Lu Zheng couldn't help but be stunned. The inheritance of a Reverend was many times superior to any sort of blessing.
In his previous lifetime, he had chanced upon a blood path inheritance of Reverend Divine Prime Jade and it became the foundation he needed to become a Venerable.
Lu Zheng calmed his emotions as he went through the information.
The inheritance was split into three segments. He had already inherited the first segment which was the Sea of Nirvana. This was the second segment.
Lu Zheng stared at the gem that he had received from Lin Feng. He already knew what to do with it.
"Soul Absorbing Gem…" The artifact was the Soul Absorbing Gem and was rank seven Immortal Grade. It could absorb the dead souls around Lu Zheng at an instant and convert them into pure soul energy for storage.
At the same time, it would provide Lu Zheng energy from the impurities within the dead souls.
Lu Zheng dripped a drop of his Vermillion Blood on the Soul Absorbing Gem, refining it. The Soul Absorbing Gem greedily drank his blood till it transformed red.
It slowly shrunk in size till it became a small prism no larger than an infant's finger.
The red prism shone with a sanguine light before flying towards Lu Zheng's neck. As it hovered before him, two white threads emerged from the Soul Absorbing Gem before connecting behind his neck like a necklace.
Lu Zheng went over the remaining information in his mind. It was mainly battle techniques concerning soul path. There was also a cultivation technique that enhanced cultivation speed.
Lu Zheng nodded with satisfaction: "Okay, now for Yama Battlefield"
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The main world was divided into five regions; Northern Desert, Southern Border, Western Plains, Eastern Sea and Central Continent.
The five regions were all separated by the Regional Qi Walls and the Blades of Annihilation bordered them from the outer void.
Various super forces had their base of operations spread all over the five regions and naturally, conflicts would arise over limited resources.
It wasn't only the forces that constantly fought one another. Even lone martial practitioners and demonic path martial practitioners would fight against one another too. Sometimes, they would form temporary teams to gang up against a stronger opponent.
It was only natural as wherever benefits clashed, conflicts would arise. Not even beasts were spared of this law of nature.
Such a scenario currently took place in Eastern Sea, just above the Primordial Storm Dragon Sea Area where a group of fourteen Primordial Storm Dragons surrounded a lone human.
"Damnable human! Return our Sea God's Jade Pendant at once and we can let you die a painless death!" A storm dragon bellowed angrily.
"Forget about escaping, thief. Just give up on the Sea God's Jade Pendant and maybe we will spare your miserable life" Another said coldly.
Similarly, the fourteen storm dragons taunted the lone human male who stood motionlessly in their centre.
Most people would be frightened by being surrounded by the large primordial storm dragons but the human didn't even seem to care at all. His warm gaze was fixated on the pendant that he held in his hands.
"Hey! How dare you ignore us!?" One of the storm dragons shouted, causing the male to suddenly move.
His arm which was completely covered with different patterns suddenly pointed at the group, startling them. If Lu Zheng was here, he would recognise him as Alaka'i.
"You want this?" Alaka'i asked as he revealed the jade pendant in his hands.
"Yes, if you know what's good for you, you would hand it over nicely" The largest storm dragon said.
"I don't know…" Alaka'i muttered as he admired the pendant. "Isn't it beautiful?"
"This bastard!" A female storm dragon yelled as water torrents rose from the ocean beneath her.
In unplanned unison, the rest of the primordial storm dragons attacked Alaka'i with her.
"How pitiful" Alaka'i muttered as he pocketed the Sea God's Jade Pendant.
Suddenly, his aura exploded as the patterns on his arms shone with a bright light. Almost at the same time, a brilliant tree rose from the void above him.
This tree was the Karma Divine Tree but unlike before, it was covered with ribbons of different colours.
This was the unique ability of Karma Divine Tree. It could adjust itself to suit its user the best.
Fourteen yellow ribbons detached themselves from Karma Divine Tree before slowly disintegrating into nothingness. Similarly, the fourteen primordial storm dragons disintegrated into nothingness with their attacks, leaving a lone Alaka'i behind.
"Everybody and everything creates karma at every moment. This subtle connection bounds all that exists. A butterfly flapping its wings might cause a storm to occur, that is karma and you have just faced Karma's Retribution" Alaka'i said to no one in particular.
Reaching into his pocket, Alaka'i fed the jade pendant to Karma Divine Tree and immediately, a blue ribbon grew from the tree.
"That is good. The more karma threads that Karma Divine Tree has, the stronger it becomes and the faster my cultivation is" Alaka'i smiled as his figure disappeared in a stream of light.
Moments after he had gone, the very space where he stood cracked before exploding into smithereens. A gaping hole formed and from it, two figures emerged.
One was a cold, detached male with silvery hair that flowed like the River Styx and the other was a towering beast the size of a house.
The duo was Hong Haoyu and Themur!
Themur's face was twisted with anxiety: "Lu Zheng! Where are you?!"