"Blood Lake Ancestor really is an old friend..."
Jiang Ding spoke to himself.
A little over three thousand years ago, Blood Lake Ancestor's clone had descended into the lower realm. He had wounded Jiang Ding several times and nearly beaten him to death.
The ancestor of the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder True Sovereign had been even more terrifying. With his superior spatial teleportation techniques, he had descended into a small world in his true body.
Unfortunately for him, his luck had run out. He died at Xi Yuan's hands, and even his soul was forcibly searched.
Both men had been in the late stage of Void Refining.
"Blood Lake Bone Mountain might be able to unite the Thunderflame Domain."
Jiang Ding pondered.
In theory, the Immortal Artifact Sect should intervene. It would not allow the regions under its rule to unite and weaken its control.
But that was not certain.
If the Immortal Artifact Sect was fighting a powerful enemy, it might have no attention to spare. Or Blood Lake Bone Mountain might have bribed one of its elders. The unification might even have an elder's blessing—or be a plot by a rival Immortal Order. Any number of things could bring it about.
If only I could catch Blood Lake Ancestor alone.
Jiang Ding considered the possibility in silence.
He wanted to kill Blood Lake Ancestor, then go to Blood Lake Bone Mountain for the immortal art fragments.
The obstacle was that Blood Lake Bone Mountain had more than one Void Refining cultivator. Its mountain gate was also certain to have a terrifying sect-protecting formation. Jiang Ding could not defeat them.
That can wait. There's no rush.
The priority now is gathering materials for the Sun Sword Sacrifice Method.
Jiang Ding searched Debauched Human Demon's memories for a moment and