In an era where everyone is cultivating immortality, the system wants me to become a demon?

Chapter 440 Nuclear-Powered Bull and Horse Pope Su! (3K votes requested!)

Of course, all of the above were just Su Yuan's inner monologues; he wasn't so superstitious as to wipe out an entire family just because of some novel plots.

Pulling his wandering thoughts back, he beckoned to the spot where the five abyssal shadows had vanished, and wisps of primordial essence, invisible to others, fell into his hand.

The concept of needing the Primordial Dao to condense the Shadow of the Abyss needs no further explanation.

If the Shadows of the Abyss can return to their master alive, the Primal Essence within them can be recovered.

However, if they die outside, the primordial essence contained within them will be like the remnants of the Great Calamity of Heaven, destined to wander outside.

When Su Yuan created the Shadow of the Abyss, he would immediately reclaim the Primordial Essence once the shadow was destroyed, in order to prevent the power of the Great Dao he possessed from diminishing.

However, Wuliang Jiezun can casually discard a massive amount of Primordial Essence, so his status as the number one cultivator in the cultivation world is self-evident.

It has to be said that even if this guy is stingy, the amount that leaks out between his fingers is enough to feed Su Yuan.

A million Abyssal Shadows—it's practically a giant granary!

However, whether it's retrieving a million portions of Hunyuan Essence or vaccinating everyone in the Heavenly Law World, it's an extremely arduous task for Su Yuan, who is only at the Golden Core stage.

"In short, let's build a headquarters for the Yuan Sect first."

Thinking about the enormous workload ahead, Su Yuan rubbed his temples, feeling a headache coming on.

After all, he's the only one in the world who can create the Shadow of the Abyss. Even if he were a nuclear-powered ox or horse, it would be difficult to vaccinate the whole world.

But some things always have to be done, and once they are done, he will reap rich rewards.

Under Gui Yuan's supervision and driven by a sense of urgency that threatened their own lives, the bureaucratic system of the Celestial Law World displayed astonishing efficiency.

In less than three days, a magnificent Yuan Sect headquarters rose from the ground atop the enormous Ascension Platform.

Su Yuan was not idle during these three days. Under Gui Yuan's protection, he inspected all the important cities in Zhongzhou and captured tens of thousands of Abyss Shadows, some of which had replaced their original forms and others that were still in a dormant state.

After a search, the major cities of Central Continent have been temporarily freed from the shadow's influence. As long as enough people are vaccinated, the Shadow of the Abyss will have a hard time gaining a foothold in Central Continent.

Even if they exist, they can only lurk in towns and villages, or become insignificant Foundation Establishment cultivators, their influence limited to the local area.

At the same time, Su Yuan also took the time to vaccinate Yuan Sect cadres such as Leng Qianliu, Xuan Haoran, Zhu Tianqing, and Chi Le'an to prevent them from being ambushed by the Shadow.

After the main altar was built, relying on the Holy Sect's Blood Sacrifice Array, Chen Nuoyi and others, who were located in the Cold Plum World official residence, were summoned over to handle the affairs of the Yuan Sect.

The day after the Yuanjiao headquarters officially began operation, the vaccination program also commenced.

A high-ranking celestial official formed a long queue in front of the Yuanjiao Grand Hall.

The first celestial official Su Yuan received was a heavyweight figure.

With a cultivation level reaching the peak of the Nascent Soul stage, Zhang, the First-Rank Official, stands at the pinnacle of the Immortal Official system and holds the official title of Grand Secretary of the Central Continent Cabinet.

Su Yuan had met him yesterday; he was the old man who led all the celestial officials to pay homage to Gui Yuan.

At this moment, he was looking at Su Yuan with a kind expression and asked sincerely:

"Pope Su, may I ask... what should I do now?"

Su Yuan pointed to the membership application form on the table beside him:

"Fill out a form first, and we'll vaccinate you after you officially join the Yuan Cult."

"Yes."

Zhang, the chief minister, quickly filled out the application form to join the Yuan religion and officially became a member.

Looking at the old man who had returned to him with an expectant expression, Su Yuan took a deep breath, summoned the Corrupted Golden Pill, and linked it to Chief Minister Zhang.

"You will lose some cultivation points next, but not too much. Do not resist."

Su Yuan gave a reminder and then brazenly activated the power of the Corruption Golden Core.

The next second, Zhang felt the abundant spiritual power in his dantian being drawn away, including a portion of the original power that affected his cultivation level.

However, as Su Yuan said, the amount extracted was not much, probably only slightly imperfect to his peak Nascent Soul cultivation, which he could recover in a year or two.

For a monster like Chief Minister Zhang who has lived for two or three hundred years, one or two years is nothing.

However, this amount of spiritual power was already an astronomical figure for Su Yuan.

After using this spiritual power to create the shadow of Chief Minister Zhang, he was even able to retain a small portion of it.

Shadow of the Abyss, activate!
The next second, the shadow beneath Zhang's feet began to wriggle and instantly transformed into a three-dimensional human figure that looked exactly like Zhang and had almost the same cultivation aura.

The moment the shadow appeared, Gui Yuan, who was standing beside Su Yuan, immediately struck and shattered the shadow with a slap.

"Alright, you are no longer susceptible to the plague, but be wary of attacks from other infected individuals."

Su Yuan wiped the sweat from his forehead, and while recovering the Primordial Essence he had just used, he said:
"Also, don't tell anyone about anything that happened today."

"Okay, next one."

"Thank you, Pope."

After witnessing his own shadow being destroyed, the shrewd and experienced Prime Minister Zhang had many speculations, but in the end, he said nothing and obediently withdrew. "Su Yuan, is it alright to forcibly create the shadow of a Nascent Soul cultivator with only Golden Core cultivation?"

Gui Yuan asked with a hint of worry.

Su Yuan smiled and said:

"There are definitely problems, but I've already tried quite a few ways to alleviate them."

"For example, the spiritual power used to create a shadow comes from the target itself. Also, the shadow just now was a low-end version of the low-end version. Although it looked exactly like the Prime Minister Zhang, it only lasted for one or two minutes."

"Besides, how many Nascent Soul cultivators are there in the entire Heavenly Law World? If there are a hundred Nascent Soul cultivators in the Five Continents and Two Seas combined, that would be quite remarkable."

"After I finish vaccinating these one hundred Nascent Soul cultivators, the rest of the work will be easy."

Gui Yuan was silent for a moment, then said in a deep voice:
"Thanks a lot."

After a pause, Gui Yuan asked again:
"Su Yuan, are you sure that when you vaccinate everyone in the world, the Boundless Calamity Venerable won't notice anything amiss?"

Su Yuan smiled and said:
"Based on my understanding of this supernatural power, information is not shared between shadows."

"At the same time, as long as the shadow does not return to its master, the master cannot share the information obtained by the shadow."

“On this basis, I first had everyone who received the vaccine join the Yuan Sect and ordered them to keep the secret strictly.”

"In this way, even if other people infected those around the recipient, they will not be able to find out the specific details about the vaccination."

Even if some shadows happen to target the inoculated person, they find that they cannot become the target, and thus realize that someone else also possesses the Abyss Shadow Divine Power, they are unable to pass on the message.

"Because Junior Sister An has secretly sealed off the entire Heavenly Law World and its affiliated worlds, no one can leave these worlds and can only watch helplessly as I destroy them one by one."

After hearing Su Yuan's explanation, Gui Yuan nodded slightly and asked no further questions.

At this moment, the second recipient entered the main hall; he was a first-rank celestial official in the late Nascent Soul stage.

Su Yuan followed the same method, "vaccinating" the creature while simultaneously intercepting a portion of its cultivation and storing it within the corrupted golden core.

Half a month passed by in a flash.

For the past two weeks, Su Yuan has worked tirelessly to vaccinate all the Nascent Soul stage cultivators across the five continents.

From celestial officials to powerful figures, none were exempt.

During this period, even though he tried his best to reduce the energy consumption when activating Abyss Shadow, he was still exhausted. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that he had worked himself to the bone.

However, despite the hard work, his achievements were also very gratifying.

I won't go into the soaring fortune of the Yuan Sect or the system mission that is about to be completed.

The power of Nascent Soul cultivators that he extracted through corruption and embezzlement alone benefited him greatly.

His inner alchemy cultivation successfully advanced to the third level of the Golden Core stage, while his outer alchemy cultivation reached the fifth level of the Golden Core stage in one go.

As for why the progress of inner alchemy cultivation is so slow?

It's not that the power stored within the Crown of Corruption is insufficient; it's just that the pure essence of Hunyuan is somewhat lacking.

But that's not a problem, because next, Su Yuan will begin to harvest the Hunyuan Essence on a large scale.

Inside the Yuan Sect's headquarters, thousands of Golden Core cultivators gathered in the main hall, looking at the young pope sitting on the main seat with either tension or worry.

Su Yuan raised his eyelids and glanced at the numerous Golden Core cultivators.

Among these people were high-ranking officials from Zhongzhou, family members of officials of the first three ranks, and the first batch of Golden Core cultivators to receive the vaccine.

Because of the continuous spread of the Yuan Sect and the plague, these cultivators lived under the protection of their respective patrons, and few were replaced by the shadows.

Of course, with a base of thousands of people, there are bound to be a few with problems.

With just a glance, a full thirteen figures were exposed to Su Yuan's Heavenly Eye.

The next second, tribulation lightning gathered in the Yuan Sect's main hall, and thirteen purple-black divine lightning bolts crashed down, instantly killing the thirteen shadows. The primordial essence contained within their bodies was also recovered by Su Yuan.

The high-ranking officials at the Nascent Soul stage, who were witnessing this scene as family members, were heartbroken, but could only sigh.

Immediately afterwards, Su Yuan waved his hand and activated the Crown of Corruption.

The cultivation levels of the thousand Golden Core cultivators on the field all dropped by one minor realm.

At the same time, their shadows also materialized, but were shattered by the lightning as soon as they appeared.

Su Yuan retrieved the Primordial Essence that had just been separated and said calmly:

"next batch."

His cultivation level had skyrocketed, and although he struggled to replicate the shadow of a Nascent Soul expert, he found it incredibly easy to deal with these Golden Core cultivators.

They had already suffered enough when vaccinating Nascent Soul cultivators; now it was time to reap the rewards.

(End of this chapter)