[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-ten-thousand-laws-of-the-occult-i-am-the-spirit-":3,"chapter-ten-thousand-laws-of-the-occult-i-am-the-spirit--ten-thousand-laws-of-the-occult-i-am-the-spirit--chapter-396":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Ten Thousand Laws of the Occult, I Am the Spirit Sovereign",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2356579,4609,"Chapter 396: The Toad God's Sponsorship","ten-thousand-laws-of-the-occult-i-am-the-spirit--chapter-396",396,"\u003Cp>Li Yu had not expected that just as he was about to reel in his line and leave, the Toad God would squeeze in at this moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It hurried over and asked in the void above Li Yu’s head:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Finished?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How many did you succeed with?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"These little things are all ferocious existences to you; it’s no surprise if you failed.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Li Yu’s top benefactor, the Toad God could be said to know him inside and out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It knew that Li Yu could hook transcendents on the level of Zuo Cikui and Joseph, and if he were lucky enough to catch an opportunity like delivering a C-section for the Sinful Buddha Child, he could make a big profit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But to go out and fish for this crowd of Boundless prodigies was truly a bit of a stretch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps he could luckily succeed with a few, but failure was the high-probability outcome.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, it was normal for It to ask this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Until Li Yu informed It of his \"results,\" he suddenly felt the gaze upon him grow much heavier; vaguely, Li Yu seemed to be able to see the Toad God’s toad-eyes, which were rounded in surprise and regret.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a top-tier angler.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Showing off one’s harvest was truly the most reasonable thing to do.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And his battle record this time was indeed very astonishing, although they were all only initially hooked, and the pollution and erosion were still far from reaching the level of bait-fish like Zuo Cikui and the Sinful Buddha Child.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But as long as he wasn't discovered and Li Yu himself didn't drop dead halfway, as time passed, eventually, not one of them would be able to escape Li Yu’s palm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And after the Toad God learned of all of Li Yu’s methods, It also gave a very high evaluation:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Bold, and lucky.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The future is hard to say, but as of now, you are indeed the most outstanding Bait-Eating True Person in the Spirit Venerable path.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"However, this shouldn't be your limit; you can do even better.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"For example, hook all the [Children of the World].\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hmm?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon hearing the subsequent spiritual response, a look of surprise immediately appeared on Li Yu’s face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What was this top benefactor, the Toad God, trying to do?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Did It feel like It hadn't seen enough fun, so It was egging Li Yu on to continue performing and continue courting death?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This suspicion of his dissipated by more than half as the Toad God subsequently transmitted secret spiritual information.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The latter brought some hidden news regarding the plans of master-level evil gods such as the Lord of the Curtain, the Ancient Saint, and the Myriad Changes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, at the level of the Boundless gods outside the present world, this could no longer be considered a secret, but rather a blatant conspiracy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Translated into human language, the gist was:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The evil gods have also guessed that the true gods vaguely know of the [Present World Collapse Plan] and must have also prepared countermeasures.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But They don't care; using the Star Gate and World Engine to forcibly smash open the defenses was just the beginning of the plan anyway.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What truly takes effect is still the tactic of using numbers to bully the few.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Who can win the war?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Perhaps in some special wars, some strange strategies or accidents will appear, causing the war to take an alternative direction.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The winner of most wars is the side with more people.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Therefore, as long as the two great promoters, the Ancient Saint and the Lord of the Curtain, can maintain the Star Gate in a state of being constantly open, there will naturally be a steady stream of evil gods squeezing in to assist in the battle.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"As for how to keep the entrance open?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Ancient Saint and the Lord of the Curtain have their own certainty and haven't leaked it, so the Toad God doesn't know either.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It only guesses: the key lies in those Children of the World.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Li Yu analyzed this, he didn't feel surprised at all; in fact, he had anticipated it long ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On both the righteous and evil sides, there was not a single blindly foolish god; they traded blows back and forth, and their backup plans were endless—it was truly the most normal thing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The righteous god side seemed to be at a disadvantage in terms of conspiracy and calculation; after all, on the surface, not one of them held the relevant authority.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But when one calculated carefully, one found the exact opposite.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Red God was the supreme God of War, skilled in military strategy and powerful in assault.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Buddha possessed supreme great wisdom and could illuminate all heavens; all sorts of schemes could not fall upon Him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Earth Mother was compassionate, encompassing all things and all spirits, and possessed extraordinary spiritual responses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Demon-Quelling Heavenly Venerable could break ten thousand laws, and all evils could not invade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for Haotian, since He dared to claim to be the strongest righteous god, He naturally had no flaws.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the \"Heavenly Craft God,\" who had already been confirmed dead, was, according to the Spirit Venerable, a super-intelligence that could truly calculate the Boundless Spirit Realm; how could He not have left behind sufficient backup plans?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And as for the evil god side, it went without saying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aside from the Spirit Venerable who died halfway, all the \"old silver coins\" (schemers) worth mentioning in the Boundless Spirit Realm were in the evil god camp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The righteous and evil sides are calculating against each other; heaven knows how many times they have already fought in secret. Until the very last moment, the outcome simply cannot be determined.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"With my current combat power, I cannot intervene in other aspects at all.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The only opportunity is indeed, as the Toad God said, to hook all these [Children of the World] onto my fishing line. Who knows, at a critical moment, it might just have some effect?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Yu pondered, but he was still hesitant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because he truly had no confidence that he could hook ferocious demigods like Morning Star, the Calamity Daoist, or the Undying Blade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he were really caught by them and hunted down, even escaping would be difficult.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most importantly!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His merit points were almost all spent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of the more than three million points, less than one hundred thousand remained now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if he had the heart to continue fishing, he needed merit points to buy bait.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This hesitation of his was naturally immediately spotted by the Toad God. As the number one \"fun-loving\" god of the Boundless Spirit Realm, in order to watch the good shows of the heavens and myriad worlds, It could manage to watch every plane of the multiverse at the same time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example, right now, while It was egging Li Yu on, Its clones or projections were also watching the fun in other worlds, acting as the top benefactor for other living beings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If there was fun, It wanted to watch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If there was no fun, It would actively create fun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ferocious demigods like Morning Star, the Undying Blade, and the Calamity Daoist could be considered powerhouses even in the three major multiverses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in the eyes of the Toad God, they didn't count for much.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And so, the next second, Li Yu received a massive advance tip; translated into human language, it went like this:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The bait needed for fishing will all be provided by me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In addition, I will bestow a blessing upon you; in the next twelve hours, you will receive a luck bonus.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Turn bad luck into good, and great disasters will not invade.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once this promise and guarantee came, it was equivalent to removing his risks, and the probability of success also greatly increased.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could Li Yu refuse?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without the slightest delay, he chose to agree directly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Toad God’s [Luck Aura] blessing only lasted twelve hours, naturally because the divine artifact [Gate of All Worlds], which served as the arena for the chaotic battle, was estimated to be fully formed after twelve hours.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that time, he would have no more opportunities to take action.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The methods of the Bait-Eating True Person were indeed hidden and strange, but they also had limits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If one had to fish under the noses of gods including the Ancient Saint, the Lord of the Curtain, the Myriad Changes, the Foolish God, and others, even if the Spirit Venerable were resurrected, it would not be easy to do, let alone Li Yu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time was tight; after Li Yu agreed, he immediately began to plan to take action against those few demigods.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each one was very difficult to deal with, and they were almost evenly matched.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Yu had previously tried to fish for that \"Morning Star,\" an attendant of the Lord of All Lights, a light giant from the Golden Race.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The method he used was to spend 200,000 merit points to redeem a sub-adult Light Worm, using narrative authority combined with the Spirit Venerable’s methods to successfully deceive Morning Star into eating that Light Worm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the speed at which Morning Star digested the Light Worm was shocking; it was refined almost in the blink of an eye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If not for Li Yu’s quick reaction in letting the bait-thread self-destruct in advance, he would have already been dragged out by the light giant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the same process of controlling others as puppets!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Yu was the Bait-Eating True Person, and Zuo Cikui was the Puppet Master of the Ages.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In terms of technique, they were quite similar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In short, both required time to let the bait-thread or puppet-thread invade, and they could not be discovered during the process.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although Li Yu, as the most special True Person in history, had techniques that crushed Zuo Cikui, he still needed a period of time to operate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Other big fish that Li Yu had hooked had all given him an opening, more or less.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only Morning Star!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Did not.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So no matter how many \"Light Worms\" Li Yu sent for Morning Star to swallow, he could not pollute it; he was just sending food in vain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And since Morning Star was like this, the other few demigods, the Calamity Daoist and the Undying Blade, etc., were likely the same.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the reason Li Yu wanted to give up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And when Li Yu informed the Toad God of this predicament.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Luck Aura seemed to have taken effect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A spiritual response containing a joyful and triumphant toad-croak entered Li Yu’s mind,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And when translated, it turned out to be another piece of secret information:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The reason why the Light Worm is the favorite food of the [Lord of All Lights] and His subordinates is that this creature is full of light radiation, which is incomparably delicious to Them and can be digested in an instant.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"However, there is one thing they also like immensely, only they cannot obtain it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That is the Moon Toad, one of the kin under my command. They are creatures that grow by devouring light radiation. Although they can become powerful very quickly, the price to be paid and the side effects are not few; for instance, their souls will always be in a state of being scorched by pain.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Only certain wondrous objects or creatures where light and darkness radiation are fused can alleviate this pain, such as the Moon Toad, Lunar Marrow, or creatures like the Dark Maiden Beast.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I bestow upon you a Moon Toad. It has lived for quite some time, is extremely difficult to digest, and is very fond of croaking; it should be able to assist you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When this spiritual response ended.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Yu immediately felt a sense of intuition and opened the Toad God's Secret Scroll, a strange treasure previously gifted by the Toad God. Sure enough, he saw that an illustration, which had originally been dim, was now bright and clear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a toad whose entire body was deep blue, as if cast from ten-thousand-year-old solid ice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On its forehead, there was also a mark of the lunar moon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet, for some reason, its vivid and lifelike expression made Li Yu feel that it looked a bit cheeky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Yu knew that he could summon it with a single thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he did not do so immediately, because the notes beneath the Moon Toad made him afraid to act rashly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is actually a Moon Toad Elder?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It is very unpopular within the clan because other Moon Toads are fond of quiet, but only this one likes to croak incessantly, and its croak is particularly piercing, making one's soul restless.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So it turns out to be a troublemaker in the clan?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"However, using it to fish for the Morning Star is truly a perfect match.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Li Yu muttered to himself, a scene had already appeared in his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the Moon Toad, carrying a large amount of Li Yu's bait threads, being swallowed into the belly of the Morning Star, yet unable to be digested quickly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although the pain in its soul would be alleviated because of it, the annoying croaking would be another side effect, making the Morning Star unable to maintain focus, and its vigilance would be at an unprecedented low; it was simply perfect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>PS: There is more to come, requesting a monthly ticket.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of this chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",2242,"2026-06-21T04:11:01.716Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","d584e584cbe8940ba3e368985e97cc06c888a8ea298779c3cb7d09203200e3b0","ten-thousand-laws-of-the-occult-i-am-the-spirit--chapter-397","ten-thousand-laws-of-the-occult-i-am-the-spirit--chapter-395",427,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Ften-thousand-laws-of-the-occult-i-am-the-spirit--cover.jpg"]