Chapter 350: Spreading Rumors

When Yaoguang heard what Yuan Miaoyi said, he also guessed what he meant. However...

"That may be true, but the income earned from overseeing a domain is dozens of times what I can gain as an idle deputy sect master. I doubt the sect would be willing to make up these earnings for me, would it?" Yaoguang said calmly. "If the sect can make up the difference, then I have no objections."

"Uhh... The sect can provide you with a certain amount of compensation, but making up the full amount... We are unable to do so..."

"Then I’ll go there myself." Yaoguang smiled.

This was equivalent to obtaining a domain for free, a territory at least equivalent to several dozen states. Calling it a foundation that could last for generations would not be an exaggeration.

"Deputy Sect Master Yaoguang, I would still recommend you cultivate in the sect for now. There are far too many trivial matters in the southern domain. If you go there, you may not be able to keep the situation under control. If something happens then, and the tribute for each period fails to meet the standard, it would not be easy for you to explain it to the sect, would it? Allowing the sect master to manage it on your behalf is not a bad thing," Yuan Miaoyi said in a deep voice.

He seemed to feel that Yaoguang did not know what was good for him.

We're already planning to provide you with three million Pure Yang Grand Pills every year, yet you're still not satisfied? You still insist on taking the entire profits of the southern domain?!

However, considering that the Penglai Dao Lord stood behind him, along with the astonishing potential he had displayed, Yuan Miaoyi still added, "Of course, this is only my suggestion. You can consider it carefully. The final decision is still in your hands."

"Then I think that you do not need to offer any more suggestions. I have already made my intentions clear." Yaoguang smiled.

"You do not need to rush to answer me." Yuan Miaoyi gave Yaoguang a deep look. His figure transformed into a rainbow and soon disappeared without a trace.

After Yuan Miaoyi left, Qi Sha appeared behind Yaoguang with a solemn expression. "Yuan Miaoyi is the most loyal to the sect master. This visit represented Sect Master Zong Wenxian’s intentions."

"I know," Yaoguang said. "After all, this is an income of over one hundred million Pure Yang Grand Pills a year. Obviously the sect master is reluctant to hand it over. However, with the rules of the Great Dao Golden Book in place, no matter what reasons or excuses he has, he cannot stop me from overseeing a domain."

He paused. "At most, when we go to oversee a domain, he will create some trouble for us. But as long as he does not dare to make a move openly, I have nothing to fear."

Qi Sha thought of the strength Yaoguang had displayed, killing a demon emperor right after breaking through to the Void-Refining Realm...

If Yaoguang were given enough time to consolidate his realm, his strength would absolutely rise to a new level.

On top of that, his life-bound Dao Technique was the teleportation-type Void Flicker. Even if he fought a peak Void-Shattering powerhouse, a being who stood at the very summit beneath Dao Lords, he would probably be able to escape.

"When the time comes and we go to the domain, all of you will be busy," Yaoguang said to Qi Sha.

"I cultivate the Great Dao of destruction. Therefore, if anyone wants to stir up trouble, let them come. I do not fear them." Qi Sha smiled as he spoke. "Perhaps, through repeated battles and slaughter, they can even help me comprehend the true meaning of the Great Dao of destruction, allowing me to advance to the Void-Refining Realm."

Yaoguang smiled faintly. He already had a plan.

If Qi Sha truly earned enough merit in his service, Yaoguang would use the Great Annihilation Sword Qi as the foundation to tailor-make a Dao Artifact of the Great Dao of destruction for him.

After that, Yaoguang returned to Nine Cauldrons Peak.

A moment later, he seemed to think of something and went to the array used for communication. He took out the jade talisman that could directly connect to the Nine Heavens Sect’s communication array.

As the array art was activated, Yaoguang waited patiently. Soon, Li Hanqiu’s figure appeared above the array.

Seeing Yaoguang take the initiative to contact him, Li Hanqiu’s expression turned grave. "Did something happen?"

"Something good," Yaoguang said.

Then, he smiled slightly. "The Nine Heavens Sect can start making preparations to relocate. Very soon, we will have territory that belongs to us here on the North Sea Star. And..."

He paused. "The name of the Nine Cauldrons Sect will once again resound across the North Sea Star."

"We... will have territory that belongs to us? The name of the Nine Cauldrons Sect can resound across the North Sea Star again?" Li Hanqiu was stunned. Immediately after, the feeling of delight made his eyes light up.

However, this joy only lasted for a moment before he quickly forced himself to regain his rationality. Yet the smile on his face could not be completely suppressed no matter what. "What happened? Did you render great merit in the Heavenly Dao Sect? Are they going to bestow a city upon you as territory?"

"No." Yaoguang had no intention of hiding it either.

The news that he had reached the Void-Refining Realm would soon spread throughout the Ten Great Immortal Dao Sects, so there was no need to hide it.

Therefore, he spoke frankly. "It is just that my cultivation has broken through again. According to the rules of the Heavenly Dao Sect’s Great Dao Golden Book, any young sect master who can reach the Void-Refining Realm within a thousand years shall become a deputy sect master of the Heavenly Dao Sect. Another rule also states that a deputy sect master of the Heavenly Dao Sect must shoulder the responsibility of overseeing a territory and guarding the Heavenly Dao Sect’s lands. At present, the Heavenly Dao Sect only has three deputy sect masters... The process may be somewhat complicated because of some conflicting interests, but the result will not change. I should be going to oversee the southern domain and become the lord of the Heavenly Dao Sect’s southern domain."

"Your cultivation has broken through again?! The Void-Refining Realm?! Deputy sect master? The lord of the Heavenly Dao Sect’s southern domain?!"

There were so many pieces of news that it felt like a carpet bombing of information to Li Hanqiu. It made his head buzz.

Any one of these pieces of news could be considered shocking. Yet they had all come at once...

Even though Li Hanqiu had experienced many storms over several hundred years of life, he was left completely stunned, his eyes wide as he failed to come back to his senses for a long while.

It took Li Hanqiu several breaths to finally regain his composure and begin to understand the weight of Yaoguang’s words.

The next moment, he gasped, staring fixedly at Yaoguang. Even his voice trembled continuously as he spoke. "Y-You really reached the Void-Refining Realm?!"

"Calm down," Yaoguang said calmly. "I already told you in the past that you would need to get used to the surprises I might have brought you."

As he spoke, he seemed to feel that those words were a little... arrogant.

For a moment, he could not help but laugh as well. "From the Void-Piercing Realm to the Void-Refining Realm, the main thing is comprehension of the void. I have a special physique, so naturally, I can take this step extremely quickly."

"B-But this is still too fast. Ten years... Just a little over ten years... I haven’t even finished processing the joy of your advancement to the Void-Piercing Realm, yet you have already brought me an even greater surprise."

"Don’t worry. There will be time. Going from the Void-Refining Realm to the Void-Shattering Realm requires a vast amount of resources. Ten years will definitely not be enough to gather them."

Yaoguang estimated the matters he still needed to handle at the Void-Refining Realm, as well as the resources needed to increase his cultivation at this stage with maximum efficiency, and how to convert them into Dao Artifacts...

"If things go smoothly, it will still take thirty to forty years. If it goes slowly, I’m afraid it will take nearly a hundred years," he answered truthfully.

And this truthful answer once again made Li Hanqiu’s eyes widen. "Even if it’s slow, it will only take a hundred years?!"

Going from the Void-Refining Realm to the Void-Shattering Realm only required a hundred years?!

If this news spread, the Heavenly Dao Sect, and even the entire North Sea Star, would probably go crazy over it.

After all, once one formed a grotto-heaven, one could use the grotto-heaven’s distortion of time to survive for ten thousand years.

A hundred years was only one percent of a ten-thousand-year lifespan. Using an ordinary person’s perception, it was not even equivalent to a single year.

In such a short time, Yaoguang was going to reach the summit directly and stand at the peak of the world, second only to Dao Lords?

"This is truly... truly..." Li Hanqiu wanted to vent the emotions in his heart.

However, after opening his mouth for a long while, he realized that words could not describe even one ten-thousandth of the excitement, joy, and exhilaration he felt at this moment.

In the end, all his words transformed into a single word. "Good!"

Li Hanqiu clapped hard. "Excellent! For the Nine Cauldrons Sect to produce an unparalleled figure like you, Yaoguang, is truly our fortune for all generations!"

Yaoguang smiled and did not continue on this topic. He merely asked, "How is everyone in the Nine Cauldrons Sect’s cultivation progressing? Once we go there, many places will require manpower. If there are promising talents in the Nine Cauldrons Sect, you might as well focus on nurturing them. If some Azure Golden Core cultivators want to break through, I can personally step forward and protect them."

His current realm could not compare to a Dao Lord, and his methods were far inferior to a Dao Lord’s by a lot.

But relying on his comprehensive understanding of the knowledge from the Azure Golden Core Realm to the Void-Piercing Realm, he believed he would absolutely not be inferior to any Void-Shattering cultivator, and might even surpass them.

In other words, if he personally protected Azure Golden Core disciples during their breakthrough, increasing their success rate by fifteen to twenty percent would be no problem.

"Very well. Last time, you brought over resources worth more than one hundred million Pure Yang Grand Pills. Almost all the cultivators that the Nine Cauldrons Sect focused on nurturing have cultivated to the Radiant Sun Golden Core Realm! The six most outstanding among them have even formed Blazing White Golden Cores."

"Only six Blazing White Golden Cores?" Yaoguang sounded somewhat disappointed.

"It has only been a few years since you reached the Void-Piercing Realm and sent over the Pure Yang Grand Pills. For so many people to break through to the Blazing White Golden Core Realm in such a short time is already quite good." Li Hanqiu looked at Yaoguang’s reaction and smiled. "After all, not everyone has talent as good as yours."

As his cultivation increased, Yaoguang had already learned that pills such as Pure Yang Grand Pills and Void Dao Pills were actually specialties of the North Sea Star.

Every time the Gate of the Immortal Realm on the North Sea Star opened, the immortal realm qi from within the Immortal Realm would leak out and fill heaven and earth.

This immortal realm qi was the main ingredient used to condense Pure Yang Grand Pills.

In other words, those who consumed Pure Yang Grand Pills were not cultivating by refining the spiritual qi of heaven and earth, but by refining immortal realm qi, enjoying a cultivation environment similar to the Immortal Realm.

With such an environment, after all these years, only six Blazing White Golden Cores had still been born... That was indeed somewhat lacking.

However, Yaoguang had no intention of giving up on the Nine Cauldrons Sect’s people.

So what if their talent was a little lacking? Perhaps he could not do what the Penglai Dao Lord had done, forcibly raising a cultivator without even enough talent to reach the Void-Piercing Realm into a Void-Shattering powerhouse, but nurturing the few hundred core members of the Nine Cauldrons Sect to the Azure Golden Core Realm and giving each of them a chance to break through to the Void-Piercing Realm would still be no problem.

As for whether they could reach the Void-Piercing Realm, that would depend on their own fortune.

"Let them cultivate slowly. There’s no need for too much pressure," Yaoguang said. "Once the matters in the southern domain are settled, I will let you know."

"Good." Li Hanqiu nodded firmly.

After that, the two ended their communication.

When Yaoguang walked out of the pavilion where the communication array art was located, Lyu Suoyu brought news that several Void-Piercing Realm elders had sent over generous gifts.

Jin Yuliu in particular... The value of his gift was equivalent to tens of millions of Pure Yang Grand Pills.

Yaoguang naturally knew why this elder had sent such a generous gift. He accepted it directly.

With his current status, his willingness to accept this gift was already the greatest mercy toward Jin Yuliu.

However, over the next few days, just as he was receiving so many gifts that his hands nearly went soft, a rumor gradually began to spread within the Heavenly Dao Sect.

The reason Yaoguang had been able to reach the Void-Refining Realm so quickly was that he was a chess piece of the Penglai Dao Lord.

His purpose was to serve as a backup plan for her disciples after the Penglai Dao Lord ascended.

Once the timing matured, he would seize the Heavenly Dao Sect's territory. At that time, whether the Heavenly Dao Sect would still be called the Heavenly Dao Sect, or whether it would become a branch of the Penglai Immortal Sect, no one could say.