Longevity Chronicles-Chapter 960 - 618: The Descent of Ten Tribulations, Rebirth Heart Demon

"If you wish to stay by my side, you must be promoted to the [Peach Blossom Goddess], this is fate, we don't look at anything else, we only look at how karma unfolds."

With some coaxing, Tao Buddha's son successfully resolved the believers' excessive demands.

As for the promotion pathways such as divine-demonic spiritual cultivation and Peach Blossom Goddess, it was entirely at his discretion, not troublesome at all.

After settling matters this way, just as he was about to continue refining and cultivating, Jiang Caiyun and Jiang Caiping, these two Empresses Dowager, came together with their talk, insisting on staying by his side, even bringing in Shi Beiniang, this uniquely gallant female general.

After all, they were his subordinate Goddesses, so Tao Buddha's son had to transform into a handsome youth to calm them one by one.

And so it was!

Tao Qian had a few peaceful days in Liang Country.

With his protection as the "Peach Blossom God," the entire nation enjoyed peace.

Not only was there no war, but natural disasters like the Golden Evil Annihilation Wind, Earth Orifice True Fire, Five Evil Poison Mists, and Yin Fire Poisonous Sludge—all common calamities on the mainland of the Search God Realm—were nullified by Tao Buddha's son's spells before causing any harm.

Such a peaceful nation could be rightfully called a paradise.

For a time, Liang Country's appeal greatly increased.

Around it, people from Tang Country, Zhou Country, Ming Country, and other nations of the Human Clan began migrating here with their families.

Upon verifying the rumors to be true, the Peach Blossom God, this divine-demon, gained great fame on the continent of Ten Thousand Gods.

As the influx of foreigners surged, the growth of the Divination Worm accelerated, revealing more secrets and information for Tao Qian to know.

"In the Search God Realm, across the vast expanse, there are altogether eighteen nations of varying sizes."

"Countries like Liang are considered medium-sized."

"Smaller ones include Han and Zheng, with territories only as large as Langya County within Liang; they were long ago governed by powerful divine-demons."

"And countries like Zhou, Tang, Song, Yuan... about six or seven truly large nations remain contested by many divine-demons, with numerous Daoist lineage inheritors emerging, and traces of Secret Demon Child appearing frequently, even a few known figures have already surfaced."

"In a while, expansion might be considered."

Tao Buddha's son, having mastered the Ten Thousand Refinement Spirit God, with aides like the Fish Basket Bodhisattva, acquiring treasures like the Plague God Umbrella and Heart-binding Rope, had many trump cards and naturally could not be satisfied with merely controlling Liang Country.

A century of time!

To listen, it seems quite long.

But without careful planning, it's uncertain if he can outcompete other Secret Demon Children.

If he fails the election, his past boasts would be exposed.

...

Tao Qian's thoughts were flawless, especially with the help of the Divination Worm, his confidence was immense.

Regrettably, he's currently in the Search God Realm.

This realm, capable of attracting many divine-demons from the Great Abyss, and causing many divine-demons to fail, is naturally not as simple as it appears.

What he experienced upon entering the realm was just a fragment, soon he would realize why this realm would completely collapse within a century, with all living beings perishing.

On this day, in the palace of Liang Country, the Empress Dowager's chambers. 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑛𝘰𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝒸𝑜𝘮

The beautiful youth into whom Tao Qian transformed lay unclothed on a bed of soft silk, resting his head on Ten Thousand Desires of Yin and Yang, embracing an Empress Dowager on each side, with a bold female general visible below, also in an unadorned state.

Such an enchanting scene was abruptly shattered by a celestial thunderbolt.

Liang Country?

No, the entire Search God Realm.

Only an eerie loud sound was heard, the heavens and earth trembled together, and all living beings inside the realm were startled awake.

Tao Qian also awoke, and soon felt a terrifying omen beyond words, as he furrowed his brow and was about to act.

In his mind, the frantic warnings from the Divination Worm transformed into scarlet blood-words, crashing down with a thunderous roar:

"The source of the Search God Realm has once again mutated, the world is damaged, and all living beings will suffer backlash."

"The Ten Catastrophes will descend, annihilating... half the life in the Search God Realm."

This was truly a bolt from the blue.

Even Tao Qian was considerably shocked.

In the Longevity Realm, he had experienced the "Human Dao Great Calamity" specifically targeting the Human Clan, yet even such a great calamity did not begin by declaring it would wipe out at least half of the Human Clan.

What further unsettled Tao Qian was the series of broken images the Divination Worm conveyed next:

It seemed quite far from Liang Country, a territory called "Wu Country."

This was a small country, consisting of about a few dozen counties, with a population of over a million.

Originally, wild gods and immoral sacrifices were widespread, but recently, an Outer Realm Demon known as the [Dragon Mother] subdued them, and a million people began to believe in the Dragon Mother, reciting the "Spiritual Desire Dragon Mother Scripture" all day, with great devotion.

This God Demon seems good upon hearing, but is actually of the evil demon kind, a God Demon that attained enlightenment through cultivating evil techniques.

Reciting the evil scripture passed down by Her leads to transformation into the clan.

When the time is right, they'll collectively ascend, merging into the Dragon Mother's wicked body.

Yet before that, She pretends to be a "Good God," granting many benefits to solidify belief.

Behold, the time for the Dragon Mother to reap is near.

A celestial calamity suddenly arrives, a scarlet storm filled with the scent of flesh descends upon Wu Country without warning.

Where this flesh storm passes, whether human clan or other devils, beasts, flying creatures, whatever possesses blood, all are completely devoured and absorbed into the storm.

No matter your cultivation level?

Useless!

Even a native clan leader specially transformed by the Dragon Mother, and the avatar descended by the Dragon Mother: a female True Dragon as mighty as a mountain, with a thousand heads, robust and plump.

Upon encountering the storm, only struggled for a few breaths before being scattered into dust, leaving not even a corpse.

In its final moments, wailed in unwillingness:

"Foul Search God Realm, how could it harm me like this."

"Just short by an hour today, I could have gone one step further, but now all is lost."

"Hate, I hate so much."

Tao Qian watched in horror, seeing others also bloodless and empty-handed, difficult not to feel for similar kin.

The Divination Worm, however, cares not of these things, privately conveying the observed secrets and subsequent predictions one by one:

"That scarlet flesh storm, named [Bone Melting Wind and Dew], is one of the ten calamities."

"Not created by the acquired, but born of heaven and earth."

"This calamity targets blood and flesh life, no matter how strong, as long as born of blood and flesh, unable to resist the world's might, is not exempt."

"Even the innate gods and demons' body falling into the Search God Realm, if enveloped by this storm, would also perish."

...

"Hiss"

Tao Qian shivered all over, an indelible fear appearing in his eyes.

His mind retained the image of Wu Country being entirely wiped out.

Indeed, not leaving a single one, not only men, women, old and young, up to a million, within the territory not even a dog, a bird, a worm… all dead clean.

Given the description of the Divination Worm, evidently even the newly refined [Ten Thousand Refinement Spirit God Dharma Body] shown by Tao Buddha's son, cannot survive such a disaster known as Bone Melting Wind and Dew.

In spite of this, Tao Qian could still see the scenes of other countries:

Various unimaginable disasters!

Various heart-wrenching, soul-crushing tragic sights!

Clearly!

Such a vast Search God Realm is undergoing unimaginable changes, instantly decaying and incomplete, wailing everywhere.

But at this moment, Tao Buddha's son doesn't have time to watch.

He hurriedly urged the Divination Worm to pass on the prediction regarding himself and Liang Country.

Before long, he got his wish.

Subsequently, his expression became extremely unpleasant.

"The ten calamities have respectively descended, now slaughtering all living beings inside the Search God Realm."

"Approximately in three breaths, Liang Country will suffer calamity."

"It should be a disaster called [Rebirth Heart Demon]."

"This calamity is extremely fierce, especially targeting the human clan, or life forms that have attained enlightenment."

"It is a bizarre celestial calamity born from the heart, upon descending, those affected immediately sever their vitality, perish on the spot, using their own life force to repair the Heavenly Dao's life force."

"Even those with profound Dao Heng and powerful cultivation, as long as the power cannot compare to the whole world of Search God Realm, cannot resist this calamity."

"Of Liang Country's ten million population, at least five million will 'Rebirth Heart Demon', and within an hour, all will perish."