A person in the heavens, starting with a Chaos Emperor Dao Fruit

This aura is ancient and powerful, as if it existed since the beginning of time. Any cultivator who comes into contact with this aura will tremble involuntarily the moment they touch it.

"What a strange aura! This ritual not only affects one's own mind, but also stirs up something that exists naturally in the world!" Yunhua analyzed in his heart.

"Whoosh!" "Whoosh!" "Whoosh!"...

Yunhua placed the Calamity Fire Divine Bow at the center of the ceremony, and then the characters "fire" and "kill" continuously flew out as illusory images, merging into the Calamity Fire Divine Bow.

As the phantoms merged, the two characters "fire" and "kill" in mid-air began to slowly dissipate.

At the same time, Yunhua also felt that the Divine Bow of Calamity Fire had formed a strange connection with him, as if it had become a part of his body.

With a thought, Yun Hua summoned the Divine Bow of Calamity Fire in his palm. He then pulled hard, and a flaming arrow instantly appeared on the bowstring.

Then, he slowly drew back his bow, and the flaming arrow slowly dissipated.

"The bow's draw weight is several times greater than before... The arrow's concentrated force is also stronger, and it contains more killing intent..." Yunhua nodded in satisfaction, put away the Calamity Fire Divine Bow, and continued to meditate.

Half a day later, his Yinglong Guard token suddenly lit up.

Yunhua opened her eyes, somewhat eager to try: "Finally, it's time to go on a mission..."

Yunhua left her residence and went to the Military Affairs Hall.

This is the place where missions are issued specifically to the Yinglong Guards. The front hall is where missions are issued to the ordinary Yinglong Guards, while the back hall is where missions are issued specifically to the Yinglong Inner Guards.

The tasks posted in the front hall were for ordinary Yinglong Guards, so only a few people were there to register them. Most of the area was like a bulletin board, displaying the tasks for ordinary Yinglong Guards to choose from.

The rear hall was much smaller in scale, and most of the tasks there were directly assigned by superiors based on ability, more like a military command structure.

In terms of carrying out missions, the Yinglong Inner Guards are far less carefree than the ordinary Yinglong Guards.

As Yinglong's inner guard, Yunhua went directly into the rear hall of the Military Affairs Hall.

In the main hall, there was an Earth Immortal sitting cross-legged on a cloud bed. He looked at Yun Hua and said, "Yun Hua, congratulations on advancing to the Nascent Soul Realm with the 'Crimson Bright Nine Heavens Diagram'. Next is your first mission as the Yinglong Guard!"

"Just lucky!" Yunhua nodded slightly.

The Earth Immortal didn't say much, only stating, "Thousand Star City was razed to the ground seven days ago, and all 750,000 people in the city were devoured by a five-colored peacock at the peak of the Nascent Soul realm. Now, this peacock demon has escaped into the Great Swamp of Mountains and Seas. Your mission is to find it and then kill it!"

"According to the intelligence we Yinglong Guard have obtained, this peacock has already condensed its natal tail feathers belonging to the four attributes of metal, wood, fire, and earth. With your cultivation at the Nascent Soul Realm of the Crimson Bright Nine Heavens Diagram, you should be able to handle it!"

The peacock is a divine beast born from the five elements, a darling of heaven and earth. The purer the bloodline of a peacock, the more likely it is to condense more tail feathers of the five elements.

A peacock with a normal bloodline can condense two feathers, a slightly higher bloodline can condense three feathers, and a divine peacock with the purest bloodline can condense five feathers.

This peacock, capable of condensing five feathers, is absolutely as powerful as a god or demon of the same level, and can even rival a celestial being at the Void Returning stage.

However, the peacock they faced in this mission was not the purest kind of peacock; it only had tail feathers that combined the four elements of metal, wood, fire, and earth, and was still missing a feather of the water element.

"The detailed mission is in this jade slip. Once you accept the mission, set off immediately without delay!" As he spoke, the man tossed a jade slip to Yunhua.

Yunhua nodded, accepted the task, and immediately left the Military Affairs Hall.

After leaving the Military Affairs Hall, Yunhua continued forward while reading the contents of the jade slip.

Thousand Star City is a full ten thousand miles away from the Crimson Dragon Mountains. This city was once the "territory" of a former Yinglong Inner Guard. That person has already perished in a mission. According to the rules of the Yinglong Guard, this territory will be protected by the Yinglong Guard for ten thousand years.

However, less than three thousand years have passed, and this city has been destroyed by a great demon.

After devouring more than 700,000 lives in Thousand Star City, the great demon peacock has fled into the Great Swamp of Mountains and Seas.

This mountain and sea marshland is also among the top ten most dangerous places in Anchan County. The danger here is very similar to that of the Prison Mountain Wilderness Marshland. Both are due to the great war between gods and demons in the past, which caused the space in that place to be very fragmented. If you are not careful, you may enter other spaces.

“These kinds of heinous criminals usually escape to extremely dangerous places…” Yunhua carefully read the description on the jade slip and shook his head inwardly.

What an ungrateful demon!

The Great Xia Dynasty ruled the entire world, and the Yinglong Guards went everywhere to kill all sorts of heinous criminals and demons. Under such circumstances, to still dare to commit crimes—isn't that just plain stupid?

The so-called "sin" is actually what the Heavenly Dao judges. Many cultivators have entered the demonic path, using thousands of living beings to cultivate supernatural powers or refine magical treasures. These beings have extremely heavy sins on them, and killing these people with great sins can increase one's own merit and fortune.

The reason why the Great Xia Dynasty went everywhere to kill such sinful cultivators was because by constantly killing such cultivators, the fortune of the Great Xia Dynasty would continue to rise.

Yunhua browsed through the contents of the jade slip as she walked toward the teleportation array deep within the Crimson Dragon Mountains.

This vast mountain and sea marshland is very similar to the Prison Mountain Wilderness Marshland where we previously trained; both are equipped with teleportation arrays for the Yinglong Guards. These teleportation arrays are for the convenience of the Yinglong Inner Guards who are on missions, because many sinful cultivators prefer to hide in such dangerous places.

All of the top ten most dangerous locations in Anchan County have been equipped with teleportation arrays.

"Halt!" Yun Hua arrived at the teleportation array and was immediately stopped by the Yinglong Guards stationed there.

"Mission requires us to proceed to the Great Swamp of Mountains and Seas!" Yunhua casually showed the jade slip containing the mission details.

Chapter 980 Great Mountains and Seas

After examining the jade slip, the Yinglong Guard guarding the teleportation array nodded and said, "Have a safe journey!"

"Om!"

Yunhua stepped into the teleportation array. Accompanied by a hazy glow, Yunhua's body trembled slightly, and the space-time around him shifted. In the blink of an eye, he arrived in a completely new place.

This is the teleportation array for the Great Mountains and Seas.

Yunhua showed the Yinglong Guards stationed there his mission slip, and they let him pass.

"As expected of the militarized Yinglong Inner Guard, they require checks to enter and exit the teleportation array!" Yunhua thought to himself.

"Is this the Great Swamp of Mountains and Seas?" Yunhua's eyes lit up as he stepped out of the teleportation array.

Unlike the Great Wilderness of Prison Mountain, the Great Marsh of Mountains and Seas is not a continuous range of mountains, but a vast and endless "ocean".

To be precise, this is the largest inland lake in Anchan County, covering an area of ​​tens of thousands of miles, making it a vast inland sea. Countless islands are scattered across its surface, and many powerful demons either rule these islands or have carved out their own underwater palaces.

The Yinglong Guard's garrison is located on a huge "island" in this vast expanse of mountains, sea, and marshland.

"This is troublesome. Killing the peacock isn't difficult, but finding its trail is!" Yunhua was speechless. How could they possibly find it in such a vast area?

Even with his exceptional spiritual sense, thoroughly searching the entire Shan Hai Da Ze would be no easy task. Especially since many parts of the Shan Hai Da Ze were so deep that even spiritual sense couldn't penetrate them.

"The entire mission has a time limit of one year... If the peacock can be killed within one year, the mission is considered complete. If the time limit is exceeded and the peacock is not found, the mission is considered a failure, and then we will have to find someone stronger to take action." Yunhua knew the mission process of Yinglong Guard. He immediately flew away from Yinglong Guard's station and spread his wings to fly towards the sea.

"Take it slow, there's still a year left!"

Above mountains, seas, and vast marshes.

Yunhua flew into the air, and a vertical eye appeared between his eyebrows, with wisps of light emanating from it.

This is his third eye.

The Heavenly Eye in this world is very simple: when the soul reaches a certain level, it can transform into divine consciousness, and the Heavenly Eye is naturally born.

"As expected of this great mountain and sea marshland, it is indeed the place most loved by many fugitives of the Great Xia!" Yun Hua's Heavenly Eye swept across and could clearly see that there were several places with dense turbid air, faintly revealing wisps of red light.

This is the filth and defilement of sin!

Those who have accumulated merit are surrounded by pure energy; while those who have committed grave sins are shrouded in turbid energy. When merit reaches its peak, it can emit golden light; when sin reaches a certain level, it can produce blood-red light.

"However, the merits and sins in this world seem to be all human virtues and sins. Killing someone incurs sin; saving someone incurs merit?" Yunhua wondered.

Does the Heavenly Way of this world possess self-awareness? Otherwise, why are merits and sins calculated from the perspective of living beings?

"Let's kill a few great demons who have committed heinous crimes first, and see how merit and karma are calculated!" Yunhua spotted an island in the direction of the island, transformed into a hurricane, and flew straight towards it, tearing through the sky.

"Qiang!!"

Upon arriving above the island, Yunhua suddenly attacked, using her palm as a blade, unleashing a brilliant black light that slashed down instantly.

"Boom!" The blade seemed to have struck something, paused for a moment, and then quickly rushed past.

At the same time, the space within a radius of hundreds of miles seemed to begin to distort and change. The seemingly deserted island suddenly transformed into a huge city, where a large number of human slaves were suffering. They were like the most lowly laborers, driven to work by many powerful demons.

These human slaves were all mortals, and every moment, some of them died from the unbearable burden.

"Is the great demon in charge of this place out of his mind?" Yunhua was speechless at the scene before him.

This is a world where cultivation is possible. The power of cultivators far surpasses that of mortals. A project that took 100,000 mortals ten years to build could be completed instantly by a single cultivator with a wave of his hand.

In this situation, to still exploit ordinary people like this, what else could it be but a problem with one's brain?

Yunhua's divine sense instantly enveloped the entire city. In his perception, the hearts of countless mortals in the city were revealed: anger, numbness, sorrow, pain, and despair!

And hidden within these endless negative emotions lies endless resentment.

"town!"

Yunhua formed hand seals and unleashed a secret divine sense technique. Instantly, a massive divine sense seemed to press down directly on the entire city, its overwhelming momentum like the sky collapsing.

"what!"

Under this divine suppression, countless people throughout the city felt as if the sky were collapsing and they were about to be crushed to death. Countless mortals knelt on the ground in fear, begging for the forgiveness of the gods.

Meanwhile, the demons throughout the city were filled with fear. They knew that a true master had come to their door, and many of the great demons wanted to flee.

"Impossible, it can't fly anymore!?"

"This is bad! My soul fluctuations have been suppressed, making it impossible to activate my magic weapon; no, I can't even use my true essence!!"

"Ah, sir, spare my life!!"

These powerful demons who wanted to escape were all terrified, because under such overwhelming divine power, they couldn't even activate the true essence within their bodies.

Within this great city, those with greater strength are more affected and die faster.

This is a relatively simple divine sense technique, which Yunhua found in the Celestial Immortal Cave in the Great Wilderness of Prison Mountain. This technique is called the Heaven Collapse Secret Technique!

This secret technique is quite interesting. It's like the saying, "When the sky falls, the tall ones hold it up." This technique seems to be a wide-range attack, but it instinctively possesses the function of "identification." The stronger the opponent, the more they will be suppressed. Only after the strong are crushed will the weaker ones be suppressed.

"puff!!"

In an instant, the city's lord, a snake demon, died instantly with his head exploded; followed by his powerful subordinates, who also died one by one, howling in agony and bleeding from their seven orifices; finally, the "overseers" who managed the human slaves, the weakest of them, died last.

"Withdraw!" After all the great demons in the city had perished, Yunhua withdrew his secret technique, and the divine sense that had been pressing down like Mount Tai quickly dissipated.

At this point, the slaves in the city finally realized what had happened, and all the overseers who had been oppressing them had perished.

"Thank you so much, Great Immortal, for saving our lives!!" Some human slaves looked at Yun Hua in the sky, realizing that it was Yun Hua who had saved them.

"Life in the mountains and seas is not easy, but this island is protected by an array. With a little repair, you can continue to survive!"

"Remember these four words—self-improvement without ceasing." Yun Hua waved his hand, and instantly streams of light flew into the great city below, entering the bodies of several people whose bodies were shrouded in the pure energy of merit.

Chapter 981 Qi Refining and Primordial Spirit Realm

"This is..." The people were suddenly jolted, feeling as if a lot of things had suddenly appeared in their minds.

It seems to be related to formations, and it also seems to be a cultivation technique...

They couldn't quite understand it at first and wanted to ask, but when they looked up at the sky, Yunhua had already disappeared.

"I've done everything I could. How you survive from now on is up to you!" Yunhua thought to himself as he left the island.

At the same time, he used his divine eye to observe himself and found that the pure energy within him seemed to have become somewhat stronger.

"Slaying cultivators who have committed heinous crimes and rescuing people with pure merit can indeed increase one's merit. However, the increase is much smaller than I expected. Is it because the people I rescued might do evil in the future, so they're putting the blame on me?" Yunhua became more and more speechless as she thought about it.

This world's accounts are so muddled! Even Yunhua, for a fleeting moment, conjured up a scene:

A cultivator, dedicated to saving lives, radiated pure merit and roamed freely between heaven and earth; yet, in the next moment, he was engulfed in karmic flames and reduced to ashes. The reason might simply be that someone he once saved transformed into a great demon?

"The laws of Heaven and merits are too arbitrary, there is no standard, and sometimes it even depends on luck." The more Yunhua thought about it, the more speechless she felt.

"The way this world is arranged is forcing all cultivators to draw a line between themselves and mortals... Never mind, I'll stop thinking about it and go find the peacock."

Yunhua shook his head and continued to wander through the mountains and seas, spreading his divine sense to search for the target of this mission—the peacock.

Time flies, and Yunhua has been in the Great Marshland for three months now.

For three months, Yunhua traveled across most of the mountains, seas, and marshes, but he couldn't find any trace of the peacock.

It is certain that the peacock had already hidden itself away, and may have even set up arrays and restrictions to isolate or guide divine sense.

For the past three months, Yunhua's only task has been to eliminate those powerful demons or cultivators who were not well hidden and were full of sins.

Of course, killing these sinful cultivators was also part of some cultivation techniques that Yunhua had obtained in the year before the experiment.

In the past year, I have studied a large number of cultivation techniques. Some of these techniques are written in a rather convoluted way. Even Yunhua did not understand some parts after a cursory glance. However, with the experiments over the past three months, many of the parts that I did not understand have gradually become clear.

During these three months, he greatly enhanced his understanding of those secret techniques, supernatural powers, and cultivation methods.

“Continuing this search is a waste of time, even our cultivation. Fortunately, we’ve gathered enough resources for advancement by cracking down on sinful cultivators.” Yun Hua pondered for a moment, then landed directly on a deserted island.

He casually carved out a cave in the mountainside, then set up some array formations and restrictions before sitting cross-legged.

"let's start!"