Chapter 260: Chapter 259: Abhorred by Heaven, Fertility Divinity

The Ghostly Flood Dragon.

Su Ye’s Divine Sense stirred as he monitored the Blood Flame Furnace.

Inside the Blood Flame Furnace, the Fertile Divine Abomination was struggling in agony, howling ceaselessly!

It tried to bombard the walls of the Blood Flame Furnace and escape, but unfortunately... the Ghostly Flood Dragon was a quasi-Tier Four vessel, and it had the ship spirit Jiaojiao and the Array Master Su Ye presiding from its core.

The defensive wards were incomparably sturdy.

Besides, the Fertile Divine Abomination’s cultivation had only just recovered to the Tier Three Mid Stage. It was nowhere near powerful enough to break through the Blood Flame Furnace!

So, this monster, with its terrifyingly tenacious life force, could only repeat a painful cycle within the Blood Flame Furnace: burn, regenerate, burn, regenerate...

Its flesh and blood were eroded and dissolved, only to rapidly regenerate!

Destruction and rebirth, two diametrically opposed forces, waged a war upon its body!

Su Ye watched, clucking his tongue in amazement.

’As expected of a Fertile Divine Abomination...’

This regenerative power could only be described as terrifying!

Su Ye felt a bit of relief. ’I’m glad I was decisive and went for a swift victory!’

If he had given this abomination enough time to devour the Blood Sacrifice Elixir and recover to its peak... no, even if it had just recovered to the Tier Three Late Stage.

Given its nature as a divine abomination, its combat strength would have approached the quasi-Tier Four level.

Killing it then would have been an incredibly troublesome affair...

Of course, there were no ’what ifs’ in the world!

The established fact was that the Fertile Divine Abomination had been utterly defeated, sealed in the Blood Flame Furnace to enjoy some "central heating"!

’To be honest, this gives me a strong sense of déjà vu.’

’But what a pity...’

’It looks like you won’t be developing any Eyes of Golden Flame... and you don’t have a little sister telling you to ’live on’ with her dying breath, do you?’

’So, just die in peace!’

Su Ye shrugged.

A bloodthirsty glint appeared in his eyes.

"Jiaojiao, increase the firepower!"

"Roger!"

"Don’t worry, Master!"

Jiaojiao flashed a small canine tooth and gave a thumbs-up, full of fighting spirit!

What happened next was quite simple.

Even though this Fertile Divine Abomination possessed divinity, it had been sealed for over three hundred years.

Three hundred years with its Spiritual Qi cut off and no sustenance whatsoever!

Even hibernating in a state of suspended animation had caused the energy it had accumulated to be completely depleted. It was running on empty.

Its cultivation realm had even fallen from the ’Fourth Tier’ to the ’Third Tier’!

It had regressed an entire major realm!

Even though the Aino Royal Family had spent the last two years creating the Blood Sacrifice Elixir under the pretext of a sacred martial tournament.

But in the end... it was too short a time.

Moreover, it had used most of the Blood Sacrifice Elixir just to restore its cultivation realm.

Therefore... this Fertile Divine Abomination’s reserves for regeneration were clearly insufficient!

By the twelfth breath in the Blood Flame Furnace.

The speed of the blood flames’ incineration surpassed its regeneration.

By the thirty-seventh breath, its limbs were incinerated and stopped regenerating.

By the sixty-second breath, its torso was mangled, exposing its internal organs.

By the eighty-fifth breath, only its head remained, and it was on the verge of death.

By the ninety-fourth breath, the Fertile Divine Abomination.

—Was declared dead!

This monster, which had lived long enough and suffered enough, entered eternal sleep!

"Phew..." Su Ye took a deep breath, sensing his World Rejection Level.

’Please, don’t be too high...’

[World Rejection Level: 0.5%]

[Estimated Dissipation Time: 60 hours]

"Huh?"

He was a little surprised.

’It’s that low?’

’This was a former Tier Four existence. How could the World Rejection Level gained from killing it be only 0.5%?’

’That’s only equivalent to five Tier Two beings?!’

Su Ye was stunned.

Before killing the Fertile Divine Abomination, he had been prepared for his [Rejection Level] to break 10%.

’But now, the penalty is this light?’

’Did Jiaojiao share the burden for me? No...’ Su Ye checked on Jiaojiao.

The Celestial Dao wasn’t that easy to fool. His bonded spirit vessel shared his fate and his Rejection Level. Even targets killed by his cursed crew would be counted against him.

But... the Rejection Level was indeed very low.

’Why is that...?’ Su Ye’s mind stirred.

He released his spiritual sense to perceive the Celestial Dao. After a long while, a strange expression appeared on his face.

Su Ye had a faint feeling... If he weren’t an outsider, naturally rejected by the Far South Continent... he might have actually gained the favor of the Celestial Dao for killing the Fertile Divine Abomination?

"Ha?"

’A divine abomination... Is the "abomination" part truly fitting?’

’Even their own world despises them... What pitiful, heaven-cursed beings.’

Su Ye shook his head and chuckled in spite of himself.

Regardless, a low increase in his World Rejection Level was a good thing.

This level of increase was acceptable; he just had to wait for it to dissipate.

He could continue to stay in the Far South Continent and explore at his leisure for a long time to come!

Next up was looting the spoils of war!

Su Ye felt a sense of anticipation.

...

BZZZT.

A dozen or so breaths later.

Inside the Blood Flame Furnace, the high-temperature blood flames gradually died down and cooled.

Su Ye could see clearly.

After all the flesh, bones, and skin of the Fertile Divine Abomination had been refined by the blood flames... one thing still remained within the Blood Flame Furnace!

"Divinity!" Su Ye’s eyes lit up.

Jiaojiao maneuvered the ship, teleporting the relic from within the Blood Flame Furnace onto the deck.

BZZZT.

A crystalline object, verdant green like fresh bamboo and golden yellow like ears of wheat. The green and yellow hues flowed within it.

It floated and rotated of its own accord, without any external force, just like a celestial body!

Su Ye was very familiar with this.

"Divinity... or rather, a God Seed!"

A certain thrumming sensation pulsed from his heart.

At that moment, Su Ye understood something instinctively, without needing to be taught.

’If I refine this condensed divinity, it will transform into a God Seed!’

But...

A hint of hesitation surfaced in Su Ye’s mind.

On this Fertile God Seed, besides the green and yellow colors, there was also a faint layer of bloody light, and even a pitch-black aura!

Su Ye’s brow furrowed. This bloody light was the complete opposite of the bloody light emitted by [Soul-Chasing Life-Taker].

The latter’s glow was pure and harmonious... but the light from this Fertile God Seed was turbid and foul, filled with a repulsive aura.

’The sin of blood sacrifice, the resentment of living beings...’

’There are far too many impurities, and they’re bone-deep, difficult to remove...’

Su Ye frowned slightly.

Hesitation welled up in his heart.

’Can I really absorb a divinity like this?’ 𝒻𝘳ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝒷𝘯ℴ𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝑐ℴ𝑚

Even for Demon Dao cultivators, the top-tier Cultivation Techniques emphasize purity and harmony... Externally refined blood sacrifices and living souls are mostly applied to external objects like Magical Artifacts, Corpse Refinements, or malevolent ghosts, not absorbed by the cultivator themselves.

’So... what should I do?’

Su Ye used his Magical Power to pull the Fertile God Seed toward him, toying with it in his fingers.

A thought surfaced in his mind.

’Should I find a guinea pig to test it on?’

And just as Su Ye was pondering this,

a panel of information suddenly lit up.

[Unclaimed Power of Rules detected]

[...Analyzing...]

[Analysis Successful]

[Fertility Divinity (Tainted)]

[Compatibility: 32 (Low)]

[The following options are available:]

[1. Purify (Consume EXP to remove taints and impurities)]

[2. Decompose (Consume EXP to break it down into pure Power of Rules, which can be absorbed by other Seeds of Rules or stored in the panel)]