Chapter 1035

"Your Highnesses, and Linlong sis, hehe, long time no see, everything okay?"

Lazily lying in the Immortal Ascension Pool, Wu Tie lightly flicked a few coins with his right hand, heehee-laughing as he greeted Bai Ying, Zhu Zi, and Linlong.

Bai Ying remained as serene and aloof as ever, but upon seeing Wu Tie lying askew in the Immortal Ascension Pool, like a skeleton frame, her pupils flickered violently, and she exclaimed in shock, "How did you end up like this?"

Zhu Zi let out a belch, stared at Wu Tie, and burst out laughing "hahaha": "How long has it been since you ate meat? You're all skin and bones—did Elder Sister Pei Feng bully you?"

Zhu Zi shook her head, pointed at the cabin door, and said, "Along the way we saw all sorts of demons and monsters; inside there was a fat pig, so I and Linlong hunted it down for you to make a hearty meat stew to strengthen yourself."

"A pig"?

Wu Tie stared blankly, then laughed: "Can't do that, can't do that—that's a boar's mane, the Wuguo's top general hidden away as our trump card; eating it would be a shame, a shame. Hmm, Your Highnesses, why do you have time to come here? Shouldn't you be receiving territory in the Supreme Demon Realm?"

Bai Ying walked over to Wu Tie, lowered her head to look at him lying in the pool, suddenly reached out and grabbed his wrist.

"What's wrong with you? Your body is severely depleted—what did you do?" Bai Ying looked at Wu Tie, puzzled, shook her head, sighed, and gestured to Zhu Zi.

Zhu Zi came bounding over, but then her foot tripped with a "thud" and she fell flat on her face. She shook her head, laughed, sprang up nimbly, ran to Bai Ying's side, and asked with a chuckle, "What's up?"

Bai Ying couldn't be bothered to argue further with Zhu Zi, she reached out and grabbed Bai Ying's hand, then softly intoned a spell.

The enormous Myriad Spirits Devouring Void Slaying Gods Ship trembled slightly; above the vast Glazed Buddha Realm spanning billions of li, strands of worldly essence turned into sparkling spiritual fluid, flowing in countless threads toward the massive vessel.

A huge twin lotus phantom enveloped Bai Ying and Zhu Zi; the lotus stalk connected to Wu Tie's Baihui acupoint, and the worldly essence, compressed to the extreme and purified to the extreme, after being transformed by Bai Ying and Zhu Zi, turned into surging life essence that continuously poured into Wu Tie's body.

This efficiency was a hundred to a thousand times faster than Wu Tie gulping down cauldron after cauldron of jade nectar.

A thunderous roar came from Wu Tie's intestines; his bodily functions were instantly stimulated, every cell feeling as if it were receiving a continual influx of massive life essence, each going berserk.

That scene was like each of Wu Tie's cells being a hungry ghost in the hell of hungry ghosts—when starving to the point of immobility, they would simply lie on the ground playing dead; but when a huge amount of food suddenly appeared, these evil spirits would howl, scream, and hysterically surge up from the ground, madly snatching the food that fell from the sky.

Wu Tie's body grew increasingly withered.

Just like the darkness before dawn, the more life essence poured in, the more his body withered.

Old Tie sighed, shook his head, and said, "No time for this, no need to juice—just shove those precious medicines, spiritual herbs, divine drugs straight into the stomach. Ah, ah, this is too…"

Old Tie muttered, "Fortunately our territory is big now; otherwise how could we support such a big‑bellied glutton?"

Hundreds of Wu clansmen swarmed into the cabin, pulling out piles of various medicinal ingredients from their rings and bracelets, not bothering to juice, refine, compress, or purify, they simply hurled these herbs and assorted rarities into Wu Tie's mouth.

Wu Tie took a deep breath, his mouth turning into a black hole that swallowed heap after heap of vast quantities of spiritual materials without a trace.

While having Zhu Zi assist in casting the spell, Bai Ying said leisurely, "The matter of receiving territory is being handled by His Majesty the Emperor, with the Wuguo army cooperating; the Supreme Demon Realm and the Fufeng Divine Dynasty are obedient, so we need not cause trouble there."

"But your side is quite exciting." Bai Ying gave Wu Tie a deep look: "We've been bored in the northern border snowlands these past few years, so we came to broaden our horizons."

"Broadening horizons, then that's right." Wu Tie, while gulping down those spiritual materials, chuckled as he mobilized his power: "Perfect—I'd calculated earlier that a strong enemy might attack; since you're here, lend a hand."

"Also, Linlong… Old Tie, quickly take Linlong over; during the sacrifice, let her break through to the Venerable level as well. Given Linlong's talent, her combat strength likely surpasses those old generals of Wuguo."

"Hmm, Blood Prison Elder Sister is here too? Perfect—this Myriad Spirits Devouring Void Slaying Gods Ship can amplify various divine abilities. Blood Prison Elder Sister, your Blood Prison Annihilation Divine Light is the swiftest on the battlefield; this time we'll have to borrow your technique."

Clad in blood‑colored armor, with long hair, sword‑like brows, and pupils all a bloody red, Blood Prison stood with arms crossed before her chest beside the Immortal Ascension Pool, her gaze lingering uneasily between Bai Ying and Wu Tie.

After a moment, Blood Prison's voice suddenly rang in Wu Tie's ears: "Wu Tie kid, you men talk about being a husband with three wives and four concubines… If you dare to wrong Pei Feng sis, hehe, Granny I can make you restless for life."

Lifting her head, Blood Prison continued mentally: "Pei Feng sis is actually broad‑minded; she doesn't mind this Bai Ying… but I must tell you, Pei Feng sis must be the principal wife; this Bai Ying and Zhu Zi are at most concubines—don't get things twisted."

Wu Tie was startled by Blood Prison's words, and a large clump of highly compressed spiritual material lodged in his throat.

"Aka"—a cough—and Wu Tie coughed up a big bowl of blood.

At this moment Wu Tie was utterly depleted; this mouthful of blood contained a vast amount of life essence, which he hated to waste. He hastily inhaled, then swallowed the blood and that clump of spiritual material back down.

He just stared at Blood Prison with an eerily sinister gaze—deep, profound, even a bit ferocious.

What on earth is this big sister, who grew up in a demon lair since childhood, thinking?

Wu Tie really wanted to tell Blood Prison that he and Bai Ying were innocent.

But in front of Bai Ying and Zhu Zi, he couldn't say that… after all, we're friends, saying that would hurt too much!

Blood Prison shrugged, arms crossed before her chest like a victorious rooster that had defeated all rivals, head held high, chest out, proudly whistling a loud tune as she staggered out of the cabin three steps at a time.

Several Wu clansmen came running in, carrying a great cauldron of jade nectar, and accidentally bumped into Blood Prison.

Blood Prison slapped the cauldron away, gulped down a mouthful, then kicked those swiftly running Wu clansmen to the ground: "Scared, you blind fool? Dare to eat my Granny's—tofu!"

Several Wu clansmen were kicked and rolled about on the ground.

They scratched their heads, looking at the proud Blood Prison striding out of the cabin, wishing they could cry to heaven—"Are we crazy? We, this bunch of Wu clansmen, are all Venerable beings now, each handsome and mighty, while countless young women in our clan weep and beg to marry us…"

Except, Blood Prison Elder Sister and Pei Feng share a bond as deep as real sisters—you must not provoke them, you must not!

Drawing worldly essence to swiftly replenish Wu Tie's life essence, all of it was Bai Ying doing the work; Zhu Zi merely sat aside as a helpful accessory to the divine technique, dazed.

After a moment, Zhu Zi patted Wu Tie's head: "Wanna drink? Heck, that red‑haired old woman is really weird—she's been glaring and snorting at us all the way; I really want to smack her with a club together with Linlong…"

Wu Tie gave a dry laugh: "Got any good booze? Give me a couple gulps."

Zhu Zi laughed, proudly producing a big jug of liquor and pouring two gulps into Wu Tie's mouth: "Even sick like this you can still drink—yeah, you're a real man!"

Bai Ying rolled her eyes at the side.

Our silly little sister managing to grow up this big safe and sound, not kidnapped, already counts as her older sister having worried herself sick.

Bai Ying let out a soft sigh and said in a low voice, "Last night the heavens blazed with starlight; those so‑called gods must have been rewarding their heroes… I wonder, Wu Tie, what are your plans?"

Wu Tie fell silent for a while, then narrowed his eyes: "Rewarding heroes? I fear they'll go from joy to sorrow. Well, for now we'll meet force with force, block the flood with earth, and just wait, wait…"

Wu Tie felt a hint of hesitation.

He didn't want to become a towering figure; he just wanted to hold a piece of land so his kin and friends could live in peace and prosperity.

But, but…

Thinking of the Glazed Buddha Realm's previous devastation, then recalling last night's heavenly starlight and the so‑called gods rewarding their heroes—what basis do they have for rewarding heroes?

Is it because they were effective at slaughtering humans?

Wu Tie muttered to himself—could he turn a blind eye, could he pretend not to know?

Those people, slaughtered like pigs and sheep, or even offered as sacrifices by human traitors… they're human!

Just like Wu Tie's father, mother, brothers, and his friends—living, breathing, flesh‑and‑blood humans!

Wu Tie closed his eyes.

From the Supreme Demon Kingdom to the Glazed Buddha Kingdom, along this road he saw those who had been slain, those who had been cooked and eaten……people!

A torrential resentment surged from the depths of his bloodline; Wu Tie shut his eyes tightly, his eyeballs already a sheet of crimson. A suffocating terrifying pressure spread from within Wu Tie's body, crushing the white egrets, crimson ibises, and Wu tribe youths in the cabin so they could barely breathe.

"When I recover……how many can be saved, I will save that many." Wu Tie murmured: "Then they will reap what they sow."

"Even if we are as lowly as weeds, a few blades can straighten their spines and stab a bloody hole in their soles!"

Although Wu Tie still maintained that tiny, meager hope of happiness in his heart, for the time being he set that insignificant little hope aside. He did not think of himself as a great person, nor did he imagine what great deeds he could accomplish.

But when some bloody tragedies occur right before his eyes.

He cannot turn a blind eye.

He cannot pretend not to hear.

"Issue the order……to launch an assaultive, exterminatory mining of all veins in the Glazed Buddha Kingdom. All ore mined will be refined as quickly as possible and handed over to Big Iron……within three months, Big Iron's production capacity will increase tenfold; within a year, I want Big Iron's production capacity to increase a hundredfold!"

"Go."

Wu Tie gave a soft shout.

Several Wu tribe youths sprinted out of the cabin.

They were so excited their faces flushed red, blood racing wildly through their bodies—Wu Tie ordered Big Iron to frantically boost production, which meant only one thing.

Prepare for war.

Get ready to go to war.

Wu tribe youths never ask who the enemy is; they only ask where the enemy is.

Having located the enemy, they rush in to hack them to pieces—or be hacked to pieces by the enemy.

Boundless Void, Crystal War Star.

The conflicts among the Five Great Divine Clans were swiftly suppressed due to the rapidly increasing spoils of these days.

Profit, enormous profit, profit that drives people mad—enough to conceal all contradictions.

In the huge Crystal Hall, soul spirit crystals and bloodline essence piled up like mountains; Xuan Wu and the others sat on the throne, gazing at the spoils nearly stacked to the ceiling, each laughing with utter madness, hysterical laughter.

Unlike the usual petty gains.

After lifting the restrictions of heavenly and earthly laws, the harvested soul spirit crystals and bloodline essence now come from over seventy percent human beings in the Divine Manifestation realm, with less than thirty percent coming from the Embryonic Treasury realm and weaker prey.

These spoils before them are enough for Xuan Wu and the five leaders to deduce their bloodlines to the peak of breaking through to the God King realm, then break through the God King realm's bloodline bottleneck to reach a higher realm.

Greater strength means a longer lifespan, and also means that if they ever return to the Divine Realm world, they will obtain greater power, higher status, and supreme honor.

"Now we can carefully calculate how to allocate these spoils." You Zu laughed gleefully: "Besides us five, the brothers below also need to be strengthened……after all……hehe, in the future they will all be our loyal subordinates; after returning to the ancestral land, everything they do will require their effort."

Chi Yun nodded satisfactorily: "You're absolutely right; we should first focus on strengthening ourselves, which is only natural, but the brothers below also must receive sufficient spoils, otherwise who would still work for us?"

Several people were laughing and saying this when a light, leisurely voice came from outside the hall: "You five princes are so happy—do you know someone is colluding with humanity and betraying our gods?"

Xuan Wu and the others' faces changed; they all shouted loudly at once, and the soul spirit crystals and bloodline essence filling the hall instantly vanished.

At some point the hall's doors were pushed open; a woman in a green long dress, with loose flowing hair, stunningly beautiful, of dignified and graceful bearing, stood poised outside the doorway.

"Who are you?" You Zu snorted heavily: "The reek of conspirator gods……damn it, I hate you……and moreover, who are you?"

The woman in green clothes slowly walked into the hall, speaking unhurriedly: "Who I am is not important; what matters is that I bring news useful to the five princes."

Before Xuan Wu and the others could speak, the woman in green clothes said softly: "Mist, Phantom, Shade—they have all betrayed the gods……they have joined forces with humanity and are plotting to overturn the Five Great Divine Clans' rule over the observation outposts."

"If you five princes don't believe me, go now to my tribe's garrison; capture them and torture them severely, and you'll easily find that all they left behind in the garrison are mere clones—not a single one is their true selves."

The woman in green clothes smiled warmly: "Once you five princes uncover the truth, hand over their clones to me, alright?"

Yi Zun rumbled lowly: "You betray your own people—what do you want?"

The woman in green clothes gave a light laugh: "Is it not natural for my tribe to betray its own kin? What I want……well, a share of the spoils' allocation, and due speaking rights—I think this is the compensation I deserve."

You Zu and the others exchanged a glance and nodded simultaneously.

"If those left in the garrison are indeed all clones, then you can obtain what you want."