitude to the savior instantly became resentment to the creditor, which resulted in hostility.

The Rosecloud cultivators were the first to suffer, no longer receiving free room and board.

Don’t we owe you a lot of money? Fine, then we’ll also start charging money. Don’t even think about living for free in Great Sun City. Since you have money anyway, go and rent a mountain for yourselves.

If you’re not happy about it, go back to the Rosecloud Domain, and don’t let the door hit you on the way out. The Flame Yang cultivators were anxious to send them away so that they could close the teleportation formation and shirk their debt. Of course, even in the current situation, they had to keep control of the teleportation formation.

In such circumstances, it was only natural for Tang Jie to receive such cold treatment on his return.

One could say that if the Rosecloud Domain cultivators remaining in the Flame Yang Domain weren’t such a formidable force that they could inflict considerable damage to the Flame Yang Domain if they actually started a fight, the Flame Yang Domain would have already struck.

Even so, given the current trend, it was only a matter of time before the war turned hot.

Perhaps this was exactly what the Flame Yang Domain wanted.

The last thing the debtor feared was fighting with the creditor, particularly when the creditor hadn’t shown overwhelming strength.

What was happening in the Spiral Flame was no banquet, but a meeting on how to deal with the Rosecloud cultivators!

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