The Divine King is More Interesting

Sunset Forest.

The sun was shining brightly.

Yan Lingji's figure flickered as she wove through the jungle.

She was preparing to hunt soul beasts, specifically searching for a ten-thousand-year soul beast that was suitable for her.

Beyond that, she had an additional mission: to kill soul beasts with fire, sonic, and lightning attributes.

After all, the Venom symbiote feared high temperatures, sonic waves, and lightning.

High-frequency sonic waves, in particular, could even cause the symbiote to suffer and detach from its host.

When she learned that Jiang Ce wanted to find and kill soul beasts with these specific attributes, the corners of Yan Lingji's lips curled up. Understanding his intent, she couldn't help but tease him:

"Master, you're being too obvious. If you let me know your weaknesses, I might just commit an act of insubordination later on."

And then—

She was hung from a few trees and severely disciplined.

Jiang Ce had firmly established his authority as master.

Yan Lingji lay prostrate, kneeling on the ground of the deserted grove.

"Master, this servant was wrong."

Yan Lingji was being extremely obedient at this moment.

Sometimes, being too fond of teasing others would only lead to disaster.

Besides, her master wasn't a human; in the terms of her world, he was a demon.

As a bewitching enchantress, she was completely under his thumb.

However, she also made up her mind to properly temper her willpower.

In the past, she was the only one who teased others, but encountering a heart like her master's... it was simply too much to handle.

"Alright, let's begin," Jiang Ce said indifferently. "Finish your business early."

"Yes, Master."

Yan Lingji stumbled as she tried to stand, her legs giving way, and she collapsed back onto the ground.

"Master... this servant's legs are weak..."

Yan Lingji looked pitiful.

After all, she was a demon, not something an ordinary human could compare to.

She was a martial artist; how could an ordinary person have worn her out like this?

It wasn't as if she had been thrown into an army camp as a camp follower.

"Enough, get to work, enchantress."

Jiang Ce activated Venom's healing ability to restore her stamina.

"...Yes."

Black Venom tissue spread across her body once more.

At the same time—

"But this servant isn't good at fighting!"

"That is exactly why you need to be properly tempered."

"Heaven will place a great burden upon a person, first tempering their heart and will, and exhausting their muscles and bones."

Jiang Ce said slowly, "You are the Captain of the Anti-Demon Ninjas I have appointed."

"Captain of the Anti-Demon Ninjas?" Yan Lingji stood up, her face full of curiosity. "What is that?"

"Someone who can endure three thousand times the load."

Yan Lingji's face turned pale.

No... what kind of person was that exactly?

She couldn't even endure three times the load.

"Alright, get to work!"

"Yes..."

Yan Lingji began searching for soul beasts.

Before long, she encountered a five-thousand-year-level Flame Wolf.

Yan Lingji condensed a Venom longsword in her hand, her figure flashed in an instant, and with a clean, decisive strike, she severed the creature's head.

A tentacle extended from Yan Lingji's chest, and the Venom tissue quickly covered the corpse, devouring it.

Five hundred years of age were obtained.

At this moment, his total age reached one thousand six hundred and twenty-seven years.

At the same time, ten percent of the soul beast's age—

Fifty years—was fed back to Yan Lingji, transforming into an all-around improvement in cultivation, physique, and spiritual power.

Yan Lingji felt power surging within her body, leaving her feeling warm all over.

In just this short amount of time, it was equivalent to four days of her own bitter cultivation.

[Note: With the same soul power, Innate Full Soul Power should require less cultivation time. In my previous calculations, 15 years of soul beast age was equivalent to one week for Innate Level 8; I actually lengthened the time for Innate Full Soul Power, so I will revise the earlier parts.]

"Isn't this just too amazing?"

"Then what are you still standing there for? Keep looking." Jiang Ce's little whip came again, lashing out and making Yan Lingji stumble.

She glared at her master with resentful eyes and immediately began to hunt rapidly.

Fire attribute, sonic attribute, lightning attribute; with ages ranging from two thousand to eight thousand years, more than twenty soul beasts fell one after another under her blade.

Jiang Ce devoured them all the way, extracting one-tenth of the soul beast age from each one.

At this moment, his total age had reached eleven thousand years.

Fire resistance was already maxed out, lightning resistance was at thirty percent, and sonic resistance was at forty percent.

He would soon be able to max out the other two weaknesses as well.

Yan Lingji simultaneously obtained ten percent of the total devoured age—which was one thousand years.

Her level climbed from fifty-two to the critical point of fifty-four, and she would soon break through to level fifty-five.

"Since when did cultivation become so rapid?"

It was so comfortable that it was addictive.

Then she was whipped again until she looked pitiful, coquettishly and charmingly begging her master for comfort.

Jiang Ce naturally knew this enchantress was begging for mercy on purpose; he extended a tentacle to pinch her cheek, teasing her for a while.

The devouring continued.

During this period, Jiang Ce obtained the best skill yet.

[Split]

Use half of your age and cultivation to split off half of your body.

This body has no independent consciousness and is controlled at will by the original host; consciousness can shuttle freely between the original body and the split body.

Jiang Ce's eyes suddenly lit up.

This meant—he could split into many parts and parasitize multiple mounts simultaneously.

Consciousness could shuttle at will, like a wireless broadcast network.

He suddenly thought of the Stone Bead in his hand.

It was this Stone Bead that had forcibly pulled him and Yan Lingji from The Legend of Qin into this world.

Perhaps he could travel back again in the future?

Or perhaps, this Stone Bead could pull people from The Legend of Qin over here?

For now, he had no leads, so he could only take it one step at a time.

First, he would cultivate Yan Lingji and turn her into a God King.

And he would become the master of the God King.

To ruthlessly discipline the God King Yan Lingji!

That feeling was even more wonderful than being a God King himself.

Heh heh.

Yan Lingji led Jiang Ce through the Sunset Forest for quite a while.

Jiang Ce intended for her to wander around more to find the location of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

According to the memories devoured from the mercenaries, the current Pope of the Martial Soul Hall was still Qian Xunji in his prime, and the Saintess Bibi Dong was only sixteen years old, in the prime of her youth.

This meant that Yu Xiaogang had not yet made the love-struck Bibi Dong fall for him.

Naturally, he had to intercept this.

"Gangzi" did not deserve to eat something this good.

So the time period was now confirmed—it was twenty years before Tang San's birth.

He did not need to enter any immortal herb redemption codes, because Dugu Bo was currently in his prime.

Therefore, he naturally needed to find the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well first.

Just as he was thinking this—

A deafening roar suddenly erupted from up ahead.

The sound was like a thunderclap, shaking the leaves from the trees and causing the temperature in the air to spike sharply.

Yan Lingji's peach-blossom eyes instantly lit up.

"Master—"

She turned back to look at Jiang Ce, a brilliant smile curling the corners of her lips.

Jiang Ce gave a slight nod.

"Let's go, let's take a look."