Chapter 866: The Secret of the Ghost Deity |
After listening to Meng Zhang's account of the oath document, Shou Zheng fell into silence for a while before speaking.
The oath document signed by Meng Zhang was essentially the same as making a Ghost Oath, which is a guarantee provided by a Ghost Deity for the fulfillment of the oath.
However, different oath documents have different Ghost Deities providing the guarantee.
Unlike what Meng Zhang had imagined, the ones who could provide guarantees for the Ghost Oath were not weak Ghost Deities but powerful ones among the Ghost Deities.
According to Shou Zheng, providing a guarantee for the Ghost Oath is also a form of cultivation for the Ghost Deities and involves the principles of the Grand Dao.
Only powerful Ghost Deities can obtain such an opportunity, and only the strong ones can ensure the fulfillment of the oath.
It makes sense, as if one's strength is not sufficient to ensure the fulfillment of the oath, the Ghost Deity providing the guarantee would also suffer from the backlash of the laws of heaven and earth.
In the Cultivation World, the Ghost Oath usually has a stronger binding effect on cultivators at the Gold Core stage and below.
This is not because the providing Ghost Deities are not powerful enough, but because as Ghost Deities, they find it difficult to directly descend to the mortal world.
While the main body of a Ghost Deity is powerful, the clone or the divine power incarnation is not as strong, not even a tenth of the main body's strength.
This level of power is enough to deal with cultivators at the Gold Core stage and below but falls far short when facing a Primordial Spirit True Monarch.
The names recorded on the Ghost Oath documents circulating in the Cultivation World are those renowned figures from the Netherworld. The promotion of these oath documents is also backed by many influential forces in the mortal world.
In short, the Ghost Oath has many intricacies, and it involves deep understanding.
Now, back to the oath document that Meng Zhang signed earlier.
Shou Zheng told Meng Zhang that the Ghost Deity providing the guarantee for the oath document was an ancestor of the Dali Dynasty.
The Dali Dynasty is not only a top power in the mortal world, ruling over a vast territory, but it is also a significant force in the Netherworld with deep roots.
Within the Netherworld's Dali Dynasty, there are numerous powerful Ghost Deities.
These Ghost Deities possess vast divine abilities, and their true powers are mysterious and unpredictable. Even Shou Zheng respects and avoids direct contact with them.
If anyone were to violate the oath they signed, they would incur the retaliation of the Dali Dynasty's power in the Netherworld.
This is not the power of a single Ghost Deity but a formidable group of powerful Ghost Deities in the Netherworld.
Not to mention that the leader of this group is an immensely strong individual whom even Shou Zheng fears.
The reason why the Ghost Oath has limited restraint on Primordial Spirit True Monarchs is that the power executing the oath is not sufficient.
However, the strength of a group like the one in the Dali Dynasty is enough to threaten even a Primordial Spirit late-stage cultivator.
After listening to Shou Zheng's narration, Meng Zhang finally realized that he had been too careless before.
Unbeknownst to him, the Dali Dynasty had prepared such a powerful contingency plan.
If not for Shou Zheng, this Ghost Deity, Meng Zhang would still be in the dark.
It is understandable that the Dali Dynasty cannot solely rely on deterrence to control all cultivation forces; they must have other restricting methods.
Meng Zhang consulted Shou Zheng about whether there was any way to exempt the adverse consequences of violating the oath document.
After pondering for a while, Shou Zheng gave a valuable suggestion.
He advised Meng Zhang to try and find loopholes in the oath document, avoiding direct violation of its contents as much as possible.Of course, Meng Zhang is far from betraying the Dali Dynasty at this point. He is merely preparing in advance for any unforeseen circumstances.
After discussing this matter, when Meng Zhang asked Shou Zheng how he could assist Taiyi Sect, Shou Zheng hesitated for a moment before mentioning that besides providing divine power to descend remotely, he also had new avatars available for use.
However, summoning his avatars to descend would require offering substantial sacrifices.
Shou Zheng handed Meng Zhang a list containing the required offerings for summoning his avatars.
Meng Zhang glanced at the list and even with his current status, he found it quite painful.
The offerings were diverse and included many precious spiritual treasures that were even unavailable for purchase with spirit stones.
Nevertheless, Meng Zhang considered that Shou Zheng himself had at least the strength of a Primordial Spirit late-stage cultivator, and his avatars possessed the strength of a Primordial Spirit initial-stage cultivator.
In addition to their formidable individual strength, they also had part of their main body's combat awareness and understanding of the Grand Dao. In actual combat, they could easily rival a cultivator at the Primordial Spirit mid-stage.
Considering the cost, gaining a reliable Primordial Spirit mid-stage helper was undoubtedly a great deal.
After concluding their business discussions, Meng Zhang was about to retract his Divine Sense and end the communication. Unexpectedly, Shou Zheng seemed to become a bit shy and embarrassed.
After hesitating for a moment, he made a request to Meng Zhang.
He asked Meng Zhang, after a period of time and when he was fully prepared, to create a batch of Ghost Oath documents in Shou Zheng's name and provide guarantees on his behalf.
Then, Meng Zhang should distribute these oath documents, promoting them as much as possible within Taiyi Sect's jurisdiction.
As Shou Zheng had mentioned before, this approach would be highly beneficial for Ghost Deities.
The more cultivators used the oath documents, and the stronger their strength became, the greater the benefits for the providing Ghost Deity.
Apart from the fact that Shou Zheng had already helped Taiyi Sect tremendously, even his identity as a senior of Taiyi Sect alone was enough for Meng Zhang to lend a helping hand.
The stronger Shou Zheng's power, the more significant the assistance he could provide to Taiyi Sect. This was a mutually beneficial matter, and Meng Zhang had no reason to refuse.
After obtaining Meng Zhang's promise, Shou Zheng's mood seemed to brighten considerably.
After concluding the exchange, Meng Zhang tidied up the altar and then wrote down the list of offerings for the disciples to collect and prepare.
In the following period, as the Dali Dynasty's military orders had not been issued yet, the Taiyi Sect's army naturally did not take the initiative to move.
Having plenty of free time, Meng Zhang focused on improving his magic tools in addition to regular cultivation.
With the assistance of tool refiners like Shocking Thunder Spirit General, Meng Zhang first fused the Sun Gold Crystal and Lunar Cold Jade into the Sun Moon Treasure Pearl.
The quality of the Sun Moon Treasure Pearl greatly improved, and its power increased significantly, greatly enhancing the power of Divine Abilities like Sun and Moon Divine Light.
However, there was still a considerable distance from advancing to a Fourth Rank magic tool.
As for the Spiritsnake Spear, a Taiyi Sect heritage Third Rank spiritual weapon, it was already spiritually transparent and had a profound foundation.
After integrating the Fourth Rank Slaughter Stone and being carefully nurtured by Meng Zhang, it surprisingly reached the pinnacle of Third Rank magic tools, only one step away from advancing to a Fourth Rank magic tool. But this one step was extremely difficult and could stump many Primordial Spirit cultivators.
For the Spiritsnake Spear to advance to a Fourth Rank magic tool, which was a treasure, it required acts of slaughter.
The more and stronger the targets of slaughter, the greater the benefits for the Spiritsnake Spear.
Only by using the Spiritsnake Spear to kill cultivators at the Primordial Spirit level could it achieve the final advancement.
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