One Thought into Demonic Madness

Where should he go next? Where could he go? Judging by the timeline, Ye Fan would probably arrive at the Desolate Forbidden Land in another year. Jiang Ming remembered that in the original plot, when Ye Fan asked his father, Jiang Tang, Jiang Tang had mentioned that his son and daughter-in-law had died tragically two years earlier.

From this, he inferred that Ye Fan had likely not arrived yet. After all, from Ye Fan's arrival at the Desolate Forbidden Land, his cultivation at Spirit Ruins Grotto-Heaven, the emergence of the Demon Emperor's Heart, and then his encounter with Jiang Bo and Jiang Bo's daughter Tingting, only about a year had passed.

In other words, counting from Ye Fan's descent upon Emperor-Burial Star, Jiang Ming would still have to wait more than a year before he could truly stop worrying about his father and daughter's safety.

However, Jiang Ming had no intention of setting foot in the Desolate Forbidden Land. As someone with the Heavenly Tyrant Body, if he dared go there, he might provoke the first-generation Sacred Body inside into going berserk and charging out to beat him to death.

What a sin!

Ever since Jiang Ming had awakened the memories of three lifetimes and incidentally obtained a trash system, his mentality had been completely shattered by the system. He constantly hovered on the verge of falling into demonic madness with a single thought.

Fortunately, in his first life, he had grown up under the red flag, spent two years in the military and three years in the fire department. His will was firm, his mind mature, and his outlook positive.

In his second life, he had experienced far too much: love and hatred, reunions and partings, grief and rage, falling into demonic madness with a single thought, and finally letting go and ascending.

It was just that he had ascended into the current world of Shrouding the Heavens.

Then came the experiences of this life.

One thing had to be acknowledged: whoever had made him drink that Meng Po Soup had really made it strong. The aftereffects were incredible.

After finally recovering the memories of all three lives and awakening a transmigrator's benefit, with his system cheat finally arriving, this was what he got?

He had a home he could not return to and a sect he could not go back to.

Because not only did he possess the Heavenly Calamity Lone Star System, he had also been implicated by that damned system and acquired the Fate Pattern of a Jinx Star.

Now, he was utterly alone, able only to gaze toward home and sigh as he wandered everywhere.

The only consolation was that he knew how his father and daughter Tingting would fare in the future. If he did not interfere, their ending would be quite good.

Even his future son-in-law, Ye Tong of the Sun Body, was a child who had endured hardship. It was good that he and Tingting would end up together. That could be considered fate.

That was also why Jiang Ming did not dare return home or return to Smoke Glow Grotto-Heaven. He feared changing the normal trajectory of the plot, and feared most of all that his Fate Pattern would bring disaster upon his family.

And that damned system was especially sinister. One transmigration would have been bad enough, but it had actually dragged him through transmigration twice. That was simply absurd.

This trash system was cursed against its host. He had no choice but to guard against it.

As Jiang Ming thought about these matters, he swiftly came to a decision. He could not go to the Desolate Forbidden Land, but he still needed to grow stronger.

In the world of Shrouding the Heavens, to rise to prominence, supreme Emperor Scriptures, Ancient Emperor Scriptures, and the Nine Secrets were all indispensable.

Fortunately, Spirit Ruins Grotto-Heaven, one of the six great grotto-heavens of Yan Kingdom, possessed the Dao Scripture's Guiding Chapter, which had helped Ye Fan and Pang Bo establish their foundations. Likewise, Smoke Glow Grotto-Heaven also possessed the common Dao Scripture's Guiding Chapter. Jiang Ming's talent in Smoke Glow Grotto-Heaven could be considered that of half an immortal seedling, and he had used this technique to establish his foundation and enter the Sea of Bitterness Realm.

Thus, what technique he needed next was already perfectly clear.

He needed to trade with Ye Fan for the Dao Scripture: Sea of Bitterness Chapter.

Jiang Ming possessed Shushan cultivation techniques. He still did not know whether they could be cultivated in this world, but the supreme arts and secret techniques had proven usable when he was driven into a corner earlier. Three thousand Great Daos led to the same destination by different paths; the Great Dao faced heaven, and each walked their own road.

Looking back, it was like a problem with multiple solutions.

For now, the interpretation of combat power differed from world to world.

As for Chinese Paladin's cultivation system, it consisted of Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Spirit Transformation, Void Refinement, and Mahayana.

It was a very familiar ancient system. After all, the Immortal Sword World contained Nuwa's lineage from primordial mythology, making it a relatively orthodox immortal cultivation system.

For example, even the Six Realms appeared in Chinese Paladin 3. Demon Lord Chonglou and Divine General Feipeng were all existences at the ceiling of combat power.

And the realm Jiang Ming had reached in his previous life was Earth Immortal.

He had originally only been a Mahayana Stage cultivator. After suffering a blow, he had fallen into demonic madness with a single thought and attained Earth Immortal-level strength.

Jiang Ming had once represented the peak of combat power in Chinese Paladin 1.

But a true man did not boast of past glories. No matter how formidable he had been in his previous life, he was now merely a small cultivator. Even if his realm had once been high, he still needed to cultivate again from the beginning.

Across the myriad heavens and worlds, body possession and reincarnated experts were not uncommon.

Returning to the peak, or even surpassing his former achievements, would be truly impressive.

As Jiang Ming pondered these matters, he hurried onward. He had thought of the best solution, one that could not only put his mind at ease but also add another layer of protection for his father and daughter.

Smoke Glow Grotto-Heaven had handsome peaks rising majestically, tranquil green valleys, flourishing grasses and singing orioles amid mountains and waters, with drifting mist appearing and vanishing faintly. It truly lived up to its name.

That day, many disciples saw a person outside Smoke Glow Grotto-Heaven wearing tattered sect robes. With disheveled hair, he stumbled about, crying one moment and laughing the next, carrying a broken sword as he shouted wildly and ran off like a madman.

"That was Senior Brother Jiang Ming."

Someone cried out.

"Quick, report this to the sect elders!"

Someone else exclaimed.

The result was that by the time a blue-robed elder of the sect rode a rainbow light out of the grotto-heaven and arrived outside, Jiang Ming was nowhere to be seen.

He was Jiang Ming and Lingzhi's master. His lifespan was at its end, and he had less than a year left to live. Even with Life Spring cultivation, he could not escape the erosion of time. His Life Spring had dried up, and his Sea of Bitterness was covered in cracks.

In the original plot, this old man heard that his two disciples had both fallen at Smoke Glow Ridge, killed by a Lightning Bird. The shock caused him to pass away that very day.

"Master, I'm sorry. Your disciple has his own difficulties."

Jiang Ming did not linger and left directly.

He needed to leave behind a little suspense. He was merely insane, not dead.

That would make the Li Family hesitate before acting completely without restraint against his father and daughter.

Because Jiang Ming was still alive. He looked insane now, but what about later?

The Li Family's best choice now would be to secretly send people to find Jiang Ming and kill him completely, eliminating future trouble.

Otherwise, if he regained his senses, he might return to Smoke Glow Grotto-Heaven and report them to the sect master.

Jiang Ming departed swiftly. He had already decided that with his Fate Pattern and physique, even alone, he could cultivate rapidly.

But he could not rush to break through to the Life Spring. He needed an Emperor Scripture for cultivation.

The reason he did not return to the Jiang Family was that before the White-Clad God King returned, even the Desolate Ancient Family Jiang Family might not be safe.

Moreover, he was a Heavenly Lone Star. He feared that his Fate Pattern would affect the Desolate Ancient Family Jiang Family, or even directly curse God-King Jiang Taixu to death.

He had to admit that that damned system had utterly screwed him over.

Fortunately, he could still choose to cultivate Chinese Paladin techniques. At their roots, the methods of the two worlds did not conflict.

Jiang Ming crossed four hundred li of wilderness in one breath. Along the way, relying on his sharp senses, he avoided many dangers and arrived at an ancient town called Ancient Stone Town.

On the road, he had slain a giant python and used its blood and skin to make several invisibility talismans and aura-concealing talismans. Then, he used a Fireball Technique to burn the clothes on his body into ash.

Naked, he entered Ancient Stone Town, slipped into the home of a wealthy family, and stole a clean set of ordinary clothes.

Before nightfall, he settled into an empty room in the home of a local wealthy man in Ancient Stone Town. He had already eaten roasted snake meat on the road.

He pasted soundproofing talismans, aura-concealing talismans, and an Iron Wall Talisman for defense, all made from snake skin and snake blood, onto the door.

Night had fallen, and the wilderness at night was far too dangerous.

He had to find a temporary place to stay for the night, while also studying his own condition and considering where to go next.

In truth, Jiang Ming already had an idea. He felt that he could change his appearance and go to Spirit Ruins Grotto-Heaven to become friends with Elder Han.

This was also a way of fighting poison with poison and using the system's advantages to the fullest.

He believed that after more than a year, when his close friend Elder Han was killed by Ye Fan, Jiang Ming would definitely gain enormous benefits from the system.

Therefore, he had to become Elder Han's friend with "sincerity." The better their relationship, the greater his future gains would be.

In the future, he would have many more such "close friends," as close as brothers.

Some holy sons and holy maidens, some geniuses.

Hua Yunfei, Wang Teng, Yaoguang Sacred Son.

Even people like the Primordial Royal Clans and the Son of the Celestial Emperor would be among Jiang Ming's future choices for his closest "friends."

He would make friends widely, borrowing the lingering radiance of these unlucky friends to illuminate Jiang Ming's bright road ahead.

At worst, after these friends died, he would collect their bodies, dig a pit, and bury them. That would count as honoring their friendship.

For now, he should recover peacefully from his injuries.

He did not know why he had not died, but he had indeed suffered a devastating lightning strike. His clothes and scorched skin silently told the tale of what had happened to him.

Logically, according to the original plot, he should already have been dead, smashed to pieces and reduced to ash.

Yet now he was alive and well. The only possible explanation was that the damned system had saved him.

"Hey, damned system, why didn't you awaken me back in Chinese Paladin? I also died once in that world. I remember blocking a sword for Nü Yuan and being stabbed to death in the Demon-Locking Tower by my master.

"Later, my Primordial Spirit left my body, and I fell into demonic madness with a single thought."

Jiang Ming began calling out to the system in his mind. He wanted to test whether this damned system possessed independent thought, but after waiting for a while, the system remained completely silent.

"Damned system, say something."

Jiang Ming continued calling out in his mind. There was still no response whatsoever.

After messing around for more than ten minutes, Jiang Ming was left speechless by his own efforts. He smiled helplessly. What a pointless question.

It seemed he would need to become strong enough before he could unravel this mystery.

Now, since the Shrouding the Heavens side did not have an Emperor Scripture or Ancient Emperor method worthy of his Heavenly Tyrant Body, he could only cultivate the techniques from his previous life first.

Once he became stronger, with his understanding of the original plot, he would naturally be able to obtain suitable secret techniques and Dao Scriptures.

The first priority was gaining the strength to protect himself. He had to survive first.

If he wanted to become friends with that Elder Han from Spirit Ruins Grotto-Heaven, he would also need powerful strength to support him. Otherwise, he would simply be seeking death. That old bastard did not have long to live. In the original plot, he had set his sights on Ye Fan's Desolate Ancient Sacred Body after Ye Fan ate the Saint Fruit from the Desolate Forbidden Land, directly capturing him to refine pills.

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