The Decaying World

WHOOSH!

The next instant, Leiming’s form unexpectedly began to rapidly expand under the empowerment of the True Body Seal. His already terrifying, piercing halo of light grew even more dazzling and searing. Faint arcs of white electricity could even be seen crackling within it.

HUMMM!

Suddenly, a terrifying ring of pressure erupted from Leiming, spreading out in all directions.

The aura of the halo around him skyrocketed from Greater Divine Power to an unknowable Realm.

It rose to a height that even the strongest Great Lords present could not fathom.

"This... This is...!?" Old Third Huangque quickly raised a hand, releasing a fiery red barrier to help shield the others from the explosion of Leiming’s aura.

"A leap in Divine Power!?"

"Was it the Secret Technique or the Dharma Seal!?" Divine Sound asked intently.

"I’m not sure. But the Eye of Life only increases recovery. It couldn’t possibly cause such a massive change. It must be... the Dharma Seal..." Cloud Cleansing said in shock.

Among all the gods present, he was the one who knew best. Big Brother Leiming had been stuck at the level of Greater Divine Power for many years, unable to break through. Now, with the help of the Dharma Seal, he had crossed the threshold in one fell swoop and entered a new stage.

This undoubtedly served as a powerful reassurance to all the gods present.

After a long moment, Leiming retracted his halo of light, and his form returned to its previous size.

He stood his ground and bowed deeply to Lin Hui.

"The Daoist Master’s ability and virtue are beyond words."

"From this day forward, seeing the Daoist Master within the Divine Palace is the same as seeing me!" Leiming solemnly swore.

Lin Hui smiled and returned the gesture.

’He knew very well that from the moment Leiming successfully broke through, the group from the Zhenlong Divine Palace was now completely tied to his ship.’

Over the next few days, he went nowhere. He remained in the Divine Palace, continuously bestowing Seals and teaching the Secret Techniques to the descendants of the Fog Spirits.

The core of his teachings was the True Body Seal, supplemented by the Eye of Life. The combination of the two greatly increased the recovery and physical constitution of the Fog Spirit descendants.

Some Fog Spirit descendants, whose original forms prioritized constitution, received a huge boost from the enhancement of the Righteous Body.

At a minimum, they rose by one rank, for instance, from the lowest Feeble Divine Power directly to Weak Divine Power.

The best of them rose by two ranks. One lucky individual skyrocketed directly from Feeble Divine Power to Medium Divine Power, becoming a terrifying existence on par with the four Great Lords from before.

As the Dharma Seals and Secret Techniques were taught one by one, the power and influence of the Zhenlong Divine Palace expanded at a terrifying rate.

「Nine days later...」

When the last of the Fog Spirits had finished receiving their Seal, the teaching of the techniques finally came to an end.

Nearly all the Fog Spirit descendants from the surrounding area had rushed to the Divine Palace to receive the teachings.

Although more Fog Spirits from farther away were still arriving in a steady stream, Lin Hui couldn’t just wait there for them forever.

It was enough that the strongest few had completed the process.

Within the Zhenlong Divine Palace now, the strongest was naturally the newly ascended Great Lord Leiming. The most inscrutable, however, was that nameless old man of the white deer.

The old man called himself Fan Yuntian. Throughout the entire process, he had been like a bystander. Except for a flicker of shock on his face when he received the technique and Seal, he always wore a placid, smiling expression.

Besides these two, the other three Great Lords, after receiving the techniques, all ascended to the level of Greater Divine Power.

As for Fog Spirits with Medium Divine Power, their numbers swelled to thirty-four in one fell swoop—an increase of more than fifty percent.

The number of those with Weak Divine Power more than tripled, while the remaining Feeble Divine Powers and other descendants numbered in the hundreds.

This exaggerated number was just a portion of the divine factions in the Jade Sea region near the Black Cloud. It finally made Lin Hui understand why a city district as powerful as Black Cloud could only hold onto its own territory, unable to expand further.

The rapid expansion of the Zhenlong Divine Palace was entirely due to the temporary influx of Fog Spirit descendants attracted by the Secret Techniques.

And so, nine days later, some Fog Spirits who believed they had adapted to and mastered the Secret Techniques, upon discovering that Lin Hui was not teaching any new ones, finally began to entertain the idea of leaving.

And it was this small alliance of sixteen Fog Spirits that, less than two hours after quietly leaving the Divine Palace, swiftly returned to block its main gate.

"Tell Lin Hui to get his ass out here and talk!"

"Why did the Secret Technique and Dharma Seal suddenly stop working!? You have to give us an explanation!"

"All that pretty talk before, and it turns out you’re just a fraud! So the so-called Secret Techniques and Dharma Seals were just a trick to gain our trust!? Get out here, Lin Hui!!"

Several bizarrely-shaped Fog Spirits used their Heart and Spirit to vibrate the seawater outside the palace gates. The tremors even caused some of the fish-headed, human-bodied believers worshiping in the distance to vomit blood and fall unconscious.

The next moment, an immense and terrifyingly oppressive Heart and Spirit swept over the troublemaking Fog Spirits.

"So many other Fog Spirits are fine. Why is it that only yours have failed?"

"...What’s so hard to understand? That Lin Hui must have secretly tampered with the techniques when he taught them. The moment we stop obeying his control, he activates his little trick and shuts off the Secret Technique. Great Lord, why don’t you think about it? What if, at a critical moment, we were fighting an external enemy, and the Secret Technique was suddenly shut off? Think of the consequences..." the leading dragon-headed Fog Spirit said coldly.

"The malice in that man, Lin, is simply indescribable! It’s a good thing we discovered this early! We implore the four Great Lords to inflict divine punishment upon him!"

At that moment, inside the Divine Palace, the four Great Lords, the white deer Fan Yuntian, and Lin Hui were discussing the situation with the other divine factions in the area when they suddenly heard the commotion from the Fog Spirits outside. Leiming’s Heart and Spirit swept out, made an inquiry, and then quickly retracted.

At such a short distance, all the gods present naturally heard their exchange.

At that moment, the gazes of all the gods once again fell upon Lin Hui.

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