"What was Star Lord Min Yuan planning now?"
Within the Marshlands, the Seven-Colored Marsh Ancestor had also been affected and gained some insight.
The present Marshlands had undergone fundamental changes in the way its many tribes survived due to the planting of special crops. The loss of young and able-bodied labor had decreased, yet the Marshlands' importance had not diminished. The greater the population, the more food had originally been a problem. Now that there was a method of cultivation, more tribespeople could be fed.
The result was that the number of people worshipping the gods of the Marshlands continued to grow, making the incense offerings of deities such as the Seven-Colored Marsh Ancestor ever more flourishing. Yet she saw danger within it, though she had taken no obvious countermeasures.
Without the mortals noticing, the ripples of radiance spread rapidly. Within a few breaths, they had covered the entire Great Rui Domain. Countless deities were tainted by them, leaving a trace within their bodies and minds.
It was not only deities. Some cultivators sensed it as well, especially those who cultivated the Spirit Communication Method. Their perceptions were even deeper. This method resembled Flesh-Body Apotheosis, drawing upon spirit communication and communion with gods to wield power beyond one's own realm. What it relied upon was the power of the Divine Path, though it need not necessarily be a deity possessing self-awareness. Even a mere Domain of Law could be used.
As a result, cultivators proficient in this art were likewise tainted with the aura of the Divine Path, and now they too were touched by the ripples of radiance.
More of the radiance plunged downward, piercing through layer upon layer of soil until it reached the depths. Then it entered the Yin-Yang Dao and actually passed into the Netherworld!
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