Thump... thump... thump-thump!
Below the altar for worshipping Heaven, hundreds of Kunlun ancestors, bare-chested and covered in strange paint, chanted ancient songs and danced wildly to the beat of drums, praying devoutly to the heavens.
Whoosh! Clang, clang!
Wu Xiong was also performing Shaman Dao dance, shaking his staff adorned with bells. Mysterious forces condensed from the air, gradually transforming into a gigantic human figure.
"Great God of the Shaman Dao!"
Now that the Heavenly Dao have collapsed, our people have nowhere to go and are in grave danger.
We pray that you will communicate with Heaven and guide us to find a new God...
As he chanted, the human figure in the air solidified, eventually coalescing into an old man with a goatee dressed in a black robe.
The old man with the goatee stood in mid-air, glancing down at the hundreds of sacrificial animals being escorted below, a hint of satisfaction flashing in his eyes.
"Very good! If the Heavenly Emperor's plan succeeds this time, you will all be credited."
The old man with the goatee was none other than the Shaman God. He was the mastermind behind this sacrifice of the Heart of Pan Emperor, all in order to obtain a suitable plane for himself from the Heavenly Court.
Although he was Innate Gods, naturally powerful and with a long lifespan, he still had his own desires.
He had already achieved great success in the art of Shaman Dao ten thousand years ago, becoming a Peak Void God Realm. However, ten thousand years have passed, and not only has he failed to open up a plane and advance to the True God Realm, but his strength has also slightly declined due to the aging of his physical body.
Nothing lasts forever. Even gods have a limited lifespan. However, compared to mortals, gods have a lifespan of at least ten thousand years, so it is not an exaggeration to call them immortal.
"Based on my own cultivation, I probably have no hope of advancing to True God in this lifetime."
Only by submitting to the Heavenly Court and helping the Heavenly Emperor seize Heart of Pan Emperor can one possibly gain the Heavenly Court's assistance and become True God.
Although Innate Gods are born as Void God Realm experts, they cannot use World Seed to create planes.
Ordinary beings cultivate by gradually opening up a virtual world in their dantian and experiencing the mysteries of the universe. Only after obtaining the World Seed can they open up a real plane in one fell swoop.
However, Innate Gods cannot go through this process. They are born with a certain Dao and are messengers of the Dao. It is much more difficult for them to advance to True God Acquired Gods.
In ancient times, the most common way for Innate Gods to ascend to True God was to explore the void, find unclaimed planes within it, and then, through a long period of integration and cultivation, gradually transform these unclaimed planes into their own.
However, this method is now almost impossible to implement. There are very few unclaimed planes in the void now. For example, the Shaman God has been exploring the void for nearly ten thousand years, but has found nothing.
Now, for Innate Gods to break through to True God, they can almost only rely on invading and plundering existing mature planes.
However, invading another plane involves too many complex conditions. With the resources and subordinates under the control of the Shaman God, it is simply impossible for him to invade a plane that has already matured.
Therefore, he must rely on a powerful third party, and now, the Heavenly Court is his choice.
"We need to hurry, or we'll be in trouble if the gods from other tribes arrive."
As the Shaman God thought this, black mist surged from his body and spread towards the direction of the sacrifice.
" Shaman God Peng Xi, how dare you perform a human sacrifice ritual! If our clan's sacrificial spirits find out, they will surely avenge us!!"
Among the captured creatures were some knowledgeable individuals who realized that Peng Xi intended to kill them as a human sacrifice. In their despair, they couldn't help but shout out loud.
"How noisy!"
Peng Xi frowned slightly, exerted force with both hands, and accelerated the spread of the black mist.
Only then did the captured sacrificial creatures notice that there was a ' Shaman Runes pattern' at the foot of their feet. As the black mist of the Shaman God descended, it surged wildly into the Shaman Runes beneath their feet, and the Shaman Runes gradually lit up.
After the Shaman Runes lit up, the creatures above immediately became dazed, as if they had lost their souls.
"Buzz... Dongwa... Rua..."
Above the altar, Peng Xi chanted incantations, and soon the black mist he emitted enveloped the entire mountaintop.
Where the black mist spread, ancient Shaman Runes kept lighting up. In the end, a huge circular Shaman Runes pattern was formed around the altar of the gods.
"Buzz... Aha..."
After the appearance of the Shaman God, the people of the Wu Wind Clan became visibly excited, and their sacrificial dance became even more powerful.
" Blood Spirit Heaven-Sacrificing Grand Array, activate!"
As soon as Peng Xi finished speaking, the living beings that were bound below began to explode one by one. The blood and flesh that fell to the ground were absorbed by the Shaman Runes Shaman Runes, which gradually revealed an eerie blood red color.
Those who were captured and brought here are at least Saint Level in strength, and many of them are native Kunlun Heaven residents with extraordinary bloodlines, whose strength, when unleashed, is even comparable to that of Demigod.
But they fell into the Shaman God's trap, were captured and brought here, and became living sacrifices.
Using wisdom to perform human sacrifices was something that even Kunlun Heaven, which has always preserved tribal civilization, had long forbade. However, in order to complete the Heavenly Emperor's mission, the Shaman God went so far as to carry out such a plan in a madman.
Using the flesh and blood of so many powerful beings as a sacrifice to the heavens was a first for even the Shaman God, and he himself was unsure of the outcome of this sacrifice.
"It's here! The Pan Emperor Heavenly Dao has responded to me. Haha..."
Peng Xi felt something, looked up at the sky, and burst into laughter.
As the flesh and blood of powerful beings merged into the Shaman Runes patterns, a terrifying will gathered in the air, and golden beams of light shone down, illuminating the altar of the gods.
At this moment, Chen Mu, Gu Ningbi, and Di Yun hurriedly approached the altar for the sacrificial ceremony.
"How despicable! This Shaman God Peng Xi is lawless and cruel to living beings."
Why did it still attract the attention of the Pan Emperor Heavenly Dao, and even send down the Heavenly Light?
As Gu Ningbi hurried along, she gazed at the towering pillar of light descending from the distance, feeling both angry and bewildered.
Normally, the instinct of Heavenly Dao is to maintain the order of the planes. Killing living beings is a violation of the Heavenly Dao Order. It is unreasonable that one would not only escape punishment from Heavenly Dao but also be favored by Heavenly Dao.
Heaven and earth are ruthless, treating all things like straw dogs.
This statement does not mean that heaven and earth look down on all living beings, but rather that in the eyes of heaven and earth, all things are the same and there is no difference between them.
The unclaimed Pan Emperor Heavenly Dao is like a machine without anyone to control it. No matter how powerful it is, it cannot distinguish between good and evil. Once someone finds a loophole to exploit, it may become an accomplice to evil.
Through the Shaman Runes on the ground, Chen Mu had roughly discerned the principles behind the methods of the Shaman God Peng Xi.
These Shaman Runes can transform passive death sacrifices into suicidal sacrifices, which is why the Heavenly Dao pays such attention to them.