547: Chapter 548 Was I Scammed for Free?

But that said, being inexplicably backstabbed like this, True Monarch Yuji Sitian really could not swallow this anger.

So, although he still could not figure out who was responsible, he had to investigate.

Even if there was a high probability of finding nothing!

However, there was one simplest way to quickly determine the identity of the mastermind.

It was to see who the ultimate beneficiary was in the recent series of events; that person was most likely the mastermind!

He first ruled out Qingwei Grotto-Heaven.

True Lord Qingxu had first experienced his Grotto-Heaven being raided, leading to a sharp drop in his Realm, and then was tricked by that old ghost, Soul Eater, almost falling.

If it were not for True Lord Qingxu finally forcibly killing that newly promoted Nascent Soul True Monarch, he would definitely have been the most miserable one among them.

But this was hard to say; who knew if this was a bitter scheme, done on purpose to confuse them.

Although that sounded a bit far-fetched...

Then there was the Taixuan Immortal Sect!

Uh... that was also unlikely!

Based on his understanding of True Monarch Taixuan Huangshi, the other party did not have such a small perspective.

Moreover, the other party was powerful and did not need to use such low-handed methods.

But this old guy had lived the longest; an old man is naturally crafty, and he must have plenty of schemes. It was possible that this series of events was planned by him!

Then there was True Monarch Chiyan Yinglei of Zixiao Grotto-Heaven. Although this person cultivated the Ten Thousand Thunder Dao and looked forthright, he was actually extremely petty.

Furthermore, he was ambitious and had always wanted to replace Qingwei Grotto-Heaven.

If one really had to weigh it, among these people, the other party had the greatest suspicion, as he had the motive.

But he did not forget the three old things of the Demonic Path; those were the guys who were truly boundless in their schemes.

These matters were also highly likely to have been done by one of them.

True Monarch Yuji Sitian felt a headache as soon as he thought of this.

How come when looking at it this way, everyone was a suspect!

Sure enough, there was not a single good thing in this broken place; who knew who brought such a bad atmosphere!

Forget it, he had lived for tens of thousands of years; what kind of storms had he not seen?

True Monarch Yuji Sitian comforted himself in his heart.

Now he only needed to stabilize the Yujing Dao Court. No matter how chaotic it was outside, he would remain unmoved.

As for that person hiding in the dark, as long as he was still in the Xuanxiao World, there would always be a day when he showed his fox tail.

At that time, new and old debts would be settled together!

True Monarch Yuji Sitian closed his eyes and began to repair his Dao wounds, and the main hall returned to silence.

After transferring the backlash of the Karma of Destroying the Dao, Lu Ming stopped paying attention to the situation there.

Anyway, it was impossible to easily kill a Late Stage Nascent Soul True Monarch, so he did not need to worry about after-sales service for now.

When there was an opportunity in the future, he would give the other party some more benefits.

Coming back to his senses, feeling the Spiritual Qi of the world weakening sharply, Lu Ming curled his lips.

"Say, will I be regarded as a Devil Head by people thousands of years later?"

He had killed the Emperor of Great Qian, Xuan Yuanxiao, in front of everyone, and had dug up the roots of martial arts, causing the world to enter the Age of Dharma Ending.

Uh, looking at it this way, it really did seem a bit like the style of the Demonic Path.

Lu Ming was silent for a moment, and finally took out a blank Jade Slip.

His Divine Sense probed into it, recording two Cultivation Techniques for Qi Refining, and casually threw in a few small Spells.

Then he threw it away, and the Jade Slip turned into a streak of light, disappearing into a remote barren mountain in the distance.

Perhaps when the seas changed into mulberry fields, one day it would be dug up by someone with destiny.

At that time, it might just set off a new trend of cultivation in this Qianyuan Domain.

"Sigh, people as kind as me are rare indeed."

Lu Ming sighed.

After all, who had ever seen someone destroy a person's entire clan and then build a grave for them?

However, with this matter settled, Lu Ming did not want to stay here anymore.

But he did not plan to return to Qingwei Grotto-Heaven so early.

After all, since he was already here, he decided to continue traveling for a while.

At the same time, he could collect more Origin, like the Luck of martial arts, for his main body.

When the time came to refine them together, he might be able to directly step into the Middle Stage of Nascent Soul.

Thus, Lu Ming began to continue traveling through the Xuanxiao World.

And this journey really opened his eyes.

There were quite a few domains like the Qianyuan Domain that were blessed by nature and had derived their own Dao lineage systems.

However, not all of them were valued by True Monarchs; some systems had limits that could be seen at a glance, which even a dog would despise.

Uh, except for Lu Ming.

He was like a locust passing through; wherever he went, nothing grew!

Anyway, for Lu Ming, domains with value were deliberately kept in captivity, their growth limits locked, and they were destined to have no good future.

Lu Ming draining the pond to catch the fish in advance could be considered helping them find relief.

As for the domains without value...

If you do not even have value, and this True Monarch still takes a fancy to you, that is giving you Face!

Besides, this True Monarch even left you with cultivation inheritances; that was already a great favor!

As for whether you can find it, that is your business.

Of course, in this process, Lu Ming also encountered Magic-less domains.

For example, once, Lu Ming stepped into a domain called Blue Star.

This was a domain surrounded by a huge ice wall, with a barrier connecting heaven and earth at both the North and South Poles.

Looking from afar, it was like a glass ball encapsulated by some kind of power.

If it were not for sensing the aura of living beings inside, he would have thought this was a giant ecological display tank.

And when Lu Ming stepped into it with curiosity, he was attracted by the scenery before him.

The sky here was gray-blue, the clouds hung low, and countless towering metal towers stood on the ground, with invisible energy ripples moving back and forth between the towers.

At the same time, there was no Spiritual Qi, no Martial Dao Qi and blood, and no other system that could be cultivated independently.

Looking at this familiar yet strange scene, a guess floated into Lu Ming's mind.

As his Divine Sense spread out, he soon gained some insight.

Although the people here also possessed the power to tear apart the earth, and could even go to the sky and enter the sea, they did not rely on individual power.

But rather... Technology!

That is right, this was a domain based on Technology!

At this moment, Lu Ming almost thought he had transmigrated back.

But looking closely, he found that apart from the technological level being equivalent to the Earth before his Transmigration, nothing else matched.

Regarding this, Lu Ming could not say he was disappointed.

After over a hundred years of cultivation, the memories of those short decades before his Transmigration were truly insignificant in front of it.

However, he also had a guess: was his Transmigration a cross-world arrival, or did it come from within a local domain of the Xuanxiao World like the Blue Star in front of him?

Could it be that I have been a native of the Xuanxiao World all along!

In an instant, Lu Ming felt creeped out.

If that were really the case, then the problem behind his Transmigration would be too big.

Just look at everything in front of him to know.

The space of this domain was clearly cut out by someone with great Divine Ability and great magic power, forcibly turning it into an ecological display tank.

And the fish in the tank, how could they jump out by their own power!

Although the karma golden book was very powerful, Lu Ming had never seen it have the ability to travel through time and space.

"No! Can't think, can't think!"

Lu Ming quickly cut off the thought of getting to the bottom of it.

Because no matter which guess it was, it did not mean anything good.

But at least until now, Lu Ming was still living well, so everything should continue as usual; do not have mental internal friction.

However, looking at this large domain below again, he had a trace of pity in his heart.

These guys did not know their situation, still longing for curiosity about the extraterrestrial world, and were very keen on exploring the secrets of the starry sky.

Little did they know, they were actually just billions of ephemera trapped in a fish tank.

Moreover, because there was no extraordinary power, the Lifespan of this group of people was extremely low, and those over a hundred were few and far between.

The only thing they could rely on was that technological power.

But even so, technological development had reached the limit of this domain.

It was not that their wisdom was insufficient, but that they were locked by the laws of physics and material science.

Causing technology to almost stagnate for decades, and so-called quantum mechanics had not been overturned for a hundred years.

Because there were no new Materials to break through existing theories, they simply could not build any controllable nuclear fusion, and therefore could not build interstellar spaceships that could leap across the starry sky.

Therefore, aerospace engines could only stay at the level of chemical fuels.

Not to mention, the speed of light barrier, they could not cross it.

Faster-than-light travel, wormhole traversal, these things that seemed very simple to Lu Ming, a Nascent Soul True Monarch, were insurmountable chasms for them.

It was not that they could not invent them, but that existence did not allow it, so no one could violate its rules.

Therefore, technology had come to an end!

Lu Ming saw all these things in his eyes, and his heart felt indescribable.

However, Lu Ming did not intend to liberate them.

Not to mention that these people did not possess any conditions for cultivation at all.

Even if they were freed and released, facing those extraordinary creatures outside who could move mountains and fill seas, fly into the sky and escape the earth, it might not be a good thing.

Staying here might not be a kind of protection.

Since that was the case, why should he bother.

So he just left some low-level Spiritual Materials and did not stay here too long, turning and leaving quickly.

His mood was very bad now, and he needed to continue to harm... benefit other domains to express the gloom in his heart.

Then, one domain with extraordinary power after another suffered.

After passing through the Blue Star Domain, Lu Ming's thirst for strength reached its peak at this moment.

Only by becoming stronger himself could he dominate his own destiny, instead of being like that group of people, having their destinies manipulated by others without knowing it.

So he changed his usual gentle methods, turned into a glutton, and began to loot the Luck and Origin of various Dao lineages.

But being so unscrupulous, the Karma of Destroying the Dao never gave any Face, and every time the Tribulation of Dao Annihilation would descend.

And this, he had to mention a scapegoat.

That was [True Monarch Yuji Sitian]!

True Lord Lu ultimately did not let him go, because every time he would use the golden book to transfer the descending Tribulation of Dao Annihilation to him.

It was not that Lu Ming had any hatred for him, but he knew that doing so would not involve the interests of the True Monarch.

On the contrary, every time after destroying the Dao, he would leave behind an Immortal Dao Legacy.

In this way, it was something the Heavenly Dao of the Xuanxiao World was happy to see, and even the Heavenly Aversion that should have existed was much less.

At the same time, the True Monarch was satisfied because they did not need to be distracted to pay attention, and did not worry about Karma backlash.

In such a situation where everyone was satisfied, no one went to get to the bottom of it.

But these were ultimately small troubles; in the future, if he wanted to perfect the Hunyuan Great Dao and break through Nascent Soul to achieve Dao Venerable of Spirit Transformation, he must pursue higher rule Daos.

At that time, the Dao authority mastered by these True Monarchs would be what Lu Ming coveted.

But with his current ability, even with the karma golden book as a reliance, it was impossible to contend against all True Monarchs at the same time.

So he had to break them one by one, weaken their strength, and create opportunities for his future.

Actually, Lu Ming should target [True Monarch Chiyan Yinglei] as his primary goal, because comprehensive judgment showed this True Monarch's strength was the lowest.

But after thinking about it, he felt that instead of startling the snake and letting all True Monarchs realize that someone had the ability to transfer the backlash of the Tribulation of Dao Annihilation, it was better to catch one and keep wooling him.

This could avoid the risk of the golden book being exposed, and could continuously weaken the strength of [True Monarch Yuji Sitian].

Making him suspicious overall, constantly guessing.

He might even be able to sow discord and alienate the Righteous Path Alliance.

"Looking at it this way, I really seem to be a born Devil Head..."

Lu Ming took stock like this and felt that he was really too bad.

But for his future Great Dao to be unimpeded, necessary sacrifices had to be made.

As for who was hurt in this, do not worry about it!

Thus, in this atmosphere of one person being injured and all parties falling into a strange, quiet tacit understanding, Lu Ming visited most of the Xuanxiao World.

The Luck and Origin of various Dao lineages harvested were countless, but they were also truly chaotic and disorganized.

However, for his own Hunyuan Great Dao, these were great supplements.

Lu Ming estimated that if he digested all these gains, promoting to the Middle Stage of Nascent Soul was basically a sure thing.

So he decided to end this looting journey and go back to convert these gains into his own strength.

However, looking at this continent in front of him, Lu Ming decided to do one more job.

Just because he sensed the differences in this domain called Shenting World.

And in the dark, he had a premonition that this world might be of great help to him, even far exceeding past harvests.

Because there was no Spiritual Qi, no Martial Dao, and no technology here.

Mortals believed in gods, and gods fed on incense and used faith as power.

Those gods, some were cultivated from mountain spirits and wild monsters, and some were righteous gods conferred after Mortals died.

They performed their duties and guarded one side.

City God, Earth God, Mountain God, River Count, Thunder Duke, Lightning Mother...

Every god had a corresponding official position, and every official position had corresponding authority.

And above all divine positions, there was a supreme god, called Heavenly Emperor.

He held a Conferment God Talisman in his hand, which could grant or deprive any deity of their official position and authority.

The aura of that talisman made Lu Ming feel somewhat strangely familiar.

Isn't this exactly the same as the official position system of the Yujing Dao Court!

Could it be the work of True Monarch Yuji Sitian again?

But he carefully sensed it for a moment and found that although the aura was similar, it was slightly different, more like a clumsy imitation.

Wait!!

Lu Ming was suddenly stunned, and a guess suddenly floated into his mind.

Could it be... this guy was ripped off!

Ah this, is it a bit too miserable!