After all, Long Tianji would only protect Central Earth. If the human realm didn't agree to the terms, the Underworld could simply bypass Central Earth and attack other countries exclusively. Once monsters over five ters tall joined the war, modern weapons would beco a joke. What else could those nations do but sit and wait for death?
And so, the human realm and the Underworld reached a contract. The fourth Underworld invasion blossod across the nations of the world, and human history stepped into a new era.
On the human side, modern weapons could kill Underworld monsters, but the warriors operating them were often too slow. If they couldn't react in ti to hit the fast-moving creatures, there was nothing they could do. Therefore, biologists from across the human realm united to research the flesh and blood of the Underworld monsters. From this, they developed specialized biological agents that gave users a chance to break their genetic limits, rapidly becoming stronger and more agile.
In the martial arts community, dedicated research led to new thods that utilized Underworld monsters to aid in cultivation. This made learning martial arts simpler and greatly enhanced the probability of breakthroughs. After a period of developnt, this even ford a related industrial chain. Hunting squads ford by the Martial Artist Alliance would venture onto the battlefields to slay monsters, bringing back fresh corpses to be sold or used personally.
This led to Innate experts sprouting like bamboo shoots after the spring rain. Even those who once saw no hope of breaking into the Master Realm managed to do so. Those who thought they had absolutely no chance of becoming a Grandmaster in their lifeti achieved it.
Similarly, Grandmasters like Guo Jufeng dread of becoming Heavenly Kings. With access to heavenly-grade Cultivation Techniques and Underworld monsters as nourishnt, they finally had a chance to realize those dreams.
Of course, whether these Martial Artists could successfully break through depended crucially on whether they could survive on the battlefield. While they hunted Underworld monsters, the Underworld monsters were also hunting them. It all ca down to who had better luck and whose thods were more ruthless.
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Ever since the fourth war began, Lin Tang's Dharma body had been stationed over the battlefield, serving as a supervisor. Similarly, the Underworld had also dispatched its top experts to supervise the human side, ensuring neither party violated the contract by using the strong to bully the weak.
Honestly, this made Lin Tang very uncomfortable.
Why? Because during his supervision, whenever he saw Underworld monsters hunting down the old, the young, the sick, and the disabled, he couldn't personally intervene. He could only secretly inform Lee Encai or others to co to the rescue. Sotis, the rescuers didn't arrive in ti, and he could only watch as the victims died.
I'm still not strong enough! If I were in the Divinity Transformation Stage, the Return to Void Stage, or an Immortal like Zhen Yan, I could command the heavens. I could conjure clouds with a turn of my hand and summon rain with another. All rules would be mine to make. With a single thought, I could annihilate all my enemies! I wouldn't have to just sit here, doing nothing! Just give so more ti. Once my true body fully digests the Dragon Essence, my cultivation will increase dramatically... Lin Tang thought to himself.
As his true body continued to transform under the influence of the Dragon Essence, he began to perceive more of its functions.
First and foremost, its most remarkable function was "purification and filtration."
Most of the spiritual energy in the human realm was contaminated, filled with madness factors. With Lin Tang's current cultivation, even if he discovered a dense source of Spiritual Energy, he didn't dare to absorb it recklessly. But with the Dragon Essence, things were different. It could first absorb the Spiritual Energy and then expel it. The expelled Spiritual Energy had its madness factors significantly reduced. The will of the Ancestor Dragon inherent within the Dragon Essence could eradicate most of the madness factors.
With it, Lin Tang could absorb any Spiritual Energy without restraint. The few remaining traces of madness factors that entered his body could be endured with his increasingly powerful martial spirit.
Furthermore, the Dragon Essence's second function could also neutralize the madness factors. It could act as a special "Divinity" to rally faith and communicate with followers.
Lin Tang had already experinted with this on a group of primitive tribesn. These people called him the Celestial Emperor, kneeling in worship and contributing their faith. Aided by the mysterious power of the Dragon Essence, Lin Tang was like a true deity, capable of granting his followers strength and knowledge. He could also evenly distribute the madness factors from his own body, passing them on to his followers to help share the burden and digest them.
These primitives from an alien world were biologically very different from humans. From a scientific standpoint, they were not the sa species. Originally, they were even more hideous than early human ancestors. Unexpectedly, after bearing traces of the madness factors, they were supposed to deform into even more monstrous creatures. Instead, so of them actually beca more aesthetically pleasing by human standards.
They had beco more handso! They were also stronger and smarter.
With Lin Tang's direct intervention, their evolutionary process, which should have taken tens of thousands of years, was greatly accelerated. Concepts like language, writing, songs, and mathematics rapidly spread throughout the primitive community. Along with them, consciousness of tribes, nations, rulers and subjects, and social hierarchies also took root.
Then one day, on the alien world's largest continent, the two largest tribes engaged in a battle to the death. After the war, one side erged victorious and used this opportunity to unify the entire landmass. Its leader declared himself king and established a nation.
When Lin Tang appeared at the Royal Palace Altar in the majestic form of the Celestial Emperor to conduct a ceremony granting the new king his divine right to rule...
BUZZ!
The National Guardian dal that Lin Tang wore reacted. National fortune and faith—two peculiar forces—rged without interfering with one another.
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