Terran Guardian - Chapter 3943

Chapter 3919 Trying to Catch the Moon in the Water

“…”

Upon seeing this, the Demon King’s pupils constricted sharply, but before he could react, Shen Changqing tightened his grip, instantly turning the Demon King’s hand bones into dust.

Then,

Shen Changqing flicked his sleeve, summoning the Twelve Heavens. The power of the chaotic universe crashed down like a world-destroying millstone. The Demon King was terrified, wanting to escape but having no way to do so.

In the end—

its body shattered inch by inch, and it perished on the spot in an instant.

Instant kill!

An easy instant kill!

Everything happened too fast.

Only when all the turmoil subsided did the cultivators of Zhang’e Peak suddenly react.

“The Sect Master has arrived!”

“We are saved—”

All the cultivators showed relief at surviving the ordeal, looking at the phantom in the void with awe in their eyes.

Instantly killing a half-saint Demon King!

How could such strength not inspire awe?

“Master!”

Ye Yun also breathed a sigh of relief, his face showing relief.

He had prepared himself to die in battle, but he hadn’t expected his master to arrive so timely.

Even the Demon King, who had filled him with despair, was easily annihilated on the spot.

At this moment,

Venerable Xuanxu remained silent, numb with despair.

His accumulated knowledge and experience, honed over countless years, crumbled upon encountering Shen Changqing.

The opponent’s monstrous talent and rapid growth far exceeded Venerable Xuanxu’s expectations. For

a powerhouse of this caliber

, breaking through to the Half-Saint realm was child’s play.

In Venerable Xuanxu’s view, the real limitation on Shen Changqing’s current failure to break through to Half-Saint wasn’t his talent or aptitude, but simply time.

The Great Tribulation hadn’t arrived.

Immortality wouldn’t be revealed.

No matter how exceptionally talented or gifted you were, you couldn’t possibly break through.

Once the Great Tribulation arrived, such an existence would undoubtedly achieve immortality on the spot.   Venerable Xuanxu had no doubt

about this .   At the same time, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.   Shen Changqing’s arrival was naturally the best outcome.   After all, no one wanted to die.   Despite Venerable Xuanxu’s calm demeanor, it was a last resort.   Who would want to die if they could live?   Just then,   after slaying the Demon King, Shen Changqing withdrew his avatar with a thought.   He always bestowed a protective power upon his direct disciples to prevent such situations.   This avatar, formed from a drop of Shen Changqing’s blood, while not strong enough to suppress a Half-Saint, was still capable of contending with a typical First Tribulation Half-Saint.   However,   the contest was one thing ;   defeat was inevitable .   Shen Changqing withdrew the avatar and looked at the other battlefields.   The Demon King had fallen, yet the Demon Beasts showed no signs of defeat.   This was the terror of the Demon Calamity.   With a Demon King leading, the Demon Beasts would obey his commands, but if the Demon King fell, the Demon Beasts would still kill instinctively, showing no sign of defeat.   The Demon Calamity, once it appeared, was a fight to the death.   Now,   on the battlefield…   Despite the fall of the Demon King, the cultivators of Zhang’e Peak were still in dire straits.   After all—   there were simply too many demon beasts.   They were densely packed ,   stretching as far as the eye could see.   Throughout the entire Huatian Realm, demon beasts were countless, enough to fill the entire vast world. In comparison, the cultivators of Zhang’e Peak were far too few.   Under the combined attack of such a vast number of demon beasts, they could be overwhelmed and killed.   Scanning the battlefield, Shen Changqing then made his move. With a single palm strike, all the demon beasts within a million miles of the void stiffened, then exploded without warning, instantly perishing on the spot.   Immediately afterward,   Shen Changqing’s divine sense spread out, transforming into a vast net that covered the entire Huatian Realm.   The next instant,   within the spiderweb,   the crimson light in the eyes of all the demon beasts dimmed, and they collapsed to the ground, lifeless.   Annihilation!   Annihilation with a single thought!   From Immortal Emperors to Immortal Kings, regardless of their cultivation level, all perished simultaneously.   The cultivators of Zhang’e Peak, who had been engaged in fierce combat, were stunned by this scene, barely able to process what had happened.   The next instant,   they gasped, their eyes filled with nothing but shock as they looked at the figure in the void.   If Shen Changqing had used lightning speed to directly suppress the calamity of the Huatian Realm, they might not have been so shocked.   But now, without any apparent effort, he had annihilated all the calamities of the Huatian Realm in an instant—such methods were truly terrifying.   ”Thank you, Master!”   Ye Yun stepped forward, a relieved expression on his face.   Shen Changqing said, “The calamity of the Huatian Realm has been resolved, but now a large number of calamity kings have emerged in Nanyuan Daozhou; we cannot be careless!”   ”Disciple understands,”   Ye Yun nodded solemnly.   Seeing this, Shen Changqing didn’t say much. He flicked his finger, and a drop of blood entered Ye Yun’s body, leaving him another means of survival.   Then,   his figure faded, disappearing completely in a few breaths.   ”Respectfully bidding farewell to Master!”   Ye Yun bowed respectfully.   The other cultivators of Zhang’e Peak also bowed respectfully in Shen Changqing’s direction: “Respectfully bidding farewell to the Sect Master!”   Immediately afterward,   Ye Yun turned to the many surviving high-ranking members of Zhang’e Peak and ordered in a deep voice: “You all clean up the battlefield. Treat all seriously injured cultivators immediately. Collect the bodies of the fallen and bring them back to the sect for burial.”   ”Yes!”

Many cultivators clasped their hands in obeisance.

In the battle of the Transformation Heaven Realm, all the evil beasts were wiped out, but Zhang’e Peak also suffered heavy losses.

Ye Yun’s expression was somewhat grim, but he didn’t say much.

“The path to immortality is fraught with corpses; cultivation is inherently like this. Once you truly enter the semi-saint realm and achieve longevity, such things will become more and more common.

Perhaps old friends will grow old and eventually pass away peacefully, or former enemies will succumb to the erosion of time and perish.

Take life and death lightly.”

The words of Venerable Xuanxu came again, but Ye Yun remained silent for a moment before sighing.

“Master is right!”

“However, this is easier said than done!”

Although he had cultivated for many years, reaching Venerable Xuanxu’s level was no easy feat.

…

After leaving the Transformation Heaven Realm, Shen Changqing didn’t return to the Seven Profound Dao Sect, but instead traveled through the Yanfu World, dealing with some world calamities along the way.

As the saying goes, since

he was already here…

Shen Changqing simply dealt with it casually.

Besides,

suppressing the evil spirits

would also earn him Heavenly Dao merit.

After all, if one had enough Heavenly Dao merit, there was a better chance of achieving sainthood, preparing for future sainthood.

However, achieving sainthood

through merit was not easy.

Let alone achieving sainthood through merit, even cultivating a Golden Body of Merit was as difficult as ascending to heaven.

To achieve a Golden Body of Merit, one needed to first condense nine Golden Wheels of Merit before finally transforming into a Golden Body of Merit, unafraid of the Five Signs of Decay of Heaven and Man, directly reaching the Nine Tribulations Half-Saint realm.

Currently,

Shen Changqing hadn’t even fully condensed the first Golden Wheel of Merit, let alone anything else.

However—

as the evil spirits in each world were quelled, Shen Changqing could vaguely sense that his own merit had become somewhat more abundant, and he was getting closer and closer to condensing the first Golden Wheel of Merit.

Of course,

this closeness

was only relative.

After all, when Shen Changqing suppressed numerous calamities in the Immortal Realms, he only managed to condense a third of his Merit Wheel. How could the various worlds of the mortal realms compare to the Immortal Realms of the Nine Heavens?

The sheer number and vastness of any Immortal Realm were enough to rival several worlds of the mortal realms, or even more.

For the past half year,

Shen Changqing had casually accepted missions from the Demon-Slaying Alliance, simultaneously suppressing calamities in hundreds or even thousands of worlds of the mortal realms, but the merit he could condense was still limited.

When another world’s calamity was suppressed, Shen Changqing looked inward at himself. A golden light of merit hung high in his sea of consciousness, seemingly capable of manifesting a divine sun, illuminating all the filth in the world.

“Indeed… condensing the Merit Wheel isn’t so easy!”

“Judging from my current situation, I’ll need to accumulate at least double the merit before I have a chance to condense the first Merit Wheel!”

Shen Changqing thought to himself.

The first Merit Wheel could at most allow a cultivator to withstand the first Five Signs of Decay when breaking through from Immortal Emperor to Half-Saint.

But that was all.

The amount of Heavenly Dao Merit required to truly condense the Nine Wheels of Merit is astronomical.

This is because the merit required for each of the nine wheels is not exactly the same; the merit required for the second wheel is double that of the first.

Therefore,   the

merit required for the nine wheels of Merit is hundreds of times greater than that for the first wheel.   This also explains   why, with rampant evil spirits, very few immortals are actually taking action. If it weren’t for the numerous rewards offered by the Demon-Slaying Alliance, very few powerful figures would be willing to move.   Ultimately,   it’s because acquiring Heavenly Dao Merit is extremely difficult.   For many immortals, they have already survived one or even several cycles of the Five Signs of Decay.   To truly rely on Heavenly Dao Merit to safely overcome all subsequent cycles of the Five Signs of Decay, and even to directly reach the Saint realm, is like trying to catch the moon’s reflection in water—completely unrealistic.   At most, some veteran Immortal Emperors who are expected to reach the Half-Saint realm in the next great calamity will take advantage of this opportunity to try and condense the first round of the Golden Wheel of Merit in order to overcome the tribulation of immortality.   However   , even the first round of the Golden Wheel of Merit is not easy to condense.   Just looking at the fact that Shen Changqing has not yet condensed the first round of the Golden Wheel of Merit, it is enough to explain everything.   To truly achieve sainthood through merit, it is unknown how many years of accumulation it will take.   However—   besides the Heavenly Dao Merit, Shen Changqing has collected a lot of essence in the past six months. If things continue like this, there is hope that another Immortal Demon God will be born.   Half a month later.   The Seven Profound Dao Mirror trembled.   Shen Changqing swept his divine sense and found that another sect disciple was asking for help. He glanced at the Yanfu World in front of him, and then turned and left.   Since a sect disciple had asked for help, he, as the sect master, naturally could not sit idly by.   While Shen Changqing was leaving, in this world, a Demon King who was lurking among many demon beasts showed a look of relief on his face after surviving a calamity. (End of this chapter)