Chapter 30

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Chapter 30: Ning Wudao Ascends to Godhood

Western Territories, Poisonous Forest.

The Poisonous Forest was perpetually shrouded in a gray toxic miasma, teeming with venomous creatures and fierce beasts. It was a place of extreme peril that struck fear into the hearts of Western Territories cultivators.

At this very moment, in the heart of the Poisonous Forest, a terrifying killing intent surged straight into the heavens high above.

The origin of this killing intent was an underground palace.

"Even separated by hundreds of thousands of miles, my lord predicted the method to break the formation. Truly unfathomable."

That surge of killing intent earlier had emanated from Ning Wudao himself.

A profound mix of reverence and awe, heavy with emotion, filled his thoughts.

Without Lord Ye Xu’s guidance, breaking the Heavenly Capital Divine Burning Array laid by the Heavenly Capital God King would have been as difficult as ascending to the heavens unaided.

Even with Ye Xu’s information, it had still taken him two full days.

The core of breaking the array was killing intent.

Relying solely on that killing intent, Ning Wudao successfully shattered the formation.

Suppressing his excitement, he flew towards a shrine hall situated at the very center of the underground palace.

The Heavenly Capital Shrine Hall.

Within the shrine hall, chains stretched horizontally through the air, suspending a bronze coffin mid-flight at their center.

"My apologies for this intrusion, honored God King."

Ning Wudao expelled a breath of Turbid Energy. With a flick of his finger, a beam of sword light severed the chains. The bronze coffin plummeted downwards.

He thrust his palm forward, blasting the coffin lid away.

Lying within was the perfectly preserved corpse of a God King.

Even in death, it radiated a formidable, crushing aura.

Beside the Heavenly Capital God King lay a divine dagger and a longbow. The divine dagger’s blade was chipped and broken, clearly bearing signs of catastrophic damage.

The longbow, too, was incomplete, having a bow but no arrows.

"Divine weapons!" Joy illuminated Ning Wudao’s face. Even though damaged, these two divine weapons would surely surpass ordinary divine items in power.

However, Ning Wudao’s purpose in coming here was not for the divine weapons.

His gaze fell upon the Heavenly Capital God King’s chest.

The God King’s hands were crossed over his chest, covering a scroll of golden bamboo slip.

Ning Wudao reached out and picked up the bamboo slip. There was no danger, no reaction.

He unrolled it. The slip bore a record of bizarrely strange characters. They were not Lesser Seal script, nor Symbols; they seemed more like pictographs.

And yet, Ning Wudao felt overwhelming excitement.

He recognized the script on the golden bamboo slip.

These were characters of the Celestial Demon bloodline.

Ever since awakening his own Celestial Demon bloodline, he had naturally grasped the Celestial Demon bloodline’s innate divine abilities. Though he had never seen these particular characters before, he understood their meaning with crystalline clarity.

This was a technique.

Celestial Demon Extermination Technique!

Cultivated to its great completion realm, it was literally a method to exterminate immortals.

Just its very name alone radiated overwhelming killing intent.

"You didn’t deceive me, senior!" Ning Wudao was overjoyed. What he needed most urgently at the moment was not advancing into godhood, but finding a technique perfectly suited to replace the Seven Kill Divinity Art, preventing the Golden Toad Demon God from controlling him.

Ye Xu knew his thoughts and thus had bestowed upon him this immense fortune.

"The Celestial Demon Extermination Technique has four volumes, but unfortunately, only the first volume is here, which only allows cultivation up to the saint level." Ning Wudao felt slightly regretful.

Nevertheless, the Celestial Demon Extermination Technique solved his urgent need.

Ning Wudao stared at the God King’s corpse within the coffin. With a sweeping motion of his large hand, the fleshy body of the Heavenly Capital God King flew out of the coffin. He slammed his palm onto the body, and the Heavenly Capital God King’s fleshly form exploded.

A golden light cluster floated in mid-air.

The inner world.

However, as the Heavenly Capital God King had died from grievous wounds, his inner world was also incomplete. The golden glow was extremely dim, and over time, the inner world was ceaselessly collapsing.

The inner world’s power was far from its peak.

For Ning Wudao, it was already sufficient.

He sat cross-legged, activated the Celestial Demon Extermination Technique, opened his mouth wide like a black hole, and swallowed the Heavenly Capital God King’s inner world in a single gulp.

Boom!

An immense surge of power flooded into Ning Wudao’s body. He grunted, immediately bleeding from all seven orifices.

Yet, Ning Wudao’s expression remained resolute. He forcibly endured the power threatening to burst him apart, furiously operating the Celestial Demon Extermination Technique to refine the inner world.

Crack!

One day later, above the Poisonous Forest, the terrifying might of the heavenly tribulation descended.

Divine Thunder pierced through the poisonous miasma, blasting into the underground palace.

"Celestial Demon Star Devouring Technique!"

Ning Wudao opened his mouth wide. He didn’t resist the heavenly tribulation. Instead, he directly swallowed and refined it.

Boom!

The two forces clashed. Ning Wudao operated the Laws of Killing, shredding the destructive power, and successfully devoured the first bolt of Divine Thunder in one move.

Now, he had mastered two Laws.

The Laws of Killing and the Laws of Devouring.

Ning Wudao was originally a heaven-sent prodigy. Were it not for the Golden Toad Demon God, he would have already reached godhood eighty years ago.

Therefore, mastering two Laws with only having attained one percent into godhood was perfectly normal for someone like Ning Wudao.

Boom! Rumble!

Another bolt of Divine Thunder descended.

Ning Wudao repeated the process, devouring and refining it.

Three streaks of Tribulation Thunder transformed into nourishment for Ning Wudao. His aura surged instantly, reaching the initial perfection stage of the Divine God realm.

"Fully refining the Heavenly Capital God King’s inner world should push my strength to at least mid-stage Divine God realm, possibly even late-stage!"

Meanwhile.

The commotion in the Poisonous Forest drew the attention of nearby cultivators.

"Someone reached the Divine God realm by facing a tribulation in the Poisonous Forest?"

"Could it be a poisonous creature becoming divine?"

Discussions buzzed among the crowd.

"Not surprising at all," another chimed in. "The Poisonous Forest harbors even sage-level poisonous beings. Some measly Divine God-level poisonous thing is nothing."

"Everyone, should we go take a look?"

Someone proposed, "Right after the heavenly tribulation, that creature will surely be in a weakened state. If we can kill it, it should fetch a handsome price!"

"Makes sense."

Some were tempted, feeling the itch to act.

"Chances are the denizens of the Poisonous Forest will strike before you even get the chance," sneered a Divine God level cultivator.

The Poisonous Forest was a world of venom, home to brutal jungle law. Internal slaughter was routine. Hearing this, the group quickly abandoned their reckless notions.

Boom!

An earsplitting crash resounded as a hundred-zhang giant octagonal poisonous spider burst through the subterranean palace. Its two agate-like purple eyes fixed on the Heavenly Capital God Palace at the hall’s far end.

Its colossal frame was so immense that the subterranean palace crumbled continuously under its movement.

The sudden explosion startled Ning Wudao as well. He immediately halted the refinement of the inner world, snapping his gaze towards the entrance. Spotting the poisonous spider, a chill swept across his expression.

It hadn’t come with good intentions.

With a swift mental command, he grasped the divine dagger left by the Heavenly Capital God King, killing intent erupting like a volcano.

"Since you’ve come," Ning Wudao gave a cold laugh, "don’t even think about leaving."

Striking first to gain advantage, he slashed the divine dagger towards the poisonous spider.

Boom!

The entire subterranean palace was cleaved in two. Fearsome killing intent manifested as countless streaks of sword energy, shattering space itself as they shot towards the poisonous spider.

Crack!

Under this slash, the poisonous spider was split cleanly in half without offering any resistance.

It had only been at the initial stage of the Divine God realm. Even without the divine weapon, the spider would have been no match for Ning Wudao.

However, even in two, the poisonous spider possessed shocking vitality; both halves struggled wildly towards the surface.

Roar!

Suddenly, an earth-shaking bellow erupted. Two enormous, furry hands thrust down from the land above, each seizing a halved body of the poisonous spider and crushing it to death.

Violet poisonous fluid splattered everywhere, corroding subterranean palace structures into ash. Yet, to the monstrous owner of those hands, the poison seemed utterly harmless.

"Another one?"

Ning Wudao’s heart tightened with unease.

This venomous entity seemed much more powerful than the poisonous spider.

"It must be the commotion from me facing a tribulation that attracted these venomous creatures," Ning Wudao thought to himself. The Poisonous Forest was indeed a terrifying place; in just half an hour, it had drawn in numerous god-level poisonous entities.

"This is no place to linger."

With a thought, Ning Wudao swept up the bronze coffin and flew out of the location.

This bronze coffin was also a treasure; perhaps he could exchange it for information with the senior.

After Ning Wudao flew out of the underground palace, several powerful auras descended. Giant venomous entities as huge as mountains charged toward the underground palace, causing the ground to quake violently.

Ning Wudao trembled with fear.

The Southern Wilderness was far too weak within the Yuan Realm.

Even one Poisonous Forest in the Western Region had no fewer godly beings than the entire Southern Wilderness.

He quickly activated the Celestial Demon Extermination Technique to hide his aura and fled quietly.

Ning Wudao flew out of the Poisonous Forest, determined his direction, and headed toward the Southern Wilderness.

Several days later.

Ning Wudao returned to Linglong City.

He was filled with deep emotion.

Back then, though he was honored as the Saint Son of the Celestial Demon Hall, he had worried only about survival. Now, he was a heavenly god, wielding the power to control his own fate.

All of this was thanks to Ye Xu.

Ning Wudao landed on the ground like an ordinary person, entered Linglong City, and arrived at the Heaven’s Secret Pavilion.

Stepping inside, he saw Ye Xu playing a board game with Ye Xian’er.

The pieces were black and white—not Go, but Gomoku (five in a row).

In this world, such a game didn’t exist. When Ye Xu suggested teaching her a new pastime, Ye Xian’er was overjoyed; they had spent the entire day playing it.

As Ning Wudao entered, Ye Xian’er didn’t notice him at all.

Ye Xu knew, but he was absorbed in the game and temporarily had no time to speak to Ning Wudao.

Ning Wudao didn’t mind; he stood to the side, quietly waiting for them to finish.

A quarter hour later, Ye Xian’er connected five in a row first. She acted as if she had done something amazing, clapping and giggling loudly. "Senior, I finally beat you once!"

Ye Xu smiled but said nothing.

"When… when did you arrive?"

Suddenly, Ye Xian’er caught Ning Wudao in her peripheral vision. Her smile froze instantly; she looked flustered, embarrassed, and flushed red in the face.

"He got here a quarter hour ago," Ye Xu said with a smile.

"This junior pays respect to Senior," Ning Wudao bowed and saluted respectfully.

"Congratulations to you."

Ye Xu smiled. "Your gains were substantial this time."

"It was entirely your generosity, Senior—I wouldn’t dare claim credit for it."

"You became a god?" Ye Xian’er exclaimed in surprise.

Ning Wudao nodded.

He did not dare neglect Ye Xian’er either.

Living long-term at the Heaven’s Secret Pavilion proved that the bond between Ye Xu and Ye Xian’er was special.

"Senior, I have come to stay at the Heaven’s Secret Pavilion for a few days, to fully refine the inner world of the Heavenly Capital God King and further stabilize my cultivation."

Ning Wudao pleaded, "I hope Senior will approve."

"That is naturally permissible."

Ye Xu stared hard at Ning Wudao, his gaze profound, as if seeing through Ning Wudao’s very being. "What else do you want? Spit it all out—I’m too lazy to divine it."

"Senior is wise."

Ning Wudao’s eyes sharpened, a fleeting murderous intent flickering in them. "I also trouble Senior to divine the specific information of my adoptive father for me."