Chapter 42: Karma and cause and effect from heaven, the way of heaven appears, and merits melt away
"You..." Hongjun was furious and wanted to refute Di Qing, but he couldn't refute it at all. It was true that Di Qing taught the three methods of beheading, and it was true that many ancestors owed him favors.

Emperor Qing plundered the remaining spiritual treasures and resources of many ancestors. Although it sounded reasonable, Hongjun couldn't help but feel a little angry.

But now, Hongjun can't stop it at all. Di Qing has recovered a lot now, and he has nine great immortals and twelve ancestor witches around him. What can he do to stop it?

So Hongjun could only watch Di Qing plunder countless spiritual treasures left by the ancestors, as well as many treasures left by Luo Lian. In the end, Hongjun shook his head and smiled bitterly, then left. Out of sight, out of mind.

The Dragon Ancestor and the Phoenix Ancestor looked at each other, stunned at first, then signaled with their eyes, and the remaining cultivators of the two tribes, namely, the Scaled Armored Warriors and the Flying Birds, also began to divide up the remaining opportunities here.

Suddenly, the originally lost and frustrated scene turned into a meeting of division.

As the division of spiritual treasures continued, the blue sky was restored. Even though the wind was surging, endless fairy music floated, dancing with the clouds. Then, endless merits were seen, condensed from the heaven and earth, and multiplied from the heaven and earth.

The moment they saw the vast merits, Zulong and the others were all stunned: "Merits? Such vast merits? Could it be that if we kill Luo Lian, we will still get merits?"

"It should be! Isn't the condition for the destinies of merit to be preserved? We are preserving the prehistoric land and killing the scourge Luo Lian. It is normal for the heaven and earth to bestow merits. I just don't know how to divide so many merits?" The Phoenix Patriarch continued.

Emperor Qing was not surprised at all when virtue descended upon him. On the contrary, it would be strange if virtue did not descend upon him.

Gazing at the merits that almost covered the entire sky, he did not know how to divide them. While thinking, he saw that the vast merits were divided into four parts. The most merits, about 40% of all merits, all flew to Emperor Qing. As the merits flew over, Emperor Qing also understood why he was able to obtain four parts of merits.

In this battle to eliminate demons and defend the Way, Di Qing led the Beast Clan, Kunlun Immortal Clan, and the Witch Clan to participate in the battle. He severely damaged Luo Lian because when Luo Lian exploded, he used the Five Directions Formation of Heaven and Earth to suppress Luo Lian's self-explosion and minimize the harm. Such an achievement is enough to obtain four merits.

At the same time, 20% flew towards Hongjun. This achievement should have belonged to all the cultivators of the Taoist Alliance. Unfortunately, only Hongjun was left in the Taoist Alliance, so Hongjun alone enjoyed the achievement brought by the entire Taoist Alliance.

Twenty percent flew to Zulong because Zulong led the Scaled Armored Clan to join the battle. Phoenix Patriarch received two merits because he led the Flying Clan to join the battle.

Feeling the vast merit coming, Di Qing's heart was not disturbed at all. Ever since Di Qing knew the effect of merit, he had not been very interested in it.

Speaking of which, the luck and merit in the prehistoric world are both extremely mysterious. However, Emperor Qing comprehended both and finally came to a conclusion.

Merit is like the origin of heaven and earth, a pure and universal special resource that can improve the spirit of the cultivator, as well as the cultivation and realm of the cultivator. Although merit can also be used to refine weapons and is not contaminated by cause and effect, the core of merit is still to improve the cultivation of the cultivator.

Luck is like the condensation of the origin of heaven and earth, and is a special external resource. Luck can help monks to realize the truth, help monks to get opportunities, and even make monks' wishes come true when luck is condensed.

It can be said that merit is for the inside and luck is for the outside. These two special energies complement each other.

Now, Emperor Qing received the vast merits, but he had no intention of refining them. Emperor Qing did not want to rely on merits to improve his cultivation. After all, directly improving his cultivation would damage his foundation without any tempering.

But just as Emperor Qing received the vast merit, a roar came from the Ancestral Dragon and the Phoenix Ancestor, and then he saw the two of them staring at the sky: "Damn it, is this world playing tricks on us?"

Upon hearing this, Emperor Qing looked at Zulong and the others. He discovered that the merits they had just received, when they entered their bodies, slowly dissipated. No, rather than dissipating, it was more like purifying the karma of Zulong and the others. At some point, Zulong and Phoenix Patriarch began to show extremely strong karma, as well as visible cause and effect.

The two merits came like a spring breeze, dissolving karma and cause and effect. But as the two merits were completely consumed, the Ancestral Dragon and the Phoenix Ancestor still contained vast karma and cause and effect.

Seeing this scene, Di Qing frowned: "Zu Long, Phoenix Ancestor, what are you doing..."

Phoenix Patriarch was extremely angry and clenched his fists. "Fellow Daoist Di Qing, a special sound of Dao has arisen in our hearts, as if it were the sound of Heaven. It says that Luo Lian is endangering the prehistoric world and will bear endless karma and cause and effect. Although we, the bird clan, have been harmed by Luo Lian and become his pawns, we have also indirectly helped Luo Lian."

"Secondly, the birth and evolution of the bird race brought endless killings and caused countless destruction to the prehistoric world. These are all karma, all cause and effect. And these karma and cause and effect must be repaid."

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"And the merits gained from killing Luo Lian and protecting the great land this time were all used to repay the cause and effect and karma."

Zulong was also angry at this moment and shouted: "It's the same here. Everything that happened before has turned into karma and cause and effect. Now we need to protect the prehistoric world and make contributions to the world in order to wash away the karma and cause and effect. Otherwise, the cause and effect and karma will entangle us, and it will be difficult for us to make further progress in our cultivation. This Heavenly Dao that came out of nowhere is simply..."

Zulong was angry, feeling that the two merits he had just obtained disappeared before they could even warm up. Although these merits also washed away many causes and effects and karma, compared to the karma and causes and effects accumulated by Zulong, they were still not enough.

Not only the Ancestral Dragon and the Phoenix Ancestor, but also the Scaled Armored Clan and the Bird Clan under his command are now entangled in karma and cause and effect.

Seeing this, Zulong and Fenghuang Patriarch were filled with anger and confusion: "Strange, there was no such thing as karma and cause and effect before. Why this time..."

“Wait! If this is the case with our scaly and flying tribes, then Fellow Daoist Di Qing, wouldn’t the beast tribe under your command also be…” Zulong suddenly said.

Di Qing now frowned, feeling the merit in his hand slowly dissipating. In his heart, a magnificent heavenly voice emerged: "The beast tribe is tainted with great karma. Now the beast tribe belongs to Di Qing of the witch tribe, so the karma and karma of the beast tribe will also be shared by Di Qing and his subordinates."

Emperor Qing listened and instantly felt the karma and cause and effect added to him. And following the luck, he felt that the remaining Kunlun Immortal Clan, the Witch Clan, and the Beast Clan were on guard against karma and cause and effect.

However, compared to the birds and scaly creatures, these causes and effects and karma are relatively rare.

Especially with the cleansing of the four merits obtained by Di Qing, the entangled cause and effect and karma were mostly dissolved in an instant.

Di Qing looked at the merits gradually dissipating from his palm and couldn't help cursing: "Asshole, you dare to entangle my Wu clan with karma and cause and effect! Get out of here..."

In an instant, Emperor Qing's blood boiled, and the rolling witch blood seemed to burn, stirring his body and his soul. It was accompanied by a breath of incompleteness, and the cause and effect and karma that entangled Emperor Qing's body were also suppressed, and then dissipated and annihilated. But Emperor Qing could easily annihilate cause and effect and karma, and so could the other ancestor witches, but many great witches, as well as the Kunlun Immortal Clan and the Beast Clan, seemed difficult to annihilate.

(End of this chapter)