Chapter 359 - 150: Sacrifice! Jin Yun Great World! Earth God Dao Talisman

It seemed he was enduring some immense, inhuman agony.

A Feathered Divine Spirit’s capacity for endurance was astonishing. Even the mortal world’s most brutal torture, death by a thousand cuts, could be borne calmly by a Feathered True Master.

But now, Xie Nian True Master was letting out scream after scream, completely unable to bear it.

This just went to show the immense agony and pressure he was under.

"We are both Cultivators. If you want to kill me, then just kill me! Why must you torture me like this!?"

The golden ball of light flickered faintly. Xie Nian True Master’s hoarse and sinister voice echoed out.

"The Supreme Nine Destruction Body... that Cultivation Technique of yours is exceptionally evil. Among the common people you targeted, some were flayed and had their tendons ripped out, others had their souls extracted and essences refined, some had their Purple River Vehicles harvested, and still others had their posthumous children taken..."

"The pain they endured was no less than yours."

"At least you still have the strength to roar in anger. To whom could they voice their despair and pain?"

Su Bai’s gaze was calm, his expression unchanging.

The Buddhist and Daoist sects were lofty and aloof; they might not have possessed much humanity.

But the Evil Lineage was utterly devoid of humanity. The methods of this Xie Nian Daoist were the cruelest he had ever witnessed.

The ten-thousand-year Wu Family had used a mass grave to nurture their Soul-controlling Insects, yet even they had resorted to subterfuge, using others to do their dirty work.

But Xie Nian Daoist had never bothered with such things.

He wanted to cultivate the Supreme Nine Destruction Body to Perfection and condense nine Evil Dao avatars. Naturally, this required countless amounts of Essence Blood and souls, as well as streams of evil thoughts and resentments.

"Haha! Who do you think you are? The Netherworld Venerable Master? A savior!?"

"You’re nothing but a sanctimonious hypocrite!"

"These mortals are like ants. I killed them, so what? And you’re making excuses for them. How laughable! Truly laughable!"

Xie Nian Daoist endured unimaginable pain, yet let out a derisive, cold laugh.

"Which of the world’s powerful experts doesn’t devour people? Who are you to look down on me!?"

"Even that Netherworld Venerable Master has slaughtered entire cities. In your life, have you never indiscriminately killed the innocent or bullied the weak with your strength?"

WHOOSH!

As Xie Nian Daoist spoke, sinister winds seemed to howl around the Gui Chen Sect, and the wails of ghosts and howls of wolves arose.

Deep underground, invisible to the naked eye, with the Gui Chen Sect as its epicenter, endless Yin Sha Resentful Qi was about to erupt from beneath the entire Da Yu Capital City.

"’Might makes right.’ You’re not wrong."

No matter how Xie Nian Daoist sneered or screamed, Su Bai’s expression remained unchanged. His indifferent gaze swept downward, watching the streams of Yin Sha Qi converge from all around.

This converging Yin Sha Qi gradually covered the golden ball of light, actually allowing Xie Nian True Master to grow back the lower half of his body.

"In that case, right now, I am stronger than you."

"So no matter what you say, I’m the one who’s right."

The moment his voice fell, Xie Nian Daoist’s heart pounded wildly in his chest:

"You... what are you trying to do!?"

"AHHH!!"

Before he could finish speaking, a vast expanse of red light erupted from the altar.

This red light converged, gradually condensing into a crimson blade that brutally sliced Xie Nian True Master’s Divine Spirit in two.

And the lower half of his body, which he had just regrown, was devoured by the altar in a single gulp.

After many days, nourished by the Yin Sha Qi and intentionally nurtured by Su Bai, Xie Nian Daoist’s Divine Spirit had somewhat recovered.

It was just enough to be exchanged one more time.

"The offering is sufficient... The exchange can be made."

Amidst a soft murmur, crimson light surged on the ancient altar, and a ripple, invisible to the naked eye, vanished into the depths of the void.

In an instant, before Xie Nian Daoist’s scream could even escape, a mysterious Dao Talisman shimmering with a purple glow had already drifted down from above the altar and into Su Bai’s palm.

Having possessed this altar for some time, Su Bai had figured out quite a few of its uses.

He had also gained a general understanding of how the altar determined the value of its offerings.

It prioritized practicality. Cultivation Techniques and Divine Techniques were the most expensive, followed by Elixir Recipes. The forging methods for Divine and Sacred Artifacts were even cheaper.

The cheapest of all, conversely, were single-use items like Dao Talismans or Secret Treasures.

In a flash...

A stream of light seemed to streak across Su Bai’s vision.

[Item: Earth God Dao Talisman! Contains a sealed Immortal Grade Divine Technique from the Jin Yun Great World. Obtaining this item allows one to mark out a one-zhang territory in a remote area of the Jin Yun Great World and receive Divine Enthronement as an Earth God...]

[Note: This Dao Talisman is temporary and lasts for only three days, after which the Divine Position will be lost! (Only effective within the Jin Yun Great World)]

’What a piece of trash.’

This Dao Talisman was the perfect definition of the word.

A one-zhang territory, a three-day duration, and it only worked within the Jin Yun Great World.

One could imagine that to anyone else, this Dao Talisman was completely and utterly useless.

If it were someone else, like Xie Nian True Master, who had exchanged half a Feathered Divine Spirit for this piece of junk, they would probably be so angry they’d black out.

But even a useless item could have value at a specific time and in a specific place.

For example, right now, this Dao Talisman’s use was far more precious to Su Bai than any Cultivation Technique or Divine Technique.

’Jin Yun Great World...’

Seeing those words, Su Bai frowned slightly.

’Could this so-called Jin Yun Great World be that vast world he saw before, the one radiating with endless golden light?’

It was impossible to say for sure.

WHOOSH!

The next moment, Su Bai put away the altar and the constantly screaming Xie Nian Daoist, then unfurled the Dao Talisman before his eyes.

The two words "Divine Enthronement" were easy to say, but the act itself was anything but easy to accomplish.

Creating a complete Divine Enthronement system from scratch was by no means something an ordinary person could do.

This was true even for those at the Feathered Realm, or even those who had achieved Ascension to Immortality.

Right now, Su Bai couldn’t do it either.

He didn’t know where that Netherworld Venerable Master had obtained the complete Yin Department Divine System from.

Perhaps he created it himself, or perhaps he borrowed it from somewhere else.

But it was clear that it had a foundation.

And he, of course, wasn’t just making empty boasts.

In fact, this Dao Talisman was not the first Divine Sealing Dao Talisman he had obtained through exchange. Some of the Evil Strongmen he had suppressed earlier had long been traded for similar items for him to study and deduce.

Otherwise, how could he have convinced Huaisheng Daoist?

That old charlatan, who had dealt with the Yin Department Ghost Gods his entire life, was not so easily fooled.

"Land God, Mountain God, River God, Dragon King, Night Wanderer, Sun Traveling God, Observing Fate God..."

A moment later, Su Bai muttered quietly to himself.

Inadvertently, he thought back to his past life.

He had lived two lives and possessed a wealth of experience. Memories of his past life didn’t make up a large part of his total recollection. However, at his current level, he could recall them with extreme clarity.

It seemed that his past life’s Blue Star had similar myths and legends.

’Was that a mythological system fabricated by the ancients? Or was it a system brought by Transmigrators that was passed down through the ages?’

’Or perhaps, were they legends that spread from other great worlds?’

A thousand thoughts raced through his mind. Su Bai’s expression hardened as he checked his currently accumulated Merit Points.

[Merit Points: 1,258,000!]

Over a million Merit Points seemed like a lot.

But to try and burn these Merit Points to comprehend and create a completely different, never-before-seen Divine Dao System... how could it possibly be that easy?

Su Bai estimated that the amount of Merit Points consumed this time would likely be unprecedented.

Even burning tens of millions might not be enough.

This Dao Talisman was special, hard to come by, and difficult to deduce from.

If not for the Purification Tripod and his Merit Points, even if he sacrificed every Cultivator in the world, it would probably still not be enough to create an entirely new Divine Enthronement system.

"The most critical priority right now is to obtain enough Merit Points."

"Second, I need to use Experience Points to raise my Cultivation Realm as much as possible."

"Then, I’ll raise the level of my Dragon and Phoenix Immortal Scripture and the Fifth Immortal Golden Body Transformation to increase my strength."

Su Bai put away the Dao Talisman and muttered aloud.

Merit Points, for now, were also easy for him to obtain.

The Gui Chen Sect headquarters contained a massive amount of the Power of Incense. Once he absorbed and refined it all, he could naturally exchange it for a large quantity of Merit Points.

As for Experience Points, he could obtain a massive amount once he finished extracting them from the nearly one hundred Daoists he had previously slain.

After he finished his thoughts, Su Bai murmured softly.

"No need to rush. I’ll take it one step at a time."