Becoming a Deity from Planting the Bodhi Tree

Chapter 802 - 296: The Respect He Wants, and the Variables (Bonus Update)

"Is this the respect that Alliance Leader Ji desires?"A Heavenly Person of the Federation couldn’t help but speak.

If they allowed some among them to take action, they too could defeat their enemies, after all, half of them stood on the Second Layer Heaven.

Between the Third Level Heavenly Persons, the gap is not small, but it is absolutely impossible to have such a formidable presence that makes so many people "flee in panic."

"Respect is always earned through battles," Meng Jintian sighed, "I hope that one day, this kind of respect can extend to the entire Federation."

...

...

Inside the Divine Temple of the Four Directions.

Li Yingtian, brought here specially by the Heavenly Persons of the clan, was now respectfully kneeling in the temple.

Above him, the water screens where the manifestations of the Divine Lords appeared clearly displayed the battle not far from the Four Guardian Stars.

Looking at the figure coming and going freely, invincible and masterful, Li Yingtian’s gaze rippled like the surface of water disturbed by a falling stone, layer upon layer of ripples.

At this moment.

A voice, majestic yet indifferent, echoed in the vast and solemn temple,

"All these years, have you lived wearily?"

Li Yingtian was stunned, was this question directed at him?

Moreover, this tone seemed different from the "ancestor" in his memory.

Every child of the four great families would be brought to the temple to pay respects to the ancestor in hopes of being noticed by them.

Yet for thousands of years, none from the four families had been chosen by the Four Directions God, not even a response.

As if telling them that the one seated on that cold Divine Throne was no longer their ancestor, but a divine presence shared by the Federation.

"Reporting to the Divine Lord..."

Li Yingtian took a deep breath, swallowed the iron taste spreading between his teeth after several gulps, each word betraying an undeniable weariness, struggling with a shattered porcelain-like tremor, painful and tormented,

"The descendants of the Li family dare not speak of suffering before the ancestor!"

In the long silence, Li Yingtian could hear the faint sound of his own breathing and the beating of his heart.

Until that indistinct chuckle, impossible to tell if it was mocking or self-deprecating, echoed, making Li Yingtian instinctively hold his breath, his heart nearly leaping out of his chest.

It was not the Four Directions God...!!!

"Are you blaming me?"

As if a divine being bowed its head, looked down with lowered brows, Li Yingtian’s heart pounded like a drum, he lowered his head:

"The younger generation dares not."

Then, a lofty and indifferent voice rang out:

"If you had a choice, would you choose to be a descendant of an ordinary family in the Federation, or a clansman of the Li Clan?"

Li Yingtian was taken aback.

What kind of question is this...?

"Answer."

The authoritative voice pressed him to make a choice.

Li Yingtian was silent for a moment, then said, "I have always taken pride in being a descendant of the Li family."

"If you take pride in the bloodline of the Li family, then kneel aside."

The indifferent voice sounded.

Li Yingtian instinctively looked up, seeing not the faceless statue of the past, but a pair of deep and timeworn eyes, tinged with indifference and weariness.

...

...

Ji Jingqiu did not pursue relentlessly, allowing some Martial Artists without hostility from various realms to escape near the Four Guardian Stars.

As the news spread quickly, Ji Jingqiu’s unapologetic actions provoked dread from all sides.

"[Omnipresent]? Is this a joke?!"

"This young one does not boast, if no Heavenly King Master appears, who in the Great Universe can deal with him? Quite the opposite!"

"Aren’t there other Divine Prohibitions?"

"Fool, how could the forces of all sides possibly allow their Divine Prohibitions to battle him here, it’s alright if they win, but if they lose, everything is lost!"

"It is somewhat absurd, before today, if someone told me that a single Heart Image could suppress Martial Artists from various realms, the thought of arguing wouldn’t even arise, but now..."

"If Ji Jingqiu catches the ’sailing ship’ of various dojos and becomes the founder of a new sect in the Great Universe..."

"Are we witnessing the birth of a legend? A future True Saint?"

The Martial Artists of various realms were left in awe.

With such strength, no matter how unwilling they were, no one could resist, strength is the foundation.

They need to rethink how to treat and formulate policies towards the Yanhuang Federation.

Many began to consider whether to replace the location of the Ascension Platform.

For now, the ownership of the Ascension Platform is without any variability, it entirely depends on which True Saint Dojo can win over Ji Jingqiu.

Once the dust settles, with the vast number of Heavenly Persons from a True Saint Dojo, combined with the invincible Ji Jingqiu, the ownership of the Ninth Ascension Platform is beyond doubt.

Until news broke out, causing a wave of uproar.

"Latest news! It seems the All Saints have reached an agreement, no matter how powerful Ji Jingqiu is, the All Saints will not choose him to establish their own teachings and Transmission!"

"What is going on?? Where are the people from the [Phoenix Blood Palace]? And didn’t someone from the [Holy Temple] already contact Ji Jingqiu early on!"