Investiture of the Gods: Childhood Sweetheart Daji, Starting with Quasi-Saint Cultivation

Deep within the Jade Void Palace lies endless darkness.

Time seemed to stand still here, with only the echoing footsteps of the Primordial Celestial Venerable reverberating. He walked through one restriction after another, restrictions he had personally set up, and now he had to undo them himself.

At the end, there is a stone platform.

A long spear was stuck in the ground on the platform.

The spear was nine feet nine inches long, its entire body as black as ink, and its shaft was engraved with strange runes that seemed to writhe and whisper. Just by getting close, one could feel an overwhelming aura of ferocity, resentment, and destruction.

The ancient forbidden weapon – the Holy Slayer Spear.

Legend has it that this spear was forged from the remains of a chaotic demon god and had drunk the blood of a sage. At the beginning of the Investiture of the Gods, the Dao Ancestor sealed this spear and entrusted it to Yuanshi for safekeeping, strictly forbidding its use unless absolutely necessary.

Because once this spear is created, it will surely drink the blood of a saint and will turn against the wielder.

"It's a last resort..." Yuan Shi stroked the gun, a mad glint in his eyes, "This is a last resort!"

He drew his gun.

boom--!!!

The Jade Void Palace trembled violently, and all the beasts of Kunlun Mountain were terrified.

The moment the Holy-Slaying Spear was born, all the saints and primordial beings in the Three Realms felt it.

At the Eight Views Palace, Laozi suddenly opened his eyes.

"Yuan Shi...you actually used it?"

Biyou Palace, the sky changes color.

"The Holy Lance Slaughter?! Primordial has gone mad!"

In Chaoge, Su Yunbai awoke from his meditation with a start, feeling a great terror coming from the west.

"What kind of aura is this...?"

Qiongxiao pushed open the door and entered, her face pale.

"It's the Holy-Slaying Spear... the number one weapon of antiquity! Legend has it that this spear can shatter the golden body of a saint and destroy the Primordial Dao Fruit!"

Su Yunbai's heart sank.

Yuanshi is going all out.

Three days later, outside Chaoge City.

The Primordial Celestial Venerable descended once more.

This time, he did not bring any disciples of the Chan Sect, only himself and his spear.

But it was this one man and his gun that put the entire Chaoge on high alert.

With the Sacred Spear in hand, although the Primordial Aura was still at the early stage of Sainthood, the fierce and destructive intent caused the Three Heavens Formation to become unstable.

"Emperor Xin, Su Yunbai... come out and face your death."

His voice was cold and devoid of any emotion.

King Zhou and Su Yunbai stepped out into the air.

Upon seeing the Holy Spear, King Zhou's pupils contracted.

"Yuanshi, aren't you afraid of divine retribution for using such a weapon?"

"Divine retribution?" Yuanshi sneered. "My saintly status has already fallen, what is there to fear? Today, I will use your blood to consecrate the edge of this spear!"

He thrust his spear straight at the target.

This seemingly simple shot contained the power of destruction; wherever the spear tip passed, space collapsed and laws were annihilated.

Su Yunbai's affectionate thoughts were quickly blocked.

But in the instant the swords clashed, cracks appeared in the threads of their affection!

"What?!" Su Yunbai retreated hastily.

The Holy Slayer Spear is the perfect counter to all magical treasures and supernatural powers!

Yuanshi thrust again, this time aiming straight for King Zhou.

King Zhou summoned the River of Humanity to resist, but the river collapsed as soon as it touched it!

The spear tip was about to pierce King Zhou—

"Your Majesty, be careful!"

Qiongxiao Shuanghua Sword quickly blocked.

Click!

Frost Sword Broken!

The spear tip pierced Qiongxiao's shoulder blade, and blood splattered!

"Qiongxiao!" Su Yunbai's eyes widened in fury.

Qiongxiao staggered backward, her face deathly pale. Black energy spread from her wounds; it was the destructive power of the Holy Slaying Spear, eroding her foundation.

"I'm fine..." she said through gritted teeth.

But it was obvious to everyone that she was badly injured.

Yuan Shi sheathed his spear, a bloodthirsty glint in his eyes.

"Who's next?"

On the city walls of Chaoge, the women were anxious.

Bixiao tried to rush out, but Yunxiao held her down.

"Don't go... that's the Holy Spear, you can't stop it."

"What should we do then? Should we just watch over Second Sister...?"

Yunxiao looked at Su Yunbai.

At this moment, only Su Yunbai is capable of fighting.

In the air, Su Yunbai supported Qiongxiao and passed a strand of the Law of Emotion through her, temporarily suppressing the black energy.

"Step back, I'll handle this."

He released Qiongxiao and faced Yuanshi directly.

Though the threads of love may break, the true path of love lies not in magic weapons, but in the heart.

"Primordial One, do you think you can win just because you have the Holy Spear?"

"Otherwise what?" Yuanshi laughed wildly. "Su Yunbai, although you have entered the Hunyuan realm, you are still only at the initial stage. With the Holy Slaughter Spear in my hand, killing you... is as easy as slaughtering a dog!"

He raised his gun again.

This time, Su Yunbai neither dodged nor avoided.

He closed his eyes, his heart churning with emotions.

Heartache for Qiongxiao, anger towards Yuanshi, responsibility towards humanity, and hopes for the future...

All emotions converge at one point.

"The Great Path of Love—Love Fills the World!"

He opened his eyes, which shone with a silvery light like the sea.

In Chaoge City, all the people felt something and looked up at the sky.

They saw the resolve in Su Yunbai's eyes, the blood that Qiongxiao spilled, and the murderous spear in Yuanshi's hand.

"General Su..."

"The Fairy of Qiongxiao..."

"That old scoundrel from the Primordial Beginning..."

It resonates with the people's emotions.

Joy, anger, sorrow, fear, love, hate, desire...

The seven emotions converged, transforming into a torrent that surged into Su Yunbai's body.

This is a response to the will of humanity, a resonance of the emotions of all living beings.

Su Yunbai's aura surged, instantly breaking through the early stage of Hunyuan and stepping into the middle stage of Hunyuan!

He raised his hand, and although the threads of affection were broken, the laws of affection condensed into a transparent longsword.

Sword Name: All Beings' Emotions.

"Yuanshi, receive the sword!"

A sword strike was unleashed.

This sword strike embodies the emotions of all living beings and the will of humanity.

It may seem ordinary, but it makes the Holy Lance tremble!

Swords and spears clashed.

Silently.

But Yuanshi's expression suddenly changed.

He sensed that the ferocious will within the Holy Slayer Spear was beginning to dissolve under the influence of the emotions of all living beings!

"Impossible... The Holy Slayer Spear was forged by the Chaos God, how could it be influenced by emotions..."

"Because emotions are the most powerful force in the world." Su Yunbai said, emphasizing each word, "Love, hate, sorrow, joy... these emotions you look down upon are the very foundation upon which humanity stands!"

He swung his sword again.

This sword strike stirred the emotions within Yuan Shi.

Although Yuanshi was a sage, he ultimately became a sage through human means.

He harbored resentment—resentment towards Tongtian for repeatedly opposing him, resentment towards King Zhou for awakening humanity, and resentment towards Su Yunbai for attaining the Primordial Chaos Realm.

The hatred, stirred by the sword of passion, was amplified a hundredfold in an instant!

"ah--!!!"

Yuanshi roared, clutching his head, and the Holy Slayer Spear slipped from his grasp.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Su Yunbai thrust his sword into Yuanshi's heart.

But at that moment, something unexpected happened.

The Holy Slayer Spear, which had been released from his grasp, suddenly turned its head and thrust towards Yuanshi!

It wants to drink the blood of a saint!

"No--!!!"

The Primordial Lord was terrified and hastily offered sacrifices to the heavens to auspicious clouds to ward

But the Holy Lance is the ultimate defense.

puff!

The spear tip pierced Yuanshi's chest!

The blood of a saint falls across the sky!

Heaven and earth are silent.

Everyone was watching this scene.

The holy-killing spear has turned on its master!

Yuan Shi looked down at the gun in his chest, his eyes filled with disbelief.

"Why...why..."

"Because this spear has drunk the blood of a saint, it possesses the nature to kill saints," Su Yunbai said slowly. "The deeper your hatred, the more fierce its backlash. Yuanshi, it was your own hatred that killed you."

Yuan Shi laughed bitterly.

He felt his life force slipping away and his saintly status crumbling.

"I...am not reconciled..."

Before he finished speaking, the saint's golden body began to collapse.

boom--!!!

The Primordial Celestial Venerable has fallen!

The Saint-Slaying Spear drank the blood of the saint, its body turning from black to red, emitting a satisfied hum, and then transformed into a streak of blood-red light, piercing through the air and disappearing into the horizon.

Outside Chaoge City, only Su Yunbai and the slowly dissipating remains of the sage remained.

Everyone was stunned.

Yuanshi...is dead?

Even saints can die?

At the Eight Views Palace, Lao Tzu sighed.

Biyou Palace, Tongtian is silent.

At the Western Vulture Peak, the expressions of Jieyin and Zhunti were solemn.

The tragedy of a sage—this is the first time since the beginning of time that a sage has fallen.

But at the very moment the Primordial Beginning completely vanished, the Eye of Heaven reappeared in the heavens above.

It looked toward the place where the primordial chaos had vanished, a complex emotion flashing in its eyes.

Immediately, a beam of purple light descended, enveloping the remains of the Primordial Beginning.

The remains began to reassemble, and the primordial soul was re-formed.

Heaven is reviving him!

"Although Yuanshi made mistakes, he was ultimately a sage. The fall of a sage diminishes the majesty of the Heavenly Dao." The will of the Heavenly Dao spread throughout the Three Realms, "Today, the Heavenly Dao of this world resurrects Yuanshi, but his sage status... has been reduced to Quasi-Sage."

The purple light dissipated.

The Primordial One has reappeared, but his aura has fallen to the peak of Quasi-Saint and is unstable, seemingly about to fall to the Great Luo at any moment.

His face was deathly pale, and his eyes no longer held their former majesty, only fear and lingering dread.

He almost died.

"Thank... thank Heaven," Yuanshi said, trembling.

The Eye of Heaven looked at Chaoge, and at Su Yunbai.

"Su Yunbai, although you failed to kill a saint, you have violated the Heavenly Rules. Your punishment... is not yet applicable."

Everyone was stunned.

No penalties yet?

The Heavenly Dao continued, "Yuanshi used the forbidden artifact, bringing about his own destruction; you were merely protecting yourself. Moreover, humanity needs you, and the human race needs you. This transgression... will be recorded for now."

After saying that, the Eye of Heaven disappeared.

Outside Chaoge City, peace has returned.

Yuan Shi gave Su Yunbai a deep look, his eyes filled with hatred, fear, and a profound sense of powerlessness.

He knew he would never be able to take revenge in his lifetime.

"Back to... Kunlun."

He transformed into a streak of light and departed in a sorry state.

Su Yunbai landed back on the city wall, where he was surrounded by the crowd.

"How is Qiongxiao?" he asked anxiously.

Yunxiao is healing Qiongxiao's injuries.

"The destructive power of the Holy Slayer Lance is too strong. My Way of Music can only suppress it temporarily, not eradicate it."

Su Yunbai stepped forward and took Qiongxiao's hand.

The Law of Emotion surged forth with all its might, fighting against the power of destruction.

However, the power of destruction is exceptionally stubborn, and even the laws of emotion can only slow down its erosion.

"We must find a solution..." Su Yunbai frowned.

At this moment, King Zhou arrived.

"Perhaps I have a way."

He took out the Emperor's Seal.

"The Human Emperor Seal is formed from the will of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, containing the eternal fortune of the human race. Nurturing it with the Human Emperor Seal may slowly dissolve its destructive power."

"How long will it take?"

"It could take anywhere from ten to a hundred years."

Su Yunbai looked at Qiongxiao.

Qiongxiao smiled weakly: "I'll wait for ten years, a hundred years."

"Okay." Su Yunbai squeezed her hand. "I'll stay with you."

That night, Qiongxiao was gently nurtured by the Emperor's Seal and fell into a deep sleep.

Su Yunbai stayed by the bedside, never leaving for a moment.

Three days later, Qiongxiao's injuries stabilized, and the destructive power was suppressed and no longer spread.

Su Yunbai finally breathed a sigh of relief.

He stepped out of the room and saw King Zhou standing alone in the courtyard, gazing at the starry sky.

"His Majesty."

"Yunbai, you said... even saints can perish, so what about us?" King Zhou asked softly.

"We will die too," Su Yunbai said frankly, "but death is not scary; what is scary is dying without meaning."

"Yes..." King Zhou nodded, "Yuanshi died for hatred, for power, his death was utterly worthless. But we... must die for humanity, for our people, and die a worthy death."

The two stood side by side, speechless for a long time.

This battle shook the three realms.

Yuanshi fell from his holy position, and Su Yunbai became famous throughout the world.

Humanitarianism has finally gained a firm foothold.

The ending of the Investiture of the Gods three years later seems... to be a foregone conclusion.

But Su Yunbai still felt uneasy.

The Holy Spear shot through the air and disappeared without a trace.

The two Western saints had an ambiguous attitude.

The demon race is stirring.

And... in what form will the "rebooting of the Investiture of the Gods" mentioned by the Taoist Ancestor take?

he does not know.

We can only take it one step at a time.

Three months later, Chaoge returned to peace.

The number of students at the Humanity Academy has exceeded 50,000, and the power of the Great Shang Dynasty has reached its peak.

On this day, Su Yunbai was teaching at the Taoist academy when he suddenly had a premonition.

He looked south.

There, a familiar yet unfamiliar aura was approaching.

"It's her..."

A complex expression flashed in Su Yunbai's eyes.

A woman in green robes slowly walked towards the south of Chaoge City.

She was stunningly beautiful and had an ethereal air about her, but a faint sadness lingered between her brows.

Her name is Nuwa.

The Holy Mother of Humanity has finally descended upon Chaoge in person.