Chapter 969: Obsession

"Altar, how much Luck is required to upgrade the Immortal Court to the Peak Quasi-Saint level, and how much to upgrade it to the Saint level?"

Yin Qi asked.

If it could be upgraded to the Saint level, he would not fear even if the Sages were to descend upon the Primordial World again in the future.

However, he also knew that this was impossible in the short term.

Not only was the Luck far from sufficient, but the corresponding materials were also lacking.

For now, he was very satisfied to be able to upgrade the Immortal Court to the Peak Quasi-Saint level.

A Peak Quasi-Saint level Immortal Court would be fully capable of producing Quasi-Saint initial-stage warships and puppets, which would save him from having to consume Luck to make sacrifices to the Altar.

As for mid-stage Quasi-Saint warships and puppets, he would still have to rely on the Luck Altar.

At the same time, a Peak Quasi-Saint level Immortal Court would be an invincible existence within the Primordial World; even if the Good Corpses of the Sages joined forces, they would likely be no match for the Immortal Court.

"Peak Quasi-Saint level, 4,500 zhang!"

"Saint level, 100,000 zhang!"

As the grand voice resounded in his mind, Yin Qi could not help but gasp.

That the Peak Quasi-Saint level required 4,500 zhang was within his expectations.

But 100,000 zhang for the Saint level was truly terrifying.

Even for a unified Primordial World, it would likely take thousands, or even tens of thousands of years to gather that much.

The growth of Luck does not soar in a straight line.

As the territory of the Great Shang Celestial Dynasty continued to expand, although Yin Qi's Luck also continued to grow, the rate of growth had quietly slowed down.

Steadying his mind, Yin Qi shook his head and communicated with the Luck Altar: "Upgrade to the Peak Quasi-Saint level."

"As you wish!"

Whoosh!

As the grand voice finished speaking, the Immortal Court shot out from between Yin Qi's brows, and then a Divine Light descended from the sky, enveloping the Immortal Court while a large amount of Saint Gold fused into it.

A moment later.

When the Divine Light dissipated, the Immortal Court had changed completely.

The former Immortal Court had been golden all over, looking both magnificent and majestic, but now it was grey and dusty, looking very unremarkable, and even its aura was incredibly peaceful; it had completely returned to simplicity.

But as the master of the Immortal Court, Yin Qi knew the terror of the Immortal Court after its transformation.

It possessed the attack power of a Peak Quasi-Saint, and its defensive power was close to that of an Innate Supreme Treasure; even if a Saint were to strike, they would not be able to break the Immortal Court's defense in one blow.

Of course, it would still break if they struck a few more times.

"Good!"

Yin Qi could not help but secretly applaud.

He instructed the Immortal Spirit: "Immortal Spirit, first refine twelve Quasi-Saint level puppets, then refine three hundred and sixty-five Great Luo-level puppets, and use all the remaining materials to refine warships."

"Yes, Master!"

Being of the same Quasi-Saint level, the materials required for warships far exceeded those for puppets.

The materials Yin Qi had collected might not be enough to refine three hundred and sixty-five Great Luo-level warships, but there was no problem in refining three hundred and sixty-five Great Luo-level puppets.

Refining three hundred and sixty-five Great Luo-level puppets was, of course, for the purpose of setting up the Zhou Tian Star Formation.

The complete version of the Zhou Tian Star Formation actually only requires three hundred and sixty-five Great Luo Golden Immortals to use the Star Banners as a guide to draw upon the power of three hundred and sixty-five Archaic Stars for their own use, thereby mobilizing the power of the entire Starry Sky.

But during the peak of the Witch and Demon era, the Demon Race only had about a hundred Great Luo.

There was no other way; since there were not enough Great Luo, they had to make do with tens of thousands of Golden Immortals and millions of Mysterious Immortals.

As for the twelve Quasi-Saint level puppets, they were for setting up the Du Tian Shensha Array.

Although the Du Tian Shensha Array was a top secret of the Wu Clan, the Wu Clan had long since been infiltrated by the Tianluo Hall, so stealing the Du Tian Shensha Array was not difficult.

That bunch of brutes from the Wu Clan had almost no sense of secrecy.

In fact, the Wu Clan did not really need a sense of secrecy, because their various ultimate arts basically required the bloodline of the Wu Clan to practice and execute, so it did not matter whether they kept them secret or not.

The two arrays were equivalent to two Saints.

But they were only equivalent.

At most, they could barely contend with a Saint head-on. However, Yin Qi was not refining these two arrays to deal with Saints, but to cope with the Wu Clan and the Demon Race.

Once Di Jun, Di Jiang, and the others were all resurrected, the Wu Clan and the Demon Race would definitely re-refine the Zhou Tian Star Formation and the Du Tian Shensha Array.

However, for the two arrays, refining these puppets was far from enough; next, he would also need to refine the corresponding banners: three hundred and sixty-five Star Banners and twelve Du Tian Divine Fiend Banners.

These banners would all have to be Post-Heaven Supreme Treasures.

Whoosh!

The Immortal Court turned into a streak of light and returned to between Yin Qi's brows.

Next, Yin Qi continued to refine the Pangu Banner.

Time flew by, and six thousand years passed in a flash.

Yin Qi had refined the Innate Restrictions of the Pangu Banner to the forty-fourth layer, and at the same time, the Innate Restrictions of the Human Emperor Bell and the Taiji Diagram had also been refined to the forty-fourth layer.

At the same time, his state had also been adjusted to its peak.

Next, it was time to sever the corpse.

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The Self Corpse corresponds to a person's obsession.

Compared to good and evil, obsession is the most persistent, because the reason an obsession is an obsession is that one cannot let it go.

If one can let it go, it is not an obsession.

This severing of obsession is actually similar to the Cutting the Dao in the Shrouding the Heavens world, but it is naturally more difficult and more dangerous than Cutting the Dao.

Throughout history, many Quasi-Saints have fallen right here.

Back then, there were three thousand Red Dust Guests in Zixiao Palace, and in truth, quite a few later achieved the Quasi-Saint realm, but why are there so few left now?

Isn't it simply because most of them stumbled on Corpse Severing!

This severing of the Self Corpse is even more of a natural chasm.

Take Changxi for example; she is still at the Quasi-Saint Mid-Stage even now, simply because she lacks the confidence to sever her Self Corpse, so she has chosen not to sever it at all.

In any case, she is free from worldly disputes and occupies the Lunar Star, a strategic location.

Even the Sages treat her with courtesy.

The Cutting the Dao from Shrouding the Heavens is equivalent to a simplified version of severing the obsession in the Primordial World, so Yin Qi has some experience, and on top of that, he obtained the memories of Donghuang Taiyi, which include insights into severing the obsession.

At the same time, Nuwa also shared her insights on severing the obsession.

This means Yin Qi has both experience and insights, which is why he dares to attempt it.

"What is my obsession?"

Yin Qi focused his mind and calmed his spirit, reflecting and questioning himself.

Is it to become a Sage and an ancestor?

Is it for the Human Race to be powerful?

Or perhaps to have countless beauties in his harem and children in droves?

Yin Qi originally thought that his obsession should be the strength of the Human Race, because this has always been the goal he has strived for.

But after deep contemplation, he was stunned to discover that it was not that at all.

If he had to sacrifice himself to exchange for the strength of the Human Race, would he be willing to die for it?

After several struggles, he discovered that he would not.

If he cannot even sacrifice himself for it, how could it be his obsession!

What about love?

What about family?

Yin Qi was stunned to discover that he could not do it for those either.

Zhou Ji, he loves her.

Longji Gongzhu, he loves her.

Huang Feiyan, Shang Qingjun, Feng Yanran, Nuwa, Changxi, and so on, he loves them all as well.

But this love has not reached the point where he is willing to give up everything.

As for family.

That goes without saying.

He only taught his five sons, including Yin Yu, for a few years; the rest of the time he left them to be taught by immortals, and later he spent his time in long-term seclusion in his Inner World, leaving the five sons to be raised freely.

Under these circumstances, how much affection could he have for his five sons?

He is willing to give them the best things in this Primordial World, even if it means giving them everything, including Innate Supreme Treasure.

But it absolutely does not include his life.

If neither love nor career is his obsession, then what exactly is his obsession?

Suddenly, Yin Qi felt lost. (End of chapter)