Eternal Life by Daily Divination

’Great Qi already has four Nascent Soul cultivators. If you also count the Elder Emperor, who is at the Middle Stage of Nascent Soul, their overall strength will swell to an unimaginable degree.’

Li Chang’an mused.

’The Wang Family only has one cultivator at the Early Stage of Nascent Soul left. They can’t possibly stand against Great Qi at its full strength.’

’Once the Wang Family is destroyed, the balance of the Four Nascent Soul Powers will be completely shattered, and the Zhao Country Cultivation Immortality Realm will become even more turbulent.’

’I must maintain the current balance for as long as possible before my own Nascent Soul Formation. The longer, the better.’

Li Chang’an made up his mind and tossed the Stone Pearl into a corner of his Storage Pouch.

「Not long after.」

He finished the interrogation.

Prince Huai had basically lost all his value.

But Li Chang’an didn’t kill him right away. Instead, he controlled him and had him return to Great Qi.

After returning to Great Qi, Prince Huai immediately received a vast amount of Power of Faith, and his aura soared.

Li Chang’an noticed that Prince Huai’s Golden Core hadn’t changed at all.

However, outside his Golden Core, an illusory, seated Nascent Soul had appeared.

’It’s not Shattering the pill to form an infant, but directly adding a Nascent Soul. This really won’t affect future Nascent Soul Formation.’

Li Chang’an could finally rest easy.

He focused on controlling Prince Huai and entered the Great Qi Imperial Capital.

’The Emperor of Great Qi’s true body, as well as Jiang Xuanyuan, are both besieging the Wang Family’s ancestral lands. They won’t be returning to the Great Qi Imperial Capital for now. The other False Soul True Monarch is guarding the border.’

In other words, Prince Huai was now the only Nascent Soul True Monarch in the entire Great Qi Imperial Capital!

He made a beeline for the Great Qi Library Pavilion and copied all the Cultivation Techniques, Magic, Cultivation Insights, and various other records within.

After that, he went to the Great Qi Treasure Vault.

Prince Huai hadn’t lied to him.

Even for a Nascent Soul True Monarch like Prince Huai, the Treasures he found in the Treasure Vault were all low-tier.

There were very few Tier Four Treasures, and as for Nascent Soul opportunities, there were none at all.

Li Chang’an had already expected this, so he wasn’t disappointed.

He only exchanged for some of the rarer Low Tier Treasures, not drawing any attention to himself.

After this, he paid a visit to Prince Huai’s Mansion and opened its Treasure Vault.

’As expected of a False Soul True Monarch’s Treasure Vault. Even though all the Nascent Soul opportunities were handed over to the Great Qi Royal Family, there’s no shortage of other Treasures.’

Li Chang’an’s eyes lit up, the sight before him filled with a dazzling, multicolored glow of treasures.

There was a dazzling, exhaustive array of items: Spirit Wood, Crystal Stones, Elixir Pills, Demon Beast Essence Blood, and more.

He didn’t hold back, waving his hand.

"Absorb!"

A dozen or so Storage Pouches immediately flew out, their openings gaping like the maws of gluttonous beasts, frantically absorbing the Treasures in the Treasure Vault.

Before long, the entire Treasure Vault was swept clean.

Prince Huai’s heart bled with anguish.

But alas, he was under Li Chang’an’s control. His body was not his own, and he was completely powerless to stop anything.

After emptying the Treasure Vault, he was made to go to the Library Pavilion in Prince Huai’s Mansion and copy every book inside.

Once all that was done, Li Chang’an had him leave Great Qi and return to the Southern Domain.

’It went rather smoothly. I wasn’t discovered by the Emperor of Great Qi’s Puppet Body.’

A smile appeared on his face as he let out a sigh of relief.

At the border between the Southern and Central Domains, Li Chang’an took all the Treasures from Prince Huai.

Then, he controlled Prince Huai, made him enter a Secret Realm in the Central Domain, and inside that Secret Realm, he killed Prince Huai, Qi Jingyun, and the ten Golden Core Cultivators.

He collected their Souls, left quickly, and returned to Changqing Mountain.

As for the Treasures in Prince Huai’s Storage Pouch that were branded by the Emperor of Great Qi, he left them all behind in that Secret Realm.

...

「Meanwhile, inside Prince Huai’s Mansion in the Great Qi Imperial Capital.」

The Soul Lamps of Prince Huai, Qi Jingyun, and the others all extinguished at the same time.

"Oh no!"

The Prince’s Mansion disciple guarding the Soul Lamps paled and immediately ran to inform the others.

Soon, the news was delivered to the Great Qi Imperial Palace.

’Prince Huai is dead?’

Seeing this news, the Emperor of Great Qi, Qi Jiuyang, felt his heart sink.

He immediately sensed the Treasures that bore his mark, followed the sensation into the Secret Realm, and before long, arrived at the place where Prince Huai and the others had fallen.

’Why would Prince Huai die here?’

Qi Jiuyang’s brow furrowed, lost in confused thought.

’Perhaps Prince Huai provoked a powerful enemy, or maybe someone is targeting Great Qi from the shadows.’

...

「Half a month later.」

Li Chang’an heard that Great Qi had temporarily halted its offensive.

Originally, Great Qi had held a massive advantage in its immortal war against the Wang Family, but it had suddenly stalled, as if on guard against something.

’It seems Prince Huai’s death has given the Wang Family a chance to catch their breath.’

A smile appeared on Li Chang’an’s face. This was exactly the result he had wanted.

All things considered, he had done the Wang Family a huge favor.

During that half-month, he had already finished taking stock of all his gains and had adapted to the Faith Technique.

’Time to make a plan for the Fire Cloud Secret Realm.’

Li Chang’an turned his attention to the Fire Cloud Secret Realm.

Over the past few years, he hadn’t caused much of a stir in the Fire Cloud Secret Realm.

However, more than ten Golden Core Cultivators were already willing to follow him.

Some of them he had casually subjugated, while the others had been persuaded by Gao Tianlan.

As the first Golden Core Cultivator from the Secret Realm to follow Li Chang’an, Gao Tianlan was exceptionally loyal to him, having bet almost everything he had on Li Chang’an.

「Today.」

He was once again persuading a Golden Core Cultivator.

This person’s Daoist title was "Danyang." He was a Tier Three Alchemist, respectfully addressed as the Danyang Divine Emperor by the Low Tier Cultivators of the Secret Realm.

The two of them sat in a courtyard in the Danyang Divine Emperor’s Mansion, talking for a long time.

"Danyang, you and I have known each other for many years. When have I ever lied to you?"

Gao Tianlan’s tone was sincere as he earnestly invited the Danyang Divine Emperor to follow Li Chang’an with him.

He continued, "The Cultivation Techniques, Treasures, and knowledge that the Changqing Divine Lord possesses are far beyond what you or I could ever compare to. He is extremely generous and is willing to share a Fourth Realm Cultivation Technique with us."

The Danyang Divine Emperor was skeptical. "Tianlan, is there really a Fourth Realm?"