Catastrophic necromancer

Chapter 3048: Only Heard Of, Never Experienced

The Ying stone that had just shown some movement crashed down again with a boom.

The Beast Emperor’s power was too strong. He could suppress the Outer God before, let alone now.

In Lin Moyu’s perception, the Outer God’s current realm was only around seventh-level Dao Venerable.

Moreover, it had no physical body. Even Lei Tian had the ability to kill it now.

But Lin Moyu was very curious about what form the Outer God existed in now.

It had no physical body, and what exploded earlier was its soul.

If even its soul had self-detonated, what had escaped?

As far as Lin Moyu knew, beyond the soul, only the true spirit remained.

The true spirit was the foundation of all living beings in the Origin Continent, the true core.

But what he sensed earlier didn’t seem to be the true spirit.

Lin Moyu wasn’t ashamed to ask, “Senior Beast Emperor, what exactly was it that escaped?”

The Beast Emperor said, “It was the God Spirit.”

Lin Moyu had never heard of the God Spirit and continued, “Please explain in detail.”

The Beast Emperor patiently explained, “The God Spirit is actually exactly the same as our true spirit.”

“You also know that after cultivating to the Other Shore realm, the soul can survive independently from the physical body. It doesn’t matter if the physical body is destroyed. With some time, it can be recovered.”

“The higher the realm, the less important the physical body becomes. As long as the soul remains, the physical body doesn’t matter.”

“After the soul becomes stronger, cultivators can sense the true core of the soul, which is the true spirit.”

“Once the true spirit is grasped by someone, it’s more terrifying than having one’s soul grasped. So every cultivator will hide their true spirit.”

“After reaching the Great Dao realm, as long as the true spirit isn’t destroyed, even if one falls, there’s hope of returning to the peak.”

“Outer Gods also have true spirits. Their true spirits are called God Spirits, but they’re actually the same thing.”

“The difference is that Outer Gods have some ability to manipulate their true spirits. Even if they fall, as long as their true spirit isn’t destroyed, their chance of recovery far exceeds ours.”

“Especially this special type of Outer God, which originally has no physical body. Its soul body can be seen as its physical body, and its true spirit as its soul.”

“It’s fortunate that Fellow Daoist Lin sensed the direction of the true spirit’s escape. Otherwise, it would have been another big trouble after thousands of years.”

After the Beast Emperor’s explanation, Lin Moyu finally understood the differences.

Cultivators of the Origin Continent can’t control their true spirits as freely as their souls and physical bodies. They can only make some crude changes.

After death, the true spirit will be taken away by the dao. Where it goes, whether it will reincarnate, is unknown.

However, the higher the realm, the stronger the true spirit. With the true spirit, there’s a certain chance of returning to the peak.

But Outer Gods can truly manipulate their true spirits.

As long as their true spirit isn’t destroyed, they have a chance to truly revive.

Especially for special types of Outer Gods without physical bodies, their control over the true spirit can be even stronger.

Lin Moyu thought to himself, “The physical body is solid, the soul is half virtual and half real, and the true spirit is virtual.”

“It seems that no matter what kind of living being, they can’t escape the virtual and real, yin and yang.”

Thinking back to the few Outer Gods he had killed before, their true spirits seemed to have been swallowed by the soul gem along with their souls.

If the Outer Gods hadn’t died, he wouldn’t have received dao rewards.

People can make mistakes, but the dao doesn’t.

However, the dao doesn’t feel disgust towards God Spirits, which increases the difficulty of finding them.

The Beast Emperor continued, “Killing the true spirit isn’t actually difficult. The difficulty is in how to discover them, how to catch them.”

“I have a feeling that Fellow Daoist Lin will kill more Outer Gods in the future and receive more dao rewards.”

Lin Moyu smiled, “That depends on luck.”

The Beast Emperor laughed heartily, “Fellow Daoist’s luck can’t be bad.”

That was natural. Since ancient times, those who controlled the Fate Dao have never had bad luck.

People with bad luck couldn’t possibly grasp the Fate Dao.

Lin Moyu actually understood another layer of meaning in the Beast Emperor’s words. He was telling Lin Moyu that he could obtain more dao rewards in the future, but this one he had snatched.

Lin Moyu originally didn’t intend to compete with the Beast Emperor for it. With so many people involved in this Outer God, how much dao reward could each person get? Lin Moyu didn’t care much for it.

Under the continuous bombardment of golden light, the huge ten-thousand-year-old Ying stone was completely ground to dust, not even leaving any debris.

When the ten-thousand-year-old Ying stone was completely crushed, Lin Moyu heard a soul-wrenching scream.

The Outer God was finally killed, leaving nothing behind.

The golden light receded. Where the high mountain once stood was now a deep pit whose bottom couldn’t be seen.

At the bottom of the pit, underground water was bubbling up.

The Beast Emperor said, “Fellow Daoist Lin, please confirm if it’s really dead.”

Lin Moyu nodded, flew into the pit, and carefully sensed for a while.

A few seconds later, he flew back, “Confirmed dead. Actually, there’s no need for such trouble. If it’s dead, dao rewards will descend.”

“We might make mistakes, but the dao won’t.”

The Beast Emperor chuckled, “It’s just lack of experience. Dao rewards have only been heard of, never experienced.”

Lin Moyu smiled, “Now you can think about it. Senior Beast Emperor, you can ask for any reward you want.”

“As long as it’s not too excessive, the dao rewards can fulfill it.”

The Beast Emperor nodded. He indeed needed to consider what reward he wanted.

Too many people were sharing the dao rewards this time. He wouldn’t get too much benefit.

Lin Moyu had already decided to use this dao reward to condense the last two dao patterns of second-level Dao Venerable, entering third-level Dao Venerable.

Although the dao reward was small, condensing two dao patterns shouldn’t be a problem.

Suddenly, a mysterious aura descended from the nine heavens.

Lin Moyu said, “The dao reward is here!”

The Beast Emperor and Lei Tian immediately showed excited expressions. They had never seen dao rewards before and could experience it firsthand this time.

Then, a faint light shone on Lei Tian.

The descent of dao rewards also had an order, based on the timing of contact with the Outer God.

Among the three, Lei Tian had the earliest contact with the Outer God.

Lei Tian had once intercepted the Outer God in the formation with several clan elders, which counted as some contribution, so he could receive some reward.

After Lei Tian, another aura descended, falling on the Beast Emperor.

The Beast Emperor also received dao rewards, and the dao rewards he received were much more than Lei Tian’s.

The Beast Emperor had made more contributions in the process of killing the Outer God, so naturally his rewards were greater.

After waiting a few more seconds, another aura descended, falling on Lin Moyu.

Lin Moyu was already prepared. The moment the dao reward descended, he began condensing dao patterns.

Lin Moyu found that this dao reward was indeed very small. The speed of condensing dao patterns wasn’t fast.

He had severely injured the Outer God and beaten it into heavy injuries, but he wasn’t the one who ultimately killed the Outer God.

If the dao reward was divided into five parts, he would get at most one-fifth, while the Beast Emperor would get two-fifths.

The remaining two-fifths belonged to the Lightning Purple-Striped Tiger clan.

One-fifth of the reward couldn’t do much. Just condensing dao patterns should be enough.

In Lin Moyu’s soul world, the fifty-third dao pattern was taking shape.

Suddenly, a beast-like roar came from outside the soul world.