Chapter 360: The darkest has not yet come

Shen Qing sensed the life force entwined around his heart; its quantity was extremely vast, after all, this is a power accumulated by the Heavenly Dao over a long period of time.

Shen Qing raised his hand, his body emitting a faint milky-white glow; beneath his feet, on the land scorched to charcoal by the battle's aftermath, countless green sprouts continuously grew.

Meanwhile, Kun Tu Si and Zhang He beside him only felt the fatigue inside their bodies continually dissipating.

Even some hidden minor ailments within their bodies were constantly being repaired.

Kun Tu Si turned his gaze toward Shen Qing: "What power is this?"

Shen Qing said: "Life Domain Prototype."

That's correct, the reserve of life force has become vast enough to form the Life Domain Prototype; next, only one opportunity remains before reaching the true Life Domain.

Zhang He and Kun Tu Si were both astonished in their gazes.

However, they still had another doubt in their hearts: "Shen Qing, are these Heavenly Dao all living beings? Then are they all our enemies?"

Shen Qing nodded: "Did you see this World Tree? Weren't you just wondering why it grew so large?"

"It's because this Life Heavenly Dao is constantly absorbing the life force of the world's living beings to strengthen itself."

"Although it appears to be the world's guardian deity, it is actually just a tumor."

Kun Tu Si and Zhang He looked at each other: "Then is our world's Heavenly Dao, the Karmic Heavenly Dao, also on our opposing side?"

"Moreover, the Heavenly Dao is alive; why would the Evil Heavenly Dao seek to destroy our Karmic Heavenly Dao? Shouldn't they be on the same side?"

Shen Qing shook his head: "Currently unknown."

"They also seem to be divided into factions."

"Just now, that Life Heavenly Dao was questioning whether Shen Qing was a rebel or a defier of heaven."

"Thus, as of now, the Heavenly Dao also appears to be divided into factions."

"The Evil Heavenly Dao very likely belongs to another faction."

"As for the Karmic Heavenly Dao, it remains unknown."

"After all, as of now, the Karmic Heavenly Dao hasn't done anything excessively excessive to living beings; it even restricts the strong from arbitrarily attacking the weak."

"Overall, the influence of the Karmic Heavenly Dao on living beings is positive."

Shen Qing said: "Forget it, never mind, let's go back."

Saying that, he flew toward the teleportation gate, at this moment also discovering that Andrew sat on the ground with vacant eyes; the conversation just now between Shen Qing, Kun Tu Si, and others with the Heavenly Dao had already reached his ears.

He momentarily found it hard to accept that the guardian deity of his race's eternal faith was actually a murderer who harmed his own race.

Shen Qing glanced at him: "I almost forgot about you."

Andrew regained a bit of consciousness, he looked toward Shen Qing: "Kill me."

"I give you two choices: first, kill you and let all the elf race be buried together with you."

Andrew swallowed a mouthful of saliva; the white elf, close to nature, possessing the ability to sense others' emotions, could feel that Shen Qing was not just talking—he would really do this; his voice was hoarse.

"Then what about the second option?"

Shen Qing's voice was calm.

"You submit to me, then you continue managing the elf race."

"Make your choice."

Shen Qing mainly felt that the white elf's wood magic was useful; if applied to agriculture, it could likely cause yields to leap.

Andrew said: "I seem to have no choice."

"Smart, three days to organize the elf race, then you come see me via the Northern Extreme Land Teleportation Gate."

After saying that, Shen Qing led the two into the teleportation passage; this time the interlude in the elf world unexpectedly gave Shen Qing an unexpected gain.

As for the boost to attack, it didn't help much, but for his own endurance it was a huge increase; for the human faction it was tantamount to gaining a cheat.

What frustrates the Land Immortals most when facing the Evil Gods is that even after killing the opponent, the opponent can also revive.

But now, if Shen Qing merely attaches life force to them, the Land Immortals' survivability also gets a huge boost.

Then dealing with the Evil Gods can be done more freely; the Martial Emperor and Old Ancestor Shen become invincible, and combined with Shen Qing's supreme power to wear down their souls.

The doom of the Evil seems not far off either.

Boundary Battlefield, Seven Star Mountain.

This is a relatively important point of the Boundary Battlefield; this is where the strongest Land Immortal of the Holy Roland Empire, Kai Er, is stationed.

Kai Er is also someone who has forged a new path, like Zhu Wu and Shen Wen Dao, though he hasn't gone as far, not as much as the Martial Emperor and Shen Wen Dao.

And his younger brother Pa Ke is also a Land Immortal; the two brothers are both Land Immortals, which is very rare.

Pa Ke went up Seven Star Mountain: "Big brother, what did you call me here for today?"

Kai Er wore a white robe, sitting silently on the mountain peak; he slowly opened his eyes, waved his hand, and a black treasure box flew over and landed in Pa Ke's hand.

"Heavenheart Flower, I've found it for you."

Pa Ke had suffered severe heart injury years ago, so he has long been unable to break through the ninth level of the Land Immortal realm; he urgently needs a Heavenheart Flower to cure his hidden ailment.

Pa Ke's eyes full of joy: "Big brother, where did you find this Heavenheart Flower? In our world this flower has long been extinct, but over on the Evil side it seems..."

Suddenly, Pa Ke thought of something, looked up at Kai Er: "Big brother, you wouldn't..."

Kai Er nodded: "That's right, I am the Number One Undercover that's been talked about lately; the Evil gave me this Heavenheart Flower under conditions."

"The requirement is that I kill Shen Qing."

Pa Ke violently threw down the Heavenheart Flower: "Big brother! You're foolish, how can this little Heavenheart Fruit compare to your life!"

"If you betray like this, you'll be nailed to the pillar of shame for millions of years to come! Moreover, the Martial Emperor and they won't let us off either."

Kai Er reached out and held onto the Heavenheart Flower, his voice calm.

"Won't?"

"Absolutely not."

Kai Er glanced at Pak: "What if I only take the evil spirit's Heaven's Heart Flower, and not help him with his work?"

The meaning of Kai Er's words was already clear; he had decided to take the Heaven's Heart Flower, but helping the evil spirit with its work was definitely impossible.

Kai Er wore a half-smile, glancing sideways at Pak.

Pak also understood, looking at his big brother Kai Er's expression, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise.

After two breaths, the two could no longer hold back, and burst out laughing.

"Let's go, find the Martial Emperor."

Half an hour later.

Kai Er brought Pak to Heaven-Reaching City and found the Martial Emperor.

Several people gathered, and Kai Er explained the matter once.

"So I think it's time; I no longer need to hide either."

Shen Wendao nodded: "That indeed doesn't need to be hidden; now the evil spirits are the weaker side, and you already have enough intelligence, plus you've obtained the Heaven's Heart Fruit—that's enough."

Kai Er's betrayal was originally the result of a discussion with the Martial Emperor and Shen Wendao.

Yin Yu stood aside with a strange expression: "So you're that mysterious No. 1 undercover agent? So all the intelligence you've given these years has been fake."

Kai Er said: "How could that be? The intelligence I gave is genuine; it's just that what you can see is exactly what we wanted you to see."

"And besides, it really did let you kill a few Earthly Immortals, didn't it? Although those few Earthly Immortals were preparing to rebel."

Yin Yu's expression froze: "Too dark, too dark."

Kai Er laughed loudly: "Yin Yu, you don't need to be so modest; you're not bad either. Our recent big victory is inseparable from your intelligence."

Pak also curled the corners of his mouth, glanced at the people in the room: "It seems the most cunning of both humans and evil spirits are all here."

Yin Yu thought of something: "Ah, no no no, there's still the most sinister one who hasn't come yet."

"Who?"

Not long after the words fell, a sneeze sounded from outside, followed by Shen Qing's muttering voice.

"Strange, I'm already at the Martial Saint Realm, why am I still sneezing? Is someone thinking of me?"