With Countless Qualities Bestowed Upon Me, I Shall Ultimately Become Immortal

Chapter 403 - 369: Strange Murals, Cave Encounter, Is Mahabrahma a Demon God?

In the deepest part of the cave, Meng Chuan found another pearl beside the massive snake bones.It’s a circle smaller than the one in his hand, with a surface that seems to have been licked by a dog, glowing with a dark sheen.

Looking back at the snake bones, they are covered with a network of cracks, with obvious strangulation marks at the joints, likely caused by the Celestial Demon.

These creatures of the Celestial Demon Realm are indeed cruel and merciless, not sparing even their own kind.

He recalled that humans also have quite a few turncoats and traitors, martial artists who walk the Demon Path, devoid of humanity.

"The big brother laughs at the second brother," Meng Chuan sighed and casually put the pearl into his bag.

There were also some fragments; he picked and sorted them, scooping up everything valuable.

Counting the battle merits and these gains, Meng Chuan roughly estimated that the profits from the entire Celestial Demon’s lair had exceeded one hundred million.

Indeed, without the fodder, the horse doesn’t get fat; without windfall fortune, man doesn’t get rich.

Ordinary students, even if they participated in two rounds of trials, wouldn’t likely earn as much in fourteen days as from this single battle.

However, this is what he deserves.

Just like during the Chen Cang demon disaster with that Bluewood charming demon.

At that time, even three teachers of the second limit together barely held their ground against it.

Such top-tier Upper Rank Celestial Demons usually require several second limit fighters together, or a Martial Arts Master to personally come and resolve them.

Meng Chuan fought individually and reaped the rewards solely, garnering extremely rich benefits.

Indeed, wealth is sought amidst peril, and the profits from hunting the Celestial Demon far exceeded expectations.

This round, he soared!

Coming back to reality, he found a few more corpses near the gigantic snake bones.

They had been dead longer than the one at the cave entrance.

The surface of the bones was riddled with cracks, and stepping on them brought a sensation akin to crushing cookies.

Meng Chuan crouched down, pinching the darkened bone powder with his fingers, and meticulously rubbed them.

In his perception, these skeletons, including the one at the entrance.

The demonic qi contained within their bodies during their lifetime should share the same source.

He noticed a few carved grooves on the rock wall with remaining signs of charring, formed from long-term fires.

Obviously, the Celestial Demon has occupied this place like a cuckoo in a magpie’s nest.

Previously, it belonged to those humanoid skeletons.

From this deduction, a bold conjecture arose:

This place, before it merged and collided and fell into the human world, was a temporary base for humanoid Celestial Demons.

They lived here, or conducted some rituals, exhibiting survival signs akin to the early days of human existence.

Meng Chuan further examined the rock wall, estimating that due to the Celestial Demon’s frequent activities, the carvings had been worn pale.

His fingertips brushed over the varying depth of the carvings.

The wall paintings depicted figures like matchstick men, either squatting or standing, with some apparently kneeling in a row.

Seemingly... worshipping something.

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Just like when eradicating the Divine Summoning Hall’s stronghold, seeing the incomplete "rewarding the gods" scene.

After observing the entire rock wall, he grew increasingly puzzled.

If these Celestial Demon’s "demons" worship objects akin to the "mountain murmurs" type of "demon god," it would make sense.

However...

"A shadow visible with four faces directed to the four corners above, faintly exhibiting a crown on its head, and on its very blurred base... a lotus seat."

Great Brahma!

How is it possible?

Is Great Brahma a demon god?

Thoughts thundered through Meng Chuan’s mind, sending chills down his spine.

After breaking through to the Rock Body limit, his body received various blessings from Great Brahma.

Now this mural tells him that Great Brahma is not a guardian deity of the twelve Celestial Kings of Buddhism.

But rather the "demon god" worshiped by demons in the Celestial Demon Realm!

Meng Chuan could not believe it.

"It’s widely known that photos and videos can be faked, murals can also ’lie,’ perhaps there’s some misunderstanding here..."

He carefully examined the "god" worshipped by matchstick men in the painting.

It is too heavily eroded for Meng Chuan to discern if there were other patterns engraved on its body.

After taking a deep breath, the outcome is not yet finalized, no need to worry excessively.

Now calming down, Meng Chuan analyzed:

"If Great Brahma is truly a demon god or evil deity, why wouldn’t the many strong of Great Chu know, allowing it to preach in the Western Regions, this doesn’t make sense."

It’s unreasonable for only him to have seen this mural.

Unless...

Assuming that the object of worship in the mural is indeed Great Brahma.

And there’s no related record in other demon nests, only in the scenery within [Sand 011].

Then, it’s unknown whether the military noticed it during the first entry. If not, he would be the first to discover this matter...

Meng Chuan felt a bit confused at the moment, rubbing his shiny forehead and sat sloppily on the gigantic snake bones.

It might be the influence of the [Oath of Great Brahma] within him, increasingly thinking that the mural... truly depicts Great Brahma.

A moment later, he figured things out.

The benefits have all been obtained; even if it’s a demon god, his body panel doesn’t have any "delete" feature function.

The Great Chu officials have always adopted a "leave alone if non-interfering" attitude towards such Esoteric Sect factions.

As long as it doesn’t affect stability, they usually allow various teachings to spread.

But if proven that Great Brahma is a demon god, Great Chu would inevitably take action.

According to the Heterodox Religion Control Regulations, thoroughly investigate relevant temples.

"Forget it, too much thinking is useless; Great Brahma-related matters are also due to my practice of breaking the Doma Skill limits.

Even if the state tracks down issues with the Doma series hard skills, at most they’ll ask me to stop practicing; nothing else would happen."

Moreover, whether Great Brahma has any issues, it’s still too early to draw conclusions.

After resting for a while, Meng Chuan decided not to think about these things and got up to leave the dark river.

He continued his exploration to the depths of the west, continuing the hunt.

Acquiring war achievements is the most important, and perhaps as he delves deeper, the veil surrounding the "Great Brahma Reality" will naturally unravel.

...

The next two days passed.

Without a wink of sleep, Meng Chuan roamed the depths of the Yellow Sands 011, hunting.

He stepped across the Singing Sand Mountain, waded through the Devil’s Domain.

The number of Upper Rank Celestial Demons he slew was too numerous to count.

Along the way, Meng Chuan consistently avoided the raging sandstorm areas.

Only after the moving sandstorm departed did he enter to explore.

The sandstorm, indifferent to friend or foe, occasionally caught an unfortunate Celestial Demon resting within, grinding them into minced flesh, and leaving corpses for him to collect.

In the end, Meng Chuan started to be selective.

His two large backpacks were almost full; he didn’t bother picking up anything below Middle Rank material.

As he collected a scorpion’s tail spike, Meng Chuan increasingly marveled at the benefits of spatial storage within the body for those above a certain level.

The distance to becoming a lord was still considerable for him, so he turned his attention to "peculiar items."

Peculiar items with spatial storage functions in the whole Great Chu were not many.

As top-tier powerhouses had no use for such items, they were mostly held by noble families for storing valuable family assets.

With his rising strength, Meng Chuan had some ideas about this.

To trade with noble families for such a peculiar item, he would certainly need to offer something else worthy of generational inheritance.

The Huo family was a noble lineage of gunnery, and Meng Chuan previously asked Huo Yonglin if he could exchange a Tiger Soul for a storage bag or something similar.

Huo Yonglin’s response was that he was dreaming...

...

Meanwhile, in the same trial, Chen Xuan from Eastern United University, sharing similar ideas and actions, was also on the move.

Though heading in different directions, they both battled through obstacles, delving ever deeper.

In the depths, inside a cave of a gigantic sand dune.

Chen Xuan gazed at the mural, lost in thought.

The scene depicted stick figures conducting a grand worship ceremony and a "deity" standing in mid-air.

It wasn’t much different from what Meng Chuan had seen.

However, Chen Xuan evidently knew more than Meng Chuan did.

"It seems there is a [Temple] within this Demon Nest..."

...

After a brief rest, Meng Chuan casually fed a high-rank core to the Dragon Demon and set out once more.

He spread open the Demon Nest guidelines, having already moved thirty to forty kilometers from the [Devil’s Domain], fully entering the area prone to frequent sandstorms.

The [Crystal Cave] on the northwest side ahead was intended to be his last stop for this trip, unless something unexpected happened.

"With two days, including today, until the trial ends, it’s just enough to finish hunting in the Crystal Cave and head back, while exploring any overlooked areas."

If Commander Yang Zuo were to enter to "urge" him, that would be another matter...

Along the way, Meng Chuan discovered wall engravings in two places depicting [Matchstick Man Worshiping God].

One mural deepened his suspicion that the figure on the lotus stand was indeed the Great Brahma.

However, the other mural was somewhat different, strangely so.

Meng Chuan still remembered; it depicted a "palace complex" atop a high mountain.

The Great Brahma stood outside the palace, receiving worship from all demons.

Yet the throne within the palace had another "person" seated.

It appeared as a...blurred "thing."

Meng Chuan couldn’t determine if it was due to the faded traces or because it was inherently formless and intangible.

"Formless and intangible, yet seated inside the hall..."

"All demons worshipping at the mountain’s base, the Great Brahma standing outside the hall, seemingly ’guarding’ for it..."

Meng Chuan speculated, based on the previous two murals, that the meaning of this one was likely:

"The Great Brahma is a puppet; the formless and intangible demon on the throne is the true recipient behind the deity’s offerings, and the genuine object of all demons’ worship."

What role the Great Brahma played throughout the deity offering process, Meng Chuan was still unsure.

But he felt that his previous guess was likely very close to the truth...

"Usurping the magpie’s nest? Perhaps, when I progressed in Doma Hard Skill before, that surrounding intent was indeed the homeless Great Brahma..."

Meng Chuan thought nonsensically...

...

Meanwhile, within the Northern United University’s camp.

Everyone looked at the war achievements stats panel with keen interest.

"Eh... It’s slowed down now, likely after clearing out an area."

"Hmm, recently the achievements have only increased by one or two points occasionally, suggesting he’s alternating between traveling and fighting."

"Not necessarily, I believe he’s just finished an old monster and is clearing nearby small fry."

Several "Meng experts" chattered away, with everyone around chiming in agreement.

"How much do you think Meng’s achievements surpass the second place now?"

"I estimate it’s about double; even Team She in fourth is only one-fifth of Meng’s achievements..."

"Do you think when the trial ends, Meng will break 5000 achievements?"

The leading Meng expert, Xu Qingfeng, laughed and said:

"Definitely, he’s already close to 4000 now; he’s completely like a perpetual motion machine on the battlefield, only pausing briefly after finishing an Upper Rank Celestial Demon."

No one understood the prison Meng, the physical monster, better than he did.

Xu Qingfeng would never forget that day atop Xiang King’s Tomb.

When he pushed Meng Chuan to his limits, exploding into a second state.

At that time, it was good; the brothers’ gap wasn’t too large, and they could get along harmoniously.

Now, with Meng in the limelight, he’d be floored in an instant...