Inside Wangchuan Valley.
Thousands of demons and monsters knelt with their heads bowed.
Jiang Yuechu rested her chin on one hand, her pitch-black eyes scanning the dense crowd of Yao below.
After a moment of silence, she finally spoke slowly, "Disperse."
The thousands of Yao below were all momentarily stunned.
Wait...
According to tradition, shouldn't a new master say a few words upon taking over?
Even if it was just to win over people's hearts...
Who would just tell them to get lost immediately?
But the figure in black robes just leaned lazily against the throne. Facing the demons' hesitation, she spoke indifferently, "Do you not understand my words?"
As soon as she spoke.
As if receiving a grand pardon, the Yao scrambled out of the palace ruins.
The few powerful Yao confidants who had just knelt to show their loyalty didn't dare to stay longer either.
They glanced at each other and retreated with their own hidden thoughts.
"You, stay."
Hearing this, Demon Emperor Jade Dust was slightly taken aback. He looked up and saw that she was indeed speaking to him.
He couldn't help but feel overjoyed.
As expected!
Leading the way really wasn't for nothing!
With this thought.
He obediently stood back below the bone throne.
On his half-collapsed deer face, his expression of respect didn't diminish in the slightest.
Jiang Yuechu glanced outside the hall.
The figures of the Yao retreating in haste had already disappeared into the various Immortal Caves of Wangchuan.
Of course, she knew.
What schemes those Yao, who kowtowed the loudest and shouted the most vigorously, were plotting in their hearts.
Things like "willing to serve like a dog or a horse."
Things like "not hesitating to go through fire and water."
It was merely because they feared the strength she had just displayed.
Once she showed fatigue or encountered an accident, these things would likely turn their backs faster than one could flip a page.
But what did it matter?
To her.
The so-called identity of a Demon Emperor was originally just an excuse used to hunt other Yao.
As for those Wangchuan Yao with ulterior motives... once she couldn't be bothered to keep them, they would naturally be killed as well.
It was just a matter of sequence.
Thinking of this.
Jiang Yuechu's eyelids lowered slightly.
But another matter involuntarily surfaced in her mind.
Although she now had twenty million years of Dao Cultivation, and burning it could indeed grant her strength that surpassed the Chess Player Realm for a short time.
But that was a trump card after all.
Not the norm.
She couldn't spend her days burning Dao Cultivation every single moment.
In other words.
If one day, a powerhouse of the Chess Player Realm disregarded face and launched a sneak attack.
She might not even have time to react.
Although Jiang Yuechu didn't usually like reading, it didn't mean she was actually stupid.
She still possessed this level of vigilance.
Not to mention Great Tang...
As for the destruction of Wuxiang Mountain.
To this day, there had been no overt actions from the other Dao Lineages.
Were they wary of something, or did they simply treat this as a personal grudge between her and Wuxiang Mountain, thus turning a blind eye?
She didn't know.
But one thing was certain.
Currently, this Xirang Lineage was far away in the extreme west of the Eastern Region.
It was separated from Great Tang by a vast distance.
If she also uprooted it using her identity as the Grand Princess of Great Tang...
The nature of the situation would be completely different.
Who could understand her difficulties of just needing Dao Cultivation... it wasn't like she actually wanted to go to war with the Twenty-Five Lineages.
Each and every one of them.
Always loved being so serious.
She complained silently to herself.
She pulled back her wandering thoughts.
That was why she needed this skin of a Demon Emperor.
By devouring Yao and plundering resources in the Yu Mountain Great Range as the True Dragon Demon Emperor.
No one would associate this with the Grand Princess of Great Tang.
It was only natural for the Yao Race to kill each other.
Once her foundation was solid enough and she stepped into the Chess Master Realm.
At that time, with the world wide open to her, who could possibly do anything to her?
Thinking of this.
Jiang Yuechu opened her eyes.
Her gaze fell upon Demon Emperor Jade Dust, who stood below with his head bowed, awaiting orders.
"Where is Wangchuan's treasury?"
Demon Emperor Jade Dust's whole body shuddered.
He then immediately realized.
Since she had killed the person.
It was only natural to confiscate the assets.
This was a perfectly normal thing.
He hurriedly bowed and replied, "Reporting to Senior, Wangchuan's treasury is in the underground cavern behind the main hall. It was personally sealed with a Restriction by Heavenly Bamboo... by that old dog. Now that the old dog is dead, the Restriction should have dissipated on its own. Your Junior can take Senior there at any time."
"No rush."
Jiang Yuechu raised her hand, stopping him from turning to lead the way.
"I will ask you a few things first."
"Please speak, Senior."
"Is there any heart material in the Wangchuan treasury?"
Demon Emperor Jade Dust was stunned for a moment.
heart material.
These two words were not unfamiliar to him.
Hadn't he traveled thousands of miles to the Ma Family in Danhua City just for that portion of water-fire cold smoke coal?
Hearing this, he pondered for a moment.
"Reporting to Senior, that old dog ran Wangchuan for hundreds of thousands of years and plundered countless Heaven And Earth Treasures... rare items like heart material should be there."
Speaking of this.
A hint of bitterness appeared on his face.
"However, although your Junior was his adopted son and my status in Wangchuan seemed glorious... in reality, that old dog's wariness toward me far exceeded his trust."
"As for what exactly is in the treasury, your Junior only knows about ten to twenty percent."
"Your Junior had begged that old dog several times to bestow a portion of heart material to help me break through to the Chess Condensation Realm... but every time, that old dog would laughingly brush it off, saying the time hadn't come or that I still needed to temper my Heart-Nature..."
As he finished speaking.
Demon Emperor Jade Dust seemed to think of something, and the corner of his mouth twitched involuntarily.
The scenes of his begging over those years were vivid in his mind.
How respectful and humble he had been back then.
In the end, all he got was brush-off after brush-off.
Thinking like this.
The last trace of guilt toward his adoptive father remaining in his heart faded even more.
Jiang Yuechu's expression remained unchanged as she continued to ask.
"What about the Chess Condensation Method?"
"The Chess Condensation Method?"
As soon as these words were spoken.
Demon Emperor Jade Dust's expression changed slightly.
He looked up, as if confirming whether Jiang Yuechu was truly asking about this.
He met those pitch-black, deep, and emotionless eyes.
He swallowed and shook his head, "Senior might not know, but the Chess Condensation Method is the fundamental technique for entering the Chess Player Realm... Such a divine object, throughout the world, only the The Main Seats of the Twenty-Five Lineages are qualified to possess it."
"Although that old dog's cultivation wasn't weak and he was considered a figure of some standing within the Xirang Lineage... in the end, he was just an Elder."
"Something at the level of the Chess Condensation Method is not for him to touch... If someone below were to condense a central palace, they would have to make a trip to Xirang Mountain regardless."
Jiang Yuechu narrowed her eyes slightly.
This was also within her expectations.
"Then what about a Cultivation Technique for tempering the Divine Soul?"
"A Cultivation Technique for tempering the Divine Soul... there actually is one."
Jiang Yuechu's eyebrows twitched slightly.
Demon Emperor Jade Dust lowered his voice, his tone carrying a hint of wariness.
"The thing that old dog cherished most in life, besides the various Heaven And Earth Treasures in the treasury, was an ancient manual called the 'Yu Shan True Form Diagram'."
"This technique is not an orthodox Legacy of the Xirang Lineage, but an Incomplete Manual the old dog obtained from an ancient ruin during his travels in his early years."
"According to the old dog himself, this technique specializes in the Divine Soul, and its methods are extremely tricky and overbearing."
Speaking to this point, Demon Emperor Jade Dust paused.
He seemed to be recalling how that Old Monkey used to brag to him back then.
"Upon reaching Major Achievement, the Divine Soul can become as solid as substance and indestructible..."