Chapter 338: Slaughtering the Emperor of Longevity, Seizing the Chaos Pearl

As Xu Jia's mind rippled, the old demon seized a moment to catch his breath, summoning back his blood shadows and blood gods, reverting to the original form of the Xue Mo True Demon Demon Soul.

It was a Blood Spring Giant, manifesting the "Law of Heaven and Earth" to become a thousand-foot giant, holding the Blood-Transforming Divine Blade in its hand, and hacking wildly at Xu Jia's Inner Landscape Heaven and Earth.

The deities of the Inner Landscape were fine, being immortal, but they were merely the heavenly beings formed from the hungry ghosts Xu Jia had converted; their essence was Yin, unable to leave the Netherworld Path, and difficult to escape the Superior Heaven.

Upon being struck, they were directly absorbed by the Blood-Transforming Divine Blade, becoming one of the Blood God Children, strengthening his power.

The demon was smug: "You have also obtained part of the Yellow Heaven Sect's orthodoxy, but you must know that our Great Heng Dynasty was founded because of the Yellow Heaven Sect and honored it as the state religion. Within all the heavens, the Great Heng Dynasty has its fortune-dynasties. Why? Because we are all sons of the Heavenly Emperor. The Grand Ancestor Emperor of our Great Heng Dynasty has already ascended to the Heavenly Realm and become a Crown Prince of the Heavenly Court!"

Xu Jia was aware of this; it seemed there was some policy of indoctrination where dynasties across the heavens that claimed to be sons of Heaven all held some sort of rank, and after death, they could be enfeoffed as "Crown Princes."

However, this kind of Crown Prince was very worthless—a knock-off prince. A prince truly born of the Heavenly Emperor was valuable, just like the sons of the Heavenly Emperor in legends of his past life: the ten Golden Crows, which were the ten suns.

But if the Yellow Heaven Emperor were truly elected as the Heavenly Emperor, then there would indeed be people creating a stable faith for the Emperor in the lower realms to replace the previous Heavenly Emperor. In the human world, this would be a change of dynasty, while also worshipping the age of gods.

Even so, one should not become a demon, slaughtering the populace to create Blood God Children... Even if he were the last emperor, this was completely smearing the Heavenly Emperor.

Xu Jia thought carefully, his mind pushing the matter, and realized that the fact he still had twelve years of heavenly mandate to wreak havoc on the common people must be to use this opportunity to attack the incumbent Heavenly Emperor? Had the Heavenly Emperor lost virtue? Or was he lax in his governance, lacking the merit of indoctrination? But it all felt strange. Once one reached the level of Heavenly Emperor, these power struggles were truly "Gods fighting, mortals suffering."

There must be two opposing forces from above maneuvering here. Was it really necessary to set up such a thing in a mere Desire Realm? Or did all the thousands of worlds with a Great Heng Dynasty have similar setups?

Xu Jia immediately steeled himself, understanding many things. If he killed him early, he would be marked as an enemy of the Yellow Heaven Emperor's lineage. But if he indulged him, once his fortune was exhausted, the common people would suffer, and he would also be chosen by the other side as a blade to use against him.

To kill or not to kill? If it were an ordinary person, they would have entered the "Heavenly Game," caught in a dilemma, unable to offend either side, ruining their Dao heart, and from then on, they would ignore the world outside, focus solely on discussing the mysteries of the Dao, teaching disciples, and just wait for the right time to let their disciples go down the mountain to act on their behalf.

But Xu Jia was indignant.

Once the heart of Anger arose, the inner fire would not be extinguished.

The Innate Killing Sword began to ring out, cheering and leaping: Why hold me with a compassionate hand? Should I not use a killing heart to destroy the world! If held with a compassionate heart, one must ask three questions before killing: Does he deserve to die? Is he still redeemable? Should I kill him? This hurts both others and oneself.

But if held with a killing heart, it is simply: Kill, kill, kill! Let blood flow like a river.

Heaven creates all things to nourish man, yet man has nothing to repay Heaven.

Kill them all! As the heart of Anger arose and fury was unleashed, Xu Jia's many Body Gods changed their appearance, especially the Tiangang Great Sage, whose whole body erupted with thunder and fire, his eyes flashing with electric light, holding the Five Thunder Gun, his killing heart blasting the demons.

"No! I am a descendant of the Heavenly Emperor, of the Great Luo Bloodline!"

Xu Jia said: "You scoundrel, how can you prove it? You must be an impostor!"

With one sword strike, the gods of the Inner Landscape added their power to the blade, instantly slicing the blood shadows in two; it was decisive.

The blood shadows tried to merge back together, but the killing intent sword Qi was like a grinder, preventing them from stitching themselves back together.

The demon's blood Qi gathered, still wanting to resurrect, but it was all in vain. After a moment, Xu Jia struck another sword, and paths of sword lotuses transformed into a sea of lotuses, wrapping each blood shadow and merging them into flower buds, then the green lotuses turned into red lotuses, stained with an eerie color.

Suddenly, a purple light flashed, trying to break through Xu Jia's Inner Landscape to escape, but Xu Jia's Heavenly Emperor Dragon Form Relic Jade sensed it and directly transformed into a Purple Divine Dragon, chasing after the purple light. A moment later, it dropped an Exquisite Pearl, which was caught by the dragon jade.

A voice came from the pearl: "Impossible, how can you suppress my Chaos Pearl! This is an Innate Dharma Treasure, it can travel through time and space!"

Xu Jia sneered, gripped the treasure, and completely extinguished the strand of Primordial Spirit within it. Everything became clear and quiet.

Yet in the dark, he knew not how many Causes and Effects were added to his body, with karmic debts that could not be cut or untangled.

This pearl was famous; many early protagonists had one, but most just contained a world inside. He had never heard of it having the ability to travel through time and space—that ability usually belonged to the Kunlun Mirror.

Xu Jia gripped the pearl and sensed it carefully, discovering it was another treasure of the "Yellow Heaven Sect," suspected to be left behind by the Yellow Heaven Sect leader Zhang Jiao. This Zhang Jiao had left anchors in all the worlds where he preached, similar to Xu Jia's Temple Niche Altar, only verified on this external object.

Sensing carefully, the pearl was divided into six layers, seemingly corresponding to the Desire Realm Six Heavens, with stars flickering in each layer, representing the world-space anchored within.

In these worlds, the faith power of the Yellow Heaven Sect was collected by the pearl and condensed in another dimension. The treasures they sacrificed were also within, including gold, silver, various jewels, grains, and silks...

This was the legacy of the Yellow Heaven Sect. Calling it a Chaos Pearl was less accurate than calling it a "Desire Realm Pearl." It was a Merit vessel for preaching and spreading the Dharma across worlds, capable of collecting offerings from various worlds. However, one had to bestow blessings after receiving sacrifices. This fellow had no ability to bestow blessings; instead, he had his Primordial Spirit and intent sneak into the various worlds within to seek inheritance and plot revenge and restoration of his kingdom, only to end up in contact with some demonic Outer Paths.

Xu Jia knew the value of this object and looked at it carefully. There were exactly six light spots in each layer, totaling thirty-six worlds. These light spots acted as restrictions for each other, providing great power to the pearl. But why didn't he use the pearl to smash himself? A single smash would at least carry the weight of some worlds and turn himself into a meat patty. Or perhaps he simply lacked the ability to refine it.

Xu Jia tried, probing his Dharma Power into it, but it was like a clay ox entering the sea. However, when his intent wanted to use the gold, silver, and jewels, he received a condition: it required a certain amount of Wish Power Dharma Coin to exchange. Wish Power Dharma Coin could maintain the manifestation of faith in various worlds; it was an intelligent manifestation mechanism.

Although Xu Jia had spent all his Incense Wish Money last time, he had recently descended to Luzon and fulfilled many wishes of the Luzon natives, gaining some more, which he directly invested now.

He topped up 648.

Soon, a large amount of gold appeared before him, likely nearly a hundred tons.

Even if used to collect Geng Metal Qi, or to refine Geng Metal and refined gold, it was enough to forge a decent flying sword, not to mention as basic currency.

Gold was a relatively precious material in the Desire Realm. Besides being currency, it was also a material for spiritual communication and a top-tier sacrifice for gods; it was the most common material in low-magic worldviews.

For refining the Five Thunder Seal, gold was best, fine jade was second, and if all else failed, Thunder-Struck Jujube Wood would do.

Xu Jia had previously used gold to enlighten a golden toad, and that wicked dragon had scattered Dragon Gold into the gold vein, nourishing a golden flood dragon...

This nearly hundred tons of gold, while not exaggerated, was not insignificant.

It was just that this thing could only be used by topping up money and could not directly obtain Quanshen. Refining it—was it also intentionally left behind by that Heavenly Master "Zhang Jiao" to fish for someone, letting the later acquirer help him maintain operations while he took the lion's share and gave some scraps to the workers below?

Furthermore, the faith anchored within this pearl was all Yellow Heaven faith, which clearly did not fit his own Lingbao Faith; it was suspected of being a shell company.

Xu Jia thought about it; this object still had to be in his own hands. He couldn't stop using it just because of these possibilities.

Back in the day, Dongda and America also had a honeymoon period; did they not know America had ulterior motives? They just took what they needed.

Yellow Heaven Sect, oh Yellow Heaven Sect, you defeated the Longevity Sect, so you are paving the way for me.

Xu Jia put away the treasure, dispersed the Inner Landscape, and released the External Scene Dharma Realm. The islanders only felt they had experienced an illusion; the scene of just turning into blood corpses and Blood God Children was still fresh in their minds, and now it had changed back.

The old demon had already been executed, and the remaining demons and ghosts were terrified, all trying to flee. But the next moment, Xu Jia sent out the Six Dings and Six Jias, and had the Tiangang Great Sage lead the troops to assist Ao Jia, Zhu Yan'er, and Wu'er in slaughtering these demons and ghosts that had not reached the God Immortal Realm one by one on the spot, without the slightest thought of capturing them for interrogation or trying to reform or educate them.

In less than half an hour, all these demons were killed, and those demon ships, as well as the demon soldiers on the ships, were brought to the island.

Although Xu Jia frowned while looking at these demon ships and the demon soldiers refined from zombies, heavenly demons, and blood demons, he discovered a benefit: these demon soldiers were immensely strong and impervious to blades and spears. They could be slightly modified and refined as Guardian Divine Generals. By removing their demonic nature, they might become Spirit Corpse Dao Soldiers, similar to Yellow Turban Warriors, possessing basic intelligence. They could build palaces, mine, and adapt to various harsh weather and environments, unafraid of high heat or freezing cold. They only needed the disciples to remember to light a stick of incense every day and find a corpse-raising ground to build some coffins as their dormitories to recover and rest.

No wages needed, constant efficiency—achieving zombie artificial intelligence.

Xu Jia personally presided over the purification of the demonic nature, specifically set up a type of talisman, mixed it with spirit water, soaked them, and chanted the Saviour Heavenly Venerable Mantra I don't know how many times, turning their originally fierce and evil appearance into Yellow Turban Warriors dressed in burial shrouds to avoid scaring the islanders.

As for the demon ships, he also presided over their purification, but they were refined from bones and didn't look like good people, not fitting the mass line. So he dismantled them, keeping only the refining ideas and structural blueprints. In the future, he wouldn't use bones but use some Dharma-natured materials to refine Daoist Dharma ships, which would be better than this.

With the help of the Yellow Turban Warriors, Luzon Island developed quickly. Xu Jia then ordered Chen Gongming to occupy Ryukyu Island, where the Changsheng Dao Kingdom was located, also intending to subdue the Wonu Country.

(End of chapter)