Great Villain: Starting by Humiliating the Son of the Heavenly Fate Chapter 371: A Deal with Sun Tianlin

"You, you dare to kill me!? I am a Core Elder of the Purple Crest Immortal Sect, one of the strongest forces in the Prosperous Stone Immortal Star! If you kill me, the Purple Crest Immortal Sect will never forgive you. Don't assume that your Middle-stage Nirvana Peering realm combat power grants you arrogance. You're nothing in the Prosperous Stone Immortal Star!" Frantically, Sun Tianlin scanned his surroundings. His voice carried bravado but was tinged with a hidden cowardice.

"Stop, stop, stop." Jiang Chen wore a faint smile. "After all that talk, you simply want to live, don't you?"

"You!" For a moment, Sun Tianlin's expression froze, and a fleeting flicker of embarrassment crossed his face. "Who doesn't want to live? Just state your terms!"

"I wish to travel to the Prosperous Stone Immortal Star. Guide me there, and your life will be spared. What's your take on this?" Jiang Chen's voice turned icy. "Should you refuse, death here is your only option."

"You wish to go to the Prosperous Stone Immortal Star?" Sun Tianlin slowly regained his composure. "Very well, I accept!"

So what was the Prosperous Stone Immortal Star?

Half of it was under the control of the Purple Crest Immortal Sect, and within that sect, the Sun Clan held considerable influence. For them, managing a Middle-stage Nirvana Peering realm powerhouse like Jiang Chen wouldn't pose much of a challenge.

In Sun Tianlin's eyes, Jiang Chen's choice to go to the Prosperous Stone Immortal Star was essentially courting death.

Although he had already surmised that Jiang Chen would undoubtedly implement various safeguards against him, Sun Tianlin remained unworried.

After all, the abilities of a practitioner in the Nirvana Peering realm paled in comparison to those at the Nirvana Cleansing realm.

Once he made it back to the Purple Crest Immortal Sect, Sun Tianlin knew he would be utterly secure.

"Very well, you're forthright. Now, let your guard down. I'll extract the soul seed, sparing your life in return," Jiang Chen said dispassionately, then performed the Ten Thousand Soul Seed Secrets technique.

"Alright..." Sun Tianlin hesitantly dropped all his defenses.

A peculiar force acted upon his soul in an instant.

'This... is a technique of the Transcendence realm. Given time, I could break it myself! Ha, you believe you can control me with this? How naïve!' Sun Tianlin outwardly appeared compliant, but inwardly, he was brimming with derisive laughter.

Unbeknownst to him, Jiang Chen was also inwardly scoffing. He had never planned to spare Sun Tianlin from the beginning.

The moment they arrived at the Prosperous Stone Immortal Star, Jiang Chen intended to seize the first opportunity to kill Sun Tianlin.

Swiftly, a beam of golden light emanated from between Sun Tianlin's eyebrows, vanishing mid-air only to materialize in Jiang Chen's hands as a soul seed magatama.

Witnessing this, Sun Tianlin dared not entertain any further thoughts of deceit, fearful that Jiang Chen might sense his disloyalty.

"Sun Tianlin, this soul seed magatama signifies that your life is now in my control. Abandon any thoughts that could displease me. Now, hand over all your valuable possessions," Jiang Chen declared, coldly twirling the soul seed magatama in his hand.

As the father of Sun Ji, an influential figure within the Purple Crest Immortal Sect, Sun Tianlin was undoubtedly wealthy.

Jiang Chen had no intentions of letting him off lightly.

"Don't push it too far. I can tell you want to kill me, but you're hesitant because you fear I'll destroy my treasures. So, you pretend to consider sparing me. If I hand over all my valuables, you'll kill me for sure," Sun Tianlin retorted, his voice tinged with bitterness.

"Heh heh," Jiang Chen chuckled lightly before responding indifferently, "Whether you live or die is my call. Do you even have a choice?"

"You!" Sun Tianlin's expression shifted. He truly had no alternatives.

Further resistance would unquestionably result in death. Submission might afford him a sliver of hope for survival. Even though he considered those odds slim, it remained his sole option.

"Make it quick," Jiang Chen commanded coldly. "Conceal nothing, or you'll meet a wretched end."

"I'll surrender them," Sun Tianlin's face displayed a mix of helplessness and agony as he produced all his valuable belongings.

Contained among them were a spatial bracelet, a long-handled, thin-bladed immortal tool, and a defensive artifact.

Holding these three items, Sun Tianlin's reluctance to relinquish them was palpable.

"Hand them over!" A massive force surged forth from Jiang Chen's outstretched hand, directly seizing Sun Tianlin's three treasured items.

"..." Sun Tianlin's face went taut, filled with reluctance but stifling the fury within, for fear that Jiang Chen might truly end his life.

"Very well. The Immortal Martial Continent is currently overrun with demons. Go back and lead the million-strong human army to reclaim lost territories in various domains. I will handle the stronger demons myself." With that statement, Jiang Chen vanished from sight, heading off to confront the demonic legions.

"Yes!" Sun Tianlin's face lit up with elation. Jiang Chen was true to his word; he had been spared.

With a bow of deep 'respect', Sun Tianlin departed to take command of the million-strong army of cultivators, pressing forward to other territories.

As he journeyed, Jiang Chen flew through the sky, effortlessly dispatching any demon he encountered. Given his current cultivation level, such a task was trivially easy.

Thus, while exterminating the remaining demon forces, Jiang Chen took the opportunity to sift through the war spoils he had recently obtained.

Up until now, he had relied solely on his own cultivation base's power. He hadn't made use of the qi and blood energy, the various treasures stashed in the storage artifacts belonging to the demon powerhouses, or even materials akin to Nether Soul Crystals that were on their persons.

'With this abundance of qi and blood energy, should I consider practicing a Nirvana Peering-rank cultivation method?' Jiang Chen mused, stroking his chin thoughtfully.

Just then, Ying Luo burst forth from the collar of Jiang Chen's robe, hovering before him. Her glistening dragon eyes fixed intently on Jiang Chen, and even her front paws fidgeted restlessly together. It was clear how eager—or perhaps hungry—she was. "Big brother! I really like you!"

"Don't worry, sweetheart. You won't go hungry. First, I'll practice a cultivation method; after that, everything else is yours, alright?" Jiang Chen offered a slight smile and extended his right hand. Without hesitation, Ying Luo coiled around his palm.

"Alright, deal!" Ying Luo eagerly agreed.

"Let's get to it then. You go round up the scattered demons so I can eliminate them all in one fell swoop. It'll speed things up," Jiang Chen directed.

"Good, good, good! Off I go!" Ying Luo's small dragon head nodded energetically as she whirled around and flew off. To quicken her pace, she even employed Spatial Stride.

"This girl," Jiang Chen chuckled to himself, amused, before picking a direction and resuming his deadly onslaught.

While continuing his lethal rampage, Jiang Chen enlisted the help of two beauties, Nangong Wan and Shangguan Ning, to help him select a cultivation method.

Before long, the pair chose for Jiang Chen a Nirvana Peering-rank cultivation method called the 'Formless Nature Immortal Scripture'.

The core principle of cultivating within the Nirvana Peering realm involves integrating the power of the Great Dao into each individual cell, attaining a state known as the 'Complete Dao Palace Body'.

Once this Complete Dao Palace Body is fully actualized, one can then manifest the Great Dao Immortal Body, thereby advancing to the Nirvana Cleansing realm.

The Formless Nature Immortal Scripture specialized in body cultivation. By practicing it, one could notably lessen the challenge of achieving the Complete Dao Palace Body, thereby simplifying the process of creating the Great Dao Immortal Body.

For Jiang Chen, already endowed with myriad extraordinary abilities, bottlenecks were virtually non-existent. He scarcely needed to engage in grueling practice; so long as he had an ample supply of Villain Value points and resources, he could instantly enhance his strength.

Nevertheless, practicing the Formless Nature Immortal Scripture would significantly ease his cultivation journey, reducing the resources required for his further enhancement.

Additionally, this cultivation method offered another utility: it had the capacity to change one's physical appearance. When paired with the Death Calamity Dark Star Moon Dao Embryo's aura-concealing feature, it could create an exceptionally effective disguise.

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