213: Chapter 213 The Morbid Goddess Lusts for My Body?

"It's starting."

Empress Yue Chan's voice came from behind Cao Kun.

Cao Kun did not turn his head.

He watched as those multicolored pillars of light continued to descend, his mind calculating a certain question.

"Hey, Little hidden guard."

Cao Kun took a half-step back, his shoulder almost brushing against Empress Yue Chan's softness.

"...What is it?"

"Someone told me before that as long as one obtains a heavenly dao fortune mark, people from the outside world cannot take action against the holder."

Cao Kun turned around and looked at Empress Yue Chan.

"After the Contest of the Three Thousand Provinces Orthodoxy ends and the heavenly dao golden list disappears, does the mark vanish along with it?"

"Doesn't that mean that once the inheritance struggle ends, those old monsters at the Body Integration Stage and Mahayana Stage from the outside can directly move to snatch the fortune?"

This question was crucial.

If the Heavenly Dao's protection was only valid during the period of the inheritance struggle,

then the moment he emerged from the Divine Ruins would be the moment all the old monsters coveting the treasures on his person would strike.

"Your concern is unnecessary."

"The protection of the Heavenly Dao Laws will not terminate with the dissipation of the Golden Ranking."

Empress Yue Chan's voice was very low, but her tone was extremely certain.

"Every person who can come out of the Ancient God Ruins alive is a Child of Luck recognized by the Heavenly Dao."

"The mark left by the Heavenly Dao will remain attached to them forever."

"Anyone who takes action against a Cultivator holding the mark..."

"...will suffer the backlash of Karma sent down by the Heavenly Dao!"

"The higher the cultivation, the heavier the backlash!"

Empress Yue Chan paused and added,

"Even those old monsters at the Body Integration Stage wouldn't dare risk the backlash of the Heavenly Dao to snatch things from a Child of Luck."

"Because that price is one that no one can afford."

Cao Kun understood clearly. It seemed that even if he robbed all these geniuses inside the Divine Ruins,

once he came out, those Old Ancestors of the super forces could only stare helplessly!

"I wanted to get along with you all as an ordinary person, but you just had to force me to be a bandit..."

"I'm done pretending, I'm showing my hand!"

Cao Kun's mind was now filled with one thought.

With so many prodigies gathered together, each carrying a vast amount of Spirit Stones, top-tier Magic Treasures, and rare Medicinal Pills...

After entering the Divine Ruins, the highest cultivation would only be the Peak of Void Refining.

In his eyes, what was the difference between these people and fat sheep waiting to be slaughtered?

Just then,

a golden pillar of light descended from the Golden Ranking.

It pierced through tens of thousands of miles of the Void Realm and landed straight on top of Cao Kun's head.

A warm golden light enveloped him.

A mark emitting a pale golden shimmer manifested out of thin air and slowly sank into his glabella.

On the heavenly dao golden list, the two characters for "Cao Kun" slowly appeared.

Almost at the same moment,

several more pillars of light fell in succession, enveloping the others on the dragon-patterned flying boat.

Because Empress Yue Chan had disguised her appearance and aura, the name displayed on the Golden Ranking was blurred.

While the people from Great Yan were obtaining their marks one after another,

on the other side of the Void Realm,

atop that purple-gold tower ship of the Lingxiao Divine Kingdom,

several beams of golden light also descended from the sky, enveloping a female Cultivator standing at the edge of the deck.

She wore a dark purple gauze dress, and a layer of semi-transparent gauze hung before her, obscuring most of her face.

Only a pair of amber eyes were visible.

As the fortune mark entered her glabella, three characters appeared on the heavenly dao golden list—

Goddess Ye Qingqiu.

The middle-aged man in python robes walked respectfully behind her.

"Goddess, the mark has arrived."

Goddess Ye Qingqiu did not respond.

Her gaze was fixed on the bow of the Great Yan dragon-patterned flying boat,

landing on the young man wearing black and white Daoist robes.

"Chaos Qi..."

She stuck out her bright red tongue and licked her alluring lips.

Her body actually began to tremble slightly, unable to restrain itself.

"So rich, so delicious... I really want to eat him up bit by bit!"

...

Buzz—

The names on the heavenly dao golden list already exceeded thirty thousand.

The frequency of the golden pillars of light descending became slower and slower.

After the last pillar of light vanished, the number of names on the Golden Ranking froze at thirty-six thousand.

This meant that these thirty-six thousand peerless prodigies would engage in a cruel slaughter concerning life, death, and Daoist inheritance within this Ancient God Ruins.

Immediately following that,

the massive spatial rift spanning the horizon trembled violently.

The gray mist of Chaos surged and retreated to both sides.

The golden marks on the glabellas of all the Cultivators who had obtained the fortune mark lit up simultaneously.

Cao Kun felt an invisible force firmly locking onto him.

Space began to distort.

"It's coming."

He reached out and grabbed Liu Rumeng's small hand.

Empress Yue Chan, behind him, also involuntarily took a step forward, getting closer to Cao Kun.

After a bout of dizziness,

everyone was teleported to a vast and boundless land.

The soil beneath their feet was dark red, and heat rose from the cracked ground.

The sky was a hazy gray, without a sun, yet there was an indescribable light source illuminating the entire land in a crimson hue.

In the distance, scarlet mountain ranges rose and fell like the spine of a sleeping giant beast.

The Spiritual Qi permeating the air was extremely thin.

However, its quality was far richer and purer than that of the outside world.

"Not bad."

Cao Kun looked left and right.

Liu Rumeng stood by his side, still tightly holding his hand, her large bright eyes curiously surveying the surroundings.

Empress Yue Chan likewise stood in the position behind him.

A bit further away,

thirteen Great Yan prodigies, including Lin Potian and Murong Xue, had also appeared one after another on this crimson land.

The locations where everyone landed were not far apart, basically within a radius of several miles.

Clearly, the Heavenly Dao marks had grouped people of the same camp together.

As for Bi Yuntao,

he and his dozen or so elites from the Prince's Mansion landed nearly twenty miles away from the main Great Yan group.

Moreover, almost the moment they landed, they soared into the air.

The dozen or so subordinates at the Late Stage of Void Refining behind him followed closely.

They flew rapidly directly toward the eastern mountain range.

Murong Xue, who was nearby, caught up.

She glanced in the direction Bi Yuntao had gone, her expression becoming a bit more solemn.

"Lord Cao, should I... lead some people to pursue him?"

"Pursue what?"

Cao Kun let out a sneer.

"Let him run."

Murong Xue was stunned for a moment, looking at him with some confusion.

"He's going to find the people from the Taichu Holy Land himself, which saves us the trouble of looking for them everywhere."

"Once they've all gathered,"

Cao Kun revealed a meaningful smile.

"We'll head over and take them all out in one go."

"Wouldn't that be much easier?"

He pulled out two brand new, blank Jade Slips from his Storage Ring and tossed them directly to Murong Xue.

Murong Xue caught them with both hands and looked down.

Two blank Jade Slips, with nothing engraved on them.

She looked up at Cao Kun, completely bewildered.

"Lord Cao, this is...?"

"Everyone, come here!"

Cao Kun tilted his chin toward the Great Yan prodigies not far away.

Lin Potian and the others looked at each other, then walked over quickly.

Thirteen Great Yan prodigies stood together before Cao Kun.

"You people should be well-acquainted with the details of the various major forces in the Central State before coming to the Divine Ruins, right?"

Liu Rumeng