Before entering the Sacred Path, the Nine Spirits Great Sage gave each Saint a storage bag.
In the storage pouch, a map and two precious bottles were placed.
On the map, the four world fragments of the Ancestral Spirit Realm were drawn, and based on the location of the world fragments, they were divided into: the West World, the East World, the South World, and the North World.
The two treasure bottles, on the other hand, were used to collect the blood and holy souls of the Rakshasa respectively.
Killing a Rakshasa didn’t require its corpse in order to redeem the Sheng Deity Value.
In fact, all that was needed was to collect a drop of blood, or a strand of holy soul, and the consciousness that the Book of Merit itself possessed could naturally judge whether you had killed that Rakshasa or not.
The Great Sage of the Nine Spirits said, ”Once again, I would like to remind everyone that the duration of the Saint Merit War is three months. On top of the four world fragments of the Ancestral Spirit Realm, there is a wall of merit books. As long as you guys find the Merit Book Wall, you can go and exchange your merit values at any time.”
“In addition to that, when you guys are on the Merit Battlefield, not only do you have to be wary of the Hell Realm Rakshasa Clan, but you also have to be wary of your rivals. Because, it’s possible that they may also step in and snatch the blood and holy souls that you’ve collected.”
“Haha.”
A laughter that carried a huge amount of Saint Might resounded through this heaven and earth.
Immediately after, a vast white Saint Cloud, as if it was a sea wave, came surging over from the distance in layers.
Immediately after, roughly 150,000 Saint People, rushed out from the Saint Cloud and landed on the ground.
They were neatly arranged, and the vast majority of the Saint Saints were carrying a Saint Sword on their backs, and the aura radiating from their bodies was quite cold and frigid.
There were four figures that stood in the sky above the 150,000 Saint army, and the Saintly might that exploded from their bodies was actually on par with the Nine Spirit Great Sage, Silent Emperor, and Ancestor Wu.
One of the figures possessed a human body but had seven silver-coloured dragon heads, he was the Great Saint level giant of the Blade and Prison Realm, the Seven Dragon Zun.
The Seven Dragon Zun’s seven dragon heads simultaneously let out a laugh, ”This sentence from the Nine Spirits Great Sage is somewhat unappealing to my father. We of the Seven Realms of Shatuo are all stepping into the battlefield and killing the enemy together in order to take on the Pit Hell Realm, how could we possibly strike out at our own people?”
The Nine Spirits Great Sage snorted lightly, “In that merit war thirty years ago, if you hadn’t made a sneak attack on the Ancestral Spirit Realm, the Ancestral Spirit Realm wouldn’t necessarily have been reduced to a world battlefield.”
The Seven Dragon Venerable Sage said, “That was the Ancestral Spirit Realm itself wanting to be the enemy of the Blade Prison Realm, what can be done about it? The Guanghan Realm and our Blade Prison Realm, however, are our own people, how can the two be compared together?”
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Su Qingling stood on Zhang Ruochen’s right and said to Zhang Ruochen, “They are the Blade Prison Realm, one of the seven realms of Shatuo, and they are much more powerful than the Guanghan Realm.”
“Thirty years ago, the Blade Prison Realm and the Violet Mansion Realm teamed up against the Ancestral Spirit Realm and killed many Saints and Sacred Kings of the Ancestral Spirit Realm on the Battlefield of Merit, and even, our Guanghan Realm was ambushed by them. They are ruthless, so when you enter the Battlefield of Merit, you must beware of them.”
“It’s also too cruel!”Mu Lingshi said.
Su Qingling looked at Mu Lingshi from top to bottom and smiled brightly, “Little sister, the Merit Battlefield is much more cruel than you think.”
“Many thanks to sister Su for reminding me.”
Mu Lingshi smiled sweetly, however, those soulful starry eyes also sized Su Qingling up from top to bottom.
The saints of the Broad Cold Realm were obviously very hateful towards the Blade Prison Realm, and a cold light was emerging from the eyes of every cultivator.
A few moments later, the Purple Mansion Realm, which was on good terms with the Blade Prison Realm, also arrived at the entrance of the Holy Road.
The strength of the Purple Mansion Realm was even more powerful than the Blade Prison Realm, ranking second amongst the seven realms of the Shadows, with the number of Saints amounting to 300,000, which was three times that of the Guanghan Realm.
The army of Saints from the Violet Mansion Realm directly merged with the army of Saints from the Blade Prison Realm, forming an incomparably great momentum, the holy light on all the Saints connecting together as if they were transformed into a sea of saints.
In the Violet Mansion Realm, an old man wearing a purple robe stood in the void and laughed, “Nine Spirits, this time, how about our three realms joining forces to deal with the Kunlun Realm together?”
In the Blade Prison Realm, the Seven Dragon Zun stood out once again and said, “The Kunlun Realm used to be a great world ranked in the top ten of the Ten Thousand Realms Merit Ranking, hiding a lot of unimaginable treasures, and only by making that place a battleground will we be able to go in there logically and seize the treasures.”
The Great Sage of the Nine Spirits said, “How weak is the Kunlun Realm, with you two realms joining forces, it’s already enough to wipe them out, there’s no need for the Guanghan Realm to meddle in it.”
The two Great Saints of the Violet Mansion Realm and the Blade and Prison Realm did not open their mouths to invite again.
After all, the Nine Spirits Great Sage was right, the Kunlun Realm was too weak, and with the strength of their two realms, they could easily eat them up.
The reason why they invited the Guanghan Realm was also just telling the Guanghan Realm that their main goal this time was not the Guanghan Realm, and they hoped that the Guanghan Realm would not make an enemy of them.
“Three hundred thousand Saints, the Purple Mansion Realm is also too powerful.”
Zhang Ruochen’s mood became a little heavy.
Other Guanghan Realm Saints only had one mission, and that was to kill more Rakshasas and earn more merit value.
However, the Moon God had also given Zhang Ruochen another task, and that was, he had to capture the first place in the Saint’s Merit Ranking.
Just the second ranked Violet Mansion Realm was so pervertedly powerful.
How powerful was the first ranked Great Demon Ten Directions Realm?
Trying to capture the number one spot on the Saint Merit Ranking was clearly more than ten times tougher than Zhang Ruochen had expected.
Not long after, the Kunlun Realm’s army of Saints also arrived at the entrance to the Sacred Path.
The Great Saints leading the Kunlun Realm’s army were the Chaos Army Lord and the Living Bodhisattva.
The two of them could only be considered juniors amongst the Great Saints, and could not even be compared to the several giants of the Violet Mansion Realm, Blade Prison Realm, and Broad Cold Realm.
However, the number of Saints in the Kunlun Realm was far from Zhang Ruochen’s prediction, surprisingly numbering 60,000 to 70,000.
Obviously, Chi Yao must have opened the Heavenly Wheel Seal for thirty times as long in order to create such a large number of Saints in a short period of time.
Of course, sixty to seventy thousand Saints were all a far cry from the Guanghan Realm, and trying to survive the attack of the Violet Mansion Realm and the Blade Prison Realm was almost impossible.
Among the Kunlun Realm’s army of Saints, Zhang Ruochen spotted many familiar figures.
Sacred Book Talent Girl, Cang Lan Martial Saint, Autumn Rain, Heavenly Fate Corpse Emperor, Chu Si Yuan, Snowless Night, Standing Monk, Wan Zhaoyi, Nine Spectre Sword Saint, Burial Moon Sword Saint, Pei Yutian, Chen Wutian, Mindfulness Buddhist Master, Han Qiu, Ah Le, Eldest Senior Brother Qingxiao, Second Senior Brother Zhu Hongtao, and Third Senior Brother Wan Ke ……
The entire Kunlun Realm’s Saints were all in the army, among them were Zhang Ruochen’s enemies, Zhang Ruochen’s friends, masters and brothers, and confidants.
The Sacred Book Talented Lady spotted Zhang Ruochen’s figure amongst the army of the Guanghan Realm, first revealing a contemplative expression, and then, as if she had figured out the reason for it, she let out a ghostly sigh.
Those Saints from the other Kunlun Realm also saw Zhang Ruochen and Mu Lingshi.
“Zhang Ruochen actually joined the Guanghan Realm, and even represented the Guanghan Realm in the Merit Battle… Doesn’t he know that once the Guanghan Realm wins, it also means that the Kunlun Realm will lose?”Autumn Rain stood in the middle of the army of Saints, fanning the emotions of the crowd and very much targeting Zhang Ruochen.
“The only great world we can possibly defeat is the Guanghan Realm.”
“Zhang Ruochen is a traitor, he betrayed the Kunlun Realm and is a common enemy of the Kunlun Realm.”
“Don’t let me meet him on the Battlefield of Merit, otherwise, I’ll be the first to kill him first.”
Second senior brother Zhu Hongtao roared, “What are you yelling about, my senior brother was forced out of the Kunlun Realm by the Empress and had no choice but to join the Guanghan Realm, it’s not as if he himself …… who sneak attacked this Saint ……”
Before Zhu Hongtao could finish his sentence, he was attacked secretly, and a bloody hole was stabbed out of his back.
The Kunlun Realm’s army of Saints was in an uproar, and any cultivator who dared to speak up for Zhang Ruochen was targeted and verbally abused.
In the end, the Chaos Army Lord released his Saintly Might and shocked the crowd before silencing them.
Zhang Ruochen, on the contrary, appeared calm and calm, his face did not change, as if he could not hear the insults.
Gradually, the armies of Saints from the Great Demon Ten Directions Realm, Eight Divisions Realm, and Tianmu Realm came to the entrance of the Sacred Road one after another.
Among them, the Great Demon Ten Directions Realm was the most powerful, surprisingly, there were half a million Saints, far from the second ranked Purple Mansion Realm.
The strength of the Eight Sect Realm was also very powerful, with the number of Saints, roughly around two hundred and sixty thousand.
The strength of the Tianmu Realm was between the Blade Prison Realm and the Guanghan Realm, and the number of Saints was probably around 130,000 or so.
It could be said that the Great Demon Ten Directions Realm belonged to the first echelon, while the Violet Mansion Realm and the Eight Divisions Realm belonged to the second echelon. The Blade Prison Realm, Tianmu Realm, and Guanghan Realm belonged to the third echelon, while the Kunlun Realm belonged to the fourth echelon.
“Is the Moon God joking? The Great Demon Ten Directions Realm’s strength is so terrifying, and she’s actually asking me to lead the Guanghan Realm to capture the first place in the Saints’ Merit Battle.”Zhang Ruochen felt quite a headache.
However, there must be a reason why the Moon God had asked Zhang Ruochen to put his best foot forward to capture the first place in the Sage Merit Battle, perhaps, she knew some hidden secrets and was worried that the Guanghan Realm would be at the bottom of the list.
Zhang Ruochen began to think about how, exactly, he could seize the first place in the Sage Merit Battle.
Using the conventional methods, it was obvious that there was no chance whatsoever.
After all, even if he was as strong as he was, he was still just one person, so how could he compare to the efficiency of hundreds of thousands of Saints in killing their enemies?
Zhang Ruochen kept shaking his head, and in the end, gave up thinking and secretly said, “Wait until we reach the Merit Battlefield, then we can think about this headache-inducing problem.”
In the sky above the dome of the heavens, an incomparably sacred voice resounded, “The Sacred Path opens.”
A huge vortex appeared in front of the saints, and in the end, the vortex transformed into a circular holy gate with a diameter of a hundred feet.
Standing outside the holy gate, one could also see that there was a long holy road in the gate.
At the other end of the holy path, it was connected to a reddish yellow rocky planet. That planet, located above the four world fragments of the Ancestral Spirit Realm, was thousands of miles from the ground.
An hour later, all of the saints of the Shatuo Seven Realms arrived on top of the rocky planet.
That divine voice, once again sounded, “Send the saints of the seven realms, into the Battlefield of Merit.”
Immediately after, two great saints from the Tianmu Realm, a man and a woman, flew over the saints of the Guanghan Realm.
Among them, the handsome-looking male Great Sage waved his sleeve, and instantly, the 100,000 saints of the Guanghan Realm were out of their control, flying towards the Four Great World Fragments below them, and crashing to the ground as if they were raindrops.
The four world fragments were too vast, and all the Saints of the Guanghan Realm were scattered, and even the two most neighbouring Saints were feared to be ten thousand miles away from each other, and could not be brought together in a moment.
At the same time, the saints of the other six realms also crashed down towards the four great world fragments.
