Mud Swamp Jiang Ding left.
He would continue to hold down the True Scripture Auction House, because many sword-sacrifice materials could not be acquired in a single deal. They had to be purchased over the years, and someone reliable needed to remain there.
They also needed a channel for outside intelligence, so they would at least know about major events in the Fallen Immortal Realm instead of being left completely in the dark.
"Swamp True Venerable..."
Jiang Ding murmured to himself.
Mud Swamp was a highly mobile opponent, both vigilant and powerful. Unless Jiang Ding could draw him onto a particular battlefield, his chances of killing him were slim. At least, that was true for now.
Jiang Ding picked up a jade slip from his Mud Swamp clone. It recorded some of the major events of the past ten thousand years in the Fallen Immortal Realm.
Of course, by the time news reached a remote place like Thunder Marsh Prefecture, it was bound to be outdated. It could broaden his horizons, but it was no basis for strategic decisions.
"The Immortal Artifact Sect and the Thunder-Yang Heaven Sword Realm have forged a deeper Heavenly Dao Pact and proclaimed it to the world..."
"War has resumed between the Thunder-Yang Heaven Sword Realm and the Great Yin-Yang Sword Realm. Many senior cultivators believe that, given the extremity of the sword cultivator's path, this war is bound to drag on without end until one side perishes."
"Within a single great world, two supreme sword dao sects can never coexist!"
"They will inevitably use each other as whetstones, fighting, fighting, fighting... until one side wins completely. Of that there is no doubt. The only worry is whether, after one of the two sword dao Immortal Orders falls, the survivor will grow terrifyingly strong."
"If