Chapter 538: Chapter 373: Manipulating the World, Battle of Old and New Gods!
The experiment chamber beneath the Celestial Rainbow Tower.
The chamber had grown significantly larger compared to the very beginning.
Simple white was the main color of the chamber.
At the center of the chamber, there was a massive ascent device.
The device housed the core of the artifact spirit of the Celestial Rainbow Tower.
This place was also where the artifact spirit core was recharged.
Shanai looked at the surrounding clean white with both anxiety and curiosity.
This place was a completely different world from the Mud and Sand Kingdom.
"Shanai, we’ve arrived."
Leading Shanai was a middle-aged cultivator who brought Shanai before a white-robed, long-haired cultivator.
Shanai immediately knelt down on one knee to show respect.
"A humble person from the Mud and Sand Kingdom greets his lord."
The cultivator turned his head, revealing a handsome face, his long hair draped behind him.
A force gently lifted Shanai to his feet.
A gentle voice sounded in Shanai’s ear: "No need for such formality."
Once again, Shanai sensed the difference between the Cultivation Realm and the Gods Continent.
"I am Fuu Qu, in charge of the Celestial Rainbow Laboratory. From today on, you are my disciple."
Shanai’s face lit up with joy, instinctively wanting to kneel again, but then remembered Fuu Qu’s teachings.
Fuu Qu smiled.
"Your talent is excellent, soon you’ll be able to serve the alliance and the Alliance Leader."
Shanai noticed that whenever Fuu Qu mentioned the Alliance Leader, both he and the surrounding cultivators had expressions of respect.
Fuu Qu looked at the small, frail youth and, with a wave of his hand, used True Essence to cleanse Shanai’s body.
There is no love without reason; it was all due to this youth’s rare physique.
He was born with a flawless body, his meridians unblocked, and of high grade, thus almost immune to all poisons.
Furthermore, he had a talent for Divine Sense, with a powerful yet delicate Divine Soul.
The combination of these made him ideally suited to handling artifact spirits.
In the vast Celestial Rainbow Cultivation Realm, there was no other cultivator with such talents; it was unexpected to find such a promising seedling in a single Secret Realm World.
Shanai looked around while Fuu Qu, smiling, clasped his hands behind his back, gazing towards the center of the laboratory.
Shanai followed his gaze.
At the center of the laboratory was a crystal coffin.
"Do you know why Lord Fuu brought you here first?"
The middle-aged cultivator who brought Shanai here asked with a smile.
Shanai shook his head in bewilderment.
"It’s to shatter the shackles in your heart."
Shackles?
Shanai was even more confused.
Only to see Fuu Qu clap his hands, the crystal coffin suddenly melted into clear water, and the surrounding arrays glowed as chains pierced the figure within the crystal coffin.
Looking again, the figure wore a robe with golden edges, a crown on his head, a scepter in hand, his demeanor solemn and noble, surrounded by holy flames. Streaks of holy light emanated from him, making the surrounding air turn sacred.
Shanai was breathless; the statue he saw daily in front of the Divine Hall looked exactly like this person.
The God of Mud and Sand.
But at this moment, the eyes of the God of Mud and Sand revealed pain, trying to struggle yet firmly bound.
"Conversion ceremony, initiate."
A nearby cultivator injected a strand of True Essence into a node of the array.
The array began to rumble and operate.
The God of Mud and Sand let out a wail of agony.
The ascent device activated, a sphere of light appeared at the top of the chamber.
Countless light spots flew from the God of Mud and Sand, pouring into the sphere of light.
Everyone observed the scene expressionlessly.
Only Shanai fell into a state of shock.
In front of him, Fuu Qu suddenly burst into hearty laughter.
"Good, good, it’s exactly as I guessed!"
"These deities are exceptionally suited for artifact spirits!"
"The soul power emanating from him completely rivals that of a Golden Core Master!!"
With a wave of his hand, Fuu Qu caused a series of crystal coffins to emerge from the ground.
Inside were various Level 3 Gods captured during the Celestial Rainbow Alliance’s operation and some divine creatures under their command.
Once again, chains locked around each deity.
"Not only that, but their soul power can also be replenished by consuming the Power of Faith."
"If this is the case! Artifact spirits can be utilized in many more areas!"
Madness gleamed in Fuu Qu’s eyes.
"Report this to the Alliance Leader!"
"I request to intensify the campaign against Gods Continent. I have a premonition, Gods Continent will change our Celestial Rainbow Alliance!!!"
In this massive experiment chamber, all these once-sovereign deities had become mere power sources for the artifact spirits.
The precise array operated methodically, extracting their power to supply the artifact spirits.
Shanai only felt something break inside him, shattered beyond repair.
"Greet the Alliance Leader!!"
Everyone present simultaneously paid their respects, Shanai, not knowing the complex Cultivation Ceremony, could only kneel again, this time Fuu Qu did not stop him.
Shanai caught a glimpse of a majestic figure walking towards the sphere of light.
A calm voice sounded.
"There’s no rush, proceed according to the plan."
"Yes!"
That must be the Alliance Leader...
Shanai watched the departing back of the Alliance Leader, seemingly setting a resolve in his heart.
[In the year 5288 of the New Source Era, the Ten Thousand Demon Hall became the top villain on the Gods Continent, designated as demonic by almost all Divine Halls.]
[Followers who encounter them must kill them.]
[Yet the Ten Thousand Demon Hall announced the Path to Divinity to all extraordinary creatures across the continent.]
[The Five Great Main Gods were enraged, personally taking action. That day, six suns illuminated the sky above the Gods Continent, the headquarters of the Ten Thousand Demon Hall was destroyed, but the secret of the Path to Divinity spread across the continent.]
[In this world where the Path to Divinity had been sealed by the Five Great Pantheons for tens of thousands of years, no matter how extraordinarily talented one was, they could only become a subordinate to the deities to transcend the mundane.]
