In truth, the quality of the rewards for killing Great Saints had been steadily declining.
Back when Jiang Ming was still a Saint, the death of a Great Saint could even earn him a four-star reward.
Later, as his cultivation advanced, the rewards for Great Saints dropped to three and a half stars.
Now, they had fallen to three stars.
He reckoned that once he reached the Saint King Ninth Heavenly Layer, even the death of someone at the Ninth Heaven of Saint would only yield a two-and-a-half-star reward.
Once he became a Great Saint, the reward would immediately drop to two stars.
By the time he reached the Great Saint Seventh Heaven or higher, a Great Saint's death would only yield one star, or even a consolation prize.
Of course, there was no point agonizing over any of that now. He could not remain weak forever; growing stronger was inevitable.
Great Saints had died over the years.
Their deaths had allowed him to accumulate one cubic measure of nine-heavens jade king, one of great luo silver essence, one of the Nine Heavens Scarlet Jade King, and half a cubic measure each of nine heavens golden jade king and nine heavens ziwei jade king.
The full cubic measures were rewards obtained from those at the Great Saint Eighth Heaven or higher.
The half measures were rewards obtained after the deaths of those at the Great Saint Seventh Heaven.
At that very moment.
Gu Qingyao's body began expanding rapidly, filling an entire star system the size of the Solar System. Moreover, her accumulated foundation was stronger than the Martial Emperor's. Only after she filled three Solar System-sized star systems did her expansion finally stop.
Seeing this, the Martial Emperor also understood the gap between himself and Gu Qingyao. This was not