Chapter 1464: Seizing the Merit Ledger Wall
While Zhang Ruochen was breaking the time formation and space formation, every day, large numbers of saints from the Seven Shatuo Worlds arrived at the Giant Whale River Basin.
Below the sacred mountain where the Merit Ledger Wall was located, the gathered army of saints grew increasingly numerous.
It took a full ten days for Zhang Ruochen to break through a large number of Time Imprints and Space Inscriptions, leaving only a few dozen zhang from the mountaintop.
During these ten days, Zhang Ruochen had also refined another five thousand drops of Condensed True Saint Dew, just a step away from the late True Saint realm.
Below the sacred mountain, however, restlessness had begun to stir. The saints of the Seven Worlds seemed ready to storm the mountaintop at any moment.
The Rakshasa Princess sneered inwardly, seeing this as an opportunity to weaken the Seven Shatuo Worlds, letting them slaughter each other, and then, with the Rakshasa Clan’s army, annihilate them all.
Zhang Ruochen naturally noticed the saints of the Seven Worlds, realizing they were growing impatient. Once the time formation and space formation were completely broken, a bloody battle would be unavoidable.
However, the Rakshasa Clan’s marquis army was stationed on the southern side of the sacred mountain and could arrive in an instant.
“The leaders of the Seven Worlds must be troubled too. If they don’t compete, the Merit Ledger Wall will be taken by another world. If they do compete, they risk a sneak attack from the Rakshasa Clan,” Zhang Ruochen thought to himself.
Zhang Ruochen stopped and used his spiritual power to send a message to Su Qingling and Bu Ji: “You two, return immediately to the Guanghan Realm saint army’s camp.”
The Rakshasa Princess, following behind Zhang Ruochen, intercepted his spiritual power. Just as she was analyzing Zhang Ruochen’s intentions, she sensed a slight tremor in space.
Zhang Ruochen’s figure vanished from the spot.
The next moment, Zhang Ruochen charged into the partially broken time formation. His figure flickered four times in succession, reaching the base of the Merit Ledger Wall.
The Rakshasa Princess saw through Zhang Ruochen’s plan, and a sharp light surged in her eyes: “This guy…”
The wall of the Merit Ledger Wall was thirty-three zhang tall, translucent and crystalline, as if carved from sacred jade, yet it contained a mysterious power connected to the rules of heaven and earth.
Great Demon Ten Directions World.
Eight Divisions World.
Purple Mansion World.
Blade Prison World.
Heavenly Mother World.
Kunlun Realm.
Guanghan Realm.
The Seven Worlds were listed from top to bottom, each with a number representing its merit value. The Great Demon Ten Directions World had the most merit points, while Guanghan Realm had the least.
The four Merit Ledger Walls of the Ancestral Spirit Realm were not independent of each other but were strongly connected.
If merit points were exchanged at the Western World’s Merit Ledger Wall, the other three walls would also display the data and rankings.
Of course, the other three Merit Ledger Walls had already been destroyed, leaving only this one to exchange merit points.
Zhang Ruochen grabbed the Merit Ledger Wall with both hands and let out a loud roar. A powerful force erupted from his body, forming a spiraling air current.
“Rise.”
The Merit Ledger Wall was slowly lifted by Zhang Ruochen, then he stored it into his Space Ring.
Zhang Ruochen used Spatial Displacement again, charging out of the time formation, standing on the mountainside, and then using Great Space Teleportation to vanish from the spot.
The saints of the Seven Worlds were all momentarily stunned. By the time they reacted, Zhang Ruochen had already taken the Merit Ledger Wall.
“What’s going on? The time formation hasn’t been fully broken yet, and Zhang Ruochen has already taken the Merit Ledger Wall?”
“Is Zhang Ruochen trying to monopolize the Merit Ledger Wall?”
“Zhang Ruochen went deep into the ninety-nine sacred mountains. Chase him! We must retrieve the Merit Ledger Wall!”
“Kill Zhang Ruochen! This saint has long found him unbearable.”
…
Even Wu Hao and Wen Shusheng of Guanghan Realm showed strange expressions. Hadn’t they already negotiated with the “Flame Demon Consort” for the two worlds to cooperate and share the Merit Ledger Wall?
What did Zhang Ruochen mean by this?
Did he think that Guanghan Realm alone could guard the Merit Ledger Wall?
Since Zhang Ruochen had already fled, Wu Hao and Wen Shusheng had no choice but to lead the Guanghan Realm saints in pursuit, hoping to rendezvous with him as soon as possible.
Zhang Ruochen didn’t teleport very far before he was intercepted by a spatial force within the ninety-nine sacred mountains, crashing to the ground.
He had left the sacred mountain where the Merit Ledger Wall was located and entered a very primitive dense forest, surrounded by ancient maple trees as hard as iron, their trunks thicker than millstones.
Opening his Heavenly Eye, Zhang Ruochen saw that the forest was scattered with Space Inscriptions, some carved on the ancient maple trees, others on the rocks beneath the ground.
It was a chaotic spatial zone.
“I’ll probably need to cross this dense forest to reach the deepest thirty-three sacred mountains,” Zhang Ruochen analyzed silently.
Suddenly, a spatial fluctuation appeared behind him.
Then, the Rakshasa Princess’s alluring figure materialized, about twenty zhang away from Zhang Ruochen.
Zhang Ruochen’s eyes narrowed, and phantom images of a divine bird appeared on his legs. He burst into speed, charging deeper into the forest.
The Rakshasa Princess was momentarily stunned, then immediately turned into a green shadow chasing after him, shouting, “Zhang Ruochen, we’re allies! Why are you avoiding me? Are you afraid I’ll snatch the Merit Ledger Wall?”
“That’s not out of the question,” Zhang Ruochen said.
The Rakshasa Princess had no interest in the Merit Ledger Wall, but she couldn’t show it, leaving her both angry and frustrated.
Originally, she had planned to use the battle over the Merit Ledger Wall to weaken the Seven Worlds. But Zhang Ruochen saw through this and, at the cost of his own lifespan, took the wall alone, disrupting her plan.
Now, Zhang Ruochen, wanting to monopolize the Merit Ledger Wall, had even started to guard against her.
The Rakshasa Princess, however, wanted to use Zhang Ruochen to help her break through the final stretch to the Phoenix Nest, so she couldn’t let him go, nor did she want to become his enemy now.
“You can’t guard the Merit Ledger Wall alone. Cooperate with our Great Demon Ten Directions World, and I guarantee Guanghan Realm will become second in the Saint Merit War. What do you say?” the Rakshasa Princess said.
If not for the Moon God’s orders, Zhang Ruochen might have actually cooperated with the Rakshasa Princess. After all, with Guanghan Realm’s strength, achieving second place in the Saint Merit War would be quite impressive.
But Zhang Ruochen’s mission was to achieve first place in the Saint Merit War.
“Sorry, Demon Consort, our cooperation ends here,” Zhang Ruochen said.
The Rakshasa Princess’s brows furrowed, and she grew even angrier.
Since childhood, she had been the one to toy with others, never the other way around.
“Name your conditions. Just don’t abandon me,” the Rakshasa Princess said pitifully, her demeanor so convincing that an outsider might think she was a lovesick woman chasing a heartless man.
“Don’t say that, Demon Consort. If outsiders hear, they might think there’s something special between us.”
“Isn’t there?”
“Heh.”
Zhang Ruochen had seen the Rakshasa Princess’s cunning before. In the past, since he had nothing she coveted, cooperation was fine.
But now, the Merit Ledger Wall was too important to risk. If he continued cooperating with her and she attacked him by surprise, Zhang Ruochen had no confidence in protecting the wall.
Previously, Zhang Ruochen’s speed was indeed inferior to the Rakshasa Princess’s.
But now, with his greatly improved cultivation, his speed was nearly on par with hers.
This dense forest was filled with Space Inscriptions, making the spatial structure extremely chaotic. Chasing someone was nearly impossible. After half an hour, Zhang Ruochen completely shook off the Rakshasa Princess.
“The Flame Demon Consort is truly a troublesome opponent. Compared to her, the other realm sons are far inferior.”
Suddenly, a wave of weakness surged from deep within his body.
This was the side effect of massive lifespan loss.
To retrieve the Merit Ledger Wall early, Zhang Ruochen had lost nearly a hundred years of lifespan in the time formation, paying a heavy price.
Zhang Ruochen took out a sacred medicine, refined it into droplets, and swallowed them.
Immediately, his body was enveloped in sacred light. The weakness gradually faded, and his spirit, energy, and stamina recovered.
From his Space Ring, he took out the Merit Ledger Wall and carefully examined the merit values.
Great Demon Ten Directions World: 154,603,500 merit points.
Eight Divisions World: 84,735,420 merit points.
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Kunlun Realm: 29,747,300 merit points.
Guanghan Realm: 27,753,000 merit points.
Zhang Ruochen smiled, “A whole month, and they’ve only gathered this many merit points? Many saints probably haven’t found the Merit Ledger Wall yet, holding Rakshasa blood and remnant souls without exchanging them for merit points.”
“Kunlun Realm is quite impressive. With only half the saints of Guanghan Realm, they’ve surpassed Guanghan in merit points.”
But after thinking it over, Zhang Ruochen found it normal.
Kunlun Realm still had many formidable figures, with strength comparable to Half-Saint Kings, even able to contend with realm sons, such as Wan Zhaoyi, Chu Siyuan, and the Nine Nether Sword Saint…
“First, exchange the Rakshasa blood and remnant souls for merit points.”
Without further thought, Zhang Ruochen took out all the bottles containing Rakshasa blood and remnant souls.
“Whoosh—”
The Merit Ledger Wall sensed the presence of the Rakshasa blood and remnant souls and immediately emitted a dazzling sacred light, enveloping all the bottles.
The blood and remnant souls in the bottles flew continuously into the wall.
Guanghan Realm’s merit points began to skyrocket, quickly surpassing thirty million and heading toward forty million.
Remember, even the weakest ninth-rank Rakshasa marquis could be exchanged for a thousand merit points. The strongest first-rank Rakshasa marquis could be exchanged for a hundred thousand merit points.
Zhang Ruochen had collected over three thousand drops of Rakshasa marquis blood.
He had also collected over three thousand strands of Rakshasa marquis remnant souls.
In addition, there was a large amount of blood and remnant souls from Rakshasa counts and viscounts. Adding it all up, the number of merit points was absolutely terrifying.
Zhang Ruochen’s solo seizure of the Merit Ledger Wall also caused a huge stir in the Heavenly Court.
“Is that divine envoy of Guanghan Realm crazy? Does he think he alone can guard the Merit Ledger Wall without being blown to pieces?”
“Even with all the saints of Guanghan Realm, they can’t protect the Merit Ledger Wall.”
“Look! Guanghan Realm’s merit points are going crazy! They’ve already exceeded fifty million, jumping from last place to fourth. And… they’re still rising.”
Each of the Seven Shatuo Worlds had a Merit Ledger Wall that could display the merit values and rankings of the Seven Worlds in real time.
At this moment, the areas below the seven Merit Ledger Walls were packed with crowds. Not only half-saints from the Seven Worlds, but even some Great Saints from the Seven Worlds had gathered around.
There was no other way—Guanghan Realm’s merit points were rising too abnormally.