Gold Core Is A Star, You Call This Cultivating Immortality?

Chapter 98: Overbearing Clear Light Palace

"In the beginning, our clan was annihilated, and I barely managed to survive and came to Great Shang.

In the end, through a fortuitous encounter, I joined the Divine Light Sect."

True Monarch Ku Mu's tone was calm, as if he was speaking from a third-party perspective.

Listening to this, Qi Yuan felt that this fortuitous encounter was most likely True Monarch Ku Mu being captured by members of the Demon Desire Sect and sent to the Divine Light Sect as a spy.

"When our clan was destroyed and our people perished, a treasure from our clan also ended up outside and became one of the top 100 prizes on the Eastern Land Prodigy List.

There are still four years left until the Eastern Land Prodigy List is finalized.

I need you to enter the top 100 and retrieve the treasure from our clan."

True Monarch Ku Mu revealed more details to Qi Yuan.

The rewards for the top 100 on the Eastern Land Prodigy List are very generous, and there is even an opportunity to enter the Violet Palace.

Among them, those with higher rankings can choose their treasures first.

The treasure from True Monarch Ku Mu's clan is extremely special, but it ended up outside, and outsiders do not know its true value. They only consider it as an ordinary precious treasure and include it among the treasures on the Eastern Land Prodigy List.

"Being in the top 100 is not a problem, but Master, what exactly is this great opportunity you mentioned?" Qi Yuan couldn't forget about that great opportunity.

Upon hearing this, a trace of heartache appeared in True Monarch Ku Mu's calm eyes. "This item is called the Void Bright Soul Wood. When consumed below the Violet Palace, it can increase the strength of one's divine soul by a small level."

This was undoubtedly a true treasure.

Its greatest use is when breaking through to the Violet Palace stage in the Divine Infant Late Stage.

By doing so, the probability of successfully overcoming the Violet Palace Tribulation would increase.

True Monarch Ku Mu had never used it before, saving it for when he broke through to the Violet Palace.

Now, he gave the Void Bright Soul Wood to Qi Yuan.

Qi Yuan opened the small gourd and immediately saw a jelly-like substance in the shape of a stick.

After a quick glance, he confirmed its authenticity and a look of joy appeared in his eyes. "Master, you truly are a good person. Even if you were a spy from the Demon Desire Sect, I would still recognize you."

What he lacked the most at the moment was a treasure like the Void Bright Soul Wood that could enhance his divine soul.

"This item is extremely precious. You should keep it for now and use it when you break through to the Violet Palace," True Monarch Ku Mu reminded Qi Yuan with a twitch of his mouth.

Because it can increase the strength of one's divine soul by a small level below the Violet Palace stage.

Naturally, the later it is used, the better the effect.

"Is it the same for the Heavenly Dao Foundation Building?" Qi Yuan asked.

True Monarch Ku Mu was taken aback for a moment. "Most likely."

He had never seen the Heavenly Dao Foundation Building before, so how could he know?

Qi Yuan understood what he meant.

No matter how precious the treasure was, it was better to consume it first and enhance his own strength.

"During this time, focus on improving your cultivation. When the Eastern Land Prodigy Battle begins, I will tell you more," True Monarch Ku Mu said before preparing to leave.

At this moment, Qi Yuan stopped True Monarch Ku Mu and said, "Master, may I make a small request?"

True Monarch Ku Mu looked at Qi Yuan with an unfriendly expression. "Don't ask for too much!"

"It's not too much. As the Master, my wife has some small preferences and likes to eat snacks," Qi Yuan brought up Xiao Jia.

"Get to the point," True Monarch Ku Mu looked at Qi Yuan with displeasure.

"I want the Divine Light Sect to buy all the Blood Crystal from the Blood Crystal Mine in Wu Xue City and deliver them to me," Qi Yuan said.

True Monarch Ku Mu glanced at Qi Yuan and coldly snorted, "And you call this a small request?"

The Blood Crystal Mine in Wu Xue City had a great reputation among Independent Cultivators.

Many Independent Cultivators relied on it to enhance their strength.

If True Monarch Ku Mu monopolized the Blood Crystal Mine and didn't handle it properly, it would attract the hostility of Independent Cultivators.

For the Divine Light Sect, this hostility was insignificant.

As the Master of a sect, he needed to consider how to maximize his own interests.

"Give me five days," True Monarch Ku Mu said before turning around and leaving.

In the simple wooden house, only Qi Yuan and Xiao Jia remained.

Inside the wooden house, Qi Yuan looked at the Void Bright Soul Wood in the small gourd with a greedy expression.

"I hope it can help me reach the Foundation Building Late Stage of my divine soul!"

Only then could he officially enter the second game, truly entering the game instead of being trapped in the Flowing Wind Realm.

Qi Yuan held the Void Bright Soul Wood and began to devour and digest it.

...

Great Shang Kingdom, Imperial Palace.

Thousands of civil and military officials kneel on the ground, creating a magnificent scene.

"First, we offer sacrifices to the heavens!"

"Second, we offer sacrifices to the Celestial Immortals!"

"Third, we offer sacrifices to our ancestors!"

The voices resound, and all who hear the sound bow in worship.

Colorful flags flutter, drums resound, and majestic and melodious music plays.

Dong Xian slowly ascends the steps, with ministers holding jade tablets to show their loyalty and obedience; eunuchs raise the ceremonial mace symbolizing the supreme authority of the imperial family.

Under the gaze of the masses, Dong Xian ascends the throne.

"The new emperor ascends the throne..."

All civil and military officials kneel again.

Dong Xian, dressed in dragon robes, carries a dignified expression in his eyes.

At this moment, his heart is filled with excitement and a sense of unreality.

Without much hardship or suspense, he has become the emperor of Great Shang.

The imperial position he once dreamed of.

"Qi Lao, is all of this just a dream?" Dong Xian couldn't help but ask Qi Lao.

Qi Lao's voice echoed in his mind, "Hmph, you little brat, you have seen too little. What does it matter to be the emperor of a mere Great Shang?

There are over a hundred emperors in the entire land of a hundred nations.

But there is not a single one in the realm of Violet Palace.

You better focus on cultivating well and strive to enter the realm of Violet Palace in a few thousand years to reshape my body."

Qi Lao's words shattered Dong Xian's previous joy.

Indeed, what is an emperor?

Wasn't his father also the emperor of Great Shang?

The result is self-evident.

Dong Xian restrains himself, and the previous sense of superiority in his heart disappears.

Becoming emperor is only to obtain more resources and enter the realm of Violet Palace as soon as possible!

Of course, he should still be happy about his ascension to the throne.

However, at this moment, a loud voice resounds in the sky.

"The emperor of Great Shang may appear!"

In the sky, a cultivator in the early stage of Divine Infant flies over, exuding a majestic aura.

"Who are you?" The Divine Infant attendant of the imperial family, Wudian Monk, barefooted and soaring in the air, stands in front of the cultivator in the early stage of Divine Infant.

"I am a disciple of Clear Light Palace in the Eastern Land Cuiyun Continent. I have been ordered by the Palace Master of Clear Light Palace to incorporate Great Shang into the Bright Camp." The cultivator from Clear Light Palace, high above, throws a decree that falls into the hands of Wudian Monk.

Wudian Monk scans the divine decree with his spiritual sense, sees no problem, and presents it to Dong Xian.

Dong Xian opens the decree, takes a glance, and a look of anger appears on his face.

Then he hears the cultivator from Clear Light Palace say, "In half a year at the earliest, or three years at the latest, the Blood Battle of a Hundred Nations will begin.

The Bright Camp will compete with the Demon Camp.

Considering that Great Shang has no demonic cultivators running rampant and the Palace Master is benevolent, he wishes to incorporate Great Shang into the Bright Camp.

When the Blood Battle of a Hundred Nations begins, Great Shang and other Bright Camp nations must send troops to the Demon Camp to kill demons!"

The cultivator from Clear Light Palace speaks as if granting a favor to Great Shang.

Dong Xian listens, and his head feels congested.

This Clear Light Palace is unreasonable!

They, Great Shang, are not servants of Clear Light Palace. Why should they join the Bright Camp?

Moreover, the Hundred Nations must follow the orders of Clear Light Palace and start the Blood Battle of a Hundred Nations.

What kind of logic is this? Is Clear Light Palace the master of the Hundred Nations?

Dong Xian is extremely angry.

But he knows that Clear Light Palace is a true behemoth, with many cultivators in the realm of Violet Palace.

The combined forces of all nations are no match for the Clear Light Palace.

The cultivator from the Clear Light Palace spoke arrogantly, saying, "Before that, you all need to hand over Kang Fulu and Qi Yuan, disciples of the Divine Light Sect, and send them to the Clear Light Palace."

He made an impolite request.

Dong Xian immediately refused, saying, "Impossible!"

The cultivator from the Clear Light Palace was momentarily surprised, then narrowed his eyes and smiled, saying, "If Great Shang is unwilling, then during the blood battle of the hundred nations, Great Shang will become part of the demonic camp."

All members of the demonic camp will be exterminated.

Great Shang... is in danger of being destroyed!"

The Clear Light Palace will support nations aligned with the Bright Camp, while nations aligned with the demonic camp are naturally better off dead.

It would be best if the nation is destroyed and its people suffer, with chaos reigning.

Dong Xian felt indignant and frustrated!

The Clear Light Palace is truly too domineering!

"After seven days, if Kang Fulu and Qi Yuan of the Divine Light Sect are not handed over, Great Shang will be considered part of the demonic camp." After the cultivator from the Clear Light Palace finished speaking, he turned into a streak of light and left.

Leaving Dong Xian with an angry expression.

It is impossible to hand people over!

...

Qi Yuan naturally did not know what happened in the Great Shang Imperial Court.

At this moment, he entered the game.

A look of joy appeared on his face.

Because with his Foundation Building Late Stage cultivation, he could easily enter the game without the pulling force from Ning Tao.

However, at this time, he still entered the Tianxin Palace, the underground palace.

"You're awake?" Not far away, Ning Tao, barefoot, opened her eyes. Half of her face, not covered by the black veil, was as beautiful as a plum in the snow.

At this moment, she looked at the demonic egg bound by eighteen chains with deep fear in her eyes.

The original demonic egg seemed to have been digested long ago and had now become a blood-red ball of flesh, brewing an unparalleled calamity.

"Qi Yuan, may I ask you a question?" Qi Yuan asked.

"Husband, please speak." Ning Tao's phoenix eyes turned, and she glanced at Qi Yuan with a coquettish look, seemingly dissatisfied with the address.

Her black dress clung to her body, accentuating her slender waist, and her delicate figure was alluring. Through the thin black veil, her fair and slender legs were captivating.

"In this world, who is the greatest villain?" Qi Yuan wanted to know who the big boss was.

"Husband is joking. If we talk about villains, our Northern Demon Thirteen Monsters can definitely be considered great villains." As she said this, a self-deprecating look appeared in Ning Tao's phoenix eyes beneath her willow leaf-like eyebrows.

Qi Yuan paused for a moment and couldn't help but say, "Can I see your other face?"

Ning Tao's eyes showed a moment of panic, but she still smiled and said with charm, "It's better not to let my husband see it. I'm afraid it will disgust my husband."

On half of her face, the word "demon" was engraved, making it extremely ugly and repulsive to everyone who saw it.

Since the appearance of the word "demon" on her face, even her mother, who loved her the most, regarded her as a demon and tried to stab her to death with scissors while she was asleep.

Young Ning Tao escaped from her own home, but she gained another scar on her face, right next to the word "demon."

Later, she escaped and was chased by countless cultivators, who called her the demoness.

It was only on this chase that she met Qi Yuan.

Her face was covered with a black veil.

No one saw the other half of her face again.

Even she herself, when she removed the black veil, did not want to open her eyes to see the word that even disgusted herself.

She didn't want Qi Yuan to see it.

"Besides the Thirteen Monsters, are there any other major antagonists?" Qi Yuan asked.

In his opinion, Ning Tao couldn't be considered the big boss at all.

After all, the Tianxin Palace could be considered a dominant force in the Flowing Wind Realm, but it still had some distance to go before reaching the strongest.

"Where are there any antagonists?" Ning Tao smiled lightly. "To the cultivators of the South, the North is the antagonist; to the cultivators of the North, the South is the antagonist."

Ning Tao didn't finish her sentence.

For the people of the South and the North, demons are the true antagonists, even more hated than demonic eggs.

"Is that so?" Qi Yuan didn't care and didn't say anything more.

"Husband, since you rarely wake up, when will you break free and accompany me to look at the vast night sky?" Ning Tao stared at Qi Yuan earnestly.

"Not now." Qi Yuan couldn't be bothered to look.

He wants to play games.

Looking at the night sky, where can he find the thrill of killing?

Ning Tao is not disappointed either: "Husband, you're obedient. Your little wife is out earning money to support the family."

She draped herself in a light veil and put on shoes, covering her bare feet.

She left the underground palace.

As the master of the Tianxin Palace, she also had many things to attend to.

Arriving at the palace, she looked up at the night sky.

The night sky was pitch black, as if the whole world had been splashed with ink.

She sat on the jade throne, looking at the imperial edict on it, with a thoughtful expression: "Blood demon, unparalleled... is it a great calamity?"

But soon, she smiled.

She was a demoness, wasn't she also a great calamity?

At this moment, the palace maid serving by her side noticed Ning Tao's smile and trembled.

Ning Tao glanced at her, his gaze filled with complex emotions.

Those who claimed to be willing to die for her were all so afraid of her.

Afraid of her every frown and smile.

Demoness...

...

In the underground palace.

"This mass of flesh and blood is so strange."

Qi Yuan's gaze fell on the place where he currently resided.

Every time he looked at this mass of flesh and blood, he would get a different answer.

The names he obtained were also different.

This time, what he got was...

[Heaven desires blood, extreme desire.]

The last time he saw it, it was the blood of chaos.

"This is definitely a good treasure."

He speculated that due to his abnormal soul inhabiting it, this thing had also undergone mutation.

Its form was constantly changing.

"What if I let the blood of my soul parasitize it?"

An idea arose in Qi Yuan's mind.

But soon he abandoned this idea.

He still didn't know what this mass of flesh and blood was, so he couldn't waste the blood of his soul.

He needed to at least know the approximate value of this mass of flesh and blood before considering whether to use the blood of his soul.

At present, he needed to become stronger quickly.

"It's a pity I can't take it with me, otherwise I can study it every day."

"Alright, it's time to leave here and enter the game state."

Qi Yuan thought this way and began to switch into game mode.

In an instant, countless images appeared in Qi Yuan's mind.

He saw a towering giant city, thirty zhang high.

Countless human cultivators and soldiers guarded the city.

Below the city, terrifying monsters attacked in waves, densely packed like the sea.

Arrows rained down, falling among the countless monsters, but it was like a drop in the bucket.

Fierce monsters rushed up to the city walls, turning the battle into a melee.

Soldiers in armor, wielding long spears and swords, charged fearlessly at the monsters.

The battle lasted for three days.

Blood stained the city walls red.

The walls of this city became black.

(End of this chapter)