Ye Xishui, the Supreme Elder of the Holy Spirit Cult, was dead.
The Ye Xishui who, in the original story, not even Xu Tianran could kill despite destroying the entire imperial city, had been easily killed by Su Ming.
Besides being a Limit Douluo, she was also one of only two quasi-Tenth Rank Spirit Engineers in the world.
Although her idea for the Death God Tower was crude—collecting vast numbers of resentful spirits to fuse into the tower to elevate it to a Tenth Rank Spirit Tool—it was undeniable that her trump card was incredibly powerful.
However, none of that mattered now.
Because of Su Ming's appearance, she simply hadn't had the time to accumulate resentful spirits, and the Death God Tower had never reached the exaggerated level described in the original story.
Moreover, with the Evil Emperor's involvement, Su Ming's task of killing her became exceptionally smooth.
"You two should die as well."
Su Ming turned around and cast Soul Severance on Long Xiaoyao and Zhongli Wu as well.
Seeing this, the Evil Emperor stopped playing around with Long Xiaoyao.
A large-scale Soul Shock from him directly critically injured both Long Xiaoyao and Zhongli Wu.
Du Busi and Su Ming moved in to finish them off.
"Remember your promise."
The Evil Emperor glanced at Su Ming, then transformed into a black streak of light and returned to the depths of the Evil Eye Forest.
"Little Ming, what did you say to the Evil Emperor?"
This battle had been far too easy, completely different from what he had anticipated.
The key had been the Evil Emperor.
"Just cooperation. I'll help him become a god, and he will eventually sacrifice his cultivation to Hun Dun."
Su Ming glanced at Hun Dun beside him.
Hun Dun wiggled its tentacles, blinking its large eye.
"Hun Dun, the crucial part is next. I need to condense my third Spirit Core, and you are the foundation."
Hun Dun wobbled its eye, indicating it would do its best to digest these essences.
Su Ming nodded and began helping Hun Dun organize these essences.
Water, Fire, Earth, Wind to create space, the Five Elements to stabilize it, Light and Darkness to integrate and provide day and night.
A simplified small world thus took shape.
Of course, calling it a small world was too generous; it was merely a small space.
Even so, this feat left Du Busi, a Limit Douluo standing nearby, stunned.
Du Busi expressed that he didn't understand.
"Different professions have different specialties, teacher. You just continue cultivating your Poison Power and Qi and Blood Power. By the way, teacher, Ye Xishui's Light Phoenix Martial Soul underwent phoenix rebirth. I feel I can gain some insight from it. Combined with my own resurrection Spirit Skill, I'll see if I can develop a Nirvana Flame to help temper your Poison Power."
Su Ming explained the process of using Nirvana Flame to temper Poison Power to Du Busi.
This was what Dugu Bo was experiencing during the Douluo 1 period.
Here in Douluo 2, Du Busi wasn't bound by Poison Power, but this Nirvana Flame tempering method would still be useful for him.
Poison Power, Poison Power—during cultivation, various toxins must inevitably be integrated into one's Spirit Power to stimulate its growth. These toxins always remain within the Spirit Power, which isn't good for the Spirit Master either. Hence, the method of using Nirvana Flame to temper Poison Power exists, burning away all toxins within the Spirit Power.
Du Busi had already developed a poisonous attribute; his Spirit Rings had granted his body the ability to produce poison.
After expelling all the toxins, he could then cultivate his Poison Power purely using his own self-generated toxins. At that point, the poison of his Poison Power would be the true, origin-level poison enhanced by his Spirit Power.
After chatting for a bit, master and disciple had already arrived at the Holy Spirit Cult's headquarters, uprooting it completely. The Evil Spirit Masters present were executed outright, leaving no survivors.
Wait.
Su Ming left one person alive: the Blue Silver Holy Maiden, Tang Ya.
Apart from Tang Ya, all other Evil Spirit Masters were executed.
Within the Holy Spirit Cult, he also discovered vast amounts of soul essence and altars for using this essence, said to be able to increase a Spirit Master's Spirit Ring age.
After Electrolux's inspection, this method was found to leave behind harmful side effects. Su Ming directly purified everything with a Purifying Flame.
Thus, the Holy Spirit Cult became a thing of the past.
Su Ming from Douluo 3 also checked the changes in the future parallel world. The history of the Holy Spirit Cult had been completely severed during the Douluo 2 period.
"The Demon Empress actually didn't reorganize the Holy Spirit Cult. It seems under normal progression, both the Evil Emperor and I would stop the Demon Empress in her tracks."
Unfortunately, the time span Su Ming could view into the future from the Douluo 2 period was too short; he couldn't see much information.
Moreover, he had now reached a rather awkward stage.
"When I view the future, I truly delve into it. Once the future I view involves a version of myself that has already become a god, what would happen?"
With Su Ming's abilities, after becoming a god, even if not omniscient and omnipotent, he should at least be able to detect changes in the plane.
The Su Ming within the River of Time's projections possessed Su Ming's current abilities, but not the Trinity consciousness of the real Su Ming, nor was he aware of the River of Time.
He might not be able to detect changes in the River of Time, but he would definitely be able to detect an invasion of the plane.
"The key point is that the future me would definitely be stronger than the present me. So, if I were to invade then, I definitely wouldn't be able to defeat my future self."
Damn!
The stronger he became, the more constrained his ability to view the future became.
"From now on, I can only use the Douluo 3 main body to view the future. Currently, the historical records checked from that side haven't encountered obstruction from a godhood-achieving me. This clearly shows the weight of the Temporal Turbulence is sufficient; even the me evolved by the River of Time after becoming a god cannot resolve that disaster."
Without obstruction from a godhood-achieving Su Ming, the Douluo 3 Su Ming could still freely view parallel worlds.
"Trinity... is even more difficult to unify than I imagined."
Su Ming's expression turned grave.
This was a factor he hadn't considered before.
The River of Time!
The mysteries of the River are boundless, but it is not Su Ming's possession.
It itself also possesses correction mechanisms and resistance mechanisms.
For Su Ming to achieve Trinity would be equivalent to completely separating from the River, which might provoke resistance from the River itself.
Even the ability to freely view timelines was being restricted; it was just that Su Ming hadn't been restricted enough before.
In fact, if Su Ming stopped cultivating from now on and didn't become a god, he could freely view the future. Even a hundred years later, if he still hadn't become a god, he could freely view the future of that era.
But, that was clearly impossible.
The point of having a cheat was to become stronger.
If one doesn't become stronger, what's the point of keeping the cheat?
Su Ming carried the unconscious Tang Ya back to Sun Moon Imperial Capital.
He examined Tang Ya's body.
"She's been cultivated as a demon puppet."
Su Ming curled his lip, understanding Tang Ya's position within the Holy Spirit Cult.
Holy Maiden—sounded prestigious, but in reality, it was only because she was important to Zhongli Wu.
Just like Feng Ling, cultivated by Zhongli Wu into a demon puppet, she would also become nourishment for Zhongli Wu's further advancement in the future.
The Death God Puppet—this Martial Soul was a variation based on puppets.
After his Evil Spirit Master methods could no longer elevate his cultivation, Zhongli Wu had also begun developing his Martial Soul's characteristics. This cultivation of demon puppets was probably the cultivation direction for Death God Puppet Evil Spirit Masters after reaching Rank 95.
If Ma Xiaotao were still in Su Ming's hands and hadn't entered the Holy Spirit Cult, she too wouldn't have escaped the fate of being a Holy Maiden.
"Zhongli Wu is dead. Your consciousness should have recovered by now."
Su Ming woke Tang Ya up. Looking at her still pretending to be fierce, he sneered.
After being exposed, a flash of panic appeared in Tang Ya's eyes.
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