Primordial Era: If I remain in Longevity Mountain, I will steadily attain sainthood.

Chapter 70 The Asura Cult Established on the River Styx

Styx was both cunning and hardworking, but unfortunately, his efforts were misdirected. He imitated Nuwa's creation of humans and created the Asura race. Although they could share some of the fortune, it was too little and not enough for him to attain enlightenment.

The subsequent establishment of the religion was an even greater tragedy.

Hongyun didn't even bother with option two, which was to convert the Asuras; he had no intention of working for Jieyin and Zhunti.

Let the two of them handle this themselves.

As soon as Hongyun made her choice, the system's rewards were immediately distributed.

A mass of primordial energy appeared before Hongyun, and was then absorbed into the Qiankun World by Hongyun.

One of his own avatars swallowed and refined the substance, comprehending the Dao of Creation.

……

Within the Netherworld Blood Sea.

After much effort, Styx finally succeeded in creating a large number of Asuras. Overjoyed at the sight of these Asuras, Styx cried out to the heavens, "Heavenly Dao above, I, Styx, have created a race here, named the Asura race. May Heavenly Dao bear witness!"

"Boom!"

Styx's words immediately triggered the Heavenly Dao, and countless strange phenomena bloomed in the sky above the sea of ​​blood.

But unlike the auspicious signs and strange phenomena that appeared when Nuwa created humans, the strange phenomena that appeared above the sea of ​​blood were all scenes of killing and bloodshed. Even the golden flowers that fell down when spiritual energy condensed turned into blood flowers.

A pungent stench of blood filled the air, sending chills down one's spine. It turned out that the Asura race, created by the Styx River, was inherently bloodthirsty and an extremely extreme race.

This strange phenomenon was followed by a response from the Heavenly Dao, which immediately alarmed the great powers and saints from all directions of the world, all of whom turned their attention to the sea of ​​blood.

What delighted Styx was that although the phenomena were slightly different, the merits were still the same.

Above the River Styx, merits flowed out continuously, descended, and gathered behind the River Styx, transforming into a huge golden wheel of merits.

However, while the powerful figures from all sides might not have realized it yet, the saints had already begun to laugh.

Because, with the wisdom of the sages, they had already determined that the merits gained by the Styx River were not enough for him to attain enlightenment.

Originally, some sages, seeing that Styx had truly received the merits bestowed by Heaven, genuinely believed that Styx might be able to attain enlightenment.

Therefore, they are all planning to make a move.

There are already eight sages in the world, so there is no need for another Primordial Golden Immortal who can rival them.

Therefore, if Styx truly attains enlightenment, they will take action. Even though Styx possesses great merit and is not easy to kill, sealing him away is still imperative.

However, that's no longer necessary.

If one cannot achieve the unity of all things, one is but an ant.

Even if the Styx River gains more power through this creation and merit, it is still just a slightly larger ant.

The sages valued their reputation and would not bully the weak, so they took action against him at this time.

Unless this ant truly attains enlightenment, then the saints will not take action.

In short, before Styx attained enlightenment, the Sages would not intervene because they were concerned about his merits and did not want to harm him.

But once Styx attains enlightenment, no matter how great his merits are, the saints will find a way to deal with him, even if they don't kill him, they will seal him away.

There are eight sages in the world today, and seven of them have established great religions, which in itself makes the competition very fierce.

If there were another Styx, that would be terrible.

As expected, after all the merits were accumulated, Styx's cultivation level only increased to the late stage of Quasi-Saint.

To attain enlightenment, he needs to accumulate even more merit.

It's easy to imagine how unwilling Styx was at this moment, but no matter how unwilling he was, it was an unchangeable fact.

Amidst sighs and lamentations from all sides, this incident came to an end.

But Styx was not content with that. He racked his brains and created three more different races.

They are the Rakshasa, Yaksha, and Naga tribes, respectively.

However, despite this, the merit gained by these three tribes decreased with each subsequent tribe. The Naga tribe, in particular, gained virtually no merit at all.

Styx's resentment grew even stronger. Hongyun, on the other hand, was in a very good mood.

I originally thought that the River Styx only created the Asura race, but I never expected that the Rakshasa, Yaksha, and Naga races were also created by the River Styx.

Styx has made a great contribution to the Western Paradise, after all, he is only one of the Eight Legions of the Heavenly Dragons.

Both Yakshas and Asuras are among them.

After making three more choices, although the rewards were not as good as when he was in Asura, how could Hongyun not be happy?

On this day, Hongyun heard the system notification sound again: "Ding, it has been detected that Styx has decided to re-establish the Asura Cult. The host may make the following choices."

"Option 1: Styx takes killing as its doctrine and advocates killing heaven and killing saints. The host can use this as an excuse to kill Styx and prevent him from establishing his religion. The host will receive Styx's complete understanding of the way of killing as a reward."

"Option Two: Suppress the Styx River and seal it within the Sea of ​​Blood. The reward will be the Great Clone Technique. (Once mastered, this technique allows you to create billions of clones, each independent of the others and impossible to destroy using causal methods.)"

"Option 3: Ignore this matter and allow the Styx River to establish the Asura Cult, and you will receive a Sword Origin as a reward."

Hearing the options offered by the system, Hongyun found it difficult to make a decision.

The third option, the reward of the sword's essence, was not too appealing to Hongyun, even though it was valuable.

However, the rewards from the first and second choices, whether it was Styx's complete understanding of the Dao of Slaughter or the Great Clone Technique, both greatly tempted Hongyun.

"How should I choose?"

Hongyun frowned slightly. Kill Styx? If he killed Styx, the reward would be equivalent to gaining Styx's cultivation level out of thin air.

This is definitely a good deal.

But Styx is a rare talent in the primordial world, an outstanding individual who stands out among all the great powers.

It would be a pity to kill him like this.

After much deliberation, Hongyun finally made her choice: "System, I choose option two."

Killing Styx would be a great pity, but suppressing him would be fine. The Great Clone Technique... that ability seems pretty powerful.

Even the law of cause and effect cannot address this.

Hongyun had once refined a source of cause and effect, and thus understood the Dao of Cause and Effect, and was well aware of its power.

However, this great clone technique is immune to the law of cause and effect, preventing it from being completely wiped out.

This suddenly becomes very valuable.

Hongyun was eager to try. This was his first time making a move in the primordial world, and he was doing so with the qualifications of a sage.

Therefore, we naturally need to think carefully about how to proceed.

Meanwhile, within the Sea of ​​Blood, the Styx River gathered all the Asuras together. This race could be considered his most perfect creation, and also his most favored.

The Asura race is inherently bloodthirsty; the instinct to kill is almost ingrained in the soul of every Asura.

Styx summoned the Yuan Tu Sword, the Abi Sword, and the Twelve-Petaled Karmic Fire Red Lotus, then proclaimed to the heavens: "Heaven above, I, Styx, hereby establish a religion, the Asura Religion. Heaven creates all things to nourish all living beings, yet all living beings have nothing to repay Heaven with. Therefore, all living beings can be killed. By killing all living beings, one can prove my Way of Slaughter."

Styx's series of babbling words established the doctrine of the Asura Cult, which can be summed up in one word: "Kill".

A terrifying killing intent surged from the Netherworld Blood Sea, causing endless strange phenomena.

(End of this chapter)