Beginning the Advancement to Principal Ninth Rank, the Mountain Lord of the Land of Demons

Within the "Divine Domain."

Li Yue looked at the two Demonic Creatures' corpses before him, their demon souls already extinguished, and directly opened the "Deity Shop."

The "Deity Shop" priced both corpses at eight units of divine power.

"That's one more than the Demonic Creatures from Thousand Wolf Mountain."

"Probably because the heads of those Thousand Wolf Mountain Demonic Creatures were obliterated by the 'Heavenly Thunder Art,' while these two corpses are intact."

Li Yue muttered to himself.

With a thought from him, the two Demonic Creatures' corpses were instantly sold to the "Deity Shop."

There were currently no items for sale in the "Deity Shop"; it could only purchase items from him.

As for whether items would be sold in the "Deity Shop" in the future, that would have to wait and see.

"One thousand and four units of divine power..."

"I've finally saved up one thousand units of divine power. I can advance to Principal Ninth Rank now..."

Li Yue sighed.

It had been nearly four months since he had transmigrated here.

And today, he finally had enough divine power to advance to Principal Ninth Rank.

"I have to thank the Blue Star Deities for their wholehearted support..."

"If I hadn't sold seventy-six 'Yin Soldier Artifacts' and earned seven hundred and sixty units of divine power..."

"How could I possibly have saved up one thousand units of divine power by now?"

A smile rested on his lips.

After all, at the beginning, he had very few Believers, and their devotion was not high. The Incense Wish Power he obtained each day was not even enough to condense a single unit of divine power.

"But what a pity—"

"This Bear Demon and Dog Demon only had second-tier peak cultivation. They weren't third-tier Demonic Creatures."

"Otherwise—"

"I could have completed [Personal Quest—Five] as well."

There was some regret on his face.

With a thought, he opened the "Personal Quest" interface and looked at [Personal Quest—Five] displayed upon it.

...

[Personal Quest—Five]

[Quest Description]: You gradually discover that Demonic Creatures fill this world, while most of the Human Race have been reduced to blood food for Demonic Creatures. Fury rises in your heart, and you wish to slay demons and eliminate fiends for the Human Race.

[Quest Objective]: Kill two third-tier Demonic Creatures (0/2)

[Quest Reward]: Ten first-tier 'Blessing Talismans,' two second-tier 'Blessing Talismans,' sixty units of divine power

...

"Wait until I advance to Principal Ninth Rank."

"Then—"

"I'll see how to kill two third-tier Demonic Creatures."

His expression was calm.

Third-tier Demonic Creatures were not particularly strong to him.

After all, a Subordinate Ninth Rank Orthodox Land God was no weaker than a fourth-tier peak Yin-Yang Realm Grandmaster.

Even without using any divine power, within his "Jurisdiction," he would not be weaker than a third-tier peak Origin Essence Realm Great Martial Master.

But all of that—

Had one prerequisite.

That was being within a "Jurisdiction" covered by Divine Path Law.

Of course—

Even if Li Youming were to use the 'Deity Invocation Art,' one-third of the Divine Technique's power would still be enough to kill any third-tier Demonic Creature.

This quest posed no difficulty to a Subordinate Ninth Rank Orthodox God.

Yet it was not something just any lowly Wild God could accomplish.

"The first four quests could be completed by lowly Wild Gods."

"Starting from the fifth quest, does one need the strength of a Subordinate Ninth Rank Orthodox God?"

Li Yue fell into thought.

The "Personal Quest" clearly raised its requirements step by step.

Whoosh—

He closed his eyes, and the thousand units of divine power within him instantly transformed into a radiant divine glow that swept through his entire divine body.

When he had advanced to Subordinate Ninth Rank Orthodox Land God, he had already shaped a divine body.

It was also because he possessed a divine body that he could display third-tier peak strength within his "Jurisdiction" without consuming any divine power.

At this moment—

Under the surging force of one thousand units of divine power, this divine body began to undergo Metamorphosis!

His Subordinate Ninth Rank divine body was transforming into a Principal Ninth Rank divine body!

Not only that—

Li Yue could also feel his divine soul growing stronger.

As his divine soul grew, his "Jurisdiction" spread outward from Four Seas Village!

The laws of the Divine Path were taking root, spreading, and surging.

Rumble—!

Thunder boomed across the heavens, as though a violent storm were about to descend.

At this time.

All the villagers had returned to sleep after worshipping Lord Zhangyue.

Even Li Youming had returned to his room and immersed himself in cultivation once more.

Before the Land God Temple.

Only the Horse Demon, in human form and wearing a snow-white long dress, remained kneeling on the ground.

The honored god had not told her to rise, so she did not dare rise.

When the thunder exploded, she raised her head toward the heavens in fright.

She felt—

That some great terror seemed to lurk above the sky.

Her heart trembled with fear, terrified that the great terror concealed in the heavens would descend and scatter her soul to the winds.

"Thunder?"

Li Youming walked out of his room at that moment and looked up at the sky.

But he could not make heads or tails of it, so he could only return to continue cultivating.

He could already feel—

That the Qi within his body was about to fill his dantian sea of Qi.

Once his dantian sea of Qi was filled, he could attempt to break through and become a second-tier upper-level Qi Refiner.

As for why he was called a Qi Refiner?

That was the name Lord Zhangyue had told him.

Deity Temple Keepers were all Qi Refiners, different from the Qi Refiners of the Martial Path!

The Land of Demons.

Mountain ranges rose and fell here, one pressing against another.

At this moment, atop a mountain more than thirty li away from Fox Village, an incomparably dense blood-red demon aura suddenly erupted.

The demon aura formed a blood cloud, sweeping more than twenty members of the Human Race from the village at the foot of the mountain and carrying them up the peak.

The remaining members of the Human Race in the village trembled, but their expressions had long since gone numb as they continued doing their own tasks.

The Human Race had been born as blood food for Demonic Creatures.

To be eaten by Lord Mountain Lord was an honor.

To become Lord Mountain Lord's food was an even greater blessing.

There were still more than a thousand people in the village. The village chief told them this every day.

Having heard it often enough and seen it often enough, they accepted that they had been born as blood food for Demonic Creatures, and that being eaten by Lord Mountain Lord was an honor and a blessing.

On the mountain.

Within an enormous cave, a gigantic Fierce Tiger lay sprawled out, its body black as ink, with only a pair of cold, scarlet eyes.

On either side of it, more than twenty Human Race girls diligently brushed its tiger fur with brushes.

At this moment—

He opened his blood basin of a mouth, and the blood-red demon cloud flew back from the mountain below.

The members of the Human Race within it wore numb expressions as they watched themselves enter the Mountain Lord's blood basin of a mouth, only to be eaten.

In the blink of an eye, the gigantic Fierce Tiger had devoured more than twenty people, yet it still seemed somewhat unsatisfied.

The next moment—

He reached out with a tiger paw, grabbed two Human Race girls who had been brushing his fur, and tossed them into his mouth. Only then was he fully satisfied.

"Lord Mountain Lord!"

"The Bear Chief, Black Dog Chief, and White Horse Chief have all vanished in Four Seas Village!"

Suddenly.

A Wolf Demon carrying a Bei Demon rushed up from the mountain below. The Bei Demon leaped down, knelt on the ground, and reported with some fear.

The Bear Chief, Black Dog Chief, and White Horse Chief were all second-tier peak Demonic Creatures.

Yet they had all vanished in that village!

It was merely a second-tier middle-level Demonic Creature, so naturally it was afraid.

"Trash."

"You couldn't even take down a tiny village."

A flash of fury appeared in the Mountain Lord's eyes.

His massive body slowly rose as he looked down at the trembling Wolf Demon and Bei Demon below.

"Go invite my elder sister here!"