Chapter 115 Hesitation? Boiling Blood and Burning Soul! (Part 1)

[Dongtian Calendar Year 70, Harvest Day Celebration.]

[The entire camp was decorated with lanterns and banners. Tens of thousands gathered in the square, cheering, singing, and dancing before the divine statue.]

[Bonfires reddened the night sky. The aroma of roasted meat and the scent of brewed spirits drifted through the camp, filled with the atmosphere of the mortal world.]

[On this grandest day of the year for the Divine Cult, according to tradition, a sacred "Deity Descent Ritual" would be held.]

[Standing on a high platform, your gaze swept over the prosperity you had personally built.]

[You looked down at Chen Liang, who had grown so old he could only sit in a wheelchair, smiling foolishly.]

[You were dazed for a moment but quickly returned to normal.]

[You beckoned and called Priest Agu to your side.]

[Agu was the most fanatical believer of the new generation and the one most severely eroded by Han Ming's divinity.]

[His right eye had turned completely into an eerie, pure blue.]

[You knew very well that once the Deity Descent Ritual began...]

[...Han Ming's awakening consciousness would involuntarily become intoxicated by the massive tide of faith, and his defenses would be at their lowest.]

[That would be your best opportunity.]

["Agu, tonight's celebration and the Deity Descent Ritual will be presided over entirely by you."]

["I am old; many things must gradually be handed over to you young people."]

[You patted his shoulder, your tone gentle, carrying the expectations of a senior for a Junior.]

["Archbishop! Is... is this true?"]

["Thank you for your grace! I will surely spread the Great Deity's radiance throughout the camp!"]

[Agu trembled with excitement, a fanatical light shimmering in his pure blue right eye.]

[He knelt directly on the ground and kissed the tips of your shoes.]

["Go, ignite the atmosphere. You are the protagonist tonight."]

[You watched Agu walk toward the altar, feeling the increasingly active fluctuations of Han Ming's consciousness within the Mark on your forehead.]

[At this moment, he was preparing to enjoy a feast.]

[You quietly vanished into the darkness.]

[Your footsteps were extremely light, making no sound and disturbing no one.]

[Your heart beat steadily and powerfully in your chest. You held your breath and focused, reducing your presence to the minimum.]

[Moving away from the noisy crowd, you walked step by step toward your private cultivation room in the deepest part of the camp.]

[Upon entering the secret room, you reached back and pressed a switch.]

["Rumble!"]

[The heavy Dragon-Severing Stone fell, completely sealing off the exit.]

[You even used your strength to shatter the door-opening mechanism from the inside!]

[In the center of the secret room, within the massive pool that had been expanded several times...]

[...it was filled with the sweet dew you had accumulated over the decades, now emitting a brilliant golden light.]

[You took off the magnificent divine robe patterned with sea waves and tossed it aside.]

[Without the slightest hesitation, you slowly stepped into the pool.]

[The sweet dew, radiating intense vitality, submerged your body, your neck, and finally the top of your head.]

[You sank completely to the bottom of the pool.]

["It is time."]

[You whispered in your heart, then frantically circulated the "Heavenly Sea Canglan Body Divine Seed Origin Method"!]

["Boom!!!"]

[In an instant, the remaining hundred-plus empty acupoints in your body...]

[...were instantly filled under the frantic influx of massive amounts of sweet dew!]

[One hundred and forty-four yuan seeds roared in unison, erupting with blinding radiance.]

[You directly ignored the "Contractual Shackle" lying across your Divine Soul.]

["Break for me!!!"]

[You pierced through that barrier, which was as thin as window paper.]

[With this step, you entered the Realm that all Origin Opening Realm Martial Artists dream of.]

[For you, whose foundation was now perversely deep, it was a fruit that could be plucked with ease.]

[The Canglan Divine Sense in your Sea of Consciousness began a violent transformation, quickly evolving into a Divine Soul with the help of massive Mental Source Power.]

[The process of "Origin Qi Infusion, Innate Embryonic Breathing" that you had heard about from Old Wu began immediately.]

[You felt as if you had returned to your mother's embrace, a pleasure of unprecedented life sublimation surging through your entire body.]

[However, amidst this supreme bliss, a fatal crisis arrived.]

["Crack—"]

[You had forcibly violated Han Ming's contract!]

[The punishment arrived as expected.]

[You felt your newly transformed Divine Soul being gripped tightly by an invisible hand and then cruelly torn apart.]

[Divine Soul collapse!]

[This pain far exceeded the agony of a thousand cuts to the Physical Body.]

[But you did not scream, for you were well-prepared.]

["Come!"]

[You directly ignited the massive Mental Source Power you had extracted and purified from the members of the Divine Cult over the past decades!]

[This source energy turned into pure restorative fluid, frantically filling the cracks in your Divine Soul.]

[Tearing, repairing, tearing again, repairing again...]

[Your Divine Soul struggled repeatedly between collapse and reconstruction; the consumption of Divine Soul Source Energy was terrifying.]

[But you had stockpiled so much that the massive amount of Divine Soul Source Energy was enough to let you burn it frantically for a long time!]

[Only now did Han Ming, immersed in the joy of harvest and the tide of faith, finally notice something was wrong.]

[Through the soul artifact, he let out a roar of shock and fury:]

["Boy! What are you trying to do?! You actually dare..."]

["Shut up, you old dog."]

[You didn't even have the interest to hear him finish.]

[You mobilized your newly transformed Origin Force like a sharp blade.]

[You ruthlessly severed all connections between your Divine Thought and the "soul artifact," unilaterally blocking this deity.]

[At this moment, the vast sweet dew pool seemed to boil, with golden bubbles "gurgling" to the surface.]

[Although the sweet dew was consumed extremely quickly while resisting the Divine Soul collapse...]

[...the foundation of this full pool could entirely withstand your reckless squandering.]

[Soon, the Origin Qi Infusion ended.]

[Your tempered martial will perfectly fused into the yuan seeds within every acupoint of your body.]

["Rumble!"]

[A terrifying wave of air belonging to a Soaring Realm Expert erupted from your body, instantly pushing away the pool water.]

[At this moment, you had truly stepped into the Soaring Realm.]

[You reached the Realm of "Physical Body Births Spirit, Treading on the Void"!]

[But you did not choose to end it there.]

[This was only the first step of the plan!]

[You immediately performed a Water Manipulation Technique, forcibly gathering the remaining golden liquid from the entire sweet dew pool.]

[You frantically compressed it and stuffed it into the major acupoints of your body.]

[You even opened your mouth, filling every inch of space within your body with highly compressed sweet dew.]

[Now, your entire body was packed with sweet dew, emitting a faint golden light.]

["Bang!"]

[You bent your legs slightly and exerted sudden force.]

[With a punch carrying the terrifying Origin Force of the Soaring Realm, you directly blew apart the several-meter-thick rock wall above the secret room!]

[Rocks pierced through the air as you transformed into a water-blue stream of light, soaring into the sky.]

[Ignoring the intense consumption of Origin Qi in your body, you trailed a long wake across the night sky.]

[Flying at top speed directly toward the entrance of the sky-high Sky Ladder.]