Judging others by himself, Jian Shang could at least cultivate countless arts and employ all manner of techniques, secret arts, and profound mysteries, yet he still felt imprisoned. Unwilling to remain confined, he constantly felt a fierce urge to shatter heaven and earth.
As for those unwilling or unable to switch to other cultivation methods, who could not practice arts or mysteries outside their own systems, their stifled frustration and hostility were easy to imagine. Calling it squandering their years and sitting around waiting to die was no exaggeration.
This was also the main reason Jian Shang felt confident he could persuade other emperors to join Great Huan's scheme. If they could break open heaven and earth, none would want to remain in this world. Beyond resentment at their confinement, they also wished to see the world beyond and pursue the Great Dao, among other things.
It could be said that, apart from the Descended Immortal Gods, everyone stranded in the Pangu World at the Emperor Realm or the True Immortal realm dreamed of ascending.
After briefly taking stock of his gains and lamenting the tragedy of being unable to ascend, Jian Shang began examining them closely. At his current cultivation realm, he paid no attention to anything except treasures of Heaven Grade or above and immortal-god-level canons. Otherwise, his personal spoils from this battle could have increased dozens or hundreds of times over.
The first item was the Xuanyuan Sword, universally acknowledged as the foremost of the ten great divine swords of all time. Though forged after the world's creation, it ranked among the ten great treasures of all time and was classified as a Primordial Supreme Treasure. Its sharpness and power were plain to imagine.
The ancient Human Sovereign, Emperor Xuanyuan, had led the immortals in gathering