Three days later.
A mass of ghastly green demonic clouds flew in from afar and descended upon Tiger Head Mountain, revealing a gigantic spider.
It was a demon with the upper body of a beautiful woman and the lower body of a spider.
The spider stood over six zhang tall. Its eight legs were as thick as towering trees, and their tips were sharp as the Heavenly Blade, reflecting a ghastly green, icy light.
"Greetings, Elder Sister!"
Mountain Lord had been waiting on the mountain. The moment he saw Spider Spirit appear, he hurried over to greet her.
His voice was rough, yet carried a hint of affection.
His body was already enormous, standing over four zhang tall and stretching more than ten zhang long. On the mountain, he looked just like a small peak.
Yet when he looked at Spider Spirit, he still had to raise his head.
"Little Brother Tiger, what did you call me here for?"
"Do you need your elder sister to help you get rid of that old snake in Shunling River?"
Spider Spirit looked down at the black Fierce Tiger and spoke in a low, cruel voice.
Her eyes glowed a ghastly green. Now and then, saliva dripped from the corners of her mouth, sizzling as it corroded the ground.
That showed just how fierce the poison in her body was.
"Elder Sister, I'll deal with the old snake in Shunling River myself."
"If you make a move, Elder Sister, I'm afraid you'll alert the old Poison Snake in Hundred Directions Marsh."
Mountain Lord shook his head, then grinned.
"Come inside first, Elder Sister. I've specially prepared thirty tender, delicious Two-Legged Sheep girls for you. I guarantee you'll be pleased."
A satisfied look appeared on the beautiful woman's face.
"Little Brother Tiger really knows what your elder sister likes."
"To keep my human form at its most beautiful, I have to eat more human girls."
"Only the blood and vitality of human girls can conceal the demonic aura on me."
Whoosh—
The demonic aura surged around her enormous body. In an instant, she transformed into a charming young woman.
Completely naked, with a figure close to perfection, she leaped onto Mountain Lord's back.
Mountain Lord set off toward his cave.
He felt a little helpless.
His elder sister was wonderful in every way, and far stronger than he was.
But she loved mingling with the frail Human Race, and often enjoyed playing at falling in love with human scholars...
He truly couldn't understand it.
In his eyes, the frail Human Race were nothing but food. What was there to enjoy?
A short while later.
After enjoying the thirty human girls, the naked Spider Spirit lay on the bed with a satisfied look. She curled a finger at Mountain Lord and said coyly,
"Little Brother Tiger... come keep your elder sister company..."
Mountain Lord had no choice but to transform into a muscular human and play her game.
He felt nothing for Spider Spirit.
After all—
The only ones he liked were tigresses.
Unfortunately, the three tigresses he kept were all too weak and a little too small.
A few days later.
Spider Spirit lazily held Mountain Lord and asked,
"Little Brother Tiger, what did you need me for?"
Mountain Lord spoke in a low voice.
"Elder Sister, about twenty li west of Cangmu Town, there's a village called Four Seas Village."
"Some time ago, a demon there disguised itself as a Deity. It even came here to steal human prey and killed seven of my little demons."
"I sent Xiong Pi, Black Dog, and White Horse to destroy it."
"But none of the three came back. The demon in Four Seas Village must be a third-tier demon."
Hearing this, Spider Spirit nodded at once.
"If it could kill those three, it must be a third-tier demon."
"You prepared human girls for your elder sister and made me feel so good, so I'll go with you."
Mountain Lord was overjoyed and hurried to play her game with her again...
Spider Spirit laughed with a clear, "Heh heh heh..."
In the Divine Domain.
Li Yue slowly opened his eyes.
A powerful divine light shone from his gaze, as if it could pierce through heaven and earth.
"What a powerful feeling..."
"I'm far stronger than I was at Subordinate Ninth Rank."
Feeling that his divine body was at least five times stronger than before, he smiled with delight.
This was Principal Ninth Rank!
Although only the word "Principal" had replaced "Subordinate,"
His strength had changed beyond recognition.
He looked over the Divine Domain and saw that it had expanded from a radius of ten zhang to a radius of fifty zhang.
Its radius was five times what it had been, but its area was now twenty-five times as large!
"My Jurisdiction has expanded a lot too..."
He sensed the area reached by the radiation of his Divine Path Law.
His Jurisdiction had once covered only fifty qing, but now it had expanded to a full thousand qing!
How large was a thousand qing?
One hundred thousand mu.
That was about 66.67 square kilometers.
A region a little over sixteen li long and a little over sixteen li wide.
The entirety of Four Seas Village, including the newly reclaimed fields, covered only about eighty qing.
"Quite a few of the mountains around Four Seas Village, including Thousand Wolf Mountain, are now within my Jurisdiction."
"Thousand Wolf Mountain is actually a Subordinate Ninth-Rank mountain. It has Spiritual Energy, so I can appoint a Subordinate Ninth-Rank Mountain God there."
Li Yue's eyes glinted. With one step, he left the Divine Domain; with another, he reached the summit of Thousand Wolf Mountain.
Thousand Wolf Mountain wasn't very tall, standing only about two hundred and seventy or eighty zhang.
But it was thick with trees. Since the Wolf Demon had been slain and the Martial Artists of Four Seas Village had killed many of the wild wolves, quite a few other animals had gradually begun appearing in the mountains.
After all—
When the Wolf Demon had lived there, ordinary animals had instinctively kept away from Thousand Wolf Mountain.
But the Wolf Demon had long since died, and Thousand Wolf Mountain had far more Spiritual Energy than the other mountains. Naturally, it had attracted many animals.
They were still ignorant and unfledged.
But by instinct, they pursued Spiritual Energy and thrived.
"Mountains with Spiritual Energy are naturally suited to cultivation."
"They're also suited to becoming demons."
Li Yue's expression remained calm. His gaze seemed to pierce through the entire mountain, reaching its deepest depths.
There, more than ten thousand zhang beneath the peak, lay a mass of extremely dense Spiritual Energy.
It pulsed slowly, like the heart of a living creature.
With every contraction, it drew in the power of the earth from every direction.
With every expansion, it released pure Spiritual Light, which flowed into Thousand Wolf Mountain and nourished all things.
"Unfortunately—"
"I don't have any Divine Law Fragments, so I can't appoint a Mountain God on Thousand Wolf Mountain."
A hint of regret crossed his face.
Now that he had reached Principal Ninth Rank, he could appoint two Subordinate Ninth-Rank Subordinate Gods.
But though his Divine Rank had reached Principal Ninth Rank, his Divine Seat was still Orthodox Land God of Four Seas Village.
So he couldn't appoint a Land God; he could only appoint a Mountain God.
There could only be one Land God in Four Seas Village: him.
"I'll have to rise another rank before I can appoint a Land God."
"But appointing a Deity requires Divine Law Fragments."
Li Yue murmured to himself.
How could he obtain Divine Law Fragments?
The only way he knew of was God War!
After starting a God War, he could obtain Divine Law Fragments by winning and use them to appoint Subordinate Gods.
And the strength of his Subordinate Gods—
Would determine the outcome of God War.
"Once a year has passed, quite a few Blue Star Deities will probably start God Wars right away..."
His eyes remained calm.
But he wasn't afraid of God War. If anything, he was looking forward to it.
After all—
He believed that, with his current strength, he had already reached the very top among all the Blue Star Deities!
Whoosh—
With a thought, he opened Personal Info to check what had changed after his promotion to Principal Ninth Rank.
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