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Chapter 959: Chapter 948: Merit_2
But at this moment, she was extremely calm and collected, her hands forming different mantras, which then released beams of Spirit Light that shot out, astonishingly forming nine different Formations!
Having trained for so many years, Jiang Fengwu’s skill in creating Void Formations had reached a very high level, which enabled her to simultaneously set up nine different Formations.
After trapping them inside the Formations, Jiang Fengwu didn’t stop her hand movements; the mantras became even more complex. As the Demon Cultivators furiously attacked the Formations, intending to break out, she used the nine Formation Arrays as a base to combine them into the Nine Palaces Great Array.
Jiang Fengwu appeared relaxed, but in reality, she was under enormous pressure.
Nine Demon Cultivators of equal cultivation constantly attacked her initial Void Formation; she had to reinforce it while setting up more Formations.
One could only imagine the immense pressure Jiang Fengwu faced, a slight misstep could lead to failure.
"A promising talent in Array Tao, pity her cultivation is too high," remarked an Immortal well-versed in Formations, somewhat regretfully.
Indeed, Jiang Fengwu’s talent in Array Tao was impressive, but not enough to make an exception for her.
In the Primal Spirit Realm, a place full of outstanding talents and treasures, there was never a shortage of the favored children of heaven.
As time passed, out of the nine Demon Cultivators under the assault of the Formations, three sustained severe injuries, two minor injuries, and the remaining four could not exert their full strength.
Jiang Fengwu, too, was not finding it easy, for maintaining the Formation, she had to invest a substantial amount of mana and energy, preventing it from being destroyed.
"Just a mere Formation, how can it stop me!"
Seeing the situation turning unfavorable, a few Demon Cultivators instantly used Secret Techniques, their injuries healed in a blink as if they had never been injured, attacking the Formation with ferociously violent Divine Powers.
Crack—
The Formation, which hadn’t shown any cracks before, started showing signs of shattering.
A ruthless look flashed in Jiang Fengwu’s eyes, mana poured forth, and amid her fingers rapidly configuring intricate spells, Fengshui Laws were activated, reinforcing the Formation once more, halting the tendency of the Formation to break.
But she didn’t stop there; instead, she swallowed a handful of Precious Pills, filling her dried Dantian with mana again, the Formation rapidly spun into action, and various powerful spells rained from the sky, assailing the Demon Cultivators.
"AAAAHH!"
Suddenly, a series of shrill screams emanated from within the Great Array, two Demon Cultivators instantly perished, leaving four critically injured.
Because those seemingly powerful spells were actually just a distraction, Jiang Fengwu’s real attacks were hidden in the omnipresent wind!
With this unexpected attack, Jiang Fengwu secured her victory.
The remaining Demon Cultivators were successively killed by her utilizing the Formation.
But Jiang Fengwu herself also sustained severe injuries, rendering her unable to participate in the upcoming major battle.
Fortunately, she had achieved her goal!
As the last Demon Cultivator died and the Formation pushed to its limit self-destructed, Jiang Fengwu finally took the last step towards advancing to the Void Refinement Realm.
And the three hidden Spirit Beasts were released by her, commandeering the Spirit Boat, and heading back to Mount Wanxian.
Jiang Fengwu might not have known that merely two or three years after her departure, the great war came to an end.
This battle resulted in heavy losses for the overconfident Demon Cultivators!
Worst of all, the Cultivators had found a Method to counter the Demon Cultivators, granting Cultivators more advantages on the battlefield and further suppressing the strength of the Demon Cultivators.
"No matter the cost, we must find the Cultivator who created the Lotus Seed Skill!"
This became a consensus among all the Demonic Immortal Realms!
For Cultivators, with the widespread dissemination of the Lotus Seed Skill, its creator was no longer important. But for the Demon Cultivators, whose plans were continuously thwarted, had it not been for this detestable Lotus Seed Skill, they never would have ended up in such a miserable state!
Therefore, the Demon Cultivators naturally harbored deep hatred for the creator.
If only they could find him, flaying him and cutting him into thousands of pieces would be the simplest, gentlest approaches.
Unfortunately, no matter how the Demon Cultivators probed the mysteries of heaven, they could not discover the identity of this Cultivator, as if he did not exist in this world at all!
It should be noted that the Demonic Tao had employed several Demonic Immortal Realms and the Immortal Grade demonic artifact, Heavenly Demon Life-Peeking Mirror. Even if the creator was of the Immortal Realm, they should not have failed to find any clues.
Yet, such a strange occurrence had happened.
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Several years later, when the black filth within every Spirit Vein of East Continent was instantly purified by Bai Lian, a splendid auspicious golden cloud suddenly appeared above the Nine Heavens.
The auspicious cloud then transformed into thousands upon thousands of golden lights that flew toward various places in East Continent.
The majority of the golden lights were like thin threads, and even with careful observation, they could easily be overlooked.
Of course, in the eyes of cultivators who were either from extraordinary backgrounds or possessed profound cultivation, no matter how subtle the golden light was, they knew of its existence or could sense it because it would eventually appear in their Sea of Consciousness.
"Merit Golden Light!"
"How did this Merit Golden Light come about?"
An immortal calculated casually and understood the reason.
The Merit Golden Light was because he had spread and performed the Lotus Seed Skill along with numerous cultivators, resolving a massive world crisis!
Spirit Veins are the essence of the earth, and when Spirit Veins are contaminated, they will eventually reflect back to the earth, and the Spirit Veins polluted by demon cultivators weren’t just one or two, but nearly half of East Continent, thousands upon thousands of Spirit Veins!
Once the black filth fully spread through rivers, rainwater, and so on, it would permeate the entire East Continent and even spread outward, ultimately contaminating the entire Primal Spirit Realm!
The earth is the mother of life; with the earth polluted, life has no habitat, and perhaps tens of thousands of years later, the Primal Spirit Realm would become a dead realm!
It might not even last that long and could sink into the Ruinous Void, ceasing to exist.
As for what the demon cultivators thought—hoping to drive away the Immortal Tao, take over East Continent, then find time to remedy it—that was absolutely impossible!
Because by that time, the pollution could very well have spread throughout the entire world.
And the demon cultivators simply didn’t have that capability.
It was because of foreseeing these events that the Heavenly Dao naturally rewarded the cultivators who participated.
"I wonder how much Merit that creator of the Lotus Seed Skill can receive."
Many cultivators were very curious about this.
At the same time,
A three-inch Merit Golden Light passed through space and entered Li Zhirui, who was cultivating in the Spirit Realm.
Instantly, Li Zhirui’s inspiration was richer than ever before; problems he encountered, whether in cultivation or alchemy, were resolved like slicing through bamboo!
His realm rapidly improved, only a step away from reaching the Middle Stage of Void Refinement; and the Yang-Nourishing Pill Recipe, which he hadn’t completely mastered before, Li Zhirui now confidently felt that if he had the ingredients before him, there was a forty percent chance he could successfully concoct the Yang-Nourishing Pill.
And these were merely the benefits brought about by the Merit Golden Light entering his body.
Other cultivators also received it, but the Merit was too little, and the effects were not so apparent.
Merit had many uses, such as turning danger into safety, enhancing Qi Fortune; these were merely innate effects of the Merit. If one actively used the Merit, it could reduce the power of Thunder Tribulation, enhance one’s realm, and so on.
But these uses, compared to the greatest benefit of Merit, were nothing!
That is, to some extent, the amount of Merit meant the attention and favor of the Heavenly Dao!
Those so-called Children of Destiny, Sons of Heavenly Dao, were individuals highly regarded by the Heavenly Dao.
Of course, the amount of Merit Li Zhirui now had was nowhere near that level; at most, he was just someone briefly glanced at by the Heavenly Dao.
But for Li Zhirui, that was already enough!
You should know, how many beings, many of whom had higher cultivation than him, did not receive this kind of treatment.
Li Zhirui somewhat groggily enjoyed the benefits brought by the Merit; he could generally guess that it was thanks to the Lotus Seed Skill.
But even now, his heart still found it somewhat unbelievable.
Because the amount of Merit was too great!
His shock at the abundance of Merit was because he could not currently imagine the vast destruction the black filth could bring to the Primal Spirit Realm.
Li Zhirui directed his Divine Sense into the Sea of Consciousness, and he could see that dazzling, golden shimmering auspicious cloud.
It hovered above his Spiritual Soul, constantly radiating golden light, making him feel that his mental state had become calmer and more tranquil.
