Cultivation: When you take things to the extreme

Chapter 916: Chapter 564: Revisiting (Summary and Transition Chapter)_2

And then… there was no afterward.

With a ninth-order formation as the base, Taoist divine abilities surged forth, and once the Ding Jia Divine Fire ignited, the Brahma Fire God begged for mercy in panic, determining the victory or defeat.

From this, one can see the wonderful use of “Yin Yang and Five Elements.”

Without this newly added characteristic, if he wanted to surpass Agi Ni and the other five True Gods, he would probably need to use extraordinary measures, such as teaming up with “Li Xuanyuan” for a duo, and overpowering the enemy with the strength of Nine Rituals Heavenly Venerate.

Although such a strategy could also lead to victory, the deterrence it brought would not be as formidable as facing the enemy alone.

This is the Yin Yang and Five Elements.

Now, let’s talk about True Law Heavenly Punishment.

This characteristic, ranked just beneath “Govern the World,” is a newly added skill and characteristic.

Its effect is needless to say, as the name implies, it enhances the effectiveness of “True Law Heavenly Punishment” comprehensively.

Including but not limited to the recognition of heaven and earth, the inclination of people’s hearts, the establishment of laws, the construction of execution instruments like the Spiritual Rhinoceros Divine Sword and the Flying Knife, and ultimately the prowess of “True Law Heavenly Punishment.”

This skill characteristic, although it also plays a not insignificant role in this Blue Star World, to be honest, it is not crucial.

Its truly spectacular and essential role lies in the World of Dao and Law, the Divine Martial World, and the real world.

Because in the Blue Star World, it is the era of demonic chaos, Heavenly Dao’s merit is not stingy at all. With proper manipulation, crafting a ninth-order Merit Immortal Treasure and constructing True Law Heavenly Punishment is not a problem at all.

In other worlds, it’s different. Whether in the World of Dao and Law or the Divine Martial World, or even the current real world he inhabits, such opportunities do not exist; Heavenly Dao does not reveal itself, and merit does not descend. Let alone a ninth-order Merit Immortal Treasure, even an eighth-order Merit Immortal Device is extremely difficult to craft.

The World of Dao and Law is slightly better; Earth Immortals among the heavens can obtain merit, albeit not much, but there is still some hope. In the Divine Martial World and the real world, there was truly no hope, absolutely no way to achieve a breakthrough from “zero to one, from nothing to something.”

But now, with the characteristic of True Law Heavenly Punishment, this situation can be changed. Even without merit descending from the Heavenly Dao, it can forcibly craft a ninth-order Treasury of Merit that ranks as True Law Heavenly Punishment using the laws to govern the world.

It will just take a bit of time.

Considering the scale of the World of Dao and Law, the Divine Martial World, and the current real world, as well as the scope of each of the Ten Thousand Dao Academies, Xu Yang estimated that even the fastest, the World of Dao and Law, would take tens of thousands of years or even hundreds of thousands of years.

Although it might sound somewhat superfluous, this is a Treasury of Merit, a True Law Instrument, nominally a ninth order but actually a tenth order, not inferior to the Imperial Arms and Heavy Weapons of the Central Region Divine Land. Even if it took hundreds of thousands of years, many True Immortals would flock to it.

In fact, the Great Emperors of the ancient times in Central Region Divine Land also spent hundreds of thousands of years and countless rare treasures to craft these Imperial Arms and Heavy Weapons, truly a labor of blood and sweat.

Now, with the skill characteristic of True Law Heavenly Punishment, he could hope to craft a Treasury of Merit comparable to Imperial Arms in just tens of thousands of years. What more could he ask for? If the Great Immortal Sects and ancient imperial clans of Central Region knew this, they would surely be green with envy.

Compared to the crafting of the Treasury of Merit from nothing, the enhancement in combat prowess brought by this characteristic can only be considered an added bonus.

A ninth-order Treasury of Merit, combined with the eighth-order Heavenly Craftsmanship for True Law Heavenly Punishment, the combat prowess has already completely surpassed the boundary of True Immortals.

Notice, it has completely surpassed!

In the real world, the combination of Imperial Arms and top-tier True Immortals in Central Region Divine Land can reach the level of “Half-step Emperor,” but Half-step Emperor is still True Immortal after all, not stepping into the boundary of Earth Immortals.

The previous Surya is an example. His Golden Sun God Armor, although not an Imperial Arm, was not far off. Combined with the Sun Golden Palace’s evolving Divine Domain, his combat power was not much weaker than those who wielded Imperial Arms. However, he was still no match for the True Law Heavenly Blade and was easily slain by Xu Yang.

This is the power of True Law Heavenly Punishment!

As a Treasury of Merit, a True Law Instrument, it holds an unparalleled advantage in this realm and can harness the great forces of the Dao of Heaven and Earth, and the mighty powers of law and human hearts.

Let alone a pseudo-Divine Domain created by a struggling True God, even a genuine tenth-order Divine Domain, as long as it is still within this realm, within this world, the Heavenly Punishment can still shatter it.

Your pseudo-Divine Domain, creating only a tiny world, how could it withstand my Great World Heavenly Blade?

Thus, Surya was defeated, utterly defeated without any suspense. Even turning his Taoist foundation into a Divine Domain could not provide him with a home field advantage; the right time, place, and people were all with Xu Yang, how could he not lose?

This is the treatment of “Master of Fate,” and the authority of “True Law Heavenly Punishment.”

In the home field of this world, where Heaven, Earth, and the human heart align with True Law, the combat power is no less than that of an Earth Immortal!

With the enhancement from the skill characteristics, although boasting is not Xu Yang’s nature, it cannot be denied that in this Blue Star World, he already possesses the capability to directly confront an Earth Immortal.

Of course, confronting directly is one matter, but whether one can defeat, kill, or handle a group is another, and is not easily determined. However, this is undoubtedly a qualitative leap.

…

The summary of the battle ends here, and now come the much-anticipated gains calculation section.

Ignoring the Heavenly Punishment I painstakingly refined, this time we captured three supreme True Gods, two dead and one injured.

The first ghost, Brahman God Surya, contributed a Tenth Order Divine Artifact, the Sun God Armor, along with three Ninth Order Divine Artifacts, the Sun Golden Palace, and countless other treasured items. The lifelong accumulation of a supreme True God now wholly belongs to him.

The second ghost, Dongying God Susano’o, contributed a Ninth Order Divine Artifact, the Heavenly Cluster Cloud Sword, along with some Eighth Order Artifacts and a variety of other rare treasures. Although not as significant as Surya, every little bit counts, and it was gladly accepted into the treasury.

The last unfortunate one, Brahman Fire God Agni, whose wealth was comparable to Susano’o, saw his life-bound Divine Artifact, the Fire God Staff, greatly reduced in value due to damage in the previous battle. However, fortunately, he is still alive and, as a deity of fire, Wandao School joyfully gains a great general for fire, which will significantly enhance productivity.

Upon counting these acquisitions, the haul is indeed significant, especially the Sun God Armor. Although it is a divine artifact of the Brahman Sect, the Dao are manifold but lead to the same destination. This helps greatly in his understanding of the Dao of Yin and Yang and can even serve as the core for constructing the fourth True Immortal Mech, becoming the foundation of the Wandao School.

Indeed, without windfall, a man does not grow rich; without nighttime grazing, a horse doesn’t get fat!

After assimilating these gains, the power of the Wandao School will surely rise to a new level.

However…

Xu Yang shifted his gaze, looking beyond the palace, reaching towards the heavens, staring at the bright moon, yet his eyes were filled with concerns.

Although at this moment, everything seemed promising, there was still a hanging sword, causing unease in sleep and meal.

Desire Realm, Mara, Boxun!

Even for the Immortal Gods, ten thousand years is a long time.

Yet, after such an extensive period, aside from releasing some pollution from Heavenly Demons during the Red Moon, the Desire Realm exhibited no substantial actions, and the anticipated grand opening of the realm gate and the fierce battle between immortals and demons didn’t occur.

This greatly puzzled Xu Yang.

Was the right moment yet to come?

Or… had something happened?

No one knew!

Thus, he decided to go and investigate!

Do not misunderstand, his current state is not capable of directly entering the Desire Realm. The Heavenly Punishment might act as an Earth Immortal on the main battlefield, but in an away battle, it’s only at the level of a supreme True Immortal combined with an Imperial Arms Heavy Weapon. Not to mention Boxun, who might be a Golden Immortal Demon Ancestor, even the gang of Heavenly Demons and Earth Demons could overwhelm him.

Directly entering the Desire Realm is unrealistic, but he could take a detour to the regions occupied by the Desire Realm and scout there.

For instance—the Black Water World!

This realm was once a great era for the Immortal Gods, but after Supreme Heavenly Emperor fell at the hands of Mara Boxun, it turned into Demon Land. He hasn’t forgotten that his incarnation “Xu Qingyu” also perished there.

Although he is currently preoccupied with many matters, he isn’t too busy. The World of Dao and Law and the Earth Immortal Realm are focusing on the Heavenly Secret Realm, the Divine Martial World is exploring the “Shattered Void,” and there’s no need to mention the real world. Without the Treasury of Merit, facing the Saint Lords of the Central Region Divine Land and their Imperial Arms, he had no say.

The Blue Star World is the same. After this battle, every party is wary; the Earth Immortals will not make a move before their world intervenes, and the Wandao School just needs to focus on development and preparing for the Demon Catastrophe.

Each of these worlds, though tasked, is calm; they only need time to forge ahead, comfortably breaking the situation.

Therefore, he could afford to spare energy and time to return to the Black Water World to probe into Boxun’s background.

“Let’s go and test it out!”

With luck on his side and resolute, Xu Yang activated the skill characteristics that had been transmitted earlier and ventured into the Demon Land of the Black Water World.

However…

Within moments, Xu Yang opened his eyes, his eyebrows tightly knit in shock and uncertainty: “How can this be!?”