Chapter 1071: Divine Consciousness Cultivator
Chapter 1071: Divine Consciousness Cultivator
It seemed as if Mr. Tu's prayers had been heard, and the scent of countless beings and infinite life forms—the rich and bountiful "offering"—had reached the Lord of the Wastelands. The true form of the Lord of the Wastelands began to descend.
A terrifying whisper echoed in Mr. Tu's ear.
The whisper was like divine speech, ambiguous yet unprecedentedly clear.
It was the voice of a true god.
Mr. Tu trembled with excitement.
This was the first time in his life that he had come so close to the Divine Master, listening to the god's whisper.
At that moment, he felt his faith "transcend."
Mr. Tu's voice was so hoarse with excitement that it almost tore as he commanded:
"Deliver the divine embryo!"
Eighteen Golden Core Demon Cultivators, their bodies covered in dragon demon patterns and their skin darkened by demonic energy, muscles bulging and bodies robust, carried a massive Bony Throne. They took heavy steps, ascending toward the Evil God Altar.
Seated on the Bony Throne was a child.
This child was Yu'er.
He was now draped in a black-red robe, his face pale, eyes tightly shut, and his once innocent and handsome face now tinged with a hint of evil.
His skin was white, but his back was dark red.
It seemed that his original skin had been stripped off by Mr. Tu and then "sewn" back on with a new one.
The new skin, still stained with blood, bore intricate patterns of a black azure dragon.
Karmic Dragon Blood.
Azure Dragon Skin.
Immaculate Soul.
This was the supreme "divine embryo" that Mr. Tu had prepared for his Divine Master.
The eighteen Golden Core Demon Cultivators carried the Bony Throne and Yu'er, step by step, up to the altar, placing Yu'er before the human-faced, ram-horned bone statue of the Evil God.
The Bony Throne was now an offering to Yu'er.
And Yu'er was about to hatch the Divine Master.
The eighteen robust Golden Core Demon Cultivators, one by one, had their heads explode, their blood and brains splattering the ground.
They were mere mortals, and stepping into the "altar" where the Evil God descended, they could not withstand the god's pressure. Almost instantly, their minds shattered, and their heads exploded.
The altar of a true god was not a place for mere mortals to tread.
Even Mr. Tu dared not step onto the altar.
These eighteen Golden Core Demon Cultivators were destined to die from the beginning.
It was all worth it.
Their physical bodies died, but their divine souls, due to their piety, would transform into demons and achieve "eternal life" in the Divine Master's realm.
Their physical bodies, the final "offering", were slowly refined by the altar, their flesh, bones, and organs gradually melding into the array.
An ancient and evil will descended from the heavens, merging with Yu'er's consciousness, using his body as a vessel, slowly hatching, waiting to break free and be reborn.
The Heavenly Wasteland Blood Sacrifice Array trembled, evil energy surged, and a hum echoed like the collective cry of all living beings.
The sky above turned red, the clouds dyed crimson, and the entire sky seemed like a sea of blood.
In the midst of the blood sea, a deep blackness emerged.
A terrifying evil will was coalescing, like a divine consciousness taking form, flowing with black amniotic fluid.
Mr. Tu's expression grew increasingly fanatical.
The other demons were similarly deranged.
But just then, seven starlights flickered above the blood sea. Blue starlight descended through the blood sea, piercing the massive evil consciousness, even penetrating the array, illuminating the blood maze, the Bony Hall, and the altar, shining upon Yu'er's face.
The seven starlights emitted columns of light, like a seven-star cage, restraining the Heavenly Wasteland Array, suppressing the hatching of the Evil God, and temporarily preventing the blood sacrifice ritual from consuming Yu'er's humanity.
The Mystic Heaven Northern Dipper Seven Star Array!
Mr. Tu was both shocked and enraged.
"To obstruct my grand plan, to desecrate the Divine Master, you deserve death a thousand times over!"
He was about to activate the array when his expression suddenly changed. He calculated with his fingers, his face showing a moment of hesitation before a cold smile appeared.
"So, it's about... mother and son, hearts connected?"
The battle between the righteous and the evil was intense, the blood sacrifice array concealed, and the seven stars' influence was overwhelming and chaotic.
Combined with Real Master Situ's deliberate concealment, some things had eluded Mr. Tu's calculations.
But now that the event had unfolded and the aura was revealed, with the Lord of the Wastelands' rebirth, Mr. Tu's evil nature had become more acute. He could now discern, through Real Master Situ's arrangements, the plot of the Qian study faction.
Mr. Tu's expression darkened, and he sneered, "Ignorant mortals, you do not understand the terror of the Divine Master..."
"Since you wish to die, then come. A gift delivered to the door should not be refused."
"And besides..."
Eating both mother and son would sever the karmic bond and eliminate future threats.
"No one can stop the Divine Master's descent!"
"Not even the gods!"
Mr. Tu's gaze turned cold, and he stepped forward to the altar, kneeling on a mat woven from human hair. After bowing three times, he opened the ritual and invoked the Evil God's will, activating the blood sacrifice.
Relying solely on the blood sacrifice array was not enough. He needed to enter the dream realm with his soul to summon the Divine Master's servants.
Using the Wasteland Blood Sacrifice ritual, he aimed to counter the Mystic Heaven Northern Dipper Seven Star Array, weakening the celestial stars' suppression of the Divine Master's will, allowing the Divine Master to be reborn sooner.
However, the Wasteland Blood Sacrifice ritual required the separation of evil thoughts from the body.
The soul leaving the body was risky, and any misstep could lead to a backlash.
He needed someone to protect his physical body and a lamp to safeguard his soul.
Mr. Tu lit a soul lamp and selected three late-stage Golden Core Demon Cultivators, along with seven powerful blood-flesh demons, instructing them:
"Protect my body and keep my soul lamp safe from external interference."
"Yes."
"As you command."
The ten powerful demons and blood-flesh demons dispersed, forming a protective circle around Mr. Tu.
A layer of blood light enveloped Mr. Tu from the soul lamp.
The Wasteland Blood Sacrifice ritual began, the blood sea violently churning, blood threads weaving upward, intertwining with the starlight of the Seven Star Array.
The blood threads polluted the starlight.
The starlight also severed the blood threads.
Although the Seven Star Array was powerful, it could not withstand the Heavenly Wasteland Blood Sacrifice Array and the Wasteland Blood Sacrifice ritual.
The power of the Seven Star Array gradually weakened.
The evil aura at the horizon began to surge once more.
On the altar, the blackish hue on Yu'er's face grew darker, the Azure Dragon skin fusing with him as the Evil God began to hatch from his soul, gradually taking control of his body...
...
Meanwhile, outside the blood sacrifice array.
The final battle was about to begin.
In Dao Ting Si, representatives from various noble families, sects, and the Nine Provinces gathered like a tide outside the Blood Sacrifice Array, preparing to launch a full-scale assault on the Heavenly Wasteland Blood Sacrifice Array.
Many familiar faces were present.
The custodians and executives of Dao Ting Si, such as Gu Changhuai, Zhang Lan from the Zhang Clan, a group of elders from Tai Xu Gate, and many Golden Core elders and disciples from the Gu family, as well as cultivators from other major sects.
The heads of various sects, and even some Great Yu Transformation realm grand elders, were also present to oversee the situation.
In the Third Rank Province, Great Yu Transformation cultivators couldn't use their full strength, but they were still more powerful than Golden Core cultivators.
On the demon side:
The Great Yu Transformation cultivator from Yinshi Valley and the elderly sword slave from the Demon Sword Sect also sat above.
Below them were demon cultivators from various sects, and the countless zombies, iron corpses, and bronze corpses they had painstakingly refined over the days. There were also blood slaves, sword slaves, and pleasure slaves under their control...
And within the blood veins, there were countless flesh demons.
The forces of light and darkness were irreconcilable.
At the command, both sides clashed almost instantly, like two massive waves colliding head-on, intertwining to form a vortex of slaughter.
The deafening sound of spiritual energy surged.
The clash of Dao techniques and demon arts, spiritual equipment and evil artifacts, echoed continuously.
Though the slaughter would strengthen the array's malevolent intent, there was no time to worry about that now.
The true goal of the Qian study cultivators was not to kill all the demon cultivators, as there were simply too many to eliminate in one go.
The objective was to destroy the Heavenly Wasteland Blood Sacrifice Array to halt the Evil God's resurrection.
Once they broke through the encirclement and entered the array, the Qian study cultivators would immediately use their self-destructive spiritual equipment or explosive talismans to indiscriminately bombard the foundation of the Blood Sacrifice Array.
The battle was incredibly fierce.
But the heads of various sects and Great Yu Transformation elders were all aware that, despite the intense combat, it wasn't the most critical part of the battle.
The decisive struggle was taking place in a place they couldn't see.
The survival and victory in the divine consciousness realm were the key to this "war."
...
In Qian Xue Prefecture.
Inside a grand hall of the Sword Viewing Pavilion, a mysterious Seven Star Array had been laid on the ground, with azure, crystalline starlight piercing through the blood-red sky and illuminating the depths of a certain underground vein.
Master Situ placed a treasure resembling a geomantic compass in the center of the Mystic Heaven Northern Dipper Seven Star Array.
This treasure was the Heavenly Dream Induction, an ancient and powerful artifact passed down from the Mystic Mechanism Valley, said to have origins in the long-lost "Yunmeng Marsh."
The core of the Heavenly Dream Induction was a white, unnamed divine beast skull.
Around the skull, celestial rings continuously rotated, emitting a faint, purple, crystalline glow.
This artifact could manifest a person's divine perception, trace causes and effects, and guide them into dreams.
Master Situ then took out a golden seal, resembling a three-petaled flower of the afterlife, and said to Wenren Wan:
"This is the Heavenly Dream Induction Seal. Embedding this seal in the Heavenly Gate will use your sea of consciousness to connect with the dreams of someone you are closely related to and deeply connected with."
"This process will be extremely painful and will cause irreparable damage to your sea of consciousness."
Wenren Wan's gaze was resolute, and she nodded slightly.
Master Situ's face showed a look of reluctance, but he still embedded the Heavenly Dream Induction Seal on Wenren Wan's forehead.
Instantly, blood flowed from Wenren Wan's forehead.
The blood merged with the seal, and the seal began to glow with a golden light, emitting various signs of dreamlike visions.
The pain that followed was excruciating.
Her sea of consciousness felt as if it were being torn apart.
Wenren Wan's face turned as pale as paper, and the pain intensified, as if a knife were being driven into her sea of consciousness, each strike causing heart-wrenching agony.
Wenren Wan's body trembled, and she broke out in a cold sweat, but she gritted her teeth and endured the pain with all her might.
Each time she was about to give in, she would silently repeat "Yu'er" in her heart, thinking of his innocent and adorable face, and the way he called her "Mother", making all the suffering seem insignificant.
Her determination moved all the cultivators present.
Time passed, minute by minute.
The "Consciousness Bridge" for connecting the dream was gradually extending and constructing itself from Wenren Wan's mind.
This process was both painful and long.
Master Situ's eyes showed concern. He knew the process would be extremely painful, but he didn't expect it to be this severe.
He was even more worried that any mistake would ruin everything.
If that happened, not only would the Evil God not be killed, and the child not be saved, but Wenren Wan's suffering would have been for nothing.
Master Situ's brows were tightly furrowed, filled with worry.
Fortunately, after an unknown amount of time, the Heavenly Dream Induction Seal glowed brilliantly, and a divine consciousness bridge was finally completed. A thread of blood, thicker than water, extended into the depths of the golden bridge, leading to an unknown dream.
In the Mystic Heaven Northern Dipper Seven Star Array, the Heavenly Dream Induction began to emit light, rotating steadily, using the power of some mysterious divine beast to continuously stabilize and maintain the "Dream Induction Bridge."
It worked!
Master Situ's spirit lifted, and he immediately cast a divine consciousness technique, infusing it into the Heavenly Dream Induction. He then used the power of the artifact to nourish Wenren Wan's sea of consciousness and fed her a pain-relieving and spirit-nourishing pill.
Wenren Wan's pain subsided, and she slowly closed her eyes, falling into a deep sleep.
It seemed she was entering the dream world to find her only child.
"It's done..."
Master Situ sighed in relief and turned to look at the thirteen cultivators standing behind him, each with a different appearance and attire but all radiating sharp gazes and deep auras:
"We can enter the dream now."
Including Master Situ, there were fourteen people in total, selected to "slay" the Evil God.
The Heavenly Dream Induction could only "connect" a limited number of people.
Wenren Wan's "Consciousness Bridge" also had a limited capacity.
Therefore, fourteen people were the maximum for this "god-slaying" mission.
These fourteen were carefully chosen.
Among the fourteen, ten were Feather Transformation cultivators and four were Void Penetration cultivators, all with a deep understanding of divine consciousness.
Among the ten Feather Transformation cultivators, there were sect disciples, itinerant Taoists, monks, a white-robed female cultivator, an old woman, three brothers, and a large man covered in talismans...
These cultivators included guest elders from major sects in Qianxue Prefecture, who had dedicated themselves to the study of divine arts.
Some were visiting cultivators from other regions, possessing secret family divine arts.
Others were wandering adepts, traveling across various territories. They had encountered extraordinary events in their youth, leading to great fortune and the mastery of some divine arts. They roamed the world, slaying evil and accumulating karma and virtue.
The other four were Void Penetration cultivators.
One was the patriarch of the Great Law Gate. Though he had a poor temper and did not get along well with the Great Void Gate, he was always righteous and had a deep interest in the Great Void Gate's divine consciousness sword technique. He had also studied some aspects of the divine sword path.
Whether it was effective or not, it at least worked.
Another was the patriarch of the Little Spirit Gate, one of the hundred Qian study sects. He had a basic understanding of divine consciousness combat and, being of advanced age, knew his lifespan was limited. He wanted to secure a future for his sect.
If their plan failed and he died, there would be nothing to say. But if it succeeded and Qianxue Prefecture was saved, he would have made a significant contribution, regardless of his fate.
The Little Spirit Gate would also be granted a higher status among the hundred Qian study sects, with a larger share of spirit stones.
This was the last thing he could do for his sect.
The other two were the patriarch of the Twelve Streams and a Void Penetration cultivator from a medium-sized sect in Kunzhou.
The other Void Penetration elders of Qianxue Prefecture, though more powerful, were not suitable for this risky mission.
Some might have practiced techniques of fate and karma, but they only knew how to "deduce" and were not skilled in using divine consciousness to exorcise evil and combat foes.
Each had their own expertise.
Especially since their opponent was an Evil God.
Sending Void Penetration cultivators who were unfamiliar with divine arts to confront an Evil God would be even more dangerous.
It would be hard to predict whether they would be friend or foe.
Moreover, these Void Penetration elders of Qianxue Prefecture held high positions and bore the responsibility of their families and sects. They could not afford to take such risks.
The ten Feather Transformation cultivators had remarkable divine consciousness and had mastered one or two advanced divine consciousness techniques.
The four Void Penetration cultivators, though weaker in divine consciousness techniques, had powerful divine consciousness.
Thus, these fourteen were the strongest lineup of divine consciousness cultivators that Qianxue Prefecture could currently assemble.
In general, this divine arts lineup was already incredibly formidable, even verging on "invincible."
However, Real Master Situ still felt a heavy heart.
After all, their opponent was no ordinary evil spirit...
With all preparations in place, Real Master Situ was about to set out when he was suddenly stopped by Master Xun.
Master Xun looked at Real Master Situ, pondered for a moment, and then slowly said, "Let me go."
He was a Fifth Rank Array Master who had dedicated his life to the study of arrays and, in his later years, had spent considerable effort on the techniques of fate and karma. Though he might be less effective in combat, his Void Penetration divine consciousness would certainly be helpful.
Moreover, he was concerned about Mo Hua.
Real Master Situ shook his head, "I need Senior Xun to oversee the Northern Dipper Seven Star Array, and besides..."
Real Master Situ lowered his voice, "The Great Void Gate, with its vast resources, cannot do without you..."
Real Master Situ and Master Xun had a close relationship.
They had discussed fate and karma and exchanged insights on cultivation.
They were both teacher and friend, treating each other as equals, though they maintained proper etiquette in their titles.
Master Xun sighed softly and did not insist further.
Real Master Situ hesitated for a moment, then finally asked softly, "Senior Dugu, he..."
Master Xun's gaze was melancholic, and he shook his head.
Real Master Situ felt a deep regret.
He had pondered for a long time and believed that the only divine consciousness technique with a real chance of ensuring the destruction of the Evil God was the ancient and formidable divine consciousness sword technique of the Great Void Gate—the Great Void Divine Consciousness Sword Technique.
Moreover, it had to be the ultimate divine consciousness sword technique, where the practitioner had condensed their entire sword intent into one final move:
The God-Slaying Sword.
If this Great Void God-Slaying Sword technique were executed by a Void Penetration divine consciousness, or even just a Feather Transformation divine consciousness, there was a significant chance of completely destroying the nascent Evil God embryo.
Unfortunately...
The only one who could master the divine consciousness sword technique to the "God-Slaying" level, Senior Dugu, was confined to the Sword Tomb, his life hanging by a thread.
This sword technique had been sealed away and could no longer see the light of day.
Currently, no one among the Feather Transformation cultivators of the Great Void Gate knew the divine consciousness sword technique.
Real Master Situ was filled with mixed emotions, thinking of the once legendary and formidable Senior Dugu of the Great Void Gate, now reduced to such a state. He felt a deep sorrow for the plight of those who walked the path of divine consciousness, who, tainted by fate and karma, often met tragic ends, even the hope of a peaceful death seemed like a luxury.
Real Master Situ sighed, said no more, and solemnly bowed to Master Xun.
This parting might be the last, and the outcome was uncertain.
If he died, then he would die. If he lived, it might not truly be living.
Master Xun's gaze was also filled with sorrow, and he solemnly returned the bow.
The other numerous Void Penetration elders also stood up and bowed to Real Master Situ and the other thirteen Feather Transformation and Void Penetration cultivators.
Real Master Situ bowed in return.
Then, everything proceeded according to the plan.
The thirteen divine consciousness cultivators followed Real Master Situ into the Mystic Heaven Northern Dipper Seven Star Array, using the Heavenly Dream Induction to create a bridge of consciousness, allowing their divine spirits to leave their bodies and invade the nascent nightmare of the Evil God, aiming to eliminate this world-threatening embryo in its cradle...
(End of Chapter)
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