Chapter 1082: 12: Blood Sacrifice and Scheming (Double-Length 8,400+)

Chapter 1082: Chapter 12: Blood Sacrifice and Scheming (Double-Length 8,400+)

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The cold rules are far more terrifying than the Ghost Messenger!

When a Ghost Messenger encounters a troublesome soul, in most cases, it’s suppression and then sending it for judgment.

But with rule enforcement, once there’s trouble, it’s merciless obliteration.

Directly scattering the soul.

Upon entering, Wang Sheng immediately witnessed a troublesome soul.

“Hell? I’ve actually come to Hell. Is there still a chance to live? I absolutely cannot resign myself to defeat…”

A peculiar soul attempted to rebel.

Wang Sheng originally didn’t want to interfere, but upon hearing the words ‘Saint Emperor,’ he stopped.

Soon after, he discovered that there were indeed not just one, but dozens of Saint Emperor-level souls.

“A Saint Emperor? There are only a few Saint Emperors in the starry sky, how come I didn’t know any had fallen?”

The number of Saint Emperors is exceedingly rare, and if one were to die, he should have known.

If he wasn’t aware, there were only two possibilities.

The souls entered Xuan Yuan Palace, mysterious enough to possibly hide signs of their fall.

Or it’s from the side of the Devouring Sect.

In the Devouring Sect area, he had set up a Soul Calm Sea as well, considering numerous lives perished daily.

Without hesitation, Wang Sheng directly inspected the soul claiming to be a Saint Emperor.

“It turns out to be the fruit of the Devouring Sect’s Saint Emperor, one of those who fled earlier and actually died. The cause of death is still somewhat vague…”

He checked the information, relying primarily on Time Retrospection.

This trick, across the starry skies of the Old Land and the New Land, theoretically couldn’t be resisted by any living beings.

But nothing is absolute.

“Looks like it’s undoubtedly Chong Xu and their doing…”

Chong Xu and the Secret Treasure on the Black Abyss are quite astonishing.

They can conceal causality.

Wang Sheng’s retrospection could see these Saint Emperors seemed to be sacrificed, but he couldn’t see who sacrificed them.

But there’s no need to guess.

“Chong Xu and them sacrificing their own Saint Emperors as a last-ditch effort?” Wang Sheng chuckled lightly, not caring in the slightest.

Needless to say, sacrificing probably wouldn’t allow Chong Xu to enter the Thirteen Realms; otherwise, they would’ve acted long ago and wouldn’t intend to invade the Conquest Sect.

As long as they haven’t reached the Thirteen Realms, no matter what trump card, in his eyes it’s a joke.

It can’t harm him even in the slightest.

Even if they did break through to the Thirteen Realms, could they pose a threat to him?

In his conceptualized form, he was unlike any other Cultivator.

Simply put, it’s completely idealistic.

It’s not something ordinary peers can deal with.

“I do want to see what kind of monsters you all can produce, daring to act right under my nose!”

The fact that Hell can receive the souls of the Devouring Sect’s Saint Emperors indicates Chong Xu, Black Abyss, and their location lies within the influence range of the River of Souls.

The monitoring effect of the River of Souls may not be as powerful as the Virtual World, but it isn’t nonexistent.

Yet he still didn’t discover it.

“These ancient Saint Emperors sure have many treasures on them…”

A Source Pen seemingly related to destiny, and even a treasure capable of obscuring his own peering into causality.

He was very interested in these two Secret Treasures.

Being interested, naturally, means wanting to obtain them.

Thinking about this, Wang Sheng directly enhanced the Soul Purifying Sea on the side of the Devouring Sect.

While setting up the Virtual World in the Old Land Starry Sky, he also arranged the Soul Purifying Sea.

Only the side of the Devouring Sect was left alone.

Now that he had discovered some of Chong Xu’s plans, it was natural to enhance surveillance.

Chong Xu, Black Abyss sacrificing their own Saint Emperors, he didn’t believe the two would be content with silence.

On the contrary, it was a sign of a desperate struggle.

They will appear sooner or later.

If they did not appear, by the time his Tao of Causality could transcend their Secret Treasures, it would no longer be up to them to decide.

“As for these Saint Emperor souls…”

Wang Sheng kindly let them cut in line for immediate judgment, then sent them to the Eighteen Layers of Hell.

The number of lives devoured to become a Saint Emperor in the Devouring Sect is unimaginable.

At the very least, they have a sentence of thirty billion years.

This is with the Cultivator’s weight significantly reduced, otherwise thirty billion might just be a fraction.

After dealing with the little episode, Wang Sheng specifically looked at the state of the Star Beasts.

“With this awakening of the Star Beast Ancestor, reaching the threshold of the Thirteen Realms is no problem. All four Great Judges are expected to achieve the pinnacle of Saint Emperor, and the Ten Great Yin Marshals not far behind… still quite decent.”

As time progresses, the condition of the Star Beasts becomes increasingly clear.

The result is essentially set.

Wang Sheng was quite satisfied.

The Four Great Judges and Ten Great Yin Marshals manage the entire starry sky’s souls, naturally needing top-tier strength.

Otherwise, how could they perform the Soul Hooking?

“Besides which, the biggest gain might be longevity. The Star Beasts’ lifespan, under the starry sky’s support, has multiplied several times… all have a few million years. Were the Old Land Starry Sky’s Saint Emperors to know, they’d likely envy to madness.”

It’s not that being a Ghost Messenger guarantees limitless life and perpetual existence.

Like the Star Beasts, prior to Hell’s completion, lifespan showed no change.

And the Ghost Messengers formed by those souls have their limits. Once the limit is reached, there’s no option but to reincarnate, needing replacement every so often.

This time’s reward greatly extends the Star Beasts’ lifespan, prolonging the presence of soul Ghost Messengers, evidently to prevent frequent replacement of Ghost Messengers.

“Ordinary Ghost Messengers aside, the Four Great Judges, Ten Great Yin Marshals, might genuinely achieve true immortality…”

“The effect of position… to be recognized by rules is indeed not simple, but their restrictions have also increased substantially. Initially only my restrictions, now, it’s the rule’s restriction. Gains and losses.”

Of course, these gains and losses are probably what many Saint Emperor powerhouses covet but cannot attain.

Understanding the Star Beasts’ status, Wang Sheng no longer paid attention.

“It’s estimated to be about a hundred years before awakening, not long, I’ll arrange the City Gods then. Anyway, under my watch, there won’t be issues.”

Originally, if the Star Beast awoke, he planned to arrange immediately. Since it hasn’t, then no rush.

Ordinary City Gods don’t matter, but in key places, quality over quantity.

“Ultimately, unlike myself, a single cultivation takes hundreds of years…” Wang Sheng shook his head; with the help of a progress bar, his breakthrough was swift.

But other Cultivators, especially Saint Emperor-level ones, are not like this.

A single cultivation, a hundred years is brief, a thousand years is usual, ten thousand is also frequent.

The Star Beast Clan this time was comparatively short.

Wang Sheng also wished to intervene.

“In that case, might as well continue perfecting Hell.”

With cultivation breakthrough, the previously unattainable can now be gradually realized.