You want me to take out a loan to practice cultivation? I'll just pay off the debt physically.

Chapter 396 The Red Heart Society might be a novel experiment by some sage.

However, just as the Dark Night Demigod was preparing to unleash his full power and annihilate the Crimson Heart Society in the most high-profile manner, he sensed the aura of several demigods within the Crimson Heart Society.

[More than one!]

[More than two!]

[It has the regular feel of multiple digits!]

The moment he sensed it, the overwhelming aura seemed to flutter slightly like the eyelids of a sleeping creature, an invisible ripple of rules sweeping across his perception, leaving him nowhere to hide.

[And so, the demigod of the night hesitated.]

Why is the situation regarding the Red Heart Society different from what other religious sects are saying?

Isn't this just an ordinary small religious sect?

Which small sect has a bunch of demigod-level experts?

[With that kind of strength, they would have already started expanding their influence; why would they be eyeing this one city?]

[Could this be an attempt by one of His Majesties?]

Thinking of those ancient legends about true gods incarnating and playing among mortals, the Dark Night Demigod felt his heart tremble.

[The reason why so many peak demigods could so easily be persuaded to willingly pose as engineers and dutifully carry out construction in the slums... is far beyond the comprehension of an ordinary church guardian like him.]

Thinking this through, the Dark Night Demigod instantly abandoned his original idea and began to use a different approach, sending a formal invitation to the Red Heart Society in a very polite manner.

In short, the Dark Cult of the City of Filth was too weak and incompetent to sense the power of the Crimson Heart Society.

But he can sense it!

Knowing the other party is powerful, going to provoke them is just courting death.

This time, Wang Meng personally received the Dark Night Demigod during his visit.

During their conversation, Wang Meng inadvertently revealed information about the true god and various gossip, causing the demigod of the night to break out in a cold sweat.

What truly sent chills down the spine of this demigod of the night was the awe-inspiring divine power that occasionally emanated from Wang Meng!

Although he had never seen the true face of the Goddess of the Night, he had heard of her from others.

[Divine power is like a prison!]

Divine grace is as vast as the sea!

[Previously, he didn't understand what Shenwei was all about, but after interacting with Wang Meng, he genuinely felt that this was the mortal incarnation of a great sage.]

Although they didn't know why the other party had appeared in the City of Stained Light, how could they possibly fathom His Majesty's deeper intentions?

When he reported this matter, the Night Pope, during his prayer, relayed it all to the Night Goddess, but it failed to garner any attention from her.

[Is it perfectly normal for a true deity from the spirit world to want to use a city for experiments?]

[The fact that they didn't completely wipe out the Dark Night Church while doing this is already showing her enough respect.]

[Especially since the other party seems to know some of my gossip, it's likely one of those people I'm quite familiar with.]

If that's the case, why bother investigating?

Isn't this just asking for trouble?

If you mess with me today and I mess with you tomorrow, how are we supposed to get anything done?

Even if one becomes an immortal true god, certain unspoken rules still apply when facing opponents of the same level.

[Therefore, after receiving the divine oracle, the Dark Cult ordered its forces in the City of Defiled Light to retreat completely.]

In November of the 135th year of the Extraordinary Calendar, the Crimson Heart Society almost completely occupied the entire City of Stained Light.

The once twisted, eternal treasury temple of the Church of Greed has long been melted down.

In its place stands a colossal fortress, strikingly different in style, imbued with a pragmatic aesthetic, and constructed entirely of dark starstone and high-efficiency alloys: the Red Heart Society's Spirit Realm Branch!

The clearly visible emblem of unwavering loyalty, like a rising flame, is imprinted on the city's central landmark.

[The once filthy and chaotic city of filth, filled with despair in its lower classes, has been completely transformed in just a few years.]

The roads are wide!

[Brightly lit!]

There was no chaotic fighting, and no crime or unsightly incidents occurred.

The purifying arrays deployed above the city act like invisible brooms, dispelling filth and chaos, while an efficient public transportation network connects all areas.

The massive energy core, built by the Red Heart Society, acts like the heart of a city, pumping purified energy.

The supporting factory clusters were humming and operating, providing standardized weapon parts and civilian industrial products that far exceeded the standards of the spirit world.

Even more astonishing is that newly planned residential areas, schools, medical centers, and other related buildings that were previously impossible have sprung up like mushrooms after rain.

For the first time, a genuine smile bloomed on a face that had once been numb and desperate.

That anticipation for the future, the recognition of one's own value, and the torrent of emotions—from agreement to fervor—are like the most solid foundation of faith, frantically coalescing in this revitalized city.

[The Red Heart Society has truly delivered on all its initial promises!] [Originally, everyone thought the Red Heart Society's promises were just castles in the air, unattainable dreams. But when those dreams were realized over the course of a few years, everyone was thrilled.]

Every day after they see each other, they raise their right hands with all their might, veins bulging, and shout, "Victory is our loyal heart!"

They worked frantically in all the businesses belonging to the Red Heart Society, fearing that their laziness would cause the Red Heart Society to collapse and bring back the dark and chaotic life they already lived.

Even more extreme cases involve individuals who, after experiencing the light they possess following extreme darkness, slap themselves the first thing they do upon waking each day, using the burning pain to reassure themselves that this is not a dream!

The Red Heart Society, this powerful organization, truly treats them like human beings!

They are human beings!

They have human rights!

They also deserve a happy life!

In January of the 136th year of the Extraordinary Calendar, after gaining control of a city in the Spirit Realm, the Red Heart Society headquarters began dispatching a large number of members to the Spirit Realm.

[Large numbers of specially enhanced, equipped with more advanced equipment and possessing deeper technological skills, Red Heart Society future warriors, like intricate gears, continuously descend upon the Spirit Realm through spatial teleportation portals.]

With the City of Dirty Light as its foundation, even larger engineering machinery, more sophisticated rule-analysis arrays, and more powerful basic industrial models have also arrived.

With the full support of the Red Heart Society headquarters, the Spirit Realm branch of the Red Heart Society is expanding rapidly, like a puff of air!

On one hand, it was only after embarking on this path that Chixin deeply realized the inhuman oppression and exploitation faced by the human race in the Spirit Realm!

The Path of Loyalty, perhaps with the Spirit Realm as its foundation, will unleash even more powerful forces.

On the other hand, Chi Xin will follow its original strategy, aiming to achieve demigod status and gain more authority in the spirit world. This requires the spirit world's favor.

The trajectories of this kind of thing are similar in the abyss, hell, and the spirit world.

[Since the Crimson Heart Society possesses the ability to win rewards from the will of the abyss, it naturally has its own means to obtain the blessings of the spirit realm's will.]

[This kind of thing is simply helping the spirit world gain more territory!]

The spirit realm's goals, aside from the ordinary world outside, are actually the abyss and hell.

As a stable, large world, the Spirit Realm is not as shameless as the Abyss and Hell; it adopts a subordinate strategy towards the ordinary world rather than devouring it.

Therefore, the only remaining targets are the abyss and hell.

Under these circumstances, Wang Meng decided to target the weakest link, destroying several layers of hell before allowing the spirit realm's will to devour them.

[The Founding of the Red Heart Society would find this too easy.]

[In June of the 137th year of the Extraordinary Calendar, after more than a decade of development, and with the full support of the Red Heart Society's extraordinary resources, almost all of the Red Heart Society's super warriors have recovered to the cultivation level of the Ninth Rank.]

When these future warriors, all at the ninth level of cultivation, formed a unified force with the aid of the Crimson Heart Battle Formation, their destructive power instantly overwhelmed all the demigods.

I am invincible below the true gods!

With such high-level combat power joining them, the Spirit Realm's Red Heart Society prepared to use the City of Defiled Light as a springboard to launch an invasion of Hell.

When the Red Heart Society of the Spirit Realm fires the first shot, completely exposing itself to the abyss and hell, then everyone will probably believe that the Red Heart Society originated in the Spirit Realm.

The true headquarters of the Red Heart Society may actually be a branch of the Red Heart Society.

[You have approved this offer to exchange the hellish realm for blessings from the spirit world.]

Thus, a massive, trans-global war broke out.

[The Will of Hell was momentarily stunned upon sensing the spiritual energy emanating from the other side of the teleportation portal.]

What are the spirits doing?

This position is my weakness!

Most importantly, this setup isn't something just anyone can find.

In other words, the fact that a portal from the spirit world can forcibly appear here shows that the spirit world has long coveted hell!

Furthermore, it's usually the Abyss and Hell that team up to attack the Spirit Realm and steal its peaches.

Although the extraordinary resources of the Abyss and Hell are far more abundant than those of the ordinary world, for the Spirit Realm, it is a barren wasteland!

[Where would you find a fertile land to be the first to attack another fertile land?]

"Those are just creatures in the wasteland who couldn't survive, so they went to rob and plunder the wasteland, okay?"

In May of the 139th year of the Extraordinary Calendar, just as everything in the Red Heart Society was developing in a positive direction, a special guest arrived uninvited.

[The Demon God of the Heart!]

[The supreme demon god of the endless abyss, a majestic being who holds the power over the hearts of all beings, suddenly descended upon the Red Heart Society without any prior connection between them.]

You look calmly at the Demon God sitting before you, having had the mixed spiritual tea, the Demon God's favorite drink from the previous timeline, prepared before you.

[And your tranquility was instantly sensed by the inner demon.]

This made the Demon God curious; the way you're acting, it's as if you already knew all along that this would happen.

"Could you, a lowly human, have foreseen all of this?"

(End of this chapter)