Just as the spikes were about to pierce Demon Pu's sea of consciousness, a sudden burst of Buddhist light erupted from his body. Immediately after, a smooth, round pearl rose from the back of his head.
The Buddhist light emanating from the pearl seemed to exert a powerful resistance against the air, effectively blocking the spikes and preventing them from advancing any further.
"Mid-grade Heavenly Tier Spirit Weapon, the Kalan Pearl!" Blood Demon exclaimed in shock. "You actually possess a Buddhist treasure!"
Demon Pu smiled confidently, his tone assured. "Without thorough preparation, how could I dare to betray you so easily? Your soul carries a trace of divine intent, something I would never dare to challenge. That's why I rely on this Kalan Pearl, specifically designed to defend against soul attacks. Although the Kalan Pearl is a Mid-grade Heavenly Tier Spirit Weapon, it can only hold out against that trace of divine intent for the duration of an incense stick's burning. But that's all the time I need to completely devour the power within your body. So, Blood Demon, it's your choice now. Will you flee while I'm immobilized, or will you stay and risk everything?"
Blood Demon's expression instantly turned grim. His heart was filled with rage and regret, making this one of the most emotionally turbulent days of his life.
First, he thought his plan had failed and that Gu Qingfeng had died, plunging him into despair. Then, Gu Qingfeng came to join him, lifting his spirits. But soon after, Gu Qingfeng's erratic behavior soured his mood again.
Just as he was about to seize the Devouring Demon Body, his spirits soared, only to crash again when Demon Pu betrayed him, leaving him in a dire situation.
If he were an ordinary person, his heart would have given out long ago.
Reason told Blood Demon that the situation was already decided. The best choice now was to flee. Otherwise, once Demon Pu completed his devouring and reached the peak of the Dragon Transformation Realm, he would be doomed.
But Blood Demon couldn't bear to give up. The hope of godhood was right before his eyes, and he couldn't bring himself to abandon it.
As Blood Demon hesitated, Gu Qingfeng suddenly erupted in curses. "Demon Pu! You bastard! Didn't you say you only had one Heavenly Tier Spirit Weapon? What's with this Kalan Pearl? You liar! No wonder you so readily gave me the Qiankun Ring—all the good stuff wasn't even in it!"
Demon Pu's confident smile stiffened once more. He realized that no matter how composed he tried to be, Gu Qingfeng always managed to shatter his composure. This man was utterly infuriating, his focus always on the most irrelevant things.
Was now really the time to be concerned about Heavenly Tier Spirit Weapons? Didn't Gu Qingfeng realize that once Demon Pu completed his devouring, both he and Blood Demon would be dead?
"Gu Qingfeng! Just you wait! Once I finish devouring him, I'll kill you first and take your Devouring Demon Body!" Demon Pu, forgetting all pretense of dignity, began to curse back.
"Come at me! If I so much as flinch, I'll call you dad!" Gu Qingfeng retorted without backing down.
At that moment, Blood Demon finally made his move. Transforming into a streak of light, he charged straight at Gu Qingfeng.
He had decided to flee, but not without first seizing Gu Qingfeng's body. The Devouring Demon Body was his ticket to making a comeback.
Demon Pu wasn't surprised by Blood Demon's actions. Instead, he sneered inwardly. What a greedy fool.
If Blood Demon had fled with just his soul, Demon Pu would have had a hard time catching him. But by choosing to possess Gu Qingfeng's body, Blood Demon had doomed himself. While Gu Qingfeng's body was strong, it was nothing in the eyes of someone at the Dragon Transformation Realm. Once bound to a physical form, Blood Demon's speed would be greatly reduced.
Blood Demon understood this, but he couldn't help himself. Having lost his own body, he couldn't bear to lose the Devouring Demon Body as well. The blow would be too great.
So, he had to possess it!
With a soul imbued with divine intent and the Devouring Demon Body, he could lie low for a few years and eventually return to his peak, seeking vengeance against Demon Pu.
Whoosh!
Blood Demon's soul entered Gu Qingfeng's sea of consciousness once more.
Inside the sea of consciousness, Gu Qingfeng smiled when he saw the towering, divine figure of Blood Demon appear before him.
Finally... finally... I can get beaten up!
Blood Demon glanced at Gu Qingfeng's soul, which was squeezed into a corner, and without wasting any words, he reached out with a massive hand, grabbed Gu Qingfeng, and tossed him into his mouth, beginning to digest his soul.
Ding!
The familiar sound of the system rang out, and Gu Qingfeng, now inside Blood Demon's stomach, felt tears welling up in his eyes.
Damn it!
Getting beaten up is so hard! Those two put on a whole act of deception, and my legs are sore from standing around. Finally, I'm getting what I wanted!
Host has been attacked by Blood Demon.
Soul Power +10000 +10000 +10000 +......
An immense surge of soul power flooded into Gu Qingfeng's soul, and he felt his soul strength skyrocketing at an astonishing rate.
His soul power, originally comparable to that of a peak innate master, began to climb rapidly. Peak master! Dragon Transformation Realm, first level, second level, third level...
Meanwhile, Blood Demon's expression changed drastically. He felt an infinite, overwhelming force dissolving his body.
"How can this be!? What is this power!? My soul... my soul is dissolving..."
Gu Qingfeng found Blood Demon's words oddly familiar, but he didn't have time to dwell on it. He was too absorbed in the exhilarating sensation of his soul growing stronger.
Dragon Transformation Realm, seventh level, eighth level, ninth level, peak... beyond peak!
Ding!
Host's soul has reached its limit. Congratulations, host has acquired the soul trait [Indestructible Before Gods].
With that, Blood Demon's soul completely dissipated, replaced by a towering, divine figure—Gu Qingfeng's soul.
Watching Blood Demon turn to ashes, Gu Qingfeng suddenly understood the true nature of the system.
The system was essentially a converter. Its sole ability was to grow stronger when attacked by demons and monsters. In essence, it converted the attacks of demons and monsters into the host's own power.
Blood Demon had attacked him with his soul, so all of Blood Demon's soul power had been absorbed by the system and transferred to Gu Qingfeng.
But what did "Indestructible Before Gods" mean?
His soul power had surpassed the Dragon Transformation Realm but hadn't reached the Divine Realm. Instead, he had gained the trait of being "Indestructible Before Gods."
Earlier, Demon Pu had mentioned that Blood Demon's soul carried a trace of divine intent. Was that trace related to this trait?
Never mind, no time to think about it now. He needed to process the inheritance information first.
Instantly, the knowledge of "Indestructible Before Gods" flooded his mind.
Gu Qingfeng quickly grasped its meaning. "Indestructible Before Gods" was a transitional state between the Dragon Transformation Realm and the Divine Realm, much like how the Grandmaster Realm was a transition between the Master Realm and the Dragon Transformation Realm.
"Indestructible Before Gods" meant exactly what it said—a soul that could face gods without being destroyed.
Because gods could not be directly observed. Those who looked upon gods would have their souls crumble. Only a soul with the trait of "Indestructible Before Gods" could remain unharmed.
e bizarre and supernatural had descended. The previous emperor was a thoroughgoing tyrant; no longer satisfied with human women, he had set his sights on a stunningly beautiful supernatural entity. He met his end in his bedchamber, drained of all his vital essence. As the legitimate eldest son and crown prince, Wang Hao was thus hastily enthroned, becoming the young emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty. No sooner had he awakened the "Imperial Sign-In Intelligence System" than he was assassinated by a Son of Destiny—a classic villain's opening. The Great Zhou, ravaged by the former emperor's excesses, was in national decline. The great families within its borders harbored their own treacherous schemes, martial sects began to defy the imperial court's decrees, and border armies, their pay and provisions in arrears, grumbled incessantly against the central government. Fortunately, the central capital was still held secure by the half-million Imperial Guards and fifty thousand Imperial Forest Army who obeyed the court's orders, along with the royal family's hidden reserves of power, barely managing to suppress the realm. As the Great Zhou's finances worsened and supernatural activities grew ever more frequent, the court sat atop a volcano. Ambitious plotters everywhere dreamed of overthrowing the dynasty, and even some reclusive ancient powers emerged, attempting to sway the tides of the world. At the first grand court assembly, the civil and military officials nearly came to blows, fighting tooth and nail over the allocation of fifty million taels of silver from the summer tax revenues. The spectacle opened Wang Hao's eyes—the Great Zhou's bureaucracy was not only corrupt but also martially proficient, a cabinet of all-rounders. Some officials even had the audacity to suggest the emperor release funds from the imperial privy purse to address the emergency. Wang Hao suddenly felt weary. Let it all burn.
transmigrates into the world as the sect master of the Heavenly Yan Sect, which is on the verge of being wiped out. He binds a system that grants him cultivation power based on the number of disciples he has: for each disciple, he automatically gains a year's worth of cultivation every single day! Take one disciple: every day he gains 1 year of cultivation power. While others struggle through a year of bitter training, he gets the same just by sleeping through a single night. Take ten disciples: every day he gains 10 years of cultivation power. Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul—he breezes through all bottlenecks without lifting a finger. Take one hundred disciples: every day he gains 100 years of cultivation power. Even a Soul Transformation Venerable before him can’t survive a single blow. Take ten thousand disciples: every day he gains 10,000 years of cultivation power! With a wave of his hand, he topples empires. With a single step, he crushes the sacred grounds of the universe. ... While others fight tooth and nail for secret techniques, Lin Yan casually hands out Nascent Soul-level cultivation manuals as beginner textbooks. While others strain to find talented recruits, Lin Yan opens his doors to anyone—so long as they’re human. In just three short years, the Heavenly Yan Sect went from a backwater sect made up of three crumbling huts to a sacred land that every cultivator under heaven would kill to enter. ... One day, otherworldly demon gods invade, with a million demon soldiers pressing down upon the realm. Lin Yan, yawning, rises from his lounge chair and glances at the system panel: [Current Disciples: 1.28 million] [Daily Cultivation Increase: 1.28 million years] He waves his hand casually, and the countless demon soldiers are reduced to ashes in an instant. “So noisy… interrupting my fishing.”
【Prologue: The Beginning of It All – Use holy water to heal the saintess tainted by demonic energy, then converse with her.】 Shen Nian stared at his older sister sipping yogurt, lost in thought. So you’re telling me my sister is the saintess, and yogurt is the holy water? 【Main Quest 1: Brave Youth, Become an Adventurer! Reward: Rookie Adventurer Title.】 【Side Quest 1: Find the Adorable Kitty! Reward: 1000 Gold Coins.】 Shen Nian: "Wait, I’m a high school senior here—did some guy who got isekai’d accidentally bind his system to me?" Hold on, completing quests gives gold rewards? Titles even boost stats? Is this for real? (A lighthearted, absurd campus comedy—not a revenge power fantasy.)
end. Thus one must continue to cultivate, and become a saint or great emperor, in order to prolong one's life. Chen Xia, however, completely reversed this. Since his transmigration, he has gained immortality, and also a system that awards him with attribute points for every year he lives. Thus between the myriad worlds, the legend of an unparalleled senior appeared. "A gentleman takes revenge; it is never too late even after ten thousand years." "When you were at your peak I yielded, now in your old age I shall trample on you." - Chen Xia
