Chapter 1565 - 1135: Sword Cultivator’s Legacy

The islands scattered across the Star Sea were mostly small, with only a few massive landmasses among them. Some of the smaller ones were merely the size of mortal towns. Even so, the overall expanse of the Star Sea was quite vast.

At this moment, on one such island, three cultivators clad in ordinary Daoist robes sat in a restaurant. They sipped Tier Two Spirit Wine while quietly making inquiries.

"Mr. Ye Cang, this is all I know about the matter," a Late Stage of Purple Mansion cultivator said, cupping his hands. He then glanced around before adding, "Forgive me for speaking out of turn, Mr. Ye Cang, but when it comes to the inheritance of Divine Monarch Xingchen, neither the Star Sect nor its subordinate Qianyun Palace and Moon Sea Sect are entities we can afford to provoke. They are also actively searching for his inheritance."

"You worry too much, Xia. The two of us are simply interested in local archives and historical events. Unfortunately, our cultivation is too weak to converse with those Major Sects," replied the cultivator named Ye Cang, who was, in fact, Ye Xuecang in disguise.

After subduing or exterminating all the Demon Kings near the East Wuyu Archipelago and the Primordial Shark Sea, the Ye family had officially begun herding Demon Beasts in the ocean. With the Primordial Shark Demon Emperor, the Primordial Shark Race, and several subjugated Demon Kings under their command, the family’s operations to rear Demon Beasts and hunt for Demon Beast Souls proceeded flawlessly. The beasts in the sea were truly as abundant as carp in a river, seemingly inexhaustible.

Having some free time and finding himself unable to break through in the short term, Ye Xuecang decided to search for Divine Monarch Xingchen’s Inheritance Cave Mansion while awaiting Ye Jingcheng’s orders. After all, it was the legacy of a Divine Monarch of Divinity Transformation. Finding it would bring immense fortune to the Ye family. Furthermore, the family actually possessed information from the Old Cold Flood Dragon, giving them a vague idea of the sea domain it was located in. However, despite dispatching numerous cultivators and beasts over the years, they had come up empty-handed. Thus, Ye Xuecang came to the Star Sea to try his luck.

Along the way, he scouted the combat power within the Star Sea and arranged for personnel to open an Artifact Refining Shop here. Business was booming, though its reputation wasn’t particularly prominent yet since the assigned staff were only Purple Mansion Cultivators. During this period, he befriended Xia Yun’an, a fellow Purple Mansion Cultivator. Though Xia Yun’an was merely at the Purple Mansion realm, he had lived for nearly a thousand years. In his youth, he had luckily obtained a Longevity Spirit Fruit, extending his lifespan by a staggering six hundred years. However, perhaps due to a side effect of the fruit, his cultivation remained forever stuck at the Late Stage of Purple Mansion, unable to even reach the Purple Mansion Peak.

This was why Ye Xuecang and Ye Xueliang from the Ye family had sought him out for information. Naturally, Ye Xuecang had concealed his true strength, disguising himself as being at the Purple Mansion Peak.

Once Xia Yun’an was out of sight, Ye Xuecang and Ye Xueliang exchanged a glance and communicated via transmission.

"Divine Monarch Xingchen was skilled in Astrology and excelled even more in Array mastery. To find his inheritance, we will likely need to uncover the flaws in a Tier Six Array," Ye Xuecang said helplessly.

The Ye family currently didn’t even have a Tier Five Array Master, let alone a Tier Six Array Master. Although Ye Xuefan possessed formidable talent in Arrays, he could only use Compound Arrays to barely achieve Tier Five power. Breaking a genuine Tier Five Array would be difficult for him, making a Tier Six Array completely out of the question.

"But when True Monarch Xingchen was seeking an inheritor for his legacy, it was said that he was looking for a Sword Cultivator. If we have Zhi Jian look for it when the time comes, it might just work," Ye Xueliang added from the side. They had locked down a general area, but it was based solely on the Cold Flood Dragon Demon Emperor’s memories, which meant it might not even be completely accurate. However, the Ye family was in no rush to claim this inheritance, so letting Ye Zhijian search for it at his own pace was a viable plan.

"For now, let’s focus on gathering all the Demon Beasts we can. When we annihilate the Beast Spirit Sect, we must be as thorough as possible," Ye Xuecang continued. Naturally, the Ye family intended to silence everyone in the sect to protect their many secrets. To achieve this, they needed as many Demon Kings as possible. Relying solely on Golden Core Cultivators to carry out the slaughter would inevitably leave survivors.

To ensure total success, the Primordial Shark Demon Emperor would also join the assault on the Beast Spirit Sect. If only Ye Jingcheng had formed a Blood Contract with the Zhen Hai Demon Emperor by now, they would have had another formidable combatant.

Thinking of the Zhen Hai Demon Emperor left both Ye Xuecang and Ye Xueliang feeling exasperated. Somehow, the beast had caught wind of their plans. It had completely vanished from its island, leaving behind only a Tier Five Spiritual Vein, while the Tier Five Spirit Fruit Tree it guarded was nowhere to be seen. The Zhen Hai Demon Emperor must have received advance warning and fled, uprooting and taking the tree with it, causing the Ye family members to arrive at an empty nest.

After discussing for a while longer, the two left the restaurant and disappeared into the busy streets.

Meanwhile, in the Desert Sea, at the Celestial Phoenix Oasis.

In front of a massive plaza, Ye Haicheng and Ye Xuefan took the leading seats. Standing before them were several cultivators bearing Beast Patterns. Among them was a female cultivator with fiery red markings, a hook-nosed male cultivator with three eyes, and a cultivator wearing a loose green robe. Behind these three stood several other figures.

These three were none other than the Black Crow Demon King, the Three-eyed Demon King, and the Xilu Demon King in their human forms. At this moment, they looked at Ye Xuefan and Ye Haicheng with extreme apprehension.

"You three, the Ye family will soon provide a quota that will allow a Tier Four Peak Demon King to possess a Tier Five Divine Sense. This was how the Earth Dragon Demon Emperor managed to break through. Because of this, the opportunity is exceptionally precious, and the quota will be allocated based on your performance." Since the two Tier Four Peak and one Late Stage of Fourth Tier Demon Kings standing before him were all Spirit Beasts bound by Ye Jingcheng’s Soul Contract, Ye Haicheng spoke to them quite politely.

He hadn’t used a commanding tone when explaining the plan to annihilate the Beast Spirit Sect, which left the three beasts feeling quite satisfied.

While these Demon Kings naturally feared the Ye family members, their pride as Demon Kings made them yearn for special treatment, setting them apart from ordinary beasts. The Ye family perfectly accommodated this desire and even rewarded them with plenty of Spirit Pills.

Since joining the Ye family, all three had actually managed to break through a Small Tier in their cultivation. It might not seem like much, but given a Demon Beast’s exceptionally long lifespan, this progress was incredibly fast. Now presented with an opportunity to break through to the Nascent Soul realm, the three naturally treasured it beyond measure.

For the Ye family, this was also the best chance to completely win over the beasts’ loyalty. Eventually, these three beasts would be transferred to other Ye family members, but their absolute loyalty needed to be subtly cultivated well in advance. Once these Demon Kings were unlinked from him, Ye Jingcheng would be able to form Soul Contracts with new, high-potential Demon Kings or even Demon Emperors. The other Ye family members would then be able to use these three as Communication Beasts, boosting their own cultivation speed to rapidly reach higher realms.

"But of course. The three of us will undoubtedly give it our all," the Black Crow Demon King was the first to speak. Her own offspring was Ye Qingfeng’s Spirit Beast, and since that offspring had already reached Tier Four, she was extremely content with the arrangement. Among all the Spirit Beasts, she was also the most sincere.

Following her lead, the other Demon Kings quickly expressed their utmost dedication as well. Once their pledges were made, Ye Xuefan took out a Spirit Beast Bag and stored all the Demon Kings inside.