Chapter 184: The Demon Well

“It’s Dongbo Xueying. He was lucky enough to discover a grand cult base of a Demon God, seized the opportunity to kill a fourth-stage demon, and finally found this demon bath,” Chiqiu Bai laughed heartily. “I’m actually envious of him.”

“This is no ordinary bath,” Old Man Chao Qing grinned, his mouth missing several teeth. Obviously, as he approached the end of his life, he had grown increasingly old, but one must not underestimate him because of his age. His extraordinary fighting spirit would not weaken in the slightest due to old age, and his cultivation realm would only grow deeper.

“Deputy Overseer, what exactly is this?” Dongbo Xueying was also quite puzzled.

Old Man Chao Qing sat himself on the edge of the bath and patted it. “Didn’t that Demon God project a world avatar? Wasn’t he trying every means possible to protect this treasure?”

“Yes, in fact, I didn’t even notice that demon at first. It was the demon who ambushed me first. The Demon God also tried to entice me with benefits while threatening me at the same time,” Dongbo Xueying said.

“He certainly had to do everything he could to protect it!” Old Man Chao Qing said. “Without this item, the difficulty for this Demon God to spread his faith in our Xia Clan’s world would increase a hundred or even a thousandfold! Probably within a few hundred years, his faith in our Xia Clan’s world would shrink by over ninety percent!”

“Ahhh.”

Dongbo Xueying and Chiqiu Bai were astonished.

“Could it be that…?” Both Dongbo Xueying and Chiqiu Bai had guesses.

“Yes, it’s the legendary Demon Well!” Old Man Chao Qing said.

“This Demon God, Wu Yunhuo, had his Demon Well discovered by you. No wonder he’s gone mad,” Chiqiu Bai laughed. “He’s really unlucky. The grand base he was hiding in just happened to be the one containing this Demon Well.”

Divine Wells and Demon Wells are extremely important to evil gods and demon gods.

Most of the evil gods and demon gods who spread their faith in the Xia Clan’s world have not managed to establish Divine Wells or Demon Wells. However, once established, their influence will expand continuously. Among the evil gods and demon gods spreading their faith in the Xia Clan’s world, their power could probably rank within the top ten!

What exactly are Divine Wells and Demon Wells?

To be precise…

They are channels!

They allow deities to transmit their divine power to the mortal world with minimal loss. The ones established by normal gods are called ‘Divine Wells,’ while those established by demon gods are called Demon Wells.

Due to the vast distance and countless spatial barriers, transmitting divine power is extremely difficult. Just consider how hard it is for a deity to descend a world avatar! Once a Divine or Demon Well is established and stabilized, the loss of transmitting divine or demonic power will be greatly reduced, to a level acceptable to evil gods and demon gods.

Divine and demonic power possess various miracles.

For example, demonic power can easily ‘demonize’ mortals, which is the origin of the so-called demonic envoys.

It can also strengthen the body, greatly enhance cultivation, or even allow the severely injured or near-dead to recover quickly… In short, many techniques of evil gods and demon gods require the use of divine or demonic power to be executed.

Like ‘False Transcendents,’ they are actually the Earth Temple With the aid of a Divine Well’s ‘divine power’ to refine the body, transforming it into a transcendent body.

In summary—

Only with Divine or Demon Wells can numerous miracles be displayed, allowing countless humans, even human Star-Level and Named-Level warriors, to willingly pledge allegiance! Moreover, with techniques such as demonic envoys, the martial might of their forces can become sufficiently strong.

Evil gods and demon gods’ forces without Divine or Demon Wells simply cannot compare.

“The Demon Well must be painstakingly refined by the Demon God himself,” Old Man Chao Qing shook his head in lament. “Poor fellow! After refining it, he must pay a price ten or even a hundred times greater than the well itself to send it into the Xia Clan’s world! This is the foundation of his faith spreading! You’ve just destroyed his very lifeblood. Just think about it, and you’ll understand why he’s gone mad.”

“These weaker evil gods and demon gods cannot compare to the Earth Temple or the Blood Blade Tavern, which can spread their faith across countless worlds. It’s already quite remarkable for them to establish a foothold in one mortal world,” Chao Qing shook his head. “Perhaps after living for countless eons, he might only have Demon Wells in a few mortal worlds. It’s even possible that he only had one Demon Well in a single mortal world! Do you think it’s easy for him to gain some faith? And you just wiped it out completely.”

Dongbo Xueying and Chiqiu Bai both laughed.

Chiqiu Bai quickly said, “Deputy Overseer Chao, don’t talk about that anymore. Take a look, how much is it worth? How many contribution points can the Spark Palace offer?”

“Why are you in such a hurry? Isn’t this Dongbo Xueying’s?” Old Man Chao Qing glared.

“Xueying is my good brother. Can’t I be happy for him?” Chiqiu Bai retorted.

Chao Qing cast a glance at Dongbo Xueying.

Dongbo Xueying was quite excited and expectant.

Contribution points were indeed a wonderful thing.

All aspects of cultivation and external resources required contribution points. The higher one’s strength, the more staggering the needed contribution points would become.

“Judging from its scale compared to the few we’ve obtained in the Xia Clan before, this Demon Well is of medium size. It should be worth about three hundred thousand contribution points,” Old Man Chao Qing said. “This item is extremely precious to evil gods and demon gods, but for us Xia Clan Transcendents… well, we can only dismantle it and use the various rare materials. The Spark Palace gives contribution points based on the materials.”

“I understand,” Dongbo Xueying nodded.

This Demon Well was refined by the Demon God Wu Yunhuo and sent into the mortal world, and only he could use it.

As for the Xia Clan Transcendents… they weren’t even deities themselves and could only dismantle it for materials. Even so, the Spark Palace still offered three hundred thousand contribution points.

“Three hundred thousand contribution points?” Dongbo Xueying was astonished. He had quickly gained power through the Hundred Battles Secret Room, earning only one hundred thousand contribution points. Now, by destroying the foundation of a Demon God’s efforts over countless eons, he instantly received three hundred thousand contribution points.

This was quite normal.

The rewards from the Hundred Battles Secret Room were a form of cultivation for geniuses by the Xia Clan, purely a gift.

But giving the Xia Clan a Demon Well was a fair transaction.

“Wait, the price I mentioned doesn’t count. I’ll have Palace Master Chen come over,” Old Man Chao Qing said.

…

Palace Master Chen’s true body was always stationed in the Spark World. The one who arrived through spatial tearing was a martial spirit clone of Palace Master Chen. After carefully inspecting and understanding the full details, he congratulated Dongbo Xueying and confirmed the price of three hundred thousand contribution points.

In fact, offering treasures to the Xia Clan in exchange for contribution points had precedents. Even Palace Master Chen couldn’t arbitrarily give away points. The order within the Xia Clan couldn’t be disrupted.

“Xueying,” Old Man Chao Qing entrusted before leaving, “that Demon God had his foundation for spreading faith destroyed by you. He must be furious. Although his strength is negligible, you should still be a bit cautious.”

“I understand,” Dongbo Xueying nodded.

His parents and family were in Xueying Domain. His younger brother hadn’t gone to the Long Wind Academy yet, so there was nothing to fear.

When his younger brother did go to the Long Wind Academy… he would simply escort him personally.

Moreover, every moment the Demon God’s world avatar lingered in the mortal world, it consumed a massive amount of divine power. It couldn’t stay for long. Within a day, the Demon God Wu Yunhuo’s world avatar would definitely dissipate and leave. As for descending again for another attack? The world avatar was only at the limit of mortals, and there was little point in descending. The Demon God also had to consider whether it was worth it. If there was no gain at all, and only continuous costs? Few Demon Gods would be so foolish.

Soon—

Some Star-Level experts from the Longshan Pavilion arrived by airship. This was the grand base of a Demon God, although it had already been completely destroyed, it still needed to be carefully examined.

Old Man Chao Qing, Chiqiu Bai, and the others also departed.

“Let’s go,” watching the people from Longshan Pavilion beginning to inspect the massive pile of mundane items, there were actually large quantities of gold coins and storage treasures, obviously neither Dongbo Xueying nor Chiqiu Bai were interested in taking those mundane things. After all, both the Dongbo Family and the Long Wind Family were families of Transcendents, possessing an abundance of treasures.

Dongbo Xueying instantly soared into the sky, simultaneously manipulating the power of heaven and earth within a hundred-mile radius. With a thunderous boom,

The clouds and mist within a hundred-mile radius exploded, countless shockwaves radiating outward in all directions.

“Hmm?”

The Demon God Wu Yunhuo, who had been hiding far away and secretly monitoring, had his pupils gleaming with light. He could clearly see Dongbo Xueying in the distant horizon. Suddenly, his expression changed slightly. He saw that within the midair, under the impact waves within a hundred-mile radius, he could no longer see Dongbo Xueying. When the shockwaves in that hundred-mile range of empty space finally ceased, Wu Yunhuo could no longer locate Dongbo Xueying.