513: Darkness Cluster — Darkness Cluster

Chen De had envisioned a beautiful development path for himself, and everything was progressing smoothly.

How did he know about these domains? Naturally, it was through Qiu Jiang's memories.

That fellow had no small ambition and was extremely wary of his surroundings, making him very keen on gathering intelligence.

From Qiu Jiang's memories, Chen De learned many things; he was indeed an Immortal Law Realm Second Transformation expert who was older than Chang Qi.

Continuing on, the domains he knew of were basically occupied by either one or zero Immortal Law Realm Second Transformation experts.

Why? Because the territory of one domain was just right for an Immortal Law Realm Second Transformation expert.

Even if some forces had two or more such experts, they would not stay in the same domain.

Instead, they would choose a suitable time to head out and develop elsewhere.

While they would still belong to the same force, they would occupy an additional domain.

For example, the previous Qingtian Sect had planned to do exactly that.

Qiu Jiang occupied the Kongming Domain, while Yuan Zhi occupied the Xichen Domain, watching over and helping each other.

To a certain extent, this also avoided the situation where two tigers could not inhabit the same mountain.

Furthermore, in most domains, the ruling Immortal Law Realm Second Transformation experts were only at the early stage, at most differing slightly in their specific levels.

As for those in the middle stage of the Immortal Law Realm Second Transformation, they were few and far between.

Chen De had not learned of any late-stage Immortal Law Realm Second Transformation experts or higher from Qiu Jiang's memories.

Or rather, it wasn't that they didn't exist, but they weren't in any of these surrounding domains.

When encountering these targets, to ensure efficiency, his gains were basically around seventy or eighty points.

Barely enough, they helped Chen De raise his defense attribute to the peak of 19.99.

Next, it was time for the breakthrough in Slaughter Law Profundity.

Following the logic of breaking through from ten percent to eleven percent, Chen De would likely need a hundred attribute points to break through from twenty percent to twenty-one percent.

To this, he currently felt no pressure at all; taking down roughly two more domains would allow him to overachieve.

And so, Chen De headed to the next domain with great enthusiasm.

Manzhou Domain!

The name sounded quite overbearing, but he didn't know what it was like inside.

Based on his memories, Chen De specifically chose a domain that had an Immortal Law Realm Second Transformation expert presiding over it.

After all, if a domain didn't have someone at the Second Transformation level, Chen De's gains would be cut in half.

To Chen De, that was practically no different from making a loss-making trip for nothing.

Because with that time, he could clearly have earned more.

As the saying goes, not taking an advantage is the same as suffering a loss; that was the logic.

Arriving here, he determined the level of the local Immortal Law Realm Second Transformation expert at a glance.

With Chen De's strength at the peak of the Demon Venerable Realm Second Transformation, he merely flicked his finger, using a single move to insta-kill him.

Next was cleaning up the aftermath, influencing and absorbing all the Immortal Law Realm First Transformation experts under his command and within the domain.

The current Chen De looked entirely like a saintly figure.

He didn't care if the opponents were bad or good, humans, demon beasts, or foreign races; he treated them all equally.

A massive amount of resources... no, merit—a massive amount of merit flooded toward Chen De frantically.

He waved his hand as if to refuse, even wanting to pull away, because he believed he didn't deserve so much merit.

However, there was simply too much merit; even though Chen De dodged desperately, he couldn't avoid it at all.

Thus, he could only smile bitterly, shaking his head and sighing, "You all have truly made things difficult for me, truly difficult..."

He watched helplessly as this merit poured into his body, and he was forced to absorb it.

Clearly, this merit could have gone to living beings who needed it more.

But now that it had reached Chen De's hands, wouldn't that be a waste... wait, didn't that mean Chen De was the one truly in need?

Chen De believed that merit would not choose the wrong person.

Thinking of this, he calmly accepted the merit because it was all his due.

He was no longer hesitant, no longer guilty, and no longer dodged. In the end... Chen De obtained a full seventy-nine attribute points, which could be described as a small amount!

Given that it wasn't enough to increase his Rhyme of Law, he could only temporarily store them.

Similarly, Chen De was even more full of hope and drive for the next domain.

According to his calculations, at the beginning, it took him almost half a year to digest a domain on average.

In other words, the time until Chen De broke through to the Demon Venerable Realm Third Transformation was no more than half a year away.

Consequently, he rushed to his next target—the Jingtian Domain!

It was said that the Immortal Law Realm Second Transformation expert within it was at the middle stage, capable of providing Chen De with attribute points far beyond what an early-stage expert could.

Holding a beautiful yearning for the Demon Venerable Realm Third Transformation, he flew toward the Jingtian Domain with unprecedented speed!

"I heard that some big event is going to be held in the Wuguang Domain?"

"Your news is quite well-informed. Indeed, it's said that the Ancestor is going to take a disciple."

"Is that so? Then it's going to be lively this time. For a grand Immortal Law Realm Four Transformations expert to take a disciple, the scale won't be small."

"Perhaps even beings from other cluster domains have received the news and are rushing here."

"Yes, a Fourth Transformation expert taking a disciple... honestly, if I didn't fail the requirements, I would want to go too."

"If one could become the disciple of such a being, the Immortal Law Realm Third Transformation would be just around the corner!"

At this moment, within the Jingtian Domain, two powerful experts were conversing.

One of them was the Immortal Law Realm Second Transformation expert ruling the Jingtian Domain—Yao Qian!

And the one who could talk and laugh with him as an equal was naturally also an Immortal Law Realm Second Transformation expert—Jiu Ya!

Yao Qian looked at Jiu Ya and smiled, "You're quite at ease, leaving the Hanxiao Domain in the hands of a junior who just broke through."

Jiu Ya said, "The event hosted by the Wuguang Domain this time is unprecedentedly grand; I won't be able to participate in that part."

"But the many other activities are also quite good. I plan to go take a look."

Understanding Jiu Ya's purpose, Yao Qian sighed, "Unfortunately, I can't get away, otherwise I would certainly accompany Brother Jiu on this trip."

The Jingtian Domain could not do without Yao Qian; otherwise, it was possible that the moment he left, it would be destroyed.

This included the Jiu Ya before him; he also could not be trusted, not even a single word he said.

"That is indeed a pity. Such a grand ceremony is a rare occurrence in ten million years."

Jiu Ya also sighed in agreement, but he didn't say anything more, nor did he try to persuade Yao Qian to go with him.

Too much is as bad as too little; sometimes saying too much can lead to the opposite of the desired effect.

Admittedly, he did harbor the thought that if Yao Qian really dared to go, he would turn back and rob him.

But if Yao Qian didn't go, he lost nothing. Evil can arise from a single thought, and it can also subside from a single thought.

The key lay in what kind of situation one was in.

If committing evil could bring massive benefits, evil thoughts would naturally flourish.

Not committing evil wasn't because he was some good person, but purely because there was no benefit.

Just as the two sides were about to bid farewell.

"I have a suggestion; both of you can go take a look."