Chapter 643: Eight Desolations Continent (Part 4)

The Old Human Sovereign really wanted to knock Bai Hongtu’s head hard.

Who’s your big brother?

“I won’t get angry, I mustn’t get angry.”

The Old Human Sovereign closed his eyes and began recalling the good times he had with Bai Hongtu to counteract his anger.

He remembered how Jiang Li and Bai Hongtu had tricked him together, how Jiang Li and Bai Hongtu had found unique solutions to pass his carefully prepared tests and tied for first place, how he had hung Jiang Li and Bai Hongtu up and beaten them, how…

The Old Human Sovereign realized he didn’t actually have any good memories with Bai Hongtu.

This brat was exactly like Jiang Li, with an unshakable Dao Heart that hadn’t changed in five hundred years, showing no respect for elders and infuriating people the moment they met.

Oh, he can’t see me.

That’s still not right, couldn’t he learn from Yu Yin?

Yu Yin cupped her hands respectfully and said politely, “Brother Ghost Officer, you’ve worked hard.”

The Old Human Sovereign: “…”

Jiang Li glanced at the Old Human Sovereign’s lip movements, and Bai Hongtu asked curiously, “What did Brother Ghost Officer say?”

“He told you to get lost.”

Bai Hongtu thought this ghost officer had quite the temper.

Commander Liu asked, “Since the Eight Desolations is a star world, does the Hall Master plan to take the ghost officers planet by planet to use the Book of Life and Death?”

Jiang Li shook his head, thinking this method would take too much time. When would they ever finish? “Too troublesome, I’ve thought of a better way.”

“What way?”

“Turn the Eight Desolations into a continent.”

After saying this, Jiang Li took a step forward, and boundless power surged from within him, filling the entire Eight Desolations world.

All the life-bearing planets were locked by his spiritual sense, whether they were native to the Eight Desolations or had been moved from other worlds.

Jiang Li said softly, his voice spreading throughout the Eight Desolations: “Open.”

His voice was gentle, but there was undeniable authority in his tone.

The life-bearing planets slowly unfolded like pieces of paper. The people on the planets only felt slight shaking, unaware of what was happening.

A Star Lord sensed something wrong and flew into space, nearly losing his balance and falling in shock.

His planet had actually transformed from a sphere into a flat surface.

“Did the Desolation Lord do this?” was the Star Lord’s first thought. If a Tribulation Transcendence Stage cultivator wanted to, they could also flatten a planet.

But he soon realized something was wrong – it wasn’t just his planet. All the other life-bearing planets had become continents.

He wasn’t an exception; the entire Eight Desolations was undergoing transformation.

This was something no Tribulation Transcendence Stage cultivator could accomplish, nor could Earthly Immortals or Celestial Immortals!

Jiang Li softly uttered a second word: “Come.”

Jiang Li crooked his finger, and all the life continents flew toward the Nine Provinces Continent.

“Merge.”

The life continents converged with each other, forming a massive ring-shaped continent, with the Nine Provinces Continent at the center of the ring.

To minimize disruption, after reforging the Eight Desolations, Jiang Li used star membranes to separate the various regions, preventing communication between them. He would gradually remove the star membranes after dealing with the damned cultivators and slowly help the Eight Desolations improve.

“See, isn’t this much simpler? With the Nine Provinces and Eight Desolations combined, it will be easier to provide targeted assistance in the future.”

“This teaches us that when encountering difficulties in life, we need to learn to change our perspective.” Jiang Li spoke earnestly, teaching everyone, feeling this matter had great educational value.

Everyone felt this wasn’t really about changing perspective.

The Old Human Sovereign was also shocked. This was the first time he had witnessed such a scene – nearly ten thousand planets all unfolded and pieced together into a new continent, like ancient myths coming to life.

Ancient myths mentioned that immortals had once refined stars into continents to unify the world, but nothing as exaggerated as what Jiang Li had done.

The Nine Provinces Continent was the largest continent outside the Immortal Realm, and the newly created Eight Desolations was much larger than the Nine Provinces Continent!

“The newly created Eight Desolations can be called the Eight Desolations Continent.”

“Now we can properly see how many damned cultivators are in these Eight Desolations.”

Jiang Li asked the Old Human Sovereign to use the Book of Life and Death, a glint of killing intent in the corner of his eyes, showing no intention of being merciful.

Everyone wanted to know the results and chose to follow Jiang Li.

The Old Human Sovereign activated the Book of Life and Death, which emitted a gray light that scanned one area.

Soon, the Book of Life and Death displayed countless names and their information.

The Old Human Sovereign transmitted the Book of Life and Death’s information to Jiang Li through spiritual sense.

Jiang Li made a brief summary: “In this area, there’s one Unity Stage cultivator who has invaded sixty-two worlds and over eight hundred planets. To refine spiritual treasures, he performed blood sacrifices on 2.8 billion people in batches.”

“There are three Spirit Transformation Stage cultivators, each having invaded at least eight planets and killed fifty million people.”

“Over sixty percent of Nascent Soul Stage cultivators have exterminated entire families. Over fifty percent have performed blood sacrifices on mortals more than twenty times. Over thirty percent believe in ‘like supplements like’ and thus consume infants raw…”

“Over eighty percent of Core Formation Stage cultivators have invaded other worlds. Over seventy percent have killed for treasure. Over sixty percent have harmed fellow disciples…”

“Foundation Establishment Stage…”

“Qi Refining Stage…”

Qi Refining Stage cultivators were either servants or outer sect disciples. Among these people, there were also many cultivators who would assassinate others to enhance their cultivation and improve their realms.

What everyone had said before was correct – if you killed nine out of ten, there would still be some who escaped.

“Not all of them deserve death. Some cultivators have impure hearts and enjoy petty theft. While they are guilty, they don’t deserve death and can be corrected. Some cultivators killed in self-defense, such as when someone harassed their wives and daughters, so they killed in response – this is not a crime.”

“Some cultivators used excessive self-defense. While they killed, it didn’t reach the level of a capital crime.”

“There are also people who still retain goodness, unwilling to follow the crowd into corruption, maintaining their original hearts.”

The Old Human Sovereign scanned other areas and reported the results to Jiang Li.

After collecting considerable data, Jiang Li reached a general conclusion.

“Overall, according to the Underworld’s standards, killing thirty percent of Qi Refining Stage, sixty percent of Foundation Establishment Stage, ninety percent of Core Formation Stage, ninety-eight percent of Nascent Soul Stage, and all Spirit Transformation and Unity Stage cultivators would earn hidden virtue and be considered a good deed.”

“As for mortals, mortals have their own laws. We don’t need to judge them by other standards.”

Among mortals, there were also class divisions, with many who deserved death. They used their power to kill, set fires, forcibly take common women, evade the law, becoming outlaws. Countless people had their families destroyed because of them.

Jiang Li could predict that if mortals weren’t managed, when they also came into contact with the Spiritual Energy Diagram and became Qi Refining Stage mortals, conflicts would inevitably erupt.

Those who had suffered injustice would assassinate the outlaws, and entire nations would descend into chaos.

Although mortal laws tended to favor rulers and had many unfair aspects, they didn’t stipulate that killing wasn’t a crime. Otherwise, those outlaws wouldn’t be using power to evade the law but would simply ignore it entirely.

The Old Human Sovereign had never seen such a depraved world either. In the Underworld, he managed the Human Reincarnation Path and only encountered souls who had hidden virtue.

He had never seen anything like the Eight Desolations, where most cultivators didn’t have even a speck of hidden virtue.