NOVEL NEXT Chapter 121: "Heavenly Dao Saint."_4
At this moment, embedded in the center of his Golden Core were four red, three-dimensional characters: "Heavenly Dao Saint".
There wasn't much space left on his Golden Core.
What was supposed to be a smooth Golden Core now had characters engraved all over it, and with those two strands of Heavenly Pride Fortune slowly coiling around the Golden Core, one could no longer even recognize it as such.
When his Divine Sense probed into the "Heavenly Dao Saint", he felt its effects.
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"Heavenly Gifted Name": Heavenly Dao Saint.
"Name effects": Ignore all illusion techniques, memory alterations, dreams, and other confusing methods with less merit than yours, and with Merit Protection, eradicate all evil spirits and demons.
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Chen Qiu looked at the effects of the Heavenly Dao Saint, his mouth twitching slightly. The line about eradicating all evil spirits and demons might have sounded vague, but when he saw that all the resentful spirits stored in his Golden Cores were instantaneously melted away, he understood what those words meant.
This meant...
He could never carry any resentful spirits with him in the future, as they would be directly obliterated by his immense aura of merit.
The green entry "Resentful Spirit Summoning", an entry that had accompanied him since his lesser days, was now utterly obsolete at this moment; it was completely useless and only fit for self-destruction.
He then turned his attention to the newly updated Da Xia Merit Rankings.
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"Da Xia Merit Rankings"
"First place": Chen Qiu, merit value 9.8 billion.
"Second place": Xia Dexin, merit value 1.39 million.
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"Fifth place": Grandmaster Zhang, merit value 120 thousand.
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"Thirty-seventh place": Ying Fengzi, merit value 20 thousand.
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The 9.8 billion merit value, those consecutive numbers, were somewhat eye-catching on the rankings, with golden characters Chen Qiu engraved at the top, and the second place Xia Dexin, the current Emperor.
His merit value was not even close to a fraction of a fraction of his.
A total of 100 people were on the list, and the combined merit value of the remaining 99 did not even reach a fraction of his.
This was the auspicious sign descended by the heavens, the magnitude of merit obtained on his behalf by the Heavenly Dao.
An auspicious sign enveloping the entire Da Xia Country and the Hundred Countries, curing diseases for the afflicted, extending life for the healthy, these merits were an astronomical number.
"Heavenly Dao Saint..."
Although Chen Qiu felt that he had nothing to do with the word "Saint", apparently the Heavenly Dao did not take his view into account, for it considered him a Saint, even a Saint of a seismic caliber.
He had never thought in his life.
That one day, he would live up to the four characters "hanging the pot to help the world".
How big a pot it must be to pour out so much seven-colored auspicious clouds.
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Meanwhile, the scholar and Fat Long standing beside him had already fallen into silence. After a long while, Fat Long said mournfully, "Brother Qiu, I think the Emperor of Da Xia might be somewhat displeased with you."
Before Chen Qiu's dramatic emergence.
The current Emperor of Da Xia was the only one blessed by an auspicious sign from the heavens. The Emperor even had several Historians record the event in great detail, and had the image of that auspicious sign engraved on every city gate in the Capital.
But...
The auspicious sign received by Chen Qiu would probably give those Historians a headache at this moment.
To record or not to record?
How much narrative should be used?
Should they provide more details than the Emperor's or just gloss over it?
Chen Qiu, however, did not mind, and with a smile, he looked around and said, "It doesn't matter."
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Afterward, the group, donning masks specifically designed to block Divine Sense, set off towards an inn in Fei City to stabilize their Cultivation Realms before heading out to the Capital tomorrow night, in preparation for the Heavenly Pride Competition the morning after tomorrow.
Such masks and similar trinkets could easily be found in the warehouse of the small world with a bit of searching.
The main issue was that it was necessary to wear them.
Chen Qiu's portraits had almost spread throughout the entire Da Xia Country. Without a mask, he would be recognized anywhere he went.
Inside the inn.
Fat Long and the others had already gone to rest, leaving Chen Qiu alone, seated cross-legged on the bed, eyes closed, gathering his spirit and solidifying his Cultivation Realm, planning to familiarize himself with the use of Divine Sense and Golden Core later.
After his Cultivation had broken through to the initial stage of Golden Core, he hadn't yet made his choice from the 'three choices' entry in his Dantian.
Mainly because he'd been too busy to pick.
He would make his selection after his Cultivation stabilized a bit.
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Meanwhile, as Chen Qiu was in the Fat City Inn cultivating and solidifying his Cultivation Realm.
A message had already swiftly spread throughout the entire Da Xia Country.
The main force behind its spread was none other than the consecutive Heavenly Dao Decrees.
Before Chen Qiu's meteoric rise, a Heavenly Dao Decree was a rare occurrence, seen only once in several years. After the rise of Chen Qiu, the Heavenly Dao Decrees came as frequently as they were free, emerging every so often. Although this also had to do with the upcoming changes in the Heavenly Dao, but...
Whose name has ever been mentioned by the Heavenly Dao as if they were its own child, casually mentioned at every turn.
To put it rather bluntly, such treatment didn't even seem like that of a child anymore, as not even a father could do this, it's more like the Heavenly Dao was his actual father.
Many people had their misgivings; after all, Chen Qiu was the Sect Master of the Chao Tian Sect, and his name clearly showed disrespect towards the Heavenly Dao. Yet, the Heavenly Dao kept bestowing him with benefits—it was as if it had lost its mind.
And that news that spread throughout the entire Da Xia Country was—
"Chen Qiu, with a Fifth-grade Golden Core, has stepped into the realm of Golden Core!"
Before this.
Everyone in Da Xia thought that a Fifth-grade Golden Core was only a legend, as Da Xia had never seen one before, with even the Emperor himself having only a Fourth-grade Golden Core. Many even doubted that a Fifth-grade Golden Core could exist at all.
Until today!
At the same time as the Heavenly Dao Decree sounded.
Everyone became clear on one thing: Fifth-grade Golden Cores did exist, and they had another name in the eyes of the Heavenly Dao, "Heavenly Dao Top Grade Golden Core."
A Fifth-grade Golden Core is also referred to as a Heavenly Dao Golden Core.
Just like the Heavenly Dao Foundation.
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"Fifth-grade Heavenly Dao Golden Core."
In the Capital, within the Caotian Sect.
The Sect Master of the Caotian Sect stood on Zhao Yishi's shoulder with a complex expression, silently gazing towards the Boundless Icefield, not speaking. In the end, he did not expel Zhao Yishi from the sect. Although Zhao Yishi had consumed a significant amount of sect resources and had not made any significant contributions, this had caused dissatisfaction among many elders.
But...
Zhao Yishi had been with him for a very long time, and he had developed feelings for him; how could he simply expel him from the sect.
Perhaps, as his master had said, he was not suitable to be a Sect Master.
He didn't know how to be a qualified Sect Master.
It was just like how he simply could not understand how someone could achieve a Fifth-grade Golden Core.
He himself was merely a Second-grade Golden Core, and when he had entered the Golden Core stage, his master had found him one, allowing him to forge a Second-grade Golden Core. He had also prepared a Second-grade Golden Core for Zhao Yishi, planning for him to forge a Second-grade Golden Core when he stepped into that realm.
He considered this tradition.
It was also a method passed down through generations in the sect.
He had also hoped that Zhao Yishi would become a Heavenly Pride like Chen Qiu, but when the Heavenly Dao Decree sounded at that moment, he fell silent, as he knew that even if he sacrificed the entire Caotian Sect, he could not make Zhao Yishi achieve a Fifth-grade Golden Core.
This disparity was irreparable.
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Standing on Zhao Yishi's shoulder, he turned his head with a complex look towards Zhao Yishi, "The elders have discussed and decided to keep you in the sect, but the resources you'll enjoy from now on will have to be reduced significantly."
"The sect has decided to allocate your resources to cultivate others."