Only at the Mahayana Stage Does the Reversal System Appear - Chapter 647

Chapter 645: A Very Different Kyushu

Old Man Emperor flew across the Eight Desolate Continent and spent three full days compiling a list of names and identities of those who deserved to die.

During these three days, Jiang Li and the others witnessed all sorts of events in the Eight Desolate Continent, which were truly outrageous.

“If we don’t crash into other worlds and plunder them, I’m afraid the Eight Desolations will fall into civil strife. In the end, only a few strong people will be left alive.”

“The rule of the survival of the fittest, one of the root rules, is really reflected here to the fullest.”

Jiang Li took the list given by the Old Emperor and asked, “All the people who need to be killed are here. Who is responsible for doing it?”

Everyone was puzzled: “Does it matter who does it? You, Emperor Jiang, can kill these people with just a thought.”

Jiang Li rolled his eyes: “The power of merit, killing people will gain the power of merit, and the power of merit can be converted into immortal power, and then into immortality. I kill people to gain the power of merit, and then convert the power of merit into merit gold bricks for you. This process will waste two-thirds of the power of merit.”

Originally, Jiang Li was worried that telling everyone about the emergence of spiritual intelligence in the Heavenly Dao would cause them to have bad ideas. Now it seems that they didn’t take this matter to heart at all.

“So now whoever is responsible for killing people will become an immortal?”

Jiang Li nodded, his gaze fixed on Ji Zhi. “Judging from the cultivation and number of those we need to kill, there’s enough for three to become immortals, with some left over.”

Ji Zhi immediately guessed Jiang Li’s intention. “Are you planning to use the power of merit to elevate me from the Fusion Stage to the Tribulation Stage, and then achieve immortality? Then, I’ll use the Way of Time to send you into the River of Time?”

“That’s a thought.” Jiang Li missed Emperor Shun terribly.

Ji Zhi smiled and said, “I have two pieces of news, one good and one bad. Which one do you want to hear first?”

“The good news first.”

“The good news is that our ancestor Ji Shun appeared in my dream a few days ago. This is the first time in tens of thousands of years that our Ji family has received a dream from an ancestor.”

“Congratulations. What’s the bad news?”

“The bad news is that our ancestor Ji Shun only said one sentence to me.”

“What did he say?” Jiang Li was curious.

Ji Zhi said expressionlessly, “He advised you to calm down. The River of Time hasn’t recovered yet. Don’t rush over so hastily. The River of Time can’t handle it.”

Everyone was secretly shocked. Jiang Renhuang truly mastered the ways of time; even the River of Time acted according to his wishes.

Bai Hongtu suppressed a laugh so hard his stomach hurt.

Even Yu Yin’s lips showed a slight upward curve.

Jiang Li ignored Ji Zhi’s words and asked the other Tribulation Crossing Stage cultivators if they needed to achieve Immortality now.

The Fusion Stage cultivators weren’t considered. Bao Yi Shangxian was right. A significant upgrade only raised their level, but their vision and thinking remained far ahead. The same was true for Fusion Stage cultivators achieving Immortality in one step.

They hadn’t even grasped the concepts of the Tribulation Crossing Stage, so how could they achieve Immortality?

Bai Hongtu and Yu Yin flatly refused. They still aspired to achieve the Mahayana Stage. If they couldn’t achieve Mahayana after becoming Immortals, they would be at a great loss.

Furthermore, their strongest state was the blessing of the Spirit Plant Array, so achieving Immortality was irrelevant.

“Forget it, I’ve just reached the Tribulation Crossing Stage and need more time to immerse myself. It’s not a good idea to upgrade too hastily.”

The old Dragon King had no intention of becoming an immortal for the time being. He suggested, “Why not let Fellow Daoist Li Er and Sword Lord become immortals, and leave the remaining merit and power with them, so that they can still take action after becoming immortals.”

Jiang Li nodded. This was a good idea. He looked at Li Er and Sword Lord.

“Okay, no problem for me. It’s just that I’m going to go through the second Immortal Tribulation soon, so I might as well take this opportunity to go through it.”

“Yes, but my cultivation level is still a few years away from attracting the Immortal Tribulation. When Fellow Daoist Li Er is going through the Immortal Tribulation, I need to take advantage of it.”

Li Er thought he had heard wrong, and hurriedly said, “Sword Lord, the Immortal Tribulation is more powerful the more people there are. I’m not Jiang Renhuang, and going through the Immortal Tribulation is like playing. I’m only capable of going through the second Immortal Tribulation now. No matter how powerful it is, I can’t withstand it, and you can’t withstand it either, right?”

Sword Lord said indifferently, “Don’t worry, after I attract the Immortal Tribulation, we’ll separate, and the Immortal Tribulation will lock onto us both separately. This way, you will face the power of the second Immortal Tribulation, and I will face the power of the first Immortal Tribulation.”

Jiang Li had a weird expression. This method didn’t seem like something Sword Lord could come up with: “Who came up with this idea?”

“The Immortal Old Man told me.”

“…”

Jiang Li handed the list to the two of them and asked them to divide it up.

Killing someone is no simple task; the entire process takes approximately three days. Li Er and the Sword Lord can’t kill everyone with a single thought, as Jiang Li does.

After confirming the immortals, Jiang Li raised another issue.

“Changing the culture of the Eight Desolations won’t be a one-day job. The sects are understaffed and can’t spare the energy to assist the Eight Desolations. How about each dynasty and major power select a region within the Eight Desolations and provide targeted assistance?”

Taking over the Eight Desolations would also allow access to the resources left behind by the cultivators, which would also benefit the nation of Jiuzhou.

“There’s one problem. Even after becoming a continent, the Eight Desolations will still be vast. Currently, there’s no spatial channel connecting them, making it very inconvenient for our people to travel there,” Bai Zehuang said.

The Lord of Entropy Increase smiled, “Don’t worry about that. We and the Buddhist sect have developed a low-cost method for building spatial channels. Once fully implemented, we’ll be able to travel freely within the Jiuzhou continent and between the Eight Desolations. Distance will no longer be a problem.”

This was a pleasant surprise; Jiang Li hadn’t expected the three Lords and the Buddhist sect to act so quickly.

The Old Emperor watched quietly as Jiang Li chatted and laughed as he assigned tasks one by one, handling them in an orderly manner. Those factions no longer shirked their responsibilities as they had during his reign. He felt a sense of gratitude: the child he had once been had now grown up.

After using the Book of Life and Death, the Old Emperor did not leave, but chose to wander around Kyushu. Jiang Li offered to accompany him, but he refused.

He wanted to wander alone.

Over three hundred years later, Kyushu was vastly different from what it had been then.

Among the mortals, a wave of people began studying the “Five Elements Qigong Secret (Part 1),” diligently learning and inquiring, striving to improve their cultivation.

The fusion of cultivation and technology became popular across Jiuzhou. Automated production made low-level talismans affordable, and five-sense receivers were available in every household, allowing users to watch their favorite programs.

Cultivators had a wider range of cultivation techniques to choose from, and fusion-stage techniques were no longer novelties worth risking their lives to obtain. Cultivators exchanged ideas, identified shortcomings in their techniques, and pooled their wisdom to address them.

Praise for Jiang Li was everywhere. Although Jiang Li wasn’t physically present, his presence was evident everywhere.

Finally, he arrived at the mermaid tribe in the South China Sea. He stood for a long time beside the former leader, Yu Jue. He opened his mouth, but remained silent.

Yu Jue dozed in his rocking chair, unaware of the Old Emperor’s arrival.

At that moment, two thunderclaps echoed from the horizon. The Old Emperor knew that Li Er and the Sword Lord were undergoing their immortal tribulation.

“It’s time to go. I’ll have something to say when I get back.”

The Old Emperor, using the cycle of life and death, returned to the underworld.

Yu Jue woke up from his dream and looked around in confusion, not knowing why he woke up. He was just filled with sorrow and shed turbid tears.

(End of this chapter)