Several cultivators joined forces, unleashing a torrent of spells that struck the Purple Thunder Bow, causing the saintly artifact to tremble violently before finally being forcibly suppressed.
In an instant, Zhang Ming was the first to deploy an array technique, initiating the grand sacrificial secret method. Dense radiance spread out, engulfing the Purple Thunder Bow.
At this moment, within the team interface, the group contribution points skyrocketed.
"One... one hundred billion contributions!"
Chu Shan's face showed astonishment, and he stuttered as he spoke.
Gu Fang and the others also looked shocked, their expressions filled with disbelief.
A hundred billion contributions!
Even though they had anticipated that a seventh-tier treasure would grant a significant amount of contributions, they hadn't expected it to be as high as a hundred billion.
What did this mean?
If one person received a hundred billion contributions alone, it would be more than enough to advance to the True Monarch realm.
Even if divided among the five of them, each person would receive twenty billion contributions, which would still greatly enhance their cultivation.
Gu Fang sighed deeply, still unable to conceal his shock: "Indeed, the benefits of this secret realm are extraordinary. In normal times, it would take us decades of hard work to earn twenty billion contributions."
Entering the secret realm was equivalent to a hundred years of cultivation.
Even someone with Gu Fang's composure couldn't help but feel a surge of excitement.
The other members were equally exhilarated.
Zhang Ming stroked his beard and pondered: "It is said that there are many who enter the secret realm with saintly artifacts. If we can collect them all, each person could gain at least a hundred billion contributions.
"Moreover, the Hongwu Dynasty has quasi-emperor artifacts. If a saintly artifact grants a hundred billion, then a quasi-emperor artifact giving a trillion is reasonable."
A trillion!
Hearing Zhang Ming's words, everyone felt their blood boil.
A trillion from a quasi-emperor artifact was indeed reasonable.
Thus, the group took a moment to rest, immediately using the twenty billion contributions they had earned to enhance their cultivation.
Since many powerful beings had entered the saint's secret realm, although they had just narrowly defeated the Heavenly Thunder Sect, facing stronger enemies would undoubtedly be more challenging.
Gu Fang, Lin Lin, and Zhang Ming all chose the fifth-tier celestial body cultivation method;
Chu Shan hesitated briefly but chose not to pursue the fifth-tier divine body cultivation technique. Instead, he spent twenty billion contributions to obtain a mid-fifth-tier breakthrough pill.
For him, the War God Hall contained the complete inheritance of the ancient barbarian saint body. He already had the fifth-tier saint body cultivation method and didn't need to spend contributions on it.
Ye Jiu similarly acquired a breakthrough pill, breaking through the fourth-tier bottleneck and advancing to the early fifth-tier.
The remaining contributions were held in reserve for future use.
Meanwhile.
In the Netherworld, many profound techniques were available for exchange, but treasures like the breakthrough pill were not in stock.
Therefore, Ye Jiu saved the contributions to use at a crucial moment, leaving the selection of techniques to the Netherworld.
…
"Purple Thunder Bow!"
In the Heavenly Court of the Ten Thousand Heavens, Lu Qingyang's incarnation appeared, playing with the radiant godly bow in his hand, sensing the immense power within.
This was the first time Lu Qingyang had obtained a seventh-tier saintly artifact.
He sensed an imprint left by another within the bow, which he effortlessly erased with a thought.
The person who left the imprint had limited cultivation, barely at the sixth tier.
Among those of the same level, Lu Qingyang was confident no one could rival him, making it easy to remove the imprint.
At the same time.
Within the Purple Thunder Bow, Lu Qingyang sensed a significant amount of heavenly origin, the key to the saintly artifact's formidable power.
Everything in the world contained a trace of heavenly origin, and the higher one's cultivation, the more heavenly origin they could extract.
The same applied to artifacts.
If the heavenly origin within an artifact were extracted, the artifact would be destroyed.
"A seventh-tier lower-grade saintly artifact. With my current cultivation, I can fully utilize its power. In other words, with this artifact, I might have the potential to challenge an early seventh-tier powerhouse."
"Plus, with the power of the heavenly domain, I might even stand against an eighth-tier powerhouse."
"The prerequisite, however, is that the eighth-tier powerhouse has no protective artifacts. If they do, this saintly artifact might not break through their defenses!"
Lu Qingyang pondered deeply as he stroked the Thunder Bow.
Destroy it?
Or not?
That was the question.
Destroying the Thunder Bow would grant Lu Qingyang a large amount of heavenly origin.
However, the heavenly origin in the Purple Thunder Bow might not be enough to help him break through.
Keeping the Thunder Bow meant having a powerful artifact for protection.
Weighing his options.
Lu Qingyang decided to temporarily keep the Thunder Bow, waiting for Gu Fang and the others to obtain more artifacts from the saint's secret realm before extracting the origin.
"If I could get that imperial chariot, it would be ideal!"
Lu Qingyang's eyes gleamed.
A quasi-emperor artifact would contain an immense amount of heavenly origin, far beyond that of a saintly artifact.
However.
Obtaining a quasi-emperor artifact was no easy task.
Despite the difficulties, Lu Qingyang was still unwilling to issue a task for others to retrieve it.
If successful, it would be fortunate; if not, no matter.
Then.
Lu Qingyang looked at his own data panel.
…
[Name: Lu Qingyang]
[Essence: Heavenly Dao Celestial Wood]
[Lifespan: Eternal]
[Realm: Early Sixth Tier (/) ]
[Heavenly Court: Fifth Tier (/) ]
[Heavenly Dao Origin: 65]
[Divine Abilities: Heavenly Dao Bone (Sixth Tier), Heavenly Dao Fruit (Sixth Tier), Heavenly Dao Eyes (Sixth Tier), Heavenly Dao Domain (Sixth Tier), Heavenly Dao Extraction (Sixth Tier)]
…
In a year's time, the heavenly origin had grown slightly.
This was the result of slaying otherworldly beings and sacrificing artifacts and elixirs in the Immortal-less Realm.
Although not much, it was steadily increasing.
As for his cultivation value and incense offerings, they were also worth noting.
Due to the thin spiritual energy in Qingyang Realm, even with his Heavenly Dao Bone, his daily cultivation growth was limited.
Over a year, he accumulated about four million cultivation points, most of which came from believers' sacrifices.
In comparison.
The incense offerings had grown rapidly.
Currently, Lu Qingyang's faith had taken root in the Immortal-less Realm.
With the secret dissemination of teachings by Qingyang Realm cultivators, the number of believers had skyrocketed.
Therefore.
Lu Qingyang used the power of incense to establish a Heavenly Court chat group in the Immortal-less Realm, posting tasks for spreading faith.
Since then.
The number of Heavenly Court believers had skyrocketed like a snowball.
To date.
Including believers from Qingyang Realm.
The total number of Lu Qingyang's followers had surpassed the two hundred million mark.
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