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 1257: Patriarch from the Dao of Devils Part 2

The devil disciples had been completely obliterated, leaving behind nothing but some scattered magical treasures mixed in amongst the blood and gore.

Yang Qi absorbed their quintessence energy into something that looked like a pearl, which he then used the Mahātmā Jade to turn into an aspect of his own psyche and will. It didn't do much in terms of helping him reach the mid Paramount level of will convergence, but it was better than nothing.

The most pressing matter at hand was reaching the next higher level. And to do that, he needed a second piece of the Mahātmā Jade. That was the only way he could reach the Unbounded level.

"You wiped them out, Milord," said Zhang Jufang. "There is nothing more gratifying than punishing evildoers. What do we do about the servant girl?"

"Deliver her corpse to her family, and compensate them well. Explain that she was killed by disciples from the dao of devils. Take some of the treasures that belonged to the devil disciples and let the family pick some of the best ones. They can serve as both evidence of what happened, and also compensation."

Although the magical treasures could count as a huge mass of wealth, Yang Qi didn't need them, so he left them in Zhang Jufang's care.

Next, Yang Qi knew he would have to deal with reprisals from Lone King Heavenbane from the Emptyhell Throne. Therefore, he simply sat down and waited for the man to come.

Consummate Gods were all incredibly important people in the god world, and Lone King Heavenbane wasn't someone who had only just become a Consummate God.

The Emptyhell Throne was a huge devil church that was no weaker than the House of God Ordainment. That said, they were headquartered a huge distance away, past many continents. Without the use of teleportation portals, it was so far away that it could take decades to fly over from there.

The fact that Lone King Heavenbane's apprentices had been active in this area indicated that he was also nearby. And that Yang Qi had killed his Greater God apprentices, the man obviously wouldn't rest until he got revenge.

The loss of four Greater Gods was no small matter. Even in the House of God Ordainment, it would be considered a huge blow. In fact, even just three Greater Gods being killed would be enough for the sect to go all out to exterminate whatever organization the culprit came from.

That said, even the top figures from the Emptyhell Throne couldn't just waltz right into the territory of the House of God Ordainment. They would need to sneak in carefully to avoid causing an all-out war.

Yang Qi sat waiting for half a month, but the patriarch never showed up. That said, Yang Qi didn't let his guard down. He just sat there cross-legged, meditating and working on his cultivation until the psychic fluctuations caused snow to slowly fall around him.

One evening, as he was working on his cultivation, a strange amalgamation of sounds reached his ears. It was like an invasion of all six senses, sometimes like the buzz of insects, sometimes like the moan of desire. It would change, sometimes being the cry of a child, sometimes being the sigh of a mother. It was like senseless mumblings of mortals, slowly penetrating the heart and mind, and seeking to take control of the sea of consciousness.

"Six Senses Devil Reverberation," Yang Qi said, opening his eyes. "I'm impressed. Why not show your face, Lone King Heavenbane?"

"So, you're a real expert. Who exactly are you? And how did you detect my presence? I suppose I shouldn't be surprised that my favored apprentices were killed by you." A shadowy figure appeared in the meeting hall, tall and imposing, with a fleshy mass on his forehead that seemed to be a horn of some sort. Other than that, though, he seemed completely ordinary in nature, the type of individual who could easily melt into a crowd.

The fleshy horn was the only strange thing about him.

"I'm sorry, Lone King Heavenbane," Yang Qi said, "but unfortunately I don't have any refreshments prepared to entertain you with. I hope you aren't offended." As he spoke, Yang Qi assessed the man, confirming that he was a Consummate God.

"Considering you killed my apprentices, we obviously have an irreconcilable enmity between us. So what's the point of talking about entertaining me? Why did you kill my four apprentices? Do you know what would happen if four Greater Gods from the House of God Ordainment were killed? Do you know what the consequences would be?"

"The sect would send numerous experts to exterminate the culprit," Yang Qi said.

"That's right," Lone King Heavenbane replied. "And the Emptyhell Throne will do exactly the same thing. It doesn't matter how impressive you are, you won't escape death. That said, before I kill you, I'm curious to know who you are. I don't recall the House of God Ordainment having a Consummate God like you before. Our Emptyhell Throne still has good sources of information about your sect."

"I'm not a Consummate God," Yang Qi replied. "I'm just your run-of-the-mill Lesser God."

"Do you take me for a fool?" Lone King Heavenbane said. "Am I supposed to believe a Lesser God could kill four Greater Gods, and even resist my Six Senses Devil Reverberation? Anyone who isn't a Consummate God would be destroyed by that technique."

"Believe what you want. You came here today, alone, to a city controlled by the House of God Ordainment, all because you didn't want to make a scene. You're worried that if you do, you might not make it out alive. Unfortunately, that wasn't a very wise decision."

"I don't care. True confidence stems from superb skill. That said, if I fight you here, then it's true I won't be able to get away easily. So how about we select a good location for a duel? It's obvious that fighting right here isn't an option. The mere shockwaves would destroy everything around us, including your business."

"You're right about that. This is my place of business, so I don't want to do any fighting here. It's nice to have a worthy opponent like you. Those apprentices of yours really were useless. I slaughtered them with hardly any effort at all."

"Please, come with me. If you don't, I'll have no choice but to slaughter your subordinates." As the words left his mouth, Lone King Heavenbane vanished into thin air.

Yang Qi also vanished, following Lone King Heavenbane out of the city to a mountain region many tens of thousands of kilometers away.

Soon, they were surrounded by endless jungle. At a certain point, Lone King Heavenbane stopped, perching on the branch of a towering tree and waiting for Yang Qi to catch up. "I'm honestly surprised that you could keep up."

"So this is the place?" Yang Qi said, looking around. "Beautiful mountains. Flowing rivers. This place has great scenery. It's the perfect place to fight. Oh, by the way, you might as well call out the hidden forces you have waiting here in ambush."

"What?" said Lone King Heavenbane, looking visibly surprised. "If you knew I set an ambush, why did you come here?"

"Why wouldn't I?" Yang Qi replied, clasping his hands behind his back.

"The ignorant never fear death, do they, boy? You sound very impressive and heroic, but in the end, you're going to die here." Lone King Heavenbane shook his head. "Devil-Lord Jubilation. Exalted Celestial Exultation. You can come out. I thought we would be dealing with some impressive person from the House of God Ordainment, but as it turns out, my apprentices were killed by this brat."

"You're right, it's definitely a surprise," spoke two voices, both of them thrumming with immense devil energy that marked them as boundless patriarchs from the dao of devils.

They had pallid faces, and one wore black while the other wore white. They almost looked like the legendary Heibai Wuchang. As for their energy arts, they were clearly in the Consummate God level, which meant they were very important in the dao of devils. And they were here to ambush and kill Yang Qi.

Three Consummate Gods were working together to take Yang Qi out.

"Three Consummate Gods?" Yang Qi said, his expression flickering. "Lone King Heavenbane, I almost can't believe that a grand and mighty person like you, a potentate from the dao of devils, would actually ask for help from people like these. Aren't you worried about your reputation?"

The white-clothed Exalted Celestial Exultation looked Yang Qi up and down and said, "Reputation? Do you think I lived this long worrying about reputation? I'm not like you people from the dao of righteousness, who spend so much time worrying about standing and prestige. In the god world, you either live or you die. What does reputation count for? Once you walk the dao of devils, you walk it your entire life. And people from the dao of devils value survival and profit, nothing else. So, you're a Consummate God pretending to be a Lesser God? It's hard for me to tell for sure one way or the other. If you're really a Lesser God, you must harbor some heaven-shaking, earth-shattering secret. And if you're a Consummate God, the fact that you killed some disciples from the Emptyhell Throne means you've earned the death sentence."

Yang Qi laughed. "It sounds like you're saying that it doesn't matter who I am, I'm going to die one way or the other."

"That's right," said the black-robed Devil-Lord Jubilation "It doesn't matter who you are, you're going to die shortly. Even if you're really just some Lesser God from the junior generation, we'll use our most ruthless tactics, and won't show any mercy. Reputation be damned."

"Why are you so convinced that I'll be the one dying, and not you?" Yang Qi asked. "You shouldn't overestimate yourselves. Alright, let's get started. I haven't had a fight like this since my latest breakthrough. I'm really curious to see what it's like to fight three Consummate Gods. Will you three be unable to deal with me, or will my cultivation base be insufficient to kill the three of you?"

"Summon the formation!" Lone King Heavenbane said. He, Devil-Lord Jubilation, and Exalted Celestial Exultation weren't taking Yang Qi lightly at all. They were weren't the type to be swayed by random things, and definitely weren't lulled by Yang Qi's seemingly low cultivation base. Even if he looked like nothing but a pig, they would still go all out to make sure that he died, and there weren't any accidents.

As a result, a huge devil formation popped into being above them, almost like a gigantic turtle shell, covered with countless underworld inscriptions. It looked like some sort of magical device that the infernal deities of hell would use when they waged war against the halls of heaven.

"The Hellfire Reincarnation Disc!" Yang Qi murmured, looking surprised.

1. Heibai Wuchang are two deities from Chinese folk religion. They're underworld deities who work for Yama, the ruler of the underworld. .

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Chapter 1258: Reincarnation God Item

In yesteryear, hell had waged war against the halls of heaven and the Sovereign Lord. And the most powerful magical device the infernal deities had used was the Reincarnation Disc. It contained the boundless essence of the netherworld, fused with the ancient will of the infernal deities, making it capable of unleashing the most intense power of reincarnation. It could destroy the heavens and crush the earth, and had been one of the most incomparable weapons used in defiance of the Sovereign Lord.

The spell formations connected to the Reincarnation Disc had long since been lost in the river of time, but now it was back, and being used with devastatingly destructive force.

The three Consummate Gods, Lone King Heavenbane, Devil-Lord Jubilation, and Exalted Celestial Exultation were invincible figures, and for them to pool their devil powers to unleash this devil formation showed that they were going all out to crush Yang Qi.

"This is the ancient infernal grand formation of reincarnation," Lone King Heavenbane said in a cold voice. "The Reincarnation Disc. The gods of hell in ancient times used their own bones to make a precious treasure, a turtle shell suit of armor that would never die even if millions upon millions of years passed. We acquired one such suit of armor, so even if you can control the transformations of space itself, you can't escape us. And now you'll meet your ultimate fate: death!"

Thump. Swish. Rustle.

He flew up into the air and reached out with fingers splayed. Shockingly, his fingers then transformed; distorted human faces appeared on their tips, their features devilish and fierce.

"Five Emotions, Five Faces. Happiness, Anger, Sorrow, Joy, Grief! Five Emotions Grand Palm!"

Buzzzz.

The five faces quivered with emotion that would affect any who looked at them, making it almost impossible to deal with the force on display.

However, that was when Yang Qi made his move, his arm as fluid as a whip as he unleashed the Mammoth King's God Whip. A sound echoed out like the howl of millions upon millions of godlings. At the same time, the sky went dark as a streak of blackness appeared, opening like a mouth to consume everything in its path, including the devilishness and devil energy.

"Not good!" Lone King Heavenbane barked as the spatial rift closed in on them. He could tell that this wasn't any ordinary rift; the spatial power on display was vibrating too quickly to track, and contained such profundities that it could be considered all-destructive.

Yang Qi was using a move from the Mammoth King's God Whip called Ghost-God Laceration.

In the impure lands, he had been unable to grasp enlightenment of the deepest aspects of the Mammoth King's God Whip. But now that he was in the god world, with his cultivation having reached immense heights and having formed monarch godhood, all of his martial arts were better.

And right now, he had no reason to hold back.

Lone King Heavenbane immediately retreated, not daring to allow the blow to land on him.

Roar!

Yang Qi spun, howling in a thunderous voice, growing so large that he towered over all three of the devil patriarchs. Then he clenched his hands into fists and struck out at Devil-Lord Jubilation.

It was a strike of ultimate perfection, as though the quintessence of the legion of gods were contained within it, a porcelain streak that pierced through the air and caused grating sounds to ring out as space itself burst into flame.

Devil-Lord Jubilation was shocked. Before he could even see the fist-wind, he sensed the strike closing in on him and knew that he couldn't block it. If he did, he could tell that even though he was a Consummate God, he would explode, his godhood irreparably damaged.

Spinning to avoid the attack, he drew on a movement technique from the dao of devils called the Dance of Jubilant Heaven. It was a beautiful and artistic move that was designed to negate any type of hard and unyielding attack.

Yet as he danced about, Yang Qi suddenly spun round and round, his fist becoming like a flood of water unleashed from the highest mountains. Unexpectedly, he was changing directions!

Winds screamed and swirling clouds appeared around him as his attack suddenly targeted Exalted Celestial Exultation.

His two fists were merged into a single invincible attack, rushing forth like the tide.

Exalted Celestial Exultation didn't hesitate to fall back, moving as quickly as lightning, looking like a frightened animal as he tried to hide in the protection of the spell formation.

In the end, Yang Qi's attack hit the turtle-shell-like spell formation, causing the entire thing to shake violently. Holes and cracks even opened up on it.

Yang Qi laughed loudly as a pair of wings sprouted out of his back. At the same time, he ripped open a rift in space, and as the immense spatial tempest poured out, he disappeared into the rift, leaving behind only a few words. "Very sloppy work, Devil Patriarchs. Your grand formation of reincarnation can't do anything to me. Thanks for giving me a taste of your cultivation bases. Sooner or later, we'll meet again, but for now, let's call it a day. I have to say, I'm disappointed you didn't dare to meet my attack just now."

Yang Qi had unleashed three moves in quick succession, then departed. He could tell that these three patriarchs of the dao of devils were a bit too tough for him to eliminate quickly. At most, he might be able to seriously injure one or two of them before getting tangled up in a complicated fight. So he used one move from the Mammoth King's God Whip and two fist strikes of immense power, forcing the three experts back into their own formation, then fled. Truth be told, although he had backed down from the fight, the method he used was so shocking that if news got back to the House of God Ordainment, it would cause a huge stir.

That said, there was no way word would spread.

As the dust settled, the three devil patriarchs regrouped and exchanged extremely awkward glances. Obviously, not a single one of them was inclined to chase after Yang Qi. His blows had been unthinkably unusual, and they couldn't help but envision what horrible things might happen if they actually caught up with him.

After a moment, all three said, "Infernal!"

The spell formation vanished, causing three chunks of bone to appear that resembled pieces of turtle shells, which fell into the hands of the three patriarchs.

Expression grim, Lone King Heavenbane said, "He's strong. That formation of ours was used by the ancient dao of devils to fight the god items of the legion of gods. And although it's not complete, it should be more than enough to weaken any opponent. But it didn't seem like it weakened him at all. His fighting prowess is astonishing."

"It's hard to say, but I wouldn't be surprised if he had some sort of formidable magical treasure," Devil-Lord Jubilation said.

"No, I don't think so," Exalted Celestial Exultation said. "I didn't sense the power of a magical treasure in that whip attack, or the two fist strikes. They were backed by pure godhood. At the very least, his godhood rotations can reach the level of one billion per second."

"What?!" Lone King Heavenbane said.

"How could that be possible?" Devil-Lord Jubilation asked. "When outputting godpower, your godpower rotates the most rapidly of all. The more power, the fiercer the result. It doesn't work any other way. Lesser Gods should only be capable of somewhere between a thousand to ten thousand rotations per second. Only Common Gods can reach the level of tens of thousands of rotations per second, or possibly a hundred thousand. Greater Gods can reach levels of hundreds of thousands to millions, and early Consummate Gods will climb to tens of millions or possibly a hundred million. If his godhood was rotating at a billion times per second, doesn't that mean he's as strong as a mid or late Consummate God? Or possibly even peak? But he's definitely at the Lesser God level. And if a Lesser God rotates their godhood too quickly, it'll collapse. How could his godhood possibly be that strong?"

"Maybe he has some sort of special godhood," Exalted Celestial Exultation speculated. "But that seems unlikely. Even the strongest types of special godhood shouldn't be capable of this. It's absurd! For godhood to rotate that rapidly and not collapse is a miracle of miracles. In fact, based on my understanding, it's literally impossible for any type of godhood, even the most special and unique type, to do that. Unless..."

"He has the legendary monarch godhood!" said Lone King Heavenbane and Devil-Lord Jubilation simultaneously.

"No," Exalted Celestial Exultation replied, "there exist certain consummate magical treasures that can help you to rotate and strengthen your godhood. This is the god world, after all. Nothing is impossible. Although we're old-timers, and understand some of the most profound secrets of the god world, we don't know everything. There's even Paramount Gods who don't know everything about the god world. From ancient times until now, there's never been a single person who successfully formed monarch godhood. Not even the top potentates and geniuses from the Eternal-Life God-Dynasty have done it. So how could someone from the House of God Ordainment have succeeded? I bet he's actually a Consummate God who's disguised himself as someone weaker. We just can't see through the illusion, that's all. For now, we can't afford to have him as an enemy. Let's run an investigation and find out his background. And we have to report to our superiors that a formidable entity has risen up in the House of God Ordainment."

With that, the three devil experts departed. Not only were they not interested in chasing after Yang Qi at the moment, but they had also put aside the idea of getting revenge. The last thing they wanted was to be assassinated. They knew that if he really had it out for them, it would be difficult to stay safe.

After they left, Yang Qi appeared again. Accompanying him were Brahma, the Shepherd, Doom, and others among his most trusted subordinates. And all of them held beads in the form of a skull.

"Ah, it's too bad. They fled." Yang Qi shook his head. "With our dozens of skull beads, we could have surrounded them, destroyed their formation, and either sealed or killed them."

"Three Consummate Gods?" Brahma said. "It wouldn't be easy to take out people like that. They could've unleashed deadly devil arts and completely leveled this place. But it would definitely have attracted a lot of attention in the House of God Ordainment. Going forward, you need to be very careful."

"Hmph! How dare people from the dao of devils cause problems for me!" Yang Qi chuckled coldly. "Alright, let's go."

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Chapter 1259: One Crown Prince Versus the Other?

Although his fight with the three devil patriarchs hadn't lasted very long, Yang Qi actually benefited a lot from it. New information about the attacks, formations, and godpower of Consummate Gods was now firmly etched in his mind. The truth was that among truly high-level experts, it often wasn't necessary to fight a battle to the death. Sometimes, a mere gaze was enough to allow for a psychic interchange. Then, the battle might be over just a moment after it started, with both parties knowing exactly who had won and who had lost.

Right now, Yang Qi couldn't kill even an early Consummate God, and when it came to mid Consummate Gods, he could at best hold his own in a fight.

Therefore, he needed to get stronger. Unfortunately, improving his monarch godhood wasn't something that could be done quickly, and in fact, he couldn't do it at all until he got some more of the Mahātmā Jade.

Returning to the god kingdom, he continued working on his cultivation. For the time being, life was uncomplicated. The only major change was that instead of being in the Scripture Pavilion, he now resided in the Law-Enforcement God-Palace, which was a much, much larger place.

His accommodations were excellent, with numerous spell formations that provided spirit energy and godpower, and could transform one's constitution. They were on the sixth floor of one of the best pagodas in the palace. The interior was a spatial dimension of its own, fully dozens of kilometers wide.

It had once been occupied by Crimson-Maiden Inferno, except that she now worked for Yang Qi. She, along with the White-Haired Boxer King and Exalted Celestial Silver-Dagger, were all Greater Gods who had high positions in the Law-Enforcement God-Palace. And now Yang Qi had access to their resources and networks, which in turn made him very important.

Days passed by relatively uneventfully.

In the blink of an eye, it was three months later. Yang Qi had spent all of that time working on his cultivation, trying to improve his psyche and will. Unfortunately, his progress to the mid Paramount level of will convergence wasn't going particularly quickly. Based on some quick calculations, if he continued in this manner, it would take several hundred god world years for him to achieve his next breakthrough.

On a few occasions, he used his jade medallion to try gaining further understanding of the Crown Prince Society. Because it was packed with the aura of the society's leader, the crown prince himself, it also contained faint traces of his destiny.

It was a given that the crown prince would have immense destiny. It was impossible to say how many smaller organizations the Eternal-Life God-Dynasty controlled, or how many experts they had working for them. The flows of destiny they commanded surpassed anything ordinary people could comprehend. Furthermore, the crown prince was trying to cultivate Unbounded will convergence, so Yang Qi knew he had to be very, very careful in spying on him.

'It has to work this time,' Yang Qi thought. 'For three months I've been trying to use the crown prince's aura to get information about him, but every attempt has been a failure. At least I've mastered some new techniques in the process. If he's really the true self of the Crown Prince I knew in the impure lands, then it's highly possible I could benefit a lot by interacting with him.'

Once again, he pulled out the jade medallion and toyed with it for a bit as he tried to unlock the mysteries of its energy fluctuations.

The medallion was a marvelous thing, and some of the energy that fluctuated off of it was designed to be a warding spell. However, to Yang Qi, it wasn't anything to worry about. Things like that couldn't reveal any information about his secrets.

All he had to do was call on his Life-Death Void-Destruction God-Lightning, which could fool all sorts of warding spells, making it seem like all he was doing was simply working on his cultivation nonstop.

And hopefully, he could use it to turn the tables and spy on the crown prince.

'Time to bring back the Crown Prince from the impure lands...' Stroking the jade medallion, he closed his eyes and the aura of the Creator appeared above him. It was the unique power of the Sovereign Lord, who was also called the Creator. After all, he had created countless humans, living beings, and races.

Yang Qi understood the profundities of genetics, the fundamentals of vivicreation, and had imperial-heaven pre-beginning powers. Because of that, it was possible for him to reach into the boundless river of time and draw out the life force quintessence of the Crown Prince from the impure lands.

After all, he had killed the Crown Prince, enabling him to take some of his aura and quintessence.

Another thing he had been doing during the past three months was seeking enlightenment of various aspects of his fragments of the Cruiser of Civilization. The Lord of Civilization had been a faithful follower of the Sovereign Lord, and his energy arts reflected that. In fact, he had even received personal instruction from the Sovereign Lord.

Drawing on the boundless skills to catalyze genes and life force, Yang Qi drew on his vivicreation power. Slowly but surely, vital energy swirled in front of him, and as he added in various medicinal ingredients from the god world, a tiny fetus formed in front of him. And it was no illusion; it was real! This was the god world, where things could be true and real.

Slowly, the image of a human took shape.

As the process went on, Yang Qi realized at a certain point that he was about to be drained of his godpower. Quickly using the God Legion Seal, he reached into the void to fill the gap.

Even a Consummate God who tried to do what he was doing would have already been killed by the drainage.

It was completely heaven-defying, and was definitely subverting the magical laws of the god world. Yang Qi was recreating the Crown Prince from the impure lands! This was nirvanic rebirth! His plan? To use the old Crown Prince as a tool, a pawn to deal with the crown prince of the Eternal-Life God-Dynasty.

"Fetal Convergence; God Legion Power; Eternal Blessing; Heaven-Dao Transformation; I Shall Defy Heaven; Man Conquers Nature!" Yang Qi drew on his monarch godhood, extending his fingers to unleash countless transformations. Soon, buzzing sounds could be heard, like winds from the Nine Serenities underworld. They were sounds that could call out to the soul, and they were none other than a consummate technique from the Strength of the Hell-Crushing Godmammoth that could reach out into the heavens and recall lost souls.

With each subsequent flick of his fingers, Yang Qi's godpower surged, creating something like a mighty river. In fact, he completely drained himself over ten thousand times. In other words, this was like a Consummate God being totally drained of power over ten thousand times. It didn't matter what type of medicinal pill someone used, that was a drainage that couldn't be sustained. It was only with the God Legion Seal that he could defy heaven and subvert the magical laws of the god world to do so.

The fetus grew larger and larger until it looked like an infant version of the Crown Prince from the impure lands.

But Yang Qi didn't stop there. He continued to work hard and expend energy. Forty-nine days passed in which he didn't rest for a moment. By that time, his godpower had been completely drained fully a hundred thousand times over!

Finally, what had started out as a fetus now looked like a full-grown human, with features exactly like those of the old Crown Prince. In fact, he looked just as arrogant and crazy as before.

"Boundless Psyche; Call Spiritual and Physical Souls; Bring them into Unison; No Death in Heaven and Earth; Magnanimous and Fluttering; the Will Shines Eternally..." Yang Qi interlocked his fingers to look like a blooming lotus flower. 'Use the moment of life force transformation to catalyze the being. Illuminate the future path. Seek what is true and real of he that exists in the void. Reach out to the illusory impure lands, and bring him into the true and real god world...'

SPLAT!

Yang Qi's godhood had been pushed to an unprecedented limit. Even a Consummate God would have long since been dead by this point. Spitting out some blood, he created a bubble that surrounded the Crown Prince, drawing a boundless will from the void and sucking him inside.

RUMBLE!

Everything trembled violently.

The Crown Prince slowly opened his eyes, looking like a terrifying fiend-devil.

But his cultivation base was only at the Great Sage level! If it weren't for the fact that Yang Qi had him inside a bubble created by the Purrfect God Art, he would have immediately been destroyed by the environment of the god world.

After the Great Sage level came Demi-Immortal, Demolisher and Godmyth. After that were the nine stairs of the Deathless Heavenly Stairway, whereupon one became a Grand Emperor. After that, one needed mid Terrifying will convergence, where it would be possible to pass through the Ancient Road to the Gods and reach the god world. But a Great Sage, even one in the early Terrifying level, would instantly die in the god world.

It wasn't even worth talking about Great Sages in the god world. People like that were so pathetically weak that they weren't even one-ten-thousandth as strong as an ant. In other words, the tiniest of bugs in the god world could easily devour millions upon millions of Great Sages.

Yang Qi had resurrected the Crown Prince at exactly the same level in which he had died, way back in Sage Monarch City on the Rich-Lush Continent, during their climactic final battle.

In other words, this Crown Prince was the same Crown Prince as back then. The only difference was that he now lacked one of King Immortal-Slayer's legacy medallions.

Yang Qi had bent the magical laws of the god world, drawing on his monarch godhood and the might of the God Legion Seal to recreate his life force and genes, restoring his destiny, psyche, personality, and everything else about him.

They were all exactly the same!

The Crown Prince looked around. "Where am I? I'm not dead? How long have I been unconscious? This isn't the Rich-Lush Continent! I led eighteen Great Sages to destroy Yang Qi, but he killed me. How could I have been resurrected?"

The Crown Prince even had his memories up to the moment of his death.

As such, it was only natural that his first thoughts upon being resurrected were questions about what exactly was going on.

After looking around, he realized that he was in some sort of bubble that obscured his view of the world beyond. Circulating his true energy, he found that it flowed mightily, to the point where he might actually be on the verge of a breakthrough. Suddenly, rumbling sounds filled his ears as he achieved multiple breakthroughs in the Great Sage level. The Born Again Step. The Nirvanic Resurrection Step. The Eternal Sands Step. The True Real Step. The Light King Step. The Heavenly Workings Step. The Planet God Step. The Without Limit Step. And finally the ninth Epic Saga Step. With that, he broke out of the Great Sage level and entered the Demi-Immortal level.

"What's going on here? Not only am I not dead, but I've ended up in some strange bubble where I'm experiencing multiple breakthroughs. I've already left the Great Sage level and broken into the Demi-Immortal level." The Crown Prince looked at his hands, scarcely able to believe what was happening. Then he burst out laughing. "The Demi-Immortal level?! There are hardly any Demi-Immortals in the Rich-Lush Continent and the Quake-Dawn Continent! Yang Qi, you're only in the sixth Legendary transformation! Even if you do have the God Legion Seal, how could you possibly do anything to me? Can a Personal-Domain Legendary do anything to a Demi-Immortal!?"

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Chapter 1260: How Could This Be Happening?

The Crown Prince remembered dying.

But here he was, resurrected, with his cultivation base climbing higher and higher. He had gone through all nine steps of the Great Sage level until he was a Demi-Immortal. Furthermore, it seemed like he still had more breakthroughs in him. He could tell that it was no illusion, and of course, it caused joy to surge in his heart. In fact, he was already itching with the desire to get out into the open and give vent to his ever-increasing hatred of Yang Qi.

After all, if Yang Qi was in the sixth Legendary transformation, and the Crown Prince was a Demi-Immortal, it would be a simple thing to kill him.

"Ah, the God Legion Seal," the Crown Prince murmured. "Yang Qi is a bearer of the God Legion Seal. Unfortunately for him, now that I'm a Demi-Immortal, crushing him out of existence will be easy. Then I'll exterminate his entire clan. No, wait. That would be making it too easy on them. I'll treat them like the basest animals. The women will be enslaved, and the men will become eunuchs."

Clenching his hand into a fist, he unleashed a mighty fist strike.

The Son of Heaven's Godfist!

RUMBLE!

The fist hit the surrounding bubble and did nothing. It didn't even cause a banging sound.

"Hmm?" Confusion fluttered in his heart. "Wait, what's going on here? Am I captive in this thing? Hold on, I remember something happening the moment I died. Something unexpected. Don't tell me that I'm trapped inside King Immortal-Slayer's legacy medallion! Or am I in an immortal world somewhere? I need to reach immortal ascension! I need to get to the immortal worlds! The immortal worlds are a truly worthy destination. I'm going to become the ruler of the Titan Emperor Heaven!"

Meanwhile, Yang Qi was on the outside, watching what was happening inside the bubble. He could hear everything the Crown Prince was raving about, and could see his cultivation base increasing. It had been a lot of work, but he had successfully recreated the Crown Prince.

And this Crown Prince contained all of the personality and memories of the earlier version, including his hatred of Yang Qi.

It was a perfect recreation in every way.

Of course, it only worked because, after killing the Crown Prince, Yang Qi had absorbed his psyche, will, and even his flesh and blood. Without that, he would have failed, even with divine abilities vastly more powerful than his current arsenal.

Furthermore, this recreated Crown Prince was far, far too weak. If he somehow escaped the bubble he was in, he would die. He needed to stay in that bubble and continue working on his cultivation until he was a Quasi-God. Only then would it be safe to emerge.

This recreated Crown Prince was what Yang Qi intended to use to make his move against the crown prince of the Eternal-Life God-Dynasty.

As soon as Yang Qi heard there was a Crown Prince Society in the Eternal-Life God-Dynasty, he had guessed it had something to do with the Crown Prince from the impure lands. It had taken months of research, but he was now absolutely convinced that the Crown Prince in the impure lands had been an expression of the crown prince's divine will. However, after sending that divine will into the impure lands, the crown prince had lost his connection to it. That divine will had eventually grown into a completely separate entity, similar to what had occurred with Yang Qi and his immortal-slaying clone.

That said, they still had the same essence and origin. Their energy and soul structure were the same, a fact that Yang Qi intended to take advantage of. In fact, after his recreation of the Crown Prince reached godly ascension, he would subjugate him with the God Legion Seal, and use him to spy on the true crown prince's every action.

Unfortunately, the true crown prince was just too strong. And if he achieved Unbounded will convergence, he would probably become impossible to control. And he would likely be able to find out the truth about Yang Qi. Unless Yang Qi himself also formed Unbounded will convergence, he would be too weak to defend himself.

"Who's out there? Are you King Immortal-Slayer?" The Crown Prince let loose a bevy of fist strikes on the bubble, but none of them did any good. Compared to the Purrfect God Art, the cultivation base of a Demi-Immortal was like nothing. The Crown Prince was like an ant trying to tear down a mountain. "Where am I? How come there wasn't any tribulation when I reached the Demi-Immortal level? Why was it so easy?"

As he asked these questions, the bubble suddenly started transforming. A pagoda appeared, along with an illusory region that were all created by Yang Qi using his Life-Death Void-Destruction God-Lightning within the Purrfect God Art. Of course, to the Crown Prince, the illusions were all completely real.

The Crown Prince shivered as he saw a world unfold in front of him, complete with a continent, stars, a sun, a moon, and spirit energy.

He inhaled deeply, then shivered with delight as creaking and cracking sounds rang out within him. Unexpectedly, he went from the first order of the Demi-Immortal to the second.

However, at the very same time, he caught sight of a person walking toward him. When he saw who it was, his eyes tightened with anger. It was none other than his most hated archenemy Yang Qi!

Bursting into laughter, he said, "I can't believe you're here, Yang Qi. Are you ready to be killed by me? I'm already at the Demi-Immortal level!" All of a sudden, the Crown Prince lunged forward, attacking Yang Qi with a deadly move from the Son of Heaven's Godfist.

However, before the attack could even get close to Yang Qi, it simply fell apart.

Voice cool, Yang Qi said, "We meet again, Crown Prince. It's been a very, very long time. I know you remember what happened on the Rich-Lush Continent, and how I killed you. Do you have any idea where we are now?"

"Stop trying to sound so impressive, Yang Qi. What do you mean? Where are we?" The Crown Prince was arrogant and egotistical, but even though the blow he had just unleashed was a formidable one, it had done nothing. Everything since he was resurrected had been strange and mystifying. Therefore, he was secretly circulating his energy arts to defend himself, but preparing a killing move to unleash on Yang Qi at the same time, hopefully inflicting a fatality with a single move.

Yang Qi didn't bother to even check what he was doing with his energy arts. "This is the god world."

In response to this revelation, the Crown Prince's face filled with a look of complete and utter shock. In fact, it took him a long moment to regain his composure. "The god world? Are you kidding me? Even if you said we were in an immortal world, I wouldn't believe you, much less the god world. Are you trying to convince me this is a dream or something? Or that I've fallen into some sort of illusion?"

"Sad to say, I actually did kill you in the impure lands. You need to calm down. I've already reached godly ascension, which is how I resurrected you. If you don't believe me, just look. I'll show you everything that happened after you died. Watch for yourself."

He waved his hand, causing an image to appear in front of the Crown Prince that showed all of the main events that played out after his death: Yang Qi destroying the Demi-Immortal Institute; the creation of the Sage Monarch Continent; the destruction of the Quake-Dawn Continent; the eradication of the Titan Emperor Collegium; the ascension to the immortal worlds; the devastation of the Titan Emperor Heaven; the invasion of the future world; the creation of the Dao Defense League; the struggles that ended with Yang Qi becoming league-lord; the appearance of the Great Necropolis; the restructuring of the immortal worlds; the establishment of the Sage Monarch League, and all the bloodbaths that came along with it; and finally the events on the Ancient Road to the Gods and the fight with Proud Heaven.

At that point, Yang Qi combined all the pieces of the God Legion Seal and ascended to the god world.

That was where the images ended.

The process took several hours, and it left a deep impression in the Crown Prince's mind. When it was over, the Crown Prince looked aghast. Back on the Rich-Lush Continent, he had been the type of arrogant person who defied all laws and principles, even those of the heavens. But after what he had just seen, he understood what it truly meant to be someone who saw the sky from the bottom of a well.

"No. How could this be happening? It's not real, is it? I really died? And you resurrected me in the god world?" The Crown Prince seemed like he was going through some kind of mental breakdown.

"That's right," Yang Qi said coolly. "You're a Demi-Immortal now, but that's only because of the godpower I imparted to you. Furthermore, what you see around you is also a manifestation of my godpower. If you leave this place, you'll be crushed out of existence by the paramount magical laws of the god world. You need to push your cultivation to the mid Terrifying level as quickly as possible, got it?"

"Like hell, Yang Qi. I'm going to kill you! I can't believe you'd try to frighten me with an illusory region like this! Ohhhh. I know what's happened. You killed me and captured my soul, and we're in the Demi-Immortal Institute." Raising his voice to a shout, he cried, "Son of Heaven's Godfist; Nine Prefectures Sink into Ruin; Nine Cauldrons become Complete; Nine Times Nine is Paragon! Grand Emperor of Heaven and Earth!"

Rumbling sounds echoed out as he sent another fist flying in Yang Qi's direction. However, before it could touch him, the attack crumbled into nothing.

"Ai..." sighed Yang Qi. "Fine, I'll dispel the illusion so you can see the god world around you." As the words left his mouth, all of the surrounding images collapsed and the Crown Prince once again saw himself surrounded by a bubble.

Taking the bubble with him, Yang Qi flew over to a teleportation portal and exited the god kingdom. Normally speaking, outside cultivators weren't allowed inside the god kingdom, but the Crown Prince was a mere Demi-Immortal, making him like a speck of dust on the wing of a fly. The god kingdom wouldn't even react to someone as weak as that.

"That back there is the god kingdom of the House of God Ordainment, one of the top sects in the god world. Out here, you can see what the god world is really like. See those people over there? They're Quasi-Gods. If it weren't for this bubble of mine surrounding you, you're so weak that you would die in an instant. You don't even remotely qualify to exist in the god world."

At first, the Crown Prince didn't believe any of what Yang Qi was saying. But eventually, three days passed, and as he observed everything that was happening, he gradually came to realize that he really was in the god world. He had died, and Yang Qi had rescued him. Or if not rescued him, at least recreated him.

Of course, it only caused the hatred in his heart to grow, and made him wish more than ever that Yang Qi was dead. "Maybe you killed me, Yang Qi, but there's no way you can make me acknowledge allegiance to you. You'll always be my enemy. I don't care if you're a god, I'll never submit to you. And one day, I'll kill you. Then you'll know the truth of the saying raising a tiger is inviting calamity."

"You might as well forget trying to do that, Crown Prince," Yang Qi said. "I created you, and I can destroy you. Right now, you're weaker than a speck of dust. So work on your cultivation and get to the Quasi-God level. Once you can get out of that bubble, I have work for you. Namely, reaching godly ascension. Remember, if it weren't for me, you wouldn't even be in the Demi-Immortal level."

With that, he flicked his sleeve, sucking the bubble containing the Crown Prince inside.

During the three days that had just passed, he'd been watching the Crown Prince and had confirmed that the fluctuations of his thoughts were very similar to the fluctuations of the jade amulet. In fact, they almost seemed like they belonged to the same person. Although the Crown Prince was extremely weak right now, once he reached godly ascension, he would be the perfect tool to use against the crown prince of the Eternal-Life God-Dynasty.

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Chapter 1261: Dragon Flore

Months passed.

Yang Qi performed some calculations on his fingers and came to the realization that he had been in the god world for three years. It wasn't a long time, but couldn't be considered short either. Most people wouldn't consider three god world years to be very impressive, but during that time he had created a very solid foundation in the House of God Ordainment.

He had three Greater Gods under his complete control, namely Crimson-Maiden Inferno, the White-Haired Boxer King, and Exalted Celestial Silver-Dagger. As such, he could call the wind and summon the rain in the sect. Furthermore, his friends and family were advancing rapidly in their cultivation, and as they built their own foundations of power, were starting to make names for themselves.

In fact, during the past year, the Shepherd, Eldest Brother, Doom, Brahma and the others had used their crystal skulls to accomplish all sorts of missions for the sect. With the power of Consummate Gods, they slaughtered wretch-devils, earned merit points, and had come to be very valuable to the sect. According to rumor, some of Yang Qi's people had even been in audiences with Perfect Gods, which was a shocking thing.

Perfect Gods commanded peak Paramount will convergence, and were in the position to break through to Unbounded will. They existed at the top echelon of power in the sect, and their words were considered commands. Even Greater Gods would kneel to them.

Consummate Gods were somewhat powerful.

Perfect Gods were extremely powerful.

Of course, Paramount Gods existed above them all. They were patriarchs who could create sects and offer the protection of god kingdoms. And experts like that were exceedingly rare.

In fact, Yang Qi hadn't heard anything to indicate that there was even a Paramount God in the House of God Ordainment at all. If there was, he likely had to reach a much higher level of cultivation before he would be privy to such information.

During the months that passed, the Crown Prince came to his senses and resigned himself to the truth that Yang Qi had recreated him. He remained inside the Purrfect God Art bubble, working hard on his cultivation and constantly contemplating ways to get revenge. In that respect, he was like a dangerous viper just waiting to lunge out with a deadly bite.

For the most part, Yang Qi ignored him. All he needed was for the Crown Prince to eventually become a god. Then he would force him into submission and make him a part of the God Legion Seal. And then he would finally be confident in his ability to take on the crown prince of the Eternal-Life God-Dynasty.

The Crown Prince's cultivation base continued to climb.

He went from Demi-Immortal to Demolishing to Godmyth, eventually ending up as a Grand Emperor on the ninth stair of the Deathless Heavenly Stairway.

Anyone from the impure lands who watched him rise through the ranks like that would have been completely flabbergasted, but truth be told, no one in the god world would be impressed.

In the god world, Grand Emperors were considered scum. In fact, they couldn't even breathe in the god world. Unfortunately, after becoming a Grand Emperor, the Crown Prince found himself stuck at the peak of the Destabilizing level of will conversion. He was in a bottleneck, unable to reach the Terrifying level, but Yang Qi wasn't worried. He had helped many of his people in the impure lands break through to the terrifying level, and the task would be even easier now that he was in the god world.

Of course, there was a downside to the Crown Prince's astonishingly fast progress. The fact that he didn't experience any tribulations was actually bad for his cultivation base, and led to an almost lackadaisical attitude on his part. It was like an ordinary person who was given an immense loan, and didn't have to work to survive. It would be fun while it lasted, but once the money ran out, they would be in trouble.

Most people who ascended from the impure lands were invincible experts. However, despite the fact that the Crown Prince was technically an Ascendant, he had come to the god world in a very different fashion. Because of that, he was like many of the natives of the god world, lacking experience and a solid foundation. In fact, he could even be considered inferior to many god world natives.

That said, Yang Qi didn't need him to have a strong foundation. He was raising the Crown Prince almost like livestock, and all he cared about was getting his cultivation base to the right point as quickly as possible.

When the Crown Prince finally reached his bottleneck, Yang Qi simply drew on his own will to stimulate his mind, and simultaneously fed him numerous medicinal agents that could stimulate the psyche.

Only a day later... Pop!

The Crown Prince entered the Terrifying level. The next major hurdle was the mid Terrifying level, after which he would finally be able to survive on his own in the god world.

Unfortunately, pushing the Crown Prince into the mid Terrifying level wouldn't be easy for Yang Qi. Or at least, it would be time-consuming.

But he would make the attempt. However, just as he was preparing to begin, his communication medallion buzzed with a message from Jadefall. "Yang Qi, the leader of the Dragon Society, Dragon Floret, has come out of seclusion. He's invited me to a meeting, and I'd like you to come with me."

"Hmm?"

Yang Qi waved his hand and sealed the Crown Prince in the depths of the God Legion Seal, where Yang Qi had created a very small god kingdom. There, the Crown Prince would remain undetected by the House of God Ordainment's god kingdom.

Yang Qi left the Law-Enforcement God-Palace and went further into the god kingdom, until he reached a location where a sprawling palace had been built atop an expanse of green clouds. This was Jadefall's mansion grotto. During the past few months, her cultivation base had grown more refined, and she had advanced to the mid Common God level. Over the course of the next four or five years, as long as she continued advancing in her cultivation, she would eventually become a Greater God.

The biggest problems Yang Qi's people had were the lack of time and lack of resources.

If they had a few dozen more years in the House of God Ordainment, or perhaps a few hundred, they would definitely come to control the entire sect.

"Yang Qi! You're here!" Jadefall was clearly excited to see him. "I heard you've been in seclusion recently. What exactly were you doing?"

"Working on something big. And I'm getting close to a breakthrough. Unfortunately, it's going to take a lot of resources for me to reach the mid Lesser God level. My monarch godhood makes things very difficult. You wouldn't believe how much energy it uses. So, what's going on with this Dragon Floret?"

"Look at the invitation card," she replied, handing it to him.

He took it, and the first thing that struck him was how heavy it was; it was clearly made of some sort of metal. The actual words were written in calligraphy as flamboyant as dancing dragons and swirling phoenixes.

"Come to me for a chat. Dragon Floret".

They were written in such a bold and impressive style that anyone who read them would instantly realize that the person who wrote them was both ambitious and powerful.

"I thought he was in seclusion trying to break out of the Consummate God level and become a Perfect God," Yang Qi said. "And isn't he working on Unbounded will convergence? Given the current situation, I would assume he didn't succeed in any breakthroughs. That said, we still can't afford to underestimate him."

"That's why I asked you to come along," Jadefall replied. "And it's not as if I can refuse to see him. That would be downright insulting." She stroked the purrling, which rested in her arms. "That said, any banquet thrown by him is certain to be a deadly trap. He's definitely not inviting me out of goodwill, so we have to be very careful."

"As long as he isn't a Perfect God, and doesn't have Unbounded will convergence, he'll be easy to deal with. I've gained a lot of enlightenment in the past few years; he definitely won't be in the position to be a threat to me."

"Well, we also have the purrling on our side," Jadefall said, "which means that no one will dare to cause any problems for me."

"Let's go. I'm curious to see what this leader of the Dragon Society is all about." Yang Qi and Jadefall left, and before long they were standing in front of a divine mountain that rested on a cloud bank in the middle of the god kingdom. It was fully twenty-seven thousand meters tall, and resembled a writhing dragon. At first glance, Yang Qi could tell that it was a god item of some sort, a magical treasure that could easily match up with any of the seventy-two monarchs' items.

In fact, it was something akin to the Cruiser of Civilization.

'Darnit,' Yang Qi thought. 'I spent so much time working on the Crown Prince that I forgot to ask the White-Haired Boxer King for more information about the Dragon Society. He definitely could've told me about Dragon Floret. Of course, compared to the crown prince, the Dragon Society isn't very important at all.'

As they neared, Jadefall said, "This is the foundation of the Dragon Society. It's called Mount Dragon Head, and supposedly, it was built from the spine of a patriarch of the Dragonfolk. It's considered a top treasure in the god world, and after it was discovered by Dragon Floret, it helped him advance his cultivation base with explosive speed. That's how he reached the peak Consummate God level. It's also how he mastered his signature ability, the Ancestral Dragon Burst."

"Who goes there!?" a disciple said, flying out and staring at Yang Qi and Jadefall with cold eyes. He held a trident in his hand, and was flanked by a whole group of disciples. The lead disciple was a Common God, while the rest were Lesser Gods. The fact that so many disciples were guarding the residence of another disciple only went to show how powerful the Dragon Society was. After all, they were one of the top societies in the sect, just below the Mystery Society.

"Here's my invitation card," Jadefall said, handing it out. "Dragon Floret asked us here."

"Well, if it isn't Miss Jadefall," the Common God disciple said, his expression turning slightly more respectful. And he couldn't help but eye the purrling. Truth be told, the fact that Jadefall was only a Common God meant that she didn't personally command a lot of respect. However, everyone knew that the purrling was hers, and that anyone who tried causing problems for her would meet a dismal fate because of it.

"Yes," Jadefall said. "Now please escort us into Dragon Floret's banquet."

"I'm sorry, Miss Jadefall," the disciple said. "Your friend here doesn't have an invitation card, so I can't let him in."

"What? We're not even allowed to bring guests? In that case, I guess I won't be attending." She turned to leave.

"There's no need to get angry, Miss Jadefall," someone said. "It's just a matter of invitation cards." The voice belonged to a very attractive young woman with long legs, and a figure as graceful as an immortal crane.

WHOOSH!

An invitation card appeared in her hand which she tossed out, sending it flying toward Yang Qi.

He grabbed it and looked over at the young woman. "Might I dare ask how to address you?"

The beautiful woman was a Greater God, and was clearly no weaker than the White-Haired Boxer King.

"She's a leader in the Dragon Society," Jadefall said, "Goddess Jade Egret. Her leg techniques are incredible, enough to kill innumerable experts from the dao of devils."

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Chapter 1262: Dragon Floret (Part 2)

Yang Qi had noticed from the get-go that Goddess Jade Egret had particularly long and shapely legs.

That said, he wasn't interested in them because they were attractive. He could tell that she cultivated some boundless leg technique with them, which was why they were so perfect. They were legs that could captivate the soul, and at the same time, take one's life.

Upon seeing how casually Yang Qi caught the speeding invitation card, Goddess Jade Egret reacted with visible surprise.

"Excellent kung fu. You definitely qualify to attend the leader's banquet. The two of you can come with me."

"I'm curious to see who else will be in attendance," Yang Qi said.

"Invitations were sent to the leaders of the Brilliant Radiance Society, Preheaven Society, Honorable Glory Society... in fact, the leaders of several dozen of the societies got them. There will even be some venerable elder kings in attendance. In fact, you and Jadefall will be the only people in attendance who aren't Consummate Gods." She looked at Yang Qi. "Unfortunately, since I extended you an invitation at the last minute, there won't be a seat for you. You'll have to stand at Jadefall's side."

"What?!" Jadefall said, her eyes widening.

"It's fine," Yang Qi said. "That won't be a problem."

They entered Mount Dragon Head, which was filled with endless palaces and mansion grottos, and had countless streams of powerful vital energy going this way and that. Yang Qi secretly tried to absorb some of that vital energy, only to completely fail.

"This is the ultimate foundation of the Dragon Society," Goddess Jade Egret said with a smile. "Mount Dragon Head, which contains the animadestiny vital energy of an ancient dragon patriarch. Of course, other than members of the Dragon Society, no one can actually absorb that vital energy." It was almost as though Goddess Jade Egret knew that Yang Qi had surreptitiously tried to do just that. "Once someone becomes a member of the Dragon Society, our esteemed leader will provide that person with a dragon seed, which can be used in cultivation to absorb the vital energy of the dragon patriarch. The result is that one's every move and action is filled with immense power, making our members the bane of wretch-devils. Furthermore, we can destroy all cultivation obstacles, and negate any sort of curse or damnification."

"When you put it that way, Goddess Jade Egret," Jadefall remarked, "it makes it seem like you want to recruit us into the Dragon Society."

"We would love to have you in the Dragon Society! There are countless disciples who wish they could join, but can't get in."

"Unfortunately, we have no interest in joining," Jadefall said coolly.

Goddess Jade Egret didn't seem to get angry in response. Smiling, she led the way through the corridors, all of which were decorated with lanterns and colored banners, and were filled with disciples. The disciples were all very well-disciplined, and nobody spoke loudly as they went about their business.

'This Dragon Floret is supposedly very impressive,' Yang Qi thought. 'But how impressive, I wonder? Is he a peak Consummate God? Does he have mid Paramount will convergence? Or late?'

Eventually, an immense golden palace appeared in front of them, dazzling and luxurious.

It also pulsed with immense energy. Using the Son of Heaven's Horoscopy, Yang Qi identified multiple auras, some of which were like mighty pillars, some of which were dense and incisive, and some that resembled twisting dragons.

There was one that was mightier than the others, like a pillar that could prop up heaven and earth, and seemed completely and utterly invincible.

Without question, that one belonged to Dragon Floret.

After entering the golden palace, Yang Qi caught sight of a sprawling square, within which dozens of tables had been set up, one table per guest. The figures seated at the tables were all leaders of powerful factions in the sect, who were flanked by attendants that were all Greater Gods. It was obvious that this banquet was only being attended by the most important people in the House of God Ordainment.

As for the leaders, they were all Consummate Gods.

In the seat of honor was a young man clad in golden garments embroidered with numerous golden dragons. He was handsome, but at the same time, extremely dignified. And he was surrounded by an energy field that created a spatial void behind him, within which it was just barely possible to make out the image of a lurking dragon, ready to lunge out with land-shaking, mountain-rocking force.

'An illusory nascent divinity?' Yang Qi thought. It was obvious that this person's true nascent divinity was concealed in the god kingdom behind him. Of course, he was none other than the leader of the Dragon Society, Dragon Floret.

Nodding, Dragon Floret said, "Jadefall, you're here. Please, have a seat..."

"Many thanks for your invitation," she said. There was only one open seat, so she walked over and sat down.

As for Yang Qi, he remained standing at her side. Considering that all of the leaders present were Consummate Gods, and had Greater Gods as attendants, the fact that Yang Qi was a mere Lesser God really did make him stand out in a bad way.

That said, the attendees actually weren't focused on him so much as they were on the purrling.

The purrling made a few purring sounds that Yang Qi interpreted to mean, "These people aren't worth crap. They couldn't possibly compare to me."

Sadly, the purrling couldn't actually speak. However, considering its power and cultivation base, it seemed possible for it to eventually learn to communicate like humans. Perhaps it just believed itself to be too refined to do that. Perhaps it viewed speaking in the human tongue as too debasing, similar to how humans would view speaking with dogs to be debasing.

After Jadefall sat, Dragon Floret casually waved his hand in greeting to his guests. "Ladies and gentlemen, the reason I came out of seclusion isn't because I achieved the breakthrough I sought. However, I did gain some significant enlightenment. I trust all of you know which enlightenment I was seeking?"

"Pray tell," said one of the guests, a man in a long white robe who glowed with a faint but brilliant radiance. He had a lonely look that seemed to come from being an amazing expert.

He was none other than the leader of the Brilliant Radiance Society, an organization that was a clear rival of the Dragon Society.

"The answer has to do with why I invited Jadefall to this gathering," Dragon Floret said. "You see, all of us here today are either late Consummate Gods, or at the peak of that level. For us, breaking through and reaching a higher level of enlightenment is a very difficult thing, if not impossible. In many ways, the only path to success is by acquiring some unique and unusual asset."

The next person to speak was the dour-faced Wang Xiantian, leader of the Preheaven Society. "Presumably you're talking about some sort of divine creature like that purrling."

The glare in his eye showed that he hadn't forgotten his previous humiliation at the hand of the purrling. From what Yang Qi could tell, this man was sinister, vicious, and adept at crafty plots and machinations. Although, he couldn't match up to Dragon Floret in that regard.

"That's right, I'm talking about the purrling," Dragon Floret said. "No amount of research on my part provided any information about it. And there were even members of the senior generation who are similarly stumped. The bubbles created by the purling are completely invincible, and can destroy anything inside them. The god world has never before seen anything like it. It's definitely a perfect level of power. As long as I can acquire some of its blood to make into a medicinal pill, I wouldn't have any problem breaking through to the Perfect level, and also developing Unbounded will convergence."

"It's really that miraculous?" said the leader of the Brilliant Radiance Society. Obviously, the idea of a breakthrough was something all of them found very enticing.

"Absolutely. I was told this fact by one of the Paramount God old-timers. In fact, it was none other than Patriarch Deva!"

Many of the leaders were shocked.

"What? Patriarch Deva?"

"You've met Patriarch Deva? He's one of the top patriarchs, an old-timer who was around during the time of the Sovereign Lord. He remains hidden in a secret and chaotic flow of space-time, in the depths of his own god kingdom. He never makes public appearances, and generally speaking, only Paramount Gods even have the chance to meet him and get some advice. How did you get an audience with him?"

"That's classified," Dragon Floret said, sounding very pleased with himself. "That said, Patriarch Deva was very interested in the purrling, and he even gave me a talisman specially designed to capture it and take its blood."

"So" said the leader of the Brilliant Radiance Society, "it was after meeting Patriarch Deva that you decided to throw this banquet and carry out the plan he suggested?"

"That's right. I invited Jadefall here for the specific purpose of asking her to give me some of the purrling's blood. Hopefully, she'll give us all a share, even herself. Well, Jadefall, what do you say?"

WHACK!

Slapping the table, Jadefall shot to her feet. "You invited me here because you're after my purrling? Listen carefully: that's never going to happen!"

The purrling had emerged from the porcelain godspore she had borne for many years, so how could she possibly allow others to tap into its power?

"We're not asking for a handout, Jadefall," Dragon Floret said. "With the blood of the purrling, I can guarantee you that at least ten people here will become Perfect Gods. And it's likely some would even reach the Unbounded level. That would be a huge benefit to the sect, don't you think?"

"A benefit to the sect?" Jadefall said coldly. "More like a benefit to you! I'll take my leave now."

"Don't be in such a hurry!" Dragon Floret said, and he gave a meaningful look to some of his subordinates, who quickly closed all of the exit doors.

"What's the meaning of this, Dragon Floret? Are you really going to defy all the laws and principles of the sect, and attack me right here in the god kingdom? You're still a disciple of the House of God Ordainment. Your Dragon Society may be powerful, but don't forget that the Mystery Society keeps an eye out for rebellious behavior." Jadefall wasn't actually worried at all about the situation. With Yang Qi at her side, she was confident that any danger could be resolved.

"No, no, it's not like that," Dragon Floret said, wagging his finger. "I would never make a move on you. I always follow the rules. I simply wanted to give everyone a chance to vote on the matter. Don't tell me you really won't consider the good of the sect?"

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Chapter 1263: Unable to Withstand a Single Blow

Looking at Dragon Floret, Jadefall said, "As I said, I don't see how this is for the benefit of the sect so much as you, personally. And I don't care if you have a dozen faction leaders here. Even if you had hundreds, it still wouldn't do you any good. Do you really think there aren't rules in this sect of ours?"

"Oh, there are rules," said Wang Xiantian from the Preheaven Society. "In fact, I seem to remember a sect rule about what happens when our sect comes across an important item. Remember, we're all children of primeval chaos. So we have the right to call a Primeval Chaos Assembly."

"Primeval Chaos Assembly?!" Jadefall said, her expression flickering.

As was explained in the Great Classic of God Ordainment, the children of primeval chaos were few in number but extremely important. They were considered the future hope of the House of God Ordainment, and they had the right to call assemblies to discuss the future of the sect. As long as at least thirty-six or more of the children of primeval chaos agreed, a Primeval Chaos Assembly could be held. And if all of the children of primeval chaos in attendance agreed about a matter, not even the houselord could oppose their decision.

After all, the children of primeval chaos all had the potential to be the future houselord. When they joined forces in a common cause, they could definitely change the future of the sect.

However, the children of primeval chaos all belonged to different factions, so it was generally unlikely that they would all work together. It was for that reason that a Primeval Chaos Assembly hadn't been called for many, many years.

But now the subject was being brought up. And it wasn't a coincidence that there were more than thirty-six children of primeval chaos present. In fact, there were forty. And they had all come because of Dragon Floret's promise of a blessing of power.

Whenever the houselord wanted to go into an extended period of seclusion, he would retire, and a new leader would be selected from among the children of primeval chaos. When that happened, the leaders of the various factions in the sect would campaign for support in their bid for the position. The position of houselord in the House of God Ordainment wasn't handed out by appointment, nor was the position hereditary. Every disciple in the sect who had reached godly ascension was allowed to vote.

Usually, it came down to which faction was the strongest, and could bring in the most votes.

Competition was fierce, as that ensured that only the most powerful people would end up coming out on top.

It was a method that was actually quite popular among the large organizations in the god world. Of course, there were a lot of unwritten rules regarding the process. For example, in the House of God Ordainment, the largest faction was the Mystery Society, which was said to have been founded by the junior houselord. When the old houselord retired, it was a given that the junior houselord would be considered the top candidate to take over.

But there was no way the other children of primeval chaos would just allow that to happen. They would obviously do their best to change the overall situation in the sect.

However, there was a belief in the House of God Ordainment regarding the Mystery Society: "It doesn't matter what faction you talk about, it definitely has members of the Mystery Society in it. The person standing right next to you could be one of them!"

The Mystery Society lived up to its name. It was huge, but so mysterious that few people knew much about it.

In any case, if the children of primeval chaos called an assembly here today, they could make a decision to force Jadefall to give them the blood of the purrling.

"What do you say?" Dragon Floret said. "Should we call a Primeval Chaos Assembly? I'm sure that everyone present would agree to take the blood of the purrling. And Patriarch Deva even provided a talisman that can be used to capture the thing. So don't even think of telling it to run away. Don't worry, considering you're a princess, we won't do anything to you. We'll just take some of that blood and use it to make some medicinal pills. Alright? The alternative is for you to hand the purrling over to the sect."

"How brazen of you!" Jadefall spat. Looking around at everyone else present, she said, "Don't tell me that all of you are going to shamelessly stand with Dragon Floret in this. You're going to steal my pet? All you have to do is refuse to call the Primeval Chaos Assembly, and I'll be very much in your debt. I'll definitely repay you for a kindness like that."

Wang Xiantian chuckled darkly. "And what repayment will you give, Jadefall? If we get the blood of that purrling, we can become Perfect Gods. And maybe we'll even acquire Unbounded will. Don't tell me that you can provide a reward as good as that?"

Many of the faction leaders were nodding in agreement. When it came down to it, compassion, familial love, and friendship didn't really count for much. In the very end, power was the only thing that mattered. Without power, everything else was empty.

"Ladies and gentlemen," Dragon Floret said, "the reason I called this banquet is because the time has come for a Primeval Chaos Assembly. Shall we cast our votes about whether to take the blood of the purrling? It's a simple matter. I have this talisman from Patriarch Deva, which can be used for that very purpose. The resulting medicinal pills will be shared equally among us all. Of that, you have my word."

"I vote yes," said Wang Xiantian. He had long hated Jadefall and the purrling, so it was a given that he would be quick to agree.

"I also vote yes," said the leader of the Brilliant Radiance Society.

"I vote yes as well."

"I also vote yes."

One by one, the voices rang out. As it turned out, all of the faction leaders present, who of course were also children of primeval chaos, approved of the idea. After all, Yang Qi hadn't been in the House of God Ordainment for very long, so few of them had interacted with him or knew what he was capable of.

Some of it was because Yang Qi hadn't built a truly solid foundation in the sect yet. If he had, these people would have been more inclined to give him face, perhaps even by abstaining from voting.

But for now, none of them cared a whit about Jadefall and Yang Qi. The only reason any of them had shown even a bit of respect to Jadefall was because of the purrling, and now that Patriarch Deva had provided a talisman to capture it, even that modicum of respect went out the window.

Jadefall was a mere Common God, while they were all Consummate Gods. To them, even Greater Gods were nothing more than yes-men who wouldn't dare to argue with them.

"Very well," Dragon Floret said to Jadefall. "When the Primeval Chaos Assembly makes a decision, Jadefall, not even the houselord can countermand it. According to the rules of the sect, you must give us the blood of the purrling. Now."

"You might as well quit dreaming!" Jadefall said icily.

Wang Xiantian chuckled in sinister fashion. "So you're openly rebelling against the sect? The Primeval Chaos Assembly has made a decision, and you're defying it. That's outright treason! We have every right to arrest you right here and now. The only reason we're giving you a bit of face is that you're the adopted daughter of an imperial concubine from the Eternal-Life God-Dynasty. Otherwise, we wouldn't show the least bit of mercy. Do you know what the penalty for treason against the sect is? You should be thrown into Heaven Penitentiary and ravaged day and night by the savages there!"

"Enough with the wild talk, Wang Xiantian," said the leader of the Brilliant Radiance Society. Obviously, he didn't want to go too far in offending Jadefall. "Jadefall, the decision has been made by the Primeval Chaos Assembly. Not even the houselord has the power to go against it, much less you. Besides, you may have that purrling, but there are enough of us here to join forces and keep it under control. Furthermore, we have the talisman from Patriarch Deva. Even if your purrling were stronger than it is, Patriarch Deva is ten times stronger than any of the other patriarchs in the sect. If he's created something to keep the purrling in check, there's no way anything could possibly overcome it."

'These assholes,' Yang Qi thought. It was a tricky situation. Any of these faction leaders acting alone wouldn't be worth worrying about. But they had joined forces, which was a different story. Even worse, they were in the middle of Mount Dragon Head, and had to deal with the talisman provided by Patriarch Deva.

He could sense the power of that talisman on Dragon Floret, and could tell that it was strong enough to destroy god kingdoms. It was something Yang Qi knew that he couldn't quite handle.

Rumor had it that Patriarch Deva was a Paramount God who had been around since the Sovereign Lord's Age. It was a given that he would vastly surpass any Paramount God that existed in modern times.

'If this Patriarch Deva is from the Sovereign Lord's Age, his nascent divinity should be contained in the God Legion Seal. Unfortunately, I can't reveal that I have the seal. I wonder what the purrling thinks about all this.' Plans and ideas flitting through his mind, he looked over at the purrling.

He knew that the purrling was intelligent, and that it was enlightened regarding the profound mysteries and invincible secrets of the god world. There was no way the purrling wouldn't understand what was being said around it.

Sure enough, its ears were locked in a forward position. However, its eyes glittered with a look of pure ridicule. When Yang Qi saw that, he relaxed a bit.

Up to this point, he still wasn't sure exactly how strong the purrling was, and was very interested in further demonstrations.

Purr. Purr...

All of a sudden, the purrling purred... at Yang Qi. And a tremor passed through him as he realized he understood what the Purrling meant.

"What did it say?" Jadefall asked.

Meanwhile, all of the faction leaders had gone completely silent and were looking at the purrling, wondering what it was trying to say. Obviously, none of them understood it.

"The purrling wants me to translate for it," Yang Qi said. He wasn't sure if it was his understanding of the Purrfect God Art, or his God Legion Seal, but he really could decipher what the purrling was saying.

As of this moment, everyone was staring at him. Moments before, he had been a nobody that they hadn't even bothered looking at. But in the blink of an eye, he became a very, very important person!

Purr. Purr-purr-purr... The purrling emitted a string of purring sounds, and the faction leaders looked on as if they were hearing an imperial edict. Eventually, Yang Qi nodded, then looked around at the faction leaders.

"You dumbasses want some of my blood? I could crush all of you with a single move."

The translated words of the purrling boomed like a stentorian bell.

"Did I translate that correctly, purrling?" Yang Qi asked.

Purr. Purr...

No one needed a translation of the final two sounds. Yang Qi's translation was correct.

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Chapter 1264: A Higher State of Invincibility

Purr, purr...

The purrling emitted a few more sounds that Yang Qi translated.

"You think a talisman from this so-called Patriarch Deva can deal with me? Do you bitches want to die or something? I could wipe out the entire House of God Ordainment if I felt like it. Paramount God? Hah! More like Paramount Ant!"

Only Yang Qi was capable of understanding what the purrling was saying, and even he was taken aback by the tone the purrling was using. As far as he was concerned, they were in a very dangerous situation. He could have controlled the situation if they were dealing with a single Consummate God. But there were too many Consummate Gods here. And he also knew that he couldn't handle Patriarch Deva's talisman.

Yet the purrling itself didn't seem to be even slightly worried.

More than ever, Yang Qi realized that the purrling was completely mysterious and unpredictable.

"What did you just say?" someone said. The faction leaders had all risen to their feet with looks of complete shock on their face, as if they couldn't believe what they had just heard. And they were all staring at Yang Qi.

Although he had merely been translating, the words had still come out of his mouth. And they had been very biting. He had essentially said that they were all complete weaklings who could be defeated with a single blow.

They were Consummate Gods, and he was only a Lesser God! To them, he might as well have been a slave, yet he had dared to say the things he had.

The atmosphere was tense, and it seemed like fighting could break out at any moment. However, Dragon Floret said, "Hold on, everyone."

Walking out from behind his table, he approached Jadefall. "Jadefall, is that really what your pet just said? Or did it come from you? Is that little punk standing next to you intentionally provoking us? You need to be very clear about your stance here. Are you really going to defy a decision made by the Primeval Chaos Assembly? If so, we can just expel you from the sect and brand you as a traitor and enemy! Then everyone will have the right to punish you, and not even your purrling will be able to keep you safe. In other words, you'll end up dead. So let me be clear: you absolutely, positively mustn't piss us off!"

"I think the purrling made itself very clear," Jadefall replied, not looking even a little frightened. "This isn't a banquet, Dragon Floret, it's an ambush. A deadly ambush. Incidentally, you'll find that expelling me from the sect won't be a very easy task, so your threats aren't going to work."

"Oh, I know that," Dragon Floret replied. "Trust me I did my research. If you refuse to do things the easy way, we'll do them the hard way. And in the end, you'll get what's coming to you. Punks like you always do."

As the words left his mouth, he reached out with fingers splayed.

It was a move that seemed to extend and retract at the same time. It blurred with countless transformations, making it seem like an invincible ghost-god that, before anyone could react, had already reached the top of Yang Qi's head. In fact, it moved so quickly that no one present could possibly have reacted to it.

This was a unique move Dragon Floret used when he wanted to capture someone. It was a consummate skill from the martial path, something called the God-Dragon's Empty-Void Claw, which could mysteriously pass through the void like the claw of a god dragon to capture any target.

It actually wasn't a killing technique, no matter how many times Dragon Floret had tried to make it one. However, it was still deadly. In the past, he had once captured an expert from the dao of devils with this move. The result was that the man, upon being struck, shrank down to only a few inches tall. And the effect was permanent. It was really a miserable fate.

Remembering that event, everyone present was now sure that Yang Qi would shortly be dead.

WHOOSH!

As the hand descended, Yang Qi vanished, ensuring that Dragon Floret didn't even touch him. Instead, a bubble remained in the spot he had just occupied.

It was only the size of a chicken egg, but as soon as Dragon Floret grabbed it, it started expanding, simultaneously causing thunderous rumbling to echo out.

"What's this?" Dragon Floret blurted as he realized that he had actually grabbed a bubble of surging energy. Then that bubble began expanding with explosive speed, forcing Dragon Floret to shoot backward.

"Be suppressed!" he growled as the bubble exploded outward, surrounded by crackling lightning. Dragon Floret's energy swirled into the shape of a god dragon as he continued, "Grand Dragon Consumes Pearls!"

The enormous dragon opened its mouth and consumed both the bubble and the lightning.

Meanwhile, Yang Qi was standing off to the side.

"That was an impressive move, Dragon Floret," he said, clicking his tongue in admiration. "Unfortunately, it's not enough to cause problems for me. You're a late Consummate God, right? What a surprise you can't deal with me, a mere Lesser God."

"A purrling bubble?" Dragon Floret said, various expressions flashing across his face. "Was your purrling causing mischief just now, Jadefall?"

"If that's what you want to believe, sure," Jadefall said. Of course, she knew full well that it was Yang Qi, not the purrling. She just wasn't inclined to say it.

"Fine. That beast has been causing problems ever since it arrived in the House of God Ordainment. It's definitely an inauspicious creature. I'm taking it captive right now to ensure it can't cause any disasters for the sect!"

All of a sudden, a fluttering talisman popped into being behind him.

Instantly, the people present sensed that the talisman contained an aura that none of them could resist. It was as if the talisman were filled with unbounded worlds, unbounded mountains, unbounded voids, and unbounded will.

An old man stepped out from the talisman. He had an amiable smile on his face, and wore voluminous robes. With his high forehead and dangling earlobes, he looked exactly like a sage, monarch, emperor, or sovereign.

His mere presence on the scene made everyone feel the urge to drop to their knees and offer obeisance.

Instantly, the various faction leaders on the scene scurried backward, fully aware that the power of this talisman was far beyond anything they could deal with. It had been created by a Paramount God, and not just an ordinary one at that, but rather, Patriarch Deva.

Crack!

Yang Qi's godpower shattered, and under the force of the pressure, his monarch godhood stopped rotating! Normally speaking, his monarch godhood could easily rotate a billion times a second, but right now he was feeling so much pressure he couldn't even move a finger.

"Dear lord, that really is a talisman from Patriarch Deva!" shouted the leader of the Brilliant Radiance Society. "Dragon Floret, you weren't lying!"

Chuckling, Dragon Floret said, "Don't worry, the talisman isn't intended for killing. Patriarch Deva created it specifically to deal with the purrling! Although the rest of you feel the pressure caused by Unbounded will, it isn't targeting you. If it were, you'd all be dead already. No, it's only targeting the purrling!"

"Dragon Floret! Tell us the truth. How did you get a talisman created by Patriarch Deva? Even a Paramount God would have a hard time getting an audience with him. How could you possibly have gotten him to make a talisman for you?"

"That's confidential," Dragon Floret replied. He currently radiated a sense of invincible dignity, and because of the power of the talisman weighing down on Mount Dragon Head, it was impossible for anyone to leave the area. "Truth be told, I already have the backing of Patriarch Deva. I'm planning to be the next houselord of the House of God Ordainment, which means that my Dragon Society is the sect! Because of that, you all have to support me. And once we suppress the purrling and take its blood, we'll all become vastly stronger!"

Dragon Floret clearly had some major ambitions.

Thanks to Patriarch Deva's talisman, Mount Dragon Head had become like a god kingdom unto itself. A kingdom within a kingdom. Patriarch Deva sat cross-legged above them all, a slight smile on his face as he exerted immense pressure on the psyches, godpower, and godhood of everyone present. None of them could even cause their souls to stir.

Then he extended his hand and made a tapping gesture toward the purrling.

The gesture seemed as if it could cause heaven to deteriorate and earth to wane, all in the blink of an eye.

The leader of the Brilliant Radiance Society recognized the move, and wanted to shout, "It's the Heaven-Deteriorating Earth-Waning Finger!"

However, because of the pressure, his mind could hardly function, and he couldn't make the words leave his mouth. That said, he knew that the legendary Heaven-Deteriorating Earth-Waning Finger was something from primeval times, which had killed countless Consummate Gods... and even Paramount Gods!

It was the ultimate technique used by Patriarch Deva.

With the wave of one finger, heaven deteriorated, and earth waned.

Not even a Consummate God would be able to resist the power of this move, much less counterattack. Yang Qi instantly drew on the God Legion Seal, but even the seal had stopped functioning. Yang Qi's cultivation level was just too low; even though he had monarch godhood, he was still only a Lesser God. Perhaps if he were a Common or Greater God he might have been able to put up a fight.

'This Patriarch Deva is incredible,' he thought. 'I wonder if the purrling can deal with this.'

As of this moment, all of Yang Qi's hopes rested on the purrling. He was convinced that the purrling was invincible, and had power that could extinguish the heavens and crush the earth.

The Heaven-Deteriorating Earth-Waning Finger neared the purrling, then touched it.

The entire time, the purrling just lay there lazily, watching things happen. Then it let out a purr. It was a purr that was far more than just a casual noise. Instead, it was as sonorous as trillions of bells ringing at the same time.

RUUUUUUUUMBLE!

Everything that had been locked down moments before was freed.

All of Mount Dragon Head, and in fact, the entire god kingdom of the House of God Ordainment, violently trembled as the sky opened up and a spatial tempest erupted.

Yang Qi could have sworn an oath that he had never heard anything this loud. It was a sound to surpass all other sounds, something that seemed to originate from the void of the god world itself.

In fact, he suddenly realized that it hearkened back to when the god world had first been created. He could see a boundless, endless void, filled with nothing, whereupon the purrling uttered a sound, and the god world was created.

It was the sound of the creation of the god world!

Crack. Crunch...

As the sound echoed out, Patriarch Deva's attack, the Heaven-Deteriorating Earth-Waning Finger, collapsed into nothing.

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Chapter 1265: A Higher State of Invincibility Part 2

A sound that was like the monarch of all sounds crushed Patriarch Deva's paper talisman and destroyed the Heaven-Deteriorating Earth-Waning Finger.

The purrling was angry.

Yang Qi had never seen it like this before.

It was so furious it had unleashed a consummate technique that hearkened to the creation of the god world itself, an invincible, enraged sound that could shake all heaven and earth.

It wasn't just the warding magics of Mount Dragon Head that collapsed. The entire god kingdom of the House of God Ordainment shook violently, ripping open holes in its defenses and frightening countless experts out of their minds. However, at least some of them flew up and started repairing the damage to the god kingdom; if they didn't, it wouldn't be long before the entire place collapsed.

Purr...

In addition to the sound of its purr, the purrling summoned a bubble that quickly surrounded all of Mount Dragon Head. Meanwhile, Patriarch Deva's talisman still seemed to be working hard to suppress the purrling. Unfortunately, the explosive power being released by the purrling had gone far beyond anything it could handle.

Creak. Crack. Snap!

Cracks started spreading out on Dragon Floret's skin.

RUMBLE!

With everything under the purrling's control, Yang Qi was recovering.

Because of the pressure, Patriarch Deva's talisman shrank down until it was only three inches wide and seven inches long. Although it was the color of jade, it was actually impossible to tell what material it was made from.

The purrling spat out another bubble, which surrounded the talisman, then shrank down, causing the thing to burst into flames before collapsing into dust.

Dragon Floret shrieked, tumbling to the ground with blood oozing out of his eyes, ears, nose, and mouth. Looking in shock at the purrling, he said, "This is impossible! Impossible! How could it destroy Patriarch Deva's talisman?"

The leader of the Brilliant Radiance Society, as well as all the other faction leaders, were also writhing on the ground, blood oozing out of their orifices. Some of them even experienced damage to their godhood, causing significant cultivation base regression.

After destroying Patriarch Deva's talisman, the purrling finally reverted to its usual lazy demeanor. Glancing at the writhing faction leaders as if they were trash, it made a few more sounds that Yang Qi interpreted.

"Purr, purr..."

"I'm not interested in scum like this. You punish them for me."

"What?" blurted one of the faction leaders, sounding terrified.

"Punish us?! We're all children of primeval chaos! We're all in line to become the next houselord. How dare you, Jadefall! How dare the two of you!"

"It's not our fault you sought your own downfall," Jadefall said, having regained her composure. As it turned out, the purrling hadn't disappointed her at all, and she couldn't have felt more pleased. "I almost can't believe you people actually sought to harm my purrling. And you think you deserve to champion the future of the sect? I say that you're all trash. What do you think, Wang Xiantian?"

Seeing Jadefall walking up to him, Wang Xiantian stammered, "W-what... what are you doing?!"

"What am I doing? I'm getting ready to kill you!" Smiling, Jadefall suddenly produced a long, sharp sword and waved it back and forth right in front of Wang Xiantian's face.

Sadly for him, his godpower had been completely drained, making it impossible to lift even a finger in defense.

His godhood had been shattered, which meant it would take years of cultivation for him to recover, even using medicinal pills and spending all of his time in seclusion.

"Don't you know you'll be punished by the sect if you kill me?!" Wang Xiantian said. "We just had a little disagreement a moment ago, that's all. Let's just call it a day! We'll all get in trouble for causing a scene, but if you kill me, it'll be an entirely different situation!"

"You think I'm scared?" Jadefall said. "Considering how strong my purrling is, there's nothing the sect can do to me. The purrling just completely destroyed Patriarch Deva's talisman, so what exactly do you think the sect will use to punish me? Do you think I'm kidding around here?"

"You!" Wang Xiantian said, his face falling.

Patriarch Deva had a reputation for being very close to truly invincible. He was on almost the same level as the emperor of the Eternal-Life God-Dynasty, and his talismans were unequaled in existence. Yet the purrling had just easily destroyed one. That meant there wasn't anyone in the House of God Ordainment that could contain it. If there was something that could wipe out one's entire sect, how could you expect to get revenge against it?

In other words, it was important to respect the rules, but in the end, strength was the biggest rule. Everyone knew that the strongest person had to be respected. It was a universal truth.

A look of despair overtook Dragon Floret's face. He had meticulously planned how to get the purrling's blood, use it to grow stronger, and ultimately give the purrling to Patriarch Deva. Under the tutelage of Patriarch Deva, he would be without equal, eventually seizing control of the House of God Ordainment and reaching new heights of glory.

Sadly for him, he had just pissed off the purrling, and in the end, his grand plan had been destroyed. His dreams were crushed in a way he never could have imagined. His beautiful bubble had burst.

How tragic!

"Should I kill him, Yang Qi?" Jadefall asked, eyeing Wang Xiantian.

"Kill him," Yang Qi replied. "Leaving him alive will only make us seem weak. With him gone, the Preheaven Society will collapse, and we can step in to take their place. Killing him will ensure that no one will defy us, and we won't have to worry about giving anyone face."

"Alright, I'll kill him," she replied, and prepared to stab him through.

"Spare him the sword!" a voice interrupted, booming out to fill all of Mount Dragon Head. Sadly, although the speaker was an almighty being, no matter how he unleashed the power of his cultivation base, it wasn't enough to gain entrance to Mount Dragon Head.

After all, the purrling had encapsulated it in a bubble.

"The big shots from the House of God Ordainment have finally shown up," Yang Qi said. He could tell that these newcomers were Perfect Gods. The difference between Consummate Gods and Perfect Gods was immense. Their godpower was different on a substructural level, and when they unleashed it, it was far beyond anything beneath it.

Perfect Gods could create stable god kingdoms, but Consummate Gods couldn't. Yet not even these three Perfect Gods could get into the purrling's bubble.

"Purr, purr, purr..." Yang Qi said to the purrling.

He was asking the purrling to let the three figures inside. After all, he didn't want the situation to get completely out of control.

The purrling gave Yang Qi a long look, then the bubble vanished.

The three figures descended, pulsing with immense power. Although they were Perfect Gods with surging energy, the fact that they had been blocked by the purrling's bubble took a lot of the wind out of their sails.

"What?!" Wang Xiantian blurted. "Arbiter Torment, Arbiter Law, and Arbiter Punishment from the Law-Enforcement God-Palace!? Sirs, you have to punish Jadefall immediately! She's only a Common God, but she refused to give her devilling to the Primeval Chaos Assembly! And the thing hurt all of us!"

"Shut your mouth!" Arbiter Law snapped brusquely. Looking at Jadefall, he said, "What's going on here?"

"Allow me to explain, Arbiters," she replied. "These people conspired to take my purrling, and were subsequently foiled. It happened like this..." She went on to describe what had played out.

"What?!"

The three arbiters were visibly stunned, and couldn't help but look back and forth between Dragon Floret and the purrling.

Arbiter Punishment looked like he was about to lose his temper, which was something he apparently did a lot. However, after a moment, he swallowed hard and suppressed his anger. Obviously, he was terrified of the purrling. "Did that purrling really destroy a talisman created by Patriarch Deva?"

"Yes," she said, stroking the purrling. "What's so impressive about Patriarch Deva, anyway?"

The purrling looked disdainfully at the three Perfect Gods, as if to say, "You three pieces of trash better not do anything to piss me off."

"Patriarch Deva...?" The three Perfect Gods exchanged another look, and then seemed to have a short conversation via divine will.

"Jadefall," said Arbiter Law, "let's just call it a day. Turn weapons of war into gifts of jade and silk. You head home, and we'll stay behind to talk things through with Dragon Floret. There's a lot of work that needs to be done to get the sect back in order."

"Yang Qi...?" Jadefall said.

He nodded.

"That's fine," Jadefall said. "Hopefully you three will be able to get to the bottom of this and provide a good explanation." With that, she and Yang Qi flew away. Normally speaking, a person with a cultivation base like hers would do nothing but instantly kowtow to three Perfect Gods.

Instead, she treated them with almost no courtesy. Yet the three Perfect God didn't dare to berate her for being rude.

After Yang Qi and Jadefall left, the three Perfect Gods produced medicinal pills which they sent flying out like rain into the mouths of the various faction leaders. After about an hour passed, the faction leaders managed to circulate their godpower again and struggle to their feet. However, all of them had sustained such extensive damage to their godhood that it would take much bitter cultivation to fix.

"What were you thinking, Dragon Floret?" said Arbiter Torment. "You really caused a disaster here! You took it upon yourself to call a Primeval Chaos Assembly without any approval? Well, just look at what happened!"

"We were doing it for the good of the sect!" Dragon Floret replied. "If we could get the blood of that purrling, we'd become Perfect Gods! Think about it! With that many Perfect Gods in our sect, who would ever dare to do anything to us? In fact, what happened just now proved how important that purrling is. The sect has to get it!"

"Like hell!" Arbiter Punishment barked. "You used a talisman from Patriarch Deva, but not even that could do anything to the purrling. Who in the sect could surpass Patriarch Deva?! We don't have anyone like him in the sect. Are you trying to bring disaster down on all of us?!"

Lowering his voice, Dragon Floret said, "What if we activated the secret reserve power of the House of God Ordainment..."

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Chapter 1266: Secret Reserve Power

Translator: Deathblade

Editor: Chesire Phoenix

"Secret reserve power?"

The three arbiters' faces grew even colder.

"Enough!" Arbiter Law snapped. "This matter is over. If we used the secret reserve power, our sect wouldn't have any secret weapon in case of a true emergency. There are countless other sects eyeing us like tigers eyeing prey, and you think we should make a huge fuss over some animal? Have you gone insane? Or are you just incredibly selfish? And have you considered what would happen if the secret reserve power didn't work? Or what if it did, but resulted in mutual injury?"

Dragon Floret didn't seem ready to back down. "But, Arbiters, I can call for another Primeval Chaos Assembly! As long as all the children of primeval chaos stick together, not even the houselord can reject our decision!"

"Like hell!" Arbiter Torment said with a cold smile. "We don't live in ancient times. Primeval Chaos Assembly? Back then, it's true that the children of primeval chaos could make decisions about the sect. But times have changed. The Primeval Chaos Assembly is welcome to make decisions about inconsequential matters, but don't think you can somehow take control of the sect."

"Exactly," said Arbiter Punishment. "This matter is over. From now on, stop causing such a fuss over that godling. Also, Dragon Floret, fooling around with Patriarch Deva is like asking a tiger for its skin. Be careful not to invite disaster on yourself."

"You'd better not cause another scene like this in the future. Our god kingdom was significantly damaged, and it's going to take a lot of resources to restore it to normal. Understand? If you cause another fight like this, then you'll have to suffer the consequences!"

With that, the three arbiters flicked their sleeves and vanished.

Dragon Floret simply stood there, his face ashen.

Meanwhile, the leader of the Brilliant Radiance Society snorted coldly. "What do you have to say for yourself, Dragon Floret? We all came here because you personally invited us, and look how things turned out! Not only did we end up empty-handed, but our godhood was also damaged. Who knows how long it's going to take for us to recover from this. You'd better compensate us for this!"

The faction leaders were all furious, but couldn't possibly have acted out of line in front of the three arbiters. And of course, they didn't dare to go cause problems for Yang Qi, Jadefall, and the purrling. Therefore, now that the three arbiters were gone, they focused their wrath on the person responsible for the whole thing: Dragon Floret.

"What... what do you people think you're doing?" Dragon Floret said, sounding quite flustered. "I had good intentions here, and I really thought we had the cat in the bag! Don't forget I'm backed by Patriarch Deva, so don't even think of messing with me."

"Why can't we mess with you?" said the leader of the Brilliant Radiance Society. "And what would happen if we didn't? We lost big here, and the Dragon Society has to take responsibility. We want Dragon Marrow Pills. We know that you found the treasure trove of an ancient patriarch of the dragon gods, and that it contained a lot of medicinal pills. We need those pills to repair our godhood, so hand them over!"

"That's right. We want one of your Dragon Marrow Pills! We won't let you take advantage of us. We got seriously injured just now, so you owe us. You have to help us recover!"

"That's right, we want medicinal pills. If you don't comply, it means war. We'll join forces to crush the disciples of the Dragon Society. It doesn't matter how strong your society is, you can't stand up to all of us together. We could wipe you out in a night."

"You'd better do the right thing here, Dragon Floret. Otherwise today will be you trying to steal a chicken only to end up losing the rice you used to lure it. It's only for the sake of the sect that we haven't already teamed up to destroy you. Do you really think we'll just sit around suffering in silence?"

Dragon Floret looked around at the other leaders and could tell that if they really did team up against him, he wouldn't stand a chance. "Calm down. We can always talk this over. If you want Dragon Marrow Pills, fine, I can give them to you."

The truth was that inside, his heart was dripping blood. He really had shot himself in the foot, and instead of getting a big windfall, he was now being forced to pay people off. He had no choice but to go to a hidden storage cabinet in his mansion grotto and pull out a stash of medicinal pills. His face was crimson with anger, to the point where he almost felt like committing suicide. These Dragon Marrow Pills were extremely powerful pills that he had originally intended to use to break through to the Perfect God level. Now that he was losing them, it meant he had no way to achieve that breakthrough.

After handing them out to the other faction leaders, he flopped onto the ground like a deflated balloon. Meanwhile, the other leaders simply left, not deigning to speak another word to him. Even Goddess Jade Egret just walked away.

"I'm not going to let you get away with this, Jadefall!" he shouted to no one. "I'll make sure that you scream and grovel to no end! You just wait! That beast of yours destroyed Patriarch Deva's talisman, and there's no way he'll let that slide. Even if you hide in the Eternal-Life God-Dynasty, we'll still find you and make you pay!"

Time passed.

Eventually, things quieted down on Mount Dragon Head.

A few hours later, Yang Qi had gathered all of his friends and family in Jadefall's mansion grotto. The scene that had just played out was a big shock to the sect in general, and the news was spreading fast about the purrling vanquishing all of the duplicitous faction leaders.

The fact that the god kingdom had been shaken to its core had ensured that the matter couldn't be covered up.

Besides, a lot of people had been keeping an eye on the situation. Already, the purrling was becoming something of a legend in the sect.

"Did you cause too much of a scene this time, Yang Qi?" the Shepherd asked. "Isn't it going to cause problems for us in the House of God Ordainment? You're going to be attacked from all sides over this."

"Once you nock the arrow to the bow, you cannot but shoot it," Yang Qi replied. "Don't worry. We can use this opportunity to consolidate our power in the sect. With the purrling to keep us safe, I highly doubt that the higher-ups in the House of God Ordainment will try making a move against us. However, a cornered beast will do anything, so we have to be on guard against Dragon Floret. And it's highly likely that he'll escalate the matter to his backer, Patriarch Deva, a Paramount God."

"My main concern," said Jadefall, "is that the purrling's show of strength will attract attention. It would probably be a good idea to lay low for a while. Consolidate our power, but slowly and carefully."

"I disagree," Doom said. "We need to take advantage of the situation to make bold advancement. Establish our authority, and make sure everyone knows that they'd better not mess with us. If Dragon Floret gets Patriarch Deva to cause problems for us, then we should just slaughter him!"

"What?!" Jadefall said. "No. Absolutely not. We're all members of the House of God Ordainment, so we can't go around just killing people, especially not a sect leader. That's a major taboo, and a clear violation of the rules."

"I'm inclined to agree with Doom," Yang Qi said in a voice as cold as the coldest winter day. "And we don't need the purrling to do it. I can handle it myself. Now is the perfect time to go kill Dragon Floret. Truth be told, I'm not currently a match for him. But he was just injured by the purrling, and his godhood is fractured, making him much weaker than normal. Recovering isn't going to be easy."

"Are you serious about this?" Jadefall said, frowning.

"Don't worry, I've already thought it through. He's definitely going to ask Patriarch Deva for help. I want you to go meet with the leaders of the sect, and make up some story about the purrling disappearing. Meanwhile, I'll find a way to kill Dragon Floret outside of the sect where no one will be able to prove it was me who did it. With him out of the way, we'll be free to act as we please. We can even take over the Dragon Society. Of course, people will suspect the truth, but without evidence, they won't be able to do anything about it. It will add to our mystique, and make sure that people don't cause problems for us. Besides, I have the feeling that Dragon Floret has some secrets he's keeping. Killing him should net a huge stash of medicinal pills, which will be very useful for our cultivation advancement."

"If you're sure about this, then fine, I agree." Jadefall sighed. "I'd originally hoped we could just work on our cultivation for a few hundred years. How could I have ever guessed that carnage like this would play out?"

"We only have this opportunity because we have the purrling to keep us safe," Yang Qi said. "You see, Dragon Floret has no way of knowing that, at the moment in which he was severely wounded and had his godhood fractured, I infected him with a devil embryo. He's a Consummate God, which means I can't control him, but I can spy on his thoughts. I'll be able to track his movements, and will know when he leaves the god kingdom."

They continued to discuss the matter for some time, until one of Yang Qi's jade amulets started glowing.

"What? Dream Daylily from the Crown Prince Society wants to see me? She must want to know about the events that just played out. Alright, we'll go forward with the plan as is. Jadefall, get a meeting with the sect leadership as soon as you can." With that, Yang Qi left the god kingdom.

Soon he was in the same restaurant run by the Eternal-Life God-Dynasty. The Consummate God Dream Daylily was playing her zither, and in fact, didn't even look up when Yang Qi entered. "I heard there was a big uproar in the House of God Ordainment a few hours ago. Something to do with Jadefall and the purrling?"

"That's right, ma'am." Yang Qi went on to describe what happened.

Looking shocked, Dream Daylily said, "Are you sure about that? Dragon Floret had a talisman from Patriarch Deva, but it was useless against the purrling?"

"That's right. I witnessed it with my own eyes."

"I'd always assumed people were underestimating that godling, but I never would've guessed it was this strong." Her fingers danced on the zither, causing beautiful music to stream out.

"You have a good relationship with Jadefall?" she asked.

"I do. She trusts me. But that doesn't really matter. There's no way she'll reveal secrets about the purrling to me."

"I know that. And I also know that you're loyal to the crown prince. After all, you swore an oath and sealed it with psychic power. That's why I'm about to give you a very important mission."

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Chapter 1267: Striking Dragon Flore

"What mission?" Yang Qi said. He had known all along that the incident with the purrling would attract the attention of the Crown Prince Society, and they would want his help in trying to recruit Jadefall.

Sure enough, Dream Daylily said, "You need to recruit Jadefall. She absolutely must be a member of the Crown Prince Society, or at the very least, offer backing. There's no doubt that this incident will soon be a hot topic in the Eternal-Life God-Dynasty, and that the crown prince's enemies will be trying to recruit her. You need to keep your eyes and ears open! Pay attention to who comes to visit Jadefall, and report that information to me immediately."

"Understood. Not long ago, I was at a banquet attended by various princesses, imperial ladies, vice princes, and heirs apparent. Unfortunately, the banquet didn't end well, and I left on bad terms with all those people. Afterward, not a single one ever reached out to me."

"I'll make this simple: report all information to me. And keep an eye on Jadefall."

"Yes, ma'am!"

"Incidentally, your Sage Monarch Consortium has been rapidly growing as of late. Assuming you can successfully recruit Jadefall, it'll count as a major meritorious service. And in that case, we'll help you with your business. With our help, you can expand it into a major force."

"I understand."

"You're dismissed," she said, waving her hand.

Dream Daylily watched Yang Qi leave and thought, 'It's a good thing we have someone so close to Jadefall. That said, his cultivation base is still a bit too low. We need to help him advance his energy arts before he can truly be useful. Now, as for this purrling... I almost can't believe it was strong enough to deal with a talisman from Patriarch Deva. Its true level of strength is still a mystery. I wonder if it'll play a decisive role in the struggles taking place in the Eternal-Life God-Dynasty.'

After Yang Qi left, he didn't go back to the god kingdom of the House of God Ordainment. Instead, he flew out of the city and over the open ocean.

He had just sensed Dragon Floret leave the god kingdom and head out toward some unknown location, presumably to meet with Patriarch Deva.

Yang Qi planned to intercept and kill him. If he didn't strike quickly and eliminate the man, and Patriarch Deva were pulled into the situation with the purrling, the consequences would be too horrible to contemplate.

WOOOOSH!

Locking on to his quarry, Yang Qi shot across the water at top speed. Things had changed a lot since the time he left the Lightningbolt Continent and headed to the House of God Ordainment. The distance it had taken him half a year to traverse back then could now be covered in an hour.

And if he hadn't been concerned about conserving vital energy, he could have slipped through the spatial tempests and covered the distance in the time it takes an incense stick to burn.

He flew for three days and nights across the boundless ocean as he chased after Dragon Floret. He had no idea where the man was heading, but he had a feeling that the destination was approaching.

Eventually, he found himself in an area where the water was covered with thick fog, making it almost impossible to see. However, it was certain that there were powerful sea beasts lurking below the water's surface. The god world was a dangerous place, so it was entirely likely that patriarch-level beasts could appear, the type that could destroy the heavens and extinguish the earth.

Rocky reefs soon became visible everywhere, and Yang Qi caught sight of sea dragons within them, all of them in the Quasi-God level.

The sea dragons didn't even notice Yang Qi, and before long, he reached a reef that Dragon Floret had just passed through.

It was pitch black, and stretched for about five kilometers from end to end. There were no signs of life, whether sea dragon or any other kind, as Dragon Floret's aura was strong enough to drive away any such creatures.

"Damn you, Jadefall," Dragon Floret murmured as he popped a medicinal pill into his mouth. "I can't believe you hurt me so bad I had to run out looking for Patriarch Deva. It's going to take another two months before I reach my destination. And I'm going to drain a lot of energy and life force to get there. When I reach the spatial nexus, I'll have to send my report in and wait another month before I get a response. Only then will I know if I can get into the god kingdom and see Patriarch Deva. Who knows if I'll be given an audience, but I have to try. I have to make sure that Jadefall and her purrling get what they deserve. That Yang Qi, too. That arrogant amateur is nothing but a dog relying on the influence of its master."

Dragon Floret rose to his feet and prepared to fly away.

However, that was when he realized that there was someone else standing on the reef with him, someone who had arrived without him detecting them.

"Who are you?!" Dragon Floret said. He could sense that this person's psyche had locked on to him, which meant that no matter where he ran, the person would be able to track him down. It was obviously a top expert!

"It's me," Yang Qi said, flicking his sleeve to dispel the nearby fog. Instantly, the entire area for dozens of kilometers in every direction was completely bright and clear. "Did I just hear you call me an arrogant amateur, Dragon Floret? And a dog relying on the influence of its master?"

"It's you?!" Dragon Floret's pupils constricted as he realized it was Yang Qi. "What are you doing here?"

"I'm here to kill you!" Yang Qi replied, his hands clasped behind his back. A quick assessment confirmed that Dragon Floret's godhood was still fractured, and he had not recovered from his injuries. He could only fight at about thirty percent of his normal strength, which meant that right now was the best opportunity to attack him.

Back when Yang Qi took the Ten-Directions Many-Heavens Pills from the White-Haired Boxer King, it had given him a strong foundation for his monarch godhood. And the White-Haired Boxer King was inferior to Dragon Floret. If he could get Dragon Floret's medicinal pills, Yang Qi was fairly certain that he could reach the mid Lesser God level, or perhaps even the late or peak level.

"Is Jadefall here? And the purrling?" From the way Dragon Floret was looking around, it seemed he wasn't worried at all about Yang Qi specifically.

"No, they're not here," Yang Qi said. "They're safe back in the god kingdom. I'm going to kill you myself."

"You came alone?" Dragon Floret said, and he visibly relaxed as an expression of scorn appeared on his face. "You're going to kill me? And how exactly are you, a mere Lesser God, going to do that? The sect rules prohibit killing amongst disciples, but you're a nobody. I could kill you and no one would care at all. Besides, your lunatic ravings about trying to kill me are inherently a violation of sect rules."

Yang Qi sighed. "Ai. Why do so many people look down on me? Although, I suppose it makes sense, considering I've been keeping a low profile. The purrling has been attracting all the attention, and I've been trying to refrain from making any waves. Don't worry, though. No one will suspect me of being the one who killed you."

"Prepare to die!" Dragon Floret shouted, and a streak of silver light shot rapidly toward Yang Qi's forehead. It was a silver needle; not a concealed weapon, but a crystallized form of godpower used as a deadly assassination technique.

However, the silver needle stopped about three inches away from Yang Qi's forehead, whereupon he reached out and grabbed it with two fingers. The needle instantly burst into flames and melted into nothing.

"A Dragon Whisker Needle?" Yang Qi said. "Not bad at all, Dragon Floret. You just said I'm a nobody, right? So why exactly did you resort to something as ruthless as a Dragon Whisker Needle?"

"You actually stopped my Dragon Whisker Needle?" Dragon Floret said, his expression turning serious. "Who exactly are you? I used a lot of power in that move, so there's no way a measly Lesser God could deal with it. You're obviously hiding your true strength. So what exactly are you here to accomplish?"

"Didn't I already make that clear? I'm here to kill you. And you're right, the reason I'm so confident is that I've been hiding my strength. Considering you're about to die, I guess I might as well tell you that I'm with the Crown Prince Society."

Of course, the entire goal here was to cast guilt on the Crown Prince Society.

"The Crown Prince Society?!" Dragon Floret said, his expression hardening further. "So, you and Jadefall have been getting help from the crown prince? No wonder she became a princess of the Eternal-Life God-Dynasty. So what's your goal? Overthrow the House of God Ordainment?"

"It's hard to say whether we'll overthrow it or not. Regardless, the time has come for you to die. Now that you know we're from the Crown Prince Society, there's no way I'll let you get away with your life. Incidentally, seeking help from Patriarch Deva isn't going to do any good. He might be strong, but he won't go up against the Eternal-Life God-Dynasty for your sake. To him, you're nothing but an ant."

Dragon Floret suddenly burst out laughing. "You really like to monologue, don't you? Look, are you going to try to kill me, or not. I've been in more fights than you can imagine, and I always come out on top. I have killer instincts, so in the end, there's no way you'll ever kill me. Now that I know Jadefall's secret, I'm even more certain I can have her expelled from the sect."

"Enough jibber-jabber," Yang Qi, clenching his hand into a fist.

RUMBLE!

Heaven and earth crumbled, and the sun and moon sank as Yang Qi resorted to a killing move. It was the most powerful of the stances in the Hand of the One God: Immortality. Everything around him crumbled as he grew physically larger, his godhood pulsing to the limit.

As soon as the attack was unleashed, Dragon Floret suddenly realized that all he could see was the incoming fist. Nothing else was visible. And he could tell that there was no way to dodge the move. Within the approaching fist-wind were holy hymns, buddhist chants, prayers, the sighs of gods, and the pleas of all living beings. It was almost as if he were looking at a scripture that was both devilish and not devilish, which described the profundities of predestination and tribulations.

"This..." he said, his heart pounding. "How could your fist technique be so powerful? So enigmatic? This can't be the fist technique of a Lesser God! This is invincible! Not even I can match up to this!"

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Chapter 1268: Complete Devastation

"Devastation of the Furious Dragon!" Dragon Floret growled, unleashing a palm move that was like a divine dragon rising out of the sea.

His palm met Yang Qi's fist, and considering they were both incredibly powerful moves, it was little wonder that the resulting shock wave of godpower devastated the reef around them. The water was shoved away with such force that many of the sea beasts within were ripped to shreds.

SPLAT!

Blood spewed out of Dragon Floret's mouth as he staggered backward across the shattered remnants of the reef.

On the other hand, Yang Qi was standing right on the surface of the ocean, which had crystallized for acres around him.

"I hit you with my Devastation of the Furious Dragon, boy. And we both wasted just as much godpower in that interchange. You won't last much longer!" Dragon Floret was spitting up blood, but he was convinced that there was no way Yang Qi would be able to stand up to his Devastation of the Furious Dragon. It was an attack that involved sending a cyclone of dragonfire into the target's godhood, which would ignite it and cause it to drain godpower rapidly.

Yang Qi had indeed spent a lot of godpower in the exchange. And any other expert in his situation would have already lost all of their fighting prowess. But even when Yang Qi was almost completely drained of energy, he could take a few breaths, and the God Legion Seal would draw on the essence of the god world to replenish his godhood.

"Your Devastation of the Furious Dragon is impressive. You definitely deserve to be a Consummate God. And if you weren't injured, I would never be a match for you. But sadly, you're not going to live through the rest of this day!"

"What? You aren't out of godpower?" He could sense that Yang Qi's godhood was rotating at full speed, and could even see a godflower above his head, burning with light and fire as it blessed him constantly.

"Infernal Deity Spear!"

It had been a long time since Yang Qi had used the Infernal Deity Spear, but it felt just as familiar as ever. That spear had accompanied him since his days in the impure lands, but this was his first time using it in the god world.

This time, the spear was corporeal. It was pitch black and surrounded by countless swirling hell vortexes, the might of which revealed the ultimate meaning of death.

In fact, he was currently surrounded by a pulsing death energy.

In the blink of an eye, the area for dozens of kilometers in all directions surrounding Yang Qi became like a pitch-black hell, its space completely locked down as he held the Infernal Deity Spear in his hand, pointed straight up. "You're going to die today, Dragon Floret. No matter what."

"What energy art is that?" Dragon Floret asked.

"The Strength of the Hell-Crushing Godmammoth," Yang Qi replied. "Considering you're about to die, I don't mind telling you."

"The Strength of the Hell-Crushing Godmammoth?!" Dragon Floret said, his jaw dropping and his eyes nearly popping out of his skull. "But that's..."

Yang Qi didn't give him a chance to finish speaking. His spear became a black streak of deathly light that pierced through everything, surrounded by the screams and wails of infernal deities from hell.

"Die!" Yang Qi said, and before anything else could happen, the spear was at Dragon Floret's throat.

Dragon Floret was shaken to the core, but in that moment of deadly crisis, he achieved a sudden state of peace and calm. Reaching out with fingers splayed like the claw of a dragon grasping at a chiliocosm of worlds, he said, "Power to Smash a Chiliocosm!"

A move designed to claw at a chiliocosm of worlds grabbed toward the Infernal Deity Spear.

"Death Symbols!" Yang Qi swept the Infernal Deity Spear around like a pen, causing numerous strings of text to appear in front of Dragon Floret. This wasn't something from the Strength of the Hell-Crushing Godmammoth, but rather a result of the Unspoiled Body, pushed to such a high level that no one could possibly defend against it.

The Infernal Deity Spear slipped through Dragon Floret's grasp, and no matter what he did to try grabbing it again, he failed.

SNICK!

The spear stabbed deeply into Dragon Floret's shoulder, causing a plume of blood to spray out.

Dragon Floret let out a muffled grunt as he leaped backward, then tried flying up into the sky to escape. He had just received a grievous injury; after all, when gods were hit by the Infernal Deity Spear, they almost always perished. Already, the aura of tribulations and infernal deities was coursing through Dragon Floret's meridians and blood, heading right into his sea of energy.

Reacting with blinding speed, he pulled out a medicinal pill and popped it into his mouth, then glared at Yang Qi and said, "I refuse to believe that you know the Strength of the Hell-Crushing Godmammoth."

"Whether or not you believe doesn't really matter. You'll die either way." His spear began to thrum, and although he didn't launch an attack, a vortex formed that seemed to lock down Dragon Floret's soul. Dragon Floret could sense the immense power involved, and instantly knew that Yang Qi's next blow would be a killing move.

"You're forcing my hand, Yang Qi. If the purrling were here, I might be a bit worried. But I'm not afraid of you. Prepare to see one of Patriarch Deva's consummate techniques, and my true killing move. Heaven-Deteriorating Earth-Waning Finger!"

All of a sudden, immense power started coursing through Dragon Floret, causing him to vibrate as it converged on his fingertip.

WHACK!

A wild aura surged out of Dragon Floret as he seemed to physically transform into a person that actually resembled Patriarch Deva.

As he pointed his finger out, massive pressure weighed down on everything, causing Yang Qi's Infernal Deity Spear to crumble.

"The Heaven-Deteriorating Earth-Waning Finger?" Yang Qi had seen Patriarch Deva's talisman being used, and knew how amazing the patriarch was. When that talisman had been unleashed, it was something Yang Qi couldn't handle; only the purrling had been able to deal with it.

And although Dragon Floret wasn't unleashing something on the same level as the talisman, Yang Qi knew he couldn't afford to take the attack lightly. Throwing his palms out, he drew on his monarch godhood to use the God Legion Seal's god-absorbing abilities.

"Sage Monarch Grand Magic; Time Immemorial, Everlasting Existence; Invert the River of Time; Transform Ancient to Modern!"

A manifestation of his personal dao appeared behind him, the Sage Monarch Grand Magic, and a fist technique that could strike into the past itself.

WHIZZZ!

The two attacks were like two shooting stars heading toward each other, and when they collided, a crack rang out. Eight holes were punched into Yang Qi's body by the Heaven-Deteriorating Earth-Waning Finger, even piercing into his sea of energy and revealing his monarch godhood. Another of the holes stabbed right into his sea of consciousness.

Any other person would already be dead.

But not Yang Qi.

Meanwhile, Dragon Floret was hit with the Sage Monarch Grand Magic, which caused his chest to cave in.

Both parties had been badly hurt.

Laughing heartily, Dragon Floret landed on the rubble of the reef. "Still not dead yet? I pierced your sea of consciousness! The Heaven-Deteriorating Earth-Waning Finger is going to wipe out your mind!"

"Oh really?" Yang Qi said, rising to his feet, his body rapidly stitching itself together and the God Legion Seal quickly refilling his godpower.

Even if he had been killed, he would have been born again, but in this case, he didn't die, nor had his godhood been damaged.

"Your Heaven-Deteriorating Earth-Waning Finger couldn't even hurt my godhood, and you think I'm going to die from it?" To kill a god, one had to destroy their godhood.

"Your godhood wasn't crushed?" Dragon Floret blurted in surprise. "How is that possible? My Heaven-Deteriorating Earth-Waning Finger couldn't even damage your godhood? How?"

"Simple. Because I have monarch godhood." Yang Qi unleashed an energy field that pulsed with the will of a monarch, the kind of godhood that would make all other godhoods kneel in allegiance to it.

"Monarch godhood?" Dragon Floret's eyes glazed over. However, a moment later, he regained his senses. "I can't believe that someone in the god world has actually formed monarch godhood! You... Wait! There's something I want to say. We don't need to be enemies! We can work together! We—"

Swish!

Yang Qi wasn't going to give Dragon Floret any more chances. He knew about the God Legion Seal and Yang Qi's monarch godhood, which was far too much information. If word spread, it would cause huge problems.

Yang Qi unleashed a bevy of attacks that included aspects of the Strength of the Hell-Crushing Godmammoth and the Unspoiled Body.

He included King Immortal-Slayer's techniques, the Seventy-Two Monarchs Energy Art, the buddhist schools' Secret-Ensconcing All-World Anything-Everything Fundamental-Law Magic, the Great Necropolis God Art, the God Tombstone Palms, the Purrfect God Art, and the Sage Monarch Grand Magic.

He unleashed every consummate technique he had, giving Dragon Floret no room to escape.

Seeing that death was approaching, Dragon Floret angrily shouted, "Time to go for broke! Maybe I'm going to die, but I'll make sure you pay for it!"

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Chapter 1269: Complete Devastation Part 2

Dragon Floret had reached the end of the line, and was now going for broke.

His actual cultivation level was far above Yang Qi's, but he had been seriously injured and his godhood was fractured. No matter how much he wanted to defeat Yang Qi, he just wasn't in the right place to do so. Perhaps if Yang Qi couldn't replenish his own godpower, Dragon Floret might have been able to beat him. Unfortunately for him, Yang Qi had a virtually unending supply, which meant he had the luxury of being able to simply wear Dragon Floret out.

Dragon Floret had medicinal pills to replenish his godpower, but that method was too slow to keep up with Yang Qi.

After all, medicinal pills took time to assimilate, and couldn't restore someone to full levels of godhood in the blink of an eye.

Without true energy to back his attacks, how could Dragon Floret fight? To kill a god, one had to crush their godhood; without doing that, a god wouldn't die no matter how much you wanted to kill them.

"Going for broke won't do you any good," Yang Qi said. "You're still going to die. And you're going to be the first Consummate God who dies by my hand. Considering you're a late Consummate God, killing you is going to be great experience for me."

In the wink of an eye, the two of them exchanged thousands upon thousands of fist and palm strikes.

Pop. Pop. Pop.

The two of them were beating each other like punching bags, leaving both of them trembling as a result. Yang Qi was soon pierced full of holes by the Heaven-Deteriorating Earth-Waning Finger, whereas Dragon Floret had been pummeled so badly that his godhood was in worse shape than ever.

Yang Qi was truly showing what he was capable of.

No matter how badly he was beaten, he wouldn't explode or collapse. The True-Devil Unspoiled-by-Myriad-Kalpas-and-Tribulations Body really was eternally indestructible. Even if time itself came to an end, he would never rot away. In fact, time would eventually end, but his monarch godhood, and Unspoiled Body, would continue existing even beyond that.

Yang Qi was using his ultimate techniques; he could recover his godpower with insane speed, and his injuries would heal almost immediately. Dragon Floret was starting to feel overcome with despair.

"I won't let you succeed even if I die! Heaven-Defying Art!" Dragon Floret shot toward Yang Qi, simultaneously unleashing a technique of heaven-defying proportions that caused countless explosions to fill the area. Unexpectedly, he was resorting to a technique of self-detonation!

However, in response, Yang Qi threw out his hands, causing a huge bubble to appear around Dragon Floret and instantly suppress him.

Stepping into the bubble, he looked at Dragon Floret and said, "You're dead."

"You can't kill me, Yang Qi! You're breaking the rules of the game! The House of God Ordainment doesn't allow children of primeval chaos to be killed! Besides, I can pay you off! M-my... my background is beyond anything you can imagine! Nobody knows this, but the reason I got all of those things left behind by the dragon patriarch is because—"

Crack!

He never finished speaking.

A stream of sword light pierced into his sea of consciousness, destroying his mind. That sword light came from the number one dao of the sword, that which even the Lord of the Sword Dao, a Paramount God, had admired. It was the dao of King Life-Killer, and it was beyond the compare of anything and everything.

Yang Qi knew that long delays usually lead to trouble, therefore he wasn't interested in dragging out the fight any longer than necessary.

Dragon Floret, the mighty and famous leader of the Dragon Society, a child of primeval chaos, and a top expert in the sect, had met his end. He was utterly and completely dead. Yang Qi searched him and produced a dragon-shaped bracelet of holding, within which was a large dimension filled with medicinal pills, magical treasures, and other items.

Yang Qi wasn't interested in the magical treasures, but the medicinal pills did interest him.

Every single one of them was a pure Paramount medicinal pill, which was exactly what Yang Qi needed.

In fact, this was one of the main reasons he had chosen to kill Dragon Floret. Thankfully, it seemed it was all worth it. They were all medicinal pills from ancient times, left behind by a dragon patriarch. That patriarch had actually possessed Unbounded will, yet he had created Paramount pills to leave behind to his descendants. To him, they were like trifles.

It was like a great swordmaster who left behind some toy swords for his grandchildren. Although they were little more than trash, they were still from a grandmaster.

He pulled out a Dragon Marrow Pill, which actually resembled a tiny dragon made of mercury. He knew that if he consumed it, it would provide a huge influx of godpower and cleanse his meridians. In fact, it was even possible that it would strengthen the connection between the particles in his body and the space around him, providing increased storage capacity and solidifying his godhood. The benefits would be immense.

"I'll consume them all."

He took every single one of the medicinal pills out of the bracelet of holding and absorbed them. That collection was Dragon Floret's life savings, and every pill had taken immense effort to acquire. But Yang Qi was devouring them with abandon. Anyone who saw what he was doing would have been completely shocked.

Purr, purr...

The medicinal power of the pills instantly exploded within him, only to be gobbled up by his monarch godhood, crystallizing the godpower within it

"Time to break through to the mid Lesser God level!" He threw his head back and howled as the seawater around him shot into the air.

Yang Qi felt like it took unending amounts of godpower to fill his monarch godhood and make even the slightest progress. Any observer who saw what was going on would have been shocked to say the least. Even after consuming what was like a small mountain of medicinal pills, he still lacked what it took to reach the late Lesser God level.

He just didn't have enough pills.

'What a damn pity,' he thought. 'Even with all those medicinal pills, I only advanced by one minor level. Monarch godhood is insanely difficult to work with. What's going to happen later on? Will I even be able to find enough medicinal pills?' He shook his head, not feeling very pleased at all. Dragon Floret had possessed a stockpile of medicinal pills so immense that their value surpassed a hundred Sage Monarch Consortiums put together. And Yang Qi had consumed them all at once.

He flicked his finger, summoning a primal-chaos elder-snake to devour Dragon Floret's corpse. There was now nothing left of him in existence. However, if Yang Qi needed, he could always recreate him like he had done with the Crown Prince.

After everything was over, Yang Qi didn't leave. He remained there on the surface of the ocean and flicked his sleeve, summoning the bubble that contained the Crown Prince, who was currently in the early Terrifying level.

"Have you finally realized the truth of it all, Crown Prince?" Yang Qi asked. "I just killed a late Consummate God. Maybe he was even as strong as the peak level. Did you see?"

The Crown Prince's eyes glittered with an ominous light. He had indeed witnessed what played out, and knew that Yang Qi wasn't somehow fooling him. Everything was real. He had always been an intelligent person, so how could he not see the truth?

"Very impressive, Yang Qi. I really was looking at the sky from the bottom of a well before. The measly Rich-Lush Continent is like nothing, compared to the god world. In fact... I can't even find the words to describe the difference. I died, and you resurrected me here in the god world. And while I was dead, a lot changed."

The Crown Prince seemed to have changed down to the level of his soul.

"That's right. You and I could hardly be more vastly separated right now. Everything that happened in the impure lands might as well have been a dream. Including our conflicts of the past. What do they count for here in the god world?" Yang Qi smiled. "I recreated you out of nostalgia, to see an opponent from the past."

"Don't be so quick to rejoice. Sooner or later, I'll make sure you understand it was a big mistake to recreate me. And then you'll regret everything."

"Cut the crap," Yang Qi said. "I'm going to help you reach the level of a god. Do you know how many levels there are between Great Sage and godly ascension?" Taking some of the quintessence energy he had absorbed from Dragon Floret, he flicked his finger and sent it into the Crown Prince, instantly causing his psyche to improve.

Thump!

Almost instantly, the Crown Prince jumped to the mid Terrifying level.

At that point, the bubble around him vanished.

Without the protection he had been receiving, the magical laws of the god world instantly crushed down on him, and he dropped to his knees, gasping like a fish out of water.

At that moment, he felt incomparably weak.

"This is the god world?" he murmured, looking at his own two hands. "The only real and true world?"

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Chapter 1270: Shaking the Upper Echelons

"It's a bit early to think of being a domineering force in the god world," Yang Qi said as he looked calmly at the Crown Prince. "But you're lucky. A lot of people from the impure lands struggle endlessly, and never reach godly ascension. Even many of my own friends and family. But you... you haven't done anything at all, and you're already in the mid Terrifying level. As for reaching the peak, that will be up to you and your own hard work."

The Crown Prince was an ambitious and ruthless individual who was always wrapped up in wild thoughts of how to strike back at Yang Qi, and ultimately devour him. Sadly, he was just overestimating himself. He had been recreated by Yang Qi, and there was no way he could actually betray him.

"So this is the god world," the Crown Prince murmured. It was taking time, but he was slowly getting used to the vital energy fluctuations of the world around him. He was now able to perform cultivation breathing exercises, although he was far from being able to fly. His next goal would be the late and peak Terrifying level, then godly ascension.

"Come on, let's go. Being directly exposed to the god world just showed you how incredibly weak you are. I'll give you some armor to protect yourself, and you'll be fine."

He waved his hand, and a suit of armor made from vital energy flew out to cover the Crown Prince. Yang Qi already had plans for how to make use of the Crown Prince. In fact, he would be instrumental in Yang Qi's effort to get that piece of the Mahātmā Jade.

He had all sorts of plans brewing in his mind, and now that he was a mid Lesser God, he could finally start implementing them. After all, he was now in a position where he could actually kill mid Consummate Gods. That said, he would still have trouble dealing with Dragon Floret if he were at his peak state.

Right now, the best thing he could do was find some extremely high-quality medicinal pills to push his cultivation base higher and reach the late Lesser God level.

Sadly, while most people could achieve a breakthrough with a single pill, he would need collections in the tens or hundreds of thousands. In fact, for all he knew, he would need millions of pills.

And of course, he needed pills that were far better than the pills most experts would have access to. Only pills created with Unbounded will convergence would suffice.

'I wonder when I'll finally be able to go to the Eternal-Life God-Dynasty. If I can get into their treasure storehouse, I might be able to get the medicinal pills I need.' After some thought, he flicked his sleeve to grab the Crown Prince, then headed back the way he had come.

There were innumerable sea beasts that he could theoretically kill and harvest for ingredients. But he wasn't really interested in doing that, any more than a millionaire would be interested in stockpiling some trash.

He was curious to see if killing Dragon Floret would cause any waves in the leadership of the House of God Ordainment. It was a given that they would be aware of it; children of primeval chaos were considered the quintessence of the sect, and the death of one would be instantly noted. And generally, it would lead to a huge commotion.

Meanwhile, in the god kingdom of the House of God Ordainment, there was a location in the depths of space-time called the Primeval Chaos Palace.

It was one of the most elite institutions in the sect, a place where Consummate Gods, and even the houselord himself, would practice cultivation.

The people here were the true leaders of the sect, and they rarely made public appearances. Generally speaking, the people who took care of daily affairs were the children of primeval chaos, the elder kings, and the prime elders.

Children of primeval chaos and elder kings were Consummate Gods, and were essentially administrative management. They were like the prime ministers of an imperial dynasty. As for the Perfect Gods, they would remain in the depths of the Primeval Chaos Palace, like the emperors of an empire.

Jadefall's Master was a Consummate God, and was thus an elder king, which was one reason why Jadefall had the freedom to do as she wished.

Right now, both Jadefall and her Master were together in the Primeval Chaos Palace.

That palace was considered like primeval chaos itself, and those who represented it on the outside were like its children. Thus, they were called children of primeval chaos.

Also in the presence of Jadefall and the purrling were a handful of Perfect Gods. There were Arbiters Torment, Law, and Punishment, as well as some other individuals seated on prayer mats. It had taken some time for Jadefall to arrange a meeting with them, but now it was fully underway.

One of the Perfect Gods cleared his throat and said, "Jadefall, we understand everything you just said. But Dragon Floret did call the Primeval Chaos Assembly, and they did agree to take your godling. Perhaps they pushed things a bit too far, but they did everything by the book. It makes sense that you want Dragon Floret punished, but that wouldn't be appropriate. There just isn't any legal reason to do so."

"You're wrong about that," Jadefall's Master said. "Exalted Destruction, although it didn't violate sect rules for Dragon Floret to call the Primeval Chaos Assembly, he did call on the power of an outsider, namely, Patriarch Deva. That complicates things. If he was colluding with outsiders to overthrow the sect, then... at the least it requires an investigation."

One of the other Perfect Gods snorted coldly. ""Colluding with outsiders? Stop lobbing around wild accusations. Dragon Floret simply asked for help from Patriarch Deva, with the goal of bringing honor and glory to our sect. Investigation? The only investigation we should be doing is into your own apprentice. Isn't it more than a bit suspicious that she's now the adopted daughter of an imperial concubine from the Eternal-Life God-Dynasty? Everyone knows that the Eternal-Life God-Dynasty ultimately wants to take over our House of God Ordainment. So why don't we start this supposed investigation with your apprentice!?"

"I have to take issue with your wording, Exalted Heroism," Jadefall said.

There were a total of nine Perfect Gods present, and they all had names that were one word, as had been the custom in primeval times. In addition to Torment, Law, and Punishment, there were Destruction, Heroism, Truth, Dancing, Celebration, and Sealing.

These nine experts were a primary component of the true power of the House of God Ordainment. They could make many decisions, including whether or not to execute members of the sect.

As for Heroism, he was Dragon Floret's Master, and he supported the Dragon Society. It was a given that when Jadefall brought up punishing Dragon Floret, this man would speak out in his defense.

Of course, none of them had any idea that it was all a sham, and that Jadefall was just buying time for Yang Qi to kill Dragon Floret.

"You take issue with my wording, Jadefall?" Heroism said coldly. "Then how should I have worded it? Are you saying I should bow and scrape to you and beg for forgiveness for Dragon Floret? Do you know how vastly separated you are from me? The truth is that, were it not for your godling, I wouldn't even grace you with my presence. In fact, I wouldn't even deign to accept an audience with your Master. The fact that you two are here today is a violation of numerous sect rules. You should be groveling at my feet!"

"That's right, Jadefall," said the Perfect God Sealing. "You have no grounds to request we punish Dragon Floret. It's completely inappropriate. You're already asking enough of us as it is, so don't push your luck. Can't you think of the sect as a whole? I say we just forget everything that happened. You've earned your respect, Jadefall. Nobody will dare to cause problems for you going forward. Isn't that enough for you?"

"Jadefall, where exactly did that godling of yours come from?" asked Truth. "Remember, when you join the House of God Ordainment, it's for life. It seems to me that the only reason you were taken as an adopted daughter by that person in the Eternal-Life God-Dynasty is that they're after your godling. You should really be careful."

"The truth is that the godling belongs to the sect!" said Heroism. "In fact, I advise you to leave it here in the Primeval Chaos Palace to be cared for and studied by us. According to Patriarch Deva, the blood of that godling can be used to break through to Unbounded will convergence. That would be a huge asset to the sect!"

"What?!" Jadefall said, and then she laughed. "Patriarch Deva failed and you're still trying the same thing, oh exalted Heroism? You're actually asking that I give you my purrling? If you want it, why don't you just come and take it? The downside is that my purrling has a very bad temper, and doesn't let anyone other than me get close to it. And if anyone tries, it gets very, very angry."

"You mean..." Heroism said, and he looked at the purrling with his brow furrowed so hard it looked like the character 川. But then the purrling suddenly yawned and shivered, and Heroism didn't even dare to approach it. However, he still chuckled coldly and said, "Leave the purrling here in the Primeval Chaos Palace, and you can be on your way."

"Don't push things too far, exalted Heroism," Jadefall's Master said. "We're here to discuss punishment for Dragon Floret, not matters related to the purrling. You're straying from the subject at hand."

Heroism slapped his hand down onto the table, causing the entire hall to tremble. "Who the hell do you think you are? How dare you talk to me like that! Have you no sense of respect for your seniors! Get out of here!"

Jadefall's Master's face turned bright red. She was a Consummate God, but had only just reached that level. And although she was an elder king, putting her on the same level as the children of primeval chaos, she was still only an early Consummate God. Perfect Gods were many levels above her, so it was only natural she would wilt under Heroism's tirade.

"How dare you talk to my Master like that, exalted Heroism!" Jadefall barked.

"What, you think you're going to make a move on me or something?" Heroism crossed his arms over his chest and leaned back, as if waiting for them to take action.

RUMBLE!

However, it was in that moment that the entire god kingdom shook violently.

"What just happened?" The nine Perfect Gods shot to their feet, and one of them waved his hand to summon a projected image of the god kingdom as a whole.

The first thing they saw was a god item that hovered in the depths of the god kingdom. It was Mount Dragon Head, and it had just fallen out of the sky, slamming into the ground below, causing a huge earthquake and wreaking much destruction.

Mount Dragon Head, the home of the Dragon Society, had fallen.

And that could only mean one thing: Dragon Floret was dead.

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Chapter 1271: Fallen

Mount Dragon Head was actually a piece of an invincible god item from ancient times, similar to the Cruiser of Civilization. By imbuing it with immense godpower, Dragon Floret had made it an animadestiny item of his own, allowing it to hang in the air in the god kingdom of the House of God Ordainment.

The mountain had become a part of him, an aspect of his soul that flourished as he flourished, and declined if he declined.

The fact that Mount Dragon Head had fallen out of the sky was incontrovertible evidence that Dragon Floret had been destroyed in body and soul. In other words, he couldn't be resurrected. It was an extremely dramatic and tragic thing for a child of primeval chaos to have been truly killed.

It wasn't just the lower-level disciples in the sect who were shocked by this development. The nine Perfect Gods who had been discussing matters with Jadefall and her Master were stunned. After a long moment passed, Heroism let loose a groan as wretched as if he were mourning his own father and mother. "Dear lord... Dragon Floret, you're dead? Who killed you? How could you have died?"

"Dragon Floret is dead?" The other experts present exchanged awkward, disbelieving glances.

However, there was no doubt that Mount Dragon Head had fallen, providing concrete evidence of his death.

A very long moment passed, and then the entire god kingdom devolved into chaos, with experts from all the factions bursting into activity. The nine Perfect Gods knew that something huge had happened. Even the most vicious expert would never dare to kill a child of primeval chaos, lest they provoke the wrath of the entire sect and cause war to break out.

Eyes bloodshot, Heroism pointed a shaky finger at Jadefall and said, "It was you, wasn't it!? You killed Dragon Floret! You just leveled a bunch of accusations at him, and then he died! You killed him! How dare you so brazenly defy the rules of our sect!"

"Please don't make such irresponsible remarks, oh exalted Heroism," Jadefall replied. Inwardly, she was delighted at the fact that Yang Qi had obviously succeeded in his mission. But she didn't let that show. "As you well know, I've been here with you this entire time, along with the purrling. How could I possibly have killed Dragon Floret? Didn't he go to meet Patriarch Deva? He must have run into some trouble along the way. Besides, if I could actually kill him, why would I have come here and asked for you to punish him?"

"If Dragon Floret is dead, the most important thing is to stabilize the situation in the sect," Arbiter Law said. He and the other two from the Law-Enforcement God-Palace were visibly taken aback. Although they suspected that Jadefall might have had something to do with Dragon Floret's death, it was true that she had been in their presence. Furthermore, killing Dragon Floret wouldn't have been an easy task, and without the purrling to help her, Jadefall would never have been able to pull it off.

If Jadefall were strong enough to kill Dragon Floret without the purrling, she would have long since risen to a much higher position, a position that would have ensured that Dragon Floret never caused problems for her.

"Maybe it wasn't you, but it was definitely some of your friends," Heroism hissed. "Lock her up immediately! And her Master too. And the purrling! Lock them all up! We need to get to the bottom of this."

"My friends? What friends? Which of them could have killed Dragon Floret? If any of them tried to fight him, they would be the ones to die."

"It must have been some people from the Eternal-Life God-Dynasty. Aren't you the adopted daughter of a concubine from there? You could've found some expert from there to help you. Admit the truth, you bitch!"

"Yes, I'm the adopted daughter of an imperial concubine from the Eternal-Life God-Dynasty. But how does that make it possible for me to get experts from there to perform an assassination? Everyone knows that the Eternal-Life God-Dynasty is just using me to try to get to my purrling. Furthermore, I have almost no dealings with them. Why exactly are you trying to pin Dragon Floret's death on me? Could it be that you're hoping to sow tension between the House of God Ordainment and the Eternal-Life God-Dynasty, ultimately starting a war?"

It was a grave accusation, but it hit home. The other Perfect Gods were already starting to wonder if what Jadefall had suggested was true, and were considering the grave consequences if it was.

If the Eternal-Life God-Dynasty really was responsible for Dragon Floret's death, then it was highly likely that they would soon make a move on the House of God Ordainment in general. That would eventually lead to full-scale war, and possibly the extermination of the sect. If the Eternal-Life God-Dynasty really was responsible, and they wanted war, then they would take responsibility for the killing. Either way, the House of God Ordainment absolutely needed to investigate the matter to find out the truth.

That said, everyone present knew that, although the Eternal-Life God-Dynasty was domineering and tyrannical, they actually had a good relationship with the House of God Ordainment. It didn't make sense for them to do something like this. They generally did things aboveboard, crushing their opposition and using their overwhelming power to do as they wished.

Besides, if it really was an expert from the Eternal-Life God-Dynasty who had killed Dragon Floret, it would have been an elite among elites. And how could Jadefall possibly order someone like that around?

"Cut the crap," Heroism shouted. Addressing the other eight Perfect Gods, he said, "Let's use a tracking magic to get to the bottom of this. Bring out the Archaean Mirror. Hold nothing back. We have to identify Dragon Floret's killer. We're talking about the death of a child of primeval chaos! We can't just let this matter slide!"

"This is a huge matter that absolutely must be investigated," said Arbiter Punishment. "We need to find the culprit, whoever it was. If we don't, the House of God Ordainment will have a hard time maintaining order, and will end up a laughingstock among the other sects. It will even cause a big problem for our destiny."

"Fine, we all agree. Let's use the Archaean Mirror."

Heroism flashed a cruel grin in Jadefall's direction. "If we find out you were involved... hmph!"

"Investigate all you want," Jadefall said coolly. "If you're upright, you don't need to fear slanderous accusations."

The nine Perfect Gods exhaled streams of godpower mixed with fresh blood, and as a result, the entire hall trembled. A moment later, an enormous mirror appeared, crafted from stone that was the color of primal-chaos.

However, even after the Perfect Gods powered the mirror with their vital energy, nothing appeared on its surface.

"What's going on?" one of the Perfect Gods said. "Why aren't there any traces of the killer's fate visible?"

They tried numerous methods, but nothing worked. Not a single image appeared of Dragon Floret or his killer.

It was as if no traces of his fate were even present.

Angry and frustrated, another of the Perfect Gods said, "This doesn't make any sense! Even if a Paramount God manipulated the workings of heaven to do the deed, there would still be evidence left behind. Don't tell me Patriarch Deva is the killer! Only someone like him could possibly manipulate the workings of heaven in a way we couldn't detect."

"It must have been Patriarch Deva," said Arbiter Torment. "No one else could possibly have succeeded. And that means there's no way Jadefall had anything to do with it. Even the emperor of the Eternal-Life God-Dynasty would be incapable of evading our Archaean Mirror. Only Patriarch Deva could do it."

"Patriarch Deva."

Even Heroism had given up suspecting Jadefall at this point. After all, if she were strong enough to evade the Archaean Mirror, she could take on the entire House of God Ordainment single-handedly.

But why would someone as powerful as Patriarch Deva want to kill Dragon Floret? It was a real mystery.

"If Patriarch Deva did kill Dragon Floret, how should we respond?" asked Arbiter Torment. "Should we try to get revenge? Perhaps... because Dragon Floret didn't live up to his end of the bargain he made with Patriarch Deva, that's why he was killed. Someone as invincible as Patriarch Deva could've killed him with the snap of a finger, and probably isn't even worried about reprisals from us."

Meanwhile, Jadefall was laughing up her sleeve. However, she also realized she needed to get in touch with Yang Qi and make sure he knew that Patriarch Deva was going to be taking the blame for the killing. After all, if word reached Patriarch Deva, and he came to take matters into his own hands, it could lead to trouble.

"In the end, this was all caused because of Jadefall!" Heroism suddenly said. "We can't just let her off the hook. If it weren't for that purrling of hers, Dragon Floret would never have made a deal with Patriarch Deva, nor fallen victim to him."

Jadefall laughed. "You sound like a criminal. Your friend tries to steal something and gets killed in the process, then you blame the victim?"

"Enough, Heroism," said Arbiter Law. "This matter is over. For the time being, we can't do anything about Patriarch Deva. That said, we can't just let him off the hook, so we need to think long and hard about what to do next. Furthermore, we need to keep the truth from spreading. For now, we'll report the matter to the houselord and start considering our next move. For all we know, Patriarch Deva might come here, in which case we'll need the purrling to deal with him."

Heroism let loose a cold harrumph. Flicking his sleeve, he said, "Remember, Jadefall: I'm not going to let this go. Dragon Floret's death won't go unavenged."

She just smiled. Later, she would tell Yang Qi all about this.

If Yang Qi could kill Dragon Floret, then he would eventually kill Heroism as well. He would definitely root out all opposition to him.

The matter having been concluded, Jadefall left. She kept to herself in her mansion grotto for a few days until Yang Qi returned.

Meanwhile, a secret meeting was going on.

Dragon Floret's death had thrown the sect into complete chaos, and the faction leaders were all going crazy.

"What? Dead? Dragon Floret is dead?!"

The leaders of the Brilliant Radiance Society, Honorable Glory Society, and Preheaven Society were all discussing the latest developments.

"People are saying that Patriarch Deva did it. But I thought Patriarch Deva liked Dragon Floret. I bet Jadefall is actually behind it."

"No. There's no way it was Jadefall. Jadefall was in the Primeval Chaos Palace when it happened. Besides, she's not strong enough to kill Dragon Floret."

"There's a lot more to this story than meets the eye," said the leader of the Brilliant Radiance Society, "and Jadefall is a lot more mysterious than anyone realizes. Think about it. She and Dragon Floret just had an altercation, and then this happens? If I were you, Wang Xiantian, I'd start watching my back."

Wang Xiantian's face drained of blood. However, he still managed to talk big. "Hmph. She wouldn't dare do a thing to me. If she killed Dragon Floret, then killed me, everyone would know she was responsible. And do you really think the sect would let the matter slide then?"

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Chapter 1272: King Immortal-Slayer and the Purrling

Dragon Floret's death had caused many of the faction leaders to go on guard. Some people suspected Jadefall was the culprit, but many didn't, and went with the theory that Patriarch Deva was behind it. Regardless, there was a lot of discussion and speculation, and in the end, most people agreed that Dragon Floret had died in vain.

It would be obvious suicide for the House of God Ordainment to try taking revenge on Patriarch Deva, so many people were starting to blame Jadefall using the same 'gangster logic' Heroism had, and suggesting that none of it would have happened without her and the purrling.

Of course, because of the purrling, no one dared to actually make such accusations publicly. Without the purrling, she would probably already have been arrested.

Yang Qi had known all along that this would happen, which was why he had killed Dragon Floret to begin with.

After Dragon Floret died, the Dragon Society started falling apart. As their members fled to other organizations, Jadefall announced the founding of the Sage Monarch Society.

One of the first to join was Goddess Jade Egret, and with her came a large group of former members of the Dragon Society.

Almost overnight, the Sage Monarch Society was a proud and glorious faction in the sect.

They had Greater Gods from the get-go, and in fact, about half of the old Dragon Society ended up as members. The rest of the Dragon Society had gone to other factions.

Everyone wanted a piece of the pie that had been the Dragon Society.

Meanwhile, Yang Qi was secretly inviting certain people to meet with Dream Daylily and join the Crown Prince Society. That earned him the praise of Dream Daylily, as well as rewards that, while not useful to him, could be given to his friends and family.

For the most part, Yang Qi didn't care about any of the other societies, with the exception of the Mystery Society. That was especially true when he came to realize that there were members of the Mystery Society joining the Sage Monarch Society.

They did so secretly, but thanks to Yang Qi's devil embryos, such matters couldn't be kept hidden from him. His devil embryos could pry into the thoughts of even Greater Gods, so it was only natural that he could identify the infiltrators from the Mystery Society.

One interesting thing he realized was that almost no one knew who the members of the Mystery Society were. In fact, there were even occasions in which two members would be in each other's presence, but have no idea that they were both in the Mystery Society.

It was just what someone would expect of a secret society founded and run by the junior houselord.

Despite knowing who all the infiltrators were, Yang Qi didn't plan to do anything about them for the moment. All he cared about was expanding his influence and reputation. The current state of affairs would only lead to more opportunities in general, and would help him assess what resources were available in the sect. The House of God Ordainment was an enormous organization, so it was a given that there were all sorts of medicinal pills secreted away here and there.

Truth be told, he didn't feel any sense of belonging in the House of God Ordainment. It was merely a resource to be taken advantage of. Whether it was the Demi-Immortal Institute, the Titan Emperor Collegium, the Titan Emperor Heaven, the Dao Defense League, the Will Manifestation Heaven Sect, or the alliance he had created on the Ancient Road to the Gods, all were simply tools to be taken control of.

There was no way that the House of God Ordainment would escape that fate either.

That said, he wasn't in a hurry. He needed to reach a higher level of cultivation, at least the level of a Greater God. At that point, he would be able to kill Perfect Gods.

Of course, if he could get another piece of the Mahātmā Jade and push his will convergence to the Unbounded level, he would easily be able to crush all opposition in the House of God Ordainment.

A year passed. The uproar surrounding Dragon Floret's death finally settled down. At the same time, Yang Qi's cultivation base had improved, although not by much. In contrast, virtually all of his friends and family had become Common Gods.

Jadefall was at the peak of that level, just on the verge of becoming a Greater God.

Unfortunately, there was one of his people who hadn't become a god yet.

It was his immortal-slaying clone, known as Yang Immortal-Slayer.

Yang Immortal-Slayer had been working very hard at forming monarch godhood. His Master in the sect was a Greater God, so in terms of his position, he was formidable. He was roughly on the same level as the White-Haired Boxer King, and furthermore, his position helped him in terms of enlightenment of monarch godhood.

Of course, his Master in the sect wasn't the person he actually relied on for help. Instead, he was being advised by King Immortal-Slayer.

No one knew exactly where King Immortal-Slayer was at the moment, but he was in contact with Yang Immortal-Slayer, communicating to him via will, helping him to improve his cultivation base and form monarch godhood.

Unfortunately, Yang Immortal-Slayer still couldn't achieve that breakthrough.

Monarch godhood was no simple thing, and although Yang Immortal-Slayer's substructure was the same as Yang Qi's, he wasn't a Fateless One.

King Immortal-Slayer was mighty in a way that Yang Qi couldn't even comprehend at the moment, so he was actually very pleased that he was helping Yang Immortal-Slayer.

On one particular day, Yang Qi went to visit Yang Immortal-Slayer in his cultivation chamber, which was when he met his Master.

The man was a Greater God known as Arhat Thousand-Hands, who cultivated an art called the Thousand-Hands Void-Snatching Fist. It could be used to create what appeared to be a thousand projected fists that could all strike at the same time. It was very impressive.

That said, Arhat Thousand-Hands didn't dare to be impolite to Yang Qi. The Sage Monarch Society had already become very influential, and Jadefall was more powerful than ever. Yang Qi was her main 'general', and despite being a Lesser God, he spoke the language of the purrling.

A lot of people whispered that the leader of the Sage Monarch Society wasn't actually Jadefall, but the purrling.

And not a single person dared to do anything to offend it.

The fact that Arhat Thousand-Hands' apprentice, Yang Immortal-Slayer, was a friend of Yang Qi and Jadefall had brought him plenty of benefits as well. That said, he was completely unconvinced that Yang Immortal-Slayer could possibly succeed at forming monarch godhood. As far as Arhat Thousand-Hands was concerned, it was an impossible endeavor.

"How has my brother's cultivation been going, Arhat Thousand-Hands?" Yang Qi asked.

"Ai..." sighed Arhat Thousand-Hands. "Yang Immortal-Slayer is completely obsessed. You really need to have some words with him. If he doesn't give up this idea, he'll become overwhelmed by heart-devils."

"Alright, I'll talk to him," Yang Qi said, heading into the mansion grotto.

Inside, he found Yang Immortal-Slayer seated in the middle of a host of tiny vortexes, within which were items from the seventy-two monarchs, as well as the Cruiser of Civilization. They were all heaven-shaking, earth-shattering treasures, the kind of things that would cause pandemonium in the god world if word spread of their existence. Unfortunately, Yang Immortal-Slayer wasn't strong enough to use them.

He had been in the House of God Ordainment for four years, but his cultivation base hadn't made much progress at all.

Of course, having visited him numerous times over the years, Yang Qi knew that he was incomprehensibly strong. King Immortal-Slayer had rebuilt his body with divine will, giving him a unique constitution that was no weaker than that provided by the Strength of the Hell-Crushing Godmammoth or the True-Devil Unspoiled-by-Myriad-Kalpas-and-Tribulations Body.

It was something the god world had never seen before.

"Yang Qi, it's you!" Yang Immortal-Slayer said, opening his eyes.

"How are things? Have you made any progress with your monarch godhood? I understand a bit about your situation, and have a few ideas that might help, but I'm not completely confident in success."

"I'm not very confident either," Yang Immortal-Slayer replied. "But if you can do it, then I'm confident I'll be able to as well. Remember, you're me, and I'm you. I'm your clone after all. For the past few years, King Immortal-Slayer has been communicating with me once per month. Unfortunately, he's not in a very good situation. He's severely suppressed by the Great Necropolis, and can barely protect himself with the Myriad Worlds Monarch Chart. He's under constant assault by that Paramount God. The upside is that he's gained some enlightenment of the Great Necropolis, and is thus able to hold his own. The reason he's helping me is that he wants to work out a deal with you to help him. Unfortunately, you're not strong enough to be of any help right now. You'll have to wait until you reach the Unbounded level of will convergence."

"You're right," Yang Qi said. If he tried interfering in the standoff between King Immortal-Slayer and that Paramount God, he would only end up dead. That said, he was the bearer of the God Legion Seal, and was certain to become an invincible individual. That was why King Immortal-Slayer was willing to show him some respect.

As for people like Patriarch Deva, they weren't even fit to tie King Immortal-Slayer's shoes.

In ancient times, they had been nothing but weaklings among gods.

Yang Qi and Yang Immortal-Slayer had a long conversation, sharing bits of enlightenment and knowledge with each other.

At the same time, Yang Qi sent the God Legion Seal into Yang Immortal-Slayer, using it to change certain parts of him in the hopes of helping him break through his current bottleneck.

Time passed.

All of a sudden, a powerful expression of will pierced through the void, something so incredible that it could likely overturn the entire god kingdom of the House of God Ordainment. That said, it moved with such stealth that the god kingdom didn't even detect it.

It was half-Annulled, a level higher than the peak of the Unbounded level. To a will convergence like that, even Perfect Gods were like nothing.

Yang Qi's heart thumped as he realized that King Immortal-Slayer's will had come.

A shadowy figure appeared in the mansion grotto. It was illusory, but looked true and real. He was a middle-aged man with a face that seemed both young and ancient at the same time.

"Hello, King Immortal-Slayer," Yang Qi said. Despite how impressive the will projection was, Yang Qi knew it wasn't a true manifestation of King Immortal-Slayer's power, thus he didn't fear it.

King Immortal-Slayer took one look at Yang Qi and said, "Well, well. You formed monarch godhood."

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Chapter 1273: King Immortal-Slayer and the Purrling Part 2

"What's your current situation, King Immortal-Slayer?" Yang Qi's eyes had been opened in many regards after forming monarch godhood, which meant he understood many of King Immortal-Slayer's secrets.

King Immortal-Slayer sighed. "You might have formed monarch godhood, Yang Qi, but you're still far too weak. You definitely aren't qualified to work out a deal with me. All I can tell you is that the god world is currently in the midst of a momentous time, where things are changing in an unimaginable way. In fact, the god world might even end up destroyed, in which case all heaven and earth will return to a state of emptiness. A grand undertaking has been implemented by certain people, which is why I'm trapped in the Great Necropolis. I suspect that you've been foreordained to save the god world from ultimate destruction."

"Come on, you've got to be kidding me," Yang Qi said. "The god world is massive. It's the ultimate stage of existence! There have been endless numbers of invincible experts that have risen up throughout the years. Even in the Sovereign Lord's Age, when you seventy-two monarchs waged the greatest war of all, it didn't threaten the god world itself. Are you really trying to tell me that the god world might be destroyed? Is that supposed to be some sort of joke?"

King Immortal-Slayer sighed. "There are both internal and external reasons. Surely you know the saying a single ant-hole can cause the collapse of a thousand-kilometer dike. Well, imagine what an entire colony of ants can do. And that's why time is reaching an end."

"Time is reaching an end?" Yang Qi asked. "Time can end?"

"Everything ends, and time is no exception. And there are reasons why some people want time to end. At the end of time, it's possible to acquire Annulled will convergence."

"The things you're saying are going over my head," Yang Qi replied. "I suppose I'll understand later on. Let's talk about more pressing concerns. How can we help Yang Immortal-Slayer form monarch godhood?"

"You might have formed monarch godhood, but that doesn't mean you can directly help someone else to do the same. You were favored by heaven, having acquired the legacy of the True Devil and the God Legion Seal. You were also transformed by the Great Necropolis, and gained enlightenment from the purrling. Because of all those factors, you succeeded with monarch godhood. But nobody else could possibly match that luck of yours. I've been pondering the matter of the past few years, and I think I have an idea."

"Didn't you form monarch godhood?" Yang Qi asked.

"Yes, I did. But things were different back then, and times have changed. In those days, all of us were born in primal-chaos, and the god world itself hadn't fully formed. Eventually, primal-chaos receded, and after millions upon millions of years passed, the god world emerged. Remember, the primal-chaos in the impure lands is just a pale reflection of the energies of the true version."

Yang Qi nodded. He knew that the god world of the past was different from the god world he existed in. It had been trillions of god world years since the god world was first formed, and ages upon ages had passed in which mighty entities rose and fell.

The purrling's godspore had existed back in that very early age in which true primal-chaos existed.

"King Immortal-Slayer, can I ask what the purrling actually is? It seems you've recovered some of your memories and abilities. You might be trapped in the Great Necropolis, but you're actually benefiting from the process. After all, you figured out how to send your divine will out into the open. You're obviously in a much better position than at first."

"How about this," King Immortal-Slayer said. "Bring the purrling here. If you do, I can join forces with it to help Yang Immortal-Slayer develop Paramount will convergence. I've accepted Yang Immortal-Slayer as my apprentice, and I intend for him to take my legacy. Before I reach the Annulled level and become completely invincible, I want to pass some things on to him. Besides, my hope of salvation rests in him, so I definitely want him to form monarch godhood."

"You want to join forces with the purrling?" Yang Qi said in surprise. However, the idea was intriguing. After all, watching two invincible entities like them working together would be profoundly enlightening.

With that, he sent a message to Jadefall, who quickly headed over with the purrling in her arms. It obviously loved being held by Jadefall, and never left her embrace. It even slept in her arms.

From its moment of birth, it hadn't ever eaten food, at least not that Yang Qi had ever seen. It didn't even absorb vital energy from its surroundings. It was as if it had unending energy to work with.

When Jadefall arrived and saw King Immortal-Slayer's will projection, she backed up in shock. Obviously, she could sense how immensely powerful he was.

At the same time, the purrling let loose two dissatisfied purrs as if to say, "With me here, girl, what are you afraid of? Don't be such a fool!"

King Immortal-Slayer looked long and hard at the purrling, then said, "Greetings, oh Powerful Entity... you can speak to me as an equal, and I understand how strong you are. Thus, I would like to ask for your help. Join forces with me to remake my apprentice's constitution. Help him form monarch godhood. What do you say?"

Yang Qi looked at King Immortal-Slayer in shock.

He would never have guessed that the man would treat the purrling with such respect, speaking to it as an equal. King Immortal-Slayer had devastated the god world, killing countless gods in the ancient era. The fact that he was being so respectful to the purrling went to show how incredible it must be. Yang Qi had a feeling that the purrling actually did practice cultivation, except of a type he couldn't perceive or understand. And he was certain that it had made immense progress since coming to the god world.

"Purr, purr..." When the purrling responded to King Immortal-Slayer, it seemed to do so with its own respect, as if it realized that it was dealing with a boundless and invincible entity that had risen from the material world to the empty world.

The impure lands, the immortal worlds, primal-chaos, and the god world were all formed from matter, and were thus material. But the Annulled level was empty.

The purrling continued to purr, and Yang Qi quickly started translating its words. "I return your greetings, oh Powerful Entity. I see you've traveled quite far down the path to the Annulled level, and your life force has reached a truly mighty state. Yes, I can work with you to help this person form monarch godhood. Let's start with you explaining your understanding of how the void is both material and immaterial..."

King Immortal-Slayer was obviously surprised that Yang Qi could translate for the purrling. However, he simply shook his head and said, "Monarch godhood actually is not godhood. It's an expression of embodied power that surpasses godhood. I've been studying it since my days in ancient times, and from it I gained significant enlightenment about the profundities of space..."

With that, King Immortal-Slayer went on to explain what sounded like a sutra or scripture. Jadefall's jaw dropped as she listened, and she almost immediately felt herself sinking into a state of deep understanding.

Yang Qi listened as well, and his enlightenment grew.

At the same time, he translated for the purrling. Unfortunately, there were some words he didn't know how to speak in the purrling's language, as they were too profound. For those aspects, he had to impart the information by means of will projection.

As the purrling listened, it sat up straight in Jadefall's arms, its fur rippling as if it were thinking deeply about something. Its thoughtful expression looked somewhat comical, yet both Yang Qi and Jadefall were deeply shaken by what King Immortal-Slayer was saying about monarch godhood.

As for Yang Qi, he actually gained new understanding of his own monarch godhood. Although he had formed monarch godhood, he hadn't done any deep research into it. In fact, he had succeeded in forming it almost by mere chance. Therefore, the information King Immortal-Slayer was providing was extremely helpful.

It was similar to how most ordinary people didn't really understand their own physiology. It was their body, but that didn't mean they could understand it on a deep level.

King Immortal-Slayer was truly living up to his reputation as an almighty and knowledgeable figure from ancient times. To Yang Qi, it almost felt like attending a class. And it was much more useful than reading a book. King Immortal-Slayer was explaining deep truths about the material and immaterial, providing a thorough description of the fundamental structure of monarch godhood.

His monarch godhood rotated, and as it did, it seemed to grow stronger and more refined.

As the saying goes, listening to the words of a wise man can be superior to studying ten years of books.

Yang Qi sensed that even if he worked on his cultivation for a hundred years, he wouldn't be able to gain understanding such as this. King Immortal-Slayer was King Immortal-Slayer. His ancient knowledge and might surpassed Yang Qi's comprehension.

Meanwhile, the purrling nodded as if in understanding.

After King Immortal-Slayer was done, the purrling nodded and started purring again. Of course, Yang Qi translated. "You're truly a venerable and powerful ancient one. You have my admiration for your understanding of monarch godhood. However, there are a few points in which your insight is lacking. Allow me to explain my view..."

With that, they continued discussing the matter, with Yang Qi benefiting the entire time. The discussion went on for three days and three nights. Apparently, King Immortal-Slayer was also benefiting from the discussion.

After the exchange was over, King Immortal-Slayer said, "So, we'll do just as we discussed. Oh, Powerful Entity, I can tell that, like me, you are someone who seeks the Annulled level. You wish to walk the path to the very end. We can both control time, but we have no way to break through the end of time. Before that end comes, we must figure out a way to step out of the river of time. We must make preparations."

"Purr, purr..." the purrling replied.

"Yes," Yang Qi translated. "You're absolutely right, oh venerable King Immortal-Slayer. The end of time approaches, and no one can evade it. We must make preparations..."

Purr!

After Yang Qi finished translating, the purrling spat out a huge bubble that surrounded Yang Immortal-Slayer.

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Chapter 1274: A Paramount God Arrives

Two almighty beings were joining forces to remold Yang Immortal-Slayer and help him form monarch godhood. The purrling and King Immortal-Slayer were each completely one-of-a-kind, and they had taken the time to compare their respective understandings and come up with the perfect plan.

The purrling started by using its energy arts to create a bubble around Yang Immortal-Slayer.

Before long, Yang Immortal-Slayer was transforming. The particles that made him up thrummed with power as they changed into something like bubbles that could expand or retract at will. It was as if they existed, yet didn't exist, or were alive, but at the same time were destroyed. Boundless, unending power flowed through him in indescribable fashion.

"Excellent," said King Immortal-Slayer, "he's in a state of being neither false nor empty, both material and immaterial. His dao is transforming. Now, I shall send my will into him to stimulate his mind!" Without any hesitation, he sent his will into Yang Immortal-Slayer's sea of consciousness. "Yang Immortal-Slayer, hurry and draw on your psyche to form a resonance with me!"

Yang Immortal-Slayer did just that, causing energy streams of the preheaven dao of gods to flow through him.

"Consummate enlightenment," King Immortal-Slayer said. "With one thought, flowers bloom. With one thought, trees wither. With one thought, life and extermination. With one thought, nirvanic rebirth. Remember, your thoughts are your everything. What you imagine in your sea of consciousness is true and real. You must come to understand what is true and real, and what is empty and void. Understand what are thoughts and what are not thoughts. This is called Nevasaññānāsaññāyatana, which is neither perception nor non-perception. It is a world, an expression of space-time, a place with neither desire nor physicality, a miraculous thought. Your fleshly body is surrounded by a world that doesn't exist. It is not thought. Yet it isn't a lack of thought."

All of a sudden Yang Immortal-Slayer vanished from sight.

Yang Qi could tell that he had entered a marvelous aspect of space-time that was impossible for he himself to reach. Only someone halfway into the Annulled level could enter it.

There were many aspects of space-time in the god world, and in this case, the world of Nevasaññānāsaññāyatana was without desire or physicality. It consisted only of minute psychic fluctuations. Although Yang Qi understood what it was, understanding it didn't mean he could enter it.

For instance, in the impure lands, everyone understood how amazing it was to be an emperor. But that didn't mean they could simply be emperors.

The purrling and King Immortal-Slayer were working together, one remolding that which was physical, the other remolding that which was psychic. As a result, Yang Immortal-Slayer's physical body vanished and he entered the space-time of Nevasaññānāsaññāyatana, a place of infinite secrets.

According to legend, only half-Annulled experts could enter that place. Those who reached the half-Annulled level would disappear, leaving behind only their thoughts. Yet those thoughts could destroy heaven and earth, pierce through everything, invert the cosmos, and bring extermination to the legion of gods.

It was the level the Sovereign Lord had reached.

Yang Qi suddenly realized that he had gone into a trance. His psychic power twitched, and he experienced a baptism, gaining even more enlightenment of his monarch godhood.

Shortly afterward, Yang Immortal-Slayer returned from the realm of Nevasaññānāsaññāyatana. His body formed again, and the purrling spat out another bubble, which entered him and caused his cultivation base to rise. Then King Immortal-Slayer unleashed more profound psychic and divine abilities.

As Yang Immortal-Slayer slowly gained enlightenment, he shivered, and like a caterpillar emerging from a cocoon, Paramount will convergence emerged. He had achieved his breakthrough before reaching godly ascension, which meant that he had successfully formed monarch godhood. Of course, there was still a lot more work to do going forward.

"I did it!" Yang Immortal-Slayer said, breathing a sigh of relief. The psychic power in his sea of consciousness felt invincible, and very different from before.

"It worked," King Immortal-Slayer said, also sighing with relief. "I almost can't believe that the mighty purrling and I were able to work together to create an expert with monarch godhood. It was a big drain on my power. I don't think I could do this a second time. Yang Immortal-Slayer, the next thing you need to do is have Yang Qi explain to you all of his experiences regarding completing monarch godhood. You'll need a huge amount of medicinal pills and power. For now, your current state is too eye-catching. I'll place a sealing mark on you that will keep your psychic power under wraps. You'll seem like nothing more than a peak Terrifying expert. That said, you'll still seem incredibly powerful. Incidentally, an even more powerful entity will want to take you as an apprentice in the future, and help you grow further. Be prepared."

As King Immortal-Slayer vanished, the purrling purred twice to say, "Take care, Powerful Entity." Then it snuggled into Jadefall's arms and fell asleep.

"Where are we going to get all these medicinal pills we need?" Yang Qi grumbled. He needed medicinal pills for himself, and now Yang Immortal-Slayer was being added into the mix. Where was he ever going to get his hands on everything he needed? He could create his own godnotes and godstones, but couldn't simply pull Paramount medicinal pills out of thin air. It might be possible to find small collections for sale, but he needed millions or possibly even hundreds of millions of them. Anyone who heard of such a thing would pass out from shock.

Furthermore, there was another problem. When forming his own monarch godhood, he had relied on the God Legion Seal's ability to absorb godpower from around him. But Yang Immortal-Slayer wouldn't have that option, so what were they to do? Completely forming monarch godhood was no easy task.

"What do we do next, Yang Qi?" Jadefall asked. She knew that Yang Qi would need to find medicinal pills, and was confident that they would be able to do so. Given how strong they were getting, they would have plenty of opportunities to search for medicinal pills.

As they discussed the matter, Arhat Thousand-Hands hurried over.

"Well? Did you break through?"

"No," Yang Immortal-Slayer replied. Even if he had told the truth, there was no way Arhat Thousand-Hands would have believed him.

"I shouldn't even have asked. By the way, something really big happened in the sect. As the leader of the Sage Monarch Society, Jadefall, you probably already know."

"Oh? What happened?" Jadefall asked. "I've been in seclusion, and only came out to visit Yang Immortal-Slayer. I'm not aware of what's been going on."

"Oh, I see. A Paramount God came to visit our sect and offer formal greetings. The Lord of the True Void. People are saying that he's friends with the houselord. As soon as he arrived, the houselord sent down orders that all disciples are to come attend a ceremony at the God-Ordaining Dais. Supposedly, it wasn't easy for the houselord to convince the Lord of the True Void to come, but he's going to give a lecture about the dao for a full two hours. He may even take some of our disciples as novitiates, if he sees someone impressive."

'The Lord of the True Void? A Paramount God? A lecture about the dao?' Yang Qi had never personally seen a Paramount God. King Immortal-Slayer didn't count, and the nine chief elders of the sect were only Perfect Gods.

Paramount Gods with Unbounded will convergence could look down on anything and everything.

However, considering that Yang Qi had just listened to King Immortal-Slayer explain the dao, he wasn't particularly impressed by the idea of hearing whatever this Lord of the True Void had to say.

That said, if the sect had mandated disciples attend, he wouldn't defy the orders.

"Sounds important," he said. "I think I'll go talk to everyone about this. If the Lord of the True Void is really going to take some apprentices, perhaps some of my brethren will be accepted."

"Good point," Jadefall said to Yang Qi via will projection. "This might be a great opportunity. By the way, remember what King Immortal-Slayer said when he left just now? That he was sealing Yang Immortal-Slayer in the hopes that he'd be taken as an apprentice by an almighty being? Maybe that's the way to get those medicinal pills."

"Right, right," Yang Qi replied. "He did say that. He must have anticipated that the Lord of the True Void was coming." Raising his voice, he said, "Let's go. We have things to talk about."

With that, he and his people converged in a palace that Jadefall had ordered to be constructed for them. Obviously, the Sage Monarch Society needed an actual headquarters to meet at. It wasn't nearly as impressive as Mount Dragon Head had been. However, Yang Qi didn't care. Once Jadefall improved her cultivation base a bit, perhaps by becoming a Consummate God, he could give her his fragments of the Cruiser of Civilization to use as the foundation for their headquarters. Like Mount Dragon Head, the cruiser could hang in the air above the god kingdom, with a minor world inside.

Soon, everyone had gathered, including Peaklord Memory, Peaklord Celestial, and Sectlord Will Manifestation. All the experts of the Sage Monarch Society were present.

"A Paramount God has come to the sect, Yang Qi," the Shepherd said. "What are we going to do? It seems like a good opportunity. If we could attract the attention of his Paramount God and be taken as apprentices, we'd have access to amazing resources, and would also have much better protection."

"But what if this Paramount God has evil intentions?" said Proud World. "What if it's a wretch-god of some sort? I say we should keep a low profile for now. There will always be opportunities to take advantage of; we don't want to press our luck right now."

1. I'm sure all of you are familiar with Nevasaññānāsaññāyatana, right? Haha. In "real life" it's a state of both perception and non-perception. If you want to learn more, google or .

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Chapter 1275: A Paramount God Arrives Part 2

"I'm curious to see what this Lord of the True Void is like, and what his story is."

Some of Yang Qi's people wanted to take advantage of the situation, while others wanted to play it safe. The latter view did make sense; they were a group of people with many secrets to keep. However, Yang Qi didn't think that the Lord of the True Void was a wretch-god. It was more likely that he was scouting for talent.

Besides, if he was a wretch-god, why would the houselord have invited him? The House of God Ordainment was considered to be a major orthodox group, and their core teachings and doctrines were righteous. True, they had infighting and power struggles. And they would wage war, exterminating other sects and enslaving their members to work in brutal mining colonies.

But they weren't like people from the dao of devils, who openly robbed, murdered, and assimilated the souls of their enemies. The god world was a bloody place where foul winds blew everywhere, and life was bitter and tragic. But in general, the House of God Ordainment's destiny was positive, not steeped in destruction and foulness. Even in the most orthodox of empires, slaves and thralls existed, and such practices couldn't be eliminated. And even the most prestigious confucian institutes would engage in slaughter of their enemies.

"Does anyone in the Sage Monarch Society know anything about the Lord of the True Void?" Jadefall said.

"I'll ask around," Brahma replied. "I doubt he's a god from ancient times. He's from after the time of King Immortal-Slayer, when the Sovereign Lord and the halls of heaven were gone. He's an expert of the new age. In any case, I don't remember anyone like him existing in ancient times."

Brahma left, then returned shortly after with more information. "I got some interesting information. The Lord of the True Void is indeed a powerful Paramount God. However, he's not affiliated with any particular sect. He's essentially a wandering expert who rarely shows his face in public. Most of the time, he drifts about in the void of the god world, working on his cultivation and enlightenment. Occasionally he'll show up on a continent and look for geniuses, then provide them with a blessing of enlightenment. When the houselord was young, he received a blessing of enlightenment from him, and even followed him around the god world for a time. In fact, there are many experts like that. That's why everyone is going crazy now that he's here. Everybody wants to be noticed by him and taken as a novitiate. Whoever gets taken with him will be in an amazing position upon returning to the House of God Ordainment."

"So that's how it is," Yang Qi replied, nodding. "No wonder King Immortal-Slayer said that Yang Immortal-Slayer would get an amazing Master. Why don't we come up with a plan to attract the attention of this Lord of the True Void?"

"That's not necessary," Doom said. "All we have to do is act normal. The Lord of the True Void is a Paramount God, so he'll be able to detect the traces of genius on us. Even my natural talents have already vastly surpassed those of ordinary gods. I used to be a bearer of the God Legion Seal, so what if he notices me?"

"I can use my Devil-God Seal if I have to. Let's wait and see if the situation is actually dangerous. After all, this man is a Paramount God. Thankfully, I just learned a lot from King Immortal-Slayer and the purrling. With the energy of the Exalted Purrling to help me, he shouldn't notice anything about me, so long as he doesn't inspect me closely." Yang Qi had utter faith in the purrling, to the point where he wasn't even afraid of Paramount Gods. After all, Patriarch Deva was more famous than this Lord of the True Void, yet Patriarch Deva's talisman hadn't been able to do a thing to the purrling. It stood to reason that the Lord of the True Void wouldn't be able to either. King Immortal-Slayer viewed the purrling as an equal, which meant the purrling was on the same level as the Sovereign Lord, Wretch God Ultimate, the Demon Master, and the True Devil.

But then, a thought occurred to him. 'What if the houselord invited a Paramount God for a more specific reason? What if he wants him to try dealing with the Exalted Purrling?'

Yang Qi had switched his form of address to 'Exalted Purrling'. After all, if the purrling was on the same level as King Immortal-Slayer, it was important to show it respect.

"That's very possible," Jadefall said, suddenly sounding very nervous. "The purrling has caused a huge commotion in the god world recently. And during this entire time, the houselord has never shown his face. But there's no way he isn't aware of everything that happened. Maybe he did invite someone to make a move on the purrling..."

"I don't think so," Yang Qi said. "The houselord couldn't be that monumentally stupid. I doubt he wants to openly make a move against the Exalted Purrling. More likely, he wants to use the powers of a Paramount God to try getting more information about it. It's lucky for him the purrling doesn't seem to have any ambitions at all. It just sleeps and enjoys life. Otherwise, it could accomplish a lot. As far as it's concerned, people aren't even worth worrying about."

The purrling really did view humans as being too low-level. Only people like King Immortal-Slayer were worth dealing with.

As for Jadefall, although she wasn't very strong, she was its mother, and it treated her like that. Yang Qi also wasn't an ordinary person. He had monarch godhood and the God Legion Seal, and was a Fateless One. But everyone else might as well have been trash in its eyes.

In terms of accomplishing something big, it viewed that as laughable as a human gathering a bunch of pigs and declaring himself an emperor among them. Of course, the fact that Yang Qi had established the Sage Monarch Society had a lot to do with the threat of the purrling. He wouldn't have been able to accomplish it alone.

"Purrling, is there any chance the Lord of the True Void could forcibly take you?" Jadefall asked.

The purrling gave her a sidelong glance that obviously meant, "I'm not even going to bother answering that question."

At that point, Yang Qi felt a bit better. "We still need to come up with a plan for what to do if the Lord of the True Void notices any of us. There has to be more to this situation than we understand."

With that, they went on to discuss the matter in further detail.

Several hours later, a booming voice echoed out and filled the entire House of God Ordainment. It entered the souls of everyone present, and although no one knew who exactly it belonged to, it was obviously the voice of a Perfect God.

"All disciples will gather at the square in front of the God-Ordaining Dais. Organize yourselves by faction. We'll be offering greetings to the Paramount God, the Lord of the True Void."

"Alright, let's go," Jadefall said. "The Sage Monarch Society needs to find a place to gather."

Before long, everyone was at the square, which was a huge place that spread out in front of the God-Ordaining Dais itself. The dais was immense, and had several thrones spread out in front of it for the leadership of the sect to use. Other than when important meetings were called, it was a restricted area.

Usually, it was only used when it came time to vote for a new houselord, but today was different. Today, the sect was meeting to receive a Paramount God.

It was an impressive sight to see all of the factions in the sect. Overall, the Sage Monarch Society wasn't particularly large. The biggest factions were the Brilliant Radiance Society, the Honorable Glory Society, and the Preheaven Society. As for the Mystery Society, it didn't have any representation at all; the identities of its members were top secret.

Bells tolled as important people flew out of the Primeval Chaos Palace and took their places on the thrones. Of course, they were the chief elders, all of them Perfect Gods. Fully a hundred of them appeared, most of them people who were generally in secluded cultivation. They were powerful individuals down to the last, many of them mid or late Perfect Gods.

A moment later, two individuals appeared, one of whom was a burly man who seemed to pulse with energy. He was the houselord, who was at the peak of the Perfect God level and had peak Paramount will convergence.

The other was shorter and less muscular, but at the same time, physically resembled the houselord. He glowed with divine light, and seemed to pulse with unending power. He was the junior houselord, the leader of the Mystery Society.

As soon as they appeared, the entire House of God Ordainment went absolutely silent, and the atmosphere turned somewhat stifling. Many of the disciples assumed the houselord was going to give them some sort of speech, but instead, he just said, "I offer respectful greetings, oh venerable Lord of the True Void!"

RUMBLE!

As soon as the words left his mouth, an immense passageway appeared, piercing through the god kingdom to reveal a daoist with empty hands, strolling along through the spatial tempests. Such tempests could shred Consummate Gods to pieces, but not this man. He simply stepped out in front of the God-Ordaining Dais and looked around at the surrounding god kingdom.

He didn't have even a trace of a wretched, evil aura, making it obvious that he cultivated a very righteous and orthodox energy art. There was no doubt that he was definitely not a wretch-god.

The Lord of the True Void had come.

All of the disciples prostrated on the ground, including Yang Qi. The only exception was Jadefall, who stood there to allow the purrling to get a look at the Lord of the True Void.

Their eyes met, and instead of the respect the purrling had shown to King Immortal-Slayer, all that could be seen in its gaze was ridicule. In that moment, Yang Qi realized that the purrling definitely wasn't worried about the Lord of the True Void.

Paramount Gods were sorted into various grades and ranks, and it was obvious that the Lord of the True Void couldn't compare to King Immortal-Slayer.

Ordinary Paramount Gods had early Unbounded will convergence. In terms of the mid, late, and peak levels, they would reach the level of King Immortal-Slayer, and step halfway into the Annulled level. Logically speaking, it seemed unlikely that the Lord of the True Void was in the late or peak level. At the most, he was in the mid level. That said, even mid Unbounded will convergence could shake heaven and earth. With a single thought, a person like that could create a god kingdom or bring devastation to the dome of heaven.

After looking at the Lord of the True Void for a moment, the purrling closed its eyes and went to sleep. It was obviously bored. The Lord of the True Void casually retracted his gaze as well. However, Yang Qi could tell from the look in his eye that he didn't dare to do anything to the purrling. Their simple exchange of glances had made it clear who was the superior, and who was the inferior.

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Chapter 1276: The Lord of the True Void

'First challenge, passed,' Yang Qi thought, breathing a sigh of relief. The pressure Paramount Gods could exert was simply too immense. Even just the early Unbounded level of will convergence was far more than Yang Qi could defy. A single glance from this man could kill him.

Thankfully, the purrling could stand up to him.

Standing on the God-Ordaining Dais with the Lord of the True Void was Houselord God Ordainment, who was a peak Perfect God with peak Paramount will. "Teacher," he asked, "why is the purrling so amazing? Did you pick up on any clues?"

Looking very serious, the Lord of the True Void replied, "It's a powerful entity that was born from primal-chaos before the god world came into existence. As for what exactly it is, I can't say. But I do know that it absolutely mustn't be angered. I almost can't believe it chose to take up residence in this sect. Logically speaking, it would look down even on the kingdom of a Paramount God. And why has it chosen that young lady?"

"Teacher, are you interested in taking her as an apprentice?" Houselord God Ordainment asked. "She's also the adopted daughter of an imperial concubine from the Eternal-Life God-Dynasty."

"No, that won't do. With that creature at her side, she doesn't have any need of help from me. Besides, although that creature doesn't seem to be very temperamental, it could obviously be very dangerous. We're lucky that it has a generally calm demeanor. In the future, be careful around it."

"Teacher, there are a number of reasons I invited you here today. First, out of concern that Patriarch Deva might come and cause problems. Second, for you to see the purrling, hopefully identify it, and possibly benefit from it. Third, because my son and I have both reached late Paramount will convergence, and hope you can give some advice on what to do next. Fourth, to see if there are any geniuses in the sect for you to take as a novitiate."

"Patriarch Deva won't bother coming here. He's a very mysterious person who doesn't randomly take action. Furthermore, I left a seal on the exterior of the god kingdom here. If he wanted to destroy the god kingdom, he'd have to deal with the sealing mark first, and I doubt he wants to start a war like that. As for the purrling, forget about it. It's not anything you can handle. In regards to you and your son, you've both reached a zenith in your cultivations and need to start seeking enlightenment of how to proceed. I can't help you with that. If you want to become Paramount Gods, you'll have to break through to the Unbounded level, which requires personal enlightenment. You must come to your own understanding of what exactly it means to be bounded and unbounded. It's something that can't be explained to one person by another. And yes, I'm interested to see if there are any geniuses in your sect. My research into the way geniuses advance in their cultivation actually provides a lot of help to my own understanding of cultivation. Hopefully, the culmination of my research will lead to creating a dao of the ultimate genius."

"I don't think I'll ever match your level of thinking, Teacher," Houselord God Ordainment said in what was obviously a bit of brown-nosing. "There are a lot of geniuses in the House of God Ordainment, the only question is whether they're connected to you by destiny."

The Lord of the True Void laughed. "You have geniuses in the House of God Ordainment? I think not. It's easy to seem tall when everyone around you is short."

"Er, right. I suppose you can just say they stand head and shoulders above the rest. In any case, considering how many disciples have gathered to hear you speak of the dao, I really hope you can help strengthen them, and by extension, the sect itself."

"I accepted your invitation, so I'll provide what little help I can. The Eternal-Life God-Dynasty has been putting a lot of pressure on your House of God Ordainment lately. Their emperor, Eternal Nightless, is a very ambitious person. However, it's his son, the crown prince, who's truly worth keeping an eye on. He's even more mysterious and unpredictable than his father, and will eventually strike a heavy blow to your sect. You mustn't allow yourself to be caught off guard."

"Many thanks, Teacher. I'll remember that. As long as I can break through to Unbounded will convergence and become a Paramount God, the Eternal-Life God-Dynasty will have to pay a very heavy price to destroy the House of God Ordainment. Besides, the Eternal-Life God-Dynasty has been at war with the Nacrelight Sageland for tens of thousands of years, and they need us for that conflict."

"I recently gained enlightenment of a little skill called the Grand-Wisdom True-Void Samādhi Sutra. I'll recite it for your disciples and see if any of them can understand it. If they can, it'll improve their psychic power. It's a combination of a buddhist teaching, a daoist technique, and a confucian scripture. If there really are some geniuses present, after they hear the sutra, their will convergence will release a visible radiance and light. Whoever has the brightest light will be the top genius, and I'll take them as an apprentice."

"Please, begin your lecture whenever you're ready, Teacher."

"Grand-Wisdom True-Void Samādhi Sutra!" The Lord of the True Void waved his hand and a string of sutra text flew up into the sky, then fell down into the god kingdom like flower petals.

As the sutra merged into the bodies of the disciples, they felt cleansed down to the level of their souls. Then they started shining with brilliant light as the sutra acknowledged their fundamental nature. Apparently, it could remove a person's desires and leave behind only their wisdom.

Thus, the brightness of the light that shone off of them was a way to assess that wisdom, identifying the level of their genius.

Yang Qi was shocked to see the sutra text falling into him and merging into his sea of consciousness, so he quickly emptied himself completely. 'He is a Paramount God after all. It'll only take him a moment to identify the geniuses present. Thankfully, I placed Devil-God Seals in all of my people. A paltry sutra like this won't be able to pierce through that unless he specifically targets one of us.'

As he was suppressing his own fundamental nature, he looked around to see what other geniuses were in the House of God Ordainment.

As it turned out, there were quite a few bright halos of light on various disciples. Some people only had faint halos, and others were actually dark. Those were individuals who were obviously a far cry from being geniuses.

However, some people shone like bright stars.

Yang Qi noticed some of the children of primeval chaos who had halos like intense suns. That wasn't an indication of the level of their cultivation base, but rather their genius.

There were also some ordinary disciples who were only Quasi-Gods, but radiated a brightness that surpassed even the children of primeval chaos.

All of a sudden, a thrumming sound could be heard as a pillar of bright light shot up into the air. It was a female disciple whose brightness surpassed any of the children of primeval chaos, and when Yang Qi looked over, he recognized her. It was Elder Sister Xue, the leader of one of the mid-level factions, the Snow Society.

A moment later, another expression of brightness appeared that also surpassed the children of primeval chaos, and it came from Bai Yin.

As it turned out, there really were some geniuses hiding among the ordinary disciples.

"Hmm?" The Lord of the True Void looked over in surprise. "Well, you do have some geniuses. It might be worth it for you to provide some extra assistance to that girl, as well as that boy."

"Chief elders," said the houselord, "please take note of who has the brightest light, and mark them for future help. Teacher, you're acknowledging that those two are geniuses, but are you saying you don't plan to take them as apprentices? Do they really not meet up to your standards?"

"I'm curious to see if there are any other disciples out there who might surprise me." Even as the words left his mouth, the Lord of the True Void waved his hands, and the falling sutra text surged with greater power.

All of a sudden, another burst of radiance and light appeared.

It looked like an exploding sun, and it caused even the Consummate Gods to momentarily shield their eyes. It came from Yang Immortal-Slayer, who was apparently one of the 'ultimate geniuses'. His radiance and light were like the glory of the ancient halls of heaven, as if he were the origin of all light, the wellspring of brightness, the source of all enlightenment of that which was bright.

The other geniuses present were shocked.

"What?!" blurted the Lord of the True Void. "What is that light? What kind of genius is that coming from? How could the brightness be so incredible? What's going on here? Even someone I personally groomed as a novitiate who since became a Paramount God wouldn't shine as brightly as this. Does he really have such consummate potential?"

The Lord of the True Void wasn't the only one to be surprised. The Consummate Gods present were all completely taken aback that Yang Immortal-Slayer had proved to be such an ultimate genius.

CRASH!

The Lord of the True Void stopped the rain of sutra text, and the light radiating from the disciples faded away.

"Come here," said the Lord of the True Void, and he made a beckoning gesture that caused Yang Immortal-Slayer to fly over to him. Reaching out, he touched the top of his head, whereupon a look of even greater shock covered his face, and then it appeared as if he were communicating with someone.

The leaders of the House of God Ordainment had no idea what was going on, and none dared interrupt the Lord of the True Void to ask.

Two hours passed in deathly silence. Then, the Lord of the True Void laughed. "This is destiny. Incredible destiny! You're my new novitiate!"

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Chapter 1277: A Sinister Plan

The Lord of the True Void was unprecedentedly happy.

He had found an incredible, consummate genius that he could take as an apprentice and groom into being a top expert. In fact, if this apprentice became a Paramount God, he would definitely be able to help the Lord of the True Void accomplish many things.

Of course, the Lord of the True Void wouldn't take just any genius he came across as an apprentice. After all, there were plenty of people in the world who would return evil for good. He needed to assess the temperament of whoever he was considering accepting. The two hour period that had passed obviously involved him communicating with Yang Immortal-Slayer and learning about him. Upon confirming that he wasn't the duplicitous, back-stabbing type, he agreed to take him as an apprentice.

"Many thanks, Master!" Yang Immortal-Slayer said, dropping down to kowtow.

He was the subject of quite a bit of envy, even from the children of primeval chaos. Everyone yearned to be under the tutelage of a Paramount God, especially one like the Lord of the True Void. It was something that could be encountered by chance but never searched for and found.

"Arhat Thousand-Hands, come here," the Lord of the True Void said.

Arhat Thousand-Hands was Yang Immortal-Slayer's previous Master, and was a Greater God. As soon as he was called out, he hurried over to the God-Ordaining Dais.

"You are Yang Immortal-Slayer's previous Master, and he said many good things about you. He also said he would need your approval for this change. I'm very pleased that he shows such respect. And given that I'm stealing such a talented apprentice from you, it goes without saying that I'll offer compensation. In fact, I'll use my True-Void Invincibility Art to refine your godhood and make you a Consummate God!"

RUMBLE!

A stream of energy flowed out and wrapped up Arhat Thousand-Hands.

His godhood emitted creaking sounds as impurities were extruded from within, purifying him and cleansing his psyche.

Soon, he began to emit the aura of a Consummate God!

Paramount Gods couldn't provide such blessings, but the Lord of the True Void had mid Unbounded will convergence, so he could. It was possible to receive blessings as a reward from the sect, but it required a massive amount of merit points. Furthermore, it wasn't possible for Greater Gods to become Consummate Gods in that way, as there were no Paramount Gods in the sect, only Perfect Gods.

"I've benefited a lot from this visit," said the Lord of the True Void. Waving his hand, he opened a rift leading to another destination.

"Master," Yang Immortal-Slayer said, "might I say farewell to my brethren?"

"Yes, go ahead. However, after you make enough progress, you can return here. You're my apprentice, but I won't be placing any heavy restrictions on you. Every three years, you can come here to visit your friends. Furthermore, why don't you take these magical treasures and medicinal pills as a gift from me? You can give them to your brethren if you'd like."

Yang Immortal-Slayer flew over to Yang Qi, Jadefall, and the others. "I succeeded," he said. "We'll meet again in three years. After I return, we can rebuke heaven and earth and take control of the entire god world!"

With that, he handed a magical treasure bag to Yang Qi, which contained the gifts he had just received from the Lord of the True Void.

"Understood," Yang Qi said, nodding. "We have powerful enemies. Remember what King Immortal-Slayer said." Then he watched as Yang Immortal-Slayer left.

Yang Immortal-Slayer didn't have the God Legion Seal, and completing monarch godhood was a very difficult thing. But with a Paramount God to help him, he would have a big advantage. It was how King Immortal-Slayer had intended for things to go.

Yang Immortal-Slayer was now the subject of widespread envy. Furthermore, it gave added weight to Jadefall and the Sage Monarch Society, as everyone knew they were connected. Now, the Sage Monarch Society had an additional supporter in the Lord of the True Void. Because of that, it was a given that no one in the House of God Ordainment would cause problems for them.

Soon enough, Yang Immortal-Slayer would become an invincible entity. Plus, they had the purrling. One of the questions it raised was whether or not the junior houselord would actually succeed his father and be the new houselord next time the voting took place.

From the flickering expression on the junior houselord's face, it was obvious he was thinking about this. But he didn't say anything.

Meanwhile, odd expressions could be seen on the faces of many of the chief elders as they looked at Jadefall. She had further stabilized her position, and now some of the chief elders were wondering if they should get on better terms with her.

With that, the event concluded and everyone dispersed.

In the following months, more people joined the Sage Monarch Society. Furthermore, some of the Consummate God chief elders came to visit Jadefall, offering medicinal pills, magical treasures, and crafting ingredients as gifts. Slowly but surely, the Sage Monarch Society's treasure storehouse was filling up.

Meanwhile, Yang Qi and his brethren took every opportunity to strengthen the power and influence of the society.

Furthermore, there were other parts of the sect that wanted to get on good terms with the Sage Monarch Society, such as the Thrall Camp, Treasure House, and Pill Repository. They also came bearing gifts.

The big downside was that the Sage Monarch Society didn't have a truly powerful expert leading them. Because of that, some of the other factions didn't hold back from secretly opposing them. Furthermore, Yang Qi had come to the realization that the Mystery Society was planning something big. After looking further into it, he found that they were trying to foment rebellion in the Sage Monarch Society, even among some of the most loyal members. Apparently, they were even planning to target some of his brethren in an attempt to flip their loyalties.

Five months passed.

Although everything seemed stable in the House of God Ordainment, the truth was that things were chaotic behind the scenes. Factions of all sorts had big plans.

On one particular day, a gathering took place in the Primeval Chaos Palace. Present in a secret chamber were the houselord, junior houselord, and a few dozen of the most loyal Perfect God chief elders.

This was the most powerful group in the sect, and represented about fifty percent of its overall forces.

Yet they were all nervous about the growth of the Sage Monarch Society.

"Son, what do you think?" asked Houselord God Ordainment. "The Sage Monarch Society really is getting a lot stronger. And I'm going to be retiring before long, whereupon there will be a vote to see which of the children of primeval chaos will become the new houselord. I have the feeling it'll be a troublesome affair. If we don't get the Sage Monarch Society in check, it will likely come into conflict with you."

"Although Jadefall is technically the leader of the Sage Monarch Society," said one of the chief elders, "she's only a Common God. She wants to become a Consummate God, but that's easier said than done; however, it is true that her cultivation speed is incredible. She's only been in the House of God Ordainment for a few years, and has already made such incredible progress. Houselord, your term will only last for another three hundred years, and she'll definitely be a Consummate God by then."

"We have to be very careful," Houselord God Ordainment said. "Furthermore, I wonder what level of cultivation Yang Immortal-Slayer will reach by that time. We really need to come up with a good plan. There are some members of the council of chief elders that have shifted loyalties to Jadefall. They're even secretly providing her with resources. I wonder if that's going to cause problems for our group."

There were over a hundred chief elders in the House of God Ordainment, and they were by no means united. They all had their own plans and goals, and were always jockeying for power and influence.

If they all threw their support behind whoever became the next houselord, it would obviously lead to big benefits.

Because of the complex relationship between the houselord and the chief elders, the houselord couldn't act like a tyrant. When decisions needed to be made, he would call a meeting to discuss the matter, and would listen to the majority.

And the houselord definitely couldn't execute people with impunity.

"It's very simple," said the junior houselord. "In the world we live in, power reigns supreme. As long as I can reach the Unbounded level and become a Paramount God, I can definitely secure the position of houselord. They'll have to submit to my authority, or be killed!"

"That's true, son," said the houselord, "but are you sure you can do all of that in only three hundred years? We should at least have a backup plan. For example, what about that Mystery Society you founded? Can you get some of the Sage Monarch Society's main supporters to rebel?"

Frowning, the junior houselord said, "The Sage Monarch Society is proving to be a hard nut to crack. Their key figures are all people who've only been members of the sect for four or five years. Look, I have all the information here."

He tossed out some files with detailed information about Yang Qi, Jadefall, the Shepherd, Doom, Proud World, Yang Zhan, Sword Seventeen, Brahma, and Eldest Brother. There was even a packet about the Sage Monarch Consortium.

"Those are the key members, and all of them are hiding their true strength. They stick closely together, and thanks to the numerous missions they've accomplished over the past few years, they're incredibly strong. They can actually kill Consummate Gods! Each one possesses a crystal skull they can use to fight people much stronger than them. Furthermore, they're all extremely experienced fighters. There's no way an ordinary person in the same level would ever be able to beat them. In fact, because of that, I suspect that they're all Ascendants."

It was shocking how much information the junior houselord had gathered in such a short time.

"Ascendants?" said one of the chief elders. "If they're really Ascendants, it's going to make things even more difficult. Ascendants always become important people."

"How could I have ever guessed that the House of God Ordainment would have Ascendants?" Houselord God Ordainment said. "In the future, we need to be more careful about what disciples we accept. They've done well to achieve so much without attracting attention."

"It's not really a big deal," the junior houselord said. "Without Jadefall and the purrling, we could easily crush them. Even if they are Ascendants, it's not as though they're all as strong as Consummate Gods. I could destroy them all in one move. Cripple their energy arts. It all comes down to their leader, Jadefall. If we can take care of her, the others will be easy to deal with."

"How do you plan to do that?" asked Houselord God Ordainment.

The junior houselord smiled faintly. "Simple: win her heart! Once she's my woman, everything will be easy to take care of."

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Chapter 1278: Emissary from the God-Dynasty

The junior houselord seemed very confident. "Even if she were stronger than she is, she's still just a woman. Besides, she's only a Common God, whereas I should have Unbounded will convergence soon. As a Paramount God, there's no way I'll fail to win her heart. It couldn't be simpler."

"But that's going to be dangerous," Houselord God Ordainment said. "She still has that purrling. What if—"

"That doesn't matter. Once I get on her good side, I'll just slowly win her over. Once she's my woman, there won't be anything to fear. I'll even start by helping her out. Over the past few years, I spent some time with an expert from the dao of devils, a Paramount God who taught me a very powerful divine ability called the Emotion-Devil Six-Desires Heart-Entrance Skill. Using that, I can make sure she's as docile as could be, and jumps at the chance to be my woman."

The junior houselord had clearly thought the matter through.

"Fine," one of the chief elders said. "Since you're not doing anything aggressive, you should be safe. Just don't forget that she already has someone close to her heart. Yang Qi. I've done some digging into the Sage Monarch Society, and although Jadefall is the leader, that Yang Qi pulls a lot of strings. His energy arts aren't very high, but he's very powerful. He's basically her most trusted adviser, and she listens to his suggestions. I'm afraid winning her heart won't be easy with him around."

"I can do it," the junior houselord said. "I've done my own research into that brat Yang Qi. He's clever, but too weak and unimportant. Personal strength is the most important factor here. I know I can't do anything about the purrling, but there's nothing protecting Yang Qi. I'll take him out directly, if I have to."

"What," another chief elder said. "You're going to make a move on Yang Qi? Given the level of your cultivation base, Junior Houselord, dealing with him should be easy. But killing a gnat with a sledgehammer will draw a lot of attention, and could cause unnecessary complications. Remember, the genius that the Lord of the True Void took as an apprentice is also surnamed Yang. He's Yang Immortal-Slayer's close friend, and likely a blood relative."

"I'm obviously not going to kill him personally. First I'll try recruiting him. If that fails, I'll get rid of him. He's one of the most important people in the Sage Monarch Society, so taking him out will be a big blow to them. Of course, I can't do it with my own hands. If Yang Immortal-Slayer reaches a truly high level of cultivation, it'll be easy for him to figure out that I was the culprit. In fact, I don't want anyone from the House of God Ordainment to be involved. Thankfully, in my years outside the sect, I made a lot of friends from the dao of devils that I can get to help. And again, that's only if he refuses to cooperate."

The junior houselord truly believed that he had everything firmly under control.

Meanwhile, Yang Qi was working on his cultivation. After Yang Immortal-Slayer left, he felt more than ever that he wasn't strong enough.

At the most, he could kill a mid Consummate God in a fight, but when it came to late or peak experts, he would have no choice but to run away.

And facing any Perfect God, even in the early level, would mean certain death.

He would similarly be slaughtered by anyone with Unbounded will.

Thankfully, he had learned a huge amount from observing the purrling and King Immortal-Slayer working together. Sending his divine will into his monarch godhood, he saw numerous power doubles in the shape of bubbles. At the same time, he summoned a huge bubble to surround himself.

Spatial tempests raged in the void, flowing into his monarch godhood and cleansing it. Then, Yang Qi started to retract his thoughts, causing the fluctuations of his mind to settle, like an insect going into hibernation.

He was slowly heading toward a state of Nevasaññānāsaññāyatana.

He was forgetting about his physical self and entering a new world of miraculous thinking. It was neither thought, nor was it not thought. Empty, but not empty. Existing, but not existing.

It was a miraculous state that caused his physical body to slowly collapse, leaving behind only his godhood, slowly rotating. The fact that his godhood remained showed that he hadn't actually entered Nevasaññānāsaññāyatana. If he had, he would be invincible, and would be able to control all of heaven and earth.

That said, his current state was still incredibly impressive.

He had removed his fleshly body, godpower, and everything else about himself until only his monarch godhood remained. Monarch godhood was simply too impressive. It surpassed all other things in existence.

Because of that, reducing it to a state of nothing was extremely difficult. That said, he didn't need to enter that state right now. As soon as his fleshly body vanished, he felt his thoughts and psychic power stirring and improving.

Doing things like this, it would probably take several hundred years to reach the mid Paramount level.

It was a big improvement from before. Given his previous psychic power, he probably wouldn't ever have achieved the breakthrough. But now, it was a possibility within the next few hundred years. In the god world, hundreds of years could pass in the snap of a finger. It had already been five years since he ascended from the impure lands, and it had gone by in a flash. Almost like a dream.

Next, something very strange happened. Yang Qi took control of his monarch godhood and sent it piercing through space. He left the god kingdom and entered the wild spatial tempests.

When the power of the tempests struck his monarch godhood, nothing happened except that a few sparks flew. It was much like when iron was struck and impurities were removed from it, making it stronger and more complete.

An indeterminable period of time passed before Yang Qi pulled his godhood back to its original position.

Back in his mansion grotto in the god kingdom, he formed his body anew, complete with a sea of energy, dantian region, meridians, and everything else. His psychic power had been boosted significantly. That was when he found that forty-nine days had passed, although he hadn't been aware of the passage of time.

To cultivators, time was often not worth calculating. If anything, time sometimes passed too quickly.

As he came out of his trance, one of his jade medallions buzzed, and he found that it was a message from Dream Daylily of the Crown Prince Society.

Leaving the god kingdom, he headed to the city where she resided.

"Have you been working on your cultivation? It's been awhile since you came to check in." She seemed a bit irritated.

"My apologies, exalted Dream Daylily. I was making use of a medicinal pill given to me by the Lord of the True Void. I fell into a deep trance in which I lost track of everything."

"The Lord of the True Void?" she replied. "That's what I wanted to ask you about. Seven months ago the Lord of the True Void came to the House of God Ordainment and took one of your brethren away with him. Is that right? Yang Immortal-Slayer. I wanted to ask you much earlier about this, except you went into seclusion."

"That's right, he's a brother of mine," Yang Qi said. "He's much more talented than the average person. He's supposed to return for a visit after three years. When he does, I'll try to get him to join the Crown Prince Society."

"Forget about that," Dream Daylily said. "The Lord of the True Void doesn't belong to any particular organization, and is a wanderer. But he can't be taken lightly. If he finds out we're scheming about his apprentice, he may react with extreme violence. The crown prince already has Unbounded will convergence, but isn't a Paramount God yet. He will be, sooner or later, but at the moment, he's not a match for the Lord of the True Void. We don't want to make a fool of ourselves in trying to be clever, so just drop the idea of recruiting his apprentice."

Yang Qi nodded, but inside, he was laughing coldly.

"Your Sage Monarch Society has been growing rapidly," Dream Daylily continued. "I heard that you're the top lieutenant of the leader, Jadefall, and that she listens to everything you say. I've reported this matter up the chain of command, and because of it, the leaders have come to think of you as being very important. They want you to get stronger as fast as possible. In three hundred years, the House of God Ordainment will finally vote to select a new houselord. The old houselord will step down and become a chief elder; either that, or he'll go out to live as a wanderer. The current houselord wants his son to succeed him, which is why the junior houselord founded that Mystery Society of his. At the moment, none of the other factions in the sect can deal with this Mystery Society. Furthermore, I've uncovered information that indicates the Mystery Society is going to take action against your Sage Monarch Society. The junior houselord cultivated a devil technique that he plans to use to win Jadefall's heart. You need to be very careful. Stick close to Jadefall and make sure she doesn't get fooled by him."

"I see..." Yang Qi said. He knew that in the seven months that had passed, the junior houselord had been wining and dining Jadefall, talking about daoist techniques and plying her with gifts. But how could she fall for a trick like that?

She was planning to beat him at his own game in what she viewed as a battle of wits.

"The words of the lowly carry little weight," Yang Qi said, putting an angry, jealous glint into his eyes. He even cracked his knuckles. "And I think Jadefall actually likes the junior houselord."

When Dream Daylily saw his performance, she chuckled inwardly. "That's why we're going to help you get stronger. Incidentally, an emissary from the Eternal-Life God-Dynasty has come to see you. Prepare for the meeting."

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Chapter 1279: God-King Ruthless

"An emissary is here to see me? To bless me?" Yang Qi's heart was starting to pound. Whoever this emissary was, they would definitely be an important person. And if they planned to bless him with power, it was going to be something dramatic. Dream Daylily was a Consummate God, so if she treated this emissary as more important than her, they were definitely a Perfect God at the least.

"The emissary is one of the crown prince's valiant generals," Dream Daylily said. "God-King Ruthless. He's a Perfect God, so make sure to be extremely respectful, alright? You absolutely, positively must not do anything out of line. If you do, I won't have any way to help you out."

"Got it," Yang Qi said, and he meant it. There was no question that Perfect Gods were incredibly powerful, and he knew he wasn't in the position to defy one.

That said, not even a Perfect God would have any way to pick up on the truth about him. So as long as he was careful, he would be fine.

With that, Dream Daylily led Yang Qi into another room.

He immediately felt the atmosphere turn extremely tense. The air seemed to fill with a ruthless feeling, as though he were entering the presence of a despotic tyrant.

He saw a middle-aged man clad in a suit of armor, with an aquiline nose and glowing green eyes. He had long, bushy sideburns, and seemed like the picture of a mighty warrior, a ruthless person who had killed too many people to ever count. It was even possible to see souls drifting around his person, and he pulsed with the rancorous energy of his uncountable victims.

Yang Qi instantly realized that even if all of the Consummate Gods in the House of God Ordainment teamed up, they would be killed by this man. Of course, the House of God Ordainment had secret reserve powers that would likely enable them to fight someone like this.

"Greetings, God-King Ruthless," Dream Daylily said.

Yang Qi dropped to his knees to kowtow. "Your humble servant offers greetings, oh exalted God-King. Congratulations on your Unbounded will; I'm sure that you'll become a Paramount very soon!"

This person was so incredibly powerful that the slightest slip-up on his part would lead to a huge disaster. Normally speaking, he would never even have a chance to associate with someone like this; he was only able to now because of what had been happening with the Sage Monarch Society.

Of course, Yang Qi had hidden his true nature from the Lord of the True Void, so doing the same for God-King Ruthless wasn't anything too difficult.

"Well spoken, boy," God-King Ruthless said. Even as he just stood there, his armor clinked as though he was prepared to start fighting at any moment.

"Exalted God-King Ruthless, this is Jadefall's most trusted adviser, and he's also a member of the Crown Prince Society. He's done much for our society since joining, and has recruited a lot of new members. Thanks to him, we have quite a bit of influence in the House of God Ordainment now." Dream Daylily was talking Yang Qi up, in part to highlight her own accomplishments, considering she had recruited him.

"I'm well aware of everything he's done," God-King Ruthless said. "There's no need for you to embellish matters. You have a lot of important tasks at hand. For example, turning the Sage Monarch Society into a part of the Crown Prince Society, like a cicada sloughing its skin. What do you say?"

"That's what we've been planning to do," Dream Daylily replied. "That said, it's not going to be easy. As you can see, Yang Qi isn't exactly very strong..."

"That's exactly what I'm worried about," God-King Ruthless said, a cold smile playing out on his face. "Come to me, I'll provide a blessing of power."

"Many thanks, oh exalted God-King." Looking like the picture of gratitude, Yang Qi stepped forward. Of course, inwardly, his killing intent was swirling. He had worked hard to build the Sage Monarch Society, and to think that they wanted him to make it part of the Crown Prince Society was infuriating. Furthermore, it ensured that they would eventually meet the same fate as Dragon Floret.

He would take that piece of the Mahātmā Jade and make sure the Eternal-Life God-Dynasty suffered a grievous blow in the process.

"Let's first see what potential you have," said God-King Ruthless.

He reached his hand out and sent some godpower deep into Yang Qi, which was actually quite a painful process.

'He's so incredibly strong. Thankfully, I learned a lot from King Immortal-Slayer. If I hadn't, I might not have gotten through this situation safely.' Yang Qi simply endured the pain, using the Life-Death Void-Destruction Lightning to keep the God Legion Seal well-hidden. Furthermore, he also made his monarch godhood seem like the ordinary godhood of a Lesser God.

A moment later, God-King Ruthless nodded. "Not bad. You actually endured the intense pain of my Ruthless Soul Examination. Even Common Gods who experience that technique will often pass out, or even be reduced to a vegetative state. But you maintained clarity. You definitely deserve a blessing of power."

The pain vanished.

"Many thanks, exalted God-King!" Yang Qi said fawningly. "Your abilities are world-encompassing! You are a peerless hegemon of—"

"That's enough," said God-King Ruthless. "I'm not interested in empty platitudes, so cut it with the brown-nosing. I slaughtered my way to where I am now. I've commanded millions upon millions of troops in battle, and have sent so many heads rolling that nobody can count them. I only care about services performed on the battlefield, so if you want my support, you need to earn credit in battle!"

"Right. Credit in battle. I'll definitely make sure the Sage Monarch Society becomes part of the Crown Prince Society, and that the entire House of God Ordainment falls under the control of the crown prince. I'll go through hell and high water for the crown prince's sake!"

"Very good," God-King Ruthless said. "Although you've earned some merit points lately, they don't come close enough to pay for a meeting with me, much less a blessing of power. But the crown prince ordered this. He's paying close attention to the House of God Ordainment, and he wants to see results! He even gave me some treasures you can use to recruit more members. We especially want Jadefall. As for that junior houselord, he's refused the crown prince over and over again, so for that, he'll die."

Upon hearing this, Yang Qi thought, 'This is really a dog-eat-dog situation. That said, it's good for me. They're the sandpiper and the clam, whereas I'm the fisherman waiting to step in and catch both.'

"How exactly do you plan to bless me, oh exalted God-King?" Yang Qi asked. "I've been stuck in a cultivation bottleneck recently, and am having trouble breaking through. It seems to be mostly related to my will convergence."

"Don't concern yourself with that. That said, during the process of blessing, you need to be careful. I'll draw on a spell formation of battle and slaughter, which will be used to imbue you with godpower, remold your body, and strengthen your psychic power. Because of the rapid speed involved, there could be side-effects. You have to reach the Consummate God level to continue your cultivation, otherwise you could explode. The crown prince gave me a medicinal pill to use. It's a Nation-Fate God Pill, one of the most valuable pills in the Eternal-Life God-Dynasty, which contains the destiny of the entire dynasty. You're lucky to get something like this."

With that, he produced a medicinal pill.

It was the size of a fist, and red, making it reminiscent of the red dust of the mortal world. It seemed to contain blood, slaughter, benevolence, righteousness, enlightenment, law, tactics, trickery, and warfare. It was as if an entire nation had been combined into a single medicinal pill.

A Nation-Fate God Pill.

Yang Qi was inwardly shaken. He had never heard of any type of pill like this. Apparently, it took the destiny of a nation and put it in the form of a medicinal pill designed to boost the psyche and improve one's power. It was an Unbounded god pill, and would obviously be extremely valuable.

He knew that he couldn't assimilate that pill, but apparently, God-King Ruthless planned to use a spell formation to help him. There was no doubt it would cause serious side-effects.

"Exalted God-King," said Dream Daylily, "Nation-Fate God Pills are very rare and powerful. Considering how weak Yang Qi's cultivation base is, can he really consume it? I don't think even I would dare to try."

God-King Ruthless looked at her coldly. "Obviously he can't. If he consumed this medicinal pill, there would be many harmful side-effects. The pill is just too strong. But with me to help, what does he have to be scared of? As long as he follows my instructions, I'll take care of everything. The power of the crown prince can overcome any type of side-effect. Now remember, when I give you this medicinal pill, I'll be using my spell formation at the same time. It will set up a permanent sealing mark within you that will make you impervious to any magical treasures or wretch arts. It will limit your actions, but at the same time, will improve your power to carry out slaughter. Can you deal with that?"

"I understand!" Yang Qi blurted. "Please, exalted God-King, do as you wish!"

"Very gutsy. I like you! You're going to accomplish a lot in the future."

Waving his hand, he said, "Warfare Destiny Vortex!"

Then he grabbed Yang Qi, even as an enormous outpouring of killing intent surged around him.

"We can't do this in the city, it would cause too much of a scene, and would surely attract the attention of the House of God Ordainment. I'll take you to a distant aspect of space-time where I can set up the spell formation. It's a place where I waged war over a hundred years ago, slaughtering countless experts that I then used to form an army of souls capable of unleashing endless killing energy. It will stimulate your psyche, but the process will be very dangerous."

With that, he vanished into the spatial tempests, taking Yang Qi with him.

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Chapter 1280: Nation-Fate God Pill

'Who would've thought that God-King Ruthless would use a Nation-Fate God Pill to try to improve my cultivation base? Although he's obviously only doing it to control me and seize control of the Sage Monarch League, it's still an incredible pill. Will I be able to deal with the side-effects? I'm curious to see what a god pill made of the fate of an entire nation is going to be like.'

God-King Ruthless grabbed Yang Qi and stepped into the void, where spatial tempests whipped about everywhere.

Wormholes and vortexes were all around, some of which resembled enormous castles, and some of which resembled primeval godworms. Others looked like rivers of bladed weapons, enormous beasts, or spirits. They were formed from ancient divine elements, and were incredibly powerful, and while they lacked consciousness, they roamed the spatial tempests, ejecting or slaughtering intruders.

The depths of space-time were profoundly mysterious and contained unending dangers, yet at the same time, there were magical treasures for the taking. Sometimes, Consummate Gods would enter the depths of space-time, but get lost and never be able to escape.

In such cases, they would ultimately die. The only people who could safely traverse such places were Perfect and Paramount Gods, who would often go there to set up spell formations or god kingdoms.

The space-time of the god world was filled with crevices and rifts. It was similar to the ocean floor, in which some areas were perfect places for fish or other sea creatures to thrive, but also featured places of extreme danger.

Right now, God-King Ruthless was leading Yang Qi into a huge maelstrom.

It contained numerous spatial tempests, and shockingly, had a huge spell formation in the middle. It looked almost like the map of a nation, pulsing with a sensation of history, civilization, knowledge, and culture.

It was a spell formation whose foundation was built on the fate of a nation, and it was powerful beyond belief.

The Eternal-Life God-Dynasty had been a domineering force in the god world for many years, and administered innumerable vassal states, sects, clans, and cities. Considering that, it was almost impossible to say how abundant its destiny was. As for the crown prince, he was a child of that nation, which meant that he had access to the fate of the nation, and could unleash it in mysterious ways.

Buzzzz.

The spell formation trembled.

"Get inside, boy," God-King Ruthless said, shoving Yang Qi forward. The power of time flowed across Yang Qi like water as everything outside the spell formation was sealed. Then, the power of time stabbed into him like needles.

"Converge the fate of the nation. Use the small to see the large. The large is the country, the small is the needle." God-King Ruthless pointed his finger at Yang Qi. "You're lucky, boy. This spell formation was personally created by the crown prince to draw on the fate of the Eternal-Life God-Dynasty. It also contains boundless vital energy from the god world, which it converts into the same kind of nation fate. The Eternal-Life God-Dynasty is a dynasty that will last for all eternity, and is invincible in all heaven and earth. As for this god pill the crown prince concocted, it's nothing short of amazing. Normally speaking, you'd never be able to consume this pill, but in this circumstance, it's going to be very useful for you. Once you consume it, your destiny will link with the destiny of the Eternal-Life God-Dynasty. Afterward, no matter what dramatic things happen, you'll always belong to the dynasty. Understand? Your life will always be connected to the dynasty. If it falls, you die. You will work for the crown prince forevermore, and that will never change. It's only in this way that the crown prince will truly trust you." With that, he burst out laughing.

'Crap,' Yang Qi thought. This was going to be a breakthrough that involved extreme danger. If he consumed the Nation-Fate God Pill, his destiny would become linked with that of the Eternal-Life God-Dynasty. It was similar to the purification ceremonies of the buddhist schools, except more powerful.

The experts from the buddhist schools could purify monsters, transforming their hearts and minds, removing the evil from them and turning them into virtuous monks. Of course, it had to be done voluntarily.

Consuming a Nation-Fate God Pill would give him a huge boost in power, but would transform him, forcing him to be subservient to the Eternal-Life God-Dynasty. He would be a faithful minister or a loyal general who would die for his country if he had to.

It was terrifying to think of completely losing himself and turning himself over to become the loyal tool of some country.

At the same time, Yang Qi realized that God-King Ruthless' fate was also completely tied up with that of the Eternal-Life God-Dynasty. He was a loyal servant who would do anything for his country, and would view dying for it as going home.

"Giving up his life for the sake of his country; He looks toward death as a journey home!"

As God-King Ruthless recited the two lines of poetry in a stern and awe-inspiring voice, energy surged out of him, and the Nation-Fate God Pill appeared. As the pill hovered above Yang Qi's head, God-King Ruthless said, "Consume the pill, and remember these lines. Giving up his life for the sake of his country; He looks toward death as a journey home! Understand? If the Eternal-Life God-Dynasty wants to send you to your death, you won't feel the least bit of grievance!"

"Understood!" Yang Qi said loudly.

"Good. Let's begin!" God-King Ruthless thrust his palm out, and the Nation-Fate God Pill exploded into numerous streams of power that shot into Yang Qi, filling him with the will of countless passionate heroes rushing forth to do the bidding of the nation.

Inside, Yang Qi snorted coldly. 'Trying to brainwash me? That's not going to happen. Let everything become empty. Nevasaññānāsaññāyatana. Fame and fortune, honor and glory, let them all be abandoned. Leave only thoughts; independence is empty. Let the psyche experience ultimate freedom...' He could feel the powerful fate of an entire nation trying to change him, force thoughts of glory and heroism into him, and transform him into a Consummate God expert.

It was hard, but he held on to himself. An undying spark burned in his brain, and his psyche clung to freedom. And the Strength of the Hell-Crushing Godmammoth was at work, using the illusions of Life-Death Void-Destruction to fool God-King Ruthless.

"Godhood Infusion!"

God-King Ruthless never could have guessed that Yang Qi would be causing mischief in this situation. How could a Lesser God trapped in the middle of a formation like this, with his psyche under assault, ever fight back?

Yet that was what Yang Qi was doing, right under God-King Ruthless' nose.

Under the immense pressure, his psyche advanced. The invincible destiny of the entire Eternal-Life God-Dynasty was weighing down on him, with another will trying to take control of him and restrict his freedom.

However, there could hardly be any better training than this. On a few occasions, he very nearly succumbed, and fell into the mindset of a noble hero willing to sacrifice for the country. But each time, his own spirit rebounded.

If this assault had occurred before he learned so much from King Immortal-Slayer and the purrling, then not even the God Legion Seal and his monarch godhood would have been of any help. The reason was that the God Legion Seal couldn't control his heart.

In contrast, the fate of a nation, the spirit of the country, heroism, nobility, loyalty, and other such things were related to the heart. Thankfully, Yang Qi was keeping a firm grip on such things.

Immense power flowed into his godhood, which emitted creaking and crunching sounds. Although he was keeping the truth hidden, his monarch godhood, his psychic power, his will, and his power were all rising dramatically.

RUMBLE!

He suddenly rose from the mid Lesser God level to the late level. Then he exerted some more effort, and rose to the Common God level.

No one in existence actually knew exactly how much power it required to improve monarch godhood. It was an astronomical amount that could wipe out all the medicinal pill reserves of even the largest sect.

But right now, the power of the Nation-Fate God Pill was flowing into Yang Qi, which was normally something that only Perfect Gods or higher could sustain.

Off to the side, God-King Ruthless was working hard to keep the formation going and to balance the vital energy streams. It was only because the crown prince had personally provided this pill and formation that something completely unthinkable was happening.

"Blessing of Nation-Fate!" An hour passed, whereupon the sweating God-King Ruthless had to start drawing on his own power.

A vortex appeared above his head, swirling with explosive force as he sent his own animadestiny true energy into the formation.

"Crown Prince Talisman!"

Seeing that Yang Qi seemed on the verge of losing control, he waved his hand, pulling a dragon-shaped talisman out of his garment. After throwing it out, it turned into a host of magical symbols that settled onto Yang Qi, piercing into his sea of consciousness.

"The boundless will of the crown prince is one with the fate of our nation. It will transform your spirit and soul on all levels. Even if you die and are reincarnated, you will still be a loyal subject!" God-King Ruthless burst out laughing.

Yang Qi was in unprecedented danger. The immense will of the crown prince rumbled forth, fusing with the fate of a nation and bringing to bear immense force as it unrelentingly battered against him.

1. This is a line of poetry from a famous poem called On the White Horse, by Cao Zhi in the Three Kingdoms Period. .

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Chapter 1281: Successful Transformation

The Unbounded will of the crown prince was mixed with the impressive power of the Nation-Fate God Pill. It rumbled forth with invincible, obliterating force, trying to force Yang Qi to become a loyal subject and servant. Of course, because of this, he was in a very dangerous situation.

The crown prince was trying to turn him into nothing more than a pawn.

The crown prince was a very formidable figure, and rumor had it that he was even more mysterious and unpredictable than the emperor himself. Not many people were worthy to receive his personal assistance.

But Yang Qi was one of them. Of course, the crown prince had no idea who Yang Qi really was. He just knew that he was connected to Jadefall and the purrling, and that their Sage Monarch Society was a rising force in the House of God Ordainment. Therefore, he wanted nothing more than to turn Yang Qi into an agent and pawn. And there was no way he would agree to let Yang Qi be an agent with free will, so he concocted the Nation-Fate God Pill and sent God-King Ruthless to administer it.

Of course, Yang Qi had his own backup moves to rely on.

Within the god kingdom of the God Legion Seal was the Crown Prince from the impure lands. Taking that expression of will, he sent it to meet the will of the crown prince from the Eternal-Life God-Dynasty, and it instantly lost some of its ruthlessness and power of control.

The Crown Prince from the impure lands had originated with the crown prince of the Eternal-Life God-Dynasty. The latter had used some unknown daoist technique and passageway to secretly send some of his will into the impure lands to search for lost god items. Whether it was the God Legion Seal or King Immortal-Slayer's legacy medallions, he had hoped to locate them and bring them back to the Eternal-Life God-Dynasty. Unfortunately, that expression of will had clashed with Yang Qi, and ended up being killed.

That said, the Crown Prince from the impure lands was ultimately an expression of the will of the real crown prince. When the will of the true crown prince encountered a version of itself, it was a given that it wouldn't do something to harm itself. Therefore, it was easy for Yang Qi to ultimately subjugate it.

RUMBLE!

Yang Qi was taking advantage of this moment to finally achieve a big success. Thanks to the Unbounded will surging in his mind, and the godpower at work, he was able to finally push his own will convergence from early to mid Paramount level.

In Paramount will convergence, there were four sublevels of early, mid, late, and peak. And all of them were significant upgrades that came with different abilities.

By practicing cultivation the normal way, it would have taken Yang Qi hundreds of years to reach the mid level. But thanks to the will of the crown prince and the nation-fate of the Eternal-Life God-Dynasty, his will was receiving a major blessing that was pushing him to a much higher level.

Furthermore, the effort to take control of him was turning out to be a complete failure.

The Nation-Fate God Pill, the spell formation, the talismans, the power... all of it was pouring into Yang Qi to help his monarch godhood improve, and pushing his will convergence to a higher level.

He was now as strong as a Consummate God, at least in the term of his will convergence.

Early Paramount will convergence was generally for Greater Gods, whereas the mid level was for Consummate Gods.

As for Perfect Gods, they absolutely required late Paramount will convergence.

There were even outstanding figures among Perfect Gods who actually had peak Paramount will. After that came the breakthrough to Unbounded will convergence, which came along with the godhood of Paramount Gods.

The power Yang Qi felt within him was something that would normally take three thousand god world years of cultivation to achieve. With it, he might not be able to take on the crown prince, but he would at least be able to hold his own against God-King Ruthless.

"It finally worked?" God-King Ruthless asked, not having seen any of the true transformations in Yang Qi. The control Yang Qi had exerted with the God Legion Seal and the Life-Death Void-Destruction Lightning was enough to completely fool any Perfect God. Of course, Paramount Gods would be a different story.

When he looked at Yang Qi, he simply saw a version that pulsed with the fate of the nation, and the aura of the crown prince.

"Many thanks for your help, God-King Ruthless!" Yang Qi said, dropping to his knees and kowtowing. Of course, inwardly, he was laughing coldly. 'Sadly for you, my God Legion Seal is more than capable of dealing with a Perfect God. In fact, maybe I should actually force you to submit to me. Dive into your mind, learn what you're thinking, and make you do my bidding.'

"You work for the crown prince now, and are a loyal servant of the imperial dynasty. Got it?" Although God-King Ruthless was fairly certain that the Nation-Fate God Pill had successfully subjugated Yang Qi, he still wanted to test Yang Qi out to confirm.

Yang Qi immediately expressed his undying loyalty to the dynasty. "Your humble servant is indeed fully loyal to the dynasty. I have no other thoughts in my mind. I am a tool of the dynasty and the crown prince."

God-King Ruthless nodded. "Good. Your cultivation base isn't bad, now all you need to do is take the time to assimilate the residual power of the medicinal pill that's still within you. Remember, if you aren't loyal to the crown prince in every action, you'll automatically detonate. That said, although you're strong, I'm still going to teach you a very ferocious energy art unique to our Eternal-Life God-Dynasty. It's called the Nation-Fate Godfist. Watch closely!"

He launched a punch, ripping open a rift into the void, out of which lunged a host of ghost-gods. He struck out again, and a shadowy figure appeared behind him, which crushed all the forces pouring from the rift.

"The Nation-Fate Godfist is a consummate art of the Eternal-Life God-Dynasty, which has been studied and augmented by countless generations of emperors. It contains the auras of Paramount Gods from ancient times, as well as the destiny and fate of our nation. All of these things are combined into three stances. First stance: Sovereign and State Die Together!"

RUMBLE!

The moment fist strike was launched, the cosmic power of a nation was unleashed, reversing the dao of heaven and sending out vital energy fluctuations pulsing with the tragedy of an entire country, including the fallen dead and the living heroes who championed its cause.

"What an incredible fist technique!" Yang Qi was actually shocked. He had long since mastered the Hand of the One God from the Strength of the Hell-Crushing Godmammoth, as well as the various abilities that came with the Unspoiled Body. All of them were domineering abilities that could completely look down on other martial disciplines.

But after seeing only the first move of this Nation-Fate Godfist, he could see why it was said to contain the wills of ancient Paramount Gods and the quintessence of the martial path.

"Second stance. Break the State, the Lands Remain!"

The second stance furthered the grief and mourning, and Yang Qi could even see the children of countless heroes, bravely advancing forward and looking upon death as going home, disregarding safety and even life itself for the sake of their nation.

Heroes died willingly, creating a dao of both valor and heroism.

This fist caused an immense spatial tempest to appear, establishing a beautiful vision of a new age and era.

'This fist technique is one for heroes,' Yang Qi thought, sighing in admiration. 'If a dynasty could be this strong, and be built on the blood sacrifice of countless heroes, it would be truly mighty. This technique borders on the level of the Sovereign Lord himself! And the Eternal-Life God-Dynasty benefits every time the Nation-Fate Godfist is unleashed. Amazing.'

"Third stance. Blood Stains Spring and Autumn!"

God-King Ruthless went on to go through the stances, using countless variations. He conjured the image of the blood-soaked severed heads of numerous heroes, like an epic saga unparalleled under heaven, creating a dao of humanity that couldn't be resisted. This was definitely something of the gods.

Yang Qi watched closely for three days and three nights.

As he did, the various daoist techniques built into his Sage Monarch Grand Magic advanced, becoming more complete.

"Are there more moves after that?" Yang Qi asked.

"It wouldn't do you any good to see them, as you'd be unable to use them. Furthermore, it could harm you. That's enough for now. Head back and further the interests of the crown prince and his plan. Remember, your life is his now. Hopefully you can perform well over the next few years, but if you don't, the Nation-Fate God Pill will ensure that you end up dead. Got it?" With that, God-King Ruthless waved his hand, slicing open another passageway that Yang Qi disappeared into.

Soon, Yang Qi found himself out in the wilderness again. Smiling coldly, he thought, 'You think it's that simple? I've assimilated that Nation-Fate God Pill. And it also helped me compare the real crown prince with my version. Right, let's see how the Crown Prince is doing.'

He waved his sleeve, and the Crown Prince appeared. Surprisingly, he had already formed his godhood and broken through to the peak of the Terrifying level.

He already had the aura of a god!

He had finally reached godly ascension.

"I'm a god now, Yang Qi," the Crown Prince said, opening his eyes. "You'll eventually regret not killing me."

Yang Qi snorted. "As long as you're a god, that's all that matters. Now you're going to become part of my God Legion Seal." The time had come to truly start working on his big plan.

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Chapter 1282: Who's the Pawn Now?

"You now understand who you are, Crown Prince," Yang Qi said. "An expression of will from a powerful entity, sent to the impure lands to search for lost god items. You really were a god from heaven descended into the mortal world. Unfortunately, I need your services now, to benefit from the person who created you and eventually get into his treasure storehouse. That's my key to developing Unbounded will convergence."

The Crown Prince burst out laughing. "Of course I knew I had an impressive origin. But don't you think this plan of yours is like playing with fire? Haven't you heard the saying play with fire, die by fire? That's what you're doing."

"You and the crown prince of the Eternal-Life God-Dynasty are just people. And you have the same will. Do you really think you're a match for me? You were trash back in the day, even when you were an invincible figure in the Demi-Immortal Institute. Now you're even less important than you were back then. I killed you and your eighteen allies back then, and I can kill you just as easily now."

"I've already died once, Yang Qi, so I'm not afraid of dying again. So there's nothing you can do to scare me or force my hand. I'm just waiting to watch you die."

Apparently, the Crown Prince was never truly going to submit, and really wanted to see Yang Qi dead.

"Enough jibber-jabber. You're a god, so it's time for you to put your throne inside the God Legion Seal." Yang Qi waved his hand, and the Crown Prince was forced to seal his soul inside the God Legion Seal. Almost immediately, he sensed a golden throne appear in the seal, which actually belonged to the crown prince of the Eternal-Life God-Dynasty.

An immense stream of power flowed forth.

'Awesome!' At long last, Yang Qi had finally locked on to the true crown prince. He could sense his life force, and even some of his scattered thoughts. It was going to take a lot more work before he could take control of him, but this would at least make it possible to start doing things like looking for a way into the treasure storehouse, or track down the piece of the Mahātmā Jade.

WHOOSH!

With that, he flew back to the House of God Ordainment.

Jadefall was in the middle of a session of cultivation, and at a mere glance, Yang Qi could tell that she was just on the verge of a breakthrough. Exhaling, he sent some of the quintessence of the Nation-Fate God Pill toward her. Instantly, cracking sounds rang out within her as impurities were extruded and her power became more pure. Then, her godhood glowed with bright colors as her cultivation base advanced.

"What just happened, Yang Qi?" Jadefall asked. "When did your energy arts get so strong?"

"Well, it's like this..." he said, and we went on to explain about God-King Ruthless. "I'm now in favor with the Crown Prince, which thankfully fits in perfectly with my plan. Instead of him controlling me, I'm going to take advantage of him to get my hands on some of the things I need. This will save me at least three thousand god world years of hard cultivation."

"So that's how it is..." Jadefall replied. "Well, does that mean you're going to the Eternal-Life God-Dynasty to look for that piece of the Mahātmā Jade? I have an idea in that regard."

"Oh, what idea?" Yang Qi asked.

"The Sage Monarch Society has become quite powerful, and many of our brethren have developed impressive cultivation bases. But we still lack a truly powerful potentate to lead us, and the infighting in the House of God Ordainment is as intense as always. The junior houselord has started exerting himself and invited me to attend a banquet. Obviously, he has some scheme at work. Instead of accepting, I've decided to return to the Eternal-Life God-Dynasty to visit my adopted mother. She has a very powerful cultivation base, and is very influential. She's actually the supreme concubine, and she has sons who run powerful factions in the dynasty. They oppose the crown prince, so if I can get her support by offering her some power in the Eternal-Life God-Dynasty, then..."

"There's no need to go into any more detail. I get it." Yang Qi chuckled. "That is a good idea. Let's take advantage of your connections to the Eternal-Life God-Dynasty to try getting into their treasure storehouse in a way no one will ever realize what's happened. As long as I can get that piece of the Mahātmā Jade, my psychic power will skyrocket."

"There's no time to lose. Let's go now."

"Hold on a moment," Yang Qi said. "I should inform the Crown Prince Society of what's going on and see how they react. We might be able to make the best of both worlds here."

"Agreed," Jadefall said.

He blurred into motion, heading out to the headquarters of the Eternal-Life God-Dynasty in the nearby city. Soon, he was in Dream Daylily's presence.

"What?!" she shouted, slapping the table. "Jadefall is going to see the supreme concubine? She wants her support to help grow the Sage Monarch Society? This is big! It's a good thing you reported this, and it'll be very worth your while. Recruiting you into the Crown Prince Society was obviously the right choice."

"What's the meaning of it all, exalted Dream Daylily?" Yang Qi said.

"It's simple. The supreme concubine is nobody to look down on. She has several sons, all of whom are imperial princes, and they all oppose the crown prince. In fact, they've joined forces for personal interest and have even tried spying on the imperial bureaucracy."

"How could that possibly be?" Yang Qi scoffed. "The crown prince is completely invincible! He has Unbounded will convergence, and it's a foregone conclusion he'll become a Paramount God! Who could possibly try to take on the crown prince? Only someone suicidal would try that."

"There's truth to your words, but we still have to be very careful. The reality is that before the crown prince reached Unbounded will convergence he was in extreme danger, and was very nearly crippled. Certain members of the imperial house worked with a woman from the dao of devils, an imperial concubine who accused the crown prince of seducing her. It caused an uproar in the imperial house, and the emperor was furious. He even sentence the crown prince to be crippled. However, the crown prince managed to turn everything around at the last minute by breaking through to Unbounded will convergence. After that, the chief elders were left completely speechless."

"The crown prince can really shake heaven and earth. He's a true hero among heroes!" Although Yang Qi offered praise with his lips, inside he was thinking, 'Things are complicated in the Eternal-Life God-Dynasty.'

"The Eternal-Life God-Dynasty has very strict rules, and not even the crown prince can push them too far. There are certain powerful chief elders in the court, Paramount Gods in charge of enforcing the law and maintaining etiquette. Because of them, the crown prince can't just seize power. And if one of the other imperial princes manages to gain the favor of the emperor, the crown prince could end up ousted. And in that case, he would have no recourse, not even armed resistance. The Eternal-Life God-Dynasty has been around for countless generations, and throughout all that time, there's never been a successful revolt that overthrew the throne. Because of that, we have to be very careful how we handle our internal struggles, otherwise we could be branded as traitors."

"Understood," Yang Qi said. "So what do we do? Please give me some instructions, exalted one."

"You've already done well. Unfortunately, we can't interfere with Jadefall asking the supreme concubine for support. The supreme concubine is very, very powerful; in fact, she's one of the most powerful figures in the entire court. It's too bad the crown prince can't just kill those sons of hers. For now, just play things by ear. Head to the dynasty and see what information you can gather. The agents of the Crown Prince Society will support you as best they can. And make sure you check in with any new information."

"Yes ma'am!" Yang Qi blurted.

"You already have the aura of the crown prince on you, so all you have to do is draw on the Nation-Fate Godfist, and you'll be able to get support from our agents. Once you're in the imperial harem, find the majordomo, a eunuch named Nie Yinyang. He's a very powerful and mysterious member of the Crown Prince Society, and he's even stronger than God-King Ruthless. He'll definitely help you, and could possibly even promote you within the society. If that happens, I just hope you'll remember me fondly."

"I would never dare to forget you, oh exalted one." Yang Qi knew what he had to do. He had already learned a lot of secret information from Dream Daylily, and was now much more clear about how complicated the infighting was in the Eternal-Life God-Dynasty.

There were obviously double agents everywhere, and even triple agents.

Hopefully, he could use that to his advantage. With that, he headed back to the god kingdom to meet with Jadefall and some of his brethren. After some preparations, they headed to the teleportation portal leading to the Eternal-Life God-Dynasty. On the surface, the two organizations had good relations, which was why they had a formal agreement allowing for teleportation portals linking their capital cities. They even had a mutual defense pact, in which either side would come to the aid of the other in the case of an invasion. It was obvious that the House of God Ordainment acted like a vassal state.

After putting godstones into the teleportation portal, it activated. This was the largest portal in the entire god kingdom, and required high-level godstones to operate. Thankfully, the Sage Monarch Society could afford it.

Meanwhile, there were chief elders in the House of God Ordainment who were meeting with the junior houselord, and they saw what was happening.

The junior houselord had a very grim expression on his face. "So Jadefall didn't take the bait. She's refused my invitations over and over again. Well, it's not going to be that simple. Does she really think I don't have people in the Eternal-Life God-Dynasty? We're going to find out exactly what she's up to."

1. Nie Yinyang: Nie is a common surname which also means "whisper". His given name is made up of the characters for Yin and Yang.

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Chapter 1283: Heading into the Dynasty

One of the Consummate God elder kings present said, "Junior Houselord, it seems obvious that Jadefall of the Sage Monarch Society is going to the Eternal-Life God-Dynasty looking for support. They're already growing fast as it is. What happens if she succeeds? Furthermore, that Yang Qi disappeared recently, and we couldn't track him down. We couldn't even get a meeting with him to try to recruit him."

"It'll be fine," the junior houselord said, waving his hand dismissively. "We'll figure out how to deal with them after they return from the Eternal-Life God-Dynasty."

The junior houselord crushed a talisman in his hand, causing a popping sound as dazzling light filled the room. Then, a person appeared, who looked almost like an emperor, surrounded by glittering starlight. He even had wings made of stars that radiated brilliant light.

"Third Prince," the junior houselord said, clasping hands respectfully.

"What did you call me for?" the man said, his voice cold and detached, but his entire person thrummed with boundless and shocking power.

He was the third prince of the Eternal-Life God-Dynasty, and his name was Eternal Starmaker.

He was a peak Consummate God, just on the verge of breaking through to the Unbounded level of will convergence. If he succeeded, he would be a full rival of the crown prince and have immense power in the Eternal-Life God-Dynasty.

At the moment, he was still weak compared to the crown prince. That said, he had the support of many ministers and officials, and was also a big supporter of the junior houselord. Of course, he couldn't directly interfere in the god kingdom of the House of God Ordainment. Not even the crown prince could do that.

"Third Prince, sir, you probably know that if I become the new houselord of the House of God Ordainment, it will be a big help to you. But right now, things are in flux. Jadefall just left for the Eternal-Life God-Dynasty to seek help from the supreme concubine. If she succeeds, it could be a big threat to me in the election three hundred years from now."

"I'm aware of what's going on with Jadefall. However, her cultivation base is fundamentally so-so. So there's no need to worry."

"You don't understand. The Lord of the True Void recently visited our sect and took in a member of the Sage Monarch Society named Yang Immortal-Slayer. He's a really impressive genius who the Lord of the True Void plans to groom into a top expert. Worse, there are definitely members of the Crown Prince Society who've infiltrated our House of God Ordainment. The only problem is we don't know who they are. If the crown prince makes a move, it could really muck things up. And if the Lord of the True Void interferes, we'll be even worse off."

After all, the Lord of the True Void was a Paramount God, and not an ordinary Paramount God at that.

Even if the third prince were more wildly arrogant than he was, and even more confident, and had even stronger backers, he still couldn't match up to a Paramount God of that caliber. To such gods, he was scum that wasn't worth paying attention to. They were people who could fundamentally change the entire world, or even create new worlds of their own.

"I'll think of a way to help you," the third prince said after a moment. "The House of God Ordainment is my territory, so I definitely won't allow others to interfere here."

"Many thanks, Third Prince," the junior houselord said, bowing slightly at the waist.

Starlight flared, filling the entire room. Then it faded away, and the third prince was nowhere to be seen.

"Bah!" spat the junior houselord, and his expression became filled with savage disdain. "The Eternal-Life God-Dynasty is far too powerful, and they've been lording it over us for far too long. We're just not in the position to fight back. But never before has anyone dared to say what the third prince just said. Our sect is his territory? That's intolerable! I'm going to drain his blood one day, and turn him into a slave!"

"That's right," said one of the chief elders. "The people from the Eternal-Life God-Dynasty are all far too arrogant. That said, they're going to swallow us up eventually. It's even worse because people like Jadefall and the leaders of the Brilliant Radiance Society and Honorable Glory Society don't show you any respect. They should bow to the might of the House of God Ordainment instead. Damn them! Troublemakers like them need to be rooted out so that our sect can thrive!"

"You're completely correct," said another chief elder. "If we don't get rid of them, how can we be united? The House of God Ordainment is divided into far too many factions. We should enslave the troublemakers and either make them thralls or send them to the mines. If we don't, our god kingdom is going to end up getting destroyed eventually."

"There are no unbroken eggs beneath an overturned nest, right?" the junior houselord said. "And without skin, what can the hair adhere to? Even someone as powerful as me will end up as a thrall if the House of God Ordainment is overthrown. Therefore, we can't let this ship of ours sink. Anyone who opposes my advancement, any who refuse to join me, shall die. And Jadefall is no exception."

Creaking and crunching sounds could be heard as the teleportation portal activated, then Jadefall, Yang Qi, and the others sped through the tunnel toward their destination.

RUMBLE!

A full day passed before they stepped out onto the opposite portal to find themselves in a city so huge that it couldn't possibly have existed in the real world. Yang Qi immediately sensed the invincible fate of a nation, filled with prosperity, riches, and power.

"A heavenly kingdom." That was what anyone would think upon entering the capital city of the Eternal-Life God-Dynasty.

Countless immense buildings rose up left and right, like ancient celestial mountains, and the broad pathways were like divine dragons snaking this way and that. Flying ships and crafts of all sorts made their way through the sky in orderly fashion. People were everywhere, and there wasn't any sign of fighting, theft, or any other disorder.

The god world was an immense place that was almost impossible to control. Even the law enforcement in the god world of the House of God Ordainment was a far cry from being perfect. But as he looked around, Yang Qi even saw shops with Consummate God shopkeepers who bargaining with Lesser Gods. And no one was fighting or even looking irritated. Soldiers patrolled the streets and skies, keeping a sharp lookout for any problems. There was also an immense spell formation covering the entire city, keeping the weather pleasant.

The Eternal-Life God-Dynasty wasn't contained in a tiny god kingdom. Instead, it occupied an entire continent, and was so large it was reminiscent of the halls of heaven from ancient times. Quasi-Gods could live comfortable lives here, and there were even lower-level slaves, although they had less enjoyable existences.

"See how powerful the Eternal-Life God-Dynasty is, Yang Qi?" Brahma said. "Forget about the construction itself. Do you sense the nation-fate? It's so powerful it seems like it could ignite at any moment and turn into a fiery stream of destiny."

"He's right," said the Shepherd. "This destiny is incredible. This nation-fate is so powerful, the destiny of the House of God Ordainment is like nothing compared to it. One is like a candle and the other is like a volcano preparing to erupt."

"You're perceptive, my brothers," Yang Qi said. "Your vision has become truly impressive." However, the truth was that the Eternal-Life God-Dynasty only looked impressive on the surface. Though its nation-fate was real, from what Yang Qi could see, as time went on, it would grow more and more intense. In other words, it hadn't even come close to reaching its full potential.

As soon as their group walked out of the teleportation portal, a host of ships appeared overhead, filling the square in front of the portal. On the ships were armored troops, all of them Common Gods, but led by a Greater God. Upon seeing Jadefall, they knelt.

"Greetings, exalted Princess. Your message to the supreme concubine was received, and we're here to receive you. Please, follow us."

"Many thanks to you all," Jadefall said, giving a sidelong glance to Yang Qi.

Yang Qi produced a stack of godnotes which he handed to the soldiers. "Take this and have a night on the town."

The soldier's eyes flickered with delight. "Many thanks! Many thanks! Your kindness is heart-warming, Princess, please, step aboard our ship. There's no reason for you to walk around like a commoner."

Already, Yang Qi was getting an idea of how Jadefall was treated here. The ship took off, and they flew for several hours. Eventually, they reached a place where some divine mountains had been organized to create an immense palace structure. They were built according to the nine palaces and eight trigrams, reminding Yang Qi of his ten preeminences spell formation from the impure lands.

The truth was that the ten preeminences spell formation was a collection of the quintessence of all heaven and earth.

One origin, two polarities, three powers, four divisions, five phases, six directions, seven stars, eight trigrams, nine palaces, and ten preeminences. Those ten transformations could power all spell formations.

"Those mountains are rumored to be from the ancient halls of heaven," Jadefall explained. "Later, the halls of heaven vanished and the experts of the Eternal-Life God-Dynasty took the mountains and set them up here. After millions upon millions of years passed, they were used to create the imperial court, palace, and various other structures for the nobility. The mountains shine with intense radiance and light that defies all wretched incursions. And if you cultivate there, you'll absorb some of the energy of the ancient halls of heaven, cleansing you and leading to incredible cultivation speeds. They're called the Mountains of Radiance."

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Chapter 1284: Supreme Concubine

'The Mountains of Radiance.' Yang Qi looked over with anticipation, and soon realized that there were conglomerations of sagelight in the mountains. Furthermore, the mountains actually weren't made from rock, but were instead a crystallized manifestation of radiant godpower. It was something that seemed to originate with two of the Sovereign Lord's main generals, the Lord of Radiance and Light and the Lord of Civilization.

Unfortunately, both of them had eventually perished.

That said, the godpower of the Sovereign Lord was known for its radiance and light, and according to the stories, he had been the actual sun of the god world. He emitted endless light, and it wasn't until after he vanished that the god world had lost its sun, although it remained bright and well-lit.

The Sovereign Lord was radiance, and was in fact the origin of all radiance.

Anyone filled with the holy light of the halls of heaven would obviously be able to cultivate at a much faster speed. Their substructure would become vastly more holy, and as the impurities within them were melted away, the streams of true energy within them would cause their god vitality to improve and their energy arts to abound.

Yang Qi was truly impressed. 'Heaven's helping me!' he thought. 'After all, my God Legion Seal controls the Sovereign Lord's Holy and Far-Reaching Consummate Omnicurse, which has innate control over radiance and light. In other words, that radiance and light might as well be my own home. Now I'm more confident than ever in my search for that piece of the Mahātmā Jade.'

Jadefall could tell what he was thinking just by the look on his face, and she nodded.

They flew into the mountains and eventually touched down in a certain square. The soldiers weren't allowed to disembark, but a contingent of eunuchs had been sent in advance to wait for them, all of them Greater Gods. Of course, while technically eunuchs, they were also gods, and the gods didn't care very much about distinguishing between the sexes. In fact, the high-level gods could change their bodies to become male or female whenever they wanted.

That said, these eunuchs had followed the pattern of the ancient angels, and didn't have any specific sex, thanks to a unique cultivation technique of the sect.

Because of that, they were completely different from the eunuchs from the Joyflower Palace in the impure lands.

The eunuchs of the Eternal-Life God-Dynasty weren't wretched and vile. Instead, they were cold and calculating, almost as if they had been molded from ice. They followed orders without question and were very much like hardened killers.

"Princess, the supreme concubine has asked you to come inside," one of the eunuchs said, stepping forward and offering a salute.

"Lead the way," Jadefall replied. Yang Qi followed along, not bothering to look left and right, but instead sending his psychic power out to examine his surroundings. He soon realized that there was a lot of feminine energy in the area, indicating that this was indeed the imperial harem.

Palaces of radiance and light filled the area, and the mountains seemed almost like a world of their own. They were filled with unending numbers of beautiful women, down to the palace maids and handmaidens. They all seemed to live happy, careful lives, with the eunuchs constantly there to wait on them. Not a man was in sight.

In fact, it was only because Yang Qi and the other men in the party were under strict watch by the eunuchs that they were allowed inside at all.

These mountains weren't the treasure storehouse of the dynasty. Yang Qi resolved to make contact with Nie Yinyang from the Crown Prince Society and see if he could get more information.

Of course, as soon as he was in the mountains, he secretly drew on the God Legion Seal to see if he could absorb the power of the radiance and light.

The godpower of radiance and light that he could personally cultivate wasn't completely pure. In contrast, the godpower here was from the ancient halls of heaven, which meant that absorbing it was like getting a personal gift from the Sovereign Lord.

Furthermore, he soon realized that those who practiced cultivation here could only use that godpower to temper their bodies. They couldn't actually absorb it and make it part of their godhood.

It was almost like how, on a cold winter day, people could huddle around a fire to get warm, but couldn't actually consume the flames. On the other hand, Yang Qi could absorb it into his godhood.

His monarch godhood was like a ravenous gobblewock, devouring the godpower of radiance and light, revealing aspects of darkness that were impurities. Godhood was supposed to be transparent, pure, and holy, without any taint of mortality. Eventually, striations would appear on its surface, conforming to the dao of heaven. They were almost like spell formation charts describing the primitive lineaments of the beginning of the universe. In the face of godpower like this, the aura of humanity and the impure lands would shrink away.

Yang Qi's monarch godhood was virtually leaping with excitement.

Of course, no one had any idea what was going on, or that he was absorbing the godpower of radiance and light. Not even Perfect Gods could do what he was doing; they could only use the godpower to temper their fleshly bodies.

Anyone who tried to do anything other than that would be playing with fire, and would risk killing themselves.

Yang Qi was already benefiting from this trip to see the supreme concubine, almost as much as he had benefited from God-King Ruthless and the Nation-Fate God Pill.

They spent four days working their way through the mountains, and although Yang Qi kept completely silent, to him it was like he had spent a thousand years working on his cultivation. In fact, he had already climbed from the early Common God level to the mid level. The godpower of radiance and light was just as good as any boundless medicinal pill.

Halfway up one of the mountains was a palace. Stopping outside, one of the eunuchs turned and said, "The rest of you wait here, and don't cause any problems. No striking up conversations with any of the palace maids. Understand? The princess will go see the supreme concubine now." Yang Qi and the other obviously couldn't say anything, and simply waited while the eunuch led Jadefall inside.

Seeing there were some of the eunuchs who remained to stand guard, Brahma lowered his voice and said to Yang Qi, "This is all very impressive. Back then, I could never do anything like this. It's too bad I died, otherwise it wouldn't be so difficult for me to become a Paramount God."

Years ago, Brahma had never been anything more than a Consummate God.

"Stop worrying about it," laughed the Shepherd. "You were only a Consummate God, so there's no telling how long it'll take you to make any serious progress. Anyway, there's got to be some benefit to us accompanying Jadefall to see the supreme concubine. We're the backbone of the Sage Monarch Society, so if the supreme concubine wants to gain some influence in the House of God Ordainment, what better way than to help us?"

"We'll benefit somehow," Proud World said. "We're not quite strong enough to call the wind and summon the rain in the House of God Ordainment right now, but if we become Consummate Gods, we'll finally be able to make a difference."

Before they could say anything else, a eunuch stepped over and said, "Consummate Gods? Forget about. You'd best be content to be Greater Gods. The supreme concubine has asked you in to see her."

"Yes sir!" they said, and followed him inside. They walked for a full hour through the winding palace corridors until they reached an audience hall, where two people were waiting for them. One was Jadefall, and the other was a woman who sat behind a pearl screen. Yang Qi couldn't see her, and she didn't emanate any power fluctuations at all, yet Yang Qi was certain that she had reached an immense and terrifying level of strength.

"Our respects, Supreme Concubine!" they said, dropping to their knees.

"Jadefall, are these the key members of your Sage Monarch Society that you mentioned?" All of a sudden, everyone felt a gaze land on them that seemed capable of piercing into the depths of their being.

Eventually, that gaze rested on Yang Qi for a long moment before finally being retracted. "They're all geniuses. Wise, resolute, and filled with immense experience. Forget about the House of God Ordainment, they'd be rare even in the Eternal-Life God-Dynasty. I heard one of your brethren was even taken as an apprentice by Lord of the True Void. Yang Immortal-Slayer?"

"Yes, that's right, Concubine," Yang Qi replied. "Yang Immortal-Slayer is my blood brother."

"It must have been some time since you ascended to the god world," the supreme concubine replied.

They exchanged awkward glances.

"Don't worry," she continued, "I'm no fool. I know that only Ascendants could make progress like this. In the past millions upon millions of years, there have been quite a few Ascendants from the impure lands. That said, the Ancient Road to the Gods vanished, and afterward, we haven't been able to pry into the affairs of the lower worlds."

Yang Qi knew that, in the distant past, it hadn't been as much of a rarity for old-timers to ascend to the god world. After all, that was why the ten magisters of the future world had been able to seize control. And if the Ancient Road to the Gods hadn't disappeared from the future world, they wouldn't have had any need to invade the Immortal Dao Age.

"What are things like in the impure lands now?" asked the supreme concubine. "By the way, I'm an Ascendant too, so you don't have to feel nervous talking about it."

"What? Supreme Concubine, you're an Ascendant?!" Yang Qi was deeply shocked.

"Yes, I ascended a long time ago," she replied. "The fighting and killing on the Ancient Road to the Gods can be brutal. I'm curious to hear how things are now."

"Of course!" Yang Qi said, then went into a completely fabricated tale about the chaos in the impure lands, and how he and his people had bitterly fought with the Executors of the Ancient Road before finally secretly ascending.

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Chapter 1285: The Eunuch

As it turned out, the supreme concubine was an Ascendant. However, that didn't mean that Yang Qi was just going to reveal the secrets of the impure lands to her. Furthermore, he was a complete expert at fabricating lies when he needed to.

The supreme concubine listened attentively and didn't interrupt.

After he finished, she said, "There are a lot of magical treasures in the impure lands, the most important being King Immortal-Slayer's legacy medallions, and the second being the God Legion Seal. Are you aware of them?"

Obviously, this subject was what the supreme concubine was most interested in.

Yang Qi thought for a moment, then said, "I've definitely heard of King Immortal-Slayer's legacy medallions and the God Legion Seal. Supposedly, a fellow named Proud Heaven took them. He brought a lot of bloodshed to the impure lands, ultimately winning the Myriad Worlds Monarch Chart, King Immortal-Slayer, and the God Legion Seal! His path to the god world threw the entire Ancient Road to the Gods into complete and utter chaos."

"What? Proud Heaven?" The supreme concubine looked shocked.

"That's right, Supreme Concubine. I think he's from the Proud Clan. There was also a rumor that he visited the god world, then went back to the impure lands. But everyone's always said that the magical laws of the god world prohibit that, so I'm not sure how he did it. Do you have any idea?"

"It's true that no one has been able to go to the lower worlds since the Sovereign Lord disappeared. Proud Heaven. Proud Heaven... I almost can't believe he acquired so many important valuable treasures. The Proud Clan is certainly keeping plenty of secrets. No one even knows where their headquarters is located. That said, this is heaven-shaking, earth-shattering news. And of course, I'm going to reward you well for it. Guards! Bring in a reward for these people. Get each of them a Jade-Dew Heart-Refining Pill, a magical treasure, and a suit of armor. And since you're all Ascendants, it would be a real pity for me to not help you. I hereby give you permission to enter the Sage Hall for three months of training and cultivation."

They all dropped to their knees and kowtowed. "Many thanks, Supreme Concubine!"

"You're dismissed. Eunuchs, take this order from me and lead them to the Sage Hall for cultivation. They're free to interact with anyone else there who's training or cultivating. You have three months, don't waste any of that time. Along the way, make sure to explain the secrets of the Sage Hall. Jadefall, you stay here. I have some personal training for you, considering you're the leader of the Sage Monarch Society. Your current cultivation base is simply far too lacking."

Upon hearing this, Yang Qi inwardly sighed in relief.

Meanwhile, some of the eunuchs led them toward another location in the mountains. As they walked along, they passed numerous palaces and buildings, all of them shining and pure.

"The Sage Hall existed back in the days of the halls of heaven. Nowadays, it's set aside for the imperial clan for use in training. Lesser Gods can train on the lower platforms, Common Gods can use the middle platforms. And Greater Gods can use the upper platforms. You can cultivate martial arts, or use the power of the halls of heaven to purify your bodies. You can also strengthen your fleshly soul. The supreme concubine blessed each of you with a Jade-Dew Heart-Tempering Pill, which is an extremely rare item. They're made from jade dew harvested in ancient times, and can clear the heart and help the psyche to transcend."

As they neared, the eunuchs guarding the entrance made to block their path. However, the eunuch leading them produced the supreme concubine's command medallion and they were let in.

Inside, Yang Qi felt his godhood surge. The holy power in this place was many times stronger than outside, to the point where it was almost corporeal.

The others in Yang Qi's group felt a painful sensation as black smoke rose up from them, making them seem like zombies that had suddenly been thrust into direct sunlight.

"This sagelight is so incredibly strong!" the Shepherd exclaimed. "It has a tempering effect, but it's painful. This light is actually vastly more intense than the light of the god world!"

If the Shepherd hadn't been cultivating Yang Qi's Sage Monarch Grand Magic, his own devil energy arts would have ensured that he was reduced to dust. They all felt like they were inside an oven.

"This is the sagelight of the halls of heaven," Yang Qi said. "Use it to temper your soul, blood, and flesh. It'll hurt, but if you can endure it, it will be worth it. I have the feeling that the Jade-Dew Heart-Tempering Pills are no joke. Hurry up and consume them!"

They all did just that, and as soon as they consumed the pills, the power flowed through them, countering the evaporating heat of the sagelight and putting them into a state of pleasant coolness.

"Head to the platform for Common Gods," the eunuch said, "and join the disciples there. Remember, don't cause any problems. And, while you're allowed to fight, killing is prohibited. Got it? You have three months." The eunuch hurried away.

Yang Qi looked around and saw that there really were a lot of experts training here. All of them were from the imperial clan; outsiders were prohibited from entering.

People were working hard on their cultivation, engaged in fierce fighting, sitting in meditation, using medicinal pills, doing breathing exercises, or engaging in other forms of training. And even the weakest Lesser Gods among them were probably ten to a hundred times stronger than any Lesser Gods from the House of God Ordainment.

In other words, the people practicing cultivation here could single-handedly defeat a hundred ordinary people in the same level as them.

The training here was difficult, and the sagelight made it like an oven. It was painful, but the benefits were immense. It didn't take long for Yang Qi and his people to get used to the situation. Then they set to work. That was especially true of Yang Qi, who began madly absorbing the bright light into his godhood.

Instantly, numerous quintessential aspects of his godhood started growing stronger.

He had never been bolstered in this way, not even by any medicinal pill he had consumed. How could medicinal pills compare to the glory of the ancient halls of heaven? Yang Qi headed to the platform for the Common Gods, where the light was even stronger than at the entrance and would pierce directly into the body.

However, he had no problem absorbing it, causing him to tremble as he sensed himself getting close to breaking out of the mid Common God level. He was already convinced that he would be able to reach the Greater God level before the three months were up.

His companions quickly started looking around for appropriate places to work on their cultivation and energy arts. However, before they could really begin working, a group of people approached, imperial clansmen who looked at them coldly. One of them, a Common God with an impressive cultivation base, said, "Who are you people? You don't have the imperial blood of the Eternal-Life God-Dynasty, so what are you doing in here?"

The rest of the group were all Common Gods.

Brahma prepared to explain by saying, "We're—"

"Hey," Yang Qi interrupted. "Are you here to pick a fight or something? What business is it of yours if we've come here for some training? If you want to fight, let's get to it. There's no point wasting time on jabbering. Bring it on! Let's go, boys. I'm really curious to see what these imperial disciples are capable of."

"Alright!"

Yang Qi's people had originally hoped to smooth the situation over, but seeing his attitude, what did they have to be afraid of? Without hesitation, they attacked. The Shepherd was the fastest, and he slashed one of the imperial disciples across the chest with a devil claw.

BAM!

Even though these were imperial disciples, how could they possibly compare to the Shepherd with his immense experience? Before they even had a chance to react, they were all hit.

Proud World, Doom, Brahma, Sword Seventeen, Eldest Brother... all of them attacked like lightning from the highest heavens. In the blink of an eye, the imperial disciples were bleeding profusely and crying out piteously.

The disciple who had been in the lead, and was trying to cause problems, never even had a chance to cause problems before he was screaming in pain.

"How dare you pieces of trash try to provoke us!" Yang Qi said, shaking his head. "Screw off."

One by one, he literally kicked them away, sending them rolling off into a far corner of the platform.

"We only have three months here, and we don't want any of you scum wasting our time." Looking around at his friends, he said, "If anyone else causes problems, don't waste time with explanations. Just immediately beat the crap out of them."

"That's fine."

Two months passed. Everyone was making great progress, and Yang Qi had already broken through to the peak of the Common God level. Occasionally, imperial disciples would come looking for trouble, but without fail, Yang Qi and his people would beat them mercilessly. Eventually, no one dared to approach them.

Word had spread of how fierce they were.

Eventually, Brahma became a Greater God. Next was Proud World, then Doom, the Shepherd, Yang Zhan, Sword Seventeen, Eldest Brother, and Patriarch Annalist. One by one, they all became Greater Gods.

Only Yang Qi was lagging behind.

As he absorbed the sagelight into his monarch godhood, he was slowly getting to the point of being able to create a world, tiny as it may be. It was a god kingdom, illusory, but at least capable of holding things within it.

As Yang Qi worked hard trying to break into the Greater God level, a figure approached him. It was a eunuch, and as he moved along, the sagelight seemed to acquiesce to his mere presence. Half of him seemed associated with yang, and half with yin. As he neared, Yang Qi made a beckoning gesture.

"Grand Eunuch Nie Yinyang," he said, fully aware of who this person was.

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Chapter 1286: Nie Yinyang

'Apparently this eunuch Nie Yinyang is actually more terrifying than God-King Ruthless.' Yang Qi immediately started thinking of how to deal with him. Glancing at his brethren, he hurried over and clasped hands respectfully. "I am your humble servant, Yang Qi of the Crown Prince Society. My respects, Your Excellency."

Clasping his hands behind his back, the eunuch said, "I'm Nie Yinyang. Presumably Dream Daylily mentioned me to you. I've been watching your performance here in the Sage Hall over the past two months, and you've done well. You and these friends of yours are all people of exceptional ability. You're even more impressive than the imperial disciples. Among people in the same level as you, I doubt anyone exists that could be considered your match. Word has spread in the imperial clan, and no one dares to take you lightly. You've done well with the blessing you were given to be able to train here in the Sage Hall."

"Yes. Many thanks for your words of praise, Your Excellency. Although, I should make it clear that my brethren here aren't interested in joining the Crown Prince Society yet. I'm still working on that. Furthermore, Jadefall and the supreme concubine, well—"

"There's no need for any further explanation. Everyone knows about the supreme concubine helping Jadefall. And it's common knowledge that the supreme concubine opposes the crown prince. I won't hold that against you. I know that you received training from God-King Ruthless, and that you're completely loyal to the crown prince. Furthermore, I can sense the crown prince's aura on you. The crown prince is interested in meeting you, but he was delayed in the Eternal Void, where he went to search for the opportunity to become a Paramount God, but ended up in a big fight with some other Paramount Gods. In any case, because of that, he can't see you."

Yang Qi immediately plastered a look of disappointment on his face.

"That said," Nie Yinyang continued, "he's already spent a huge amount of effort grooming you, so he ordered me to take you from this place and escort you to the imperial treasure storehouse and let you pick a treasure as a reward. How about that?"

"The imperial treasure storehouse?" Yang Qi's heart immediately soared. The whole point of this venture was to get into that storehouse, and up to this point the most progress he had made was determining its general location. He had infected quite a few people here with devil embryos, allowing him to spy on their thoughts and memories. Using that method, it hadn't been very hard to track the place down.

Once the opportunity arose, he had planned to sneak in and take the piece of the Mahātmā Jade.

By drawing on the piece of the jade he already had in his possession, he was able to sense the general presence of the other piece nearby. Furthermore, he had recently used his monarch godhood to create a Sagelight Body, which would allow him to travel through these mountains undetected.

"Let's go!" Eunuch Nie Yinyang said. Grabbing Yang Qi, he flew up, leaving the Sage Hall and heading over toward another nearby mountain. Given the ease with which Nie Yinyang moved about, it was obvious how powerful he was in the imperial city. Apparently, he was the majordomo that oversaw all of the eunuchs on staff. Furthermore, from the way he had easy access to the treasure storehouse, it was clear how influential the crown prince was.

They soon arrived at a mountain that shone with intense radiance and light that was shaped into a powerful spell formation, and was guarded by powerful Consummate and Perfect Gods.

Nie Yinyang landed, and numerous streams of energy shot toward him. However, when they reached him, they immediately backed down as they realized he was their superior.

"Our respects, Majordomo," the eunuchs chorused, dropping to their knees.

"Open the treasure storehouse," he said. "The crown prince has given orders to take this person inside to select a treasure or medicinal pill as a reward."

"Yes sir."

The eunuch guards immediately complied, and Nie Yinyang led Yang Qi inside.

Looking around, Yang Qi saw that the entire interior of the mountain had been hollowed out and restructured into a huge storehouse filled with goods. Medicinal pills, building materials, magical treasures, spell formation charts, godstones, god corpses, godhood, antiques, and even stacks upon stacks of ancient records.

It was too much to take in with a single glance. That said, Yang Qi couldn't care less about all of the ordinary treasures. He sent his divine will out, and drew on the power of his Sagelight Body to connect to the vital energy inside the mountain as he searched for the Mahātmā Jade.

One thing was certain: the jade was here.

Earlier, he wouldn't have been able to do anything untoward with Nie Yinyang present. But the past two months of cultivation had put him so close to the Greater God level that not even a Perfect God would be able to kill him. Furthermore, he had the crown prince's aura and the sagelight of the God Legion Seal. As long as he played his cards right, there was no way Nie Yinyang would notice a thing.

Truth be told, this was only an outer section of the storehouse; there were interior sections that not even Nie Yinyang could access.

As Yang Qi looked around, he sent his Sagelight Body ahead into the deeper parts of the storehouse. The Sagelight Body was made from the very same kind of sagelight that filled the imperial city, and was bolstered by the aura of the crown prince and the God Legion Seal. Because of that, it could move about freely, regardless of what spell formations were set up.

Soon, his Sagelight Body was in the depths of the storehouse, passing numerous enormous spell formations that were designed to instantly kill anyone who entered them. If he had gone into this place with his true self, he would have instantly been discovered. But his Sagelight Body was impossible to detect.

Truth be told, there were some very impressive treasures here, but in the end, he wanted to stay focused on the Mahātmā Jade. If what he had heard was correct, the Paramount Gods of the Eternal-Life God-Dynasty had studied the Mahātmā Jade, but hadn't learned much of anything from it. Supposedly, a few people had even experienced cultivation deviation because of it, which eventually gave it the reputation of being inauspicious.

Of course, if a Paramount God had been in possession of it right at that moment, Yang Qi wouldn't have any chance of getting it. But considering it was known to drive people crazy, and even absorb the psychic power of anyone who worked with it for too long, few people were interested in getting too close to it. Therefore, it was kept locked up in the storehouses, suppressed by the very mountains of radiance and light whose power the Sovereign Lord had used to suppress the True Devil.

In other words, it was the perfect situation for Yang Qi.

'Wow, there are so many treasures here,' he thought, looking around with the Sagelight Body. It was a dazzling sight, but he knew he couldn't take anything, or he would be discovered.

He could look, but not touch. In other words, he was window shopping.

'What's that?' It was the corpse of a Perfect God, a boundless entity from ancient times. He also caught sight of numerous high-quality medicinal pills, as well as some of the items belonging to the seventy-two monarchs. And there were spell formations that could lock down entities as strong as Paramount Gods.

He even caught sight of a fragment of a spacecraft that he instantly identified as the godhood manufacturing systems of the Cruiser of Civilization. Here it was, abandoned in a storehouse! Without the imperial-heaven pre-beginning systems, Engine of the One God, genetic systems, power assessment systems, and the like, the godhood manufacturing systems weren't particularly useful.

'Hot damn. If I grabbed this stuff I would be discovered immediately. But if Yang Immortal-Slayer could complete the Cruiser of Civilization, it would definitely be strong enough to create a god kingdom superior to that of the House of God Ordainment.'

Yang Qi couldn't help but drool over what he saw. However, he kept his excitement in check.

Continuing on, he passed through a destructive spell formation in which he saw numerous flowers. Strangely, one of the flowers lacked petals, consisting only of stamens, which was when he realized it was the missing part of the flower of time he had taken from the Chaos Forge God-Shrine. If he could complete the Flower of Time, he could unleash its powers and alter time itself. And with it in his monarch godhood, he would definitely reach a much higher level of formidability. In fact, he had no idea what exactly would happen if he did that.

Unfortunately, he could only look, not touch.

Continuing on, he saw all sorts of treasures. And as he proceeded, the vital energy grew stronger and stronger, as did the sensation of history. From what he could tell, it had been thousands upon thousands of years since anyone had been in this place.

All of a sudden, his Sagelight Body caught sight of something up ahead. It was an ancient piece of jade, resting on a magical altar.

It was only a fragment, half the size of a palm, but the designs that had been etched on its surface depicted hell and the dao of devils. They contained profound meanings, and were similar to the ten thousand tribulation characters from the sheepskin scroll.

It was the piece of the Mahātmā Jade he had been looking for.

'Incredible. I've been dreaming of this moment for a long time. Nobody else can use that thing, as it turns into a disaster for them. But in my hands, it's on the same level as the God Legion Seal.'

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Chapter 1287: Taking the Jade

At long last, the piece of Mahātmā Jade he had been looking for was right in front of him. Or more precisely, in front of his Sagelight Body.

Of course, it was covered by all sorts of sealing marks.

The slightest wrong movement would trigger those marks, and an alarm would be raised. So for now, he couldn't touch it.

But that didn't mean he was out of options.

'It's such a big piece. Definitely a lot bigger than the one I got in the impure lands.' Of course, the things his Sagelight Body were seeing were transmitted right into the sea of consciousness of his true self. And he couldn't help but wonder how much his psychic power would improve if he took this jade.

He had to get it, even if it meant blowing his cover. Based on how large it was, Yang Qi could sense that this piece would probably facilitate a breakthrough to late or peak Paramount will convergence, and possibly even the Unbounded level.

Even if Yang Qi's cultivation proceeded with blinding speed, it wouldn't be possible to reach the Unbounded level even in a hundred million god world years using normal methods.

After all, every single breakthrough he made was infinitely more difficult than the same breakthrough would be for ordinary gods. However, everything would be different with the Mahātmā Jade. It was the product of countless sages and mahātmās from the dao of devils pooling their wisdom and psychic power into a crystallized form, creating something befitting of the True Devil. It contained the fundamental nature of the Annulled level, and had been used to defy the God Legion Seal. In fact, its clash with the God Legion Seal was what resulted in both of them shattering. But now, Yang Qi was taking the two and merging them into something new.

Even if the Sovereign Lord of yesteryear were resurrected, he could never guess that something like this would happen.

"Unspoiled by Myriad Kalpas and Tribulations; Myriad Characters in Text; Implanted and Sealed; Permeate the Ancient Jade!"

Activating the Unspoiled powers that he had inserted into the Sagelight Body, he sent them into the Mahātmā Jade, which immediately sucked them up. Afterward, nothing happened.

However, he now felt connected directly to the jade.

'Things are going as expected. By putting a nascent divinity sealing mark into the Mahātmā Jade, it ensures that I'm the only person who can do anything with it. Thanks to my Unspoiled Body and God Legion Seal, I should be able to go back, put together a spell formation, and call out to the jade. By breaking through the limitations of space, I can summon it to me, then fuse it with my monarch godhood and become completely invincible. Maybe I really will have a chance to break through to the Unbounded level.'

Yang Qi was already making some very daring plans.

In the entire House of God Ordainment, there wasn't a single person who had Unbounded will. If Yang Qi succeeded at it, he wouldn't have any need to hide the truth about himself anymore. He could unfurl his proverbial banners and show how powerful he really was. At the same time, he could directly stand up to the Proud Clan. And if he could get his hands on Proud Heaven, maybe he could reach King Immortal-Slayer and finally get back the Great Necropolis and the Myriad Worlds Monarch Chart.

He could hardly imagine how formidable he would be if he had the Great Necropolis, the God Legion Seal, and the Mahātmā Jade all under his control.

Meanwhile, Yang Qi's true self was with Nie Yinyang, looking left and right in the storehouse like a country bumpkin in the city for the first time

After a long moment passed, Nie Yinyang said, "What type of weapon do you usually use?"

"I'm good with spears," Yang Qi replied, thinking of the Infernal Deity Spear.

"Spears?"

Yang Qi nodded and reached out to pull a divine spear toward him. Its structure was similar to the Infernal Deity Spear, such that as soon as it fell into his hand, it felt like it was part of him.

"Excellent," Nie Yinyang continued. "I can see that your skill with the spear is astonishing. That's a very powerful weapon that was once the animadestiny spear of a Perfect God. Whether used for stabbing, slashing, or any other kind of slaughter, it will serve you well. Of course, you won't be able to use all of its powers immediately. But you'll eventually get used to it."

Nie Yinyang wasn't bothering to be on guard around Yang Qi. He was convinced that he had been thoroughly brainwashed, and was now a completely loyal servant. As such, Nie Yinyang wouldn't cause any problems for him as he selected his treasure.

In fact, he even went so far as to pick a few medicinal pills to give Yang Qi as well.

They emerged from the storehouse some time later, and Nie Yinyang said, "You're strong, Yang Qi, but you still need to work hard on your cultivation. By the time the House of God Ordainment's tri-centennial election arrives, you should be in the Consummate God level. At that point, we can enact our plan to take control of the House of God Ordainment, and you can further prove your loyalty to the crown prince."

"Majordomo, does the crown prince really need to take control of the House of God Ordainment? The people there aren't really very impressive. They don't even have any Paramount Gods."

"You're looking at it all wrong," Nie Yinyang replied. "The House of God Ordainment has a secret reserve power that no one knows about. Although it's true they don't have any Paramount Gods, they definitely have what it takes to fight on that level. That's the main reason the House of God Ordainment has stuck around for such a long time. They don't have a Paramount God, but everyone is hesitating to shoot the rat for fear of breaking the vases. Taking down a sect like that would definitely involve heavy losses on the part of the conqueror."

"Secret reserve power?" Yang Qi said. He had heard the term thrown around a lot, and knew that the ultimate secrets of the House of God Ordainment could only be unleashed by the houselord. However, it also required the backing of the chief elders. He was very curious about what exactly it was.

"What secrets are they keeping?"

"Don't worry about it now. You'll eventually become privy to the biggest secrets in the House of God Ordainment. Under no circumstances should you attempt to get the information by doing some sort of investigation. You'll only end up dying a painful death if you do. Now, you have some more time left to work on your cultivation. You can do so in my personal palace. I'll give you some advice in terms of your energy arts and godhood."

"Many thanks, Majordomo."

The truth was that Yang Qi was inwardly cursing. He was very anxious to find a place to set up that altar and reach out to the Mahātmā Jade. If Nie Yinyang was watching over him the whole time, that wouldn't be possible.

That said, personal instruction from Nie Yinyang would generally be considered a precious blessing, so he couldn't just refuse.

And so, the third month passed. Yang Qi's friends and family spent it in the Sage Hall, where they all reached the Greater God level. Yang Qi was the only one who didn't experience a breakthrough, but remained as a Common God.

That said, he did a lot of training with Nie Yinyang, and simultaneously absorbed the surrounding quintessence of radiance and light, significantly improving his cultivation base. Of course, he didn't reveal any of the truth of himself to Nie Yinyang, who was stymied by Yang Qi's cultivation.

If it weren't for the fact that the old eunuch was so incredibly powerful, Yang Qi would have loved to infect him with a devil embryo.

After the three months had passed, Yang Qi and the others had to wait for Jadefall to emerge from her training with the supreme concubine. Eventually, after the better part of a year, she did. Unexpectedly, her cultivation base was at the level of a Consummate God.

It was a cultivation speed that could shake heaven and earth to the point where even ghosts and gods would weep.

Surprised, Yang Qi said, "Jadefall, you really benefited a lot from training with the supreme concubine. You're actually at the Consummate God level? Just be careful not to develop an unstable foundation. Let me assess you."

He sent some godpower into Jadefall and found that her godhood was very stable, unlike what he would expect of someone who had made such immense progress in less than a year.

"The supreme concubine took me into a boundless god item," Jadefall explained. "It's a precious treasure that can reverse the flow of time and invert life force. I actually spent about five hundred years inside cultivating. She also gave me all sorts of medicinal pills to help solidify my godhood and cleanse my will. As a Consummate God, I qualify to become a child of primeval chaos, and can even join in the election process to become the next houselord. The Sage Monarch Society is definitely going to experience some incredible growth."

After finishing with the main explanation, Jadefall lowered her voice and said, "The supreme concubine is mysterious and unpredictable. She's definitely someone we have to avoid offending."

Yang Qi nodded. "Understood. I suppose it's expected that other Ascendants would be domineering figures as well."

Everyone had benefited immensely from their time in the Eternal-Life God-Dynasty. Of course, both the supreme concubine and Nie Yinyang were thinking about the conflicts between their respective factions. And now the Sage Monarch Society was stuck between them.

Whoosh. Whoosh. Whoosh.

As they flew away, Nie Yinyang watched them go, and smiled coldly. 'The supreme concubine is very impressive. How did she manage to get Jadefall into the Consummate God level in such a short time? Consummate Gods are very important people in the House of God Ordainment. It seems there will be some fierce struggles there soon. Hopefully that boy Yang Qi can deal with it all. Thankfully, he's keeping us completely updated on Jadefall's situation. As long as we can get control of the House of God Ordainment and their secret reserve power, we'll have a big bargaining chip to use against the people plotting against us.'

Once outside, Yang Qi gave his next set of orders. "You all head back to the sect and resume your responsibilities. I'm going on a bit of a journey into the void to set up a spell formation. If I succeed, I'll be truly invincible. Neither the junior houselord nor any Perfect Gods will be able to stand up to me."

"Don't tell me you actually found that piece of the Mahātmā Jade, son!" Yang Zhan exclaimed. "We're only getting more and more powerful nowadays!"

"I'll wait until I succeed before going into any more detail. If I fail, it will be hard to avoid beating the grass and startling the snake, and then a second attempt to get the jade will be that much harder." Yang Qi reached out, tore open a rift, then stepped inside and vanished.

Considering the level of his cultivation base, it was an easy thing for him to pierce through the void. Even the space-time tempests of the god world were now easy to deal with, as long as he expended some effort.

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Chapter 1288: Taking the Jade Part 2

Yang Qi ripped open the void and stepped through space. The spatial tempests couldn't harm him in the least bit as he surrounded himself in concentric rings of sagelight, completely suppressing them.

"Space-Time Convergence; Perfect Heaven and Earth."

He traveled for three days and three nights before finding a suitable location to set up the spell formation. Waving his hand, he caused the spatial power in the area to crystallize, transforming into the taiji and wuji, the two polarities.

Numerous enormous flags shot forth, formed from the vital energy and tribulations of the god world, offering clear evidence of the incredible and mysterious things Yang Qi was capable of now.

He spent seven days putting the formation together, until something resembling an altar made of flags took shape.

Any observer who managed to catch sight of this would have been absolutely flabbergasted. The ability to set up spell formations in the void was something that only Perfect Gods or higher could do. So a Common God doing it was considered totally impossible.

RUMBLE!

Vital energy surged in all directions as Yang Qi took control of all heaven and earth. Boundless psychic power filled the void, creating cyclones and lightning. At the same time, space-time sank down as a physical object took shape.

"Psyche of Heaven and Earth; Let the Sages and Mahātmās Come; Mahātmā Jade; Appear within the Void; Let my Soul Pierce the Aeons; Summon and Reform the Future." All of a sudden, an image of the complete Mahātmā Jade appeared, making Yang Qi seem like the ancient sages and mahātmās who had worked with the True Devil to create the Mahātmā Jade for the first time.

His boundless psyche had managed to extrapolate what the complete jade looked like. Next, the piece of the Mahātmā Jade that was in his godhood flew out, almost as if it had been summoned.

Let the Sages and Mahātmās Come!

As Yang Qi threw his head back and howled, shadowy projections of sages and mahātmās appeared behind him, standing as though in the river of time, filled with understanding of the great dao of humanity, and the morality of people.

"Ultimate Summoning!"

Yang Qi drew on the summoning techniques of the God Legion Seal, using the might of the legion of gods to pierce through the shackles of space and touch upon its very origins.

"The end of time? The origin of time?"

His psyche expanded without limit until he saw two antipodes, one being the actual origin of time, and the other its end. Unfortunately, his psyche was currently not nearly capable of actually reaching those limits. Only Annulled will convergence could actually reach the origin and end of time.

That said, as his psychic power expanded, it was enough to cause the shadowy image of the Mahātmā Jade to become more complete. It almost seemed as if some almighty power of summoning was at work.

The ultimate summoning.

Relying on his spell formation, he was extracting the Mahātmā Jade from the Eternal-Life God-Dynasty's treasure storehouse by summoning it directly to himself. And in order to pull off the summoning, he was completely unleashing all of his psychic power.

As he roved through the river of time, he searched for the right vector, although he was having trouble keeping control. What he was doing was something few people could actually control.

He pushed his psychic power harder and harder, until he finally exploded, leaving behind only his godhood. Then his godpower faded and a new body formed. Blood flowed through him as his godhood quintessence-blood slowly faded away.

Normally speaking, when one cultivated to the point of being a god, they didn't have blood. Everything from blood, to vital energy, to bones became part of one's godhood. However, if one was badly injured, then psychic power could flow from their godhood and restore the body, including the blood.

He was like an oil lamp on the verge of flickering out.

Psychic power was the ultimate foundation of everything, and could turn vital energy into godhood. When the psychic power vanished, godpower would unravel and return to its essence, then disappear into the void. That was how the magical laws of the god world worked.

In the impure lands, things were different.

RUMBLE!

Yang Qi's psychic power was draining so rapidly that not even the God Legion Seal could help. The God Legion Seal could fill his godhood up with godpower, but it couldn't replenish psychic power. If you ladled water out of a bucket, you could fill the bucket up again from a stream. But if the bucket itself was broken, no amount of water would help.

Psychic power was the bucket, and godpower was the water.

'This is bad,' Yang Qi thought. At the rate he was going, he was going to fade and be destroyed by the spatial tempests.

But in the end, this was actually a type of cultivation, and it was within the throes of death that one could forge the most powerful psyche and will.

"Second Summoning; Exceed Limitations; Unbounded Psyche!" He exploded again, and all the godpower in him boiled away. Then, his monarch godhood unexpectedly shrank down.

It was now listless and dark, as though its quality had been significantly reduced.

He was regressing from the peak Common God level to the late level. Then the mid level, and finally the early level! His cultivation base was suffering a major setback, all in the hopes that this desperate gamble would pay off.

Unfortunately, he still hadn't successfully summoned that piece of the Mahātmā Jade.

'Time to go for broke!' he thought. 'Monarch Godhood Regression! Return Everything to the Beginning!'

Power flowed out of Yang Qi's monarch godhood, and considering it was the strongest type of godhood there was, one could only imagine what was involved in draining it this way.

He dropped from the Common God level all the way to the early Lesser God level, which was a decline of an entire major cultivation level.

However, the power he could unleash this way was astonishing, and it created an explosion so incredible that it wiped out all of the space-time tempests and left behind nothing but a pure, clean void.

A massive, psychic passageway opened up, piercing through the remotest antiquity.

At that exact moment, deep in the imperial treasure storehouse in the Eternal-Life God-Dynasty, the piece of the Mahātmā Jade slowly faded away without anyone noticing.

The small piece of jade then flew through the void to enter Yang Qi's sea of consciousness.

RUMBLE!

His fleshly body formed again, and the psychic power that had drained away started recovering. At the same time, his cultivation level once again began climbing. He felt as if he could sense all of the sages and mahātmās that had existed from ancient times until now, and they were becoming one with him. A mighty spirit entered him, and at the same time, he sensed the true nature of that which was nothing, annulled.

His psychic power advanced by leaps and bounds, rising from the mid Paramount level to the late and peak level. It only stopped when he was half a step into the Unbounded level.

Although it stopped there, he could sense that he was just on the verge of breaking through to the Unbounded level.

Yang Qi felt like he had developed psychic antennae that could stretch out through all heaven and earth, allowing him to see the void of the universe and the antipodes of time. That was the sign of Unbounded will. With a single thought, all heaven and earth was under his control.

'I have to keep going. I need Unbounded will convergence. Only then will I be truly invincible. A regression in godhood is nothing. Even if I'm an early Lesser God, as long as I have Unbounded will convergence, I could kill Perfect Gods, even if I didn't have godhood at all! I have to reach Unbounded!"

He threw his head back and howled, sending out waves of psychic power, the fluctuations of which caused the spatial tempests to return.

After reaching the half-Unbounded level, his psychic power continued improving. However, he wasn't able to achieve the breakthrough he wanted, so he sank into thought. Breaking into the Unbounded level was like a caterpillar becoming a butterfly. It didn't matter how big or impressive the caterpillar was, it couldn't fly, and the butterfly could.

He threw his head back and howled, causing his godhood to rotate as he tried to force a breakthrough.

Unfortunately, at the exact moment in which he expected to succeed, he failed to break through to the Unbounded level.

The limits of the psychic power in the Mahātmā Jade had been reached.

He was short by an infinitesimal amount. That said, he was still vastly more powerful. It really didn't matter that his godhood had regressed to the early Lesser God level. In terms of will, he could stand shoulder to shoulder with terrifying peak Perfect Gods.

He didn't need any godpower to devastate any Consummate God who faced him. That was the impressive benefit of powerful will convergence.

Truth be told, he had already cultivated his will to a very critical juncture. After all, once he reached the peak Unbounded level, he would be half a step into the Annulled level, which was the same level as the Sovereign Lord, True Devil, Demon Master, Wretch God, and King Immortal-Slayer. He could enter the realm of Nevasaññānāsaññāyatana, whereupon all of his mental fluctuations would cease, and his godpower and godhood would vanish.

Godpower and godhood were merely vessels, like the 'boat' that could be used to 'cross to the other shore'.

The will was the self.

Yang Qi's current will convergence was such that he could soon restore his godhood to its previous level.

Ignoring his godhood, he drew on his psychic power to clear out the surrounding spatial tempests, then ripped open a huge wormhole.

'I have to find the other pieces of the Mahātmā Jade. Even the smallest piece will allow me to break through to the Unbounded level.'

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Chapter 1289: Almost Unbounded

Yang Qi was on the very cusp of attaining Unbounded will convergence, which would make him a true potentate in the god world, a person who could call the wind and summon the rain, and do as he wished wherever he went. However, he also knew that succeeding in that would be extremely difficult, and was technically something that should be impossible for him. It was like a crown prince wanting to be the emperor. Success would involve passing through innumerable dangers and overcoming countless obstacles.

The only way it would be possible would be with the Mahātmā Jade.

He was lucky to have two pieces, but now he needed more. Thankfully, all he needed to do was once again elevate his godhood and step back into the Greater God level, then use his current pieces of the jade to track down the others.

He was now an early Lesser God again, and was going to have to deal with the frustrating task of climbing back up again.

Thankfully, he had more powerful will than ever, and furthermore, he could devour godpower and send it into his godhood with ease. His cultivation speed was now thousands of times faster than before, but even still, relying only on normal cultivation methods meant it would take two or three god world years to return to his previous state.

He had to find some suitable medicinal pills.

There were many medicinal pills in the Eternal-Life God-Dynasty's treasure storehouse, but sadly, he had no way to get inside. And once the people there realized the Mahātmā Jade was missing, it would definitely cause a huge commotion and lead to vastly increased security. At least he hadn't left any evidence that would implicate him.

Furthermore, despite his cultivation base regressing, his fighting prowess and substructure were stronger than ever, which meant it would be even easier to deal with any enemies.

'It's a pity I can't get into that storehouse. I could get my cultivation base back to normal, and also get so many things I need. For example, the stamens of that flower of time and that piece of the Cruiser of Civilization. I guess I'll have to wait until I have Unbounded will convergence. Then I can slip in there like I did back in the Joyflower Palace, or the Executors of the Ancient Road.'

By now, Yang Qi was an expert at robbing treasure storehouses.

'Although...' he thought, his eyes brightening, 'the Eternal-Life God-Dynasty is off limits now, but what about the House of God Ordainment? Given the level of my will, I don't think anyone in the entire sect is a match for me, not even the junior houselord, the houselord, or the chief elders.'

There were no Unbounded experts in the House of God Ordainment, otherwise they wouldn't be in their current situation. After all, even among the princes of the Eternal-Life God-Dynasty with its immense nation-fate, only the crown prince had reached the Unbounded level. That alone went to show how hard it was.

The junior houselord, the houselord, and some of the Consummate God chief elders all had peak Paramount will, but that was a far cry from the Unbounded level. In contrast, Yang Qi was already half a step into the Unbounded level.

Although he might not be able to seize the upper hand in a fight, it wouldn't be easy for them to kill him, either.

Yang Qi had replaced hunting rifles with cannons, so in terms of will convergence, he could definitely beat a Perfect God.

'I ought to reassess my psychic scale. I wonder what it is now.' Unfortunately, in order to use the psychic scaling systems, he would have to wait for Yang Immortal-Slayer to return with the Cruiser of Civilization.

'Oh, right. I almost forgot that I got a partial Unbounded god pill in the Chaos Forge God-Shrine. If I assimilate that, will it restore my godhood to normal?' Without any hesitation, he pulled out the pill in question.

Of course, this time, he was able to examine the pill in much more detail than before. It was obviously concocted with top secret methods; there were crystalline connections between the different aspects of power, and it was impossible to say how many types of vital energy had been used to make it.

An Unbounded expert had spent blood, sweat, and tears to create this pill, and although it wasn't complete, it was still incredible. Sending some of his psychic power into the incomplete god pill, he saw what looked like a veritable mountain of explosive vital energy.

'So strong.' His will stirred, and his psychic power became like a screen covering the entire enormous mountain. Then he slowly dragged it into his monarch godhood.

Before long, he had risen from the early Lesser God level to the mid, late, and peak level. Then he jumped into the Common God level: early, mid, late, peak.

That one incomplete Unbounded medicinal pill was all he needed to get him all the way back to where he was in the beginning.

'I can't believe it was that strong,' he thought, letting loose a long breath. 'Unbounded medicinal pills are incredible. I wonder if the House of God Ordainment has more pills like that in their storehouse. If I can get a few, I might be able to reach the Consummate God level. And as a child of primeval chaos, it wouldn't be hard to take over as the houselord.'

Back at full power, feeling high-spirited and full of mettle, Yang Qi vanished without a trace as he headed back to the House of God Ordainment.

BAM!

In a palace hall in the House of God Ordainment, the junior houselord was so flustered and exasperated he had just slapped the table in front of him so hard it collapsed.

"It wasn't even a year!" he said. "All the key members of the Sage Monarch Society became Greater Gods in less than a year?! They're all far more influential now. Furthermore, Jadefall is a Consummate God and a child of primeval chaos! Her faction is now officially in the position to oppose us!"

Before, Jadefall had always relied on the purrling. And the key figures of the Sage Monarch Society hadn't been particularly helpful. They had good fighting prowess, but in terms of their level, they just didn't meet the standard.

But now, everything had changed.

Thanks to their newfound levels of power, it would be much more difficult to scheme against them.

"Junior Houselord," one of the Consummate God chief elders said, "I'm as surprised as you that training from the supreme concubine would be this amazing. Getting that group of people to this level in less than a year is shocking. However, although they might have wings, they haven't taken flight yet. In other words, they have the potential to make even more progress. And the tri-centennial election is coming soon. What happens if they all become Consummate Gods before then? That would be a very tricky situation to deal with."

"You're right," the junior houselord said through gritted teeth. "Considering their progress in cultivation, and the fact that the supreme concubine is helping them, it's entirely possible that the core group from the Sage Monarch Society could end up as Consummate Gods in time for the election. And Jadefall might even be a Perfect God by then. But you know who we have to worry about the most? Yang Immortal-Slayer. What level will he reach by then? I don't think anyone can say for sure. We should make a move immediately. I need to find out once and for all if I can make Jadefall my woman. If she refuses, I'll have no choice but to clip those wings of hers and turn her into nothing!"

Frowning, one of the chief elders said, "Junior Houselord, what about that purrling of hers? Not even a Paramount God can do anything to it. So how exactly will you get rid of her?"

"I said clip her wings, not kill her. In any case, don't worry. I can lend someone a knife and have them do my dirty work for me. The third prince is plenty ambitious, isn't he? If we take Yang Qi hostage, Jadefall will have to submit to us. What else can she do? She'll definitely hesitate to shoot the rat for fear of breaking the vases."

The junior houselord clenched his hand into a fist, shattering the void around him. At the same time, a devilish projection appeared behind him.

"No secrets can be kept from me in the god kingdom of the House of God Ordainment."

With half Unbounded will, the god kingdom of the House of God Ordainment didn't seem like it could keep any more secrets from Yang Qi. Even if he wasn't a disciple of the sect, he was about fifty percent sure he could still sneak inside.

Without a single sound, he entered the god kingdom and opened his Lord's Eye. Looking around, he realized that although the place was large, there were plenty of ways to secretly move around.

Casting his vision further in, he saw a large mountain where a group of Perfect Gods had gathered. Some were working on cultivation, some were concocting medicinal pills, some were working with magical treasures, some were discussing business, and some were seeking enlightenment of profound things.

As for Houselord God Ordainment, he was nowhere to be seen.

However, the junior houselord was indeed present.

He was in the middle of some sort of meeting, and had just used a boundless daoist technique to create a shadowy projection that seemed like a combination of a god, devil, ghost, and buddha.

Yang Qi wasn't interested in the details.

'Where exactly is the treasure storehouse?' he thought, casting his vision this way and that.

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Chapter 1290: The House of God Ordainment's Treasure Storehouse

Yang Qi had his sights set on the House of God Ordainment's treasure storehouse. He had never felt a sense of belonging in this sect. It had been nothing but a host, and he, a parasite, taking advantage of its destiny and resources. After he was done taking what needed, he would move on and find another host.

He had even already identified the next target: the Eternal-Life God-Dynasty. Slowly but surely, he would suck that sect dry too.

RUMBLE!

He could see everything that made up the god kingdom of the sect, including the Perfect Gods and the junior houselord among them. Only someone with true Unbounded will could possibly escape his gaze.

It didn't take long for him to find the storehouse, which thrummed with the aura of treasure. There was no trace of its existence out in the open, as it was located in another dimension of the god kingdom.

"Life-Death Void-Destruction."

Drawing on the powers of his Life-Death Void-Destruction Lightning, he headed into the depths of the god kingdom, which contained far too many minor dimensions to count. Of course, they were all bare to his will. Before long, he found one that was under guard by Perfect Gods. The treasure storehouse.

It contained the countless treasures that had been built up over many years by the House of God Ordainment. After all, they were constantly wiping out smaller organizations, taking their treasures and resources, and enslaving their disciples.

Yang Qi wasn't actually interested in anything other than medicinal pills concocted by experts with Unbounded will.

Although there were some impressive treasures, Yang Qi ignored them all. Sweeping the place with his psychic power, he saw a part where some pills had been hoarded. Some were piled up like mountains, while others looked like pagodas, stūpas or palaces.

Only the most powerful of medicinal pills would naturally take such forms.

At a glance, Yang Qi identified the three strongest pills among them.

One had created a daoist rite center around itself, complete with a daoist priest and a temple. The daoist sat there in the temple like a heavenly celestial, constantly lecturing other medicinal spirits about the dao.

Another pill looked like a monk from one of the buddhist schools, and was chanting sutras, surrounded by a holy land.

The third pill looked like a confucian scholar, sitting in a place of learning and instructing other medicinal spirits about the truths of life.

The medicinal pills had developed spirits and could practice cultivation, making them very similar to actual people. After all, the godhood created by people was similar to a god pill; the two shared many characteristics.

'What an amazing set of pills. Together, they represent daoism, buddhism, and confucianism. Combined, they'll be unparalleled under heaven.' The cultivation bases of the pills seemed invincible, as if each was a Consummate God. And they were obviously beyond the compare of the pill he had found in the Chaos Forge God-Shrine. Inwardly, Yang Qi was marveling. 'I have to get those pills. If I assimilate them, I should be able to break out of the Greater God level and climb much higher in my cultivation! They were definitely concocted by someone with Unbounded will convergence, possibly even a Paramount God.'

The three pills hadn't been concocted by anyone in the House of God Ordainment, but had instead been plundered from a sect they had warred with that specialized in alchemy. And no one in the sect could have benefited from them, including the junior houselord and the houselord himself. Thus, they had been stored here.

Examining the surroundings, he saw that the pills were sealed in place by a huge talisman.

In other words, other than preaching, they couldn't do anything.

That would only make things easier for Yang Qi. If he had to suppress the pills on his own, it would have taken some work, and would have been impossible to do in secret.

Inside, he was laughing up a storm. On the outside, he quickly transformed into a primal-chaos elder-snake that opened its mouth and used the profound arts of King Heaven-Devourer to consume the pills.

In the blink of an eye, the pills became a massive stream of power flowing through him.

As they entered his monarch godhood, the Heaven and Earth Furnace flared to life, ready to extrude all impurities and extract all essences.

"Who's there?" the three pills blurted, rising to their feet as they realized what was happening.

Sadly for them, their cultivation bases were already locked down by the House of God Ordainment.

For now, Yang Qi didn't assimilate them. Keeping them suppressed, he used the God Legion Seal and created replicas to leave behind. Even if the junior houselord came and examined the pills, he would be fooled.

He would even experience a slight boost in power if he assimilated it, before ultimately realizing that it was a forgery. And by that point, no one would believe him, considering the pill was gone.

That was the benefit of having a superior psyche and will.

He could essentially bully all of the non-Unbounded experts in the entire House of God Ordainment. If the Mahātmā Jade wasn't that amazing, how could it be considered equally as impressive as the God Legion Seal?

And no one knew what marvelous things would happen when those two treasures were combined.

'Finished. Now I'll just take all the rest of the pills, then find a good place to stabilize my cultivation base and advance my godhood.'

After the final work was done, he left the god kingdom and went out into the chaotic void, eventually finding a good place to set up a spell formation. Then, he summoned the Heaven and Earth Furnace.

In its depths were the pills he had just devoured, which he broke down into expressions of vital energy and sent into his godhood.

There had been millions upon millions of pills in the storehouse, most of them concocted by Paramount Gods. Only those three were Unbounded, but Paramount pills were still Paramount pills, and provided pure godpower that could be used to fill in Yang Qi's godhood.

Crack!

Yang Qi's monarch godhood suddenly broke into the Greater God level. Breathing deeply, he summoned the primal-chaos elder-snake again.

With its eyes open, the snake almost looked like the real King Heaven-Devourer.

Roaring, it opened its mouth, causing the space-time tempests to roll into it, making its energy of primal chaos even stronger and more corporeal.

Yang Qi had finally become a Greater God.

He had stolen so many resources from the House of God Ordainment that he could sense its destiny decline by thirty percent.

However, Yang Qi was a Fateless One and commanded the Life-Death Void-Destruction Lightning; therefore, no one could ever place the blame on him. Only someone with full Unbounded will could have determined the truth.

'And now, it's time to assimilate these three Unbounded god pills. Let's see what they'll do to my godhood. They shouldn't just affect my godhood and cultivation base, though, but also my psychic power and thought fluctuations.'

Without hesitation, he summoned the three pills, which had assumed the form of a buddhist, daoist, and confucian.

"Who exactly are you?" said the one that looked like a buddhist. "And why have you taken us out of the House of God Ordainment? Release the sealing mark immediately! If you do, we can give you boundless blessings and unending power!" His words were very enticing.

However, Yang Qi simply looked at them like they were idiots. "Are you brain-addled? I've consumed you to boost my godhood and cultivation base! What power do you think you're going to bless me with?"

"Who exactly are you? Are you from the House of God Ordainment, or some other group?" the confucian scholar said, sounding very stern and awe-inspiring.

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Chapter 1291: Buddhist, Daoist, Confucian. Three God Pills

Three god pills, one a buddhist, one a daoist, one a confucian. They all knew they were in extreme danger, and on the verge of being destroyed. How could they possibly just resign themselves to their fate?

Therefore, they decided to join forces to kill Yang Qi.

Not that he cared. Quietly drawing on his psyche, will, and boundless godpower, he set up a spell formation.

The confucian pill unleashed energy that became like a white dragon, shooting upward to smash into the warding magic. "I'm a Noble-Energy Exist-Forever Confucian God Pill! I control the noble energy of heaven and earth, and was concocted by the combined effort of numerous teachers, saints, sages, and scholars from a boundless confucian college. I was formed from the energy of books and scrolls, and shall exist forever within heaven and earth. How could you possibly assimilate me?"

"Let heaven be the game board, and the stars the pieces." The daoist pill unleashed an attack that filled the sky with consummate energy, forming an immense star chart that battered at the warding magic.

"Compassion cometh from Buddha. Pilgrimage of a myriad buddhas. Nirvanic rebirth of a myriad buddhas. The buddhist lamp is like a dream. With a buddha, one has a lamp."

A shining lamp rose high into the sky as the buddhist pill called on an incredibly powerful divine ability. All three of the pills attacked together, unleashing devastating power that smashed through the warding magic with unstoppable force.

"Very impressive energy," Yang Qi murmured. Drawing on his cultivation base and will, he transformed his monarch godhood into a divine pearl. Bright light shone into the void, and immense psychic power crackled like silver lightning or fire dragons.

"Unspoiled by Myriad Kalpas and Tribulations. Mahātmā Jade!" Ten thousand characters appeared within Yang Qi's monarch godhood, rapidly forming what appeared to be an enormous cannon.

Devilish, godly text flowed back and forth to form the cannon, which was none other than a devastating weapon the True Devil had devised in the ancient past. It was called the Grand Tribulation Cannon, and it lobbed projectiles formed of raw tribulation. When firing the cannon from the depths of hell, it could blast the halls of heaven in devastating barrages.

Hell was the lowest point in the world, and the halls of heaven were the highest.

Hell could only look up at heaven.

Yet, according to the stories, the True Devil really had blasted the halls of heaven with his cannon all the way from hell. There was nothing in existence that could match the attack power of the Grand Tribulation Cannon.

After Yang Qi got his second piece of the Mahātmā Jade, his True-Devil Unspoiled-by-Myriad-Kalpas-and-Tribulations Body improved dramatically, and he learned of this new transformation.

RUMBLE!

Even as the three god pills destroyed the warding magic, the Grand Tribulation Cannon appeared and a deafening roaring sound could be heard as it was unleashed. The recoil was so immense that Yang Qi staggered backward from the force.

The projectile ripped through the defenses of the three god pills, and they screamed miserably as their vital energy was shredded apart.

"Is all this worth the trouble?" Yang Qi asked them. Reaching out with the Hand of the One God, he grabbed the three pills and wrapped them up in a bubble.

"Out of power, right?" he said. "I devastated your pill energy, leaving behind only pure medicinal strength and godpower. You're at the end of the line here."

"Just who are you?" the confucian pill asked. "How come you're so strong?" Suddenly, he spat out some blood that was pure pill energy, which he used to try to break through the Purrfect God Art bubble. He completely failed.

"If I'm not mistaken," said the buddhist pill, "you have the cultivation base of a Greater God. But your psychic power is on the verge of the Unbounded level. It took a lot of hard cultivation for us to reach this level. Why destroy us? Compassion cometh from Buddha! Don't tell me you have no compassion in your heart?"

"I have compassion," Yang Qi said. "Otherwise I would've killed you already. Don't worry. All I need are your medicinal pill bodies. In terms of your boundless wills, they would only be impurities to me. Just separate your wills from the medicinal pills that contain them. Eventually, I can find new fleshly bodies for you, and help you become true gods. What do you say?"

The pills had long since developed intelligence, and the truth was that Yang Qi didn't actually want to destroy them. He just wanted their exterior shells, the medicinal pills. Considering they had survived a blast from the Grand Tribulation Cannon, they were obviously on the level of Consummate Gods.

All he would have to do would be find them appropriate bodies for them to continue on their paths of cultivation.

The three god pills exchanged glances. "In that case, we believe you. Our wills would indeed be impurities to you, and wouldn't be of much help."

Three beams of light appeared, one golden, one green, and one white. Yang Qi waved his sleeve and sucked them inside, leaving behind three medicinal pills on his palm. They now contained only pure psychic power, godpower, and almost limitless medicinal strength. He could sense the pills almost pulsing in his hand.

As for the buddhist pill, it had obviously been concocted by the joint effort of countless ancient buddhas, who chanted their sutras and gave form to crystallized expressions of enlightenment.

The confucian pill had been created by innumerable confucian teachers, combining their academic knowledge of righteousness and virtue into the form of a pill.

The daoist pill was similar, having been created in a calm and natural fashion by numerous daoist priests.

The three pills contained the wisdom of three main teachings, and while it was hard to say where exactly the House of God Ordainment had acquired them, it didn't matter. They now belonged to Yang Qi.

It was impossible to say how many merit points it would have cost him to take them. Most likely, it would require saving the sect from imminent destruction ten times over. Yet Yang Qi had just spirited them away.

One after another, he popped them into his mouth, and his monarch godhood virtually burst into flame.

The fire was so intense that his fleshly body once again vanished, leaving behind only his godhood. Cracking and creaking sounds rang out as it began growing larger and larger.

Soon it was like a tiny mountain, burning as brightly as the sun.

It was the longest session of cultivation Yang Qi had engaged in for a long time, lasting three years. Three god world years passed, in which he remained in the depths of the void, assimilating the medicinal strength and growing stronger. At the same time, his psyche was still operational and in touch with Jadefall and his other people.

Three years wasn't really a long time. To the House of God Ordainment as a whole, it was like the snap of a finger. During that time, Jadefall and the others stabilized their cultivation bases and continued growing stronger, although that wasn't necessarily obvious to outside observers. After all, they still needed more time to consolidate their benefits from the Eternal-Life God-Dynasty.

Yang Immortal-Slayer came to visit during that three-year-period, but obviously, he didn't see Yang Qi.

Yang Immortal-Slayer had formed monarch godhood, and was proceeding rapidly with his cultivation. Not only was he benefiting from the help of the Lord of the True Void, but he was also in contact with King Immortal-Slayer. The Lord of the True Void knew about his monarch godhood, and was both keeping his secret and also doing everything in his power to help him.

Yang Immortal-Slayer's rapid advancement in cultivation delighted some people in the sect, but had the opposite effect for others. The Sage Monarch Society had already turned into a major force in the sect, surpassing the Brilliant Radiance Society, Honorable Glory Society, and former Dragon Society.

Now, they were second only to the Mystery Society.

No one discovered the fact that the medicinal pills had been stolen from the treasure storehouse. They were stored in a place so deep that it would sometimes go for thousands of years without being visited.

One day, deep in the void, a massive explosion occurred. A huge, divine mountain appeared, which slowly shrank until it became obvious that it was godhood.

Monarch godhood. When it was roughly the size of an egg, Yang Qi's body formed around it.

'I finally understand the deepest secrets of how to improve godpower and godhood. It touches on the Strength of the Hell-Crushing Godmammoth and the Annulled Grand Magic. Now I know for sure that, even without the Mahātmā Jade, I'll eventually gain enlightenment of Unbounded will convergence.'

Yang Qi was now a Consummate God!

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Chapter 1292: Consummate Godhood

Yang Qi had spent three years assimilating three powerful god pills. And as a result, he had finally become a Consummate God. The Consummate God level was a major milestone, and was the point where one could truly pursue grand ambitions. Even in the largest of sects, Consummate Gods commanded immense power and authority. For example, in the Eternal-Life God-Dynasty, Consummate Gods would be conferred titles of nobility.

Right now, Yang Qi's will convergence still wasn't in the Unbounded level, but he was confident he would be able to reach that level, even without the Mahātmā Jade.

Three years ago, he had been stuck because he needed more pieces of the Mahātmā Jade.

But during the three years of hard cultivation and deep enlightenment, he had broken through that obstacle. Now, achieving the breakthrough he desired wouldn't be an impossibility.

Furthermore, to rise from the early Consummate God level to the mid level, he needed more medicinal pills. The House of God Ordainment was now useless to him in that regard, as he had already cleared out their treasure storehouse of every useful pill possible.

Right now, anything that wasn't an Unbounded medicinal pill might as well have been trash to him.

Looking at the god kingdom of the House of God Ordainment, he realized that there were no secrets in it any longer. One thing he realized was that the secret reserve power they kept actually wasn't in the god kingdom itself, but somewhere outside.

At this point, Yang Qi was far too big a fish to remain in the pond that was the House of God Ordainment. Never could he have guessed that he would progress so rapidly in his cultivation.

His friends and family were all Greater Gods, and in another eight to ten years, they would all be Consummate Gods. Right now, he and Jadefall were both already Consummate Gods. All they had to do now was use their status as children of primeval chaos to enact the next phase of their plan.

With his half Unbounded will convergence, Consummate God monarch godhood, and God Legion Seal, Yang Qi could definitely crush all of the experts in the sect. Not even the houselord, who was a peak Consummate God, was anything to worry about. The only thing he wasn't sure about was the reserve power they had.

The only thing that could currently cause a problem for him would be a Paramount God with Unbounded will.

Without any fanfare, he returned to the god kingdom and headed directly to the Hall of Promotions.

When the disciples there caught sight of him, some called out enthusiastic greetings, while others looked at him with hard expressions and hurried off to report the matter to others. Approaching one of the disciples in charge, he released some of his Consummate God aura.

In response, the disciple, who was a Lesser God, immediately dropped to his knees. "Spare me, Elder Brother, spare me!"

"I'm here for a promotion," Yang Qi said. "As you can see, my godhood has reached the level of a Consummate God. Therefore, I want to be a child of primeval chaos. Please go report the matter to the chief elders."

"Yes, of course," the disciple said, crawling to his feet and hurrying away.

Yang Qi waited patiently as the hours ticked by. He knew that news of him being a Consummate God would spread, and that the chief elders would be calling a meeting of other Consummate Gods to discuss the matter.

The Sage Monarch Society had been rising in power rapidly over the past three years, with its members completing all sorts of missions and earning many merit points. Further, the Sage Monarch Consortium had also been growing.

Now that Yang Qi was a Consummate God, it meant the Sage Monarch Society very well might surpass the Mystery Society.

Ding dong. Ding dong.

Bells rang in the Hall of Promotions, filling the god kingdom and announcing to all disciples that a new child of primeval chaos had arrived.

Then, several Consummate God elder kings approached. "Please enter the hall. To become a child of primeval chaos, you'll have to pass some tests administered by the Perfect God chief elders."

"Alright," Yang Qi said, nodding. He had no idea what discussions might have gone on over the past few hours, and wasn't interested in knowing any details. Whatever tricks anyone might be planning, he was now strong enough to deal with them.

The Hall of Promotions had several floors, and the disciples and elders that worked there were considered very lucky. He walked up to the highest floor, entering a spacious room that overlooked many of the other palaces in the god kingdom.

There were a handful of Consummate God elder kings present, along with eight Perfect God chief elders. Yang Qi recognized the chief elders; only three of them actually worked in the Hall of Promotions, so the fact that there were others present seemed to indicate that something fishy was going on.

Not that Yang Qi cared.

After he walked in and took his place, one of the chief elders said, "So, Yang Qi, you want to be a child of primeval chaos? Is your cultivation base in the Consummate God level?"

"Yes," Yang Qi said, releasing the aura of a Consummate God.

"Excellent. You really are a Consummate God." Nodding, the chief elder glanced at his fellow chief elders, then said, "Unfortunately, it's also possible that you're using some unknown magical object to fabricate a Consummate God aura. Therefore, we need to do our routine inspection to rule that out."

"Alright," Yang Qi said. "How exactly will the inspection work?"

"Simple," another chief elder said. "We'll directly inspect your godhood to make sure it's actually in the Consummate God level."

"Sounds fine." He knew something unusual was going on, but true confidence stems from superb skill, and he wasn't worried about whatever games the chief elders might be playing.

"Then we'll begin." Vaguely sinister expressions flitted across the faces of the other five chief elders.

"Hold on a moment!" Yang Qi suddenly said.

"What are you doing?" one of the chief elders said.

"What's the meaning of this, Yang Qi?" said another.

"According to the Great Classic of God Ordainment, when being promoted to child of primeval chaos, the inspection will be carried out by three chief elders. If the subject's godhood is in the Consummate God level, he'll pass the test. So why exactly do you need eight chief elders instead of three?" Yang Qi even pulled out his Great Classic of God Ordainment and flipped to the specific passage he was referring to.

"The Hall of Promotions has changed its policies," one of the chief elders replied immediately, as if he had anticipated this might happen. Smiling coldly, he continued, "Corruption has become a big problem here. For instance, certain members of the Sage Monarch Society have been promoted even though they clearly don't meet the cultivation requirements, by bribing disciples here. And there are some disciples who haven't actually reached godly ascension, but claim to have done so in the hopes of gaining access to better resources. Therefore, the council of chief elders has issued orders that more chief elders supervise the inspection process. We have to eliminate this problem of cheating. Understand?"

"So that's how it is. In that case, I suppose there's nothing more I can say."

"Good. Then we'll begin now." The eight Consummate God chief elders exchanged glances, then waved their fingers out, causing brilliant light to shoot into Yang Qi's sea of energy and the godhood therein.

In reaction, his godhood began to rotate rapidly.

Yang Qi immediately felt pain in his godhood. And from the vicious grins on the faces of the five chief elders, it was obvious they were jointly using some powerful technique to try forcing his godhood down to a lower level.

It was a very vicious move, and it begged the question of who was behind it.

If he were an ordinary Consummate God, he would have been powerless to fight back. The five chief elders working together could have wrested away the power of his godhood, and forced him back down to the peak Greater God level. It would have been a grievous injury, and worse, he would then have been accused of a crime in the sect. It would most likely have resulted in him being imprisoned, which would force Jadefall to make major concessions to get him out.

There was no way that a plot such as this could be less than sinister.

All of a sudden, Yang Qi's face fell and he said, "You—"

SPLAT!

Blood spewed out of his mouth, and his aura suddenly declined, dropping from the Consummate God level to the peak Greater God level.

Staggering backward, he pointed an accusing finger at the eight chief elders and said, "You actually forced my level down! You villains!"

One of the chief elders shot to his feet. "How dare you, Yang Qi! We discovered your ruse and destroyed the treasure that made it seem like you were a Consummate God. The truth is that you're only a Greater God! As it turns out, the Sage Monarch Society really is full of cheaters and con artists who egotistically take advantage of the rules of the sect! And now we have our proof. Next, we'll do a full inspection of the Sage Monarch Society and see how many of your members have lied to the sect."

RUMBLE!

"That's exactly right!" said another chief elder. "The Sage Monarch Society is wicked to the core, and has lied directly to our faces. This Yang Qi brazenly pretended to be a Consummate God in the hopes of gaining the title of child of primeval chaos. How villainous! Take him into custody, and call a meeting to interrogate all the key members of the Sage Monarch Society!"

The other chief elders were all smiling as they looked on, confident that their villainous plan had succeeded.

They had removed Yang Qi as a threat, and would now be able to threaten Jadefall. They could accuse all of the key members of the Sage Monarch Society of being frauds, which would be such a heavy blow that the society would definitely fall apart.

After all, with the key members arrested, how could anyone trust that Jadefall could deal with the junior houselord?

It was no wonder they had kept Yang Qi waiting for several hours outside.

That was when they had come up with their evil plan.

Seeing that Yang Qi wasn't saying a word, not even refuting their accusations, the chief elders were sure that they had succeeded. "Guards, arrest Yang Qi and throw him into Heaven Penitentiary. Summon the other chief elders to a meeting. We're going to finally get to the bottom of the Sage Monarch Society's lies!"

They had their 'irrefutable' evidence.

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Chapter 1293: Irrefutable Evidence

Unless something unexpected happened, it seemed the evidence really was going to be 'irrefutable'.

But Yang Qi had only pretended to be injured and weakened, in the hopes of finding out what exactly was going on. And now he knew. It seemed most likely it was a plot hatched by the junior houselord, or at the very least, one of his advisers.

The three chief elders of the Hall of Promotions were obviously on the junior houselord's payroll, which came as no surprise.

The Sage Monarch Society didn't have any Perfect God chief elders working for them, but they had only been around for a few years. How could they? But the junior houselord had access to unmatchable resources. He had been around for thousands of years, and had most of the chief elders under his thumb. If he wanted to hatch a plot to harm someone, it wouldn't be hard for him at all.

"Yessir!"

Dozens of elder kings fanned out to surround Yang Qi, all of them either mid, late, or peak Consummate Gods. Considering their numbers, they wouldn't have been afraid of Yang Qi even if he was a Consummate God, much less after he had been weakened by five chief elders.

They would arrest him and force him to make a confession, which would then seal the case. At that point, even if Jadefall made a big scene, it wouldn't do any good.

Jadefall had the purrling, so no one could do anything to her directly. But that didn't mean they couldn't target her advisers and subordinates. As long as the accusations were made within the law, Jadefall couldn't do a thing.

That was how sect infighting worked: by doing things one step at a time, deadly and shocking acts could be accomplished.

"Don't struggle, boy," said one of the elder kings. "I can't believe you pretended to be a Consummate God to try getting appointed as a child of primeval chaos. We knew all along you were faking. You've only been in the sect a few years, and you joined as a Quasi-God. Normally speaking, it takes hundreds of years to become a Greater God, much less a Consummate God. And now you've given us the evidence to prove your guilt."

Metal chains and manacles appeared in the hands of the elder kings as they closed in.

However, before they could touch him...

RUMBLE!

A huge bubble appeared, sending them flying away to slam into the walls of the audience hall, their faces ashen and blood spraying out of their mouths. Furthermore, cracking sounds could be heard as their godhood was damaged, and their cultivation levels regressed.

The Perfect God chief elders looked around in shock, unsure of what was happening. Then, to their shock, a tremor passed through Yang Qi as his godhood healed itself. Yet again, the aura of a Consummate God appeared, and it weighed down heavily on everyone present.

Shaking out his arms and shoulders to loosen up, he smiled and said, "You people really are villains. I'm not sure who came up with this wicked scheme, but a sect like this shouldn't tolerate such behavior. You tried to cripple my cultivation base, then slandered me. It's really not fitting for an organization like this. I bet you could never have guessed that your plan to cripple me would completely fail."

The elder kings who had just been about to arrest him had been so badly hurt that all of them, regardless of whether they were early, mid, late, or peak Consummate Gods, had now fallen to the level of Greater Gods.

They were now essentially crippled, and would find it almost impossible to once again become Consummate Gods. Yang Qi had just ruthlessly hamstrung over a dozen elder kings, which was quite a brazen display.

"Are you okay?" one of the chief elders said, an early Consummate God. Reaching out to one of the elder kings, he sent some godpower into him. When he found that the man's godpower was shattered, his expression flickered dramatically.

"Y-you... you crippled them?" Glaring murderously at Yang Qi, he said, "What exactly is going on here? We didn't reduce your godhood?"

"No. Are you kidding me? My godhood can't be crippled that easily." Yang Qi threw his head back and laughed. "Did you really think your energy arts were that impressive? You were pretty proud of leading these Consummate God elder kings, weren't you? Sadly, I crippled them. Wait, just kidding. You see, they weren't really Consummate Gods. They were just pretending to be. Sadly, there's a lot of corruption in the Hall of Promotions, and obviously, the place needs to be thoroughly investigated. In fact, I think all of the chief elders should just resign and hand their positions over to people from the Sage Monarch Society."

The arrogant, domineering, imperious, and unforgiving Yang Qi was back.

He was once again acting the way he had back in the impure lands.

After coming to the god world, he had acted carefully and with caution. But now he could finally throw caution to the wind. Thus, he was crushing his opponent and showing that no one in the House of God Ordainment could possibly stand up to him.

"What outrageous gall!" one of the Perfect God chief elders snapped. Looking Yang Qi up and down, he said, "You've got some guts to say things like that out loud. How dare you cause such a scene in the Hall of Promotions!"

"What. You chief elders actually set a trap to harm me, forcibly lowering my cultivation level, and when I fought back, exposing you for violating the rules of the sect, you say I'm the one with outrageous gall?" Yang Qi chuckled coldly.

"Shut your mouth!" spat one of the chief elders, a man named Ding Lian'gen. Glaring at Yang Qi, he said, "You might be strong, but it's only because of some magical treasure you got from the Eternal-Life God-Dynasty. And everything you just said about the Hall of Promotions is a lie."

"That's right. And I, Ding Lian'gen, can prove it. We just performed an open and above-board inspection on you. What you just said about us forcibly reducing your cultivation is complete balderdash. As all of us can see, although you indeed are a Consummate God, it's obvious that you're using an energy art from the dao of devils. You've been possessed, and driven mad as a result. You even injured these elder kings here, which is a high crime!"

"Yang Qi, what proof do you have that we were plotting against you? You were a Consummate God before, and you still are. We didn't force your cultivation level down. It seems to me you've been possessed and are acting completely crazy. We have every right to arrest you and throw you into the deepest dungeons we have in the house of God Ordainment. Later, we'll execute you and wipe out your soul so thoroughly that you'll never be reborn."

"How could I, Deity Megamountain, possibly allow a rebellious disciple like you to go crazy in the House of God Ordainment? You and everyone else from the Sage Monarch Society, are complete degenerates! And those from the dao of devils will be expunged!" The man thrust his palm out, using a consummate technique of his known as the Megamountain Suspension. As a result, an enormous mountain appeared in the air up above, which would fall to crush everyone beneath it.

POP!

Yang Qi thrust his own palm out to meet the Megamountain Suspension, and wasn't shaken in the least. However, the Perfect God known as Deity Megamountain was sent flying backward, where he slammed into the wall and coughed up blood as his godhood shattered.

He was an early Perfect God expert, a chief elder who had achieved his breakthrough a few hundred years ago. He had a violent temper, yet wasn't a match at all for Yang Qi. After all, other than someone with Unbounded will, there wasn't anyone who could cause problems for Yang Qi.

Crack. Crunch...

The residual godpower from Deity Megamountain's move was causing further explosions inside of him, damaging his godhood so badly that his aura faded down to that of the peak Consummate God level.

Letting loose a shrill scream, he said, "My energy arts! My godhood cracked! This is impossible! It took such effort to reach the Perfect God level! I even used a Thousand-Mountains Myriad-Rivers Pill to get to this point. Now that I've fallen, how could I do the same thing again?"

"You've reaped what you've sown," Yang Qi said coolly. "If you hadn't set out to cripple my godhood, I wouldn't have been so ruthless."

"Do you have a death wish or something?! Kill him!"

The seven remaining chief elders couldn't hold back any longer, and attacked in unison, causing streams of energy to shoot forth like dragons and tigers. They obviously couldn't let Yang Qi leave this situation alive.

Of course, Yang Qi had never even considered running. With his monarch godhood and the strength of a Consummate God, he thrust his palm out, unleashing seven different attacks from the Hand of the One God.

Seven popping sounds rang out as Yang Qi met the attacks of all seven experts. Yet nothing happened to him. In the blink of an eye, his godhood rotated trillions of times over, releasing unmatchably domineering godpower.

All seven chief elders staggered backward in utter defeat.

If Yang Qi pressed the attack, he could kill them all where they stood. But he wasn't prepared to go that far. He didn't mind crippling some godhood, but he didn't want to go so far as to slaughter people in the sect.

"How could he be so strong?" one of the chief elders muttered. As each of them examined their own godhood, they realized that the one palm strike had completely drained them of godpower. Little did they know that Yang Qi had used some of King Heaven-Devourer's divine abilities to drain them dry, making them so weak they could hardly lift a finger.

"How could I be so strong?" Yang Qi laughed. "If I weren't supremely powerful, how could I have ever dared to come to the Hall of Promotions?" He was now more glad than ever that he had made the decision to steal those medicinal pills and rise to the Consummate God level. As a Greater God, he never would have come out of this situation on top.

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Chapter 1294: Head Held High

Yang Qi was finally able to speak his mind after years of keeping his head low in the House of God Ordainment. Before, he had always held back, but now he was violating the greatest of taboos as he directly shook all seven of these chief elders, each of them a Consummate God. Not even the houselord could have easily done something like this.

Each of the chief elders could sense the boundless power flowing through him, and knew it was something they couldn't possibly stand up to.

All they could do was writhe weakly as his energy smashed into them, his godhood exerting such immense pressure that they were nearly crushed where they stood.

"How could you be so powerful? Who are you?" The seven chief elders didn't want to believe what was happening, but they had no choice.

"Hmph! Who am I? I work for the crown prince!" Yang Qi had decided to quit while he was ahead. If he revealed his monarch godhood, it would draw the attention of Paramount Gods, and that would likely end with him suffering a miserable fate.

In response, the seven chief elders stared at Yang Qi.

"You work for the crown prince? The crown prince of the Eternal-Life God-Dynasty?"

"Not even someone personally groomed by the crown prince should have a cultivation base like yours."

"There's nothing special about me," Yang Qi replied. "It's just that you fools don't understand how incredible the crown prince is. The only reason I'm as strong as I am is because of him. He knew you were plotting against me, so he used an ensconcement magic to fill me with enough power to devastate you with a single move. Now do you understand?"

The chief elders were at a loss for words. The explanation Yang Qi was providing did make sense in some ways.

"As you likely know," Yang Qi continued, "three years ago I spent some time working on my cultivation in the Eternal-Life God-Dynasty, which was when Grand Eunuch Nie Yinyang personally boosted my energy arts. Then I had an audience with the crown prince, who gave me further blessings. So did you really think I wouldn't achieve any breakthroughs in the three years after that? I'd originally considered slaughtering everyone here today, but considering we're from the same sect, I think I'll let you off the hook. By the way, did you think I was ignorant of the fact that the junior houselord is in league with the third prince? And do you really think the third prince is strong enough to deal with the crown prince? If so, you're sadly mistaken. He's just going to end up arrested and executed. And you'll get dragged down with him, unless you side with me. Why not let bygones be bygones, and join the Crown Prince Society? The ship that is the House of God Ordainment is going to sink sooner or later, and if you stick with the third prince, you'll go down with it. But if you side with the crown prince... then you can sail off into the sunset and eventually become Paramount Gods."

Yang Qi's cultivation base had finally reached the point of being able to control Perfect Gods, so he was using his words to slip devil embryos into their seas of consciousness.

These chief elders had originally hoped to pool their strength and kill Yang Qi, but things had quickly spiraled out of control. Upon hearing that he worked for the crown prince, their sails deflated as they understood the larger picture. The junior houselord had sided with the third prince, but unfortunately, the third prince couldn't compare to the crown prince.

And apparently, the crown prince favored Yang Qi so much that he had ensconced some of his nascent divinity within him. That seemed to be the only explanation for how a mere Consummate God like Yang Qi could unleash such devastating force.

In fact, if he hadn't put on such a display of force, they wouldn't have believed that he was actually working with the crown prince. Now, however, they had no choice but to believe.

"I'll join the crown prince!" said the chief elder whose godhood Yang Qi had crippled. "I know that His Majesty the crown prince has amazing abilities, and I can only hope that he might heal my godhood, returning me to the Consummate God level."

Yang Qi nodded. "Excellent. You may join the Crown Prince Society. Considering your status, you'll be rewarded handsomely for joining. Just remember that I'm in charge of all members of the Crown Prince Society in the House of God Ordainment, which means you have to follow my orders. For instance, word of today's events mustn't leak. Everyone who was injured needs to go into temporary seclusion."

"Right, of course." In their eyes, Yang Qi had essentially been possessed by the crown prince, to the point where they weren't even sure who they were actually talking to. So they simply nodded in acquiescence and agreed to join the Crown Prince Society.

In order to solidify their terror of him, Yang Qi laughed heartily as he unleashed a wave of psychic power, filling the area and making them feel like they were being sucked into a vortex. Then, they found themselves in an illusory region from which they couldn't escape.

"What do you think of my psychic power?" Yang Qi said.

"This level of psychic power and will is nothing short of horrifying!" As of this moment, they were convinced that they were actually communicating directly with the crown prince. Who but that almighty figure could unleash psychic power like this?

"I'll join the Crown Prince Society!"

"Me too! I can only hope you'll put in a good word for me!"

"Very good," Yang Qi said, laughing. "In that case, I'm now a child of primeval chaos. Please make a note in the records, and bring out my new uniform and identity medallion. Oh wait. You're still in a state of shock from the crown prince's abilities. I'll just handle it myself."

He made a beckoning motion, and a jade medallion and a set of clothing flew over to him. As he did, he felt completely connected to everything around him, as though his destiny had fused with the god kingdom around him.

'So, that's how it is,' he thought, nodding. The children of primeval chaos were top leaders in the House of God Ordainment, and being given that title gave them a connection to the god kingdom's essence, and also immense authority and power.

"This matter is now concluded," Yang Qi said in a cold voice. "Again, don't breathe a word of this to anyone. I'll wipe the memories of the elder kings. The rest of you, go into seclusion and claim that you've experienced cultivation deviation." With that, he turned and left.

After he was gone, the chief elders sagged in defeat, and many of them pulled out medicinal pills that they used to heal themselves.

Then they glanced around at each other awkwardly.

"We suffered a huge defeat here. Who could have guessed that the crown prince had infused Yang Qi with his nascent divinity? He even took the elder kings away."

"How are we supposed to explain this to the junior houselord? He's still waiting for a report about how things turned out."

"We don't say anything. Let's just say something unexpected happened, and then go into secluded cultivation. Then, we wait to see how all of this plays out. And we definitely can't leak the news, otherwise the crown prince will make sure things go badly for us. We won't survive if he comes after us with deadly intent."

The chief elders all went into seclusion, as if nothing had ever happened. The elder kings had their memories wiped by Yang Qi, then went into seclusion where they experienced 'cultivation deviation' and godhood decline. It would be years before they emerged, possibly even a decade.

As for the chief elders, Yang Qi was already devising a way to get them into Dream Daylily's presence to officially join the Crown Prince Society. He was curious to see what kind of reward he would get for the service provided.

Considering they were Perfect Gods, it would make sense for the reward to be something at least as impressive as a Paramount god pill.

And Yang Qi had a feeling that the crown prince would probably want to meet him in person.

That would be a tricky situation to handle. For all he knew, the crown prince might be able to perceive some of his secrets. If he didn't manage to achieve another breakthrough, there was no way he could deal with an Unbounded expert.

'Where are the rest of the pieces of the Mahātmā Jade?' he thought, frowning. His surest bet right now was to reach the Unbounded level.

Perhaps the best thing to do would be to set up another spell formation to try to hone in on the locations of the other pieces.

'Right, my energy arts have advanced again. I could probably head into the Eternal-Life God-Dynasty's treasure storehouse again. If I complete the Flower of Time and insert it into my godhood, I'll definitely get a lot stronger. Maybe I could even use that to push my will convergence to Unbounded."

By adding the Flower of Time to his godhood, it would create a closer connection between his godhood and his psychic power, as well as give him a better understanding of time. He would even be able to grasp at understanding the end of time.

At a certain point, Jadefall showed up. "Are you finally a Consummate God, Yang Qi? And a child of primeval chaos? The people from the Hall of Promotions didn't cause any problems for you, did they?"

"They tried to cause problems, but I subjugated them all. In the past three years, I've gotten a lot stronger. Other than the House of God Ordainment's secret reserve power, nobody here can stand up to me." As Yang Qi looked at Jadefall, and the purrling in her arms, he suddenly realized why the purrling didn't seem to have any godpower.

Its godpower had already been annulled, which meant it didn't need godhood or godpower.

In the Annulled level, everything became nothing.

When Yang Qi reached that level, his monarch godhood would be cultivated into nothing. It was like truly returning home to one's original state. Yang Qi thirsted to reach that level.

Purr, purr... The purrling mewled, as if to praise Yang Qi for his advancement in psychic power. It was as though it knew he would soon reach the Unbounded level, which was a truly major accomplishment in the god world.

Normal. Stupendous. Destabilizing. Terrifying. Paramount. Unbounded. Annulled.

Those were the seven major levels that described one's psyche and essence. Throughout all history, though, no one had ever reached the Annulled level. It was the highest level, and the fact that Yang Qi was heading in that direction meant he had earned the purrling's praise and admiration.

"What?!" the junior houselord shouted in rage. "Yang Qi became a child of primeval chaos?! What about our plan? It was flawless! What were the chief elders thinking?!"

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Chapter 1295: Nacrelight Sageland

The junior houselord was fuming with intense rage. He had created what he thought was a seamless plan that would manipulate the rules of the House of God Ordainment to strike a mortal blow on the Sage Monarch Society. But now, the chief elders had all gone into seclusion and were ignoring him. Even the most foolish dolt in the world would realize that something had gone awry.

The junior houselord knew exactly what was going on. Yang Qi had been appointed a child of primeval chaos, which meant the junior houselord now had another major antagonist to deal with. If the junior houselord wanted to seize power, he would have to destroy the Sage Monarch Society or die trying.

The chief elders that were still in the presence of the junior houselord quickly tried to offer explanations. "We're going to look into the situation, Junior Houselord. I refuse to believe that there aren't any clues. Unfortunately, now that Yang Qi is a child of primeval chaos, he has the same status as you. That means not even elders from the Law-Enforcement God-Palace can punish him. It's going to be very difficult to do anything to him. It was bad enough that we had Jadefall to deal with, but now Yang Qi is a factor. I'm afraid you're in real danger."

"Either the fish dies, or the net splits. If I have to, I'll take them down with me into death. If only they would leave the sect on a mission or something. Then I could have some Perfect Gods from the dao of devils ambush them. The third prince has connections with the League of the Devil-Dao and the League of Wretch-Gods, and is planning to use them against the crown prince."

"The League of the Devil-Dao and the League of Wretch-Gods?" one of the chief elders said. "The wretch-gods and devil-gods are ruthless, vicious, and greedy. Working with them is asking a tiger for its skin."

"That doesn't have anything to do with us," the junior houselord replied. "As long as some of their experts can help us get rid of the Sage Monarch Society, it'll be worth it. Right now, I need to pay whatever price is necessary to break through to the Unbounded level. I'm a peak Perfect God right now, just on the verge of Unbounded will convergence. If I break through, I'll be on the same level as the crown prince. In fact, then the third prince would have to take orders from me, instead of me having to bow and scrape like I do now."

"That's right. The House of God Ordainment has never had an Unbounded expert. If you could reach that level, you'd be the first throughout all history. And then you could absolutely crush the Sage Monarch Society."

"Unfortunately, I don't have enough medicinal pills or magical treasures for that, and I'm not sure where to get them. Although, I heard that the Nacrelight Sageland has one of the top ten godflowers of all time, the heaven-fate godflower. If I could get it, I'd surely be able to reach the Unbounded level."

"You absolutely, positively must not think along those lines, Junior Houselord," another chief elder said. "The Nacrelight Sageland is a big enemy of the Eternal-Life God-Dynasty, and we're an ally of the Eternal-Life God-Dynasty. As soon as they realized who you are, they'll kill you."

"I'll be fine," the junior houselord said, laughing. "I already have contacts in the Nacrelight Sageland. The Eternal-Life God-Dynasty wants to control us, but we can play both sides against each other. You see, the Nacrelight Sageland wants to take advantage of us too. We've actually been communicating with them for some time now, and as long as we can harm the Eternal-Life God-Dynasty, they'll reward us. Right now, Jadefall is the adopted daughter of the supreme concubine, and the Sage Monarch Society in general is being supported by the Eternal-Life God-Dynasty. So we simply use the third prince to take down the Sage Monarch Society, then hand them over to the Nacrelight Sageland for the bounty. After that, well..."

"You're a real genius, Junior Houselord!"

Multiple chief elders made similar expressions of praise.

"I'll go talk to my contact in the Nacrelight Sageland," the junior houselord said, and then he faded from sight.

Meanwhile, Yang Qi had called a meeting of his people in one of the halls of the Sage Monarch Society's headquarters. The Sage Monarch Society had grown much larger and more powerful over the past three years. Their headquarters rose up in the middle of the House of God Ordainment's god kingdom, and above the main gate was a sign that shone with golden light: Sage Monarch God Temple.

While Yang Qi had been spending time reaching the Consummate God level and achieving half-Unbounded will convergence, his people weren't sitting around wasting time. They were all mid or late Greater Gods, and it seemed a given that they would break through to the Consummate God level within five or ten years.

Ascendants were different from ordinary people, and that was especially true of Yang Qi's friends and family, who had been remolded with the God Legion Seal. That made it possible for them to achieve even faster cultivation speeds than should have been possible. Furthermore, Yang Immortal-Slayer had brought gifts with him on his return visit, things that had provided even more cultivation benefits.

Looking around at them, Yang Qi nodded in approval. Unfortunately, they still had a lot of room for improvement if they wanted to stand up to Proud Heaven in the future.

According to King Immortal-Slayer, major unrest would soon visit the god world, and Yang Qi was firmly convinced that he was right. It would likely be similar to what happened years ago with the Sovereign Lord. And if the river of time reached its end and was destroyed, the god world would end and the legion of gods would perish. It would truly be doomsday.

Right now, he had no idea what he would do if that happened.

"Yang Qi, did you really defeat seven chief elders when you went to the Hall of Promotions?" asked the Shepherd. "It seems we finally have a truly powerful expert in the Sage Monarch Society."

"No, not yet. Only those with Unbounded will convergence are true experts. That's why I'm planning to try to find the other pieces of the Mahātmā Jade. Friends, I need your help."

"What do you need us to do?" Jadefall asked. "As long as you can find those other pieces of the Mahātmā Jade, you'll definitely reach Unbounded will convergence. And then we won't have to fear anyone."

"Locating its general position will be simple. I've already given you my Sage Monarch Grand Magic, which is divided into ten sections: Sage, Monarch, Ruler, Emperor, Sovereign, Lord, Hero, Hegemon, God, and Nothing. They encapsulate everything there is to be. Imperial-heaven pre-beginning powers, heavenly workings calculations, the Unspoiled Body, the power of godmammoths, the purrling, the Great Necropolis. They've all been combined into a dao of my very own. And all of you have a dao within it. Jadefall, you command the dao of the lord. Brahma, the dao of the sage. Shepherd, the dao of the hegemon. Proud World, the dao of the hero. Doom, the dao of the god. Eldest Brother, the dao of the monarch. Sword Seventeen, the dao of the sovereign. Patriarch Annalist, the dao of the emperor. Sectlord Will Manifestation, the dao of the ruler. Everyone else will be the dharmic guards who prevent anyone from entering the spell formation I'm about to create."

"Alright!"

Everyone sat down and got into position. Then Yang Qi loosed his psychic power, filling the area and causing a god kingdom to slowly form.

As the group drew on the Sage Monarch Grand Magic, nine shadowy images appeared behind Yang Qi. During the past three years in which he had fused his energy arts to an even higher level, his Sage Monarch Grand Magic had reached an incredible state. Furthermore, he had been drawing on the nation-fate of the Eternal-Life God-Dynasty, enabling him to create bodies related to the sovereign and the emperor.

There were actually ten aspects to the art, but the central-most one, Nothing, was not yet ready.

Therefore, the nine projections entered the bodies of his nine brethren, who shivered as their thoughts all merged together.

In the blink of an eye, ten days and ten nights passed.

The sky filled with dazzling colors as a huge spell formation took shape, with the God Legion Seal in the middle, and the Mahātmā Jade present as well. A huge river of psychic power was constantly flowing.

Eventually, an image appeared, seemingly without any order to it, a boundless cycle of flashing light. The group poured their psychic power into it, until images from the god world eventually appeared within it. No one knew how large the god world was, or exactly how many experts lurked within it. Not even Paramount Gods who could pierce through space were able to completely map the god world, and Yang Qi was no exception.

The image resolved into a landmass of extraordinary beauty, filled with flowers, streams, and mountains. Rain fell, and beautiful women danced about. There was no fighting or killing; everything was happy and blessed. In fact, there weren't even any men in this land.

There were ancient cities in the middle of it, perfectly built, with streams flowing through them. And in the middle of the countless cities bloomed an enormous lotus.

It wasn't a real flower, but rather a god kingdom, floating in the middle of a lake so green it looked like it was made from liquefied jade.

"The Nacrelight Sageland?" Everyone immediately realized what they were looking at. It was the colossal organization of women known as the Nacrelight Sageland, the biggest enemy of the Eternal-Life God-Dynasty.

Within its depths, psychic power seethed as Yang Qi caught sight of a piece of jade floating in the air.

At that point, the image slowly faded away. He had located another piece of the Mahātmā Jade. Unexpectedly, it was in the Nacrelight Sageland.

"Right," Jadefall said. "During the past three years, I became privy to a lot more secret information, including details from the supreme concubine. Now it all makes sense. The Eternal-Life God-Dynasty and the Nacrelight Sageland have long since been fighting over a treasure trove from the dao of devils. Supposedly, it was left behind by the ancient halls of heaven. They fought fiercely over until finally splitting it, each one of them taking half. It must have been a piece of the Mahātmā Jade!"

"In that case, there's no question about what to do next," Yang Qi said. "The Nacrelight Sageland has a piece of the Mahātmā Jade, although finding it and getting it is going to be very, very difficult. I need to slip in there, find it, and put my mark on it. Then I can summon it to me from a distance later. Unfortunately, getting into the Nacrelight Sageland is going to be a lot harder than infiltrating the Eternal-Life God-Dynasty. After all, the mountains in the Eternal-Life God-Dynasty are remnants of the ancient halls of heaven, so my God Legion Seal is particularly effective against them, and made it impossible for anyone to detect me. If I'd been caught by a Paramount God, I would've been killed."

"So what do we do?" Jadefall asked. "Should I go? After all, the Nacrelight Sageland is made up only of women. Any men who go there get enslaved."

"No, you can't go. You're the adopted daughter of the supreme concubine, and they surely know that. If they catch you, they'll kill you. I actually have a foolproof plan."

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Chapter 1296: What Reward?

Now that Yang Qi knew there was another piece of the Mahātmā Jade in the Nacrelight Sageland, he at least had a target and goal. No longer was he attempting to fish a needle from the sea. Unfortunately, it wouldn't be easy to get into the Nacrelight Sageland. He wouldn't be able to use the God Legion Seal without fear of being discovered, which meant he needed to come up with a good plan before moving forward. Thankfully, he had plenty of time to work with; if there was one thing people who practiced cultivation didn't need to worry about very often, it was time.

And one thing was certain: he would be going alone.

"How about I send the purrling with you?" Jadefall said. "In that case, you'd at least have some insurance to make sure things don't go horribly wrong."

The purrling immediately let out two purring sounds which indicated, "There's no way I'm bothering myself with this. Cultivation inherently comes with a lot of problems, and you need to figure them out on your own. Don't bother me with your petty melodrama."

Yang Qi understood, and nodded. "The Mahātmā Jade is my challenge, and I'll handle it on my own. I actually know someone from there, a young woman named Summer Tearfall. I got the sense she's someone important, so perhaps I can take advantage of my relationship with her to get into the Nacrelight Sageland."

"When do you plan on leaving?" Jadefall asked. "Our position in the House of God Ordainment is extremely stable right now, so you don't need to worry about things here. We just need to wait until the tricentennial election, then either you or I will take over as the houselord, and control the destiny of the entire sect. At that point, the old houselord and his son will have to follow whatever orders we give."

He shook his head. "I'm afraid we can't wait for the tricentennial election. The destiny of the sect has experienced a sharp drop recently, and I fear it'll actually be destroyed before the election arrives. Why don't we just take whatever destiny we need, by force? I think there should be enough to get most of our people to the Consummate God level, and a few of us might even become Perfect Gods. At that point, we can just move on to the Eternal-Life God-Dynasty, and drain them dry as well. The destiny of the dynasty should be enough to make me a Paramount God."

The Shepherd burst out laughing. "You make us sound like deadly parasites that just move from one fat target to the next."

"That's exactly what we are," Proud World said. "We're locusts who plunder everything in our path. It's just the law of survival. It seems to me that the boundless Sovereign Lord of years past actually wanted to use his Sagely Sacrifice on the entire god world, but ultimately failed."

"If the destiny of the House of God Ordainment is a candle," Doom said, "then the Eternal-Life God-Dynasty's is a volcano. Let's take care of the House of God Ordainment before we worry about anything else. The Shepherd and I recently mastered a consummate art from the dao of devils. If we use it to sacrifice the entire House of God Ordainment and assimilate the quintessence vitality and souls of the Consummate God chief elders, we would definitely become invincible."

"There's no need for that," Yang Qi said. "In the heaven above, there's virtue in sparing life. We aren't going to be the kind of people who go around slaughtering everyone. Anyone who tries to kill us will pay the price, but those who back down will be given a chance to survive. For instance, the junior houselord is definitely going to die, otherwise he'll just become a huge disaster. He's trying hard to reach the Unbounded level, and if he succeeds..."

"It's not as if the Unbounded level is easy to reach," Jadefall said, shaking her head. "So what's our next move? Perhaps you should continue taking advantage of your connections in the Crown Prince Society."

Yang Qi smiled. "Soon enough, I'm going to take those three chief elders from the Hall of Promotions to see Dream Daylily. They're Consummate Gods, so if they join, I should be able to get a big reward from the crown prince."

With that, Yang Qi and his people continued working on the Sage Monarch Grand Magic, provoking numerous transformations within them. As for Yang Qi, he was making progress on the path of "Nothing".

Unfortunately, he wasn't even close to grasping at the Annulled level.

As for his friends and family, they were all making great progress and were either heading into the mid, late, or peak of the Paramount level.

Ever since he had acquired a second piece of the Mahātmā Jade, Yang Qi's energy arts and cultivation had skyrocketed, and he was able to add deeper levels of enlightenment into the Sage Monarch Grand Magic.

Months passed as they worked on their cultivation. The entire time, Yang Qi didn't make any public appearances.

At a certain point, three figures appeared at his side, wearing wide, conical hats that obscured their facial features. No one would be able to tell, but these were the three chief elders from the Hall of Promotions, the Consummate Gods Ding Lian'gen, Ding Lian'gong, and Ding Lian'xun.

They were brothers.

In fact, they were triplets who had worked very hard, climbing their way through the ranks until they were chief elders. However, Yang Qi had wiped the floor with them and infected them with his devil embryos, which meant they had to follow his orders.

"In a moment, I'm going to take you to see someone important from the Crown Prince Society, a woman named Dream Daylily. Despite her status, she doesn't have the right to make decisions about people as important as you. She'll definitely send word up the ranks, and they'll send someone more important to talk with you. I want you to say that I glibly convinced you to join the Crown Prince Society. Don't tell the truth about things, obviously. After you join the Crown Prince Society, you still need to take orders from me, got it? The infighting in the Crown Prince Society is intense, and without someone to rely on, you'll quickly get in trouble. But I can make sure you're safe, and benefit from the position."

"We understand," the three brothers replied in unison. Of course, if Yang Qi got them into the Crown Prince Society, it would solidify his own power, and enable him to start building his own faction within the society. It was nothing out of the ordinary.

After all, even the factions in the House of God Ordainment had smaller groups within them.

A moment later, Yang Qi was secretly leading them into the restaurant run by the Eternal-Life God-Dynasty to see Dream Daylily. As soon as Dream Daylily caught sight of Yang Qi, her eyes flashed with anger. "So, you're finally coming to see me, Yang Qi? It's been over three years! Almost four! What have you been doing this whole time? Working on cultivation? You haven't accomplished a single thing! The leaders of the Crown Prince Society are very angry, and if I hadn't worked hard to smooth things over, they might have decided to just eliminate you. If you don't accomplish something noteworthy, you're going to end up punished."

"What was I doing for the past three years?" Yang Qi asked. "I was working hard on my cultivation. Now I'm a Consummate God, and also a child of primeval chaos. And I have plenty of plans for how to further the interests of the crown prince. I suggest you tell the leaders to have a bit more patience. Furthermore, I've brought these three top experts here to join the Crown Prince Society."

Only then did Dream Daylily look over at the three figures, who removed their hats to reveal their faces. When Dream Daylily saw who they were, her eyes widened. "Are those the three chief elders from the Hall of Promotions? Ding Lian'gen, Ding Lian'gong, and Ding Lian'xun? All Consummate Gods? How could people like that agree to join the Crown Prince Society?"

The three chief elders went on to do exactly as Yang Qi had ordered.

"Yang Qi offered some very persuasive arguments," said Ding Lian'gen. "We used to support the junior houselord, who is of course backed by the third prince. But Yang Qi revealed the truth to us, and showed how unreliable the third prince is. We realized that if we didn't make a change, we wouldn't have any foundation in the future. We obviously have to stick with the Crown Prince."

"Oh?" Dream Daylily's look of shock only continued to grow. "You three are very important people. I don't have the authority to recruit you. Please wait a moment while I get in touch with one of my superiors. As for you, Yang Qi, if you really convinced three chief elders to join the Crown Prince Society, you've provided a huge service. In fact, I'm not even sure how you'll be rewarded."

With that, Dream Daylily burned several different paper talismans to send messages to her superiors.

A few hours passed, then an immense energy weighed down and three figures pierced through space, landing right in front of them.

Yang Qi recognized two of them. One was Grand Eunuch Nie Yinyang, who was a peak Perfect God, and the other was God-King Ruthless. The third wore a long, golden robe, and held a fan in one hand. He was obviously a very important person, and had an extremely impressive cultivation base. It was very telling that both God-King Ruthless and Nie Yinyang stood slightly behind him on either side.

Yang Qi could immediately tell that this was some lower-ranked prince that worked for the crown prince.

There were thousands of princes in the Eternal-Life God-Dynasty, but only a few dozen of them could be considered truly powerful. So it was only natural that some of them would join up with someone like the crown prince.

"Yang Qi, this is the eighteenth prince," God-King Ruthless barked, "quickly get on your knees and kowtow in salute."

Yang Qi hurried to comply, but the eighteenth prince waved his hand dismissively and said, "There's no need for that mumbo-jumbo. Let's just get down to business. Do you three chief elders really want to join the Crown Prince Society? You need to think this through carefully. Once you join the Crown Prince Society, you can't leave it without being severely punished. Furthermore, the crown prince will insert a warding spell into you, which he can use to kill you if you betray him. Of course, there's plenty of benefits. The third prince is a ruthless and ambitious figure who wants to control the entire House of God Ordainment and gain access to their reserve power, all in the hopes of crushing the crown prince. We have to make sure he fails."

"We want to join!" the three brothers said in unison.

Then Ding Lian'gen said, "Yang Qi has explained that the crown prince treats the virtuous men courteously and the scholars with respect, and is a gentleman who will die for his friends. So it's only natural that we would want to serve him. If a measly person like Yang Qi could receive such excellent treatment, then surely we Consummate Gods will be treated even better."

"Excellent!" the eighteenth prince said in delight. "Then the time has come to swear your oaths. This is a talisman provided by the crown prince, which I will use to officiate the ceremony. Unfortunately, the crown prince is off fighting some Paramount Gods, and won't be back for another three years. In any case, considering your outstanding backgrounds, you'll definitely rank as counts in the Eternal-Life God-Dynasty, at the minimum."

"Let's begin!"

The three chief elders bowed their heads as the crown prince's warding spell entered them, taking away their freedom and ensuring that they never betrayed the crown prince.

"You've done shockingly well, Yang Qi," the eighteenth prince said. "As the saying goes, he who hasn't made a splash yet will often make the biggest splash of all. What reward are you aiming for in this? Say the word, and I'll approve your request on the behalf of the crown prince."

1. Summer Tearfall was introduced in . She was a captive of the Eternal-Life God-Dynasty. Yang Qi purchased her freedom and let her go back home to the Nacrelight Sageland in .

2. Ding Lian'gen, Lian'gong, Lian'xun: Ding is a surname which also happens to be the fourth of the . Lian means "link, connect, include." Gen means "root, basis". Gong means "public, common, noble, honorable". Xun means "modest, unpretentious".

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Chapter 1297: Stamens

"A reward?" Yang Qi said, his heart pounding a bit. "Eighteenth Prince, my brother Yang Immortal-Slayer, an apprentice of the Lord of the True Void, is currently at a bottleneck in his cultivation. Presumably you've heard about his amazing potential. Unfortunately, after forming his godhood, he's found it incredibly difficult to achieve further breakthroughs. Recently, he came to realize that he lacks a certain medicinal ingredient that will help him push his godhood to the next level. Might it be possible to acquire that ingredient as my reward? I've been talking with my brother about joining the Crown Prince Society, and this could probably seal the deal. I might even be able to recruit the Lord of the True Void."

"The Lord of the True Void?"

The eighteenth prince, Nie Yinyang, and God-King Ruthless exchanged glances. All of them knew that getting the Lord of the True Void into the Crown Prince Society would make the crown prince supremely powerful, and ensure that no amount of opposition could cause any problems.

Unfortunately, Paramount Gods were independent figures who would be hard to recruit. And using methods of force on them, such as warding spells, wouldn't work.

The only methods that worked for people like that were courtesy and respect. After all, neither the eighteenth prince nor the crown prince were close to being a match for the Lord of the True Void in combat.

That said, Yang Immortal-Slayer was his new favored apprentice, so recruiting him would at least establish a connection. And they could possibly start by offering the Lord of the True Void a position as a guest elder.

"What medicinal ingredient? As long as we have it in stock, I'll do my best to get it for you. Incidentally, if you can get the Lord of the True Void to join the Crown Prince Society, even as a guest elder, the crown prince will personally bless you with some energy arts. In fact, I can guarantee that he'll take you as an adopted son and transform your blood into that of the Eternal Clan. He might even make you his successor."

The eighteenth prince was making a very weighty promise.

The princes of the Eternal-Life God-Dynasty were all surnamed Eternal. And the emperor himself was named Eternal Nightless, a name designed to impart the idea of never-ending brightness, and an eternal lack of night in the god world.

It was a truly impressive and domineering name.

"My brother, Yang Immortal-Slayer, needs a flower of time." Yang Qi finally threw out the description of the item he wanted. A flower of time would be considered extremely precious, and he knew that asking for one would come across as arrogantly greedy to most people. To lessen the effect, he said he needed it for his brother Yang Immortal-Slayer, and wrapped it up in the promise of recruitment.

And he was even bringing the Lord of the True Void into the picture.

"A flower of time?" the eighteenth prince said, his jaw dropping. Then he looked closer at Yang Qi to see if there was something he was missing. However, Yang Qi's expression remained the same, only displaying loyalty and selflessness.

"Eighteenth Prince," said God-King Ruthless, "Yang Qi was subjugated by a Nation-Fate God Pill, which I personally administered. There's no question about his loyalty. Unfortunately, we don't have a full flower of time, only the stamen of one. What about offering that as the reward?"

"A flower of time really could be used to help one's godhood," Nie Yinyang added. "I've heard rumors that this apprentice of Lord of the True Void is quite amazing. I'm not sure what kind of godhood he formed, but it must be thousands of times stronger than ordinary godhood. Supposedly, the Lord of the True Void recently attended a banquet with some other Paramount Gods, and that apprentice of his defeated all the other genius apprentices in combat. Unfortunately, God-King Ruthless is right. We don't have a full flower in the treasure storehouse."

The eighteenth prince thought for a moment, then said, "You're always thinking about the Crown Prince Society, aren't you Yang Qi? We recognize your loyalty, but unfortunately, a flower of time is nothing to take lightly. And we don't even have a whole one, only the stamen of one. Worse, if you assimilate the stamen alone into your godhood, it will cause the godhood to lose control over the power of time, and ultimately explode."

"Then what do you suggest?" Yang Qi said. "I hope you can provide some advice, Eighteenth Prince. My brother repeatedly made me promise to help him look for that flower. I guess not even the Lord of the True Void could find one, so I'm not sure how I'm supposed to do so."

"How about I just give your brother the stamen? Perhaps the Lord of the True Void can think of a way to use it. It might not be a full flower of time, but it's still an amazing reward. If something like that can't earn the favor of the Lord of the True Void, nothing will. When your brother returns in three years, bring him here to join the Crown Prince Society. Got it?"

"I'll make it happen," Yang Qi replied. "There's one other small matter I was hoping to mention, Eighteenth Prince."

"Oh? What matter?"

"You three explain," Yang Qi said, glancing at the three chief elders.

"It's like this," said Ding Lian'gen. "Back when Yang Qi recruited us, there were four other chief elders present who said they'd think about the matter. Now that we're members, and have benefited so much, perhaps we can go convince the other four to join."

The truth was that the three chief elders hadn't been given a thing upon joining the Crown Prince Society, other than the warding spells. And their mention of "benefiting" was a reminder that they were currently empty-handed, giving them no incentive to recruit more people.

The eighteenth prince had already considered this, so he pulled three jade bottles out of his robe, each of which pulsed with mountain-crushing, sea-shattering energy flows.

They were Unbounded medicinal pills!

Yang Qi's eyes went wide.

Although the pills couldn't compare to the buddhist, daoist, and confucian medicinal pills he had acquired, they could still provide a big boost to him and help advance his godhood another step.

"These are three Eternal-Life Heaven-Defying God-Thought Pills, personally concocted by a Paramount God. Each one is worth as much as an entire city, and you'll get one each as your reward. Remember, we must stop at nothing to recruit more top experts to join the Crown Prince Society. Our society is the most powerful of all, and will unify and control all other societies in the Eternal-Life God-Dynasty."

The three chief elders took the pills from the eighteenth prince, but didn't consume them. After all, they were completely under Yang Qi's control, thanks to the devil embryos lurking within them.

In other words, it would be sheer insanity for them to assume that they could just consume the pills.

"Go about your various tasks while I wait here," the eighteenth prince said. "Nie Yinyang, you go pen an order in the crown prince's name to open the treasure storehouse and retrieve the stamen of the flower of time."

Nie Yinyang left to do as he was bid, while Yang Qi and the three chief elders headed back to the god kingdom of the House of God Ordainment, to track down the four chief elders they had just mentioned.

There were originally eight chief elders that plotted against Yang Qi, but he had struck one so hard that his godhood was destroyed, leaving him a cripple. As a result, there were only seven left from the original group of eight.

But for seven chief elders to join the Crown Prince Society was a monumental thing that would change everything. It essentially meant that the Crown Prince Society had infiltrated the highest levels of leadership of the House of God Ordainment.

The eighteenth prince was delighted, and acknowledged that Yang Qi had performed an extraordinary service. And all he had to do was give a reward that most people would consider useless. On top of it all, there was even the possibility of recruiting Yang Immortal-Slayer and the Lord of the True Void.

The fact was that the Crown Prince Society actually didn't have a lot of Consummate Gods, so the addition of seven chief elders would drastically transform their overall strength. And that was important, considering there were still many unaffiliated princes that the Crown Prince Society wanted to bring into the fold.

It took a few days for everything to play out.

In the end, seven chief elders became members of the Crown Prince Society, and were given Eternal-Life Heaven-Defying God-Thought Pills.

The pills contained the energy of the void, and Unbounded will convergence, making them incredible beyond belief. They could remold the fleshly body and allow one to defy heaven for the purpose of gaining eternal life.

It was little surprise that the seven pills ended up with Yang Qi, along with the flower of time stamen.

After all was said and done, the eighteenth prince left with Nie Yinyang and God-King Ruthless. When they were gone, Dream Daylily said, "Congratulations, oh exalted Yang Qi. You now have as much power and authority as me. It's just like I said, you've been advancing by leaps and bounds here in the Crown Prince Society. In the future, I hope you'll keep me safe."

"Of course I will, Dream Daylily," he replied, smiling. "For now, I need to go find my brother Yang Immortal-Slayer and give him this stamen."

As the words left his mouth, he vanished.

'He's progressing so quickly!' she thought. 'His cultivation base is already higher than mine. I wonder how I can get him fully on my side. Don't tell me I have to seduce him.'

Meanwhile, out in the void, Yang Qi was laughing heartily. 'I pulled it off. With devil embryos in those seven chief elders, there's no way they'll betray me. And with these seven god pills, I wonder if I can reach the Unbounded level. Doubtful.'

He produced the seven pills, which he popped into his mouth.

Immense medicinal power flowed through him, causing him to feel his half-Unbounded will convergence and Consummate God godhood advancing. But unfortunately, it didn't push them to the point of a breakthrough in his will.

He still lacked that last bit he needed. However, at least he was now in the mid Consummate God level.

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Chapter 1298: Essence of Time

Sensing the changes within him, Yang Qi shook his head and thought, 'It seems my earlier guess was correct. Monarch godhood is so incredible that every breakthrough needs more energy than seems possible. The fact that those seven god pills got me to the mid Consummate God level is impressive enough.'

Although his psychic power had received a bit of a boost, it wasn't anything close to a breakthrough.

There was no way medicinal pills could be used to break through to Unbounded will convergence, otherwise, Unbounded experts would be a common thing.

One only needed to look at the princes of the Eternal-Life God-Dynasty to prove that point. Despite all of the resources of the dynasty, only the crown prince was in that position, and truth be told, it wasn't because of the resources. It was hard to say what good fortune he had come across, but it definitely wasn't a mere seven god pills. In fact, not even seven hundred such pills would do anything for Yang Qi other than provide some random upgrades.

Next, Yang Qi took out the flower of time stamen to see what it was all about.

Pulling out a jade box, he opened it and a burst of vital energy surged out as he caught sight of the stamens.

"Flower of Time; Complete Reforming; Unleash your Splendor..."

Buzzing sounds rang out and dazzling shafts of light shot in every direction, creating a wild stream consisting of the power of time. As the stamen connected with the petals, a strange flower took shape.

The godpower in Yang Qi's godhood flowed like a river into the flower, which seemed like a bottomless pit. Thankfully, his will could control the godhood drainage, and he had the God Legion Seal to replenish himself.

He was drained eighty-one times in a row before the flower of time stabilized.

From that alone, it was obvious that even a Paramount God would have had a tough time forming a flower of time. Clearly, Yang Qi's godhood was very close to the strength of a Paramount God.

The flower Yang Qi held had a long green stalk and was roughly one-third of a meter from top to bottom. It looked like a , and while the petals all looked different, they connected perfectly. And the flower glowed with dazzling light that contained the pure power of time itself. Already, Yang Qi could sense that it contained profound mysteries.

'Am I supposed to just fuse it with my godhood? Supposedly, it'll make the godhood stronger and provide control over time if you do that. It'll also give one's will the capability to seek the meaning of the end of time. Perhaps this is what I need to achieve my next breakthrough and reach the Unbounded level.'

Proceeding deep into the void, he set up another spell formation, then exhaled some fire onto the flower of time. Summoning the Heaven and Earth Furnace, he placed the flower inside. According to the stories, in the ancient halls of heaven, the Sovereign Lord had grown flowers in a garden, and there were ten that were considered the best: first, the flowers of fate; second, the flowers of karma; third, the flowers of faith; fourth, the flowers of time. And so on. Of course, there was debate about the exact order, but one thing was certain: the flowers contained the profundities of heaven and earth, and were impossible for mortals to grow. In fact, not even Paramount Gods could successfully raise them.

Apparently, the Sovereign Lord had used special techniques to grow the flowers of time, using spell formations that the god world had never seen before or since. They were grown from seeds that only appeared once every few hundreds of thousands of years, and could cause wars when they did.

No one knew how the Eternal-Life God-Dynasty managed to get their hands on the stamen of one, nor how the petals had ended up in the Toxic Continent. But Yang Qi had collected them all, and now he could use the complete flower.

WHIZZZ!

The Many Heavens God Seal appeared in Yang Qi's palm, and when he unleashed it, thunder boomed and spatial tempests raged, surrounding the flower of time.

When the flower of time melted, it seemed to grow stronger, sending out such intense power of time that Yang Qi felt like he was going to be wiped out of existence.

As the process proceeded, Yang Qi's divine will eventually connected with something mighty, which was none other than the boundless river of time.

Streams of energy flowed into his monarch godhood, causing it to shrink again, from the size of a chicken egg to the size of a thumb tip. However, that only caused its energy to grow even more intense.

According to the rumors, when one stepped from Unbounded will convergence to the Annulled level, one's godhood would shrink down to the size of a tiny particle, then ultimately disappear. Once the godhood was gone, only thoughts would remain, and that was the highest level of cultivation base.

As for Yang Qi, as he absorbed the essence of time, his godhood rapidly shrank.

Crack!

It was soon the size of a bean, and couldn't be constricted any further. Yang Qi shook his head as he realized that his psychic power wasn't at a level that would allow him to fully assimilate the flower of time.

He was able to take some of its essence, but he couldn't do anything to its basic foundation. He just wasn't strong enough yet. He inhaled, sucking the flower inside and placing it into his monarch godhood, which now glittered like a dazzling gem.

'My monarch godhood is now in the mid Consummate God level, which is a big improvement. If I could get a few hundred more Unbounded medicinal pills, I might be able to reach the late or peak level. With a thousand or ten thousand, I would probably be able to break through to the Perfect God level, although it's hard to do, so I can't say for sure.'

For now, he wouldn't worry about assimilating his godhood.

He was now more than capable of dealing with multiple Perfect God opponents. Whether it was God-King Ruthless or Grand Eunuch Nie Yinyang, both would fall before him in a fight.

'I've done well recently. Whether it was the Mahātmā Jade, the three religious pills, the seven god pills, and the flower of time. They were all very helpful. At this point, the House of God Ordainment doesn't hold anything valuable for me except their secret reserve power. When the time is right, I'll take all the destiny the sect has available.'

With that, he returned to the god kingdom, whereupon Zhang Jufang rushed over and knelt in front of him. "Milord, the Sage Monarch Consortium has run into a situation in which we could experience major growth. However, there's danger involved, so I was hoping you could make the final decision."

"Oh, what's the situation?" Yang Qi said, tapping his finger on the table. "Please, explain."

"It's like this, Milord. We successfully completed negotiations to establish an outpost on the Heaven-Wretch Continent. But the continent is in chaos, and wretch-devils are everywhere. That said, the wretch-devil cultivators have plenty of goods to fence, so there's opportunity along with all the danger." Zhang Jufang was now a peak Common God, and close to breaking through to the Greater God level. Not seeing any reason to hold back, Yang Qi waved his finger, sending a soft stream of power into Zhang Jufang that caused his godhood to glitter brightly as it extruded impurities from within him.

Crack!

Like a butterfly emerging from a cocoon, Zhang Jufang smoothly rose to the Greater God level.

"Many thanks, Milord. Many thanks!" he said, kowtowing.

Yang Qi nodded. "Now, explain the situation in more detail."

"It's like this. The Heaven-Wretch Continent is in a good position, geographically. It acts like a buffer between the Eternal-Life God-Dynasty, the Nacrelight Sageland, the League of Wretch-Gods, and the League of the Devil-Dao. None of the parties is strong enough to invade it, and as a result, it's a veritable hodgepodge of all the various powers. There are many business opportunities there, but you have to have the power to keep yourself safe. We made some deals with local warlords to set up a base there, but every time we get close to completion, we get attacked by wretch-god forces and cleared out. In fact, none of our people have survived any of those attacks, and we've even lost some people from the Crown Prince Society. Later, I realized we were being lured into those situations on purpose, and I'm fairly sure the true culprits are spies from the Mystery Society. They're just relying on the wretch-gods to do their dirty work for them. In any case, we don't want to lose out on potential profit from the Heaven-Wretch Continent."

Zhang Jufang had developed a good sense for business, and knew a good opportunity when he saw it.

"Let's check the map," Yang Qi said.

He waved his hand, causing a large map to unfurl, showing a host of continents and land masses, probably ten thousand in total.

In the middle of the various dynasties, alliances, and holy lands was the evil Heaven-Wretch Continent.

"Oh? So the Heaven-Wretch Continent was a former battleground where the Wretch God fell in combat. And it's very close to the Nacrelight Sageland." After studying the map a bit longer, he said, "I think I'll take a trip over there and see what's going on. Maybe I can find out who's targeting us."

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Chapter 1299: Land of the Fallen Wretch God

The Heaven-Wretch Continent wasn't far from the Nacrelight Sageland. It was a hodgepodge of good and bad people, but it was also true that both the Eternal-Life God-Dynasty and the Nacrelight Sageland would go there to rid the world of devils and demons, and occasionally clash with each other. In the end, it was more of a battleground between the righteous and wretched cultivators.

It was also true that the ancient Wretch God had perished there.

The Wretch God had been an apex entity. In fact, during Yang Qi's time on the Ancient Road to the Gods, he had been imprisoned by the Executors of the Ancient Road, who threw him in a cell with the Wretch God Apostle. That was when he had acquired the cultivation method for Wretch God Ultimate's Obsidian Flame.

He had also acquired a wretch-god cultivation manual called Wretch God Ultimate's Legendary Sutra, which was strong enough to devastate people like King Immortal-Slayer.

The True Devil, the Wretch God, the Demon Master, and King Immortal-Slayer.

Together, they were called the Four Scourges of the god world of yesteryear, and they had jointly opposed the Sovereign Lord. As for the Wretch God, after perishing, his flesh and blood permeated the Heaven-Wretch Continent, filling it with darkness and causing the living beings there to become freakish and vicious. And deep within those lands were the mausoleums erected to the Wretch God, which contained all sorts of treasures. Of course, they were a big target for grave robbers. There were even some disciples from the House of God Ordainment who had acquired items from such mausoleums.

The Heaven-Wretch Continent was a place full of peril, but also bursting with treasure.

Therefore, Yang Qi planned to head there first, then hopefully slip into the Nacrelight Sageland to look for the piece of the Mahātmā Jade and advance his business interests.

After all, there was nothing more for him to take from the House of God Ordainment, and sitting around working on cultivation in the normal way wouldn't lead to much progress.

"Alright, I'm going to take some people with me to the Heaven-Wretch Continent. We'll find out who has dared to target us." He sent a message to Jadefall, and also had Zhang Jufang select some members of the Sage Monarch Society. Together, they headed to the teleportation portal to make the journey to the Heaven-Wretch Continent.

Their departure did not go unnoticed.

"Junior Houselord, it looks like our plan worked! By making moves against the Sage Monarch Consortium, we've forced Yang Qi to head to the Heaven-Wretch Continent to investigate. We can now move on to the next phase of the plan!"

Delighted, the junior houselord exclaimed, "Excellent. The brat is going to have a hard time escaping justice now! He could have strolled his way to heaven, but instead, he barged into hell! It would've been impossible to make a move against him if he hid out in the god kingdom, but now he's going to the Heaven-Wretch Continent, a place of immense peril. If he doesn't lose his life there, he'll at least suffer major losses."

"Should we try capturing him alive, Junior Houselord? The downside is that he didn't take any of his core people with him. He's only taking some of the lower-ranking members of the Sage Monarch Society."

"It doesn't matter. He's the main target. Jadefall will be in huge trouble without his support. Besides, he's the only Consummate God among them." The junior houselord burst out laughing. "Maybe I should go myself and see exactly what they're up to. I've always gotten the sense that this Yang Qi is keeping some big secrets, so after we capture him, I can personally interrogate him to find out the details. Besides, it won't do us any good if he just gets killed by wretch-devils. We have to get our hands on him. Maybe I'll even save him, then assimilate him and turn him into a clone. That would make it a lot easier to get close to Jadefall and win her over."

With that, he faded out of sight.

Yang Qi and his people left the god kingdom via teleportation portal, eventually arriving in a city in another location. From there, they went to another teleportation portal and repeated the process. It took about ten days of travel in this manner before they found themselves in a huge fortress made of metal.

It was a fortification that belonged, not to the House of God Ordainment, but instead the Eternal-Life God-Dynasty. Its perimeter covered an area of millions of kilometers, and its metallic walls were covered with spell formations. Troops stood watch everywhere, keeping an eye on the numerous slaves that were mining ores, smelting iron, and doing other things to further fortify and strengthen the position.

This was a strategic border location for the Eternal-Life God-Dynasty.

If they went past these walls, they would be in the Heaven-Wretch Continent, where the slaughter was brutal, and the aura of wretch-gods abounded.

Of course, there was a constant stream of people coming and going. Some left seeking fortune, some came seeking peace and refuge.

Inside the fortress was the sovereign territory of the Eternal-Life God-Dynasty, where it was forbidden to cause trouble. In contrast, the area beyond was outside the purview of the law.

Yang Qi was about to walk out the gate when some soldiers of the Eternal-Life God-Dynasty stopped him and demanded treasure to pass. However, he simply pulled out his authentication token from the Crown Prince society, and they dropped back in terror. Not daring to cause any problems, they respectfully let him pass.

With that, they flew outside.

"Milord," said Zhang Jufang, "we're now on the Heaven-Wretch Continent, which means we could come under attack at any time. If you look up ahead, you can see cities where fighting and bloodshed are completely commonplace."

Looking off into the distance, Yang Qi saw the cities he was referring to. They glittered as if with flames and blood, as though fighting was going on at every moment. And they were rife with an aura of rot and evil. Anyone who stayed in an atmosphere like that for too long would risk becoming stained with a wretched, devilish aura. It was even present in the ground itself, which was pitch black and covered with bizarre, misshapen trees and vegetation. At one point, Yang Qi saw a huge tree, three thousand meters tall, with enormous vine-like tentacles that would shoot out to capture any living things that got too close.

There were animals that stalked the forests, all of which were very dangerous. There were even bugs such as scorpions, who roved in packs and attacked with devastating weapons that could pierce defensive godpower.

Yang Qi and his people flew high in the air, avoiding contact with anything below. Most other gods wouldn't be able to do this, but Yang Qi's energy arts were advanced enough that they could help his people pierce through the air.

"Milord," Zhang Jufang said, "if we keep flying along this course, we'll eventually run into the Wasteland Bazaar. It has no rules or ruler, although there are certain powerful warlords who have staked out areas of power and businesses. In the Heaven-Wretch Continent and the Wasteland Bazaar, everything comes down to strength. Whoever is strongest gets the biggest share of everything."

They continued flying forward until they reached a city made up of all sorts of random buildings and structures. There seemed to be no order or structure to it at all, with random streets going in different directions. There were even people fighting out in the open.

"Welcome to the Wasteland Bazaar," Zhang Jufang said. "Milord, our Sage Monarch Consortium established an outpost on the bank of the Wretch-Dragon River, right there. Unfortunately, our building came under attack and our people were wiped out. Other people then swooped in and occupied the area."

Yang Qi looked in the direction Zhang Jufang had indicated and saw a majestic river that seemed to teem with all sorts of bizarre animals. There were also many buildings on the banks, one of which seemed larger than the others, and flew a flag with a bizarre and wretched design on it.

Yang Qi and his people looked around, then dropped down into the Wasteland Bazaar.

The streets were wide, and they teemed with cultivators, who walked to and fro, patronizing the buildings and stalls with their business. There were some instances in which people tried to rob or steal, but were cut down immediately when they tried.

No one seemed to be in charge, and the scene was generally chaotic.

Yang Qi could sense Lesser, Common, Greater, and Consummate God auras, and even a few auras of Perfect Gods. All in all, it made the Wasteland Bazaar seem like a booming and prosperous place.

Yang Qi had brought about a hundred people with him, which was no small force. They attracted a bit of attention, with some people being just curious, but others who seemed to be sizing them up to rob them.

"Milord, that building over there is the one that our Sage Monarch Consortium built." Zhang Jufang said, pointing at a huge structure off in the distance. "After it was taken over, its name was changed to the House of Blood Sacrifice."

"Okay, let's go check it out."

As they made to enter, their path was blocked.

"Stop right there. What are you doing? You here to buy stuff, or not?" A handful of individuals stood in their way, all of them clad in blood-red clothing. They also had red skin and hair, with eyes like rubies and long sharp nails. "According to the rules of the House of Blood Sacrifice, it doesn't matter who you work for, you can only enter in groups of ten. Everyone else can wait outside."

Yang Qi could tell that these were all Lesser Gods who were just on the verge of the Common God level, with the exception of their leader, who was already a Common God.

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Chapter 1300: Wasteland Bazaar

"Things are really chaotic out here," Zhang Jufang said. "We can't just leave our people standing around to get attacked. Since when is there a rule about only ten people going inside at a time?"

"Those are the rules set by the House of Blood Sacrifice," said a man in bright red. "If you come here to do business with us, you follow our rules. Plain and simple. There are millions upon millions of organizations here in the Wasteland Bazaar, and each one has their own rules. If you don't want to respect them, either screw off or die!"

Swish!

Even as the final word left his mouth, the leader of the men in red, the Common God, shrieked in abject horror as he realized that he had been decapitated, and his head was flying through the air.

It wasn't Yang Qi that had done the deed, but rather Zhang Jufang, who lunged forward, thrusting out his palm to summon a primal-chaos elder-snake that devoured the man's body and assimilated all of his quintessence vitality and godpower.

Zhang Jufang was a Greater God now, and had been running the Sage Monarch Consortium for years. Because of that, he had learned to be decisive and ruthless. He knew Yang Qi had come on a killing mission to seize back his own territory, therefore Zhang Jufang wasn't inclined to waste time chatting with the people from the House of Blood Sacrifice.

The other disciples from the Sage Monarch Society took quick action. They were like world-class assassins, unleashing dazzling sword light that slashed into the disciples of the House of Blood Sacrifice with no mercy.

It only took about three breaths of time before all of the enemy disciples were dead.

Zhang Jufang again used the energy arts of King Heaven-Devourer to consume the souls, flesh, and blood of the enemies, then led the charge inside. During the entire time, Yang Qi didn't lift a finger. It wasn't worth it when dealing with shrimps like these. Besides, it was good experience for the disciples of the Sage Monarch Society.

Jadefall had long been focused on that aspect, making sure all disciples got chances to go out and do real-world training on a monthly basis. It was also a good opportunity to quietly get rid of the Mystery Society infiltrators that Yang Qi had identified.

Because of that, there were a lot less infiltrators than before, a fact which the junior houselord had noticed, much to his exasperation.

Inside the building, a huge fight broke out. However, Zhang Jufang led the disciples to slaughter all of the people from the dao of devils while Yang Qi just followed along behind them

Meanwhile, there were people out on the street who had witnessed the initial slaughter, and rushed inside hoping to take advantage of the situation.

A handful of Greater Gods flew through the entrance. However, Yang Qi simply waved his finger, and they transformed into dead corpses.

Everyone behind them saw, and backed away in fear.

Then Yang Qi waved his finger again, creating a shimmering wall of light that prevented further entry.

"Whoever dares to barge in on the House of Blood Sacrifice will be executed without exception!" At long last, one of the top experts of the House of Blood Sacrifice had shown up, a Consummate God, followed by a host of other disciples in blood-red garments.

The leader had a willowy beard and thick eyebrows, and was surrounded by shimmering, blood-colored light, almost as if he were inside a raincloud of blood.

"Who are you people? I'm Exalted Celestial Blood Rain. What did the House of Blood Sacrifice do to offend you?"

"Die!" Zhang Jufang said. He was only a Greater God, so normally speaking, he couldn't do a thing to a Consummate God. But he wasn't worried at all. He waved his hand, and a golden skull flew out, transforming into a golden devil-god that ran directly toward Exalted Celestial Blood Rain, claws bared, hair flowing behind it, bursting with toxic energy.

Exalted Celestial Blood Rain had little time to react, and in the blink of an eye, his defensive energy was hit. Then, the toxic energy that surrounded him transformed, and the blood-colored rain cloud turned into a golden toxic miasma.

"What is that thing?!" he blurted in shock, preparing to launch a counter attack. Before he could, the disciples flanking Zhang Jufang joined forces to create a spell formation, sending out sword light that became a river of brightness that began slashing Exalted Celestial Blood Rain to pieces.

"This is an ability from the Lord of the Sword Dao! What group do you people come from?" He was going all out to fight back, but the combination of the golden devil-god and the sword techniques of the disciples had him panting for breath.

"Life-Killing!" Zhang Jufang roared.

A river of sword light flashed forth, containing pure white killing energy, slashing all of the disciples of the House of Blood Sacrifice to pieces.

Of course, it was the sword dao of King Life-Killer.

When that sword dao was unleashed, nobody could stand up to its might. What was more, the disciples who were killed were all absorbed into it, becoming a part of the dao of life-killing.

"That's the sword technique of King Life-Killer!" shouted Exalted Celestial Blood Rain as he watched his disciples being slaughtered. All of a sudden, he came to the realization that he needed to flee and turned into a beam of blood-colored light.

"Blood Rain Devil Lightning!" he shouted, piercing a hole in the formation of sword light.

However, Zhang Jufang hardly even looked at him before saying, "Unbounded Sword River; Dao of King Life-Killer; Two Polarities Distinguished; Taiji Yin-Yang!"

Of the over one hundred disciples present, half became an unbounded sword river, and the others became a white streak of life-killing sword energy.

CREAK!

The Blood Rain Devil Lightning was wiped out of existence and Exalted Celestial Blood Rain was shredded to pieces, leaving only his godhood intact. The golden devil-god reached out with a skeletal hand, cackling as it devoured the blood-colored godhood.

At this point, the disciples of the Sage Monarch Society took time to consume medicinal pills, causing their sword energy to surge, and their auras to grow more united.

This was rare and valuable training, and it was only in the course of deadly fighting like this that true discipline could be developed. In all the House of God Ordainment, only the Sage Monarch Society could do things like this.

Yang Qi had combined the Life-Killing Sword Technique with the Unbounded Sword River, and imparted the new technique to his brethren. And of course, how could people like the Shepherd, Doom, Proud World, and the others, top elites from the impure lands and immortal worlds, not impart those techniques to their apprentices and disciples.

The disciples of the Sage Monarch Society had been molded into loyal, disciplined fighters, and Yang Qi was very pleased with it all.

He hadn't even needed to do a thing to wipe out a Consummate God. And while Exalted Celestial Blood Rain had only been an early Consummate God, he was still a Consummate God.

Those hundred disciples had obviously mastered the profound quintessence of both King Life-Killer and the Lord of the Sword Dao. Combined, they could defeat enemies ten times as strong as them, and their sword technique could wipe out all wretched evils. Next, more fighting played out as the disciples continued clearing out the building, killing the various Greater Gods who remained behind.

During the entire time, Yang Qi continued simply watching, nodding in approval. Considering the Sage Monarch Society was already capable of this, it wouldn't be a problem at all to take over the House of God Ordainment, or even organizations stronger than it.

A few hours later, Zhang Jufang hurried over and said, "Milord, we've cleared the place out. The House of Blood Sacrifice had three hundred thousand medicinal pills, four hundred thousand godnotes, a hundred noble caliber godstones, and one holy caliber godstone. In addition to that, there were countless building materials, magical treasures, and other sundry items. Please, take a look."

"I see. These treasures will at least make up for some of the Sage Monarch Consortium's losses. Change the names on all the signs on the building to Sage Monarch Consortium. We can start by selling off the building materials, and using the godnotes to purchase other items."

"But the godnotes here aren't really enough to work with!" Zhang Jufang said hesitantly.

"Don't worry. Look." Yang Qi smiled, and moments later it started raining godnotes. Roughly two hours later, they had a collection of approximately a billion godnotes.

Yang Qi's cultivation base had advanced so much that it was like the difference between night and day. He could now produce tens of billions of godnotes per day if he wanted to. Of course, even that much was a mere drop in the ocean compared to what was available in the god world as a whole, and wouldn't attract too much attention.

In any case, the billion he had created was still enough to buy all sorts of goods. After all, godnotes were considered hard currency, and were accepted everywhere. In the Wasteland Bazaar, it was the only currency that was accepted, as magical treasures were easy to steal, and often emanated an aura that revealed their presence. In contrast, godnotes emitted no aura.

Shocked, Zhang Jufang said, "Milord, this—"

"Make an announcement that the Sage Monarch Consortium is open for business, and is also interested in expanding. I want a solid base of operations here." Next, Yang Qi waved his hand and started setting up spell formations, preparing for major operations in the bazaar.

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Chapter 1301: Devils and Wretches

After taking over the building previously occupied by the House of Blood Sacrifice, the disciples of the Sage Monarch Society got to work. Three months passed, during which time Yang Qi continued to create godnotes, which the disciples used to pay for everything they needed, including medicinal ingredients, exotic building materials, god items, magical treasures, corpses, and whatnot. Anything that could be valuable for cultivation purposes was stockpiled.

The Sage Monarch Consortium was already making a name for itself in the Wasteland Bazaar, expanding operations and erecting new outlets for various aspects of the business. Given the level of Yang Qi's energy arts, it was easy for him to create puppets to help construct buildings or set up spell formations.

Numerous structures sprang up on the banks of the river, all of them belonging to the Sage Monarch Consortium. Hosts of experts could be seen frequenting the area.

The Heaven-Wretch Continent was a haven for fugitives, loners, and people in desperate situations. Many such people sought places of refuge, and the Sage Monarch Consortium offered it to them.

This continent was a place where, as long as you had enough money, you could hire people to do any type of dangerous job you wanted them to do, even assassinations or robberies. Of course, if you weren't strong enough, you could easily fall victim to such people.

Many of the experts who now worked for the Sage Monarch Consortium were actually people who had originally been hired to spy on them. It was a given that as soon as a new business popped up, other experts in the area would want to find out more information about it. When it came to the conflicted paths of the righteous and wretched, there was always mutual slaughter and robbery to worry about.

Sadly for the people who opposed the Sage Monarch Consortium, they had Yang Qi to deal with. Those people who caused problems, but were too weak to be an asset, ended up killed, while the higher-level experts were turned into puppets.

During the three months that passed, he acquired three early Consummate God experts, nineteen Greater Gods, and a larger group of Common Gods. The Lesser Gods were useless and were just killed. It seemed as if, in the Heaven-Wretch Continent, good people simply didn't exist.

The new captives had their brains washed, and were given tasks such as guarding the warehouses, operating the sales booths, dealing with enemy incursions, or powering spell formations. Despite the progress Yang Qi was making, it wasn't anything particularly noteworthy given how large the Wasteland Bazaar was. Nobody even knew how many organizations operated there, and a company that had been around for three months was like nothing, considering there were others that had existed for thirty thousand years.

During the first month, all the customers were all Lesser and Common Gods; the Greater and Consummate Gods would do little more than try to gather information about the new business. In the second month, business grew. And in the third month, the Sage Monarch Consortium was getting so well-known that they finally had Consummate God customers.

As business boomed, Yang Qi finally erected a spell formation leading directly back to the god kingdom of the House of God Ordainment. His cultivation level was such that he could create teleportation portals now, albeit with some difficulty, and only with the assistance of the God Legion Seal.

With the portal in place, he could start sending goods into the House of God Ordainment, providing immense benefits to the disciples of the Sage Monarch Society there.

Meanwhile, Jadefall and the other leaders arranged for a rotation of disciples to head to the Wasteland Bazaar and gain experience. The fighting and killing that went on with people from the dao of devils could provide immense benefits to the cultivation base.

Another thing that happened during the three month period was that membership in the Sage Monarch Society soared.

Unfortunately, no Perfect Gods had come to patronize the new business, thus Yang Qi had not yet acquired any unique treasures, boundless medicinal pills, or other incredible items. That was only to be expected. After all, the type of things he needed would be of interest even to Paramount Gods, so how could they appear in place like this?

In any case, business was booming so much that the Sage Monarch Society could be considered fabulously wealthy now. Doing business in the Wasteland Bazaar was vastly more profitable than doing business in the Eternal-Life God-Dynasty. After all, this was a place where people constantly fought and killed enemies, looted their corpses, and returned to sell that loot for profit. And considering the Sage Monarch Consortium always had godnotes to pay for such things, it was quickly becoming a favored destination by many people.

Back in the god kingdom, Jadefall smiled broadly as, on a daily basis, she had to assign people to sort through the goods that poured in through the teleportation portal. Soon enough, word spread in the House of God Ordainment that the Sage Monarch Society was getting very rich, very quickly.

And of course, that only led to even more people joining.

If things went on like this, it seemed a given that the Sage Monarch Society would eventually control the entire sect.

At a certain location out in the void was a place called the Heaven-Devil Dimension, where countless heaven-devils roamed. Right now, over a thousand members of the Sage Monarch Society were there under the leadership of Sword Seventeen, fighting with their godpower and thoughts in perfect unison.

"Everybody get ready: Sword Energy Megabeam!"

CRASH!

Staying in tight formation, they became a huge beam of sword light that slashed this way and that, cutting a wide swath through the heaven-devils and causing many of them to fall in death.

"Now, switch sword techniques!" Sword Seventeen said coldly. "Kill All Life under Heaven!"

The disciples bristled with killing energy as they switched to King Life-Killer's sword technique, instantly causing a mass slaughter of heaven-devils.

The disciples of the Sage Monarch Society were training so smoothly that they seemed like soldiers in an army.

After the training was over, they headed to the Heaven-Wretch Continent, where they gained more experience hunting dangerous godlings, and fighting powerful devil-gods. Thanks to their efforts, their borders were expanding in the Wasteland Bazaar.

Of course, during the process, they earned plenty of loot.

A few months passed, during which the territory they commanded had expanded to cover an area of three thousand square kilometers.

However, the Wasteland Bazaar occupied an area of a trillion square kilometers, so three thousand square kilometers within that was like one hair on ninety thousand oxen. No matter what activities they were involved in, it still wasn't much in the grand scheme of things.

After all, the Heaven-Wretch Continent had countless powerful organizations on it. Furthermore, it was considered a buffer region between the Eternal-Life God-Dynasty, Nacrelight Sageland, and League of Wretch-Gods, all of which were thousands of times larger than the House of God Ordainment.

That said, even though their business only occupied a three-thousand-square-kilometer area, it was still a bustling place. Eventually, Yang Qi didn't even need to make godnotes to ensure the business was highly profitable.

'Ah, what a pity. The business is only bringing in goods that can be useful to Consummate Gods or lower. Business is booming, but there's nothing I can personally use.'

It really was a disappointment.

At a certain point, Zhang Jufang hurried in. "Milord, a group of experts arrived, and I'm pretty sure they're Perfect Gods. They claim to have some Unbounded medicinal pills, plus talismans created by an ancient Paramount God. They want to know if we're interested in them."

"What? Perfect Gods? So after all this time, some Perfect Gods have finally come. Excellent, maybe now we can finally do some big business. I'll take however many Unbounded medicinal pills they have to offer."

Zhang Jufang led him to the audience chamber, where he saw a group of about fifteen experts, all of them wearing hooded cloaks that made it difficult to read their auras. However, after scanning the group, Yang Qi came to the conclusion that they were all Perfect Gods. Furthermore, they all emanated the auras of devil-gods and wretch-gods.

"This is our number-one boss. If you want to discuss a big business deal, he's the one to talk to." Feeling uncomfortable because of the auras present, Zhang Jufang left after making the introduction.

"Please, have a seat, everyone," Yang Qi said, gesturing at the chairs in the middle of the room. "What sort of deal are you interested in? I heard you had some god pills created by an Unbounded expert, and some talismans left behind by a Paramount God. If you bring them out, I can assess them."

"So, you're Yang Qi?" one of the experts said, throwing back his hood to reveal a treacherous-looking face. He looked middle-aged, with bushy eyebrows, an aquiline nose, sunken eyes, and black teeth. He looked quite terrifying, and his aura was so sinister it would make most people faint from sensing it.

Frowning slightly, Yang Qi said, "Yes, I'm Yang Qi. I'm honestly surprised you know my name, Sire. Who might you be?"

"I'm King Blacktooth, Perfect God," he replied, flashing a mysterious smile full of black teeth. "And you, boy, are only a mid Consummate God. Normally speaking, someone like you wouldn't even qualify to talk to me. But your Sage Monarch Consortium has been making waves lately, and I know you're important in the House of God Ordainment. Furthermore, you have the support of that girl Jadefall, as well as your brother Yang Immortal-Slayer, the apprentice of the Lord of the True Void."

"Ah, you really do know a lot about me." Yang Qi studied this King Blacktooth, and immediately realized that he pulsed with toxic poison. That was especially true of his teeth, which were a result of his cultivation of a dao of wretches. Even his mere breath caused a poisonous mist to fill the area. Thankfully, there weren't any employees present, otherwise they would have been killed by it, melted away until nothing was left but their godhood.

"The fifteen of us are all wretch-gods and famous experts from the dao of devils. We're here today to talk business." With a flourish, King Blacktooth went on to introduce the other fourteen experts present. "This is Arhat Blackheart, and this is King Banehand. Over here is—"

"Enough, King Blacktooth," someone said in a screeching voice. "What's the point of introducing all of us? This brat is nothing but a Consummate God. What exactly is the point of telling him our names?"

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Chapter 1302: Fifteen Hegemons

The person who had just spoken had a voice as piercing as a sharp blade. It seemed to slice through the meridians and into the soul, bringing intense pain that was obviously the result of some powerful and baleful energy art.

Yang Qi looked over to see an old woman with wrinkled skin, who looked like a witch or sorceress of some sort. She seemed sinister and ruthless in every way, the type of person who had killed countless opponents.

And from the way she was looking at Yang Qi, it seemed she wanted to drain him of all his blood right then and there.

"So you're not really here to talk business," Yang Qi said with a slight smile. "The fifteen of you are all Perfect Gods, and that's quite impressive. Fifteen hegemons of the Wasteland Bazaar, you could say. I shouldn't be surprised that important people like you wouldn't actually want to come talk business with a small company like the Sage Monarch Consortium."

"We are here to talk business," the witch said. "Specifically, the business of you becoming our slaves. Every single disciple in the Sage Monarch Society. Understand? If you agree, then we won't kill you, which will be a great benevolence on our part."

As she spoke, she reached out with a wrinkled hand, pointing at Yang Qi with razor-sharp fingernails. At the same time, a black smoke swirled around her hand, seemingly filed with countless vengeful souls that shrieked in piercing voices.

Ignoring the witch, Yang Qi said, "Is this how it's going to play out, King Blacktooth?"

"Yes, it is," King Blacktooth replied. "Granny Witch-Ghost is right. Don't you agree that it's courting death for the Sage Monarch Consortium to set up shop in the Wasteland Bazaar? Thankfully for you, we believe that there is virtue in sparing animal life. The only question is whether or not you realize what's good for you."

"I see. Well at least I realize now that you're not here to discuss business, but rather to pick a fight." Looking around without a hint of fear in his eyes, he continued, "If I'm not mistaken, you're actually in league with the junior houselord of the House of God Ordainment, right?"

"I would never work for that loser," King Blacktooth said.

"Oh? Then perhaps the junior houselord's backer, the third prince?" Tapping his finger, he said, "And am I right that the people who destroyed our previous branch locations here were working for you?"

"That's right, they were our people," said a mid Perfect God, throwing his cloak and hood back to reveal that he was a tall, burly fellow. "I'm Devil-Duke Hercules, and to be honest, I'm curious about you. You're only a measly Consummate God, yet you haven't once flinched in the face of us Perfect Gods. That level of willpower is worth at least some attention. Normally, even if it was fifteen Consummate Gods facing a single Perfect God, the former would be trembling in their boots. So why exactly aren't you afraid? Perhaps you're unaware, but the moment we arrived, we locked down this entire building."

"Devil-Duke Hercules, is it?" Yang Qi said. "You seem pretty strong, and it looks like you have a special type of godhood. If I were to guess, it's herculean true warfare godhood. With godhood like that, you have access to limitless strength, and can unleash devilish techniques that obscure the sky, making you invincible in combat. Unfortunately, you've made the foolish mistake of throwing your life away today."

Devil-Duke Hercules roared with laughter. "I'm throwing away my life? You're really not willing to shed a tear until you see the coffin, are you, you sharp-tongued brat. Fine, let's see what you have that makes you so confident."

He threw out a fist that reached Yang Qi with incredible speed, and without causing a single sound to spread out. It was like the night sky, crushing down with such force it could even kill people in their dreams.

Normally speaking, when incredibly strong people attacked, it would cause explosive rumbling sounds. But after reaching a certain point, the opposite would happen and their attacks wouldn't make any sound at all.

Yang Qi saw that this attack contained the transformations of yin and yang, and the ultimate expression of the martial path. This opponent was no fool, and clearly surpassed the Perfect Gods from the House of God Ordainment in many ways. After all, the wretch-gods and monsters from the Wasteland Bazaar not only had shocking fighting prowess, but ample combat experience as well.

Yang Qi gently waved his palm to meet the incoming attack in what seemed like a completely casual gesture.

When Devil-Duke Hercules' fist strike met his palm, it suddenly changed. Devil-Duke Hercules' fingers snapped into vicious hooks designed to rip out the heart of the opponent, a transformation that happened so quickly it would cause most onlookers to gasp in amazement.

Yang Qi's palm slid down to cover his chest and protect his heart.

However, the claw move was only a feint; Devil-Duke Hercules shifted to an open palm, which then shot up toward the top of Yang Qi's head as if to slap it.

Yang Qi responded with a move so smooth that it seemed as if he had anticipated what tactic Devil-Duke Hercules would use; extending his finger, he thrust it toward the acupoint in the middle of Devil-Duke Hercules' palm.

Devil-Duke Hercules quickly withdrew his hand and flew back, eyes flickering with astonishment.

They had fought for three rounds, but hadn't even touched each other. Devil-Duke Hercules had even used his energy arts to completely lock down the area surrounding Yang Qi, which a Consummate God normally couldn't escape from. In fact, not even an early Perfect God could have dealt with it. Any such person would have been instantly killed.

But Yang Qi had easily evaded his attacks, and even fought back.

Meanwhile, King Blacktooth's expression fell. He knew full well what Devil-Duke Hercules was capable of. The three moves he had used—a fist strike, an attack on the heart, and the open-palmed slap—were from a consummate martial ability called the Mountain-Shoving Heart-Snatching Head-Crushing Stances. Combined, they contained the transformations of yin and yang, and had been used to kill countless enemies.

How strong was this Yang Qi?

How could a puny Consummate God do something like this? Furthermore, it was true that Devil-Duke Hercules had a special type of godhood, which meant he was far beyond the compare of ordinary Perfect Gods.

The truth was that Yang Qi was also quite surprised. He had used a very powerful counter-attack, but was still incapable of even touching Devil-Duke Hercules. Obviously, the man's energy arts were so powerful that he could crush any of the Perfect Gods from the House of God Ordainment. Yang Qi had originally assumed that he would be able to at least injure Devil-Duke Hercules within three moves, only to find that the man easily dodged out of the way.

Devil-Duke Hercules had a body like an iron pagoda, but was unexpectedly as slippery as a loach.

Earlier, Yang Qi had been looking at these fifteen Perfect Gods with contempt, but after the exchange just now, he changed his attitude.

Silence reigned.

Not a single one of the wretch-gods said a word, causing the tension to mount.

Finally, Yang Qi cleared his throat. "It seems I underestimated you, which was my mistake. You fifteen experts have come to pick a fight, so I suppose I have no choice but to accept. Everyone knows the rules of business in the Wasteland Bazaar. Whoever is strongest gets the biggest share. So have you come today to fight as a unified group, or will you be selecting a champion to fight me? Or will you be taking turns? Regardless, I'm ready to start whenever you are."

His words were spoken with the casual confidence of an elite master.

His cultivation level seemed low, but everyone could tell from the exchange with Devil-Duke Hercules that Yang Qi was definitely some mysterious person. There was clearly more to him than met the eye. The fifteen experts exchanged glances, then King Blacktooth said, "You're a puny Consummate God, so it wouldn't be appropriate for us to bully you. Although we don't care much for rules, we're not the kind of people who feel the need to use a battle-ax to kill a chicken. Devil-Duke Hercules, how do you feel after your initial clash? It looks to me like you weren't finished fighting. Why don't we continue and see who comes out on top?"

"Alright!"

Devil-Duke Hercules floated back into the middle of the room with seeming weightlessness. But then he landed, and his feet crushed holes into the floor, revealing how incredibly heavy he actually was.

Remaining fully on guard, he said, "Considering how you handled my three moves earlier, I can tell you're a worthy opponent. Your name is Yang Qi, right? From here on out, I won't talk down to you. Get ready, the real fighting is about to start. Let's see whether you survive it."

All of a sudden, his cloak burst into flames as he said, "Herculean Supple Fist!"

He launched a punch that contained both hardness and softness, and would inflict such pain that anyone who survived being hit by it would cough up blood. Yang Qi's eyes flashed as he splayed his fingers, causing an energy field to pop into being that transformed into a huge vortex. Everyone present felt as though the area was trembling violently, but the truth was that everything was still. Yang Qi was shaking their minds with the Annulled Grand Magic, one of the top psychic arts of the Strength of the Hell-Crushing Godmammoth.

Bzzzzzzzz!

When Devil-Duke Hercules' fist entered the vortex, he saw Yang Qi standing there as powerful as a mountain and as majestic as a sea. He was like a sun that caused the area to fill with radiance and light, and Devil-Duke Hercules was so shaken he could barely speak.

Even his mind stopped working. However, Yang Qi could still move. He walked forward, unleashing a fist, a finger attack, and a palm strike that were all backed with mountain-toppling, sea-draining force. Heaven and earth shook, as if the King of Godmammoths himself was charging forth.

BAM!

He slammed into Devil-Duke Hercules with such force that the man was sent flying backward.

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