"Welcome the Lord of the Eastern Sea Mountain Blessed Land!""On November 15th, Year 392 of the Taoist Calendar, you have officially become the master of the Eastern Sea Mountain Blessed Land!"
"You have obtained a Hunhai Stone, which can be collected from any nearby Taixu Corner Tower."
"Esteemed Taixu Messenger, your Hunhai Stone will be delivered within ten days to the Taixu Corner Tower in Heavenly Mansion City, Linhai County, Qi Country."
"You have gained an hour of blessed land cultivation time, with the option to perform Divine Travel to Taixu and enter a fully simulated Eastern Sea Mountain Blessed Land for cultivation. Alternatively, you may proceed to the real Eastern Sea Mountain Blessed Land and cultivate under the supervision of the Taixu Illusion Realm Inspector."
"You have gained 100 points of Blessed Merit, which can be used to manipulate the Tai Xuan Sundial, preventing the passage of time within the blessed land space until the Blessed Merit is exhausted."
"Currently, 100 points of Blessed Merit can support a quarter-hour of blessed land time consumption."
"Apart from the fixed monthly output of the blessed land, Blessed Merit can also be earned through related tasks of the Taixu Scroll."
On June 15th, Year 3917 of the Taoist Calendar, Jiang Wang connected with the Taixu Illusion Realm Blessed Land for the first time, inheriting Zuo Guanglie’s blessed land achievements and becoming the Lord of Dongzhen Ruins.
But he never truly owned the blessed land, never gained any output from it, and could only use Blessed Merit as ordinary "merit"... he never even knew the sundial’s true name.
Because he never truly triumphed in the blessed land challenge.
At first it was "losing without knowing what happened."
Later it was "barely seeing through one or two moves."
Finally, by the time he fell from Hanshan Blessed Land to Jincheng Mountain, he could easily grasp the battle situation and control victory or defeat.
Jincheng Mountain ranked sixty-seventh in blessed land standings, quietly slipping to the bottom, he simply decided to start anew and create his own unique blessed land record.
From the day he engraved the silver moon mark on his hand, to today when he truly mastered the blessed land, it was a full four years and five months.
Speaking of which, this day holds significant meaning.
Yet the first thing Dugu, who regained the blessed land space, did was not to experience the feeling of blessed land cultivation, nor to attempt to manipulate the Tai Xuan Sundial, but to take out his Taixu Jade Token manifested in the Taixu Illusion Realm, and directly sent a Divine Thought—
"The opponent with whom I just dueled had special circumstances. I believe there were conditions affecting the battle’s fairness. Please have the inspector examine it."
The battle just ended was unremarkable in itself, but the opponent’s power was worth questioning.
It wasn’t that this person was strong, but rather their strength didn’t match their control. They didn’t even need to make a move, just wait half an hour, and their own power would explode them—such a state is impossible in reality. Either it involved some life-burning secret technique or consumed some special drug.
Similar forbidden techniques like the Great Chu Dynasty’s Boiling Blood Burning Soul or Equality Country’s Extinguishing Transformation Skill were long banned in Taixu Illusion Realm duels. Any case of self-destruction to enhance combat power would directly be deemed a loss under Caster’s death condition. So, in the prior fight, the opponent must have consumed a forbidden drug.
In terms of fair duels within the Taixu Illusion Realm, using life-burning secret techniques and consuming forbidden drugs are unfair practices, failing to genuinely reflect the duelist’s strength, nor meeting Taixu Illusion Realm’s talent cultivation goals.
As a Taixu Messenger, reporting unreasonable phenomena and maintaining the fair atmosphere of the Taixu Illusion Realm is naturally the right thing to do!
A flat voice sounded within the Jade Token: "Esteemed Taixu Messenger, the Taixu Illusion Realm will immediately launch an investigation into this matter. Please wait a moment."
Jiang Wang of course...
won’t wait.
Reporting was just a casual act. His time was valuable, not to be wasted on pointless waiting.
The Tai Xuan Sundial stood quietly in the void.
More like a projection of a great creation than a possession of the blessed land space.
Beneath it, the stone platform is raised, with each side carved with Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion, and Black Tortoise, vividly lifelike, dignified and vibrant.
Above the stone platform was a slanting sundial surface, descending from south to north.
The sundial’s markings were clear and profound. Divided by the Twelve Earthly Branches—Zi, Chou, Yin, Mao, Chen, Si, Wu, Wei, Shen, You, Xu, Hai—each divided into "Initial" and "Zheng," the grooves in the stone bear the sense of years flowing.
On the outer ring of the sundial are engraved Jiang Wang’s Taixu Honor Names... already quite numerous.
The surroundings of the Tai Xuan Sundial were empty, trapped in shadow. But the sundial itself bathed in light, offering a bright perception, clearly illuminating the stone platform carvings and the sundial surface.
In the very center of the sundial surface stood a copper sundial needle, pointing southward to the heaven extreme, northward to the earthly extreme. A vertical shadow fell, aligning with the sundial’s engravings.
Where the sundial needle’s shadow traverses the engravings, there lies the time.
Jiang Wang casually pocketed the messenger’s Jade Token, stepping lightly toward this Tai Xuan Sundial, examining its extraordinary value beyond timekeeping for the first time.
Lifting a hand also shrouded in shadow, he reached into the sundial’s light, gently shifting the "shadow needle" projecting the scale backward.
The mysteries of the world unfolded.
A force close to rules, flowing in a profound and mysterious way.
Once the shadow needle shifted back one notch, it could not continue further.
This blessed land space bore no other changes, yet time had ceased to flow.
Jiang Wang grasped the meaning, raising a hand to the sundial, closing his eyes, and silently reciting in his heart... "Eastern Sea Mountain."
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