Chapter 154: The Jade Seal's Small World, Wealth Rivaling a Nation!

In the face of such a massive gap in strength, Xuanyuan Yue finally submitted to you.

"Just you wait. One day, I will surpass you!" Xuanyuan Yue lay on the ground, waving her little hands, speaking indignantly.

You raised your head to look at Xuanyuan Yue and chuckled lightly, not taking it to heart.

You took out Ancestor Xuanming's Recorded Disciple token and tossed it into Xuanyuan Yue's arms. "After I leave the sect tomorrow, take this token to the Imperial City of the Purple Firmament Immortal Dynasty and find a Senior named Nangong Li. He will protect you."

"Why leave the sect? Isn't it quite nice for me here?" Xuanyuan Yue caught the token, examined it, and asked in confusion.

"The Old Sect Master's lifespan is nearly exhausted. The First Elder and the Vice Sect Master are about to start fighting."

"With your cultivation, if I'm not around, who knows when you might die."

"Hmph, you actually look down on me!" Xuanyuan Yue said discontentedly, though she did not refuse your arrangement.

You said nothing more and continued studying the Imperial Jade Seal in your hand.

You saw that directly beneath the Jade Seal, four large characters were carved: "Receiving the Mandate from Heaven, Both Long Life and Prosperity!"

If this were a mortal dynasty, you might really have wanted to try what it felt like to be emperor.

But unfortunately, this was the Cultivation World, a world where one could become an immortal!

Xuanyuan Yue, lying on the ground, watched the Imperial Jade Seal in your hand. After hesitating for a long while, she finally climbed up.

"Let me tell you the true purpose of the Imperial Jade Seal." Xuanyuan Yue extended a bloodied hand and placed it above the Imperial Jade Seal.

The blood flowed over the Imperial Jade Seal, and finally disappeared.

Immediately after, the Imperial Jade Seal emitted waves of faint light. The scene shifted, and you entered the world inside the Jade Seal!

Her face pale, Xuanyuan Yue introduced it to you. "This small world inside the Jade Seal was forcibly created by the great cultivators of my dynasty using immense divine abilities. Each opening requires the Essence Blood of a descendant of my Xuanyuan family as the medium."

You looked at Xuanyuan Yue, who appeared utterly drained and could collapse at any moment. With a half-smile, you said, "What is it? Is the Princess not afraid that I might keep you caged and draw your blood every day?"

"Afraid. Of course I'm afraid!" Xuanyuan Yue smiled self-deprecatingly. "With your strength, it probably wouldn't take long before you discovered the secrets within the Jade Seal."

"Rather than hide it from you, it's better for us to be honest with each other!"

You smiled, then took out a drop of soul blood and returned it to Xuanyuan Yue.

"Consider this compensation for you."

"Re-really?" Xuanyuan Yue looked at you in surprise. Though she knew you would not kill her, only by having her soul blood completely in her own hands could she truly feel at ease.

"What, you don't want it? Then I'll take it back."

"I want it!" Xuanyuan Yue hurriedly returned the soul blood into her body, and a smile appeared on her pale face.

"Seeing as you're so sensible, This Empress will reluctantly give you a tour of my dynasty's foundations!" Xuanyuan Yue once again resumed her former princessly bearing.

Under Xuanyuan Yue's guidance, the two of you wandered through the small world inside the Jade Seal.

"This is my dynasty's imperial Library Pavilion. It contains the finest techniques of every major sect in the world!"

"This is my dynasty's Armory Pavilion. Most of what's inside are Heaven-Rank Artifacts, and there are quite a few quasi-Immortal Artifacts as well!"

"This place stores the rare treasures my dynasty collected. It's just that after so many years, I don't know how many can still be used."

"This place…"

"And over here…"

"It was originally left to restore my dynasty, but looking at it now, forget it." Xuanyuan Yue sighed. Of the current Xuanyuan Imperial Clan, only she remained. Even if the dynasty were restored, what use would it be?

After a full tour, you finally understood what a true imperial foundation was!

With these resources, forging another Purple Firmament Immortal Dynasty would not be impossible!

"Look at you, acting like you've never seen the world." Xuanyuan Yue rolled her eyes at you and muttered, "From now on, all of this is yours. You'd better treat This Empress well. No more bullying This Empress."

"Did you hear me?"

"Ahem, for the sake of so many treasures, I reluctantly agree." It wasn't that you didn't want to refuse. Xuanyuan Yue had simply given too much!

With so many resources in hand, you basically wouldn't need to worry about resources again before becoming an immortal!

As for techniques and artifacts, you now had as many as you could ever want!

"Princess, please!" You extended a hand and placed it before Xuanyuan Yue.

"Hmph, that's more like it." Xuanyuan Yue nodded in satisfaction and placed one hand on yours.

"Oh, right. There's one more place here, a secluded cultivation chamber. It's the most important place here!" Xuanyuan Yue suddenly remembered something and spoke up.

A moment later, you arrived at a secluded cultivation chamber, shrouded by a grand formation.

You studied the formation for a while, only to find you couldn't understand it at all.

"Don't bother looking. A formation like this is not something a little Sixth-Rank Formation Master like you can comprehend." After mocking you, Xuanyuan Yue began to explain.

"This formation was originally created by gathering most of my dynasty's top formation masters, pooling the strength of the entire nation."

"Once the formation is activated, the flow of time here will be a hundred times that of the outside world!"

"In other words, if you cultivate in seclusion here for a hundred days, only a single day will have passed outside."

"Well? Isn't it impressive?" Xuanyuan Yue said proudly, as if she herself had arranged this formation.

You were silent for a long time, then finally said, "Since you people were this formidable back then, just how powerful must your enemies have been to destroy you?"

Xuanyuan Yue fell silent, unable to speak for a time.

"Back then, my cultivation was still shallow. I didn't know much."

"But one thing I can be certain of: someone betrayed us!" Xuanyuan Yue looked at you with firm eyes.

"Not only were there traitors within the nation, many factions across the entire Heaven Mystery Continent turned coat at the critical moment!"

"Otherwise, we could not possibly have lost!"

"At the very least, we wouldn't have lost so absurdly!"

"I understand." You nodded.

"Let's go. We should head out."

"Mm." Xuanyuan Yue nodded dejectedly and followed you out of the Jade Seal's small world.

"Rest well. Remember what I told you. Make sure to protect yourself!"

"Don't worry. I still have the life-preserving means Father left me!" Xuanyuan Yue said from the bed.

"That's good, then." You left the cave residence and went to find the First Elder, preparing to head to the Law Secret Realm!