Becoming a Deity from Planting the Bodhi Tree

Chapter 799 - 296: The Respect He Wants, and the Variables (Bonus Update)

Ge Hong stood in the void, gazing into the distance at the Four Guardian Stars, his brow furrowed.A short while ago, news spread like a storm among martial artists across worlds, claiming that the Yanhuang Federation had given rise to at least one True Saint ten thousand years ago, with the opportunity for enlightenment located on the Four Guardian Stars.

Although everyone held doubts, as if there truly was a chance for sainthood, why wouldn’t martial artists of the Yanhuang Federation seize it for themselves and leave it until today? But that didn’t stop everyone from gathering at the Four Guardian Stars.

At least some elements of this news were highly credible, such as the fact that the Yanhuang Federation had once birthed a True Saint, and the time of cultivation had been no more than a few hundred years!

This alone was enough to drive the countless martial artists of the Three Thousand Yanfutu mad!

Even those high and mighty Heavenly Venerate Ancestors found it hard to remain composed.

As of now, there had been no fewer than a dozen waves of people attempting to infiltrate the Four Guardian Stars to probe the Federation’s reality.

But the six radiant streams of spiritual light had severed all attempts to penetrate the Four Guardian Stars.

An incredible thought indeed — that a single planet could be guarded by at least six gods of the Seven Realms, almost unbelievable! Uninformed observers might think they were at the core of All Directions Sects and dojos.

Even though limited by the Great Universe, these gods couldn’t fully manifest their sanctity, but no one dared to advance rashly.

Ge Hong mused to himself that the Yanhuang Federation was shrouded in layers of mist, uncover one, and there’s another.

In a way, this also indirectly confirmed the rumors.

Otherwise, why would a small planet warrant such a display?

"The opportunity to become a saint..." Ge Hong murmured, "Could the rumors be true, that the fall of the Fourth Dream Demon is related to this Yanhuang Federation, with his body sealed on the Four Guardian Stars?"

Ge Hong’s gaze swept across the void, as he had just been contacted by a martial artist claiming to be from the Blood Demon Palace, attempting to rally forces to attack the Four Guardian Stars together.

Including himself, many martial artists from various realms chose to observe coldly out of fear of Ji Jingqiu, who had caused a ’quake’ not long ago.

A Divine Prohibition, who would remain invincible for the next five or even ten years, was not someone to provoke without a compelling reason.

Moreover, they didn’t believe they could actually breach the Four Guardian Stars.

From what Ge Hong gathered, the Federation claimed a divine hierarchy of Four Directions God and Twelve Divine Lords!

Yet, they also refrained from stopping the actions of the Blood Demon Palace.

Ge Hong scanned the figures in the void, noting to himself that the Blood Demon Palace bunch knew how to make things happen, as some had already been persuaded by them.

At present, many still feared the deterrent power of Ji Jingqiu.

But if the fervor around the Four Guardian Stars continued to grow, when messages from various schools arrived, more people would choose to risk it all.

The martial artists of various realms have no lack of rational thinkers, nor a lack of gamblers.

Even Ge Hong himself, if he could be sure that great opportunities existed on the Four Guardian Stars and saw hope of breaking into them, he too would risk it all!

Ge Hong suddenly sensed something, as someone from the Four Guardian Stars burst into the Great Universe, with their overwhelming Qi spreading unchecked through the void, heading towards all of them!

Before they could plot an entry, the Yanhuang Federation had counterattacked?!

What kind of world is this?

He looked up, piercing the void, seeing the source of this Qi.

He saw a youth excessively young.

That young man saw him too, and in the void, it was as if a pair of eyes, deep like bottomless abysses, slowly opened.

In an instant.

In Ge Hong’s spirit, it was as if thunder and fire descended, a bone-eating wind swept silently by, and the world lost its color, plunging into endless darkness.

In this dim world, all Ge Hong saw were Ji Jingqiu’s unfathomable eyes.

In those pupils, he saw himself, but as an entirely different ’self’!

Ge Hong was horrified, wanting to move, but suddenly realized he had no control over his body; every bone, every piece of flesh seemed to develop a will of their own, trying to split, to escape his control.

This was...

A strong sense of unease welled up, and Ge Hong shouted, finally realizing what he had encountered!

The rumors were true!

This person could indeed use some Divine Skills to trigger the Heart Demons within them, ignoring rank!

A moment’s emergence of Heart Demons was enough to decide the outcome of a battle, and once Ge Hong dispelled the Heart Demon, regaining control over his body, the first thing he did was to retreat rapidly into the depths of the void.

Madness!

Ji Jingqiu had actually come to the Four Guardian Stars!

Suddenly, a strong fluctuation emanated from the cold, empty void, like the roar of a wild bull from the Heavenly Realm, shaking the void as the Heaven and Earth Dojo spread across the cosmos.

It was a martial artist with the head of a bull and the body of a man, wide-mouthed and fanged, with a pair of Wujin horns towering into the sky.

At this moment, his Dharma Body manifested behind him, also with a bull’s head and human body but towering a thousand zhang, wielding wind and thunder, cloaked in dark clouds, with eyes transformed from lightning, a black pelt shining, fierce and menacing, his feet treading ground, turning a thousand miles of void into a dojo!

In the dojo, dark clouds gathered, mountains rose up, and a pair of bull horns tore open the void!

From heights infinite, like rolling Heavenly Thunder, a proud voice rang out:

"Word has it that Ji Jingqiu’s prowess is unmatched, I, Niu Yi, come to experience it firsthand!"

Niu Yi of the Bull Demon Clan, rumored to be a candidate for Little Saint among the demon clan, seemed to have been persuaded by Han Yan of the Blood Demon Palace...

Ge Hong’s mind flashed with thoughts like lightning.

"Moo!"

A mighty roar shattered the astral remnants along the way, engulfed in a vast Power of the Spirit, carrying the embryonic force of a shout that could shatter stars.

The demon clan Heavenly Person, who had manifested his true form, charged with mountainous blood and energy, transforming into a black streak, rushing towards Ji Jingqiu.