Using entries to cultivate immortality in chaotic times - Chapter 778 259: "Picky eater, won't eat others', will only eat mine.

“Forget it.”

Before Liu Zide and the others had a chance to respond, Chen Qiu shook his head on his own. Unleashing that killing move would likely cause this lower-tier continent to collapse directly, a sin far too grave by any standard.

In the past, when he was in Xuantian Continent, the strike he unleashed with the Merit Order left a scar in the heavens above Evil State that remains unrepaired to this day.

And now.

The power of his unification killing move had increased several fold since that day. If this strike fell and nothing went wrong, it would significantly hasten the obliteration of the Vast Continent.

There was no further delay.

He immediately returned Liu Zide and the others to Xuantian State, gave some instructions, collected the Spirit Stones, and sent his travelling frog to other lower-tier continents once more. He needed to find a way to fully automate this process for these people soon, so he wouldn’t be troubled each time, which was quite bothersome.

Right now it’s fine, the Vast Continent only has twelve lower-tier continents. After he goes to the Third Grade Continent, with so many lower-tier continents, he certainly can’t visit each one individually. Going to each one would be too much trouble. He would definitely need to find a way to make Liu Zide’s group fully automatic.

…

Inside the Heavenly Palace.

Chen Qiu handed over more than one and a half million Spirit Stones to Xiong Gao standing beside him, preparing to begin cultivation again. The shackles of the state had not been lifted yet, and other than cultivating, there was nothing else to do at this time.

These one and a half million plus Spirit Stones included a portion brought back by Liu Zide, but the bulk was provided by the Heavenly Axe Sect Master, the recent profits from the Qiu’s Array Plate. However, the profits from this affair were dwindling over time.

After all, the item had no practical use, serving only as a psychological comfort and giving buyers a deeper sense of participation in Chen Qiu’s story. Most people were content with just purchasing one.

Although Liu Zide left a brocade bag and developed various Qiu’s Array Plates hoping to spark people’s collecting desire, this strategy was not very effective.

But it was of no great concern.

Once the state shackles were lifted, he planned to head to the Third Grade Continent. By then, he would be able to harvest Spirit Stones from the Third Grade Continent. Having over a million right now was sufficient for his cultivation needs.

He’d make do with what he had for now and worry about the rest when they were spent.

After completing all this.

Chen Qiu then sat cross-legged on the Xuantian Throne, took a deep breath, began to operate his mental method, and started cultivating.

It was time to switch to a better mental method. However, to date, there had been no opportunity for Body Integration mental methods in Xuantian State. He would have to search in the Third Grade Continent for that. Concerning the other states in the Vast Continent, there might be mental methods for the Body Integration Realm, but those would surely be either low or mid-tier at best, not very good. This matter would have to wait until he reached the Third Grade Continent.

Also, he needed to figure out a way to earn more merit points.

He currently possessed nearly four hundred billion merit points, an astonishing number. But he faced an even more staggering Heavenly Tribulation. During the “First Grade Heavenly Tribulation,” he could already vaguely sense that he was approaching the limit of his merit points.

Without accumulating more merit points, he felt it would be difficult to survive the tribulation for breaking through to the Mahayana Realm.

Still, he had to start with the Heavenly Repairing Technique. He was unaware of the last incident where the sky collapsed on Pingxi Continent, and even if he knew, he wondered if he could cross continents and use his Evil Wood to repair the sky?

Forget it.

Even if it were possible, it would be futile since he had practically used up all the Evil Wood he brought from Da Xia Country. He only exchanged for a batch of Evil Wood at the “Merit Value Store” last time, but it was only enough for one sky repairing.

There were no subsequent solutions. This was something he could try. Even if he could only repair the sky once, that would bring in a hundred billion merit points, no small sum, and he was very pleased with that.

But just then—

The corners of his mouth suddenly twitched slightly. This was the first time he cultivated after entering the Body Integration Realm. As he began operating his mental method, he found the Spirit Stones disappearing like running water.

By his calculations, cultivating for one day would cost at least 50,000 Spirit Stones.

This was already with the cultivators inside the Demon Suppression Tower dead, which slowed down the cultivation speed a bit—otherwise, it could be even faster.

His one and a half million Spirit Stones would only last for about a month.

Damn it…

Is cultivating really this difficult nowadays?

…

Third Grade Continent, Qi Tian Continent.

In a cave within a certain ravine, a middle-aged man dressed in Taoist robes was kneeling devoutly in front of a Deceit Buddha, his eyes filled with a frenzied and delirious murmur, “Amitabha, Amitabha.”

Although it was a cave, it was quite clean, without a speck of dust.

Clearly, the owner of this cave cherished his little piece of heaven, and in this inconspicuous cave, numerous hidden yet powerful arrays had been set up around it. Evidently, any intruder stepping in would be met with a severe blow.

This Deceit Buddha had a round face and a big belly, with eerily lifelike eyes that seemed to be flowing with blood. The corners of its mouth were turned up, portraying a facade of gentleness that upon reflection revealed a chilling and sinister smile.

With its left palm stretched flat.

The right hand held a string of Buddha Beads—exactly, unequivocally thirty-one.

The middle-aged man on the ground, in a trance, continued muttering for a while before suddenly shouting low, deactivating his Illusion Stone, revealing his true appearance within the cave.

What a scene it was…

The entire person was two zhang tall, with his head scraping the top of the cave. His body was like a fertile land, covered with a motley collection of oddities, including heads, arms, legs, cows, eyes, and teeth.

Thḭ𝙨 𝖼hӑpτ𝗲r ɩ𝙨 p𝐨𝑠𝘵ᥱ𝗱 b𝙮 Ҡɪ†𝗲𝐧ɵⱴ𝑒𝗹