High Martial Arts: Gains one point of health per second, sweeping across the heavens.

Huo Qiling put down his teacup: "I wonder what this is?"

Su Jie took out the Ten Thousand Souls Transformation Banner from his sleeve and casually placed it on the table.

The banner surface was as black as ink, with faint dark gold patterns swirling along its edges, and the banner pole was covered with fine veins.

The entire banner exuded an extremely restrained negative aura, causing Huo Qiling's true spirit to instinctively contract.

"This is the Banner of Supreme Merit," Su Jie introduced casually.

"It can help purify the boundless resentment and karma of those who have transcended death, allowing them to pass away more peacefully."

By purifying boundless karma, this banner can accumulate supreme merit.

As its owner, I will be able to turn misfortune into good fortune and walk on lotus blossoms at every step.

Su Jie paused, as if considering his words:

"What I lack are some low-level transcendent beings who will voluntarily allow me to purify my karma. I wonder if General Huo Tian could do me a favor."

Huo Qiling sat opposite Su Jie, his expression showing no unusual behavior.

As intelligent as he was, how could he not understand the meaning behind Su Jie's words?

It's just asking him to find a group of Transcendent Realm beings for him to kill, and this banner can be tempered and strengthened through killing.

As for the claims about "purifying karma" and "accumulating merit," just listen to them; there's no need to take them seriously.

And your soul banner is so black it's practically smoking; is this supposed to be a banner of supreme merit...?

However, Huo Qiling didn't think it was a big deal.

In his eyes, who had cultivated for countless years, those low-level transcendents were nothing more than pigs and sheep when needed.

Countless beings perish in the Chaos Mother Sea every day during battles; the deaths of a few low-level transcendent beings cannot cause any ripples.

If he could use this opportunity to attach himself to the power behind Su Jie, he might have a chance to break free from his constraints and become a member of the high-level transcendents.

Thinking of this, he smiled and said, "I wonder how many beings in the Transcendent Realm you need to help purify their sins and ascend to paradise as soon as possible, Young Master Su?"

Su Jie thought to himself: As expected of a sixth-order transcendent being, his mind is clear and insightful.

It was a spur-of-the-moment decision. He had originally considered hunting it himself, but that would be too inefficient and would easily attract attention.

With Huo Qiling, a sixth-order transcendent celestial general, helping out, the efficiency will definitely be extremely high.

He laughed and said, "Several thousand second-tier transcendents, or even hundreds of third-tier transcendents, are fine with me. I'm here to help others, but I'm unfamiliar with this place, so it's not appropriate to do good deeds for no reason."

Huo Qiling pondered for a moment upon hearing this.

Several thousand second-tier transcendent beings or several hundred third-tier transcendent beings—this number might not seem small in the entire area surrounding Qinglan Island.

But if we consider the level of the Xuanxiao Giant Island, this is nothing at all.

With his status as a Heavenly General of the Myriad Treasures Heavenly Court, he could easily find a pretext to gather those rogue cultivators and transcendent beings without any background into one place.

For example, they could recruit a group of transcendent beings to stand by on Qinglan Island under the pretext of security for the Wanbao Grand Event, or recruit a group of people under the guise of a secret realm exploration mission.

When the time comes, whether Su Jie kills or tortures someone will be a private matter behind closed doors.

However, he is still a Heavenly General of the Myriad Treasures Heavenly Court on the surface, so he certainly cannot do these things in that capacity.

Even those transcendent beings who were imprisoned for courting death at Wanbaotianting's branch are not people he can deal with at will.

The Heavenly Court of Myriad Treasures is a neutral force with rules stricter than iron. If anyone is found to have abused their power for personal gain or to have used their position for personal benefit, they will be dismissed and investigated at best, and completely wiped out at worst.

Therefore, he could only use another identity.

Before becoming a Heavenly General of the Myriad Treasures Heavenly Court, he was a direct descendant of a powerful clan on the Xuanxiao Giant Island.

As a sixth-order transcendent being and a former Six Extremes Venerable, his Huo family ranked among the top on Xuanxiao Giant Island.

If this matter is handled in the name of the family, then it has nothing to do with Wanbao Tianting.

He pondered for a moment, then said, "Young Master Su, I will handle this matter in my personal capacity."

You know the rules of Wanbao Heavenly Court, so it's not convenient for me to use the branch's authority.

However, the Huo family also wields considerable power on Xuanxiao Giant Island, controlling countless mines of varying sizes, and constantly employing rogue cultivators to help explore these mines.

I issued several recruitment notices in the name of my family, bringing together independent cultivators from the surrounding area, who were neither affiliated with any sect or faction, in a legitimate manner.

Su Jie nodded as he listened.

He certainly understood Huo Qiling's concerns. The neutrality of Wanbao Heavenly Court was the foundation of its existence in the Chaos Mother Sea. If any internal staff member dared to use their position for personal gain, the consequences would be far more serious than outsiders imagined.

Huo Qiling used his family connections to circumvent the rules of Wanbao Tianting while still getting things done; his thinking was very clear.

After listening to the whole thing, he gently shook his head.

"Huo Tianjiang, your efficiency is still too low. Besides, when it comes to helping others, you have to consider the person you're helping."

He leaned back in his chair, speaking in a lazy tone, "What karma could those rogue cultivators possibly have?"

I've spent my whole life fighting and killing, striving for a few Chaos Crystals. The number of people I've killed combined isn't even enough to fill a single layer of my banner.

Even after you gathered them together and purified them, I didn't gain much; it was a waste of time.

Huo Qiling's brows twitched slightly: "So, what does Young Master Su mean?"

"Are there any deeply sinful organizations or forces on your Xuanxiao Giant Island?"

Su Jie picked up his teacup, took a sip, and asked casually what he wanted to eat that day.

"What kind of evil cultivators' gathering place, organizations that specialize in robbery and murder, and families and sects that do shady things behind the scenes?"

Those whose karmic burdens are so strong that you can smell the stench from millions of miles away are the ones who truly deserve help.

Their karma is the heaviest, strongest, and purest; purifying just one is more effective than me purifying ten thousand rogue cultivators.

Huo Qiling looked into Su Jie's calm eyes, remained silent for a moment, and then the corners of his mouth curved slightly.

"If that's what Young Master Su is saying, then there are indeed quite a few on Xuanxiao Giant Island."

Tell me about it.

"To the northeast of Xuanxiao Giant Island lies a 'Black Abyss Sea,' where a group of evil cultivators calling themselves the 'Black Abyss Cult' have been entrenched for many years."

They specialize in ambushing lone, transcendent individuals in the chaotic undercurrents, plundering resources and devouring flesh and blood with extremely cruel methods.

The leader of the Black Abyss Cult is a fifth-order transcendent being, with thousands of second- and third-order transcendent beings as his core members, and a large number of independent cultivators attached to him on the periphery.

The entire Black Abyss Sea is their territory, and they have ravaged many of the unaffiliated cultivators and transcendent beings in the surrounding area.

Su Jie nodded: "Anything else?"

"In the western part of Xuanxiao Giant Island, there is a 'Blood Refining Mine Vein' that is occupied by a sect called 'Blood Refining Sect'."

They used human blood to sacrifice to the mineral veins, increasing their output.

Every year, a large number of innocent cultivators are captured by them and used as sacrifices. They have harmed rogue cultivators and small families within a radius of hundreds of thousands of miles.

The sect leader is a fourth-tier transcendent being, and his core disciples number nearly a hundred, all of whom are third-tier transcendents.

Su Jie's eyes brightened slightly.

"besides?"

"In the 'Ten Thousand Gu Forest' in the south, there is a group of Gu cultivators..." Huo Qiling paused.

"Young Master Su, these forces have been entrenched on Xuanxiao Island for countless years, and they all have some connections behind them."

You can touch them, but don't make too much noise to avoid future trouble.

Su Jie put the Myriad Souls Transformation Banner back into his sleeve, picked up his teacup, took another sip, and chuckled.

"Don't worry, Huo Tian, ​​I'm always efficient and clean in my work."

And if I really get into trouble, I think some people will step in and clean it up for me…”

Upon hearing this, Huo Qiling instantly understood Su Jie's veiled meaning.

Isn't it just that your family has arranged protectors around you?

He secretly hoped that the powerful figures backing him would be sensible, since Su Jie was clearly not a kind person.

If they were to provoke a high-level transcendent being from their family to take action, those forces would probably all be wiped out.

However, he immediately remembered another matter he had been thinking about earlier and asked, "Does Young Master Su know about the Primordial Creation Heavenly Gate?"

Upon hearing this, Su Jie replied, "Of course I know, it's one of the six top powers in the Chaos Mother Sea."

Just then, the system within him spoke up at the opportune moment:

【Host, ask him if the Primordial Creation Heavenly Gate is about to recruit talented individuals.】

Su Jie's heart skipped a beat, but he remained outwardly calm and followed the system's lead, asking:

"Is Huo Tianjiang implying that it's time for them to come out of seclusion and recruit talent?"

Huo Qiling paused slightly in the hand holding the teacup.

As expected of a descendant of a powerful force, he is able to keep up with information from the top levels even while traveling abroad.

The headquarters had only just informed him about the recruitment of talents by the Primordial Creation Heavenly Gate, yet Su Jie already knew about it.