[You were skilled at analysis, so after obtaining the Zha Realm's small seal, you realized that you could continuously obtain all manner of mineral materials from it. Its output far surpassed the large mineral veins of Qingming Hetong Heaven.]
[According to the data Gu Xian provided, its output amounted to seventy percent of that of the Cold Palace, which had now expanded outward several times and taken control of even more resource sites—excluding Dao Materials above the Five-Ring Dao Grade. The reason for excluding Five-Ring Dao Materials and above was that this world's environment could naturally produce only Fourth-ring Dao Materials at most. That was not something that could be changed in a short time.]
[Fourth-ring Dao Materials were no longer of much use to you, so logically, the Zha Realm should have been useless to you. Yet you still agreed to Gu Xian's deal for another reason.]
[Aside from producing resources, this world also gave you a group of Forgemasters whom you could command and control. Compared with useless low-grade Dao Materials, Forgemasters were scarce talents in any world. What was more, the present Zha Realm had two talents capable of forging low-grade Dao Materials into Five-Ring Dao Grade forged steel.]
[Thus, this entire Demon Pot and spirit body of yours appeared to have been exchanged for the Zha Realm, but in truth, you had traded for a group of Forgemasters who had no choice but to remain loyal to you.]
[Low-grade Forgemasters were not particularly sought after in the Three Pure Heavens, because the environment there was simply too good. Moreover, Forging was one of the few hundred arts of cultivation with the lowest cost of trial and error, so the Three Pure Heavens had many low-grade Forgemasters. Qingming Hetong Heaven was different—or rather, Qingming Hetong Heaven, having