Beast Families: I Have an Illustrated Book of All Souls

Chapter 1623 Sky-Splitting Blade (Seeking monthly votes and subscriptions)
Watching the Jade Toad Demon Saint depart, Ye Jingcheng also took out a spirit map. The place they were currently in was called Humu Continent, which was much smaller than Xuanniu Continent and Liekong Continent.

The main place where the Ye family will reside in the future is also the Rift Continent.

This way, there won't be too much of a power conflict with the righteous sects and the Ziyang sect.

The Ye family currently has a fairly good relationship with these forces in the Great Yu Realm. In terms of development speed, these forces are definitely no match for the Ye family.

They still trust the Ye family's high-ranking members, but as time goes by, some short-sighted individuals inevitably come along, which damages the relationships between the families.

Since the Ye family has a boundary gate here, they might as well make Rift Continent their core.

Of course, before that, we need to communicate with the Wood Demon Saint. A city will definitely be built near this gate.

Otherwise, if the boundary gate is controlled by the enemy, the Ye family members in the Heavenly Insect Realm will be an isolated force.

"Yun Sheng, you can make the arrangements as you see fit!" Ye Jingcheng recorded his thoughts and some plans in a jade slip, and then told Ye Yun Sheng about it, along with the map and the territory that the Ye family was about to acquire.

"Please rest assured, Grandpa, Yun Sheng will make all the arrangements!" Ye Yun Sheng was happy to agree.

Because many of the demon kings and beast valleys in the Taiyuan Realm are actually crowded in the desert oasis and the Taihang Mountains. A few have gone to the Tianyao Mountains in the far west of the desert, but it is actually quite crowded. With this Tianchong Realm, there will be much more room.

Secondly, many disciples and clansmen of the family are now finding it difficult to hunt spirit beasts.

The Taihang Mountains and Tianyuan Mountain Pass already belong to the Ye family, and the East Sea and Xingchen Sea have almost all submitted to the Ye family as well. Only a few scattered forces and demons that the Ye family doesn't want can continue to be hunted.

The Celestial Insect Realm is now much more prosperous.

Moreover, there's no need to target other continents in the early stages; the Ye family already needs to clean up Xuanniu Continent, Yuanlei Continent, and Liekong Continent.

After Ye Yunsheng made the arrangements, Ye Jingcheng also took out a new cave.

This grotto-heaven was left behind by the Jade Toad God, and it's not very large, nor are the spiritual veins inside particularly impressive.

But once Ye Jingcheng entered, he could see that the entire cave had been divided into five parts.

These are the Xuan Niu clan, the Yuan Lei clan, the Lie Kong clan, the Zhenhai Demon Ape, and the Three-Headed Spirit Crane.

The number of spirit beasts is actually not large, with the Sky-Splitting Clan and the Sea-Suppressing Demon Ape Clan being the fewest.

There were only sixty or seventy Sky-Splitting Mantises, including more than ten fifth-tier Sky-Splitting Mantises, more than twenty fourth-tier Sky-Splitting Mantises, more than thirty third-tier juvenile Sky-Splitting Mantises, and three or four spirit eggs.

Contrary to expectations that spirit insects would give birth to hundreds or thousands of spirit eggs at once, the Sky Rift Clan would only give birth to one or two spirit eggs at most.

And not every spirit egg can give birth to a seraphim.

Aside from the number of the Sky-Splitting Clan, the number of Sea-Suppressing Demon Apes is even smaller.

There are only three fifth-tier demonic apes, seven or eight fourth-tier demonic apes, and two peak third-tier demonic apes.

Of course, despite their small numbers, the Rift Sky Clan and the Sea-Suppressing Clan are far superior in combat power to the much larger Xuan Niu Clan, the Three-Headed Bird, and Yuan Lei Clan.

In particular, the Sky-Splittering Clan also possesses the ability to break through space.

These demonic beasts were all bound by a huge formation.

Although this formation is not a sixth-order formation, it is already a fifth-order top-grade formation.

In addition, since they were always escorted by the Jade Toad Demon Saint, no demon dared to escape on their own.

Ye Jingcheng even suspected that some members of the Rift Sky Clan had been killed; otherwise, based on what he had learned in the Heavenly Insect Realm, there should have been at least a hundred of them.

As Ye Jingcheng's gaze followed, the precious book within his body continued to light up.

The most numerous demonic beasts here are the Xuan Niu clan, numbering over three hundred. Among them, more than ten are at the fifth rank, more than forty are at the fourth rank, and the rest are at the third rank.

The proportions of the three-headed spirit birds and the Yuanlei clan are roughly the same, ranging from a hundred to three hundred.

However, nearly 30% of these monsters can advance to higher levels.

Ye Jingcheng's gaze finally settled on a spirit egg and a black ox.

This spirit egg has six layers of spiritual light, and the pill formula starts from the third rank. This means that the Sky-Splitting Mantis actually has an eighth-rank pill formula. If all the pill formulas are collected in the future and the bloodline reaches its peak, it means that it can break through to the ninth rank.

He couldn't help but pay attention. The next thing was a young black bull with two horns, but a bump on its forehead.

This suggests that a third corner is very likely to appear.

Furthermore, according to the precious book, one's talent can also obtain a seventh-tier advancement pill.

Apart from these two, the others are much worse. There are only five or six-tier advancement pills, and the rest are all stuck at the fifth-tier advancement pill level.

Of course, those who have consumed the fifth-order advancement pill still have a considerable chance of breaking through to the sixth order through their own cultivation.

Just like the Earth Dragon Demon Emperor, it has already consumed a fifth-order advancement pill and is at the peak of the fifth order. It is only missing a primordial spirit pill or a demon saint's primordial spirit as a catalyst.

"You must be Lord Qianchen." At that moment, a late-stage fifth-tier Sky-Splitting Mantis stepped forward.

It looked at Ye Jingcheng with a face full of apprehension.

"Yes." Ye Jingcheng nodded.

Just as Ye Jingcheng nodded, each of the other four races had a late-stage fifth-tier member looking at him.

However, there was not much anger in their eyes, even though they knew that their ancestor was killed by Ye Jingcheng and the Ye family.

Compared to humans, demons are generally more indifferent.

Moreover, they also knew that it was their ancestor who provoked them first, and now the Ye family has quite a few Nascent Soul cultivators.

None of the five clans possessed the combat power of a Nascent Soul cultivator.

"I want to know, will you kill us?" the late-stage fifth-tier Skybreaker spoke again.

Perhaps they had prepared beforehand, or perhaps the Jade Toad Demon Saint had told them about it.

Therefore, they were very uneasy. Indeed, whether human or demon, no one can remain unmoved when facing life and death.

"That depends on your performance." Ye Jingcheng didn't let them all despair.

"This is our clan's sixth-tier Sky-Splitting Blade. In exchange, we'll exchange it for the survival of any clan member below the fourth tier!" the Sky-Splitting Mantis said again.

They also took out two mantis knives.

This Sky-Splitting Blade is not a finished sixth-tier spirit blade, but rather a mantis blade shed by a sixth-tier demon mantis.

It has the effect of breaking through the air. Ye Jingcheng also obtained it when he killed the ancient demonic dragon corpse, but it was later given to other forces and eventually obtained by the Ancestor Potian.

The second time he received it was after killing the Sky-Splitting Demon Saint, which was given to the Righteous Origin Divine Lord.

But he estimated that it should have fallen into the hands of the Purple Sun Divine Lord.

After all, the Divine Lord Zhengyuan possessed the Void-Breaking Ruler.

And now it's the third set.

Ye Jingcheng was also very interested in the mantis knife.

He was more curious about how the Sky-Splitting Mantis had managed to hide from the Myriad Demon Alliance.

“I also have a hidden world, and I can hide it in the void.” The Sky-Splitting Mantis seemed to see Ye Jingcheng’s doubts and did not hide anything.

Instead, he spoke up openly.

This kind of hidden world can actually be concealed, but because it cannot move, it has spatial reference points and is easily discovered.

Only Ye Jingcheng's Stone Spirit Cave Heaven can be moved at will, because it is a cave heaven in itself.

Even so, Ye Jingcheng rarely hid in the cave to avoid powerful enemies, because if he did enter the cave, he would be easily discovered.

Unless the Ye family possesses an ancient gemstone coffin that they once obtained, they can conceal the truth.

“My Xuan Niu clan has six-tier Xuan Niu horns, and more than one, but the rest were all taken away by the Ten Thousand Demon Alliance, leaving only one!” Xuan Niu Demon Emperor also spoke up.

Next, each clan took out its own sixth-tier treasure.

They are all spiritual materials shed by sixth-order demon saints.

Some demon saints were injured by powerful enemies and had to shed their special spiritual materials, while others, like the Sky-Splitting Mantis clan, shed their special spiritual materials as they grow.

For Ye Jingcheng, this was a completely unexpected gain.

"Don't worry, if you perform well, you can survive not only at the fourth level, but even at the fifth level!" Ye Jingcheng said. If he had any fear or worry before, he would have been fine.

However, after obtaining the Soul-Locking Spirit Contract, those worries vanished completely.

First, the Ye family has a Demon Saint, and the Demon Saint has a great restraining effect on the Demon Emperor.

Secondly, there is the Soul-Locking Spirit Contract, which binds all the later-stage Demon Emperors to the contract.

The remaining early-stage fifth-tier individuals, even without contracts, won't cause much trouble.

Moreover, with these demon emperors, Ye Jingcheng could even try to get some late-stage Golden Core cultivators to start contracting with fifth-tier demon emperors.

This might significantly increase the chances of the Ye family's Golden Core cultivators breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage.

Ye Jingcheng estimated that in two hundred years, there would be at least one hundred Nascent Soul cultivators, if not two or three hundred.

In this way, even if Ye Jingcheng sneaks out, the base he leaves behind will be terrifying. With so many demon emperors and the remaining demon saints, there is no need to worry too much about the Ye family's combat power dropping sharply after he leaves.

"Thank you, Lord Qianchen!" All the demons who could transform into human form knelt down before Ye Jingcheng.

Ye Jingcheng accepted it calmly.

Ye Jingcheng didn't pay much attention to these demon emperors and demon kings.

Instead, he took out a jade slip from the Beast Hall.

This jade slip clearly stipulates the benefits that the Beast Hall can enjoy.

As captives, they would first incur a debt of indenture.

Only after the debt is paid off can one enjoy the treatment of the Ye family's Beast Hall.

Of course, if one can be chosen by the Ye family as their clan beast and form a blood pact and soul-locking pact, then the debt will be wiped out.

If not, one option is to participate in the Ye family's magical combat mission, and the other is to participate in the Earthly Immortal Realm mission to seize treasures for the Ye family.

After giving out the jade slip, Ye Jingcheng started looking at the remaining spirit eggs and the black ox calves.

He planned to cultivate the Void-Splitting Spirit Egg himself and form a contract with it, so the fifth-tier Void-Splitting Sky Mantis from his own cave became the alternative.

As for the Black Ox, he didn't plan to form a contract with it; he intended to let the Ye family members form a contract with it instead.

Of course, he considered giving it to Ye Yunsheng, after all, he was his grandson.

However, considering his insufficient cultivation level, it would be better to have a high-level demon king or demon emperor guide his cultivation rather than a cub like this beast.

Ye Jingcheng stayed on this desolate mountain for a few days before arriving at Rift Sky Continent.

He selected a sixth-tier spiritual mountain, set up a teleportation array, and then members of the Ye family began to set up the city.

The Spirit Mountain where the Rift Sky Clan resides is a Qingyang Mountain.

The mountain is covered with fourth and fifth-tier Qingyang wood.

While setting up the city, Ye Jingcheng headed towards Mount Humu!

(End of this chapter)