The Star Cloud Power of the Star Cloud Saint Art

According to the instructions of the Saintly Sky Art, the only way to cultivate to perfection and enter the Saint Realm is to absorb the special primordial Essence Particles from before, and these Special Essence Particles are generated from peace.

To generate these special Essence Particles, Jiang Liu had to try to pacify Yunzhou. As a result, he had only pacified most of Yunzhou when the Special Essence Particles that helped Jiang Liu to begin cultivating the Saintly Sky Art were generated.

Therefore, Jiang Liu couldn't help but suspect that to cultivate the Saintly Sky Art to its peak and advance to the Saint Realm, one must pacify Yunzhou or the entire Great Qian.

The reason why the Saint Heaven Sect declined was probably because no one could advance to the Saint Realm, so it couldn't suppress the evil forces, which created a vicious cycle that ultimately led to the destruction of the entire Saint Heaven Sect.

Although Jiang Liu had considered using the Star Cloud Saint Art to see if he could cultivate to the Saint Realm, the more Jiang Liu cultivated, the clearer it became that he would likely find it difficult to reach the Saint Realm by relying solely on the Star Cloud Saint Art.

Although Jiang Liu's Star Cloud Saint Art was synthesized through Data Panel, the more Jiang Liu understood it, the greater the limitations became as he progressed through the Star Cloud Saint Art.

Unlike the early stages where you could advance simply by relying on your own vital energy, later on you will mainly need to rely on external forces for cultivation.

The "star" in the Star Cloud Saint Art refers to the Star Power, and the "cloud" refers to the power of thunderclouds. Therefore, to cultivate the Star Cloud Saint Art to perfection, one can only rely on external forces to cultivate and potentially reach the physical Saint Realm.

As for truly entering the Saint Realm, Jiang Liu currently understands that one must simultaneously reach the pinnacle of their vital energy, spirit, and physical body to enter the Saint Realm. Whether there are any other factors besides this, Jiang Liu is currently unaware of.

However, Jiang Liu still has no idea what kind of limit is the ultimate. Moreover, Jiang Liu has no clue how to reach the ultimate.

According to Jiang Liu's conjecture, the Star Cloud Saint Art's reliance on external forces should be due to the need for external forces in physical forging to enter the Saint Realm, while the strength of cultivating vital energy is the foundation of the Star Cloud Saint Art.

However, to reach the Saint Realm in the cultivation of soul and spiritual power, one can only rely on the Saintly Sky Art.

Therefore, Jiang Liu's idea of pacifying Yunzhou is simply following the requirements of cultivating the Saintly Sky Art. Perhaps once he has cultivated the Saintly Sky Art to a certain level, Jiang Liu will fully understand how to enter the Saint Realm.

Jiang Liu is currently focused on pacifying Yunzhou first, and then seeing if the speed at which those Special Essence Particles are generated has increased, and if the speed at which he cultivates the Saintly Sky Art has increased.

If it works, then it means we're on the right track. If it doesn't, then we'll have to try a different method.

As for the internal strife among the three sects, Jiang Liu estimated that it was related to their desire to advance to the Saint Realm. Given that the three sects already had almost reached their peak of power in the entire Great Qian Dynasty, there was no need for them to start this turmoil.

Now that the Flowing Cloud Sect and the Star Moon Sect possess the Star Cloud Saint Art, they'll probably quiet down for a while. That leaves only the Clear Sky Sect continuing to stir up trouble.

Judging from previous events and some clues, the Haotian Sect is not at peace internally, probably because Duanmu Haotian has not shown up for a long time.

The entire Great Qian Dynasty is now fragmented, and neither the royal family, the Martial Prohibition Hall, nor the National Preceptor's Mansion have intervened. It seems there are significant conflicts among them, otherwise they wouldn't be sitting idly by.

Although the Forbidden Martial Prohibition Hall's move is suspected of being a purge of traitors within the hall, it could still easily damage the Martial Prohibition Hall's reputation, making it difficult to recover later.

Unfortunately, Jiang Liu was completely unaware of Lu Tianheng's sinister intentions. He not only wanted to cleanse the Martial Prohibition Hall, but more importantly, he wanted to advance his own level.

As for the National Preceptor's Mansion and the royal family, they were even more eager to take this opportunity to weaken the power of the Martial Prohibition Hall. Since Lu Tianheng took office, the Martial Prohibition Hall had gradually slipped out of the royal family's control.

Therefore, the royal family now relies heavily on the National Preceptor's Mansion and the civil service group. However, the civil service group can only stare helplessly at the military officers, and is of no use at all.

The fact that things have escalated to this point and become unmanageable was somewhat unexpected for the royal family and the National Preceptor's Mansion. However, they still believed the situation was under control.

As long as they can reach another agreement with the three sects and their own top combat strength remains intact, everything will be under their control.

But can things really go as they predict? Uncertainty is ever-present. Will the three sects still reach the same agreement with them as before?

Jiang Liu was unaware of their many schemes; he simply wanted to follow his own path, step by step.

While Jiang Liu was quietly cultivating himself in his large house by the mountain.

Qin Bailian led the people of Exotic Weapon Valley to Yu County in a great hurry, and after sweeping through the area, he completely seized control of Yu County.

After that, Qin Bailian continued leading the team towards Lu County without stopping. He believed that it wouldn't be long before the forces of the Deity Summoning Society would be completely wiped out by Exotic Weapon Valley.

Of course, the Deity Summoning Society has only temporarily gone into hiding, and they've returned to their old ways, causing trouble in secret. However, without Grandmaster Han Li backing them up, they probably can't stir up any major waves.

As for the National Preceptor's Mansion, even if they wanted to provide support, they would be too far away to do so.

However, Jiang Liu didn't bother with these matters anymore, because he could leave these troublesome things to Exotic Weapon Valley to handle. If they couldn't handle something, Qin Bailian would naturally report it to Jiang Liu.

As agreed, Jiang Liu handed over the management of the two counties to Exotic Weapon Valley.

In secret, Jiang Liu sent people from the Wind Division to establish branches in those two prefectures.

The Listening Wind and Gentle Rain Pavilion is expanding rapidly, but those recruited later are mostly peripheral personnel. Currently, there isn't much for the Listening Wind and Gentle Rain Pavilion to do; its main task is surveillance.

However, these Jiang Liu were left to Murong Yin and Feng Yue to handle, as he was currently thinking of a strategy to deal with the Five Poisons Sect.

It was New Year's Eve in the eighth year of Chengping.

Early this morning, Qin Bailian came to report to Jiang Liu about the matters concerning Yu County and Lu County.

Under Qin Bailian's all-out attack, the remaining forces of the Deity Summoning Society in Yu County and Lu County have been completely wiped out.

Now, in the entire Yunzhou, only Qi County on the far outskirts is not under Jiang Liu's control, while the other eight counties that are already under his control have gradually returned to peace.

Jiang Liu had already sensed this since he started cultivating the Saintly Sky Art these past few days, because the number of those unusual Essence Particles had increased.

"My lord, these are the resource and financial reports for Yu County and Lu County," Qin Bailian said, bowing to Jiang Liu.

Qin Bailian now felt that Jiang Liu was even more unfathomable, because it had only been a little over a month since he last met Jiang Liu, and he already had such a profound feeling.

He couldn't imagine how long it would take for Jiang Liu to reach the Peak Grandmaster if he continued at this pace.

Thinking about it like this makes Qin Bailian's heart tremble.

Because he has been Grandmaster for a long time, but he has not found any signs of advancing to the Peak Grandmaster.

Now, however, he felt pressure from this young Grandmaster, which forced him to be on high alert to deal with Jiang Liu.

He was terrified that if he displeased him, he might be killed like he had killed Han Li, and then he would truly have nowhere to turn to cry.