After I left the sect, the entire sect knelt down and begged for forgiveness.

Chapter 333 The Deal with the Sea God
"What? You are unwilling? Acknowledge me as your master, offer your true heart and faith, and I will grant you supreme power."

Lin Yan spat out a mouthful of saliva.

What thing still recognizes him as its master?

Is this thing some kind of evil god?

Why doesn't the evil god receive divine punishment? That doesn't make sense!

Those cultivators who fall into demonic possession suffer divine punishment, and eight or nine out of ten do not survive. The emergence of evil and heretical paths will naturally also incur divine retribution…

But this thing was born from another person's body, and not only did it not suffer any harm, it integrated harmoniously, and even its power could be sewn into the body.

This is no demon; even the protagonist's halo isn't this strong.

Perhaps he could sense her thoughts, which is why he deliberately stood next to the stone statue.

Compared to the other two, he is more vivid and eerie.

Lin Yan was trapped and could only try to use her master's teleportation talisman when he was off guard.

She's being watched now; the teleportation talisman will probably be destroyed as soon as it's taken out.

Seeing her silence, the man waved his hand and conjured a throne, then slowly sat down, seemingly waiting patiently for her answer.

Lin Yan couldn't understand why the other party would do such a pointless thing when they could easily crush her.

She didn't believe it was her beauty that made that inhuman creature so attractive.

The speculation is that he, like a black fox, needs faith to survive.

The sea creatures worshipped the sea god, but the faith they provided him was not enough; he also needed human cultivators to provide him with faith.

While she was thinking, the man spoke again.

"Your talent is good, but the path to ascension has been blocked. No matter how hard you cultivate, you will not be able to ascend. Why not believe in me and acknowledge me as your master? You will still gain power and lifespan."

This is a condition that cultivators would love to obtain.

Isn't the purpose of cultivation to gain power and lifespan? He can give that.

She should know how to choose a business that's guaranteed to make a profit.

Lin Yan pursed her lips. "To negotiate with a tiger for its skin is the act of a fool. You can kill me, why waste your time here with me?"

"Oh dear, you have quite the temper, quite the fiery one. But are you sure you don't want to reconsider the terms I'm offering? Don't you still have grudges to settle?"

"so what?"

"Claim yourself to me, and I will give you the power to take revenge."

"..."

Is this guy trying to get something for nothing?
I don't understand his purpose.
She gleaned an important piece of information from his words: the ascension route was blocked.

What does it mean?
Is it that all cultivators on the Canghai Continent are unable to ascend?

How did he know that? Or was he just saying it to mislead her?
Knowing that the other party wouldn't kill her for the time being gave her more confidence.

Lin Yan questioned, "How do you know the ascension passage is blocked?"

"How did I find out? Let me think about it..."

The man revealed a teasing expression and slowly asked, "Then do you know where cultivators who ascend to immortality ultimately go?"

Seeing that she did not answer, the sea god raised his hand and condensed a water ball.

"Let's see how this world has evolved..."

Originally, this world consisted only of oceans, with no distinction between heaven and earth.

The seawater is mixed with chaotic energy, making it gray and causing the creatures living in the ocean to be ugly, deformed, and irritable, even killing each other at the drop of a hat.

One day, a god was born, who lowered the sea level, separated the chaotic energy from the seawater, and placed a barrier on the sea surface to prevent the chaos and seawater from merging again.

Chaos rose into the sky, forming a misty heaven, and the sea level dropped, forming land.

The deity who divided the chaotic energy also fell into a deep sleep due to overuse of his power.

After an unknown period of time, life began to appear on the land, but due to the influence of the chaotic energy, they became brutal, and some tribes were wiped out. The gods of the land appeared and stripped away the demonic energy from the chaos that caused people to become violent.

However, having nowhere to put the extracted demonic energy, it created a black fox that feeds on the demonic energy and can also purify the demonic energy it swallows.

As the demonic energy was continuously separated, the spiritual energy became more concentrated.

After all the demonic energy was separated, the god went to sleep, leaving only the fox to continue absorbing the separated demonic energy.

Long afterward, the fox also fell into a deep sleep.

Through further evolution, human cultivators emerged.

After ascending to immortality, cultivators reside outside the heavens, known as Celestial Immortals, and attempt to gather all spiritual energy into the heavens.

Later, this group of ascended celestial beings pierced the heavens and were destroyed. The gods awoke to mend the heavens, placed a restriction, severed the ascension path, and finally perished.

Lin Yan had no idea that the world depicted in the novel actually had such a background.

This background sounds both familiar and unfamiliar, seemingly originating from the "creation of heaven" and "mending of the sky" transformations.

The original story unfolds from the protagonist's perspective, and the incomplete background is evolved by the Heavenly Dao, so it's not surprising that she would find the background both familiar and unfamiliar.

Knowing that the path to ascension had been severed and that no matter how much she cultivated, she could not ascend, she remained calm.

Seeing her like this, the sea god tried to discern her thoughts at that moment.

I was quite surprised to see that she really didn't care at all.

Isn't the greatest pursuit of a cultivator to ascend to immortality? Shouldn't one break down and curse angrily knowing that no matter how hard they try, they can't ascend?
The reaction was unusually subdued.

"You seem quite calm, don't you have anything to ask?" He finally couldn't help but speak first.

"What is your purpose in arresting me? Do you really want to recruit followers?"

The man chuckled, "I've been asleep for too long and just woken up. I find you amusing."

With just a slight lift of his hand, a surge of power emanated, enough to thoroughly examine a person and, incidentally, strip away their inner demons.

His inner demons trembled like leaves, and he couldn't utter a single word for help.

“If a cultivator’s Dao heart is not firm, he will develop inner demons. I observe that your Dao heart is firm, yet there are inner demons hidden in your sea of ​​consciousness.”

He beckoned with his finger, and the inner demon formed a sphere, flying into his palm for him to examine.

"Demons are supposed to be harmful and violent creatures, but you have managed to tame them. They not only have no effect on you, but they can even help you in your cultivation."

The inner demons are in his hands and can be crushed at any moment.

If it had a physical form, it would have been teary-eyed long ago.

“In that case, I can let you leave. How about you leave your inner demons behind? I won’t force you to become a believer.”

"..."

She glanced at the inner demon that had turned into a sphere, finding it difficult to make a decision.

It is the instinct of all living beings to seek advantage and avoid harm, but the inner demon has been with her for so long, diligently cultivating, how can she give it up?
But she was no match for men...

The only option now is to take a gamble, betting that this man can't leave this Sea God's Palace.

A man who has been asleep for so long must be very interested in the outside world.

But after he regained consciousness by possessing another's body, he not only didn't leave the Sea God Temple, but instead tried to negotiate with her.

After seeing the origin of this world in the water sphere, she couldn't help but suspect that men, like foxes, were bound by rules and needed a believer to lead them out.

Therefore, he spared no expense to make himself a follower.

He disagreed with her, yet he also stripped away his own inner demons, leaving her to choose.

Humans are all capable of compromise.

At this point, she remembered the original conditions and voluntarily became his believer, thus saving her from her inner demons.

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