288: The Secret of the Divine Court, the Dao Lord of the Vast Sea

"You, you, you, how dare you?!"

"Ugh..."

Before he could finish speaking, you performed Soul Scour on both of them.

The two sets of memories were largely similar.

Like Old Sun and the others, these individuals also came from a minor Divine Realm under the jurisdiction of the Divine Court.

Although this was merely their way of flattering themselves, they did indeed have a tenuous connection to the Divine Court.

Their purpose in coming here was exactly as they stated: to find Old Sun and his companions.

Old Sun had sent some message to the Divine Court, making the entire Divine Court take it quite seriously.

They dispatched many native Divine Court cultivators and Cultivators from subordinate worlds to search everywhere for Old Sun and the others.

As for the team currently before you, they were simply closer to the Heavens, thus gaining an early advantage.

"Looking at it this way, there are still many Cultivators searching for Old Sun's whereabouts..."

"These people will probably all end up finding their way to the Heavens..."

You sighed slightly, knowing that the Heavens were no longer safe.

The Cultivators from the minor Divine Realms were fine.

But if those native Divine Court cultivators were to arrive in person, with your current cultivation, you would certainly not be their opponent.

If they were to forcibly perform Soul Scour on you then, things would be dire.

Helpless, you could only instruct your subordinates to prepare for evacuation.

The 165,300th year.

You and your group circled around, returning once again to the Li Huang Realm.

You ordered your subordinates to explore the area, and only after confirming there were no Divine Court cultivators did you settle down.

"What could be so important as to attract the attention of a power like the Divine Court?"

You mused to yourself.

Then, you pulled out the golden light you had previously obtained.

It was still filled with dense energy.

However, no matter how you observed it, you couldn't find any other anomalies.

After much deliberation, you finally decided to refine it.

"Crack!"

As a crisp shattering sound rang out, a large amount of energy surged into your body.

Your cultivation slightly advanced.

But...

That was all!

This golden light truly was just a pure energy, and the boost it gave you wasn't even enough to Break through one Realm.

"Could it be that these golden lights have no connection to Old Sun at all?"

"Did they just happen to appear together?"

Thousands of doubts flashed through your mind, but after a long while, they only transformed into a heavy sigh.

The 165,600th year.

Your cultivation steadily rose, reaching the sixteenth layer of Dao Tribulation.

All of this was thanks to your previous strategy.

After establishing the "Power of Destiny," although the conflicts within your inner world didn't completely cease, they effectively reduced the slaughter by those high-level Cultivators.

This allowed the low-level Cultivators to multiply rapidly, and the population sharply increased.

However, a new problem soon appeared before you.

Because the Human Race and the other races developed too evenly, you had no opportunity to act.

This also caused the Power of Incense you harvested to become increasingly scarce.

Many newly born beings no longer knew of your existence.

You knew that you had to act again.

You had to control their conflicts within a very clever range.

It had to be enough for them to frequently receive your help and generate Power of Incense for you.

Yet, it could not allow the conflicts to escalate and cause too many beings to die.

After a moment of thought, you acted again.

This time, you targeted the mid-level Cultivators of the Human Race and other races who had no backing.

You stirred up hatred between them.

These individuals neither possessed the influence of high-level Cultivators nor the power to casually annihilate millions of people.

Therefore, although the conflicts they initiated had some impact, they would not harm the foundation of your inner world.

You secretly intervened, repeatedly protecting the Cultivators of both races.

Soon, you acquired a large amount of Power of Incense.

The 166,000th year.

Through these years of investigation, you quickly learned the general map of this world.

There were tens of thousands of worlds, large and small, in this heaven and earth.

The earliest Taiyi Realm, for example, was at the lowest level of existence.

The Heavens were slightly stronger than the Taiyi Realm.

But ultimately, they could only be considered a middle-to-lower-tier world.

As for the Li Huang Realm where you currently were, although it was much stronger than the Taiyi Realm and the Heavens, it was only an upper-tier world.

Above it, there were several top-tier worlds.

These worlds contained richer resources and more powerful Cultivators.

You quickly set your sights on them.

The reason was simple.

It was for the activation of the Fatal Strike!

Because only in worlds with more abundant energy could you unleash a stronger Fatal Strike!

"My Lord!"

"The situation of these worlds has been investigated!"

Jiang Yong reported in a hurry.

You immediately took the intelligence from his hand.

After a long while, you pulled out one of the intelligence reports.

On it were three prominent characters—Taihuang Realm.

This was the existence you had found after careful selection.

The energy there was extremely abundant, not only containing Spiritual Qi and Dao Yuan, but also rich Power of Incense.

And...

This was not the biggest reason you wanted to occupy the Taihuang Realm.

The biggest reason you wanted to occupy it was that there wasn't even a single Cultivator who had reached the twenty-fifth layer of Dao Tribulation within its domain!

Although there were several Cultivators who had passed twenty-four tribulations and dominated regions, ultimately, there wasn't a single existence that could harm you.

Without any hesitation.

After deciding to act against the Taihuang Realm, you immediately took a flying boat and headed there.

Time flew by.

When you arrived here, the time had already reached the 166,200th year.

Without a word, you directly performed Soul Scour on a few passing Cultivators.

A large amount of memories flooded into your mind.

After a long while, you nodded thoughtfully.

It was indeed exactly as the intelligence described; there were only five Cultivators at the twenty-fourth layer of Dao Tribulation.

They each dominated a region, gathered many Cultivators, and occupied all the land of the Taihuang Realm.

And your current location was the territory of one of these powerful individuals, Lord of the Vast Sea.

"Three thousand li to the north, not far from here."

"Then let's start with you."

As soon as you finished speaking, your figure flickered, heading straight for the Hanhai Palace built by Lord of the Vast Sea.