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

Inside the "Divine Domain."

Li Yue looked at the two demon corpses before him, their souls annihilated, and opened the "Deity Shop."

For the two corpses, the "Deity Shop" offered a price of eight divine power points each.

"That's one point more than the demons of Thousand Wolf Mountain."

"It must be because the heads of the Thousand Wolf Mountain demons were obliterated by the Heavenly Thunder Art, while these two corpses remain intact."

Li Yue muttered to himself.

With a thought, he instantly sold the two demon corpses to the "Deity Shop."

Currently, the "Deity Shop" had no items for sale; he could only sell items to it.

As for whether the "Deity Shop" would have items for sale in the future, that remained to be seen.

"One thousand and four divine power points..."

"Finally, I have saved up one thousand points to promote to the Principal Ninth Rank..."

Li Yue sighed with emotion.

It had been nearly four months since he transmigrated.

Today, he finally possessed enough divine power to ascend to the Principal Ninth Rank.

"I owe this largely to the full support of the deities from Blue Star..."

"If I hadn't sold seventy-six 'Yin Soldier Artifacts' to earn seven hundred and sixty divine power points,"

"How could I have saved up one thousand points by now?"

A smile played on his lips.

After all, in the beginning, the number of believers he possessed was small, and their piety was low; the daily incense and wish power he received wasn't even enough to condense a single point of divine power.

"It's a pity, though—"

"This bear demon and dog demon only had cultivation at the limit of the second rank; they weren't third-rank demons."

"Otherwise—"

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

A look of regret crossed his face.

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

[Personal Quest—Five]

[Quest Description]: You have gradually discovered that this world is infested with demons, and most of humanity has been reduced to demon fodder. A fire of rage burns in your heart, and you wish to slay demons and eliminate evil for the human race.

[Quest Objective]: Slay two third-rank demons (0/2)

[Quest Reward]: Ten first-rank 'Blessing Talismans', two second-rank 'Blessing Talismans', sixty divine power points.

"I'll wait until I promote to the Principal Ninth Rank."

"By then—"

"I'll see how to go about slaying two third-rank demons."

His expression was calm.

Third-rank demons were not strong to him.

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

Even without using any divine power, within his "jurisdiction," he would be no weaker than a third-rank peak 'Origin Essence Realm' martial artist.

But all of this—

Had one prerequisite.

That was being within a "jurisdiction" covered by the laws of the divine path.

Of course—

Even if he were to let Li Youming perform the 'Deity Invocation Art', one-third of the divine art's power would still be enough to kill any third-rank demon.

For a Subordinate Ninth Rank deity, this quest held no difficulty.

However, it was not something any unranked Wild God could complete.

"The first four quests could be completed by an unranked Wild God."

"Starting from the fifth quest, does it require the strength of a Subordinate Ninth Rank deity?"

Li Yue pondered thoughtfully.

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

Hoo—

He closed his eyes, and the one thousand strands of divine power within his body instantly transformed into a radiance that swept through his entire divine form.

When he had ascended to the Subordinate Ninth Rank Orthodox Land God, he had already forged this divine form.

It was precisely because he possessed this divine form that he could exert strength at the limit of the Third Rank within his "jurisdiction" without consuming any divine power.

At this moment—

Under the surge of one thousand strands of divine power, this divine form began to undergo a metamorphosis!

The Subordinate Ninth Rank divine form was transforming into a Principal Ninth Rank divine form!

Not only that—

Li Yue also felt his divine soul growing stronger.

His "jurisdiction" was also expanding toward the surroundings of Four Seas Village, accompanying the growth of his divine soul!

The rules of the divine path were germinating, permeating, and surging.

BOOM—!

Thunder exploded in the firmament, as if a violent storm were about to descend.

At this time.

All the villagers had already returned to sleep after paying their respects to Lord Zhangyue.

Even Li Youming had returned to his room, sinking back into his cultivation.

In front of the Land God Temple.

Only the Horse Demon, who had transformed into human form and was wearing a snow-white dress, remained kneeling on the ground.

The Venerable God had not told her to rise, so she dared not move.

As the thunder cracked, she looked up at the sky in some terror.

She felt—

That above the firmament, there seemed to be a great terror.

She was trembling with fear, terrified that the great terror hidden in the sky would descend and scatter her soul into nothingness.

"Thunder?"

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

However, he could not make sense of it, so he had no choice but to return and continue his cultivation.

He could already feel—

The 'Qi' within his body was about to fill his Dantian sea of Qi.

Once he filled his Dantian sea of Qi, he could attempt to break through and become a Second Rank Upper-level 'Qi Refiner'.

As for why it was called a 'Qi Refiner'?

This was the name Lord Zhangyue had told him.

Temple Keepers of gods were all 'Qi Refiners', distinct from the 'Qi Refiners' of the martial path!

The Land of Demons.

Here, mountains rolled and undulated, one after another.

At this moment, on a mountain peak more than thirty miles away from Fox Village, an extremely dense, blood-colored demonic aura suddenly erupted.

The demonic aura formed a blood cloud, which swept up more than twenty humans from the village at the foot of the mountain and flew toward the peak.

The remaining humans in the village shuddered, but their expressions were long since numb as they continued with their tasks.

They, the human race, were born to be the blood-food of demons.

To be eaten by the Mountain Lord was an honor.

To be able to become the Mountain Lord's food was even a grace.

There were still over a thousand people in the village, and the village chief would tell them this every day.

Having heard it so much and seen so much, they had accepted the narrative that they were born as demonic blood-food, and that being eaten by the Mountain Lord was an honor and a grace.

On the mountain.

Inside a massive cave, a giant, ferocious tiger, its body as black as ink with only a pair of cold, scarlet eyes, lay prone.

On both sides of it, more than twenty human maidens were diligently brushing its tiger fur with brushes.

At this moment—

It opened its blood-stained maw, and the blood-colored demonic cloud flew back from the foot of the mountain.

One by one, the humans looked on with numb expressions, watching as they entered the Mountain Lord's blood-stained maw, only to be devoured.

In the blink of an eye, the giant ferocious tiger had eaten more than twenty people, yet it still seemed somewhat unsatisfied.

The next moment—

It extended its tiger claws, snatched up the two human girls who had been brushing its fur, and tossed them into its mouth, finally feeling satisfied.

"Lord Mountain Lord!"

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

Suddenly.

A wolf demon carrying a pack demon on its back charged down from the mountain; the pack demon leaped off, knelt on the ground, and reported with a hint of terror.

The Bear Chief, the Black Dog Chief, and the White Horse Chief were all Tier 2 peak-level demons.

To think they had all gone missing in that village!

It was only a Tier 2 mid-level demon, so it was naturally afraid.

"Useless trash."

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

A flicker of rage appeared in the eyes of the Mountain Lord.

Its massive body slowly rose to its feet, looking down at the shivering wolf demon and pack demon below:

"Go and invite that sister of Mine over here!"