Bombarding Cultivators with Cluster Artillery
Chapter 1002 - 971 Frugal Household Management by Heavenly Monarch Jiang

"Mother!"

Ice Phoenix Demon Monarch shut out everyone around and flung herself into the arms of Ice Field Heavenly Monarch, tears streaming down uncontrollably, wetting the lapel of her clothes, no longer the calm and courteous figure she was in the Dark Demon Palace, she bitterly declared, "Old Rogue of Mount Tu! I will never share the sky with you!"

"Today you bully me with your realm, but one day, I will repay a hundredfold, a thousandfold, and exterminate the Human Race to compensate!"

Ice Phoenix Demon Monarch growled lowly, her eyes wild and fierce, revealing the accustomed bloodthirsty and ferocious nature of the Demon Race.

Even the most benevolent Emperor, no matter how much kindness he shows to his subordinates, must establish it on the foundation of the bloodthirsty brutality of a top predator; otherwise, the Demons would surely rebel, and all kindness and moral obligations would be in vain.

"It's good that Xiao Feng is alright."

"It's good that you're alright."

Ice Field Heavenly Monarch spoke softly to comfort her, her Divine Sense unfolding, checking her Divine Soul and body little by little with the Bloodline Secret Art of the Ice Phoenix Clan, softly saying, "The Human Race, we truly underestimated."

"Despite being so frail and endlessly embroiled in civil wars, unexpectedly, a great man leaps forth without any sense of reason."

"Human Servants, they're far too unstable!"

"If we triumph this time, we must exterminate all Humans and rear more obedient, more stable servants anew, such as Pig Demons, Bull Demons, Sheep Demons, and the like."

"Even though they yield much less and can't produce Talismans, Treasures, Flying Boats, and the like, limited by their lowly and stable Bloodlines, they will not cause any trouble."

"Yes, Mother."

Ice Phoenix Demon Monarch murmured, suddenly recalling something, she asked in surprise, "If we can win?"

"Isn't Mount Tu at the early stage of God Transformation?"

"You are in the late stage of Truth-Transforming, and our Ice Phoenix Clan's Bloodline is not weak. We are not Demons that have merely accumulated strength over time; we are not weak amongst those of the same level."

"This is what I'm telling you, Humans are unstable."

Ice Field Heavenly Monarch said helplessly, "Mount Tu, over a decade ago, slew Heavenly Monarch Wan Zhu and, it seemed, was not even seriously injured. He already possesses the combat power of the late stage of God Transformation. I should be able to defeat him, but to kill him is extremely difficult."

"Such outstanding individuals are likely not one in ten thousand flukes amongst Humans."

"If there are enough Humans, as time goes by, over tens of thousands of years, within a large region, it's possible that such individuals will be born."

"From the perspectives of an individual, a Sect, and a family, such individuals appear by chance, full of coincidences."

"From the perspective of the Human race, their emergence is inevitable."

"Shuoyang Heavenly Monarch is such, and so is Mount Tu Heavenly Monarch."

"This race is too terrifying, we must reduce their numbers as much as possible, even to exterminating them; the potential troubles are immense, and we may not be able to bear them."

"But if we delay further and he advances to the mid-stage, the later stage of Spirit Transformation..."

Ice Phoenix Immortal's heart panicked.

"There's no need to worry about that."

"The Human Race has a flaw, their frenzied infighting."

Ice Field Heavenly Monarch's gaze was icy cold, "Xi Ping'an from the East Sea is willing to join hands with me, and we are both convincing the old Centipede from the Southern Border. If it works, it will be three against one, which gives us much better odds."

"However, these two have their own secret schemes and are not trustworthy, especially the old Centipede who is at the end of his life and has always wanted to devour my Bloodline to extend his lifespan. Thus, I have been reluctant to make a solid decision, fearing that they might reach some sort of agreement with Tu Shan and turn against me during the battle."

"So, I want to wait for you to advance to Divinity Transformation, only then will it be feasible."

"Do you have confidence?"

Ice Field Heavenly Monarch meticulously examined his daughter's Divine Soul and body and, finding no hidden restrictions, could not help but show a puzzled expression.

"Mother, within a few hundred years, I should have a sixty percent chance."

Ice Phoenix Demon Monarch said in a deep voice, "I need to fight with blood, experience the various killings and hunting that my bloodline ancestors have gone through. Only then can my bloodline further awaken."

"Please wait for a moment, this time, if I do not become a Heavenly Monarch and avenge this grudge, I shall never live in peace!"

...

Atop the Six Dao Throne of the Dark Demon Palace.

Jiang Ding watched the distant figure of Ice Field Heavenly Monarch depart before shifting his gaze to the Three Great Armies in the Tushan Central Court.

The Tu Shan Maiden Corps, consisting of one hundred and eighty thousand individuals, flew through the sky in an Army Formation, reaching the speed of Nascent Soul level.

They controlled clouds of nine different colors, which could gather and disperse at will, changing into myriad forms. It seemed they could focus power and deflect forces; any attack that hit a cloud would instantly be scattered into one hundred and eighty thousand parts.

It could be called the pinnacle of treasures for Army Formations.

These clouds, named as Nine Elephants Sword Cloud, were Fourth Grade Supreme treasures for Army Formations. They had the potential to be refined and elevated to even higher realms and were created by the Xianmen Sect.

Their cost was exorbitant, almost comparable to a Primordial Spirit Treasure.

The reason they were so precious was that the Tu Shan Maiden Corps was not a one-time army; even if the current maids all aged and died, new maids would still exist, continuing to assist him in ruling over all directions.

Thus, it was necessary to provide this army with more potential, and the expectations for them extended beyond just Nascent Soul battlefields.

This Nine Elephants Sword Cloud, to be precise, had already reached the technical level of the Army Formation treasures of the Eight Great Immortal Sects!

Even if it was stil far from the Xianmen Sect's Army Formations, it was not weak, with immense potential and the possibility to dominate Domains in the future.

If it were not for the threat of the Horned Demon Imperial Clan on the side, and the Xianmen Sect opening up many regulated materials and treasures for trade with the Eight Great Immortal Sects in exchange for resources, this Nine Elephants Sword Cloud would never have been forged; previously, exports had been prohibited.

The Army Formation treasure of the Tu Shan Maiden Corps was such, and Jiang Ding had not neglected the other two Army Formations either.

The treasure for the Army Formation of Great Sun Longsword Metropolis was named the Great Sun Jianyang Sky, shaped like a Great Sun, it could merge into one or split into one hundred thousand, hovering by each Sword Cultivator's side, possessing the ability to focus power and deflect forces.

The treasure for the Army Formation of Primordial Magic Heavenly Metropolis was named Primordial Legal Sun Light Palace, comprising a thousand splendid Primordial Great Halls, carrying a million-strong army charging towards distant lands, with the army's formation in perfect order.

Both of these Army Formation treasures were priced at the level of a Primordial Spirit Treasure and, with continuous refining, could be elevated unceasingly.

"Even Xu Yan has Divinity Transformation level army formations under him, if I don't have any myself, it's just too embarrassing."

"What's his background? And what's mine?"

Jiang Ding muttered to himself, "I'll give you three hundred years. If you can't refine the Army Formation to the level of Divinity Transformation within that time, I'll replace everyone and bring in new people."

"There are so many exceptional individuals in the Northern Plains, born and dying generation after generation. I refuse to believe that I can't find the talent I want."

Jiang Ding stood up and left the Dark Demon Palace, not flying towards the direction of the Three Great Armies.

He would not take action unless he encountered a Nascent Soul Cultivator.

Instead, he flew towards the grasslands near Beast Spirit Immortal City.

There, he had a Spiritual Medicine Garden.

It was a secret realm of the Luoxu Clan, a place he had marked centuries ago, and now he planned to pull it close to the Liudao Sect, to cultivate Spiritual Plants and Spirit Mines, and increase income as much as possible.

With an annual interest payment of five hundred billion Low-grade spirit stones and six hundred and twenty-three billion Low-grade Spirit Stones spent on sword refining weighing heavily on him, he needed to plan ahead and could not rely on dwindling reserves.