Becoming an immortal against the will of heaven

“Report! Reporting to the King, a green-faced, fanged ghoul has appeared at the south wall of the capital city, and dozens of people have already died at its hands!”

“Report! Reporting to the King, a giant, two-headed wild boar, over ten zhang in height, has appeared at the north wall of the capital city! It smashed through the city wall and charged into the marketplace, devouring over a hundred people!”

“Report! Reporting to the King, scouts report that a large group of strange demonic beasts and green-faced ghouls have appeared three hundred li outside the west city wall, and are heading towards the capital city! The situation is critical, and we hope that the King will make a decision as soon as possible!”

At the same moment, within Li Yao's temporary palace, bad news poured in like snowflakes in the winter night, causing Li Yao to become anxious and pace back and forth in the main hall.

“Heavens, is this perhaps a punishment for me?”

Previously, Li Yao had only cared about indulging in pleasure and had no interest in state affairs. However, after Chen Tian's guidance, he had reformed and was determined to govern diligently.

Yet, only a few days later, so many strange things had suddenly happened within the Eastern Li Kingdom! First, there were ghouls eating people, and then demonic beasts invaded, causing widespread panic and turmoil.

Li Yao felt that this must be a punishment from heaven, a reprimand for the sins of his first half of life.

But the problem was that Li Yao had already turned over a new leaf. Why should he still bear this sin?

Overwhelmed with worry, Li Yao was extremely flustered, his mind racing, searching for a solution.

Li Yao wanted to ask Chen Tian for help, but Chen Tian had previously said that no one should disturb him without his permission, which made Li Yao feel apprehensive, so he dismissed the idea.

“No… No good! Your Majesty, the twenty-odd Tianjian Temple monks who went to suppress the demons and slay the monsters have all been killed by the evil ghost!”

At that moment, another servant ran over, tumbling and crawling, delivering bad news to Li Yao.

Upon hearing this, Li Yao felt like his head was about to explode. He knew that Tianjian Temple was the national temple of their Eastern Li Kingdom, and the monks inside were all great神通 people proficient in slaying demons and eliminating monsters. But now that even Tianjian Temple had fallen, Li Yao really didn't know what to do.

“Ghost… Ghost!”

Just as Li Yao was thinking so hard that his head was about to split, suddenly, another clamorous voice exploded in his ears. Shocked, he hurriedly looked up and saw a burly man with a hideous face, resembling a fierce ghost, slowly walking in from outside the hall. The guards struck him with their long sabers, but not only did they fail to leave any marks on his skin, but they shattered all of their weapons.

“It's over… It's over… It seems that even this place cannot be defended. My Eastern Li Kingdom is truly finished!”

Watching the burly man, who resembled a fierce ghost, slowly approach, Li Yao felt as if his heart had died, as if he had lost all hope.

“You… Don't… Be afraid… I… Am ordered by my master… To come… And protect you…”

However, when the burly man walked up to Li Yao, not only did he not harm him, but he said to him in a broken voice.

“Hmm?”

Under the protection of Jia Yan, the corpse puppets, and the Green-Eyed Viper, the originally turbulent Eastern Li Kingdom gradually stabilized and controlled the ghouls and demonic beasts outside the border, preventing them from advancing any further.

As for Chen Tian, with the protection of Jia Yan and the others, he finally didn't have to worry about it and could continue to cultivate in peace.

In fact, for thousands of years, countless cultivators had gone astray or had their Dao foundations destroyed, and died in anger when breaking through the Zhutian Realm because they were invaded by these powerful demonic beasts and ghouls.

After all, at this time, cultivators were at their weakest moment in their lives, and their bodies and primordial spirits were very tempting treasures for those ghouls and demonic beasts, which could cause them to launch a frantic attack.

So, with the slightest carelessness, what awaited them was only death and the dissipation of their Dao!

Of course, because Chen Tian had prepared for this, he seemed to be handling everything with ease and had taken care of everything properly.

Next, what Chen Tian had to do was to continue to condense the Spirit Infant, so that it would transform into a Immortal Infant, and only then could Chen Tian launch an attack on the Zhutian Realm in one fell swoop!

Thinking like this, Chen Tian didn't dare to relax at all. With a wave of his hand, the surrounding majestic spiritual power surged in again like seawater, madly pouring into the Spirit Infant he had just condensed.

Because the Spirit Infant was connected to Chen Tian's mind, Chen Tian's heart immediately felt a wonderful sensation when it was nourished by the spiritual power, as if he was immersed in a pool of immortal jade liquid, and every pore in his body was opened by extreme comfort.

Chen Tian could very clearly sense that as the surrounding thick spiritual power continued to pour in, his Spirit Infant was rapidly growing from its previous size of a few inches, and gradually, bursts of brilliant light were shining on the Spirit Infant.

At the same time, Chen Tian was even more surprised to find that along with the growth of the Spirit Infant, his cultivation had also climbed again, gradually approaching the Great Perfection of the Sea凝 Realm.

At this moment, Chen Tian was transforming his body and primordial spirit from the inside out.

However, although he had the help of vast spiritual power, the process of this transformation was still extremely slow. However, Chen Tian had a feeling that when his body and primordial spirit had completely transformed, it would be the time when he officially broke through the Zhutian Realm.

And now, what Chen Tian needed to do, in addition to absorbing spiritual power as much as possible, was to wait patiently, after all, this process was too long, and he couldn't rush it!

However, correspondingly, as Chen Tian's primordial spirit and cultivation became stronger, more and more ghouls and demonic beasts were attracted.

At this time, they were attacking the Eastern Li Kingdom like crazy, wanting to rush towards Chen Tian.

As time passed, a large number of ghouls and demonic beasts, like a tide, continued to pour into the Eastern Li Kingdom, and under such a powerful offensive, Jia Yan, the corpse puppets, and the Green-Eyed Viper gradually felt a little overwhelmed. They were scattered by the impact and gradually retreated!

Just as they were being forced to retreat step by step, a dazzling pillar of light suddenly rose from the palace of the Eastern Li Kingdom, piercing straight into the sky! Immediately afterwards, a terrifying pressure spread out from the palace, shaking the entire Eastern Li Kingdom and causing the earth to tremble!

And seeing such a strange phenomenon, whether it was the ghouls and demonic beasts, or Jia Yan and the others, were all shocked!