Chapter 722: The Light of Karmic Debt

"Thank you, Elder, for stabilizing the Gangfeng for our cultivators!"

"Thank you, Elder!"

"Elder, your righteousness is immense!"

Whooshing…

At the entrance to the Nine You Heaven Abyss, countless people knelt on the ground, bowing to He Pingsheng.

He Pingsheng merely waved his hand and left directly with the two women.

Above an unnamed mountain range, the sky was cloudless for ten thousand li, and nearly no one was around for ten thousand li.

Zhou Qingmei raised her hand, and a spatial wormhole opened.

After resting for several days, this divine skill could finally be used again.

The three held hands and stepped into the wormhole.

The next instant, they emerged not far from Gu Song Mountain.

Back at Gu Song Mountain.

"That Fire God Emperor is now severely wounded, and with me guarding Gu Song Mountain, he won't come here anytime soon!"

Zi Qing Immortal looked at He Pingsheng and said: "He Pingsheng, what are your plans next?"

He Pingsheng said: "Seclusion and cultivation!"

His current cultivation base is Void Refinement Stage One, and the Stone Platform Assembly will be held in about eighty years.

So, before the Stone Platform Assembly, he must raise his cultivation as much as possible.

The higher his cultivation, the more calmly he can face what comes later!

Eighty years should allow for a significant level increase.

At least, to Void Refinement Stage Four or Five?

"Good!" Zi Qing said: "I will also cultivate here and first work on understanding the divine skill you gave me!"

Next, everyone entered their own cultivation grounds and began to cultivate!

He Pingsheng did not immediately enter seclusion—he still needed to refine elixirs.

Last time, he ran low on materials for refining the 【Gather Dao Elixir】 and 【Gather Dao Ultimate Elixir】, so he went to the Holy Fire Trading House to buy more, only to encounter Duan Feihong right after leaving the Tianhuo Trading House.

Then came the chain of events that followed.

It was time to refine elixirs.

He Pingsheng took out the Jipin magic treasure 【Qing Xuan Cauldron】.

Hmm…

To be honest, this little cauldron's rank is a bit low.

He had previously given Mo Sang five Jipin spirit stones to auction off; if sold successfully, he could exchange them for a better cauldron.

But now, Mo Sang had not yet sent word.

It didn't matter—he'd use the magic treasure for now.

Though its rank was low and the elixirs produced weaker, it didn't matter—he had the Treasure Basin.

First step: strengthen the materials.

Then, begin refining elixirs.

He Pingsheng had many sixth-rank Daoic primordial sources.

The most precious were three clumps: one was the Time Primordial Source, obtained from the Holy Fire Trading House auction, traded for a Jipin magic treasure 【Dragon Xiao Sword】 and a Jipin Holy Origin Elixir.

This item was stored in a specially made silver metal vial.

He Pingsheng strengthened the Time Primordial Source into two portions.

Besides the Time Primordial Source, He Pingsheng also possessed two portions of 【Space Primordial Source】, acquired from the ring of Kong Kong Crown Prince's avatar after Zhou Qingmei severed his arm.

He Pingsheng strengthened the two portions of Space Primordial Source into four.

Next, refine the Time Gather Dao Elixir and Space Gather Dao Elixir.

Six portions of material total.

One furnace!

Two furnaces!

Three furnaces!

…

Six furnaces of sixth-rank Gather Dao Elixirs were refined.

Two of them were duds.

Sorry—the two Time Dao furnaces turned into duds, because He Pingsheng had almost no grasp of Time Law.

The remaining four Space Dao furnaces were refined into low-grade elixirs.

This was already incredible.

But it didn't matter—whether duds or low-grade, after being strengthened by the Treasure Basin, all became Jipin.

Twelve vials total.

Four-grade Time Gather Dao Elixir, eight-grade Space Gather Dao Elixir.

With these Gather Dao Elixirs, breaking through Dao barriers was merely a matter of time.

He Pingsheng did not immediately consume the Gather Dao Elixirs to awaken Dao insight; instead, he took out another item.

It was a green pearl.

Inside the pearl was a small thousand-world, inhabited by Tian Jinpeng's descendants—only six hundred people.

All were Tian Jinpeng's descendants.

Now He Pingsheng faced a dilemma: how to deal with these six hundred people?

Kill them?

Honestly, Tian Jinpeng committed great sins; killing his descendants was entirely justified.

But slaughtering so many at once, He Pingsheng found himself unable to bring himself to do it.

But if not killed, what to do with them?

Am I He Pingsheng, raising Tian Jinpeng's children?

After much thought, about a day passed before He Pingsheng summoned the old servant Hao Cang.

"Young Master…" Hao Cang looked at He Pingsheng with deep respect.

He Pingsheng pointed at the green pearl and said: "This is a small thousand-world, containing the descendants of my enemy Tian Jinpeng—over six hundred people. I don't know how to handle them!"

"Enter this small thousand-world and take a look!"

"Ah?" Hao Cang froze!

He didn't understand.

But Hao Cang wasn't foolish—he paused for three breaths, then drew a deep breath and said: "Young Master, rest assured, Hao Cang knows what to do!"

"Good!" He Pingsheng said: "Go!"

Hao Cang turned into a streak of light and entered the small thousand-world.

The small world created by a Mahayana Emperor Realm operated under the same rules as the Spirit Realm; cultivators of any level could enter.

Only after the small world became connected to the Spirit Realm as its lower realm would entry be blocked.

Only then would its inhabitants be allowed to breed and develop freely.

Hao Cang entered the small world, and after about four or five days, he emerged again as a streak of light, bowing to He Pingsheng: "Young Master, everything is handled!"

"Every single Tian family member is gone!"

He Pingsheng nodded.

He had already seen.

The small world originally held over ten thousand people; in those few days, Hao Cang had slaughtered all six hundred Tian descendants.

He Pingsheng had expected both he and Hao Cang to accrue karmic debt.

Indeed, that was the case.

Both He Pingsheng and Hao Cang had accrued some karmic debt.

But not much.

On Hao Cang's right arm, a palm-sized patch of red light covered his skin.

This crimson light was karmic debt manifest.

Similarly, He Pingsheng bore a patch of red karmic light on his back, also roughly the size of a palm.

This greatly exceeded He Pingsheng's expectations.

He had thought it would be far more.

Yet only this little?

Perhaps, this karmic debt was mostly owed by Tian Jinpeng himself.

He Pingsheng did not know that after the six hundred Tian Jinpeng descendants were slain by Hao Cang, Tian Jinpeng himself also bore karmic light.

And a great deal of it.

Tian Jinpeng's entire back was nearly covered in karmic light.

But the one with the most karmic light was Tian Jinpeng's daughter, Tian Yao—her entire body was nearly engulfed in karmic light.

Does karmic debt affect cultivators?

The answer is yes.

The light of karma can block Daoist methods.

It prevents one from attaining enlightenment!

But a piece the size of a palm is hardly impactful, unless that palm-sized piece happens to cover precisely your spirit root, Dao root, or dantian.