If you die, I will be able to inherit your cultivation.

His golden finger is the source of the "Scripture of Salvation". All cultivators who practice the "Scripture of Salvation" will inherit it after their death, and it will become the resources for his cultivation.

The great purges led by sages over the past thousand years, seemingly aimed at eliminating hidden dangers from beyond the realm, have in fact been providing him with a continuous stream of cultivation resources.

Countless cultivators died, becoming resources for his cultivation.

Zhou Ming felt extremely puzzled.

A powerful being at the Saintly Realm, who wields the Great Dao and understands the mysteries of heaven and earth, could not possibly fail to see the connection between these things, nor could he possibly fail to discover the secrets of the "Scripture of Crossing the World".

They must know that killing all cultivators who practice the "Scripture of Crossing the World" is not eliminating hidden dangers, but rather continuously nourishing their hidden potential and paving the way for their own future.

But why would a sage do this?

Knowing this, they still carried out a large-scale massacre. Their real purpose was not to wipe out the remaining forces from beyond the realm, but to deliberately lay a plan to eventually reap the rewards.

The sage deliberately annihilated all cultivators who practiced the "Scripture of Salvation," gathering all their power into a massive unified force, locking it all onto the single source of cause and effect.

Once he can no longer resist showing himself and leaving the Qiankun World, the Sage will immediately take action, completely reaping his rewards and seizing all his accumulated wealth.

But why go to such great lengths to offer a bounty on him and Su Mingyue?

If it were only for these reasons, one could simply guard a cultivator who practices the Scripture of Salvation, and find him by following the chain of cause and effect as soon as he appears.

There is absolutely no need to place a bounty on the two of them throughout the entire Immortal Realm.

Although he couldn't understand it, Zhou Ming wasn't afraid of the sage's plan.

As far as the bounty is concerned, Su Mingyue is in the Qiankun World, not in the Immortal Realm at all, so even if you wanted to offer a bounty, you wouldn't be able to find her.

Needless to say, he himself has the ability to conceal his aura and hide the secrets of heaven in the Qiankun World. Even if he appeared in the Immortal Realm, how many people would recognize him?

Even if he recognizes him, unless a saint personally intervenes, with his current cultivation level, it's uncertain who will capture whom.

Then there's his cheat code, "The Sutra of Crossing the World".

As long as one does not take the true spirit that carries the causal network out of the universe.

As long as the broken causal chain cannot pinpoint the true location of the spirit.

The sage will never find his hiding place, and all his plans and harvests will come to nothing.

Thinking of this, Zhou Ming couldn't help but burst into laughter a few times.

No matter how much you scheme or plot, as long as you can't find me, even if you're a saint, what can you do to me?

After laughing for a while, Zhou Ming's brows furrowed again.

By guarding the world and remaining hidden, he was able to protect himself and avoid being exploited by the sages.

But this also means that he can no longer freely step out of the Qiankun World to plunder the treasure vaults of various forces and search for high-level resources in the Immortal Realm, Demon Realm, and Buddhist Realm.

Now, all realms are certainly under the surveillance of the Sage.

If he dares to plunder major powers in the outside world, he will inevitably be noticed by the Sage, who will then pinpoint his location and bring about his death.

Zhou Ming frowned, caught in a dilemma.

If he wants to continue to break through his cultivation level quickly and improve his skills, he must go out and explore, plundering resources from various forces.

If one goes out to search for resources, one will expose one's whereabouts, fall into the sage's scheme, and face the risk of death and annihilation at any time.

However, if one completely lies dormant, the speed of cultivation will slow down significantly, making it difficult to quickly improve one's strength.

Zhou Ming was caught in a dilemma. He pondered the matter repeatedly, but could not come up with a solution that satisfied both sides.

It allows one to safely acquire high-level resources while completely avoiding the exploitation by sages.

However, looking across the five realms, Zhou Ming found no safe place.

The Five Realms outside wouldn't work, nor would the Chaos Realm. After thinking for a long time, Zhou Ming still couldn't come up with an ideal place.

With no other option, we can only take it one step at a time and first investigate the situation on the extraterritorial battlefield.

So Zhou Ming prepared to go out, but this time he didn't intend to cause any trouble; instead, he went out specifically to gather information.

Since we can't obtain resources from the outside world, we can at least obtain information from the outside world, right?

As long as he doesn't make any big moves or plunder the treasures of the major powers, the sage won't be able to discover him.

Zhou Ming concealed part of his aura, revealing only the strength of a Taiyi Golden Immortal, and then changed his appearance.

Breaking through the space in front of him, Zhou Ming instantly appeared in the immortal realm outside.

Although after reaching the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm, ordinary external changes are no longer useful to cultivators above the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm, who generally judge people by their soul fluctuations.

Even if you change your appearance beyond recognition, your soul's fluctuations will remain unchanged.

Zhou Ming stepped out of the Qiankun World and appeared in a bustling restaurant in the Immortal Realm.

This restaurant was opened by the branch of Kui Shun's soul that was responsible for looking after him back then.

Kui Shun's reincarnation was merely an ordinary mortal body with a limited lifespan.

The divided soul only stayed by his side for more than ten years before Kui Shun's lifespan was exhausted, his soul left his body, and he entered the cycle of reincarnation again.

After Kui Shun passed away, his divided soul did not continue to wander aimlessly, but instead chose a sizable immortal city nearby to lie dormant.

In order to stay in the city legitimately and gather information from all sides, the divided soul acquired property here and opened this restaurant.

While maintaining the restaurant's daily operations, the split soul secretly gathers information on its sale.

After nearly a thousand years of operation, the restaurant has become a thriving business, attracting a constant stream of diners.

The channels for buying and selling intelligence have been fully established, with a stable customer base and a considerable network of contacts.

After Zhou Ming appeared, he took over the restaurant and became its owner.

The daily operations and shop management were still handled by Fenhun, and Zhou Ming did not take charge of the affairs.

He gave the divided soul the order to spread the word.

Someone is willing to pay a high price to acquire all intelligence related to the extraterritorial battlefield.

Not only the one soul guarding the restaurant, but also the remaining five souls, Zhou Ming instructed each to find out information about the battlefield outside the domain.

However, Zhou Ming did not have high expectations.

The other soul fragments did not take root within major forces, and what they could access were mostly rumors circulating in the streets, the veracity of which was hard to guarantee.

The only one who was planted in the Dragon Clan's intelligence department has now risen to the position of junior manager and has access to legitimate intelligence channels.

If one is willing to pay a sufficient price, it should be possible to uncover some true inside information that outsiders have no way of knowing.

Not long after the split soul released the message that it was offering a large sum of money to buy the information as instructed, someone indeed came knocking on its door.

The newcomer deliberately disguised himself, wearing inconspicuous clothes, keeping a low profile, and acting furtively with a furtive expression.

Avoiding the diners in the restaurant, they quietly found the split soul responsible for facilitating intelligence transactions.

Even though this person deliberately concealed his aura and disguised his cultivation, Zhou Ming saw through his background with just one glance. He was just a minor cultivator in the Profound Immortal Realm.

The newcomer approached the split soul, and the two lowered their voices and whispered for a long time before finalizing the amount of resources to be traded.

After agreeing on the terms, the cultivator who sold the information solemnly swore an oath of the Great Dao in front of everyone.

With the vows made, the deal was officially finalized.

There is a fixed procedure for selling information. All those who come to sell information must swear an oath to guarantee that the information they hand over is true.

Those who sell information can conceal the source of the intelligence and do not need to explain where they learned the inside story.

However, we must never fabricate facts out of thin air, nor can we arbitrarily embellish or distort information.

The Great Dao Oath is the most crucial element in restraining those who sell information.

The vows made by immortals are completely different from the casual oaths made to heaven by mortals.

The gods in the mortal realm are too busy to care about your bullshit vows.

However, the Great Dao in the Immortal Realm is not so busy. Once a cultivator swears an oath to the Great Dao, the Great Dao will record the contents of the oath.

If one breaks the oath afterward, it will inevitably trigger a backlash from the Great Dao, and retribution will befall them without exception.

The transaction was completed. The cultivator who sold the information received the agreed-upon resources and quickly left the restaurant.

The divided soul carefully collected the jade slip left behind by the other party, crossed the hall, went to Zhou Ming's room, and presented the jade slip.

Zhou Ming reached out and took the jade slip, and the power of the world slowly penetrated into it.

All the information recorded in the jade slip entered his mind through the power of the world.

In a short while, Zhou Ming finished reading all the information recorded inside.