Because of the announcements from Jiang Wuming and the God of War Hall, martial arts powers worldwide worried that the God of War Hall would target Jiang Wuming, thus triggering the largest civil war in the history of the global martial arts world—a war between the God of War Hall and the City of Sin!
However—
This worry gradually disappeared with the passage of time.
This was because the God of War Hall took no action against Jiang Wuming, nor did Jiang Wuming travel to Europa to continue seeking revenge against the five major families.
Both sides fell silent, as if everything that had happened previously was in the past and no one was pursuing it further.
"I swear by God, this is the calm before the storm!"
"Yes, neither Jiang Wuming nor the God of War Hall will let this matter rest. They will surely clash again!"
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Despite the lack of action from Jiang Wuming and the God of War Hall, the attention on this matter remained extremely high. Martial artists from all over the world logged onto the Divine Net forum daily to discuss the next developments. The vast majority believed that this was far from over and that both sides were merely observing a temporary truce.
Jiang Wuming was unaware of all this.
After descending upon the Aman family in the land of Tianzhu and teaching them a lesson, he returned to the City of Sin.
The Hall Master of the Underworld Hall had previously asked Shen Zui to remind Jiang Wuming that Europa was the territory of the Roman family and the God of War Hall, and advised him against seeking revenge there.
Jiang Wuming was well aware of this.
For him, everything he had done previously was a warning—those who harm my loved ones will be held accountable—and a way to collect some initial interest from the Roman family and their supporters.
When the time was right, he would openly travel to Europa to settle the scores!
Just as he had done in the North American Alliance, the South Australian Nation, the Land of Nin, and the Land of Tianzhu!
Upon returning to the City of Sin, Jiang Wuming went into seclusion in his residence to cultivate his spiritual power.
Some time ago, Jiang Wuming had intended to push his spiritual power cultivation forward in one go, breaking through to the Three-Star God of War realm. However, he was delayed due to the incident involving Li Lianyi.
Furthermore, he had obtained a spiritual power cultivation technique and secret methods from Xiu Si, the disciple of Anthony @ Roman, whom he had killed on the deserted island. Naturally, he wanted to cultivate and master them as soon as possible. Da Feng Novel Network
A month later, Jiang Wuming's spiritual power cultivation successfully broke through to the sixth segment of the Three-Star God of War realm.
Of course, according to the time flow ratio between the mysterious space and the real world, he had actually cultivated for a full ten months.
He successfully broke through the bottleneck of the Three-Star God of War realm in spiritual power within ten months. Moreover, due to his deep foundation, he directly advanced to the sixth segment, just like his martial cultivation.
After his spiritual power cultivation broke through, Jiang Wuming began to seriously study the spiritual power secret methods obtained from Xiu Si, including the Puppet Technique and the Soul Possession Technique.
"The Puppet Technique and the Soul Possession Technique are too wicked!"
After in-depth research, Jiang Wuming frowned.
According to the cultivation method recorded by Xiu Si, the Puppet Technique involved a spiritual power cultivator leaving a seed of spiritual power in the target's spiritual world, and then hijacking it, controlling the target's spiritual world, thereby turning the target into a puppet.
However, this was for cultivating the Puppet Technique to an extremely high level, and the target's mental will could not be too strong, otherwise it would fail.
For example, Xiu Si had attempted to use the Puppet Technique on Li Lianyi at the time, but ultimately failed.
Once a spiritual power cultivator successfully controlled the target's spiritual world, the target could not defy the spiritual power cultivator's mental will, otherwise their spiritual world would be destroyed, rendering them a vegetative state!
The Soul Possession Technique, on the other hand, was even more terrifying!
Through secret methods, a spiritual power cultivator could obtain all of the target's memories, including their behavioral habits, and then dissolve the target's soul, seize the target's physical body, and continue to live in this world as them.
In a sense, if a spiritual power cultivator cultivated to the point where they could possess others, they could theoretically live forever in this world.
It only required continuous soul possession and changing identities.
However, the Soul Possession Technique had a fatal flaw: if the target being possessed possessed extremely strong mental will, they could potentially dissolve the soul of the possessor and obtain everything in the possessor's spiritual world, including their spiritual power cultivation and memories.
Of course, such instances were extremely rare.
Firstly, possessors would carefully select their targets before attempting possession.
Secondly, during the process of soul possession, the possessor could use other secret arts to destroy the mental will of the person being possessed.
"Anthony @ Roman can basically be confirmed to have successfully counter-possessed an extraterrestrial spiritual power cultivator."
After fully comprehending the true meaning of the Puppet Technique and the Soul Possession Technique, Jiang Wuming mused.
According to the information Jiang Wuming had obtained, Anthony @ Roman was abandoned by the God of War Hall and the Roman family after the incident with the God of War Hall hunting squad.
This was a decision made by Saint Lun @ Roman!
And from then on, Anthony @ Roman disappeared from everyone's sight.
However—
After some years, Anthony @ Roman suddenly returned to the God of War Hall, assumed a position, and held a very prestigious status within the Roman family.
At the time, this caused quite a stir, and many were curious about the reasons behind it, but no inside information was ever leaked.
In addition to the background above, Jiang Wuming made this judgment for two main reasons.
First, Anthony @ Roman's status in the God of War Hall was too prominent, and he possessed various extraterrestrial cultivation techniques—whether it was the fallen knights who pursued Jiang Wuming on the border of the Dragon Country or Xiu Si, their cultivation techniques must have originated from Anthony @ Roman behind them!
Second, based on the first reason, if Anthony @ Roman was successfully possessed by an extraterrestrial spiritual power cultivator, he would not be fixated on retaliating against Jiang Wuming, nor would he interfere in the affairs of the God of War Hall and the Roman family. Instead, he would lie low and deliver a fatal blow to Earth's martial arts world at a critical moment, coordinating from within and without to help the extraterrestrial world achieve victory in the war.
"The Hall Master of the Underworld Hall should be different from Anthony @ Roman. Based on his actions over the years, the possibility of him being possessed by an extraterrestrial spiritual power cultivator is even greater!"
Jiang Wuming immediately thought of the Hall Master of the Underworld Hall. The latter, through Caroline, had traded cultivation techniques and secret methods for spiritual power with him, and had invited him to join the Underworld Hall more than once!
According to the information Jiang Wuming had, the Hall Master of the Underworld Hall, Hades, was only a martial artist before, and it was impossible for him to possess spiritual power cultivation techniques, let alone be interested in spiritual power cultivation techniques and secret methods.
If this inference turned out to be true, wouldn't his Senior Brother be in danger?
Jiang Wuming's heart sank as he considered this. He immediately exited the spiritual world, took out his phone, and dialed Shen Zui's number, but it could not be connected.
Because of this, Jiang Wuming called Qin Xiao Zhi again and asked if anything significant had happened recently. The latter replied that nothing had.
Jiang Wuming felt relieved but still sent Shen Zui a message to alert him.
After doing all this, Jiang Wuming re-entered the mysterious space and went into seclusion to cultivate.
In the following period, Jiang Wuming immersed himself wholeheartedly in cultivation. First, he cultivated his spiritual power to the ninth segment of the Three-Star God of War realm, and then he switched his focus to attacking his martial cultivation.
Another three months passed, and through his diligent, all-consuming cultivation, Jiang Wuming successfully broke through the limit of the Four-Star God of War realm, reaching the tenth segment of the Four-Star God of War. His comprehension and application of true intent had reached a state of perfection!
Of course, three months in the real world were equivalent to a full thirty months of cultivation in the mysterious space, totaling two and a half years!
Upon this, Jiang Wuming chose to exit seclusion.
This was because the legendary eleventh segment could not be broken through through seclusion and arduous training; it required an opportunity.
After exiting seclusion, Jiang Wuming received a reply message from his Senior Brother Shen Zui, which contained only three words: Understood.
Upon seeing the message, Jiang Wuming intended to call Shen Zui back. However, on second thought, given Shen Zui's personality, he would definitely make his own decisions and plans and would not be influenced by him. Thus, he called Qin Xiao Zhi instead.
"Boss, you're out of seclusion?"
The call was quickly connected, and Qin Xiao Zhi asked expectantly.
"Mmm."
Jiang Wuming first responded, then asked, "Brother Zhi, has anything happened recently?"
"No, both the global martial arts world and the extraterrestrial wars have been very calm recently," Qin Xiao Zhi replied.
"Has anything happened with the Battle Dragon Hall?" Jiang Wuming asked again.
"There was a small matter."
Qin Xiao Zhi thought for a moment and said, "Boss, Aunt Xing's death anniversary is approaching. Xing Tian hasn't been in good spirits lately. I judge that he really wants to go back and visit Aunt Xing, but he doesn't want to cause trouble for you and the Battle Dragon Hall, so he has never mentioned it."
"I'll talk to him."
Upon hearing this, Jiang Wuming cursed himself for being foolish. He then hung up the phone, left the villa, and went to Xing Tian's residence.
Xing Tian's villa was very close to Jiang Wuming's villa. Jiang Wuming arrived in less than a minute.
In the villa's courtyard, Xing Tian was not cultivating as usual. Instead, he sat cross-legged on the lawn, gazing into the distance with the setting sun.
"Boss!"
Xing Tian suddenly sensed Jiang Wuming's presence and stood up with a face full of surprise.
"What are you spacing out about?" Jiang Wuming asked with a smile.
"Soaking up the sun," Xing Tian replied with a simple, silly smile, shaking his head.
Jiang Wuming's smile did not fade. "I'm planning to go back to Donghai tomorrow. Why don't you come with me, and then we can go to Yanjing to see Auntie."
"Ah—"
Perhaps because Jiang Wuming's words were too sudden, Xing Tian looked at Jiang Wuming in a daze, then his eyes reddened, and he nodded gently.
He wanted to go to Yanjing to see his mother, but he had not mentioned it, fearing he would cause trouble for the young master.
The young master wanted Xing Tian to go to Yanjing but said he himself was returning to Donghai to avoid putting pressure on Xing Tian.
They were always thinking of each other!
However—
Neither of them knew that someone had been waiting for the young master to emerge from seclusion!