Chapter 2124: Breakthrough to the Ninth Level of Heaven's Domain!

Along the way, Jiang Chen hadn't bothered himself with too many external matters, instead devoting himself fully to cultivation.

His goal now was crystal clear: to break through to the ninth level of Heaven's Domain as quickly as possible, and thereby qualify to assault the Divine Path. He was already brimming with impatience for it.

Breaking through to the ninth level of Heaven's Domain was, for the current Jiang Chen, almost entirely devoid of difficulty. The resources refined from the life essence of Divine Path cultivators had pushed his cultivation higher and higher, virtually without encountering any bumps or obstacles along the way.

The moment he returned to the Radiant Glory Celestial City, Jiang Chen sensed that his breakthrough was imminent. He headed straight back to Peacock Sacred Mountain and chose it as the site for his advancement.

The news that Young Master Jiang Chen had returned yet again spread across the entire human territory in short order.

What was even more astonishing was that Young Master Jiang Chen's cultivation had already broken through to the ninth level of Heaven's Domain. In the human territory, this was practically the stuff of legend.

Since the ancient era, no one could recall the last time a cultivator of the ninth level of Heaven's Domain had appeared in the human territory.

Even those reclusive Heaven's Domain powerhouses were, for the most part, only at the early or mid stages of Heaven's Domain. Not a single one had even reached the high stage.

Yet Jiang Chen had visited the Myriad Abyss Island twice and returned a ninth-level Heaven's Domain cultivator. In the human territory, he was the undisputed king — beyond all debate.

The human territory — whether the Upper Eight Realms, the Central Domain, or the Lower Domain — had to acknowledge a single, undeniable fact: Jiang Chen was the totemic figure of the human territory, the unquestioned sovereign of the human race.

The present-day human territory no longer had any need to flaunt its might, much less show off its strength to other powers.

Even those first-rate sects of the Upper Eight Realms — how could they possibly compare to the Radiant Glory Celestial City now?

Setting Jiang Chen aside, the Radiant Glory Celestial City was already brimming with talent. Many of Jiang Chen's former subordinates, along with the various factions within the city, were flourishing with capable individuals.

Though the human territory's overall strength had been steadily climbing, the Radiant Glory Celestial City's growth had been the most dramatic of all.

In the human territory today, Heaven's Domain cultivators were no longer news. They could be seen everywhere across the land.

Jiang Chen could feel the progress the human territory had made.

However, the human territory still could not compare to the Myriad Abyss Island. In terms of heritage and raw power, the human territory lagged far behind.

Of course, if Jiang Chen himself were counted as part of the human territory, then the Myriad Abyss Island might very well come out on the losing end. But that was only because Jiang Chen alone could suppress the Ten Great Sacred Lands with his supreme-level strength. It was not as though the human territory's comprehensive power had overtaken the Myriad Abyss Island.

In terms of the overall strength of the various major powers, even the strongest — the Radiant Glory Celestial City — could not begin to rival any single one of the Ten Great Sacred Lands.

Jiang Chen gathered all of his former subordinates in the Radiant Glory Celestial City and introduced the new batch of followers he had taken in. Seeing Divine Path cultivators — one and all — behaving with heads bowed and meek obedience, now serving as Jiang Chen's retainers, left everyone in the Radiant Glory Celestial City utterly stunned.

Even though they had always known Jiang Chen was extraordinary, the sheer scale of what he had accomplished left them thunderstruck.

The Radiant Glory Celestial City was no longer some backwater that had never seen the wider world. Yet even so, Divine Path cultivators were the stuff of legend to them.