Sovereign of the Three Realms - Chapter 1965

Chapter 1965: 1965

Jiang Chen had nursed the idea of gathering all four sacred beasts ever since first meeting Long Xiaoxuan . At the time, he didn’t think he would have the opportunity to find them all on Divine Abyss, much less specimens that were also willing to cooperate with him .

However, many years later, he’d already managed to collect three among the four . He was only missing a black tortoise .

It was too early to say anything conclusive about all of it yet . To use the four sacred beasts to enact the heavenly dao required all four of them to be at least peak empyrean . Moreover, their strengths had to be very close to equal . Too much of a difference between them meant there would be an imbalance .

And of course, the sacred beasts had other uses aside from simulating heavenly dao . They could be assembled in a fighting formation . Their blood was valuable as well; it could be used to refine pills or injected into regular cultivators .

Jiang Chen had read a vast amount of material on that topic . His father, the Celestial Emperor, had been very interested as well, often researching the subject with him .

In his previous life, Jiang Chen had been the son of the ruler of a set of heavenly planes . As such, he hadn't considered any realistic application of using the four sacred beasts to develop another set of planes .  

However, his father’s interest had been uncommonly intense .

He hadn’t thought much of it back then . Perhaps his father had been particularly willing to spoil him by wasting time with him studying esoteric topics .

Now though, he had different ideas . Was there a reason behind the time his father had spent with him?

Divine Abyss was a rather ordinary world . Why did it possess the four sacred beasts’ incredible bloodlines?

Typically, it was quite rare for a mortal plane to host just one of the four . It was nearly impossible for all of them to appear in tandem . There had never been a recorded instance of this in anything Jiang Chen had read .  

The young man’s seriousness caused his three bestial friends to sink into silence as well .

Nevertheless, they were quite shaken up . Jiang Chen’s words contained information that their ancestral memories didn't .

“What are you thinking about, young master Chen?” the Vermilion Bird couldn’t help but ask .

Jiang Chen recovered himself, smiling a little . “I was just imagining that if we could find a black tortoise, all four of the sacred beasts would be gathered . Wouldn’t that be a marvelous sight?”

The sacred fowl chuckled . “I suppose that would be fascinating to see . ”

“Young master Chen, we’ll do whatever we can to find a black tortoise for you . Hmph, if he doesn’t want to listen to you, then we’ll beat him up for you!” the Astral White Tiger was as combative as ever . Its strength having increased, it was much more confident .

Jiang Chen nodded . “We’ll look for a black tortoise at some point . However, our first priority right now is to cultivate hard . Especially you, Little White! You started the latest, so you have to work hard to catch up, alright?”

“Heheh, of course . I don’t want to lag behind! I want to do all White Tigers proud . ” Little White licked his lips .

After refining the pills, Jiang Chen and his friends continued to cultivate .

The venerated forefather didn't seek out Jiang Chen again . Clearly, the old man was very busy . Jiang Chen was happy with the peace and quiet; he was a little worried about any future meetings in any case .

There was rarely anything good to hear about from those meetings . And right now, he absolutely didn't want to go to some offworld battlefield .

Elder Ziju Min occasionally came to visit, but always departed considerately after seeing that Jiang Chen was mid-cultivation .

The elder was the one who’d discovered Jiang Chen, and perhaps the most familiar with him in the entirety of the sacred land . If he hadn't inducted the young man into the Eternal Sacred Land, it would have been unrealistic for Jiang Chen to topple House Xiahou so quickly .

Therefore, though Jiang Chen didn’t like the way that the venerated forefather bargained, he couldn’t deny that he was indebted to the sacred land . Especially on the matter of House Xiahou, things wouldn’t have gone nearly as smoothly without it .

Three months flew by in no time . One day, the first prime and Elder Ziju came to visit him together .

“You’ve been working hard recently, Jiang Chen . For the great competition of geniuses, I hope?” the female prime inquired kindly .

Ziju Min’s eyes were full of anticipation as he looked at Jiang Chen .

“Is it time for us to be off?” the young man smiled .

“Indeed . The date for the competition has been set: it will commence in half a month’s time . The specific location has just been decided . Because of the trouble with the Boundless Prison, the Ten Divine Nations are employing additional caution . We’re trying to be as impromptu as possible . ”

Jiang Chen inclined his head . That wasn’t a bad idea . News getting out wouldn’t be much of a concern with that in mind .

If the cultivators who’d escaped from the Boundless Prison wanted to target the Ten Divine Nations, the grand competition of geniuses would be a good place to start . A location that was decided on spontaneously meant that these hidden enemies wouldn’t have time to plan an attack .

“If I may ask, how many factions are participating in the competition?” Jiang Chen asked .

“The various sacred lands will all have executives present, including their senior divines . The offworld battlefield urgently needs manpower, but the first order of business is to form a formal alliance . . . ”

The competition itself wasn’t particularly important . In actuality, the ten sacred lands wanted to take this opportunity to draft and codify an accord . Once they were united, it would be easier to defend against their enemies – both domestic and extraplanar .

The sacred lands had never announced the existence of enemies from other worlds because they were worried that would unduly plunge Myriad Abyss into chaos .

This brief respite after civil strife also highlighted that the offworld battlefield could no longer be hidden .

Therefore, it was better to announce it at this juncture and reorganize Myriad Abyss accordingly . The impure elements could be removed, and the rest strengthened .

Several geniuses from the Eternal Sacred Land were slated to participate in the competition . Aside from Jiang Chen, the others had also been candidates in the tournament of geniuses in Eternal .

In other words, they were the Five Great Gentlemen, or at least on that level . Wu You, Gan Ning, and the others . Yan Qingsang had improved greatly, true, but he still lacked somewhat when it came to serious contention .