Chapter 407: Results

"Cultivation is inherently an act of defying Heaven; if one fears the wolf in front and the tiger behind, then why bother cultivating immortality? One might as well return to Earth and be a wealthy man."

Regardless, Meng Yifan would never give up his liver and spleen; let alone Qiu Shenji, even if the Heavenly King himself came, he would not give them up.

Furthermore, Qiu Shenji had not appeared in the Great Wu Heavenly Dynasty for a thousand years; perhaps he had long since perished or ascended to another world, and there was no need for Meng Yifan to worry about a crisis that might never come.

As the battle for possession ended, the space between Meng Yifan's brows stopped twitching, and that strange drumming sound vanished. The Old Locust Tree, the Man-eating Flower, and the two brothers Lang Batian and Lang Badi all collapsed to the ground, discovering that their hearts had developed cracks; if that mysterious drumming had continued, they truly might have had their hearts burst and died.

"How could a mysterious drumming sound come from inside Master's body?" Lang Batian asked.

"Big Brother, the sound just now seemed like Spiritual Power colliding violently. I have heard similar sounds before, but none so terrifying," Lang Badi said, still shaken.

"Could it be a possession? Two Divine Souls fighting a great battle inside Master's Mud Pill Palace?" Lang Batian had long felt that Meng Yifan was acting strangely, and the mysterious drumming just now confirmed his suspicion; surely some expert was attempting to possess Meng Yifan's body.

"It's possible. Now that the drumming has stopped, who won and who lost?" Lang Badi said.

"It must be my Master. He was once an Eighth Grade expert; how could he lose to a Fifth Grade human?" the Man-eating Flower said, full of confidence.

The Old Locust Tree disdained to answer; in his heart, He Dongliu, who had given him life, was omnipotent and invincible.

Lang Batian and the others stared fixedly at Meng Yifan, waiting for the final result.

Meng Yifan opened his eyes, and light flashed forth. One green and one yellow beam of light were so dazzling that Lang Batian and the others could not keep their eyes open. The pressure of a Sixth Grade High expert radiated outward, forcing everyone to bow their heads.

Meng Yifan waved his right hand, activating the Earth World Origin power, and four massive rock palms erupted from the ground, grabbing Lang Batian, Lang Badi, the Old Locust Tree, and the Man-eating Flower.

"Sign a Soul Contract and submit to me, or die," Meng Yifan said coldly.

The two Lang brothers knelt immediately; they had been Meng Yifan's servants before anyway, so acknowledging him as master again didn't matter. The Man-eating Flower hesitated for a moment, then also chose to prostrate herself and submit at Meng Yifan's feet.

Only the Old Locust Tree struggled to stand straight and asked, "Master is my father; he would never need us to sign a Soul Contract. You are not my master; I will avenge my Master."

The Old Locust Tree shook his branches and struggled desperately. Even knowing he was no match, he still resisted, but unfortunately, with his Fifth Grade High strength, he could not shake the giant hand formed by the Earth System World Power.

"Then go to hell." Meng Yifan mobilized the Earth World Origin within his spleen and pointed forward; the giant hand squeezed violently, and the Old Locust Tree was crushed to pieces instantly.

"Ding! Congratulations to the host for hunting a Fifth Grade High demon plant; gained 7,000 Experience Value." As Meng Yifan's strength increased, the Experience Value he gained from hunting Fifth Grade High demon plants had decreased again.

"Huh!" Meng Yifan had mastered the Wood and Earth World Origin, and his senses were extremely sharp in this world. He discovered that after the Old Locust Tree was killed, the energy within his body dissipated like the cycle of Heaven; a portion returned to the Wood and Earth World Origin in Meng Yifan's body, a portion scattered into the Water, Gold, and Fire systems, and the portion belonging to Yin, Yang, Wind, and Thunder vanished.

Life with independent consciousness is composed of nine systems of energy. The saying "isolated Yin does not grow, solitary Yang does not produce; all things carry Yin and embrace Yang, blending Qi to achieve harmony" refers to the principle of Yin and Yang blending and the nine systems merging to give birth to all things.

Although the Five Elements World can form a small cycle, it lacks Wind, Thunder, Yin, and Yang; therefore, after living beings die in this world, the energy returned to the world partially dissipates. This is an incomplete world.

Precisely because of this, without a master to preside over it, such a world would gradually lose energy, become increasingly dilapidated, and eventually collapse and disappear entirely.

If Meng Yifan practiced Nine-System Cultivation and evolved a Nine Systems World, then when living beings died within the world, they would decompose into nine-system energy and could be completely integrated into his own world, achieving energy conservation. Even without Meng Yifan presiding, the Nine Systems World would exist forever.

"Eliminating a large number of living beings within the world can accelerate the speed of repairing the world, and it can make the World Origin energy increasingly abundant."

Meng Yifan had a sudden realization, confirming the memory fragments of He Dongliu, and discovered that this was also one of the cultivation methods for Sixth Grade World Master Realm experts.

This method was extremely bloody and cruel; obtaining energy by hunting large numbers of living beings was not a long-term solution. Moreover, through this method, the remnant souls and resentment of the living beings would remain within the world.

When a Sixth Grade cultivator prepared to advance, these resentments and remnant souls would form a Heart Demon, disturbing the cultivator's Dao heart. Furthermore, when the cultivator advanced, Heaven would sense it, and the descending Thunder would be even more terrifying, making it very difficult to break through successfully.

Meng Yifan extended his index finger and tapped the foreheads of the Lang Batian brothers, leaving behind a wisp of his Soul Imprint.

The Lang Batian brothers looked at each other, feeling very helpless. They had only been free for a short while, and now they had to sign a Master-Servant Contract again; it was truly miserable.

However, compared to the crushed Old Locust Tree, they were lucky; at least they were still alive. Moreover, Meng Yifan's strength had advanced by leaps and bounds, and he had become a Sixth Grade Great Expert; it was not shameful to acknowledge such an expert as their master.

The Man-eating Flower was somewhat resistant, but if she did not sign the Master-Servant Contract, she would be obliterated. Under the threat of death, she eventually yielded and signed the Master-Servant Contract, her life and death now in the palm of Meng Yifan's hand.

Just like that, Meng Yifan had three Fifth Grade servants—Lang Batian, Lang Badi, and the Man-eating Flower—and his overall strength increased greatly.

"Let's go, follow me to collect the Water, Gold, and Fire World Origins." Meng Yifan waved his large sleeve, and a white cloud appeared, carrying the three servants as he flew toward the Water Element World.

The rules of the Five Elements World restricted other cultivators from flying, but Meng Yifan had mastered the Wood and Earth World Origins and could already slightly alter the world's rules, allowing him to fly with his servants.

The Water Element World was an endless ocean, inhabited by a large number of Sea Demons.

According to He Dongliu's memory fragments, the World Source was a kidney-shaped sea eye located at the deepest part of the ocean, guarded by a Fifth Grade High Sea Demon leading five Fifth Grade Middle Tier Sea Demons.