The Power of Merit, Collective Advancement, Destiny's Recompense

The power of merit had further strengthened Chu Jiang's physical body, while the Thunder Prison Scripture and Martial Emperor Scripture evolved alongside it.

It was not until nightfall that Chu Jiang finally halted this astonishing boon.

Huff—

He exhaled a breath of turbid air.

"This power of merit truly is good stuff. No wonder some can become saints overnight and attain Buddhahood where they stand, reaching heights that others could not achieve even in thousands or tens of thousands of years."

"Just six thousand merit points allowed me to break through to the Sixth Stage of the Ascended God Realm."

Chu Jiang murmured. Merit was simply too valuable. Even a single point of merit could bring earth-shaking changes to someone.

He estimated that ten merit points could create a Heaven Transforming Realm cultivator, a hundred might produce a Heaven Piercing Realm cultivator, and a thousand could give birth to an Ascended God.

Of course, that varied from person to person and depended on one's innate talent.

Unfortunately, merit could only be obtained by making a great vow to heaven and earth and fulfilling it. One could not become a saint on credit.

"System, can this merit be materialized into items?"

Five thousand merit points were certainly far from enough to advance to an Upper Ascended God. He would need at least fifteen thousand before a breakthrough was possible.

Leaving aside his current merit, the resources he originally possessed were enough to produce more than a dozen Heaven Transforming Realm cultivators.

Yet he had never allowed Fu Yunxuan, Wang Chao, Ma Han, and the others to break through to the Heaven Transforming Realm. Naturally, that was all for the sake of these Heavenly Gate Spirit Treasures.

Opening a Heavenly Gate of high grade or above would benefit their foundations.

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