Long Xiaoxuan also requested to join the battle, but Jiang Chen refused him.
"Brother Long, this fight isn't as difficult as you might think. Just focus on seeking inspiration for the divine path — no need to join the battle. If you can break through to the divine path, that would be the greatest help to me."
Jiang Chen was speaking the plain truth. If the True Dragon clan broke through to the divine path, the surge in combat power would be absolutely staggering.
If that happened, all three true spirits would be at the divine path, and fighting together, their combined combat power would multiply several times over.
It was no exaggeration to say that if all three true spirits were at the divine path, even at the early stage, ganging up on an elder like Guangdu — a fourth-level divine path cultivator — they would have a seventy or eighty percent chance of taking him down.
The Four Divine Beast bloodlines were, without question, monstrous in nature.
If all four Divine Beast bloodlines entered the divine path, they would be fully capable of standing against even high-level divine path cultivators, and might even have hope of victory.
In his previous life, Jiang Chen had possessed extensive knowledge of the Four Divine Beast bloodlines. That was precisely why he had been so intent on gathering all four.
One could say that the appearance of the Black Tortoise Divine Beast had given Jiang Chen an enormous and pleasant surprise.
Long Xiaoxuan saw Jiang Chen's resolute attitude and had no choice but to comply. This time, thanks to the life essence of the divine path cultivators, he had broken through from the eighth level of the Heaven Rank to the ninth. As for advancing further to the divine path, there was little hope for the time being.
Still, such things were hard to say for certain.
The breakthroughs of ancient true spirits were often utterly unreasonable. The moment an ancient memory awakened, or a strand of bloodline essence suddenly stirred, it could be enough to push them through a bottleneck.
Especially those ancient true spirits with monstrous talent — their breakthroughs were truly as effortless as eating or sleeping.
Before reaching the Heaven Rank, Long Xiaoxuan's breakthroughs had been just as easy as eating or sleeping. Even with Jiang Chen's foundation, resources, and methods, he simply could not surpass Long Xiaoxuan in terms of cultivation speed.
Such was the power of innate talent — something even Jiang Chen could not help but envy.
Having refined the life essence of several divine path cultivators, Jiang Chen suddenly found himself far more flush with resources. Even the Gold-Munching Mouse clan had reaped considerable benefits from him.
Battle after battle, slaughter after slaughter — the ones they ultimately destroyed were naturally not limited to divine path cultivators alone. The life essence of many Heaven Rank cultivators had likewise been handed over to the Gold-Munching Mouse clan.
The overall strength of the Gold-Munching Mouse clan had been rising steadily with the tide.
The current Gold-Munching Mouse King had already reached the mid-stage of the Heaven Rank, hovering close to the upper stage.
As Jiang Chen had estimated, it would be extremely difficult for the Gold-Munching Mouse King to break through to the Divine Path on its own. Its own bloodline talent was truly somewhat lacking, possessing a significant gap compared to the ancient Gold-Munching King Mouse bloodline.
Therefore, Jiang Chen specially produced a divine godhead to reward the Gold-Munching Mouse King.
This was the first time Jiang Chen had offered a divine godhead as a reward.
Once the Gold-Munching Mouse King obtained this godhead, with just a bit of refinement, it would have hope of entering the Divine Path. Of course, its current cultivation was not yet sufficient, and it would require time.
However, with a constant supply of Heaven Rank essence, the Gold-Munching Mouse King would eventually possess the qualifications to refine the godhead.
After receiving Jiang Chen's reward, the Gold-Munching Mouse King became even more devoted to him.
When carrying out tasks for Jiang Chen, it worked with even greater effort, almost wishing it could bare its heart and soul for him.
The most powerful ability of the Gold-Munching Mouse clan, besides consuming all things, was their early warning along the way. They lived underground and innately possessed immense advantages.
Jiang Chen stationed the Gold-Munching Mouse clan at various locations along the route to the Eternal Divine Kingdom. As soon as that Elder Guangdu entered the Eternal Divine Kingdom's territory, Jiang Chen would be able to know in advance.