Sage Monarch

by Stayrr

Yang Qi was the son of the patriarch of a wealthy family from a small town. Believing himself to be in love, he stole a pill for his lover, only to have the girl betray him, by taking the pill and leaving him behind. Caught, his dantian was crippled and left to die under the lightning. This lightning helped him to recover his lost martial arts and also helped him gain a new, divi

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Chapter 1033: Superpower Assembly

"What?!" Yang Qi blurted, his jaw dropping. What the sectlord had just said came completely out of the blue. He hadn't heard anything about the situation that was just mentioned, although, to be fair, he had been completely focused on his study and research.

Only one word came to mind in regard to the sectlord asking him to consider marrying the junior empress from the Woodfern Couple Palace: absurd. It wasn't uncommon within the dao of immortals for men and women to marry, and seek godly ascension by means of dual cultivation. And many times, having a partner in life made it easier to deal with difficult situations. But Yang Qi had never even considered such a thing. As far as he was concerned, women in general were not to be trusted. He would much rather put his faith in a sworn brother than rely on a woman.

Of course, Yang Susu and his own mother didn't count, as they were relatives.

"As for you, Zi Qiong," the sectlord continued, "to date, the junior pontiff of the Genesis Sanctum is still unmarried. And the pontiff recently issued an announcement saying that he hopes to find an outstanding young woman to be his wife. You definitely stand a chance. If we could form a marriage alliance with them, it would put us in a very good position. Understand?"

"Yes, Sectlord," Zi Qiong said, nodding her head.

Looking thoughtful, Yang Qi said, "This doesn't make sense. Maybe we could make a marriage alliance with a colossal monster of an organization like that, but what if we end up just getting swallowed up by them? I definitely couldn't agree to something like that, Sectlord."

"That's up to you," the sectlord said with a smile. "Although, considering what you're capable of, Yang Qi, I somehow doubt anybody will simply swallow us up. I think you would be the one most likely to swallow them up."

"If I wanted to do that, I'd just kill them and take their treasure. I lead by strength, not by marriage alliances. Furthermore, I don't think it's a good idea for Zi Qiong to marry into another sect, either. If that happened, she would become part of the Genesis Sanctum. And it's not as if they'll just let her stay here with us. Who wouldn't want to have an Inheritor in their sect?"

The sectlord shrugged. "Well, you make the decision. I'm going to go into seclusion to contemplate the workings of heaven. Chaotic times are coming, and as the sectlord, I need to do everything I can to make sure our sect remains safe. I'll do anything to achieve that goal, even if it means sacrificing myself in a moment of crisis. Make all the preparations. In three days, we go to the assembly of sects in Destructionless Castle."

With that, he and the chief elders vanished into thin air.

Obviously, they had a lot to discuss in terms of keeping the Will Manifestation Heaven Sect safe from invasion during the assembly. Considering the sect would be mostly empty, they needed to set up spell formations and alarms just in case.

When they were gone, Yang Qi looked at Zi Qiong and said, "If the Woodfern Couple Palace is looking for a son-in-law, and the Genesis Sanctum is looking for a wife, then why don't the two of them ally with each other and become completely invincible?"

"It's not that simple, Junior Sectlord," she replied. "The Woodfern Couple Palace and the Genesis Sanctum hate each other with a passion. And they're going to be fighting bitterly to win control of the alliance. I wouldn't be surprised if blood ends up being spilled over it. There's simply no way they would ever work together. They're as opposed to each other as the Executors of the Ancient Road and the fiend-devils, or fire and water."

"I see," Yang Qi said. "By the way, what kind of place is this Destructionless Castle?" As an Inheritor, Zi Qiong knew a lot more about the Great Necropolis, therefore, Yang Qi wasn't holding back in trying to get information.

"It's widely accepted to be an extremely dangerous place. There used to be a huge treasure trove there, but sadly, it was split up between the Genesis Sanctum and the Woodfern Couple Palace hundreds of millions of years ago. In terms of cultivation, there's something called the Destructionless Formation there. If you practice energy arts in it, your cultivation can speed up by millions upon millions of times, and you can directly enter a state of having a destructionless psyche. However, the question of who owns the formation, and the castle itself, for that matter, has always been an issue. The Woodfern Couple Palace and the Genesis Sanctum both want the castle for themselves and are constantly fighting over it. In some ways, this assembly of superpower sects is going to be the final battle between them. Whoever wins will lead the alliance, and whoever loses will be forever expelled from Destructionless Castle."

From the very respectful way Zi Qiong offered an explanation to Yang Qi, it was obvious that she had fully and truly acknowledged allegiance to him. She knew that if Yang Qi wanted to, he could easily advance his cultivation base by ten times over, instantly become a Grand Emperor.

In fact, at the moment, keeping his cultivation base suppressed was a harder task than it would have been to improve it.

"So, it's going to be a real fight between a dragon and a tiger." He sighed. "Our Will Manifestation Heaven Sect is a superpower sect, but compared to the other superpower sects, we're only average. We need to come up with a plan. We have three days to take our strongest people and improve them a bit. The more people we have when we go to this assembly, the better. Obviously, I count as one of the elites, as do you. As for An Yiru, Jadefall, and Eldest Brother, we won't take them with us. They'll be staying behind to stand guard. That means I have three days to make sure that the three of them reach the Terrifying level. Three days."

"Who is Jadefall, and who is this Eldest Brother?" Zi Qiong asked.

"My two most trusted aides. They've been with me since I was a powerless nobody in the immortal worlds. In fact, perhaps you could say since the mortal world." Yang Qi's subordinates had spent years training in the virtual god world in the Myriad Worlds Monarch Chart, and could definitely be considered consummate geniuses.

Jadefall was the best of them all. She had gained enlightenment of many daoist techniques, and Yang Qi had given her countless resources to stimulate the porcelain godspore within her. Right now, she had a power index of around three or four thousand. As for Eldest Brother, he had always made steady progress. He worked extremely hard on his cultivation, and after joining the Will Manifestation Heaven Sect, had often gone out on deadly missions. Of course, that was only to be expected, considering that the Invincible Society only recruited the best of the best.

Now, he was truly starting to reveal his potential. He had successfully reached the Destabilizing level and was cultivating the Civilization Founding Grand Magic to its peak. Unfortunately, he wasn't able to break through to the Terrifying level yet.

An Yiru, on the other hand, was just on the verge of making that breakthrough.

"Come with me," Yang Qi said. "There's a place I want you to see."

"What place?" she asked, a vigilant expression appearing briefly on her face before fading into something more relaxed. "Oh, you want to bed me, don't you, Junior Sectlord. I couldn't be more honored!"

"That's not what I meant," Yang Qi said without cracking the slightest smile. "I don't trust the average woman, let alone you." Swish! Without another word, he opened a vortex and stepped inside.

The immense power surging within the vortex caused Zi Qiong to hesitate for a moment, but then she followed him. Inside, she found another world filled with beautiful scenery. The sky overhead was filled with countless stars, all of which were made of godhood. The mere sight actually startled her. Not even top sects from the Ancient Road to the Gods would have godhood stars like this.

"Are we in..." she shivered, "the Myriad Worlds Monarch Chart?"

"That's exactly where we are," Yang Qi said. "How does it feel? How do the godhood stars compare to the Will Manifestation Heaven Sect?"

"You..." she said, but then trailed off, completely at a loss for words.

"Our respects, Junior Sectlord!" Eldest Brother, An Yiru, Emperor Heart-Celestial and Jadefall all appeared. They were now members of the Will Manifestation Heaven Sect, and they were vastly beyond what they had been in the Dao Defense League.

Actually, the entire Dao Defense League had been absorbed into the Will Manifestation Heaven Sect, and its hundredth ranked immortal worlds had been turned into the greyspace of the sect's "world of mortals".

The fifty mountain peaks of the Will Manifestation Heaven Sect, as well as the numerous courtyards attached to them, were almost like the god world, with the people living in the greyspace of immortal worlds being like ordinary people. Those who managed to stand head and shoulders above the rest would eventually rise to the truly great heights.

And that was where many people from the Dao Defense League lived.

In the past, the Dao Defense League had been a gargantuan organization. But then the Great Necropolis showed up, bringing with it vastly larger immortal worlds. For instance, a hundredth ranked immortal world was just as large as the entire Dao Defense League.

The immense Dao Defense League had quickly become as insignificant as a speck of dust.

"Everyone sit. Let's begin our session of cultivation." He flicked his finger, causing dazzling light to sweep out and form a large spell formation, where everyone sat down and began working.

Combining the True-Devil Unspoiled-by-Myriad-Kalpas-and-Tribulations Body and the Sovereign Lord's Holy and Far-Reaching Consummate Omnicurse, Yang Qi created streams of light that entered the foreheads of everyone present, causing them to shiver as their psychic power increased.

"My enlightenment of the Unspoiled Body and the Strength of the Hell-Crushing Godmammoth has led me to cultivate a boundless energy art capable of drawing on the dao of heaven and the Civilization Founding Grand Magic to push the psyche and cultivation base to a higher level. With that, I can help you unleash your potential. And I can also use the godpower of the Great Necropolis to bless you."

Extending his palm, he said, "Zi Qiong, hurry up and pour the godpower of the Great Necropolis into me!"

"But..." she said hesitantly. "You shouldn't casually use that power. If you force it into someone, it could easily destroy their sea of consciousness."

Yang Qi chuckled coldly. "It's been years since I mastered the powers of the imperial-heaven pre-beginning, and I can use them to vanquish the will of the Great Necropolis. In fact, I know more about the godpower of the necropolis than you do. It's been a long time since I first killed and sealed one of you Inheritors. Did you really think Shi Yuan was my first?"

"What? Does that mean you have two godpower seeds?" she said, stunned.

"You could say that," he replied with a nod. "If you serve me faithfully enough, perhaps I'll give both of them to you."

"Yes sir!" Although she knew he was merely saying that out of formality, she couldn't help but be moved by the thought of getting two godpower seeds. With that many seeds, she could easily match up to mid Terrifying experts from the ancient road.

Without any more hesitation, she poured Great Necropolis godpower into Yang Qi. Although she expected some adverse reaction, all that happened was that the godpower shattered and transformed into pure psychic power.

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Chapter 1034: Superpower Assembly Part 2

The godpower of the Great Necropolis flowed without cease, its will shattering as it was transformed into pure psychic power. To Zi Qiong's utter shock, Yang Qi was like a machine designed to crush the Great Necropolis. Any kind of foreign power that entered him would be as effective as a snowflake thrown at the sun.

Thus, Yang Qi redirected the power of the necropolis into Emperor Heart-Celestial, An Yiru, Eldest Brother, and Jadefall.

Suddenly, Yang Qi's finger blurred like the wind, hitting acupoints on all four of them. As he did, he imbued them with godpower that contained the Seventy-Two Monarchs Energy Art, his two most powerful godly class energy arts, the genetic systems, power assessment systems, imperial-heaven pre-beginning systems, vivicreation systems, and psychic scaling systems.

They were becoming like melting pots of the top techniques in existence.

Yang Qi was changing them down to their very genes. Zi Qiong watched as countless streams of blood aura flowed out of him. The blood of Fateless Ones, Fortuned Ones, Eternal Ones, Past Ones, Future Ones, Fraudulent Ones, Inspiring Ones, Enlightened Ones, Reincarnated Ones... Fully three thousand varieties merged, forming a very unique genetic structure.

Other than the blood of Eternal Ones, Fortuned Ones, and Fateless Ones, the blood of the three thousand special constitutions were actually not particularly difficult to come across either in the Great Necropolis or on the Ancient Road to the Gods. After all, when taking into consideration that immortal worlds in the rank of two hundred, three hundred, five hundred, or even a thousand existed, it could only be imagined how many living beings were present.

And all of them were immortals.

All such locations would give birth to beings with special constitutions. And considering that such worlds were being ejected into the immortal dao age, it was obvious that the special constitutions would become more common.

That said, Fateless Ones essentially didn't exist. Other than Yang Qi, none had ever been seen. And that was the same for Eternal Ones and Fortuned Ones.

Eldest Brother Secundus had been an Eternal One and had supposedly been a representative of universal fortune. Unfortunately, he ran into Leaf Dao-Denier, who devoured him.

In an age like the present, people had to constantly be on guard, lest they end up dead.

Yang Qi was using every tool he had at his disposal to help these four, assisting them to alter their genes, and using the three thousand special types of blood to unlock their ultimate potential.

Empress Jadefall was the first to open her eyes. Within her, the porcelain godspore was now loudly thrumming and there were cracks all over its surface.

"I need more godpower from the Great Necropolis!" Yang Qi said, as he realized that the godspore was devouring everything he threw at it.

Grinding her teeth, Zi Qiong worked harder, using all of her mental dharmas to ensure that the godpower continued flowing like a massive river into Yang Qi, who converted it and passed it along to Jadefall.

An indeterminable period of time passed.

POP!

The porcelain godspore cracked open, and Zi Qiong sagged with such weakness that she dropped into a sitting position. She had drained herself so much that she couldn't even lift a finger.

Meanwhile, a pink, furry creature emerged. It looked like a puppy or kitten, or possibly a baby qilin. It was immensely cute, as round and pudgy as a pig, and as it blearily looked around, it made constant purring sounds.

"What is this thing?" Jadefall murmured in confusion.

Yang Qi looked at it in shock, having no idea what it was. The porcelain godspore was immensely powerful, but after hatching, it had produced something like this? It was enough to leave someone right in the middle of laughter and tears.

Furthermore, it seemed completely powerless. Weak, even.

All it did was make purring sounds.

Apparently, it thought Jadefall was its mother, as it was already crawling all over her, tumbling about, and even blowing bubbles out of its mouth.

Jadefall's expression softened into an expression of fondness as she took the thing in her arms and stroked its pink fur. It almost looked like a toy.

"I'll call it a purrling," she said.

"Jadefall, your psychic power has reached the Terrifying level..." Yang Qi said. The moment the pink purrling had appeared, Jadefall's psychic power had risen dramatically. Yet she didn't seem to have even noticed.

"Purr. Purr..." the purrling said.

Yang Qi reached out to try to pick it up, but the purrling noticed and shrank back defensively. Then it spat a bubble out of its mouth, roughly the size of a human hand. Before Yang Qi could react, the bubble expanded, sucked him in and sealed him tight.

"What a strong sealing!" he murmured. He struggled, but couldn't free himself. In fact, his will seemed completely unresponsive. Not even his two major energy arts were enough to break him free.

"Tribulation!" Yang Qi used hosts of energy arts until, finally, a pop rang out and the bubble burst, sending him tumbling out into the open with a look of shock on his face. It had taken a huge amount of power to break free of that seal. Who could have guessed that the bubbles spat out by the purrling would be so incredibly strong. Although they might not be able to do anything to someone in the mid Terrifying level, they would definitely be very effective against people with psychic scales of thirty or forty.

Besides, the purrling seemed to be a juvenile, which begged the question of just how strong it would become when it got older.

"Incredible!" Jadefall said in amazement. Unfortunately, she didn't even know what this 'purrling' actually was. It looked almost like a toy that a child would play with. And all it seemed interested in doing was purring and crawling around. However, when she picked it up, it would settle down in her arms and just sit there, purring.

One strange thing was that it didn't seem interested in food. Usually, when a godling was born, it would be hungry and try to find sustenance, or power to absorb. But the purrling wasn't doing that.

'Very strange,' Yang Qi thought. 'That porcelain godspore existed in the primal-chaos of the distant past, where countless gods fought over it. Eventually, it escaped from them. So it stands to reason that it's incredibly powerful, and should get even stronger in the future.'

Although they only had three days on the outside, that could easily be a thousand years in the Myriad Worlds Monarch Chart. Unfortunately, the session of cultivation ended with only Jadefall reaching the Terrifying level. Eldest Brother and An Yiru both failed, although they did make progress, strengthening their true energy and getting closer and closer to the point of a breakthrough.

Upon finishing the session of cultivation, Yang Qi consulted with his immortal-slaying clone and made a series of arrangements. Then he returned to the main hall to meet with the sectlord and Peaklords Celestial and Memory, then headed out into the Great Necropolis to Destructionless Castle.

This wasn't an assembly to which the sects would bring large numbers of people. Only the top experts would attend. That included Peaklords Memory and Celestial, both of whom had used psychic enslavement to turn some top experts into out-of-body incarnations.

In terms of disciples, the attendees were Junior Sectlord Yang Qi, Zi Qiong, Jadefall and Emperor Heart-Celestial.

Neither An Yiru nor Eldest Brother had achieved breakthroughs to the Terrifying level, which meant that if they tagged along and got in trouble, the results could be deadly.

Numerous pathways in the Great Necropolis led to Destructionless Castle. At first, such pathways had immortal worlds in the rank of two hundred. But then, worlds appeared in the rank of three or four hundred. Then five or six hundred. Then seven or eight hundred...

There were plenty of dangers to be found in locations like this, but a group of top experts like them didn't need to worry about such things. Eventually, they found themselves in front of a thousandth-ranked immortal world. Every living being on that world emanated immensely powerful auras, to the point that if the Will Manifestation Heaven Sect tried to invade it, they might succeed, but only after suffering heavy casualties. If there could ever be an alliance of hundreds of worlds like this, or even just dozens, they would be nearly invincible.

Alternatively, an immortal world with a rank of two thousand would definitely be an even match for the Will Manifestation Heaven Sect.

And one with a rank of three thousand would easily destroy the sect.

However, not even the Executors of the Ancient Road would attempt to invade an immortal world with a rank of three thousand. Besides, no one knew what such worlds were like, as they were too far in the depths of the Great Necropolis.

Destructionless Castle was located within a cluster of thousandth ranked immortal worlds. In fact, there were some that were in the rank of twelve hundred, thirteen hundred, or even fifteen hundred. It was truly an impressive and awe-inspiring sight.

At a certain point, Yang Qi reached out and grasped a stream of energy, which condensed into the form of a crystalline powder. Absorbing it, he suddenly felt like he was eternally indestructible, and in a state of being both lifeless and destructionless. His psyche suddenly felt cleansed, as though all banal longing had been removed from him.

He nodded. "What a great place to practice cultivation. That said, it's not as amazing as the Engine of the One God, nor as profound as the imperial-heaven pre-beginning systems. Once we're inside the castle, I should be able to study the spell formation and then reproduce something like it back in the Will Manifestation Heaven Sect."

"You really are our lucky star, Yang Qi," the sectlord said.

"Look, a lot of people are going in," Peaklord Memory said. "Let's go; we don't want to be late."

Yang Qi had never seen so many Terrifying experts in one place.

1. By way of explanation, the "purring" sound the creature makes in Chinese is an onomatopoeia that can be interpreted a few different ways. There is wordplay later on related to the sound it makes and the name of the creature that factored into my decision to go with this name. I guarantee you will roll your eyes when you see that wordplay. In Chinese, the name of the creature sounds silly and cute, and I think my English version carries the same feeling.

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Chapter 1035: The Amazing Purrling

Whoosh. Whoosh. Whoosh.

Even as the experts from the Will Manifestation Heaven Sect conferred, several beams of scintillating light pierced through the dome of heaven, heading in their direction and pulsing with powerful auras.

Then, a group from another sect appeared in their vicinity.

Cackling laughter rang out, and a voice said, "The Will Manifestation Heaven Sect is joining this assembly? What an utter joke! Aren't you weaklings worried that you might get expelled for being so useless?"

There were a few dozen of these newcomers, and they quickly arranged themselves in formation around the force from the Will Manifestation Heaven Sect.

Looking around, Yang Qi saw that they were all Terrifying experts. Their leader wore yellow garments and had his hands clasped behind his back, making him look like the kind of arrogant person who looked down on all creation. Furthermore, his energy arts were clearly the type that could shake the heavens, topple the earth, and cause dead stars to rain down from above.

Although they were surrounded, the sectlord didn't show any sign of looking nervous. Expression placid, he projected a divine will message to Yang Qi that no one else could detect, "These people have been enemies of our sect for hundreds of millions of years. They're the Void-Trampling Immortal School. Although they call themselves an 'immortal school', most of their members follow the dao of devils. They go around killing and plundering, and are extremely vicious and evil. In the past, they've kidnapped disciples of our sect to use in experiments for their devil dao energy arts. There's no need at all to treat them respectfully. In fact, I expect that we'll finally resolve our grudge here at this assembly."

Yang Qi nodded coolly.

He could already sense the wretch energy on these people from the Void-Trampling Immortal School, which they did nothing to hide. Obviously they weren't even attempting to conceal the fact that they were evil people.

A particularly tall man in bright red clothing stepped forward. "Sectlord Will Manifestation, did you really think that you could stay safe by hiding out here like a turtle with its head in its shell? Why not step forward and resolve the enmity between our two sects?"

"Well if it isn't Li Immortal-Trampler," Peaklord Celestial said. "What are you so anxious for? Today is the sect assembly. Why not head into Destructionless Castle first, and worry about our issues later? There's no point in getting involved in deadly combat out here. You'd make both of us a laughingstock. Our Will Manifestation Heaven Sect and your Void-Trampling Immortal School have been at odds for hundreds of millions of years, so don't think that we're going to just forget about the countless disciples of ours you've killed, let alone our chief elders. We'll avenge them eventually."

"You're scared, aren't you?" said another of the experts from the Void-Trampling Immortal School. "It's a good thing you were waiting right here. Killing you in front of Destructionless Castle will be the perfect way to vent our frustrations."

"If you're really interested in dying, Li Immortal-Trampler, I can make your wish come true." From the look of it, the sectlord was just about to start fighting.

"Slow down," said the leader in yellow. Looking around at everyone present, he continued, "Sectlord Will Manifestation, we're not going to bully you in front of so many sects. I find it interesting that, of all the people you could have brought here today, you actually brought someone who isn't even in the Terrifying level. Aren't you worried about being made fun of?"

Obviously, he was referring to Yang Qi. The fact that he wasn't in the Terrifying level was very obvious, and it would naturally be something others would laugh at.

"What are you suggesting, Li Void-Trampler?" Sectlord Will Manifestation said, his face remaining an expressionless mask.

"One on one!" replied Li Void-Trampler, who was actually the leader of the entire Void-Trampling Immortal School. "You have seven people, we have seven people. Let's have a little fight, right here, right now. Those destined to live will live, those doomed to die will die. Do you dare to accept?"

"Why wouldn't I?" the sectlord replied with a smile. "You're getting more and more arrogant, Li Void-Trampler. But don't worry. If heaven wants you dead, it will first drive you mad. So. How exactly do you want to run this little competition?"

Li Void-Trampler didn't say anything in response, but gave a meaningful look to one of his nearby disciples instead, a man clad in a white suit of armor, with a long silver spear in his hands.

At first, the armored man's eyes locked onto Zi Qiong, but then they went wide when he realized that she was an Inheritor. Obviously, that would make her a very tough opponent. Turning, he pointed at Jadefall with his spear and said, "Hey, hottie. Care to come out and have some fun with me? I won't hurt you. I'll just make you my concubine! That'll be far better than being in a crappy group like the Will Manifestation Heaven Sect."

Even as the words left his mouth, he sent a stream of energy from his spear toward Jadefall.

Purr, purr...

Jadefall had been just about to step forward. But before she could, the piglet-like purrling she was holding in her arms apparently sensed the hostility of an enemy. Eyes opening, it spat out a bubble.

Although the bubble seemed to drift along slowly, it actually moved with incredible speed. In one one-trillionth of a moment, it surrounded the man with the spear, sealing him tightly.

"Aaaiiiieee!" he screamed, and everyone could tell that his true energy was completely suppressed.

"Not good!" Three of the other disciples immediately lunged forward and attacked the bubble.

However, none of their attacks did a single thing. The bubble simply absorbed their attacks and redirected them to the disciple with the spear.

"ARGGGHHHH!"

In the blink of an eye, he was pierced through by the countless attacks. Then, his head slumped over and he lay still.

Everyone could see that he was completely dead! Utterly and thoroughly without life!

Although he had only been an early Terrifying expert, that was still a force of incredible power. For all intents and purposes, he was eternally indestructible. Of course, that was relatively speaking. Even the mighty Sovereign Lord could be destroyed, much less a puny Terrifying entity.

"Damn you, demoness!"

"Die!"

Disciples rushed toward Jadefall from several angles, yet the result was downright astonishing to all of the onlookers, including disciples from other superpower sects who had stopped to see what was happening.

Purr. Purr...

The pink purrling spat out more bubbles, and in the blink of an eye, all of the incoming disciples were stuck.

They all unleashed extremely powerful energy arts, yet not a single one of them could escape.

They began screaming in fear as they realized how dangerous of a situation they were in.

"Dammit, what is that thing!?" said the sectlord of the Void-Trampling Immortal School. Unable to just sit back any longer, he took action, using one hand to send scorching flames out to hit the bubbles, and the other to grab the purrling.

Simultaneously, he flicked his fingers, causing several powerful streams of energy to shoot out toward the other enemies present. The finger attacks seemed soft and gentle, and in fact, were nearly invisible. But everyone could sense that they contained a boundless power that could inundate one's soul and sea of consciousness.

"Watch out!" said Sectlord Will Manifestation, shooting to his feet. "That's a consummate art from the Void-Trampling Immortal School, the Thirteen Soul-Hooking Fingers! Every one of them is powerful enough to snatch souls from heaven, earth, hell, the dao of immortals, and even the god world!"

Instantly, he unleashed a host of palm strikes.

He was profoundly aware that once Li Void-Trampler unleashed an attack, it would be extremely dangerous. Although Yang Qi and Zi Qiong could likely defend themselves from it, Emperor Heart-Celestial and Jadefall definitely couldn't.

However, this was when something even more shockingly unbelievable happened.

Purr. Purr...

The pink purrling spat out another series of bubbles, which wrapped around all of the incoming finger attacks. The energy of the attacks turned into what appeared to be devils made of true energy, like beings from the depths of hell out to harvest souls of fallen gods from the god world. However, upon being trapped inside the bubbles, they were made completely powerless.

In the following moments, all of the bubbles merged together to create one larger composite bubble. Then the larger bubble suddenly shot toward Li Void-Trampler like lightning. He dodged and evaded, but all such efforts were in vain, as he was ultimately gobbled up by the bubble. Inside, he stared around with furious eyes at the burning ghostfire that surrounded him.

Unfortunately for him, he was completely incapable of extricating himself.

Next, hair-raising screams rang out as the disciples trapped in the other bubbles died. It was impossible to say exactly what sort of power was killing them, but regardless, it left Yang Qi with his hair standing on end. What exactly was this purrling?

The bubble display in the Myriad Worlds Monarch Chart hadn't been nearly as formidable as this, yet it had taken the strength of nine bulls and two tigers for him to escape. He had even been forced to use the Sovereign Lord's Holy and Far-Reaching Consummate Omnicurse and the True-Devil Unspoiled-by-Myriad-Kalpas-and-Tribulations Body, combined with the external force of the Myriad Worlds Monarch Chart.

However, it was now apparent that the purrling knew he was Jadefall's friend, and perhaps even knew he had funneled power into the original godspore. Perhaps the purrling had used the bubble on him more as a game than anything.

In contrast, the purrling could tell that the threat from the Void-Trampling Immortal School was deadly in nature, and had fought back with bubbles that were ten times stronger than what Yang Qi had experienced.

Meanwhile, Li Void-Trampler unleashed a bevy of palm strikes, fist strikes, and kicks, and also unleashed a host of god items. None of them did any good. Furthermore, his defensive empyrean energy was being worn away by the effects of the bubble.

Not even a top sect leader could deal with these bubbles.

He was a famous individual who could rebuke heaven and earth, but now he was trapped in a bubble. The people watching the scene play out could hardly believe their eyes. They looked over at the pink purrling, but of course, none of them had any idea what it was or where it came from, and all of them were wondering how it could be so amazing.

Finally, Li Void-Trampler began to scream and plead. "Spare me! I don't want to die! Let me out of this bubble! I admit defeat. We'll submit to the Will Manifestation Heaven Sect. Hurry and free me."

To see a top sect leader like him wagging his tail and begging for pity left everyone feeling shocked to the core.

1. This expression of "if heaven wants you dead, it will first drive you mad" has actually come up in the story before, or at least variations of it have, and I've translated it in different ways. After doing some more research, I found that it's apparently an expression from the ancient world. Sometimes it's attributed (apparently wrongly) to Herodotus or Euripides. There are many variations, .

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Chapter 1036: Bubbles Unrivaled

"My god! He was a powerful sectlord, but how he's wagging his tail and begging for pity!"

A nearby leader of a powerful sect shivered. "How could this be happening? What is that bubble beast? How could it be so miraculous? You people have all traveled far and seen a lot. Do you know what it is? Is it some sort of godling?"

Similarly shivering, another of the nearby sect leaders replied, "I read an ancient text from the god world called the God World Bestiary, which has extensive lists of strange creatures, but I don't remember a single one that spits out bubbles. What could it be?"

"Well one thing's for sure. The Void-Trampling Immortal School is finished. After getting trapped in that bubble, it's obvious he can't fight back. If he hadn't started begging for mercy, he would probably be dead already."

"That bubble beast is incredible. It makes you wonder... will the Will Manifestation Heaven Sect end up as the champion in this sect assembly?"

"Don't worry, they still have to worry about the Genesis Sanctum and the Woodfern Couple Palace. Those are the top two organizations. The best that people like us can hope for is to get a tiny piece of the pie. That said, a lot of superpower sects are going to be eliminated in this assembly. The only question is how the rest of us will benefit when they do."

"What if our sects are among those that get eliminated?!"

"All we can do is fight hard to make sure that doesn't happen. It's too bad the Will Manifestation Heaven Sect suddenly found that bubble beast. Originally, they were on the list of sects to be eliminated, but now it seems they'll be fighting for a share of the pie."

"Not necessarily. The tallest tree attracts the most wind. That bubble beast might be powerful, but it's obviously not full grown. It makes you wonder how much stronger it will be later. That means everyone's going to want to get their hands on it. In fact, the Genesis Sanctum and the Woodfern Couple Palace might even want it."

"That's true. The Will Manifestation Heaven Sect might look impressive now, but I have a feeling that it's only temporary."

The surrounding onlookers discussed the matter for a while, but no one could come up with any solid conclusions about what to make of the situation. And none of them dared to try to step in and save the sectlord of the Void-Trampling Immortal School. After all, nobody had any clue what they would do if they ended up trapped in one of those bubbles.

Purr. Purr...

The purrling stretched a bit, letting loose a soft purr that caused everyone's hackles to rise. Thankfully, it seemed to have calmed down, and wasn't interested in letting loose any more bubbles.

All of a sudden, Yang Qi realized that he had never seen it eat anything, or even absorb any energy for that matter. In fact, he couldn't even sense anything like power within it.

What was this thing?

It didn't eat, nor did it absorb energy, yet it seemed almost infinitely strong.

It almost completely defied the laws of energy conservation, leaving Yang Qi completely flummoxed as to how it worked.

Li Void-Trampler's cultivation base was strong enough that his fighting prowess was definitely on par with Yang Qi's, or perhaps even stronger. And if they did fight, and Yang Qi got the upper hand, the man would obviously have been able to flee if he wanted to. But with the purrling's bubbles in play, the man was completely helpless. Just how terrifying was the thing? And how strong was it?

Yang Qi was very curious to see how it would grow and develop in the future.

"Spare me!" Li Void-Trampler screamed. "Let me out of this bubble and I swear that I'll be loyal to the Will Manifestation Heaven Sect! All of you, get on your knees and kowtow to them! Hurry up!" Obviously, Li Void-Trampler knew that he was just on the verge of being killed.

When the elders and disciples heard their sect leader's commands, they exchanged awkward glances. Obviously, they had no desire to get on their knees and kowtow, but on the other hand, they couldn't just watch as their sectlord was killed right in front of them.

At the same time, some of the elders realized that with the sectlord gone, they had a chance to take over. Finally, one of them raised his voice and said, "Let's get out of here! We'll go back to the sect, train hard, and return later for revenge!"

Whoosh. Whoosh. Whoosh.

A handful of the elders fled. As for the remaining disciples, they were now even more embarrassed and confused than before. Finally, one of the disciples dropped to his knees and started kowtowing. "We were in the wrong! Please forgive us. We'll be loyal to the Will Manifestation Heaven Sect. Just let our sectlord go..."

It was a disciple from the main branch of the sect. He knew that if the sectlord died, his days would be numbered. After all, there were already elders who had fled back to the sect to try to establish their own authority. Obviously, they would purge the sect as soon as they could, and any of Li Void-Trampler's loyalists along with it.

Sectlord Will Manifestation was visibly taken aback by these unexpected developments. Looking over at Jadefall, he said, "Go ahead and let Li Void-Trampler free. He's injured badly enough that I can keep him under control. And it will be good to have another top expert in our sect."

"But I don't know how to control the purrling," Jadefall said, sounding a bit alarmed.

"Why don't you just try asking?" Yang Qi said.

Stroking the purrling behind the ears, she said, "Purrling, baby, can you let him go? He won't run away."

The purrling stretched, then shook its head. "Purr. Purr..."

It seemed like it wasn't ready to stop 'playing'. However, in the end, it spat out another bubble, which floated over to the bubble containing Li Void-Trampler and popped it.

The instant he was in the open. Sectlord Will Manifestation blurred into motion, his finger stabbing into numerous locations on Li Void-Trampler's body, causing blood to spray out of his mouth. Then, Sectlord Will Manifestation grabbed him and flew back to his original spot.

"You've lost, Li Void-Trampler," he said in a cold voice. "And you'll never recover. I advise you to simply surrender. If you don't, you'll end up becoming an out-of-body incarnation."

Li Void-Trampler seemed to have aged by dozens of years, and any air of boundless ambition that he had once possessed was gone. "I can't believe that after dominating the world for so many years, I would end up like this. How pitiful. And I didn't even lose to a human, but to some animal instead. What a joke..."

Sectlord Will Manifestation snorted coldly. "Even at full power, you were still no match for me. You actually got lucky to end up being attacked by the bubble beast."

"Wait, do you mean you actually finished cultivating the..." Li Void-Trampler looked shocked for a moment before managing to regain his composure. Raising his voice, he said, "All disciples present are to join the Will Manifestation Heaven Sect. After this assembly is over, I'll return to the sect and execute all of the elders who betrayed me. Big changes are coming for us."

"Yes, yes of course..." the disciples all replied, kowtowing.

Thus, the disciples of the Void-Trampling Immortal School became members of the Will Manifestation Heaven Sect. Peaklord Memory immediately gave them new uniforms, and placed warding spells on them to ensure that they couldn't do anything rebellious.

In a brief moment, the Will Manifestation Heaven Sect had become vastly stronger. As they proceeded onward to Destructionless Castle, no one dared to get too close to them, and many a wary glance was cast in the direction of the purrling.

Of course, there were quite a few gazes that seemed filled with greed; obviously, anyone who could get their hands on the purrling would be virtually invincible.

That said, no one present was willing to risk trying to take it by force.

Truth be told, although Yang Qi was amazed by the purrling, he was also a bit disappointed. The conflict with the Void-Trampling Immortal School should have been the perfect chance to show off how strong he was, and make sure that everyone knew the junior sectlord of the Will Manifestation Heaven Sect was someone to avoid causing problems with. But in the end, his thunder had been stolen by the purrling.

Of course, he also knew that even if he had ended up fighting Li Void-Trampler, all he might have done was defeat him in battle. He would never have been able to force him to join the sect.

In the depths of Destructionless Castle, a group of people were gathered in a large meeting hall. There were Terrifying elders and other experts all kneeling in front of a young man with a face as beautiful as a jade sculpture. Despite his elegance, he didn't emanate even a trace of weakness. He was perfect in terms of both looks and strength.

His cultivation base was unfathomable, and from the way the Terrifying experts all prostrated to him, it was obvious that he was very important and powerful.

"That's what just happened, Junior Pontiff," one of the elders said. "If it weren't for how strange the situation was, we wouldn't have come to report it to you. Sir, considering how experienced and knowledgeable you are, do you know what that thing is?" Obviously, the matter they were referring to was how the purrling had dealt with the Void-Trampling Immortal School.

"So, there's actually a godling such as that? I've never seen any such creature. It really sealed Li Void-Trampler so easily? His cultivation base was nothing to look down on. His psychic scale is over thirty, and his power index is six thousand! He's definitely in the mid Terrifying level, yet some tiny godling actually sealed him with no effort?"

This young man was the junior pontiff of the Genesis Sanctum.

"You can watch for yourself, Junior Pontiff. One of the sectlords present at the event recorded everything." A Terrifying elder stepped forward, offered up a mirror, then fell back.

To see a Terrifying expert acting so deferential was actually a scary thing. He was treating this junior pontiff like a commoner would treat an emperor in the mortal world.

The junior pontiff took the mirror and activated it, causing a projected image of the scene to play out. When he saw the purrling in Jadefall's arms, he nodded. "So this girl is a disciple of the Will Manifestation Heaven Sect?"

"Yes," another elder said. "She's apparently the owner of the bubble beast. They called it a purrling."

"Well, she's good looking," the junior pontiff said coolly. "And the godling didn't emanate any sort of power fluctuations? It's obviously a juvenile, otherwise it would've long since gained fame on the Ancient Road to the Gods. Well, it seems I need to take this woman as my wife. That will be the easiest way to get the purrling."

"Yes, Junior Pontiff! Very clever!"

The other elders kept their heads bowed.

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Chapter 1037: An Invitation from the Junior Pontiff

Upon entering Destructionless Castle, Yang Qi looked around and was immediately struck by how marvelous the construction was. It brimmed with a sensation of being lifeless and destructionless, leaving him convinced that its core was made of some sort of immense spell formation that, if he could reach it, would bring him immense benefits, similar to how researching the Engine of the One God had brought him the imperial-heaven pre-beginning powers.

However, there was no need to get anxious. First, he needed to learn more about the organizations like the Genesis Sanctum. The last thing he needed to do was beat the grass and startle the snake. After all, those groups had entities who were as strong as the Shepherd, which meant that, for the moment, Yang Qi couldn't possibly match up to them. He was still operating under severe limitations, considering that he wasn't even in the Terrifying level yet.

Numerous streams of divine will swept over the group from the Will Manifestation Heaven Sect. There were people who were envious, scared, jealous, or angry, but Yang Qi simply ignored them. As always, he believed that true confidence stems from superb skill.

Normally speaking, the fact that he wasn't in the Terrifying level would have made him a big target for people who had grudges with the Will Manifestation Heaven Sect. But after what had happened with the purrling, nobody dared to confront him.

Even the top experts were shivering in their boots at the thought of what the purrling could do.

The guards who were present to greet the visiting guests looked frightened to the core. They were disciples of either the Genesis Sanctum or the Woodfern Couple Palace, and normally acted very high and mighty. Although they were said to be "greeting the visitors", the truth was that they were there to order everyone around. They were like soldiers in the mortal world who dealt with commoners; there was no need for them to even pretend to be respectful.

The truth was that those two sects were the most powerful among all the sects of the Ancient Road to the Gods. They had mid Terrifying experts with psychic scales of over a hundred and power indexes of eight thousand, or perhaps even nine thousand. Obviously, people like that were the most qualified, and most likely, to eventually enter the god world.

Unfortunately for them, considering that they hadn't entered the god world, they obviously weren't gods.

The Ancient Road to the Gods could be likened to the imperial examinations of the mortal world. Even if a scholar studied well and became a master of literature and poetry, if they couldn't enter the testing facility, they would never receive a position in the bureaucracy.

Yang Qi had once assumed that people would become gods first, and only afterward rise to the god world. That was the way it worked in the immortal worlds. It was only later that he realized his mistake. In order to reach godly ascension, one first had to travel the Ancient Road to the Gods and then enter the god world.

Unfortunately, the Ancient Road to the Gods had disappeared from the Primeval Age and the Future Age.

The road only existed in the Immortal Dao Age, but now it was blocked by the Great Necropolis, much to the frustration of people who were on the verge of becoming gods. Now, leaving the Great Necropolis was a requirement to be able to once again walk the Ancient Road to the Gods.

Of course, there were still the Executors of the Ancient Road to deal with. Without getting rid of them, it would be impossible to travel freely on the road.

Upon entering the castle, Yang Qi and the others were met by a group from the Genesis Sanctum, all of them beautiful young women who, despite not being in the Terrifying level, were obviously very strong. They all had power indexes of four thousand or higher. To Yang Qi, it was something of a relief. If the disciples assigned to receive guests were all in the Terrifying level, it would have been far too heaven-defying.

"Greetings. The Genesis Sanctum has arranged lodgings for you. It will be a few more days before everyone has gathered and the assembly begins."

'I wonder how strong the Genesis Sanctum is overall,' Yang Qi thought as he followed the women. They led them through the castle into a rather quiet area, where their room was waiting for them.

It was a unique plane of existence that resembled a sumptuous mansion, decorated with jewels and spirit stones that seemed to come from the god world. The fact that such things were used as mere decorations only went to show how amazingly elegant the castle was.

"These are your quarters," one of the young women said. "The vital energy of the god world is abundant here, so feel free to go about your breathing exercises and cultivation. The Will Manifestation Heaven Sect was originally going to be assigned a second-rate room, but the Young Sir ordered that you be upgraded."

"Please offer our thanks to the Young Sir," Sectlord Will Manifestation said. "Apparently, our Will Manifestation Heaven Sect is more well-known among the mid-tier superpower sects than before?"

"That's exactly right," another young woman said. "Furthermore, the Young Sir would like to meet this young lady in person. The one holding the... bubble beast."

"Why does he want to meet me?" Jadefall said, her face turning cold.

"The Young Sir is the junior pontiff of the Genesis Sanctum," the woman said coldly, clearly displeased. "He heard about how you vanquished the Void-Trampling Immortal School and would like to entertain you for dinner. Hopefully, Miss, you'll give some face to the Genesis Sanctum. If you refuse, I'm not really sure how I'll explain the matter."

Jadefall snorted coldly. "Go back and tell this Young Sir of yours that I'm not interested in having dinner with him. However, do offer him thanks for the invitation."

"This..."

The women were visibly angry, and were clearly convinced that the Will Manifestation Heaven Sect didn't know what was good for them. Just because they had defeated the Void-Trampling Immortal School didn't mean that they could take on the Genesis Sanctum. That would be like a mantis trying to stop a war chariot. As for Jadefall refusing to go to dinner, that was a clear slap in the face to the junior pontiff. If word got out about it, how would they maintain their reputation? The only way to eliminate the humiliation would be to wipe the Will Manifestation Heaven Sect out, all the way down to the chickens and dogs.

In the blink of an eye, the situation grew very tense.

There were people from other sects who were in the area that were being escorted to their own quarters, and they looked on silently, wondering why the Will Manifestation Heaven Sect was being so obstinate.

"Very well," Sectlord Will Manifestation said. "The junior pontiff of the Genesis Sanctum is no one to take lightly, and if we refuse his invitation, he'll turn into a dangerous enemy. Jadefall, why don't you accept the invitation, but take Yang Qi with you?"

"Yes sir," she replied. "If it's with Yang Qi, then of course I'll go."

"Er… the Young Sir only extended the invitation to one person. It definitely wasn't intended for this loafer."

"Oh?" Jadefall said. "In that case, go ahead and tell the Young Sir that I appreciate his kind invitation, but must refuse it."

"You!" the young women spat, visibly furious.

At this point, Zi Qiong stepped forward. "How about all three of us go? Considering that I'm an Inheritor of the Great Necropolis, I'm sure the junior pontiff will be happy to have me.

'An Inheritor?' The young women appraised her with glittering eyes. At this point, she was coming to the conclusion that sitting around bickering with these people would be a big loss of face for them. Besides, they also knew that the junior pontiff could easily kill this naive Yang Qi if he wanted to.

And it was true that the junior pontiff wouldn't pass up the chance to entertain an Inheritor. Besides, she was beautiful, and the junior pontiff liked to surround himself with as many beautiful women as possible.

A moment later, one of the young women said, "Fine. Come with us."

Yang Qi smiled coldly. There was no way this junior pontiff was up to any good, although he was curious to see what his cultivation base was like.

There was no way he was on the level of the Shepherd, and even the Shepherd hadn't been able to deal with Yang Qi, and had even lost the Mahātmā Jade to him.

They headed to a nearby teleportation portal, which whirred to life and sent them to a location deeper inside Destructionless Castle. The vital energy was particularly strong here, and Yang Qi could sense a destructionless will seeping into his sea of consciousness, causing it to twitch energetically.

Everything in this area glittered with crystalline radiance, making the place seem reminiscent of the god world. There were even places where Yang Qi could spot godhood embedded in the walls!

There were also statues that looked to be the corpses of perished gods!

If the legion of gods knew of this, they would surely seek to wipe the Genesis Sanctum out of existence. They might be impressive, but if a true god arrived, even a weakling Lesser God, they would easily be able to destroy the place.

Eventually, their path led to an enormous dining hall within the palace. There was a long table arrayed with a feast of aromatic food and the finest liquors. Beautiful serving girls stood off to the side, waiting to attend to the diners.

One such serving girl approached them, and shockingly, she was a Terrifying expert. When she caught sight of Yang Qi and Zi Qiong, her expression flickered with displeasure.

When the escorts explained what had led to the current situation, the Terrifying servant girl's eyes flashed with killing intent. Glaring at Yang Qi, she said, "You will wait here. The Young Sir has no intention of dining with you. As for this Inheritor, well, the Young Sir would love to meet her. Please, come in."

Even as Yang Qi chuckled coldly and Jadefall was preparing to say something, Zi Qiong cut in: "Purrling, these people want your mommy's man to stay outside. What do you think we should do?"

Purr. Purr...

The surrounding young women's faces immediately turned white, making it clear that they knew exactly what this pink, pig-like godling could do.

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Chapter 1038: Swords Drawn and Arrows Nocked

"Quiet, Zi Qiong," Yang Qi said, and she immediately closed her mouth. All of a sudden, everyone present felt an immense aura of majesty filling the area. Before, Yang Qi had kept his aura reined in, which led to everyone assuming he was just some low-level disciple. After all, those who weren't in the Terrifying level were like children to those who were.

"Yes sir, Junior Sectlord!" Zi Qiong said, taking a step back. From the killing intent she could now sense in Yang Qi, she knew it wasn't a time to joke around or talk nonsense.

The purrling evidently sensed the same thing, and it began purring even more loudly. However, it didn't spit out any bubbles, but instead looked around curiously, mostly at Yang Qi.

Yang Qi ignored the purrling, and instead looked into the dining hall.

'Junior Sectlord?'

Everyone present was shaken, and had obviously been caught completely off guard about Yang Qi's status as a junior sectlord. Even the Inheritor, Zi Qiong, meekly followed his orders, and it was obviously not because of his title, but because of his own merits. Not even the junior pontiff of the Genesis Sanctum got such treatment. Although he was strong, the truth was that people followed his orders and treated him respectfully because of who supported him from behind the scenes, not because of his own strength.

Obviously, there was more to this junior sectlord than met the eye.

At this point, a languid voice echoed out from the dining hall. "Oh? So the junior sectlord of the Will Manifestation Heaven Sect decided to come along? I seem to remember your sect used to have three Inheritors. Shi Yuan, Xi Hua, and Zi Qiong. How come there's only one left? You would think that one of them would've been chosen as the junior sectlord. Why did some random nobody get picked instead?"

The voice was filled with immense psychic fluctuations that seemed to be targeting Yang Qi.

Yang Qi provided no visible reaction. Instead, he said, "That's some impressive psychic power, Sire. You're quite the expert. Would you mind taking us to meet this junior pontiff of yours?"

'What?! Wasn't that the junior pontiff talking just now?' Jadefall and Zi Qiong were both thinking as they exchanged a glance. The voice just now had seemed as majestic as a mountain, and both of them had assumed it was the junior pontiff, not one of his followers.

"Let them in, A'yu," the voice said. "He can actually stand up to my psychic barrage, and even deduce my identity from it. Quite extraordinary, Junior Sectlord. The junior pontiff does want to meet you, so I'll let you off the hook this time."

Swish!

A door opened at the end of the hall, revealing an even more spectacular scene beyond. Within the luxurious and extravagant chamber was an old man dressed in pure white, seemingly untainted by even a speck of dust. This was the person who had just spoken, and while his eyes were initially focused on Yang Qi, they quickly shifted to the purrling.

His cultivation base was immense, clearly no weaker than Sectlord Will Manifestation.

The most eye-catching item in the spread of food was a whole roasted godling. Its fangs and claws were ferociously bared, but its innards had been removed and replaced with all sorts of fragrant spices from the god world.

Zi Qiong shivered at the sight of it. "That's a cloudgyre from the god world. They're very formidable, and have killed plenty of Terrifying experts in ambushes on the Ancient Road to the Gods."

Suddenly, the sound of soft applause reached their ears and they noticed a young man sitting at the other end of the table in a royal throne, looking down at all of them.

Then a suffocating aura weighed down on them.

Purr, purr...

All of sudden, the purrling began making noise again, making it seem like it might start spitting bubbles again.

"So, it's an Inheritor," the young man said. "Miss Zi Qiong. It was a mistake not to invite you to this banquet, I offer my apologies for that. Please, I hope you'll extend me the honor of accepting a belated invitation."

"Junior Pontiff, it's good to see you treat the worthy with courtesy," Zi Qiong replied immediately. "You have my sincere admiration, and it's only natural that I accept your invitation."

Considering what Zi Qiong was like, she instantly recognized the wicked intent flickering in the junior pontiff's eyes. She was treacherous and sinister herself, so how could she not guess at what he was thinking? He was very strong, and although he was treating the women very courteously, there was no doubt that he wanted Yang Qi dead as soon as possible.

"I offer my greetings, Junior Pontiff," Yang Qi said. He offered a formal salute with both hands, then casually found a chair and sat down.

"Get up out of that chair," the junior pontiff said, and although his facial expression didn't change, his tone of voice became extremely cold. "You might be the junior sectlord of the Will Manifestation Heaven Sect, but that sect isn't particularly important on the Ancient Road to the Gods. And you dare to act so casually in front of me? How amazing... how oh so very amazing...'

Instantly, the atmosphere became very tense.

However, Yang Qi didn't move a muscle, much less rise to his feet. "It's a real pity, Junior Pontiff, to find that you're so narrow-minded. In fact, you clearly don't have what it takes to contend with the Woodfern Couple Palace. I think perhaps the Will Manifestation Heaven Sect ought to spend more time with them than you."

"What incredible gall!" said the old man in white. "You've got a lot of guts to come here and say things like that. Aren't you worried about your sect getting wiped out of existence? I noticed that you're a talented fellow, so I let you in here in the hopes that you might join the junior pontiff's cause. Instead, you act like someone who doesn't know the difference between good and bad?"

"How about you shut the hell up, you damned servant!?" Yang Qi barked, slapping his palm down on the table.

CRACK!

The entire table shattered, sending fine alcohol and food splattering everywhere and startling everyone present. How could anyone have imagined that something like this would happen? How could anyone have the audacity to destroy the banquet table of the junior pontiff of the Genesis Sanctum!?

Even the old man was stunned into silence and was simply staring at Yang Qi, wondering how someone could be so aggressive and unreasonable.

Meanwhile, the junior pontiff shot to his feet in astonishment. After staring at Yang Qi for a moment, he waved his hand and said, "Clear the room and prepare the torture chamber!"

"Yes sir!"

RUMBLE!

The beautiful servant girls suddenly backed up as a host of armored soldiers poured into the room. Their armor looked to be leather, but it obviously wasn't ordinary leather. In fact, it seemed to be made from the skin of dead gods!

The soldiers efficiently removed the wreckage of the table, then hurried to stand in ranks off to the side.

As this happened, Yang Qi remained seated in his chair, with Zi Qiong and Jadefall standing on either side of him. Inside, Zi Qiong was getting very worried. She knew that the Genesis Sanctum was one of the absolute top sects on the Ancient Road to the Gods, so how could she not feel a bit nervous? When Yang Qi had smashed the banquet table, he had pushed things beyond the point of repair and now the swords were drawn and the arrows were nocked.

That said, she and Jadefall both simply stood there waiting to follow Yang Qi's lead.

"It seems you don't understand how important I am, Junior Pontiff," Yang Qi said. "You've really underestimated me. The little formation you've set up here is a far cry from anything that could contain me. Unless your pontiff himself shows his face, you won't be doing anything to me today."

"You've really got some guts," the junior pontiff said. "Well, that's fine. You're the first person I've ever met who's this gutsy. You even went so far as to destroy my table. In the entire history of the Genesis Sanctum, no one has ever dared to act so presumptuously at our dinner table!"

"Nobody?" Yang Qi replied. "From what I've heard, the Genesis Sanctum has actually been pushed around a lot by the Executors of the Ancient Road. They've even killed some of your people."

"You!" the old man shouted, yet again taken aback at how wildly presumptuous Yang Qi was being. "Do you really think your Will Manifestation Heaven Sect is on the same level as the Executors of the Ancient Road!?"

"I was speaking metaphorically, that's all," Yang Qi replied coolly. "Look, there's no need for this act of yours. Let's all be honest. I'm a junior sectlord, and you're a junior pontiff. We essentially have the same standing. Do we really need to stand here with swords drawn and arrows nocked? Do we really need to have some life-or-death standoff? When you meet someone stronger than you, you get on your knees. It's simple. Why are you acting so high and mighty?"

"Junior sectlord?" the old man said. "In the presence of people like us, you're nothing but a joke. And the Will Manifestation Heaven Sect is a joke, too. Our junior pontiff could issue a single order and have your sect razed to the ground. He wouldn't even need to lift a finger; there would be plenty of other sects who would jump to do his bidding. Luckily for you, there is virtue in sparing animal life, so we'll give you one chance to get out of this alive. Give these two women as concubines to our junior pontiff, and agree to be his servant. In that case, you people can live."

Looking at Zi Qiong and Jadefall, the junior pontiff said, "This matter doesn't have anything to do with the two of you, so please step aside. I tend to have tender, protective feelings for the fairer sex, and I would hate to see you two hurt. The criminal here is your junior sectlord, but don't worry, after I execute him I won't hold the Will Manifestation Heaven Sect responsible."

"Who do you think we are, Junior Pontiff?" Zi Qiong said. "Jadefall and I are with the junior sectlord. Do you really think we would just agree to be your concubines? Very funny. Although, it's not out of the question. For example, if you go and kill a hundred Inheritors and give their godpower seeds to me, then I might join you."

Meanwhile, Yang Qi just sat there quietly, glad to see that Zi Qiong was following his lead.

"Enough blathering, Junior Pontiff," Jadefall said. "We're all old hands from the Ancient Road to the Gods, so we know exactly what you're thinking. The whole reason you invited me here was to get this purrling of mine, right? Why are you beating around the bush? If you think you can get what you want with some clever tricks, you're wrong. And not even you can pay the price necessary to wipe out the Will Manifestation Heaven Sect. Did you know that the Executors of the Ancient Road came to wipe us out, but failed? We sent them back home with their tails between their legs."

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Chapter 1039: Calm and Unruffled

After Jadefall openly laid bare the junior pontiff's plan, quite a few people present suddenly looked very awkward. Obviously, everyone knew what the junior pontiff was planning, but they had all been working hard to put on a pretense of propriety. But now, Jadefall's casually spoken words made them all seem like common hoodlums.

The truth was that the dinner had been set up for exactly the reasons Jadefall had said.

But then Yang Qi went and shattered the banquet table, not only putting an end to the illusion, but also putting on a display of might.

"I'm very disappointed in you two," the junior pontiff said after a moment. Shaking his head and trying to look sad, he said, "I never would've thought that you would be so petty and suspicious. I guess that's what I should expect from people like you. You've really hurt my feelings, you know. Originally I had a good impression of you, but unfortunately, I really can't let your insults go unanswered. You've openly profaned the dignity of the Genesis Sanctum."

"Can you stop the jabbering?" Jadefall said coolly. "Other people might fear the Genesis Sanctum, but not us. It was really infantile thinking on your part to assume that this dinner trick would be enough to get you what you want. If people found out about all this, I don't see how the Genesis Sanctum could possibly win popular support. I suggest we just call things even here. Otherwise, news could spread, and the Woodfern Couple Palace will use it as an excuse to make a move on you."

Tossing aside all concern over face, the junior pontiff growled, "If the Woodfern Couple Palace wants a fight, they can have it. I've been planning to deal with them anyway. As for your trifling little sect, I'll wipe it out if I have to. If word spreads about what happened today, your Will Manifestation Heaven Sect will be cleansed with blood. Here's what's going to happen. You, and you. You two are going to be my concubines. As for your junior sectlord, he can leave alive if he crawls out on his hands and knees. Think this through well. In the end, you aren't going to be leaving here. At the moment, you're in a location as dangerous as a dragon's pool or a tiger's den."

"As dangerous as a dragon's pool or a tiger's den?" Yang Qi said, looking completely calm and unruffled as he sat there. "Do you really think you can do anything to me with this pitiful force?"

The junior pontiff burst out laughing. "Pitiful force? Every single person here is a veteran of numerous battles. Unit 1, please introduce yourselves to this junior sectlord."

"Yes sir!"

RUMBLE!

A burly man stepped forward, clad in god-skin armor that included a helmet. Reaching up and opening the helmet, he revealed a face that was a mass of terrifying scars.

"Listen up, boy," he said. "Back on the Ancient Road to the Gods, I was known as Patriarch Scarface."

Leaning over, Zi Qiong explained, "Patriarch Scarface is known as a top expert who once challenged the leaders of several dozen superpower sects to combat. None of them could deal with him. He was considered the most powerful bandit on the Ancient Road to the Gods, until the executors caught up with him. Everyone said he was killed, but apparently he joined the Genesis Sanctum."

One by one, all of the other soldiers stepped forward, opened their helmets and stated their names. All of them were despotic figures from the Ancient Road to the Gods who had once been considered invincible fighters.

When they were finished with the introductions, Jadefall said, "Thanks for proving that you really are a pitiful force. My purrling could wipe you all out with a single bubble. Don't believe me?"

Very serious expressions suddenly appeared on the faces of everyone present. By now, word about the pink little purrling had spread to all of the sects, and everyone had heard about how a single bubble had caused the sectlord of the Void-Trampling Immortal School to beg for mercy.

"It's just an infant godling, that's all," the junior pontiff said. "Eunuch Chen, go over and take that thing!"

"Yes sir, Junior Pontiff!" said the old man in white. Then he turned into a blur of motion that moved with such speed no one could track his movement.

Swish!

All of a sudden, his hand was closing in on the purrling!

Purr!

The purrling swelled up as if in anger, making it look completely different from moments before. Then an enormous bubble flew out of its mouth.

"Aaaiiiieee!"

The white-garbed Eunuch Chen was now hanging in the middle of the bubble, his energy arts completely useless, a look of horror on his face.

"Be broken!" he shouted, unleashing immense true energy and godpower.

It did nothing.

Purr...

With a purr, the purrling caused the bubble to start shrinking.

"Junior Pontiff," Eunuch Chen screamed, "help me! Save me! No. Wait. Get out of here, Junior Pontiff! You can't deal with this thing. It'll kill you. Hurry and inform the pontiff. You... AIIIEE—"

Purr. Purr...

More bubbles flew out of the purrling's mouth, instantly capturing the dozens of intimidating warriors who had, just moments ago, revealed that they were despotic, famed figures from the Ancient Road to the Gods.

None of them stood any chance of evading the bubbles. Not even fleeing outside of the three realms or five phases would do them any good. All of them were trapped.

Screams rang out as a scene from hell played out. Within the bubbles, the soldiers' armor was melted into nothing, and they began writhing as they beat against the bubbles, trying to free themselves. It was all to no avail.

"Save us, Junior Pontiff! Hurry, save us!"

But the junior pontiff did nothing except stare at the purrling and prepare to flee for his life. Before, he had assumed that the story of the purrling vanquishing the leader of the Void-Trampling Immortal School was an exaggeration. Little did he know that the purrling was actually far more terrifying than the stories revealed.

'Just what exactly is that thing?'

He had spent years building up the forces of his Unit 1, only to have them defeated in the blink of an eye by a handful of bubbles. They were being slaughtered like pigs or dogs! What kind of entity could possibly be strong enough to do that?

Was this thing an infant version of the king of the godmammoths?

Supposedly, the king of the godmammoths was the most powerful godling ever created by the Sovereign Lord. He had been created to suppress hells, but had long since disappeared along with the Sovereign Lord. How could he be present here?

Even more ridiculous, this purrling looked more like a pig than an elephant. And it certainly didn't have a trunk. It was bright pink, constantly purred, and never ate food.

If it ate, that would be a different matter, as it would prove that it used energy and power. But the fact that it didn't eat seemed to indicate that it didn't need energy to operate. And that only made it even more terrifying.

One by one, the cultivators in the bubbles died. Although Yang Qi was confident he could have dealt with them on his own, it would have taken some work. And with the junior pontiff in the mix, he would eventually have been forced to retreat. But a few bubbles from the purrling instantly took care of them. What was this thing?

'Could it handle someone on the level of the Shepherd?' he thought. 'Wouldn't something that strong be considered invincible on the Ancient Road to the Gods?'

Purr. Purr...

After spitting out the bubbles, the purrling stretched lazily. No one had any idea what it was thinking, as it didn't seem inclined to make a move on the junior pontiff.

Meanwhile, the junior pontiff was trembling in fear. Eunuch Chen was his personal steward, a man with an incredibly high cultivation base and all sorts of secret weapons at his disposal. He was the kind of person who could evade all sorts of attacks, and had a host of clones he could use to protect himself.

In fact, he had been called "Master of a Thousand Clones".

Yet a single bubble had been enough to do him in. His final words had been a warning to go and seek help from the pontiff himself. However, the junior pontiff couldn't quite bring himself to simply flee in terror.

Thankfully for him, Jadefall didn't attack him, but instead, coldly said, "Well, Junior Pontiff, now you know how terrifying my purrling is; you aren't even close to being a match for it. Our Will Manifestation Heaven Sect isn't interested in insulting you, so let's just pretend that none of today's events ever happened."

WHOOSH!

The junior pontiff suddenly vanished, and in the same moment, the entire hall they were in trembled, and black smoke began pouring into it. At the same time, the floor fell away, revealing a bottomless pit.

Maniacal laughter rang out. "Maybe I can't do anything to you, but I can still use a spell formation to trap you. Please enjoy the Destructionless Nine Revolutions God Formation!"

Purr...

Another bubble emerged. This time, it surrounded Yang Qi, Jadefall, and Zi Qiong, making them impervious to all attacks.

"Your purrling is really strong," the junior pontiff said. "But how long can it hold out? You can't just stay trapped in my formation forever, you know!"

However, the purrling seemed to be intentionally making fun of him as it spat out another bubble, which expanded to encompass the entire area. A moment later, the dining room became visible again, and a spell formation could be seen within the second bubble, pulsing with black smoke.

"Damn you!" the junior pontiff howled, then vanished without a trace, obviously terrified at the prospect of being stuck inside a bubble.

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Chapter 1040: Shattering the Enemy Ranks

The enemy ranks had been completely shattered.

They were cleanly defeated, and hadn't posed even the slightest threat. Yang Qi, Zi Qiong, and Jadefall hadn't even lifted a finger. The purrling had simply used a few bubbles to devastate the enemy forces and destroy the formation. As for the junior pontiff, he just ran away, having no courage to stick around and fight.

The only enemy who might have dared to stand and fight would be a mid Terrifying expert, such as the pontiff himself.

That said, Yang Qi was fairly certain that not even the pontiff could overcome the purrling. He had seen mid Terrifying experts such as the Shepherd, and while he had to admit that they were formidable, at this point he was fairly certain that even he could beat one in a fight.

Now that he had the purrling on his side, there was definitely nobody who could cause problems for him. Although he wasn't sure what the bubbles were, they were as impossible to escape from as the Myriad Worlds Monarch Chart was for ordinary people.

Thankfully, in the moment the purrling was actually born, Yang Qi had imbued it with his true energy, psychic power, and will, ensuring that it was very familiar with him.

In this fight, the purrling had shown what it was truly capable of. Countless experts had been felled, and an incredible spell formation had even ended up destroyed.

The purrling was incredible beyond measure.

It was little wonder that countless gods had once fought fiercely to gain control of it. Although, Yang Qi couldn't help but wonder where it originally came from. And he wondered if it would grow to maturity. If it was this powerful after only a few days of being alive, what would it be like in a few years?

"Let's go," he said. "I'm not interested in bickering with the Genesis Sanctum right now. I doubt the junior pontiff will try to pull a trick like this again. What a complete joke."

Off to the side, Zi Qiong's heart was pounding in her chest. Before, she had feared Yang Qi, but now that she had seen what Jadefall's purrling could do, she was far more fearful of it than of Yang Qi himself.

She knew that if she were to be caught in one of its bubbles, she would be completely helpless to do anything.

'I wonder how the purrling compares to the Mahātmā Jade,' Yang Qi thought. 'Could the jade actually absorb the purrling or its energy? Except, the purrling doesn't actually have any true energy. Apparently, it has no use for power, which means it definitely can't cultivate the True-Devil Unspoiled-by-Myriad-Kalpas-and-Tribulations Body.'

"Seems the junior pontiff is scared out of his mind," he said. "Purrling, you really did well here. Is there anything I can give you as a reward? You took a lot of Great Necropolis godpower when you were born, but now it seems like you don't need any other type of power. Is it that you want Great Necropolis godpower seeds?" All of a sudden, a godpower seed appeared in his hand.

However, the purrling didn't even look at it, simply continuing to wriggle and roll about in Jadefall's arms.

"The Great Necropolis godpower wasn't sent into the purrling, we just used it to break open the shell," Jadefall said. "I don't think the purrling needs any type of power. I suspect it has its own power inside of it, similar to heaven and earth. It generates everything it needs, so it doesn't require external additions."

Yang Qi nodded. "Truly spectacular. I wonder if we could use the purrling to defeat both the Genesis Sanctum and the Woodfern Couple Palace."

"There's no way our Will Manifestation Heaven Sect could lead the alliance, is there?" Zi Qiong asked.

"Would being the leader actually be a good thing?" Yang Qi said. He shook his head. "Although it would give access to immense universal fortune, it would put us right in the crosshairs of the Executors of the Ancient Road, the Fiend-Devil League, and the Future Age. And I'm not sure we have enough truly powerful experts to deal with a threat of that level."

"You mean without the purrling?" Zi Qiong replied. "I would say it counts as a truly powerful expert."

"It is, but I'm not sure we can rely on it. We can't make all our plans based on the help of a godling, no matter how strong it is. But if I could break through to the Terrifying level and unlock the secrets of the Mahātmā Jade, then I might be in the position to fight the emperor of the executors."

"Mahātmā Jade? What's that?" Zi Qiong had never heard of such a thing, and couldn't help but ask about it. However, worried that she might give the wrong impression by asking about such matters, she quickly added another question. "Junior Sectlord, do you think that if you became a Grand Emperor, it might make it easier to make your breakthrough to the Terrifying level?"

Yang Qi shook his head. "Unfortunately, no. Let's go. We shouldn't stay here any longer."

Yang Qi waved his hand, summoning a vortex that they stepped into. Moments later, they were back with the forces of the Will Manifestation Heaven Sect, who were currently in one of the main halls in Destructionless Castle, drinking tea with some other sect leaders. The other sect leaders sat at tables, flanked by the young ones from their various organizations, who all carried themselves with dignity and splendor.

When the sectlord and the others saw Yang Qi, Zi Qiong, and Jadefall returning, they reacted with visible surprise. Then they noticed the purrling wriggling in Jadefall's arms.

"What happened?" Sectlord Will Manifestation asked, eyes flashing. "Why are you back so early from the dinner with the junior pontiff? Did something happen?" The sectlord was a clever and experienced individual. Because of that, not only did he fear the Genesis Sanctum, but he had also been aware that something fishy was going on with the junior pontiff.

Yang Qi nodded. "Don't worry, Sectlord. We took care of things."

The sectlord immediately felt relieved; he had the utmost faith in Yang Qi's ability to handle matters. After all, he had run circles around the Executors of the Ancient Road, and had even snuck into the Hell of Sages and Mahātmās to steal some treasure. Obviously, there were few people who could match up to him. Although, in this situation, he didn't make the connection that it was actually the purrling who had taken action, and not Yang Qi. If he knew the truth, he would likely have been stunned into silence.

The sectlords seated nearby were all friends of the Will Manifestation Heaven Sect from various superpower sects on the Ancient Road to the Gods. They and the young elite disciples flanking them were visibly taken aback to see someone who wasn't even in the Terrifying level talking so casually with Sectlord Will Manifestation.

"And this is...?" one of them said.

"This is the junior sectlord of our sect, Yang Qi. Yang Qi, why don't you offer greetings to the various sectlords?"

"Yes sir!" he replied, and offered polite, formal greetings, being neither servile nor overbearing.

In response, some of the sectlords clicked their tongues in admiration, while others were clearly not convinced that the situation was appropriate.

If the junior sectlord had been Jadefall with her purrling, or Zi Qiong the Inheritor, they might have found it easier to accept. But for someone without Terrifying will to have such an important position seemed inappropriate. On the Ancient Road to the Gods, power reigned supreme, so even if Yang Qi had been the son of Sectlord Will Manifestation, it wouldn't have been enough to earn him the position of junior sectlord.

Yang Qi could immediately tell what they were thinking.

Before he could do anything, one of the sectlords said, "Sectlord Will Manifestation, although this junior sectlord of yours doesn't have a very high cultivation base, there must be some reason you appointed him to the position. Although this assembly is primarily being called to select a league-lord, there will surely be some competition amongst the members of the younger generation. Standing behind me is the junior pontifex of our Church of Righteousness. Although he and the younger ones like him are generally inexperienced and immature, I'm still curious to see how they match up to each other. What do you say he and your junior sectlord have a little match-up?"

Standing behind the pontifex of the Church of Righteousness was the junior pontifex, who held himself tall and straight, with his hands clasped behind his back, making him look as imposing as a mountain. At first glance, everyone was struck by the fact that he was the picture of a top expert.

"I agree!" he said. Clasping hands to Yang Qi, he continued, "Junior Sectlord, why don't we compare fighting tips, being careful to hold back and not inflict serious injuries?"

Yang Qi waved his hand dismissively. "Compare fighting tips? There's no need."

"What?!" Quite a few looks of contempt appeared on the faces of the sect leaders and junior sect leaders. They might be considered friends, but even they would despise someone who shrank from a fight. The challenger had even openly said he would hold back, yet Yang Qi still was afraid to fight? That seemed to call into question his qualifications to be the junior sectlord. If word of this spread, it would definitely lead to widespread contempt of the Will Manifestation Heaven Sect.

In response, Sectlord Will Manifestation didn't say a word; obviously, he knew that Yang Qi had a plan in all this. By now, he had come to view Yang Qi, not as someone from the younger generation, but rather as a vicious and merciless figure who could rebuke heaven and earth.

"I said I would hold back," the junior pontifex said. "Don't worry, I won't hurt you, Junior Sectlord. The Church of Righteousness is friends with the Will Manifestation Heaven Sect. Besides, although this sect assembly has been called to select a league lord from among the sect leaders, there will also be plenty of chances for interaction amongst us sect successors. How could we advance the interests of our sects without such interaction?"

"That's right," another junior sect leader said in a mocking tone. "What's the big deal about comparing fighting tips? In fact, I think I'd like to have a little competition with the junior pontifex. I'll even ask for advice from all the onlookers too."

"Yeah, we younger ones have to have some fun somehow."

"I can't believe this guy doesn't even dare to participate in some play fighting. How could he possibly be qualified to lead a sect?"

Quite a few of the younger ones present were openly laughing.

All of them seemed interested in "comparing fighting tips", and anyone who refused to do so would be held in contempt.

"My point wasn't that I didn't want to fight," Yang Qi said. "I just meant that it's a foregone conclusion that I'll win." Jaws dropped, and everyone looked at Yang Qi as if he were crazy.

"What do you mean?" Zi Qiong said. Not even she was sure of exactly what Yang Qi meant.

"Come on, Junior Sectlord," the junior pontifex said. "Are you really that deluded?"

In response, Yang Qi extended his hand, within which was a glistening, thumb-sized sphere. "Isn't this your Righteous Śarīra?"

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Chapter 1041: Bowling Over the Heroes

"That is my Righteous Śarīra!" the junior pontifex said in a quavering voice. "I built it with three thousand conglomerations of true energy, and it should be secure in my sea of energy! How did you get it?!"

Everyone present was completely stunned.

Righteous Śarīras were the foundation of the Church of Righteousness. Every member would form one in their sea of energy, based on the functions of the three thousand great daos. In fact, each śarīra could be considered a great dao of its own, and could provide boundless power and might.

Yet the junior pontifex's śarīra had somehow been taken away from him without him even noticing. It was as shocking as if someone had removed his heart or lungs without his knowledge.

How could this possibly have happened? The stunned junior pontifex simply stared as Yang Qi flicked his finger, sending the śarīra flying back to him. He quickly inhaled it and sent it back into his sea of energy, then circulated his true energy.

"Does that count as me winning?" Yang Qi said coolly.

"Absolutely not!" the junior pontifex said. "You must have used some sort of special magical treasure to do that!" Obviously, the junior pontifex simply refused to believe that Yang Qi could possibly have an ability that profound.

"Ai. Then I guess I need to actually fight."

Suddenly, he blurred into motion, appearing right in front of the junior pontifex. The junior pontifex chopped his hand out in an attack, but Yang Qi simply grabbed his wrist and wrenched him up into the air.

"My apologies," he said. Before anything else could happen, Yang Qi shot back to his original position. Meanwhile, the junior pontifex hung there in the air for what seemed a very long moment before slamming down to the ground.

There were a host of top experts present, yet Yang Qi had moved with such supernatural speed that no one could track his movements.

Zi Qiong was even convinced that he had improved his cultivation base recently, as he seemed more terrifying now than he had been in the past, and hadn't even emitted any energy fluctuations. She even wondered if he had somehow gained enlightenment from the purrling.

The purrling also seemed surprised, and looked at Yang Qi for a moment before shaking its head. From the gleam in its eyes, it also seemed to suspect that Yang Qi had learned something from it.

The truth was that Yang Qi had indeed been studying the purrling, and the knowledge he had gained had been percolating in his mind. He could now see certain things that other people could not, the reason being that he was essentially standing on the shoulders of three different giants. The Sovereign Lord, King Immortal-Slayer, and the boundless True Devil.

Normally speaking, their three energy arts weren't compatible, but he could fuse them together in shocking fashion.

Thanks to the workings of his Unspoiled Body, combined with the Strength of the Hell-Crushing Godmammoth, he was able to use the purrling's energy arts as a point of reference to improve himself.

By taking scattered bits of the purrling's abilities, he was getting to the point of forming his true energy into things like bubbles. And he had decided to call this ability the Purrfect God Art.

Although the Purrfect God Art was only in the initial stages of development, the more enlightenment he gained, the more formidable it would become.

Shivering, the junior pontifex climbed to his feet, his vision swimming. Moments ago, he had felt like little more than a mortal as Yang Qi threw him up into the air. He hadn't even had a chance to unleash any of his energy arts before Yang Qi was back in his original position. Yang Qi had exhibited a speed and skill that could only be acclaimed as the acme of perfection.

"There's no way you could be that skilled!" the junior pontifex said. "That was definitely a trick!"

In fact, he was just about to continue fighting when the pontifex of the Church of Righteousness said, "Enough. You're no match for him. Junior Sectlord Yang Qi, you have my sincere admiration."

The pontifex could tell that Yang Qi was vastly more powerful than any ordinary person, to the point where not even he was confident in being able to fight him.

"I'm impressed!" someone said, accompanying their words with soft applause. At a nearby table sat a man dressed as a scholar, accompanied by several disciples who were also dressed as scholars. On the table in front of the man was a jug of alcohol so fragrant that everyone was convinced it must have come from the god world.

"They're from the Heaven and Earth Academy," Zi Qiong explained. "They're a huge sect of scholars and confucians, with incredible energy arts. They're very powerful. They developed ceremonial rites that they originally hoped to spread throughout the immortal worlds, although they never managed to do so. That said, they're very strong, probably as much as a few dozen ordinary superpower sects put together. I heard that their leader has been in seclusion trying to reach the Terrifying level, although he has yet to succeed."

Yang Qi nodded. "Might you have any advice for me, Sire?"

"I wouldn't dare to give advice to you," the scholar replied. "However, I happen to have this jug of fine alcohol from the god world. Considering how strong you are, would you be interested in drinking with us?"

Another of the scholars laughed heartily. "Exactly. It's a disgrace for educated people to care only about fighting and killing. Why not have a drinking contest to see who's more heroic? If you can handle our god world liquor, the Heaven and Earth Academy will definitely consider you a friend."

"Sure thing," Yang Qi said. "Is this the fine alcohol you're talking about?" All of a sudden, the onlookers realized that he was holding a jug of extremely fragrant alcohol. Everyone present gaped in amazement.

The scholar immediately looked back to the table and saw that his jug of alcohol was still there, prompting him to chuckle. "Is this some sort of joke, Younger Brother? This alcohol is—"

However, even as he reached out to grab the jug, his eyes widened as his hand passed right through it. It was nothing but an illusion, which subsequently faded into nothing. Somehow, Yang Qi had taken the real jug and substituted it with a fake.

All of the scholars were flabbergasted.

WHOOSH!

Yang Qi blurred into motion, moving around the table so quickly that nobody could see what he was doing.

"What do you think, ladies and gentlemen? Impressed? Please, let's drink together." Everyone looked down at their drinking bowls and saw that they were full of alcohol.

The group of scholars immediately raised their bowls and downed the alcohol in one shot, then burst out laughing.

"Incredible. Truly incredible! Whatever movement technique or energy art you used just now, it was amazing!"

"I'd like to ask all of you to rise!" Yang Qi said, settling back in his chair. All of a sudden, everything trembled violently and the scholars felt some sort of incredible power forcing them to stand. Whatever energy arts they used to try to resist were completely useless, and they were all forced to stand, looks of amazement on their face.

"And now, sit!"

Yang Qi's energy arts once again surged and the scholars sat back down. It was now obvious that he hadn't used a movement technique or a magical treasure, but instead, his energy arts.

How could anyone present have guessed that the junior sectlord of the Will Manifestation Heaven Sect would be this powerful?

A moment later, a burly man sitting at another table said, "As the houselord of the House of Martial Buddhas, I'm very interested to see whose fist technique is superior, Junior Sectlord, yours or mine. As before, we will hold back and not inflict serious injuries."

It was to be a martial competition, but considering that the houselord was a friend, it would obviously be a friendly match with no killing intent. That much was made obvious by his wording.

"I wouldn't dare to claim any superiority, Houselord," Yang Qi said, "and can only ask that you show me mercy." With that, he blurred into motion, appearing right in front of the houselord. Although his movement technique seemed to make him as weightless as a floating willow catkin, it made him seem as heavy and powerful as a mountain at the same time.

Just what kind of power could do that?

The houselord's expression flickered as he realized how powerful this Yang Qi must be. However, he kept his cool and said, "I have a technique called the Declivity Chain Hammer, that I just recently mastered. It contains a total of eighty-one stances. Be careful, Junior Sectlord!"

This fight was very different from before, as Yang Qi was now tangling with one of the sect leaders. Obviously, all of the other sect leaders were watching very closely to see how things would play out.

RUMBLE!

Houselord Martial Buddha struck out with his fist and the entire area trembled from the onslaught of fist energy. Everyone had expected him to unleash a whole series of moves, but much to their surprise, he only used one. However, that one fist strike instantly split into eighty-one shadowy projections that shot directly toward Yang Qi.

Just what level of fist technique was required to unleash eighty-one stances within a single move?

The entire room was now trembling violently. Thankfully, it was located in the middle of Destructionless Castle, which had unimaginably powerful magical laws, otherwise it would have instantly been reduced to rubble.

In response to this move, Yang Qi unexpectedly remained in place. Then, he swirled his hands out in front of him in a circular arc that conformed to the profundities of the good fortune of heaven and earth. Instantly, the move connected to all of the various fist energies rushing toward him.

Next, eighty-one popping sounds rang out, indicating that Yang Qi was directly meeting the strikes launched by Houselord Martial Buddha.

Bang!

Houselord Martial Buddha shivered and his face turned crimson, but he didn't stagger back.

"Incredible, Junior Sectlord," he said. "Simply incredible. The Will Manifestation Heaven Sect truly has an incredible asset in you. You have my sincere admiration. And I'm fully aware that you left me some face by not going all out." With that, Houselord Martial Buddha turned to Sectlord Will Manifestation and said, "Where did you find this freak? From what I can tell, he's stronger than you!"

Sectlord Will Manifestation nodded approvingly at Yang Qi.

However, he was still wondering why Yang Qi seemed so much stronger after coming back early from the banquet.

1. Yes, I know. Groan. To be clear, the Chinese version of this energy art is similarly silly. That said, the Chinese version does not contain wordplay to imply "perfect". That comes from me, as I tried to come up with something that would connect the art, the creature, and the sounds the creature makes. I actually came up with a few different options, but ended up going with this one in the end.

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Chapter 1042: Bowling Over the Heroes Part 2

The onlookers were abuzz after watching the match between Yang Qi and Houselord Martial Buddha.

"Brother Wang, what do you think of the boy's cultivation base?"

"Incredible. Simply incredible. Houselord Martial Buddha's eighty-one fist stances are all viciously powerful, so much so that they can easily destroy virtually anything in existence. I can't believe the boy was able to stand up to them."

"Is he really just the junior sectlord of the Will Manifestation Heaven Sect? What if he's the child of a god, who was somehow banished down into the mortal world? Look, he's not even in the Terrifying level yet!"

"You're right, he's not. And he's this strong? That's even more terrifying than the actual Terrifying level! Just imagine what he'll be like after he breaks through! You know, I couldn't even see his true energy flows when he used that movement technique a moment ago."

"Houselord Martial Buddha is a fierce fighter, but he backed down from the fight, just like that! And if the junior sectlord really was holding back, doesn't that mean that he's actually beyond the level of Houselord Martial Buddha? He's stronger than a sect leader of a superpower sect from the Ancient Road to the Gods?! This is amazing!"

More and more experts were beginning to gather in the meeting hall. This assembly of sects was to be attended by hundreds of thousands of superpower sects, which gave an idea of just how many top experts would be attending. In fact, although it wasn't common knowledge, there were also going to be experts from the new immortal worlds, places that ranked a thousand or higher. They were people who had long existed in the Great Necropolis, but had only recently become part of a larger collection of immortal worlds.

The sect assembly was sure to have fierce fighting and plenty of killing intent. Before an alliance was formed, blood would flow as the ultimate league-lord established authority.

In fact, it would be similar to how Grand Emperor Ragefire Broilheaven had seized control of the Dao Defense League, although compared to the people who would be attending this meeting, the Grand Emperor Ragefire Broilheaven of that time would be little more than an ant.

Shortly after Yang Qi achieved his victory over Houselord Martial Buddha, a new voice rang out as a large group of people entered the hall.

"Well done, boy!"

The members of this group were all wearing sackcloth garments and had faces so sallow they seemed like they hadn't been out in the sun for a very long time.

Apparently, the man who had spoken was the leader of the group and his eyes were fixed on Yang Qi, his gaze as sharp as if it were made of lightning.

Unexpectedly, no one present recognized who these people were.

"Where did this group come from?"

"Who are these people?"

There were so many superpower sects from the Ancient Road to the Gods that it was impossible for most people to instantly identify all of them, much less recognize every single expert. That said, it seemed impossible for a powerful sect to exist that nobody was familiar with.

The man in sackcloth laughed heartily and said, "So, everyone here is an expert from the Ancient Road to the Gods? Sadly, I don't think any of you can measure up to the natives of the Great Necropolis."

Someone wearing the uniform of the Woodfern Couple Palace stepped forward and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, this is an expert from a two thousandth ranked immortal world, who we from the Woodfern Couple Palace invited to attend the assembly. He's from the Sackcloth Cathedral."

"What? An immortal world with a rank of two thousand? I didn't even realize there were worlds that ranked that high!"

"The furthest we've gone into the Great Necropolis are places where the worlds rank around a thousand, or a little more. I even saw one once that ranked fifteen hundred, but I had no idea there were two thousandth ranked immortal worlds."

"How deep in the Great Necropolis does he come from? I don't think any of us could go that far in."

"These people look strong, but they're definitely too arrogant. What did he mean when he said we can't measure up to experts from the Great Necropolis?"

Many of the old-timers present were so angry that they rose to their feet in a fury.

"Sackcloth Cathedral?" one of them said. "And you're actually wearing sackcloth? Why? Did someone in your family just die? We've only just met and you're already being rude? You people look more like frogs in a well to me." This particular old-timer wore a flame-colored robe and seemed to be surrounded by projections of fire and smoke. Flying out into the open, he said, "If your Sackcloth Cathedral is really superior to the sects of the Ancient Road to the Gods, then why not give us a demonstration of what you're capable of?"

"He's the houselord from the Immortal House of Raging Infernos," Sectlord Will Manifestation said. "His personality is as fiery as the name of his sect, and he's known for being hard and unyielding. I'd bet he recently mastered that top martial art he was working on. That said, these people from the Great Necropolis really are being too arrogant. If it weren't for us, they'd still be stuck in their immortal worlds, unaware of the immensity of the Great Necropolis."

"They're definitely too arrogant," Peaklord Memory said. "But the rank of their immortal world is incredible. If thousandth ranked immortal worlds can produce Terrifying experts, then what kind of people should you expect from worlds with a rank of two thousand? They must have more experts than the sky has clouds. And it makes you wonder if there are worlds ranked three thousand. What would they be like?"

"Ranked three thousand?" Peaklord Celestial replied nervously. "I've never heard of any such place. I would bet they'd have at least a couple of mid Terrifying experts. I wonder if people like that will show up."

Meanwhile, Houselord Raging Inferno was facing off with the people from the Sackcloth Cathedral, who were apparently also interested in fighting for the spot of league-lord.

One of the men in sackcloth stepped forward and said, "So, you want your head to be the first on the chopping block? Fine!"

"You savages really come up with a lot of arrogant claptrap, don't you?" Houselord Raging Inferno said. "Do you really think that there are no experts from the Ancient Road to the Gods?"

The man in sackcloth shook his head. "The same lines from before, eh? Look, old man, if you insist on being stubborn, I guess I have no choice but to teach you a lesson. Before coming here today, we formed an alliance with numerous other top experts from two thousandth ranked immortal worlds. We're interested in seeing what you outsiders from the Ancient Road to the Gods are like. We're the natives here, and pretty soon we'll be kicking you out of our home!"

"Is that so? Fine, let's see what you've got."

Truth be told, Houselord Raging Inferno was actually feeling a bit nervous.

It was the same for many of the other old-timers, as well. None of them had ever even considered that the natives of the Great Necropolis would create some sort of an alliance. And apparently, the people from the Sackcloth Cathedral were only the tip of the iceberg. If more Great Necropolis natives showed up, it meant that the fighting would probably be even more intense than anyone had anticipated.

No one even knew how many two thousandth ranked worlds existed in the depths of the Great Necropolis. However, one thing was for sure: they would surely have just as many experts as existed on the Ancient Road to the Gods.

RUMBLE!

The man from the Sackcloth Cathedral didn't hesitate for a moment. He immediately launched a fist strike, causing the image of an enormous gravestone to appear, much to the shock of Zi Qiong. 'That's the God Tombstone Palms! It's supposed to be the legacy art for the Inheritors! But this guy definitely isn't an Inheritor, so how does he know it? What's going on here? Don't tell me that people from two thousandth ranked immortal worlds are naturally born with godpower seeds! Although, it looks like this version of the God Tombstone Palms is a bit different from mine...'

The two parties clashed, forcing Houselord Raging Inferno back again and again. At a certain point, his fiery robe was shredded to bits, revealing his powerful physique. Clearly, he wasn't faring well in this fight.

The God Tombstone Palm was the quintessential energy art of the Great Necropolis, a boundless technique that could bury gods, bury immortals, bury humans, bury heaven, and bury earth.

As they fought back and forth, the onlookers could see Houselord Raging Inferno getting more desperate. Eventually, he staggered backward, pale white, blood spraying out of his mouth.

The man in sackcloth snorted coldly. "Piece of trash. I can't believe you would dare to fight me. Are you looking to die? My God Tombstone Palms are the quintessence of the Great Necropolis! You know, if you had used some strategy to fight, I might've had a harder time beating you. Alright, the time has come to end your life."

Eyes flashing with fierce light, he lunged forward, this time summoning the projections of five tombstones!

Numerous cries of alarm rang out as everyone realized how deadly the tombstones were, yet no one could possibly be fast enough to interfere.

"That's the Five Tombstones stance from the God Tombstone Palms!" Zi Qiong said, amazed. "I only just started to practice with them, but this guy's obviously mastered them already. Bury Gods. Bury Heaven. Bury Earth. Bury Immortals. Bury Humans. Five Burials, Five Fists. Fists to Slaughter All!"

WHOOSH!

When Yang Qi saw that Houselord Raging Inferno was about to be killed, he blurred onto the battlefield to meet the incoming five fist strikes. He extended a palm, causing his vital energy to create something like a porcelain bubble that surrounded the five tombstones. Then, the bubble popped, completely negating the incoming attacks.

The man in sackcloth took three steps back, his eyes flashing. Obviously, he had never encountered anyone who could negate his Five Tombstones stance with such ease.

"Are you alright, Senior Raging Inferno?" Yang Qi asked. "Remain still while I expunge the Great Necropolis godpower from within you!"

Yang Qi placed his palm on Houselord Raging Inferno's back and sent true energy streaming into him. After three breaths of time passed, the Great Necropolis godpower was gone from within him. Not only was Houselord Raging Inferno completely healed by the process, he actually felt that he had somehow reached a higher level of enlightenment.

Clasping hands respectfully, he said, "You're a truly righteous individual, Junior Sectlord, and you're vastly stronger than me. You saved my life! From here on out, the Immortal House of Raging Infernos will follow any order given by the Will Manifestation Heaven Sect!"

"You're too polite," Yang Qi replied. "And there's no need for such an offer. Our two sects can work together as allies, that's more than acceptable. Obviously, these Great Necropolis natives came here with ill intent, and I won't stand for that!"

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Chapter 1043: Great Necropolis Savages

"So you want your head on the chopping block too, boy?" the man in sackcloth said, a sinister smile playing out on his face. "You're strong, so why not join the forces of the Great Necropolis? You could have a high position when we ultimately conquer this entire place. Eventually, we'll spread out to the Ancient Road to the Gods and take control of it, too. We'll even wipe out those supposed executors."

From his overbearing tone, it seemed clear that this man must have some immense support to rely on.

"The Great Necropolis has been spitting out immortal worlds left and right," Yang Qi replied. "One of these days, your world will be sent out as well. What will you do when you're part of the immortal dao civilization?"

The man laughed. "We'll enslave everyone there, as well. Regardless, all outsiders will be expelled to the Ancient Road to the Gods, and wait for us to come establish order and enslave everyone."

Another buzz of reactions could be heard.

"Crazy! He's completely crazy!"

"Why are we even allowing these people in here? Let's drive them out!"

"Younger Brother, if you can teach these people a lesson, we'll definitely agree to let the Will Manifestation Heaven Sect lead us, at least temporarily."

"I can't believe these people are so rude. We agreed to seek common ground in this sect assembly, all with the goal of forming an alliance to deal with the executors and the fiend-devils. As it turns out, these Great Necropolis savages are just as bad! They need to be kicked out!"

Some of the sect leaders were so angry it seemed they wanted to kill the people in sackcloth.

"Anyone who says another word will have their sect wiped out!" The man who had just defeated Houselord Raging Inferno glared around, and anyone who felt his gaze on them immediately closed their mouth.

"You scum really do deserve to be slaughtered," he continued. Looking back at Yang Qi, he said, "Consider what I just said, boy. Look, you might be strong, but there's only so much you can accomplish on your own. You're from the Will Manifestation Heaven Sect, right? Did you know that, with a mere thought, we of the noble blood of the Great Necropolis could easily wipe out such a sect? Ant-like organizations such as yours are courting death by using the term 'superpower sect' to describe themselves. In fact—"

WHACK!

Before he could say another word, Yang Qi appeared right in front of him and smacked him across the side of the face, sending him flying off his feet with blood spraying out of his mouth. In fact, he had been hit so hard that his skull was cracked open.

"I hear a lot of arrogant boasting and conceited drivel from you people," Yang Qi said. "I suppose if I didn't put you in your place, you really would think that you're the strongest force in the Great Necropolis. The Great Necropolis was sent for the benefit of the people from the Ancient Road to the Gods, which means that you're destined to serve us." As he stood there with his hands clasped behind his back, he looked completely casual and at ease.

"Get in formation!" the people in sackcloth shouted, rushing to surround Yang Qi. At the same time, their leader rushed over to the man Yang Qi had slapped, pouring true energy into him to heal him.

Then he looked up and coolly said, "Do you understand what you've done, boy? You're about to have your whole sect exterminated. Nobody in the Great Necropolis can save you at this point."

"Kill him, Pontifex!" shouted the man Yang Qi had struck, his eyes blazing with hatred.

"Do you really think you have what it takes to heal him?" Yang Qi asked, a faint smile in his eyes.

At that moment, the pontifex realized that he had miscalculated.

Unfortunately, he was too late.

RUMBLE!

His subordinate suddenly let loose an agonized shriek, as though he were experiencing countless torture methods from hell. The sound of his agonized screaming was enough to cause goosebumps to pop up on all the onlookers. Even as everyone watched, the screaming man then exploded, splattering the pontifex with blood and sending the other members of the Sackcloth Cathedral staggering backward with new injuries.

Voice thrumming with coldness and brutality, Yang Qi said, "Since your goal is to enslave all of the sects here, it's obviously not an option to leave you alive. You're enemies just as much as the Executors of the Ancient Road."

With that, he floated over to one of the men in sackcloth, reached out, and laid a hand on him. Instantly, the man's head exploded and his body withered up into a corpse, which then plopped onto the ground.

Then Yang Qi unleashed another casual palm strike, causing another expert from the Sackcloth Cathedral to drop dead.

Next, he moved toward the shocked pontifex himself, who backed up and simultaneously thrust his hands out, causing stone-colored beams of light to shoot out and form something like a spider web right in front of him.

All of these developments were happening so quickly that the onlookers had no time to react.

Thankfully, Yang Qi had gained valuable experience fighting Shi Yuan. Furthermore, he had begun to develop his Purrfect God Art. As such, he was easily able to advance, despite the complex blockage created by the stone-colored beams of light. Nothing could block his path as he closed in on the pontifex.

Yang Qi threw out a palm, and the pontifex met it with his God Tombstone Palms. An enormous tombstone appeared, the kind that could suppress souls and express the true power of the Great Necropolis.

In response, Yang Qi's eyes glittered and he drew on the Sovereign Lord's Holy and Far-Reaching Consummate Omnicurse and the True-Devil Unspoiled-by-Myriad-Kalpas-and-Tribulations Body. Two godly abilities, backed by the Purrfect God Art, unleashed what seemed like something eternal and undying. And when the collision occurred, the power of the God Tombstone Palms was reflected back toward its source.

POP!

The pontifex was struck square on the chest, causing blood to spray out of his mouth. It was as if he had struck himself with full force!

As he continued coughing up blood, Yang Qi thrust his hands out again, with mountain-toppling, sea-draining force.

All of the onlookers were completely stunned by what they were seeing.

As Yang Qi's hands struck the pontifex, he didn't even have a chance to scream. He was instantly flattened into a smear of gore on the ground, without even a scrap of aura rising up from it.

He had been killed with that one blow.

Not even his psychic fluctuations remained behind.

Based on common understanding, it should be impossible for someone as strong as him to be killed in such a way. Even if he were to be flattened into a pile of gore, that gore should have wriggled back together and formed into human shape again. No one had any idea how Yang Qi had done what he had done.

But one thing was for sure, the pontifex of the Sackcloth Cathedral was completely and utterly dead.

"Zi Qiong, collect this flesh and blood. We can make medicinal pills out of it later, for use by the lower-level subordinates."

Zi Qiong immediately flew out to comply with his orders. The streak of gore was about three inches thick and contained everything from the man's clothes, to bones, to his internal organs. It really was a horrifying sight. Even the god items he had possessed were flattened. The surviving members of the Sackcloth Cathedral were visibly terrified, and even the experts from the Ancient Road to the Gods were stunned. None of them could ever have guessed that Yang Qi would turn out to be this domineering.

The pontifex of the Sackcloth Cathedral had obviously not been a weakling that was hoping to impress people with a show of confidence. He had been a truly formidable foe. Therefore, the fact that he had been killed without even a chance to scream only begged the question of just exactly how strong the junior sectlord of the Will Manifestation Heaven Sect really was.

Up to this point, a lot of people had assumed that the Will Manifestation Heaven Sect was formidable only because of the purrling and its bubbles. None of them had even guessed that the junior sectlord would also be so intimidating.

"You people from the Sackcloth Cathedral, get on your knees," Yang Qi said, clasping his hands behind his back. "Unless you join the Will Manifestation Heaven Sect, you're going to end up just like that pontifex of yours."

The remaining dozen or so chief elders from the Sackcloth Cathedral gazed at Yang Qi with blank expressions. They had come here shortly before with wild ambitions, but now those feelings were gone, scraped away along with the smear of gore that was all that remained of their pontifex.

Thump!

All of them dropped to their knees. "Spare us, Young Hero. Please!" They then began knocking their heads on the ground as they kowtowed. "We'll join your sect. The Sackcloth Cathedral is clearly done for. We want to be part of the Will Manifestation Heaven Sect!"

"Fine. In that case, I'll place some warding spells in your heads. If you resist, you die." He flicked his finger, sending a host of warding spells out that burrowed into the minds of the people from the Sackcloth Cathedral. Henceforth, they would be members of the Will Manifestation Heaven Sect, with the warding spells conveying all of the basic information about the sect.

After the warding spells were in place, they walked over to Sectlord Will Manifestation, dropped to their knees again, and said, "We kowtow in salute, Sectlord!"

The sectlord was delighted at how well Yang Qi had performed, and how he had furthered the glory of the sect. 'Could Yang Qi be using this as an opportunity to remove as many of our rivals as possible?' he thought.

"Very well, let's stand to the side and wait for the assembly to begin," he said. "Yang Qi, don't make too much of a scene here. Remember, the goal of this assembly is to forge a strong alliance with the other sects."

"Yes sir, Sectlord!" Yang Qi said. "However, I'm really worried about arrogant psychos like these trying to enslave us. I wonder if it would be a good idea to form a smaller, temporary alliance first, lest more Great Necropolis savages cause problems for us."

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Chapter 1044: The Archmonk Appears Again

It was obvious to the old-timers present that Yang Qi was proposing a small alliance with the people present. Considering how strong this junior sectlord was, he clearly wanted his sect to be the leader of this proposed new faction.

Earlier, it was unlikely that the sect leaders would have agreed to anything like this. But after the show Yang Qi had just put on, that wasn't necessarily a foregone conclusion anymore.

Furthermore, it was likely that, without such an alliance, many of the sects present wouldn't last through the assembly. That was especially true if more Great Necropolis savages showed up from worlds ranked two thousand or higher. Things were developing rapidly, and the old-timers knew that the coming days were going to bring countless dangers, as well as plenty of bloody fighting.

That said, it wasn't going to be easy for them to accept the Will Manifestation Heaven Sect as their leader. There were already two enormous organizations to deal with, the Genesis Sanctum and the Woodfern Couple Palace. If they stuck with the Will Manifestation Heaven Sect, they wouldn't be officials who followed someone else's rise from a lower rank to that of emperor. Instead, they would be considered rebels that opposed the other two major sects, and would likely end up getting purged.

The old-timers could tell that a new genius had appeared in the Will Manifestation Heaven Sect, but unfortunately, that sect still wasn't strong enough to defy the other two major sects.

In response to Yang Qi's suggestion, everyone sat there silently.

Looking around, Yang Qi knew what they were thinking.

These old-timers were all wily old foxes, and there was no way they would throw their support behind the Will Manifestation Heaven Sect, considering how much more room for improvement it had.

A very awkward atmosphere immediately developed.

At the same time, Yang Qi's eyes glittered as he looked around, apparently trying to come up with a way to further establish his might.

Before anything else could happen, though, a new voice filled the hall. "Sādhu, sādhu! Compassion cometh from Buddha! I can't believe you're still alive, young friend! Considering the level of your cultivation base, your bravery, and your immense righteousness, you surely deserve to be the league-lord of this alliance. Apparently, the Woodfern Couple Palace and the Genesis Sanctum have invited the locals from the Great Necropolis here, but unfortunately, they're shortsighted and understand little of the world. In their haughtiness, they think they're invincible, when in fact they're little more than frogs in a well. Being born in the Great Necropolis, the locals are both mighty and numerous. I've heard that there may be experts from three thousandth ranked immortal worlds coming, one of whom is in the mid Terrifying level. As long as you can stand up to someone like that, young friend, then my Dharma Sect will definitely support your bid to lead the alliance!"

Yang Qi's jaw dropped as a bald-headed monk appeared at the entrance of the hall, flanked by a host of other monks. All of them had clearly gained enlightenment of the immense compassion of the buddhist schools and possessed immensely powerful divine abilities.

Also entering the hall with them were a scattered group of random cultivators.

Obviously, they were rogue cultivators who had decided to join the buddhist schools. The buddhist schools were a very important force on the Ancient Road to the Gods, and were a loose group that produced incredible experts.

Of course, the person who had just spoken was none other than Archmonk Dharma Treasury, who Yang Qi had dealt with in the past and had a very good impression of. They had worked in good faith with each other during their time together in the Hell of Sages and Mahātmās, and Yang Qi had even saved his life. From all of that, Yang Qi had come to the conclusion that he was definitely not the kind of vicious and sinister person who put on a show of loyalty but harbored evil in his heart.

"Grandmaster Dharma Treasury!" Yang Qi said in delight. "I can't believe that you're still alive!"

"I should be the one asking how it happened. You are the one who is truly benevolent and righteous. In the moment when I was sure to be killed by the Shepherd, you saved me. After leaving that deadly situation, I assumed you had sacrificed yourself to save me. How could I ever have guessed that you were actually alive? It is truly correct to say that compassion cometh from Buddha..." Hurrying over, Dharma Treasury reached out and clasped Yang Qi's shoulder. "As long as you're alive, that's what matters. Compassion cometh from Buddha..."

Already, he was starting to repeat himself...

"Compassion cometh from Buddha," said another of the experts from the buddhist school, a zen master whose eyes shone with mercy and kindness. Saluting Yang Qi, he said, "Many thanks to you, young friend. I heard of how you rescued my Junior Brother in the Hell of Sages and Mahātmās. Had you not, I would've been overwhelmed with pain. You truly are benevolent and righteous, to be so willing to sacrifice your own life in the depths of hell. Please, accept the formal greetings of the Dharma Sect."

With that, all of the other monks clasped hands and offered Yang Qi their formal, respectful greetings.

Yang Qi returned their salute. "I wouldn't dare to accept such praise. I just happened to slip through the Shepherd's grasp and escape. To be honest, I had no idea that Grandmaster Dharma Treasury had also escaped. It was all just a big fluke."

"Young friend," Dharma Treasury said, "not only did you escape from the Shepherd, but you also succeeded in cultivating an incredible energy art. You're obviously much stronger than before. That said, the situation today is nothing to take lightly. The allied savages are powerful and overbearing, and already very aggressive to everyone from the Ancient Road to the Gods. I'm afraid blood will fall like rain soon..."

"How are things with the fiend-devils?" Yang Qi asked.

"The fiend-devils split into two major factions, one of them loyal to the Shepherd. The other fell under the leadership of a very mysterious entity, someone incredibly powerful who has cowed too many fiend-devils to count. At first, the two factions were at odds. However, based on my information, the Shepherd and the mysterious entity were unable to resolve their standoff via fighting, so they agreed to join forces and destroy the Executors of the Ancient Road before resuming their quarrel."

"A mysterious entity?" Yang Qi said, his eyes flickering with surprise. It was definitely unexpected that some extremely powerful and mysterious entity had appeared on the scene to contend with the Shepherd. Yang Qi knew full well that he wasn't on the same level as the Shepherd right now. He would need to improve his Purrfect God Art, reach the Grand Emperor level, and develop a Terrifying will convergence first. Only then would he be in the position to fight the Shepherd.

As for who that mysterious figure might be, he already had a few possible suspects. One would be the person from the Primeval Age with another part of the God Legion Seal. A second suspect would be Proud Heaven. However, if it wasn't one of those two, then where could this person have come from?

He shook his head. It was obviously pointless to speculate at this point; he would just need to be flexible. When soldiers come, send a general to stop them. When flood waters come, use earth to block them. Worst case scenario, he could always lead his people to retreat into the Myriad Worlds Monarch Chart.

Meanwhile, the conversation that had just played out left the entire audience stunned once again. Archmonk Dharma Treasury was widely famed as being a top expert, but apparently, Yang Qi had saved his life when the two of them were on a mission together in the Hell of Sages and Mahātmās, fighting the Shepherd.

Everyone knew that the Shepherd was a mid Terrifying expert that could defeat all lesser opponents with hardly any effort at all. He could definitely vie with the emperor of the Executors of the Ancient Road, as well as the leaders of the Genesis Sanctum and the Woodfern Couple Palace. Yet a person like that had been unable to kill Yang Qi?

Where had this Yang Qi come from?

Many of the old-timers present would always act pragmatically, and do whatever seemed best based on the circumstances. Although no one had been willing to side with the Will Manifestation Heaven Sect before, now they were starting to wonder if they should change their minds. Apparently, the Dharma Sect was willing to support Yang Qi's bid for leadership. Perhaps supporting Yang Qi would be a smart thing to do right now.

Yang Qi could see that people were now starting to hesitate about their decision. In fact, he could already sense destiny shifting as their minds changed. However, he wasn't in any hurry.

Destiny was similar to popularity. As one's reputation increased, and they affected the hearts of others, destiny would transform. Faith was similar, although it contained karma and could be very harmful, even dragging people onto the dao of devils.

Because of that, destiny was much safer to work with.

"Grandmasters," Yang Qi said, "please, have a seat. I have a few questions I was hoping to get your opinion on." The monks from the Dharma Sect accepted his invitation, and as they sat down, they immediately noticed the purrling in Jadefall's arms. Of course, they were also privy to the rumors that had been spreading about it.

"Grandmasters," Yang Qi asked, "considering how experienced and knowledgeable you are, do you have any idea what this purrling actually is?"

The grandmaster monks exchanged awkward glances before one of them said, "I'm ashamed to say that our buddhist scriptures and records contain no information to indicate what your purrling is. I'm afraid not even Buddha himself had any knowledge of it."

Purr. Purr...

The purrling lay in Jadefall's arms, its legs sticking up into the air and wiggling back and forth. It was very cute, and didn't seem bothered at all to be in the presence of so many powerful experts. In fact, it almost seemed to view them as mere mortals.

Yang Qi was always keeping an eye on it, watching its every motion and movement, and using what he saw to further his understanding and enlightenment.

The creature was definitely unusual, and Yang Qi had the feeling that even if he observed it for millions upon millions of years, he would never fully understand it. That said, he felt stirred by watching it, and inside of him, his true energy continued swirling into the shape of a bubble.

Meanwhile, word was spreading about Yang Qi making such a scene and gathering such a large group of friends. Deep in the Woodfern Couple Palace, a large group of young women were strolling through a garden, gazing at the flowers. The group seemed to be clustered around one young woman in particular, in the same way women in the mortal world might cluster around the empress.

The woman in question had a countenance like a flower and a face like the moon. She didn't seem at all like someone from the mortal world, but rather like a goddess from the god world. Her every move seemed to conform to the dao of heaven, making her seem completely pure and unaffected by the energy of the world around her.

The other women present were by no means ordinary. They were the successors of other important sects, all of which were led by females. Considering how important the Woodfern Couple Palace was on the Ancient Road to the Gods, it was only natural that they would recruit other sects to join their cause. Such sects considered their position a huge honor, and would serve the Woodfern Couple Palace with unswerving loyalty.

Suddenly, a young woman rushed over.

"Junior Empress," she said, kneeling and holding out a jade amulet. "Something big just happened. We invited the pontifex of the Sackcloth Cathedral to the assembly, one of the natives of the Great Necropolis. But a scuffle broke out in the main hall and he was killed!"

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Chapter 1045: Luminaries Abound

"Give it to me," the junior empress said, extending a hand that looked like it belonged to a goddess. In response, the jade amulet became a profound beam of light that flew onto her palm. There, it projected an image of what had occurred in the hall, including Yang Qi flitting about with his movement technique while simultaneously unleashing attacks as powerful as thousands of lightning bolts. It ended with the pontifex of the Sackcloth Cathedral being reduced to a streak of gore.

"This junior sectlord of the Will Manifestation Heaven Sect is incredible!"

"He fights well! Those people from the Sackcloth Cathedral were really boorish. Without beating them down, how else could we from the Ancient Road to the Gods prove that we have talented people in our ranks?"

"Big Sister Mu, why exactly did you invite those savages here anyway? They seem like scoundrels and bastards down to the last one. Isn't bringing them like inviting the wolf into one's house?"

"The junior sectlord of the Will Manifestation Heaven Sect isn't even in the Terrifying level? I wonder if he's an Inheritor. Only Inheritors can fight Terrifying cultivators without first being in the Terrifying level. However, for some reason, it doesn't seem like this junior sectlord is an Inheritor."

"That bubble beast is really cute..."

"The creature is obviously quite a rarity. And it's even more terrifying than the junior sectlord."

"You're right. All the bubble beast needs to do is open its mouth, and it can destroy boundless sect leaders. Oh, by the way, didn't the junior pontiff of the Genesis Sanctum invite the bubble beast's owner to dinner? What's her name again? Jadefall? How come nothing ever came of that? The junior pontiff is the kind of person who won't rest until he gets what he wants."

After the group of women buzzed with conversation for a moment, the junior empress interrupted them.

"Very well."

Instantly, the entire group went silent.

"This junior sectlord didn't do anything particularly impressive. I could've killed the pontifex of the Sackcloth Cathedral if I felt like it. Perhaps the Shepherd would be a different story; I'd have to flee for my life if he showed up. This Yang Qi must have other items or abilities hidden up his sleeve, so we definitely can't afford to underestimate him. As for the Great Necropolis savages, we didn't actually want to invite them here. Apparently, someone has been organizing them behind the scenes. After forming their alliance, they took the initiative to reach out and offer to work together. The first step was to attend our assembly. However, given how things have played out, it seems they're a lot more ambitious than they let on. They obviously want to seize the position of league-lord and enslave us. It seems to me that they're taking their cues from the Executors of the Ancient Road."

"They're definitely just as bad as the executors," one of the women said. "It's only thanks to the protection of the Woodfern Couple Palace that we've managed to survive through the years without falling victim to the treachery of the executors. Unfortunately, we haven't even driven out the wolf, yet the tiger is already stalking us. It seems we're really being plagued with misfortune."

"There's no need for alarm," the junior empress said. "The more chaos that exists in the world, the more opportunities there are to take advantage of! Periods of chaos are when the heroes emerge. My guess is that the reason the savages want to attend our assembly is that they've already started having trouble with the executors. And if the two of them are set on wiping each other out, that might be just the opportunity we need."

The other women nodded in agreement.

Turning to the young woman who had brought in the jade amulet, the junior empress said, "I asked you to gather some information about what happened at the junior pontiff's dinner. Did you find anything?"

"I did, Junior Empress," the woman replied excitedly. "I got all the details. The junior pontiff suffered a huge loss. All of the subordinates he's recruited over the years were killed. And his steward, the top expert Eunuch Chen, was also cut down. Furthermore, he had a huge formation set up that was also destroyed. And the three people he invited just strolled away. Unfortunately, because of the disturbance with the Great Necropolis savages, I didn't have a chance to bring the report right away."

"What?!"

Even the junior empress was shocked by the report. "Are you serious? Don't tell me that the junior pontiff is just going to submit to that humiliation? The Genesis Sanctum has plenty of elite experts. You would think that if the Will Manifestation Heaven Sect brazenly killed some of their people, they'd retaliate and wipe them out."

"It seems the Will Manifestation Heaven Sect is a lot more powerful than anyone realizes," replied the young woman. "I have a few spies among the handmaidens of the Genesis Sanctum, and they said that Yang Qi, Jadefall, and the Inheritor Zi Qiong didn't even make a move. It was all the bubble beast. Once Eunuch Chen got caught in one of its bubbles, he was dead a moment later. Furthermore, the bubble beast destroyed that massive formation. In the end, the junior pontiff was so scared he just ran away, pissing his pants in terror."

The women present all burst out laughing. However, their mirth was quickly replaced by very serious expressions.

"Is the bubble beast really that powerful?" one of them asked.

"The creature is the key to it all," the junior empress said. "Yang Qi is only secondary. He's strong, but there's no way he could handle a mid Terrifying expert. The creature, though... I think I need to find some time to talk with the people from the Will Manifestation Heaven Sect."

"Junior Empress, do you intend to invite Yang Qi over for a meal?"

"Yes." The junior empress smiled. "The junior pontiff of the Genesis Sanctum is a complete and utter fool. He resorted to force and thievery, which might have worked under normal circumstances. However, he ended up capsizing his rowboat in the channel. The junior pontiff made a big mistake in not anticipating how strong that bubble beast is."

"It just goes to show how careful one should be," another woman said. "After all, the channel can also have sharks in it. So, junior empress, are you going to treat the virtuous men courteously and the scholars with respect?"

"Well, that goes without saying," the junior empress replied. "I'll invite everyone from the Will Manifestation Heaven Sect to a meal, and recruit them into our Woodfern Couple Palace's faction. There's no way they'll refuse; their junior sectlord offended too many people recently. First, the Shepherd. Second, the Genesis Sanctum. Third, the Great Necropolis savages. Considering all that, there's no way their sect can remain safe unless they have a mid Terrifying expert on their side. Without one, they'll only end up destroyed. The inevitable outcome is that they join us."

At this point, one of the women brought up the most obvious and relevant question. "But considering all of the enemies they've made, wouldn't that put a lot of pressure on the Woodfern Couple Palace if you extend protection to them?"

"There's no need to worry about that now. First, we need to measure up the junior sectlord. He's obviously going to be an important person in the future, so it would be wise to get him on our side now."

Meanwhile, in another location in the Great Necropolis, local experts had gathered in alliance. In fact, they already had vast armies prepared to march to battle.

There were immortal worlds in the alliance that surpassed the rank of two thousand, which could provide hordes of experts. In the past, such worlds had been embroiled in infighting, but now that they were working together, they formed an almost invincible force.

Five top luminaries sat in a circle in the middle of the army encampment, holding a short meeting.

All five of these people were very close to the mid Terrifying level, with power indexes over eight thousand. In other words, they were far stronger than the pontifex of the Sackcloth Cathedral. Clearly, they were leaders among the savages.

At the moment, they were listening to a report brought in by an expert with a psychic scale in the dozens. "Something bad just happened! The leader of the vanguard we sent to Destructionless Castle, the pontifex of the Sackcloth Cathedral, was killed! Some of his forces were wiped out with him, and the rest joined one of the sects there!"

"What incredible gall!" one of the leaders growled, shooting to his feet. "How dare the Genesis Sanctum and the Woodfern Couple Palace kill the emissaries we sent! This is an outright defiance of moral code!"

"Explain the details of what happened," another leader said.

"It's like this..." The Terrifying expert went on to provide a detailed recounting.

Afterward, the five luminaries were lost in thought for a time, then one of them said, "So it wasn't done by one of the two major sects, but rather some puny newcomer. Where did the Will Manifestation Heaven Sect get the guts to do something like this?"

"We're in a very delicate situation right now. Our armies have been gathered, and our original intention was to get our share of the action at their sect assembly, and hopefully win the position of league-lord. Unfortunately, the August Patriarch from the three thousandth ranked immortal world hasn't shown his face yet. We're strong enough to beat just about any opponent, but... if a mid Terrifying expert showed up, we'll be in big trouble. The pontiff of the Genesis Sanctum and the imperial couple of the Woodfern Couple Palace are both in that position, similar to the emperor of the Executors of the Ancient Road..."

Although these luminaries were boundless individuals, they weren't in the mid Terrifying level, which was why they hadn't gone to Destructionless Castle yet. They might have armies, but without the patriarch from the three thousandth ranked immortal world, they just weren't strong enough.

Whooooooosh!

All of a sudden, a wind swept through the area from above and a man appeared, clad in golden garments. His face was obscured, but his aura was so strong that it exerted immense pressure on everyone present.

"Our respects, Patriarch!"

Everyone dropped to their knees. This newcomer was a person on the same level as the emperor of the executors, or the Shepherd.

"You've done well in following your orders and gathering the armies. For now, don't pick any fights with the people from the Ancient Road to the Gods. I'll handle the matter personally in a few days. When everything is settled, I'll have a nice little surprise for you." With that, the figure in gold waved his hand, sending out five command medallions to the five luminaries. "Those medallions are made from the essence of a three thousandth ranked immortal world that I assimilated. Combine them and you can wield the power of that world, which should be enough to hold your own against someone like me."

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Chapter 1046: Star Swordlife Makes Another Appearance

Undercurrents abounded within the major forces at play.

Back in Destructionless Castle, more and more experts were gathering. Yang Qi had never seen so many powerful people in one place. There were people from the past, present, and future, and one thing was for sure: at such a huge gathering, there was bound to be drama.

Over the course of the few hours that passed, Yang Qi caught sight of quite a few minor scuffles.

Most were between sects that had grudges with each other. Originally, there were quite a few rivals of the Will Manifestation Heaven Sect who might have caused problems. However, after word spread of Yang Qi's might, no one dared to pick any fights with them.

In turn, Yang Qi didn't bother bringing the fight to such sects. Slaughtering people like that wouldn't have helped in any way. Thus, many sects were coming to view the Will Manifestation Heaven Sect as being tolerant and magnanimous.

Because of that, many sects were interested in developing better relationships with them.

Thanks to Yang Qi, the Will Manifestation Heaven Sect was gaining a reputation of being haughty to the proud and fair to the humble. That, in turn, made it much easier to resolve previous grudges, to the point where fighting often wasn't necessary at all.

Thump. Swish. Rustle.

Flickering light could be seen gathering in Destructionless Castle as one expert after another arrived. It really seemed as though a golden age was building in the immortal dao civilization.

In the past, Yang Qi had thought of Terrifying experts as being relatively rare. But now that all of the sects from the Ancient Road to the Gods were gathering, he realized that they were as numerous as carp crossing the river.

'It makes me wonder what the god world will be like.'

Yang Qi watched as Sectlord Will Manifestation, high-spirited and full of mettle, had meetings with numerous other sects. The Will Manifestation Heaven Sect was flourishing. Some of the sect leaders of the smaller sects were sticking to the edges of the hall, while others were currying favor with the larger sects. The entire place was abuzz.

And it was now becoming clear who was who.

The powerful organizations were slowly beginning to gather the weaker organizations to their side.

The Will Manifestation Heaven Sect's social circle was already rather large, with more than a hundred sects gathered around them. And quite a few of the young elites were fawning over Zi Qiong and Jadefall, hoping to earn favor with them.

Yang Qi didn't care about that and left them to handle their own affairs.

A few more hours passed, and Yang Qi was starting to get bored. Clasping his hands behind his back, he began strolling through Destructionless Castle, glancing here and there at the various meetings taking place between sects. As he strolled, he mulled over matters pertaining to his Purrfect God Art, slowly pushing his psychic power higher and higher.

RUMBLE!

By this point, his psychic scale was close to twenty, all thanks to his new art.

Before, he wouldn't have been able to pass the level of eighteen, even with secret magics and godhood. He had reached his limit, and couldn't reach higher heights any more than someone who had climbed to the top of a mountain.

However, after cultivating the Purrfect God Art, it was as if a pagoda had appeared at the top of that mountain, allowing him to climb even higher than before.

As his true energy and psychic power flowed, he contemplated his energy arts and felt more at ease with them than ever. His Strength of the Hell-Crushing Godmammoth and Unspoiled Body had advanced even further, and he felt even more connected to the universe around him.

The heart of heaven is my heart. The will of heaven is my will. The dao of heaven is my dao. The psyche of heaven is my psyche.

Although Yang Qi's enlightenment of the Purrfect God Art was improving, he still had no idea exactly what the purrling was. He had the feeling that if he did, if he could come to understand everything about it down to its substructure, he would become even more invincible. He would be able to fully combine the Strength of the Hell-Crushing Godmammoth with his Unspoiled Body and create something new and marvelous, something never before seen throughout all the aeons.

The sounds of battle reached Yang Qi's ears, although by this point it was nothing unusual. As the time to begin the assembly approached, fighting was going on everywhere in Destructionless Castle. Some were friendly matches to exchange fighting tips, others were all-out bloodbaths. A few were even deadly ambushes designed to take out key enemies. Magical treasures changed hands as opponents were defeated, and some sects were holding auctions. There were even instances in which two young men would take a liking to a young woman, and fight each other to earn her favor.

To Yang Qi, most of these fights seemed infantile and ridiculous.

In his heart, peace existed, as well as the desire to live a carefree life free of fighting and combat. Unfortunately, he lived in a momentous time, a time in which blood flowed and everyone fought fiercely to better their position. Even if one fled to the deepest depths of the universe, it would be impossible to fully escape the fighting and death.

That much he knew from cultivating the Unspoiled Body. He had faced numerous tribulations during the process of cultivating the technique, including heavenly tribulations, human tribulations, devil tribulations, heart tribulations, as well as tribulations of the past, present, and future.

Swish... Slice...

All of a sudden, Yang Qi sensed a familiar sword energy, filled with life force and the persistent desire to save lives.

It was Star Swordlife's sword technique.

Star Swordlife's sword seemed to be in perfect harmony with the life force of heaven and earth, and capable of rescuing anything and everything. And that begged the question of who he was fighting, and why.

Yang Qi changed directions and sped toward the fight, and before long, found himself in a sprawling square that was actually an entire plane of existence. There were plenty of people gathered around watching the fight play out. One of the combatants was, of course, Star Swordlife, who now was at the Terrifying level.

That was no surprise at all to Yang Qi, who knew that Star Swordlife was a rare genius with incredible willpower. His sword technique was profound, to say the least, and he had his own dao. Furthermore, he was an Inheritor of the Great Necropolis. Because of all that, he was beyond the compare of most ordinary cultivators, even top figures from the Ancient Road to the Gods.

During the times that Yang Qi had clashed with him, he had learned a lot from his sword technique. In fact, of all the people Yang Qi had crossed paths with, none could really measure up to Star Swordlife, not even his original rival, the "Crown Prince".

The Crown Prince of years past had possessed one of King Immortal-Slayer's legacy medallions, and in his wild arrogance had tried to kill Yang Qi. Thankfully, Yang Qi had cultivated the God Legion Paradise, thus turning the tables on him. Although that Crown Prince could be considered a genius, he was definitely not on the same level as Star Swordlife.

Fighting Star Swordlife was another Inheritor, a man clad in a flowing black garment. When he attacked, his hands were like dragons, and the way he used the God Tombstone Palms surpassed anything that Shi Yuan or Zi Qiong was capable of.

'This guy is incredible,' Yang Qi thought. 'I'd say he's a top figure among the Inheritors, and most likely, he had to kill a few other Inheritors to reach this level. I wonder why he's fighting Star Swordlife. Perhaps he hopes to kill him and take his godpower seed?' Looking at a nearby expert, he said, "Brother, who's that fellow in black?"

"Where have you been living, under a rock?" the young man replied sarcastically, assuming that he was dealing with a nobody from a tiny sect. When he looked over and saw that it was Yang Qi, he gulped in fear and quickly said, "I had no idea it was you, Junior Sectlord Will Manifestation. My apologies. A great man does not remember a petty person's trespasses, right...?"

By this point, the story of Yang Qi reducing the pontifex of the Sackcloth Cathedral to a smear of gore had spread so far and wide that everyone knew who he was.

"Don't worry. He who doesn't know any better shouldn't be punished for his ignorance. Now, tell me, who is that guy?"

"R-right, of course," the young man stammered. "He's a famous bandit from the Ancient Road to the Gods. The Flower-Seizing Marauder, a truly evil villain. He kidnaps women and drains their yin vitality to improve his techniques. Unfortunately, he's very powerful, and no matter how many times the various sects and clans have tried to capture him, they've always failed. Later, it seemed heaven wasn't paying attention, and somehow allowed him to become an Inheritor. His energy arts advanced by leaps and bounds, to the point where he could easily rival the sect leaders of top organizations from the Ancient Road to the Gods. Considering how sinister he is, it's little surprise that he managed to ambush several of his fellow Inheritors and take their godpower seeds, making him even more unfathomably powerful than before. Nobody in Destructionless Castle is a match for him. A short time ago, he tried to ambush that young swordsman, except he failed, and now the two of them are fighting. The fact that the swordsman can stand up to the Flower-Seizing Marauder shows that he's incredibly powerful. I wonder who he is."

"I see," Yang Qi said. "This Flower-Seizing Marauder seems like a really wicked fellow. Why doesn't everyone just team up to kill him?"

"Because his energy arts are just too profound. A bunch of people did try to team up against him earlier, and he killed them all. See? Look at those corpses right there."

He pointed, and Yang Qi noticed a pile of blood-soaked corpses lying off to the side, most of which had been mangled so badly they were hardly recognizable.

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Chapter 1047: The Flower-Seizing Marauder

The God Tombstone Palms were an incredibly powerful energy art, being a signature skill from the Great Necropolis itself. Anyone hit by it would have their meridians shattered, and would be crushed into a pulp. It was a truly consummate ability, and although some of the local savages could use it, they couldn't imbue it with the godpower of the necropolis.

As such, only the Inheritors could unlock its full potential.

Because Yang Qi had the ability to study the godpower seeds, and could also channel some of the godpower of the necropolis, he was able to use the God Tombstone Palms to some degree. However, his mastery wasn't even close to what he could do with the Sovereign Lord's Holy and Far-Reaching Consummate Omnicurse or the True-Devil Unspoiled-by-Myriad-Kalpas-and-Tribulations Body. So for now, he didn't use it.

However, he knew enough to tell that this Flower-Seizing Marauder was very skilled in its use. Every palm strike he unleashed came with devastating force and pressure, causing mountains to fall from above, or the earth to erupt from below. Considering how superior his version was to Zi Qiong's, Yang Qi was convinced that he must have at least three godpower seeds.

The Flower-Seizing Marauder's immense strength and power was fully on display.

That said, Star Swordlife's technique provided the perfect defense, and he wielded it with incredible skill. Thanks to the life force within its operation, his opponent was unable to land any meaningful blows.

As they fought back and forth, it was obvious that the Flower-Seizing Marauder had a superior cultivation base. Unfortunately for him, Star Swordlife's sword technique had reached an impossibly terrifying level.

A host of junior sect leaders had gathered near Yang Qi, and all of them looked quite angry. In fact, one of them turned to him and said, "The Flower-Seizing Marauder is a villain that everyone has the right to punish. Sir, why don't you step in and kill him?"

"He kidnapped my wife and drained her yin vitality until she died. It was horrific! There is no greater evil in heaven and earth than this man. Junior Sectlord, can you please help me get revenge? If you do, then I, Heng Chiyu, will forever be in your debt!"

"Yeah, Junior Sectlord. There are people in all of our sects who have been killed by the Flower-Seizing Marauder."

"Kill him! Please, Junior Sectlord, join forces with that young hero, and kill him!"

"Cut him down!"

"Get revenge for us!"

"We'll follow you no matter what, Junior Sectlord Will Manifestation!"

Everyone present knew how incredible Yang Qi's cultivation base was, making him something of a celebrity. And now they were asking him to take out the Flower-Seizing Marauder.

Almost immediately, Yang Qi realized that if he followed through with their requests, it would definitely boost his reputation by a lot.

Although the Flower-Seizing Marauder was so strong that Yang Qi wasn't completely confident in being able to defeat him, he was willing to try.

"You think you can kill me?" the Flower-Seizing Marauder growled. Having seized the upper hand in the fighting, he looked over at the group near Yang Qi and laughed coldly. "Do you really believe that scum like you can handle me? I ravaged your women to death, and it was great! I loved the looks of despair in their eyes as they died, and only wish that you could have been there to watch them being raped to death. And my energy arts are only getting stronger and stronger. In the end, all of you can only wallow in despair!"

RIP!

All of a sudden, he sent Star Swordlife staggering backward. Then he flicked his finger, sending out a speck of black light toward the gathered onlookers that rapidly expanded into a huge millstone, on the surface of which was engraved an elegy of death. It was another energy art from the Great Necropolis.

"Stone Emperor's Tomb Inscription!"

Unexpectedly, he was trying to kill all of the onlookers, to ensure that there were no witnesses left behind. The wickedness and evil of this man would make anyone bristle with anger!

However, Yang Qi merely snorted coldly and unleashed a fist strike imbued with a spirit that could conquer mountains and rivers. It slammed into the Stone Emperor's Tomb Inscription, shattering it instantly! Then Yang Qi stepped out onto the square, waving his palm in an arc and sending a deadly attack right toward the Flower-Seizing Marauder.

The Flower-Seizing Marauder quickly launched another God Tombstone Palm, thinking that he would kill Yang Qi in one shot. However, when their two palms collided, he shivered and his arm went numb.

'How could this kid be so fierce?' he thought.

Meanwhile, Star Swordlife retracted his sword light and ceased fighting. Before, the onlookers had been hoping that he and Yang Qi would work together to rid the world of the Flower-Seizing Marauder. Unexpectedly, though, he had decided to step to the sidelines.

People immediately began to cry out to him. "Young Hero, quickly join forces with Junior Sectlord Will Manifestation to kill this guy! He's profoundly evil, to the point where everyone wants to see him dead. Only when he ceases to exist can vengeance be had!"

"Young Hero with the sword, hurry up and keep fighting. You can't stop now!"

"Ai... if the Flower-Seizing Marauder doesn't die today, it's impossible to say how many young men he'll kill in the future, or how many maidens he'll murder."

The Flower-Seizing Marauder was visibly surprised to see Star Swordlife retreating from battle. Looking over at Yang Qi, he said, "So you're the junior sectlord from the Will Manifestation Heaven Sect? You became pretty famous recently, but are you really willing to pick a fight with me? Could it be that you want to boost your reputation by killing me? If so, you've made a mistake. Do you know how many people have tried to kill me? In the end, I cut them all down. It seems to me the young women of the Will Manifestation Heaven Sect should be careful going forward. Sooner or later, I'll head over to your sect and rape them all to death!"

"So, it's you, Yang Qi," Star Swordlife said coolly. "Are you planning to kill this man?"

"You're right, I am, Star Swordlife. Even you can see how evil he is. He deserves to die, and if he doesn't, countless more people will be hurt. Will you join me?"

"I won't join you, especially not to kill someone. I only save people. Furthermore, plenty of people have died at your hands, Yang Qi. You have no right to condemn the Flower-Seizing Marauder."

The Flower-Seizing Marauder immediately burst out laughing. "Not bad. Not bad at all. How about instead, you two fight and I can be the referee?"

Glaring at Star Swordlife, Yang Qi said, "You talk about saving people? Look at all the people standing on the sidelines. The Flower-Seizing Marauder very nearly killed them all with his God Tombstone Palms. Why didn't you save them?"

"I would have, except his cultivation base is too fierce," Star Swordlife replied coolly. "I wasn't able to save them, but I wanted to."

"Alright, cut the crap," Yang Qi growled. "I'm going to kill this guy, Star Swordlife. If you don't want to help, fine. Just step back and don't get in my way."

"Ai..." Star Swordlife sighed. "Why are you always going around trying to kill people, Yang Qi? As long as I'm here, you're not going to be killing anybody. I won't allow it."

When the onlookers heard his words, many of them shouted in anger and began vehemently cursing Star Swordlife.

"What kind of a rat bastard are you?! You're helping this monster? He's killed innumerable helpless victims, and raped too many women to count. He deserves the death penalty ten thousand times over! Why the hell aren't you going to help Junior Sectlord Will Manifestation rid the world of him? Just what are you planning to do instead?"

"This guy was just ambushed by the Flower-Seizing Marauder? Why would he stop the junior sectlord from killing him? Is he insane or something?"

"Get out of way! Let the junior sectlord kill the Flower-Seizing Marauder!"

Star Swordlife seemed completely unruffled by all the yelling and cursing. "The Flower-Seizing Marauder is a killer, and Yang Qi is a killer too. As far as I'm concerned, there's no difference between them. I don't discriminate amongst the people I save."

"Well said, boy!" The Flower-Seizing Marauder burst out into sinister laughter. He had sinister, triangular eyes, a high-bridged nose, and viciously angular lips. He actually looked heartless and unethical, like a cold-blooded, ruthless villain. "It's good to see that you have principles. How about this: I promise never to kill another person again. Unfortunately, this junior sectlord is obviously not going to make a similar promise. Why don't the two of us work together to take him down? Make sure he doesn't kill anyone else, ever again?"

"Did you hear that, Yang Qi?" Star Swordlife said. "The Flower-Seizing Marauder just promised me that he'd never kill again. What about you?"

Now it was Yang Qi's turn to burst out laughing. "Are you a complete moron, Star Swordlife? You actually believe him? I don't remember you being such an idiot before. Could it be that the higher your cultivation base gets, the worse your brain works?"

"I have no way to know whether or not you'll keep killing people," Star Swordlife replied. "But at least he's willing to make the promise. So what do you think? If you express the same sentiment and promise not to kill anyone in the future, then I won't make things difficult for you. What do you say?"

Yang Qi's eyes flashed. Star Swordlife was really acting like a blockhead, and was clearly not willing to budge in his views. Yang Qi sighed. "This guy is a despicable and shameless liar, Star Swordlife. He's obviously going to go back on his word. I'm telling you, if he doesn't die right here and now, he's only going to bring more calamity to the dao of immortals."

"Did you hear that, Star Swordlife?" the Flower-Seizing Marauder said. "He's being very stubborn. He'll definitely go on to kill more people in the future; he basically said it outright! I've already said that I won't, so what are you going to do?"

"I won't let him kill you," Star Swordlife said. "Don't worry."

When the onlookers heard this interchange, their heads nearly exploded from fury. How could any of them have guessed that something like this would happen? As of this point, they were actually angrier with Star Swordlife than they were with the Flower-Seizing Marauder. After all, it was because of his refusal to kill people that an utter monster was about to go free.

In fact, he was essentially helping the monster.

"In that case, there's no point in continuing this conversation," Yang Qi said. "I'm going to punish this villain. If you try to stop me, that means you're on his side. Listen up, Flower-Seizing Marauder. Whether you run or fight, I'm going to kill you today."

"Why haven't you stepped in, Star Swordlife?" the Flower-Seizing Marauder said. "I already promised never to kill another person again. Come on, help me deal with this guy!"

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Chapter 1048: One Versus Two

Yang Qi wanted to kill the villainous Flower-Seizing Marauder, only to have the obsessed Star Swordlife interfere.

He had dealt with Star Swordlife many times, and had come to find that he really had a one-track mind. No amount of talking would convince him to change, and all he ever talked about was his refusal to kill. Moments ago, the Flower-Seizing Marauder had threatened to kill a whole group of cultivators with his God Tombstone Palms, a group that included women.

But now Star Swordlife was actually defending him. As far as Yang Qi was concerned, Star Swordlife's actions had long since surpassed anything that made sense.

In the end, Yang Qi didn't care. He would reveal the truth with his fists if he had to.

He knew that the Flower-Seizing Marauder wouldn't be easy to take down, and if Star Swordlife got involved, the fight would be even harder. However, knowing that didn't weaken his resolve or confidence. Oftentimes, his best performances were in tight situations such as this.

"Die!" he shouted, launching a fist right at Star Swordlife.

This caught Star Swordlife completely by surprise. However, he still had a Terrifying will convergence, and that was nothing to take lightly. He slashed out with his sword, sending a beam of light to meet the incoming fist. When the two collided, Star Swordlife felt immense force slamming into him, sending him staggering backward with a look of surprise on his face.

Ever since acquiring the godpower seed, his cultivation base had advanced so rapidly that his dao of the sword had become nearly invincible. In fact, he was actually superior to most of the sect leaders.

As such, he was completely taken aback to find that Yang Qi was so strong.

Yang Qi's fist strike was a combination of soft and hard. It pulled and pushed at the same time, and seemed like a tribulation of kalpas, unceasing and never-ending.

It was truly an ultimate manifestation of the art of the fist.

Yang Qi's fist technique had improved tremendously after cultivating the Unspoiled Body with the Strength of the Hell-Crushing Godmammoth. Although the combination was causing problems with his cultivation advancement, it did make him incredibly effective in combat.

Later, the Mahātmā Jade he acquired had helped his psychic power, but unfortunately, it was dangerous to use. He had no idea whether it would suck the user dry, or provide an influx of psychic power. Until his research revealed more of its secrets, he didn't dare to use it.

Thankfully, the newly born purrling had provided a lot of enlightenment, helping him use his three major energy arts together and reach a level that was completely unheard of throughout history.

Of course, there was still a lot of enlightenment to be had regarding his Purrfect God Art. He needed to spend time in secluded meditation in order to answer the many questions he had regarding the connection between his fleshly body and his psyche.

But even though the energy arts he had at his disposal weren't technically complete, they were still more than Star Swordlife was capable of easily vanquishing.

One of his reasons for taking the fight to the Flower-Seizing Marauder and Star Swordlife at the same time was that he hoped the brutal combat would improve his psychic enlightenment and further his understanding of the Purrfect God Art.

Even gods could gain enlightenment by walking the thin line between life and death.

After forcing Star Swordlife back with a fist strike, Yang Qi followed it up with another blow that contained elements of yin and yang, heaven and earth, and righteousness and evil.

The onlookers watched in amazement as he launched blow after blow. His superb skill in martial and energy arts was such that everyone began sweating with shock. How could any of them have guessed that he was this proficient?

Was he even human? Or was he actually the child of a Paramount God from the god world, descended to the mortal world in human form?

The Flower-Seizing Marauder was also stunned, as he realized that he had no idea what martial discipline Yang Qi was using. It was so powerful that he wasn't sure he could even fight it, or even escape its momentum once it was unleashed. He preemptively threw out a move from his God Tombstone Palms, creating a defensive perimeter around himself.

Specifically, he was using the Sink into Oblivion style of the palm technique, which created a rippling area around him that would draw in all offensive attacks and negate them. Any palm power that hit it would simply 'sink down into oblivion'.

Meanwhile, Star Swordlife finally struck back, sending out a tempest of sword energy that manifested as all sorts of meteorological and astronomical phenomenon, including falling rain, snowflakes, lighting and thunder.

It looked like a huge fight was about to take place.

It was one versus two, and Yang Qi wasn't holding anything back. His attacks all conformed to the dao of heaven, creating a field of energy that completely surrounded both Star Swordlife and the Flower-Seizing Marauder. At the same time, Star Swordlife was fighting back fiercely with his sword, to the point where Yang Qi couldn't afford any slowness or delays.

Every time his fist connected with the sword, immense force would rip through him, making him feel numb as a result. Thankfully, he had some godpower seeds and access to the vital energy of the Great Necropolis, which helped him stave off the numbness.

Without those, Yang Qi would definitely have been at a huge disadvantage.

Meanwhile, the Flower-Seizing Marauder was having problems similar to Star Swordlife.

Never in his wildest dreams would he have guessed that Junior Sectlord Will Manifestation was this strong. In fact, he seemed equal to some of the most powerful people from the Ancient Road to the Gods, imperial figures with psychic scales of eighty.

Not even his God Tombstone Palms, or other arts from the Great Necropolis, seemed enough to block Yang Qi's wild attacks.

As for the people on the sidelines, they watched the fighting with such astonishment that they had already begun crying out in shock at what they were seeing. Earlier, few people present had felt very optimistic at Yang Qi's chances. After all, they had all just seen Star Swordlife and the Flower-Seizing Marauder fighting. But now, Yang Qi's stellar performance had many of them considering joining the fight to try to slaughter Star Swordlife and the Flower-Seizing Marauder.

Obviously, Yang Qi was winning hearts here. Yet again, destiny was stirring.

"Sword Shattering!"

All of a sudden, he pounced like an eagle descending on a rabbit, heading directly toward Star Swordlife.

Before Star Swordlife could react, Yang Qi's hand clamped down onto his sword and twisted, shattering the blade. Then, Yang Qi's hand shot toward Star Swordlife's head.

Star Swordlife quickly backed up, and with a flourish of both hands, produced another sword. Waving it, he created a massive sword net, not to attack Yang Qi but to defend the Flower-Seizing Marauder.

When the audience saw this, more yelling and cursing could be heard.

"You asshole! You're actually defending the Flower-Seizing Marauder? What are you thinking? You want to save people? Do you know how many people are going to die if the Flower-Seizing Marauder escapes today? You might as well be killing them yourself!"

"The punk has already entered the dao of devils. Junior Sectlord, kill them both!"

"This brat is going to make himself public enemy number one. He definitely can't be allowed to live. If the Flower-Seizing Marauder survives, we have to kill this accomplice of his!"

The crowd was truly getting very angry at Star Swordlife's actions.

However, he was set on his dao. It didn't matter how people cursed him, he would defend the Flower-Seizing Marauder. Of course, the Flower-Seizing Marauder was both surprised and delighted by this. And at a certain point, he intentionally retracted his energy, putting himself in a dangerous situation.

Of course, Yang Qi immediately took advantage of the situation and pressed the attack. And just when it seemed he would pierce the Flower-Seizing Marauder's defense, Star Swordlife lunged forward, expending a huge amount of vital energy to create a defensive barrier.

When the onlookers saw this, their curses grew even harsher. To see Star Swordlife so openly defending the Flower-Seizing Marauder made them want to eat his flesh and drink his blood.

That was especially true considering how the Flower-Seizing Marauder had plagued the women of so many different sects. The Flower-Seizing Marauder was truly notorious, and really was guilty of countless crimes. If hatred alone could kill, he would have long since been dead.

Unfortunately, Star Swordlife was doing everything he could to prevent Yang Qi from killing him.

Howling, Yang Qi unleashed another devastating attack, causing an aura to spread out that seemed to contain the energy of countless fallen gods.

As Yang Qi's fist strike approached, the Flower-Seizing Marauder's face fell and he tried to dodge to the side. Before he could, Yang Qi launched another fist strike to block his path of escape.

The Flower-Seizing Marauder was trapped; if he were struck by either of these blows, he would die, or at least be seriously injured.

However, at that moment, Star Swordlife thrust out his sword, drawing on all of the power of his cultivation base, and all of his sword energy, to block the two fist strikes.

POP!

Blood sprayed out of his mouth, and he said, "Get out of here, Flower-Seizing Marauder! And remember, don't kill anyone!"

Chuckling coldly, the Flower-Seizing Marauder said, "You actually believed that I wouldn't kill anyone from here on out? You're so stupid you don't deserve to live! Give me your godpower seed!"

And he thrust out his hand toward Star Swordlife's head.

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Chapter 1049: Obsessed

In the most critical moment of the fight, the Flower-Seizing Marauder showed his true, brutal colors. He suddenly attacked Star Swordlife, hoping to kill him and take his Great Necropolis godpower seed. He had long since come to the realization that Star Swordlife had amazing sword technique, and had also mastered his Inheritor abilities.

Assimilating Star Swordlife would obviously provide a big boost to the Flower-Seizing Marauder, giving him a big advantage in his fight against the junior sectlord of the Will Manifestation Heaven Sect.

There was no question that Star Swordlife had to die.

It didn't matter that he had saved his life; the Flower-Seizing Marauder couldn't care less about that. He didn't care about showing gratitude, or living by the traditional virtues of compassion, duty, propriety and integrity. As soon as he saw a chance to profit from a situation, he would take advantage of it. Even if Star Swordlife had saved him a thousand or even ten thousand times, he would still do the same thing. Right now, he was dead set on killing him, taking his treasures, devouring his flesh and blood, and assimilating his soul.

It would be hard to find a person more wicked and vicious than this.

Everything had been a big trick. He had intentionally put himself in a dangerous situation to lure Star Swordlife to his defense. Then he had struck like lightning.

This was the opportunity he had been waiting for.

CRACK!

His hands latched onto Star Swordlife's head, and he sent his energy arts surging into his sea of consciousness.

In the blink of an eye, he made contact with the Great Necropolis godpower seed.

The Flower-Seizing Marauder was a powerful man. He had a psychic scale of fifty and a power index of over six thousand. On top of that, he was an Inheritor who had cut down multiple fellow Inheritors. That said, he normally wouldn't have been able to pull off a move like this. It was only because Star Swordlife had already been badly hurt by Yang Qi that he could pull it off.

"Aaaiiiieee!" Star Swordlife screamed, turning to look in disbelief at the Flower-Seizing Marauder. "Why? I thought you said you wouldn't do any more killing? Why would you ambush me? I saved you, to help guide you back to the right path! Why would you plot against me? Is it really true that monsters can't be converted to the light by means of life force?"

"I'll 'convert' your mother later tonight!" the Flower-Seizing Marauder shouted. "You stupid idiot! If someone like you could 'guide me back to the right path', I would have died long ago on the Ancient Road to the Gods. The scum beneath my shoes is better than you. Now give me that godpower seed. Don't worry, I'll take good care of your wife, daughter, and mother. In fact, I'll bang them to death! That's the thanks you'll get for saving my life!" With that, he erupted into maniacal laughter as he dug his fingers into Star Swordlife's skull, trying to extract his godpower seed.

"You..." Star Swordlife said, struggling to free himself. He even unleashed an energy field that he hoped would knock the Flower-Seizing Marauder away. Unfortunately, he was fundamentally weaker, and also badly injured. In that state, how could he possibly do anything to the Flower-Seizing Marauder?

He could only watch as his energy arts were drained away. And slowly but surely, the godpower seed was being pulled out.

Seeing this, Yang Qi snorted coldly and launched another palm strike at the Flower-Seizing Marauder. And at the same time, he sent some true energy into Star Swordlife.

The Flower-Seizing Marauder was forced to defend himself with his God Tombstone Palms. At the same time, Yang Qi's true energy was healing Star Swordlife, allowing him to eject the Flower-Seizing Marauder's energy.

Yang Qi's palm slammed into the Flower-Seizing Marauder's palm, and at the same time, the wounds on Star Swordlife's head closed up. He had been saved by Yang Qi!

Of course, this was a huge surprise; never could he have guessed that Yang Qi would actually save him.

Leaping backward, the Flower-Seizing Marauder pointed angrily at Yang Qi and said, "This guy plotted against you! You should have been happy to see him die. Why would you save him? According to my calculations, you clearly want to kill him!"

Yang Qi snorted again. "You calculated wrong, Flower-Seizing Marauder. Do you really think I'm as despicable as you? Maybe I do want to kill Star Swordlife, but I'll do it in a fair fight. I wouldn't stab him in the back the way you would."

Turning to Star Swordlife he said, "Are you alright? You're always talking about saving people. How does it feel to be the one being saved this time?"

Star Swordlife hesitated. "Well done, Yang Qi. Thanks to my example, you've learned about the dao of life force, and know the delight of rescuing people. Going forward, you can advance the interests of life force, just like me. You're not going to try to kill the Flower-Seizing Marauder now, are you?"

His words caused looks of blank astonishment to appear on the faces of the onlookers.

Who could ever have guessed that Star Swordlife would say that? Instead of thanking Yang Qi for saving his life, he claimed that he had converted Yang Qi to his own way of thinking. He wasn't just kicking his benefactor in the teeth, he was being as rapacious as a wolf and as savage as a cur.

As a result, even more people began cursing him than before. Of course, many people were reading into his words and could tell that he was still intent on defending the Flower-Seizing Marauder. People were definitely starting to hate Star Swordlife as much as the Flower-Seizing Marauder. After all, at least the Flower-Seizing Marauder wasn't a hypocrite.

As for Yang Qi, although he was stunned, he actually didn't think of Star Swordlife as being a hypocrite. He just had a one-track mind, and at the same time was completely obsessed. Considering that, and considering Yang Qi knew he couldn't change the situation, he wasn't angry. He simply smiled and said, "It was my pleasure to save you, Star Swordlife. And the reason I want to kill the Flower-Seizing Marauder is to save all of the people who he would go on to kill in the future. Do you see what I mean?"

"Regardless, I can't let you kill people in my presence," Star Swordlife replied. "If you try to kill the Flower-Seizing Marauder, I'll have to stop you."

"I knew you were going to say that. In that case, if the Flower-Seizing Marauder tries to kill you a second time, I won't save you."

"Sadly, it seems I haven't converted you to my side after all. You're indecisive, without a dao of your own. And in that aspect, you can't match up to me. Even if the Flower-Seizing Marauder does plan to kill me, I'll still save his life. As long as he agrees to stop killing." Looking over at the Flower-Seizing Marauder, he said, "Promise to do no more killing, and I'll keep you safe."

The Flower-Seizing Marauder burst out laughing again, then flew over to his side. "I promise. I'll never kill anyone ever again. You see, my sneak attack on you just now was actually a misunderstanding. Please don't hold it against me. I, the Flower-Seizing Marauder, hereby swear an oath to treat you as a benefactor who I owe my life to."

"Wonderful. It seems you've really made a change. That said, don't worry. Even if you ambush me a thousand times, or even ten thousand, I would still save you. That's my dao. I wouldn't ever abandon my dao just because you tried to kill me. You're a natural-born killer, whereas I'm a natural-born lifesaver. I can't abandon my inborn nature because of the inborn nature of others." That was how Star Swordlife viewed things.

"What a pity," Yang Qi said, shaking his head. "What a downright travesty. How did you manage to stay alive this long, Star Swordlife?"

"Because I'm benevolent and generous by nature. By saving the lives of others, I save my own life. Thus, I can turn ill fortune to good luck. For example, just now, when the Flower-Seizing Marauder tried to kill me, you saved me. But the truth is that it wasn't really you coming to my rescue. No. I was saving the Flower-Seizing Marauder, and therefore, you were inspired in the heat of the moment to save me. And that is how I turned ill fortune to good luck. Understand? In the end, I saved myself. That's how the life force of heaven and earth works, in its mysterious and enigmatic nature. If you're enlightened about the eternal nature of life force, you'll be eternally blessed. Because I gave the Flower-Seizing Marauder a chance at life, heaven and earth saw fit to do the same for me."

Star Swordlife's explanation actually did seem to make sense, but at the same time, those listening felt that there was something odd about it, although no one could say exactly what.

They could tell that it was fallacious reasoning, but couldn't think of any way to refute it.

As for Yang Qi, he thought, 'Star Swordlife really has begun to tread a path of evil. It's too bad. He wants to seek the way of life, but he's lost his balance and it's going to lead to more people getting hurt. His mere act of saving a life is going to lead to more people being murdered. If he follows this course, he might reach godly ascension, but in the end, he'll be a wretch-god."

Many wretch-gods started out in that way. They wanted to save the world, but to do so, they resorted to evil, to the point where they actually destroyed worlds. Some even attempted to purge all worlds, even ones that were completely innocent

That was how wretch-gods thought.

There was no doubt that Star Swordlife would eventually turn into such a wretch-god. Yang Qi could already see how it would play out.

That said, within Star Swordlife's thoughts, Yang Qi could actually see elements of the path he knew he had to walk. All of a sudden, his psychic power stirred and he broke through to the level of twenty-one.

The truth was that although Star Swordlife had a one-track mind, the fighting and debate with him had inspired Yang Qi and given him new enlightenment. There were numerous aspects of himself that he suddenly understood better.

"In that case," he said, "I'm going to attack the Flower-Seizing Marauder again. Let's see if you can stop me."

"Don't blame me for getting in your way," Star Swordlife said, and slashed out with his sword.

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Chapter 1050: Fighting the Flower-Seizing Marauder

From the fluctuations coming from deep in Star Swordlife's cultivation base, and the way his face glowed, Yang Qi could see that he had ultimate faith in his own actions. His psychic scale was climbing, and he looked like the famous one man guarding a mountain pass, preventing ten thousand men from breaking through. From what Yang Qi could tell, he was about to achieve some sort of breakthrough.

He would obviously be more than happy to die multiple times as long as he stuck to his beliefs.

In fact, he would have died moments ago if Yang Qi hadn't saved him. Of course, in his mind, he had temporarily converted Yang Qi to his cause and thus turned ill fortune to good luck, which only went to further his confidence and faith.

And now he was sinking into a frenzy. Without becoming a devil, one could not become a god.

"If you want to block me, go ahead," Yang Qi said. "Let's see if you have what it takes. In this world, logic and arguments are meaningless. The only thing that matters in the end is strength. Killing. Saving. You can do whatever you want as long as you're strong enough. That goes for both me and you. In the end, me killing one person will save countless more, while you saving one person will end up killing countless more. My killing is an act of saving, and your saving is an act of killing. There are many bizarre and marvelous situations like this in life."

"Hype yourself up however you want," Star Swordlife said, keeping his sword extended, "I still won't let you kill the Flower-Seizing Marauder."

Yang Qi attacked, his palm slipping right past Star Swordlife's defenses and heading directly toward the Flower-Seizing Marauder.

The Flower-Seizing Marauder was immediately struck with surprise. Moments ago, he had been inwardly gloating, just waiting for Star Swordlife and Yang Qi to start fighting. It was truly fortuitous to have run into a freak like Star Swordlife, who could be manipulated with only a few lies. Not even stabbing him in the back had turned him into an enemy.

Even up to this point, the Flower-Seizing Marauder didn't have an ounce of gratitude in his heart. He simply thought of Star Swordlife as a fool and buffoon. 'This brat is pretty funny. I definitely need to find time to rape his wife and daughters to death. And his mother, too. I wonder if he would save me then. I wouldn't be surprised if he did! Fine, it's settled. Once I get out of this situation, I'm going straight for his wife and daughters. Then we'll see how he reacts... As for this junior sectlord of the Will Manifestation Heaven Sect, I'm done with him. He's too strong, and he's not even in the Terrifying level yet. Once he achieves his next breakthrough, it'll be impossible for me to kill him.'

As he reveled in the idea of raping Star Swordlife's female family members, then forcing Star Swordlife into saving him, he found a palm rumbling right toward his chest.

"I thought you were going to defend me, Star Swordlife!" he shouted angrily. "You're just letting him kill me? Was all your talk of saving me just a big lie?!" Only by unleashing all eighty-one stances from his God Tombstone Palms did he just barely manage to fend off Yang Qi's assault.

"My apologies!" Star Swordlife said, and unleashed an explosive torrent of beautiful sword energy, filled with lovely scenery including rainfalls, flowing rivers, lotus ponds and the like.

"Misty rain!"

The sword was intertwined with the beautiful scenery, and the scenery gave birth to enough emotion to move anyone who looked at it. The sword energy became like a host of splendid scroll paintings that swirled around Yang Qi and made it impossible for him to attack the Flower-Seizing Marauder.

In response, Yang Qi threw out his palm, and his energy arts surged. Stepping forward, he combined his two major energy arts and slammed his hand into Star Swordlife's sword energy, shattering it. Then he reached his hand toward the Flower-Seizing Marauder and used another move.

"Seizing the Cosmos!"

The Flower-Seizing Marauder felt like everything around him was about to collapse, and he sensed his vital energy seeping out of him. Even his spine began to creak as though it might shatter under the force of Yang Qi's palm.

Spinning, he fought back with his God Tombstone Palms, causing a projection of the Great Necropolis to appear above him and send out godpower to negate Yang Qi's assault.

Around this time, Star Swordlife attacked Yang Qi's back, stabbing through his defensive empyrean energy with his sword. Instantly, sealing marks that resembled the Great Necropolis itself appeared as he attempted to lock Yang Qi into place.

Yang Qi chuckled coldly, sending out a wave of millions of rippling vibrations that destroyed the sealing marks and sent Star Swordlife staggering away. Then Yang Qi waved his sleeve, causing the God Legion Battle Robe to sweep out toward Star Swordlife, giving him no room to wield his sword energy as it threatened to wrap him up.

Visibly taken aback, Star Swordlife lunged backward, slicing back and forth with his sword in an attempt to shred Yang Qi's sleeve into nothing.

However, at that exact moment, Yang Qi shifted his movement and launched the most vicious attack possible on the Flower-Seizing Marauder.

Crack. Rattle.

Yang Qi's energy arts erupted, and he launched a lightning-fast fist strike. In the blink of an eye, dozens of arms appeared around him, each of them holding a different weapon, each of which was an expression of will that was filled with countless tribulations.

RUUUUMBLE. RUUUUUUUMBLE!

The attack slammed into the Flower-Seizing Marauder, sweeping him up into a tempest of energy. He tried to use the energy arts of the Great Necropolis to defend against it and was already cursing himself for not fleeing earlier. Instead, he had stuck around to try to kill this junior sectlord, only to find himself on the verge of being killed, with nowhere to run to.

In fact, if he tried to run away now, and made even the slightest mistake, he would end up like the pontifex of the Sackcloth Cathedral, a smear of gore stuck to the ground that would later be turned into a medicinal pill.

Yang Qi pressed the attack, drawing on three of his major energy arts. He was now fighting with full abandon, using punches and kicks that, despite seeming low on power, were actually backed by an invincible great dao. People facing this level of attack would only have one option to choose: death. There was no second option!

"One Sword Seals Devils!" Star Swordlife shouted. Having freed himself from the God Legion Battle Robe, he stabbed his sword toward Yang Qi, sending out a host of sealing marks. Unfortunately for him, Yang Qi thrust his palm out, causing the sword light to shatter and shoving Star Swordlife away yet again.

Having been repeatedly rebuffed by Yang Qi, Star Swordlife was starting to feel overwhelmed with helplessness. "Flower-Seizing Marauder, come stand by my side. I'll connect to you using my Great Necropolis godpower seed, and then we can join forces. Together, we should be strong enough to stand up to him!"

The Flower-Seizing Marauder's spirits immediately lifted. 'Fuck. Is this kid really suicidal or something? He's right, if we join forces, we'll be much stronger. But he should only do that with someone he deeply trusts. Otherwise, he's just making himself extremely vulnerable to attack!'

No one in their right mind would join forces with the Flower-Seizing Marauder, thus opening themselves to attack by him. On the Ancient Road to the Gods, there had been some fiend-devils who allied with the Flower-Seizing Marauder, but in the end, he killed them all and devoured their nascent divinities.

And although there was no way Star Swordlife would attempt to take the Flower-Seizing Marauder's godpower seed, it was a given that the Flower-Seizing Marauder would try taking his.

"You think I'm going to let you join forces?" Yang Qi said, launching two palm strikes, one containing the Strength of the Hell-Crushing Godmammoth, which he sent toward Star Swordlife, and the other containing the True-Devil Unspoiled-by-Myriad-Kalpas-and-Tribulations Body, which he sent toward the Flower-Seizing Marauder. Obviously, he wasn't going to let them team up against him.

"Life Force of Heaven and Earth; One Sword Revolution; Sacrifice the Mortal Shell; Save and Rescue Living Beings!" All of a sudden, Star Swordlife began burning his life force and soul to unleash a powerful sword move.

With a swoosh, he slashed through Yang Qi's moves and appeared in front of the Flower-Seizing Marauder.

He was actually sacrificing himself to save the Flower-Seizing Marauder, which went to show the incredible level of his willpower.

Yang Qi couldn't help but be shaken, and knew how incredibly powerful this sword move must be, considering it was backed by a sacrifice of life force. If Star Swordlife and the Flower-Seizing Marauder joined forces under these conditions, it was highly likely that the latter would take the former's godpower seed. And when the Flower-Seizing Marauder grew stronger as a result, it would only mean that more female cultivators would be ravaged and killed by him.

In this moment, Yang Qi's eyes flashed like lightning and his psychic scale rose yet again.

Purr. Purr!

Deep within him, his energy arts suddenly broke through to another level. He had suddenly gained further enlightenment of the Purrfect God Art, which caused purring sounds to fill his sea of energy. Although they couldn't match up to the actual purring sounds of the purrling, they were still terrifying to hear.

WHOOSH!

He thrust two palms out, and two bubbles suddenly appeared.

Those bubbles surpassed any expression of space or time. They instantly covered Star Swordlife and the Flower-Seizing Marauder, breaking the connection that had just formed between them. Surprised, Star Swordlife slashed his sword out to try bursting the bubble.

Unfortunately for him, there was no way he could do anything to the bubble. Although Yang Qi was not the purrling itself, his cultivation base was incredible, and his mastery of the art ensured that the bubbles he could create were still extremely powerful.

The Flower-Seizing Marauder had just been about to try to take Star Swordlife's godpower seed, only to be trapped in a bubble and thwarted.

He drew on his God Tombstone Palms, sending attacks left and right. But sadly for him, all efforts were useless. Then, a moment later, Yang Qi appeared inside the bubble with him.

It was time to go for broke!

The Flower-Seizing Marauder unleashed his most powerful techniques, hoping at least to take Yang Qi out with him. Sadly, it was too late. When Yang Qi had been fighting one versus two, he still had the upper hand, let alone when fighting one on one inside this bubble. Obviously, he was even stronger inside the bubble.

In the briefest of moments, the two of them exchanged three thousand moves, then Yang Qi landed a blow directly on the Flower-Seizing Marauder's chest.

Blood sprayed out of the Flower-Seizing Marauder's mouth like a waterfall.

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Chapter 1051: Heating Alcohol

"Aaaiiiieee!" screamed the Flower-Seizing Marauder, his face a mask of disbelief. In his mind, he had never even considered the possibility that he might die one day. "I can't believe this! I'm dying at the hands of some brat who isn't even in the Terrifying level? I didn't even have a chance to kill Star Swordlife and get his godpower seed!"

Trembling, he continued, "If I'm going out, I'm taking you with me, boy! Time for a godpower explosion!"

RUMBLE!

Energy shot out of him that could destroy the heavens and extinguish the earth, and as a result, the bubble generated by Yang Qi finally popped.

Yang Qi was not the purrling, and his mastery of these bubbles was superficial at best. Obviously, he still had a lot to learn.

However, if the Flower-Seizing Marauder thought he was going to take Yang Qi out with him, he was sadly mistaken; as soon as he was out in the open, Yang Qi easily got him under control again.

Chuckling coldly, Yang Qi said, "Take me out with you? Who do you think you are? My cultivation base is so high that there's no way you could ever hope to kill me."

Yang Qi's physical body had reached a level of such incredible power that it defied the norms of nature.

He extended his hand, and his five fingers were like immense mountains that crushed all of the divine abilities launched by the Flower-Seizing Marauder.

"Hand of the One God; Nine Stance Combination!"

Yang Qi was resorting to a trump card, hoping to forestall any interference from Star Swordlife. After all, Star Swordlife was willing to sacrifice his own life force to save this despicable villain.

Therefore, he combined all nine of the stances from one of the best killing moves from the Strength of the Hell-Crushing Godmammoth, bolstering it with the energy arts he had picked up from Proud Heaven.

POP!

He closed his fingers into a fist, and the Flower-Seizing Marauder's head shattered. His godpower seed flew out, pulling his nascent divinity and will along with it, leaving the fleshly body behind.

Yang Qi was ready for that. He flicked his finger, sending out a bubble of true energy that encased the godpower seed and then pulled it over to him. Without any hesitation, he began to burn it with bright fire. The Flower-Seizing Marauder immediately screamed, "Mercy! Show me mercy! I'll acknowledge allegiance to you! I won't kill anyone ever again!"

"You might convince Star Swordlife of that, but not me." There was absolutely no way Yang Qi was going to show mercy in this situation, and he continued to unleash his powerful energy arts. Soon, the Flower-Seizing Marauder's screams faded away and his body collapsed into ash.

He was dead and gone.

One of the most evil and despicable bandits in existence was no more.

Jubilant cheering immediately broke out.

"Alright!"

"A great kill!"

"He really got rid of a big scourge!"

The Flower-Seizing Marauder had brought harm and suffering to many people, and unfortunately, virtually none of them had been in the position to get the revenge they deserved.

But Yang Qi had done it for them.

Already, word was starting to spread that the vile Flower-Seizing Marauder was finally dead, leading to widespread rejoicing.

Yang Qi immediately felt destiny shifting, flowing toward him rapidly. This battle had boosted the reputation of the Will Manifestation Heaven Sect and made him a subject of even more adoration. Yet again, his prestige was growing.

"No!"

A bubble popped, and Star Swordlife leaped out into the open. The fact that he had been unable to save the Flower-Seizing Marauder was obviously a huge blow to him. And this wasn't the first time that Yang Qi had left him absolutely powerless. A similar thing had played out with Profound Valor. As of now, he truly loathed Yang Qi.

"Yang Qi! You've killed again!" He pointed his sword at him. "Why do you have to do things like this!?"

"What," Yang Qi replied coolly. "What are you going to do, kill me to avenge the Flower-Seizing Marauder?"

"No, I don't kill people. Ever. But I swear that I'm going to capture and seal you. With you free, it's impossible to say how many people you'll harm."

"The Flower-Seizing Marauder killed a lot of people. Why didn't you capture and seal him? Don't tell me that your goal is to rescue wretch-devils and ignore good people? Or did I hurt your feelings so bad that you're pretending I'm worse than the Flower-Seizing Marauder? If so, I'd say you're being a bit too conceited."

"Kill him, Junior Sectlord!"

"Yeah, cut him down. Not even death can atone for how he helped the Flower-Seizing Marauder. Let's join together to seal him! Make sure he doesn't escape!"

Everyone was shouting, and quite a few people began setting up a spell formation. Obviously, they all hated Star Swordlife and wanted to see him dead.

"See that?" Yang Qi said. "You've aroused public anger. And you think you're going to take me captive? You're obviously not strong enough to do that. You're not even on the same level as the Flower-Seizing Marauder, and the two of you working together weren't enough to handle me. I could kill you as easily as turning over my hand. And even if I chose not to, you've pissed off enough people that there's no way you'll get out of here alive. I'll give you one chance to survive."

"I don't care about your glib lies!" Star Swordlife spat. "I'm capturing you right here and right now!"

"There's one way you'll survive today," Yang Qi said, "and that's to acknowledge allegiance to me. Work for me. Drop your idiotic talk about saving people. I won't ask you to go around killing innocents or anything like that. But I will require you to root out evil. And you'll act as my bodyguard. Anyone who tries to kill me will earn the death sentence. Anyone who goes around killing innocent people will be judged as devils and earn a similar death. Furthermore, if I ever ask you to kill someone you think doesn't deserve it, you can refuse. What do you think?"

"I refuse to kill anyone," Star Swordlife replied. "And I won't permit you to kill another person in my presence. Capturing you is the most pressing goal in my path to godly ascension."

"You're forcing me to kill you," Yang Qi said with a sigh. "In this case, it's an act of self-defense. I have a lot of enemies, and if you took me captive, my friends and family would be slaughtered. In other words, you capturing me would be the same as you killing them."

"I won't let anyone kill your friends and family," Star Swordlife said.

"You think I'm going to believe that? The Flower-Seizing Marauder killed plenty of people. Did you save any of them? Saving people is a good thing, Star Swordlife, but it has to be done properly. Do it improperly, and your so-called saving turns into killing." Even as he spoke, Yang Qi was pooling his energy and preparing to take Star Swordlife out with a single blow. He didn't want to give him a chance to pull off any tricks.

Besides, Star Swordlife had aroused enough public anger that even if Yang Qi didn't do the deed, he would end up getting ripped to shreds by the crowd.

In that tense moment right before fighting broke out again, a beam of godlight appeared, within which were a host of young women. Their leader looked like a goddess, and had a cultivation base that was completely unfathomable. Upon seeing this young woman, many of the onlookers recognized her.

"Junior Sectlord, that's Her Majesty the junior empress of the Woodfern Couple Palace!"

"The junior empress is here!? What does she want?"

The junior empress of the Woodfern Couple Palace was just as powerful and important as the junior pontiff of the Genesis Sanctum, and was obviously not someone to take lightly.

"Please hold on a moment, Brother Yang Qi," the junior empress said. "There's something I'd like to say."

"Please, speak your mind, Junior Empress," Yang Qi said, reining in his power. "This person here aided the Flower-Seizing Marauder, and is deserving of ten thousand deaths. Everyone here is calling for his head; is there some reason you want me to show him mercy?"

"First of all, I'd like to point out that many of my Sisters were killed by the Flower-Seizing Marauder. So I'd like to thank you for the service you performed. I've often dreamed of killing the Flower-Seizing Marauder, but ever since he got a godpower seed from the Great Necropolis, he's been invincible. I almost can't believe that you took him out, Brother Yang Qi. The benevolence and righteousness you've shown makes you worthy of universal respect." She ended her speech by bowing deeply at the waist.

Yang Qi immediately bowed back just as deeply.

"I don't dare to accept your words of praise," he said. "It's my duty to rid the world of evil."

"Truth be told," the junior empress continued, "I was watching the whole fight just now. I'd originally considered stepping in to help you, but after realizing how unfathomable your cultivation base is, and watching you take the upper hand, I decided to simply let you have the victory for yourself. That said, in my opinion, Young Sir Star Swordlife is also a good person. He seeks to avoid killing, and tries to save even the wicked. Although his good intentions lead to bad results, he doesn't have an evil heart, and thus doesn't deserve death. How about instead, we heat some alcohol and discuss heroism? We can talk things over and turn weapons of war into gifts of jade and silk. What do you think?"

"Er..." Yang Qi said. "I guess that's fine with me. It's only natural that I would give you some face, Junior Empress. Although, this Star Swordlife keeps jabbering about taking me captive. And considering that he was willing to let the Flower-Seizing Marauder continue with his villainy, I'm worried that he'll be a threat to me in the future."

"Don't worry about that, I'll handle it." Turning to look at Star Swordlife, she said, "Young Sir Star Swordlife, it's obvious that Brother Yang Qi is no evil villain. Instead, he kills villains, so why do you insist on causing problems for him? Don't you see that your good intentions are leading to bad results? Why not come drink with us? We can laugh our differences away. What do you think?"

Star Swordlife's cheek twitched. However, he wasn't a complete moron, and could see what the junior empress was trying to do. She was offering him a way out of the current crisis. It was a classic situation of someone being benevolent and generous by nature and turning ill fortune to good luck. Without her help, it was obvious that he would either die at Yang Qi's hands, or the crowd's.

"I accept your invitation, Junior Empress. But I'm still dead set on stopping Yang Qi from killing anyone else."

"Great," the junior empress said with a wide smile. "Now, let's stop arguing. The two of you are valiant heroes of our age and should be allies. Fighting the executors and the fiend-devils is the proper course for all of us. There's really no need for all this deadly infighting. Please come with me to my palace. I already have the alcohol prepared."

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Chapter 1052: Heating Alcohol Part 2

The junior empress led Star Swordlife and Yang Qi into the depths of the Woodfern Couple Palace. For the most part, Destructionless Castle was split into two sections, one controlled by the Woodfern Couple Palace and the other controlled by the Genesis Sanctum. And both factions were constantly holding banquets and feasts in an attempt to recruit people onto their side.

One reason why Yang Qi so readily accepted her invitation was that she hadn't acted as overbearing as the junior pontiff. Another reason was that although the Will Manifestation Heaven Sect was by no means a tiny and weak organization, they obviously weren't strong enough to truly throw their weight around. It made sense to form a temporary alliance with the Woodfern Couple Palace, then worry later about how to grow even stronger.

He was truly acting as the junior sectlord should, if for no other reason than to ensure the safety of the members of the Yang Clan and the other experts he had brought out of the Myriad Worlds Monarch Chart to join the Will Manifestation Heaven Sect. There were plenty of young ones that were flourishing in the sect, to the point where Yang Qi really did think of it as something he couldn't do without.

A lavish banquet had been prepared in a big hall in the Woodfern Couple Palace.

Among the guests were quite a few young women, all of them incredibly beautiful, and with powerful energy arts as well. The young men present were elegant, handsome, and moved with a natural grace that indicated they had long since gained the most profound of enlightenment. It was obvious that all of these people were far from being ordinary in nature.

Yang Qi even spotted a few Inheritors among them.

When he entered the hall, some of the guests looked over with faint smiles and nodded in greeting. Others didn't spare him a glance, while some looked at him with open disdain. A few simply looked at him thoughtfully.

Yang Qi immediately got the impression that these were top experts from important sects, unlike the general riffraff he had encountered up to this point.

There was no way the junior empress of the Woodfern Couple Palace would invite nobodies to a fancy banquet like this.

The junior empress nodded in greeting to everyone, then raised her voice and said, "I've invited two more young heroes here to join us in heating alcohol and discussing heroism. This is the junior sectlord of the Will Manifestation Heaven Sect, Yang Qi, who only just now personally killed the Flower-Seizing Marauder. As for the second hero I've brought, he just..."

The junior empress paused in thought for a moment. She was just about to say that Star Swordlife had helped the Flower-Seizing Marauder, but realized that wouldn't be particularly appropriate. The Flower-Seizing Marauder had been a treacherous rapist who everyone hated to death, so describing Star Swordlife as his ally would obviously be a mistake.

"This second hero has incredible sword technique and is an Inheritor of the Great Necropolis. Please meet Young Hero Star Swordlife."

She then went on to introduce the other guests to Yang Qi. "This is the junior bishop of the Church of Warfare Champions... And this is the junior chieftain of Mount Heavensnow..."

No one present dared to interrupt the junior empress as she made the introductions, making it clear that she was in the position of power.

As the introductions were made, Yang Qi noticed that everyone carried themselves with casual grace, and no one seemed particularly shocked that he had just killed the Flower-Seizing Marauder. A few people seemed more interested in Star Swordlife, probably because he was an Inheritor.

"Everyone, please be seated," the junior empress said. She took the seat of honor at the front of the banquet, then asked Yang Qi and Star Swordlife to sit on either side of her. Gesturing to her side, she drew attention to a burning furnace, atop which sat a simmering cauldron. "This furnace is called Chaos. When chaos arrives, it's like a fire that can burn anything and everything. The cauldron is called the Deer Cauldron. Of course, the deer represents the world. The alcohol in the cauldron is called Hero. When chaos reigns, and the fires of war rage, whoever seizes control of the deer emerges as the hero. Clearly, this banquet of heating alcohol and discussing heroism is about more than just making friends."

The valiance and heroism in her voice made it clear that she was in no way inferior to any man, and instantly inspired admiration in the hearts of the listeners.

"The Great Necropolis has come to block the Ancient Road to the Gods, and the only hope to achieve godly ascension is to gain control of it. The Executors of the Ancient Road are acting oppressive and overbearing, while at the same time, the Fiend-Devil League is cooking up evil plans. The native savages of the necropolis are forming alliances and the future world is glaring about like a tiger eyeing its prey. We face many enemies, so we must stick together to stay safe. As heroes of the ancient road, favored by the heavens, you have come to this assembly to select a league-lord, someone to lead all of us. Have any of you given any thought to who you think the leader should be?"

Just like that, she got down to the most important aspect to discuss, seemingly asking who these people supported, the Genesis Sanctum or the Woodfern Couple Palace.

One of the elegant looking young men said, "Whoever leads the alliance needs to be a person of virtue and prestige. Other than the imperial couple of the Woodfern Couple Palace, who else could possibly be qualified? The pontiff of the Genesis Sanctum and his son are both of them sinister schemers, and are by no means straightforward and upright. They definitely can't come close to the Woodfern Couple Palace."

This young man was the junior bishop of the Church of Warfare Champions that Yang Qi had been introduced to moments before. Clearly, he was hoping to win some approval from the junior empress.

In response to his words, quite a few people nodded and openly said that they too would support the Woodfern Couple Palace.

Yang Qi decided to add to the discussion and said, "The junior pontiff of the Genesis Sanctum used underhanded means to try to steal two female disciples from my Will Manifestation Heaven Sect. He's a dirty schemer who can't be allowed to rise to power."

In the end, Star Swordlife was the only one who didn't say anything.

"You've all gotten the wrong impression," the junior empress said. "Apparently you thought I invited you to this banquet to get your support, to get you to back the Woodfern Couple Palace. If that's the case, then you've really underestimated my organization."

Everyone was stunned to hear these words from her, and even Star Swordlife suddenly looked a bit suspicious.

Yang Qi also found it to be a bit strange. The Woodfern Couple Palace had obviously expended a lot of effort to hold this big assembly, which was said to be needed in order to select a league-lord. So why would they suddenly change their mind and not compete to get the position?

One of the junior houseladies couldn't hold back and said, "Big Sister Mu, I think we're all a bit confused now." Based on the introductions from moments before, Yang Qi knew that this junior houselady was from the House of Clear Heaven Erudition. It was a famous sect that no one would take lightly, and the houselady from there had a heaven-shaking, earth-shattering cultivation base. Supposedly, her psychic scale was higher than seventy. Because of that, they were actually considered to be bigger and stronger than the Will Manifestation Heaven Sect.

"I understand," the junior empress said. "However, if you think about it for just a moment, you'll understand. Both the Woodfern Couple Palace and the Genesis Sanctum have boundless mid Terrifying experts on our side. Neither is in a position to subdue the other, so if one becomes the leader, the other will, of course, refuse to accept the decision. And that will lead to infighting. So what should we do? The imperial couple and the pontiff can't very well openly fight each other, lest they become laughingstocks. Besides, if we started fighting amongst ourselves and devolve into chaos, our enemies could easily swoop in and destroy us."

As the gathered experts considered her words, they realized that there was truth to what she was saying.

Everyone knew that the Genesis Sanctum and the Woodfern Couple Palace had been fighting each other for years, with no obvious victor rising up. If they truly went to war, both sides would definitely suffer huge casualties. And to do something like that just to win leadership of the alliance of sects would be profoundly idiotic.

But considering that, why would the leaders of those two groups call for an assembly like this if they didn't intend to compete with each other?

There could only be one leader, not two. And without a leader, the sects would be as disunited as a dish of loose sand.

"Don't worry, I'll explain everything," the junior empress said. "The truth is that before calling for this assembly, our two great sects had many meetings to discuss this subject. In the end, some of the chief elders proposed a very clever solution."

"What solution might that be?" Yang Qi asked.

"Simple. The older generation will act as the council of chief elders, while the league-lord will be selected from among the younger generation."

Everyone present was flabbergasted by this revelation.

"How could this be?" a junior sectlord asked. "Although some of us are indeed spectacular, how could someone as weak as one of us possibly win the support of the masses?"

"Yeah, exactly. It seems to me that something else is going on here."

"This is really a bit too unusual."

"Come on, everyone, quiet down and let the junior empress finish explaining."

After the hall quieted down, the junior empress continued, "Ladies and gentlemen, as you suspect, the matter is not so simple. However, it's the only solution, and the only way to resolve the tension between our two great organizations. Both of us have already sworn oaths to run the sect assembly with this goal in mind. Furthermore, we've already decided how to address the issues many of you just mentioned. Once the new league-lord is selected, the council of chief elders, in other words, the top leaders of our two great organizations, will personally bless him or her, providing immense levels of power."

The awkward glances that people were exchanging quickly changed, and many people present were starting to look excited as they realized that perhaps they had a shot at becoming the league-lord.

"In that case, I throw my support behind you, Junior Empress," Yang Qi said. "Why don't you step up to lead the heroes?"

All of a sudden, other people realized that the junior empress must be throwing this banquet to earn support for her own bid for leadership.

More people began giving voice to similar sentiments as Yang Qi, however, the junior empress quickly interrupted them with a wave of her hand. "No, no," she said. "Our two great organizations already decided that, to keep the peace, neither I nor the junior pontiff will be allowed to become the league-lord. It must be someone from another sect."

"What?!"

Everyone present was shocked that the two enormous sects would come to an agreement like this. After all, even though this new league-lord would obviously be a puppet, they would still be blessed with immense power, and that was nothing to scoff at.

1. The concept of the deer and the cauldron is a real-life thing from Chinese history and literature. It's also the title of one of Jin Yong's most famous novels, . For a basic explanation of what the deer and the cauldron generally represent, check out .

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Chapter 1053: Heating Alcohol Part 3

Yang Qi was truly astounded.

It really was an unexpected development that the two most powerful sects would come to an agreement like this. Contrary to expectation, neither of them wanted to lead the alliance, but had instead chosen to pick an outsider that they would personally bless into reaching a higher level of power.

In the end, it did make a lot of sense, and was probably the best way to balance the conflict between the two major sects. Of course, whichever young one was selected would be a complete puppet. And huge blessings of power never came without a price.

That said, many of the young heroes present would still unhesitatingly scramble to get the position.

Some might not even consider the downsides, while others might consider them but be willing to accept them, thinking that they might be able to win their freedom later. After all, in the very end, they would be the league-lord, and would still wield immense power.

Even Yang Qi was thinking about trying to take the position. Even if the 'blessing' involved warding spells, he could unravel them, and he was also confident of being able to free himself from the control of the Genesis Sanctum and the Woodfern Couple Palace. The old-timers from those organizations wouldn't be a true threat to him.

Not too long ago, he might have been too leery to put himself in that position. But after gaining enlightenment of the Purrfect God Art and boosting his cultivation base, he was a lot more confident. He still didn't have the Mahātmā Jade he needed to balance his fleshly body and psyche, but the Purrfect God Art made up for that.

With the Purrfect God Art, it was possible to negate just about any type of power.

The fleshly body could be considered a unique type of power, controlled by the psyche. When they existed in a perfect balance, it was possible to unleash incredible power. And right now, Yang Qi was capable of doing just that.

Before cultivating the Purrfect God Art, he would never have been able to kill the Flower-Seizing Marauder with Star Swordlife hovering over his shoulder. In fact, he might have even ended up on the losing side of that fight. Instead, he had held them both off and completely devastated the Flower-Seizing Marauder.

Furthermore, he was confident that, before long, his Purrfect God Art would advance another step and his psyche would finally break through to the Terrifying level.

And in that state, he would be able to extricate himself from any deadlock.

"Junior empress," one of the young elites said, "this new information is completely unexpected. Besides, considering the level of your cultivation base, you would be the perfect league-lord. How could any of us dare to usurp a position that's rightfully meant for you? Is there anything that can be done to change the decision made by the two sects?"

"Of course it can't be changed," the junior empress replied. "I cannot compete for the position of league-lord, and neither can the junior pontiff. This is the only way to achieve balance. Truth be told, I don't think that any of you understand why I invited you here to heat alcohol and discuss heroism, do you?"

"Why?"

Everyone present was struck by how enigmatic and mysterious the junior empress was. Everything she did seemed to conform to the dao of heaven, and once she broke through to the Terrifying level, she would definitely be a person to be very careful around. Her cultivation base was already beyond the level of some of the old-timers.

"The alcohol being served is a treasured beverage called Exalted-Celestial Ultimate-Profundity's Jade Dew. It comes from a drop of quintessence energy left behind by Exalted-Celestial Ultimate-Profundity from the distant past. It actually surpasses godhood, as Exalted-Celestial Ultimate-Profundity was a Perfect God. In his attempt to become a Paramount God, he collected various types of quintessence energy from the god world and brewed them into a jade dew that contains profound magical laws from there. At the same time, he refined his own godhood, making it pure and imbuing it with magical laws to surpass gods. In the end, he failed and perished. However, his jug of jade dew remained behind, and we acquired some of it. The alcohol here today has a drop of that jade dew in it, and in a moment, I'll give you all a chance to acquire it. Whoever does will earn the endorsement of the Woodfern Couple Palace, which will be a big help in the competition for the spot of league-lord.

"As you can imagine, even one drop of the jade dew will provide a huge boost to the psyche and fleshly body. And it won't cause any side-effects. Anyone under the Terrifying level who uses it will find that the balance between their psychic scale and their fleshly body will be instantly perfected. It will balance yin and yang, and instantly push you into a cycle of perfection. Although it won't actually bolster your power, it will definitely improve your fighting prowess."

Everyone looked over at the alcohol in response to her words, their eyes brightly glittering with desire and greed.

Anyone that acquired that alcohol would obviously get a huge boost to their cultivation and be that much closer to becoming the league-lord. Truth be told, it was only the first part of the Woodfern Couple Palace's plan to pick someone to endorse.

"How exactly will we compete to get this alcohol, Junior Empress?" Yang Qi asked.

"It's simple," she replied. "Whoever is the most skilled will take the alcohol from within the cauldron. The spatial laws here are very strong, so all you have to do is take the alcohol. Don't worry, you won't break the furnace or cauldron. Remember, Chaos and the Deer Cauldron are precious treasures of the Woodfern Couple Palace."

"Fine, make way!" one of the junior sectlords said, rising to his feet and immediately launching a palm strike in the direction of the furnace and cauldron.

RUMBLE!

However, even as he neared the cauldron, a chaotic energy rumbled out of it and sent the junior sectlord flying backward, howling as he threw his hands out to defend himself against the backlash.

He staggered back until he slammed into the wall, where he then vomited up a mouthful of blood. The disbelief in his eyes was apparent.

He had just used a consummate art called the Truth-Converging God Claw, which used convergences of truth to gain control of any target.

The onlookers were visibly surprised. The young man who was first to act was the junior houselord of the Godly House of Cessation. His cultivation base was profound, and his energy arts formidable. Although there were plenty of other figures present who were on the same level as him, few were in a position to easily surpass him.

To see him coughing up blood after making a single move had obviously made everyone else very leery of making their own attempt.

For a long moment, everyone just looked at the Deer Cauldron and tried to decide what to do next.

Meanwhile, the junior empress smiled broadly and said, "Don't get nervous, ladies and gentlemen. Take your time. The jade dew in the Deer Cauldron can make you a true hero, so it's obviously not going to be easy to get."

"Alright, I'll give it a try!" Star Swordlife said. "The dao of life must exist within chaos. Those who believe in true compassion and mercy wish to save all living beings and create a world of peace and balance. I will take this alcohol, not for myself, but to bring balance to chaos and create peace in the world!"

Swish!

With that, he sent a beam of dazzling sword light gushing out like a river that could cleanse all of the filth and impurities in the world.

When the sword energy hit the Deer Cauldron, the cauldron began to tremble, and unexpectedly, did not launch any sort of counterattack. Apparently, the power of chaos within it was being quelled by Star Swordlife.

It seemed his cultivation base had improved thanks to the clash with Yang Qi.

Yang Qi was shaken, and more than ever, felt that leaving Star Swordlife alive was a huge mistake. His killing intent stirred as he began thinking of a way to get rid of him.

"Why be so impatient, Star Swordlife?" The fact that Star Swordlife's sword energy wasn't being resisted by the Deer Cauldron was a big shock. But of course, no one wanted him to end up with the alcohol. Therefore, it was no surprise that ten streams of energy shot forth and slammed into his sword energy, dispelling it and sending him staggering backward. He might be strong, but there was no way he could stand up to ten powerful experts.

That said, these experts weren't trying to kill him, but rather to win the contents of the cauldron for their own. Therefore, the ten streams of power began contending with each other.

Whirring sounds could be heard as the cauldron began to spin, rejecting all of the various streams of power. However, the experts involved were all ready, and began redirecting the backlash power toward its source.

RUMBLE!

Eventually, the cauldron was trembling so hard it seemed like it might open at any moment. People could already see the emerald-green alcohol inside, and were even convinced that they could see a pellet of distiller's yeast in the depths. That 'distiller's yeast' was actually the jade dew, and whoever acquired it would instantly reach a higher level of enlightenment.

"Peace and Security for all Eras; Never Surrender!" Star Swordlife attacked again, sending a beam of sword light into the cauldron, taking advantage of the moment to try to seize a victory.

However, despite getting his sword light into the cauldron, it couldn't reach the distiller's yeast.

"You have to absorb the alcohol before you can get to the distiller's yeast," the junior empress said.

Star Swordlife waved his finger and his sword energy transformed, exerting a gravitational force that began to suck away at the alcohol.

All of these developments happened in the briefest of moments. As everyone looked on, he began absorbing the emerald green liquid, which caused his power index to begin skyrocketing. His psychic scale also shot upward. Everyone was shocked. If the alcohol itself was this impressive, what would the distiller's yeast be like?

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Chapter 1054: Deer Cauldron

Although Star Swordlife hadn't secured the distiller's yeast, by absorbing the jade dew that was the alcohol, his energy arts were dramatically improving. Yang Qi watched in shock as his psychic scale began rising.

It was really a surprise that a little bit of alcohol would have such a profound effect. How could the alcohol be that terrifying? It begged the question of how miraculous the distiller's yeast would be.

In fact, Yang Qi had the feeling that, if he could get it, his psychic scale might climb by several dozen. Right now, he was at twenty-two, which was formidable. However, there were plenty of experts present whose psychic scales were beyond fifty.

Even Star Swordlife was above him in this regard, although it was little surprise considering he was an Inheritor. And that meant that if Star Swordlife achieved another major breakthrough, it could be a really bad thing.

Therefore, Yang Qi immediately thrust his palm out, making a direct move to crush his enemy. A cracking sound rang out as Star Swordlife's sword energy shattered and his attempt to absorb the alcohol failed. Spinning in fury, he launched a sword strike at Yang Qi and simultaneously shouted, "I can't believe you're interfering, Yang Qi! That said, I'm not going to kill you, I'm going to capture and seal you!"

There seemed to be little variety to Star Swordlife's threats. As for the sword strike he used, it caused a huge sealing mark to appear and head right for Yang Qi.

Of course, there was no way a sealing mark like that would do anything to Yang Qi. He responded with his fist, shattering the technique. Then his hand continued onward, not to try to seize the alcohol, but rather to kill Star Swordlife!

When Star Swordlife realized what was happening, he didn't dare to react too slowly. He immediately retracted his sword energy and converted it into a defensive barrier.

Yang Qi knew that, considering how many top experts were present, there was no point in trying to get the distiller's yeast right now. At the same time, if he didn't kill Star Swordlife as soon as possible, it might be difficult to do so later. Therefore, he unleashed his most powerful energy arts, resorting to a deadly and vicious attack to try to cut him down.

They clashed three times, and each time, Star Swordlife was forced backward in retreat. At the same time, purring sounds could be heard inside Yang Qi as he prepared to unleash his Purrfect God Art. Because he didn't have full enlightenment of the art, he could only use it when he was free to act without any restraint whatsoever.

That was why he had been able to use it against the Flower-Seizing Marauder, and it was the same in this situation.

Whizzzzz!

When the junior empress saw what was happening between Star Swordlife and Yang Qi, she waved her hand, sending out a stream of energy to separate them.

Yang Qi was more than a little surprised. Reaching out, he softly touched the barrier and could sense the immense power in it. In fact, it made him seem completely incapable of doing anything. It even reminded him a bit of the Purrfect God Art, although there were clearly some fundamental differences.

The junior empress clearly had a psychic scale of around eighty or ninety, and a power index of over seven thousand! She was very close to being in the mid Terrifying level.

'I can't believe she's that strong,' he thought. Obviously, he had no hope of killing Star Swordlife in these circumstances. The two of them were so closely matched that defeating him would involve going back and forth for thousands of rounds. And even then, it was possible Star Swordlife would escape, instead of being killed.

Since the junior empress was clearly intent on preventing any deadly combat, Yang Qi would have to wait for a future chance to kill him.

"Why are you two fighting again?" she asked with a faint smile. "Scuffles over the alcohol are permitted, but uses of deadly force are not. We have powerful enemies to face, and joining forces is our only option for survival."

Meanwhile, the 'scuffles' over the alcohol were getting more intense.

There were now dozens of experts fighting each other as they all tried to get into the Deer Cauldron. Sonorous booms rang out as the cauldron was struck, and occasionally alcohol would spill out, which everyone would eagerly try to absorb. At a certain point, the cauldron erupted into flames that spread out over it like a protective shield.

With that shield to protect it, the attacks being thrown toward it were useless.

Suddenly, one of the experts howled, sending an internal pellet flying out to slam into the shield, which split it open. Eyes shining, the man sent his true energy inside, grabbing a drop of green alcohol and pulling it into his mouth.

In that moment, his psychic scale increased by at least three.

Roaring with laughter, he tried to secure another drop of the alcohol, but before he could, his true energy was slammed into by numerous other experts, shattering it.

When Yang Qi saw this, he immediately made his own move, relying on a host of marvelous techniques to secure himself a drop of the alcohol. After absorbing the seething liquid, he felt it transform into perfect quintessence energy from the god world, which bolstered him and pushed his psychic scale from twenty-two all the way to twenty-four.

'No wonder the junior empress is so strong,' he thought, 'considering she has stuff like this. That said, this stuff can't propel you to the mid Terrifying level. She must have another bit of distiller's yeast of her own, as well as other marvelous assets. Otherwise, why would she call for a session of heating alcohol and discussing heroism, only to offer something so valuable?"

With such thoughts on his mind, he launched another move in the hopes of getting some more alcohol.

However, his second attempt was not as successful. Having caught the attention of the other competitors, they all targeted him, which meant he was suddenly facing dozens of experts who were all roughly on the same level as the Flower-Seizing Marauder.

The fighting was completely chaotic, with everyone launching attacks on everyone else. Streams of true energy would occasionally hit the cauldron, and people would occasionally get bits of alcohol that improved their energy arts. However, anyone who succeeded was immediately mobbed and shoved away. Afterward, everyone would focus their attacks back on the cauldron.

Yang Qi had profound energy arts, such as the Life-Death Void-Destruction God-Lightning, which gave him a bit of an edge. As the fighting continued, he managed to make a few more gains, pushing his psychic scale to thirty. At that point, he realized that further progress was going to be difficult, even with more of the alcohol.

After all, his psychic scale progressed differently than other people's.

He didn't stop, though. Every drop of alcohol that he got would be a big help to people like the sectlord, or Peaklords Memory and Celestial.

Star Swordlife managed to get quite a bit of alcohol, and there was nothing Yang Qi could really do to stop him. Soon, Star Swordlife's face was flushed red as his psychic scale and power index continued rising, and his sword technique seemed to climb to an even higher level.

The junior empress watched it all with a faint smile on her face, occasionally nodding as she noted who seemed stronger and who seemed weaker.

After little more than an hour, the alcohol was almost completely drained. Everyone knew that it would only be moments before the distiller's yeast flew out.

That was when the competition grew the fiercest, and Yang Qi's true energy was stirring with more intensity than ever.

The purring coming from within him was so loud that it was terrifying to those who could hear him. Everyone was wondering exactly what technique he cultivated that would cause this.

RUMBLE!

When the last drop of alcohol was gone, the distiller's yeast was no longer suppressed and it suddenly flew out into the open.

Everyone sensed the massive influx of true energy in the area, which shattered all the other energy arts and true energies, even Yang Qi's. After all, he wasn't even in the Terrifying level yet.

Thankfully, he had been prepared for this, and immediately launched a bubble that shot with lightning-like speed toward the distiller's yeast.

Unfortunately, he had miscalculated.

A figure blurred into motion, moving so fast that no one could make it out clearly. And before anyone could react, it reached the distiller's yeast and grabbed it.

A moment later, Yang Qi's bubble reached the location and surrounded the figure.

However, the figure snapped a finger, releasing some unknown energy art that popped the bubble, causing something like a heatwave to roll out.

Then the figure burst out laughing. "Sorry I'm late, Junior Empress. However, it seems like I arrived just in time!"

'Who's this?' Yang Qi thought. At the same time, everyone in the crowd prepared to pounce on the newcomer.

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Chapter 1055: An Uninvited Gues

Even Yang Qi was completely surprised by the sudden turn of events.

He had been totally dead set on getting the distiller's yeast, and had prepared in such a way that he was convinced not even the junior empress would be able to interfere and take it.

It was obvious that the distiller's yeast would come with miraculous benefits; it had countless bits of psychic power stirring within it, and it was entirely possible that it could push him into the Terrifying level. But then a mysterious expert showed up, someone who could easily contend with mid Terrifying experts. And that meant that Yang Qi was out of options.

How could he ever have guessed that his patience and planning would be thwarted in the critical moment?

Whoosh!

Without any hesitation, he lunged forward to unleash the deadliest attack possible on the newcomer.

Other experts joined him, howling furiously.

However, the newcomer dodged back and forth, easily evading all of the incoming attacks. Then he launched counterattacks, forcing everyone to back up and defend themselves. Who was this person, and how did he have such incredible energy arts?

As for Yang Qi, he allowed himself to be hit by a stream of sword energy, not bothering to defend himself at all. He simply let it shoot into him while he pressed his attack.

The sword energy felt itchy, but did no damage. In fact, it didn't even damage his garments. After all, he was wearing the God Legion Battle Robe, which was no ordinary clothing.

It was only at this point that he finally laid eyes on the newcomer. It was a young man with sword-like eyebrows and eyes that glittered like stars. He wore garments of yellow and white, and had his hair bound in a topknot with a hairpin. He was handsome and relaxed, and almost looked like a well-studied confucian. However, at the same time, he bore the look of a lone swordsman, perhaps a former government official who had chosen to leave his post and wander the lands like a sage, hoping to bring enlightenment to the masses.

He was so young that, as he stood there with the distiller's yeast, he looked around at everyone else as if they were old fogeys. His cultivation base didn't emit any fluctuations of any sort, but it was obvious how strong he was. Although he wasn't quite at the level of the Shepherd, he was very close to reaching that level.

"Who are you?" the junior empress said, her eyes flickering with both shock and anger. "I don't recall inviting you to this banquet. You're not a latecomer, you're an uninvited guest!"

"Oh?" the young man said. Even as everyone watched him, he flicked his wrist and the distiller's yeast disappeared. Now it was more obvious than ever that taking the distiller's yeast back from him would be incredibly difficult, if not impossible.

Yang Qi's expression was very unsightly; he had really wanted that item, only to be beaten to it by this uninvited man. It was quite a blow.

Laughing, the man said, "I'm just an expert from the Ancient Road to the Gods. Don't I deserve to attend this sect assembly? Besides, Junior Empress, you clearly said just a moment ago that in this session of heating alcohol and discussing heroism, whoever took the distiller's yeast would be declared a true hero. Well, I took it. Don't tell me you're going to go back on your word."

"Who might you be, Sire?" the junior empress said. "I don't think I've ever heard of anyone matching your description on the Ancient Road to the Gods. I'm going to have to ask you to return that distiller's yeast, otherwise you won't be leaving here today."

"Considering I'm here, why would I want to leave?" The man chuckled derisively. "Besides, I heard that you're planning to select a league-lord. Considering I took the distiller's yeast, doesn't that mean I qualify to compete for the position as well? Incidentally, I also heard that your Woodfern Couple Palace has been looking for a son-in-law amongst the young heroes. Considering what I just did, do you think I might fit the bill?"

Everyone was starting to get angry, yet nobody dared to make a move. After all, he had just been the subject of a big attack by numerous experts, yet hadn't even been hurt. He obviously had some extremely powerful energy arts.

Secretly using the Civilization Founding Grand Magic, Yang Qi checked the man's psychic scale and was instantly shocked. 'It's at ninety-nine,' he thought. With one more step, this man would be able to reach the god world and survive there.

With a psychic scale of ninety-nine, he was just on the verge of being in the mid Terrifying level.

The junior empress snorted angrily. "You might have strong energy arts, Sire, but sadly, you don't know how to behave civilly. Considering how strong you are, you should be straightforward and upright. Taking the distiller's yeast in an aboveboard fashion is one thing, but instead, you resorted to a sneak attack. You even crashed this banquet, which makes me wonder. Should I call you an uninvited guest... or a dead guest?"

RIP!

With a cynical smile, the young man waved his sleeve and a head tumbled out onto the ground, splattering blood everywhere. The head's eyes glared out angrily in death, and the blood was so dense that it almost looked like it was made of metal.

Immediately, expressions of shock filled the room.

"Is that…?"

"That's one of the Executors of the Ancient Road! It's Prince Nobledeath! He's ferocious and vile, and has killed so many cultivators from the Ancient Road to the Gods that it's impossible to count. And he's enslaved countless sects. His cultivation is just a bit under their emperor! In fact, he was the most likely candidate to become the next emperor! How could this guy have killed him?"

"So, it's him! He was obviously killed with his eyes open and glaring in hatred."

"Don't tell me this kid killed him!"

"How is that even possible? Even if their emperor attacked him, he should have been able to escape."

Considering that the severed head of Prince Nobledeath was right there in front of them, no one dared to do anything rash.

"The reason I was late," said the young man, "is that I was dealing with this scoundrel. Presumably you all recognize him. He's Prince Nobledeath, one of the most fiendish of the executors. No one even knows how many experts he's killed, to the point where numerous sects have been talking about forming an army to go after him. After I discovered his whereabouts, I tracked him down and fought him for three days and three nights before finally killing him. I brought his head here as a gift for your empress. Considering this, do I qualify to participate in this banquet?"

'He fought him for three days and three nights?' Everyone was actually quite moved. They were all famous experts from the Ancient Road to the Gods, and weren't the type who could easily be won over. All of them would have fled in the face of Prince Nobledeath, yet this young man had killed him? It was nothing short of miraculous.

Furthermore, if they fought for three days and three nights, it was highly likely that Prince Nobledeath would have been able to call for help from other executors. This was like killing a general protected by a million troops, which went to even further impress upon everyone how strong this young man was.

Even the junior empress was thunderstruck.

Looking at the angry expression in the dead Prince Nobledeath's eyes, she nodded and said, "Despite being dead, you can still sense some of the anger in his aura. It seems you've been touched by his karma, proving that you're the one who killed him. You have my admiration for that. This scoundrel really did have a high cultivation base, and was likely to succeed as the next emperor. If that happened, it would have put a lot of pressure on our two major sects. Considering you killed him, Young Sir, you do deserve to attend this banquet. Might I ask where you're from...?"

"I'm the junior houselord of the House of God Bastards," he replied. "Bastard Seacliff!"

"The House of God Bastards?" The junior empress shook her head. "I've never heard of this sect of yours. If it existed on the Ancient Road to the Gods, it would definitely be well-known."

Bastard Seacliff chuckled. "The legion of gods considers the House of God Bastards to be filled with illegitimate children. And because the Executors of the Ancient Road are lackeys to the legion of gods, they're diametrically opposed to us. The truth is that we've kept in the shadows on the ancient road, and normally don't dabble in outside affairs. After all, we're called god bastards for a reason. I bet that your parents, the imperial couple, have heard of us."

"So that's how it is," the junior empress said. She knew full well that the Ancient Road to the Gods was mysterious and unpredictable. Although she was the junior empress of one of the most powerful sects in existence, and had assumed that she commanded the ultimate level of power, there was always the possibility of some even more powerful organization rising up. The Ancient Road to the Gods was the most expansive thing next to the god world, and as such it would be impossible for anyone to fully explore it, not even this junior empress.

Because Bastard Seacliff had taken the distiller's yeast, she had lost control of the situation. However, it wasn't all negative. He had killed Prince Nobledeath to prove how strong he was, and to impart the message that trifling with him would lead to death.

If he could kill Prince Nobledeath, it was obvious that he could kill any of the experts present. Compared to killing Prince Nobledeath, killing the Flower-Seizing Marauder was like playing a child's game.

Earlier, Yang Qi had hoped to take control of the situation, but considering there was someone on the scene that he definitely couldn't handle, he knew that such ideas were now pointless. For now, he would have to wait patiently and watch how the situation developed. After all, he had long since learned how to be patient. Planning before acting was the best way to maintain control and gain the upper hand.

Besides, he didn't even have a specific plan for how to deal with Bastard Seacliff.

After a moment of thought, the junior empress said, "This banquet is about heating alcohol and discussing heroism. Since you've taken the distiller's yeast, Young Sir, then you're clearly a top hero. And yes, I'll keep my word. The Woodfern Couple Palace will endorse you as a candidate for league-lord. Why don't you have a seat so we can discuss matters?"

"That's exactly what I was hoping to do," Bastard Seacliff said with a smile. "Being able to chat privately with a goddess like you would be nothing more than a blessing from heaven!"

1. This version of "bastard" is a word used to describe a "son born of a concubine". It does have a negative connotation, but is a more proper word for "bastard" than the word commonly thrown around as "bastard" in cursing situations. I briefly considered trying to do something along the lines of the "Snow" surname from GoT, but in the end, I think that would be veering way too far from the original intent and feel. That said, the name is supposed to be an indication that he's a literal bastard. Only one character of the proper two-character word is used, and that particular character could be interpreted in a variety of ways, but given the explanation in this very chapter, the intended meaning is very clear.

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Chapter 1056: The House of God Bastards

The session of heating alcohol and discussing heroism with a group of elite young ones had experienced a sudden change. Just when Yang Qi had thought he was going to get the distiller's yeast, boost his power index, and push his psychic scale to over fifty, it was to his complete surprise that a consummate expert showed up.

Bastard Seacliff from the House of God Bastards arrived, took the distiller's yeast, and tossed Prince Nobledeath's severed head onto the floor in front of the shocked eyes of everyone present. Considering that, there wasn't a single person present who would dare to pick a fight with him.

The truth was that someone as strong as him wouldn't need any distiller's yeast to fight for the position of league-lord.

Who could possibly compete with an expert who was capable of slaughtering someone like Prince Nobledeath? Even an ordinary mid Terrifying expert would have to expend a huge amount of effort fighting Bastard Seacliff, and there was no saying it would result in a victory. Bastard Seacliff might very well escape from such an encounter.

After all, Prince Nobledeath had done that very thing, which was why he had been such a difficult target. If he had just been able to retreat to the executors' headquarters, he would have been untouchable.

The junior empress began chatting with Bastard Seacliff. As for all the other experts, they soon grew bored and began taking their leave. Obviously, there was no hope for any of them to become the league-lord now.

Eventually, Star Swordlife cast a harsh glare at Yang Qi and prepared to say his farewells.

However, that was when a group of Inheritors approached Yang Qi and said, "Junior Sectlord, considering you killed the Flower-Seizing Marauder, is there any chance you might give us his godpower seed? We'll pay a good price for it."

"I'm sorry, friends," Yang Qi said. "You see, my sect already has an Inheritor disciple, so I obviously need to give that seed to her." He was referring to Zi Qiong, although considering how crafty and murderous she was, there was no way he was going to actually give the seed to her.

Right now, he had a collection of three seeds. One of them was in the Mahātmā Jade, and one of them was from Shi Yuan, and was under constant guard by his immortal-slaying clone in the Myriad Worlds Monarch Chart. The third, obviously, was from the Flower-Seizing Marauder.

If he gave those seeds to Zi Qiong, even he had no idea how strong she would become. After all, the Flower-Seizing Marauder had himself killed two other Inheritors, which meant that his godpower seed was much stronger than an ordinary one. As for Zi Qiong, she had killed Xi Hua. That meant that if Yang Qi gave her all of his godpower seeds, it would be equivalent to her having killed a total of six other Inheritors. Adding herself in, that would be seven.

That was a level of cultivation base that Yang Qi definitely wouldn't be able to deal with.

The Inheritors were obviously disappointed. Unfortunately, they had no way of forcing Yang Qi to hand over the seed. Although Yang Qi wasn't on the level of Bastard Seacliff, he was still vastly superior to them.

Even as Yang Qi refused the Inheritors and turned to leave, Bastard Seacliff suddenly said, "Hold on a moment."

Surprised, Yang Qi turned and said, "How can I help you, Sire?"

"Simple. Give me that Inheritor godpower seed you have. It's not going to do any good in the hands of someone like you. We have some Inheritors in the House of God Bastards, and soon, our sect will actually be filled with them."

His words struck surprise into the hearts of everyone who remained behind. The mere thought of a sect collecting large numbers of Inheritors was shocking. For one thing, Inheritors couldn't truly form alliances. Everyone knew that in the end, they would fight and kill each other, with only one remaining on top. Whoever that person was, there was no way a sect could actually control him or her. It made many of the people present wonder if everyone from the House of God Bastards was crazy. Who would possibly try to gather a group of Inheritors?

Many people actually assumed that Bastard Seacliff was just bragging or exaggerating.

"What will you give me in exchange?" Yang Qi asked. "Unless it's that distiller's yeast, I'm very reluctant to just hand over a godpower seed." He was actually quite nervous about this Bastard Seacliff. He was obviously not the type of person to just flat-out refuse. If you did, you would likely end up very hurt or even dead.

"You want something in exchange?" Bastard Seacliff laughed. "I already have plans for this distiller's yeast; I'm going to use it to reach the mid Terrifying level. You think I'm going to give it to you? Besides, I never give people compensation for things I take. Didn't you just hear that the junior empress here is going to support my bid for the position of league-lord? In a few days, the assembly will officially begin and I'll take the spot. Then your Will Manifestation Heaven Sect, or whatever it's called, will simply be a subsidiary branch of the alliance. And I'll demand everyone hand over their godpower seeds immediately."

"What?!" Yang Qi blurted, his expression one of anger. "You want me to just give you my godpower seed? Did I hear that correctly?"

"Yes, that's right. You can become an official who follows someone's rise from a lower rank to that of emperor. Once I'm the league-lord, I'll be sure to treat you well. If you wait until later to give me the seed, though, it'll be too late. Think it through."

"I'll worry about it when you're the league-lord." The last thing Yang Qi wanted to do was get into an argument with Bastard Seacliff. Turning, he said, "Junior Empress, many thanks for your hospitality today. I'll take my leave now."

"You don't know what's good for you, do you?" Chuckling coldly, Bastard Seacliff flicked his sleeve, sending out an empyrean wind that could topple mountains and drain seas. In the shortest of moments, Yang Qi's path was blocked in all directions. The level of power unleashed by that sleeve definitely surpassed Yang Qi's God Legion Battle Robe.

It only took a moment for Yang Qi to calculate numerous avenues of escape, but in the end, he didn't think it would do any good. His opponent was just too strong. In fact, he felt just like he had when he faced off against the Shepherd.

Suddenly, a purring sound could be heard, and Yang Qi's true energy transformed into a bubble that surrounded him and blocked the path of the empyrean wind.

Crack! Snap!

The bubble popped and the wind slammed into him. His sea of consciousness felt like it was being hit by a sledgehammer. Despite having an Unspoiled Body, he felt himself being hurt, with his meridians thrown into chaos and all sorts of assorted energy flows erupting within him.

SPLAT!

He coughed up a mass of blood filled with chunks of internal organs. At the same time, steam rose up from the top of his head and he felt like he was being slashed by millions upon millions of sharp knives.

The force of the blow sent him flying backward until he slammed into the wall, then slid down to the floor, bedraggled and broken-down.

"Hmm?" Bastard Seacliff looked visibly surprised. He had assumed that his attack would actually rip Yang Qi to pieces. But in the end, it had only injured him. Believing a second blow would be beneath him, though, Bastard Seacliff just said, "Screw off. The fact that you stood up to one of my blows without dying shows that you're a real genius. Therefore, I won't stoop to hitting you again."

Moments ago, Star Swordlife had simply stood off to the side when Yang Qi got hit. And instead of stepping in to 'save' him, he was actually considering whether or not to take advantage of the moment to capture him.

Before anything else could happen, the junior empress said, "Young Sir Bastard Seacliff, I personally invited Junior Sectlord Yang Qi here as a guest. Can't you at least give me a bit of face?"

Bastard Seacliff laughed cynically. "Not a problem. Not a problem at all. After all, this brat isn't capable of anything impressive anyway. Sure, I'll give you some face, Junior Empress. But remember, when I'm the league-lord, the Will Manifestation Heaven Sect will either give me that godpower seed or face severe consequences."

Yang Qi didn't say anything in response. He just circulated his energy to heal himself.

"Attendants," the junior empress said, "escort the junior sectlord to the pill repository and give him whatever spirit pills he needs for his recovery. I won't allow guests of mine to leave here injured." With that, she gave a meaningful look to two nearby handmaidens.

"Yes ma'am." The two handmaidens helped Yang Qi to his feet and supported him as he hobbled out.

Upon seeing all of this, Star Swordlife kept his sword energy reined in; he could tell that if he tried to make a move on Yang Qi, the junior empress would intervene. In the end, he hurried away, his expression unreadable.

After they were all gone, the junior empress said, "Bastard Seacliff, would you like to join me in my study to chat?"

"How could I refuse an offer like that?" he replied, laughing heartily.

The two handmaidens escorted Yang Qi all the way to the pill repository.

"Young Sir," one of them said, "don't let yourself get discouraged because of a single loss. The junior empress asked us to bring you here because she plans to finish her discussion with Bastard Seacliff, then come to see you personally. She really does value you highly."

"Oh?" Yang Qi said, struggling to nod. "Don't worry, I'm not discouraged. That guy is strong. He killed Prince Nobledeath, so it's a foregone conclusion that I would lose to him in a fight."

"Good. Just rest here for now, Young Sir. Take whatever medicinal pills you need. The junior empress will come soon to make sure you're completely recovered."

With that, the two handmaidens departed, leaving Yang Qi behind in silence.

As he lay there literally steaming, he calmly contemplated his situation. He had spoken the truth; he wasn't discouraged at all. He had participated in many fights throughout the years, and had long since developed the ability to achieve a state of detachment.

A while later, he coughed up not a mass of necrotic blood, but a ball of energy that looked almost like a dark, oddly rippling cloud. It immediately began spreading out to fill the room, but he quickly summoned a bubble to contain it.

It was a stream of energy that Bastard Seacliff had implanted into him to cause further damage, and if he hadn't extruded it, it would have sliced away at his true energy like a tiny knife. Eventually, it would have damaged his flesh and blood. It was essentially Bastard Seacliff's effort to kill him without even fighting. Little did the man know that Yang Qi would actually be able to expel it.

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Chapter 1057: A Private Discussion

'This guy is so strong! Definitely far beyond my ability to fight directly. I have to keep my cool and be smart about dealing with him. After all, he probably has even more powerful people backing him. And if he breaks through and becomes as powerful as the Shepherd, he'll be even more impossible to deal with.'

After all the tempering he had experienced throughout the years, Yang Qi knew how to keep his cool when dealing with powerful opponents.

Back when he was dealing with the Crown Prince years ago, he had experienced an even greater cultivation base discrepancy. By slowly but surely dealing with such dangerous situations, he had built immense confidence, and knew that even bitter defeats could provide valuable help to his nascent divinity and will.

For example, he had just advanced his Purrfect God Art.

Time passed as he studied the true energy he had just expelled from within him. After a while, he chuckled and exhaled his own stream of true energy to wipe the other one out of existence. He had already identified a way to deal with the technique. Although it wouldn't necessarily put him in the position to fight Bastard Seacliff, it would at least give him a tool to avoid being injured so badly.

Now that he was healed up, he looked around the pill repository more thoroughly. It was huge, and filled with all sorts of medicinal pills. From what he could tell, it was actually a treasure storehouse of some sort.

He didn't touch any of the pills.

This was the junior empress' pill repository and it would be rude of him to simply take things, even if she had extended an offer for him to do just that. Besides, although the pills were all supreme-grade, none of them would be much help to him. He had long since reached a level in which such medicinal pills were useless to him.

'That Bastard Seacliff is definitely going to cause more problems for me. He's obviously narrow-minded and petty, so I can't afford to be off guard. He'll try to do something to the Will Manifestation Heaven Sect eventually, and no one in the sect is strong enough to fight him. If he attacks the sect outright, my only option right now would be to take everyone into the Myriad Worlds Monarch Chart. I have to get stronger, and the only options I have now are to either go ahead with my next breakthrough, or figure out a way to make use of the Mahātmā Jade.'

Yang Qi had long since reached a point where he liked to plan things out well before taking action. Obviously, the easiest way to deal with Bastard Seacliff would be to finally ascend to the Grand Emperor level. But if he did that, it would become exceedingly difficult to enter the mid Terrifying level.

He needed to reach the Terrifying level first. And once he did, all of the preparations he had made up to this point would ensure that he would reach an incredibly high level of power.

Instead of aiming for a breakthrough, he could focus his efforts on the Mahātmā Jade. After all, it had consumed Profound Valor and his godpower seed, which, if Yang Qi could extract, would provide a big boost to his psychic scale. Furthermore, Yang Qi had the feeling that if he managed to assimilate the godpower seed, not only would it help him reach a higher level of enlightenment, but it would also make him an Inheritor.

Although the Inheritors were all very strong, Yang Qi had a sneaking suspicion that they would end up under the control of the Great Necropolis itself, like puppets. He also suspected that there was some sort of wicked entity deep in the necropolis, pulling all of the strings. After all, why would the Great Necropolis eject a host of godpower seeds, then force all the Inheritors to slaughter each other?

Perhaps the Mahātmā Jade could cleanse the wickedness in the seeds, but Yang Qi wasn't completely confident that he could use the jade safely. In addition to all of this, there was the Purrfect God Art. Although he could use it to some effect, he was nowhere near the level of the purrling.

And he had no idea how to control the purrling, which meant that he couldn't rely on it to deal with Bastard Seacliff.

The fact that someone like Bastard Seacliff had shown up out of the blue seemed to confirm that there were hidden dragons and crouching tigers deep in the Great Necropolis, people with immensely powerful cultivation bases.

"You did well," a dainty voice said. The junior empress had finally come to see him. "You already dealt with Bastard Seacliff's true energy? That's quite a feat. You must have other secrets you're not letting on about."

"Greetings, Junior Empress," he said, rising to his feet and offering a formal salute. "Thank you for stepping in and saving me earlier."

"You don't need to thank me," she replied. "I think you would have been fine even if I didn't step in. You were just trying to fool your enemy into underestimating you, weren't you?"

"You flatter me, Junior Empress," he said with a wry smile. "I really did end up getting hurt pretty badly. That Bastard Seacliff is no one to take lightly. I'm not sure his full story, but it seems to me you just spent quite a bit of time with him. Did you uncover any useful information?"

"You're right, I just spent a few hours chatting with him in my study, and managed to get a better idea of who he is, and what this House of God Bastards is all about." Suddenly, her expression turned cold. "Young Sir Yang Qi, the truth is that I want to talk with you about how to deal with him."

"You mean you and the Woodfern Couple Palace aren't going to groom him to become the league-lord?" Yang Qi asked doubtfully.

"What do you think?" she replied. "You're obviously an intelligent person, Young Sir. I'm sure you picked up on the clues. The two big sects don't just want any old puppet. They want a puppet that can help smooth out relations. Did you really think we would install a person we can't control? This guy came out of nowhere, completely spoiling all of our plans with the distiller's yeast. Considering we can't control him, we have to kill him!"

Her eyes flared with killing intent as she spoke the final words, making it clear that she was absolutely set on killing Bastard Seacliff. It was little surprise, considering that he obviously was a threat to both the Woodfern Couple Palace and the Genesis Sanctum.

But would killing him really be that easy?

"Junior Empress, you still haven't told me what you know about this so-called House of God Bastards." Yang Qi wanted to get as many details as he could; that would be the easiest way to find an opportunity to take action. In response to his question, the junior empress nodded in approval. She was now more convinced than ever that there was more to Yang Qi than met the eye, and that he might be the perfect person to use against Bastard Seacliff.

That was especially true considering the two of them were already on their way to becoming enemies. Of course, Bastard Seacliff didn't think of Yang Qi as being a qualified opponent, which was why he had so arrogantly demanded the godpower seed.

"The House of God Bastards really is made up of the children of gods," she replied. "Illegitimate children. You see, when gods have offspring, those offspring aren't gods. And some, being tainted by preexisting sin, can never become gods. Many of them turn out to be particularly vile and are expelled to the Ancient Road to the Gods, to be watched over by the executors. Such offspring are said to be god bastards, and they bear the sins of the god world on their back. Being the children of actual gods, they're all extremely powerful and are generally only surpassed by the gods themselves. Of course, the god bastards are furious at having been rejected and are usually crafty and murderous. They enjoy sowing chaos, and generally embrace nihilism. They definitely haven't come to join our alliance with good intentions. Most likely, they want to turn us into cannon fodder they can use to attack the Executors of the Ancient Road. After all, if they can wipe out the executors, then they might have a chance to go back to the ancient road and, eventually, return to the god world. You see, the god world is a place so wonderful that none of us here can even imagine what it's like. By way of analogy, you could say that the god world is like a royal palace in the mortal world. And right now, we might as well be in a filthy alley in a remote village. When you think of it that way, it's little wonder that the god bastards are so angry and resentful."

"So that's how it is!" Yang Qi said, inwardly shocked at this new information.

"So how are we supposed to deal with them?" he asked. "If they're really the children of gods, then we have to put an end to them, otherwise we'll be in profound danger."

"It seems highly likely that they're an organization that could actually take on the executors. Sadly, we are not even close to being on that level. If you were going to rank the current major factions, it would be like this: first, the Executors of the Ancient Road. Second, the House of God Bastards. Third, the future world. Fourth, the Fiend-Devil League. Fifth, the locals from the Great Necropolis. And we superpower sects would come in sixth.

"Do you see, Young Sir Yang Qi? We're the weakest. Although the Woodfern Couple Palace and the Genesis Sanctum seem powerful, we actually have an extremely treacherous path to tread. We're already in the crosshairs of the Fiend-Devil League, the Executors of the Ancient Road, and the local savages. And now the god bastards are eyeing us? We're really in a dangerous position. There are no unbroken eggs beneath an overturned nest. Whatever plan we come up with needs to be perfect."

"I see. Well, Junior Empress, I'm willing to follow your lead in everything." Right now, there was no reason not to cooperate.

Seeing his attitude, she nodded. "Not bad. Not bad at all. A wise man submits to the circumstances. Furthermore, cooperating will benefit you, as we'll personally help you get stronger. I could tell back when you killed the Flower-Seizing Marauder that you're interested in being the league-lord. And the fact that this Bastard Seacliff took my distiller's yeast without permission shows that he's a big threat. There's no way I'll let this insult go unanswered!"

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Chapter 1058: Help

"Are you planning on making a move on the House of God Bastards right away?" Yang Qi said coolly. "That Bastard Seacliff seems too powerful to kill already. Even if the two of us worked together, I don't think we can handle him yet. And that's not to mention what he'll be like if he makes use of the distiller's yeast. If he reaches the mid Terrifying level and gets a psychic scale of a hundred or more, he'll be beyond deadly to deal with."

"You're right, except for the fact that he won't be breaking through to the mid Terrifying level. You see, I tweaked the distiller's yeast so that it will take an unusually long time for him to assimilate it. And if he does, it will put him under my control. That said, he's smart, so I doubt he'll try to assimilate it. He'll just put it into storage. By the way, I've already updated my father and mother about all of this. They have their own important plans and are interested in providing you with help to get stronger. In fact, I can take you to meet them right now."

"What?!" Yang Qi said, shocked.

The leaders of the Woodfern Couple Palace were mid Terrifying experts, similar to the Shepherd. Why would people like that be interested in helping him? Did they really want him to be the puppet league-lord? Perhaps the sudden appearance of the House of God Bastards had cemented their desire to do just that. And even if becoming the league-lord meant being their puppet, it would still give him access to immense universal fortune, which he could then use to gain enlightenment.

It wouldn't be like being the league-lord of the Dao Defense League. This was an alliance of superpower sects from the Ancient Road to the Gods! The destiny of even a single superpower sect would surpass that of the Dao Defense League by millions upon millions of times.

Absorbing the Dao Defense League into the Will Manifestation Heaven Sect had been like adding a spoonful of sugar into a river. It wasn't as if that sugar would make the water taste sweeter.

But if he could become the new league-lord, the destiny he would have access to would definitely push his Strength of the Hell-Crushing Godmammoth and other energy arts to a much higher level. And perhaps then he wouldn't be a puppet, but rather the actual league-lord.

"I said I would follow your lead in everything, Junior Empress. If your mother and father want to see me, I'd be more than pleased to accept the invitation. But I have to ask: if you're intending to make me the league-lord to help fight the House of God Bastards, are you sure the people from the Genesis Sanctum will agree?"

"They won't," she replied. "Whoever we choose to back, that person will need to win fair and square in the assembly in a few days. Based on what I've seen, I think you should be able to sweep the competition. If you could kill the Flower-Seizing Marauder at your current level, just imagine how domineering you'll be in the Terrifying level. Come on, let's go; there's no time to lose."

"Alright!"

With that, he followed the junior empress deeper into the pill repository to a teleportation portal. They stepped inside and were whisked to a hall that was initially pitch black. But even as Yang Qi scanned it, light flared to life and filled the entire place with a brightness like that of the sun.

Within the hall were two ancient woodfern trees. One was withered, and one was vibrantly alive, which was the perfect representation of the cycle of a person's life.

Two people sat beneath the woodfern trees, one a man, the other a woman. Both seemed middle-aged, and their cultivation bases were unreadable. At a glance, Yang Qi realized that they were the leaders of the sect. After all, it was called the Woodfern Couple Palace.

This was the 'couple' referenced in the name of the sect; obviously, they were husband and wife.

Yang Qi immediately offered a formal salute. "Well met, Seniors!"

"There's no need for formalities!" the woman said. The instant this man and woman looked at Yang Qi, he felt his psychic power suddenly circulating at immense speed. Knowing that this was actually dangerous, he quickly took control and stabilized the power.

"Well done," the man said. "You really are quite a genius. You actually resisted our Permanence and Impermanence Art. An ordinary young one would have tried to take advantage of that art to improve his psychic power. However, the temporary benefit of such an act would've been negated by the overall harm."

"Many thanks," Yang Qi said. "The two of you are sitting between twin sal trees, one withered and one robust, which is a direct reference to the permanence and impermanence that exists in the universe. At any moment, one may be struck by either misfortune or blessing. But the so-called misfortune can actually be a blessing, and blessings can sometimes be misfortune. The instant the two of you stimulated my psychic power, I gained new enlightenment and realized that achieving a breakthrough would actually not be a blessing. Furthermore, holding back from a breakthrough would not be misfortune. In fact, maintaining equilibrium is the best choice."

"Excellent," the woman said, nodding in admiration. "You really are a prodigy. That Bastard Seacliff might have injured you, but he's a god bastard who can never join the legion of gods in the god world. He's strong now, but his potential is limited. As for the god bastards in general, not even the legion of gods can tolerate them, so there's no way we'll let them steal the position of league-lord. Unfortunately, up to this point, we haven't found a suitable young one to groom for the position. Considering your strength and potential, we think that, with our help, you would make the perfect league-lord. Are you willing?"

The empress was beautiful, and was clad in a simple and unadorned silk robe. Her expression was placid and devoid of anything like anger, making her seem merciful and kind. As for her cultivation base, it was impossible to detect any clues as to its level.

"As I've already said, I'm willing to follow the junior empress' lead in everything. If you wish to help me, Emperor, Empress, then I would be profoundly grateful. And of course, I'll do anything you ask."

"Aren't you worried about becoming our puppet?" the emperor asked.

"While many young ones might balk at the idea of becoming a puppet," Yang Qi replied coolly, "I view it more as good fortune. Furthermore, the junior empress just explained about the six major factions in the Great Necropolis, and how our sects are the weakest. Right now, we're as disunited as a dish of loose sand. As the junior sectlord of the Will Manifestation Heaven Sect, I'm powerless to do anything if disaster strikes. But if I can become the league-lord, even a puppet league-lord, then I'd at least be strong enough to fight back."

"Well said," the emperor said. "You can see the bigger picture, but at the same time, you're optimistic. Star Swordlife had potential, but sadly, he's too pedantic and refuses to kill anyone. He aims for good, but brings about evil as a result. He definitely isn't fit to be the league-lord. That's why we've picked you. Of course, you need to be careful. Even if you improve your energy arts with our help, that doesn't guarantee you the spot."

Yang Qi nodded. "I'm well aware of that. The first thing I'll have to do is deal with Bastard Seacliff."

"Not just Bastard Seacliff," the emperor said. "You'll also have to deal with whatever genius the Genesis Sanctum is backing."

"Will the candidate from the Genesis Sanctum really be a force to reckon with?" Yang Qi asked. "They only have one leader, their pontiff, and while he's in the mid Terrifying level, there are two of you. Could he really cause problems for you?"

"Before getting into an explanation," the emperor said, "allow me to introduce myself. I'm Mu Renwang, and this is my wife Su Xin. As for my daughter, she's Mu Yexi. If you're really going to join forces with the Woodfern Couple Palace and take orders from us, I can answer your question."

"Yes sir, I am," Yang Qi said.

Mu Renwang nodded. "Good. Then allow me to explain. The pontiff of the Genesis Sanctum is named Huangfu Genesis, and although he's formidable, in a one-on-one fight, he wouldn't be able to defeat me alone, much less my wife and I together. We would definitely kill him. At least, that's how things used to be. Unfortunately, he acquired a very powerful god item called the Book of Genesis. Initially, we didn't know which god from the god world penned the book, but we could tell from the outset that the book is extremely profound. After Huangfu Genesis cultivated it to perfection, he reached a point where he can handle both my wife and I at the same time. That's how the Genesis Sanctum came to be on the same level as our Woodfern Couple Palace."

"Oh, I see," Yang Qi murmured. "The Book of Genesis, huh. Sounds very impressive."

"It is," Su Xin said. "After years of consideration, I've come to the conclusion that the Book of Genesis was actually written years ago by one of the top subordinates of the Sovereign Lord, specifically the Lord of Radiance and Light. Later, the Lord of Radiance and Light was killed by King Immortal-Slayer. During that incident, King Immortal-Slayer used the Myriad Worlds Monarch Chart to rip the Book of Genesis to pieces. However, Huangfu Genesis recovered those pieces and restored the book. You see, it really was a case of misfortune turning out to be a blessing. The only reason Huangfu Genesis managed to get the book and master it was because it had been ripped apart."

"Father, Mother," Mu Yexi said, "let's get on with helping Yang Qi. We need to think of a way to deal with Bastard Seacliff."

"Since when did you become so impatient, child?" Su Xin said with a smile. "Young Sir Yang Qi is obviously the kind of person who likes to analyze a situation fully in the search for enlightenment. There's no reason to get anxious. By the way, I heard that some new type of powerful godling appeared within the Will Manifestation Heaven Sect recently. Is that true?"

"Yes," Yang Qi replied. "I'm not really sure where it's from. If the two of you happen to know, I'd love to get some more information." If he could get some more information about the purrling, it could very well lead to further enlightenment for himself.

"Unfortunately, we've racked our brains and can't think of even a single clue to explain the thing." Both the empress and the emperor shook their heads.

1. Impermanence is a real thing from Buddhism. .

2. It's said that Buddha was lying between a pair of sal trees when he achieved nirvana (in other words, died). . Technically, the sal tree is shorea robusta, a different type of tree than (which I'm translating as "woodfern"). Obviously Yang Qi is making an allusion, which is why he's using the name of a different tree.

3. Mu Renwang: Mu is a common surname that also means "solemn, reverent, calm. Ren means "person, people" and Wang means "king, royal". Su Xin: Su is a common surname which has a variety of meanings including "raw silk, white, plain, vegetarian, essence, nature". Xin means "heart". Mu Yexi: Mu is explained above. Ye means "night" and Xi means "creek, rivulet, ravine". Incidentally, as I talk about , Xin is pronounced more like "sheen" and Yexi would be like "yeah she".

4. Huangfu Genesis: Huangfu is a rare two-character surname.

5. The Book of Genesis mentioned here does indeed share the exact same name as the first book of the Bible. Literally it would be translated "Record of the Creation of the World". I thought about using some version of "Creation" in the name of the organization, but considering that it's an obvious reference to Genesis from the Bible, I went in that direction instead.

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Chapter 1059: Help Part 2

'Just what exactly is the purrling? Does nobody know?' Yang Qi shook his head. If the imperial couple of the Woodfern Couple Palace didn't have any idea what it was, how could he possibly uncover any information?

Of course, the ultimate beast in the god world was definitely the King of Godmammoths. Strictly speaking though, he wasn't an animal. He was second only to the Sovereign Lord. In fact, in terms of power, he actually surpassed the Sovereign Lord, and was only weaker in terms of will.

"Dear Nephew," Mu Renwang said, "I also heard that you took a trip to the Hell of Sages and Mahātmās?" Instead of addressing Yang Qi as Young Sir, he had switched to calling him Dear Nephew, which was a much more intimate form of address. Obviously, it went to show that their relationship was now much closer.

There were very few young ones from the Ancient Road to the Gods that Mu Renwang would ever address as Dear Nephew.

That said, Yang Qi wasn't very familiar with all the ins and outs of the Ancient Road to the Gods, so this sudden change in the form of address wasn't as meaningful to him.

"That's right," he said, nodding. After Archmonk Dharma Treasury publicly spoke of their mission in the Hell of Sages and Mahātmās, word of the matter had quickly spread, so it was little wonder that the imperial couple had heard.

"I did go to the Hell of Sages and Mahātmās, along with Archmonk Dharma Treasury. We foiled the Shepherd's plan to unify the fiend-devils under his control, but unfortunately, the fiend-devils ultimately succeeded in forming their alliance. I have to say I'm ashamed at how it all turned out."

"Ashamed?" Su Xin said. "There's no reason to be ashamed, Dear Nephew. The Shepherd is an invincible expert among the fiend-devils, so the mere fact that you escaped from him with your life is amazing. I heard that in your clash with the Shepherd, you took a jade amulet that belonged to him. Do you still have it?"

"Of course," Yang Qi replied. "Unfortunately, I don't know what it is, nor do I know how to use it. No amount of experimentation has produced any result. From what I understand, not even the Shepherd was able to use it."

Su Xin and Mu Renwang exchanged a glance, then he said, "Would you mind letting us take a look?"

"That goes without saying," Yang Qi replied, although inside he was chuckling coldly. Without the True-Devil Unspoiled-by-Myriad-Kalpas-and-Tribulations Body, it was impossible to do anything with the jade. Therefore, he didn't mind letting them take it temporarily.

They definitely wouldn't be able to benefit from it.

He offered the piece of jade respectfully to Su Xin and Mu Renwang, who were clearly pleased that he was being so cooperative. It seemed to indicate that he really was going to follow their orders. Truth be told, it was a test, and he had passed.

"Incredible," Mu Renwang said as he studied the piece of jade. "Dear Nephew, are you saying you haven't unlocked any of this thing's secrets? Do you know anything about it at all?"

"I was actually hoping you could tell me something about it," Yang Qi replied. "I asked Archmonk Dharma Treasury about it, and even though he's read all sorts of ancient records from the buddhist schools, he doesn't know anything about it. He just knows that it's some sort of legacy treasure from the Hell of Sages and Mahātmās."

Mu Renwang suddenly burst out laughing. "Not even that little monk Dharma Treasury knows about it? I guess his late Master, the famous Dharma Unbounded, never uncovered the truth. Well, since you ask, I suppose I have no choice but to tell you. This jade is actually incredibly famous. It's called Mahātmā Jade, and this is actually just a fragment of it."

"Mahātmā Jade!?" Yang Qi said, feigning a look of surprise. "Sounds amazing. But why would that be something connected to the Devilfolk?"

"Long ago, some mahātmās from the god world descended into hell in the hopes of bringing salvation to the people there. But in the end, they joined the dao of devils. Later, they took all of their combined wisdom and inscribed it onto a jade amulet, in the hopes of using it to fight the God Legion Seal. In the end, they failed, and the Mahātmā Jade was broken into several pieces. Unfortunately, it's impossible to access any of that ancient wisdom by using only one piece of the jade. According to the stories, you have to collect all of the pieces before they're useful."

"Amazing. But what does the jade actually do?"

Mu Renwang took a long moment before saying, "It can be used to greatly improve your psychic scale. As I'm sure you're aware, Dear Nephew, the psychic scale is broken up into the levels of Normal, Stupendous, Destabilizing, Terrifying, Paramount, Unbounded and finally Annulled. The mid Terrifying level is the hallmark of the god world. The Paramount level is the threshold to be considered in the legion of gods, and can call the wind and summon the rain in the god world. The Mahātmā Jade can actually absorb the psychic power of one person and convert it for use by another. Supposedly, it can even help push someone into the Annulled level."

"So that's how it is," Yang Qi said. "Seniors, could you two possibly activate the jade?"

"We'll need to study it first," Mu Renwang replied. "Dear Nephew, would you mind if we keep it for a while?"

"No problem at all. It's not really mine to begin with, so consider it offering borrowed flowers to Buddha." Yang Qi didn't hesitate to offer them the Mahātmā Jade. The truth was that the moment he had arrived in their presence, he knew that he was trapped. There was no way he could use the Myriad Worlds Monarch Chart to escape, therefore he had no other option than to give them the Mahātmā Jade. Besides, it was always possible that they might learn a thing or two from the jade that could be of help to him.

The two experts yet again nodded in approval.

"Well then, Dear Nephew," Mu Renwang said, "we accept your generous offer. Now, in the interests of helping you to become the league-lord, we're going to use a special technique to bless you with power. By strengthening your nascent divinity and will, you should be able to reach the Terrifying level."

"Many thanks for your help," Yang Qi replied, dropping politely to his knees. "Unfortunately, I cultivate a secret magic that has made it extremely difficult to reach the Terrifying level. Seniors, what exact technique were you planning to use?"

"Don't worry," Su Xin said, "the two of us working together shouldn't have any problems. Incidentally, doesn't the Will Manifestation Heaven Sect have a part of the Cruiser of Civilization. The psychic scaling systems?"

"Er... don't tell me that you're planning to use the psychic scaling systems. If I use that, my path of cultivation would end. Besides, it's the sectlord who controls those systems. If you need them, I could always go ask for him to give them as a gift."

"That won't be necessary," Mu Renwang said. "Dear Nephew, don't tell me you think that we're the greedy sort. You've already shown how generous you are by giving us that jade amulet, so of course we wouldn't squabble over something as insignificant as the psychic scaling systems. Besides, we wouldn't have any use for them without the Engine of the One God."

Yang Qi shivered inwardly. Thankfully, he had left the Engine of the One God behind in the sect, well-hidden.

If word leaked and the imperial couple found out, it could cause huge problems. Obviously, they would demand it, and if it wasn't handed over to them, could take it by force. It would be as easy for them to destroy the Will Manifestation Heaven Sect as it would be to flip over a hand.

Yang Qi was under no illusion that these people were somehow benevolent and kind-hearted. If they were, their sect would long since have been exterminated.

"But what other than the psychic scaling systems could actually help me improve my psychic power?" Yang Qi asked curiously.

"Simple," Mu Renwang said with a faint smile. "You have a godpower seed from the Great Necropolis, right? We'll just turn you into an Inheritor."

"What?!" Yang Qi said in shock. "How could you possibly do that? Seniors, based on my understanding, you can only be an Inheritor if you acquired one of those seeds when they first appeared. And it's common knowledge that only the Inheritors can benefit by killing other Inheritors and taking their godpower seeds."

"Common knowledge?" Su Xin said. She chuckled. "Common knowledge isn't always correct. We've been researching the mysteries of the Great Necropolis for a long time. Furthermore, we've killed some of the Inheritors and, after studying their godpower seeds, have learned some of their secrets."

"Secrets? What secrets?!" Yang Qi asked, shocked. He really was surprised, as he had always been under the impression that he couldn't assimilate the godpower seeds.

"Even if we explained, Dear Nephew, you wouldn't understand," Mu Renwang said. "Suffice it to say that we've observed the transformations within the godpower seeds and have a way to use them to turn you into an Inheritor. The process will be dangerous, but thankfully, you have a very strong body. Our method has a fifty percent chance of success. Are you willing to take that risk?"

"Yes, I am," Yang Qi replied. Of course, even if he had refused, he would still have had no choice but to do what they said. Obviously, they wanted to experiment on him to see if it really was possible to take the power of the godpower seeds. If the process worked, the two of them could also become Inheritors, instantly gaining a huge boost in strength.

But what secret method were they planning to use? Yang Qi was very curious. If you ride a tiger, it's hard to get off, and he was already on the tiger. So it only made sense to go for broke!

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Mu Renwang and Su Xin were mid Terrifying experts, with psychic scales of over a hundred, putting them on roughly the same level as the Shepherd. There was no way that Yang Qi would be able to flee from them. If he tried, he would only become like a fish on the chopping block.

Therefore, he was pretending to wholeheartedly agree with whatever suggestions they made.

It didn't matter how much they called him "Dear Nephew", he wouldn't trust them at all. They wanted him to be their puppet, and he knew that defying them would bring catastrophic consequences. These two were not some kind-hearted couple who cared about traditional virtues like compassion, duty, propriety, and integrity. If they were, they wouldn't have survived to this point.

Besides, they might have the Mahātmā Jade now, but he would eventually get it back.

Even if they had demanded the psychic scaling systems, he would have handed them over without hesitation. If he could do without the God Legion Seal, then he could obviously sacrifice any other external object.

Right now, his biggest trump card was his immortal-slaying clone in the Myriad Worlds Monarch Chart, although there was no reason to use that now. After all, it wouldn't be easy to pull the wool over the eyes of two top experts like this. Instead, he would wait patiently and see how the situation developed.

Besides, he was curious what secrets they had unlocked regarding the godpower seeds. Considering how powerful they were, it was entirely possible that they had learned something important and simply wanted to experiment on him.

It would be dangerous, but he had little choice.

"Dear Nephew," Mu Renwang said, "you really need to think this through carefully. We've done some experiments on other experts, but they ended up dying. Some we were able to resurrect, but afterward, they slowly petrified and became like the Great Necropolis itself, with their nascent divinities stuck inside, unable to move, think, or even absorb energy. In some ways, ending up like that is worse than dying."

"Um... well, now I'm not so sure," Yang Qi said with a wry smile.

"You should probably give it a try, Dear Nephew," Su Xin said. "We're fairly confident, and think it's worth the risk. That said, if you prefer not to, we won't force you. But considering you need to face Bastard Seacliff soon, we really hope you'll live up to our expectations."

The true meaning of her words were: you're going to go through with this whether you want to or not.

After all, if he failed to live up to their expectations... he knew exactly what would happen.

"That's right!" Mu Yexi said. "Young Sir Yang Qi, you should definitely give it a shot. Given your amazing destiny, I'd say you'll definitely succeed." Obviously, she was going to side with her parents in everything; to her, Yang Qi was little more than a pawn.

"In that case, I'll put my life in your hands," he said. Of course, he had made the decision much earlier and was acting wishy-washy on purpose.

Mu Renwang laughed heartily. "You're truly frank and straightforward, Dear Nephew," he said. "Don't worry, in a short while, you will also be an Inheritor of the Great Necropolis. Now, why don't you bring out that godpower seed you acquired?"

In his heart, Yang Qi was chuckling coldly.

'Fuck,' he thought. 'This guy really is stingy. If he killed so many Inheritors, why can't he provide the godpower seed? Instead, he's making me use my own?'

Mu Renwang took the Flower-Seizing Marauder's godpower seed and inspected it closely. "An excellent godpower seed. The Flower-Seizing Marauder killed two other Inheritors, making his seed particularly large. Very well, the time has come to begin. This divine ability of ours can exorcise devils, crush wretches, and exterminate evil. By connecting to the legacy, we will expel the vile energy!"

"Let's start," Su Xin echoed.

"Dear Nephew, please pour your true energy into the godpower seed," Mu Renwang said.

"Yes sir!" Yang Qi replied respectfully, and immediately complied. As soon as his true energy entered the seed, it flew up into the air and began pulsing with a stone-colored light. The light immediately flowed back through the true energy into Yang Qi, as if to petrify him.

The godpower seeds were terrifyingly powerful, and anyone who tried to assimilate them incorrectly could easily detonate or be turned to stone.

However, Mu Renwang and Su Xin really did have a special technique to deal with the situation.

RUMBLE!

Yang Qi suddenly felt himself filled with a sound like stone grating on stone, as a stone-like true energy entered him, encasing his body in layer upon layer of rock.

"Dear Nephew, quickly absorb the vital energy of the godpower seed. Send it into your meridians."

"But..." Yang Qi said, "Seniors, if that energy enters me, I'll turn into stone! I'll become nothing more than a statue!"

"Cut the crap!" Su Xin barked. "We can obviously handle the situation. There's no time for jabbering. Absorb that energy!" Killing intent flickered in her beautiful eyes as she thrust her palm out, using some unknown technique to strike the layers of rock surrounding Yang Qi.

Instantly, the stone shell cracked and became true energy that poured into Yang Qi. However, as a result, it looked as though his skin, flesh, and blood were about to turn into stone.

Face falling, he said, "Seniors... I..."

Because of his throat turning into rock, his voice sounded like stone scraping against stone.

"Your body is strong!" Mu Yexi said. "You can still talk after turning into stone. Excellent constitution! Mother, Father, remember that most of the other people we experimented on all turned to stone almost instantly, with even their souls vanishing. Considering how strong Yang Qi is, we can definitely move onto the next phase."

"Well that's only natural," Mu Renwang said. "If he didn't succeed, he would simply die for the cause. Yang Qi, hurry up and send your true flame into your dantian region. Use it to assimilate the stone power of the Great Necropolis, and at the same time, cling to consciousness. Your level of success will determine how things conclude here. In a moment, Su Xin and I will use our boundless energy arts to cleanse the godpower seed. As long as you can stay awake, you'll survive!"

Yang Qi needed no urging from them; he was already doing exactly that. Years ago, he had done a lot of research with the imprisoned Profound Valor and had used the imperial-heaven pre-beginning systems to break down the godpower of the Great Necropolis, shattering its will. Although he hadn't been able to fully succeed, he had gained valuable experience in resisting the Great Necropolis.

Of course, he wouldn't foolishly reveal what he could do.

Even so, the little he did let on astonished Mu Renwang and Su Xin. Even the most elite experts they had experimented on were almost instantly petrified. That was what happened when someone challenged the majesty of the Great Necropolis.

As Yang Qi broke down the petrifying power of the Great Necropolis and defended himself with his true energy, his enlightenment grew. Suddenly, he gained new understanding of his Purrfect God Art.

When one is focused and works hard, good fortune is sure to follow. All of a sudden, he realized that the Great Necropolis itself was actually structured like a bubble.

Obviously, that meant that it corresponded to the Purrfect God Art!

Great Necropolis godpower built up in him, and his meridians were slowly being turned to stone. However, as he assimilated the godpower, he realized more and more truths about both the Great Necropolis and the Purrfect God Art.

Slowly but surely, the structure of the Great Necropolis became clearer and clearer in his mind, making it more and more obvious that it was like a bubble.

Truth be told, his previous mastery of the Purrfect God Art was so insignificant it was almost like he couldn't use it. It was only by studying the structure of the bubbles created by the purrling that he had made even the slight progress he had. But right now, he was wondering why it had never occurred to him that the Great Necropolis was like a bubble.

And if it was a bubble, just exactly how strong was it in the end?

The Great Necropolis ejected immortal worlds, and he could eject the Great Necropolis.

The Great Necropolis was more powerful than the Myriad Worlds Monarch Chart, and had been used to block the Ancient Road to the Gods.

If Yang Qi could combine the Purrfect God Art bubbles with the Great Necropolis, then he could pass this dangerous hurdle.

Of course, he didn't reveal that openly.

Instead, he made it seem like he was struggling to deal with the invasive power of the godpower seed, and was slowly being turned into the same stone as the Great Necropolis. Soon, his skin was stone, then his hair, and then even his eyes.

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Chapter 1061: Great Necropolis Bubble

Purr, purr...

Within Yang Qi's nascent divinity was a budding framework, slowly developing, and at the moment, so slight that no one would ever be able to detect it. As for Mu Renwang and Su Xin, despite being top experts, they saw Yang Qi being encased in stone. His flesh, blood, meridians, and even his internal organs were all being petrified.

In fact, there were only two parts of him that weren't already stone: his sea of energy and his sea of consciousness.

If those parts were converted by the godpower of the Great Necropolis, then he truly would become a deathless chunk of rock, bereft of true energy or life force. And at that point, no one would be able to save him.

Seeing what was happening, Mu Yexi said, "Father, Mother, can you save him? We don't want to stop just short of success, do we?"

"Remain patient," Mu Renwang said. "He's actually still conscious, plus, I can sense that he still has a flow of true energy in him. His sea of energy hasn't been petrified, which is a good sign. We still might be able to make this a success, and if we do, all three of us will have a chance to become Inheritors. And with that level of power, we can make the Woodfern Couple Palace the top sect among all other sects!"

"Yes!" Mu Yexi replied. "Inheritors are truly terrifying. I can already envision us controlling the Great Necropolis and being the ultimate figures in all existence. We'll even be able to take over the god world! I almost can't believe this Yang Qi has held out to this point. Father, Mother, you can now proceed to the next step of the plan!"

"Absolutely!"

RUMBLE!

The two mid Terrifying experts called on their immense levels of power, causing an ancient gateway to appear in front of the godpower seed, within which was an intense, burning flame.

As the fire began burning the seed, layers of dust drifted off of it as it was deeply cleansed.

"Fantastic!" It was impossible to say exactly what energy art they were using, but backed by their extraordinary cultivated bases, the sinister and ill-fated majesty of the godpower was slowly being chipped away.

Mu Renwang laughed heartily. "It's just as we anticipated! The godpower seeds were pure when they first emerged, but quickly became infected with wickedness and misfortune. After being cleansed, the seeds multitude of profundities can be unlocked."

"Be cleansed!"

They continued sending out their true energy, causing smoke to pour off of the godpower seed as it slowly shrank. It was almost like a piece of jade in the middle of being polished, causing it to slowly glimmer and shine.

"Now his blood vessels need to be reshaped. Either he succeeds, or dies. Now is the critical moment!" The seed was finally returning to its original form.

It was just as Mu Renwang had said. When the godpower seeds had first appeared, they were pure and untainted, but subsequently became so attached to a single person that they were inseparable. Somehow, Mu Renwang and Su Xin had come across a divine ability that could transform them, making them suitable for others.

However, they had never succeeded in using it, and didn't dare to use it on themselves. Therefore, they were experimenting on Yang Qi, and if the process succeeded, it would lay the groundwork for their ultimate plan. After it succeeded, they would find a way to secretly insert a spell formation into him that would ultimately immolate him, destroying his nascent divinity and leaving behind only the godpower seed.

He would be like a consummate buddha who experienced nirvanic rebirth, leaving behind nothing but a perfect śarīra.

RUMBLE!

The two experts exerted all their strength to send their will into Yang Qi's nascent divinity. "Hold out just a bit longer. As long as you don't turn completely into stone, you'll succeed!"

Yang Qi's senses really were blocked, meaning he had no idea what was happening on the outside.

He was in a state of complete calm and quiet. Within his sea of consciousness, his nascent divinity was in the midst of contemplation, and the structure of the Great Necropolis was becoming clearer and clearer. Simultaneously, he was coming to a deeper understanding of the Purrfect God Art.

The true energy in his dantian region was becoming like a bubble, which in turn contained countless more bubbles, just like how the Great Necropolis contained countless immortal worlds.

At the same time, he was coming to understand many of the profound aspects of the Great Necropolis, information about the pathways, the danger zones, and other such things that few others would ever be privy to. Truth be told, without the help of Mu Renwang and Su Xin, and their profound energy art, he would never have been able to enter this state.

When he heard them speaking to him, he knew he had reached a critical moment, so he sucked in all of his thoughts and energy arts, entering a zen samādhi trance of complete emotionlessness.

RUMBLE!

Drawing on every scrap of true energy they could muster, the two experts forced the godpower to slowly enter Yang Qi.

As they did, a stone-like energy flow erupted out of Yang Qi, causing the entire hall around them to begin petrifying.

"Watch out!" Su Xin cried, pulling Mu Yexi behind her and simultaneously pulling out a defensive god item to surround all three of them with a protective shield.

Meanwhile, the stone energy continued battering at the hall, even turning the twin woodfern trees and the god item Su Xin had just called on to stone.

The process went on for a while until the entire hall was pure stone. Only then did the energy flow fade, and everything went silent.

Crack. The god item broke open, and the emperor, empress, and junior empress emerged, looking around to find themselves surrounded by lifeless stone.

"Father? Mother?" Mu Yexi said. "The Metroplexus Heaven Net god item was turned into stone?! But... did the process work?"

If Yang Qi lost his life and their plan failed, it would mean they had just wasted an extremely valuable god item.

"Did we succeed?" Mu Renwang said. "Probably not. This Yang Qi was an elite genius, but it looks to me that he's turned into stone. Is it really true that the godpower seeds can't be transferred to another person? It can't be! All of our research indicated that if you cleansed the misfortune and returned a seed to its original state, it would be possible. Is it just that this Yang Qi wasn't strong enough?"

"Who knows," Su Xin said. "Let's crush the rock and find out. I have the feeling we failed, and he's completely turned into stone. And we can't let that godpower seed go to waste after all the effort we spent cleansing it."

As far as she was concerned, Yang Qi was nothing more than a test subject.

With that, the two of them stepped forward and unleashed palm strikes onto the petrified statue of Yang Qi. Mu Renwang aimed toward his head, and Su Xin aimed toward his dantian region.

Just as they thought the stone was going to shatter, it turned out they had miscalculated.

Their true energy was sucked into the statue, and cracks spread out on its surface.

"What? It's not breaking?" Shaking their heads, they funneled more true energy into the statue.

The cracks spread, yet it soon became obvious that the statue wasn't actually breaking. Expressions of confusion appeared on the two experts' faces.

They had experience breaking statues such as this in their previous experiments, and they could tell that things were going differently.

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Chapter 1062: It Actually Worked?

"Don't tell me something different happened this time!"

Both experts were shocked, and were forced to continue unleashing immense amounts of true energy. These two were so powerful that few people from the Ancient Road to the Gods could possibly withstand a barrage of true energy from them. Despite that, it was taking a significant amount of effort to break this stone.

After a moment, the stone collapsed, revealing a perfect body with smooth, sleek skin. It almost looked like the finest of jade, with every pore exuding the most natural and pure energy possible.

Of course, it was none other than Yang Qi.

Then, the God Legion Battle Robe flowed out to cover him and he stepped out from the rubble.

"What? You're alive?!"

The two experts immediately activated a spell formation to lock down the hall, fearing that Yang Qi might run away.

Then they realized that Yang Qi's psychic scale and aura didn't seem much different from before, and they breathed sighs of relief. If he was simply an Inheritor now, but hadn't achieved a major breakthrough in his psychic scale, then they obviously had nothing to fear from him. But the unexpected development from moments before left them unsure of what position he was in now.

"What happened, Yang Qi?" Mu Yexi asked.

"I'm not sure," he replied, looking down at his hands, a look of confusion on his face. "I guess I'm an Inheritor now."

Of course, the truth was that he knew exactly what had just occurred.

Just when he entered the zen samādhi trance earlier, the godpower seed unleashed its most powerful assault on him.

As a result, he was shaken out of his trance.

The true energy in his dantian region began to petrify, with some of it even turning into stone. Meanwhile, in his sea of consciousness, his nascent divinity also began petrifying as the will of the Great Necropolis filled him.

However, in that critical moment, his will connected to the will of the Great Necropolis, causing the god arts of the necropolis and the Purrfect God Art to experience strange transformations.

The truth was that the assault of the Great Necropolis had actually had a profound effect on the structure of the necropolis within him.

At that moment, his will became like an incarnation of the necropolis, like a bubble.

Before, his nascent divinity had been transforming to become like the God Legion Seal. But now, it was experiencing even more dramatic transformations, and had become a bubble like the necropolis. It was as if he was the necropolis, and the necropolis was him.

In that brief moment, he felt as if millions upon millions of years passed. Then, his nascent divinity grew clear and he woke up. Meanwhile, his Purrfect God Art grew more marvelous, wrapping up the godpower seed, pulling it into his nascent divinity, and filling it with power.

His nascent divinity was the Great Necropolis, and it was a bubble that contained a seed. And as the seed slowly melted, his will and the Great Necropolis grew ever more connected.

At the moment, the Great Necropolis bubble that was his nascent divinity wasn't perfectly complete, but it would become so over time. Eventually, his will would become the same as the Great Necropolis', whereupon he would come to control it. He was different from the other Inheritors, as he had true control over the powers of inheritance. In fact, he was actually creating his own version of those powers.

It was similar to how, when someone succeeded an emperor in the mortal world, they would have many restrictions limiting their actions. In contrast, someone who created a new empire could change the face of the world, slaughter their way to power, and do anything they wanted. That was the difference between a successor and a creator.

The Inheritors were successors, but Yang Qi was a creator.

He was creating his own version of the Great Necropolis godpower. As he breathed in, Great Necropolis godpower rushed into him, filled with martial disciplines like the God Tombstone Palms, God-Ordaining Incantation, God-Burying Finger, and so-on. Although he could tell that his psychic scale and power index hadn't increased, his compatibility with the Great Necropolis was vastly superior to before.

Given some time, the godpower seed would truly fuse with his own will, whereupon his psychic scale would increase dramatically.

Meanwhile, his fighting prowess was such that he sensed he could now put up a good fight if the imperial couple tried to take him out. However, he didn't intend to let them know that.

He circulated his true energy, and it flowed more freely than ever. As of this moment, if he went back and fought the Flower-Seizing Marauder again, he would beat him with hardly any effort at all.

Of course, at the moment, he couldn't do anything to further his cultivation, lest the imperial couple discover. However, as long as he had enough time to stabilize his cultivation base, he wouldn't be defeated in a fight against Bastard Seacliff.

Defeating the man would be a different story, but that was only in a situation in which Yang Qi didn't have the time to become fully stabilized. If he could get into the Myriad Worlds Monarch Chart and spend a thousand years in contemplation, his psychic scale would improve dramatically, and his nascent divinity would become like a reflection of the Great Necropolis.

Then, killing Bastard Seacliff would definitely be within the realm of possibility.

Furthermore, Yang Qi had Shi Yuan's godpower seed waiting to be used, which would definitely be enough to reach the Terrifying level.

With that level of power, he could kill Bastard Seacliff and also defend himself against the Woodfern Couple Palace. Then he could be a true league-lord, not just a puppet.

But for now, he needed to be patient and wait for the right opportunity.

"Many thanks to you, Seniors," he said respectfully. "Now that the Great Necropolis godpower seed is in my nascent divinity, the two are combining, and my energy arts are improving."

"What?!" Mu Renwang said. Sending some true energy into Yang Qi, he examined his nascent divinity and was shocked to find that it was true. The godpower seed was no longer visible, and instead, the will of the Great Necropolis was present, giving Yang Qi constant access to the godpower of the necropolis.

Mu Renwang looked completely shocked at this unexpected development. Usually, Inheritors could have their godpower seeds taken away, but in this case it seemed as though the seed had become a part of Yang Qi's nascent divinity, making it impossible to remove.

It was just like if a mortal ate a food item; that food item would be digested. At that point, even if you killed the person, the most you could find of that food would be fecal matter in the digestive system.

A variety of expressions flitted across Mu Renwang's face, from killing intent to thoughtfulness. Then he exchanged a look with Su Xin, and both of them were obviously trying to figure out what to do with Yang Qi.

It only took a moment, and they didn't speak out loud, but Yang Qi could obviously tell what they were thinking. "All I need is some time to practice cultivation," he said to them, "and I can champion your cause and defeat both the House of God Bastards and the Genesis Sanctum."

"Very good," Mu Renwang said. Convinced that Yang Qi was still valuable to them, he continued, "This location is secure, so feel free to work on your cultivation here. Mu Yexi will accompany you. You might as well use the time to get to know each other a bit better in the few days before the assembly starts. Meanwhile, the two of us will go into seclusion to study the Mahātmā Jade."

Obviously, the point was for Mu Yexi to keep an eye on Yang Qi.

"Yexi," Su Xin said, "send orders to have the experts of the Woodfern Couple Palace keep the Will Manifestation Heaven Sect safe. We don't want anyone using them to threaten Young Sir Yang Qi."

"Yes, Mother," Mu Yexi replied. Of course, she knew that her mother was actually doing this to make sure they kept Yang Qi in check. Although she made it seem like they were protecting his sect, they were actually doing the opposite. If he didn't obediently act as their puppet, his sect would be grave danger.

Killing intent flared in Yang Qi's heart, but he kept it covered up.

Thankfully, because they needed to focus on the Mahātmā Jade, they wouldn't be very focused on him. Later, when he wasn't as valuable, and after he had secured the position of league-lord, that was when he would truly become their puppet.

Yang Qi had long since come to the realization that Mu Yexi and the imperial couple were definitely not good people.

Everyone was plotting and scheming, and in the end, whoever was the most ruthless would come out on top. Yang Qi had to be patient. Thankfully, the Mahātmā Jade ensured that the imperial couple wouldn't immediately kill and study him.

WHOOSH!

They disappeared to parts unknown. Thankfully, Yang Qi had a connection built with the Mahātmā Jade, allowing him to sense its general location.

He was now trapped with Mu Yexi watching over him. So the question was, would he be able to create an opportunity to achieve the breakthroughs that he needed?

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Chapter 1063: Mu Yexi

Yang Qi and Mu Yexi were now alone in the hall.

A single man and a single woman. Alone together.

Of course, there would be no explosion of passion. Both were on guard against each other, and Mu Yexi had specifically been stationed here by her parents to make sure that Yang Qi didn't get away.

Yang Qi was an experiment that had succeeded beyond expectation, and they didn't want to lose him.

The truth was that Mu Yexi actually wasn't worried that he might attempt to flee.

She was fully aware that, before leaving, Mu Renwang had activated one of the Woodfern Couple Palace's most powerful warding spells, something called the Heart-Linking Hex. It created a hexing mark within the heart of the target that was completely impossible to detect. With almost no effort at all, Mu Renwang would be able to track Yang Qi wherever he went. He could also use it to corrode the target's spirit, or even detonate it. If he did that, Yang Qi would be in such incredible pain that he would drop to the ground and be unable to do anything but writhe and twitch.

Obviously, the imperial couple wouldn't just leave and allow Yang Qi the freedom to do whatever he wanted.

The Heart-Linking Hex was also so powerful that it would keep Mu Renwang informed of whenever Yang Qi worked on his cultivation, and could provide a window to observe that cultivation.

Of course, Yang Qi had sensed the hex falling into place in his sea of consciousness. Thankfully, he could still connect to the Myriad Worlds Monarch Chart and get help from his immortal-slaying clone.

As Yang Qi gained enlightenment of the Purrfect God Art, he could pass that knowledge to the clone. Although the clone's mastery wasn't on the same level as Yang Qi's, he could still use it to amazing effect. After all, the cultivation speed the clone was capable of in the chart put him in the position to rival Yang Qi himself.

The clone was researching Shi Yuan's godpower seed and had been paying close attention to how the imperial couple cleansed the seed earlier. When the moment came, it would be an easy task for him to pass Shi Yuan's godpower seed out to Yang Qi.

In other words, Yang Qi could easily destroy the hexing mark that Mu Renwang had put on him. But right now wasn't the time.

He would use the imperial couple to get himself into the position of league-lord before freeing himself from their control.

Snorting coldly inside, he thought, 'They're just trying to use me, but little do they know that I'm just waiting for my next breakthrough. Eventually, I'll really be the league-lord, and then I'll force them to acknowledge allegiance to me.' The Heart-Linking Hex was a powerful spell, and normally speaking, it would even reveal the thoughts of its target.

But Yang Qi's cultivation base was far too high.

He was a Fateless One with Life-Death Void-Destruction Lightning. Therefore, it was an easy task to send false thoughts through to Mu Renwang, pulling the wool over his eyes.

Later, he would even be able to use the Heart-Linking Hex to launch a counter-attack on Mu Renwang and give him a taste of his own medicine.

After all, Yang Qi was like the patriarch of all types of sealing marks, thanks to the Devil-God Seal, which was a combination of countless other types of sealing marks. Furthermore, thanks to the true energy of Proud Heaven's version of the Strength of the Hell-Crushing Godmammoth, all of Yang Qi's energy arts had advanced by leaps and bounds, including that one.

There was another trump card that Yang Qi had at his disposal.

That trump card was the true energy of the emperor of the Executors of the Ancient Road, which he had acquired during his encounter with the Shepherd. He had sent it into the Mahātmā Jade, but it was returned to attack him. Afterward, he had kept it in the Myriad Worlds Monarch Chart for later use. Since then, the immortal-slaying clone had spent time refining it.

And there were other tools Yang Qi had that made him unworried about his current situation.

"Congratulations, Yang Qi," Mu Yexi said, looking down at him as he sat there cross-legged circulating his true energy. "You lived through the experiment. A true miracle. You now have a brilliant future ahead of you, something unprecedented. Not even I could match up to you at this point. Do you want to know the truth? I think you're already in the position to beat Bastard Seacliff."

"This is all thanks to you, Junior Empress, and your parents, the imperial couple. From here on out, I'll do everything I can to advance the interests of the Woodfern Couple Palace." Yang Qi was pouring it on very thick, trying to make himself seem like nothing more than a loyal servant. Keeping a very serious expression on his face, he said, "I'm much stronger now, and I'm now an Inheritor, with all sorts of new abilities. For instance, the God Tombstone Palms. But I'm still not ready to take on Bastard Seacliff. His energy arts have reached the point of perfection, plus, he's a god bastard. How could I possibly beat him?"

Mu Yexi thought for a moment. "This is a big topic. If you can't beat him, then all of this effort will have been in vain. Furthermore, him being the league-lord would bring nothing but harm. Considering that the Genesis Sanctum and our Woodfern Couple Palace are at such odds, he would definitely take advantage of the situation to further his own ends. And considering we've already publicly announced the matter of selecting a league-lord, we can't just back out. Let's hope that my parents can figure out something about the Mahātmā Jade and help you get to the Terrifying level. In any case, my parents will return before the assembly starts to bless you with power."

"Many thanks for all of your help," Yang Qi said. "My gratitude knows no bounds."

"By the way," Mu Yexi said, "if you really do end up as the league-lord, both the Genesis Sanctum and the Woodfern Couple Palace will provide blessings of power. Everyone will be helping you to get stronger and maintain power as the league-lord. What you're experiencing right now is just an appetizer. Although you're acting very submissive right now, my bet is that you actually have some big ambitions you're keeping secret. Am I right?"

"I wouldn't dare," Yang Qi replied immediately. "Your humble servant has no ambitions whatsoever. I just hope to please you and your parents, junior empress. Whatever blessings of power I get, I'll pass them on to you. Then you can surpass that junior pontiff, and hopefully reach the mid Terrifying level."

She stared sharply at Yang Qi for a long moment, then smiled. "Well said. I know that you're a smart person, Yang Qi. You might sound subservient, but it could all be an act. Just remember that you're going to be a puppet of the Woodfern Couple Palace, regardless of your true feelings on the matter."

"But I—"

"Enough," she interrupted coolly. "I've asked around and I know what kind of person you are, and I've had the Will Manifestation Heaven Sect fully investigated. You have some wild ambitions, and you rule your people with an iron fist. Look, I'm an ambitious person as well, so you don't need to try explaining yourself. I know that a courageous person like you would never truly agree to be a puppet. But as I said, the circumstances require it. If you want to keep yourself alive, and your sect in one piece, you need to fall in line. Got it?"

Yang Qi didn't interrupt. He just listened to her speech.

And as it turned out, she wasn't done talking. "The Woodfern Couple Palace is expending a lot of resources to help you, and there's no way we want a rebel on our hands. Don't think us fools, don't try to find some loophole in our agreement, and definitely don't try to get help from the Genesis Sanctum; you really don't want to mess with them. You have one shot at survival, and that's to become the league-lord. Also, when the two sects bless you with power, you have to pass it to me, as you just promised to do. That point is non-negotiable. The power will come with warding spells, but I know that you can negate them. Then you'll give me the power and any energy arts that come with them, which I will use to reach the mid Terrifying level. At that point, you'll have offered true service to us. And we'll make sure to treat you well because of it."

"I'll follow your each and every order, Junior Empress," Yang Qi said. "Is there anything else you need to tell me? I only hope that when you reach the mid Terrifying level, you don't cross the river and burn the bridge by killing me."

She smiled. "Don't worry. As long as you do what you're told, why would I want to kill you? You're going to be the league-lord. Yes, a puppet league-lord, but a league-lord nonetheless. Everyone will follow your orders, although you'll obviously make decisions that will further the interests of the Woodfern Couple Palace. And as long as our sect grows stronger, the Will Manifestation Heaven Sect will also grow stronger. The stronger you are, the better you can further our interests, so we obviously won't hold back in helping you."

Mu Yexi had put everything out in the open.

From that, Yang Qi could tell she was definitely someone that couldn't be taken lightly. Of course, that didn't mean he would just let her call the shots. Just falling in line and becoming a true puppet wouldn't lead to anything good. And right now, he couldn't afford to have an enemy that was in the mid Terrifying level.

Obviously, he couldn't allow her to achieve that breakthrough, otherwise she could join hands with her parents, in which case he would be completely outmatched.

Right now, he had to figure out how to defeat Bastard Seacliff, become the league-lord, and maintain his grip on power.

Meanwhile, in the Myriad Worlds Monarch Chart, his immortal-slaying clone was working hard with the imperial-heaven pre-beginning systems and the Purrfect God Art, so he could use them as a trump card at the right moment.

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Chapter 1064: All Sorts of Preparations

Yang Qi was being closely watched by Mu Yexi as he circulated his true energy, which now contained the characteristics of the Great Necropolis. However, he was also using his Life-Death Void-Destruction Lightning to bypass the constraints of the Heart-Linking Hex, and was thus able to communicate with his immortal-slaying clone in the Myriad Worlds Monarch Chart.

If the clone tried to pass power to him, it would be detected, but it was no problem to share thoughts with each other. Much of this had to do with the immortal-slaying clone's ever-increasing command over the chart.

The immortal-slaying clone was currently working with a purring bubble of the Purrfect God Art, and Yang Qi was imparting as much knowledge and information to him as possible.

The Purrfect God Art was incredible. It was like a combination of all types of magic, yet also like something that existed outside of all magics. It surpassed all other types of divine abilities and daoist techniques, and was completely mysterious and unfathomable.

By now, Yang Qi had mostly combined the True-Devil Unspoiled-by-Myriad-Kalpas-and-Tribulations Body with the Strength of the Hell-Crushing Godmammoth, resolving any lingering side effects. He could now push himself to the level of a hundred tribulations without worrying about his body stiffening up and becoming immobile.

As the clone worked with his cultivation and examined his true energy and blood, he could see heterogeneous true energy within it that he would then extrude. He was slowly tempering his own fleshly body in preparation of separating himself from the shackles of King Immortal-Slayer.

King Immortal-Slayer had hoped to use his successor as a pawn, but the clone was forging a different path, much like Yang Qi himself was doing. He was freeing himself from the legacy medallions and the Myriad Worlds Monarch Chart.

Yang Qi had long since come up with the plan to rid himself of the God Legion Seal, but it was easier said than done, as he constantly relied on the Strength of the Hell-Crushing Godmammoth. However, with the Purrfect God Art, the clone was finally in the position to free himself.

The clone began spinning faster and faster, causing impurities to fly away from him as he began glowing with a bright radiance.

He inhaled, and a pure stream of true energy rushed into him, as wild as a dragon or a tiger. It was none other than the true energy from the emperor of the executors, which Yang Qi had acquired from the Shepherd.

The pure power entered him and quickly created a perfect cycle.

The bubble popped and the clone appeared in the open, whereupon he drew on his imperial-heaven pre-beginning powers. The Engine of the One God stirred, and the Myriad Worlds Monarch Chart trembled. The clone chuckled coldly. "Excellent, my cultivation base has reached an even higher level, and I've made some progress with the Purrfect God Art. I feel more free than ever from King Immortal-Slayer.

"Now, there's no way I'll allow this bullying from the Woodfern Couple Palace. Those two think that just because they have mid Terrifying cultivation bases they can do whatever they want. When the time comes, I'm going to bury them!"

He exhaled a stream of fire and began refining the godpower seed, modeling his work after what the imperial couple had done. And thanks to the godhood stars in the chart that were powering the Engine of the One God, he was capable of rivaling what their two cultivation bases could do.

The Engine of the One God could match the cultivation base of gods, much less two mid Terrifying experts.

The godpower seed was slowly but surely refined, releasing all sorts of rancorous and pestilential energy as it reverted to its original state.

All of a sudden, one of the godhood stars up above shrank down and fell like a meteor.

He had completely and utterly exhausted that star.

It was a shock to the clone, as this was the first time something like this had happened. From that, it was obvious how amazing the godpower seeds were. If a tiny seed could do that, then what was the Great Necropolis in general capable of?

Of course, the clone wasn't planning to assimilate the seed for himself. After all, there was some sort of connection that existed between Inheritors that forced them to fight and kill each other. It would be quite ironic if he forced a relationship like that to exist between him and Yang Qi, and one of them ended up killing the other.

Instead, he would give the seed to Yang Qi.

Yang Qi was making all sorts of preparations to deal with the current circumstances.

Meanwhile, in another location, Mu Renwang and Su Xin were completely focused on studying the Mahātmā Jade. They were using all sorts of secret magics in an attempt to unlock its power, but unfortunately, nothing they did brought any results.

RUMBLE!

Mu Renwang launched a palm strike at the jade, and although it shifted in place, nothing else happened.

Truth be told, if it weren't for the fact that he was a mid Terrifying expert, he wouldn't even have been able to move the jade.

"The stories are true," Su Xin said. "Unless you cultivate the True-Devil Unspoiled-by-Myriad-Kalpas-and-Tribulations Body, it's impossible to do anything with Mahātmā Jade. What a pity that nobody knows the location of the sheepskin scroll that contains the cultivation method of the Unspoiled Body. Perhaps the Shepherd has it. If so, I doubt we'll ever get it."

"You're probably right," Mu Renwang said. "The Shepherd won't be easy to take down. You know, if we weren't in the mid Terrifying level, I don't think we could even move this piece of jade. Hey. Wait a second! I just thought of something. Yang Qi isn't in the mid Terrifying level, so how could he hold it in his hand so easily?"

"Don't tell me..." Su Xin thought for a moment, then continued, "do you think he cultivates an Unspoiled Body? That would explain why he's so tough, and how he resisted being petrified by the Great Necropolis godpower. That's got to be it! The legendary Unspoiled Body is the only explanation. And that means he must have the sheepskin scroll! If that's the case, then we need to—"

"Hold on!" Mu Renwang interrupted. "Even if that's the case, it won't do us any good right now. The reason he gave the jade to us in the first place must be because he actually understands the fundamentals of how it works. If we try forcing him to hand over the sheepskin scroll, it's highly likely that he'll do something desperate. We need him to be obedient and easy to control, so for now, we can't do anything dramatic. Don't forget, even a scared rabbit will bite!"

"This brat has too many secrets," Su Xin said with a cold harrumph. "And he's far too ambitious. There's no way he really wants to be a puppet. Maybe we should just kill him and go back to square one. We need someone loyal to us, not some crafty schemer! If he really was loyal, he would've already explained all his secrets to us instead of holding them back."

"Of course we'll kill him. Eventually. For now, he's still useful as an experiment. Considering he knows that we can create new Inheritors, we obviously can't let him live for too long. Besides, he'll eventually slip out of our control. But if we kill him now, and really go back to square one, how would we find another suitable candidate? Strong people are always ambitious, so what would we do if our next candidate was the same; kill him, too?"

"Well, that's true," Su Xin said. "We don't have time to groom someone else, so I suppose we can only hope this brat really can beat Bastard Seacliff. I guess if he's hiding some of his true strength, it just means he stands a better chance of winning. You know, that Star Swordlife doesn't seem too bad. Maybe we should groom him as well, to use as a counter to Yang Qi. Pitting two pawns against each other is always a good strategy."

"Star Swordlife? He won't do as the league-lord. He's far too obstinate. Although, he is profoundly gifted, perhaps no less so than Yang Qi. Furthermore, it might be safer to work with him, as he doesn't seem like the kind of person who would fight back. He claims to follow a dao of life, to the point where he even refused to kill the Flower-Seizing Marauder. Yes, I think setting him up against Yang Qi would be a good idea. Let's bring him in and offer to help him. If things don't work out, we can just kill him and take his Inheritor's godpower seed."

"We've killed eighteen Inheritors so far," Su Xin said, "which means we have eighteen godpower seeds. And we've already refined and cleansed them of any wretch energy on them. What a pity that we can't absorb them. If we could, we'd have access to the secrets of the Great Necropolis, and possibly even a chance to reach the legion of gods."

"Don't worry. We're already half finished with our uses for Yang Qi. It won't be long before we can turn him into a pure research subject." A vicious smile appeared on Mu Renwang's face. "His fate is in our hands. If he's loyal, maybe we can give him some of our collection of eighteen godpower seeds. But if he's too ambitious and refuses to be our puppet, we can just kill him."

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