New buds grow on the dead tree, proving the emperor's throne!

The next morning.

“Hoo…”

Jiang Qing slowly exhaled a mouthful of turbid Qi, his entire body’s Qi and blood surging and rolling, like a Dragon dancing and moving around his body.

Jiang Qing opened his eyes, and streaks of golden light spread out from his body, rapidly dissipating upon touching the wall.

The golden light seemed as if it had never appeared, but where the golden light had touched the wall, a layer of golden halo had clearly been imprinted, taking a long time to dissipate.

“One night of Cultivation, I’ve entered the Martial General Realm mid-stage!”

Jiang Qing clenched his fists, his body surging with power.

The Martial General Realm primarily Cultivates Battle Intent, and unlike the previous few Realms, it is not divided into nine small Realms, but only into low-stage, mid-stage, high-stage, and Peak.

Each Realm represents a certain level reached by Martial Dao Battle Intent, and each level will double the power of the Martial Dao Battle Intent and bring about special abilities.

Low-stage Martial Dao Battle Intent can provide beneficial buffs to Martial Artists.

Mid-stage Martial Dao Battle Intent will manifest symbolic colors and can be released externally to cause physical damage.

High-stage Martial Dao Battle Intent can entwine around weapons, adding more powerful lethality to a Martial Artist’s attacks.

Peak Martial Dao Battle Intent can release powerful Aura; once a top-tier Martial Dao Battle Intent releases its Aura, anyone whose Martial Dao Battle Intent is below it will be weakened, their strength inexplicably dropping by thirty percent.

Jiang Qing’s Martial Dao Battle Intent is the Invincible Battle Intent, which surpasses top-tier Battle Intent. If he Cultivates to the Peak Martial General Realm, then no matter who he encounters in the future, he will be able to inexplicably reduce their strength by thirty percent.

This is the effect of laying a good Martial Dao foundation; the stronger the Martial Dao foundation, the more terrifying one’s strength will become as the Realm gets higher.

Just like Jiang Qing now, he can easily cross two major Realms to fight, and if he has more foundation in the future, his strength will always grow with the improvement of his Realm.

“Now that I’m a mid-stage Martial General, I’m not far from the Peak.” Jiang Qing looked at the golden halo remaining on the wall, stood up, and stretched his limbs, his body surging with power.

“The Ancient Era records that Cultivating to the Peak extreme of the Ten Thousand Layer Realm, upon stepping into the extraordinary, one can awaken the Domain of Battle Intent that only a Puppet King possesses in advance…”

“If I can Cultivate my Martial Dao Battle Intent to the extreme, my combat power will soar again by a large margin after Awakening the Domain.”

Jiang Qing’s eyes held intense interest.

Invincible Battle Intent is already extremely difficult to comprehend, and comprehending Invincible Battle Intent to its extreme is even more difficult.

In previous projection processes, Jiang Qing had not managed to Cultivate Invincible Battle Intent to its extreme while in the Martial General Realm.

Because he had not focused on Cultivating Invincible Battle Intent during the projection process before. If he were willing to focus on Cultivating it while his Realm was stuck at Martial General during the projection process, he believed he could deduce his Battle Intent to its extreme within a few chances.

However, ever since breaking through to Martial General, Jiang Qing’s projection focus has been on the Mystic Heaven Five Imprints, so he hasn’t concentrated on Cultivating Battle Intent during the projection process.

Now he can. Jiang Qing can focus on projecting Martial Dao Battle Intent after a while, deducing his Martial Dao Battle Intent to its ultimate Realm.

There’s no need to rush since he’s only a mid-stage Martial General. The current priority is still on finding more Dao Protectors.

“Gurgle…”

A sound came from his stomach, interrupting Jiang Qing’s thoughts.

After washing up, Jiang Qing hurried to the mess hall to eat.

An hour later, full and satisfied, Jiang Qing arranged for the several Centurions he had promoted earlier to lead the soldiers in training and also to instruct Stone Victory and the others who had just joined yesterday.

Currently, not only Stone Victory and his group hold Centurion positions; Jiang Qing had already cultivated several Centurions long before them.

Among the two thousand people Jiang Qing selected, there were also a few with good potential. These individuals, having been carefully cultivated by Jiang Qing, had significantly improved in strength and were sufficient to serve as Centurions.

Stone Victory and the others were currently unfamiliar with Jiang Qing’s training methods, so it was a good opportunity for the previously promoted Centurions to help them get acquainted.

After arranging the training schedule, Jiang Qing returned to his residence and took out an ancient book.

The ancient book was extremely thick, filled with records of Heaven And Earth Treasure that Jiang Qing believed could be intercepted and cultivated to become Dao Protectors.

It not only recorded what Jiang Qing knew, but he also left this book to Nine Heavens Star Lightning and Puppet King back then, instructing them to continue searching for and recording such information even after the Ancient Era ended.

Things like Strange Spirits, Heaven And Earth Treasure that had developed sentience, and so on, were all naturally formed objects that could be intercepted and cultivated in advance. Due to their natural formation, they had long lifespans. Although their growth rate was slow, this was not an issue for Jiang Qing.

Cultivating them from the Ancient Era would mean at least twenty thousand years, which is enough time for them to grow. Just like Nine Heavens Star Lightning, it could advance from a half-step Martial King to a half-step Martial Saint over the years.

All this information was collected and recorded in this one book.

This was mainly for Jiang Qing’s convenience in conducting projections, to see if there were any overlapping timelines, so Jiang Qing could gain the maximum benefit within a limited time.

After all, his projection time was only two years, so he had to strive for maximum benefit.

Jiang Qing flipped through page by page, memorizing the time and location of various Heaven And Earth Treasure, as well as the information of the individuals who obtained them.

Fortunately, with his Civilization Master Cultivation now successful, Jiang Qing was able to memorize everything at a glance.

Inside the residence, the sound of flipping pages echoed occasionally, and the information recorded in the book continuously entered Jiang Qing’s eyes.

“In the 1658th year of the Ancient Era, the Heaven and Earth Different Fire ‘Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Fire’ appeared in the Yao Race Domain of the Battlefield of the Heavens, causing a frenzy among the Ten Thousand Yao Race, and ultimately, the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Fire was obtained by the Yao Race Lord of that year…”

“In the 3957th year of the Ancient Era, the Heaven and Earth Different Fire ‘Corroding Bone Poison Water’ appeared in the Myriad Poison Domain of the Battlefield of the Heavens, causing countless poison Dao experts to go mad for it…”

“In the 7156th year of the Ancient Era, a tree root in the Spirit Wood Domain, which had remained after failing to Undergo Tribulation in the Ancient Era, underwent Rebirth and sprouted new shoots.

A thousand years later, the new shoots of the withered tree grew into a towering tree, proving its Imperial Dao Fruit. When it ascended, the vast Spirit Wood Domain was enveloped by spiritual clouds, and a spiritual rain lasted for three full months, benefiting all plant life within the Spirit Wood Domain…”

…

“Found it!”

After searching for several hours, Jiang Qing finally discovered an overlapping area.

In the 7156th year of the Ancient Era, a withered tree that had remained after failing to Undergo Tribulation in the Ancient Era underwent Nirvana and Rebirth, sprouting new shoots, and a thousand years later, proved its Imperial Dao Fruit.

This indicates that its vitality had already sprouted before it grew new shoots, but it had been dormant, waiting until its foundation was sufficient to emerge. At that time, it already possessed the potential to prove the Imperial Dao.

As long as Jiang Qing provided it with assistance before then, he would surely gain something.

During this period, the book recorded that there was an Earth Vein Golden Fire in a Martial Dao Holy Land of the Human Race at that time, which was the Holy Land’s foundation.

Earth Vein Golden Fire, also belonging to Heaven and Earth Different Fire, is a flame born from the depths of the earth’s core, controlling the power of the earth.

Whoever possesses the Earth Vein Golden Fire can gain a continuous supply of power as long as they stand on the ground.

The power of the earth will constantly temper the possessor’s Physical Body through the Earth Vein Golden Fire, greatly enhancing the possessor’s affinity for earth elements.