Feral Gods Rise: My Offerings Return a Hundredfold

Inside the Divine Domain.

Li Yue gazed at the two demon corpses before him — their demon souls already annihilated — and opened the Divine Store.

The Divine Store priced both corpses at eight units of Divine Power each.

"That's one more than the demon wolves from Thousand Wolf Mountain."

"Probably because the Thousand Wolf Mountain demons had their heads obliterated by the Heavenly Thunder Art, while these two corpses are intact."

Li Yue muttered to himself.

With a single thought, he instantly sold both demon corpses to the Divine Store.

The Divine Store currently had no items available for purchase — he could only sell things to it. Whether it would ever stock items for sale was something only time would tell.

"One thousand and four units of Divine Power now..."

"I've finally saved up a thousand units. I can promote to Ninth Grade (Upper) at last..."

Li Yue sighed with satisfaction.

Nearly four months had passed since his transmigration.

And today, at long last, he had accumulated enough Divine Power to make the breakthrough.

"I have the Blue Star gods to thank for this..."

"If I hadn't sold seventy-six Ghost Soldier Armaments and earned seven hundred and sixty units of Divine Power..."

"How could I possibly have saved up a thousand units by now?"

A smile tugged at the corner of his mouth.

After all, in the beginning, he had very few Believers, and their devotion was low — the daily Incense Faith he received wasn't even enough to condense a single unit of Divine Power.

"What a pity, though —"

"That bear demon and dog demon were only at peak second-grade. Not third-grade demons."

"Otherwise —"

"I could have completed [Personal Mission V] as well."

A trace of regret crossed his face.

With a thought, he opened the Personal Mission interface and looked at [Personal Mission V] displayed on it.

[Personal Mission V]

[Mission Description]: You have gradually come to realize that this world is overrun with demons, and that most of humanity has been reduced to livestock for them. A fire of righteous anger burns within you — you wish to slay demons and protect the human race.

[Mission Objective]: Slay two third-grade demons (0/2)

[Mission Reward]: Ten first-grade Divine Blessing Talismans, two second-grade Divine Blessing Talismans, sixty units of Divine Power

"I'll wait until after I promote to Ninth Grade (Upper)."

"Then —"

"I'll figure out how to deal with two third-grade demons."

His expression remained calm.

Third-grade demons were not particularly strong opponents for him.

After all, even at the Ninth Grade (Lower) level, an Ordained Earth God's power was no less than that of a peak fourth-grade Yin-Yang Realm Grandmaster.

Even without expending any Divine Power, within his Divine Jurisdiction he would be no weaker than a peak third-grade Primal Gang Realm Grandmaster.

But all of this —

had one prerequisite.

That prerequisite was being within his Divine Jurisdiction, where the Divine Path Rules held sway.

Of course —

Even if he simply had Li Youming invoke the God Invocation Art, one-third of its divine power would still be enough to slay any third-grade demon.

This mission posed no difficulty whatsoever for a Ninth Grade (Lower) Ordained God.

Yet it was not something any Unranked Feral God could accomplish.

"The first four missions were completable by an Unranked Feral God."

"Does that mean starting from the fifth mission, one needs the strength of a Ninth Grade (Lower) Ordained God?"

Li Yue pondered thoughtfully.

The Personal Missions were clearly escalating in difficulty step by step.

Whoosh —

He closed his eyes. The thousand units of Divine Power within him instantly transformed into a radiant divine brilliance that surged through his entire divine body.

When he had first promoted to Ninth Grade (Lower) Ordained Earth God, he had already forged his divine body.

It was precisely because he possessed a divine body that he could manifest the strength of a peak third-grade cultivator within his Divine Jurisdiction without expending any Divine Power at all.

And now —

That divine body, under the surging tide of a thousand units of Divine Power, began to transform!

The Ninth Grade (Lower) divine body was evolving into a Ninth Grade (Upper) divine body!

Not only that —

Li Yue also felt his divine soul growing stronger.

As his divine soul expanded, his Divine Jurisdiction spread outward, extending to the areas surrounding Four Seas Village!

The Divine Path Rules proliferated, permeated, and surged.

Rumble —!

Thunder cracked across the sky, as if a violent storm were about to descend.

At this moment.

All the villagers had finished paying their respects to Lord Zhangyue and had returned to sleep.

Even Li Youming had gone back to his room and resumed his cultivation.

Before the Land God Shrine.

Only the horse demon — who had taken human form and wore a snow-white long dress — remained kneeling on the ground.

The venerable god had not told her to rise, so she dared not rise.

When the thunder cracked, she looked up at the sky in alarm.

She felt —

that something of immense and terrible power lurked above the heavens.

Her heart trembled with fear, dreading that whatever great terror was concealed in the sky above might descend upon her and reduce her to soul annihilation.

"Thunder?"

Li Youming stepped out of his room at that moment and looked up at the sky.

But he couldn't make sense of it, so he returned inside to continue his cultivation.

He could already feel —

that the 'qi' within him was on the verge of filling his elixir field's sea of qi.

Once it was completely filled, he would be able to break through and become an upper second-grade 'Qi Refiner.'

As for why it was called a 'Qi Refiner' —

that was the name Lord Zhangyue had given him.

Temple Priests of gods were all 'Qi Refiners' — a different kind from the martial path's practitioners!

* * *

The Land of Demons.

Here, mountain ranges rolled on endlessly, one peak after another.

At this moment, on a mountain summit more than fifteen kilometers from Fox Village, an extraordinarily dense, blood-red demonic energy suddenly erupted.

The demonic energy formed a crimson cloud that swept down from the mountain and snatched over twenty humans from the village at its foot, carrying them up to the peak.

The remaining humans in the village trembled slightly, but their expressions were already numb. They simply continued about their business.

They had been born as livestock for demons.

To be eaten by the Mountain Lord was an honor.

To become food for the Mountain Lord was a blessing bestowed upon them.

The village chief told them this every single day, with over a thousand people still remaining in the village.

Having heard it so many times, having witnessed it so many times, they had come to accept it — that they were born to be demon livestock, and that being devoured by the Mountain Lord was both an honor and a blessing.

On the mountain.

Inside a vast cave, a colossal ferocious tiger lay sprawled — its entire body black as ink, with only a pair of cold, crimson eyes gleaming in the dark.

On either side of it, more than twenty young human women were diligently scrubbing its fur with brushes.

At this moment —

It opened its enormous maw, and the blood-red demonic cloud came drifting back from below.

One by one, the humans — their expressions blank and vacant — watched helplessly as they were drawn into the Mountain Lord's gaping jaws and devoured.

In the blink of an eye, the great tiger had consumed over twenty people, yet still seemed somewhat unsatisfied.

The next moment —

It extended a massive claw, seized two of the young women who had been brushing its fur, and tossed them into its mouth. Only then did it seem content.

"Mountain Lord!"

"The bear demon leader, the black dog demon leader, and the white horse demon leader have all gone missing in Four Seas Village!"

Suddenly.

A wolf demon came charging up from below, carrying a pei demon on its back. The pei demon leapt down, knelt on the ground, and reported with barely concealed terror.

The bear demon leader, the black dog demon leader, and the white horse demon leader — all three had been peak second-grade demons.

And yet all three had vanished in that village!

Being only a mid second-grade demon itself, it was naturally terrified.

"Useless."

"They couldn't even take down a tiny little village."

A flash of fury appeared in the Mountain Lord's eyes.

Its massive body slowly rose, and it looked down at the wolf demon and pei demon trembling below:

"Go and invite this lord's elder sister to come here!"