The Overlap Between the Immortal Sect and the Citizen's Path

"Crowned as the Xuanwu Dao Child, achieve beyond Void Refinement..."

A vast longing rose in Jiang Ding's heart—for the black-and-white chessboard before him, and for the Seed of the Black Tortoise Divine Court contained within it.

Nothing else.

It was simply a pure pursuit of the Great Dao and immortality.

Thirty thousand extra years of life!

There was even some possibility of transcending Void Refinement and living longer still!

He could watch generation after generation of dynasties rise and fall, look down upon countless generations of cultivators being born and dying, while his youth remained eternal, forever young.

He could possess dozens of Minor Worlds, hold the fates of countless billions of living beings in his hands, and have peerless beauties at his beck and call. Year after year, faces would change, and there would always be new ones.

Pure and innocent, ravishingly beautiful, cute, dainty, wanton... beauties whose appearance and character eclipsed all others in the entire Minor World could be obtained with a casual gesture.

Who would not like that?

Who would not want it?

His friends and family could also be properly settled. It seemed there were no drawbacks, only benefits.

"A legacy beyond Void Refinement..."

Jiang Ding had no choice but to begin thinking, unable to escape the fundamental yearning in his heart.

That old thing's promise...

He swept through his Sea of Consciousness once more, yet found nothing, no clue whatsoever.

About sixty percent of what he said is trustworthy.

His Dao Child Grade divine soul was efficient and lucid, quickly producing its calculated judgment.

Some parts were excellent. Some were not so wonderful.

The good part was that the Black Tortoise Heavenly Palace needed a powerful Dao Child, and the Seed of the Black Tortoise Divine Court needed an outstanding person to parasitize.

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