After breaking up with my girlfriend, I became a Great Sage of the Demon Clan.

"I...I'm not itchy anymore!"

"I...I can see now!"

"Great Lord, I actually have a life-size doll. Can you give this doll life?"

"You don't actually think that a doll has come to life and would like you, do you?"

"Um, I want to go to the world of anime..."

"Actually, you just need to find a highway and wait for the dump trucks..."

Zhou Yan and Erlang Shen, both having failed to find their own star, exchanged a meaningful glance. Erlang Shen then said...

"The Yin-Yang School is destined for great things."

Normally, deities do not bestow divine power upon mortals, because the vast majority of mortals, upon acquiring such power, would not use it for good; instead, they would use the true god's grace for selfish purposes.

Now, Du Laiqiu, having obtained the incomplete bloodline of Taiyi, directly distributed his divine power to those around him, and it seems he won't take it back.

Erlang Shen didn't know how much of the Ziwei Emperor's divine power these people with star souls in their destiny would possess, but he figured that once these guys accepted this premise, they would inevitably become the most steadfast supporters of the Tongxing Sect.

These staunch supporters can only be considered the foundation of the Tongan sect; the truly powerful figures are the members of Congress who are already high-ranking members of the Tongan sect, and the wealthy individuals from various regions.

Once these beings possess the divine power of Heavenly Emperors, while it's hard to say they can rival the Four Divine Beasts, the future power of the Tongxing Sect will be unimaginably vast.

But this isn't a good thing. (Afternoon)

Amidst the cheers around him, Zhou Yan asked Erlang Shen a question.

"Erlang, do you know the reason why all the gods and spirits have fallen?"

Erlang Shen did not speak.

Zhou Yan asked again.

"Does Erlang know that the entire world is being supported by the Heavenly Emperors?"

Erlang Shen nodded slightly.

Of course He knew. As someone who experienced it firsthand, Erlang Shen knew more and understood it better than Zhou Yan, otherwise He wouldn't be the way He is now.

Looking at the cheers around him, Zhou Yan felt that he had received divine grace and would become a prophet, guiding the cultists.

For some reason, Zhou Yan felt that the members of the Longevity Society must have been like this after receiving the divine power of the Jade Emperor.

Zhou Yan asked again.

"Yang Erlang, the power granted by the Heavenly Emperors must be limited, right?"

Erlang Shen understood Zhou Yan's meaning.

"Some conceptual things will collapse later."

Just as the Longevity Society drained the power of the Jade Emperor to support all living beings, causing a spiritual plague, these cultists here are draining the power of the Ziwei Emperor. Zhou Yan suspects that later on, the human world will also experience a partial breakdown, leading to a major disaster similar to the spiritual plague.

A beautiful figure drifted across the starry sky and arrived in front of Zhou Yan and Erlang Shen.

The "young girl" Du Laiqiu looked down at Zhou Yan and Erlang sitting there.

"The Lord has blessed everyone, my beloved lambs, why don't you go and seek your own stars?"

Zhou Yan shook his head.

“My mother told me that only she and my father would treat me unconditionally well, and that anyone else would have to treat me well.”

Zhou Yan took a breath and then exhaled.

"They're either after my body or my wallet."

"Young girl" Du Laiqiu laughed.

"This is merely the shallow view of mortals. Our Lord possesses everything and therefore delights in giving everything to others. Lamb, look around us! How many people have regained their health and gained strong bodies. In the future, these people will spread the great name of our Lord, letting the whole country know that as long as they join us, they will receive the Lord's favor."

Erlang Shen asked a question.

"I remember, this is our first day here, right?"

"Miss, don't you think you should give us some time to think about such an important matter as joining your sect?"

"Gentlemen, you don't actually think that the blessings of such a great deity as the Ziwei Emperor are available at all times, do you?"

The "young girl" Du Laiqiu's face became increasingly devout, to the point that Zhou Yan felt she was a religious madwoman.

"It is fortunate that you two have arrived at our sect today and received..."

"coax!"

There was a small explosion in the upper part of the conference room.

The "young girl" Du Laiqiu, who originally wanted to use miracles to recruit Zhou Yan and Erlang Shen, changed her expression.

Having already possessed a fragment of Taiyi's bloodline, she could sense exactly where the explosion originated.

Before Zhou Yan and Erlang Shen, this "girl" who looked like a girl, acted like a girl, and moved like a girl vanished into starlight.

Chapter Forty-Seven: Bai Ze Diagram

The "young girl" Du Laiqiu's vision went from black to white.

When it's dark, you can't see anything, and even your sense of direction is completely messed up. But when the white light appears, colors, scenery, and even your sense of direction all come back.

The "young girl" Du Laiqiu arrived on the eighth floor.

The eighth floor was also booked by the "Tongxing" cult, but they didn't announce it to the outside world because this place was where the "Tongxing" high-ranking members lived.

Because the high-ranking members of the Tongxing sect are spread across one-third of the Eastern Xia Federation, and most of them are renowned figures, their residences are naturally different from those of ordinary believers, and normal believers are not even allowed to come to these places.

But today, it seems someone has broken that rule.

When "Girl" Du Laiqiu arrived at her bedroom, she found the door violently broken, and more than ten of her awakened bodyguards lying haphazardly inside.

These bodyguards didn't include any demigods, but one was a demon-level dragon, whose combat power previously allowed him to single-handedly kill an entire mechanical squadron. However, this powerful awakened being now lay on the ground, his entire body blackened, radiating immense heat that raised the room's temperature by several degrees.

Beside this Demon-level Awakened One were more than a dozen Demon-level or Ghost-level Awakened Ones, their bodies riddled with bullet holes and knife wounds. Judging from the scene of their deaths, they had apparently died in a vicious infighting.

"The girl" Du Laiqiu muttered in a low voice.

"There was always a traitor inside..."

The "young girl" Du Laiqiu walked to her wardrobe. Opening it revealed a wooden cabinet adorned with numerous bas-reliefs. The reliefs depicted torrents crashing against cliffs below, with a man in a straw raincoat and hat standing atop one of the cliffs, followed by several strong and valiant men.

The cabinet had been opened and was completely empty.

"Girl" Du Laiqiu stared intently at the cabinet, muttering to herself.

"Is it you?"

The "young girl" Du Laiqiu looked down along the wooden cabinet and, sure enough, there were a few drops of black, viscous liquid on the side of the cabinet.

"...They actually tracked us all the way here, but..."

"Girl" Du Laiqiu knelt on one knee, touched the blood a few times, raised it, and sniffed it.

A foul stench, a mixture of blood and plant scents, filled the air.

The "girl" Du Laiqiu had placed some restrictions around this cabinet, but it seems that the person opposite her was not able to avoid them and was injured when they opened the cabinet.

Those guys were just like wild beasts; they had no idea how deep human malice could run.

Footsteps approached outside the bedroom and stopped at the door.

These bedrooms were the residences of the high-ranking members of the Tongxing Sect. Without special permission, even water was not allowed to enter, even though they were now filled with corpses.

"Lai Qiu..."

"Do you need any help?"

The voices of a group of security guards could be heard coming from outside the door.

"Young girl" Du Laiqiu closed her wardrobe.

"Go in, help me..."

"Girl" Du Laiqiu looked at the corpses beside her. The other corpses were fine, but the black skin of the charred dragon had cracked open, revealing the white flesh inside. A strong aroma, the smell of coagulated protein, wafted out.

"Young girl" Du Laiqiu couldn't help but laugh.

It really does smell like barbecue.

"...Help me deal with these guys."

Several security guards came in and carried out the bodies of more than ten bodyguards.

The "young girl" Du Laiqiu followed the trail of blood and walked away.

……

Conference room on the sixth floor.

A large number of believers were still searching for their own destiny star. Erlang Shen, who was sitting in the corner, gave a look to the bodyguards around him, and the bodyguards stood up one after another.

Erlang Shen said to Zhou Yan.

"Du Laiqiu has taken a liking to us."

Zhou Yan stood up.

"Got it, we'll run away right now."

Judging from Du Laiqiu's repeated visits, Zhou Yan and Erlang Shen could easily tell that this woman really liked them. Being targeted by the boss was not a good thing.

Amidst the spreading starlight, the group walked out of the conference room and ran towards the emergency exit.

The stairs to the sixth floor aren't high. At Zhou Yan's speed, it wouldn't take eight seconds to go down one floor. All in all, it would take less than a minute to get to the first floor. And it would take even less than a minute to leave the Ocean Building and get on the vehicle to leave.

But when Zhou Yan got to the third floor, he suddenly looked up.

Erlang Shen glanced at Zhou Yan.

"what happened?"

Zhou Yan sniffed.

"I... I smell blood."

Erlang Shen immediately suspected that this cult might have been practicing rituals like live human sacrifice. However, after Erlang Shen sniffed the air, this war god who had experienced countless battles said in surprise.

"I didn't smell any human blood."

There was a fishy smell in the air, but Erlang Shen had crawled out of mountains of corpses and seas of blood countless times, so he didn't think that the smell was related to human blood.

"It's definitely not human blood."

Zhou Yan rubbed his nose.

The fishy smell in the air was familiar; it was so familiar that Zhou Yan's scalp tingled at the mere whiff of it.

3. But this fishy smell...

A flash of inspiration struck Zhou Yan.

Ling exclaimed, "It's a fox!"

"It's fox blood!"

Zhou Yan has been raising Su Xiaowan for a long time. He even bathes and feeds her when needed, and he is extremely familiar with the scent of this little fox.

Erlang Shen's bodyguard was both amused and exasperated.

"It smells like fox blood. Does that mean someone here is selling fox meat as mutton?"

Erlang Shen's bodyguard lived in Annam, a place famous for its mutton. However, some street-side mutton soup shops would add fox meat to the mutton and sell it as mutton to save money.

Because these foxes are poultry that provide fox fur, the fox meat is considered a scrap and is therefore very cheap, which gives some mutton merchants an opportunity to profit.

The bodyguard never expected that the method used in his hometown to save on materials would also be used in Cihe City.

There are no fox farms in Cihe City, so why would anyone sell fox meat as mutton?

Zhou Yan pushed aside several bodyguards and rushed to the third floor.

"Wait a minute, I'll go check!"

Others may not have a keen sense of smell, but Zhou Yan could smell that the fox blood was very fresh, not at all like the blood from a dead fox.

There is an injured fox on the third floor.

Almost instinctively, the thought of this fox made Zhou Yan feel unable to move.