Chapter 197: Thirty-Six Heavenly Spirits and Earthly Fiends Guardian Divine Weapons

The starry sky of the Cultivation World is fake.

Because the entire Cultivation World was long ago swallowed by some indescribable entity a thousand years ago, becoming its possession.

The Evil Qi Tide, the eruption of various Evil Spirits, and even the descent of Evil Gods that appear in the Cultivation World today—

—are nothing more than the digestive bacteria of this indescribable entity, known as the Mother God, working in tandem with stomach acid to decompose and digest the Cultivation World, this large piece of food.

Although Su Ping had vaguely formed this guess after using a Space-Time Rift Challenge Scroll and discovering that the ley lines of the Cultivation World were all polluted, and then looking up at the night sky to find the starry sky was fake.

Now, hearing the shackled Evil God Nicu personally admit to this hypothesis.

Su Ping still felt a tremendous shock.

It even caused the Fire Knight to fall silent for a full few seconds.

Evil God Nicu was very satisfied with the Fire Knight's performance at this moment.

He even felt that the other party's Dao Heart had been shattered by the desperate information he had revealed.

This was not an unexpected surprise.

Let alone a mere Foundation Establishment, how many Golden Core and even Nascent Soul Great Abilities in this Cultivation World had seen their Dao Hearts shatter and made fools of themselves after learning of this matter.

Some Great Abilities even suffered Qi deviation on the spot, either turning into Demon Cultivators or directly surrendering to the Evil God to become his lackeys!

Evil God Nicu was actually not so anxious at this moment; he wanted to see this Cultivator who possessed a Special Constitution undergo a drastic change in temperament before him.

But... very soon, this Evil God Nicu was disappointed.

He discovered that after the Fire Knight raised his head to look at him again, his gaze remained clear, without a shred of fear or unease.

Madness or the like was naturally even more impossible to find.

"Impossible, cultivators like you only become more afraid of death the older you get!"

"Cultivating for Changsheng is already the obsession of you low-level lifeforms!"

"How... how could you possibly break through this obsession!"

Evil God Nicu rapidly lowered his altitude, seemingly wanting to get close to or even touch the Fire Knight on the ground.

Just as his altitude dropped to seven or eight meters from the ground, with a clatter—

—the Golden Chain tightened in unison, forcibly blocking the Evil God's subsequent movements.

It turned him into the one raging in impotent fury.

It also made Su Ping in the distance shake his head slightly.

He felt that this Evil God, who claimed to be some son of the Mother God, didn't seem very reliable either.

Perhaps this was also a drawback of these so-called high-level lifeforms?

Having a high starting platform, yet being more prone to losing emotional control, with their state of mind being almost non-existent?

It was just unclear whether this was a characteristic of this race or if this Evil God was a special case.

After all, this guy was sealed when he was still an egg; although thousands of years had passed, was he still just a child who hadn't received his family's education?

"You seem very surprised by my current performance?"

"It seems that the cultivators who contacted you before... must have all had problems, right?"

The Fire Knight raised his greatsword and began to gather power, facing the Evil God before him.

Although he could be certain that he was still too weak right now and it would be difficult to harm this Evil God Nicu.

But he still wanted to strike, to vent the anger he had been suppressing ever since entering the Underground Tomb.

"Evil God Nicu, if this is all your deal amounts to."

"Then my answer can only be: No!"

"Hehehe!"

Hearing this answer and sensing that the cultivator before him seemed to be gathering power in an attempt to attack.

Evil God Nicu showed disdain:

"Without you, this Acting Sect Master, to unseal the Seal, it just means I need to wait another hundred years or so to break free."

"Even, if those old ghosts who fear death put in a little more effort."

"Perhaps before I even break free, your world will completely shatter the final World Barrier and become our new cafeteria!"

"By then, I will naturally be able to break free and join in this gluttonous feast!"

"So, reconsider my proposal, you interesting low-level lifeform who can resist my erosion!"

"Even if you can resist the pollution and not be assimilated, without my permission, you cannot leave this place. Are you... planning to be trapped in this Secret Realm for the rest of your life to keep me company?"

"Cannot leave?"

After listening to the seduction of the Evil God Nicu before him.

The Fire Knight chuckled, then raised his greatsword high, condensing all his Dharma Power into a single move: Fire Phoenix Scorches the Plains.

The Fire Knight leaped high abruptly and then swung his greatsword!

Accompanied by a phoenix cry that resounded throughout the entire underground space!

The Fire Phoenix appeared before Evil God Nicu.

And in the next instant, it let the flames engulf his Avatar and the entire black giant egg.

"Pain!"

"What kind of flame is this! It can actually make my high-level holy soul feel pain!"

"You...?"

"Gone! How could you be gone? Without my permission, all escape techniques and all spatial teleportation should have been forbidden!"

"This guy, this low-level lifeform... how did he leave!"

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"

The temperature in the depths of the tomb plummeted crazily amidst the roar.

Outside the tomb, within the Secret Realm, those Tall Ship sailors and cultivators who had rushed in a beat too late had just arrived in this Secret Realm and had not yet had time to extricate themselves from the marshes and woodlands.

They were caught by the aftermath brought about by that roar.

Without even the chance to go to the stone tablet to kowtow, their bodies began to disintegrate and turn into piles of white bones.

And then, these white bones could not persist for many more steps before collapsing into piles of bone ash as they walked.

Meanwhile, outside the Secret Realm, above the Dahai.

The Fire Knight relied on a Teleportation Talisman to appear directly in front of Exorcist Mage Yunkong, who was dozens of kilometers away.

After throwing out the Storage Bag containing the spoils of this trip, the Fire Knight immediately turned around under Su Ping's control and burst forth at full speed, rushing into the Dahai.

Then, heading in a direction different from the evacuation path of the High-Altitude Balloon, he swam away desperately underwater.

After taking the Storage Bag, Exorcist Mage Yunkong summoned the Purifying Ice Array to perform a wave of purification on the surrounding space.

Only then did he also activate a Teleportation Talisman to return to a certain port area in the coastal region.

Once he confirmed he was not being tracked, he would find a place to dig a hole and bury the items, waiting for Su Ping to pass by and pick them up when he flew over.

The Fire Knight swam rapidly and continuously.

When his Dharma Power was exhausted, he used his own formidable physique to continue swimming.

He did not know how long a distance he had swum.

Just as the Fire Knight, being a Memory Illusion, was about to reach his time limit and vanish.

Su Ping suddenly discovered something.

A boundless coastline appeared in front of the Fire Knight.

Such a long coastline, even if it were not a continent, was at least a large island.

Su Ping's heart stirred, and the Fire Knight leaped out of the sea, landing directly on the soft beach in a parabolic arc.

It was just that, perhaps because he had entered the deep sea region.

The Spirit Qi on this land was still extremely thin.

Even low-level cultivators would find it very difficult to adapt to the environment here for survival and development.

However, could this perhaps be the new continent that those family cultivators spoke of as a place to take refuge?

If it were himself having just obtained the Fishing System, perhaps he really would have taken an interest in this Overseas Continent.

As for now, Su Ping only felt a little curious.

After all, the entire Cultivation World was about to be finished.

Even if this Overseas Continent were truly large and could accommodate many people, so what?

In the end, would it not still be invaded and polluted by Evil Spirits and Evil Gods?

Furthermore, Su Ping used the Fire Knight's last bit of time to ascend a high mountain peak and gaze into the distance.

He discovered that this Overseas Continent was not some paradise on earth either.

Truly, one look from a high vantage point.

Was enough to see that in the vast mountain forests in the distance, a place where Evil Spirits had erupted was hidden.

The Evil Qi there lingered in mid-air.

It looked like it should only be a fixed Evil Spirit with a low danger level.

Yet it also indicated that even this Overseas Continent was no different from other places, being equally plagued by the disaster of Evil Spirits.

At most, because this place had no Spirit Veins, it had never been developed by high-level cultivators, and there were no Ancient Relics or Cave Heaven Secret Realms attached to them that could erupt and cause greater danger and Chaos.

"Is that a volcano?"

"Does that seem to be a city ruin on the mountainside?"

Through the Fire Knight's astonishing vision.

Su Ping discovered that in the rolling mountain range behind the dense forest, an active volcano that appeared particularly towering amidst the surrounding mountains stood there, quite conspicuous.

Furthermore, there were large swathes of broken walls and ruins on the mountainside.

It was suspected to be a civilization site.

Unfortunately, the Fire Knight no longer had time.

He could only carry a trace of regret as he vanished on the mountaintop.

And not long after the Fire Knight vanished.

An Immortal Boat suddenly broke through the air and arrived at the mountaintop of this Overseas Continent, coming to a stop.

Immediately, a Golden Core Great Ability flew down from the Immortal Boat, and after his eyes swept across the mountaintop, he revealed an expression of astonishment:

"Vanished without a trace."

"How could this be? He was clearly only at Foundation Establishment; how did he manage to disappear completely, to the point that even the Master's Bone-Eroding Secret Art cannot track him!"

After the astonishment in his heart, this Golden Core cultivator was clearly already aware of the land below, but he was simply not interested in it.

He leveled the mountaintop, used a golden bag to collect the mountaintop into his possession, and then quickly flew back to the Immortal Boat.

Then, in the blink of an eye, this Immortal Boat turned into a streak of Golden Light and vanished.

At the same time.

The chain reaction was still ongoing.

Following the exasperation of that Evil God Nicu.

Certain old cultivators with noble status also had to set up rituals in an attempt to find the Foundation Establishment cultivator that Evil Spirit Nicu cared so much about.

At first, they had assumed that the Foundation Establishment cultivator merely possessed a special Spirit Treasure that allowed him to escape.

Yet they did not expect that after setting up a divination ritual to perform divination based on the information.

Screams of agony erupted simultaneously in certain mysterious Cave Abodes.

It even backlashed onto that Evil God Nicu in the tomb.

It allowed His physical body to transform from solid to void in the blink of an eye and escape into the giant black egg.

Su Ping, however, took a balloon to the port, and after passing by, he took away the Storage Bag buried by Exorcist Mage Yunkong.

He put away the balloon and flew through the air back to Jiuye Mountain Market, which was faithfully waiting for him.

After inspecting the state of Jiuye Mountain Market to ensure no evil cultivators had mixed in.

Su Ping entered the Pot Heaven.

"Phew, after staying in the Overseas Islands region for so long, it's still most comfortable at home!"

"Every breath of Spirit Qi I inhale makes me feel my own Dharma Power growing; the feeling is truly wonderful!"

Su Ping closed his eyes and meditated, allowing himself to adapt to the Spirit Qi concentration of the Pot Heaven.

With the addition of the Green Spirit Fish and Flowing Pattern Golden Dragon Fish obtained from fishing during this period.

The current Pot Heaven has already reached:

【Current Pot Heaven Level: 3 (230/500)】

This Spirit Qi concentration is already higher than those Cave Abodes in the Inner City District of Zhenshou Xiancheng that cost thousands of Spirit Stones a year.

Placed in the Cultivation World, it represents at least a Third-tier High-grade Spirit Vein, enough for a large sect to use it as their main sect peak.

The Spirit Vein where Yunshan Market, currently occupied by the Artifact Heart Sect, is located, even when driven by an Array to gather Qi, is only a Second-tier Spirit Vein.

It is impossible for it to break through to the third tier and reach the effect of Su Ping's casual breathing.

Su Ping opened the Storage Bag.

The first things he took out were the two Blue Precious Pearls capable of warding off evil left behind by the Greedy Wolf stone sculpture.

Upon contacting the Spirit Qi of the Pot Heaven, these two pearls actually began to absorb spiritual power rapidly and recover.

This feature alone made Su Ping's eyes light up, and he recalled the greatest harvest of this trip.

The inheritance memory given by the Beidou Qixing Sect's Array Spirit.

Although it was a pity that there were no cultivation skills related to arrays.

But among the mysteries of the Secret Technique that only the Sect Master possesses, it mentioned the true name and function of this kind of pearl:

These two pearls are the Heavenly Net Beads from the thirty-six Heavenly Net and Earthly Fiend Guardian Divine Soldiers, one of the foundations of the Beidou Qixing Sect!

They are special Secret Treasures in the Beidou Qixing Sect for which only Elders can obtain the authority to drive them!

Using these two Heavenly Net Beads, the user can easily control giant psychic puppets and allow them to gain the blessing of Heavenly Net Divine Power to become Heavenly Dipper Divine Statues!

The lifelike Greedy Wolf stone sculpture on the mountainside earlier was clearly a Heavenly Dipper Divine Statue.

It is just that after the great upheaval, the Beidou Qixing Sect has already been destroyed.

The Heavenly Net Bead inside the Greedy Wolf stone sculpture also went into hiding because it had not been replenished for a long time.

As for the refining method of the Beidou Qixing Sect's version of the giant psychic puppet... Su Ping did not obtain it from the Array Spirit's inheritance.

Those stone stele Immortal texts only recorded cultivation techniques and did not mention these skills.

But it is not a big problem!

The Array Spirit side does not have it.

But the Blood God Sect's knowledge inheritance does have it.

And these related skills often have many commonalities when reaching deep levels.

Puppets housing incense gods can also be transformed into giant puppets.

As for being psychic, with the help of the Nether Ghost Body, it does not seem too difficult.

Finally, put the Heavenly Net Beads in.

The Heavenly Dipper Divine Statue can then be activated, right!

According to the Array Spirit's records, the Heavenly Net and Earthly Fiend Guardian Statues are Guardian Divine Soldiers.

Once refined, they can reside in the sea of consciousness like a Spirit Treasure, and when encountering an enemy, they can be released with a 'whoosh' to achieve a stunning effect.

And the upper limit of this kind of Guardian Divine Soldier is related to the level of the Heavenly Net and Earthly Fiend Beads.

And the two in Su Ping's hands are undoubtedly the highest-grade Heavenly Net Beads; the theoretical upper limit of the Guardian Divine Soldier can reach the Nascent Soul early stage.

Of course, this is only theoretical; Su Ping is currently using substitutes for everything except the beads.

It is already not bad if the upper limit reaches the Golden Core Late Stage.

And this only represents the possibility of achieving this accomplishment in the future, not that it can reach this upper limit as soon as it is manufactured.

It is just that wanting to pull off such a thing in the current Cultivation World is obviously a bit troublesome.

It is also impossible to keep it completely secret; I fear that before it is even half done, it will be considered a Heavenly Demon and be hunted down.

Su Ping flipped open the last Storage Bag from the unlucky Foundation Establishment cultivator on the Tall Ship.

He saw some Inheritance Jade Slips and a small amount of Spirit Stones inside.

After reading them, he found that there were not many cultivation techniques inside, but rather some social dealings related to the Artifact Heart Sect.

Su Ping had no interest in this; after putting them away, he began to ponder how to refine the Guardian Divine Soldier in Water Blue Star, a place where the Cultivation World cannot reach!