Gu Jinlai stood in the inner courtyard of the Wang Family, his expression calm as he recovered his strength.
The sky had already darkened.
But that did not mean the consumption of the Great Sun True Demon Body could not be restored.
It only meant that the recovery efficiency had slowed.
He had not expended much energy when he crushed the Wang Family just now. If necessary, he could still cast the Great Sun True Demon Body again.
Especially...
"It's time to add some points."
Gu Jinlai shifted his attention to the little consciousness figure in his spiritual world.
Karma?
It had increased by another point, and it would not be long before it reached the fourteenth level.
Green Lotus seemed to possess its own set of criteria for judging increases and decreases in "karma."
In wiping out the Wang Family, he had not killed many people himself—three Core Forming cultivators, several Gang Condensing cultivators, and the rest had been killed by the explosives.
But as the commander of this operation, the one who had issued the orders, he still had to bear part of the karma.
If karma operated on an experience-point system, killing someone with a Light Red Name would grant ten experience points, a Yellow Name one hundred, a White Name one thousand, and a Light Purple Name ten thousand.
If he indirectly caused their injuries, deaths, or crippling, the increase would depend on the severity, ranging from one percent to ninety percent of the base value.
But...
"Just like a great tribulation of cosmic destruction—if I don't plunge into the tribulation, how can I make those whose fates have run out undergo the tribulation and die?"
Gu Jinlai's will remained utterly unmoved by the scarlet flames of karmic fire.
The karmic fire blazed fiercely, red as