Realm-Hopping Martial Master-Chapter 568 - 327: Endless Sea, Ancient Ruins Opportunity_2

Chapter 568: Chapter 327: Endless Sea, Ancient Ruins Opportunity_2

"Hahaha... Since you have brought it out, Senior Brother, there’s no reason to take it back."

Sea Light True Monarch nodded slightly, very satisfied with Jiang Shu’s response.

Human nature is such; he could give a Treasure, but if Jiang Shu hadn’t refused at all, it would have meant Jiang Shu hadn’t considered him. His nature still possessed a degree of selfishness. His generosity in front of Lu Qingling, Xue Xuan, and Luo Yu was likely because it involved only a trivial amount of resources. Such a person, while genuine, was someone Sea Light True Monarch would also keep at a distance.

"It seems, Junior Brother, that you previously didn’t heed my words," Sea Light True Monarch said. "This Token was obtained from a genius of a Demon Sect. If just anyone could wield this Token, why wouldn’t a Lord of Vientiane Realm be holding it?

"Or a peak Nirvana Realm True Monarch? For them, entering the Ancient Demon Sect Relics would naturally grant them a much greater certainty of success.

"This is because the bearer of the Token must first undergo an acknowledgment of master. The requirements for this acknowledgment are the Nirvana Realm stage and an age of under five hundred years.

"This is the Demon Sect’s standard for identifying a genius. I, your Second Senior Brother, am long past that age. For me, holding the Token is like possessing something useless. I originally planned to hand it over to the Sect at the start of this great war in exchange for some cultivation resources.

"But now, it seems better to give it directly to my own Junior Brother rather than letting other geniuses in the Sect benefit. After all, various factions are struggling within the Sect. Once handed over, given the Token’s precious nature, it’s not certain it would even reach you, Junior Brother.

"To say nothing of others, those few Nirvana Realm True Inheritors? Not a single one of them would pass it up."

With a push of his Primordial Power, Sea Light True Monarch sent the Token floating in front of Jiang Shu. "Take it. It has been of no use in my hands for over sixty years, proving that I, your Senior Brother, and these Ancient Demon Sect Relics are destined for each other but not fated to be together.

"Perhaps fortune lies with you. I, well, I am merely an intermediary."

The path of cultivation encompasses Dharma, wealth, companions, and location.

For Sea Light True Monarch, who had cultivated to the Mid-stage Nirvana Realm, become an elder of the True Martial Sect, and was backed by Lord Zi Ji, he lacked neither Dharma, wealth, nor even location.

What he lacked, conversely, were companions.

’Companions’ here does not solely refer to a Daoist partner. Mentors, Senior Brothers, Junior Brothers, and friends of the same Realm—all are companions.

His Master, Lord Zi Ji, was perennially within the True Martial Sect, making it difficult to meet him even once in decades.

His Eldest Senior Brother, although higher in Realm, was stationed in the Underground Abyss, and his cultivation methods were entirely different from Sea Light’s. Even if they interacted, it was merely an exchange of inspiration, from which it was hard to gain real guidance.

But Junior Brother Jiang Shu was different. Although the current Junior Brother Jiang was only in the Primordial Pill Realm, given another hundred years, he might very well surpass him.

This Token, whether useful or not, this sentiment alone was enough to make him a true Senior Brother in Junior Brother Jiang’s eyes, rather than a relationship merely connected through their Master.

When Junior Brother Jiang advanced to the Nirvana Realm, or even the Vientiane Realm, what he could offer would certainly be much more than this current Token.

"Alright, between us Senior and Junior Brothers, let’s not adopt the sentimental airs of worldly folk. The Divine Power Conference is about to start, and Junior Brother, you also need to head to our True Martial Sect battleground soon. Recently, that Yi Meng Dao has stirred up quite some trouble. 𝒻𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝘯𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮

"He has been publicly guiding fellow Sect Disciples, displaying his Divine Skills, and a few days ago, he even clashed with a Loose Cultivator—a Nirvana Realm True Monarch—without showing clear signs of defeat.

"Some Sect Disciples and even Loose Cultivators believe that your strength has been overly exaggerated and that you are nowhere near Yi Meng Dao’s level.

"You demonstrated in the Sect that you had cultivated eighty-two Divine Skills. Some take this to mean that you *can only* cultivate that many. Yi Meng Dao, however, seems capable of continuous cultivation; in just over a year, he has progressed from eighty-one Divine Skills to eighty-eight. Some even say that if Yi Meng Dao wished, he could cultivate Ninety-nine Divine Abilities."

Sea Light True Monarch couldn’t help but sneer at this point. Anyone who had cultivated to the Nirvana Realm would know the difficulty of cultivating Divine Skills in the Primordial Pill Realm. In his view, Yi Meng Dao’s level was, at most, sufficient for eighty-one Divine Skills. The current eighty-eight Divine Skills might even be the work of the Dao Yi Sect’s Supreme Sect Leader. A typical Lord of Vientiane Realm wouldn’t necessarily possess such means to forcibly enhance a Primordial Pill Realm cultivator’s potential within that Realm. He really didn’t know how this Junior Brother of his cultivated; Ninety-nine Divine Abilities, achieved so effortlessly, as if it were nothing.

"Then, I shall respectfully obey. Thank you, Senior Brother."

Jiang Shu grasped the Token and placed it into his Storage Bag, a smile touching his lips. He had cultivated to Ninety-nine Divine Abilities not because his talent or understanding of the Primordial Pill Realm was the greatest in history, but purely because his Spiritual Cultivation had reached the Forget Self Realm. Utilizing Nirvana Realm spiritual power, he had directly pushed his cultivation of Divine Skills to the limit of the Primordial Pill Realm. If he wished, he could even advance to the Nirvana Realm right now. Even the Nirvana Wind Tribulation brought by Ninety-nine Divine Abilities was something he viewed as easily surmountable. He remained in this Realm only to wait for the Divine Power Conference to bring glory to his Sect. Yi Meng Dao? Perhaps Yi Meng Dao regarded him as an enemy. But once he advanced to the Forget Self Realm, Yi Meng Dao had already been left far behind him. His sights had long since leaped beyond the Inner Sect, aiming directly for the rank of True Inheritor.

During the casual chat with his Senior Brother, Sea Light True Monarch, the old servants and maids in the mansion bustled about, bringing dish after dish of fine food to the table.

Over the meal, the two chatted freely, discussing everything from their Master’s recent situation to the True Martial Sect’s current strategic arrangements in the Endless Sea.

These arrangements were, naturally, absolute secrets to ordinary Primordial Pill Realm Disciples.

But they were fellow martial brothers of the same Sect, and moreover, this Junior Brother would certainly advance to the Nirvana Realm and become a True Inheritor of the Sect. Thus, Sea Light True Monarch didn’t hide anything, detailing the current True Monarchs and Lords of the major Sects.

The greatest emphasis, naturally, was placed on the Ten Great True Inheritors of the Eight Great Sects.

"The position of True Inheritor is not to be underestimated. Setting aside others, your three Senior Brothers, back then, all missed the chance to become True Inheritors. Each True Inheritor possesses not just potential; their destiny and battle strength are all at the pinnacle among their peers.

"For example, among the Ten Great True Inheritors of our True Martial Sect, six are in the Late-stage Nihility Realm. The Dao Yi Sect is even more formidable, with a full eight in the Late-stage Nihility Realm.

"This is because the position of True Inheritor values potential. Every Inner Sect Disciple, when aspiring to contend for the position of True Inheritor, will continuously accumulate power within the Primordial Pill Realm, waiting for an explosive breakthrough into the Nirvana Realm.

"The accumulation required for the early stages of the Nirvana Realm is already completed by them within the Primordial Pill Realm. Furthermore, after becoming a True Inheritor, they benefit from a continuous torrent of the Sect’s resources, so their cultivation speed will be several times faster than when they were in the Inner Sect.

"Senior Brother is telling you this to make you understand one thing: your opponent might not just be Yi Meng Dao. If Yi Meng Dao doesn’t advance to the Nirvana Realm, he remains the number one Inner Sect Disciple of the Dao Yi Sect. But once he advances, he is just one of the Ten Great True Inheritors, and among them, the one with the weakest battle strength.

"Similarly, if you do not break through your current Realm, you remain an Inner Sect Disciple of our True Martial Sect, the foremost in the Primordial Pill Realm. No matter which Sect’s True Inheritor it is, they cannot act against you, as this would be considered the strong bullying the weak, and our True Martial Sect would not permit it.

"However, if you advance to the Nirvana Realm after the Divine Power Conference, you will definitely face provocations from the Dao Yi Sect’s True Disciples.

"Although such provocation is merely an exchange between Disciples and won’t involve life or death, it could completely crush the prestige you gained from the Divine Power Conference. It would let many Sect Disciples and Loose Cultivators understand that even if you ranked first in the Divine Power Conference, that’s still only first in the Primordial Pill Realm. In the Nirvana Realm, you are nothing yet.

"The Dao Yi Sect is best at such tactics."

Sea Light True Monarch utilized his Sleeve Universe, producing a pot of medicinal liquor brewed with Heavenly Rank Treasure Medicine, and poured a small cup for Jiang Shu.

In Fuhai City, having interacted with Disciples from many Sects, he understood the Dao Yi Sect all too well. In his view, after this Divine Power Conference, his Junior Brother would definitely become famous across the vast wilderness. Yet, at the same time, he would be like a tall tree in the forest, inevitably battered by the wind. If it were any other time, advancing his Realm and immediately returning to the Sect for secluded cultivation would allow him to avoid any major storm. The True Disciples of the Dao Yi Sect surely couldn’t come to the True Martial Sect to provoke a fight. But now, with the great war beginning, the major Sects and their Disciples are fighting separately, their paths crisscrossing. Even if there’s no opportunity during the Divine Power Conference, in the battlegrounds of the Endless Sea, those Dao Yi Sect True Disciples might still encounter Jiang Shu and make a small ’punitive’ move. He spoke of this in advance because he wanted Junior Brother Jiang Shu to be mentally prepared, not to be deceived by the hollow title of first place in the Divine Power Conference, and to always be wary of the Dao Yi Sect. The difficulty in cultivation lies not only in the practice itself but also in one’s state of mind. How many geniuses, once possessing brilliant talents, have become disheartened and fallen into decline after a single setback? Only a few can grow stronger with each defeat, eventually soaring to the heavens!