Bombarding Cultivators with Cluster Artillery

”Yes!”

At that command, the Southeast Wind Female Servant Hei Louxi, the True Sun Maid, the Thunder Maid, and others extended their Nascent Soul Domain, binding all the deputy officers except Gong Caiyu.

”My lord!”

”No, please, we know we’re wrong, give us another chance...”

”The Nascent Soul Immortals’ power is overwhelming, and we are helpless. This is not a crime of war...”

The icy, cruel verdict was delivered.

Li Xiushui and other maids begged and wept, their tear-stained faces pleading for mercy as they tried to defend themselves with many seemingly reasonable arguments.

Confinement for two hundred years!

Deprivation of all rewards, including Nascent Soul Opportunities!

Dao Heart score permanently zero!

Each of these three sentences pierced their hearts like steel nails, firmly nailing their path of cultivation shut, leaving no further chance for Nascent Soul enlightenment.

Most of these individuals were mediocre at best, especially among the Tu Shan Maiden Corps, which gathered a vast number of heroes from the Northern Plains.

Without the advantageous factor of Dao Heart, they had no capability to peep into the grand path of Nascent Soul again, their prospects completely dimmed.

”Take them away. If there is any resistance, execute them on the spot, no need for further discussion,”

Jiang Ding waved his hand and said coldly, without a shred of sentiment—such should be the fate of those who have lost their fundamental purpose in cultivation.

At this moment, he was also examining his own heart, contemplating what his foundation was.

Xianmen Sect, Sword Dao.

That was it.

Jiang Ding had no illusions; he saw his own foundation clearly.

Without Xianmen Sect,

If the Xianmen Sect was breached and annihilated by the Eight Great Immortal Sects, his Great Sun Nascent Soul Art, the next steps of his Cultivation Method, the super warship Air-Space Mothership project, as well as the development of his Swordsmanship, would all come to an abrupt halt.

What might have taken three to four hundred years to develop could take three thousand or even thirty thousand years—it was not guaranteed at all!

This was the external brain of a Realm Dominator Level!

How could it be replaced by exploring some Cave Mansion, some predecessor’s opportunity, some Elixir or miraculous medicine?

Moments later, the weeping and wailing Li Xiushui and other maids were led away by maids like Hei Louxi, who held titles. They were collected into a Storage Bag, and their clamorous voices faded away into nothingness.

”The new deputy officers...”

Jiang Ding looked at Gong Caiyu with searching eyes.

Now, she was the highest-ranking political work maid in the Tu Shan Maiden Corps. Jiang Ding, who favored a hands-off approach and valued the opinions of professionals, was not a fan of being personally involved.

”Young Master, select and promote the most outstanding maids from the lower ranks from past days,”

Gong Caiyu lifted her face, not at all intimidated by the youth’s decisive killing in front of her.

Just like many years ago, when they first met, it was the same. As time passed, she had long since become accustomed to it.

”Then let it be so.”

”Make this matter known to all maids, especially those from various departments. Let it serve as a warning to them not to forget the fundamental reason for their existence.”

Jiang Ding nodded.

”Right, rewards and punishments—I remember someone once told me that both must be carried out simultaneously.”

”Have you had a Nascent Soul Opportunity?”

Jiang Ding inquired.

Punish the guilty severely, reward those who earn merits.

Both are vital for the survival of an organization, and he, who had been educated fully by Xianmen, would naturally not overlook this.

”Young Master, I have,”

Gong Caiyu hurriedly replied: ”As a Southeast Wind Maid, I received the Royal Court Command Token, and in the Court’s Blessed Land, I found a Nascent Soul Opportunity. I just haven’t been ready, lacking sufficient foundation, and many others are in the same situation... This is also one of the reasons for the internal chaos within the Maid Corps.”

She took out a Nascent Soul Pill and showed it off with a flaunt.

Hei Louxi and the other maids kept their eyes straight ahead, as if these matters had nothing to do with them.

”I’ll give you something even better,”

Jiang Ding scanned the Nascent Soul Pill with his Divine Sense and found no problems. After thinking for a moment, he rummaged through his Storage Jade Pendant and took out three items.

”Ningying Yuan Liquid, Condensed Spirit Soup, Sky Crystal Dust.”

”Their use is to stabilize the Divine Soul and Elixir Field, lower the risk of Internal Demons and such, to supplement the use of your Nascent Soul Pill, that’s all.”

Jiang Ding pushed these three items towards Gong Caiyu.

These items were seized spoils, and their original imprints and auras, as well as their names, had been wiped clean.

It seemed they came from either Zhong Yuanzi or the Shadow Demon, he couldn’t remember which. Anyway, they weren’t anything important. Even these two Taoist disciples didn’t value them highly and had put them in an inconspicuous corner of their Storage Treasures.

”Thank you, young master.”

Gong Caiyu’s face turned rosy as she accepted the three items.

The True Sun Maid, the Thunder Maid, and others were filled with envy.

When they had reached the Nascent Soul Stage, such items had been beyond their wildest dreams. They could only rely on one or two opportunities, fighting desperately with no way back, not nearly as well-off as this.

If everything went as expected, in a few decades, another Nascent Soul Stage maid would emerge.

Many people’s eyes gleamed.

Their new master seemed extraordinarily strong and exceedingly wealthy.

”That will do.”

”Just focus on your cultivation and don’t think about unnecessary things.”

Jiang Ding sat on the throne and said indifferently, ”We are both cultivators, pursuing eternal life as our duty, we should value harmony. When it’s not a time of dispute over the Dao, we must do our utmost to ensure our own safety, quietly accumulate our foundation, and wait for the right moment.”

He intended to put a final period on this ordeal of cleansing and rectification.

”Yes!”

Hei Louxi and the others breathed a sigh of relief, feeling like they had survived a catastrophe.

”Master,”

After hesitating for a moment, Chun Jian, who still held the position of Chief Maiden, reported, ”Blood Cloud has advanced to Nascent Soul, and one of the Blood Cloud Eighteen Knights has also been promoted, the Blood Hand Demon Li Tu.

Apart from that, taking advantage of the chaos in the Northern Plains, Nascent Soul cultivation methods have spread, and some Loose Cultivators have risen to power. Either through opportunities or desperate efforts, they have advanced to Nascent Soul.”

There are those who could advance to Nascent Soul without the specific opportunities.

But the chances are very slim, requiring the sacrifice of many lives—a gamble with one’s life.

”As of now, excluding us, the Northern Plains have at least ten to twenty landless Loose Cultivator Immortals of Nascent Soul. Some have been accepted by various major powers, and some not, but most of the Loose Cultivator Immortals are extremely wary and do not wish to rashly join any Sect.”

”But the cultivation of Nascent Soul Immortals requires a Fourth-Order Spiritual Vein, otherwise, it’s difficult to continue.”

”Therefore, they have set their sights on the greatly weakened Demonslaying Alliance, with Blood Cloud taking the lead in forming the ’Demonslaying Alliance’.

They aim to destroy the Demonslaying Alliance or to carve out a large territory from it for their use, to pass on to their descendants or to establish a Sect.”

”’Demonslaying Alliance’ leader Blood Cloud has invited us to join, saying he is willing to give up his position as leader.”

”I’m not sure how to respond?”

Chun Jian inquired.

The Tu Shan Maiden Corps had long-standing grudges against the Blood Cloud Eighteen Knights, having repeatedly annihilated their forces in the past.

But that was then.

Now that they have advanced to Nascent Soul, it’s a different story altogether. Considering shared interests, an alliance is not inconceivable.

In addition, the reason the Tushan Maid previously went into hiding was due to the loss of protection from Shuoyang Heavenly Monarch’s Causal Technique, leading to insufficient strength and forcing them to conceal themselves while they focused on breaking through to Nascent Soul.

Now that five... sorry, nine of the Great Maids have advanced to Nascent Soul, they naturally no longer need to fear and can reconvene the scattered maidens from all over.

Under the suppressive might of the Army Formation, even Peak Nascent Soul Cultivators would not be too afraid.

”Demonslaying Alliance?”

Jiang Ding fell silent and pondered.