88: A name that resounds throughout the Great Wilderness! An invitation from the Central Plains!

Above the battlefield, the smoke of war had not yet dissipated.

Gu Yang sat beside the headless corpse of Old Ancestor Blood Hand, toying with the jade bottle that sealed the Soul Transformation Nascent Soul, a thoughtful gleam flashing in his eyes.

"Phew... that fight was truly exhausting."

He glanced at the corpse at his feet. Although Old Ancestor Blood Hand had been a ruthless man in life with a vast amount of Qi and blood, Gu Yang had no appetite for him.

"Forget about human-shaped ones; I have a clean-freak streak. Besides, this old man cultivated the Demonic Technique, so his flesh is full of poison. Eating him would likely give me diarrhea."

Gu Yang kicked the corpse with disdain, then skillfully bent down and stripped the Storage Ring from Old Ancestor Blood Hand's hand.

"Let me see how deep the pockets of a Soul Transformation Stage powerhouse go."

Probing with his Divine Sense, Gu Yang's eyes instantly lit up.

"Whoa! There's quite a lot of good stuff here!"

Inside the Storage Ring, a mountain of Top-Grade Spirit Stones blinded his eyes; a rough estimate put the count at at least a million!

There were also various rare Artifact Refining Materials, a few ancient treasures exuding powerful fluctuations, and dozens of bottles of high-grade Medicinal Pills labeled "Blood Divine Pill" and "Heaven-Returning Creation Pill."

"Now this is a real 'great supplement'!"

Gu Yang did not stand on ceremony, grabbing a bottle of Tier 5 "Heaven-Returning Creation Pill" and pouring them into his mouth like candy beans.

Crunch, crunch!

The medicinal power turned into rolling warm currents, rapidly repairing the fractured Meridians and bones within his body.

[Ingesting Tier 5 healing sacred medicine... injuries healing... Energy +5000...]

"A Gu!"

Gu Yang stood up and waved at the Black Stone Tribe members who were still cheering in the distance.

"Lord Divine Envoy!" A Gu ran over excitedly, dropping to his knees with a thud, "It's so good that you are unharmed!"

"Stop kneeling, get up and get to work."

Gu Yang pointed to the enemy mounts (various Yao Beast wolves, tigers, and leopards) on the battlefield that had been killed by the shockwave.

"Clean up all these desolate beast corpses. We're holding a feast tonight! Everyone eat your fill, it's all-you-can-eat!"

"Also, take this..."

Gu Yang flicked a wisp of golden Earth Core Lotus Fire from his fingertip, which landed on Old Ancestor Blood Hand's corpse, "Burn it clean; it's an eyesore."

Since he wasn't eating it, let dust return to dust and earth return to earth.

Three days later, Black Stone Tribe.

A grand bonfire party was underway. The tribesmen were singing and dancing, celebrating their survival.

Gu Yang sat in the seat of honor, holding a huge roasted wolf leg (that was the mount of the Blood Wolf King, a Two-Headed Demon Wolf, which he had been keeping and reluctant to eat, but it finally went into the pot this time).

Beside him, the Saintess was obediently pouring him wine.

After these years of "training," this once high-and-mighty Saintess of the Demonic Sect had completely adapted to the identity of a "handmaiden," even feeling that a life without scheming, where one only had to think about how to roast meat well every day, was quite nice.

"Lord Divine Envoy."

The priest walked over, his expression respectful yet tinged with worry.

"You slew Old Ancestor Blood Hand, and the news has already spread. Now, the tribes for ten thousand miles around revere you, and the Black Stone Tribe is the undisputed hegemon."

"However... the person behind Old Ancestor Blood Hand likely won't just let this go."

"The person behind him?"

Gu Yang took a bite of meat, "Who else? Tell them to come together; I haven't eaten my fill yet anyway."

"It is a power from the Central Divine Continent."

The priest lowered his voice, "The Great Wilderness is just the edge; the true powerhouses are all in the Central Divine Continent. Old Ancestor Blood Hand was merely an expelled disciple of some major Sect."

Just then, a sound of piercing through the air suddenly came from the sky.

A golden stream of light tore through the night sky and hovered above the Black Stone Tribe.

It was a war chariot with an ancient design, cast entirely from bronze, pulled by two extraordinarily handsome Dragons (Nascent Soul Stage).

Standing on the war chariot was a middle-aged man wearing golden armor, his aura unfathomable.

His gaze swept across below and finally settled on Gu Yang.

"Are you Gu Yang?"

The voice was like a great bell, making the valley buzz.

"It is I."

Gu Yang put down the meat leg and wiped his mouth, "Are you here to deliver food? These two Dragons look quite plump."

The two Dragons in the sky heard this, shook in fear, and subconsciously shrank back.

The golden-armored man's mouth twitched, and a strange look flashed in his eyes.

"I am an emissary from the War God Hall."

"War God Hall?"

Gu Yang was stunned, "Never heard of it. Is it a restaurant?"

The golden-armored man took a deep breath, suppressing the urge to attack (he saw that Gu Yang was not to be trifled with).

"The War God Hall is the Holy Land for Body Cultivators in the Central Divine Continent! We specialize in the Physical Body and prove the Dao through strength!"

"The Hall Master heard that the Great Wilderness produced a Body Cultivator genius capable of melee combat against a Soul Transformation cultivator, and specifically ordered me to deliver an invitation."

As he spoke, he waved his hand, and a gold-stamped invitation flew towards Gu Yang.

"Next month, the War God Hall will open the 'War God Trial,' which happens once every thousand years. Those who pass the trial can obtain the Legacy of the War God Illustrated Record and even have the chance to receive a 'Law Baptism' to reshape their Physical Body!"

Gu Yang took the invitation, originally having no interest.

Cultivation Technique? He had the System to deduce it. Law? He could rely on eating.

"Not going. It's too far, I'm too lazy to move."

Gu Yang casually tossed the invitation onto the table.

The golden-armored man seemed to have expected this and added calmly:

"The final reward for this trial, besides the Cultivation Technique, is a mount: a cub of the town-hall Divine Beast—the Starry Sky Giant Beast."

"That is a true star-realm race, and its meat... is said to be incomparably delicious and contains the Origin of the stars."

"What?!"

Gu Yang stood up abruptly, his eyes instantly turning into two large light bulbs.

"Starry Sky Giant Beast? Delicious meat? Contains Origin?"

"Ahem... well, Lord Emissary."

Gu Yang wore a disarmingly kind smile, picked up the invitation, and dusted it off.

"Actually, I have long yearned for the War God Illustrated Record and have always wanted to pay my respects."

"I will participate in this trial!"

"When do we leave? Is food provided?"

The golden-armored man: "..."

He looked at Gu Yang's greedy gaze and suddenly felt a bit worried for that Starry Sky Giant Beast.