Merit was a special reward given by the Way of Heaven to those who had contributed to the Untainted Land. It could also be said to be a kind of all-purpose oil. It could be used to improve one's cultivation, eliminate karma, and improve the power of magic weapons. When it reached a certain level, it could even be used to kill people without karma. When one's own merit accumulated to a certain level, even Saints would not dare to kill people easily, such as the Human Ancestor and the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors.
In the Fangcun Mountain, Summon and Zhunti, who had been paying attention to the battlefield of Golden Rooster Ridge, saw the Golden Light of Merit emitted by the Black Tortoise's Golden Body of Martial Arts. Both Sages' eyes lit up. Even Summon, who had a long face, changed his expression and said with emotion, "River Styx really calculated well back then. He let the Black Tortoise do the act of holding up the sky on its own. Not only did he get the Merit of holding up the sky, but he also accumulated Merit for this world."
Looking at the Golden Light of Merit on the Black Tortoise, Zhunti showed a look of yearning. He became a Sage with the Merit of Establishing a Sect and the Merit of Great Vows. Originally, he was one of the Sages with low cultivation and was at most on par with Nüwa. But now, his Divine Body was destroyed by River Styx, and then he lost his Evil Corpse. Although his Divine Body was reformed, the Evil Corpse's cultivation had to start all over again.
The Evil Corpse was fine, since Zhunti did not use it often. But his Divine Body was destroyed by River Styx, which not only damaged his reputation, but also greatly affected his strength. Nüwa had been living in seclusion in Wahuang Heaven for many years, focusing on cultivation. Now, Zhunti was not confident that he could be on par with Nüwa.
Zhunti did not expect that he would become the one with the lowest cultivation among the Sages, and all this was thanks to River Styx. At least, that was what Zhunti thought. It could be said that River Styx had become Zhunti's inner demon. Although Zhunti was a Sage, he could also have an inner demon. It was just that the inner demon was still very weak and dormant. When it broke out of its shell, it would cause a lot of chaos in the West.
When he saw the Black Tortoise, Zhunti wished that the merits on the Black Tortoise were his. If he could have a lot of merits, Zhunti could quickly make up for the damage he had suffered, and even make further progress. Unfortunately, this was just a dream. The Great Desolation had developed to this point, and it was even harder for him to obtain the merits of the Tendo than for a mortal to ascend to heaven.
However, looking at the figure of the Black Tortoise, Zhunti had a flash of inspiration. When Nüwa mended the sky, there was still a piece of the Five-Colored Stone left, which was casually thrown into the Great Desolation by Nüwa. After the mending of the sky, merits fell from heaven, and half of it went into the Great Desolation. Obviously, it went after the last piece of the Five-Colored Stone.
The Five-Colored Stone was a rare spiritual object, and with half of the merits of the mending of the sky, it was very likely to have spiritual intelligence. Most importantly, like the Black Tortoise, the Black Tortoise could continuously gain merits because of its four limbs supporting the sky, and the last piece of the Five-Colored Stone would also accumulate merits because of the integration of the other Five-Colored Stones into the sky. If he could take the Five-Colored Stone back, or accept the creature born from it as his disciple, he would not lose anything.
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However, while Zhunti was still daydreaming, River Styx had already started to take action. A spiritual mountain hidden in the Great Desolation was the famous Mountain of Flowers and Fruits in the future. However, it was not the time for it to appear, so it was still hidden by Tendo. Between the mountain streams, a piece of Five-Colored Stone was absorbing the essence of the sun, moon, and stars. It was the Five-Colored Stone left after mending the sky.
At this moment, a figure suddenly appeared beside the Five-Colored Stone. It was River Styx who had just left Chentang Pass. Years ago, when Nüwa was refining the stone to mend the sky, River Styx seized the essence of the Wise Stone Monkey in the Five-Colored Stone. Although it was every man for himself, River Styx still had karma with it. Fortunately, River Styx had a trick up his sleeve. Otherwise, it would be difficult for River Styx to find this place under the cover of the mysteries of heaven.
Standing beside the Five-Colored Stone, River Styx gently stroked the Five-Colored Stone. The Great Sage Equal to Heaven, Sun Wukong, was really a distant memory. Although in the Journey to the West, Sun Wukong was extremely powerful, in reality, he was just a pitiful person. He thought that his abilities were Tongtian, but in reality, he was just a pawn of Buddhism.
River Styx carefully sensed the stone embryo born in the Five-Colored Stone and shook his head slightly. After losing the essence of the Wise Stone Monkey, although the Five-Colored Stone still gave birth to a stone embryo, it was too weak and limited in potential. If it was not for the Merit of Heaven Mending, even if he pursued the Way of Immortality, his achievements would be very limited. Even with the help of the Merit of Heaven Mending, he would not be any better.
Looking at the Five-Colored Stone, River Styx muttered to himself, "In the past, I seized your essence for my disciple and owed you karma. Today, I will give you a good fortune. As for how far you can go, it will depend on your talent and luck. I hope you will not be like that Sun Wukong in the legends, being schemed against without knowing it. I hope you can jump out of your destiny and be your true self."
River Styx stretched out his hand and three Third Grade Red Lotus of Hellfire appeared in his palm. Suddenly, a ball of Flame of Chaos ignited and melted the three Third Grade Red Lotus of Hellfire into a ball of crimson liquid. Finally, it slowly condensed into a Sixth Grade Red Lotus of Hellfire. As the Sixth Grade Red Lotus of Hellfire slowly took shape, River Styx's other hand rapidly inserted countless Restrictive Spells into it until it was completely formed.
Looking at the Sixth Grade Red Lotus of Hellfire in his hand, River Styx nodded in satisfaction. Although it was refined by him, it was not inferior to the Sixth Grade Red Lotus of Hellfire that he cultivated. Moreover, it contained some Restrictive Spells and many other wonderful uses. When the time was right, the stone embryo would naturally be able to obtain the item that River Styx sealed in the Red Lotus of Hellfire. This was the first gift he prepared for the stone embryo and also the basis for its safety.
As for the second gift, it was the Origin of Chaos. The reason why Sun Wukong in Journey to the West was powerful was because of his birth. Now that the stone embryo had lost the Spiritual Stone Monkey's essence, if it wanted to reproduce its talent like Sun Wukong, it naturally had to replenish its essence. Although it did not use much of the Origin of Chaos, it was not inferior to the ball of essence that River Styx took away.
After arranging everything, River Styx glanced at the newly born multicolored stone embryo and finally said, "I hope you won't let me down!" After that, he took a step forward and entered the void. The surroundings returned to its usual tranquility, but the multicolored stone's speed of absorbing the Spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth was dozens of times faster than before.
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In Fangcun Mountain, Zhunti was divining the location of the last multicolored stone. However, after a series of divinations, he could only see that the mysteries of heaven were blurry and he could not figure out the location of the multicolored stone at all. In desperation, Zhunti could only give up temporarily. In his opinion, the reason why he could not figure out the location of the multicolored stone was that the mysteries of heaven were in chaos during the Cultivation Tribulation. He could only wait until the end of the Cultivation Tribulation to find out the location of the multicolored stone.
Suddenly, Zhunti's heart palpitated. For some reason, Zhunti did not get any results after divining for a while. Zhunti immediately became alert. Could it be that someone was plotting against him? Now, the only people who could plot against him were probably the disciples of the Western Religious Sect. Could it be that River Styx or his disciples were plotting against them again? Or could it be the Tongtian Hierarch who had not shown up yet?
In any case, Zhunti would never allow anyone to kill his disciples of the Western Religious Sect. Previously, Kong Xuan had killed several elite disciples of the Daluo Jinxian of the Western Religious Sect, which had already made Zhunti's heart ache. Thinking of this, Zhunti seemed to have made a decision. A stream of light flashed out of his body and he quietly left Fangcun Mountain, heading straight for the Great Desolation.
Summon glanced at Zhunti. He wanted to say something but stopped. In the end, he did not say anything. He knew that Zhunti was wholeheartedly trying to strengthen the Western Religious Sect. As long as the Western Religious Sect did not prosper, Zhunti would not be able to calm down. Since becoming a Sage, Summon's cultivation had improved a lot. In contrast, Zhunti had been stagnant. It was also because of Zhunti's contributions to the Western Religious Sect that Summon was able to cultivate in peace.
Although Summon sometimes felt that Zhunti had gone too far, he could not say anything. Or rather, it was not that he could not, but that he was not qualified to say anything. For the sake of the Western Religious Sect, Zhunti had done much more than Summon. The Western Religious Sect's strength today was almost all thanks to Zhunti. Therefore, Summon could only silently support Zhunti, regardless of whether it was right or wrong.
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