Vol 7 Chapter 3: Ambition

What I Want

Lin Jing actually didn't know what would be the best thing.

His cultivation level wasn't high, and he had always been confined to the Lower Realm, so he wasn't clear about what good things existed in the Immortal Realm.

However, the path of cultivation always returns to the same fundamental principles. Considering his incarnation's situation, he thought for a moment before looking up and saying:

"My incarnation once obtained pills refined from Demonic Race bloodline from the Immortal Palace treasury, thus acquiring the Demonic Race bloodline. This allowed me to deeply understand the power of the Demonic Race and consequently discover numerous methods to counter them."

"And the Demonic Race bloodline can continuously improve one's talent through repeated soul usurpation. My incarnation's talent might be considered top-tier when viewed across the Lower Realm, but compared to my true self who possesses Heaven's Mandate, it probably doesn't amount to much when facing the powerful experts of the Immortal Realm's Demonic Race."

"May I ask, Emperor, if there exists any incarnation marvel of Emperor-grade? Something like a spiritual entity that, after becoming sentient and cultivating, possesses the potential to become an Immortal Emperor, which my incarnation could use for soul usurpation?"

A new body!

His incarnation's body was originally refined from Immortal Water Lotus.

But this thing was only quasi-Immortal-grade at best, merely having the potential for ascension.

Next was the Slaughter Immortal Physique.

The Slaughter Immortal Physique was very powerful, but far from being considered a top-tier immortal physique. Moreover, bringing out the advantages of the Slaughter Immortal Physique was excessively demanding.

Unless one spent their entire life immersed in slaughter, it would be very difficult to achieve great success.

Furthermore, there was the Dark Emperor's body.

As the dark origin born from the Origin Realm with the most concentrated natural spiritual energy in the Lower Realm, the Dark Emperor's innate talent and potential naturally went without saying. Otherwise, the White Emperor, who stood as the Dark Emperor's opposite, wouldn't have been chosen by the Fuzzy Immortal.

To be noticed by the Fuzzy Immortal, the talent of these light and dark bodies might potentially reach Immortal King level, but... it was still far from enough.

What Lin Jing needed was a new body approaching the level of the Heaven's Mandate Constitution. Only this way could his incarnation's immortal path proceed smoothly.

"I will search for a suitable body for you." Eastern Glorious Immortal Emperor agreed.

Emperor-grade divine objects were great nourishment even for Immortal Emperors. Even if they were born, they would immediately stir up violent storms and wouldn't last long.

At the very least, he didn't have any such divine objects remaining in his possession.

Lin Jing was already someone he had painstakingly cultivated, so other investment opportunities should be left for other forces instead of having him bear everything alone.

"Is there anything else you need? Even if it's not something for your incarnation, you can still make requests. This is compensation for you."

Eastern Glorious Immortal Emperor spoke, since Lin Jing needed to guard the Lower Realm for his entire life, it was reasonable for other forces to provide some compensation.

"For your Pet Beasts, I will find purified Demonic Race Immortal Emperor blood for you, which can elevate their bloodlines up to Immortal King level. Combined with life-extending immortal items from the Immortal Realm, even if their lifespans don't match yours, the disparity shouldn't be too great."

Lin Jing nodded, thanking Eastern Glorious Immortal Emperor, then he pondered and said: "This junior hopes my Pet Beasts can have lifespans as long as mine. I'm worried that during the countless years guarding the Lower Realm, I might lose myself in the passage of time. After all, my true self's cultivation has already reached the peak of the Lower Realm, with no further cultivation possible. Besides guarding against the Demonic Race, there's hardly any other pursuit available."

"I want to be able to see some possibilities for myself - the possibility of becoming stronger even while in the Lower Realm."

"Senior should know about the 'Limitless Immortal Physique,' right? It's reputed to have no limits at each cultivation stage, allowing continuous cultivation of extreme realms. Although continuously climbing extreme realms still can't compare to major realm breakthroughs, it would at least give this junior the possibility of continuous cultivation. This way, while in the Lower Realm, I wouldn't lose my goals or motivation for cultivation."

Lin Jing still couldn't forget the Limitless Immortal Physique. Back when Sheng Kun gave him the Limitless Immortal, he almost couldn't resist performing soul usurpation, even though the Limitless Immortal was a female cultivator.

Now, since even an Immortal King-level force like the Immortal Palace could refine constitution pills, then a figure of Eastern Glorious Immortal Emperor's caliber might have methods to grant him an acquired Limitless Immortal Physique.

This way, even if his true self remained trapped in the Lower Realm, he would have the possibility of unlimited strengthening.

"It's rare to find someone with such dedication to the Dao." Eastern Glorious Immortal Emperor said: "This request shouldn't be a problem."

"Moreover, I can give you a Limitless Immortal Physique that's not inferior to innate constitutions!"

"If you wanted other top-tier immortal physiques, even if you could obtain them, they would have limited potential and many restrictions. But the Limitless Immortal Physique is different."

"Extreme Path Immortal Emperor possesses the Limitless Immortal Physique. If he can gift you some of his physique origin, then your Limitless Immortal Physique will rival innate Limitless Immortal Physiques, with unlimited potential."

Lin Jing felt pleasantly surprised. Acquired constitutions were far inferior to innate constitutions in terms of talent potential.

With equal resources, an innate Fire Spirit Constitution might have an eighty to ninety percent chance of forming a golden core, but an acquired Fire Spirit Constitution would see that probability at least halved. Additionally, in terms of power that could be unleashed, acquired constitutions would inevitably be crushed by innate constitutions.

So in most cases, even if a cultivator had the opportunity to obtain a powerful acquired constitution, they would still prioritize cultivating their innate constitution, unless the grade of the acquired constitution was several levels higher than their innate constitution.

"This junior doesn't need other constitutions. The Limitless Immortal Physique alone is sufficient."

Lin Jing said, planning to deeply cultivate the Beast Taming Path using limitless power.

This was the third backup plan Lin Jing prepared for himself.

Following his incarnation and Pet Beasts...

Of course, the difficulty of turning the tables would be even higher.

The Demon Lord's ambition was nothing more than refining the entire Lower Realm, using the power of the Heavenly Dao to help himself break through beyond Immortal Emperor.

This idea emerged because of his Demonic Race bloodline and his possession of the Heavenly Dao's Supreme Treasure.

The Demonic Race bloodline inherently had restraining effects on world fortune, and the Heavenly Dao's Supreme Treasure could further help the Demon Lord gain stronger control over realms. Thus he saw the possibility of reaching beyond Immortal Emperor.

And to prevent the Demon Lord from breaking through beyond Immortal Emperor, the other Immortal Emperors could only find ways to stop him.

He himself... was one piece in preventing the Demon Lord's plan.

Lin Jing's heart surged with emotions. Although there wasn't anything particularly bad about it - being the Lower Realm Sovereign didn't seem too bad - he instinctively resisted having his fate arranged like this.

So he also wanted to counter this fateful constraint in his own way.

To oppose the Demon Lord in his own manner.

Wasn't the Demon Lord trying to refine the entire Lower Realm?

What if he used the Limitless Immortal Physique to deeply cultivate the Beast Taming Path? Was there any hope... within his lifetime, to use "Beast Taming Path" to forcibly contract the entire Lower Realm's Heavenly Dao will, accomplishing the Demon Lord's ambition in his place?!

Why couldn't he modify the Beast Taming Art into a Realm Taming Art, making everything in existence contractable?

This way, it would also count as helping the Immortal Realm disrupt the Demon Lord's grand scheme.

Only, the one controlling the Lower Realm would change from the Demon Lord to himself. He didn't know if this was something those great powers would be willing to see.

Of course, Lin Jing also clearly understood that this idea was even less reliable than having his incarnation or Pet Beasts prove their Dao and become Immortal Emperors.

He didn't have an innate Demonic Race bloodline, nor did he possess the Heavenly Dao's Supreme Treasure. What qualifications did he have to accomplish something even the Demon Lord found difficult to achieve..

So he didn't plan to attempt it easily either.

He merely set such a goal for his true self, to prevent his true self from sinking into being a pure Lower Realm guardian, but rather having his own cultivation motivation.