Chapter 981: Chapter 701: Demon-Busting Trio
The god corpse of Sara was scattered across the heavens and earth.
Lu Chenzhou said, "I want the soul of Sara, the rest can be divided between the other two, I don’t want them."
Kunxu said, "Souls aren’t worth much, we can exchange the god corpse and other spoils at the Mountain and Sea Tower for High Grade Primordial Stones, then divide them equally among us three. If Lu Daoyou needs the soul, just take it." He could sense that Lu Chenzhou’s swift cultivation speed might rely on the souls of Evil Gods.
Everyone has their secrets.
The three of them were top figures of this era, with tacit understanding.
The Dragon King said, "Agreed."
"Thank you," Lu Chenzhou said gratefully.
How could a demigod’s soul be worthless?
It could be used in crafting treasures, elixirs... many things.
He understood that this was special treatment from Kunxu and the Dragon King.
After all, he hadn’t yet reached the Breakthrough Nine and still needed a large amount of money to exchange for Dao opportunities.
Sara’s god corpse was exchanged for twenty thousand High Grade Primordial Stones at the Mountain and Sea Tower, the demigod artifact and other spoils were exchanged for sixteen thousand.
Dividing it, each person got twelve thousand.
The value of a middle-ranked demigod was three times that of Camilla.
After necessary expenses, Lu Chenzhou had saved sixty-three thousand High Grade Primordial Stones, nearly half a Red Dust Great Snake.
...
"Sara is dead too, Lu Chenzhou and his group have begun."
"Damn these demigods for defying the divine decree... only two chose suicide."
"It’s indeed inappropriate to have the brave War God commit suicide."
"But if not suicide, being devoured by Lu Chenzhou’s Devouring Dao... it will only make him stronger."
"We must do something, if this continues, he will be beyond control."
Above the Divine Kingdom, the intentions of the gods gathered in the Witch Master’s Divine Kingdom, engaged in heated discussion.
The Witch Master said, "Currently, only a True God can be dispatched... Even the Heavenly Calamity Demon Lord, though able to suppress Lu Chenzhou and his group, cannot kill them? Not possible! Lu Chenzhou possesses an Undying Body close to immortality, and the Wind and Thunder Golden Wings which are the fastest in the world, already placing him in an invincible position."
"A True God? Among us thirty-six, who can leave?" Forgetting Worry Old Mother looked towards the gods.
"In the past, during our great war with the Divine Court, although we killed the Desolate God in the Dao Palace, we suffered great losses in Primordial Qi and our Divine Kingdom was shattered by the Divine Court’s dying counterattack, falling into the Great Wilderness, and being sealed by the Absolute Heaven Passage. Though we retain our Divine Rank, unless we can enter the main Dao Palace and let the will of the Stars devour the Great Cosmic Will, we cannot escape the confinement of the Great Wilderness; forcefully descending into the Three Thousand Realms is impossible, the stronger we are, the greater the restriction," said the Blood God.
Essentially, all efforts made by the gods of the Stars since the Divine War were to reestablish divine enthronement.
Their foundation remained, but they couldn’t utilize it.
The dual seals of the Divine Court and the Great Universal rules imprisoned them in the Forbidden Zone.
Thus, they aim to remodel the Great Universe, replace its original will, occupy the Dao Palace, and transform from "outsiders" into "locals."
Then, in this Great Universe, they will be unrestricted, becoming legitimate "New Gods."
Spreading Evil God faith and polluting the world with Demon Monsters... all were meant to weaken the Great Cosmic Will and strengthen the Stars’ Will.
This ebb and flow increased their chances of success.
But the rise of the resistance led by Lu Chenzhou severely hindered the Stars’ plan to weaken the Great Universe.
Currently, they could not get out and could only watch anxiously.
Previously, they were unconcerned, as after all, the Divine Court was destroyed, taking over the Dao Palace was only a matter of time.
But Lu Chenzhou’s rapid progress gave them a sense of urgency.
"The weaker the power, the less resistance, reluctant to lose small children, you can’t catch wolves; everyone consumes some Divine Power, collectively elevating one True God to accelerate ascension to the Dao Palace, allowing them to enthrone first. The first to enthrone should eradicate Lu Chenzhou and the Mystic Sky Alliance, then facilitate subsequent enthroment. With our thirty-five’s support, there’s hope a True God could be born within twenty years... though weak, enough to sweep across the Three Thousand Worlds," said the Witch.
"Makes sense, if we follow the original plan, it would take at least one Jiazi to enter the Dao Palace. Lu Chenzhou and the Dragon King’s progress is too fast, delays lead to problems. It’s best to kill Lu Chenzhou before he Breaks through Nine, at worst before he becomes a god. Once he becomes a god, I foresee, even if we win, the cost will be great, many here will fall too..." Forgetting Worry Old Mother said gravely.
Other gods nodded after consideration.
No god dared underestimate Lu Chenzhou now.
Even as strong as Lord Toad, he had been repeatedly undermined by this person.
"So the question is, who will be the first to enthrone?" asked the Blood God.
"Let me, I am the Causality Daoist Lord, a Primordial being. My emergence would mean instant death for Lu Chenzhou with a single thought," said Lord Toad.
"I am the Death God, one look from me and Lu Chenzhou would sleep forever," said the God of Death.
"I am the God of Devouring, I would eat this little worm in one bite," said the Greedy Star Worm.
"I..."
The gods each spoke, eager to be the first to become a god, to hold the power of speech.
Some ambitious ones even harbored various schemes.
The Witch saw it all.
He said, "Lord Toad, you’re too strong, elevating you to godhood is too costly and time-consuming."
He knew Lord Toad harbored ambitions to overthrow him as the leader of the Stars, thus he couldn’t let Lord Toad out first.
Lord Toad felt dissatisfaction but smiled and said, "No choice, blame me for being too strong, so count me out."
The Witch scanned around and finally fixed his gaze on the Holy Lord.
The Holy Lord’s expression changed slightly: "What do you mean? Am I the weakest?"
Though he wished to emerge immediately, he was unwilling to admit he was the weakest.
The Witch said, "Let’s go with the Holy Lord, he is the weakest."
Forgetting Worry Old Mother nodded, "Indeed, the Holy Lord is the most suitable."
Even his subordinate gods were stronger than the Holy Lord himself.
Among the stars, subordinate gods and main gods are not divided by strength, but by different categories of gods.
Main gods possess independent divine ranks and are separate entities.
Subordinate gods are vassals of the main gods, their divine ranks exist dependent on the main gods.
Their status is similar to World God Mo Luo and his four great protectors.
The four great saints under the Witch, of the Earth, Fire, Wind, and Water elements, are all subordinate gods without independent divine ranks.
However, any one of them is powerful enough to crush the Holy Lord.
The Blood God also laughed, "Holy Lord, the arduous task is entrusted to you."
The Holy Lord swore inwardly, but smiled outwardly, "I will not disappoint everyone’s expectations."
When Lu Chenzhou and the Mystic Sky Alliance were completely unaware, the gods of the Forbidden Zone began to support the Holy Lord, taking the lead in divine enthronement.
...
Time flies.
Half a year later.
Mist Heaven Great World.
Lu Chenzhou looked into his mind, where the Martial Arts Tree had already reached 4.44 billion zhang.
War God Sara masters the Sand Dao, a branch of the Earth Element Dao.
The Dao essence provided by middle rank demigods was quite sufficient.
In addition, he acquired a great divine power, named [Death Battle Divine Domain].
Once the divine power is activated, he would forcibly drag himself and the enemy into a sealed spatial dimension, where only death would end the battle.
Only by killing one person inside can one leave; if confident in his own strength, this is quite a good control method.
Otherwise, it would be akin to seeking death.
"The Nightmare God of Mist Heaven Great World excels in illusions, I dislike fighting such people. Chenzhou, can you handle it alone?" the Dragon King asked.
"The Nightmare God is just a lower rank demigod, I have no problem," Lu Chenzhou said.
He knew, the Dragon King was giving him a chance to fight alone.
Because with three people attacking, the battle ended too quickly, and Lu Chenzhou learned little.
Moreover, the rewards had to be split among three people, and lower rank demigods didn’t have much wealth to begin with.
Kunxu Ancestor nodded, smiling, "Then be careful, Lu Daoyou, while we support from afar, it’s a good chance to rest a bit."
Lu Chenzhou descended into the Mist Heaven World, his intention sweeping across with force, "Nightmare·Kadi, come out and face your death."
Moments later, a hunchbacked old man with a hideous face limped out, his eyeballs hanging loosely, as an unusual and strange faint mist filled the air, an irresistible illusion ripple swept across, instantly covering the entire Mist Heaven World. He laughed, "Once you enter my nightmare domain, don’t think about leaving... The Nightmare Dao is the supreme branch of nightmares, not comparable to ordinary illusions."
The Dragon King laughed outside, "Blow it up all you want, you’ll just die more miserably afterwards."
Kunxu nodded, "Nightmare is formidable, but Great Dream is not inferior either."
As for Nightmare, it’s said to be the end of all illusion daos, only controlled by the Old Mother of Wuyou.
"A nightmare, huh?" Lu Chenzhou sensed the continuously morphing monsters in the surrounding mist.
Each monster had Heavenly Realm strength, some powerful ones were not weaker than the third step.
The big halberd swept across, dividing the mist, the rolling dispersed, countless monsters vanished into smoke.
But immediately the mist surged back, more monsters emerged.
"My power comes from the nightmares of all living beings, it is endless," Kadi coldly laughed internally.
He knew in direct combat, he was no match for Lu Chenzhou.
So he stayed hidden, planning to wear down Lu Chenzhou.
In the mist, a giant spider monster with demigod strength emerged.
Its eight legs cut back and forth, the attacks like a storm.
Lu Chenzhou dodged around, his body enveloped by golden light, resisting the erosion from the power of nightmares.
After exhausting a month, Kadi’s expression turned unwell.
"No, if this continues, I’ll be the one worn out."
The third step of the "Mixed Cave Furnace Technique" had remarkable endurance; Lu Chenzhou could continuously absorb the universe’s energy from the heavens and earth.
Kadi performed powerful divine arts, gathering the surrounding mist into a ghost that devoured the universe.
He finally revealed his true form.
The ghostly claws tore through multiple spaces, slashing toward Lu Chenzhou.
Buzz! A vast spiritual wave spread out, revealing a boundless sea of golden light around Lu Chenzhou.
Countless monsters were drowned and disintegrated within it.
Nightmare mist could not touch him.
Even the ghost’s claws got stuck in the golden light sea, finally blocked ten zhang away by the Mystic Sky Shield around Lu Chenzhou.
"How is it possible, his spiritual defense was definitely not this strong before..."
Ledi had also analyzed the projection of Lu Chenzhou’s battles against Sara and others, not without preparation.
But he still underestimated Lu Chenzhou’s growth speed.
In just half a year, everything had changed.
This sea of golden light, he was very familiar with, it was the spiritual ultimate skill of the Ancient Emperor of Blue Mountain, a nemesis to demon ghosts from ancient times.
Great Divine Power·Golden Light Endless!
The golden light was boundless, able to withstand all kinds of attacks, most efficient in countering illusions and other spiritual assaults.