Let the scourge go to the right path, and you make games to reward them?.

Chapter 848 Champion Candidate (22)

Without expending too much effort, the Grand Temple Keeper had destroyed all the star deities.

Returning to reality, he saw the remains of dead star lords falling into the real world, with large amounts of spirit stones bursting out from their remains, piling up in the temple like grains of rice.

In the void, the sounds of the heavens feeding rang out once more, but this time it was the voices of these deceased star lords.

As the meal continued, the figure of the heavens gradually appeared.

It was an enormous squid, its tentacles, full of sharp teeth, greedily feeding each star lord into its mouth, hungrily devouring their flesh and blood.

Patting the squid's body, the head temple keeper smiled gently and said softly, "Eat slowly, don't choke. How does it taste?"

"It's a bit raw; it would actually taste even better if it were raised for a few hundred more years."

"Indeed, we've been a bit hasty this time. But there's no other way. The chosen one of this world has emerged, a new star lord is growing, and the Heavenly Dao has a new vessel. It will soon be out of our control."

"Yeah, we've lost big this time. I knew I couldn't just give in to kindness. If it were just a little bit more, I could have devoured the very Heavenly Dao of this world."

The head priest shook his head slightly and said, "There's no chance. If the other side is really as terrible as you say, then we must leave. Heaven, do you have a plan?"

"Hmm. The new Star Lord is still growing. But its power is uncertain and still wavering. If the Chu family wins this billion-dollar plan, then I will have the opportunity to forcibly bring it under my command, then make it self-destruct, and push us into the void, while blocking that person's view, making it easier for us to leave."

"I see. This competition actually benefited Chu Yuntian. It's a pity she was thinking too much, otherwise I really wouldn't want to kill her."

"It's just a pig, so why not kill it? There are plenty of people like that, and after you kill one, another will take its place."

"That's right. But is it really just a coincidence that this chance of survival is actually in the game?"

"It is not a coincidence, but a law governing the operation of Heaven."

After a moment of silence, the giant squid said, "The ways of Heaven are ruthless and unfathomable. But we Holy Spirits have managed to figure some things out through continuous research."

After another long silence, the head priest said softly, "Heavens, if it's inconvenient to say, then let's not say it."

"It's alright, it's fine for you to know some of it. This is the wisdom of our Holy Spirit, and although you are a monk, you are qualified to know it. Through our research, the will of the masses has given rise to authority, and a large amount of authority has led to the Heavenly Way. The ultimate goal of the Heavenly Way is to make more people feel happy."

Hearing this, the head temple keeper chuckled, "Why is that? Heaven is ruthless, yet why is it so gentle?"

“We Holy Spirits do not know either, but as we constantly travel through various small worlds, we have discovered that the better the life in a small world, the stronger its Heavenly Dao becomes. If the entire world is about to fall into darkness, a chosen one will appear to save all living beings. Each fusion of worlds is the collision of the Heavenly Dao condensed from each small world. Although we do not know the principle, this is indeed how the Heavenly Dao operates.”

Upon hearing this, the head temple keeper felt enlightened, and many things became clear.

No wonder both the righteous path and the demonic path are the Heavenly Way; they are actually fulfilling the wishes of the Heavenly Way.

Without the demonic path, cultivators would not know how hard-won their happy lives are, and naturally they would not be happy.

The same principle applies to how Heaven extracts merit from the Heavenly Way. When a wicked person is killed, Heaven will consider that Heaven is eliminating harm for the people and will naturally bestow merit upon them.

The world is integrated primarily through entertainment, and its essence lies in demonstrating one's ability to bring more joy and integrating in this gentle way.

After figuring it out, the head temple keeper exclaimed, "So that's how it is! Thank you, Heaven, for clearing up my confusion."

"You're welcome. You're my best partner, and I'm happy to share this knowledge with you."

After a pause, the squid whispered, "But if you encounter other Holy Spirits in the future, you must claim to be my servant, and one who has been thoroughly brainwashed by me."

"why is that?"

“The other Holy Spirits have always regarded monks as ants. If they knew I was getting close to monks, they would laugh at me.” “I see. Don’t worry, I will keep my mouth shut.”

After sharing the secret, the squid felt relieved, and the temple keeper also breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that his relationship with the squid had become even closer.

After the squid devoured all the star lords, their time to escape this place was one step closer.

In other parts of the upper realm, life continued as usual, but soon, some people sensed that something was amiss.

Some people who died were not sent to the sanctuary, but went directly to the place where the female ghost was.

Before they could react, their primordial spirits were entangled by the female ghost, who then began to drain their power, causing them immense suffering.

This was the Grand Temple Keeper's final arrangement. Since they were going to leave anyway, he simply used all these spirits to arrange ghost marriages, which could be considered a way to make use of them.

As fewer and fewer people returned from the dead, the Lu family, who were in charge of maintaining order, were the first to sense that something was wrong.

The deceased comrades could no longer be contacted, and many gaps began to appear in the work. The head of the Lu family could only try to contact these people while summarizing the problems, but unfortunately, he could not find out anything.

The Star Lord's connections also began to sever, leaving many industries in a state of leaderlessness, and this panic continued to spread among the middle and upper classes.

But for those at the lower levels, the impact was much smaller.

Most of the lower-level cultivators had already begun to slack off, and many started to join the "Funeral Love Family," "Blazing Sun Family," and "Royal Salute," becoming glorious young men and living a life of selling kidneys and eating with their eyes open.

After giving up, they found that life was more comfortable, the mental strain was gone, and all they had to do every day was lie down and watch live streams.

Anyway, whether you work hard or not, it's still a day, so you might as well lie down and be more comfortable.

The lower-level cultivators who entered energy-saving mode ahead of time actually avoided the panic among the middle and upper-level cultivators.

For them, the panic was insignificant; the most important thing now was to cheer on their favorite team and help them win as soon as possible.

Currently, only two teams are making the fastest progress.

One is Yun Jianxian and others who are not related to swords, but they have always claimed that they have no connection with them.

The other one is the Chu family.

Both sides have reached over 90% completion, and each is preparing for the final showdown, but their attitudes are completely different.

Although Yun Jianxian and the others were also very serious, they approached the game more as a game, trying out various new strategies and gameplay every day.

Currently, they have summarized thirty-six ways to play non-player characters, maximizing their utilization value. Picking up a non-player character every day is considered a win.

Viewers responded that he was inhuman.

The Chu family, however, went to the other extreme.

They administered the medication with ruthless abandon, leaving each person with a bunch of IV drips, to the point that they were unable to get out of bed.

In response, viewers said they were not even as good as Yun Jianxian.

Although they despised their behavior, the audience knew that the winner would only emerge from the two groups.

(End of this chapter)