Translator: Deathblade
Editor: Chesire Phoenix
Feeling overwhelmed with pain, Yang Immortal-Slayer said, âYang Qi! Yang Qi! I feel like my body and mind are about to explode! The pain. Itâs horrific! My body is going to fall apart. I canât do this! I canât! My monarch godhood canât handle this level of power!â
âYou've got to hang in there!â Yang Qi shouted, backing his words with his Unbounded will. âGet control of yourself! If your thoughts are out of control, how can you accomplish anything? Expand your heart and mind. Allow them to contain anything and everything. Give freedom to your psyche! The only one who controls the shackles of your mind is you!
âA clay jug canât contain a sea. But if you break the jug, thereâs no limit to what you can contain. The world will be yours!â
âI understand.â Yang Immortal-Slayer had started out as Yang Qiâs clone, so all it took was a few words, and their thoughts were aligned.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
He opened his body and mind, ignoring his monarch godhood as he began to slough off the shackles that held him back from unbounded freedom. It was a lack of action or thinking that led to the realm of NevasaññÄnÄsaññÄyatana, which was that of neither perception nor non-perception.
He was beginning to tame his mind and thoughts, and as power coursed into his monarch godhood and psyche, the devil embryo refined it and added it to his cultivation base.
He climbed from the peak of the Greater God level to the Consummate God level, then to the mid, late, and peak of that level. Next, he went through the early, mid, late, and peak of the Perfect God level.
His will convergence rose without stop as well, going from the mid Paramount level to the late and peak, until he was half a step into the Unbounded level.
Yet even with Yang Qi stealing power from Summer Soundfyre, Summer Vastcold, and Mother Voidwalker, then channeling it directly into Yang Immortal-Slayer, it still wasnât quite enough to push him into the Unbounded level.
Perhaps he was ready for the breakthrough, but unfortunately, his cultivation base needed some more tempering. He needed to do some more bitter cultivation before he could take advantage of everything he had built up in terms of resources.
SPLAT!
In the Supplication God Temple, Summer Soundfyre slumped weakly. Not only had her sacrifice failed, but sheâd apparently been drained of the power she started out with.
She was so weak she couldnât even lift a finger!
âWhatâs going on here? How come my power disappeared like water escaping from a burst dam?â Summer Soundfyre still didnât dare to believe that it was really happening. It seemed more like something from a nightmare.
Meanwhile, Summer Vastcold and Mother Voidwalker were both coughing up gobs of blood as they realized that they had also been drained of power. Mother Voidwalker had it a bit better off. Circulating her will, she struggled into a sitting position, her face a mask of fear. âWhatâs going on here? What just happened? Why did things change all of a sudden? From the time I first reached the Unbounded level until now, nothing like this has ever happened!â
âM-Master,â Summer Vastcold stammered, âthe power of the Wisdom and Knowledge God Pill is gone! Not only that, my original power reserves are gone, and my godhoodâs been weakened. What's going on? Did I experience cultivation deviation?â
Trembling physically, Mother Voidwalker replied, âYou didnât just slip into cultivation deviation. You fell victim to a plot! But who was it? Who managed to get in and out unnoticed? Not even a Paramount God shouldâve been able to do that easily.â
âMaster, weâre right in the middle of the Nacrelight Sageland? Who could plot against us?â Summer Vastcold shivered as her will collapsed. Only moments ago, she thought she was going to enter the Unbounded level, only to end up like this. Not even cultivation deviation would result in something this bad.
âI have to notify the Paramount Gods immediately,â Mother Voidwalker said. âIf we donât get help, we're going to lose all our techniques and become ordinary people. At this point, any god who came along could kill us. Only Paramount Gods can help us now. We have to get out of this state of cultivation deviation!â
âBut if youâre also suffering from cultivation deviation, Master, how will we notify the Paramount Gods? Without your Unbounded will convergence, how can you pierce the god kingdom of the Paramount Gods?â
âI have another way to do it,â Mother Voidwalker said. âI have a talisman I can use to summon a Paramount God. In the end, I'm still an Unbounded expert, so thereâs no way the sect will throw someone like me away.â
âHurry, Master!â Summer Vastcold said, although in truth, she was actually completely demoralized.
âThereâs no need for that,â someone said from behind them, and Yang Qi suddenly stepped into view.
âVoid Qi!?â Summer Vastcold blurted.
Mother Voidwalkerâs face immediately fell. âAre you behind this mischief, Void Qi? You... you couldn't do this on your own. Who are you working for?â
âI'm not going to waste words. You two bitches tried to take advantage of me; did you really think I would just let that slide?â Waving a hand, he sent out a stream of light that bound up both women. âNow, youâre mine. And Summer Soundfyre, too.â
Swish!
Taking the two of them with him, he vanished.
Simultaneously, an invisible hand appeared in the Supplication God Temple, which grabbed Summer Soundfyre and whisked her away. Yang Qiâs cultivation base was so advanced that he could move about freely in the Nacrelight Sageland. That was what happened when Unbounded will was powering the God Legion Seal and Cruiser of Civilization. It was something not even Paramount Gods could deal with.
A short time later, Yang Qi had all three women somewhere far outside of the Nacrelight Sageland, in the midst of the chaotic void.
With a smack, the three of them were flung down onto a huge altar in the middle of the Cruiser of Civilization, an altar that thrummed with imperial-heaven pre-beginning powers.
He wasn't planning to kill them, but rather use them to take control of the entire Nacrelight Sageland. After all, the Nacrelight Sageland was a major sect, with numerous Paramount Gods, so taking it over wouldn't be an easy task.
As soon as she looked around, Summer Soundfyre blurted, âSummer Vastcold? Itâs you!â
Meanwhile, Summer Vastcold and Mother Voidwalker looked over with expressions of shock.
âSummer Soundfyre?!â Hatred flashed across Summer Vastcoldâs face, but just as quickly, it vanished, and she smiled bitterly. âWe were both fooled by Void Qi, werenât we?â
âThatâs right.â Yang Qi said, walking out with hands clasped behind his back, flanked by Yang Immortal-Slayer.
Smiling ruthlessly, he continued, âOf course, you brought this disaster on your own heads. I offered to help you, and even gave you immense wealth. But you were plotting against me the entire time. You planned to take control of me in the end, and take my wealth. So can you really blame me?â
âHow could I have fallen for this?â Mother Voidwalker said, glaring at Yang Qi as she struggled to sit up straight. âTell me, who are you working for? Your cultivation base isnât strong enough to do this to us.â
âMy cultivation base?â He laughed loudly as a tempest of Unbounded will erupted around him crushing everything around them.
Mother Voidwalkerâs face fell. âUnbounded will convergence?!â
âThatâs right. I'm an Unbounded expert. And you think I canât do anything to you? Very funny. You just canât see the truth about my cultivation base, thatâs all.â Reining in his will, he clasped Yang Immortal-Slayer on the shoulder and said, âBy the way, let me introduce my brother, whoâs an apprentice of King Immortal-Slayer.â
âKing Immortal-Slayer!â Mother Voidwalker said in shock. âKing Immortal-Slayer isnât dead?â
âOf course not. How could he have an apprentice if heâs dead? And weâre in the Cruiser of Civilization right now. The complete cruiser. Did you really believe me when I said I hadnât unlocked the full legacy of the Lord of Civilization?â
âVoid Qi!â Summer Vastcold grated. âThe Nacrelight Sageland wonât let you off the hook for treating us like this. It doesnât matter if you have help from the Lord of Civilization. He was inferior to the High Priestess!â
âThe High Priestess?â Yang Qi clasped his hands behind his back. âI forgot to tell you that I'm not just the successor of the Lord of Civilization. You see, I bear the God Legion Seal.â
He waved his hand, and a vortex sprang up, sending a dazzling stream of golden light shooting out. It weighed down so heavily on the three women that they were immediately forced to prostrate themselves on the ground. As for Mother Voidwalker, her eyes were already blank with shock.
âYou three are going to acknowledge allegiance to me and become my slaves,â Yang Qi said. âDonât worry, Iâll restore your strength. The God Legion Seal is omnipotent, after all. I want to take over the Nacrelight Sageland, and even though the three of you have been bled dry, I can help you recover. After all, I command the Cruiser of Civilizationâs godhood manufacturing systems, psychic scaling systems, imperial-heaven pre-beginning systems, genetic systems, vivicreation systems, and of course I have my God Legion Seal.â
âYou're delusional!â Mother Voidwalker said. âYouâll never enslave us, Void Qi. Weâre loyal to the Nacrelight Sageland. Not even killing us will change that.â
âIn that case, I suppose I have no other choice than to kill you. Most people say, better a bad life than a good death. But if you disagree, then so be it.â Yang Qi shook his head sadly.
âHold on a moment, Young Sir,â Summer Soundfyre said. âJust wait a second.â
âOh? What is it?â Yang Qi asked.
âYoung Sir, surely you understand everything that happened before,â Summer Soundfyre said. âPeople will die for riches just as birds will die for food. You want to punish me, and I understand that. Perhaps Mother Voidwalker and Summer Vastcold want to be stubborn, but not me. If you restore my power and give those two to me to handle, Iâll serve you faithfully, no matter what.â