Cultivation Starts from Killing Pigs-Chapter 338 - 297: The Silver Lotus Ignites, Divine Dynasty’s Grand Celebration

Chapter 338: Chapter 297: The Silver Lotus Ignites, Divine Dynasty’s Grand Celebration

Poof!

The sword light flickered, cutting through the dark fog. Panting heavily, Ye Fei sheathed his sword, leaving behind the remains of a giant, strange spider slowly dispersing.

The sounds of slaughter within Divine Radiance City gradually ceased as each battle team’s members sat on the ground, exhausted, using Divine Path talismans and pills to heal one another.

Ye Fei glanced at his teammates and was relieved to find only one was severely injured.

Not far away, other teams were bowing their heads in silent mourning for their fallen comrades.

This is what battles are like; you can never predict what will happen.

Originally, the Dragonbone Divine Ship was providing support from above, with the Yellow Turban Warriors occasionally unleashing arrows of True Sun Fire to strike down powerful monsters. But suddenly, a Black Tide formed nearby, and to prevent a calamity, the Dragonbone Divine Ship had to move away to disperse it.

"Still too weak..."

Ye Fei looked at his own hand.

Though the Demon-slaying Skill was powerful, his physical body couldn’t withstand the intense Evil Qi, leaving him to rely on the Fierce Blood Evil from Chenling Mountain in Northern Border State.

If only he could learn the Sect Leader’s Purple Evil...

A hint of determination appeared in Ye Fei’s eyes.

In the Earth Demon 72 Techniques, the core is the Golden Core Path. However, it is difficult to cultivate, the Guiding Skill is just the beginning, and each layer requires expertise in many techniques, vast amounts of merit, and a brutal cultivation process that discourages many.

And he would be the first to attempt this path to the heavens!

At this moment, the Dragonbone Divine Ship glowing with golden light swooped in from afar.

Ye Fei watched enviously, silently vowing to have his own Starship.

Buzz!

The portal to the Mortal World flickered with white light and slowly opened. A large number of personnel from the Earth Pavilion and Profound Pavilion flooded in, rescuing the injured and installing the Divine Fire Soul Suppressing Tower amid a flurry of activity...

...

The initial battle at Divine Radiance City was a success.

With the suppression of the Divine Fire Soul Suppressing Tower, a new Yin Mansion town began construction, with large numbers of people starting to settle in. On the dark underworld map of the Central Extreme Hall of the Divine Dynasty, three shining points had already appeared: Divine Island City, Divine Radiance City, and Mine City.

Aside from Mine City, Divine Island and Divine Radiance cities complemented each other, allowing each battle team to explore a wider area, and the Dragonbone Divine Ship shuttled more frequently between the two locations.

Of course, ordinary people only found it momentarily exciting, as they were soon drawn to something even bigger.

Last winter solstice, the extreme cold gave birth to the rising of Yang. Zhang Kui perfected the Earth Demon 72 Techniques, established the Divine Land Array, and founded the Kaiyuan Divine Dynasty.

In other words, this was the first year of the Divine Dynasty. In a short time, great changes emerged, and the national fortune began to manifest.

Although at this time there were still a heap of troubles, with the Underworld’s fall looming like a sharp blade over their heads, even if the top echelons of the Divine Dynasty didn’t want to celebrate excessively, the people wouldn’t agree.

The tidal wave of incense and wishes pushed this matter to the Divine Dynasty Council. Elder Huayan and others, half-laughing and half-crying, unanimously approved it, leading to a nationwide celebration.

Many people had been looking forward to this day, from the ice-covered Northern Border State to the rainy Zezhou, from the vast desert of Shazhou to coastal Quanzhou, grand celebrations began in every newly established city within the Spirit Mountain Plain.

Almost the entire populace of the Divine Continent turned out, with blessing ceremonies at the Holy Temples, fairs, and parades filling every region with a sea of jubilation.

The celebration lasted for three days, and each night, fireworks lit up the night sky over the Spirit Mountain.

At this time, atop Kunlun Mountain, the cold wind howled, desolate and lonely.

Zhang Kui stood, hands behind his back, gazing at the starry sky. Sometimes crimson Karmic Fire burned in his eyes, at times golden True Sun Fire blazed, ultimately transforming into starlight and silver radiance.

Over months, he understood the essence of the two True Fires more deeply, but like water and fire, Yin and Yang, blending the two always fell short by a thin line.

What is still missing...

Zhang Kui felt restless, his mind adrift with illusions of ghosts transformed from past enemies, howling desperately, and the bizarre scenes of the Starry Sky Evil God he’d seen.

"Get lost!"

Zhang Kui roared in anger. The cloud sea beneath his feet shook with a boom, and the Earth Evil Silver Lotus in his mind burst into brilliant light.

"Demon-Entering state... hmph!"

Zhang Kui felt somewhat displeased. "Zhang acts with a clear conscience. Where does this Heart Demon come from? Clearly, it’s the heavens and earth that oppose me!"

"I understand now, the Great Path of Heaven and Earth doesn’t allow my Divine Fire to be born, but since the Great Path is chaotic, what if Old Zhang changes a bit, and lets this fire be birthed outside of the Great Path?"

Zhang Kui suddenly focused his entire consciousness on the silver lotus deep within the darkness of his mind, a sinister smile curling at his lips.

"This thing... it can’t control."

He said, sitting cross-legged, closing his eyes to guard his heart, his spirit gradually sinking into his body, falling into the Golden Core rich with purple hues within his Dantian.

When he opened his eyes again, he found himself surrounded by a scene of purple-gold brilliance, his Divine Soul extremely introverted, with Essence, Qi, Spirit, and Intent fused as one.

Within the Golden Core, Zhang Kui transformed into a small figure standing up slowly, leaping skyward. His vision turned completely dark, with only a silver lotus emitting a faint glow.

This was his first voyage into the sea of consciousness, carefully landing atop the silver lotus, curiously observing around.

The silver lotus had seventy-two petals in total; studying them thoughtfully, one could comprehend the principles of the Earth Demon 72 Techniques from the patterns on the petals.

And the silver lotus formed by the Earth Demon 72 Techniques subtly exuded a power which Zhang Kui found familiar, akin to the Law of the "Eyes of Eternal Life" on his forehead, though more profound and elusive.

Zhang Kui had a vague sense of enlightenment. The silver lotus was beyond the Great Path of this world, not that elusive one that vanished, but an additional existence.

It turns out that the opportunity to become Immortal had always been within him. If he extracted the silver lotus to replenish the stolen Great Path, he might immediately become Immortal and could even establish the Immortal Court in the future, becoming the Immortal King effortlessly...