At Zhang Ruochen’s insistence, the Blood Moon Ghost King once again made concessions and re-signed the Deity Contract with Empress Chi Yao.
On the new contract, all cultivators of the Sacred Brightness Central Empire who had reached the level of Half-Saint or above were all required to stay in the Kunlun Realm and follow Chi Yao’s orders.
Of course, Empress Chi Yao also made concessions and wrote on the contract that she would not intentionally target them, much less intentionally kill them.
Zhang Ruochen spent a whole day to access all those cultivators who had not reached the Half-Saint realm into the Qian Kun Realm.
“Your Highness, our Dragon Protector Pavilion has a mission that belongs to us, and we are not supposed to go to the Qian Kun Realm.”
After the Vice Pavilion Master finished speaking, he led the members of the Dragon Protector Pavilion and left the Peakless Mountain.
“Your Highness the Crown Prince, you’ve done your best, we can all understand if you don’t feel guilty with your heart. In the future, if you become a god, we will definitely come back again and follow to the death.”
“Empress Chi Yao is a deity, and since she made a promise, she definitely won’t go back on her word, so Your Highness doesn’t have to worry about us.”
Those old Saint Ming troops came to bid farewell to Zhang Ruochen one after another.
In the end, Zhang Ruochen’s side, only Xiao Hei, Mu Lingshi, the Wine Crazy Man, Ancient Songzi, and the Blood Moon Ghost King remained.
Using his feathered wings, Xiao Hei patted Zhang Ruochen’s shoulder and said, “Only at the Saint realm, you are able to bargain with two Deities, throughout the ages, you are already the first person, there is nothing to be depressed about.”
An intimidating light surged in Zhang Ruochen’s eyes as he said, “No matter how difficult it is and how much sweat and blood I have to shed, I will definitely cultivate to the God Realm. If I don’t become a Chess Deity in this life, what’s the point of living in the world?”
If one were to say that before today, Zhang Ruochen’s only meaning of living was to seek revenge on Chi Yao.
Then now, Zhang Ruochen had another goal, to break the chess game, to control his own destiny, and to become the Chess Executioner who played against the Gods.
At the top of the Sacred Wood Peak, the Sun and Moon Crystal Coffin slowly opened, a glistening white light gushed out from the coffin, and immediately after, a goddess with immortal skin and jade skin walked out from inside, so beautiful that it was suffocating.
From the clouds in the sky, a radiant rain of light sprinkled down, enveloping her body and making her delicate body appear incomparably hazy.
“Greetings to the Moon God.”
The Wine Crazy Man, Ancient Songzi, Blood Moon Ghost King, Mu Lingshi, and Little Black, all bowed and saluted at the same time.
Zhang Ruochen was silent for a long time, and in the end, he clasped his hands and calmly said, “Greetings to the Moon God.”
Today, one could not blame the Moon God for such an ending, after all, no one had expected Chi Yao to return so quickly.
The Moon God had only regained some of her divine power and was still in a rather weak state, and to be able to sign a divine Spirit Contract with Chi Yao and save the lives of Zhang Ruochen and the many cultivators of the Sacred Brightness Central Empire was already quite difficult.
In the entire Kunlun Realm, she was the only one who could check Chi Yao.
No matter what, the Moon God had fulfilled her promise.
The true body of the Moon God, suspended above the Sun and Moon Crystal Coffin, her face was very similar to the Blood Moon Ghost King, however, it was even more beautiful, with a cool temperament, giving off a sense of holiness that did not eat earthly fire.
Even with the cultivation realm of the Wine Crazy Man and Ancient Pine Child, they both lowered their heads, not daring to look at her more. It was as if, even a single more glance at her would be blasphemy against the gods.
The Moon God looked over towards the Blood Moon Ghost King and stretched out a finger, pointing it at her brow.
“Wow…”
The Blood Moon Ghost King’s ghostly body dissipated and spread out, turning into a wisp of ghostly qi that merged into one of the Moon God’s jade fingers. Obviously, the Blood Moon Ghost King had completely lost its meaning of existence and was taken back by the Moon God.
“Let’s go, go to the Heavenly Court Realm now.”
With a flick of the Moon God’s finger, a circle of moonlight escaped from the fingertip, wrapping around Zhang Ruochen, Mu Lingshi, Xiao Hei, Wine Crazy Man, and Ancient Songzi.
By the time the moonlight dissipated, their figures, too, disappeared into the Sacred Wood Peak.
In the Peakless Mountain, all the disciples of the Devil Sect knelt down on the ground, their mouths chanting out a sentence at the same time, “Respectfully sending off the Moon God.”
“Respectfully send off the Moon God.”
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One hundred thousand years ago, the Kunlun Realm was a subordinate mortal realm to the Heavenly Court Realm, and thus there was an Ancient Sacred Road that connected the two realms.
After the gods of the Kunlun Realm fell, that Ancient Sacred Road was sealed, preventing the half-saints of the Kunlun Realm, from entering the Heavenly Court Realm to cultivate.
Gods, of course, could use divine power to open the closed Ancient Sacred Road.
A year ago, Empress Chi Yao had travelled to the Heavenly Court Realm through the Ancient Sacred Path to negotiate with the gods.
Now, the new Sacred Path between the Kunlun Realm and the Heavenly Court Realm was also opened up on the basis of the Ancient Sacred Path.
Just as the Moon God led Zhang Ruochen and the others, reaching the outside of the Heavenly Court Realm, the entrance to the Sacred Path in the Kunlun Realm was also opened, and all the beings who had reached the level of Half Saints, Saints, Sacred Kings, and Great Saints entered the Sacred Path in a steady stream, heading towards the Heavenly Court Realm.
Aside from the very few strong individuals with special missions, right now, in the entire Kunlun Realm, the strongest people possessed the cultivation of the Ninth Transformation of the Fish Dragon.
The Heavenly Court Realm, which was also located in the depths of the universe, could be called the heart of all realms, and was incomparably far away from the Kunlun Realm, so if one didn’t take the Sacred Path, it would be impossible for saints to cross the two realms even if they flew for a thousand years.
In the four directions of the Heavenly Court Realm, there flowed a vast Heavenly River, the water flowed swiftly, and there was a bizarre rule following the river.
The Heavenly River flowed right in the middle of the universe, in a circular shape, with no river channel, only a planet suspended in the two rules of the Heavenly River, constructing a simple riverbank.
At this moment, the Moon God, Zhang Ruochen, Mu Lingshi, Xiao Hei, the Wine Crazy Man, and Ancient Songzi stood on the outer side of the Heavenly River, on top of a rocky planet with a diameter of 5,000 miles.
On the planet, there were a large number of profound formation inscriptions engraved, metal palaces and formation towers were established, and there were also Saint Soldiers and Saint Generals guarding the place.
The Wine Crazy Man was a Saint King level powerhouse, and was considered to have seen great storms, but at this moment, his eyes were about to fall to the ground, “Holy shit, there is even a river that can be suspended in the universe, and the river is so wide that you can’t see the other side of the river at all.”
The Moon God said, “This is the river that guards the Heavenly Court Realm, called the Heavenly River. The width of the Heavenly River is one hundred and eighty thousand miles. The water in the Heavenly River is known as the Weak Water. With your cultivation level, you must not attempt to cross the river, otherwise, you will die without a burial place.”
Although Zhang Ruochen acted calmly, he still felt an immense shock in his heart.
What kind of force was it that could make the Heavenly River levitate in the four directions of the Heavenly Court Realm? And what kind of place was the Heavenly Court Realm?
“Wow.”
In the Heavenly River, a pillar of water as huge as a mountain peak surged up, and then, the pillar of water condensed into a burly giant in armour, and from his body, a massive divine might emanated.
That giant that the weak water condensed into, laughed, “A hundred thousand years have passed, and the Moon God has unexpectedly returned to the Heavenly Court Realm again, congratulations.”
With his hands behind his back, the Moon God nodded and said, “Give me a heavenly boat, I want to cross the Heavenly River.”
“Please wait for a moment, Moon God, this seat must check the identities of a few others before letting you pass.”
With that, the Weak Water Giant took out a mirror and shone it towards Zhang Ruochen and the others, and in the end, a pillar of light flew out from the mirror and rested on Zhang Ruochen’s body.
The weak water giant put away the mirror and said, “Moon God, that Saint behind you has a world hidden within his body. If we allow him to enter the Heavenly Court Realm, we would be violating the Heavenly Laws, a responsibility that this seat cannot afford.”
The Moon God turned around and stared towards Zhang Ruochen, saying, “A world that has not given birth to a god, the cultivators of that world will not be able to enter the Heavenly Court Realm to cultivate.”
Zhang Ruochen understood what the Moon God meant and then, unfolded a pair of arms and closed his eyes.
The Moon God stretched out a snow-white jade finger and pointed it at the top of Zhang Ruochen’s head, using divine power to seal the Heavenly Court Realm.
“With this God’s divine power sealing it, now, he can enter the Heavenly Court Realm, right?”The Moon God said.
The Weak Water Giant said, “According to the rules of the Heavenly Court Realm, all living beings must first register on top of the Book of Merits.”
“Everything is done according to the rules.”The Moon God said.
“Many thanks to the Moon God for understanding.”The Weak Water Giant said.
All the subordinate mortal realms of the Heavenly Court Realm had a Book of Merits and Virtues that was stored above the Star of Merits and Virtues.
The Star of Merit and Virtue, located on the banks of the Heavenly River, was not a spherical planet, but rather a ladder shape, and on top of each ladder was a world’s Book of Merit and Virtue.
The Star of Merit had a total of eight thousand nine hundred and forty steps, which was eight thousand nine hundred and forty miles high.
One ladder, one mile high.
Above the first ladder of the Star of Virtue, the words “Kunlun Realm” were printed. On the ladder, there was now only one name – Chi Yao.
Gu Songzi flew straight towards the first ladder, ready to register on it.
The Moon God said, “You have been abandoned by the gods of the Kunlun Realm, and are unable to leave your names on top of the Kunlun Realm’s Book of Merits. You can only first put your names down, on top of the Book of Merits of the Guanghan Realm.”
With that, the Moon God walked to the fourth level of the ladder and stopped.
Seeing the three words “Guanghan Realm” printed on the top of the ladder, the Moon God’s brows slightly knitted as she said, “Among the ten thousand realms, the Guanghan Realm can only be ranked fourth from the bottom? Over the past 100,000 years, what has the Broad Cold Realm gone through? It seems that my preparations, on the contrary, were not wrong.”
Zhang Ruochen’s eyes narrowed as he asked, “The Heavenly Court has a total of 8,940 subordinate mortal realms?”
“That’s right.”The Moon God said.
Zhang Ruochen added, “The higher the merit value of a world, the higher it ranks on the ladder? The Kunlun Realm doesn’t have a merit value yet, so it’s ranked at the bottom of the ladder?”
“That’s right.”The Moon God said.
Zhang Ruochen asked again, “We registered on top of the Book of Merits and Virtues of the Guanghan Realm, and in the future, the merit values we accumulate will also be attributed to the Guanghan Realm?”
The Moon God said, “Naturally?”
Zhang Ruochen said, “What is the significance of the existence of merit values? It shouldn’t be as simple as just a Ranking of Ten Thousand Realms, right? Is what you’re asking me to do related to the merit value?”
The Moon God said, “For now, you will first register on top of the Merit and Virtue Book and then follow me to the Heavenly Court Realm. In the future, you will understand the significance of Merit Value, which is definitely countless times more important than you think.”
Without a deity’s permission, Zhang Ruochen and the others were simply unable to register on top of the Kunlun Realm’s Merit Book, so naturally, they could only join the Guanghan Realm first.
After they registered, Little Black noticed something interesting and said, “Look guys, every realm has a Ranking of Merits and Virtues. The guy who ranked first on the Broad Cold Realm’s 『Saint Merit List』, named Wu Hao, surprisingly already has 4.7 million merit values.”
The Wine Crazy Man also let out a strange cry, “Ranked number one on the Guanghan Realm’s ‘Saint King’s Merit List’, he has a merit value of three billion seven hundred million merit values. What the hell is a merit value?”
Seeing their startled looks, the Moon God explained again, “Merit value represents your status in the Heavenly Court Realm, as well as the amount of cultivation resources you can enjoy. The Guanghan Realm’s ‘Merit List’ is nothing, having the ability to ascend the Heavenly Court Realm’s ‘Merit List’ is what is considered to be famous in the ten thousand realms.”
Saying this, the Moon God purposely glanced at Zhang Ruochen and said, “You want to gain status, you want to become a Chess Executioner. The first step is to first ascend to the Heavenly Court Realm’s Saints’ Merit List. When you reach that step, some of the gods in the Heavenly Court will take the initiative to draw you in.”
“Of course, the Celestial Court Realm has a convergence of celestial pride from all realms, and there are quite a few True God Bodies, God Fates, and Five Elements Chaotic Bodies. There are also some heavenly prides that are capable of comprehending the Nine Eternal Ancient Ways. It’s not an easy task for you to ascend the Heavenly Court Realm’s Saint Merit List.”
