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Zzt!

Jiang Buping suddenly made his move, thrusting his spear into the skull of an Outer Heavenly Spirit.

Roar!

The Outer Heavenly Spirit let out a terrifying roar, its eyes bulging wide in fury as it erupted with power. Instead of attacking immediately, it began to roll on the ground in agony.

"So strong, I can't even annihilate its Divine Soul!"

Jiang Buping felt a chill in his heart. Taking advantage of the Outer Heavenly Spirit's painful rolling, before it recovered and launched an attack, he thrust his spear again.

Divine Skills, Slaying the Divine!

Thud!

Another even more terrifying roar echoed as the entire Heavenly Grotto trembled. The weaker Outer Heavenly Spirits, terrified, shuddered and ran wildly in all directions.

Another powerful Outer Heavenly Spirit was also frightened, watching from a distance the one rolling on the ground, not daring to approach.

"What happened?"

The commotion here quickly alerted the Martial Artists within the Heavenly Grotto, even the Immortal Heavenly Venerable who was stationed here came to investigate.

The Outer Heavenly Spirit lifted its head, its blood-red eyes fixating deathly on Jiang Buping, ferocity unleashed, with a terrifying aura rolling over its entire body.

Jiang Buping's heart skipped a beat, realizing that although the Outer Heavenly Spirit lacked Spiritual Wisdom, its Divine Soul might have become extremely powerful due to living in the Imperishable Qi, even more resilient than the Immortal Heavenly Venerable's Divine Soul.

"Another hit, and I will shatter its Divine Soul!"

Jiang Buping took out a pill. As the Outer Heavenly Spirit was about to attack, he suddenly threw the pill to a spot not far away.

The Outer Heavenly Spirit, initially about to attack, abruptly turned its gaze to the small pill. With its keen senses, it realized the pill could alleviate its pain.

Forgetting the attack, it turned around, lowered its head, and extended its tongue to lick the pill.

Jiang Buping seized this opportunity and from above, thrust his spear once more into the skull of the Outer Heavenly Spirit.

Crack!

The Extreme Soul Divine Spear seemed to shatter something.

Thud!

The pill also dissolved at the moment Jiang Buping made his move.

Aoow!

A roar more frightening than before rose up as the Outer Heavenly Spirit released attacks in a frenzy, rolling, leaping, and running wildly.

Some of the smaller Outer Heavenly Spirits that couldn't evade in time were smashed into a bloody mess.

Jiang Buping retreated far away, waiting for the Outer Heavenly Spirit to die.

The other Martial Artists inside the Heavenly Grotto retreated frantically, except for the Immortal Heavenly Venerable, whose face was a picture of grave shock.

His gaze towards Jiang Buping had changed.

Not even the Immortal Heavenly Venerable, and yet he's hunting an Outer Heavenly Spirit of the Immortal Realm?

Was that a method of assaulting the Divine Soul?

With such a technique, few could be his match within the same realm. Once someone breaks through to the Immortal Realm, even he admits he wouldn't be able to withstand it.

"Could he be a monstrous talent from the Great Realm?"

He muttered to himself.

Only the Great Realm possessed Divine Soul Secret Techniques.

Thump!

The Outer Heavenly Spirit fell, and even though it hadn't completely perished, its consciousness was on the brink of dissipating.

Jiang Buping approached again, decisively dealing with it, storing the massive Outer Heavenly Spirit away.

"Fourth Senior Brother's Storage Ring is really useful. Ordinary Storage Bags wouldn't be able to fit such a huge Outer Heavenly Spirit."

Jiang Buping was inwardly amazed.

"It's about time to refine some Imperishable Qi as well."

Ignoring the Immortal Heavenly Venerable, Jiang Buping continued to traverse the Heavenly Grotto, casually looking for a place to extract Imperishable Qi.

The Taikun Realm, one of the three Great Realms within the Thirty-six Realms of the Divine Realm, second only to the first Great Realm, the Taihe Realm.

The Jiang Family is the dominant power of the Taikun Realm, known as the Jiang Clan, which holds great sway in the Taikun Realm. Although they haven't unified the entire Taikun Realm, they rule over half of it.

And the major forces of the entire Taikun Realm are divided into one clan, three sects, and two great families.

The one clan mentioned is none other than the Jiang Family, the Jiang Clan.

The Jiang Clan occupies half of the Taikun Realm; the other half is ruled by the three sects and two great families. Among them, one of the great families is an affiliated family of the Jiang Clan, with its current head being the grandson of a great elder from the Jiang Clan.

To the Taikun Realm, the Jiang Clan is supreme. Even if the remaining three sects and one great family were to join forces, they would not dare to oppose the Jiang Clan, maintaining a delicate balance.

They keep their own territories while avoiding conflict with the Jiang Clan, outwardly appearing harmonious to each other.

But everyone knows the ambition of the Jiang Clan, to dominate the entire Taikun Realm and become the number one clan in the Divine Realm.

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However, the other three Sects and the great family, although not as powerful as the Jiang Clan, were not defenseless, and moreover, some major powers in the Divine Realm did not wish to see a family become overwhelmingly strong.

Therefore, this balance had been maintained until now, with an unspoken agreement formed between them.

In matters concerning the safety of the Taikun Realm and the suppression of the Heavenly Grotto, the Jiang Clan was always the leader, yet everyone firmly held on to their own territories, and the Jiang Clan did not dare resort to military force to pressurize them, fearing that it would lead to chaos in the Taikun Realm and give other Great Realm powers an excuse to intervene.

Even so, they were constantly plotting in the shadows.

For instance, forming a marriage alliance with the Yun Shang Sect among the three, thereby establishing a form of control over the entire Taikun Realm.

The daughter of the Yun Shang Sect Master, Yun Yan'er, was initially engaged to the Jiang Clan's prodigy, Jiang Buping, according to a secret agreement between the two parties, with Jiang Buping eventually to marry into the Yun Shang Sect, although this was not announced publicly.

However, Jiang Buping was unexpectedly crippled, the engagement was dissolved, and as a result, Yun Yan'er and the third son of the Jiang Clan's patriarch, Jiang Tianming, started exchanging flirtatious glances, seemingly in love.

The Jiang Clan suggested that Yun Yan'er marry Jiang Tianming.

But the Sect Master of Yun Shang had not yet agreed, still deliberating.

The reason behind this was simple, Jiang Buping was a child born out of wedlock but undeniably had monstrous talent. Marrying into the Yun Shang Sect would not disadvantage them, and both sides would have formed some sort of alliance.

However, if Yun Yan'er were to marry Jiang Tianming, the Yun Shang Sect could easily become a subordinate force of the Jiang Clan, which is why negotiations were still ongoing, with no conclusion reached yet.

Nonetheless, to outsiders, it seemed very likely that Yun Yan'er would marry Jiang Tianming. After all, the two seemed to be in perfect harmony, like a couple made in heaven, and this was likely to bring some subtle changes to the structure of the Taikun Realm.

In a certain courtyard of the Jiang Clan,

As the third son of the current patriarch of the Jiang Clan and a celebrated prodigy of the clan, Jiang Tianming resided within this courtyard.

One month ago, Jiang Tianming made a breakthrough to the Immortal Realm and had only recently emerged from seclusion.

"Tianming brother, you are the third youngest Immortal Heavenly Venerable in the history of our Taikun Realm."

Yun Yan'er leaned into Jiang Tianming's arms with a look of admiration on her face.

"Third, huh,"

Jiang Tianming looked at the beauty in his arms; this woman had a unique aura, ethereal like drifting smoke, moving his heart as well.

"Yes, indeed,"

Yun Yan'er nodded.

"That's because I eliminated someone, otherwise I wouldn't be in the top three."

Jiang Tianming said with a smile.

Yun Yan'er's expression froze as she thought of someone and then said with a laugh, "Well, that may not be certain. After all, advancing to the Immortal Realm is difficult. Even though he was the youngest True King Heavenly Venerable, whether he could have broken through to the Immortal Realm was unknown."

She said so, but she knew that Jiang Buping's advancement to the Immortal Realm would have been without issue.

"The man is already ruined, and likely dead by now, so let's not mention him."

Jiang Tianming said with a smile.

"Okay!"

Yun Yan'er nodded obediently.

"Third Young Master, a man named Liang Quan asks to see you, claiming to have a confidential matter."

A Maid came over and reported respectfully.

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Jiang Tianming frowned, "Who is he? What confidential matter does he have?"

"Third Young Master, he is a subordinate of our family. As for the confidential matter, he says it must be reported in person and cannot be relayed."

The Maid spoke in a low voice.

Jiang Tianming's brow arched, "Tell him if he seeks to gain favor through a so-called confidential matter, if it's not something that can hold my attention, there's only one outcome for him. Let him think it over; if he still wants to see me, bring him in."

"Yes, Third Young Master!"

The Maid bowed and left.

After a while, the Maid returned with Liang Quan.

"Liang Quan pays respects to the Third Young Master!"

Liang Quan kneeled with a thud, offering his respects.

"Speak, what's this confidential matter?"

Jiang Tianming asked coolly.

Liang Quan raised his head to look at the Maid by his side.

"Hmph!"

Jiang Tianming snorted, "If your supposed confidential matter fails to capture my interest, you might as well feed it to the dogs." Explore hidden tales at empire

After speaking, he waved his hand, and the Maid left the room.

"Rest assured, Third Young Master, this matter is of great importance. As soon as I learned of it, I rushed back to report to you!"

Liang Quan spoke respectfully and fawningly.

His eyes drifted toward Yun Yan'er in Jiang Tianming's arms, hesitating whether to speak or not.