Chapter 929: Chapter 929: Making Rapid Progress

Looking at the Shattered Glass Sword, which had accompanied him for ten days, Sect Leader Jiang expressed his heartfelt thoughts.

"Sigh!"

"You’ve certainly made meritorious achievements for me."

"Continue to shine and heat up as Immortal Yuan Points."

After leaving behind a Tier Two True Artifact, he swapped all other weapons and equipment he had seized for Immortal Yuan Points.

He didn’t leave a single high-tier Immortal Array or Immortal Talisman.

After all, he didn’t need them during battles.

After this exchange, his Immortal Yuan Points totaled 250,000.

In addition, he had 290,000 Silver Moon Ice Essences.

He kept those Heavenly and Earthly Treasures; perhaps in the future, he could use them for artifact refining or alchemy.

He opened the system panel and once again began the process of upgrading with a flick of his finger.

This time, he initially upgraded his Divine Soul.

His Divine Soul had yet to reach the full version of the Jade Soul, with progress at only 7%.

Enhancing it by 1% required 50 billion Merit, which he couldn’t afford in the past. 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝘦𝓌𝑒𝑏𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝘭.𝒸𝘰𝑚

But now, it’s no big deal.

billion Merit was merely equivalent to 50 Immortal Yuan Points.

Spending 4650 points, he upgraded his Divine Soul to the complete Jade Soul level.

At this moment, he felt as though he experienced a profound transcendence.

His Divine Thoughts surged mightily, even extending towards the distant Scarlet Snow Domain, shocking countless cultivators.

However, as they looked around in bewilderment, they couldn’t ascertain where the Jade Soul originated from.

The Jade Soul and Immortal Soul were already on different levels.

It was a domain they could not possibly explore.

Much like that brief state during the Evangelical Assembly when he hacked the system, but this time, it became permanent.

Now, should he return to the Immortal Realm and confront those Immortal Emperors and Demon Emperors, he wouldn’t even need to lift a finger; a sweep of the Jade Soul would instantly dominate the whole field.

If during the last battle he had a complete Jade Soul, he wouldn’t have needed to die once to hack the system.

Because Di Yong and Wei Chang, the strongest among them, had a Jade Soul progress of only over 20%.

In a Divine Soul confrontation, Jiang Cheng would have crushed them utterly.

Before him, Gong Qing, Yan Zun, and others were dumbfounded.

They couldn’t comprehend what had transpired; they only felt that Lord Jiang’s aura suddenly became even more ethereal.

Though the ethereal feeling was distant, it instinctively inspired awe in them.

As if facing a higher-level being.

Following the Jade Soul, a new Divine Soul Realm emerged – the Crystal Soul.

Yet, looking at the terrifying Immortal Yuan Points required for enhancement, Brother Cheng could only silently defer, postponing it for the future.

Then he opened the Ice Profound Pattern.

Without hesitating, he spent 100,000 Immortal Yuan Points to elevate this Profound Pattern to the Tenth Layer!

Reaching the Tenth Layer of the Profound Pattern provides deeper Ice Rule Enlightenment.

This further strengthens the connection between the Ice Rule Brand and the Ice Origin of this world.

Now, when performing Ice Martial Techniques, his power would be several times stronger than before!

Yan Zun, Lang Zhi, and others were once again astonished.

They still couldn’t grasp what had occurred; they only sensed that Lord Jiang’s icy aura suddenly multiplied several times in intensity.

How is this even conceivable?

Enlightenment?

Even with enlightenment, such a significant boost is unlikely!

Oh, it must be that he had been concealing his power, merely releasing the barriers of his realm now.

Looking at the remaining tens of thousands of Immortal Yuan Points and then at his other 999 hungry Profound Patterns, Brother Cheng felt quite helpless.

How long till achieving the upgrade?

He thought for a moment and decided first to elevate the ’Immortal Thousand Splendor Sword Scripture’ to Tier Thirteen.

Thus, another 120,000 Immortal Yuan Points were spent.

In just another short minute, he transcended a Great Realm and gained combat power late-stage Fifth Layer of the Emperor Realm.

The leap in challenge level is already quite exaggerated.

There’s no helping it; this system upgrade skill is too much of a bug.

Many Divine Soul and Rule Levels impossible in the current Cultivation Realm can be upgraded here with Immortal Yuan Points.

After finishing, he smiled at his military advisor.

"It’s a pity; I’ve won using my way, and your desire to control me has been foiled."

Gong Qing thought to herself, she didn’t have such a desire in the first place, right? Wasn’t the bet his own idea?

Frankly, Brother Cheng’s self-resolution had almost made her doubt her abilities.

"You’ve won!"

She took a deep breath, her stubborn gaze becoming firm again.

"However, I still believe the original plan was more perfect!"

"If we had followed the original plan and combined it with your extraordinary power, this would have been easier."

She wasn’t wrong.

If the original plan of inciting the enemy to fight among themselves were implemented, and Brother Cheng acted last, resurrection and hacking wouldn’t have been necessary.

He would only need to deal with the final surviving wolves.

Yet, that didn’t suit Brother Cheng’s temperament.

To incite them, he’d have to first offer his Lord’s Mark to Di Yong—what about his dignity?

"Alright, alright, as long as you accept your loss graciously, just behave from now on."

This woman’s mind was too sharp; Brother Cheng needed to keep her in check.

If she acted arbitrarily, she might ruin his chances of showing off.

The various Vice Lords listened in confusion.

What control?

What gracious defeat?

This Ice Maiden is only a normal Emperor Realm Second Layer, yet her status is so high?

For a moment, they started speculating about Lord Jiang and Gong Qing’s actual relationship.

The result of the battle at the Celestial Rainbow Territory quickly spread.

The whole Scarlet Snow Domain was in an uproar, and even the surrounding domains echoed with exclamations.

No one previously regarded the Celestial Rainbow Territory seriously.

The four Vice Lords were only early-stage Fourth Layer of the Emperor Realm; one or two mid-stage Fourth Layer could easily deal with them.

And the newly appointed Lord Jiang Cheng wasn’t taken seriously by the outsiders.

Many even thought him becoming Lord was sheer luck.

Before this battle, everyone anticipated it would be a slaughter.

A fight where wolves butcher sheep.

The only suspense was which wolf would seize the Lord’s Mark.

As for the sheep’s resistance?

Is there a need to focus on and discuss it?

Yet now, the outcome of the battle was like a resounding slap in everyone’s face.

"The Celestial Rainbow Territory actually fought those experts?"

Previously, they didn’t even think the Celestial Rainbow Territory would dare battle outside invaders.

"And they won?"

"Impossible, right?"

"Is it exaggerated, false news?"

"It’s true; Di Yong and Wei Chang are already dead, and word has spread from their side."

"What? Both of them are dead?"

"What the hell, these two were late-stage Fourth Layer of the Emperor Realm, stronger than most Lords; how could they die?"

"Could a Fifth Layer of the Emperor Realm have intervened in the battle?"

"No, it’s reported that the new Lord Jiang Cheng of the Celestial Rainbow Territory killed them all."

"Jiang Cheng..."

From that day forward, Brother Cheng’s name echoed widely, known by countless people in the Ice Realm.