2073 Faith
"Power of faith…"
Su Zimo murmured softly.
As he had expected, the God's Crown was not from the lower worlds.
The milky-white light that flowed out from the eight gems on the crown was a unique and mysterious power of the God race, the power of faith.
The reason why the God race conquered other minor chiliocosms continuously was because the more worlds they ruled and the more living beings submitted to the God race, the greater the power of faith they could obtain.
It could be said that the God's Crown contained the power of faith of all living beings under the rule of the God race.
When Su Zimo faced the God's Crown, he was not faced with a Dharmic treasure or a person. Instead, he was faced with endless living beings that believed in and revered the God race!
It was an unimaginable power.
It was precisely because of that unique and majestic power of faith that the God Emperor managed to escape death twice. That was also the reason why the Karmic Flames could be extinguished and the six Fate Rings were shaken.
Almost all the cultivation techniques of the God race required the physique and bloodline of the God race to cultivate.
Although Su Zimo obtained some cultivation techniques and secret skills of the God race from the memories of the God Emperor, he could not cultivate them. It was useless even if he fused them into the Martial Dao Furnace.
Su Zimo closed his eyes and stood quietly, releasing his spirit consciousness to scan God's Ground once more.
"Mmm?"
A moment later, Su Zimo suddenly opened his eyes with a look of surprise.
He had discovered a complete Essence Spirit Stone mine in this God's Ground!
This world had existed for a long time and an expert of the upper world might have died here countless years ago.
His corpse was buried here. As time passed by, it gradually rotted and petrified. Essence Qi spread and gradually formed a mine.
Although there had always been Black Gods cultivating here, without a Taboo Mystic Classic, one had to reach the Earth Essence realm if they wanted to use Essence Spirit Stones to cultivate.
Because the Essence Qi in God's Ground was thin, the Black Gods here had no chance of cultivating to the Earth Essence realm.
That way, the mine could be preserved completely.
This mine was useless to the other living beings of the lower worlds.
However, for the Martial Dao Prime Body, it was undoubtedly a timely help.
He had long exhausted the Essence Spirit Stones left behind by the experts of the upper world back then. Right now, he could only cultivate by smelting King Yun You's Dao Fruit.
However, the Dao Fruit was condensed from the lifetime of a Perfected Immortal after all.
No matter how ferocious the Martial Dao Furnace was, it was extremely difficult to refine a Perfected Immortal Dao Fruit.
Therefore, the cultivation speed of the Martial Dao Prime Body gradually slowed down as well.
Right now, obtaining this complete Essence Spirit Mine was way too important to him!
Su Zimo did not hesitate. With a wave of his hand, he dug out the Essence Spirit Mine deep underground and placed it into the Martial Dao Furnace!
In his body, the Martial Spirit Fire, Dragon Phoenix Fire, Tribulation Fire and Red Lotus Karmic Fire were constantly refining his body.
After throwing the Essence Spirit Mine in, he did not have to cultivate intentionally and the Martial Dao Furnace could gradually refine the complete Essence Spirit Mine.
After lingering in God's Ground for a while and discovering nothing else, Su Zimo left this world.
Immediately after, he released a secret skill and sealed God's Ground completely!
Unless there was a descendant of the God race who could surpass his strength, this secret ground would never be reopened!
The fire outside the Central Divine City had yet to extinguish.
There were flames everywhere on the battlefield.
The Central Divine City was already in ruins with only some debris left. It no longer had its majestic might as before.
The God race beings that survived did not leave.
All of them looked in the direction of God's Ground and prayed silently in anticipation.
When they saw Su Zimo walk out, the hope in the hearts of the God race beings was completely destroyed!
The appearance of the Martial Emperor meant the death of the God Emperor!
When Su Zimo reappeared on God's Mainland, the world fell into a long silence.
There was only fear and despair left in the hearts of every single God race being.
At that moment, they experienced the feeling of the living beings of Tianhuang Mainland against the God Emperor and the unstoppable God race army.
It was as though everything had come full circle.
Su Zimo stood on the clouds and looked down at the God race beneath his feet. With an indifferent expression, he said slowly, "Your gods are dead."
The expressions of many God race beings dimmed.
At that moment, the spirit, essence, will and pride of the God race collapsed.
The gods were dead.
The faith of the God race died as well.
They had lost.
The entire God's Mainland and all the God race beings that once conquered everywhere and were invincible were defeated by a single person.
They were completely defeated, trampled into the dust from the clouds!
From this day forth, even if the God race could rise once more, they would definitely not dare to take a single step into Tianhuang Mainland.
That figure had already become a nightmare for all the God race beings.
It would become an undeniable mark of fear in the depths of the hearts of all the God race beings!
When she saw that, the girl named Nian Qing on the dilapidated city wall had a sorrowful expression as well as tears streamed down her face.
This calamity of the God race could have been avoided.
More than 2,000 years ago, her master, the God Empress Nian Qi, foresaw this day.
"Who are you?"
Right then, a voice sounded in her ears.
Nian Qing looked up. Unknowingly, the Eternal Martial Emperor of Tianhuang Mainland had already arrived beside her and was looking at her quietly.
"Senior Martial Emperor, my name is Nian Qing,"
Nian Qing pulled up her sleeves hurriedly and wiped her tears. "My master is the God Empress Nian Qi."
"Nian Qing, Nian Qing…"
Su Zimo murmured softly, "Your master gave you that name, right?"
"Yes,"
Nian Qing nodded and handed over a golden page of paper with both hands. "Master said that if you kill your way to God's Mainland one day, I had to hand this golden paper to you."
Su Zimo received it and opened the folded golden paper.
"Young Master,"
When he saw those words, Su Zimo was a little dazed. The girl before him seemed to have transformed into Nian Qi and was standing beside him, calling softly.
"I hope that you will never have to see these messages."
"However, if by any misfortune you have to see them, it means that the God race did not heed my instructions. Young Master, please spare a bit of bloodline for the God race on account of our past relationship. I will be extremely grateful."
After reading it, Su Zimo rubbed his palm and the golden paper turned into dust, dissipating.
"Senior Martial Emperor?"
Nian Qing asked uneasily with a trembling voice.
Su Zimo said, "If you had taken it out earlier, so many of your clansmen might not have died."
Nian Qing lowered her head.
She wanted to take it out earlier as well. However, be it the High Priest or the God Emperor, they had never thought of begging for mercy. They only wanted to fight the Martial Emperor and even kill him!
Earlier on, she had already taken out the golden paper. However, the God Emperor deliberately provoked the Martial Emperor and lured him into God's Ground.
To think that not only would the God Emperor die, even the Black Gods in God's Ground would be implicated!
