Chapter 140: The Perfect Plan!
For over half a year, nearly 500 Domain Lord–level temple envoys had arrived at Crane Singing Valley one after another.
Under the influence of the [Enlightener], they reverently worshiped Jiang Zhe as their Sovereign, answering all his questions with absolute honesty and without reservation.
Very soon, thanks to their detailed explanations, Orianna was able to draw a complete architectural map of the Immortal Temple and highlight the Beast God Hall on the 9,999th floor.
Although the Beast God statues there held only symbolic significance and no special powers, they were revered, occupying the most exalted place in the entire Bloodlo world.
The Ancient God Ruins were considered the heart of the Bloodlo Continent. The Immortal Temple was built at the very center of these ruins and served as a cultivation sanctuary for all the immortal deities.
Naturally, its topmost level was the most sacred place in the Bloodlo world.
The 9,999th floor housed only a single palace.
Its structure had two faces: the front was the residence of the Bloodlo King, while the back was the Beast God Hall, which enshrined fifteen Beast God statues. The Bloodlo King also held the role of High Priest.
Jiang Zhe rubbed his chin thoughtfully.
"King? That must just be a title, right? He probably doesn't actually have the power of a true king."
"Master, whether he does or not doesn't really matter anymore," Orianna said.
"That's true." A smile spread across Jiang Zhe's face.
"With the Heavenly Eclipse Lord having already taken control of the Bloodlo King and slaughtered many immortals, the Immortal Temple is weaker and more chaotic than ever. It's the perfect chance for us to muddy the waters."
Thinking of the Heavenly Eclipse Lord's handiwork, Jiang Zhe felt a warm sense of gratitude.
In that ancient war, the Virtual Universe Company hadn't eradicated these natives completely—they only struck them hard enough to hurt.
Once they discovered the Bloodlo Continent had a special "cyclic mechanism," which allowed the total quantity of Bloodlo Crystals to stay constant or even slowly grow, they stopped.
Otherwise, every native World Lord could fuse at least one Bloodlo Crystal. Killing millions of World Lords would waste millions of such crystals.
That would amount to 100,000 drops of Beast God Blood without any fusion threshold requirements!
If Bloodlo Crystals were truly non-renewable treasures, there's no way the Virtual Universe Company would have let the natives squander them like this.
So from time immemorial, the Virtual Universe Company had simply let the Bloodlo natives be, even if it meant losing a few of their own clan's geniuses—something the Heavenly Eclipse Lord didn't mind.
It was all part of the "cultivation plan," a necessary cost.
But the Heavenly Eclipse Lord's actions showed Jiang Zhe that some were treated differently.
When it came to him, however, it was a different story.
"Sending immortals to assassinate a mere Universe level?
Those bastards… trying to play dirty?
Fine—then no one's getting out unscathed."
Learning from the temple envoys how devastated the Immortal Temple was, Jiang Zhe quietly noted it down—he owed the Heavenly Eclipse Lord a favor.
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Hanxia Year 2253, December.
Nearly 500 temple envoys gradually returned to the Immortal Temple.
Among them was one carrying a strange umbrella on his back, but no one paid it any attention.
These nearly 500 temple envoys carried a kind of "virus." As they socialized inside the temple, any Domain Lord who entered their circle was soon "infected."
The [Enlightener] displayed its power once again!
Though this temple, nearly the size of a small sun, teemed with countless Sector Lords and many immortals…
The Candlelight Avatar used his "Mastery of Space-Time" to suppress the Domain Lords, containing all disturbances within a tiny area. Again and again, he carried out the conversion process without anyone noticing.
The Bloodlo King's throne was still vacant, so no one occupied the 9,999th floor.
However, the rear Beast God Hall was still guarded.
Four Sector Lords sat in the temple's four corners.
Additionally, ten teams of Domain Lord envoys took turns on duty to handle daily offerings to the Beast Gods.
After more than two months of "viral" spread, it finally reached a Domain Lord team serving the Beast Gods.
From there, using the person carrying the umbrella as the source, it spread—one to ten, ten to a hundred.
After nearly two more months of Jiang Zhe's careful, patient maneuvering, all ten teams serving the Beast God statues—one hundred Domain Lords in total—had fallen.
The [Enlightener] showed its brilliance once more!
If the Candlelight Avatar had been stronger—only about ten times the peak Domain Lord level right now—his Enlightening Light might have twisted even the wills of Sector Lords. If that were the case, this scheme would have been much simpler.
⚔️
One day, in a small palace on the edge of the 9,820th floor, the residence of a Domain Lord envoy—
Inside the cultivation chamber, the Domain Lord knelt before an ornate umbrella and reported softly:
"My Sovereign, there's news on the matter you told me to watch for.
Three hours ago, from the 9,849th floor, Blazer reported that he was accompanying Lord Yuke to deliver a Bloodlo Medal to the 'First Genius,' Lord Baqi.
They should already be in a ship, traveling among the clouds by now."
Inside the umbrella space, Jiang Zhe opened his eyes. A flash of ferocity crossed them—an aftereffect of touching the Beast God Tablet.
"It's time."
Prompted by Orianna, Jiang Zhe locked onto his target.
"Kuluo, take me to Captain Korgi, who'll be rotating shifts tomorrow."
"As you command, Sovereign."
Kuluo rose, stored the umbrella in his world ring, and hurried away.
🕰️
Soon after—four days later in Bloodlo time (roughly just one day on Earth due to the 1:6 time ratio).
On the 9,999th floor, Captain Korgi, with a long black bag slung over his back, led his team into the Beast God Hall.
The hall rose nearly a thousand meters high, spanning tens of thousands of square meters. At its center stood an altar with fifteen Beast God statues of various sizes.
The statues exuded a savage aura that filled the hall. Even Domain Lords felt uneasy.
Thus, after the Bloodlo King's death, serving here became an undesirable duty.
At the four corners of the hall sat four Sector Lords, all around fourth or fifth rank, meditating with eyes closed.
Anyone with connections avoided being assigned here.
🕷️ The ambush begins
Hidden inside the umbrella's space, Jiang Zhe sensed the outside and shook his head.
"The greatest opportunity in Bloodlo is right here under their noses, yet these fools are blind to it."
"If we dropped Luo Feng in here as a guard, his Golden Horned Beast would be dancing with joy inside its inner world."
As usual, Korgi led his team to deliver fine wine to the four Sector Lords, then replaced the day's fresh offerings at the altar.
Normally, they would have exited to stand guard at the entrance.
But today was different.
While Korgi moved about, faint, smoke-like rays of light began to drift from the umbrella on his back, silently filling the entire hall.
After swapping out the offerings, Korgi abruptly drew the umbrella, now uncovered. Its jeweled surface shone with dazzling lights that intertwined with the earlier haze.
In an instant, beams of light filled the hall like shafts of sunlight breaking through mist.
The four Sector Lords snapped awake, eyes blazing with fury, their inner worlds surging.
Before they could act—space and time froze.
Innate Secret Technique: [Abyss]!
Though only equivalent to a first-rank Sector Lord, the Candlelight Avatar still managed to seize control of space-time in the hall for a short while.
The four Sector Lords were trapped where they sat, forced to watch helplessly as a figure burst from the umbrella: clad in dark purple armor, wielding a blood-red curved blade—a marauder.
In a flash, countless afterimages filled the hall. The true Jiang Zhe appeared right before one Sector Lord.
With just one slash of his blade, the Sector Lord's face contorted in agony, his core shattered, origin pearl breaking—dead before a second strike was needed.
Jiang Zhe froze for a heartbeat.
He hadn't expected the Sector Lord to be literally killed by sheer pain.
But with his thousandfold genetic level and the third seal of the Blood-Drinker Blade unleashed, it was massive overkill. So it made sense.
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Snapping back, Jiang Zhe guided his spirit power into the blade.
A blood-red arc sliced through the air, striking the second and third Sector Lords.
Neither survived the agony, their souls disintegrating.
The last Sector Lord's eyes bulged in horror. He frantically roused all his Bloodlo power, finally breaking the frozen space-time. Despite sensing that Jiang Zhe was only Cloud-level, fear overcame reason.
He turned and slammed into the wall, desperate to flee.
A thin bloodline shot forward, piercing his back.
"Hel—ahhhh!"
He only managed to smash part of the hall and let out a single scream before unbearable pain tore his soul apart.
🔥 The aftermath
"Who dares?!"
"Who's this madman, wreaking havoc in our Immortal Temple?!"
One by one, the immortal gods roared, shooting into the sky. Their domains of various laws swept toward the 9,999th floor.
These roars carried terrifying willpower impacts. Sector Lords quivered in their souls; many unlucky Domain Lords were simply killed outright, their spirits shattered.
This was the wrath of the gods.
Jiang Zhe's will was incomparably strong, with formidable soul defenses. Apart from some discomfort from the sonic booms, he was unharmed.
The ten Domain Lords who had entered with him weren't so lucky—obliterated by the godly roars.
Jiang Zhe casually pulled the storage device from Korgi's hand, sending it into the umbrella's inner space. Only then did he feel secure.
All fifteen Beast God statues were now his.
Bolts of lightning, flames, golden rays, and torrents of water—various law domains surged forth, aiming to collapse the Beast God Hall and crush this audacious intruder.
The statues, forged from jade-gold, couldn't be destroyed by them anyway.
🚀 The perfect finish
"It's done.
But I don't plan on dying here—even though I could revive inside my origin core, this plan deserves a perfect conclusion."
With that, Jiang Zhe waved his hand.
5,000 humanoid puppets appeared inside the hall.
Innate Secret Technique: [Divine Might]!
Tenfold amplification—ignite!
5,000-fold spiritual power resonance—ignite!
His spiritual power guided the energy stored in the puppets' cores, infusing them with insights into thunder and time.
Each puppet's chest lit up with violet lightning.
"Fire!"
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! …
5,000 bolts of lightning!
All striking a single tiny point at the center of the hall with extreme precision.
🌌 The grand explosion
Silence.
The entire 9,999th floor fell eerily still.
It was as if sound itself had vanished. The heavens and earth were gone, leaving only that tiny point of countless converging lightning beams—a singularity on the verge of a cosmic explosion.
Jiang Zhe had no time to marvel. He drove the umbrella's tip into a silver-eyed mark on one of the incense sticks on the altar.
A phantom doorway unfolded before him.
Innate Secret Technique: [Silver Key Gate]!
It seemed like ages passed, though it was only an instant.
That tiny point abruptly erupted!
BOOOOM—
The world quaked, space collapsed.
Not only was the Beast God Hall obliterated, but over 1,000 floors above it of the Immortal Temple were erased in the explosion.
A colossal void tens of thousands of kilometers wide ripped open.
Raging space fragments turned the area into utter chaos.
The charging law domains were annihilated. Over a dozen immortals who had rushed too close were also vaporized.
So powerful—yet so fragile.
As for the culprit, Jiang Zhe had long since stepped through the Silver Key Gate with the umbrella on his back, appearing billions of kilometers away.
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