After returning to the City Lord's Mansion, the first thing Joe Di did was settle Moria Lane. Once she was comfortable, he took out a Rainbow Immortal Peach and placed it in her mouth.
The Rainbow Immortal Peach melted instantly in her mouth, and sure enough, Moria Lane's life force immediately became much clearer.
Joe Di let out a sigh of relief. After he upgraded Starhaven City's defensive array, he would find a way to help Moria Lane refine her body. The Genesis Body Codex is different from other body-refining techniques; not only can it be used for self-cultivation, but it can also temper another's physical body.
Once he confirmed that Moria Lane's life force could be sustained with the Rainbow Immortal Peach, Joe Di went to the Celestial Bamboo River and planted both Prime Immortal Ley Lines at the riverbed.
The Celestial Bamboo River is the source of fortune in the Immortal Realm. These two Prime Immortal Ley Lines not only accelerate the gathering of fortune for the Immortal Realm but also reinforce Starhaven City's defensive arrays.
To deal with cultivators below the Immortal King level, the spiritual energy gathered by the Spirit Gathering Array is enough to sustain all the defensive arrays of Starhaven City. But if an Immortal King expert arrives, it will require a much stronger source of immortal energy.
After Joe Di planted the two Prime Immortal Ley Lines, the immortal energy throughout Starhaven City instantly grew more than tenfold. Not only was the energy richer, but the city's immortal aura became even clearer. A highly talented cultivator, without even using any pills, sensed the Golden Immortal Lightning Tribulation approaching.
After paying his respects at the City Lord's Mansion, this cultivator rushed to apply to Deputy City Lord Ian Shaw for permission to leave the city and undergo his tribulation.
Ian Shaw was even more excited. He was certain that Joe Di had planted immortal ley lines beneath Starhaven City; otherwise, the city's immortal energy could never have become so abundant.
Given that the Immortal Realm was already in twilight, for Joe Di to return and still find immortal ley lines—how great must his fortune be?
Only those with great fortune can control Starhaven City; Joe Di is undoubtedly the most suitable city lord for Starhaven.
Joe Di had no time to worry about anything else. Before him lay thirty-eight genuine Immortal Realm cultivator rings, two of which had belonged to Grand Ether Immortals.
If he wanted to advance to Seventh-Grade Array King, he needed enough materials.
As for flames, Joe Di's Cosmic Flame was more than sufficient. A Fourth-Rank Cosmic Flame was far stronger than the Fifth-Rank Azure Nirvana Flame, and since it was his own, it was much easier to use than a borrowed flame. Besides, he had a Stellar Core Flame Stone and a Fifth-Rank Void Ashflame.
As long as he was willing to use these two items, his Cosmic Flame could advance to Sixth-Rank Immortal Flame at any time.
Joe Di might be reluctant to part with the Void Ashflame, but he had always kept the Stellar Core Flame Stone for the purpose of upgrading his Cosmic Flame.
When he took out the Stellar Core Flame Stone, Joe Di easily advanced his Cosmic Flame, Brightstar Void, to Fifth-Rank Immortal Flame. Once it reached the fifth rank, the flame danced contentedly in the void before him. Within the black flames, a streak of blue grew more distinct, and under his divine sense, it looked ever more like a boundless starry sky—with a river of stars flowing through it.
To become a Seventh-Grade Array King, possessing a good flame was only the most basic requirement. Beyond that, he needed all sorts of top-tier immortal materials for refining array banners.
Those cultivators hoping to settle in Starhaven Auxiliary City had indeed provided many materials to earn contribution points. However, very few were above seventh grade; most were below seventh grade.
The materials Joe Di needed could only be hoped for in the rings of these Fatespire Sect cultivators.
Joe Di unlocked the first ring, and his heart surged with joy.
There were at least a hundred thousand Immortal Crystals, along with numerous materials and medicinal herbs—even an Aurora Ascension Pill for advancing to Golden Immortal. Many of the Immortal Crystals were of middle and superior grade. As for the pills, they were ordinary, but among the materials, there were at least dozens of Seventh-Grade immortal materials.
Joe Di remembered clearly that this was a ring he had later taken off a Golden Immortal cultivator.
For a Golden Immortal to have so many treasures showed just how much mischief Fatespire Sect disciples had gotten up to during the Immortal Realm's twilight. Joe Di guessed that every Fatespire Sect disciple's hands were stained with blood.
One ring after another was unlocked by Joe Di, and the pile of Immortal Crystals before him grew ever higher—from lesser grade, to middle grade, to superior grade.
In the end, Joe Di even found a broken Prime Immortal Ley Line in a ring belonging to an Immortal Lord.
There were countless immortal-grade magical treasures as well.
After three days, Joe Di had sorted through everything. He had nearly five hundred thousand superior-grade Immortal Crystals, almost a million middle-grade, and close to three million lesser-grade Immortal Crystals.
What caught Joe Di's eye most was the pile of immortal materials, which included a large amount of high-grade alchemy and forging materials.
These people must have gone mad collecting Immortal Realm materials during its twilight.