This Is Heaven-Sent Merit

Demonic Sect Land, Blood Nightmare Sect.

As a demonic sect that had stood here for nearly ten thousand years, it controlled a territory spanning nearly ten million kilometers, with more than a dozen nations dependent on it.

Yet the ordinary people under its rule were all Blood Nightmare Sect's blood slaves, required to make regular offerings. Whenever more consumable materials were needed, they had to offer up their sons, daughters, wives, and mothers.

The only thing ordinary people gained was that they no longer had to worry about a demonic cultivator suddenly appearing, as before, and refining their entire family.

With the Blood Nightmare Sect here, the ten people who might once have died because of demonic cultivators had become nine. At the very least, the burden had been eased—though now they had to give blood.

Li Tianwei had learned all this from the people in this group.

They were also heading to the Blood Nightmare Sect's garrison, to deliver the village's tribute of essence blood.

While they spoke, Li Tianwei could judge from their emotions that this trip was definitely not merely about delivering essence blood.

Li Tianwei's gaze fell upon the two women and one boy in the middle of the group. From the despair on their faces, he could more or less tell that they might also be among the things to be handed over on this journey.

Seeing this, Li Tianwei clenched his fists.

Blood Nightmare Sect, Panshan Garrison.

As the largest Blood Nightmare Sect garrison within a thousand kilometers, it had already grown into a city. Countless demonic cultivators, as well as other cultivators, came here to purchase goods.

Compared with the territories protected by the Four Great Sacred Lands and the various righteous sects, the Demonic Sect Land was undoubtedly a place where one could buy anything one needed, so long as one had enough Spirit Stones.

For example, one could not obtain Foundation Establishment pills from the righteous sects, but demonic cultivators still had Nine Children Foundation Transformation Pills.

Thus, Panshan City had become a prized morsel for the Blood Nightmare Sect. Anyone assigned to guard it could skim a hefty share from it.

After all, within a thousand kilometers, the number of blood slaves, all kinds of essence blood, and consumable materials handed over was enormous. With the slightest reach of a hand, vast resources would flow into one's accounts.

Selling some goods to Rogue Cultivators and certain less-than-upright righteous cultivators was enough to make one's coffers overflow.

However, no one would have imagined that the Nascent Soul Peak demonic cultivator stationed in Panshan had long since been replaced by another.

When Li Tianwei killed Cang Xiuyuan, the Evil Demons, who shared the same roots, had already completely spread the news.

Coupled with Li Tianwei's earlier feat at Lingxu Sacred Land, where he had used Foundation Establishment Realm strength to suppress two Nascent Soul Evil Demons, he had long been regarded by those Evil Demons as a thorn in their eyes.

Very soon, Qin Yueying of Panshan City emerged from seclusion.

"I'll handle him. According to the information sent from Lingxu Sacred Land, his combat strength is only around the Nascent Soul Middle Stage. He was merely able to deal with those two first-grade Nascent Soul fellows for a few exchanges."

"This body of mine is the Personal Disciple of the Blood Nightmare Sect Master. It formed an eighth-grade Nascent Soul—our combat strength isn't even on the same level."

"If that old fellow from the Blood Nightmare Sect weren't so cautious, we might really have been able to lure him out. Then he could have added a stroke of strength to our unrest."

A sinister smile hung on Qin Yueying's beautiful face, as though she were speaking to someone through the air.

Outside Panshan City, with Li Tianwei's assistance, a journey that should have taken several days brought them beneath Panshan City in merely half a day.

The people cast grateful looks at Li Tianwei as well. After all, the time saved spared them much of the suffering along the road.

Only the two women and the child looked unwell.

"Wait here for now. We'll enter the city later."

Li Tianwei looked toward distant Panshan City and said this to those beside him.

Hearing this, the people nodded and stopped nearby to rest their feet.

As for Li Tianwei, he simply sat down cross-legged. The instant he arrived at Panshan City, he sensed that the Resentment Force and spiritual energy between heaven and earth had grown many times denser.

Moreover, the Heavenly Absolute Yin Fiend within Li Tianwei's body, which absorbed Resentment Force, along with his improved Three Thousand Condensing Heaven Intent and Fission Qi Gathering Method, were operating without cease.

The moment he drew near Panshan City, Li Tianwei felt as though he were about to be dragged inside.

It could be said that Li Tianwei was constantly absorbing the spiritual energy and Resentment Force of the Demonic Sect Land. Combined with the peculiar nature of the spiritual energy and Resentment Force here—

Because of this Panshan City outpost, where no one knew how many living beings had fallen, the stray thoughts within the spiritual energy and Resentment Force had reached an utterly terrifying level.

Therefore, before Li Tianwei had even stepped inside, he already felt this pull.

"What is going on? They seem to be calling to me."

Li Tianwei carefully sensed the spiritual energy and aura between heaven and earth, a trace of doubt surfacing in his eyes.

"A call from heaven and earth?"

This was the first thought that flashed through Li Tianwei's mind. After all, the Demonic Sect Land possessed such favorable geographical advantages, yet these demonic cultivators had ruined it.

To Li Tianwei, this faint, elusive call was not heaven and earth crying out for him to set chaos right and thoroughly cleanse this place?

Yet this abnormality was actually the spiritual energy of the Demonic Sect Land turning evil. Upon sensing Li Tianwei, it wanted him to fall into corruption, and so it constantly swirled around him.

After all, in its perception, throughout all of Panshan City and most of the Demonic Sect Land, only Li Tianwei's presence was the clearest.

Because Li Tianwei had not isolated himself in the slightest, openly and freely absorbing spiritual energy. He was so close to it, and his body was filled with resentment, death, slaughter, and evil intent.

Li Tianwei was undoubtedly the clearest existence walking through the Demonic Sect Land, making the mutated spiritual energy of heaven and earth want to seize him.

So it continued to entice Li Tianwei, pouring massive amounts of spiritual energy into his body. In particular, the vast Evil Thoughts entrenched within Panshan City—

They surged in like a swarm.

Dense Evil Thoughts mixed with spiritual energy and poured in. At this moment, Li Tianwei even let go of everything. He discovered that even without circulating any cultivation methods, he could absorb these things, and a trace of realization appeared on his face.

As he felt the spiritual energy pouring in, together with the surging Resentment Force, Li Tianwei could sense that his body seemed to be constantly transforming.

"Could this be heaven-sent merit?"

This invisible call and the transformation brought by this strange increase in strength did not resemble enlightenment, yet they could raise his power. This was the only possibility Li Tianwei could think of.

The more he considered it, the more likely it seemed. Ever since Lingxu Sacred Land, he had eliminated Evil Demons and killed demonic cultivators. Now he even intended to remove the festering tumor that was Panshan City from this Proximity to the Dao Land. Was it not only natural for heaven and earth to bestow merit and grace upon him?

Within Li Tianwei's consciousness, the system sensed his thoughts and scanned the outside at the same time.

Outside, countless Evil Thoughts invisible to the naked eye had piled up in every direction, filling the sky. They were like a sinister face desperately forcing its way into Li Tianwei's body, as Evil Thoughts, Remnant Souls, and Remnant Soul Fragments twisted through heaven and earth and shoved against one another to enter him.

And you're telling me this is merit? How does this look anything like merit?

At this moment, the system truly wanted to point at Li Tianwei's nose and curse him.

There was no merit, but I do have a little grace left over from other worlds. I had originally planned to use it to create spiritual roots for you, but it seems you don't need them anymore.

After thinking this, the system threw its remaining grace into the Evil Thoughts and malicious intent filling the sky.

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