"What does the Blood Refining Hall amount to?"
Jiang Chen shook his head lightly and said with breezy composure, "I am Jiang Chen, peak master of Clear Void Peak in the Purple Firmament Holy Land."
With that, Jiang Chen flicked his finger. An ancient token shrouded in purple flew from his hand, shattered the Blood Refining Token on the roof beam into crumbs, and slowly rotated in midair.
Everyone focused their gaze on it and found that the ancient purple jade token was wreathed in faint, ethereal violet clouds.
One side of the token bore the imprint of the Purple Firmament Azure Heaven Bell, while the other bore the two ancient characters for "Purple Firmament." Below and to their right were three smaller characters: "Clear Void Peak."
At that moment, everyone discovered in horror that the True Spirit manifestations they had unleashed had silently dissipated. Even Ye Cangqiong's Flowing Fire Domain quietly collapsed.
What formidable strength!
"The Purple Firmament Token!"
Ye Cangqiong's pupils abruptly contracted. He hurriedly bowed in salute. "So you are an esteemed senior from the Purple Firmament Holy Land!"
"I had eyes but failed to recognize an immortal mountain. Please accept my apologies, Senior!"
"Whatever your instructions, Senior, the Ye Lineage will not shrink from ten thousand deaths!"
To them, the Blood Refining Hall already counted as a colossal force, and the Hundred Refinements Devil Palace behind it was so powerful that it drove them to despair.
Yet the Purple Firmament Holy Land was countless times mightier than the Hundred Refinements Devil Palace!
A senior peak master of the Purple Firmament Holy Land had come in person. He deserved the highest courtesy the Ye Lineage could offer!
Jiang Chen turned his gaze toward Ye Hao, and information about him appeared before his eyes.
[Son of Fortune] [Name: Ye Hao] [Identity: Grandnephew of the patriarch of the Ye Lineage in Green Yang City] [Cultivation: None] [Aptitude: Ancient Desolate Sacred Body] [Personal history: Born into the Ye Lineage of Green Yang City, with an Ancient Desolate Sacred Body cursed by the Heaven and Earth Curse. Opening the Wheel Sea with this constitution is exceedingly difficult, requiring either supremely precious natural treasures or unimaginably vast amounts of vital essence. Every breakthrough to a new realm requires breaking one of the Heaven and Earth Shackles. Over the years, the Ye Lineage expended countless resources but could not help him open his Wheel Sea. Not long ago, news of the Ancient Desolate Sacred Body reached the Blood Refining Hall. Daoist Blood Nether, master of the Blood Refining Hall, intends to use the Ancient Desolate Sacred Body to refine blood pills, endangering the entire Ye Lineage.]
Reading Ye Hao's information, Jiang Chen's mind stirred.
Following Ye Hao's original path, the Ye Lineage would hardly have escaped destruction this time.
Ye Hao, however, presumably would not have died in the Blood Refining Hall. Instead, he would have gained a heaven-defying opportunity there to open his Wheel Sea, perhaps even breaking through several realms in succession.
After that, bearing a blood feud that towered to the heavens, he would have razed the Blood Refining Hall, erased the Hundred Refinements Devil Palace, swept through the world, and once again brought forth the radiance the Ancient Desolate Sacred Body ought to possess.
It would have been a great roc rising with the wind, forging invincibility by finding life amid certain death.
But for Ye Hao, such a road would have been far too bitter.
"I came down the mountain this time for him." Jiang Chen smiled.
The expressions of Ye Cangqiong and the rest of the Ye Lineage changed slightly. Could this expert from the Purple Firmament Holy Land also want to use Ye Hao to refine blood pills?
But they soon realized that the Purple Firmament Holy Land was a holy land with an ancient heritage and unimaginably deep foundations. How could it act like the Blood Refining Hall?
Before they could speak, Ye Hao calmly cupped his fists in salute.
Ye Hao's dark eyes were clear, and his somewhat youthful voice rang out. "Senior, you came specifically for me. I imagine it has something to do with my Ancient Desolate Sacred Body."
"Someone of your standing would naturally not act like the Blood Refining Hall."
"Could it be that you can help me break the curse of the Ancient Desolate Sacred Body?"
By the end, Ye Hao's breathing had unconsciously grown heavier. Hope flickered in his eyes, and he increasingly felt that his guess might very well be true!
Everyone in the Ye Lineage also looked toward Jiang Chen, filled with anticipation.
If this guess proved true, Ye Hao would surely soar into the sky in a single flight.
With the Purple Firmament Holy Land backing them, the crisis facing the Ye Lineage would collapse without a fight!
Approval appeared on Jiang Chen's face. He nodded slightly and said, "Indeed. You have some discernment. I can resolve the curse of the Ancient Desolate Sacred Body. Are you willing to become my disciple?"
"Your disciple Ye Hao pays his respects, Master!" Ye Hao immediately dropped to his knees and bowed his head.
Having learned that Jiang Chen could resolve the curse of the Ancient Desolate Sacred Body, and that he came from the Purple Firmament Holy Land with its unfathomable foundations, Ye Hao understood that his opportunity had arrived. How could he hesitate?
[Detected that the host has accepted the Son of Fortune-Ye Hao-as a disciple. Congratulations to the host on obtaining the "Heavenly Emperor Prison-Suppressing Scripture"! Congratulations to the host on obtaining the Primordial Ancient Characters, Slaughter!]
A system notification suddenly rang out in Jiang Chen's mind, and a vast amount of related information appeared out of nowhere.
Heavenly Emperor Prison-Suppressing Scripture: Visualize oneself as the Heavenly Emperor. The Heavenly Emperor sits in the Heavenly Court, suppressing all ages. Throughout the eight wildernesses and the six directions, I alone reign supreme!
All eight hundred and forty million particles of the body can become mote prisons. Each tiny particle can suppress an unsurpassed being to death, forging a foundation of the Dao imperishable through ten thousand generations!
The vaster the vital essence, the more overbearing the mote prisons!
Once a mote prison takes shape, it can suppress a Marquis to death!
As the prisons transform, they can suppress emperors, venerables, gods, saints, great emperors, immortals, and all ages!
Slaughter: One of the Primordial Ancient Characters that existed before heaven and earth were opened.
All divine abilities and Dao arts related to the Dao of Slaughter were born from this ancient character.
Killing intent surges through all ages; slaughtering gods and destroying immortals takes but a thought.
A gleam flashed through Jiang Chen's eyes. The Heavenly Emperor Prison-Suppressing Scripture was practically tailor-made for Ye Hao's Ancient Desolate Sacred Body.
And this Primordial Ancient Character, "Slaughter," was an offensive means rarely seen throughout the ages.
Ye Hao kowtowed three times. Jiang Chen extended a hand in a lifting gesture, and a gentle force raised Ye Hao to his feet.
Jiang Chen nodded slightly and said, "Since you have become my disciple, I shall naturally guard your path! Now, I will first grant you a Dao scripture. Cultivate it diligently, and you should be able to suppress all enemies!"
With that, Jiang Chen touched a finger to the center of Ye Hao's brow.
At that moment, Ye Hao felt profoundly mysterious heavenly sounds of the Great Dao ringing in his ears, as though an unsurpassed Heavenly Emperor were expounding the Dao, yet also as though countless evil entities were wailing in prisons. An immense, invincible presence involuntarily emanated from him.
Ye Hao opened his eyes, his gaze filled with shock.
What a terrifying Heavenly Emperor Prison-Suppressing Scripture!
If he cultivated it to its pinnacle, Ye Hao was confident he could truly suppress all enemies!
Ye Hao solemnly saluted Jiang Chen and said respectfully, "Thank you for granting me this cultivation method, Master!"
"With this Dao scripture, I am confident I can restore the Ancient Desolate Sacred Body's glory!"
"And even surpass every Ancient Desolate Sacred Body in history!"
Jiang Chen nodded casually and said, "The Heaven and Earth Curse on the Ancient Desolate Sacred Body is too powerful. Even if you comprehend this Dao scripture now, it would still take several years to open your Wheel Sea through your own strength. Let your master do it for you!"
At this point, Jiang Chen turned his gaze toward Ye Cangqiong and instructed, "I am going to open my disciple's Wheel Sea. You should not remain nearby. All of you, leave this hall."
"Sorry for the trouble, Senior Jiang!"
Ye Cangqiong saluted in tremendous excitement and led his equally excited clansmen out of the council hall in single file.
Over all these years, the Ye Lineage had poured vast amounts of cultivation resources into Ye Hao, yet had never seen the slightest hope of him opening his Wheel Sea.
Now that this expert from the Purple Firmament Holy Land was going to personally help Ye Hao open his Wheel Sea, they were naturally all beside themselves with excitement.
Once everyone else had left the council hall, Jiang Chen casually raised his hand. Tribulation arose in the void, and vast tribulation power shrouded the entire council hall, screening heavenly secrets, severing fate, and blocking all perception.
"Master, legend says that opening the Wheel Sea of an Ancient Desolate Sacred Body requires an undying divine herb or an enormous amount of vital essence!"
"The Ye Lineage exhausted its resources without stirring my Wheel Sea in the slightest. Could you possess an undying divine herb, Master?"
Ye Hao's face was filled with anticipation.