Wu Shattered Star River

Jiang Han spoke with Pei Tianxu, but Pei Tianxu advised Jiang Han not to rush his cultivation. He could wait until those treasure lands re-nurtured their spiritual energy before absorbing it.

He told Jiang Han that cultivation wasn't a matter of a day or two, and he could stretch the timeline to a hundred years, even ten thousand years.

In any case, for a strong cultivator, lifespan was practically infinite. Safety was the most important thing; there was no need to rush for quick results.

But Jiang Han's nature was just like that. Mainly, he had only cultivated for less than a hundred years in this life, and he hadn't thought that far ahead.

Moreover, he had a faint feeling in his heart that the day of great change might not be too far off, which was why he was so eager to cultivate.

There was another reason: he didn't think the Dark Dao, Flame Dao, and Ice Snow Clan would act recklessly again. Black Blood Mountain could suppress Dao Ancestor Realm Ninth Level cultivators. In his opinion, the Kan Clan, Fire Spirit Clan, and Ice Snow Clan wouldn't be so impulsive.

Sending a group of Dao Ancestor Realm Ninth Level cultivators wouldn't break Black Blood Mountain; instead, they might be killed unless the Supreme God came in person.

But the Dark Supreme God hadn't returned yet, the Ice Snow Supreme God was still recovering combat power, and the Flame Supreme God shouldn't be so inclined to assassinate him, right?

If the Flame Supreme God acted, then walking the Path of Light wouldn't be safe either, and it would still be a dead end. What was there to say?

Jiang Han insisted on going, and Pei Tianxu, considering the attitude of the Orthodox One Daoist towards Jiang Han, didn't say much. He only asked Jiang Han to take Fire Demon and Pei Yuanhu with him, and have them guard the perimeter and be on alert.

Jiang Han brought Pei Yuanhu and Fire Demon with him, and then teleported away, heading to Destiny Mountain.

He didn't bring Ao Xier; he let Ao Xier stay at Tianqing Peak. Anyway, Pei Zhu and the others treated Ao Xier like their own sister, and she lived very comfortably there.

After teleporting for more than ten days, Jiang Han arrived at Destiny Mountain. This time, he didn't formally visit the mountain; instead, he had Pei Yuanhu do it while he followed invisibly.

After ascending the mountain, he secretly slipped into Zhen Ji's courtyard, then had Zhen Ji arrange for a maid to inform the Orthodox One Daoist and request an audience.

The Orthodox One Daoist summoned Jiang Han at the Taoist temple on the back mountain. He smiled when he saw Jiang Han and said, "In the future, don't bother with formal visits. As long as you come, just come here invisibly. If I'm not in seclusion, I'm basically here."

"Okay!"

Jiang Han didn't stand on ceremony with the Orthodox One Daoist. He stated the purpose of his visit, but the Orthodox One Daoist frowned and said, "This area is mostly sea and small islands. There aren't many treasure lands like that, maybe only a dozen or so?"

"Only a dozen or so?"

Jiang Han looked somewhat disappointed. If there were only a dozen, what was the difference between that and the Land of Eternal Winter?

He had come all the way here, risking being ambushed by experts from the Kan Clan, Fire Spirit Clan, and Ice Snow Clan. It wasn't worth it.

"Go absorb them first!"

The Orthodox One Daoist said, "I'll arrange for a Dao Ancestor Realm Ninth Level cultivator to accompany you. Go cultivate first. After you finish cultivating, come back here, and I'll point you to a place where there's a lot of heaven and earth energy, almost... endless!"

"Endless?"

Jiang Han looked stunned. His energy absorption speed was terrifying; he could drain even a huge lake in just a few days.

What was the concept of endless? Could it be that an entire void realm was full of various heaven and earth energies? Did such a treasure land exist in this world? Why hadn't he heard of it?

He quickly asked, "Is there such a treasure land? Is it in the Sea of Gods?"

The Orthodox One Daoist waved his hand and said, "I have to divine when that treasure land will open. I feel like it's about to open. Go cultivate first, and by the time you come back, I should have divined it."

"Okay!"

Jiang Han didn't ask any more questions. The Orthodox One Daoist arranged for a Dao Ancestor Realm Ninth Level cultivator to come and take Jiang Han to cultivate at each treasure land.

Most of the dozen or so treasure lands were within the territory controlled by Destiny Mountain, with only six on the territory of the major forces under Destiny Mountain's command.

With a Dao Ancestor Realm Ninth Level cultivator leading the way, Jiang Han could easily enter each treasure land, and they were all cleared, allowing Jiang Han to absorb energy freely.

Spending a few days at each treasure land, plus the time on the road, each treasure land took about ten days. Jiang Han spent five months traveling through the dozen or so treasure lands.

Along the way, Jiang Han kept a low profile. The Destiny Mountain Dao Ancestor Realm Ninth Level cultivator helped Jiang Han block the news and mobilized a large number of scouts, so he didn't encounter any danger or accidents.

The dozen or so treasure lands had more energy than the Land of Eternal Winter, but not by much.

Overall, Jiang Han had absorbed a lot of energy, and his physical body kept growing, but Jiang Han felt that he was still far from cultivating his physical body to the Supreme God Body.

If he continued absorbing at the current rate, he estimated that he would have to absorb for several decades, or even more than a hundred years.

Jiang Han returned to Destiny Mountain. He didn't rush to refine those energies; instead, he went to the back mountain to see the Orthodox One Daoist.

The Orthodox One Daoist had probably finished divining and was still sitting under the big tree outside the Taoist temple.

He smiled when he saw Jiang Han and said, "You didn't absorb much, did you?"

Jiang Han nodded and said, "There were fewer treasure lands, only half as many as over on the Path of Light."

The Orthodox One Daoist said, "If you're not in a hurry, you can actually cultivate slowly. In at most a hundred years, your physical body should be able to reach the peak of Dao Ancestor Realm Eighth Level, and you can fight against weaker Dao Ancestor Realm Ninth Level cultivators."

"I don't know why!"

Jiang Han's expression became solemn. He said, "I always feel like the Dark Dao, Flame Dao, and Ice Snow Clan are brewing something. I feel like there will be a big change, so I urgently want to improve my combat power."

"Oh?"

The Orthodox One Daoist's face showed surprise. His expression became solemn, and he said, "Your premonition is correct. I've been deducing these past few years, and this world may have a great upheaval, a great upheaval unseen in thousands of years. At that time, the sky may fall and the earth may crack, but I haven't deduced exactly when that day will come!"

"A great upheaval unseen in thousands of years!"

Jiang Han's expression became even more solemn. If it was unseen in thousands of years, then the current power structure would definitely change greatly, and there would definitely be Supreme Gods who would die in battle.

His eyes flickered, and after pondering for a moment, he said, "Could it be that the Supreme Gods from outside the territory are going to invade our world?"

"It's hard to say!"

The Orthodox One Daoist looked at the sky and said, "The treasure land I mentioned to you before may be opening soon. That treasure land is not in the Sea of Gods, nor in the Land of Gods, but in the Nine Heavens."

"The Nine Heavens?"

Jiang Han raised his head in surprise and asked, "Daoist, do you mean the layer above the battlefield of Gods and Demons?"

"Accurately speaking, it's the entrance to go above!"

The Orthodox One Daoist explained, "There is a mysterious palace in the Nine Heavens, which we call the Heavenly Palace. It is said that the entrance to go to the upper layer is in the Heavenly Palace. Of course... we can't go up there; only the Supreme Gods can go up."

"I'm not asking you to go up there, but to the Heavenly Palace. The Heavenly Palace is connected to the upper layer, and the various heaven and earth energies inside are exceptionally abundant. Cultivating there for a year is better than cultivating in an ordinary treasure land for ten years. That place is the most top-tier cultivation holy land in the entire world!"

"The Heavenly Palace?"

Jiang Han's face showed surprise, and then he asked, "When will that place open? Can anyone enter?"

The Orthodox One Daoist said, "If I haven't miscalculated, it should open within three years."

"Not just anyone can enter. The major forces have an agreement that each force can only send ten cultivators in, and they must not be over five hundred years old. With your status in the Radiant Church, it should be easy to get a spot, right? If you go in and cultivate for ten years, it'll be better than cultivating outside for a hundred years."

"Must not be over five hundred years old?"

Jiang Han blinked. The strongest cultivators who are not over five hundred years old are only at the Dao Ancestor Realm Eighth Level, right? If he went in with his combat power, wouldn't he be wreaking havoc?