Chapter 823: Arguing with a Mosquito? Elder Jiang Is Furious!

Before Chu Sheng had even persuaded the loose cultivators to leave, the Jiang Family Grand Elder had already received Xiao Feng’s voice transmission.

Upon hearing the condition of “one hundred Divine Artifacts,” his reaction was exactly the same as Xiao Feng’s. Naturally, he assumed Gu Yuexi was offering the Divine Artifacts in exchange for her life. Although the value of a hundred Divine Artifacts couldn’t remotely compare to that of the Dragon Egg, it at least provided a way out for the Eight Great Clans to save face.

However, when he finally understood that these hundred Divine Artifacts were meant as compensation from the Eight Great Clans to Gu Yuexi, Elder Jiang could no longer suppress his fury. The Divine Power within his body instantly boiled over.

“Damn it! Who does Gu Yuexi think she is?! How does she have the audacity to demand compensation from our Eight Great Clans? Is there no limit to her arrogance?!

“And that damn mosquito! It killed Xinglan and Qingyao, yet expects to get away scot-free. Now it turns around and demands compensation from us! If the Jiang family doesn’t show its fangs, do they really take us for pushovers?! This is absolute madness!!”

He was so furious that his beard bristled and his eyes bulged. No longer caring whether it would cause massive casualties among the loose cultivators, he prepared to forcefully break through the blockade of hundreds of people to slay Gu Yuexi and Chu Sheng on the spot. Even if this sparked public outrage and left a trail of dead and injured loose cultivators in his wake, he didn’t care!

Today, he had to make this arrogant human and mosquito pay a heavy price! Otherwise, people would truly think the Jiang family were just soft targets anyone could trample over!

Beside him, the Elders of the other Seven Great Clans watched the enraged Jiang Family Grand Elder without trying to dissuade him. Things had already reached a point where it was no longer just about avenging two direct lineage descendants. The other side had made their stance crystal clear: if they didn’t hand over a hundred Divine Artifacts, this matter wouldn’t end!

They thought, “Just listen to that! Our Eight Great Clans have ruled Luoping City for hundreds of thousands of years. We have always been the ones making others pay the price. Since when is it our turn to pay the price? And on top of that, when we are the ones who have suffered severe losses.”

Given the circumstances, there was no longer any point in overthinking things. The simplest, most effective, and most direct solution was…

To kill!!!

Once the killing was done thoroughly, any problem would easily resolve itself.

Just as the Jiang Family Grand Elder channeled his Divine Power, preparing to carve a bloody path through the human wall of loose cultivators, he happened to see Chu Sheng fly out from within. Then, with just a few words, the mosquito unexpectedly persuaded all the loose cultivators to leave.

Elder Jiang froze for a moment. He wondered, “Is he regretting his actions?” This was the first and only thought that popped into his mind.

But he never expected what happened next. Chu Sheng flew to a spot not far across from him and casually dropped a sentence.

“Old fossil, it’s your turn!”

He paused for a second before the meaning of Chu Sheng’s words immediately clicked. First, Gu Yuexi and Chu Sheng had killed Jiang Qingyao. Then, they killed Jiang Xinglan. Now, it was his turn! This meant they didn’t take a Half-Step True God Realm expert like him seriously at all. They wanted to dispose of him too!

The Jiang Family Grand Elder was completely dumbfounded. He had seen people deliver money, gifts, and beautiful women. But this was his first time seeing someone in such a hurry to deliver their own life!

“You damn mosquito! Do you even know how to spell the word ‘overconfidence’?!” The Jiang Family Grand Elder’s anger instantly solidified into a tangible presence. The air around him warped from the sheer intensity of his fury.

“Idiot. I’m a mosquito. I don’t need to write.” Chu Sheng rolled his compound eyes, which were filled with nothing but mockery toward Elder Jiang.

“You…” The hand the Jiang Family Grand Elder used to point at Chu Sheng began to tremble uncontrollably. He had lived for tens of thousands of years and had never once lost a cursing match. When had he ever suffered such grievance?

But cursing a mosquito… He truly had no idea where to even begin!

For example, “F**k your mother…” Do mosquitoes even have mothers?

For example, “F**k your grandmother…” Do mosquitoes have grandmothers?

He was getting off-track. Just the act of exchanging insults with a bug… The dignified Jiang Family Grand Elder, a Half-Step True God Realm powerhouse, hurling copious amounts of mother-related profanities at a mosquito… If word of this truly spread, where would he put his old face!

“Good! Good! Very good!

“Since you’re courting death, this venerable one will grant your wish!”

Elder Jiang simply laid down this harsh threat, no longer bothering to engage in a war of words with Chu Sheng. He prepared to use practical actions to thoroughly teach this arrogant mosquito a lesson. He would teach it the meaning of respecting its elders!

Elder Jiang spread his arms, and a brilliant light erupted around him. The Fire Divine Domain unfurled first, immediately followed by the Destruction Divine Domain and the Thunder Divine Domain. The three Divine Domains, with completely different attributes and extreme offensiveness, overlaid upon each other without clashing in the slightest. Instead, they complemented each other, their power rising steadily.

Watching this scene from afar, Daya tilted her head in confusion.

“Huh? This old guy stacked three Divine Domains together, but nothing’s going wrong?” she asked. “Didn’t they say that different Divine Domains would conflict and start fighting each other first?”

Huo Lang opened his mouth, unsure of how to explain it either. With his Cultivation base only at the Peak of Profound Understanding Realm, he had merely grasped the barest surface of Divine Domains; how could he understand something so profound? He only knew that Cultivators above the Divinity Transformation Realm could master multiple Laws simultaneously, but they could not release and overlay multiple Divine Domains at once. Earlier, when Chu Nianci and Gu Yuexi clashed with their Divine Domains, they had swapped them out one by one. They had never released two or more Divine Domains at the same time to overlay them. Forcefully overlapping Divine Domains would only destabilize them. In severe cases, it could even trigger a self-detonation—doing zero damage to the enemy while inflicting massive harm upon the user.

At this moment, an elderly Void Refinement Realm Cultivator standing beside them heard Daya’s question. He sighed and explained the reason.

“There has always been a saying in the Spirit Realm: unless you reach the True God Realm, you are not considered a True God,” he said.

Huo Lang and Daya nodded hurriedly, pricking up their ears to listen carefully to the lesson.

“Although there is only a difference of one Grand Realm between the True God Realm and the Integration Realm, there is a fundamental distinction,” the elderly Cultivator continued. “Aside from the enhancement of the Divine Body’s toughness and the overall increase in Divine Power, the most crucial point is a Cultivator’s degree of control over their Divine Domains. Only when one can control three or more Divine Domains and stably overlay them to unleash their combined power can they be considered to have touched the threshold of the True God Realm.

“The reason the Jiang Family Grand Elder is referred to as a Half-Step True God Realm expert is precisely because all of his attributes, including his control over his Divine Domains, have fully met the standards of the True God Realm.”

Daya scratched her head. “Then shouldn’t the Jiang Family Grand Elder already be considered in the True God Realm?”

The elderly Cultivator shook his head. “He is still missing the final opportunity for a breakthrough to complete the ultimate transformation of his Divine Soul.

“Such an opportunity can only be encountered by luck, not sought after. Most Cultivators remain stuck at this bottleneck for their entire lives, unable to cross over.”

Daya was, after all, a Profound Understanding Realm Cultivator as well; naturally, she understood the concept of such an opportunity and didn’t press the matter further. But understanding it only made her panic more.

“Then… isn’t Lord Mosquito in great danger?”

Huo Lang and Daya both started to regret stepping back. If they had known, they should have stayed to help. Even if it was just to block a single Attack from Elder Jiang.

The other loose cultivators also exchanged glances, their faces written with worry.

“What do we do?”

“Lord Mosquito was too impulsive. Instead of proceeding with a proper negotiation, he just had to clash head-on with a Half-Step True God Realm expert.”

Huo Lang hesitated and clenched his fists, contemplating whether he should rush back in to help.

“It’s too late.”

The elderly Cultivator shook his head with a bitter smile and raised a hand to point at the center of the battlefield.

“The Jiang Family Grand Elder’s three great Divine Domains have fully unfurled, firmly trapping Lord Mosquito inside.

“Even if we rush up now, we won’t be able to breach the barrier of the Jiang Family Grand Elder’s Divine Domains.

“Going there would just be throwing our lives away, without serving any purpose.”