Becoming a Deity from Planting the Bodhi Tree

The Heavenly Person's Magic Body Divine Travel to various realms, all gains in the body will nourish the physical form.

Ji Jingqiu waited in the Divine Temple for a while, adapted to the current physical form, yet still did not see the girl return.

Could she have been punished?

Ji Jingqiu muttered, looking up at this palace.

This palace is quite special; even the Power of the Spirit cannot penetrate it. As expected in the nation of Lady La's followers, all good things are concentrated in this palace.

"Alright, you've rested enough, it's time to go out, learn some things and leave, while there's still time, Divine Travel one more Earth Territory."

Hel urged.

It was meaningless; she simply didn't want to watch this scourge fleece her followers.

Moreover, she had already absorbed the Wish Power contained within the idol completely.

This time, perhaps he could use this place as an anchor point to find other follower nations.

Leave?

Ji Jingqiu thought to himself, such opportunities are rare; if he doesn't turn everything upside down, he'd be letting himself down!

He changed into a new robe and walked to the entrance of the Divine Temple.

With hopeful anticipation, he pushed open the door.

Then stood dazed at the doorway.

Outside "wild grass overgrown," twisted flesh was scattered across his vision.

What is this?

He still didn't understand, like he had walked into the wrong portal, slowly looked up.

The distant lonely wind carried the fresh and decaying scent of blood, shrouding him.

Looking up.

Heaven and Earth were blood-colored.

Street corners piled with countless unrecognizable corpses, with many buildings engulfed in flames, the moment blood dripped the flames surged fiercely.

The sky was raining blood, yet it couldn't extinguish these flames but bolstered their arrogance instead.

The flesh of those corpses twisted and merged, there's some kind of sinister rule between Heaven and Earth, driving all of this and gradually perfecting it.

Like branches of flesh growing wildly in the wasteland.

In this moment, Ji Jingqiu suddenly felt the air become viscous, suffocating and burning sensations climbed onto his heart.

Not far from the door.

The girl's light body was like a maple leaf, falling into the pool of blood, she seemed to still be looking towards the Divine Temple before she died, but Ji Jingqiu was unsure, for her eyes were hollow.

Those emerald eyes had been cruelly dug out.

He silently stood at the doorway, stepped forward once, only to tread onto thick blood plasma.

He lowered his head.

The blood seemed to flow out from rock roots, reflecting his face.

Ji Jingqiu suddenly hated the current silence, the silence that drove one mad.

He wanted to breathe some fresh air, to accept the abrupt extreme change after opening the door, from stepping into Hell from the Human World, but the air was already filled with the heavy stench of blood.

He stepped forward, treading through the blood, came to the girl's presence, her limbs distorted, face shattered, making Ji Jingqiu a bit sad, because the girl who was once pretty had died so hideously in an instant.

He slowly squatted down, carefully held the girl in his arms, turned around and returned inside the Divine Temple.

He did not close the door.

Entering the temple, he gently placed the girl into the pool, blood and dust swirled in the water.

A gentle yet magnificent Life Force Field spread, softly enveloping the girl entirely, under Ji Jingqiu's careful manipulation, those shocking wounds were slowly healing.

Ji Jingqiu wiped the bloodstains from the girl's face, took out that emerald bead necklace, and gently placed it back around her neck.

This necklace clearly possessed the function of "Leaving Dust," washing away the dust and blood from the girl's body, the snow-white neck complementing the emerald necklace.

Actually...

The brief time spent together before was quite happy—perhaps the girl thought so? The last attempt before death, truly seeing the followers of the Mother Goddess, offering sincere prayers and carefully written praises.

In fact, Ji Jingqiu also felt this way.

Like a taste of balance amidst endless cultivation, it was an interesting encounter, watching the foolish girl give and take freely, and the secret joy of fleecing Hel.

Ji Jingqiu gazed at her empty eyes, wanting to reach out to close them.

But there was nothing there anymore; those beautiful emerald eyes had already been dug out.

She could no longer see her God.

Ji Jingqiu raised his hand and lightly knocked his heart.

Like striking the heaven drum.

Suddenly, thunder resounded between Heaven and Earth.

He hadn't felt this in a long time.

Was it anger? Or the unwillingness to not have saved her, the regret for not understanding earlier, or the sorrow of losing a friend?

It seemed like a mix of all, tangled together.

Such chaotic emotions like rain falling on the scorching Earth, raising wisps of white smoke.

Just then, someone from outside tore through the dome of the Divine Temple.

It was a terrifying Dharma Body, tens of meters tall, craning its head inside, casting a huge shadow, overlooking like a Demon God looking down on insects, grinning:

"I wondered why I couldn't find this Wild God's statue all this time, turns out it's hidden here. The divine relic is also here. Hey, there's even a little insect? Little one, you forgot to close the door."

Along with that terrifying visage peering into the Divine Temple, came the blood rain from the sky, dripping into the pool where the girl lay, rippling the water.

But these ripples were far less than a fraction of the turmoil in Ji Jingqiu's heart.

Ji Jingqiu slowly stood up.

He suddenly clarified some prior details.

So that's how it was.

No wonder the girl had given him all the rare treasures without a care;

No wonder the girl was so flustered in the final moment, saying they couldn't be discovered. It's not her nor him that couldn't be found, but the Mother Goddess' statue, it's the only thing they could protect;