Holy Spirit Cult, Sower

"Hehe, Your Highness, what is your decision?"

The Crown Prince's side hall in the Imperial Palace of the Sun Moon Empire.

A person dressed in a white robe and another in a black cloak stood on either side of Xu Tianran, their tone playful.

Xu Tianran sat arrogantly in the chair, his face gloomy.

A year ago, the Abundance Ambrosial Arbor descended, and Xu Tianran learned from intelligence that the Divine Tree could cure his disability and grant Immortal Body.

So, two days after the end of that great battle, he secretly sent someone to escort him to the edge of the Star Dou Great Forest, hoping to cure his chronic illness by absorbing the energy released by the Divine Tree. However, he stayed there for a whole day without any effect.

His legs were still immobile, and because he got too close to the Star Dou Great Forest, he disturbed the Soul Beast inside. As a result, half of the powerful beings he brought were killed, and he could only flee in a sorry state.

On his way back, he was filled with rage, convinced that the person who delivered this false information was a spy, sent by their brothers to murder him. They exploited his strong desire to cure his disability, devised a plan to spread the information that the Divine Tree could cure any disease, and then attempted to use those Soul Beasts to kill him.

Therefore, the first thing Xu Tianran did upon returning to the Sun Moon Empire was to execute all those who had passed on information about the Divine Tree to him, as a warning to others.

And just one day after he executed these people, news of the Divine Blood began to spread throughout the continent.

This time, Xu Tianran did not personally take action. Instead, he sent his trusted confidants to the place where the Divine Blood was auctioned, and finally bought back two doses of the blood of the Undying Soul Beast at an exorbitant price.

To verify the effects of the blood and to prevent further sabotage, Xu Tianran specially captured an ordinary person, cut off all four of his limbs, and then had someone feed him one of his blood samples.

After the ordinary person drank the blood, Xu Tianran witnessed a scene that both surprised and excited him.

The person whose limbs had been severed screamed in agony. After struggling for a moment as he drank the blood, his hands and feet began to grow back at a visible speed, eventually returning to their original state.

Seeing this, Xu Tianran did not hesitate at all, immediately opened the bottle of blood in his hand, and drank it all in one gulp.

A dozen seconds later, he felt a slight itch in his legs, and then he gradually regained sensation in his lower body.

So, he slowly stood up, supporting himself on both sides of the wheelchair.

When he stood up straight without any support, a ferocious smile appeared on his face.

Hahahaha!

His laughter was morbid and manic, completely devoid of his former gentle and refined demeanor. The psychological distortion caused by years of physical disability was now being fully unleashed.

Xu Tianran was overjoyed to have his disability cured, but he did not make a big fuss about it. Instead, he continued to pretend to be his original self and remained in hiding.

He was waiting, waiting for his father's death so that he could smoothly succeed as the emperor of the Sun Moon Empire.

That was his original plan.

Unfortunately, he never expected that the Divine Tree, which he thought was false information, actually possessed the ability to heal and Immortal Body.

Just over half a year after the Divine Tree descended, the energy of the Abundance Ambrosial Arbor spread to the Sun Moon Empire, transforming the entire population.

Healing, longevity, immortality... these abilities have appeared in all the people of the empire, including his father, the current emperor of the Sun Moon Empire.

On one occasion, while preparing to attend court, he saw his father, who was already seriously ill and unable to handle state affairs, and who did not have many years left to live, actually attending court again, and had even returned to his youthful appearance, and all his illnesses had been cured.

Xu Tianran, in his wheelchair, was shocked. Could it be that his father had also consumed the Divine Blood?

He probed and asked the old emperor repeatedly, but the old emperor said he didn't know why things had turned out this way.

"Damn it! Damn it! Damn it!!!"

Back in his palace, Xu Tianran furiously smashed the shop's items and utensils.

According to the original plan, after the old emperor passed away a few years later, he could directly inherit his father's position, become the emperor of the Sun Moon Empire, and then launch a war to unify the continent.

But now all of this has been disrupted. The old emperor has regained his youth and is full of energy. How could he possibly abdicate again?

Later, Xu Tianran also gradually discovered that the old ministers who were originally preparing to retire in the court were all starting to get younger.

At this point, Xu Tianran gradually realized that Divine Blood was rare and almost all of it was controlled by the powerful figures on the continent. It was impossible for all these ministers to have consumed Divine Blood.

"Healing... Immortality... Life Extension..."

"The Divine Tree... could it really be the Divine Tree?"

"Damn it, why... is the Divine Tree so far away? Even if it really has these abilities, how could it possibly spread so far?"

However, Xu Tianran could no longer disbelieve it; the sick people in the entire Sun Moon Empire had been cured, and the elderly had become young again.

Upon seeing this scene, Xu Tianran was so angry he laughed, "Hehe... Hahahaha!"

"Immortal Body is good, everyone has Immortal Body, Divine Tree... well done..."

"When I personally visited the tree, you did not bestow any gifts. Now that I have consumed Divine Blood and been cured of my incurable ailment, you have granted me immortality and eternal life for everyone in the empire..."

"Well done... you're really fucking good... I, the king, admit defeat..."

Xu Tianran knew that now that the old emperor had returned to his peak, he would not easily abdicate. If he were to seize power forcefully, the court officials would certainly not accept it.

Moreover, now that everyone is Immortal Body, even if I can control them all, I can't kill them or intimidate them.

He no longer has the chance to seize power.

After that, until a year after the Divine Tree descended, Xu Tianran no longer paid attention to anything related to the royal family. He had no interest in the throne or seizing power, and began to completely give up.

Until these last few days, a Holy Spirit Cult, along with a man who called himself the Sower, found him.

Xu Tianran had secretly been colluding with the Holy Spirit Cult, but having lost the opportunity to seize power, he severed ties with them.

He was familiar with the Holy Spirit Cult, but Xu Tianran had no idea who these so-called Sower.

"What business do you have with me?"

Now that he no longer had any desire to vie for the throne, Xu Tianran dropped his pretense. Gone was his former gentle demeanor; his tone was now full of arrogance and conceit.

"Your Highness, we have come to find you today naturally to help you..."

The Holy Spirit Cult, dressed in a black cloak, spoke mysteriously and sneered.

"I will help you seize the throne of the Sun Moon Empire."

"Oh."

Xu Tianran didn't even look at him, and gave a perfunctory reply, showing no intention of continuing the conversation.

"Does Your Highness not believe in our Holy Spirit Cult?"

"Snort."

Xu Tianran scoffed disdainfully upon hearing this.

"Now everyone in the empire Immortal Body, including my father and those court officials. How can we take it away?"

"Kill them?"

"Or threaten them?"

"Don't make me laugh."

Xu Tianran waved to the two of them as he spoke.

"I have no interest in the throne now. You may all leave. Go back to where you came from."