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Chapter 64 Paying Respects to God Taiyi! (First Update, Please Subscribe and Vote)

While the elimination of wicked and immoral rituals attracted most attention, Ju Jiang and Da Wei, along with many gods and cultivators from the Tai tribe, were gradually integrating into the various human tribes in the Longmen Mountains, like drops of water, and began the preliminary work for unification.

They were very successful because no human tribe would refuse something that only brought benefits and no harm to the tribe as a whole.

By respecting the Tai tribe, one can obtain papermaking skills, be taught medicine, be allocated resources for spiritual practice, receive proper sacrificial arrangements, and have an incredibly powerful backer...

What could be better than this?

And all that is required is perhaps to offer sacrifices to one more person.

Even if it is to worship Taiyi, they are willing to do so, not to mention that they only worship him once a year on his birthday.

If there is any downside, it is perhaps only for the leaders and chiefs of the various tribes.

From that moment on, there was one more person above them.

But there are tens of thousands of deities in the Longmen Mountains, so what difference does one more person make?

……

Time flies, and three months have passed since Li Lingshi toured the eight directions.

On this day, Li Lingshi once again set off by carriage.

The dragon roared, and the carriage frame stretched across the sky.

Attention was drawn to the scene, and many deities who had previously announced their seclusion also turned their gaze to it.

The vehicle traversed the sky, skimming over mountain peaks, rivers, and basins.

Many demigods who looked up at the chariot frame and watched as Li Ling passed through the air without stopping breathed a sigh of relief, followed by a secret excitement.

One of the demigods couldn't help but laugh, "As expected, even the Taiyi Clan wouldn't dare to truly be an enemy of the vast number of demigods in the entire Longmen Mountain Range."

"Exactly, with so many demigods secretly receiving sacrifices, how could he possibly kill them all?"

"Looking at it now, it's all talk and no action, just empty words."

One of the demigods withdrew his gaze and looked down at the human tribe below the mountain, but suddenly realized something and clapped his hands, laughing, "So that's how it is!"

"Gentlemen, the reason this Left Envoy is making such a big show of eliminating wicked and heretical rituals is merely to divert our attention so that we won't interfere with his unification of the human race!"

Upon hearing this, the other demigods also realized what was going on. Recalling the lively events in the various human tribes over the past few days, they couldn't help but nod in agreement.

"How cunning! A feint to the east while attacking in the west!"

"Once the human race is unified, he can simply give an order and have people worship whomever they want. Cleaning up the human race's sacrifices will be a piece of cake."

"Then haven't we fallen into a trap?"

"Once the human race is unified, I fear our sacrificial power among humans will be completely wiped out."

"What should we do?"

"Let's go and discuss this with Brother Fumen!"

……

After discussing for a moment, the demigods set off.

Before long, they arrived at Fuyan Mountain, where the Fumen clan was located. They saw that the Liling clan's carriage was also there, and their hearts skipped a beat, and they all stopped in their tracks.

On the carriage, Li Ling's face was ruthless, and out of the corner of his eye, he glanced at the palace under construction on a nearby mountain peak.

Many humans, as well as other acquired races, served as laborers, either carving mountain paths, transporting timber, or carving jade.

They are all free labor.

Withdrawing his gaze, Li Ling looked down at the vast palace complex below, and at the demigods emerging from each palace, and shouted, "Where is Fu Men?"

Surrounded by a group of demigods, Fumen had a bad feeling, but he managed to remain calm, a smile on his face, and bowed respectfully: "Fumen greets True God Liling. May I ask why the True God has come to seek me out?"

Li Lingshi looked at him and said calmly, "Previously, I, on behalf of the Five Treasures Divine Lord Taiyi, proclaimed to all directions that licentious and evil sacrifices were forbidden. Now you have disobeyed the Divine Lord's decree and shall be executed!"

"Will you kill yourself, or shall I do it?"

Fumen's face stiffened, and he forced a smile, saying, "Is the True God of Plow Spirit mistaken? I have never asked for the power of sacrifice."

Li Lingshi said no more, and pointed a finger: "Slay!"

Clang!

The Heavenly Golden Sky-Splitting Divine Sword held by the maid beside him was immediately drawn and transformed into a sword light that slashed down from the sky.

Fumen's expression changed drastically. He hadn't expected Liling to be so decisive. Without thinking, he immediately summoned his divine sword.

But the knife had barely flown when it split in two.

Fumen was terrified and immediately leaped towards a temple atop a high peak behind him, crying out, "My ancestor is the True God Guangqi, Liling, you cannot kill me!"

"Father God, save me!"

"Grandmaster, save me!"

At that moment, the sword flashed and the wailing Fumen clan member's body was severed from his head.

His primordial spirit left his body and fled, but was immediately shredded by the sword light.

As the corpse fell, the group of demigods were all stunned, their souls reeling.

Inside the temple, Guang Qi looked at the situation outside, his face expressionless.

Beside him stood Hiroren, the father god of Fumon, whose face was now ashen.

Fumen was his most outstanding and only descendant to achieve the Divine Realm, and now he had been killed right before his eyes, powerless to stop it. Filled with anger and resentment, he growled, "This was a deliberate setup, leaving a loophole in their words to trap someone!"

"The so-called prohibition against all demigods demanding sacrifices from sentient beings refers to their origin, not their cultivation level."

"My son died unjustly!"

Guang Qi replied calmly, "So what?"

"This is an open conspiracy!"

"Do you dare to reason with that Taiyi family?"

Guanglian's noodles, one pull.

He certainly wouldn't dare; his own father had his physical body destroyed and his divine artifacts taken away, let alone himself, who hadn't even become a true god yet.

Moreover, this time is different.

Practicing wicked rituals and sacrifices is not permitted by the divine court, but since it is the people who benefit from them, everyone turns a blind eye.

However, Taiyi had already made his statement beforehand, and now he had the right to do so. If he tried to reason with him, he would surely be killed by this fellow with a single sword strike.

Looking at Guanglian, Guangqi sighed and said, "There's no need to compete with Taiyi. This young man is too sharp and ambitious; his power cannot last."

"As for sons, if one dies, another can be born and raised."

"If the Taiyi clan can control the sacrificial rites, do you think they can control whether you have a son?"

Guanglian nodded emphatically, inwardly seething with resentment: "Taiyi, didn't you want to unify the Dragon Gate human race and spread your Daoist teachings far and wide?"

"At that time, I will take in many female cultivators of the human race to bear my bloodline!"

……

outside.

The divine sword soared through the sky, its divine might as a prison.

The demigods were all pale-faced and almost trembling with fear.

Vaumont died right in front of his own door; even if he cried for help, it would be useless.

At this moment, all the demigods who, like the Vulcans, secretly obtained sacrificial power from the acquired races and tribes were filled with despair.

And it wasn't just them.

The demigods who came to consult with the Vulcan clan about countermeasures against the unification of the human race were now feeling the terrifying pressure of the divine sword, and could hardly breathe.

Vaughan is dead. Will they be next?

Could it be to establish authority?

Some people still harbored a侥幸 (jiao xing, a sense of luck or hope).

Even the demigods who hadn't secretly acquired the power of the sacrifice were now filled with relief and lingering fear. Thank goodness...

Li Ling looked down at the demigods below and spoke again: "Shui Chu, Wu Tan, Fang Ying, Zhu Ling..."

As each name was announced, the faces of the figures turned pale, and some were even unable to withstand the pressure, staggering and collapsing to the ground.

"Run! She's alone; how could she possibly kill us all?"

Someone suddenly shouted.

Many demigods, as if waking from a dream, took flight in their own light, or used earth-burrowing or wind-riding techniques to flee frantically outwards.

Not only Fumen's accomplices, but also those who came to discuss matters with Fumen, and all those who privately sought the power of the sacrifice, all took advantage of the chaos to flee.

If we don't escape now, and the door is blocked, then no one will be able to save us!

At this moment, Li Lingshi continued to utter names one by one, while pointing his right sword finger. The Heavenly Golden Sky-Splitting Divine Sword in the air immediately emitted a sword cry like a dragon's roar, and then the sword light bloomed, like a peacock spreading its tail, splitting into thousands.

"what!"

A demigod screamed as his body and defensive treasure were cleaved in two by the sword light.

Some people escaped underground, but were still caught up by the sword light, which pierced their foreheads and killed their primordial spirit.

Some cultivators, having reached the Divine Realm, attempted to detonate their divine artifacts to block the deadly sword light, but to no avail. They were still killed by the sword light, their bodies falling from the sky.

"No!"

"I know I was wrong, please forgive me, God!"

"Grandmaster, save me!"

"Father God, save me!"

"I also have human blood; I beg Your Majesty to spare my life!"

……

A mournful roar, filled with endless regret.

But Li Ling ignored them, his sword flashing mercilessly as he slaughtered them one by one.

She already knew who was guilty and who was innocent.

We won't kill the wrong person, nor will we let anyone go free!

Those onlookers dared not move, fearing that any movement would result in them being killed by the sword light.

"Fellow Daoist Li Ling, could you please forgive me?"

Suddenly, a deity could no longer resist and emerged from the temple.

Li Lingshi remained expressionless, showing no respect whatsoever: "Fellow Daoist Qu Xiu, three months ago I received the Divine Lord's decree to inspect Longmen, and I have already informed all directions and established the rules."

"Such disrespect for the divine ruler's will, disregard for the divine ruler, and contempt for the laws of the divine court are crimes deserving of death!"

Qu Xiu said in a deep voice, "Although they received the sacrifices, it wasn't forced upon them, so how can we blame them?"

"Oh?"

Li Ling's gaze turned cold: "Qu Xiu, do you think I've wronged them?"

"Would you dare to vouch for them?"

Qu Xiu's expression changed, and he dared not answer. Instead, he said, "How many demigods in the Dragon Gate secretly enjoy sacrifices? Does the Left Envoy intend to kill them all?"

By this time, all the men had been killed, the divine sword was sheathed, and Li Lingshi said calmly, "The orders of the Divine Lord cannot be disobeyed. What harm is there in killing them all?"

Qu Xiu inexplicably felt a chill on her neck, and with a gloomy face, she turned and left.

Hey!

A dragon's roar resounded, and the black dragon pulled the carriage away.

On the mountain, thuds rang out one after another as figures lost their footing and sat down on the ground.

They had seen so many people die before; as long as they weren't born too late, they had all witnessed beast tides, and the scenes were far more spectacular than today's.

But even a horde of ferocious beasts shouldn't be this hopeless.

The divine sword hangs in the air, and no matter whether you are at the Qi Refining and Divine Transformation stage or have cultivated to the Divine Realm, you will have no chance of survival!

Someone muttered to themselves in disbelief, "Heavens... the world of Longmen is about to change!"

In the human tribe at the foot of the mountain, Yue was carrying a corpse in his hand.

Just now, a demigod tried to rush into the tribe, but he crushed the physical body and then the primordial spirit was cut off by the sword light.

Meanwhile, within the tribe, each human being stared blankly into view.

Those who were once high and mighty, who could take whatever they wanted from them, are now being slaughtered as easily as ants.

Yue discarded the corpse and addressed the group of humans, saying, "I have said it before, from this day forward, no one will dare to force you to contribute your sacrificial power!"

"And no one will dare to kill you, humiliate you, or exploit you anymore!"

"You, and your descendants, can also cultivate in the future, and have the opportunity to become beings comparable to demigods, or even gods!"

Splash!

Led by the tribal chief and elders, the tribespeople knelt on the ground, tears welling in their eyes: "Heaven has eyes, we thank God Taiyi!"

"Thank you, God Taiyi!"

……

The shouts were deafening!

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