CHAPTER 947: CHAPTER 608: ATTAINING THE TOP-GRADE MARVELOUS BODY, REUNION WITH XIE LINGJI

After the chaos in Liang Country, more than a dozen groups of rebels emerged, all coveting the throne of the King.

Behind them, each had a foreign deity entering the world to plunder resources, selecting suitable agents before stepping into the bloody conflict.

It wasn’t long before the general outcome was determined.

Aside from the Red Rope and Heavenly Talisman armies, the other rebels were crushed.

If nothing unexpected happens, Liang Country’s new ruler should emerge between Emperor Heavenly Talisman Jia Qiuchi and Red Rope Emperor Zhao Liujia.

Yet, as the two major forces stood off against each other, friction arose unexpectedly.

A grand chase unfolded across the various counties of Liang Country.

The pursued was a lesser-known god demon called "Peach Blossom God."

However, the gods chasing from behind were of notable origin, being the embodiment of the Fish Basket Guanyin and Seven Slaughter Bodhisattva.

The two god demons behind Jia Qiuchi and Zhao Liujia were well aware of Seven Slaughter Bodhisattva’s renown.

Though neither feared Him, they were unwilling to make a strong enemy like Seven Slaughter Bodhisattva in the Source Sea, unless necessary.

Thus, both parties held the same intention: not to interfere in this chase.

They thought it a smart plan, but Great Demon Tao refused to comply.

Nobody knew what tactics he used, but he seemed to always know in advance the gathering places of Red Rope and Heavenly Talisman armies, leading the terrifying Fish Basket Guanyin to wipe out their troops, clans, and leaders.

Yet he himself always escaped like a slippery loach.

After a few times, Jia Qiuchi and Zhao Liujia became fed up, deciding to jointly set traps to help Fish Basket Guanyin catch the Peach Blossom Demon, joining forces to eliminate him to avoid this scoundrel’s harassment.

This plan was certainly vicious and clever.

However, it was useless.

Great Demon Tao held the "Divination Worm" in his hands, ensuring no conspiracy or plot could touch him.

Instead, he frequently manipulated these schemes to counter Fish Basket Guanyin, eventually not even needing Tao Qian to exert much effort in dealing with the pursuit, but simply luring, slaughtering, then luring again, and further slaughtering... Such repetition tormented the armies of Red Rope and Heavenly Talisman deity clans endlessly.

Though Liang Country was vast, with many citizens, they continued to be polluted and mutated into clans.

Yet, all methods came with a price, and could not be harvested indefinitely. Even wild leeks needed time to regrow after being cut.

The two deity clans’ armies were diminished daily by the Peach Blossom Demon; at this rate, the massive plan of resource plunder by the Red Rope God and Emperor Heavenly Talisman was bound to collapse. It’s nobody’s wish to do a losing business that costs more resources to replenish.

Jia Qiuchi and Zhao Liujia, as native agents, couldn’t accept the pain of being slowly carved by a blunt knife, so they set up rituals day and night, with one dancing the Red Rope’s doomed fate dance, and the other creating images of Emperor Heavenly Talisman, pleading their masters for more investment, even requesting their masters to personally send avatars to assist.

The persuasion and promises made it difficult for the two god demons to refute.

"Great investments yield great returns. With the help of the master’s avatar, the harvest wouldn’t be limited to just Liang Country’s resources; there are larger nations like Tang, Song, Zhou, and Yuan on Shen Zhou Holy Land, not to mention other continents within the Search God Realm. We might as well scrape the land bare."

"The resources of one realm would help our god advance further. This opportunity cannot be missed."

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The unanimous thoughts of the two native leaders naturally weren’t conjured out of thin air.

This was precisely one of the subtle uses of the Divination Worm, quietly implanting these thoughts into their Heart Soul, unnoticeable even to them as leaders of god demon clans.

Once again, Great Demon Tao felt that same joy experienced by Duobao Daoist.

Of course, this was a technique of open conspiracy, akin to the sunk cost in a previous life.

Just like Seven Slaughter Bodhisattva firmly leaving Fish Basket Guanyin’s embodiment within the Search God Realm, unwilling to abandon past investments, fearing a total loss, thus willingly restocking, hoping for a full return—never imagining this was all Great Demon Tao’s method of harvesting wild leeks.

On a certain day, the two deities Red Rope and Heavenly Talisman could no longer endure the incessant nagging of their clan chiefs.

Responding to the pleas of Jia Qiuchi and Zhao Liujia, they increased their investments significantly, imparting vast amounts of Divine Origin Qi, and even swiftly sending down avatars.

Just as Great Demon Tao, posing as Peach Blossom Demon, was repeating his trick, once again leading Fish Basket Guanyin before the two armies’ formations.

Suddenly at that moment, divine light erupted from both sides, two terrifying figures appeared, blocking the sky, simultaneously shouting to Fish Basket Guanyin:

"Bodhisattva, don’t be angry; let me take this rogue for you."

"Bodhisattva, hold on; I’ll help you capture this wild God, and then we can feast together."

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From these two sentences, one can see that the position of the Seven Slaughter Bodhisattva in the Source Sea is evidently not low.

When the avatars of the Two Demons descended here, they immediately prepared to capture the so-called Peach Blossom Demon, aiming to prevent the indiscriminate slaughter by Fish Basket Guanyin.

First, note the God Demon on the left; at first glance, one would see a Dharma Body towering a thousand feet high, dressed in a bright red wedding gown, and holding a book, appearing as a handsome lord. But in the blink of an eye, this lord’s Dharma Body shattered explosively, transforming directly into a flurry of white flesh.

The flesh, glistening white, included both genders, male and female, of innumerable counts, cascading down like waterfalls and torrents, seemingly filling and saturating the vast sky.

These bodies numbered not less than a million, yet appeared wholly unified, all bound by endless crimson sinful ropes, with a red mist of malice permeating. They squirmed frantically like hundreds of thousands of ’meat worms’.

Alarmingly, even Tao Qian, whose cultivation had fully recovered, involuntarily succumbed upon seeing this avatar.

First, his internal Source Qi was disturbed, followed by thoughts of lust arising in his Heart Soul. When he looked down, he saw strands of red rope appear out of thin air, tightly binding his Dharma Body. Had he not awakened in time to shatter these impurities, who knows what kind of state he would have been bound into?

In his mind, the Divination Worm timely transmitted the secrets:

"Lord Red Rope!"

"This was an early avatar refined by the Outer Realm God Demon, Red Rope God, who strings crimson threads over miles, sowing seeds of sinful fates in the Heart Soul. This avatar travels across various realms in Source Sea under the guise of ’Marriage Exorcism Great Saint,’ tying red threads and arranging marriages for the world’s life, secretly planting evil poison, creating countless pairs of resentful couples, and spreading `Red Rope Scripture`, `Marriage Demon Book`, `Red Line Secret Talisman`, and other demonic texts... All such matters are called Red Rope Dao."

"Because of the similar Dao Paths, Red Rope God and another demon ’Yue Lao’ are sworn enemies. Although the latter’s Dao skill is deeper, the former acts more recklessly."

"The most glorious achievement of the Red Rope God was forcefully arranging the marriage for the Innate God Demon, Chaos Demon Ancestor, leading a female God Demon, Fu Zhu Immortal, to marry the Demon Ancestor... Both were calculated by Red Rope God, leaving them unable to renege and afterward had to grant benefits to Red Rope God to eliminate the causal sinful bonds."

"Although this lord is merely a God Demon avatar, he has already refined various Daoist Skills and Divine Powers. Any emotional beings who fight him will inherently be at a disadvantage, unable to resist the red thread he strings and the marriage he gifts."

"Those already married have it ten times harder."

"Hmm?"

Upon seeing the secrets, Great Demon Tao expressed surprise.

He was somewhat incredulous. How could the Red Rope Lord, an unrefined demon cultivating the path of lustful depravity, make emotional beings inherently inferior upon confrontation, and how could the married suffer ten times worse? How could there be such reasoning in this world? Tao Qian refused to believe it.

While thinking thus, the Red Rope Lord, occupying half of the sky, had already performed exceedingly strange Divine Skill Exotic Techniques on Tao Qian.

Within the endless red mist full of rolling meat worms, first came the sound of derisive laughter:

"Peach Blossom God? Could it be that you cultivate the path of sinful peach blossom fate?"

"Such a title sounds like a subordinate God in this God Lord’s retinue."

"Let this lord see what kind of marriage fate I grant you, which you cannot refuse?"

"Oh? You have quite a discerning eye, actually yearning for such a ’Spiritual Resonance Bestowed by Heaven’ Daoist Fairy? Truly a frog wishing to eat swan meat... I can’t find her for the time being, but I can offer you a top-grade red rope refined corpse, an exquisitely magical body for some thrills, ensuring you cannot refuse, come over obediently."

Before these words fell.

The hanging red rope waterfall suddenly parted, and a white corpse rolled down from the endless heap of meat worm mountains, flashing with Divine Light, transforming into a figure that shocked Tao Qian immensely.

With Spiritual Resonance Bestowed by Heaven, cold and unparalleled, it was indeed the former First Heavenly Pride of the Spirit Treasure Sect, Yunhua’s disciple, Xie Lingji.

Ordinarily, such illusionary tactics would be an unrefined minor demonic technique, incapable of deceiving any with profound Dao skills.

However, at this time, the performer was Red Rope Lord, capable of passing real as false.

In a trance, Tao Qian felt as if he returned to the Fire Cave Mansion of Ascending Immortal Island, seeing Senior Sister Lingji within the warm jade.

Senior Sister was raising her hand, beckoning him over.

Great Demon Tao suddenly realized, his body involuntarily moving towards that place.

He wished to refuse, yet his body did not obey.

In a blink, he learned the reason from Divination Worm, immediately cursing in his heart:

"Such a shameless Evil Technique, twisting all forms of emotional desire into marriage guidance... No wonder it’s said that emotional beings inherently lose when fighting it, as long as there’s any yearning or unexpressed emotion, the red rope will take advantage."

"But I’m not the one longing for Xie Lingji; truly an unwarranted disaster, the sinful ties from my main body infecting me across the realms of Source Sea. How could it still implicate me?"

"Main body, please wake up a bit, Aunt Yunhua herself is seeking the life force of Xie Lingji, this Red Rope God is clearly a repulsive scum, borrowing his hand would require a different method. If Great Demon Tao was caught by this vile creature, you may lose both spouse and soldiers..."

Once Great Demon Tao finished cursing, his distant main body dispelled the suddenly arisen thoughts.

It wasn’t that the main body truly longed for Xie Lingji, had thoughts of extramarital sinful ties, thus fell into the trap, but merely seeing a hint of possibility, a whim arose for using the situation to seek someone, almost falling into a pit with the avatar.