Night.
A barren wasteland.
A cluster of Heaven's flames descended and heavily struck the ground, creating a large crater.
A few moments later.
A pair of pure gold chopsticks flew out from the crater and flew through the air again.
It passed through one destroyed world after another, all the way until it reached a world with living beings, then continued to fly forward.
The world was boundless.
After an unknown amount of time, it finally returned to its master.
The golden chopsticks trembled and silently fell onto the table.
It knew that its master was currently in a bad mood, so it said nothing and simply laid there.
A few moments later.
The master's voice finally resounded.
「 Someone dared to kill my servant, how interesting 」
Silence.
None of the numerous wraiths and servants on the grey-white peak dared to speak.
The master's voice resounded again: 「 Men, summon the soul, I want to ask what the Huang Quan Devil King said 」
One of the servants began to form a hand seal to perform a spell.
Time slowly passed.
This servant was sweating profusely, continuously using various soul summoning techniques, but still couldn't summon his dead servant's soul.
He had used 53 different techniques, but none of them worked. When he was trying the 54th, he noticed that his body was gone.
Only a pile of bones remained on the ground, while his soul remained standing.
All of a sudden, a long tongue reached out from the void of space, coiled around his soul, and disappeared without a trace.
Silence.
No one in this world dared to breathe, afraid that the sound of their breathing would draw the master's attention.
The master's voice resounded again:
「 How useless, someone else 」
The servants no longer dared to move. A burly wraith stepped forward and began to form a hand seal to perform a spell.
He tried three different techniques, but none of them worked.
After a bit of thought, he knelt on the ground and reported:
「 Sir, this humble servant has tried, but I truly cannot summon the soul 」
「 Ah? 」
The master's voice dragged out the last syllable before resounding again.
Out of everyone's expectations, the master didn't seem to be angry this time, instead a bit interested.
「 Even you can't summon the soul? 」
「 Indeed 」
「 Interesting, very interesting, let me try it myself 」
Vast Laws of Heaven and Earth gathered on the peak of the mountain, then slowly scattered.
「 Soul summoning failed 」
The master's voice was calm, without any hint of anger.
At the very next moment.
The entire world began to change. Countless stars descended from above, landing on the mountain peak.
「 Found it 」
As the voice faded, all the strange phenomena disappeared as if they had never existed.
The world returned to darkness.
A faint fluorescent light lit up.
"Incredible …"
"No wonder you can't summon the soul. It turns out that the soul has already been scattered, leaving only the last bit of spiritual light floating in the primal chaos."
"That's why I need to use space-time techniques, soul growth techniques, and body reconstruction techniques. Only then can I restore him."
The evil spirit was still kneeling on the ground, quietly listening to the lord's detailed count. He cupped his fists and said, "Lord's magic power is boundless, this subordinate admires you."
"There's no need to admire me … I won't do that."
The evil ghost gathered his courage and asked, "Why?"
A hand reached out and gently extinguished the faint light.
This was equivalent to a complete end, returning to the primal chaos, unable to return.
That lord's voice rang out again.
"It's just a dog, not worth my effort."
"If I want to know what happened, I just need to use my chopsticks to cast the Light Shadow Reversal Technique."
The golden chopsticks had been lying on the table. When it heard its master's words, it knew that it had to appear.
It flew up and suddenly released a ray of light.
The scene of Gu Qing Shan and the servant's conversation slowly played out in front of him.
Then came the battle.
The sword covered in lightning struck the golden chopsticks and instantly froze the servant in place.
The Huang Quan Devil King continued: "You only know that your lord is powerful, but you don't know that gold's electrical conductivity is ranked 3rd among metals, second only to copper and higher than aluminum"
The wraith's master had been lightly tapping the table with his hand, then abruptly stopped.
The wraiths all remained silent.
Their gazes were focused on the golden chopsticks.
Electrical conductivity?
The golden chopsticks were top-notch Soul Artifacts, each time their master bestowed them, they had always been the ones to take the initiative in battle, never once losing.
Who would've thought … these chopsticks would conduct electricity …
The wraiths continued to watch the ray of light.
The servant pointed at the sword in front of his chest and made a questioning gesture.
The Huang Quan Devil King shook his head: "I'm not telling you"
The Devil King and the golden chopsticks ambushed each other before the chopsticks finally escaped.
The ray of light slowly faded away.
The wraith's master pondered for a bit, then slowly spoke: "This Devil King understands the structure and relationship of all things, using lightning to break the Causality Law of my golden chopsticks, what a wondrous thought"
"Furthermore, the Huang Quan Devil King's Divine power is quite decent, capable of thoroughly suppressing those felons imprisoned in hell, as well as ordering them around when needed"
"Then … send someone else to persuade them …"
He didn't finish his words.
A streak of flame suddenly appeared from the void of space, landing in front of the wraith's master.
He received the streak of flame and silently checked its contents.
The atmosphere abruptly changed.
Boundless killing intent manifested out of nowhere, enveloping every wraith, not even giving them the strength to stand still.
The lord had suddenly become angry!
Clatter clatter — —
Everyone knelt down, not even daring to breathe too loudly.
The lord's voice resounded:
"They say that cutting off a person's wealth is the same as killing their parents"
"I had thought this Devil King to be a smart one, but he did something unnecessary and ruined my private plot"
This time, the wraiths understood.
"This humble servant is untalented, but I am willing to serve the lord"
"Master, please let me go, I will definitely cut him to pieces!"
"Lord, I will definitely make him suffer all the torture in the world, then eat him up"
They hurriedly declared.
The wraith's master impatiently replied: "Enough"
All the voices disappeared.
"I want to kill this bastard, let everyone see his suffering!"
"Azure Dragon — –"
"Kill that Devil King for me, drag his soul around the world of Huang Quan and intimidate the Wraith Gods"
As soon as he said so, a dragon's roar resounded from the sky.
The surging green light was like an aurora, circling in the night sky.
A few moments later.
The gigantic and graceful figure descended from the sky, circling around the mountain once.
Lightning flashed, thunder rumbled, and wind howled.
The wraiths had no choice but to stick close to the ground to prevent themselves from being blown away by the wind.
"Yes — — -"
The heavy voice resounded throughout the world, causing the ground to tremble.
…
At another location.
Gu Qing Shan opened her eyes on the ship.
A line of glowing text appeared on the War God UI:
[You've broken through to {Yama King} realm]
[From now on, you're a {Yama King} realm cultivator]
[Your spirit energy has increased by 70%]
Gu Qing Shan stood up and sensed it.
Indeed, her spirit energy had greatly increased.
In a normal battle, the more spirit energy a cultivator had, the more powerful their attacks would be.
The total amount of spirit energy also determined a cultivator's endurance in battle.
For that reason, spirit energy was very important to a cultivator — — - but it wasn't the only deciding factor.
Because on the battlefield, a cultivator's ability to adapt to the situation, the power of their equipment and treasure tools, their own determination and willpower, as well as tactics and ambushes, and so on, all of these factors could determine the outcome of a battle.
Why is everyone afraid of sword cultivators?
Because sword cultivators don't care about their lives, and they're the best at killing.
Gu Qing Shan paced back and forth inside the ship, a bit hesitant.
— — -should I continue to break through?
After reaching {Yama King} realm, he could sense that the rate at which he absorbed the power of the Magic Dragon had also increased.
The Magic Dragon was the most powerful Soul Artifact of the Bygone Era humanity, but unfortunately, its body was taken over by the wraith's soul, forcing the Bygone Era humanity to give up on this powerful weapon.
How could a mere {Yama King} realm cultivator possibly compare to the power it contained?
Gu Qing Shan had estimated that if she hadn't received the support of the Earth God's Dance and the blessings of the Past Worlds, it would have taken a very, very long time for her to fully absorb the power of the Magic Dragon.
So this was actually a chance — — -
Should I continue to break through?
Or should I head to the Bramble Bird Kingdom first to meet up with everyone else and prepare for war?
While Gu Qing Shan was thinking, a few more lines of glowing text appeared on the War God UI:
[Special reminder, you must continue to break through in order to fully absorb the power of the Magic Dragon]
[Once you've fully absorbed the power of the Magic Dragon, you will be able to grasp a Thaumaturgy]
[Once you've fully absorbed the power of the Magic Dragon, you will be able to grasp a Thaumaturgy]
Gu Qing Shan understood that the War God UI was waiting for him here.
He said, "Alright, I'll give you soul power. Tell me, what kind of mystique is it?"
He said: "Alright, I'll give you Soul Points, tell me, what exactly is this Thaumaturgy?"
Gu Qing Shan's eyebrows twitched and asked: "Why did you charge 100 more this time?"
The War God UI deducted another 200 Soul Points and answered: [Because this answer is worth it]
Gu Qing Shan helplessly said: "Alright, tell me, what is this Thaumaturgy?"
He lost another 300 Soul Points.
Gu Qing Shan was furious.
It's the same question, why did I have to pay him again?
Fortunately, he was smarter this time and kept his mouth shut without saying a single word.
Seeing that he didn't say anything, the War God UI guided him:
[Once you've fully absorbed the power of the Magic Dragon, you will be able to grasp a Thaumaturgy — —]
Gu Qing Shan kept his mouth shut.
He kept his mouth shut and said nothing.
After a while, the War God UI reluctantly answered: [Transform into the Magic Dragon]
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