Vol 7 Chapter 45: Heaven's Mandate Conflict

After arriving at the Northern Frontier, Lin Jing stopped moving and patiently waited for the Mechanized Turtle's return.

During this period, the Glazed Immortal King continued her path of slaughter without any decline in momentum.

Just by hiding in a corner listening to the battle reports, Lin Jing felt his heart tremble with fear.

Compared to the Heaven's Mandate conflict here, the one on Earth was as simple as child's play.

However, such opportunities that his main body encountered were truly rare—ordinary cultivators would never come across them.

"Although many powerful experts have been ambushing the Glazed Immortal King during this time, the Immortal King-level experts from the Immortal Emperor lineages haven't made their move yet."

"That's right, there's still plenty of time, no need to act too early. The Glazed Immortal King isn't weak either, so it's perfect to wear her down first."

But this approach had both advantages and disadvantages. The benefit was that it could greatly exhaust the Glazed Immortal King, but the downside...

The Glazed Immortal King was originally a top-tier Demonic Race Immortal King, and after fusing with Heaven's Mandate, she would only become stronger. If she could gain new insights and applications of Heaven's Mandate during battle, causing the Mandate to evolve, then the Glazed Immortal King would become even more difficult to deal with.

Even now, the Glazed Immortal King had already gone on a killing spree, with many Immortal Kings from various races falling by her hand.

Actually, these Immortal Kings also knew that the Glazed Immortal King was very powerful, and snatching Heaven's Mandate from her wouldn't be easy. Even if they managed to seize it, they might not be able to protect it... but in reality, many Immortal Kings had no other choice.

Admittedly, Immortal Kings possessed vast lifespans, but they would still approach their limits one day. For those nearing their end, rather than dying directly, it was better to risk everything for a chance. If they could obtain Heaven's Mandate, even if only fusing with it momentarily, becoming a Mandated One for just a brief period before voluntarily separating from it and passing it to others without participating in further conflicts, it would be like living a second life with countless benefits.

Therefore, those currently surrounding and attacking the Glazed Immortal King were all old veterans. Even if they didn't die by the Glazed Immortal King's hand, they had no hope of breaking through and belonged to the category of old things who wouldn't live much longer.

This group, perhaps one or two alone couldn't pose a threat to the Glazed Immortal King, but their numbers were substantial. Even for a top-tier Immortal King, the pressure was immense. They all hoped to be the lucky ones who could obtain new life.

In multiple Heaven's Mandate conflicts, there hadn't been no such cases, which gave some limit-reaching Immortal Kings hope.

"I just wonder... how long those truly powerful experts who could pose a massive threat to the Glazed Immortal Lord will hold back before making their move."

"So far, there's no indication that the experts from Heavenly Demon Mountain intend to help the Glazed Immortal King. In fact, among those surrounding and attacking the Glazed Immortal King, there are even old demon Immortal Kings from under Heavenly Demon Mountain. It seems that without becoming a disciple of some Immortal Emperor, protecting Heaven's Mandate is indeed not easy."

Lin Jing shook his head, but this couldn't be blamed on the master of Heavenly Demon Mountain. The master had intended to take the Glazed Immortal King as a disciple, but she refused. Therefore, the master of Heavenly Demon Mountain indeed had no need to fully support her, since they weren't relatives or close friends. The master's true successors and descendants also needed Heaven's Mandate.

"Unfortunately, my strength is insufficient, and I can't be of much help."

"But if there were a Demonic Race Heaven's Mandate, then I could barely help with that."

Lin Jing had just broken through to Immortal King and was absolutely no match for those veteran Immortal Kings. So even though the Glazed Immortal King had shown kindness to him and the Wood-attribute Pine Leaf Mouse, he was powerless. However, if the opposing Immortal Kings were from the Demonic Race, then the situation would be different.

Holy Clan Power.

This time, the new pet beasts arriving would also bring Holy Clan Power crystals condensed by the Holy Egg to replenish the Mechanized Turtle's Holy Clan Power energy source. This power that could counter the Demonic Race would allow Lin Jing to greatly weaken his opponents when facing Demonic Race enemies. So if the enemies were from the Demonic Race, then he could be of assistance.

Lin Jing's planned Dao Fruit hunting targets were actually from the Demonic Race as well, especially the Nine Heavenly Demon Children.

Moreover, Lin Jing felt the probability of the Demonic Race making a move was quite high, and they might even act relatively early.

After all, since the One-Eyed King's end, the Demonic Race had been scheming about Heaven's Mandate that day.

There was another factor...

In the unwritten rules of Heaven's Mandate conflicts, Immortal Emperors were not allowed to interfere in the first hundred years, otherwise they would become enemies of all Immortal Emperors.

But the problem was, the Demon Lord had already been viewed as a thorn in the side by all Immortal Emperors!

Therefore, this Heaven's Mandate matter would likely encounter unexpected changes.

After all, judging by the Demon Lord's battle record, when using the Heavenly Dao's Supreme Treasure, no one could repel the Demonic Race from their territory.

So, as long as someone from the Demonic Race could fuse with Heaven's Mandate, there probably wouldn't be any subsequent events. The Demon Lord would definitely protect them immediately and cultivate them with full effort. Under these circumstances, other Immortal Emperor forces would have no methods to counter, since they couldn't breach the Heavenly Dao's Supreme Treasure.

"However, if I could think of this, other forces would naturally anticipate it too. So if the Demonic Race made a move, many people would passively help the Glazed Immortal King to prevent the Heavenly Demon Sect from obtaining Heaven's Mandate. Therefore, to hunt Demonic Race Immortal Kings, one would need to be quick and agile."

As for the Demon Lord himself, it was unknown whether he would act in advance. It seemed... unless someone from the Demonic Race obtained Heaven's Mandate, he probably wouldn't act rashly. After all, according to what the Eastern Glorious Immortal Emperor said, the Demon Lord's use of the Heavenly Dao's Supreme Treasure to catalyze the Ancient Immortal Realm must have consumed tremendous energy. At this stage, it would be difficult for him to personally snatch Heaven's Mandate for his clansmen under the watchful eyes of numerous Immortal Emperors."

"After all, obtaining Heaven's Mandate didn't guarantee becoming an Immortal Emperor—it only meant there was a certain possibility of becoming one. Compared to the risks involved, both the Heavenly Emperor's Tomb and the Lower Realm were more important for the Demonic Race."

So, if the Demonic Race Immortal Kings themselves lacked the capability to seize Heaven's Mandate, the Demon Lord probably wouldn't excessively consume the Heavenly Dao's Supreme Treasure's power to cultivate clansmen whose potential to become Immortal Emperors remained unknown, thereby affecting the two more important plans."

If clansmen couldn't rely on their own abilities to seize Heaven's Mandate, then expecting them to become Immortal Emperors would be quite irrational, something the Demon Lord should understand himself.

Unless...

Unless the Demonic Race's pursuit of Heaven's Mandate wasn't originally for achieving dual emperors in one lineage, producing a second Immortal Emperor.

But rather, to cultivate a low-level Mandated demonic cultivator to descend to the Lower Realm, using a Mandated One to counter a Mandated One, once again attempting to dominate the Lower Realm. This possibility couldn't be ruled out... So preventing the Demonic Race from obtaining Heaven's Mandate was also Lin Jing helping himself and his main body.

Lin Jing exhaled deeply, continuously monitoring the Heaven's Mandate conflict until... the Mechanized Turtle and Ice Soul Gu also arrived at the Northern Frontier and reunited with him.

"Let's go."

"Mechanized Turtle, your divine consciousness is the strongest. Let's search throughout the Northern Frontier to see if any Demonic Race Immortal Kings have already infiltrated and are hiding in the shadows."

"Yes!!!" The Mechanized Turtle was eager and ready, and the Ice Soul Gu within the third incarnation was also excited and prepared.

Several days later.

Through technological means combined with divine consciousness, although the Mechanized Turtle discovered numerous Immortal Kings lurking throughout the Northern Frontier, secretly observing the Glazed Immortal King and preparing to strike, it still found no traces of Demonic Race individuals.