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Chapter 1135: Poison Tempering
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The realm of this Black Demon was not much different from those in Jiguang City previously, but it emitted a much more ferocious aura, and its aggressiveness seemed to have increased significantly.

The Black Demons outside Jiguang City before appeared somewhat sluggish, both in their movements and otherwise.

If it weren’t for those Black Demons forcibly extracting their essence, energy, spirit, and soul and also coming back to life, people would still have strong confidence in eliminating these Black Demons.

“The power of these Black Demons has a strong invasive nature. They must avoid being injured by them,” Weng Zongfang said seriously to everyone.

To test the strength and potential weaknesses of the Black Demon, Weng Zongfang directly resisted the Black Demon’s attacks with his Rule Body.

The Rule Body of the Emperor Realm was not indestructible. It could be directly injured by those in the late stages of the Rule Integration Realm, and sufficiently many in the mid-stage Rule Integration Realm could do the same.

But such injuries were not significant for those in the Emperor Realm, unless such damage continued uninterrupted, which could then potentially severely injure someone in the Emperor Realm.

Just now, Weng Zongfang withstood the Black Demon’s attacks using his Rule Body, and initially, only a new wound appeared on the Rule Body.

However, this wound deteriorated rapidly. Weng Zongfang used his essence force to stop it, which was effective, but the recovery was exceedingly slow.

And this was only a common Black Demon in the Rule Integration Realm. If stronger Black Demons appeared, or if the number of Black Demons increased, what then?

Tang Yunshou stepped forward and observed the continually roaring Black Demon closely.

Because Weng Zongfang used the secondary rules he controlled to forcibly bind this Black Demon, the situation of being forcibly drained of essence, energy, spirit, and soul did not occur.

“Is the power of these Black Demons somewhat similar to the Strange Heart Realm?” Tang Yunshou suddenly said.

Weng Zongfang was startled, then looked at the Black Demon again. When Tang Yunshou mentioned it, Weng Zongfang also noticed that the characteristics of the power of the Black Demon were indeed somewhat similar to those of the Strange Heart Realm.

Weng Zongfang had not thought of this before because the Strange Heart Realm was quite remote for the creatures of the Black Stone Domain.

The barrier between the Return to Nothing Realm and the Strange Heart Realm was extremely resilient.

Even those at the Peak of Rule Integration Realm could not step into the Strange Heart Realm. At most, they could use special means to temporarily open a fissure and release a bit of power from the Strange Heart Realm.

But this was almost useless for those in the Rule Integration Realm.

The power of the Strange Heart Realm is highly corrosive and completely antagonistic to all living beings.

Even those in the Rule Integration Realm who cultivated Yin Attribute rules could not absorb and contain the power of the Strange Heart Realm.

Therefore, the matters of the Strange Heart Realm were almost never discussed by the beings within the Black Stone Domain.

Weng Zongfang had once opened a fissure into the Strange Heart Realm out of curiosity. It was just a momentary event, but the impression it left on Weng Zongfang was profound.

In this moment, observing the aura emanating from the Black Demon, Weng Zongfang’s long-dormant memory was suddenly awakened.

“It is not the same, but indeed it is somewhat similar.”

Weng Zongfang nodded his head and then, with a single hand, performed seals that struck the Black Demon.

The aura of the Black Demon suddenly dimmed, but after a moment, the aura gradually returned.

“The Power of Faith truly has a restraining effect on this Black Demon,” Weng Zongfang said, looking up at everyone, “It’s not that the intrinsic characteristics of their powers synergize or antagonize each other, rather it seems like the collective Heart Thought within the Power of Faith is wearing down this Black Demon.”

Being able to cultivate to the Emperor Realm and control a complete secondary rule, Weng Zongfang’s grasp of details was absolutely top-notch.

“Collective Heart Thought? Then if we use our own mental defenses to impact it, could we produce a similar effect?” Tang Yunshou’s eyes lit up.

The cultivation of the Faith Method was too slow, and Tang Yunshou did not feel secure handing over half of the human race’s faith to the Ancient Hug Tribe.

If they could find another method to restrain the Black Demon, perhaps they could ensure the safety of Jiguang City.

“Yes, but our mental defenses would be infected, and the damage would be even more severe than that to the Rule Body.”

Weng Zongfang shook his head. He had already tried using mental defenses and soul to impact the Black Demon on the way back.

In this regard, the Black Demon’s ability to infect mental defenses and soul was exactly like that of the Strange Heart Realm. However, in terms of hierarchy, the Black Demon’s power was much lower than that of the Strange Heart Realm.

If it were the force of the Strange Heart Realm, Weng Zongfang would not dare to expose his mental defenses and soul directly, even as a peak Rule Integration Realm practitioner, as he would be infected instantly with absolutely no chance of recovery.

The Strange Heart Realm was known as a forbidden land, not undeservedly so.

Chen Fei stood by, attentively watching every action of the Black Demon and listening to Weng Zongfang’s explanations, gaining a clearer understanding of the Black Demon.

To kill this Black Demon, essence force could definitely work, but in the current environmental conditions of heaven and earth, it was difficult to kill and the consumption was enormous.

The Power of Faith, in some ways, was like a poison.

Essence force was like an ordinary weapon, but after being poisoned with the Power of Faith, its lethality against the Black Demon greatly increased.

The situation with the Black Demon was now clear to everyone inside the hall, but the most fundamental problem had still not been resolved.

Or rather, the situation had come full circle, back to the original question: how to convert a large amount of the Power of Faith.

Now, the people inside Jiguang City were limited in number. The Faith Method they held was of insufficient level, and the Power of Faith they cultivated was sparse, offering only a nominal damage to the Black Demon.

Of course, one might consider including the race from Pianyi City next door, but in truth, this still wouldn’t resolve the fundamental issue. Moreover, it’s possible that Pianyi City has already formed an alliance with the Ancient Hug Tribe.

The Faith Method is not sophisticated enough; the Power of Faith it converts isn’t even sufficient for Weng Zongfang alone, let alone the many cultivators at the Rule Integration Realm present.

When the Black Demon, thousands of miles away, charges at Jiguang City, initially, Jiguang City might be able to hold off the attack, but ultimately, a full evacuation of the city will likely be necessary.

But if there are just as many Black Demons in other areas of the Black Stone Domain, then hiding anywhere would essentially be the same. In the end, except for a very few, everyone in Jiguang City will probably die.

All the cultivators at the Rule Integration Realm inside the temple fell silent. Weng Zongfang and Tang Yunshou exchanged glances, their hearts leaning toward forming an alliance with the Ancient Hug Tribe.

What exactly has happened in the Black Stone Domain, and where did these races like the Ancient Hug Tribe come from?

Too many questions. For now, they only have a rough idea of the existence of the Black Demons, but are the Black Demons really all the dangers there are?

Or are the Black Demons just the basic threat?

Of course, they might also try to find other entities like the Ancient Hug Tribe, but they must act quickly.

Cultivating the Faith Method also takes time, and even more time is needed to convert and absorb the faith of all beings.

If they delay too long, they will still be powerless against the Black Demons, only to be swallowed up by an entity like the Ancient Hug Tribe?

A few moments later, the cultivators at the Rule Integration Realm left the temple one after another.

Chen Fei returned to the courtyard, and when Qu Qingsheng and others saw Chen Fei return, they hurriedly came forward to greet him.

“What has happened?” they asked Chen Fei in soft voices.

The anomaly in the Vital Energy of Heaven and Earth was clear to all residents of Jiguang City. Naturally, Qu Qingsheng and the others were no exception.

“I don’t know either,” Chen Fei shook his head, also completely baffled at the moment.

“Don’t leave the yard, I’ll be right back.”

Chen Fei looked into the distance, pondered for a moment, then vanished from the spot. Using the power of Space Secondary Rules, he teleported out of Jiguang City unnoticed.

The feeling of being completely in the dark was too uncomfortable. Chen Fei decided to rely on his own power to uncover the situation clearly.

Using Celestial Suppression, Chen Fei concealed all his traces and stopped eight hundred li north of Jiguang City.

Three hundred li away, You Yi sat cross-legged atop a tree. He was waiting for Jiguang City’s response, believing they would make the right choice.

You Yi gave Jiguang City only one day to consider. If the city was unwilling after the allotted time, You Yi had already thought of a countermeasure.

He would directly lead some Black Demons to Jiguang City, ensuring enough people died there. Afterwards, he could even forcibly devour the entire city’s faith.

Not even half of the faith would need to be shared.

This was not only true for Jiguang City, but for all surrounding beings. This was the stance of the Ancient Hug Tribe.

Either submit and form an alliance, or be destroyed and then directly assimilated.

The number of beings in this region was beyond imagination and the Power of Faith that could be drawn was exceedingly vast.

However, the number of Black Demons would also continue to increase; the future situation was hard to clearly define.

You Yi silently transformed the Power of Faith allotted to him. Thinking about how he wouldn’t have to absorb such small amounts of faith under such tense conditions in the future, You Yi’s mood involuntarily improved.

Three hundred li away, Chen Fei watched You Yi, then turned his head in other directions.

Cultivators of You Yi’s race in the Rule Integration Realm were distributed in different areas. If anyone was attacked, cultivators in other locations could immediately notice.

Chen Fei’s eyelids tightened slightly as the fragments of the Earth, Water, Fire, Wind rules ignited within his soul, instantly altering his view of the world.

Chen Fei took a step forward, the surrounding space starting to blur, stretching a thousand li in an instant.

As Chen Fei perceived the changes in space, when he passed by where You Yi was, he immediately unfolded the Cangqiong Domain.

You Yi, who had been meditating, suddenly sensed violent fluctuations in space and before he could react, he vanished.

A thousand li away, Chen Fei appeared with the swiftness of a Startling Crane, also stepping into the Cangqiong Domain.

All the actions were completed in one breath. Only with vision and fine control power akin to those in the Open Heaven Realm could one achieve all this in an instant.

Within the Cangqiong Domain, You Yi was already fixed in place by Space Binding, his eyes now wide with terror as he looked around, completely unaware of what was happening.

Chen Fei moved behind You Yi, pressing a palm against You Yi’s spiritual crown, beginning to employ God Devouring.

Chen Fei needed to understand many things, hoping to obtain the answers he sought from You Yi.

If the answers were insufficient, then Chen Fei would likely have to employ God Devouring several more times.

Intense pain swept over You Yi’s soul, rendering him incapable of thought.

And Chen Fei, from fragments of You Yi’s memories, finally understood what had happened in the Black Stone Domain.

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    Chapter 1136: Heaven Swallowing

    The Yuan Clan, at one point, was a top Eighth Rank Race in the Return to Nothing Realm.

    As the number of Eighth Rank Experts within the Yuan Clan grew continually, the desire to break through and become a Ninth Rank Supreme Race grew increasingly strong.

    On the surface, the Yuan Clan dared not cross that line, for no race that did so had ever survived.

    The most powerful among the Yuan Clan were at the late Eighth Stage; not even one had reached the peak of Eighth Stage, but in private, the Yuan Clan never gave up on the goal of becoming a Ninth Rank Supreme Race.

    Since its inception in the Return to Nothing Realm, the Yuan Clan possessed a very special racial attribute: plundering.

    This form of plundering was not the same as other races absorbing the vital energy of heaven and earth for cultivation.

    The vital energy of heaven and earth had no owner and could naturally be absorbed freely by any living creature. Plundering, however, was a forceful act, whereby even those belongings that were owned could be seized.

    Initially, this racial attribute of the Yuan Clan was not strong, but as more and more powerful individuals emerged within the Yuan Clan, this attribute also developed and transformed increasingly stronger.

    By the late stage, the Yuan Clan could directly plunder the talents of other races and use them for themselves.

    It wasn't just talents; the insights into martial arts could also be forcibly taken.

    Even the essence, energy, spirit, and soul of other races' beings were no exception; they said they would plunder, and so they did.

    Such a characteristic allowed the Yuan Clan to grow extremely rapidly, and among those of the same rank, the Yuan Clan was also among the very top.

    Of course, the plundering of the Yuan Clan was not without limits.

    Among those of the same rank, it was very difficult to directly plunder another's essence, energy, spirit, and soul. To plunder, they had to slay their adversaries and harvest from their spiritual essence, replenishing themselves in the process.

    Even so, this racial attribute of the Yuan Clan still appeared to be extremely powerful.

    When the Yuan Clan grew to the Eighth Stage and could advance no further, yet their hearts still desired to become a Ninth Rank Supreme Race, the Yuan Clan began casting a Supreme Treasure for their race.

    The Heavenly Origin Tripod!

    This was the Supreme Treasure that the Yuan Clan desired to create, pooling the power of the entire clan to suppress the destiny of the entire Yuan Clan.

    According to the Yuan Clan's plan, this Heavenly Origin Tripod would devour all things under heaven and earth and nurture the power within it so that, when needed, the clan's Eighth Rank Experts could use it to directly break through to the Ninth Rank.

    With a Ninth Rank Supreme Expert, the Yuan Clan would then have some power to negotiate with other Supreme Races, avoiding being easily obliterated.

    But unfortunately, after the Yuan Clan used the power of the entire clan to complete the forging of the Heavenly Origin Tripod, divine punishment arrived.

    The so-called divine punishment was the action taken by the Ninth Rank Supreme against the entire Yuan Clan.

    “Divine punishment…”

    Chen Fei's gaze was thoughtful, because this reminded him of the Yuan Clan.

    Both were powerful Eighth Rank Races, both were obliterated by Ninth Rank Supreme Races; the difference seemed to be that the Yuan Clan appeared even stronger in battle strength.

    But in the end, the Yuan Clan also could not escape the fate of being annihilated.

    Those races trying to become Ninth Rank Supreme all seemed to have one thing in common, namely, their racial attributes were inherently very strong.

    Chen Fei naturally thought of the human race.


    It really was rather ordinary, or rather, it had virtually no special characteristic to speak of.

    That is, practicing various martial arts seemed feasible for all, unlike some races in the Black Stone Domain, which could only cultivate a specific type of martial arts.

    A Ninth Rank Supreme Race, definitely a far cry from the human race, especially since to date the human race hadn't even achieved a single practitioner at the Seventh Tier Open Heaven Realm.

    Even now, trapped within the Black Stone Domain, it remained uncertain if they could safely avoid this catastrophe.

    From You Yi's memory fragments, Chen Fei finally understood what that gray pillar of light and the sudden appearance of the Sealing Heaven Finger was all about.

    That Sealing Heaven Finger must have been the work of a powerful expert above the Eighth Rank; whether it was a Ninth Rank expert Chen Fei did not know, since this realm far exceeded Chen Fei's grasp.

    But the Yuan Clan had long since disintegrated; it was estimated that a Ninth Rank Supreme expert's personal involvement was not needed.

    The Black Stone Domain was a contingency left behind by the Yuan Clan.

    The Yuan Clan forged the Heavenly Origin Tripod, hoping to break through to the Ninth Rank Supreme, but the Yuan Clan also prepared for failure, thus leaving a safety net in the Black Stone Domain as a possibility for reigniting the future spark.

    In the middle area between the Black Stone Domain and Despair City, the Yuan Clan carved out a special space, leaving a part of the Yuan Clan within this space.

    Due to the influence of the energy from Despair City, this space was hard to detect.

    The subsequent events consisted of the Yuan Clan being obliterated, and this space below the Black Stone Domain was also permanently sealed by the Yuan Clan themselves, fearing discovery by the Ninth Rank Supreme Races.

    Time passed for hundreds of thousands of years, and legends about the Yuan Clan were only circulated among those races above the Seventh Tier; as for races below the Seventh Tier, they had never even heard of the Yuan Clan.

    As for the races within the Black Stone Domain, there were not the slightest records of the so-called Yuan Clan.

    In You Yi's memory fragments, however, the records concerning this matter were quite detailed.

    Including the Ancient Hug Tribe, they were actually all descendants of the Swallowing Origin Clan.

    Back then, the Swallowing Origin Clan, in order not to let their descendants forget the events of the past, specifically recorded these events completely in the space beneath the Black Stone Domain.

    From generation to generation, they should not forget their racial origin, otherwise, the Swallowing Origin Clan might really vanish into the rivers of history.

    But at that time, the Swallowing Origin Clan miscalculated one thing, which was the impact of time on the space below the Black Stone Domain.

    To keep it more hidden and not be discovered by those ninth-tier Supreme races, this space was very close to Strange Heart Realm.

    The consequence of doing this was that the Swallowing Origin Space was constantly affected by the power of Strange Heart Realm every moment.

    If the time was not long, the problem would actually be minor, but stretching it to hundreds of thousands of years, various eerie changes occurred within the Swallowing Origin Space.

    Various diseases appeared within the Swallowing Origin Space, followed by mutations.

    With the appearance of the first Black Demon, turmoil began in the Swallowing Origin Space, and the vital energy of heaven and earth within the Swallowing Origin Space underwent irreversible inversion.

    It's hard to say clearly if You Yi and these creatures still count as Swallowing Origin Clan, because influenced by the power of Strange Heart Realm, at that time, none of the creatures within the Swallowing Origin Space were unscathed.

    To survive, to combat the Black Demon, when the vital energy of heaven and earth became difficult to absorb, various cultivation methods appeared, including the Faith Method.

    All cultivation methods were to make themselves stronger.

    The initial appearance of the Faith Method was naturally to make up for the insufficiency of vital energy of heaven and earth, and later it was found that the Power of Faith was extremely effective in annihilating the Black Demon.

    Over time, practicing the Faith Method in the Swallowing Origin Space became a mainstream, and relying on the Faith Method, the resistance against the Black Demon in the Swallowing Origin Space entered a prolonged stalemate.


    The living environment in the Swallowing Origin Space was too oppressive, all the creatures living inside it couldn't wait to escape from there.

    If they didn't know there was a new world outside, they might continue to bear, but knowing there was a better living environment outside, what was the meaning of continuing to hide in the Swallowing Origin Space?

    Remember their identity as the Swallowing Origin Clan, and then seek revenge against the ninth-tier Supreme races?

    Maybe in the beginning, the Swallowing Origin Clan within the space still held this belief.

    But as time passed, hundreds of thousands of years later, in the Swallowing Origin Space, no creature had this goal anymore; they only wanted to live better.

    Therefore, the creatures in the Swallowing Origin Space began to try moving the entire Swallowing Origin Space or breaking the barrier to directly escape from there.

    Day after day, year after year.

    Some lucky descendants of the Swallowing Origin Clan really managed to escape from the Swallowing Origin Space by coincidence; whether they lived or died afterward, no one knew, but at least, it was a good trend.

    “Black Divine?”

    Chen Fei suddenly thought of the Black Divine from The Endless Sea, could it be that he had just escaped from the Swallowing Origin Space, and accidentally entered the plane of The Endless Sea in the chaos of spatial currents?

    Could it be that to escape, the Black Divine was severely injured and on the brink of death, and ultimately chose to heal within The Endless Sea?

    This might be the closest reason for why the Black Divine had come to The Endless Sea; after all, from the various abilities that the Black Divine displayed, they were extremely similar to the descendants of the Swallowing Origin Clan.

    Inside the Swallowing Origin Space, the efforts of the descendants of the Swallowing Origin Clan seemed to have truly reached a critical value, thus Soul-devouring Worms were attracted to the Black Stone Domain.

    As the Soul-devouring Worms located the position of the Swallowing Origin Space and pulled it out, a gray pillar of light shot up into the sky.

    That gray pillar of light was the vital energy of heaven and earth from inside the Swallowing Origin Space, after so many years of aberration.

    Then the Sealing Heaven Finger descended from the sky, the Swallowing Origin Space was opened, and the descendants of the Swallowing Origin Clan along with the Black Demons, all appeared in the Black Stone Domain.

    The Swallowing Origin Clan in their heyday definitely left a contingency within the Swallowing Origin Space.

    The appearance of the Sealing Heaven Finger was to sense the aura of the Swallowing Origin Clan and to concurrently erase this leftover contingency of the Swallowing Origin Clan.

    As for the creatures inside the Swallowing Origin Space, which didn't count as true Swallowing Origin Clan anymore, and those Black Demons, they were not even a consideration for the master of the Sealing Heaven Finger.

    If in a bad mood, they were summarily erased; if in a reasonable mood, they were left unchecked.

    The Swallowing Origin Clan in their glory days could be suppressed at will, so how could these descendants, completely mutated due to the infiltration of Strange Heart Realm, be seen in his eyes.

    In the eyes of such powerful beings, all of this was merely ants.

    The sealing of the entire Black Stone Domain was done effortlessly to prevent energy from the Strange Heart Realm from having too much impact on the Return to Nothing Realm.

    All the creatures within the Black Stone Domain had truly suffered a calamity without cause.

    It had nothing to do with the creatures of the Black Stone Domain originally, but because the Swallowing Origin Space was located below the Black Stone Domain and emerged now, they were also dragged into this mire.

    Now inside the Black Stone Domain, the vital energy of heaven and earth would be thoroughly polluted like the initial Swallowing Origin Space, and when it would recover, nobody knew.

    Under such an environment, the Black Demons would exhibit extreme aggressiveness, attacking and devouring any living creature.

    Among the Black Demons, there were very strong beings, with battle strengths reaching the Open Heaven Realm, and many Black Demons were actually descendants of the Swallowing Origin Clan who had mutated later on.

    Chen Fei furrowed his brows tightly and began reading the Faith Method in You Yi's memories.
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      Chapter 1137: Ninth Transformation Divine Statue

      “Discovered martial arts technique, Myriad Spirits Paying Homage (Incomplete)!”

      A prompt appeared on the interface, but Chen Fei did not remove his hand from You Yi's spiritual crown. Instead, he continued to use God Devouring.

      Compared to searching for memory fragments from the spiritual essence, which often resulted in serious incompleteness, using God Devouring while the being was still alive could piece together the memory fragments as completely as possible.

      Of course, it merely lessened the severity of the shattered memories; a complete restoration was still impossible.

      Since the souls of living beings inherently have their own mental defenses, they fiercely resist external forces.

      God Devouring could not silently read memories; it could only extract the needed information amidst such resistance.

      On the interface, details about Myriad Spirits Paying Homage were continuously supplemented, but towards the end, Myriad Spirits Paying Homage remained in a damaged state.

      Other cultivators at the Rule Integration Realm facing such an incomplete technique definitely could not start cultivating it directly, for who knows what might happen.

      Even attempting modifications would be difficult.

      It could result either in total inability to cultivate it or possibly an altered version that had diverged significantly from the original.

      In the Black Stone Domain, the understanding of the Faith Method isn't sufficient; thus, any such incomplete Myriad Spirits Paying Homage technique that leaks out is most likely to remain unmodified, causing cultivation to be unfeasible.

      Chen Fei naturally didn't have this problem. He exerted a slight force with his right hand, instantly shattering You Yi's body.

      Having just read You Yi's soul, Chen Fei had understood You Yi's—and indeed, the Ancient Hug Tribe's—stances towards Jiguang City and the surrounding cities.

      Invoke the Black Demon, attack Jiguang City, and when Jiguang City is likely to crumble, arrive as a savior and then absorb the entire Jiguang City.

      It must be said, this method was very effective.

      Within the Black Stone Domain where it was impossible to leave, and with Black Demons hard to slay, this simple and brutal method was unusually effective.

      “Merge!”

      All the Faith Methods on Chen Fei's interface, including a Faith Method of the Mountain Sea Realm initially passed down by the Black Divine, as well as several Sun Moon Realm Faith Methods collected within Jiguang City, merged together.

      “Discovered martial arts technique, Myriad Spirits Paying Homage!”

      The incomplete Myriad Spirits Paying Homage became complete after Chen Fei merged all the known Faith Methods, not to elevate the level of Myriad Spirits Paying Homage.

      It could not be elevated, for the Faith Methods Chen Fei knew of were, at most, of the Sun Moon Realm. The original version of Myriad Spirits Paying Homage was a Rule Integration Realm technique, a vast difference from the former.

      The sole purpose of Chen Fei's technique fusion was to allow the cultivators within Jiguang City at the Rule Integration Realm to cultivate it, nothing more.

      Now that Myriad Spirits Paying Homage was complete, its power might not match that of the original version, and the reason was simple: Chen Fei had eliminated a significant drawback previously inherent in this Faith Method, similar to the one deliberately spread in The Endless Sea by the Black Divine.

      That is, cultivators who practiced Myriad Spirits Paying Homage and had less insight into the technique than others could have their Power of Faith stripped away.

      This was a rule deliberately set during the creation of Myriad Spirits Paying Homage; from this, one could see the survival environment within the original Swallowing Origin Space.

      It was necessary to forcibly control the descendants of the Swallowing Origin family this way.

      Not only was this technique used by the Ancient Hug Tribe thus, but also within the Swallowing Origin Space, all the powers deployed their Faith Methods similarly, to control the beings beneath them.


      Stripping the Power of Faith from fellow cultivators practicing the same Faith Method was a key tenet of Myriad Spirits Paying Homage, and Chen Fei's elimination of it unavoidably decreased the power of the technique.

      The Ancient Hug Tribe told Jiguang City they wanted an alliance and asked for half of the faith, offering the Faith Method in return.

      In this regard, the Ancient Hug Tribe indeed hadn't lied, and what they offered was their primary martial arts technique, Myriad Spirits Paying Homage.

      This way, when necessary, they could easily take away the other half of the faith from Jiguang City.

      It can be said that the Ancient Hug Tribe had considered all scenarios; no matter how Jiguang City responded, they had corresponding methods to handle it.

      If Jiguang City dared to resist forcefully, their power was in no way inferior; then, the Ancient Hug Tribe would not confront Jiguang City head-on but rather directly manipulate the Black Demon to attack Jiguang City.

      The only thing the Ancient Hug Tribe hadn't anticipated was that inside Jiguang City, there was Chen Fei, who, while seemingly at the early stage of the Rule Integration Realm, actually possessed the strength of the Peak of the Rule Integration Realm.

      Moreover, with You Yi gone, the Rule Integration Realm cultivators of the Ancient Hug Tribe nearby were still completely unaware of who had struck.

      Bafflingly, even if a cultivator at the Peak of the Rule Integration Realm had acted, they should have been able to detect sufficient traces.

      Chen Fei collected the spiritual essence and looked at the mystical treasure You Yi had used.

      Unlike the treasures within the Black Stone Domain, this mystical treasure lacked many abilities and had instead been heavily fortified in durability.

      Chen Fei thought about the corrosive nature of the Black Demon; presumably, this durability was specifically to counteract the Black Demon.

      Concerning the Black Demon's Despair City-like corrosive energy and its arbitrary elemental energy, spirit, and soul devouring attack methods, Chen Fei was not overly worried.

      Indestructible Vision allowed Chen Fei's essence, energy, spirit, and soul to transform at will, and more crucially, Celestial Suppression could protect him.

      Unless he encountered a large number of Black Demons, it was impossible for them to plunder the essence, energy, spirit, and soul from within Chen Fei's body.

      As for the characteristic of the Black Demon that allowed them to resurrect, Chen Fei felt that the Power of Destruction, ignited by Earth, Water, Fire, Wind, might also have a miraculous effect on the Black Demons.

      Of course, now with the more convenient Power of Faith, before the Black Stone Domain returned to normal, he naturally used the Power of Faith to deal with these Black Demons first.

      Speaking of the corrosive power of the Black Demon, Chen Fei could not help but recall the projection of the Xuanyuan Sword he had condensed in his mental defense back when he was in the Endless Sea.

      Because of the ritual performed by the One-armed Hades, Chen Fei had a sudden epiphany and attempted to condense the Xuanyuan Sword from his previous life.

      One-Armed Hades, Chen Fei indeed discovered in the human race's scriptures that there was such a demonic god existing in the Return to Nothing Realm.

      But if one truly traced back the time, it was at least hundreds of thousands of years ago, if not even more distant.

      Anyhow, inside the Return to Nothing Realm now, there was no demonic god known as One-Armed Hades; the phantom of One-Armed Hades condensed by that sect in the Endless Sea was just a residual mark in the void.

      Chen Fei specifically looked for records of the One-Armed Hades because after arriving in the Return to Nothing Realm, the projection of the Xuanyuan Sword in Chen Fei's mental defense directly collapsed.

      Chen Fei tried to reconvene it, only to find that no matter what, he could not condense it again.

      Later, when he was at the mid-level of the Sun Moon Realm, Chen Fei returned to the Endless Sea to look for the continuations of the Suppressing Dragon Elephant martial arts and tried again to condense the phantom of the Xuanyuan Sword.

      That moment, the projection of the Xuanyuan Sword almost appeared but ultimately failed to condense.

      This made Chen Fei at that time, think a lot.

      Why, when he was in the lower realm like the Endless Sea, could he successfully condense the projection of the Xuanyuan Sword?


      Yet when it reached the Return to Nothing Realm, the place reputed to be the center of myriad realms, the projection of the Xuanyuan Sword directly collapsed, and even after Chen Fei returned to the Endless Sea, he still couldn't condense the Xuanyuan Sword's projection.

      What exactly was his previous life's Blue Star?

      The legendary Xuanyuan Sword could condense a projection, but once reaching the Return to Nothing Realm, it disappeared without a trace, as if it had never appeared.

      The human race of the Return to Nothing Realm, whether in appearance or divine soul attribute, was no different from Chen Fei.

      Initially, in the Endless Sea, Chen Fei thought that Blue Star might be one of the many lower realms, because the realm weakened, so its vital energy completely dispersed.

      At that time, Chen Fei always held this view, until the Xuanyuan Sword could not be condensed—Chen Fei suspected that perhaps, the situation was far more complex?

      Various thoughts flashed through Chen Fei's mind, and he took a step forward, leaving the Cangqiong Domain.

      Moments later, Chen Fei returned to the courtyard in Jiguang City.

      “Simplify!”

      “Myriad Spirits Paying Homage simplification process… Simplification successful… Myriad Spirits Paying Homage→ Divine Soul Scroll!”

      The orthodox method of cultivating the Myriad Spirits Paying Homage includes condensing a divine statue in the soul, the more detailed the engraving on the statue, the better the effect of absorbing the Power of Faith.

      For someone at the Rule Integration Realm, completing this step isn't much of a challenge.

      Therefore, Myriad Spirits Paying Homage is very easy to pick up and can rapidly possess and use the Power of Faith.

      However, if one wishes to rapidly improve the Myriad Spirits Paying Homage, it is essential to fill the divine statue with the Power of Faith.

      The more the divine statue is filled with the Power of Faith, the greater the power of Myriad Spirits Paying Homage.

      Filling the divine statue with the Power of Faith once counts as after just one move, and the divine statue will transform once, compressing the Power of Faith to one-tenth of its original amount.

      Then, by reaccumulating the Power of Faith and filling the divine statue again, it will transform once more.

      Repeating this process up to nine times is called the Ninth Transformation, and Myriad Spirits Paying Homage will be cultivated to the highest level.

      Chen Fei planned to offer the residents of Jiguang City a version of Myriad Spirits Paying Homage without shortcuts, while the version he was cultivating himself had a shortcut.

      Without enough Power of Faith, it is absolutely impossible to cultivate the Myriad Spirits Paying Homage to the highest level, regardless of insight or talent; it is purely a matter of whether there is enough Power of Faith.

      The residents of Jiguang City innately worship the Emperor. Chen Fei is quite well-known and can draw some Power of Faith, but definitely not much.

      In such a case, vying for the Faith Source within the city would be both troublesome and yield little gain.

      Since that was the case, it was better to directly seize the Faith of the Ancient Hug Tribe.

      With Myriad Spirits Paying Homage, Chen Fei had a simplified method of cultivation, which could bypass the filling of Power of Faith and directly challenge the Skill Level.

      Chen Fei checked the Skill Level needed for Myriad Spirits Paying Homage; compared to the Desolate Universe God Slaying Technique, the Skill Level required for Myriad Spirits Paying Homage was significantly less.

      Chen Fei sat cross-legged with closed eyes, using his soul power to directly draw the basic totem inside Myriad Spirits Paying Homage, a totem that must cover every corner of the divine statue during its condensation.

      The soul quickly drew the totem, and the Skill Level related to Myriad Spirits Paying Homage began to climb.

      Chen Fei shattered You Yi's spiritual essence, epiphanies spread all around, and a massive understanding emerged in Chen Fei's sea of consciousness.
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        Chapter 1138: Faith Becomes God

        Every time he was cultivating, Chen Fei would definitely not overlook the Celestial Suppression technique, as well as the Space Secondary Rules “Big,” and the newly added Myriad Spirits Paying Homage.

        He was absorbing three different types of epiphanies in his sea of consciousness. A few moments later, the surrounding epiphany reverted to normal, and Chen Fei opened his eyes.

        A serving of late-stage Rule Integration Realm spiritual essence had considerably enhanced both the Space Secondary Rules and the Celestial Suppression. However, the most noticeable increase was in the skill level of Myriad Spirits Paying Homage.

        The Faith Method of Myriad Spirits Paying Homage emphasizes starting easy and becoming more difficult later. The overall skill level of the entire martial art wasn't high, and just now, with the absorption of one spiritual essence, Myriad Spirits Paying Homage directly reached more than halfway to entry level.

        At this moment, the Divine Statue inside Chen Fei's soul emitted two halos, one extremely solid and the other somewhat illusory.

        This signified that Chen Fei had cultivated Myriad Spirits Paying Homage to the first tier, and was now progressing toward the second tier.

        Chen Fei did not continue to cultivate; instead, he got up and left the cultivation room to head to the city lord's mansion in Jiguang City.

        Weng Zongfang and Tang Yunshou were deeply engrossed in an intense discussion. Perceiving Chen Fei's arrival, they paused their conversation.

        “Greetings to the two Emperors!” Chen Fei said with a salute.

        “What brings you here?” Weng Zongfang asked, his expression easing slightly as he looked at Chen Fei.

        “Junior has just returned from compiling the gains from the martial arts and found that during my time in the Boundless Sea plane of the lower realm, I had obtained a Faith Method.”

        As he spoke, Chen Fei presented a jade scroll engraved with the Myriad Spirits Paying Homage technique.

        Chen Fei's intention was to attribute the origin of the martial arts to the Black Divine, as the Black Divine indeed came from the Swallowing Origin Space and had once spread Faith Methods in the Boundless Sea.

        There would certainly be parts of his explanation that wouldn't make sense, but the people from the Boundless Sea were no longer in Jiguang City; instead, they resided in other human cities.

        Considering the current situation in the Black Stone Domain, with all the teleportation formations between the human cities experiencing problems, they were unable to communicate, even with the Qiankun Cauldron.

        Therefore, even if Weng Zongfang and Tang Yunshou wished to verify the story, they would find no one to confirm it now.

        “A Faith Method?”

        Tang Yunshou looked at the approaching jade scroll, casually caught it, and sent a part of his mental defense into the scroll.

        “You are thoughtful.”

        Weng Zongfang looked at Chen Fei and sighed softly. He wasn't holding much hope for the jade scroll that Chen Fei provided.

        As a talented individual like Chen Fei, their growth experiences were almost completely known to all the Emperors of the human race.

        The Boundless Sea was a declining plane where any Faith Method, even if there were any, was estimated to be at most at the Sun Moon Realm level.

        Compared to the Faith Methods stored in Jiguang City before, there wasn't much difference.

        Under the current circumstances, it wouldn't be of much help.

        Weng Zongfang and Tang Yunshou were just vehemently discussing how Jiguang City should proceed.

        Would they agree to the demands of the Ancient Hug Tribe or attempt to withstand the Black Demons themselves?

        Because of this issue, the two had diverging views. Just now, neither could convince the other, as both of their methods had unavoidable drawbacks.


        One decision could directly determine the life and death of countless individuals.

        Chen Fei just smiled slightly without saying a word.

        Weng Zongfang turned to glance at Tang Yunshou and saw that Tang Yunshou was seriously reading the content of the jade scroll, his brow slightly furrowed.

        Weng Zongfang thought Tang Yunshou would just cast a few glances and then hand the scroll over to him since the Faith Methods at the Sun Moon Realm level were much the same without much to contemplate.

        But seeing Tang Yunshou's expression at this moment, the content in the jade scroll had completely captivated him.

        “Did you obtain this method in the Boundless Sea plane?” After a moment, Tang Yunshou raised his head, looking at Chen Fei with surprise and undisguised joy in his eyes.

        “Is there a problem with this method?” Weng Zongfang asked with some confusion as he took the jade scroll from Tang Yunshou and sent his mental defense into it.

        And just looking once was all it took to completely capture Weng Zongfang's attention.

        As someone at the peak of the Rule Integration Realm, Weng Zongfang's perspective was naturally top-notch. Thus, just a few introductory phrases of Myriad Spirits Paying Homage was enough for Weng Zongfang to see the extraordinariness of this Faith Method.

        At the same time, Weng Zongfang understood why Tang Yunshou looked so engrossed previously and why he would ask Chen Fei that particular question.

        “An outsider at the peak of Rule Integration Realm once invaded the Boundless Sea, and I acquired this method from him,” said Chen Fei, succinctly recounting the matter of the Black Divine and its connection to the Boundless Sea.

        After hearing Chen Fei's words, Tang Yunshou's eyes revealed a hint of realization. The incident with the Black Divine in the Boundless Sea was indeed recorded as part of Chen Fei's achievements.

        Moreover, the Boundless Sea was able to repel the Black Divine, largely due to Chen Fei's significant contribution.

        Yet such a sophisticated Faith Method being transmitted to the Boundless Sea made one wonder why the Black Divine would do so. This was puzzling.

        However, to hear that the Black Divine, a being at the peak of the Rule Integration Realm, had willingly dispersed its origin to enter the Boundless Sea, this fact was already exceedingly strange.

        Compared to this, it seems releasing another Faith Method like this isn't something unacceptable.

        “Good, with this method, we can ignore the Ancient Hug Tribe!”

        Weng Zongfang quickly skimmed through the contents of the jade scroll, his face filled with joy.

        Weng Zongfang had already heard the conversation between Tang Yunshou and Chen Fei, and was puzzled that such an exquisite method would circulate within The Endless Sea.

        But now, why bother about the motives of the Black Divine? What's most critical is that they had obtained a sufficiently exquisite Faith Method.

        Overcoming this crisis was the most urgent matter; all other issues could be put aside for now.

        Tang Yunshou thought for a moment, then nodded without questioning Chen Fei further; after all, the Black Divine had left The Endless Sea, and it was likely Chen Fei wouldn't know either.

        Both Tang Yunshou and Weng Zongfang maintained sufficient trust in Chen Fei.

        Knowing that Chen Fei would not harm the human race was enough; what was the significance of doggedly digging to the bottom of it all?

        “Chen Fei, you have made a great contribution again, what do you want?” Weng Zongfang asked Chen Fei.

        The Myriad Spirits Paying Homage was of great significance to Jiguang City at this moment.

        “I am also a member of the human race; it's my duty,” Chen Fei shook his head, not asking for any reward.

        Of course, there was actually nothing Chen Fei needed in the current treasury of Jiguang City.


        Having slain so many from the Ice Race and Evil Clans in the Rule Integration Realm, and even Kou Fen, an Evil Clans Emperor, Chen Fei's wealth was unimaginable.

        The Rule Crystals that Chen Fei needed, the entire human race didn't have them now, so there was no need for any other rewards.

        “Your cultivation realm is still low; if there's a conflict, stay back a bit,” Tang Yunshou gave a piece of advice.

        Being in the early stages of the Rule Integration Realm, the cultivation was too low. With such talent, it was a pity there wasn't enough time for Chen Fei to cultivate now.

        “Thank you for the reminder, Emperor,” Chen Fei said with a cupped-fist salute.

        A moment later, Chen Fei left the city lord's mansion, while Weng Zongfang and the other person seriously studied the cultivation method of Myriad Spirits Paying Homage.

        An hour later, within the cultivation room, Chen Fei could sense the Power of Faith throughout Jiguang City rushing toward the direction of the city lord's mansion.

        Having cultivated to the Peak of Rule Integration Realm, Weng Zongfang and Tang Yunshou's talents were among the very top in the entire Black Stone Domain.

        Myriad Spirits Paying Homage wasn't complicated; the only challenging part was whether there was enough Power of Faith.

        If the Power of Faith was plentiful, then Myriad Spirits Paying Homage could be cultivated very quickly.

        After a while more, having confirmed there were no issues with Myriad Spirits Paying Homage, Weng Zongfang and the other person began to transmit this martial art to all in Jiguang City in the Rule Integration Realm.

        Ever since returning to the cultivation room, Chen Fei directly shattered ten thousand low-grade Primordial Crystals and began cultivating Celestial Suppression, Space Secondary Rules, and Myriad Spirits Paying Homage.

        Myriad Spirits Paying Homage, a Faith Method, was a special cultivation way born within the Swallowing Origin Space due to a specific environment.

        Continuously cultivating such a Faith Method naturally could also enhance one's cultivation realm; otherwise, the descendants of the Swallowing Origin Race like You Yi wouldn't be able to advance their cultivation to the Rule Integration Realm.

        The Power of Faith, also known as Willpower, was said to accomplish everything, as long as there was enough of it.

        Because when all living beings collectively believe in something, even if it is false and wrong, it may eventually become true, turning into a truth.

        In theory, as long as enough living beings believe you are in the Open Heaven Realm, and the willpower is sufficiently abundant, you could indeed breakthrough to the Open Heaven Realm right where you stand.

        However, nothing in the world is ever perfect.

        This kind of breakthrough to the Open Heaven Realm through shortcuts is vastly different from a legitimate Open Heaven Realm.

        Because the understanding of the Open Heaven Realm by countless beings all originates from their perspective, even if you propagate it in detail and clarity, due to everyone's different understandings, diverse viewpoints will emerge.

        This collection of diverse understandings about the Open Heaven Realm, when gathered upon you, elevating you to the Open Heaven Realm, will never make your battle strength match the standard of a genuine Open Heaven Realm.

        Furthermore, as water can float a boat, it can also sink it; Willpower contains intense emotions of living beings, which can directly influence you. Whatever those beings hope you to be, in the end, they will twist your personality to become that way.

        The descendants of the Swallowing Origin Race understood this and thus treated the Power of Faith more as a supplementary tool, and would not allow the Power of Faith to truly influence their own thoughts.

        If Chen Fei had enough Power of Faith at this moment, he could use it to make the epiphany around him more intense, then use the epiphany to further his cultivation.

        In this way, the influence from the Power of Faith would be much less, because only the cultivation environment would be changed, and not let the Power of Faith directly participate in the cultivation process.

        Inside the Swallowing Origin Space, this is the mainstream cultivation method of the Swallowing Origin Race's descendants.

        Of course, since the environment is altered by the Power of Faith, there will inevitably be deviations in one's own perceptions. The descendants of the Swallowing Origin Race, after cultivating for a certain period, must stop to self-correct and find deviations.

        After settling down for a while, they would continue to cultivate in this manner.

        But Chen Fei doesn't need to do this because the panel can help Chen Fei correct errors, and he can just recklessly proceed.
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          Chapter 1139: Taking Advantage by Acting Later

          Chen Fei was now so diligently cultivating the Myriad Spirits Paying Homage, and the Black Demon was one reason, after all, they were too difficult to deal with. When absolute power was insufficient, using the Power of Faith as restraint was the last resort.

          The Power of Faith could rapidly elevate one's realm of cultivation, which was another major factor. At least, practicing the Power of Faith did not delay Chen Fei's own cultivation too much.

          Shattering ten thousand low-grade Primordial Crystals used to sustain Chen Fei's cultivation for a day.

          Now, with the vital energy of heaven and earth undergoing abnormalities, even if Chen Fei enclosed the cultivation room with formations, it was impossible to prevent the dissipation of the vital energy and epiphanies.

          Ten thousand low-grade Primordial Crystals now could only sustain Chen Fei's cultivation for about four hours.

          In other words, Chen Fei's daily consumption had reached a terrifying thirty thousand low-grade Primordial Crystals.

          Fortunately, having killed enough experts in the Peak of Rule Integration Realm, Chen Fei did not have to worry about low-grade Primordial Crystals for the time being.

          Otherwise, the wealth of a typical expert at the Rule Integration Realm could not withstand such consumption.

          In Jiguang City, all the experts of the Rule Integration Realm were intensifying their cultivation of the Myriad Spirits Paying Homage, whereas the Ancient Hug Tribe was still looking for the reason behind You Yi's disappearance.

          “Could it be Jiguang City and Pianyi City, especially Jiguang City? They haven't agreed to ally with us yet; they have enough reason to capture You Yi and gain the Faith Method!” You Tu said solemnly.

          You Yi was in the late stages of the Rule Integration Realm. His death was a huge loss for the entire Ancient Hug Tribe.

          Within the entire Ancient Hug Tribe, there were three at the Peak of Rule Integration Realm and no experts at the Open Heaven Realm.

          Since the Swallowing Origin Space began to change, precious treasures became increasingly scarce until they finally disappeared.

          For this Swallowing Origin Space, the Swallowing Origin Tribe had been extremely purposeful in the past. Mountains of precious treasures accumulated, enabling breakthroughs to the seventh-level Open Heaven Realm, with even some possibility of reaching the Eighth Stage Creation Realm.

          However, after hundreds of thousands of years of consumption, no Eighth Rank Expert appeared, and only a few struggled to break through to the seventh level.

          As time passed, the seventh-level experts in the Open Heaven Realm would die of old age, and only two such powerful beings remained alive today.

          In nearly a hundred thousand years, no new experts at the Open Heaven Realm had emerged in the Swallowing Origin Space; the highest level of cultivation remained at the Peak of Rule Integration Realm.

          The Rules of the Swallowing Origin Space were incomplete. The Swallowing Origin Tribe cut off the connection between the Swallowing Origin Space and the outside world for fear that the Ninth Rank Supreme would discover it.

          The experts in the Open Heaven Realm that could break through in the Swallowing Origin Space all relied on the precious treasures left from the past.

          “What did you see at the time?” You Tu turned and asked the Rule Integration Realm experts who had been near You Yi at the time.

          Several experts from the Rule Integration Realm were purposefully scattered around to prevent attacks. Still, unexpectedly, You Yi ended up dead.

          “There was a swift black flash of light, but beyond that, we saw nothing else,” said the experts from the Ancient Hug Tribe with a bitter smile as they looked at each other.

          When they discovered that You Yi was missing, they immediately went to investigate but found nothing.

          “Even you and I couldn't manage such a clean job, and those two in Jiguang City, with their level of cultivation, couldn't do it either,” You Zhu whispered.

          You Tu's brow furrowed deeply; You Zhu's words made sense, but besides Jiguang City, who else would attack their Ancient Hug Tribe?

          “Give Jiguang City a few days? Or, starting tomorrow, should we lure some Black Demons over to Jiguang City first?” You Tu asked in a deep voice.

          The death of You Yi naturally still needed to be investigated, but the massive Power of Faith in Jiguang City could not be overlooked either.

          “Let's ask again tomorrow during the day. If they continue to refuse, at night, lure the Black Demons over until the two in Jiguang City agree,” You Zhu pondered before adding.

          “If they dare to refuse, directly lead hundreds of Black Demons over there and let them lose a bunch of people!”


          A fierce light filled You Tu's eyes as he spoke, “Other tribes are already probing around here. We must take Jiguang City quickly or else we risk benefiting other tribes.”

          “Alright, I'll go there personally tomorrow,” You Zhu nodded.

          Sunrise, sunset; the day passed in a blink of an eye.

          For all races within the Black Divine Domain, this day was too memorable, even for the Wu Meng Clan and the Xuan Clan.

          Compared to other races, the Wu Meng Clan and the Xuan Clan had the advantage of having experts in the Open Heaven Realm, a benefit unmatched by other races.

          However, with Black Demons attacking and devouring all living beings, the Wu Meng Clan and the Xuan Clan faced the most attacks on this day, and nearby Black Demons instinctively moved towards their locations.

          As time progressed, the attacks on the two clans might become increasingly frequent.

          The Soul-devouring Worms, however, feared no Black Demons, both devouring essence, energy, spirit, and soul. Although Black Demons could absorb from afar and resurrect, the Soul-devouring Worms could forcefully distribute damage.

          And in terms of numbers, the Soul-devouring Worms were in no way inferior to the Black Demons.

          An encounter between the spear and the shield.

          Still, the Black Demons had one advantage—the creatures killed by the Black Demons stood a great chance of being transformed into new Black Demons, making them extremely troublesome.

          “Dang!”

          A bell tolled within Jiguang City, and Chen Fei's eyes opened, his body flickered, and he vanished from the cultivation room.

          When he reappeared, Chen Fei was already on the city wall, seeing the descendants of the Swallowing Origin Tribe flying towards Jiguang City.

          “We are from the Ancient Hug Tribe. How have the honored ones considered our proposal from yesterday?” You Zhu addressed Weng Zongfang and Tang Yunshou.

          “Having half of the faith power is too much; we need to think about it for some more time,” Weng Zongfang said, not rejecting the idea outright.

          “Our Ancient Hug Tribe can wait for you, but those Black Demons won't wait obediently. Without the Faith Method, you won't be able to withstand the Black Demons for long. Our Ancient Hug Tribe is saving you!”

          You Zhu's smile faded, his words laced with unmistakable threats and arrogance.

          “Then we thank you for your kindness,” Weng Zongfang and Tang Yunshou's smiles also gradually disappeared.

          If it weren't for Chen Fei who provided the Myriad Spirits Paying Homage yesterday, Weng Zongfang and Tang Yunshou would now be bargaining with the Ancient Hug Tribe.

          But since they already had the Faith Method, why should they give up half of their faith power for nothing?

          Moreover, absorbing faith also varies in intensity.

          The intense absorption of faith can exhaust the mental defense of those providing it.

          The residents of Jiguang City are of the human race, and Weng Zongfang and the others will absorb faith without harming the residents.

          But once they gave half of the city's people to the Ancient Hug Tribe, the tribe would not care if they suffered mental damage or even exhaustion.

          “Good, since you all have confidence, then that's the best. We shall meet again!”

          You Tu flashed a grin and, taking the Rule Integration Realm experts beside him, turned and left immediately.

          Weng Zongfang and Tang Yunshou exchanged a glance and looked off into the distance where other peak Rule Integration Realm experts of the Ancient Hug Tribe were observing from afar; forcefully retaining You Tu would have been too difficult.

          “If the Black Demons attack the city, remember to use the power of faith to lure them away,” Weng Zongfang turned to address everyone, speaking in a grave tone.

          Black Demons are worn down by the power of faith and are extremely sensitive to its fluctuations. Once detected, they would vigorously pursue it.


          Weng Zongfang had discovered this when he tested the Black Demons yesterday.

          Weng Zongfang never hesitated to suspect the worst in others; it wouldn't be out of the ordinary for the Ancient Hug Tribe alliance to deliberately lead the Black Demons to attack Jiguang City if the alliance failed.

          Fortunately, they had also learned the Myriad Spirits Paying Homage, and although time was short, the faith in Jiguang City was still sufficient; it should be possible to lure the Black Demons elsewhere when the time came.

          “Yes!” everyone responded in unison.

          Chen Fei watched as You Zhu left and glanced elsewhere, his eyes flickering slightly.

          A moment later, half of the Rule Integration Realm experts returned to their courtyards, while the remaining half took up positions on the walls of Jiguang City to stand guard.

          Cultivating faith power is less effective the further away you are. Now that they were all within the bounds of Jiguang City, where the Rule Integration Realm experts cultivated made little difference to them.

          When the Soul-devouring Worms attacked Jiguang City, various Rule Integration Realm experts led groups of the human race to escape, section by section.

          The residents of these sections naturally felt worship and gratitude towards the Rule Integration Realm experts who led them away—these were excellent sources of faith.

          Thus, the Rule Integration Realm experts in Jiguang City were now able to smoothly cultivate the Myriad Spirits Paying Homage.

          The higher the realms of cultivation, the more advantage one has because they are more renowned among the residents of Jiguang City.

          Chen Fei was cultivating seriously in the secret chamber, with constant epiphanies arising within his sea of consciousness.

          After seven hours, ripples gently stirred in Chen Fei's soul.

          The Myriad Spirits Paying Homage had progressed past the entry stage's halfway point, stepping into the stage of Perfection, and behind the divine statue within Chen Fei's soul, three rings of light had formed.

          This indicated that Chen Fei had cultivated the divine statue to the Third Expansion.

          Unmoved, Chen Fei had enough epiphanies, and with the special state of the minor Open Heaven Realm, coupled with his current talents, he could cultivate any Rule Integration Realm martial arts at a startling speed.

          A secondary rule fragment could cohere in just three days, and ordinary Emperor Realm martial arts could progress from the entry stage to the Great Completion realm in a month or two.

          The Myriad Spirits Paying Homage, in essence, isn't even on par with ordinary Emperor Realm martial arts.

          Because to advance it to the Ninth Transformation, it's not talent that restricts the progress, but whether there is enough power of faith. Hence, Chen Fei does not need even a month to cultivate it to the stage of Great Completion.

          Chen Fei began to cultivate martial arts for the seventh-level Open Heaven Realm, only then his efficiency dropped, as the minor Open Heaven state could no longer provide special benefits due to the strict conditions.

          “Ding Ding Ding!”

          Less than half an hour later, three chimes of the bell resounded within Jiguang City.

          Chen Fei's figure appeared in mid-air, overlooking the four corners of Jiguang City, as hundreds of Black Demons surged towards it.

          The city's Rule Integration Realm experts took the initiative to strike, not to kill, but to draw these Black Demons away.

          Chen Fei took a step forward and vanished into thin air.

          These Black Demons were not a threat to Jiguang City as it was now; Chen Fei left the city not to draw away the Black Demons but to head to the Ancient Hug Tribe.

          After all, what comes around goes around. While two peak Rule Integration Realm experts of the Ancient Hug Tribe watched Jiguang City, it was natural for Chen Fei to give the Ancient Hug Tribe a surprise.

          Having read the fragmented soul of You Yi, Chen Fei knew the current range of the Ancient Hug Tribe.

          Traversing a thousand miles in an instant was just the blink of an eye for him, and Chen Fei was already miles away.

          Chen Fei stood on a rocky peak, looking down at a basin ahead; the Ancient Hug Tribe lay within it.
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            Chapter 1140: Walking Leisurely in the Courtyard

            The strength of the Ancient Hug Tribe was actually very strong, with three peace at the Peak of Rule Integration Realm and over two hundred others across various realms of cultivation.

            Overall, the power of the Ancient Hug Tribe surpassed that of Jiguang City.

            If Chen Fei were not considered, the Ancient Hug Tribe could forcefully defeat Jiguang City, but that would result in heavy losses for the tribe itself.

            After all, the Ancient Hug Tribe wasn't strong enough to completely crush Jiguang City, and such an approach was the least beneficial for them.

            The Ancient Hug Tribe sought the faith of Jiguang City, so letting the Black Demon attack Jiguang City was the optimal choice.

            As for whether the people in Jiguang City lived or died, that mattered little to the Ancient Hug Tribe; they only cared about the results, not the process.

            In the original Swallowing Origin Space, they didn't draw the Black Demon to attack other tribes not out of kindness or because they thought it was too cruel.

            It's because everyone would use the Power of Faith, and a creature like the Black Demon that only followed its instincts to attack, could easily be diverted with the Power of Faith.

            However, after reaching seventh-tier, the Black Demon seemed to undergo other changes, greatly increasing its intelligence.

            There was a feeling that inside the shell of a Black Demon, one could live a second life.

            The original Black Demon was transformed from the Swallowing Origin Race. Of course, whether these seventh-tier Black Demons still retained any connection to their original forms was something even the descendants of the Swallowing Origin Race could not clarify.

            The arrogance of the Ancient Hug Tribe towards Jiguang City was based on the inadequate Faith Method of Jiguang City and the imminent threat of the Black Demon.

            With this advantage, the Ancient Hug Tribe felt that Jiguang City had no right to refuse them.

            If they dared to refuse, then it would be seen whether the claws of the Black Demon were sharper or the resistance of Jiguang City was stronger.

            Atop the mountain, Chen Fei's presence was completely concealed, like a stubborn rock.

            Using only the power of his body, Chen Fei stepped on the rocks beneath his feet and with a flicker of his body, arrived in front of the basin.

            Currently, about thirty to forty percent of those in the Rule Integration Realm from the Ancient Hug Tribe were not present, having gone near Jiguang City to divert the Black Demon, leaving only about a hundred in the basin, along with one at the Peak of Rule Integration Realm guarding it.

            A layer of concealment and alert formations enveloped the entire basin.

            This formation didn't have much defensive capability, but it was extremely sensitive; the slightest touch would trigger an alarm.

            They didn't activate a powerful formation because its daily operation would consume a huge amount of resources. It would only be activated when truly facing a formidable enemy.

            The same was true for Jiguang City; otherwise, the daily consumption alone would reach a terrifying level.

            Observing the formation before him, various pieces of information passed through Chen Fei's sea of consciousness.

            The Desolate Universe God Slaying Technique included everything; formations and talismans were both covered. Now that Chen Fei had comprehended four types of Space Secondary Rules, he could easily spot the weaknesses in common formations.

            The formation before him was not complicated. After observing for a moment, Chen Fei found a flaw.

            Chen Fei looked ahead, extended his right hand, and the four Space Secondary Rules erupted instantly.

            Before the alert formation could signal, Chen Fei's power had already surged into the basin.

            Within the Ancient Hug Tribe, You Wei was seated cross-legged, refining his allotment of Power of Faith, feeling the thin Faith Source. You Wei furrowed his eyebrows.

            In the Swallowing Origin Space, the Faith Source was one of the most important cultivation resources, and the allotment was limited.


            Over the Power of Faith, several large wars had been fought in the Swallowing Origin Space.

            It was ironic that descendants of the same Swallowing Origin Race would fight bitterly over the Faith Source, especially when the Swallowing Origin Space had been established by the Swallowing Origin Race for their resurgence.

            Time had changed too many things.

            You Wei opened his eyes, thinking of Jiguang City and Pianyi City, thousands of miles away, a trace of greed appeared on his face.

            The Faith Source there was incredibly rich, and the higher the realms of cultivation, the more Power of Faith they could provide, as faith was fundamentally about mental defense.

            Pianyi City, being weaker, had already agreed to an alliance with the Ancient Hug Tribe early on.

            But due to its weakness, the Power of Faith they could provide was much less.

            According to the Pian Clan of Pianyi City, the human race in Jiguang City was considered a major race throughout the Black Stone Domain and naturally had higher realms of cultivation.

            Why would the Pian Clan reside in the most remote part of the Black Stone Domain?

            Because they were weak; they couldn't claim or defend any better territories.

            When Jiguang City first came to Pianyi City, Pianyi City didn't dare say anything.

            However, in the end, Jiguang City built another city nearby and didn't force the Pian Clan off their land.

            The faith inside Pianyi City had already been divided among the members of the Ancient Hug Tribe, and as for Jiguang City, sending the Black Demon to attack it probably soon would bring good news.

            Thinking of the increase in the Power of Faith, You Wei felt that his cultivation, which had been stagnant for many years, might have a chance to advance further.

            Suddenly, a sense of alarm exploded within You Wei's soul, and his complexion drastically changed. Just as he was about to leave his spot, a tremendous power from the surrounding space locked You Wei in place.

            You Wei instinctively unleashed all his power, trying to break free from this bind. However, the collision of forces only caused a slight vibration in the surrounding binding power.

            At this moment, You Wei's gaze changed completely because he knew what kind of power was needed to completely lock him here.

            The next moment, an even more immense crushing force burst forth from the space, turning You Wei's vision black as he lost all perception of this world.

            Within the Ancient Hug Tribe, several dull thuds sounded as a few cultivators at the Rule Integration Realm were instantly killed.

            Seven orbs of spiritual essence flew out from the basin, landing in Chen Fei's hands.

            Chen Fei activated two Bronze Runes in his Source Point Space, and a ray of light burst from the spiritual essence, surging into Chen Fei's soul and his body.

            The cool sensation in the soul was negligible, but the strength of the body increased somewhat with the operation of Celestial Suppression.

            Chen Fei, while utilizing Myriad Spirits Return to Ancestor, drew a portion of the Power of Faith contained within the spiritual essence directly into the divine statue in his soul.

            Chen Fei could use one portion of spiritual essence four times, and from this perspective, shattering the spiritual essence for cultivation did not seem too wasteful.

            Chen Fei, while cultivating Myriad Spirits Return to Ancestor, had not deliberately absorbed faith within Jiguang City, thus the Power of Faith within the divine statue was very minimal.

            Now, as he assimilated the Power of Faith from the spiritual essence, the interior of the divine statue in Chen Fei's soul quickly filled up.

            As the Power of Faith filled up, Chen Fei vaguely heard whispers, as if there and not there at the same time.

            These were prayers, representing the Heart Thought Fragments of the descendants of the Swallowing Origin Clan who provided faith in the Ancient Hug Tribe.

            Being deified through faith and yet being influenced by the believers happens because these Heart Thought Fragments incessantly whisper by your ears, and in the late stages, can forcibly twist your soul.


            Three circles of light behind the divine statue in the soul faintly lit up, suppressing these Heart Thought Fragments.

            At the same time, the two Bronze Runes inside Chen Fei's Source Point Space suddenly trembled slightly, faintly resonating with something.

            But this resonance was too subtle, almost imperceptible if not for the Bronze Runes being in Chen Fei's Source Point Space.

            Chen Fei's brow slightly moved, somewhat surprised, and he instinctively looked back into the distance.

            Previously, when Chen Fei had slain You Yi using the Bronze Runes, there had been no abnormalities. However, Chen Fei had been within the Cangqiong Domain at the time, and that domain's barriers might have obstructed the resonance.

            After reading You Yi's Memory Fragments, Chen Fei had pondered whether the Bronze Fragments he held were related to the Swallowing Origin Clan, given their high likeness.

            Especially, the Heavenly Origin Tripod forged by the Swallowing Origin Clan was renowned for its capability to devour all things between heaven and earth, and coincidentally, the Bronze Fragments could also usurp nature's talent and physical power from the spiritual essence.

            An Eighth Rank Race with enough foundation to vie for the Ninth Rank, the power you could expect from a Heavenly Origin Tripod forged by the entire race's efforts is imaginable.

            Could it be possible that the Bronze Fragment came from the Heavenly Origin Tripod?

            This possibility was quite low because the Swallowing Origin Space was but a secret space forged by the Swallowing Origin Clan for contingencies.

            The Heavenly Origin Tripod was in the hands of the Eighth Rank experts of the Swallowing Origin Clan at the time, and after the intervention of the Ninth Rank Supreme, the Swallowing Origin Clan was almost wiped out and the Tripod forcibly shattered.

            Whether the Ninth Rank Supreme regarded the fragments of the Heavenly Origin Tripod with any interest, Chen Fei didn't know.

            If the Ninth Rank Supreme didn't covet them, then the fragments would surely have been grabbed by other Eighth Rank Races, and perhaps a few Seventh Rank Races.

            How could they have ended up in the Swallowing Origin Space located beneath the Black Stone Domain then?

            Earlier, when Chen Fei used the Bronze Fragment, he hadn't felt this resonance; now, with the emergence of the Swallowing Origin Space, the fragment began to resonate.

            Could it be that, originally in the Swallowing Origin Space, there was a supreme treasure similar to the Heavenly Origin Tripod?

            A subsidiary tripod of the Heavenly Origin Tripod?

            All sorts of thoughts flashed through Chen Fei's mind in an instant.

            Chen Fei learned of the true nature of the current anomalies in the Black Stone Domain through You Yi.

            Would Seventh Rank Races like the Wu Meng Clan and the Xuan Clan, upon seeing the current state of the Black Stone Domain, have guessed that it was due to the Swallowing Origin Clan?

            Knowing the historical relationship between the Black Stone Domain and the Swallowing Origin Clan, would the Wu Meng Clan and the Xuan Clan come to the Black Stone Domain?

            Thinking of the potential number of Open Heaven Realm experts and above currently inside the Black Stone Domain made Chen Fei frown.

            Chen Fei's mind was a whirl of thoughts, yet his movements did not pause for a moment, as the Power of Space from the Space Secondary Rules continued to extend into the basin.

            “Who!”

            When Chen Fei's Space Binding struck three mid-stage Rule Integration Realm individuals, an immense presence surged out from the center of the basin.

            Chen Fei ignored the onslaught of this presence, forcibly strangling the three mid-stage Rule Integration Realm cultivators with the Power of Space, and dragged their spiritual essence out of the basin.

            “You're courting death!”

            You Bing sensed that three more tribal Rule Integration Realm cultivators had been slain, and his fury reached its peak. You Bing's figure flashed out from the depths of the basin, catching sight of the figure in front at whose face was concealed.

            The covering masked the visitor's aura and face, rendering You Bing unable to discern from which race the newcomer hailed.

            All the Rule Integration Realm members of the Ancient Hug Tribe rose to the skies, their deadly aura overwhelmingly surging toward Chen Fei.
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              Thanks bro satisfied
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    #panic# chaps missing
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    #panic# chapters 1136 to chapter 1140 are missing
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      Chap 1093 in mtlnovel
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