Starting With 100 Million Lives

The Daoist Lords who arrived later were not old acquaintances of Jiang Cheng.

Their reason for coming here was with thoughts of forming an alliance or even seeking refuge.

The reason being, none other than Jiang Cheng possessing the Hundred Battle Order.

In their view, the next step for Jiang Cheng was definitely to cause a major reshuffle in the Duan Yang Dao.

Those who follow me will prosper; those who oppose me will perish, and so on.

If they didn’t want to be eliminated by the Hundred Battle Order, it was better to stand on the same side with him in advance.

In that way, when he wages war elsewhere in the future, they could still share a piece of the pie.

As for the arrival of these people, Daoist Venerable Lin Jing did not mean to obstruct in the slightest.

He felt that the more teammates a person possessing the Hundred Battle Order had, the stronger they became.

Thus, more and more Daoist Lords gathered at the Mowu Sect.

Starting from three or five members, it increased to ten or so, then twenty, thirty...

Initially, Jiang Cheng accepted the compliments of these new Daoist Lords with joy, basking in their flattery.

Afterward, he also started feeling a bit fatigued.

He felt that, considering his status, having to appear to meet every single one felt somewhat degrading.

Hence, he simply announced a closed-door cultivation.

During this sect competition, he defeated nine Daoist Lords, receiving a considerable amount of spoils.

The six Daoist Lords from the Heaven-breaking Alliance and Ao Xiao Daoist Venerable were all quite wealthy among the Daoist Lords.

Taking this opportunity, he exchanged the confiscated Dao Armor and Daoist Artifacts for Immortal Yuan Points, in addition to the abundant Pill resources already in the Storage Ring.

He began a new round of pill-consuming and upgrading journey.

For over ten days, he burned through the entire fortune of nine Daoist Lords, and even invested quite a bit of Immortal Yuan Points on his own, finally advancing from Celestial Venerable to Ultimate Level.

"Now, surrounded by Supremes everywhere, I can finally stand with some face."

He didn’t expect to advance to Daoist Venerable level.

The Pills required for each subsequent small realm increased geometrically.

Upon advancing to Supreme, his Immortal Power accumulation directly broke through the Supreme Level, standing shoulder to shoulder with ordinary Daoist Venerables.

However, the most significant advancement was in the Origin aspect.

The increase in Immortal Power Cultivation allowed him to draw more powerful Origins from the Ice Origin and Pill Origin.

Today, a single Ice Origin surpassed the combined total of several Origins of other Daoist Venerables.

Such strength was already approaching Daoist Saint level.

𝘧𝓇𝑒𝑒𝑤ℯ𝑏𝓃𝘰𝑣ℯ𝘭.𝘤ℴ𝘮

Crucially, he possessed two such Origins!

After the fusion of these two Origins with his Bragging Law’s Dharma Realm, the strength of the Law Space was significantly enhanced.

If he were to duel Daoist Venerable Yue Tu and others now, he wouldn’t even need to manifest the Thirteen Layer Sword Dao World.

Because in the battle of Law Space, he could directly oppress the opponent.

Apart from this, Jiang Cheng naturally obtained the conventional abilities that ordinary Supremes should have — the refinement of a borrowed Origin.

Newly advanced Supremes can refine a borrowed Origin, gradually turning it into their own thing.

Once it becomes their own, it can be integrated into the Law Space, further increasing combat power.

As power increases, more types of Origins can be refined in the future.

For instance, the Three-Eyed Tiger currently possesses four refined Origins.

Some Daoist Venerables even have six or seven.

For newly advanced Supremes, the choice of which Origin to refine mainly depends on mastery of their main rule.

For Brother Cheng, it’s almost a no-brainer. Apart from the Ice and Pill that already belonged to him, the highest-leveled Rule’s Profound Pattern is the Sword’s Profound Pattern.

Additionally, since his Sword Heart is amplified by the Sword Rule, he promptly borrowed a Sword Origin.

Since his comprehension of the Sword Rule is at the Thirteen Layer, on par with the Daoist Venerable level,

the strength of this borrowed Origin was immediately far surpassing other Supremes, even exceeding some Daoist Venerables, breathtakingly robust.

With this yet-to-belong-to-him Sword Origin, this brother was eagerly refining it.

Time flowed by day by day.

No one came to disturb him, and no one dared to attack him.

He didn’t realize that the Duan Yang Dao was currently rife with hidden currents.

In the grand underground palace, Silver Quan Daoist Venerable stood alongside more than thirty Daoist Lords.

He recognized every one of these thirty-odd people.

Because these individuals held highly esteemed and distinguished positions.

They were the heads of some top sects.

At the same time, they were also members of the Heaven-breaking Alliance — once the Dominion Team of Duan Yang Dao’s underground.

Jiang Cheng’s seizure of the Hundred Battle Order caused the powerful "Heaven-breaking Alliance" organization to revert back to its original form overnight.

The death of six Daoist Lords wasn’t devastating to them.

But without the Hundred Battle Order, it was like their backbone had been removed.

Fearing Jiang Cheng might come to hunt them down, they had to avoid the spotlight recently.

They didn’t realize that this was actually unnecessary, purely scaring themselves.

Brother Cheng and they had no personal grudge, and he wasn’t so diligent as to aimlessly pursue a few Daoist Lords.

Yet today, someone summoned them back together.

The only person who could have the capability to gather them all out of hiding and have them obediently come together was none other than Yuan Ke Daoist Saint.

Indeed, this Daoist Saint truly emerged to avenge his disciple, Ao Xiao Daoist Venerable.

"Silver Quan, recount the events of that challenge day in detail!"

"Do not omit any detail or any word."

Silver Quan Daoist Venerable, of considerable seniority, dared not evade at all upon hearing the order from Yuan Ke Daoist Saint.

He quickly recounted the events of the challenge between Mowu Sect and Wuding Palace meticulously, as if pouring beans from a bamboo tube.

After that, everyone in the hall began voicing their opinions.

Mainly analyzing and assessing Jiang Cheng’s actual combat strength.

Such as his Divine Soul, his Sword Dao World.

Yuan Ke Daoist Saint listened throughout, and finally, he slowly stated, "We must obtain that Hundred Battle Order."

The Daoist Lords present muttered internally; wasn’t that stating the obvious?

Who wouldn’t want to seize that Hundred Battle Order?

The question was, how could it be snatched back?

"But the token is in Jiang Cheng’s possession; we have no way to attain it!"

"Exactly, with his combat prowess, attempting a forceful snatch would be courting death."

"Among the Daoist Venerables, he’s probably already invincible. And with the Hundred Battle Order, it’s like adding wings to a tiger."

"By then, we might not even get close, let alone seize the Hundred Battle Order."

Yuan Ke Daoist Saint slowly turned around, his thin frame emanating a profound pressure.

"Just because a forceful snatch doesn’t work doesn’t mean other methods won’t succeed."

"No matter how monstrous he is, he can’t escape the covert plotting of so many people!"

"Once we seize the Hundred Battle Order, his death is also imminent."

He didn’t say what followed.

Once he had the Hundred Battle Order, he, as a Daoist Saint, would become the unique authority in Duan Yang Dao.

With his power, he wouldn’t need to collaborate with others.

Holding the Hundred Battle Order, nothing would be forbidden, annihilating whoever he pleased.

Even if other Daoist Saints from the Land of Dao Extinction, even if the Celestial Emperor himself came, in Duan Yang Dao, they’d have to show deference to him.