Advancing to the Saint Domain

The true origin of the Purple Blood God Sword lies in the era of Beirut, as the weapon of the Seven-Star Fiend, the Violet Blood Fiend.

After Beirut seized a Sovereign Spark from the Radiant Sovereign Augusta, he grew bored and created the Necropolis of the Gods, using Sovereign Artifacts to lure experts from the Higher Planes. The Violet Blood Fiend, who had long since reached the peak of the Seven-Star Fiend level, was lured in and subsequently suppressed by Beirut, and his weapon was then used by Beirut to seal the breach in the Plane Prison.

As a breach in the Plane Prison, the magic array used for the seal originated from the Higher Planes or Divine Planes, and it naturally possessed the function of gathering surrounding elemental energy.

In the original story, Linley inadvertently stumbled into a place inhabited by hundreds of level-eight or level-nine magical beasts and was nearly killed, which led to the discovery of this magic array and the Violet Blood Soft Sword.

The reason hundreds of magical beasts gathered together was precisely because of the existence of the magic array, which caused the elemental energy nearby to be a hundred times higher than in normal areas, thus attracting a large number of magical beasts.

If Shengyue City were safe and sound, Sean wouldn't mind hiding in the city to wait until he became a god in the Laws of Darkness. But now that he was wanted by the Darkness Church, he didn't know when he might run into enemies. Once targeted, even with a Highgod Artifact and a soul-defense Sovereign Artifact, if any Saint-level warrior or a Saint-level mage with some foundation in the Laws showed up, he would undoubtedly die.

Therefore, he had to reach the Saint level as quickly as possible. Once he became a Saint, with the Purple Blood God Sword, the physical strength of a God-Eater Rat, the power brought by that physical strength, and the partial foundation of profound mysteries inherent to the God-Eater Rat, he would have the strength to fight even if he encountered a peak Saint.

Thus, even though he suspected that this plane-sealing magic array might have some hidden dangers in the future, he couldn't afford to worry about that now.

Of course, encountering a god-level expert would still mean certain death. For any Saint, unless it is the true body of a powerful Highgod Saint or an Amethyst Divine Beast from the Infernal Realm, encountering a Lowgod is like a Highgod encountering a Sovereign; the gap is so vast that it is practically a chasm.

However, the god-level experts of the Darkness Church were not cabbages, and the probability of running into one was very low. Moreover, with the assistance of this magic array, it would not only help him advance to the Saint level but would also be of great help for his cultivation after reaching the Saint level.

As for the risks, they did exist. Originally, this magic array was used to seal the Plane Prison of the Yulan Plane, and now that he had manifested it, who knew if it was still sealing something? Logically speaking, the Zhongyuan Material Plane should also have a Plane Prison.

He didn't need to dwell on things he couldn't understand. In any case, there were Plane Overseers. Generally speaking, the Midgods from the Divine Planes who came to guard the teleportation arrays were all capable of suppressing an entire plane. The Aokaren Material Plane was like that; the Plane Prison was energy-barren, and theoretically, there were no very powerful experts. Only the Yulan Plane was so special that it could actually produce an existence one step away from Grand Perfection; such people probably didn't exist in large numbers even in the Higher Planes.

Half a day later, the elements around the magic array had become thick to an exaggerated degree. Sean had once been inside Shengyue City and seen a magic array of the Radiant Church that could gather light elements, but compared to the concentration here, it was far inferior, and the area affected was also a world of difference.

Under the sensing of Sean's soul power, the dark elements within a radius of several miles had undergone a qualitative improvement.

"With such a large area, it will likely attract a large number of magical beasts over time." Sean was a bit worried, but he couldn't control such a situation.

However, the arrival of magical beasts was much better than the arrival of people from the Darkness Church. The reason he chose to manifest this magic array in the Dark Forest was precisely because of this concern. If a large-scale gathering of dark energy suddenly appeared in a place with people, it would almost certainly attract the arrival of experts.

In this Dark Forest, it was much better because for countless years, Saint-level magical beasts and human experts from the outside world had reached a balance. They all lived in the deepest parts of the Dark Forest. Sean's location could not be considered the edge, but it was not very close to the interior either. As long as the interior of the Dark Forest did not have a management system like humans, the circulation of information would be very slow.

Not to mention, level-nine magical beasts were also very smart. Even if they discovered such a place, they probably wouldn't run into the depths of the forest to notify the Saint-level magical beasts inside. Why wouldn't they use this opportunity to advance to the Saint level themselves?

In short, it wasn't without risks. Leilia returning to the church also had risks, and hiding nearby was the same. If he were targeted by a Saint who slaughtered cities, he would die whether he resisted or not.

Here, as long as he could buy time, he could upgrade to the Saint level in a short period. Once he reached the Saint level, there would naturally be more good things he could manifest to assist his cultivation.

Putting aside all his thoughts, Sean took out many books from his spatial ring, all about practicing dark magic. When he was in Shengyue City, since he was preparing to manifest the bloodline of the God-Eater Rat, he naturally had to prepare various magic books for practicing darkness and wind elements, especially regarding the advanced dark magic, Shadow Clone.

Fortunately, as one of the largest cities on the Zhongyuan Continent, Shengyue City also had a large number of books explaining various types of magic, and even had some foundations of necromancy, Life Magic, and the Great Prophecy. It was just a pity that Sean had tried, but he simply couldn't comprehend them.

The profound mystery for a God-Eater Rat to become a god was Shadow Clone, so Sean naturally needed to study it more. Combined with the magic array here, he would strive with all his effort to improve himself rapidly.

Spring passed and autumn came; in the blink of an eye, a year had passed. The dark energy in the canyon had gathered to a terrifying degree. A large number of dark-attribute magical beasts, from level seven to level nine, had been attracted here, though many of the weaker ones had been killed by the level-nine magical beasts.

As for Sean, he could coexist peacefully with them. The Purple Blood God Sword in his hand usually pressed down on the magic array and could be summoned whenever needed. Although it couldn't exert much power, it was simply sharp. Regardless of what kind of dragon or magical beast it was, Sean would slice through their leather armor with a single strike. What used to be the strongest defense against humans became a weakness in front of Sean.

In the end, everyone tacitly accepted each other's existence. Sean didn't kill them all because even if he killed them, more dark magical beasts would come later. It was better to let the magical beasts have internal attrition. Moreover, the dark element resources here were almost infinite, so there was no situation of competing with each other. He only occupied a spot closest to the magic array.

On this day, heavy snow began to fall from the sky, but the spot where Sean was located remained untouched by a single flake. Suddenly, a powerful airflow emanated from his body. His body did not move, nor did he cast any wind-type magic, but his entire body slowly began to float.

Suddenly, Sean opened his eyes. After a year of cultivation, he had finally reached the Saint level.