Madman

"This... this is... Aberrant!"

Xu Tianran was stunned for a moment when he saw the person who had suddenly started to grow leaves and vines and become entangled in his body, but he quickly came to his senses.

"No, Aberrant should just turn into a lump of flesh, while this thing, although it has no human features, at least still looks like a human."

Xu Tianran looked at the Holy Spirit Cult and asked, "What exactly is this thing?"

"Hehe, Your Highness, this is not comparable to the most Abundance products of the lowest level of the Aberration. According to the Sower beside me, this thing is called Mara."

"Abundance... Mara..."

Upon hearing this, Xu Tianran murmured softly.

"Your Highness, as for what this Abundance and Mara are, let me explain them to you."

At this moment, the white-robed man who hadn't spoken a word stepped forward and nodded slightly to Xu Tianran.

Who are you?

Xu Tianran asked, puzzled.

He had been quite curious about this person named Sower before. He was familiar with the Holy Spirit Cult, an organization of Evil Soul Master, and everyone there exuded an evil aura.

The white-robed man before them, though standing with the Holy Spirit Cult, did not carry a trace of the evil aura possessed by Evil Soul Master, clearly indicating that he was not a member of the Holy Spirit Cult.

"Your Highness, we have long since abandoned our original names. All members of my organization now refer to themselves as 'Sower'."

"Let me introduce myself. I come from the Abundance Cult... no, to be precise, I used to be a follower of the Abundance Cult, and now I am Sower of the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus."

Xu Tianran felt increasingly overwhelmed as he listened. How could so many things he had never heard of come up before he hadn't even finished explaining one thing?

"What are the Abundance Cult and the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus?"

"Your Highness, there's no need to rush. I will now explain everything to you in detail: the Divine Tree, the Mara, and the secrets of immortality—the origins of all of this."

As the man in the white robe spoke, his gaze grew increasingly devout.

"Let's talk about that Divine Tree first. According to what I learned when I was a follower of the Abundance Cult, this tree is called the Abundance Ambrosial Arbor. It was sent down by the great Abundance Aeon, the Compassionate Medicine King Yaoshi, who couldn't bear the suffering of all living beings, in order to grant them longevity and eliminate death and disease."

"So the Jianmu took root, rose from the ground, and spread its Abundance Power to begin transforming all living things on the continent. As a result, all things were free from disease and pain, all things achieved longevity, and all people became immortal."

"However, according to the book written by the leader of the Abundance Cult, while it is a good thing that Abundance grants all living beings immortality, it is not without its drawbacks, namely the human body we are currently facing that has been transformed into Mara-Struck."

The white-robed Sower then pointed to the ordinary person who had transformed into Mara-Struck and continued speaking.

"The Abundance Cult said that unlimited longevity will continuously amplify the obsessions, desires, and hatred within living beings."

"Most living beings cannot withstand the torment brought about by these obsessions and desires during their long lifespan. After hundreds of years, they will lose control of their emotions and fall into a monstrous state of irrationality. This phenomenon is what we just called Mara."

"The Abundance Cult said that the Demon God Body is a curse in the destiny of those who live forever, a negative consequence of the Yaoshi's blessing. When the followers of the Abundance Cult spread the Yaoshi's ideas on the continent, they also took it upon themselves to deal with those who were burdened with Mara."

The Sower the white robe paced back and forth in the shop as he spoke.

"However, some within the sect do not consider the Mara-Struck a curse; instead, they believe it is the opportunity for the evolution of all Mara-Struck. These people are us— the Sower."

At this point, the white- Sower revealed a hint of sarcasm on his face.

"The true form of the Yaoshi has never descended to the mortal realm, and even the Abundance Cult may not have seen Him. So how can you assume that the Mara-Struck is a curse?"

"Therefore, those within the original Abundance Cult who opposed the leader's ideology broke away from the Abundance Cult while feigning to spread its Abundance Cult, and thus established the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus, which is my current organization."

"Our Disciples of Sanctus Medicus are different from theirs. Our philosophy is that the Mara-Struck is a phenomenon created by the Yaoshi Master after he bestowed upon us immortality, to test us and allow our physical bodies to transcend!"

"The Mara is not a curse, but an opportunity for evolution. The healing and immortality bestowed by the Yaoshi are merely superficial; the Mara is the true essence. Only by overcoming the Mara can all things transcend!"

"To transform all beings into Mara then transcend it, thus achieving physical liberation—that is the true philosophy of Yaoshi Yakushi! Hahahaha!"

Looking at the white-robed Sower suddenly seemed to be going crazy while talking, Xu Tianran looked at the Holy Spirit Cult with a puzzled expression.

"Has this guy always been like this? Or are all the so-called Disciples of Sanctus Medicus this crazy?"

The Holy Spirit Cult shrugged helplessly.

"I don't know either. This organization suddenly contacted us about half a year ago. Apart from our daily experiments, our Holy Spirit Cult doesn't have much contact with them."

"However..." the Holy Spirit Cult chuckled, "The people in the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus Teachings are even more cruel than our Holy Spirit Cult."

"When we Evil Soul Master kill, we simply kill the person and extract their soul to strengthen ourselves... But these madmen from the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus... tsk tsk, their methods are astonishing even to the most ruthless Evil Soul Master in my sect."

"Human experimentation... living people for medicine... Mara forging of weapons, repeatedly killing ordinary people with Immortal Body, driving them mad and plunging them into Mara, tsk tsk, they're even more evil than us Evil Soul Master."

Xu Tianran fell silent after hearing this.

It's one thing for the Holy Spirit Cult to come looking for him, but why is this supposedly divine organization also knocking on his door?

"Ahem, sorry, I got sidetracked. I just couldn't help getting excited when it came to the great Yaoshi."

The white-robed Sower had been laughing maniacally for a long time, finally coughed lightly and returned to his previous composed demeanor.

"In short, everything on the continent now is thanks to the blessing of the Yaoshi. Currently, all living beings on the continent have been transformed into Immortal Body by the Abundance Power, making them impossible to kill."

"But we can transform them into Mara-Struck. In the past six months of cooperation between our Disciples of Sanctus Medicus and the Holy Spirit Cult, we have fully mastered the method of transforming people into Mara-Struck, and have also initially mastered the method of controlling them."

"We don't need to kill these Immortal Body. We can simply transform them into Mara-Struck, creating a Mara Antimatter Legion. Then we can control all the royal family members, and Your Highness's ascension to the throne will be just around the corner."

"Your Highness, what is your decision?"

At this moment, the Holy Spirit Cult spoke to Xu Tianran again with a mocking tone.

Xu Tianran sat back down in the chair, his face grim.

"Why are you helping me? The Holy Spirit Cult is helping me so that I can become the state religion after I unify the continent. And what about you, the Sower of the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus teachings?"