Finally, there were numerous strong figures in the Celestial Will Sect skilled in divination, who collectively deduced part of the intelligence. Although that intelligence had not been verified, it still had some reference value.
These things are quite rare.
With the Eastern Continent Emperor’s enlightenment, many immortal sects dared not easily investigate these things lest they anger this Eastern Continent Emperor and bring themselves huge troubles.
Especially since many details inside were only collected by a super major sect like the Celestial Will Sect, with True Immortals and even Heavenly Immortals secretly investigating, gathering such valuable intelligence.
She glanced at the first jade slip.
"Zhang Family, East Continent, Former Dynasty, Fengyang County, Fengxi County, intelligent since childhood, knowledgeable and strong memory, at age fourteen passed the township exam, the next year became the champion scholar, was appointed by Emperor Jingwu of Daqian as the top scholar. There were no signs of activity before passing the township exam, suspected to have not cultivated..."
"At the beginning of Jingwu’s fifth year, he acted in Qi Mansion, killed the Mother and Child Vengeful Ghost, suspected of not having established a foundation..."
"At the end of summer in Jingwu’s fifth year, he participated in the dispute between the Canal Dragon Palace and the heterodox sect Xuan Du Dual Gods while en route to the capital city for exams. It is suspected he, with the help of True Monarch Zhanmo, wounded a deity..."
Ji Xueqiong glanced, this span is quite large.
According to intelligence gathered by the Celestial Will Sect, at this time Zhang Jian had just started cultivating, even if his talent was remarkable, he was probably just beginning Foundation Establishment and Divination, yet dared to meddle in fights among the gods.
According to records on this intelligence, those Xuan Du Dual Gods were Yin Spirit Level beings, whose combined strength with a supreme treasure could even momentarily trap a Primordial Spirit Master.
Even having a True Monarch behind as support, still, such audacity... it’s simply outrageous.
Ji Xueqiong secretly marveled.
But what followed was even more legendary.
"In the tenth year of Jingwu, Zhang Jian was dormant for four years, and then once again acted, suppressing the Cyan Lion Demon King in the southern suburbs of Haojing City, rescuing a den of demon foxes in South Mountain Suihu Mountain Hundred Fox Cave. His dao practice seemed to be at the level of a Yin Spirit Venerable. Currently, the Cyan Lion Demon King serves as True Monarch Zhanmo’s mount, confirmed to have bloodlines of the Ancient Divine Beast Nine-headed Cyan Lion, now cultivating in Tongshan Dao Lineage’s Lion King secret area, suspected of inheriting from the Divine Beast lineage...!"
Ji Xueqiong stared intently.
Within four years, he directly leaped across the Golden Core Realm, such a swift evolution, even Ji Xueqiong, praised by many powerful beings in the Outer Heaven Realm as a talent rare in a millennium from the Zhou Mountain Realm or even the outer domain, felt shocked.
At least she couldn’t achieve it herself.
It took her twenty to thirty years of hard practice to move from the Golden Core to the Yin Spirit Realm.
Plus, she had several significant opportunities to cross in a short time.
"In the twelfth year of Jingwu summer, Zhang Jian revised the ’Daqian Complete Book’, becoming renowned throughout the court and gradually earning the name of a saint!"
"After the twelfth year of Jingwu, Zhang Jian was promoted to Minister of the Ministry of Agriculture, he improved various crop and vegetable seeds of Daqian, benefiting common people and giving back to the folk, establishing virtues, principles, and achievements, making a name world-renowned, and gradually becoming canonized, later confirmed to have the ’Seven-Quartet Exquisite Heart’ of the Ancient Saint’s Body!"
...
As Ji Xueqiong read along, she noticed that this Eastern Continent Emperor’s fortune seemed to have turned unstoppable.
Soon, he achieved the Primordial Spirit.
Before the age of thirty, he achieved the Primordial Spirit.
Deep in Ji Xueqiong’s Dao heart, waves surged.
Moreover, what was even stranger to her was that before achieving the Primordial Spirit, Zhang Jian had been serving as a civil servant in the Daqian Dynasty all along.
He hadn’t experienced any battles.
He was on a path of "Confucian Cultivator."
Ji Xueqiong knew that in the Outer World, Confucian cultivators existed; naturally, these Confucian cultivators do not just bury themselves in books but strive to surpass by seeking knowledge, discerning truth, reading myriad scrolls, traversing infinite paths, eventually understanding the truths of the Path of Heaven and Earth, thereby refining the soul, and ultimately the soul becomes immortal. These beings are formidable, whether in Cultivation or ascending to godhood, they are impressive figures.
Since Zhang Jian possessed the ’Seven-Quartet Exquisite Heart’ and could be canonized early on, achieving the Primordial Spirit in decades wasn’t surprising.
The mysterious ’Treasure Record’ of Tongshan Dao Lineage, Ji Xueqiong was also quite aware of it.
And much of the subsequent intelligence was fragmented, but every few years, whenever Zhang Jian acted, his dao practice, magical power, and realm seemed to have crossed steps.
Even less than a cycle of sixty years passed, he was already an Innate God, in addition with the status of Divine Dao Emperor.
Ji Xueqiong witnessed all this information, feeling as if she was watching history or mythology unfold before her eyes.
This was destined to be an unparalleled powerhouse worth remembering by the realm and possibly all of the void of heavens.
However, Ji Xueqiong also noticed that much of the information obtained by the Celestial Will Sect was still lacking.
Especially at critical places.
How the opponent advanced, how he cultivated, the missing details were significant!
Mentioned only was this Great Xia Emperor’s diligence and eagerness to learn, who despite ascending to the throne often sent his Primordial Spirit into the Tongshan Dao Lineage to comprehend the classics of Ancient Saints, especially adept at Rune studies, with astonishing attainment.
This record states, it’s rumored Zhang Jian once entered the Eastern Emperor Ruins indeed, relying on his achievement in Talismanic Literature, utilized Golden Body Level magical power, forcingly breaking the "Little Heavenly Reincarnation Technique" of Creation Level left by ancient great powers, along with various forbidden techniques.
But such records couldn’t make up for the regret caused by the lack of key information.
Especially how he achieved the Divine Dao Emperor status and gathered Innate Creation, even after many elders deduced, no useful advice could be given.
But Ji Xueqiong was not overly regretful. She knew that getting so much information from Celestial Will Sect already cost plenty, even using connections from both above and below.
At this moment, in front of her, many flower-like beautiful spirits seemed to notice the solemnity in Ji Xueqiong’s expression, each gathered around her.
Having finished reading, Ji Xueqiong then waved, making the several jade slips instantly turn into flying ash.
She pondered slightly and spoke towards the direction of the two screens.
"First Master, Second Master, Third Master, Fourth Master, you must have also seen these, what should your disciple do?"
At this point, under the two Jade Plum Screens, four light shadows emerged.
Red plum blossom trees appeared on the jade screen, the crimson plum blossoms were as big as a net opening. Plum branches coiled like a prison, filling the screen’s corners, while in the center, a snow-white plum blossom appeared.
Below the snow plum, there were two figures, one black and one white, engaging in a game of chess, both with peerless grace, while an old woodsman with a wine gourd on his waist and an axe hanging to his right was watching.
On the other screen was a peerless figure drinking alone by moonlight, seeming to gaze at the distant moon with a resentful expression.
After a moment, a cold female voice emerged from within, saying:
"Considering your father and the meaning of the Ji Family elder, you probably can’t avoid this matter; it’s better to meet him. If he truly is an Innate Emperor, marrying him is no problem, he barely matches your talent!"
"Does even Master want to meet this person?"
Ji Xueqiong’s eyes widened in astonishment.
She knew well her First Master’s character.
Prideful, merciless, using "extremely arrogant" to describe her is fitting.
In the Outer Star River, she had encountered many prodigious talents, including descendants of Daoist Monarchs with unsurpassed bearing, as well as those with rare peerless Divine Bodies.
This First Master cared for none.
Including dislike for her other three Masters.
This time, surprisingly, there arose a bit of curiosity.
"Since a myth is born, I ought to witness it personally!"
A cool voice echoed, and the peerless figure on the screen vanished!
Ji Xueqiong glanced at the other screen, at the three Immortals playing chess, and smiled, as she casually took down an invisible scroll from the void, which instantly turned into a stream of light and submerged into her body. Seemingly innumerable black and white glows flowed within the depths of her brow, and she rose.
In an instant, all the beauties, fairies, and divine maidens before her turned into countless white bone skeletons and vanished without a trace.
...
One year later.
Deep within the Two Realms Mountain Range, Er Long Mountain.
Zhang Jian buried a sprouting peach seed kernel into the fertile soil before a lake.
As the peach seed kernel touched the ground, a small Spiritual Qi vortex formed, pouring into the soil below.
Zhang Jian watched with a slight smile.
"However, the water vein in this lake is ultimately just mortal water, not a spiritual spring. It is said that within the Barbaric Region lie several spiritual springs, I must seize one to merge it here, conveniently nourishing this Township Fate Spirit Root!"
Zhang Jian calculated in his heart.
Spiritual springs are incredibly precious, even the weakest are high-tier treasures, and slightly better ones are classified as exotic treasures.
And the mentioned spiritual spring, naturally, is not an ordinary spiritual spring but a Divine Object Level, containing a trace of innate legacy Divine Spring.