Why Entering Sainthood Perished

"So this Illusion Pearl contains the important things you've encountered in your life? Looks like this is going to be interesting."

Xu Bai looked left and right, surveying his surroundings, and found himself in a vast wilderness.

Scenes of Wu Nan's experiences flashed before my eyes, most of which occurred during that era of resource depletion.

All sorts of infighting, conspiracies, and even groveling can be seen here.

As Xu Bai watched the scenes flash before his eyes, he couldn't help but sigh, "This guy really uses every means at his disposal to survive."

The scene even shows someone licking Entering Sainthood Expert just to survive.

Recalling their previous encounter in the Ruins, Wu Nan that he was a servant of Entering Sainthood Expert, and this situation seemed to stem from his licking.

It has to be said, they were quite good at flattering him; even this Entering Sainthood Expert didn't kill him, and truly treated him like a servant.

Sometimes, in extreme circumstances, people like this might live very well because they have given up all their dignity and values and simply want to survive.

Xu Bai shook his head and continued reading.

The scene shifted again, coinciding with the clues Xu Bai had previously encountered: the Entering Sainthood Expert was persecuted by the End of the Doomsday Law Pavilion and ultimately died within the formation.

Xu Bai had experienced these things in the Ruins, so it was easy for him to make the connection.

Although I've experienced them all before, seeing them again with my own eyes still brings an immense shock.

Wu Nan escaped, using his unique illusionary abilities. In addition, the other Entering Sainthood Expert at the time were only trying to deal with their own kind. So, by a twist of fate, he escaped to that mountain.

Then, the following scene unfolded.

Because he was a servant of Entering Sainthood Expert, the Entering Sainthood Expert used special methods to imprison his soul. The death of the Entering Sainthood Expert removed the imprisonment from his soul, and he knew that the Entering Sainthood Expert was completely dead.

Therefore, given the information asymmetry, he seized the opportunity and took the lead in entering sainthood.

Of course, this time Xu Bai wasn't involved; it was a real historical event that happened in the past.

After Wu Nan attained sainthood, he remained secluded in the mountains, occasionally venturing out to plunder resources. Gradually, his spiritual realm rose higher and higher.

He seemed to understand that the world was becoming increasingly chaotic, so he proceeded with extreme caution.

And so, he lived on for a long time in his own way, but this didn't last long, and soon his end came.

The scene then shifts abruptly, and the sky has become dark.

At this moment, under the moonlight, one can see Wu Nan running away for his life, occasionally looking back at the people behind him as he runs.

A sharp gust of wind came from behind him; six people were frantically chasing after him.

These six individuals each possessed unique characteristics, and their auras were extremely terrifying, carrying a pressure that made Xu Bai feel palpitations.

"Six people have entered the Sainthood realm?" Xu Bai was slightly surprised, and his gaze darkened.

Based on the clues obtained earlier, the scene before them was quickly pieced together, and everything gradually became clear.

Of these six Entering Sainthood Expert, three are from the Doomsday Law Pavilion, two are from the Slaughter Organization, and the other is the Sect Leader to the Deity Summoning Sect.

"It seems that they have already begun to capture the Saviors, and after capturing the Saviors, they are preparing to take action against those who are also saints."

"Wu Nan, this guy, reached the Saintly Realm by a twist of fate. He originally thought he could live forever, but now that's not the case. His current realm is actually the beginning of his demise."

After reaching a conclusion in his mind, Xu Bai continued reading.

The six men were pursuing them fiercely and at great speed, gradually closing the distance.

After a period of silence, Wu Nan is unlikely to reach the Entering Sainthood Peak anytime soon; at most, he is at the third rank.

If they continue chasing at this pace, they'll be doomed sooner or later.

Wu Nan himself seemed to know that he was not far from death in the current situation, so he did not look back and continued to run away.

But sometimes hardware is always the most important factor. No matter how strong your skills are, if your hardware is inadequate, you can't escape the consequences.

As the distance between the two sides gradually closed, they reached a suitable attack range, and the six Saints behind them began their offensive.

Everyone has their own methods. When the attack occurred, the power of the Saint-level attack, with its terrifying residual force, instantly turned this area into a deserted place.

The earth shattered, the sky was turned into an endless vortex, and all living things around turned to ashes, with none surviving.

"I am willing to submit and acknowledge you all as my masters!"

Wu Nan was only a newly enlightened person. He was caught in the attack and although he managed to dodge part of it, he was still seriously injured. His body was shattered and he was left with only a breath left.

He quickly turned around, crawled on the ground, and begged for mercy in fear.

Upon seeing this scene, Xu Bai frowned slightly, sensing that something was amiss.

If this is all we see today, then the benefits brought by this bead are not very significant.

On the field, six Saints had already approached. Looking at Wu Nan who was lying prostrate on the ground, one of them was about to make a move when he was stopped by another.

"Why are you stopping me?" The Saint who made the move was somewhat confused.

"Keep him here and imprison him. He has an important use for me." The Saint who stopped him smiled and said, "When we use the Deity Summoning Method, if anything unusual happens along the way, we can use him to defend against it."

Deity Summoning Method?

Xu Bai stroked his chin.

Seeing how confident this person was in entering sainthood, he guessed that the person in front of him must be the leader of the Deity Summoning Sect Leader.

Upon hearing this, Wu Nan, who was prostrate on the ground, suddenly raised his head and quickly said, "As long as you spare my life, you can take it whenever you need it."

Those who had just made a move withdrew their hands after hearing what the Sect Leader had said.

The Sect Leader walked up to Wu Nan, then reached out and placed his hand on Wu Nan's head. The next moment, Wu Nan fell into a coma.

"Let's go. This is the last one to attain sainthood. Once we get back, we'll directly invoke the gods and change the course of the world!"

No one responded, but they all nodded and quickly left.

The screen rotates again.

The surrounding scenery became blurry, but quickly became clear again. The next moment, Xu Bai appeared on a mountain.

Xu Bai looked around curiously, and his eyes widened slightly when he saw the scenery in front of him.

Not far ahead was an enormous iron cage, so large it was suffocating, and inside the cage were people whose heads seemed to stretch as far as the eye could see.

Everyone was quite young, the youngest being only seven or eight years old.

They bore scars, their eyes were dull and lifeless, some looked ashen, as if they had lost all hope.

In front of the enormous iron cage stood six Saints, along with the groveling Wu Nan.

The Sect Leader stepped forward, looked at the huge iron cage in front of him, stretched out his fingers, made a calculation, and revealed a sinister smile, "It's time, the time has come. These Saviors can finally play their role and seek a great light for us."

Saviors? Xu Bai, upon hearing the Sect Leader's words and looking at the sallow-faced, emaciated people before him, already knew their identities.

"It looks like we're about to take the final step with these six guys."

"According to the information I received before, the attempt to summon the gods failed in the end. There was a strange change in the sky, and then the six who had attained sainthood died inexplicably."

"Are we finally going to see the most exciting part? I'm really looking forward to it."

Xu Bai narrowed his eyes, his interest growing stronger.

After the Sect Leader finished speaking, the group of Saviors remained expressionless, their faces still gloomy and silent.

After they were imprisoned here, they had lost all hope, and over time they had become numb.

Life or death is not important to them.

Rather than be imprisoned here, I'd rather be dead.

One of the Saviors staggered to his feet, walked to the bars of the iron cage, spat hard on the ground, and looked at the cage with disdain.

"A bunch of beasts, even at the top of the world, they're nothing special, yet they still have to do such vicious things."

"Disgusting, ptooey!"

These words and actions did not cause any ripples; they were merely the Saviors's last act of resistance.

The Sect Leader didn't care what the Saviors was saying. In his eyes, these people were all dead and there was no need to talk to them. He turned to look at his fellow disciples.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the time has come. Now is the time for me to completely rewrite my destiny."

"This time, the invocation of the gods is an improved version of mine, and what is needed is a sacrifice. These people in front of me are the sacrifices."

"Please stand in the positions I've indicated, and we'll begin immediately."

No one said anything. They silently turned around, walked to a special spot, and waited patiently. Wu Nan followed them to one of the spots.

Next, the Sect Leader stretched out his hands and made a special hand gesture.

Xu Bai was very familiar with this hand gesture. It was similar to the Deity Summoning Method, but there were also differences. It should be the improvement that the Sect Leader mentioned earlier.

The incantations, unique to the Deity Summoning Sect, were recited by the Sect Leader.

The incantation was very long, taking a full half-stick of incense time to recite. When the incantation was finished, a strange change occurred.

Inside the iron cage ahead, the Saviors suddenly clutched their heads and cried out in anguish. Their cries echoed through the heavens and earth, and even the iron cage trembled slightly.

From Xu Bai's perspective, it can be seen that the souls of each Saviors are gradually being drawn away and slowly gathering in mid-air.

"Is this extracting the soul? No, it's not just the soul, but also the flesh and blood."

Xu Bai's gaze sharpened slightly.

As their souls were extracted, the Saviors ' flesh and blood gradually turned to ashes. However, these ashes did not fall to the ground. Instead, a strange, demonic wind swept through, and the ashes, along with the souls, were enveloped together, filling the entire sky.

The entire sky turned a hazy gray due to the presence of spirits and ashes, as if a layer of grass ash had been applied to a flawless piece of jade.

The crying and screaming stopped, and the iron cage was empty.

"Summon the gods!"

At this moment, the Sect Leader finally finished reciting the incantation, his eyes wide with anger, burning with a fiery intensity, and slowly uttered two words.

As soon as the Sect Leader finished speaking those two words, the ashes and souls in the sky suddenly froze, as if time itself had stopped.

But this cessation was only a relative illusion. Soon, the souls and ashes returned to normal, swimming in the sky like fish.

Cracks appeared in the sky, spreading like a spider web, giving the entire sky a sense of impending doom.

Moreover, the souls and ashes, resembling fish, quickly entered the spiderweb-like cracks after they appeared.

It happened very quickly; in the blink of an eye, the souls and ashes were gone.

As the soul and ashes disappeared, the spiderweb-like cracks became even finer and denser, giving off a chilling feeling.

When these cracks reached a certain number, they finally seemed unable to bear the weight and began to fall from the sky.

As the first crack appeared, more and more cracks quickly followed.

These cracks, after falling, did not land on the ground. As if they spontaneously combusted without wind, they vanished into nothingness as they fell faster and faster.

"It seems like there's something there." Xu Bai squinted; he sensed something was wrong.

As the cracks disappeared, he seemed to sense something unusual appearing, but there was nothing in front of him, as if it were an illusion.

"That's not right..."

Xu Bai raised his head again and looked at the sky.

Due to the fall, the sky could no longer be called the sky; instead, it had turned into a chaotic color.

At that moment, the Sect Leader started gesticulating wildly and began shouting madly.

"It's done! It's finally done!"

"Do you see that chaos? That's the resource, the resource we need!"

"Now is the time for everyone to make their move. By condensing this chaos, we can generate a continuous supply of resources, enough for our use!"

The Sect Leader's shout startled all the saints present, but no one moved; they stood still, silent.

The scene became increasingly bizarre, causing the previously exuberant Sect Leader to quickly calm down. He looked around, bewildered.

"Why do you all look at us like that? We've done it! We've succeeded!"

He was a little confused as to why he had encountered such a situation, but now was not the time to discuss these things; he simply asked a question.

One of the saints slowly spoke, revealing the thoughts of everyone present. "You told us before that you would invite a god over, and then we would kill the god. After the god dies, he will be turned into resources."

"But where is the god we invited now?"

Upon hearing what the saint said, the Sect Leader finally sensed that something was wrong.

Yes, where is the god they invited? According to his logic and ideas, this ability he created would first invite an unknown so-called god, then they would kill this god, and after that, these chaotic things would appear, but now it seems that this step has been skipped.

Why was this step skipped? Nobody knows.

Even he himself didn't know.

"Anyway, it's good that we succeeded. The resources are available now, we have the resources. Let's get started and gather all these resources together!"

The Sect Leader thought for a while but still couldn't figure it out, but with everything in front of him, there was no need for him to think about it anymore.

As long as we have the resources, that's fine. Let's gather the resources first, and then we can think about this matter again later. Right now, the most important thing is to solve the problem at hand.

The Sect Leader said in a panic, "Everyone, stop thinking about these things. Let's get started and gather these resources together."

As he spoke, the Sect Leader prepared to take a few steps forward.

But before he could get very far, the people present suddenly became cautious.

At the same time, the Sect Leader sensed that everyone's eyes were on him.

"What are you doing? Do you want to discard me after I've served my purpose? Let me tell you, I'm also a Saint, not someone you can kill so easily."

"If you kill me, you can forget about gathering these resources; we'll all die together!"

The Sect Leader's tone turned cold.

He sensed something was wrong with the situation; these people seemed to be targeting him. But he couldn't understand why. Wu Nan was the weakest among them, but he was the first to speak.

He pointed at the Sect Leader, his finger trembling slightly, his tone becoming extremely flustered and tinged with fear. "Eyes, eyes! You have eyes on your forehead!"

"I know, it's that eye, that eye, it's back again, none of us are going to survive!"

Eye?

The Sect Leader was slightly taken aback. He reached out and touched his forehead, and indeed felt a bump.

At this moment, a cold-looking eye appeared on the Sect Leader's forehead.

"Why, why! Why do I have only one eye! Why!"

The Sect Leader stumbled backward, beginning to ramble incoherently.

"Something's not right? No, no, I know, it's him! It's God! The God we invited!"

"Kill him! No... don't kill me! Don't come any closer! What are you doing?!"

All the saints around him surrounded the Sect Leader.

The eyes on the Sect Leader's forehead were devoid of any emotion, appearing unusually strange compared to Sect Leader panicked expression.

Xu Bai had witnessed this scene, and when he saw the eye, he suddenly had a different feeling.

To the average person, this eye appears remarkably calm.

But in his eyes, this eye carried a very strange feeling.

It wasn't calm, but rather an extreme indifference.

It's like someone standing at the very top looking at a bunch of ants.

Because of its extreme indifference, it appears to others as a calm gaze.

Just as Xu Bai was observing, the group of Saints finally made their move, and each of them unleashed their strongest attack.

These people who have reached sainthood are not fools; they know that things have begun to spiral out of control.

Therefore, we must kill this Sect Leader in front of us. As for these resources...

Now is not the time to discuss resources; let's eliminate the potential troubles first.

There was one person who did not make a move.

Wu Nan immediately knelt down on both knees, supporting himself with his hands on the ground, and made terrified noises.

"Don't kill me, don't kill me! I'm willing to submit, please don't kill me!"

Xu Bai: "..."

Goodness, we already knew that Wu Nan would do anything to survive, but we didn't expect him to be so skilled at it.

His skill was astonishing.

Of course, these people who had attained sainthood didn't care about Wu Nan either, because they only had the Sect Leader in their eyes.

The attack came quickly, and the entire mountain began to crumble.

Xu Bai had expected this to be an amazing battle that might last a long time, but it didn't turn out that way.

The next moment, the Sect Leader's body stiffened, and the emotion in his eyes vanished rapidly, becoming as indifferent and detached as the eyes on his forehead.

The attack hit, but it didn't harm him. The entire mountain collapsed, but the Sect Leader remained unharmed.

The Sect Leader slowly stretched out his hand and gently waved it around.

All the saints present were frozen in place, but this freeze did not last long, because in the next second, they had turned to ashes.

There was no warning whatsoever; it was as if it were always meant to be this way.

Because the entire mountain had disappeared, Wu Nan remained in a flying posture, slowly floating in mid-air. He saw this scene before him, and the fear in his heart deepened.

"Don't kill me... don't kill me..."

Wu Nan just kept repeating this sentence, like a piece of emotionless wood.

Xu Bai frowned, but his heart was filled with turbulent waves.

Five Saints were completely reduced to nothingness in a single exchange; such power was truly terrifying.

Now he understands exactly what happened back then.

These people did indeed fail, and they failed miserably.

"Giant eyes... what level have they reached, Exiting Sainthood?"

Xu Bai thought to himself.

At this moment, the Sect Leader finally withdrew his hand, put it behind his back, and stared at Wu Nan in front of him with those indifferent eyes.

All the Saints present perished, except for Wu Nan survived.

Wu Nan knew very well that there must be a reason why he had survived, so he quickly begged for mercy in mid-air.

The cries for mercy continued, but the Sect Leader in front of them remained indifferent, as if he hadn't heard them at all.

Perhaps they heard it, but remained indifferent to it all.

Without any visible movement from the Sect Leader, he simply took a step forward and stood before Wu Nan, raising his right hand and pressing his fingers against Wu Nan's head.

Wu Nan, who was begging for mercy, suddenly became stunned.

This situation lasted for less than a second before the Sect Leader withdrew his hand.

The eye that had remained on the Sect Leader's forehead disappeared, and at the same time, the Sect Leader's body also turned into nothingness.

Wu Nan's expression returned to normal after his blank stare. He looked at the spot where the Sect Leader had disappeared, and his eyes showed respect.

"Yes, I understand. I will do as you say."

"I will find him and keep an eye on him until you escape from this cage."