Mortals get a golden finger for immortal cultivation every year

It took nearly ten days to finish delivering a million slaps. Of course, it wasn't Zhao Shuang who did it, but rather an avatar he left behind. There were simply too many slaps to do. If Zhao Shuang had done it himself, it would have taken him over ten days, so he left an avatar to do it. It's safe to say the avatar was many, many times faster; otherwise, it simply wouldn't have been possible to finish within ten days.

After he slapped Shang Ziheng a million times, Shang Ziheng would have been beaten to a pulp by now, unlike most other people.

Of course, with his supreme and perfect physique, coupled with his merit-based body and the physical constitution he had cultivated, there wasn't much of a problem; at most, he just gained a lot of weight. Aside from that, the sacred rules within his body were completely disrupted. Although they could be repaired, it would take a relatively long time.

If his teacher had helped, the repairs would have been much faster. However, having suffered such humiliation, his status and position would likely be significantly affected. But since he was caught by Zhao Shuang, the impact wouldn't be too great.

This can be considered a benefit of Zhao Shuang's identity. Of course, his reputation will definitely be ruined. After all, even if Zhao Shuang was caught being slapped a million times, it was done in front of everyone, under the gaze of billions of living beings. One can imagine the extent of his hatred for Zhao Shuang. But for Zhao Shuang, these things are completely irrelevant. He doesn't care about these things at all. If he did, he wouldn't have taken action. He just wanted to teach Shang Ziheng a lesson, to let the Heavenly Realm know that just because he is no longer the Heavenly King, no longer one of the Heavens, no longer the former Celestial Venerable, doesn't mean they can bully him. He was once a Celestial Venerable and one of the Heavens, so don't think he doesn't have the power to deal with them now. If he wanted to, he could deal with them anytime.

After Zhao Shuang dealt with Shang Zixuan, he was regarded as a great hero throughout the Guanghan Realm. Of course, the hatred was also directed at the Guanghan Realm, but the many geniuses of the Guanghan Realm did not care, because they had also learned a lot of Great Dao Divine Powers from Zhao Shuang. However, these Great Dao Divine Powers were incomplete, but they were enough for them. With their aptitude, it was impossible for them to cultivate to the level of gods in the future. Even if they cultivated Great Dao Divine Powers, without a great opportunity, it would be pure wishful thinking, a pipe dream, and a fantasy.

After all, reaching the realm of a deity requires a certain temperament, a stroke of luck, and countless other factors.

These prodigies from the Guanghan Realm couldn't even pass the test of willpower. This test requires unwavering resolve and an indomitable spirit; no matter how many setbacks they encounter, they must maintain an undying Dao heart. Furthermore, they cannot submit, yet they have already knelt before the Moon Goddess. This alone disqualifies them from becoming deities. Of course, it's not a certainty; it depends on whether they can undergo further trials to transform their minds. If that were the case, there might still be hope, but the possibility is slim. If becoming a deity were so easily achieved through willpower, countless people would have already coveted his Daoist powers. If this divine power is also of great help to the gods, after all, in addition to cultivating profound mysteries, gods must also cultivate divine powers. And this Great Dao divine power is the top-level existence among divine powers, equivalent to a top-level holy technique. Most importantly, this Great Dao divine power is one of the few existences in the world that can be compared with profound mysteries. Just this point alone makes countless gods flock to it. Of course, "flock to it" is a derogatory term, but it is quite appropriate here.

Anyway, it has attracted countless gods, and is regarded by these gods as a divine power that they dream of. However, it is not an easy thing to cultivate. But now there is an opportunity, which is to go to Kunlun Realm.

The reason there are so many geniuses cultivating Great Dao Divine Abilities in the Kunlun Realm is simply because almost every Saint has cultivated one or even two Great Dao Divine Abilities, though they are not complete. But that's not important. The important thing is that they have cultivated them, and that's enough. As long as they have cultivated them, there are naturally no problems. These gods can also cultivate them, though they are unaware that these Great Dao Divine Abilities are incomplete. Even though they don't know that these Great Dao Divine Abilities are incomplete, they still cultivate them very carefully, lest Zhao Shuang leave any traps within them. The gods of the Heavenly Realm are especially cautious; they are extremely careful in cultivating these Great Dao Divine Abilities. They want to give up, but they are unwilling to, because as long as they cultivate them, they can become stronger. It also greatly helps in comprehending profound mysteries. Under these circumstances, asking them to give up is simply impossible.

Therefore, the saints of the Kunlun Realm, especially those who had cultivated the Great Dao Divine Power, were taken away by countless gods, both openly and secretly. However, despite this, the strength of the Kunlun Realm did not decrease significantly. Even if those saints left, they would still serve the Kunlun Realm in the future and could utilize the resources of other worlds to cultivate and become even stronger. Once their strength was sufficient, Zhao Shuang would allow them to leave. Whether those worlds would intervene was completely unimportant; Zhao Shuang would show them the consequences of such intervention.

Moreover, Zhao Shuang had already paid the reward—the Great Dao Divine Power—so he didn't owe any favors to those world deities. Under these circumstances, neither Zhao Shuang, the Kunlun Realm, nor those saints actually owed any favors.

This was Zhao Shuang's plan, and it had been approved by the Empress. The other sages were unaware of this plan; they simply felt they should be eternally grateful to Zhao Shuang for enabling them to cultivate the Great Dao Divine Power. At the same time, they were filled with admiration and gratitude towards Zhao Shuang.

Zhao Shuang didn't care about these things. What he cared about was that his plan couldn't go wrong. If something went wrong, there might be trouble. Although the trouble wouldn't be too big, it was still trouble, so it was best to avoid mistakes as much as possible.

After dealing with Shang Zixuan, Zhao Shuang returned to her cultivation place.

At the same time, he also needed to prepare to go to the Temple of Truth, as the Temple of Truth had sent messengers to welcome him. He neither accepted nor refused the invitations from these messengers, simply asking them to wait a little longer, because he was not yet ready to go to the Temple of Truth.

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A month later, Zhao Shuang led the prodigies of the Guanghan Realm to the Temple of Truth. Besides him, the Guanghan Realm also sent a Saint King to accompany them, who also wanted to form a marriage alliance with Zhao Shuang. It wasn't so much that the Saint King wanted a marriage alliance with Zhao Shuang, but rather that his family and power wanted one. In fact, not only him, but his younger brother also received a marriage invitation, but both of them politely declined.

On their way to the Temple of Truth, they encountered trouble, and this trouble was a great one.

This would be a huge problem for others, but Zhao Shuang didn't care at all. Even so, what they were seeing was terrifying: an enormous head appeared before them, and the owner of this head possessed a body comparable to the heavens and earth. Before this being, they were as insignificant as ants.

Most importantly, this body also released an unparalleled pressure. Under this pressure, everyone except Zhao Shuang and his ninth brother turned deathly pale, except for the Holy King of the Guanghan Realm who had come with them. Clearly, this was a Holy King-level expert sent to deal with them. Why a Holy King and not a Great Saint? Because if a Great Saint were to intervene, it would violate the rules. If a Great Saint were to intervene, then the Moon Goddess wouldn't hesitate to act as well.

Therefore, it was only the Holy King who made the move.

"I'm telling you, with a size like you, do you really think you can kill me? Or do you think you can kill us? You're being used as a pawn, do you know that? Oh, I see, you're trying to self-destruct. The self-destruction of a Nine-Step Saint King might indeed pose a slight threat to me. But even that little threat doesn't seem to affect my life. I understand you want to kill the others, not me, because you know very well that even if you self-destruct, you can't kill me. Your target is the others, not me, right?"

Looking at the massive creature before him, Zhao Shuang immediately guessed its intentions, for it was emanating an unparalleled aura of destruction, just as it had said: it wanted to self-destruct.

The target of his self-destruction wasn't Zhao Shuang, but rather the people from the Guanghan Realm who followed Zhao Shuang, such as his younger brother.

Because the other party knew very well, or rather, the people behind the other party knew very well, that self-destruction wouldn't kill him, but it could wipe out the people with him.

"I think you're really stupid, incredibly stupid. But since you're so stupid, then don't commit suicide so easily. After all, your Holy Source still has some use."

After saying this, Zhao Shuang didn't care who the person who came or who was behind him. He stretched out his hand, and his palm transformed into a gigantic hand. With a tearing sound, he ripped the behemoth in two. Then, he took out the Sacred Source, which had transformed into a fireball, full of cracks, like a mountain peak, or more precisely, a volcano. He grasped the Sacred Source in his hand, and then it visibly shrank rapidly.

The aura of final destruction vanished, and then a fiery red holy source appeared in Zhao Shuang's hand.

Immediately afterwards, Zhao Shuang tossed the Holy Source to his wife, Mu Lingxi.

Although the two hadn't held a wedding yet, she was still his wife, so he gave her this item. Besides that, there was nothing else, not even a sacred artifact, which Zhao Shuang found quite regrettable. Clearly, the other party had self-destructed, leaving nothing of value. So, this was the only valuable thing, along with the corpse. It still had some use; for example, the corpse contained many sacred rules. Zhao Shuang extracted these rules and implanted them into his wife's body. This would greatly accelerate her future cultivation. In addition, Zhao Shuang extracted the other party's sacred soul, but this couldn't be implanted into his wife's body, so he performed a soul search to confirm that the other party was sent by the Heavenly Realm. Actually, a soul search wasn't necessary; he already knew the other party was from the Heavenly Realm. Because apart from the Heavenly Realm, no one else would dare to attack them directly, even sending a Nine-Step Saint King to self-destruct—mainly because this Nine-Step Saint King was near death, with only a few years left to live.

As for the reason, it was naturally because the higher-ups in the Heavenly Realm promised to protect his family and even accept his children as disciples. For example, they might have a deity accept them as disciples. This was the real reason the other party came to self-destruct, and all Zhao Shuang did was accomplish this in an instant. Therefore, Zhao Shuang averted a certain death crisis in a split second. For others, it would have been a certain death crisis.

"Alright, there's more trouble to come, so be prepared. You could lose your lives at any moment. If you're not prepared, it's not too late to go back now. I believe that once you're back, they won't target you. Just have the Moon Goddess send someone else. I've already said that following us isn't a good choice; it will only bring endless danger. I warned you before, but you insisted on coming with us."

After Zhao Shuang finished doing all this, he spoke to the others in the Guanghan Realm, because he had already told them before they came that they didn't need to follow them and could go to the Temple of Truth on their own.

Following them will not only bring no safety, but will also bring endless danger.

“Your Majesty, we are still willing to follow you, because we believe that there will definitely be many benefits in following you.”

Upon hearing this, Zhao Shuang felt a little embarrassed and promptly distributed the remaining corpses among them. Although they were just corpses, the corpse of the Nine-Step Saint King could still yield considerable benefits. At the very least, it could be sold for a significant amount of Saint Stones.

After all, many of the sacred rules still remain within, and these sacred rules of the Saint King level alone are enough to benefit them greatly. Refining them can also help them enter the Saint King realm.

Of course, they themselves are capable of entering the Saint King realm, and even have the hope of becoming a Great Saint. (End of Chapter)