Chapter 239: Heaven’s Judgment and Merit Rain
Chapter 239: Heaven’s Judgment and Merit Rain
In an instant, within the formation, many of the people from the Holy See of the Fourfold Order who were entangled in karmic sins silently vanished under the golden light pillars.
Seeing this terrifying scene, Xiao Shou could not help but grab onto Fu Young’s sleeve, his voice dry as he said, "So this is the power of the Heavenly Dao? Not to mention Nascent Soul cultivators, even Spirit Transformation experts have no resistance at all. Compared to this, our heavenly tribulation feels like child’s play."
"Master, do not be afraid. A power of this scale will not appear unless there is enough karmic sin involved. The Eye of the Heavenly Dao would not manifest otherwise. It can only be said that they have accumulated too much evil. I am only releasing half of it. The other half is reserved for those who have not arrived yet," Fu Young said while watching the continuous descent of light pillars, each one erasing large groups of Holy See of the Fourfold Order cultivators.
It seemed as if it would not stop until all those tainted by sin were completely eliminated.
Fu Young simply tightened his grip on Xiao Shou’s hand and said, "Master, let us enter the Void-Time Calyx. If we stay outside, we might be accidentally caught in its judgment."
"Uh, that makes sense," Xiao Shou replied, breaking into a cold sweat as he opened the Void-Time Calyx.
The two of them then entered the Void-Time Calyx and silently observed everything outside.
Golden light pillars fell like rain from the massive golden eye in the sky.
Each strike wiped out large numbers of cultivators burdened with sin, purifying and erasing everything in its path like a cleansing force removing all karma and evil from within the ten thousand mile formation.
When the golden giant eye and thunderclouds finally disappeared, the sky after dawn became clear.
The sun rose and golden rain began to fall gently from the heavens.
Wherever the rain touched the ground, the corrupted stone plains were instantly purified.
Seeing this, the two of them quickly left the Void-Time Calyx.
Xiao Shou felt the aura within this rain and realized it carried the same presence as merit.
His heart stirred.
He immediately expanded the internal space of the Void-Time Calyx to its maximum and began collecting the rain of merit.
Fu Young was slightly stunned at first, but he quickly followed his lead and helped himgather the falling merit rain into the Void-Time Calyx.
Seeing how cooperative his disciple was, Xiao Shou could not help but ask, "Young’er, I am collecting all this merit. Aren’t you worried?"
"Worried about what?" Fu Young looked at him as if he were asking something strange.
Xiao Shou blinked his eyes. "If I take all the merit rain, then within a hundred miles there will be no purification left. The land will become corrupted and eventually turn into a dead zone. Even if you do not care about that, merit rain is extremely valuable to cultivators. It can increase luck, remove inner demons, speed up cultivation, and even directly raise one’s cultivation level. If I take it all, aren’t you worried I will keep it for myself and not share?"
"First of all, with Master’s personality, you would never ignore a place like this. Second, you can collect this merit rain yourself right now. After everything is over, those overseers will probably not leave much for you anyway. Even if you wanted to monopolize it, you would not be able to," Fu Young said while continuously gathering the merit rain.
As he let out a disappointed sigh, Xiao Shou said unhappily, "So boring. You are basically a wisdom demon. If you keep being this smart, how are you going to enjoy the fun of being deceived in the future?"
"A wisdom demon? Is there such a demon race?" Fu Young looked at him innocently, the corner of his mouth curling up slightly. "So being deceived is also a kind of enjoyment. I have learned something."
Xiao Shou felt a faint sense of unease.
Only now did he remember that the seemingly harmless little boy from back then had become somewhat dangerous.
Not just somewhat, he had real destructive power now.
He had personally spent five days setting up a formation spanning ten thousand miles.
Just now, he had used that formation together with the Cycle of Cause and End Relics to wipe out a large group of cultivators ranging from Nascent Soul to Spirit Transformation.
Who could have imagined that this seemingly harmless teenager would accomplish something like this?
Xiao Shou who still did not know that his disciple had also destroyed the Mao family, Yu Family, and Ao family, felt his heart tremble slightly and forced a guilty smile.
He quickly changed the topic. "Actually, I was thinking our purification technique might also work on this. That is why I wanted to collect the merit rain first. If it does work, we can still keep some of it. After all, they can only confirm that merit will descend, but they cannot predict the amount."
"Mm, Master’s reasoning makes sense," Fu Young said calmly.
In his heart though, he thought his master was indeed a little naive.
If he wanted merit, there were many simpler and more efficient methods.
There was no need for such roundabout thinking.
"Master, do you like merit?" he asked.
"Who does not like merit? It is far more popular than spirit stones. Human cultivators, demonic cultivators, even beast cultivators all like it. It is something everyone wants more of," Xiao Shou replied happily as he watched the merit rain filling the Void-Time Calyx.
Fu Young smiled faintly.
He personally did not care much for merit.
It was neither necessary nor useful to him.
But if his master liked it, that was a different matter.
"Understood," Fu Young said. "Master, do you have many high grade spirit stones or spirit jades?
"Yes, quite a lot," Xiao Shou replied generously, thinking his disciple might be short on resources. "When this matter is over, I will prepare more for you in a few days."