I Become a Martial Arts God in the Chaotic Demon World

"Old Yan, when can one truly step into the Yang God Realm?"

Han Zheng opened his eyes, and it seemed as if golden light flickered within them.

Yan Xuankong said casually, "Kid, don't aim too high; it's still early.

Yang God, Yang God—its essence lies in the word 'God.'

After entering the half-step Yang God Realm, you should feel your divine soul being tempered with a layer of golden light, right?

This layer of golden light is the foundation of the Yang God Realm. You must continuously temper and strengthen it, allowing the golden light to gradually envelop your limbs, body, and finally your head.

In the end, you'll realize your three souls and seven spirits are nearing 'divinity.' That is when you qualify to truly step into the Yang God Realm.

As for that final step of the divine soul leaving the body, transcending the flesh, and fully achieving the Yang God, honestly, I don't know how to explain it to you.

It's a feeling that you can only grasp intuitively, something that can't be taught through words. You either achieve it, or you don't.

I suspect that you haven't enveloped even one foot in golden light yet, so it's useless to think about these things so early. It's better to focus on your cultivation."

Han Zheng nodded thoughtfully.

He certainly didn't tell Yan Xuankong that he'd already tempered his limbs and was just waiting to temper his divine body and head.

After a night of cultivation, there was also progress in Wen Tingyun's research.

In the main hall of the Southern Mountain Demon Cleansing Department, Wen Tingyun had moved the magic platform there, with a golden cube floating at its center.

Han Zheng and others gathered around the magic platform, observing with curiosity.

"I've researched this object a bit; it's indeed quite peculiar. I haven't determined its material yet, and I'll need to return to the Capital City for assistance from the Observatory.

Its function is extraordinarily mystical. As long as the populace chants its spell and offers prayers, whether sincerely or not, a peculiar telekinetic force is generated and absorbed into the golden cube, transforming into the ultimate pure Heaven and Earth power, which can be absorbed by the user without the need for refining; it can seamlessly merge into a martial artist's body."

Shifting his tone to seriousness, Wen Tingyun continued, "However, after repeated testing, I discovered that this power is not just pure Heaven and Earth power; it also contains another force.

That force is the incense fire power from those chanting and praying; it's this very force that triggers a reaction in the golden cube, evolving into this ultimate pure Heaven and Earth power.

In other words, the user, while absorbing this Heaven and Earth power, also absorbs these incense fire wishes.

Night Sky God Venerable, although from the Smell Fragrance Sect and worshipped Ci Sheng Old Mother, generating incense fire power, never really absorbed this force himself and hence didn't notice.

It was because I had studied some artifacts unearthed by Divine Guards from ancient divine relics that I could analyze and determine that this power contains incense fire power."

Bao Chong scratched his head in confusion and asked, "General Manager Wen, I'm a bit dull; why can't I understand you? Isn't incense fire power a good thing? Hasn't the Smell Fragrance Sect been seducing the populace to sacrifice their blood to create it for years?

Now that this object generates Heaven and Earth power with incense fire power, isn't that okay? It might even have other effects once absorbed?"

"Incense fire power is indeed a good thing, but only for divine beings. For mere mortals, do they qualify to absorb incense?"

Wen Tingyun sneered and said, "Taking what's not yours will have tragic consequences. Bring Night Sky God Venerable's corpse up, and I'll show you evidence."

Two Xuanjia Guards brought Night Sky God Venerable's corpse over, and everyone noticed that last night, Wen Tingyun had actually dissected Night Sky God Venerable's body!

At this moment, apart from the massive penetrating wound inflicted by Han Zheng with the Stealing Heaven Bow, Night Sky God Venerable's muscles and bones had been cut open by Wen Tingyun, laid bare.

The gathered crowd took a closer look, and their expressions shifted slightly.

Night Sky God Venerable's bones had begun to transform, resembling the texture of the golden cube—neither fully gold nor fully stone.

In the late stages of martial artist cultivation, while muscle and bone undergo change, it tends to be a change of strength, not essence.

However, the change in Night Sky God Venerable was undoubtedly an essential mutation of some sort.

Wen Tingyun spoke in a haunting tone, "Imagine if Night Sky God Venerable's bones, having undergone such mutation, absorbed more of this power; what would he become? Would he completely transform into a deity statue?

The most terrifying part is, being a great grandmaster at the Yang God Realm, his internal observation means he has microscopic control over his own flesh to an unmatched degree, yet he continued absorbing this force, never realizing it. You can imagine how terrifying this force is.

Additionally, while this force also consists of incense fire power, it's completely different from the incense fire power desired by most ancient gods and demons during the Ancient Times.

Incense fire power requires genuine, heartfelt worship, not some mere pretense of prayer.

Even if they're a cult like Smell Fragrance Sect, they require their followers to sincerely sacrifice blood and aroma to generate incense; otherwise, it's just pure bloodletting.

Usually, incense fire power generated effortlessly only through chanting spells belongs to heretical evil gods.

Yesterday, I inspected those who had chanted the spells; they showed no changes, not even a loss of vitality.

However, I noticed some signs of early demise among young people and indications of sudden death in older people.

Having learned some divination from Elder Wei Tianqi, though it's not precise, I can't be wrong about obvious things like this.

All the young people who prayed at the magic platform show signs of early demise; this is definitely not normal!

So I suspect, in addition to absorbing incense fire power, this object is also absorbing their Qi Fortune, even the entire Southern Mountain Province's Qi Fortune!"

The crowd's demeanor turned serious.

This situation seemed quite problematic.

According to Xu Cunbao, many factions entered those relics initially, with several from the Five Families and Seven Sects establishing magic platforms and coercing the populace to offer prayers.

Thus, all the people of Southern Mountain would be drained of their Qi Fortune, with young people dying prematurely and the elderly meeting unnatural deaths.

The problem is that Qi Fortune is not the same as life span; Qi Fortune cannot decide life or death. Something must actually determine these deaths.

So, if the people of the province all possess signs of premature and unnatural deaths, undoubtedly some extremely terrifying events will ensue, affecting all of Southern Mountain.

Epidemics, earthquakes, civil unrest, natural and man-made disasters—all are possible threats.

Hence Wen Tingyun's claim that it isn't just the people's Qi Fortune being absorbed but the entire Southern Mountain's Qi Fortune as well.

Xiang Yuangong said, "If this is the case, we should immediately contact those factions with magic platforms and make them stop, then consolidate forces to destroy the Ruyi Heavenly God Venerate."

"It's useless; they won't believe me, nor will they agree."

Han Zheng gently shook his head, having a deep understanding of these individuals.

The Five Families and Seven Sects, even if they've reached the Yang God Realm, wouldn't change their greedy, shortsighted ways.

The power flowing into them after setting up magic platforms shows them the possibility of further advancement.

In such circumstances, anything Han Zheng says would be perceived as trickery, obstructing their path. No one would believe him.

Wen Tingyun looked to Han Zheng, "It's time to make a decision; the more we delay, the more troublesome this becomes.

Besides, I lack the necessary information to analyze this object's function and method of overcoming it.

If there's a chance to re-enter those relics, I might understand this thing."

Han Zheng said in a deep voice, "Wiping out Smell Fragrance Sect is easy, but to face both Smell Fragrance Sect and the entire Southern Mountain's Five Families and Seven Sects at once, our limited forces may not suffice.

Among the Five Families and Seven Sects, some chose not to set up magic platforms. I'll test their stance first.

Should anyone be willing to stand on our side, the situation becomes much easier to resolve.

For instance, the likes of the Great Compassion Temple—I believe Zen Master Pu Du is not one driven by shortsighted greed."