While Qin Hao cultivated the Divine Dao Art, Wang Lin had already recovered from his injuries and arrived at the War God Temple.
Wang Lin had three purposes in coming to the War God Temple.
First, he wanted to search the Scripture Pavilion of the War God Temple for a map back to Zhao Kingdom.
Second, his Blood Refining Artifact, the Green Small Sword, had previously been shattered by Teng Huayuan, greatly reducing its power.
The War God Temple possessed Huofen Kingdom's strongest Artifact Refining Technique, so he could learn artifact refining to repair the Green Small Sword.
Third, Wang Lin wanted to take a look at the War God Temple's Divine Dao Art.
According to Ma Liang's memories, the Divine Dao Art could increase the success rate of Core Formation.
Although Wang Lin was only at the Foundation Establishment stage, learning it would at least prepare him for the future.
To kill Teng Huayuan, he had to reach the Nascent Soul stage.
Although that mysterious Qin Hao was also in the War God Temple, the fact that he had not tried to seize the Heavenly Reversal Bead still put Wang Lin somewhat at ease.
The Heavenly Reversal Bead was a supreme treasure. Even experts from beyond Vermilion Bird Star would be tempted to seize it.
Furthermore, the Giant Demon Clan's Deity Transformation cultivator had recognized the Heavenly Reversal Bead upon seeing it. Wang Lin did not believe Qin Hao failed to recognize it.
He recognized it but did not seize it. Could it be that he simply did not care for it?
Wang Lin had never been able to understand this.
The War God Temple was built atop a mountain that pierced the clouds. Besides the main peak, it also had four slightly shorter subsidiary peaks.
As the foremost of Huofen Kingdom's Four Great Sects, the War God Temple had more than three thousand disciples, so it naturally needed more space to establish its sect.
"Junior Brother Ma Liang?"
The moment Wang Lin returned, Lin Tao spotted him.
Lin Tao said with delighted surprise, "Ma Liang, I never expected you to really be alive. Why did you only return now?"
Wang Lin explained, "I kept hiding from those Wandering Souls in the Outer Realm Battlefield, which delayed my departure. Later, I was injured as well, so after returning, I first found a place to enter seclusion and recover."
"So that was it."
Lin Tao did not think much of it.
The Outer Realm Battlefield had indeed been incomparably dangerous. If not for that senior, they likely would have perished in the jaws of those Wandering Soul fiends as well.
[Ding!] [The current strongest expert in the War God Temple, Song Ming, possesses Nascent Soul Late Stage Great Perfection cultivation. The host's strength has risen to the early Deity Transformation stage, and Killing Artistic Conception has been awarded!] [The current strongest artifact refiner in the War God Temple, Song Ming, possesses fourth-grade Artifact Refining Technique. The host's Artifact Refining Technique has risen to the fifth grade!] [The current strongest Artifact Refining Reactor in the War God Temple is sixth-grade. The host has obtained a seventh-grade Artifact Refining Reactor!] [The current strongest clone Secret Method in the War God Temple is the Divine Dao Art. The host has obtained the One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones technique!]
The series of notifications awakened Qin Hao.
"The system triggered again. Could it be that Wang Mazi came to the War God Temple?"
Qin Hao had not forgotten that only maps Wang Mazi set foot on could be lit up.
Qin Hao opened his eyes and softly uttered, "Deity Transformation!"
Whoosh!
In an instant, Qin Hao's Killing Artistic Conception suddenly spread outward, instantly enveloping the entire Stone Talisman, the entire War God Temple, and even the entirety of Huofen Kingdom.
Along with the spreading Artistic Conception came a vast power akin to Heavenly Might.
"Th-this... what kind of power is this?"
"I can feel a power that fills me with incomparable dread. Could someone have reached Deity Transformation?"
"What terrifying killing intent! Just how many cultivators must he have slaughtered?"
"In the War God Temple, the only one who could possess such power is likely Senior Qin!"
At that moment, countless cultivators throughout the War God Temple collapsed to the ground in terror.
Beneath the shroud of that overwhelming killing intent, they discovered that they were as weak as ants.
Once the killing intent entered their bodies, their pupils even began turning blood-red, while killing intent surged uncontrollably from their inner hearts, making them want to begin a massacre.
Had it not been suppressed by that Heavenly Might-like force, they would likely have already begun slaughtering one another.
Even the Nascent Soul cultivators were greatly shocked after the killing intent entered their bodies. They found that they could no longer control their spiritual energy.
"What is happening?"
Wang Lin frowned tightly as he looked at the world suffused with illusory blood-red light.
Even his Extreme Realm could not dispel this strange power.
In the other regions outside the War God Temple, whether mortals or cultivators, all could only prostrate themselves on the ground and worship.
The Nascent Soul Progenitors of the Corpse Yin Sect, Demon Sect, and Luohe Gate all had drastic expressions as they looked toward the War God Temple in horror.
"This is... Artistic Conception?"
Within the Sect Master of Huofen Kingdom's Corpse Yin Sect, a startled cry suddenly rang out.
"Artistic Conception? What is that?"
The Sect Master of Huofen Kingdom's Corpse Yin Sect asked with a puzzled expression.
He was merely a Nascent Soul cultivator from a Third-rank Cultivation Nation, so he naturally knew nothing of Artistic Conception.
However, the divine sense of the Corpse Puppet within him came from a Level 4 Cultivation Nation.
"Artistic Conception is power that belongs to Deity Transformation experts!"
That voice said gravely, "According to my Old Ancestor, only Nascent Soul cultivators who comprehend Artistic Conception can reach Deity Transformation. Without comprehending Artistic Conception, one can never reach Deity Transformation in an entire lifetime."
"This Artistic Conception Power comes from the War God Temple. Could someone in the War God Temple have reached Deity Transformation?"
Luohe Gate.
Feeling the uncontrollable killing intent, Li Muwan could not help asking the Chat Group about it.
[Li Muwan: "Elder sisters, I don't know what is happening here. A strange force suddenly appeared, and it is making me unable to restrain my killing intent!"] [Yao Xixue: "Little Sister Wan'er, do not panic. Someone in your Cultivation Nation has reached Deity Transformation. If I am not mistaken, this Artistic Conception should be Killing Artistic Conception. Anyone who proves the Dao through slaughter must be a heinously evil great devil!"] [Li Muwan: "Killing Artistic Conception? A great devil?"]
It was Li Muwan's first time hearing of Artistic Conception, so she was naturally somewhat confused.
[Mei Ji: "Simply put, only Human Race cultivators who comprehend Artistic Conception can successfully reach Deity Transformation. Back then, I once created a clone and sent it to the human world. It comprehended Artistic Conception, but that clone suddenly perished, and I do not know where its remnant soul went."]
"So comprehending Artistic Conception is also necessary to successfully reach Deity Transformation?"
Li Muwan murmured, "No wonder no one in Huofen Kingdom has successfully reached Deity Transformation after all these years!"
"After this person successfully reaches Deity Transformation, will Huofen Kingdom become a Level 4 Cultivation Nation?"
Rumble!
All the clouds above Huofen Kingdom dispersed completely.
In their place appeared an enormous spiritual energy vortex.
The vortex spun without end, drawing in all the spiritual energy of Huofen Kingdom and the surrounding Cultivation Nations.
In the end, all of it entered Qin Hao's body.
This amount of spiritual energy alone was still insufficient for someone to reach Deity Transformation.
Thus, a massive black hole began appearing in the sky, within which countless stars actually flickered.
"This is... the Starry Sky?"
Qin Hao raised his head and looked into the sky, seeing the scene beyond Vermilion Bird Star.
When cultivators reached Deity Transformation, they could use Artistic Conception to open a passage beyond Heaven and draw the vast spiritual energy of the outside world into their bodies.
Overwhelming spiritual energy surged madly from the black hole like raging waves. Most of it entered Qin Hao's body.
Yet a large amount of spiritual energy also spread throughout heaven and earth.
The reason Level 4 Cultivation Nations were powerful was not only because they possessed Deity Transformation experts. More importantly, every time they gained another Deity Transformation expert, they could open a passage beyond Heaven, greatly increasing the spiritual energy of the entire Cultivation Nation.
During this process, mortals without spiritual roots would gain spiritual roots, those with spiritual roots would gain better spiritual root attributes, and cultivators' bottlenecks would loosen, making breakthroughs easier.
It was an all-around improvement.
Whoosh!
Qin Hao's Nascent Soul left his body and, under the infusion of massive spiritual energy, transformed into a Nascent Soul.
After achieving a Nascent Soul, so long as the Nascent Soul remained undying, the physical body would endure forever!
Afterward, his Nascent Soul kept expanding, expanding without end, becoming a colossal giant far larger than the War God Temple's main peak.
Qin Hao's Nascent Soul radiated Seven-Colored Light across its entire body. From afar, it looked like a deity above the nine heavens.
Law Heaven Earthly Image!
This was power possessed only by Deity Transformation experts. With every gesture, they could wield the vast power of heaven and earth.
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