Chapter 216: Chapter 216: Dominating the Seas, Su Ye’s Ambition

The Sea of Fog was scattering, and a new continent was about to be revealed!

Upon learning this, Su Ye paced back and forth, thoughts swirling in his mind.

His eyes flickered as he muttered to himself.

"It’ll be hard to keep this news under wraps for long..."

After all, cultivators like Luo Qing’e and He Muyun, who felt the call of heaven’s will and were compelled to head south, were probably not isolated cases.

Besides, the Mist Sea was immeasurably vast.

It shared a border with the waters of several sects south of the Yaoguang Islands.

It would be impossible to seal off such a vast expanse of sea.

Once the Mist Sea dissipated to a certain extent, someone was bound to notice the signs!

Su Ye was certain of this.

However, he wasn’t discouraged.

"Competition is unavoidable," Su Ye said calmly.

"But right now, my foresight has given me a head start..."

"If I play my cards right, I can use this head start to snowball my advantage..."

"And ultimately... leave all my competitors in the dust!"

Su Ye planned to himself.

He wasn’t afraid of competition.

The path of cultivation was all about competition, where everyone had to rely on their own skills!

The one who takes the lead outshines all others!

WHOOSH...

Having thought things through,

Su Ye now had a rough outline in his mind of what he needed to do next.

He murmured to himself.

’First, and most importantly—I need to increase my strength!’

’After all, in the Cultivation World, personal power reigns supreme.’

’Might makes right.’

’If my "truth" isn’t strong enough...’

’How am I supposed to spread love and peace to the people of the new continent?’

’How can I deter other cultivators and protect the fruits of my own labor?’

Su Ye’s concerns were not unfounded.

It was all too common in the Cultivation Realm for a low-ranked cultivator to discover an opportunity, pour their heart and soul into it to achieve results, only to have a high-ranked cultivator coerce them and seize their prize.

’Er...’

’Or rather, isn’t it pretty much the same in any world?’

’It was just that compared to his previous life, this Cultivation World was far more blatant about it!’

Su Ye had no illusions about this.

’Perhaps there were kind-hearted, high-ranked cultivators out there.’

’But Su Ye would never be willing to beg for another’s mercy from a position of weakness!’

’Therefore, increasing his strength was an absolute necessity!’

And Su Ye had only just entered the Crystal Realm.

Therefore, he still had a great deal of room for improvement in every aspect!

’Refining a Magical Artifact, for example?’ Su Ye thought to himself.

For a Crystal Realm cultivator, using a Spiritual Artifact was merely a conventional tactic.

The true trump card was a tier-three Magical Artifact, known as a—’Magical Artifact’!

It could be stored within one’s Dantian Qi Sea

and nurtured with the cultivator’s Magical Power.

As time passed and the cultivator’s cultivation level improved,

the Magical Artifact’s power would also continuously increase!

For example, when Canghai’s Sea-Breaking Dragon-Slaying Saber was first forged, it was only a low-grade tier-three weapon.

But now, after his continuous nurturing and refinement,

hundreds of years have passed, and the Dragon-slaying Saber’s power has steadily increased, turning it into a top-tier Magical Artifact!

The sooner you forge it, the sooner you benefit!

’I can start preparing...’

Su Ye stroked his chin.

And besides a Magical Artifact,

Su Ye felt he desperately needed to "recharge his batteries."

After his breakthrough to the Crystal Realm,

the knowledge he had acquired from the Luo Family’s Scripture Pavilion now seemed somewhat insufficient.

After all, the Luo Family was only a Foundation Establishment family.

In their entire history, they had never produced a single Crystal Realm cultivator.

The knowledge and experience recorded in their family’s Scripture Pavilion

were of little help to Su Ye’s cultivation in the Crystal Realm.

So...

An idea sparked in Su Ye’s mind.

He set his sights on the libraries of Weiyuan Immortal City and the Cyan Profound Sect!

Especially the Cyan Profound Sect.

With its thousand-year heritage, its foundations ran deep!

It held countless Secret Techniques, hidden histories, and forgotten lore!

This knowledge might not translate directly into combat strength,

but it could deepen Su Ye’s own foundation,

broaden his horizons and expand his understanding,

laying a solid foundation for his future cultivation!

’A Magical Artifact and access to libraries,’ Su Ye summarized.

...

The second matter was gathering intelligence on the new continent to build a complete picture.

’For example... the distribution of power on the new continent, its regional divisions, the number of powerful individuals...’

Intelligence gathering.

It might seem insignificant, but it was of critical importance.

After all, Su Ye didn’t believe he had the strength to subjugate the new continent and just steamroll his way through.

’What a joke.’

From Navasen’s memories, Su Ye already knew that the so-called "new continent" was in fact a shattered world!

Even a wrecked ship has a few good nails!

Let alone an entire world?!

Su Ye estimated that even a Divinity Transformation Daoist Monarch might not be powerful enough to subjugate the new continent by force!

As for himself, it was completely out of the question.

Besides, even if he could, he wasn’t willing to be so reckless...

There was a legend in this world.

In ancient times, a True Immortal had descended upon the world, intending to slaughter its inhabitants without restraint.

But in the end, the great powers of every race had united to defeat and slay the immortal in a stunning counterattack!

This legend was still widely told.

And according to the research of other cultivators, it seemed... to be true.

Even a True Immortal had bitten the dust.

With such a bloody precedent, how could Su Ye not be cautious?

’But brute force is out of the question...’

’But exploiting the inherent conflicts between the various factions on the new continent, dividing and conquering them, and gradually encroaching on their territory... now that has real potential!’

According to Navasen’s memories of the "God Continent,"

the conflict between the "Temples" and the "Various Kings" ran deep.

In fact, the major temples and the various kingdoms were also rife with conflict among themselves!

This made Su Ye’s plan feasible!

And clearly, this placed high demands on his intelligence-gathering operations!

’Marina...’

Su Ye murmured, recalling the female Priest from Navasen’s memories.

’A native of the new continent!’

’A Priest with a certain degree of power and social standing!’

’She personally crossed the Mist Sea!’

’The information she possesses is extremely valuable!’

’I’ll have to capture her in secret...’

Su Ye’s mind was made up.

’Once I capture Marina and obtain her memories,’

’...especially the memory of how she crossed the Mist Sea,’

’...then I’ll be able to open up a sea route, organize an expeditionary fleet, and begin exploring the new continent!’

’I might even be able to get the jump on everyone.’

’I could establish a coastal foothold and begin the preliminary development of the new continent before the Mist Sea dissipates completely!’

’Maybe the foothold I establish could even become the "starter zone" for the other cultivators from the Yaoguang Islands when they set out to explore the new continent?’

Su Ye smiled to himself.

As for the third matter.

Strictly speaking, its scope was very similar to that of the first two.

In other words, by completing the first two matters, the third would also be nearly complete.

And that was...

’To take control of Weiyuan Immortal City and the Cyan Profound Sect, and from there...’

’...dominate these seas!’

Su Ye held out his hand.

His fingers slowly closed into a fist,

as if he were grasping the entire sea in the palm of his hand.

An intense fire seemed to burn in his eyes!

...

My apologies.

Something came up in real life, so I’ll be pretty busy for the next few days.

I’ll do my best to maintain four Chapters a day.

It’s just that the release times might be a bit unstable.

Please bear with me.