After subduing the Joyful Union Sect, Jiang Hao immediately used the Contracting Technique on its two elders to prevent future trouble. As for Liu Xixi, he did not contract her.
It was not because he pitied beautiful women, nor because he abandoned his principles whenever he saw a pretty woman. He simply could not contract her.
The Contracting Technique had one peculiar limitation: it could contract demons, monsters, ghosts, demon beasts, immortal beasts, and even Loose Immortals, but it could not contract living humans.
Even mortals could not be contracted.
Liu Xixi was currently at the peak of the Integration Stage, undeniably a living person rather than a Loose Immortal, so Jiang Hao had no way to contract her.
By Fairy Lake of the Joyful Union Sect, Jiang Hao sat in a pavilion with a wine cup before him and the shimmering lake waters not far away.
Jiang Hao was considering how to stir up the Demonic Path next.
That was right.
Stir it up.
He had now subdued five Demonic Sects, with twenty Loose Immortal-level subordinates and over a thousand soldiers under his command. In the entire cultivation world, this was already an immensely powerful force.
Should he continue attacking other demonic sects?
His ultimate goal was to collect immortal artifacts and complete the mission.
Looking at the mission panel, his current completion progress was only 5/100. Even if he absorbed all his subordinates, it would only rise to a little over twenty.
Perhaps he could temporarily change his strategy. A plan quickly took shape in his mind, and a smile curled across his lips.
He felt the time was ripe. It was time for a harvest.
A jade token appeared in Jiang Hao's hand. He tossed it into the air, and it shot away at high speed, flying