Jiang Ding carefully examined the tiny pond within the palace.
It was a typical Immortal Path technique of fitting Mount Sumeru into a mustard seed, yet it far surpassed this era's highest standards. Within that tiny pond lay countless Minor World-level secret realms, Middle Thousand World-level secret realms, and Great Thousand World-level secret realms. Every world contained all manner of dragon beasts that ascended step by step, finally transforming into wisps of Origin Dragon Blood when those gifted dragon beasts reached their absolute peak.
Those wisps of Origin Dragon Blood, combined with hundreds of millions of years of accumulation, had ultimately formed this Dragon Emperor Immortal Blood Crystal.
"This Sun Ancient Emperor senior seemed to have been an extreme human supremacist, cold in temperament."
Jiang Ding offered a brief assessment.
This mustard-seed-to-Mount-Sumeru technique was also exceedingly ingenious, surpassing contemporary limits. Archaeological cultivation had always found a market in the Immortal Path, and this was another example.
"May the Ancient Emperor be immortal."
Yuan, the Great Sun Ming Guang Sword Emperor, Empress Fusang, and the others spoke with profound reverence.
The group continued deeper into the palace.
Beyond the pond stood an antique corridor. At its end was a chart of myriad stars across a starfield, and beneath that chart hung an utterly unremarkable jade pearl. It swayed in the wind without any strange phenomenon, looking no different from a glass bead—entirely ordinary.
Jiang Ding's footsteps paused slightly, and emotion showed on his face.
"This was arranged by the Taiyin Ancient Emperor: a Taiyin Immortal Soul Crystal, greatly beneficial to the immortal soul."
"In soul-path cultivation, this Taiyin Ancient Emperor should have been one of the peak powerhouses among the human emperors."
Jiang Ding revealed an admiring expression.
Ancient Emperor was an even older title from before Human Emperor. After the