Chapter 82

With the help of the Divine Pig, the task of gathering faith became much easier. In just one month, Lu Shaoyou had gathered thirty-six million believers, among whom there were about one million Night Forks and Asuras at the Foundation Establishment level, and roughly ten thousand Great Asuras. Even Asura Kings numbered two thousand! There were even eight ancient titans of the Abyssal Lords! All these people were under the command of Lu Shaoyou, and they were all extremely devout, dedicating their faith entirely to him.

Due to the cooperation between Lu Shaoyou and the Divine Pig, they had gained a reputation in the Abyssal World. Besides the believers he had gathered, Lu Shaoyou had also killed countless demons, Night Forks, and Asuras. This made the Asuras flee at the sight of him, and even the Great Asuras dared not stay, fearing they might be left half-dead by the Divine Pig.

In a small cave, Lu Shaoyou lay covered in blood. The past month had been a place for him to hone various combat techniques. He had thoroughly studied all his combat techniques, and almost all of them had improved. The only one that hadn't improved was the Eight Steps to Heaven. Although Lu Shaoyou had a clear idea of it, he couldn't figure out how to apply it.

At this moment, Lu Shaoyou was in a terrible state, his black robe soaked in green blood, and a terrifying aura of killing intent surrounding him. If he didn't suppress it, the killing intent alone could have killed an ordinary Asura.

Beside Lu Shaoyou was a pink pig, who was busy. He said to Lu Shaoyou, "Kid, soon, I will sacrifice your believers alive, turning them into faith beads. When that happens, your cultivation will likely break through to the Great Perfection of the Fourth Heaven of Foundation Establishment, or even the Fifth Heaven. It all depends on your own luck!"

"Boom—" The Divine Pig, transformed into a large man, waved his hand, and a huge furnace appeared. The Divine Pig spat out a mouthful of true fire, and countless Asuras, Night Forks, and demon soldiers were poured into it. The Divine Pig then began refining the pills. After about half an hour, countless rays of faith light danced in the air, and faint chanting sounds could be heard from the furnace. The Divine Pig cast spell after spell, and a faint fragrance lingered around the furnace, refusing to dissipate.

"Good!" The Divine Pig spat out another mouthful of true fire, which was not ordinary true fire but genuine Dao fire, also known as the Three Pure Fires. The Three Pure Fires are the kings of fire, and only those who have attained the Dao can produce a mouthful of innate true fire within themselves. Now, the Divine Pig, to refine this bead for Lu Shaoyou, was willing to expend his essence and use the true fire within his body to refine the pill.

"Lu Shaoyou, don't just sit there like a fool! You should know that the excess pill qi is also a great tonic! Hurry up and absorb it!" the Divine Pig roared.

Lu Shaoyou immediately nodded, sat cross-legged, and began to circulate the *Kunpeng Swallowing Technique*, absorbing the pill qi to replenish his essence.

Seeing that Lu Shaoyou was absorbing the pill qi, the Divine Pig immediately began to throw the Great Asuras, Asura Kings, and even the Abyssal Lords from his small world into the furnace, continuing to refine the beads.

Time flowed like water, and Lu Shaoyou slowly woke up from his meditation. He saw the Divine Pig still sitting solemnly in front of the furnace. Seeing that Lu Shaoyou had woken up, the Divine Pig grumbled, "Brat, this time I used my essence to refine the pill for you. You better make it worth it, or I'll be at a great loss!"

"Done!" The Divine Pig suddenly roared, and a hum echoed through the void. The furnace exploded, and a massive golden Buddha's shadow slowly emerged from the void. Chanting sounds pierced the void, and the furnace emitted rays of red light, as if a divine phoenix was being nurtured inside. As the furnace slowly opened, it suddenly exploded, and thunder rumbled from the sky, as if a heavenly tribulation had descended.

Hum—

The golden pill in the furnace emitted a sound similar to a lion's roar, repelling the heavenly thunder. The pill floated in the sky, and countless yin and yang thunders struck down, but the golden pill remained unmoved, enduring the heavenly thunder's baptism.

"Every pill, when it reaches a certain level, must undergo the baptism of heaven and earth, just like how cultivators must transcend the tribulation to become transcendent. The same principle applies to pills; they must also transcend the tribulation, or they will be useless. When a pill transcends the tribulation, the pill refiner cannot intervene, or they will be directly eliminated by heaven and earth."

After about a quarter of an hour, the thunder gradually subsided, and the pill in the sky slowly descended. The Divine Pig waved his hand, and the pill was drawn into his hand.

"Swallow this faith bead immediately! This way, the pill's power won't fade! Also, don't swallow it orally; use your spiritual energy to wrap it and absorb it gradually!"

Lu Shaoyou took the pill without hesitation, and his spiritual energy, like fine threads, wrapped around the pill. As his spiritual energy wrapped around the faith bead, a massive surge of power exploded, forming vortexes that drilled into various parts of Lu Shaoyou's body, strengthening him.

Lu Shaoyou fully activated his profound techniques to digest the massive power!

Dragon swallow! Tiger suck! With each breath, a white stream of energy, like a dragon or a tiger, spewed from his nose. Lu Shaoyou felt his internal organs, organs, tendons, and muscles tightly wrapped by the power, as if a dragon were coiling around his body, deeply embedding itself. Each cell felt as if it were being hammered by a large hammer. His forehead became more full, and divine light occasionally overflowed. The only difference from before was that the strange phenomena that used to appear had disappeared. However, if one looked closely at Lu Shaoyou, they would see that the 365 major acupoints in his body had each been occupied by these phenomena, like small worlds!

His breathing was smooth and long, and occasionally, the sound of thunder could be heard!

The Divine Pig smiled slightly. This kid would likely gain immense benefits from this! However, after this pill refinement, it was time for him to leave. He had some matters to resolve, but he needed to recover his injuries first. The essence of the Flame Crow Clan was no longer useful to him, and it was time to leave. The Divine Pig glanced at Lu Shaoyou, placed a restriction on him to prevent interference, and then turned and flew away as a long rainbow.

One hour passed, two hours passed, three hours passed...

...

At the stone gate of the Flame Crow Clan's Asura battlefield, an old Taoist with a white beard looked at the patterns on the gate and said to the people around him, "A disciple is about to come out! Open the gate quickly!"

The eight elders nodded, cast a spell, and opened the gate.

Rumble—

The stone gate slowly opened, and a suffocatingly bloody smell rushed out. The elders naturally felt this blood aura and frowned. Some of the disciples nearby were so frightened that their legs turned weak. A young man, looking like a scholarly student, slowly walked out. His originally black robe was now tattered and covered in green Asura blood, making him look like he had just emerged from hell.

"Which disciple are you?" an elder asked, nodding. This disciple's killing intent was so intense that he must have killed many Asuras and Night Forks.

"Lu Shaoyou, Green Dragon Peak," the young man replied calmly.

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