A Druid Also Can Cultivate

Chapter 521: Chapter 417: Prayer Language

The massacre came suddenly, yet many had expected it.

Everyone knew that the Nine Star Sea Realms established by Qi Ping had swept away all top-level obstacles, and the trend of unification was unstoppable. For the remaining traditional families, joining was almost their only choice.

In fact, many insightful families had already chosen to lay down their pride, clean house, and join the Nine Star Sea Realms with a clean slate.

These perceptive family forces truly lived up to the name of traditional families. They quickly formulated appropriate development plans based on the current state of the Nine Star Sea Realms, even voluntarily abandoning the conservatives within the family, going so far as to give up most of their interests.

Because in the Nine Star Sea Realms, they saw better development opportunities!

They possessed higher qualifications, mutually supportive powers, and more comprehensive cultivation knowledge and systems, far surpassing ordinary Loose Cultivators in overall quality and vision. Many rising stars of the Nine Star Sea Realms came from these forces, and their heritage allowed them to rise much faster than ordinary Loose Cultivators.

To this, Qi Ping took no special action. As long as he could maintain relative stability and inspire the potential of the Nine Star Sea Realms, he would not stop it. Be it Loose Cultivators or family forces, they were forces he could depend on, and he had the ability to judge their loyalty and potential threat.

However, compared to these smart families, many more families were in a much more decayed state.

Once the old tides receded from the Star Sea Continent, these families, lacking the ability and courage for self-reform, fell into a dilemma. They had no ability to adapt to the new era, even worse than Loose Cultivators.

Who was swimming naked was clear for all to see in an instant.

Many of these families even tried to negotiate conditions with the Star Sea Academy, hoping to retain similar privileges once they entered the Nine Star Sea Realms.

To this, Qi Ping naturally and unequivocally refused; it was impossible for him to undermine the fairness he painstakingly established for these families.

These families clearly had no self-awareness, used to their high and mighty standing.

Still want privileges? It’s just dreaming!

But that was Qi Ping’s view. Many Loose Cultivators and small families below him did not think so.

They grew up almost entirely under the shadow and fear of these families, accustomed to recognizing family-dominated status, so they felt it normal to grant these families some privileges.

Yet this massacre made them fully realize the nature of the being above them.

"They’re dead! All dead!"

"The Murong family, Shangguan family, Huangfu family, Yinyue Chen family, Jinghu Lin family... all dead! The entire family slaughtered by the Cyan Divine Army, with no sparing of chickens or dogs!"

"The slaughter isn’t over. It’s said that none of those notorious families would escape!"

When this news spread throughout the Nine Star Sea Realms, nearly everyone was shocked.

The shock was overwhelming when those once-superfamilies, who loomed over everyone’s head, were exterminated with such ease.

If it were one or two families, it might be understandable; after all, Qi Ping had recently killed more top-level experts. But this time, hundreds of families were wiped out!

On the entire Star Sea Continent, the return of Golden Core and Nascent Soul Cultivators lay almost half dead, perhaps even more!

It must be known that now the core, the backbone of the Star Sea Continent, consists of Golden Core and Nascent Soul Cultivators. Foundation Establishment Cultivators were considered too, but ever since the founding of the Nine Star Sea Realms, the number of Foundation Establishment Cultivators has surged, far exceeding previous numbers. Although many Foundation Establishment Cultivators died this time, the number still surpasses that of the Star Sea Continent before the eruption of conflicts.

Yet, losing so many Nascent and Golden Core Cultivators at once would severely and rapidly cripple and decline any world.

Because once a large number of living beings die, their born spirituality will dissipate quickly in a short time, while the dissipation of spirituality will inevitably lead to the decay of world and spirit veins...

The Star Sea Continent would be no exception.

At this moment, the sky over the entire Star Sea Continent was permeated with a blood mist, and the blood rain gradually began to fall. This was the celestial anomaly brought about by massive deaths, potentially leading to unforeseeable disasters if not appropriately addressed.

In the face of this situation, Qi Ping could not help but frown.

Although he had anticipated this scenario, its actual occurrence, especially feeling that sorrow and wailing between heaven and earth, remained deeply discomforting to him.

However, Qi Ping had made some contingency plans for this situation.

Thus, his main body immediately ceased cultivation and began praying to heaven and earth in a special "language."

This prayer language, handed down from ancient times, supposedly came from a particular race, which could obtain blessings from heaven and earth through prayers, possessing various special extraordinary powers.

When Qi Ping first saw this power, he felt an affinity between it and the Druid power, so he particularly researched it, especially in terms of how cultivators could leverage this prayer language.

The conditions for using this power were exceptionally harsh; only a few could gain strength this way. Such cultivators have long been absent from the Star Sea Continent, but upon trying, Qi Ping found his Earth Immortal Druid identity very compatible with the "Prayer" power, so he also learned this prayer language and its power.

However, due to the large gaps in this tradition, the prayer language Qi Ping commanded wasn’t much.

Still, it was enough for the current situation.

As Qi Ping utilized the prayer language, his consciousness began to merge with a mysterious force, not a solid consciousness, yet undeniably communicable. This was the celestial situation seen through the prayer language.

Once the consciousness linkage was complete, Qi Ping promptly expressed intentions of rebirth, blessing, and growth, praying about the Nine Star Sea Realms and its continuously breaking current state, hoping to receive its blessing.

And after completing these actions, Qi Ping did indeed have an effect, as the blood mist and rain in the air began to gradually disperse...

"Just as expected, this prayer does provide sufficient effect!"

"It’s a pity this prayer language lacks too much, otherwise, this system might rival cultivators in power!"

Qi Ping rubbed his slightly dizzy head, finally breathing a sigh of relief.

Achieving such communication with the world’s essence, especially in granting blessings upon the Nine Star Sea Realms, took an extraordinary toll on him, nearly unbearable for his consciousness.

"Still, the power of this prayer language is indeed remarkable, able to perform all kinds of unimaginable might by communicating with heaven and earth..."

The most important aspect is that such communication transcends realms. Even an ordinary person could access and wield extraordinary power through prayer if only their consciousness and "Heart Power" were sufficiently strong.

This "Heart Power" is related to consciousness and seems only capable of awakening in those with Natural Affinity to the world, its strength also seemingly connected to one’s interaction with nature. Unfortunately, Qi Ping lacks a complete cultivation method; otherwise, this could have been his trump card, not limited to use only in special circumstances.

However, Qi Ping placed great hopes on this power, as it might become his means of comeback when wielding either the Immortal Dao or Druid forces without regard for cultivation levels.

This power seemed to manifest the words’ reality.

One particular sentence about the prayer language is quite intriguing:

As long as Heart Power does not perish, life continues!

Even if the flesh and Divine Soul are obliterated, life persists as long as Heart Power remains.

"But if it’s truly this powerful, why would such a heritage power be annihilated? Indeed, it’s almost unheard of in the Star Sea Continent..."

"Could it really be, as guessed, that all traditions and cultivation paths other than the Path of Immortality have been obliterated?"

In Qi Ping’s view, it would be quite absurd for only the Immortal Dao System to exist in a world with extraordinary powers unless the world actively suppresses all powers except the Immortal Dao System.

Yet this situation hasn’t arisen; the power of the prayer language wasn’t suppressed, and it also doesn’t align with the needs of the world itself since the emergence of different systems only serves to strengthen the world’s inherent Dao and spirituality; there’s no reason for such suppression.

"It seems there are greater secrets hidden behind the Immortal Cultivation Realm’s cultivation system..."

"Longevity isn’t easy, everything still needs to be done step by step, cautiously, or one misstep might turn one into someone else’s opportunity..."

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Once Qi Ping resolved the phenomena of the blood mist and rain through the prayer language, the oppressive and terrifying atmosphere dissipated, replaced by pathways of auspicious clouds hovering over the Nine Star Sea Realms.

Concurrently, figures arrived swiftly via the teleportation array, delivering to Qi Ping rings filled with corpses one by one...