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True Immortal Mo Mei was actually pretty annoyed too.

Nine tamed beasts meant nine extra mouths to feed.

Buying Enlightenment Pills.

Buying Illusion Realm books imbued with Tao Rhyme to read.

Hiring other Powerhouses with Divine Techniques to personally give her hands-on instruction in those Laws...

Way too hard.

Everyone only saw how terrifying the Ten Thousand Beasts Domain’s combat power was, but had no idea just how broke they were from "raising friends"!

Why was it that in her grand Ink Plum Immortal Sect, famed throughout the Ten Thousand Beasts Domain, she was the only True Immortal?

Even the Grand Elder, who served as her deputy, was only at Celestial Immortal Great Perfection?

Because they were way too short on money!

The entire Sect’s resources were all concentrated on her, True Immortal Mo Mei.

Originally she had six True Immortal tamed beasts under her command, and three Celestial Immortal Great Perfection...

That was already top-tier combat power among True Immortals.

With six True Immortals surrounding you for the kill, what other cultivation system’s True Immortal could withstand that?

This was the terrifying part of the Ten Thousand Beasts Domain; even among the Thirteen Giants Civilization, it was one of the strongest Civilizations.

Now she alone was propping up the entire Sect.

In reality, the structure of the Ten Thousand Beasts Civilization leaned even more toward concentrating myriad great powers into one body than other Civilizations.

Other True Immortal Sects might have several True Immortals, but in the Ten Thousand Beasts Domain it wasn’t uncommon for a Sect to have only one True Immortal who could actually fight.

"I also have to raise a Treasure Lotus Lamp. This is a seed with immense potential; its grade has to be constantly upgraded. If not to True Immortal level, at least to Celestial Immortal level."

"This Treasure Lotus Lamp is best reassigned to the Grand Elder as one of her Magical Artifact-type tamed beasts, then we’ll cultivate it up."

"The tamed beasts I previously rotated out can also be given to the Grand Elder to boost her strength. She’s been stuck at Celestial Immortal Great Perfection for far too long. It’s about time our Sect produced a second True Immortal."

She was doing the math in her heart, worrying about making ends meet.

One more True Immortal in the Sect just meant life would be even harder.

Walking out from her Upper Grade Cave Mansion, she looked really no different from those Celestial Immortal cultivators emerging from seclusion in Middle Grade Cave Mansions—every last one of them wore the same worried expression.

"Forget it, let’s first see what’s happened these past days while I was in seclusion."

She began checking the latest external information.

The first was the Ten Thousand Beasts Domain.

There weren’t any big headlines.

But recently another wave of heated discussion had started up, demanding that the other Civilizations restore their proper name: Wanpeng Domain!

They made friends, they didn’t tame beasts!

They were still marching in protest, loudly proclaiming that this slandered their Civilization.

It had severely impacted their efforts to make friends everywhere, leaving their friend circles awfully small!

"Protesting again?"

True Immortal Mo Mei was somewhat used to it by now.

In fact, even she herself was quite angry; their Civilization was genuinely about making friends, yet they’d been stigmatized.

Her gaze shifted to the Refining Cauldron Domain.

She couldn’t help but complain, "Those metal-magma blacksmith guys are hyping up their tourism industry again lately?"

"Do they have something wrong with their brains? Why do they also keep wanting to make friends?"

"Anyone who tries to be their friend gets melted by that bunch of humanoid Forging Furnaces of theirs."

The Refining Cauldron Domain was the most xenophobic of the Thirteen Giants Civilization.

As their Civilization developed, their world had gradually been remodeled into a gigantic Tripod Furnace.

When the Immortal Realm was established, that Tripod Furnace was fused into the Immortal Realm, forming one of the Thirteen Domains.

Although they were very warm and hospitable—their enthusiasm never dropped below a thousand degrees—tourists from other Civilizations weren’t exactly eager to become "well-done acquaintances."

Without some real ability, who would dare go?

The Refining Cauldron Domain was known as one of the Immortal Domains with the fewest tourists.

However, she then saw another piece of news:

"Those guys from the Refining Cauldron Domain are planning to go to the Zhongluan Domain to learn scriptures? They’re visiting that Immortal Domain to study Golden Core forging methods and Alchemy techniques, then plan to lure a large number of customers to their own Immortal Domain?"

She suspected she’d misread it.

What the hell was a Golden Core?

A bunch of magma people from a blacksmith Civilization going off to do Alchemy? To become Alchemists?

They sure this wasn’t a joke?

But she quickly thought of something. "Golden Core? That name... could it be the same as that shiny metallic pellet from the Celestial Destiny World?"

Until she looked at the next report.

After seeing the news from the neighboring Zhongluan Domain, she was completely stunned.

It really was Golden Cores!

The mysterious Xirong Manor had popularized Golden Cores?

She suddenly remembered the description of that Immortal Venerate’s legacy—that Daoist had only inherited one branch of that Immortal Venerate’s Ancient Civilization...

Which meant that heirs to the other branches had also appeared, and had already started selling Golden Cores?

Xirong?

She fell into deep thought.

Calculating whether she could profit from this, and what role she might be able to play.

She really was desperately short on money!

"Maybe I should go visit the Golden Core Business Alliance together with those walking fire-hazard cultivators from the Refining Cauldron Domain."

"But there’s no rush. I’ll first enter a few Ancient Secret Realms, show my face in front of the other True Immortals, and then I can make a trip to the Ten Thousand Beasts Domain."

After all, it wouldn’t do to stay out of sight for too long.

She was the Stabilizing Needle of her Sect. She had to inspire confidence in all the subordinate forces under her command, as well as the various small families that had joined their commercial network!

A True Immortal had to show up regularly to display her deterrent power and sense of presence.

...

Half a day later.

She arrived before a stretch of the outer wall of a remote world among the myriad heavens.

In the gap of this void space, outside this world, there was a temporary forward-post Immortal Ship.

She lightly descended and landed on the ship’s deck.

"Mo Mei, you’re here?"

"How’ve things been lately in your Ten Thousand Beasts Immortal Domain?"

"Heard the news yet? A mysterious Daoist Civilization popped up in the Zhongluan Immortal Domain, selling Golden Cores. I’m thinking of seeing if I can go find a few Daoists to be good friends."

"Your friend-collecting fetish is acting up again?"

"You know me. I only have ten friend slots, but the number of friends I want is far more than ten. I want to build a massive friend circle, filled with friends from every Civilization."

"Best case, the friend circle should also include a legendary Divine Beast that has achieved Perfection in the Three Calamities and Seven Tribulations!"

True Immortal Momei nodded.

Speaking of which, quite a few Beast Tamers in their Ten Thousand Beasts Domain are compendium nerds.

Their dream is: turn their own back mountain into a gigantic friend circle, and strive to have friends in every Civilization.

Even the Beast Taming Immortal Venerates are all keen on building friend circles, then running around showing off how many friends they’ve got.

Meanwhile, people nearby were chatting as well:

"Heard those lunatics in the End of Dharma Domain are out preaching their world-destruction ideology again? ’End of the Dharma, End of the Dharma’ day in and day out, but aren’t they just trying to rise up themselves? Once the End of Dharma Era arrives, they’re the happiest ones."

"Over in the Holy Spirit Domain, there’s another technological civilization boom. As expected of those single‑minded Natural Spirits."

"Hahaha! Those hot-headed guys in the Refining Cauldron Domain, instead of forging weapons, I hear that bunch of blacksmiths is planning to learn Alchemy. Them, doing Alchemy? I’m dying of laughter!"

...

A bunch of True Immortals were chatting away.

In an era where Immortal Venerates don’t show themselves, the True Immortals present are the current pillars of the Immortal Realm.

And even the future Immortal Venerates.

Though very few True Immortals manage to take that one step, they are ultimately the hope of the Immortal Realm’s future.

True Immortal Momei also chatted with everyone, and as they talked, she suddenly mentioned ahead of time, "Those Golden Cores really are interesting."

"I’ll make time to go there too, see if we can negotiate some cooperation and get Golden Cores sold over on our side. Some of our Beasts have insanely strong physiques—among the many Civilization systems, we’re actually capable of eating Golden Cores..."

...

...

Sword Casting Manor.

"Well now, True Immortal Momei comes out of seclusion and immediately sends me a big gift!"

Back in his room, just as he was sensing Celestial Immortal–level power, Ning Zheng suddenly raised his eyebrows.

Through the Night Emperor’s Observer Perspective, he was secretly starting to spy on this True Immortal’s social circle.

"As expected, taking the route through True Immortal Momei really was the right move. I’ve gotten a ton of intel."

He showed a gentle smile and said lightly:

"Whether it’s the instant intel on each great Domain she got as soon as she left seclusion, or the information from her casual chatter with other True Immortals, it’s all stuff that my level of circles could never get close to."

Through the Night Emperor’s perspective, Ning Zheng kept peeking, trying to increase his knowledge.

Powerhouses have their own circles.

The simple dialogues among these leaders of various forces, the information they unwittingly let slip in advance, can easily let certain people rake in huge profits.

In fact.

True Immortal Momei is actually pretty nice.

Letting the Night Emperor see all this intel, and taking him along to watch some exchanges among True Immortals, she’s deliberately grooming him.

They call it Beast Taming...

In reality, this kind of relationship is a master‑disciple bond that’s even closer than ordinary master and disciple.

Masters and disciples might betray each other, but "friends" don’t, so of course she has to personally cultivate him.

And Ning Zheng was also riding on the coattails of the Night Emperor, this Direct Disciple, getting to see the grand world and huge scenes... this route was definitely the right call!

He was even about to see an Immortal Venerate.

Because in the Secret Realm opposite them, the True Immortals seemed about to enter the interior of this tomb-world.

Judging from their conversation, there should be an avatar of an Immortal Venerate inside, sitting in command.

"I wonder if my server’s Observer Perspective can withstand an Immortal Venerate?"

Ning Zheng hesitated a little. This felt like an adventure.

After all, several Immortal Venerable Supreme Treasures stacked together being able to resist an Immortal Venerate’s probing is only theoretical.

And it depends on the type.

The other side must not be a Yin Attribute, spiritually sharp type, nor a Destiny Attribute, Divination type.

Those two are the most dangerous ones.

Spying on them makes you very easy to notice.

He checked his more than twenty billion Daily Fortune Value and saw no change at all, which made him sigh inwardly,

"My current Daily Fortune Value is way too far from that of Immortal Venerates. I simply can’t predict crises coming from that level."

But after thinking it over, Ning Zheng still chose not to back out.

If it were the true body, that’d be another matter. But an Immortal Venerate’s incarnation basically shouldn’t be able to discover him.

Plus, even if they do notice something, they’ll just assume that True Immortal Momei has some Beast placed in her Beast Taming Bag watching them.

Still, Ning Zheng put in one last layer of insurance.

He turned off communication on the server and let the Observer Perspective record on its own; later he’d reconnect and transmit the footage back.

If they notice something, they’ll just take it as some kind of "recording" Magical Artifact.

If you run into your idol, what’s wrong with taking a picture?

It’s understandable, right.

Immortal Venerates walking around outside probably run into tons of similar fans, and all kinds of recording and photo‑taking behavior.

"A glimpse of an Immortal Venerate’s true face."

Ning Zheng felt a bit of anticipation in his heart. "I might even be able to take the chance to watch their proper tomb-raiding procedure, which could give me a lot of useful data to optimize my current Tomb Raiding Dungeon."