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Great Villain: Starting by Humiliating the Son of the Heavenly Fate Chapter 376: Initial Understanding of Worship Power
🕑 Added 2023-09-28 16:53:30 +0000 UTC
"It's the Power of Worship! Although very faint, the power has indeed formed," came Nangong Wan's voice, "Jiang Chen, this power can be collected, but it must not be absorbed."
"Why?" Jiang Chen asked, puzzled.
"Worship Power is a very strong force," Shangguan Ning continued after Nangong Wan's words. "It's the manifest power of the Faith Dao, and the Faith Dao is one of the most profound Human Daos in the universe, even ranking above the Karma Dao."
"The true Worship Power is an omnipotent energy, where the user can whimsically transform it into the energy they need or various treasures!"
"Moreover, once a certain level is reached, the controller could achieve immortality through it!"
"However, it's the accumulation of the thoughts of all beings. Thoughts are innumerable, akin to Primal Chaos. Worship Power holds infinite possibilities, and its nature is essentially chaotic and disorderly."
"Worship Power will gradually assimilate the user's consciousness, gradually losing and erasing one's self, becoming the being in the thoughts of all."
"By that time, to put it nicely, one could be called 'the Aspect of All Beings'. To put it bluntly, one becomes a walking corpse, no different from being dead," she explained earnestly, with a tone of caution.
"Damn! Such boundless power, yet with such a lethal flaw! Is there really no way to avoid being eroded by the Power of Worship?" Jiang Chen expressed with astonishment, "Like, purifying and unifying the thoughts of the believers?"
"As far as I know, it's impossible," Nangong Wan continued, her voice filled with awe, "The method you mentioned has no effect at all."
"It might even accelerate the process of the Worship Power user becoming the entity in the thoughts of all beings."
"This is a truth summarized by countless predecessors at the cost of their lives."
"As far as I know, there hasn't been a single cultivator who got involved with Worship Power and ended well."
"Many, in the process of gradually losing themselves, couldn't bear the torment and chose to end their lives."
"The better ones gave up on Worship Power in time, but the impact on their consciousness had already been made, altering their temperament drastically, making them unrecognizable."
"I had greater influence in the Everlasting Baseless Immortal Domain, with more people worshipping me, forming a real Worship Power, not just this rudimentary form. And I had collected quite a bit of Worship Power, but I never dared to absorb a shred of it. Even when Shangguan ambushed me during my tribulation, in a life or death situation, I dared not use it."
"Once used, life would be worse than death!" she concluded, her tone laden with solemn warning.
"Wow! This thing is terrifying," shivered Jiang Chen. He could even imagine the powerless torment a cultivator would endure, their consciousness eroded by Worship Power.
However, unlike Nangong Wan and Shangguan Ning, he didn't fear Worship Power. For he knew the universe teemed with protagonists who defied common sense.
Who knows, perhaps one day a freak protagonist immune to Worship Power's corrosive flaw would emerge?
"Jiang Chen, you can collect these people's Worship Power, but never absorb or use it. After all, Worship Power is a highly advanced form of energy. If you could reach the Fourth or even the Fifth Step of the Cultivation Path, it might prove useful," came Shangguan Ning's voice.
"True, I'll store it in the Immortal Martial Mustard Seed then. The Immortal Martial Mustard Seed, though my world, is also an independent space, so it won't contaminate me," Jiang Chen nodded slightly, waving his hand and gathering the scattered Worship Power in the sky into the Immortal Martial Mustard Seed.
Soon after, he looked down at the trillion living beings below. They would be the first batch of inhabitants within the Immortal Martial Mustard Seed.
'These living beings can already form Worship Power. This wonderful force, there's a significant chance I could utilize it harmlessly in the future. Besides this, I can also use them as Yuan Power converters, transforming Spiritual Qi into Yuan Power for my use. Of course, they need to practice the same primary cultivation method as I do; otherwise, the Yuan Power might not be compatible and the effectiveness would be greatly reduced,' Jiang Chen pondered, descending in altitude.
"My Lord!" One by one, the Dao Palace realm powerhouses flew to Jiang Chen's front, bowing respectfully with folded hands.
"Issue the order. Everyone is to enter the Immortal Martial Mustard Seed, to rest and recuperate. We will depart this barren, war-torn continent," Jiang Chen scanned the crowd, speaking indifferently.
"Yes! But, what is the Immortal Martial Mustard Seed...?" A Late-stage Dao Palace realm powerhouse asked, somewhat puzzled.
"You'll understand once you're inside," Jiang Chen waved his hand grandly, and a vast spatial channel emerged instantly.
"Yes!" The group of Dao Palace realm powerhouses dared not inquire further, and hurriedly descended to mobilize people to enter the Immortal Martial Mustard Seed.
Everyone cooperated seamlessly. Over a trillion living beings formed a lengthy stream, continuously pouring into the spatial channel.
'With so many living beings, transferring them all won't be a one or two-day task. In that case, I can first purify some Nether Soul Crystals, preparing to assist Wan'er and Ning'er in recovery,' Jiang Chen glanced down at the sea of people, then took out all the Nether Soul Crystals he had acquired so far.
At this moment, he possessed a crystal of a Nirvana Peering realm nether soul demon, more than fifty Transcendence realm Nether Soul Crystals, and countless weaker ones.
"Wan'er, Ning'er, it's time to aid your further recovery," Jiang Chen smirked, taking out Nether Soul Crystals one by one.
Then, with the assistance of Nangong Wan and Shangguan Ning, he executed special incantations, gradually purifying them with his Immortal Yuan Power.
Time slowly trickled by. Everything proceeded very smoothly.
Once all the Nether Soul Crystals were purified, Jiang Chen began to place one Nether Soul Crystal at a time between his eyebrows, absorbing the pure soul power within.
Whoosh.
A torrent of pure soul power surged into the Void Tribulation Soul, merging into each sea of consciousness belonging to Nangong Wan and Shangguan Ning.
In an instant, the remnants of Nangong Wan and Shangguan Ning's souls received substantial nourishment.
Not only was the consumption of the Void Tribulation Soul fully recovered, but it even began advancing towards the Nirvana Peering realm.
As one Nether Soul Crystal after another turned to flying ash, the remnants of Nangong Wan and Shangguan Ning's souls gradually recovered to Middle-stage Transcendence realm, then Late-stage...
Upon utilizing Bo Luncang's Nether Soul Crystal, the two had already advanced to the Early-stage Nirvana Peering realm.
Jiang Chen too reaped considerable benefits from this. His divine sense coverage area expanded directly by ten million kilometers.
Moreover, when utilizing the Void Tribulation Soul, it could further increase by another ten million kilometers, elevating the divine sense detection radius to fifty million kilometers!
This already surpassed the usual Nirvana Peering realm great powerhouse, nearing the divine sense domain of the Nirvana Cleansing realm.
Only those Late-stage Nirvana Peering realm powerhouses specializing in the Great Dao of Soul could attain this level.
'The sensation of a broad view is truly exhilarating. It's like possessing a god's perspective, everything is under control!' Jiang Chen expanded his divine sense, a circular area with a diameter of one hundred million kilometers unfolded before him, where even a speck of dust couldn't escape his observation.
At this moment, a message arrived from Ying Luo. She had already exterminated all the demons she could find, and along the way, encountered the cultivator army led by Sun Tianlin.
Those cultivators too cleared out many demons. Then Ying Luo collected all the demon corpses.
'With Ying Luo in action, alongside Sun Tianlin's million-cultivator army, there should be no demons left on the Immortal Martial Continent,' Jiang Chen's lips curled into a slight smile as he looked down below.
Three days had already elapsed by now. The trillion living beings had all entered the Immortal Martial Mustard Seed.
At this juncture, only five individuals had not entered: Ji Ruxue, Ning Xian, Xie Xiaojing, Mu Tao, and Miao Xiaoru.
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