Within a few short days, the situation in Mingyue Kingdom had calmed down, and the Northern King was about to officially ascend the throne.
Qin Chuan declined the Northern King's investiture, as he and Yu Qing were leaving Mingyue Kingdom, but he still retained the title of National Preceptor.
This served as a way to intimidate some people, even if they knew Qin Chuan and Yu Qing were leaving, they might return at any time.
Therefore, having a title here was still quite useful for Qin Chuan. Additionally, it allowed him to collect faith power to cultivate his Merit Body. He
had indeed cultivated the Merit Body by chance, but it was the lowest level, and its function was somewhat awkward—it was both useful and useless.
However, if the Merit Body was cultivated to its peak, it would be extremely powerful, especially after reaching the War God Realm.
As long as one holds the position of Grand Preceptor in the Bright Moon Kingdom, and someone promotes the history of the Bright Moon Kingdom's unification—for example, highlighting Qin Chuan's greatest contribution by single-handedly suppressing the Three Kingdoms and turning the tide—
many people will develop an admiration for Qin Chuan, even regarding him as a god, thus providing him with faith power.
Faith power is the main ability to enhance the Merit Body, but this faith power is not easy to obtain. Getting someone to believe in you is difficult, and worship is not faith. It transcends worship; only by regarding you as a god-like existence can faith power be expected to emerge.
Qin Chuan has held several Grand Preceptor positions along the way—at Ba Qingcheng, under the Empress of the Heavenly Kingdom, and in the Southern Kingdom…
Due to his physique, his cultivation speed accelerated, and with a stroke of luck, he achieved the Merit Body. His cultivation has been slowly increasing since then, but he hasn't broken through yet, which is enough to illustrate the difficulty of cultivating the Merit Body.
However, this time his cultivation speed has significantly increased. Considering that he almost single-handedly turned the tide and suppressed the Three Kingdoms, perhaps this is the reason for the faster collection of faith power.
Many people regard Qin Chuan as a god-like figure. Although he had turned the tide before, none had been as awe-inspiring as this, and only a few knew of his achievements.
In just over ten days, Qin Chuan felt that the merit power absorbed by his Merit Body had nearly surpassed the combined power of a thousand.
Faith power is converted into merit power, and once the Merit Body reaches parity with one's own strength, it will stop absorbing merit power.
The Merit Body is powerful; it's essentially a system, but it still relies on one's own strength. For example, the stronger one is, the stronger the Merit Body becomes.
However, the Merit Body alone cannot defy the heavens. Furthermore, collecting merit power is not as simple as it seems. Even if ordinary people worship you like a god, their faith power is negligible. Only the combined faith of billions or even more ordinary people can flow like a stream into the ocean.
Therefore, cultivating the Merit Body is extremely difficult, requiring a vast amount of faith, the faith of powerful individuals. But powerful individuals, who slay immortals and gods, don't believe in gods at all.
For Qin Chuan, this was never a big deal. After all, cultivating a body of merit was a matter of chance, so he was happy to have it, but wouldn't force it or pursue it if he didn't.
Half a month later, the Northern King became the emperor of the Bright Moon Kingdom, and Qin Chuan possessed a Bright Moon Token. Only the emperor of the
Bright Moon Kingdom could possess this token, and they were extremely rare. With this token, one
could travel to the Bright Moon Palace, a unique entity. It connected to the true Nine Heavens above and the Bright Moon Kingdom below, making it a crucial link. However
, very few people could actually utilize it.
Qin Chuan didn't leave immediately, not wanting to waste a single moment. He had his cultivation and his future plans.
His cultivation was about to reach the Void Realm. The Dragon Baby and several other treasure beasts were already at the Void Realm, so now, below the God of War, Qin Chuan feared no one.
The treasure beasts and the Dragon Baby were special; the other was the Earth Golden Dragon Elephant, which underwent a tremendous change after entering the Void Realm.
This change was earth-shattering.
Larger in size, its ferocious dragon head exuded even more savage power and oppressive aura. Its neck was incredibly long; the dragon head plus the thorns around its neck made it almost half a dragon, and it also possessed two enormous dragon
claws. Then came the massive elephant body, with a huge, long, and domineering dragon
tail, also bearing two dragon claws. But the elephant's body had four enormous, thick, and gleaming elephant legs.
So powerful! The Earth Golden Dragon Elephant was not only imposing and domineering, giving off a brutal feeling. What was originally a rather sturdy and honest creature now felt incredibly ferocious and savage.
This was a golden dragon, only with an incredibly thick elephant body in its middle.
It didn't look entirely awkward, but it certainly looked incredibly brutal. After all, an elephant would feel heavy and imposing, but a golden dragon would feel overwhelmingly powerful and domineering.
Many dragons appear brutal and ferocious, while others possess overwhelming power and domineering aura, but this Earth Golden Dragon Elephant took brutality to the extreme.
Yet, it felt safe.
Furthermore, the Earth Golden Dragon Elephant, now at the Void Realm, possesses even greater power. Its dragon roar has a high probability of intimidating
the opponent, reducing all its abilities by 10%. The probability is high, not as absolute as Qin Chuan's Divine Eye Immortal Might, but it's still acceptable. After all, it's a high probability. If the Divine Eye Immortal Might is used first to intimidate the opponent and destabilize their mind, the Earth Golden Dragon Elephant's success rate will be very high.
Then there's the Earth Golden Dragon Thorn, from the Earth Swamp. It remains the darling of the earth, and this ability is even more terrifying. It can descend into the Nine Netherworlds, doubling its combat power on earth. As the king of the earth, its combat power increases several times over on earth. Its enormous body can fight against heaven and earth.
Qin Chuan even feels that in the future, this guy might stand in the void, looking down upon eternity…
Qin Chuan, holding Yu Qing's hand, stands on the Earth Golden Dragon Elephant, while the Earth Golden Dragon Elephant soars in the air, swallowing clouds and spitting mist. This colossal creature, over two thousand meters long, lets out a dragon roar that resounds throughout the heavens.
Hmm?
Wang Xu suddenly noticed a small creature below, its gaze fixed menacingly on the Golden Dragon Elephant, brimming with fighting spirit and poised to charge at any moment.
A pig?
Qin Chuan was shocked. This little creature resembled his Nine-Lives Pig, except this pig shone brightly with golden light, was round and plump, and had short, thick limbs, still just over a foot long—almost like a small ball.
Beautiful, fierce, Qin Chuan wanted to laugh, but the smile quickly vanished.
Whoosh!
A flash of golden light, a golden halo streaking across the sky like a long golden line, not disappearing, shooting directly towards Qin Chuan.
A pig at the peak of the Void Realm?
And a treasure beast at that.
A Vajra Pig, a treasure beast!