Extremely Sincere Sacrifices

Strictly speaking, the Hundred Saints Great Temple was not a sacrificial temple, because the hundred ancient saints enshrined within had long since fallen and could no longer partake in offerings.

Yet the delegation from the Eastern Desolation Domain could still smell the thick stench of blood and human sacrifices amidst the billowing incense.

This was because there was a specialized grand hall inside named the Merit Hall, a place exclusively designated for the "filial offerings" of the Louse clan.

The three words Merit Hall, when used here, practically blinded Li Qingyun's eyes with their irony!

Through his Merfolk clone, Li Qingyun could hear and sense that the custom of human sacrifice in the Ancient Saint Continent was extremely intense, so intense it bordered on fanaticism.

Here, self-sacrifice by lineages is all the rage!

One person sacrifices themselves, and the entire family wins the favor of the ancestral temple, bringing blessings to their kin and descendants!

In that Merit Hall, muffled, miserable shrieks rise one after another—it's just Louse clansmen ending their own lives, purifying themselves, and making offerings to the ancestral temple. The holy ancestors are terribly picky and love fresh ones...

The ancestral temple's Daoist authority regarding "civilization and transformation" in the Ancient Saint Continent is undoubtedly a massive success, herding hundreds of millions of fanatical Louse clansmen...

Walking into the Hundred Saints Great Temple, Li Qingyun's Merfolk clone vaguely listened to the low wails coming from the Merit Hall, unable to stop his skin from crawling.

The Ancient Saint Continent sounded imposing and carried a deep "historical sense," but stepping inside left him utterly horrified.

Where was this the Thousand Continents Sacred Land with the most advanced Louse civilization? It was clearly a bloody, frantic, and utterly evil realm of ghosts!

Yet the hundreds of millions of Louse