My Golden Core is a Star, do you call this cultivating?

Chapter 183: Collaborating with the New Gods?

Wei Ting, towering like a giant, looked at the remaining evil gods with intense battle fervor in his eyes. He suddenly stepped forward, the Xuanhua axe in his hand transforming into a reaper's scythe.

As he swung it down, half of the evil gods instantly met their demise.

Wei Ting, now a god of war, slaughtered recklessly.

"No!"

"Spare me!"

Facing Wei Ting, these once-arrogant evil gods were now devoid of their former haughtiness.

The seductive Tao An's face twisted in fear, "Spare me! This world is destined to belong to the new gods. If you continue this slaughter, you will surely incur the wrath of a true god."

In just a few moments, only two new gods remained.

She spoke quickly, desperately seeking a way to survive.

"There are new gods all around. We are here to summon the Great Plague Venerable. If you kill us, you will completely offend the Great Plague Venerable. When he descends, he will not spare you!"

Tao An, dressed in a bewitching red dress, her appearance alluring, calculated furiously in her mind.

"Oh? Killing you will completely offend the Great Plague Venerable?" Qi Yuan paused, surprised.

A true god might descend?

Seeing this, Tao An thought she had a chance and quickly continued, "We have gathered here in Gale Town specifically to summon the Great Plague Venerable. If you kill us all, the summoning will stop, and you will completely offend him! But if you think the Great Plague Venerable cannot descend, you are mistaken. He will only be delayed by a year or two, and when he arrives, he will surely kill you!"

"If you continue the summoning, when will the Great Plague Venerable descend?" Qi Yuan asked, clearly interested.

This was a matter of great concern to him.

A true god, with all its contained evil divine power, would be terrifying.

If he could... perhaps he could imagine an even more powerful deity.

"Half a month," Tao An replied, continuing, "Origin Heavenly God, your talent is remarkable. It's a pity to remain with the ancient gods. Today, two-thirds of the cities in the Lin Kingdom are under the control of the new gods. Just recently, in the neighboring Jiang Kingdom, a true god struck down an ancient god venerable, and now the Jiang Kingdom belongs to the new gods.

Origin Heavenly God, I hope you consider your future carefully. Joining the new gods will undoubtedly be better than staying with the ancient gods. Just like the ancient god in the Lü Kingdom who joined us; he now lives a life many envy. He was even favored by the Great Venerable Gu Xuan, who gave him his daughter in marriage!

If you join the new gods, you can avoid the calamity of killing gods. You might even have a chance to marry the daughter of a true god. Even if that doesn’t happen, I am willing to offer myself to you..."

As Tao An spoke, she wore a seductive smile, her demeanor full of charm.

Qi Yuan murmured to himself, "So, to summon the Great Plague Venerable quickly, I have to keep you alive?"

Tao An’s eyes brightened; she felt she had convinced the Origin Celestial Venerable.

She continued, "When the Great Plague Venerable descends, I will certainly speak well of you before him. You will be credited with the success of the summoning."

Tao An felt a surge of hope, believing the other party was truly willing to cooperate with her.

"Summoning the Great Plague Venerable... I think it’s a good idea," Qi Yuan said, looking at Tao An.

Overjoyed, Tao An slowly walked toward Qi Yuan, deliberately letting her dress slip off her shoulder, revealing a seductive glimpse of skin.

"This is the wisest choice you could make."

"But... I don’t want to cooperate with you."

The blood-red long sword in Qi Yuan's hand let out a sharp hum as it slashed through the air with lightning speed. Tao An's head separated from her body in an instant.

Her expression remained the same as before, her final thoughts filled with confusion.

Weren't they going to cooperate?

Why had she been killed?

Unfortunately, she would never have the chance to understand why it happened.

After slaying Tao An with a single strike, Qi Yuan turned to the remaining trembling evil god and forced a kind smile: "Shall we cooperate?"

The evil god’s body trembled even more violently as he nodded frantically.

"I need you to summon the Great Plague Venerable as quickly as possible."

The evil god didn’t dare to speak, only nodding in agreement.

At that moment, Qi Yuan seemed to think of something and suddenly said, "If I temporarily cooperate with you new gods, could we be considered... friends? No, perhaps colleagues?"

The evil god didn’t understand what this demon meant but still nodded: "Yes."

"Sigh, their families aren’t here. Dying far from home is truly tragic. I suppose it’s only right that I arrange their final rites, and it wouldn’t be too much to feast on their remains, would it?"

"Wei Ting, spread the word: Prepare the feast and keep it going... until the true god descends!"

Before, Qi Yuan always felt his reasons for feasting were insufficient. This time, feasting on the remains of his colleagues should be justifiable, right?

Meanwhile...

In Stone Sand Town...

Weak Feather sat alone in the temple, his eyes closed, cutting off his five senses.

Today was the day of the Child Banquet.

There was nothing he could do about it, so to avoid seeing and feeling troubled, he cut off his senses and sat alone in the temple.

Unless it was an emergency, no one would disturb him today.

Suddenly, a blinding light shone on the statue, and Weak Feather’s eyes showed surprise.

This was the highest level of alert; something major must have happened for the people of Stone Sand Town to awaken him.

Why such an alert all of a sudden? Could it be that the evil gods have come to attack?

His heart tightened as he quickly restored his senses: "What happened?"

Looking around, he saw the village chief, his face filled with urgency.

"Lord God, something terrible has happened! Just now, the god of Qingshui Village and a giant attacked Gale Town, causing the earth to shake and the mountains to tremble."

"What!" Weak Feather’s face changed drastically. "How dare he! What was the result? Did he die?"

He couldn’t understand how a village-level ancient god could dare to suddenly attack town-level gods.

They were indeed holding a Child Banquet, which was despicable, but… they could only stand by and watch.

Rushing in would be suicide, yet the Qingshui Village god charged in anyway.

In Weak Feather’s mind, the battle must have already ended.

The Origin Heavenly God of Qingshui Village must have been overconfident and met his end.

"Sigh, by doing this, he has angered the evil gods and brought disaster upon our Stone Sand Town. I just hope it doesn’t drag us down with it."

At that moment, someone came running toward the temple, wild and frantic.

Xuyouping, dressed in coarse linen, had lost all composure as he rushed in.

"Something terrible has happened!"

Weak Feather’s heart skipped a beat: "Are they coming to kill us?"

"They’re all dead, all of them are dead..." Xuyouping's face was filled with shock.

Weak Feather was confused, not understanding what Xuyouping meant.

"The Origin Heavenly God brought that giant and killed all the evil gods!" Xuyouping said heavily.

Hearing this, Weak Feather’s eyes widened in disbelief. All the poise of a guardian god vanished as he grabbed Xuyouping’s shoulders: "What did you say!"

"Just now, a towering giant walked out of Qingshui Village!" Remembering that giant, Xuyouping was still in shock.

The terrifying giant shook the earth with every step, storming into Gale Town and crushing the powerful evil gods like chicks.

Xuyouping recounted everything he had witnessed to Weak Feather.

Weak Feather was astonished, unable to calm down for a long time, and finally asked, "What about She Wolf?"

She Wolf was a half-god; if he had acted, nothing short of a true god could have stopped him.

But there were no true gods near Feihuang City.

"The Origin Heavenly God of Qingshui Village personally struck him down with one sword!" Mentioning this, Xuyouping still couldn’t calm himself, recalling that stunning sword strike.

Weak Feather was shaken to his core. He paced back and forth in the temple, deep in thought.

Finally, he gritted his teeth and said, "We need to go to Gale Town and see for ourselves."

At this moment, Xuyouping hesitated and stammered, "But in the end, the Origin Heavenly God killed all the evil gods, leaving just one and cooperating with him to... summon the true god."

"What?" This time, Weak Feather was completely stunned.

He killed all the evil gods but left one alive to cooperate with? What kind of logic was that?

He was baffled.

He decided not to go to Gale Town immediately but to wait and see.

Qi Yuan, with Wei Ting, suddenly slaughtered everyone.

This shocked many people.

Even the people of Qingshui Village, who had been working together just a while ago, suddenly heard they were going to Gale Town to play the suona.

The people of Chenxi Village gathered the chefs and headed to Gale Town.

When they heard that the evil gods of Gale Town had been killed, everyone was dumbfounded.

Everything had been fine in the morning, and now suddenly Gale Town was wiped out, She Wolf and the other evil gods slaughtered.

Feasting was back on the agenda.

How could these people not be shocked?

At this moment, the feast was in full swing, the aroma of meat wafting everywhere. The village chief, Yuli, still had not fully processed the shock in his eyes.

Shentu sat beside him, equally anxious.

Zhu Zhuangshi occasionally stole glances at Wei Ting, his eyes filled with envy.

"Sigh, sigh, sigh, I’m so much fatter than him. Why wasn’t I chosen?"

Today, Wei Ting transformed into the Giant Spirit God and swept through the area, shocking everyone.

This showed that the Lord God had given another extremely precious god-imagining technique.

Given Wei Ting’s formidable combat prowess, this god-imagining technique must be extremely rare.

Unfortunately, the Lord chose Wei Ting, making Zhu Zhuangshi drool with envy.

Beside him, Chen Xifan couldn’t help but comment, "The Lord God needs someone strong, not someone fat."

Hearing this, Zhu Zhuangshi was dissatisfied: "Doesn’t my name say it all?"

"Heh." Chen Xifan sneered, unwilling to argue with Zhu Zhuangshi.

But deep down, he was also envious of Wei Ting.

A stranger who had suddenly gained the favor of the Lord God had risen to power overnight.

That god-imagining technique had directly pushed Wei Ting to the late Purple Mansion stage.

Given enough time, Wei Ting could reach the peak of the Purple Mansion stage, and with a treasure, he could become a true god.

This meant that Qingshui Village would gain a true god!
What an incredible honor.

For their small, rundown village to produce a true god.

But it was also something to be envious of, as the true god could have been any one of them, but they hadn’t seized the opportunity.

Nearby, Qi Qi listened to the conversation with a smile. She turned to her maid, Xiaoxue: "See? Grooming a godfather and letting him work hard is much better than struggling yourself."

Xiaoxue beamed, "Indeed."

Yesterday, she had witnessed the misery of Jinshi Town and felt deep sorrow, harboring immense hatred for the mastermind.

But she didn’t dare tell her master what had happened.

Because she knew that Qingshui Village needed to grow slowly; it couldn’t yet confront any of the towns.

But today, her heart was filled with joy. What did she see?

Her master had led Wei Ting, and the two of them had swept through six towns, wiping out all the evil gods.

Even now, she was brimming with joy and gratitude.

It was like a child who had been wronged, only to have their parent take fierce revenge the next day.

She stole a glance at Qi Yuan in the distance, then whispered to Qi Qi, "Miss, can I also acknowledge the Lord God as my godfather?"

Qi Qi raised an eyebrow, "Are you trying to steal my father?"

"… God-grandfather would do." Xiaoxue muttered.

"I don’t have a daughter like you!" Qi Qi glared at her.

At the table, the group feasted, accompanied by laughter and song.

The gloom of the past few days was swept away.

At this moment, Village Chief Yuli sent a voice transmission: "What do you think of the Lord God?"

Shentu thought of something, his face changing slightly as he responded via transmission: "Are you thinking of…"

Village Chief Yuli remained silent.

Shentu frowned and pondered, "In ancient times, the Lord God must have been an extremely powerful deity, perhaps even one who had taken three steps toward heaven."

"Taking three steps toward heaven… might barely qualify one to enter the Ancestral Land," Yuli said.

The people of Qingshui Village were descendants of the ancient clan.

The ancient clan had an Ancestral Land, which was extremely dangerous. Even true gods had a high chance of perishing there.

Even a Great Venerable entering might not survive.

But within the Ancestral Land were countless treasures, some of which could help someone surpass the limits of the heavens and become a true god, while others were innate treasures of immense power.

As descendants of the ancient clan, they had the right to recommend their village’s guardian god to enter the Ancestral Land.

"However, even if we wanted to recommend the Lord God to enter the Ancestral Land, he would at least need to reach the level of a true god. And to qualify for entry, he would likely need to take three steps toward heaven. To achieve significant success in the Ancestral Land and escape unscathed, one would need to be a Great Venerable. Our Lord God is still far from that level. For now, we shouldn’t think too much about such distant matters; we should focus on how to survive the siege of the evil gods." Shentu sighed.

Shentu's words were indeed reasonable.

Though the Lord God had swept through six towns, which was impressive, this would undoubtedly draw the attention of some powerful evil gods.

Sooner or later, a strong evil god might come for retribution.

Moreover, it seemed the Lord God was planning something significant, working with the tiger to skin it.

The Great Plague Venerable might appear in this world soon.

They couldn’t imagine how their Lord God would respond.

Would he imagine another god? But where could he find another powerful deity?