728: They've begun their invasion of the world from the Great Wilderness Mountains! They're plotting to become a second-tier priest!

In the Third Turn Trial Secret Realm.

A month passed in the blink of an eye.

Su Lie stayed put during this time. He used Disguise to become Honghe Venerable, mobilized troops to blockade the Honghe River, and swept through the Great Wilderness Mountain region he controlled.

On one hand, he used the excuse of sending gifts to collect intelligence.

Su Lie gradually learned about the Divine Officials in the surrounding areas.

The Honghe River Divine Official of the Great Wilderness Mountain was a subordinate of the Second-Tier Divine Official, the Yongjiang Divine Official.

The Yongjiang Divine Official had twelve water veins under his command.

Besides the Honghe River, there were the Blood River, Filth River, Black River, Fly River, Shadow River, and so on.

These Divine Officials also called themselves Venerables, naming themselves after their waters.

They sealed their territories and searched for the Trial Takers who had descended.

Every Divine Official had made gains.

However, some suffered heavy losses, almost dying at the hands of the Trial Takers.

Su Lie heard that some Trial Takers had gathered quickly after descending, forming a faction in a vast jungle about 100 million kilometers east of his area.

This drew the attention of higher-level Divine Officials and the Main God.

"My God! This subordinate went to the Yongjiang Water Mansion to deliver taxes and learned that the Changhe River and Wolf River Venerables under our Yongjiang Water Mansion have used a newly awakened power to refine two resources our world doesn't have!"

The Carp Monster knelt and reported respectfully: "The Yongjiang Water Mansion has already sent envoys to summon the two Venerables to the Yongjiang Water Mansion to talk!"

"This subordinate feels that the Yongjiang Water Mansion is greedy; if those two Venerables go, they will surely die!"

It stopped there: "My God! This is all the intelligence I have gathered!"

Su Lie nodded and said to the Carp Monster: "Very good! By the way! Go ask if the population of the pigs and other races in our territory has been counted?"

"If counted, register them! Arrange for our soldiers to enter each territory to conduct a headcount!"

"If there is resistance, kill without mercy!"

"The reason? Just say the danger of the outsiders is great, and they must be screened early, otherwise, the entire Honghe River will be doomed!"

During this time, he didn't just sit and watch the turmoil.

He used his plant puppet Talent, consuming lifespan to refine plant puppet seeds.

Now, he had converted the 50 million aquatic monster army of the Honghe River, the attendants and officers of the Water Mansion, and about 500 million other aquatic monsters into plant puppets.

This cost Su Lie 5 billion years of lifespan. Plus 10 years lost daily for 30 days, totaling 300 years. If not for his immense lifespan, he would have died.

"Yes! My Lord!"

The Carp Monster's eyes lit up, and it kowtowed: "Yes! This subordinate understands!"

It walked out happily, misinterpreting Su Lie's order.

"Haha! My God is truly the smartest existence! To think of such a strategy!"

"Previously, those bastards blocked us from entering their territories to investigate. Now with this excuse, I will definitely find out the treasures and resources in your territories for my Lord!"

"Hehe! If they really dare to resist, then kill! Kill! Kill!"

"Anyway, the Water Mansion needs a lot of fresh meat to feed the troops, what difference does it make what we eat!"

The Carp Monster walked while thinking, believing it understood the hidden meaning.

Su Lie was speechless, but didn't stop or explain.

Because he discovered the humans of this world had completely lost their humanity; they were cannibalistic and mutated due to the environment and pollution.

These people had no language, only barking like dogs.

They had human forms but not human appearances, becoming like mountain spirits and wild monsters.

They were no longer human, but monsters with human stature!

Seeing these "people," Su Lie unlocked the shackles in his heart.

After the Carp Monster left, Su Lie sensed the Xuanhuang Power he left in the Honghe region.

He found that the world's power, after discovering the Xuanhuang Power, had chosen to actively merge with it.

This caused great changes in his Honghe region.

With the rapid growth and accumulation of Xuanhuang Power, it had spread from the old trees and underground caves to cover 100,000 kilometers.

In other words, one-fifth of the 500,000 kilometers of the Honghe Venerable's territory had been converted by Su Lie.

The converted areas kept their original appearance. Su Lie didn't activate other powers, just let them hide under the world's power.

Su Lie sensed for a while, his eyes lighting up.

A smile curled his lips: "Good! Good! Good! The water eye of the Blood Valley has been completely converted by the Xuanhuang Power! Next, I need to use the power of this water to transport the Xuanhuang Power to all parts of the world!"

For this, he consumed 10 trillion extreme points of Xuanhuang Power.

Such a massive consumption took a whole month to successfully convert the Blood Valley's water eye. Su Lie was shocked.

Fortunately, everything was going according to plan.

He turned and went to the side hall: "Things here are basically stable. Controlling the Honghe Water Mansion means mastering the upper-level troops. No matter how chaotic the various races below are, they cannot defeat the Water Mansion's troops!"

This was Su Lie's bedroom. On one wall was a map of the world's regions.

The map detailed the Honghe region and parts outside it.

He whispered to himself: "Perhaps it is time to act! I wonder if I can merge the Divine Seal power of other Water Mansion Venerables!"

After consideration, Su Lie drew a line on the map.

The line was the intersection of the Changhe River, Black River, and Eternal River.

Changhe River was six rivers away from Honghe; it had few tributaries, hence its name.

The Black River was opposite the intersection of Changhe and the Eternal River, named for its black water.

Su Lie wanted to act, to intercept the two Divine Officials when they were summoned to the Eternal River, to test if he could merge Divine Seals of the same level.

He left the Water Mansion, using his Wave Transformation Talent to manipulate the current and head towards the Eternal River.

An hour passed.

Su Lie arrived at the intersection of the Black River and the Eternal River, leaving a strand of Xuanhuang Power.

Then, he entered the Changhe River through the intersection with the Eternal River.

He quickly sensed a vast presence of water monsters and heard voices.

"Changhe Venerable! The Eternal River God just summoned you to see your power, there is no need to mobilize troops! This... this... if this angers the God, I cannot protect you!"

A humanoid water turtle followed a submerged sedan chair, speaking urgently.

A grave and aged voice came from the sedan: "Envoy, do not pin charges on me! I am arranging this entirely to guard against the invasion of those outsiders!"

"You know it too! A Demon Clan outsider appeared in the Zhenjiang water system next to our Eternal River water system. This guy seems to be called Maha Wuliang, and he almost killed the Zhenjiang High Venerable!"

"Even a High Venerable almost died! I dare not be careless at this time!"

"Our world doesn't have two years of peace before a 10-year chaos breaks out! Lives are like grass, it's better to be careful!"

As he spoke, the sedan stopped, and there was no sound outside.

The Changhe Venerable's eyes darted, and he asked tentatively: "Old Turtle! You don't want to kill me, do you?"

Hum! In the blink of an eye, the Changhe Venerable, who was about to crush an item, froze in place.

Splash! Su Lie grabbed the curtain of the sedan, which weighed about 1 million kilograms. He had transformed into a water algae monster, freezing the Changhe Venerable's escort team of 100,000 soldiers and the Eternal River envoy.

If he hadn't sensed an item surging with spatial power in the Changhe Venerable's hand, he wouldn't have acted against it inside the Changhe River.

Su Lie snatched the item, went outside, and took out a card.

Under Su Lie's mental coverage, Hum! In the blink of an eye, the Changhe Venerable, his 100,000 soldiers, and the Eternal River envoy were sealed in the card.

Su Lie turned into a wave and left.

While walking, he released Deadly Poisonous Mist.

The end of the Changhe water area flowing into the Eternal River was quickly covered by the Mist's power.

Seen from the sky, this water area seemed to be dyed with green paint. The paint was being rapidly washed into the Eternal River by the current.

After taking the Changhe Venerable's group, Su Lie arrived at the intersection of the Black River and the Eternal River again.

The Black River Venerable was strolling in the water with a water turtle envoy.

The water turtle envoy laughed: "Black River Venerable! The resources created by the power you obtained are truly pure! The God has been praising you. With the two unique resources you and the Changhe Venerable have mastered, our Eternal River will surely become rich!"

"Haha! This time, our Eternal River line will definitely be rich! I used to be so anxious seeing other water veins grow strong and wealthy! This time, I, Black River, am willing to help all brothers in the Eternal River water system become prosperous together!"

The Black River Venerable laughed. It was a pitch-black black fish monster.

The water turtle envoy chatted happily with the Black River Venerable. As they entered the Eternal River, he revealed: "To tell you the truth! The God has already formed a team of craftsmen based on the resources you two submitted!"

"Calling you over this time is not to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs, but to cooperate with you and make a fortune!"

"You know! The Eternal River High Venerable was born into a Fourth-Tier Divine Official family. Although he is an illegitimate child of the Earth Sea, he has always had contact with that side and has a certain friendship with the current head!"

"If we can create exquisite and pure ornaments, weapons, or other items based on their needs, it will surely sell well everywhere!"

The Black River Venerable was overjoyed and took out some colorful pearls from a hollow insect bone at its waist and stuffed them to the water turtle envoy.

The water turtle envoy revealed even more shocking news: "In addition, if this matter is done well, the Eternal River High Venerable will be transferred back to the Earth Sea and promoted to a Third-Tier Divine Official! And this position of Eternal River will be chosen from you and the Changhe Venerable!"

Just as the two monsters were chatting happily, Hum! They shook, and a water algae suddenly flashed from their side.

Su Lie, transformed into water algae, froze them and immediately used a card to contain them.

Then, he released Deadly Poisonous Mist again and turned into a wave, heading towards the area where the Eternal River Water Mansion was located.

When the Black River monster guard army, which was following 5 kilometers behind the Black River Venerable and the water turtle envoy, arrived, they were confused by the Deadly Poisonous Mist, each nailed in the water like a wooden stake.

About an hour later, when Su Lie arrived near the Eternal River Water Mansion, he turned toward a jungle valley nearby.

This valley was called Biluo Valley, known for its abundance of Biluo.

However, due to the accident of the Trial Takers' descent, Biluo Valley was destroyed. It had become a ruin.

Splash! After another ten minutes, Su Lie arrived in the deep valley of Biluo Valley, releasing Deadly Poisonous Mist again to cover the surroundings.

After finishing, he released the Black River Venerable and the water turtle envoy, and used his Divine Thief Talent on them.