Chapter 173: Chapter 145: The Fire Virtue Body Accomplished, The Daoist Monarch’s Plot Revealed

Jiang Yi’s gaze sharpened, a flicker of astonishment showing for the first time.

The clay statue of the Kitchen God looked as if it had been struck seven or eight times with a heavy sledgehammer, revealing shocking, massive cracks from top to bottom.

The moment he looked up, it exploded with a POOF, turning to dust.

’The Kitchen God’s incarnation can’t withstand a single bow from me?’

Jiang Yi pondered for a moment and seemed to understand.

After inheriting the Yang Qi Taiyin Heaven, although he hadn’t touched that Golden Position which had been forced into seclusion, he had still inexplicably obtained a sliver of the "supreme" concept.

’No wonder I was promoted from the lowest "Humble as Grass" to "Sun and Moon Emperor" in just a few days.’

’No wonder absorbing the destiny of the Wind and Fire Cushion was so easy, even more effortless than refining a Nourishing Essence Pill.’

’No wonder the Celestial Book’s revelation clearly stated that I could condense the Innate Fire Virtue Body in the Kitchen God’s temple.’

It turned out that if he simply walked to the altar, lit incense, and paid respects, the Kitchen God would be "worshipped to death."

’Since the Kitchen God’s temple is now without a master, then...’

Jiang Yi scanned his surroundings. A dense Qi Mechanism, present in every inch of the space, washed over him like a great tide. If he could take all of it, it should be enough to advance his eighty-four [Great Luminous One] Life Providence even further!

’The Six Dings Fire intent is unevenly distributed. The place with the most abundant Qi Mechanism is...’

His gaze fell upon the square Dharma Platform where the Kitchen God’s statue once stood. This spot could be called the "ocean’s eye" of the great hall!

With almost no hesitation, Jiang Yi flicked his sleeves, strode forward, turned, and sat down in a cross-legged position.

The two people outside the main hall stared, dumbfounded by the scene.

The beautiful youth had been about to say that, given his background, there was no grand scene he hadn’t witnessed.

But to worship a righteous god of the Immortal Dao to death with three sticks of incense, and then occupy their Dharma Platform—

"That has to be an Ancestral Sect Dharma Lineage, no doubt about it! Such audacity, such style! This is what we Demon Cultivators should be like!"

The black-robed Daoist was even more terrified, secretly relieved that he had only had a fleeting evil thought and hadn’t actually acted on it.

Otherwise, facing such a profoundly demonic old senior, he wouldn’t even know how he died!

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A few moments later.

Jiang Yi smoothly condensed the Innate Fire Virtue Body without encountering any obstacles or barriers. He single-handedly devoured all of the raging golden flames that filled the entire Kitchen God’s temple.

Having lost that trace of Fire Attribute evolution, the place was now no different from an ordinary temple.

’Not ninety-nine percent, but one hundred percent completion.’

Jiang Yi opened his eyes. A hundred destiny-lines crisscrossed, condensing into a Gunguan crown. Its flat top was round in the front and square in the back, with twelve strings of beaded tassels hanging down. Complete with a martial cap and red tassels, it radiated an imposing majesty.

Because the Kitchen God’s temple had lost the wisp of Six Dings Fire Attribute left behind by the True Monarch, not even the Copper Chime rang.

Few in the outside world knew that he had achieved the [Saint King] Life Providence of one hundred percent, one hundred paths.

’A Saint King’s virtue is so abundant that it reaches everywhere. His light covers the four corners of the world, influencing all, high and low.’

’Therefore, petty men dare not offend him, and Evil Spirits dare not invade...’

This phrase inexplicably surfaced in Jiang Yi’s mind. As he stepped down from the Dharma Platform, the Gunguan crown swayed gently, as if commanding the winds and clouds, stirring celestial phenomena.

’Does this mean that if anyone bears me ill will or intends to kill me, and their own destiny and Luck aren’t substantial enough, they will be mysteriously punished?’

Jiang Yi clicked his tongue, sighing with quiet emotion.

’So this is the kind of life that Immortal Dao Emperor, that favored child of the Celestial Lord who merged his body with the vast luck of the Dongsheng Continent, used to live.’

[I beg the Celestial Book, show me the Opportunities I might obtain after entering the Kitchen God’s temple?]

[Deduction results are as follows]

[One: Combined Refining of Bingding, Fire Life Destiny.]

[Two: Reopening Meridians, revitalizing the foundation.]

[Three: Gathering Qi into Momentum, devouring destinies to nourish luck.]

[Four: Dharma Lineage affinity, destiny may be determined.]

These four Opportunities were listed in order of increasing difficulty to obtain.

The first and second were easily attainable, a sure thing.

The third referred to the sixty-six count [Yin Celestial Emperor], the eighty-four count [Great Luminous One], and the perfect-count [Saint King].

Which one he could obtain depended entirely on his own personal opportunities.

’One, two, and three are already in hand. But the fourth, the "Dharma Lineage affinity," is exceedingly difficult.’

’To deduce it specifically would actually take sixty years.’

Jiang Yi mused that a sixty-year cycle was only less than the one hundred and three thousand, two hundred tribulations for asking about the path to the Dao, and the eight thousand, eight hundred years for investigating the Cat Master’s origins.

’It’s likely an Ancestral Sect Dharma Lineage has taken a shine to me.’

’With a perfect [Saint King] Life Providence, it wouldn’t be strange even if a Foundation Establishment True Master wanted to take me as a disciple.’

Jiang Yi waited quietly for a long time, but there was no sign of any movement.

He sighed inwardly; in the end, he had missed the fourth Opportunity.

’Getting three out of four is already a blessing from the heavens.’

Brushing aside his regret, the figure condensed from his Divine Sense suddenly dispersed like wind scattering fire, leaving [Fengdu].

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「Tens of thousands of miles away, at the Innate Sect.」

Vast waters of the Hong Shui surged, with white waves crashing to the heavens. Clouds gathered from all directions, roiling and immense.

Boundless and beautiful Spiritual Energy seemed to gather in this one place, holding aloft an immense sect gate, transcendent and otherworldly.

DONG DONG DONG DONG DONG—

Five booming rolls of the Dharma Drums thundered out, ignoring all restrictions and echoing for hundreds of miles!

One after another, the divine peaks, like pillars of heaven, began to shake, all of them startled!

In an instant, ten thousand streaks of Profound Light and a thousand kinds of Magical Treasures soared into the air, brightly illuminating the Profound Dome. It was a lively sight indeed.

"What happened?"

"Old Man Drum rang five times for no reason. Could it be that an ancestor has returned to the sect?"

"For the Dharma Drums to sound, it must be a great and joyous occasion..."

Numerous voices swept across the sky, but before anyone knew the specific reason, the thunderous sound of the Dharma Drums rang out again.

It was as if they were being struck with gusto, ringing on and on without end!

Ten drum rolls!