Dao Cheng Gui Xian

Chapter 342 Li Wushou's Karma
The longsword hummed
The gold slowly faded and returned to its crimson hue.

Li Wushou slightly raised his head to look at the Second Heaven, quietly savoring the God-Slaying Sword strike he had just unleashed.

Although this sword strike is not as powerful as the power of a Nascent Soul cultivator, even a Nascent Soul cultivator's strike would be difficult to kill in one blow if it could not lock onto the Life Star of the Goddess of Childbirth.

On his way to Zhenhai City, he had consulted the old beggar about the method of hunting the star sea. Today, he used the incense and divine way to slay a god for the first time, which made him quite emotional.

That kind of blurred space, that feeling of being on the other side in an instant, is different from the immortal path.

If I had to describe it, it would be a feeling of power flowing freely from one's mind.

It was as if, as long as there were enough incense offerings, this sword could strike anywhere in the starry sea.

The methods of the divine way are indeed mysterious and wondrous!

Of course, this is also related to the condition of the birth goddess.

Last time, when Li Wushou lured and captured the Goddess of Childbirth in the mountain stream beside the Valley of Infant Corpses, he not only seized her life star anchor point, but also captured more than half of her Yin spirit.

When the offering was presented as evidence at the edge of the world, the old beggar had already shared the other's incense offerings with him.

Later, when the old beggar retrieved it from Wu Zhuangyuan, the old beggar further strengthened the other party's foundation and harvested all of her loyal followers.

Therefore, the Goddess of Childbirth had long since exhausted her life force, and her destiny star was already on the verge of collapse.

Li Wushou originally intended to keep the Goddess of Childbirth, but then he thought about it and decided against it. The Western Sea region had been slaughtered to the point of bloodshed, and even Chongxuan was dead. There was no reason why the Goddess of Childbirth, one of the culprits, could still be alive.

Isn't this clearly telling Immortal Mountain that there's something wrong with the Goddess of Childbirth?

So after the old beggar drained the Goddess of Childbirth dry, Li Wushou decided to join the criminals in beheading her today.

Wu Zhuangyuan naturally had no objection to this; he also wanted to see how Li Wushou killed the Goddess of Childbirth.

After all, the senior had instructed him to bring Li Wushou along when he was refining his spirit.

If Li Wushou has such difficulty even in killing those who are about to die, then bringing him along would be a waste.

Therefore, when Li Wushou broke through the second heaven, he released the barrier between heaven and earth in Zhenhai City.

This strike seems to have some merit?

In the past few days, whenever I had a spare moment, I would observe Li Wushou's condition. The spiritual power that Li Wushou occasionally displayed when beheading criminals was not as sinister as it was at the beginning, and I could no longer see the feeling of a Yin spirit.

It seems he has transformed back into a complete Taoist immortal.

But this slash was clearly a method of incense and deity. Wu Zhuangyuan was also curious about this. How did Li Wushou manage to control both immortality and god at the same time without ever being alienated or disintegrating?

Moreover, Li Wushou had actually already opened the Divine Aperture!
His divine aperture also contained a rich aura of the underworld, an aura he was very familiar with, which was of the same origin as the aura of the River Styx that emanated from Huangyuan Mountain.

How could the divine aperture be able to hold the waters of the River Styx?

At this point, Wu Zhuangyuan began to believe that Li Wushou would have a chance to break through to the Great Venerable Realm in the future.

While others become purer with practice, this kid has become a mess, and surprisingly, he actually has a chance to succeed!
Where can I find justice?!
However, thinking of the mysterious and unpredictable senior, Wu Zhuangyuan felt relieved.

Perhaps only a powerful deity like that would possess such means?

But is all of this really a good thing for Li Wushou?

The more sacred a religion is, the more it emphasizes cause and effect.

He was influenced by his predecessors in the past, so today he naturally stands on the opposite side of "He", and cannot side with forces like the Immortal Mountain.

Although this aligns with his true intentions, it is also one of the consequences.

So, given that Li Wushou received the old beggar's personal training and grew up so quickly and strangely, will he really be able to bear the consequences of this in the future?

I'm afraid even cutting off my flesh and soul wouldn't be enough to repay it.

Seeing Li Wushou suspended in mid-air, basking in the attention of the entire audience with a somewhat "showy" air, Wu Zhuangyuan felt a surge of anger for no apparent reason.

Stop showing off! You'll be crying sooner or later!
At the same time, he became even more determined to keep his daughter away from Li Wushou.

For someone with no future, any current glory is nothing but a mirage.

With a soft hum, the rift above the edge of the sky closed up again, and Zhenhai City once more entered a state of isolation from the world.

With a thought, the deities surrounding Li Wushou returned to the edge of the sky like birds returning to their nests.

The towering cloud pillar began to crumble, and the suspended head swayed as it was about to fall into the void.

Li Wushou's eyes flashed, and the waters of the Styx River surged forth from between his brows, sweeping countless heads into the black water. Instantly, screams of agony echoed through the air.

In the blink of an eye, the void was empty, a complete void.

As Li Wushou drew the waters of the Styx back into his divine aperture, a smile appeared on his lips. The remaining divine soul within his head caused the Styx to develop even faster.

The malevolent energy and the life force were indeed very beneficial to the River Styx.

In the future, if we encounter an opponent that we cannot eat, we can hand it over to the Styx River, so that nothing will be wasted!
The shadowy figure behind Li Wushou seemed somewhat disappointed. He had been eyeing those living souls for a long time, but Li Wushou showed no intention of letting him devour them.

Li Wushou was originally able to consume living souls, but now he has the River Styx added to his list. Does he still have a future?
After leaving Huangyuan Mountain, I felt as if I had been abandoned.
Life in film is tough!
As the shadowy figure sighed, a chill ran down the spines of everyone below the edge of the sky.

Instantly devouring thousands of heads?

What exactly is this?
Through the azure mask, they saw the smile on Li Wushou's lips, and many forces that had originally intended to befriend him began to feel apprehensive.

This new sea patrol officer looks like a cannibalistic monster!
Just then, the towering cloud pillar finally dissipated, and the surging clouds condensed into a towering, majestic figure that reached the heavens and the earth.

Seeing this, some of the timid crowd bowed or knelt down, and in unison proclaimed:
"Welcome to the arrival of the Great Venerable Dharma Body!" The Dharma Body lowered its eyes and glanced at Li Wushou.

So this is how you handle it when I said I'd let him handle it?

It's clean, though!

Li Wushou sensed the Dharma Body watching him, looked up and met its gaze, and then understood.

He withdrew his gaze, turned to the crowd, and began to speak:
"At this moment, due to the matter of forcibly giving birth to a strange infant at the cost of lifespan, one Nascent Soul cultivator, five Core Formation cultivators, twenty-nine Golden Core cultivators, over five hundred Foundation Establishment and Qi Refining cultivators, and nearly a thousand mortals have been killed. In addition, one of the culprits, the Strange God, was sent to life. All the perpetrators have been executed."

A slight murmur rippled through the crowd. They weren't unaware that many people had been killed, but hearing Li Wushou's stark statistics still sent shivers down their spines.

They killed too many people!

This involves not only the Western Sea Vein, but also many other forces. It's only because Jin Chuan didn't expand the scope of the involvement that the number of people killed would have been even greater!

The Great Venerable One surveyed all directions, seemingly watching, seemingly warning, and after a moment's pause, slowly said:

"In that case, let's leave it at that!"

Upon hearing this, Li Wushou bowed slightly, and the onlookers below breathed a sigh of relief.

Some individuals from these forces were also involved in the incident. Although Jin Chuan did not escalate the situation, they were still very worried. At this moment, their hearts, which had been hanging in suspense, finally relaxed a little.

At the same time, the Dharmakaya spoke again:
"Further notice to the entire region: the annual festival to be held in three days will include the gods of the twelve continents of the outer seas. All parties must prepare incense tables and offerings!"

The moment the Dharma Body finished speaking, the sky above Zhenhai City suddenly darkened.

A starry sky appeared, but this starry sky was different from the second heaven that Li Wushou had just broken through. Instead, it was the dwelling place of the gods in the edge of the sky.

One after another, divine figures emerged from the depths of the starry sky, twelve in a row encircling the Great Venerable's Dharma Body.

Although Li Wushou had already collected information about these gods, this was the first time he had observed each god so directly.

There are people, trees, and even spirits, two of whom have undergone significant mutations.
Chi Xiu also stood among them, his entire body gleaming silver, making him particularly eye-catching amidst the dazzling golden light.

Despite its imposing stature, the shadow of the celestial being appeared as a child standing before the Great Venerable One's Dharma Body.

Immediately afterwards, the other deities of the Fubo Domain, who had just returned to the edge of the sky, also slowly walked out.

Apart from the six figures who entered the sequence of the twelve celestial gods of the outer sea, the remaining one hundred and eight figures respectfully knelt behind the eighteen figures.

Aside from the twelve celestial gods of the outer sea, this place gathers all the righteous gods and deities of the Fubo Domain, including six celestial gods and one hundred and eight earth gods.

This is also closely related to the distribution of cities in the Fubo region.

The Fubo Domain comprises 108 cities, each with its own local deity, similar to the city god of a city in Huazhou. However, the cities in the Fubo Domain are much larger, with even the smallest city being a quarter the size of Huazhou.

However, this does not mean that their divine cultivation is much higher than that of Huazhou.

On the contrary, because the immortal path was flourishing in the Fubo Domain, people viewed the divine path more as a means of communication and managing people's livelihoods.

Therefore, nearly 90% of the incense offerings collected by the Earth God must be handed over to the gods.

This is also why there are only six Heavenly Gods in the Fubo Domain, and it is also why Wu Zhuangyuan had enough incense offerings to refine the Heavenly God Tokens and send them to the twelve continents of the outer sea.

When Li Wushou informed Chi Xiu of this, he asked Jin Chuan: Since Fubo Domain has so many Earth Gods with good foundations, why go to so much trouble to have the Twelve Continents of the Outer Sea raise Heavenly Gods?
Why don't you just lift it yourself?

Jin Chuan didn't hide anything and answered frankly that they had also asked the Great Venerable about it, but the Great Venerable didn't say much, only replying that the people of the twelve continents of the outer sea were somewhat different.

After listening, Li Wushou seemed to be deep in thought.

If the people of the Twelve Continents were to say what the difference is between them and the Fubo Domain, apart from skin color and appearance, there would be only one thing: the mysterious mist!

The Twelve Continents were first opened up by various forces, such as the Suspended Mountain, and before that, they were almost all shrouded in mysterious fog.

Even after the fog was cleared and territories were established, these people, apart from outsiders, were essentially still people of the fog.

Is it because of this?
Li Wushou even asked the old beggar about this.

The old beggar pondered for a long time, but did not give Li Wushou an answer. He just chuckled and said that they would know when the time came.

Judging from the old beggar's cunning appearance, Li Wushou guessed that it probably wasn't anything bad, so he didn't ask any further questions.

Seeing the radiant appearance of the gods, Li Wushou's thoughts were stirred once again.

He stared intently at Fubo and the gods of the twelve continents, trying to discern any difference between them, but to no avail; he could not see any distinction.

These people's spirits are no different in form, perhaps they are related to their destiny stars?

While Li Wushou was still pondering, the Great Venerable Dharma Body quietly raised his hand.

The countless deities transformed into streams of light that fell into the palm of the Dharma Body, like a divine kingdom within its palm.

People from all sides in Zhenhai City hurriedly recorded the figures of the gods, especially the gods of the twelve continents, as they would use this to make incense altars and prepare incense offerings!

After touring the four directions, the Great Venerable's Dharma body dispersed, and the deities returned to the ends of the earth.

But secretly, Fubo Yu immediately began preparations.

Li Wushou turned and returned to the Sifangguan villa, but in his heart he was calculating that the matter of refining the Dao Fruit for Wu Qinghe should be done after the annual sacrifice.

Whether it was the old beggar's cunning attitude or his curiosity about the so-called Dao fruit.

Li Wushou was really looking forward to this!
(End of this chapter)