The chapter begins with Gong Si Wang speaking. He had turned the entire village into a Demonic Mouth.
Gong Si Wang looked at Wing Xianer and asked, "So, what do you think? Is he a Demonic Cultivator? Or did something go wrong with your technique, Wing Xianer?"
She calmly replied, "No, nothing went wrong. I'm a Great Saint. Do you really think something could go wrong with my technique?"
She then looked toward the direction where Die Yuan was approaching.
"There's something strange about that guy. I have a bad feeling about him."
Gong Si Wang followed her gaze.
"So, is he really that dangerous?"
Wing Xianer smiled.
"He might be. But not for us. That's why we're sitting here. We'll meet him right here."
She then added with a playful expression, "And why should we be afraid of him? It's been a long time since I bullied a Demonic Cultivator."
Gong Si Wang laughed.
"You're right. My hands were already itching to bully a Demonic Cultivator."
Meanwhile, the scene shifted to Die Yuan.
Die Yuan was walking along the road, enjoying the scenery around him. As he continued moving forward, he gradually sensed that the spiritual energy in the area was becoming denser and denser.
He became curious.
"What exactly is ahead? The spiritual energy keeps increasing…"
He wondered if he might find a fragment of the artifact he needed somewhere ahead.
However, as he continued walking, Die Yuan suddenly felt something else.
His evil energy was being suppressed.
And the force suppressing it was incredibly powerful—almost like an invincible force.
Even so, Die Yuan continued walking calmly as if nothing had happened.
After taking a few more steps, Die Yuan accidentally stepped into a formation.
Instantly, countless yellow energy chains emerged from the formation and shot toward him.
Before he could even react, the golden chains wrapped tightly around his entire body.
At that moment—
A huge yellow-colored energy attack suddenly blasted toward Die Yuan.
The one who launched the attack was none other than Gong Si Wang.
Yet even after being caught and attacked, Die Yuan remained completely calm.
He slowly smiled.
Then he gently closed his eyes for three seconds.
Seeing this, Gong Si Wang thought Die Yuan had become frightened.
But then—
Die Yuan opened his eyes.
BOOM!
The massive attack was instantly destroyed.
The destructive force continued forward and struck Gong Si Wang directly.
This wasn't an ordinary vision.
It was the power of the Yellow Divine Eyes.
With the Yellow Divine Eyes, anything Die Yuan considered weak would have its attack rendered useless before him. Whether it was an attack launched by his opponent or even one created by Die Yuan himself, if he judged the opponent to be weak, that power would become insignificant compared to Die Yuan's own strength.
The golden chains binding Die Yuan also began to break.
Golden energy erupted from inside his body, shattering every chain around him.
Gong Si Wang had been completely overwhelmed by Die Yuan's attack.
His body crashed heavily into the ground.
When he looked at himself, his expression changed.
There was a crack in his cultivation core.
Blood spilled from his mouth, and blood was also flowing from various parts of his body. His entire outfit became stained with blood.
Die Yuan slowly walked toward him.
Seeing this, Gong Si Wang desperately crawled backward.
"Stay away from me! Don't come any closer, demon! You don't even know who I am! You have no idea who you're dealing with!"
Die Yuan looked at him coldly.
"So what?"
His voice remained calm.
"You should have thought about that before attacking me. The moment you attacked me, your fate was already sealed."
Die Yuan continued walking.
"Your biggest mistake was taking me lightly."
He then glanced toward the surrounding area.
"And tell me something. Those people hiding and watching everything… why are they hiding? Are they your protectors?"
Die Yuan's eyes became cold.
"They should have come out by now."
Just then—
A beautiful woman wearing a white dress descended from the sky.
Her name was Yulan.
She belonged to the Nine Heavens Sect and held the position of the 5th Great Elder.
Her cultivation was at Rank 1: Saint.
She looked at Die Yuan and said,
"You're nothing more than a Martial Saint, yet you dare bully the son of a Great Elder of the Nine Heavens Sect?"
Her expression became cold.
"You demon."
Die Yuan looked at her.
"Hmm…"
He thought to himself:
Blue Star is actually stronger than our Heavenly Land. That's why this world is capable of suppressing and limiting the power of a Rank 1 cultivator.
Yulan interrupted his thoughts.
"You've made a terrible mistake today."
She released her spiritual pressure.
"Today, you will die here, demon."
However—
Die Yuan didn't move.
Her spiritual pressure had absolutely no effect on him.
Die Yuan calmly opened the System Shop.
Inside the system, all the energy he had accumulated from the countless worlds he had destroyed was stored.
The spiritual energy of the cultivators from those small worlds, the energy of their inhabitants, the energy of those worlds themselves, and even the Heavenly Dao energy of those worlds—all of it had been stored inside the system.
Die Yuan looked at the system.
"System, I want to increase my level."
He paused.
"Do it without letting anyone notice."
His goal was to directly advance from Martial Saint into the complete ranking system instead of progressing through every ordinary level.
The system responded:
[Host, you need to purchase a special Surprise Energy Card from the System Shop.]
Die Yuan frowned.
"Can't I get it for free?"
[No, Host.]
"To activate it, you need to pay 1 million coins."
Die Yuan became annoyed.
"Hey, System! I don't have that much. Give me a discount."
The system remained silent for a moment.
Then it replied:
[Fine. But this is the last time.]
"Five hundred thousand."
Die Yuan reluctantly paid the discounted price.
Meanwhile, Yulan saw Die Yuan standing completely still.
She assumed he had become frightened.
But the reality was completely different.
Inside Die Yuan's consciousness, his spiritual body was sitting in a meditation position.
The System interface appeared before him.
Die Yuan clicked on the option that would allow him to absorb the stored world energy.
Instantly—
An enormous amount of energy began flooding into his consciousness.
The System immediately issued a warning.
[WARNING!]
[An extremely large amount of energy is flowing into the Host's mind.]
[The Host's consciousness may collapse under the pressure.]
Die Yuan immediately felt tremendous pain.
Even his physical body began reacting.
Blood started flowing from his eyes.
Outside, Yulan saw the blood and assumed her spiritual pressure was causing it.
Gong Si Wang also became excited.
"Hahaha! That's the punishment for provoking me!"
But inside Die Yuan's consciousness, the situation was becoming much more dangerous.
Die Yuan gritted his teeth through the pain.
Then the System suddenly issued another warning.
[WARNING! WARNING!]
[The amount of spiritual energy has exceeded the safe limit.]
[In 10 seconds, the Host's body and soul will be completely destroyed.]
[The System will also shut down.]
Die Yuan's mind went blank.
"Is this really the end for me?"
The System began counting down.
9…
8…
7…
Die Yuan suddenly remembered something.
"System! System! I saw a card before!"
"Quickly! Take it out!"
The System interface opened.
4…
3…
Die Yuan saw the card.
Its original price was 5 million coins.
1…
Without having time to think, Die Yuan immediately purchased it.
Suddenly—
BOOOOOOM!
An incredibly bright light erupted.
The overwhelming spiritual energy surrounding him was instantly absorbed and transformed.
Die Yuan suddenly took a deep breath.
"Ah…"
He touched his chest.
"What was that?"
"I've never felt anything like that before."
He took another breath.
"For a moment, I thought I was actually going to die."
Die Yuan then calmly said,
"Next time, I'll do this a little faster."
Back outside, something completely different was happening.
Yellow energy began pouring out of Die Yuan's body.
It formed an enormous defensive shield around him.
Yulan's eyes narrowed.
"What is this?"
"A shield?"
She sneered.
"Do you really think that shield can block my attack?"
She launched a powerful attack.
BOOM!
The surrounding ground shook violently.
Dust and debris flew everywhere.
Yulan assumed the shield had been destroyed.
But when the dust cleared—
Her expression changed.
"What?"
"My attack… didn't even damage it?"
She couldn't believe what she was seeing.
Yulan launched another, even more powerful attack.
But once again—
Nothing happened.
The shield remained intact.
Yulan became furious.
She formed hand signs.
A gigantic sword descended from the sky.
She directed it toward Die Yuan's shield.
BOOM!
This time, a crack appeared on the shield.
Gong Si Wang's eyes lit up.
"Great Elder! Hit it three or four more times! You'll definitely break it!"
But Yulan shook her head.
"No."
She stared at Die Yuan.
"This time, I'll destroy it with my strongest attack in a single strike."
She began forming another series of hand signs.
However, this technique required 50 seconds to complete.
Gong Si Wang looked toward Die Yuan and laughed.
"Demon, you only have 50 seconds left."
"After that, you're finished!"
Inside Die Yuan's consciousness, the process continued.
His body rapidly absorbed the enormous amount of spiritual energy.
The System's progress continued increasing.
20%…
40%…
50%…
70%…
80%…
90%…
94%…
95%…
Then—
96%…
97%…
98%…
99%…
Finally—
100%.
The moment the progress reached 100%, an enormous amount of energy erupted within Die Yuan's consciousness.
The Heavenly Dao energy from countless worlds, soul energy, spiritual energy, demonic energy, and righteous energy all began clashing against each other.
Demonic energy and righteous energy violently collided.
Then the System suddenly spoke.
[The Host is currently cultivating.]
[To prevent external interference, the System will provide a small amount of assistance.]
[This assistance is free.]
Die Yuan was shocked.
"What?"
"The System is actually helping me for free?"
"This is a huge deal…"
The chaotic demonic and righteous energies that had been fighting each other gradually began to settle down.
Then—
The transformation of Die Yuan's body finally began.
His cultivation started rising at an unbelievable speed.
Martial Saint → Rank 1 Saint.
But it didn't stop there.
Saint Rank, Stage 1…
Stage 2…
Stage 3…
Stage 4…
Stage 5…
Stage 6…
Stage 7…
Stage 8…
Stage 9…
Stage 10…
Then—
Stage 11…
Stage 12…
His cultivation continued rising.
Eventually, he reached Stage 19.
Only then did Die Yuan discover that every rank contained a total of 19 stages.
After reaching the peak of Rank 1—
He broke into Rank 2: Saint King.
But even then, his breakthrough did not stop.
Saint King Stage 1…
Stage 2…
Stage 3…
The stages continued increasing until—
Stage 19.
Then—
Great Saint.
His cultivation continued rising through the Great Saint realm.
Eventually, Die Yuan stopped at—
Great Saint, Stage 4.
Meanwhile, outside—
Yulan had finally completed her strongest attack.
She released it.
A terrifying white energy erupted toward Die Yuan.
The force was so powerful that the shield around Die Yuan shattered.
The surrounding mountains began cracking from the impact.
Even Yulan was pushed backward by the immense force.
But then—
Die Yuan slowly opened his eyes.
He looked at the incoming attack.
A faint smile appeared on his face.
"So…"
"This is the power of a Great Saint?"
"Then I suppose it's time to test it."
Die Yuan slowly raised his hand.
He extended only two fingers.
The moment his fingers moved forward—
The countless giant swords in front of him began breaking apart.
One after another.
They shattered into countless fragments.
Yulan's expression instantly changed.
Her swords were connected to her soul through binding vows.
When Die Yuan destroyed them, the backlash struck Yulan directly.
Blood spilled from her mouth.
She staggered backward.
Die Yuan looked at her calmly.
Then he smiled.
"Alright."
"Now it's time to play."