"Five Chief Priest seats…"
Jun Xiaoyao muttered to himself.
Chief Priests were existences so mysterious and powerful that they were beyond imagination.
One was terrifying enough, capable of causing turmoil throughout the entire Nine Heavens Immortal Domain.
Yet, there were five of them!
He then thought of the master sacrificial token he had obtained through the System, which coincidentally had the character 'five' on it.
Did that mean Jun Xiaoyao was the Fifth Chief Priest?
At this point, Kunshan looked at Jun Xiaoyao and smiled faintly, "Actually, if we look closely, you and the Chief Priests might even have a trace of Karma between you."
"Me? Why?"
Jun Xiaoyao's expression was calm.
But his heart trembled slightly.
Could it be that Kunshan possessed mind-reading abilities and knew he had the master sacrificial token?
Unexpectedly, Kunshan said, "The outside world rumored that young friend is the successor of Great Emperor Wu Zhong, is that not right?"
Jun Xiaoyao nodded.
Kunshan sighed with a smile, "You should know that Great Emperor Wu Zhong once severely wounded and put to slumber a supreme forbidden existence from the Reincarnation Sea."
"And that supreme forbidden existence from the Reincarnation Sea was a Chief Priest."
Upon hearing this, Jun Xiaoyao instantly understood everything.
That supreme forbidden existence from the Reincarnation Sea must have been the Fifth Chief Priest.
And Great Emperor Wu Zhong severely wounded the Fifth Chief Priest of the Reincarnation Sea, causing it to slumber.
Then its Chief Priest status was stripped away.
As for why Jun Xiaoyao obtained the master sacrificial token through the System, besides coincidence, it was also because of his identity as Great Emperor Wu Zhong's successor.
Wu Zhong severely wounded the Fifth Chief Priest, so the Fifth Chief Priest's token fell into the hands of him, Wu Zhong's successor.
This logic made perfect sense!
"It can be said that Great Emperor Wu Zhong was truly powerful to an unprecedented degree. Those Immortal Domain Great Emperors who previously pacified the turmoil might not have all fought against Chief Priests."
"After all, not all Chief Priests appear during every turmoil."
"Sometimes only one might appear, sometimes two, and it's almost rare for three or four Chief Priests to appear simultaneously," Kunshan said.
"Why is that?" Jun Xiaoyao asked, bewildered.
Kunshan looked deeply at Jun Xiaoyao and said, "Because there isn't enough Immortal Material to go around."
"Not enough Immortal Material, then the connection between the Darkness Turmoil and the Gate to Immortality, could it be…"
Jun Xiaoyao felt as if he had been enlightened, his thoughts instantly becoming clear.
"Indeed, you might be curious about what the Chief Priest status brings and what special significance it holds."
"Any existence that obtains the Chief Priest status controls a special Blood Sacrifice Power, possessing a means to sacrifice the Gate to Immortality."
"And the offerings for the sacrifice are naturally the myriad spirits of the Immortal Domain."
"Just like in ancient times, when emperors sacrificed to the heavens, they would slaughter cattle and livestock as offerings."
"The meaning of the Chief Priests' existence is to instigate the Darkness Turmoil and, through Blood Sacrifice Power, blood sacrifice the myriad spirits of the Immortal Domain."
"Using the myriad spirits of the Immortal Domain as nourishment, they sacrifice to the Gate to Immortality through an Immortal Altar in the Gui Xu Land, causing it to open."
"Of course, to this day, the Gate to Immortality has never fully opened."
"It is only known that the more energy sacrificed, the larger the crack in the Gate to Immortality, and naturally, more Immortal Material can flow out."
"Although those supreme forbidden existences who wish to achieve Immortal Ascension cannot enter the Gate to Immortality, the Immortal Material is still of great benefit to them."
"The Chief Priests, as the main body of the sacrifice, control the most immense Blood Sacrifice Power, and naturally obtain the most Immortal Material."
"And the act of sacrificing to the Gate to Immortality through the Immortal Altar is called the master sacrificial ceremony."
Kunshan's long speech left the entire hall in a dead silence.
This truth, even General Nie Zhan, Ah Jiu, and the others, were hearing for the first time.
"This… this is too cruel, to slaughter the myriad spirits of the Immortal Domain like cattle and livestock, making them offerings, sacrificing them to the Gate to Immortality."
Ah Jiu covered her red lips with her jade hand.
Even with her usually calm demeanor, her emotions couldn't help but surge with a hint of indignation.
"These Chief Priests are truly not human!"
General Nie Zhan's expression was also icy as he cursed.
Although in the eyes of powerful beings like them, the common populace might indeed be like ants.
But, who among them didn't evolve step by step from an ant?
Was anyone born high and mighty?
As powerful beings standing at the Peak, they might not be benevolent.
But at the very least, they shouldn't open the Gate to Immortality by sacrificing the lives of billions of living beings.
The most important thing was that it still couldn't be opened?
Was this not futile?
Hearing General Nie Zhan's words, Kunshan revealed a cold, mocking smile.
"Human? Those Chief Priests, they are no longer human."
"They stand at the Peak of the Nine Heavens, having long abandoned all human emotions and desires."
"Immortal Ascension is their only goal."
"You might not be able to imagine the pain of forever remaining in one Realm, until one vanishes and withers away in the passage of time."
"And also the pain of the hope of Immortal Ascension being right before their eyes, yet being unable to step into it."
"This pain has caused them to lose all human emotions, becoming existences even colder than the Heavenly Dao."
"Heavenly Dao is ruthless, treating all things as straw dogs."
"In their eyes, as long as they can achieve ultimate sublimation and step into the Immortal Dao Domain, what does it matter if they sacrifice all living beings under heaven?"
Kunshan's words silenced everyone present.
Indeed.
Without reaching their Realm, it was naturally impossible to comprehend their state of mind.
As the saying goes, seeing a mountain is a mountain, seeing water is water.
People of different Realms will have different perspectives when looking at the same thing.
In their eyes, sacrificing the myriad spirits of the Immortal Domain for personal gain was an unforgivable sin.
But in the eyes of those Chief Priests, what was wrong with achieving self-perfection at the cost of billions of ants?
Jun Xiaoyao also fell silent.
To be honest, he wasn't the type of person to be a bleeding heart.
For him, the common populace was indeed no different from ants.
Previously, in the battle of the Ultimate Calamity, Jun Xiaoyao was regarded as the great hero who saved the Immortal Domain.
But in reality, his initial goal was merely to help his father, Jun Wu悔, and incidentally, gain a wave of Power Of Faith.
He truly wasn't trying to be a hero for the sake of being a hero.
"Could it be that the System wants me to obtain this master sacrificial token because it truly wants me to become the Fifth Chief Priest?"
Jun Xiaoyao couldn't help but give a bitter smile in his heart.
Did the System see through him and know what kind of person he was?
But it had to be said, with Jun Xiaoyao's indifferent and self-centered personality, he was indeed quite suitable to be a Chief Priest.
However, after careful thought, Jun Xiaoyao believed he shouldn't be so corrupted.
Although Jun Xiaoyao and those Chief Priests had similarities in their mindset, in fact, there was one major difference between him and the Chief Priests.
That was, he had emotional attachments and human feelings.
He had two beautiful fiancées, like flowers and jade, waiting for his promise of marriage.
Jun Xiaoyao felt that Jiang Shengyi and Jiang Luoli would not want to see their husband become an existence that had lost all humanity, like the Chief Priests.
And his father, Jun Wu悔, would also not want to see this happen.
"Although it's impossible to truly fall into darkness, I… can still utilize this Chief Priest identity."
Jun Xiaoyao was already making plans in his heart.
He was not a pedantic person who couldn't tolerate any darkness.
Power had no good or evil; it only depended on how it was used.
Jun Xiaoyao wanted to obtain the Chief Priest's identity and power as well!