Chapter 11

Peaceful three days passed in the blink of an eye. Lin Moyu woke up from his meditative state, checked the information on his panel, and realized he had now reached Qi Refining Level 4. **Lin Moyu** Aptitude: Blood Spirit Root Cultivation: Qi Refining Level 4 Fate: Samsara Heavenly Evolution Samsara Warehouse: Blood Lotus of Slaughter (Gold) Samsara Heavenly Evolution Count: 1 (Samsara Heavenly Evolution available in seven days) "Would you like to initiate Samsara Heavenly Evolution?" As Lin Moyu continued to gaze at the panel, the familiar prompt soon appeared. "Yes." Lin Moyu rubbed his hands in excitement. Knowing that once midnight passed today he could perform his second Samsara Heavenly Evolution, he had lost interest in everything else today, causing Yun Rumo to worry that he might be sick. Soon, as Lin Moyu moved his mind, six options appeared on the panel. **Sea of Blood Spirit (Blue)**: A being born in the sea of blood, possessing an innate affinity for the blood Dao. **Innate Superhuman Strength (White)**: Possessing the strength of one man at birth, and the strength of an elephant upon adulthood. **Innate Talisman Heart (Purple)**: Innately close to the talisman Dao, increasing the success rate of drawing talismans, with a chance to upgrade the quality when drawing talismans, and a chance for a flash of inspiration when creating new talismans. **Companion Spirit Treasure (Purple)**: Born carrying a treasure, the companion spirit treasure increases in quality as the companion's strength grows. **Astonishing Qi Sea (Green)**: The capacity of the Qi sea in the Qi Refining Stage is several times that of ordinary people. **Intimidating Sword Intent (Green)**: Easier to forge sword intent and enhance the lethality of sword intent.

Lin Moyu then cast his gaze upon the golden Samsara item in the Samsara warehouse: the Blood Lotus of Slaughter. "Should I use it or not?" Lin Moyu hesitated slightly. He was certain that a gold-quality Samsara item was extremely precious, considering that the highest traits produced from his previous two Samsara Heavenly Evolutions had only been purple. In the end, after much deliberation, Lin Moyu decided to use this gold-quality Samsara item. Seeing the Blood Lotus of Slaughter appear in shock on the screen, marked as locked, he could now select three more options before proceeding with the Samsara Heavenly Evolution. **Blood Lotus of Slaughter**: The surviving true spirit of the Blood Lotus of Slaughter will enter reincarnation with the fate. Upon cultivating to the Deity Transformation Stage, there is a chance to awaken the true spirit of the previous life, and reincarnation will grant an exclusive Blood Lotus divine body and an exclusive progressive path. "Select Sea of Blood Spirit, Innate Talisman Heart, and Companion Spirit Treasure!" Lin Moyu made his selections and confirmed them. Then, darkness descended before his eyes. Accompanied by text and images, he knew the Samsara Heavenly Evolution had begun.

**Year 1**: You were born in the Divine Pool of the Blood Sea, the forbidden grounds of the Blood Demon Sect. As your true spirit struggled, a blood-red lotus seed fell from the blooming lotus pod into the Divine Pool of the Blood Sea. A disciple of the Blood Demon Sect who came to collect the lotus seeds discovered that one was missing and immediately reported it to the entire sect. Eventually, you were discovered at the bottom of the Divine Pool of the Blood Sea by a Deity Transformation Stage elder of the Blood Demon Sect. Seeing that you had already taken root and sprouted, a surge of joy arose in the elder's heart, and he immediately reported it to the sect. Upon learning that the lotus seed produced by a heavenly-grade rare material had taken root and sprouted, the Blood Demon Sect's ancestor even came out of seclusion personally to inspect it, and then sealed off the entire Divine Pool of the Blood Sea.

**Year 2**: As you absorbed the blood spiritual Qi in the Divine Pool of the Blood Sea, your intelligence awakened under the influence of the blood spiritual Qi. Due to the uniqueness of the Blood Lotus divine body, your sanity was not affected by the Divine Pool of the Blood Sea.

**Year 3**: As you absorbed more and more blood spiritual Qi, the rooted and sprouted lotus seed also began to grow at a rapid pace, growing a complete lotus flower in just a short year, save for remaining unblossomed. "Please choose: Nurture for ten years (Innate frailty: flawed foundation), Nurture for one hundred years (Innate perfection: birth cultivation reaches Foundation Establishment), Nurture for five hundred years (Infinite perfection: birth cultivation reaches Golden Core), Nurture for one thousand years (Innate flawlessness: birth cultivation reaches Nascent Soul)." "Nurture for one thousand years!" Although Lin Moyu felt very uncomfortable about being born into a sect, worrying that his condensed Dao fruit would eventually be snatched away by others, he ultimately decided to take a gamble on a millennium birth.

**Year 4**: A supreme elder of the Blood Demon Sect came out of seclusion specifically to inspect the blood lotus, which was nurturing a spiritual body. Because of the protection of your fate, divine sense could not probe into the lotus flower, but he eventually left with a smile.

**Year 5**: ……

**Year 10**: ……

**Year 100**: Seeing that a hundred years had passed and you had yet to be born, the higher-ups of the Blood Demon Sect assumed something had gone wrong with you. They specially hunted down a Tier 5 Deity Transformation Stage demon lord, the Blood Demon Furious Dragon, to replenish the nutrients in the Divine Pool of the Blood Sea. Absorbing the rule fragments contained in the blood of most of the Tier 5 demon lord Blood Demon Furious Dragon, your foundational potential was greatly enhanced, significantly shortening your birth time and increasing your Nascent Soul foundation……

**Year 200**: The Blood Demon Sect once again hunted down a Tier 5 demon lord, the Snow Sparrow Phoenix, to replenish the nutrients in the Divine Pool of the Blood Sea. Absorbing the rule fragments contained in the blood of most of the Tier 5 demon lord Snow Sparrow Phoenix, your foundational potential was slightly enhanced, significantly shortening your birth time and increasing your Nascent Soul foundation…… Thus, every hundred years, the corpse of a Tier 5 demon lord was sent into the Divine Pool of the Blood Sea, continuing all the way until five hundred years……

**Year 500**: Upon absorbing the essence blood of the Tier 6 demon emperor, Snow Linglong, the foundation of your spiritual body reached its absolute peak and could no longer be suppressed. The blood-red lotus flower bloomed, and countless heavenly thunders descended to help you break through the restrictions of heaven and earth to transform into a Dao Body. Your realm constantly improved as the heavenly thunders struck your body. Soon, after breaking through to the Golden Core, a blood-red lotus flower replaced your Golden Core, existing within your dantian. Without hesitation, you released all restrictions to let the heavenly thunders strike your spiritual body. Soon, nine heavenly thunders shattered the blood-red lotus flower in your dantian, revealing the blood-red spiritual fetus within. Then, the blood-red lotus flower draped over your body, transforming into battle armor, holding the companion spirit treasure—the Blood Lotus Talisman Pen—and expressionlessly looking at that group of Blood Demon Sect cultivators. As the Samsara Heavenly Evolution displayed the scene of the two sides confronting each other, Lin Moyu's heart rose to his throat. He did not want to repeat the mistakes of his first Samsara Heavenly Evolution and have his millennium Dao fruit snatched away by others.

**Year 501**: The Blood Demon Sect did not attack to snatch your Dao fruit; instead, they invited you to join the Blood Demon Sect and become an inner sect elder. **[Invitation from the Blood Demon Sect]** [Join the Blood Demon Sect]: Blood Demon Sect favorability +30, obtain the protection of the Blood Demon Sect, inner sect disciple identity, qualification to freely enter the Myriad Laws Pavilion to browse…… [Refuse to join the Blood Demon Sect]: Blood Demon Sect favorability -30, expelled from the Divine Pool of the Blood Sea……

After thinking carefully for a moment, Lin Moyu decided to choose to join the Blood Demon Sect. After all, having a backing was always better than having none, and furthermore, there was a huge amount of karma between them that hadn't been settled yet. After all, he had consumed the essence blood of four Tier 5 demon lords and one Tier 6 demon emperor belonging to them, and now they were merely taking him into the sect, plus there were huge benefits. Come to think of it, at least for now, the benefits outweighed the drawbacks. Chapter 12, such a familiar plot!

**Year 502**: You joined the Blood Demon Sect and became an inner sect elder of the Blood Demon Sect. Because of your special status, the Blood Demon Sect did not assign you any duties; they simply let you study in the Myriad Laws Pavilion. Watching the handsome man in the screen continuously browsing through jade slips, Lin Moyu also learned many things from the visuals. For instance, the version of him in the Samsara Heavenly Evolution had been born in the Heavenly Demon Continent. In the Heavenly Demon Continent, the demonic path flourished while the Heavenly Dao was in decline. The Blood Demon Sect was a Tier 4 sect of the Heavenly Demon Continent, boasting at least one Integration Realm mighty figure on the surface.

**Year 510**: Having spent years staying in the Myriad Laws Pavilion, you had fully understood this world. You felt it was time to choose a suitable cultivation method.

**Year 511**: You entered the top floor of the Myriad Laws Pavilion, where heavenly-grade cultivation methods and divine arts were stored. Looking at the jade slips piled high on the shelves, you understood that this was going to be another tough battle.

**Year 520**: Looking at the several cultivation methods and divine arts you had selected, you found it somewhat difficult to choose…… **[Select Cultivation Method]** [Blood Heavenly Scripture]: A heavenly-grade cultivation method left over from ancient times, which extremely enhanced spiritual power and physical strength, extremely enhanced the might of blood-attribute divine arts, and could be cultivated up to Tribulation Transcendence Perfection. It could not be cultivated by anyone who did not possess the Blood Spirit Root. [Blood Talisman Killing Scripture]: An unknown inherited blood-dao talisman cultivation method; not recommended for cultivation unless proficient in the Dao of Slaughter and the Dao of Talismans. ……

Lin Moyu had originally thought that the Samsara fate "Innate Talisman Heart" would go unused, meaning even the companion spirit treasure—the Blood Lotus Talisman Pen—would be wasted. But now, a volume of the *Blood Talisman Killing Scripture* appeared before his eyes, so why hesitate? Claim it immediately!

**Year 521**: You left the Myriad Laws Pavilion and returned to the Divine Pool of the Blood Sea to cultivate the *Blood Talisman Killing Scripture*. Hearing that you had chosen the *Blood Talisman Killing Scripture* as your cultivation method, the higher-ups of the Blood Demon Sect specially sent you Tier 1 to Tier 4 talisman-making materials and a Tier 5 talisman master to instruct you.

**Year 530**: You successfully advanced to a Tier 4 talisman master, and the *Blood Talisman Killing Scripture* reached minor accomplishment. To celebrate, the higher-ups of the Blood Demon Sect specially sent you a precious Tier 6 heavenly-grade rare material—the Talisman Dao Fruit. After consuming it, you gained a slight comprehension of the Dao of Talismans.

**Year 550**: Your cultivation advanced to Mid Nascent Soul, and the Blood Demon Sect assigned you this year's task—to slay a Tier 4 demon king, the Ghost-Crying Armored Skeleton. Considering the sect's nurturing over the years, you did not refuse. After accepting the mission, you left the Blood Demon Sect and headed to your destination: the Ghost Bone Demon Cave.

**Year 551**: After arriving at the Ghost Bone Demon Cave, you followed the guidance and soon found your target—the Ghost-Crying Armored Skeleton. However, you discovered that someone else had also set their sights on the Ghost-Crying Armored Skeleton. Without hesitation, you took out the Blood Lotus Talisman Pen and gathered your killing karmic power to begin drawing talismans. Soon, the template blood runes of a Tier 4 killing talisman—the Blood Slaughter Talisman—appeared in the air. You reached out your arm and temporarily gathered the Blood Slaughter Talisman onto your arm; the Blood Slaughter Talisman would expire in four hours. Casually, you flicked out ten Tier 4 offensive talismans—Karmic Fire Talismans—hurling them toward the Ghost-Crying Armored Skeleton, completely ignoring the figure in black who had been fighting it previously. Seeing you appear, the figure in black was somewhat surprised, yet tried to stop you from continuing your attack on the Ghost-Crying Armored Skeleton. Unbothered, you used your companion spirit treasure, the Blood Lotus Talisman Pen, to instantly annihilate the already injured Ghost-Crying Armored Skeleton. Seeing this, the figure in black became furious and directly attacked you. Without hesitation, you flicked out the Blood Slaughter Talisman. The figure in black was struck by your Blood Slaughter Talisman, but due to possessing a divine proxy treasure, was only heavily injured and on the verge of death, whereupon she also revealed her true appearance. Looking at the light-blue-haired beauty before you, you showed no mercy and immediately prepared to draw a talisman to annihilate the woman. But right at that moment, a fissure suddenly split open in the Ghost Bone Demon Cave, and terrifying demonic Qi spread out from the fissure. Without hesitation, you fled directly. Just as you were about to escape the Ghost Bone Demon Cave, a blood-red paper bridal gown appeared and casually flicked you down into the fissure.

**Year 512**: Awakening, you looked at the exquisite woman with light-blue hair lying beside you, and hesitated slightly…… **[Please Choose]** [Abandon killing the girl: ???] [Kill the girl: ???]

Lin Moyu was extremely puzzled by this sudden choice, but no matter how he looked at it, this whole matter was very strange, feeling rather like something engineered by someone. After all, the sudden mission, the girl in black, the blood-red paper bridal gown that appeared at the end…… Yes, full of fishiness. Since he had sensed something amiss, Lin Moyu naturally would not choose to kill the girl again. What if this girl had some kind of backing that the Blood Demon Sect was unwilling to protect? Wouldn't that blow everything up?

**Year 513**: After giving up on killing the still-unconscious girl, you began inspecting your location to see if you could escape. Unfortunately, after searching for a long time, you found no way out. At that moment, the girl who had been unconscious finally woke up. You attempted to communicate with the girl, but her eyes were filled with fury and she completely ignored you.

**Year 514**: Seeing that escape was impossible, you calmed down and continued studying the *Blood Talisman Killing Scripture*. After waking up and taking medicinal pills, the girl adjusted herself over the course of a year and had mostly recovered, looking with complex eyes at you, who was cultivating not far away.

**Year 515**: You suddenly captured a wisp of comprehension regarding the Dao of Talismans. You attempted to grasp it, but failed.

**Year 520**: You sensed that you had reached the bottleneck of Mid Nascent Soul, but because you were still trapped in this place, you did not dare to break through casually. At this moment, the mysterious woman, who had previously ignored you, also began asking you some basic questions. However, you paid her no mind, let alone answered. Since you could not break through for the time being, you decided to continue delving into the Dao of Talismans. You felt you would soon be able to draw killing talismans that could be attached to your body for extended periods.

**Year 521**: Following your thoughts, you traced talismans in the air with the power of slaughter. This also attracted the gaze of the mysterious blue-haired girl. As the Tier 5 killing talisman—the Heavenly Fiend Talisman—was born, you felt yourself sink into a hazy state. And right at that moment, a change suddenly occurred within the sealed fissure. You hesitated: should you seize the chance to escape, or seize the comprehension for advancing to a Tier 5 talisman master? Thinking this was another prompt for him to choose, Lin Moyu pondered for a moment and still felt that leaving this place took priority. Just as he was about to make his choice, he looked in shock and realized…… "You focus on your comprehension; I'll take you away from here." Perhaps during the dozen or so years they had been sealed in the fissure, he had grown accustomed to the girl's presence. He actually trusted the girl, closed his five senses, and plunged himself into comprehension. Lin Moyu watched on the screen as the mysterious blue-haired girl used a magical treasure to store him away and carefully left the fissure. "This plot, why do feeling somewhat...?"