Qi of Morality

Hu Mang stayed on the ship for three days, which was extremely boring. He couldn't practice his Devil Cultivation Method, couldn't travel through time, and even the signal for playing games was bad.

The only thing worth mentioning is that the large amount of demonic blood consumed in cultivating the "Black Sha Asura Cultivation Method" has been replenished with a continuous supply of vital energy.

This "Unraveled Rope Devil Meridian" has the same effect as having three pounds of tonic pills by your own body.

A quick glance at the Heavenly Court group's chat history revealed that it was still stuck on the time when Gu Yunshu successfully formed her core and sent out red envelopes.

Although the other Four Heavenly Kings were filled with envy and jealousy, they were not surprised at all. What was surprising about Boss Gu's successful Core Formation? It would have been surprising if he hadn't succeeded.

The only thing worth discussing was the special effects of the "National Standard Golden Core," but after Gu Yunshu sent out the red envelopes, she went into seclusion. With the main character absent, the group dispersed after a few aimless discussions.

Hu Mang did know a little about this; it was Innate Qi.

This reminded him of his own situation.

Since condensing the "Flower of Essence" can add the effect of being immaculate with Golden Nature, will one's own True Qi be supplemented with Innate Qi when condensing the "Flower of Qi"?

What are the effects of the Flower of Spirit?

Not to mention that after the Three Flowers are formed, there are also Five Qi.

If you calculate it this way, the benefits of condensing the Three Flowers and Five Qi are much greater than those of the Golden Core.

Conversely, could the inherent benefits of condensing Nascent Soul outweigh the Three Flowers and Five Qi?

It seems that there are no Nascent Soul cultivators in the Azure Mysterious Realm.

Hu Mang fell into deep thought.

Until the message notification rang.

Hu Mang glanced at it and realized it was a new monster he had met, the Pearl Maiden Xiao Zhu.

First came a bunch of bizarre monster emojis, then a string of phrases. "Come off the boat and play! Come off the boat and play! Come off the boat and play! Come off the boat and play! Come off the boat and play! Come off the boat and play!"

Are you in elementary school?

Hu Mang silently complained.

After three days of idly chatting, Hu Mang had learned something about the other party's identity. Among these thirty-six islands, this Pearl Maiden's status was actually quite high. She was the daughter of a powerful demon at the island lord level and had been assigned to Vast Sea Island to secure a stable job as a goddess.

Hu Mang had also asked why all the island lords of the Thirty-Six Islands of the Eastern Sea were monsters, and there wasn't even a single human cultivator among them.

Isn't this an ancient sacred site for overseas spiritual practice?

If a pure-blooded human cultivator asked this question, it would surely carry a different meaning, but since it was asked by the fox spirit Hu Mang, there was no problem with it.

But the result was surprisingly simple.

All the powerful human cultivators have died of old age.

Ordinary human cultivators cannot go into the sea to absorb the high-level Spiritual Qi at the bottom of the ocean. Even if they have some talent, the gap will widen over time.

Moreover, unlike land-based monsters, some sea monsters have extremely long lifespans, starting at 300 years or more. Many are even ancient relics from the Old Heavenly Gate era. As a result, the monsters form their cores while the humans die of old age, creating a significant gap between them.

Hu Mang did the math himself and found that what the other party said made sense. The massive infrastructure project in Heavenly Gate was completed with the help of the whole country and several generations of people. Overseas, there were neither such resources nor manpower and material resources.

The difference in cultivation environment naturally leads to a gap in abilities.

However, Xiao Zhu said that the true masters of the Thirty-Six Islands of the Eastern Sea were not the monsters, but the Yu Household.

The Yu Household of the Dragon Palace!

Hu Mang naturally knew what the Yu Household represented. They were the Feather Lord, who overthrew the Old Heavenly Gate. The Five Lords of Heaven, Earth, Man, God, and Ghost were causing trouble in the Middle Earth, while the Five Lords of Ying, Lin, Mao, Yu, and Kun were providing support overseas. Among them, the Feather Lord's branch was the most powerful. They were the true descendants of the "Magnetic Emperor." Just by standing there, the Four Seas Military Office Command of the Old Heavenly Gate would immediately defect. They were incredibly powerful.

Of the three Old Heavenly Gate Emperors chosen since the era of electrical cultivation— the Magnetic Emperor, the Martial Emperor, and the Constitutional Emperor — the Magnetic Emperor has the best reputation. Even now, the Hengyuan Festival, the biggest festival for overseas Chinese, is dedicated to commemorating him.

Therefore, it was no surprise that the Yu Household Hu Mang controlled the Thirty-Six Islands of the Eastern Sea.

Moreover, the young girl speaks without thinking and easily reveals things she shouldn't. For example, she says that the Yu Household controls a very important thing on the Thirty-Six Islands of the Eastern Sea, and as long as this thing exists, the Demon Race of the East Sea can only obey the orders of the Yu Household.

There's such a thing?

Hu Mang immediately thought of the Three Yin Life and Death Talisman, but then he realized that this was a demonic Cultivation Method, specifically from the Azure Mysterious Realm, and had absolutely nothing to do with the Yu Household.

What does the Yu Household possess? Is it some kind of beast-taming divine skill?

While letting his thoughts wander, Hu Mang chatted idly with the pearl spirit opposite him. Seeing that she couldn't drag him into the sea, the pearl spirit unleashed a powerful attack.

"Do you know about the Dragon Blood Tide? Do you know that in two days, the Dragon Blood Tide is going to erupt? Right now, all the elders on the island are recruiting people and making friends, trying to get a share of the spoils from the Dragon Blood Tide. Do you know how many good treasures can drop from the Dragon Blood Tide? If you don't come down now, it'll be too late!"

Dragon Blood Tide eruption?

Hu Mang was taken aback. Hadn't this thing not erupted for ten years? What a coincidence!

Hu Mang didn't realize that his arrival could change the course of the ocean currents, so the reason was... those three Sea-Pacifying Divine Warships.

During Old Zhu's ramblings, Hu Mang finally learned the name of those three behemoths: the Sea-Pacifying Divine Warship, one of the super-large national protection Law Treasure built by New Heavenly Gate.

It is composed of hundreds of thousands of Law Artifacts and Spirit Artifact, and it is said to be able to sail not only at sea but also in space.

Its evolved "Law Treasure Divine Ability and Divine Power: Sea-Subduing Divine Light" is said to possess the power to destroy an island in one strike.

Although Old Zhu had never personally witnessed the use of this thing, it did not prevent him from speaking with absolute certainty.

Dragon Blood Tide?

Hu Mang admitted that he had indeed taken the bait.

So the next morning, he went straight to the Pearl Mother Temple. On the way, he did indeed sense several Golden Core elixir auras lingering in the sky above the island, and it seemed that one or two of them were not demonic auras.

Rogue Cultivator from the East Sea human race?

"Master."

Above a white cloud, an old man and a young man sat cross-legged. The old man was a Golden Core Late Stage cultivator, while his disciple was Foundation Establishment Late Stage cultivator. Judging from the perfect circulation of his aura, the disciple had most likely also reached the "Golden Nature" level.

The title "Master" is quite ancient.

As his disciple called out, the sword-wielding Daoist on the cloud slowly opened his eyes.

What is it?

"It seems I've sensed the aura of a Golden Core cultivator," the disciple whispered.

Azure Cloud Zi nodded.

"A powerful Golden Core cultivator's Divine Sense swept over our area."

"But they don't seem to be members of our East Sea Rogue Cultivator. Could they be from Heavenly Gate?" The disciple was very interested.

"I've heard that Heavenly Gate offers a free method for forming the Golden Core as long as you join a major sect, making it just around the corner."

"Hmph, Outer Dao, unlike righteous cultivators," Azure Cloud Zi snorted coldly and silently closed his eyes.

At this very moment, Hu Mang, who was known as Outer Dao, fought her way to the Pearl Mother Shrine. In order to obtain more information about the Dragon Blood Tide, she voluntarily transformed into the form of Crimson Blood Fox, deciding to use her beauty to gather intelligence.

Sitting in front of the altar, Xiao Zhu, who was bored and had her legs crossed, suddenly brightened up when she saw the beautiful fox opposite her.

After rubbing the fox fur for a while, Xiao Zhu said in a serious tone.

"Burn incense before entering the temple."

The male fox hesitated for a moment, but did not resist. It walked to the incense table, picked up three incense sticks, lit them with the candlelight, and the smoke rose slowly, spreading in the dim temple.

It bowed three times earnestly to the statue of the Mother-of-Pearl Goddess, inserted incense into the incense burner, and then turned to look at the little pearl beauty opposite it.

"I remember you saying that the Mother-of-Pearl Goddess you worship comes from Heavenly Gate, right?"

Xiao Zhu flew to the statue's shoulder and sat down, her two little legs dangling in the air. Her gaze fell on the kind and benevolent face of the Mother-of-Pearl Goddess, and she couldn't suppress her playful expression.

"The Mother-of-Pearl Goddess was a cultivator from the Heavenly Gate. She was among the first to go to sea to spread the Dao. Back then, the young sea monsters knew nothing, not even how to transform into human form. They only knew how to instinctively inhale and exhale moonlight and absorb Spiritual Qi, living their entire lives in a daze. If they could gain sentience, it would be considered a stroke of good fortune."

"After the Empress arrived, she did three things." Xiao Zhu held up three fingers.

"The first thing she did was to popularize spiritual education; she translated the basic spiritual education textbooks of Heavenly Gate into a language that sea monsters could understand."

"The second thing is to categorize the sea monsters. In the past, the sea monsters were a chaotic mess. Who was related to whom, what their talents were, and what kind of cultivation methods they were suited for were all guesswork. The Empress spent more than ten years traveling all over the waters surrounding the Thirty-Six Islands of the Eastern Sea, recording all the types of sea monsters she could find, and compiling a book called 'The Sea Demon Compendium.' It divides them into seven major categories and twenty-four subcategories according to bloodline, talents, and habits. It clearly states which category is suitable for body Technique Method, which category is suitable for cultivating magic, and which category is naturally restrained by what and restrained by what. Now, before we Demon Cultivator, the first thing we do is to check the 'Sea Demon Compendium' to see which category we belong to, so as to avoid detours."

"Thirdly, she created cultivation methods. Based on the different physiques of the sea monsters, the Goddess tailored several cultivation Cultivation Method. There was the 'Pearl Condensation Instruction' suitable for shellfish and crustaceans, the 'Wave-Chasing Cultivation Method' suitable for swimming fish, and the 'Tide Sound Mental Cultivation Method' Uniting Spirits- type Demon Cultivator. These Cultivation Method were created by combining the physiological characteristics of sea monsters with the marine environment, and they are much more effective than directly copying the Cultivation Method from the Heavenly Gate. Now, more than 80% of the sea monsters on the thirty-six islands are cultivating the path passed down by the Goddess."

After Xiao Zhu finished speaking, she paused for a moment, then added, "So this sea god temple isn't dedicated to a god, it's dedicated to a teacher."

"Tell me, based on these three things alone, isn't it worth us going to worship the Empress?"

"Preaching, teaching, and resolving doubts—that's all I ask," Hu Mang nodded, his fox-like eyes narrowing slightly as he secretly activated his Tribulation Eye, raising an eyebrow.

"This statue exudes such a rich divine aura—no, such a rich Qi of Morality!"