"This is interesting."
Su Ming had previously had some conjectures about the relationship between the Shura God and the Rakshasa God.
After all, what Tang San left on Huo Yuhao was actually Rakshasa God Power, using it to fill the gap left by Electrolux. Or rather, in Tang San's scheme, the position originally intended for Electrolux was meant to be filled by Rakshasa God Power.
He had temporarily assumed that Tang San, after killing the Rakshasa God, saw that Rakshasa matched his own power and secretly stole it.
But it seems that wasn't the case.
These two God Seats were originally one.
"That makes sense too. Both are inherited in the Slaughter City. The conditions for Rakshasa's inheritance aren't separate; one must first possess the Killing God Domain, enter the Shura God's trial, and then fall from grace to receive the Rakshasa inheritance. That's essentially poaching. And the Rakshasa God is just a mere first-class god, completely countered by the Shura God, yet it kept provoking Shura right under his nose."
Now everything made sense.
If these two God Seats were originally one, but the Shura God, for some reason, separated the negative aspect—the Rakshasa part—then it all became reasonable.
No wonder the Rakshasa God was impoverished.
Because its main body, the Shura God, was also poor!
What Su Ming was curious about was why the Shura God would split his own power.
The scene of the Dragon God being slain by a single sword appeared in his mind.
"Could it be that he was contaminated by the Dragon God and had no choice but to cut it off?"
After all, he did slay a lunatic.
The Dragon God's mental corruption was very strong, as could be seen from the Golden Dragon King's madness.
The Shura God's sword naturally bred resentment. Having slain a powerful Dragon God and also split the Dragon God's mad will, being influenced by it seemed quite plausible.
Su Ming tentatively attributed everything to this for now.
After finishing his thoughts, he turned his gaze back to the connection point between the pocket dimension and the Douluo Planet.
Should he continue catching and purifying specters?
Yes!
"Firstly, the specters themselves can empower my Rakshasa faith. Secondly, destroying specters can also help me find Rakshasa's weaknesses."
Su Ming had initially obtained his Rakshasa faith from an Evil Spirit Master.
Back then, he had used the Purifying Flame to cleanse the Evil Spirit Master, then touched upon the faith of the Evil Spirit Master—which was the Rakshasa faith.
He hadn't gained the faith by killing the Evil Spirit Master, but was misunderstood by Nana as being a higher-level Evil Spirit Master.
Although the misunderstanding was later cleared up, Su Ming's Rakshasa "level of being," achieved through the Trinity method of "stepping on his own feet to ascend to heaven," had already stabilized. That's why he always retained the ability to absorb Rakshasa faith.
"Rakshasa was born from Shura. Although it is countered by Shura, it must also grasp some inherent weakness of Shura."
"Facing it head-on would definitely mean being shattered by a single sword. But what if I actively integrate into it?"
A sharp light flashed in Su Ming's eyes.
His mind replayed the scene obtained from the soul search—the endless resentful energy being drawn by the Shura God!
"As long as I offer myself fast enough, you'll have to consume this power whether you want to or not. Once you consume it, your killing intent will no longer be pure. Then I can use methods that counter Evil Spirit Masters to counter the Shura God..."
Perfect!
Therefore, the prerequisite for all this was that the amount of Rakshasa faith was sufficient to corrupt the Shura God, tainting all his power with negative attributes, while simultaneously, Su Ming's means of countering this power were sophisticated enough.
"Both of these can be achieved by destroying the specters in this pocket dimension."
Thus, Su Ming began his plan to exterminate the specters.
Lin Yuhan watched as Su Ming repeatedly opened the crack, grabbed specters, and purified them, feeling somewhat numb.
Is this how a genius thinks?
By the way, what are the benefits of purifying specters?
Lin Yuhan didn't understand the significance of Su Ming's actions.
Su Ming couldn't possibly explain it to her either.
After purifying for about a day, Su Ming's greatest progress was that the Rakshasa faith on him had become stronger.
"The 'level of being' for the God of Purification still hasn't been nurtured. It seems it's missing a core part."
Faith.
But how could this possibly attract faith?
Although Su Ming was performing acts of purification, he wasn't using a flame of light, but the Purifying Flame, which was a Necromancy spell.
"Sacred Flame."
Su Ming switched to the Sacred Flame.
This was a Martial Spirit he had copied from Zhu Jiuyang in Douluo 1.
Then he discovered that the efficiency of the Sacred Flame in purifying specters was too poor, completely inferior to the Purifying Flame he learned from Electrolux.
Being slower didn't matter much.
What Su Ming needed was the "level of being."
After another day, Su Ming obtained a faint "level of being."
"The 'level of being' is very vague, uncertain. It probably doesn't belong to any existing deity, which also fits my needs. After all, this 'level of being' is specifically intended to target the negative energy of Rakshasa."
As he acquired this "level of being," Su Ming also noticed changes within himself.
"Fortune is gathering."
Just from these two days of purification, the amount of fortune gathering on him was already massive.
He also understood the reason.
"The fortune here was meant to suppress the resentful energy in the pocket dimension. Since I'm eliminating the root cause—the specters—this fortune naturally comes to me."
It wasn't just fortune; Su Ming also felt a kind of intangible power attaching itself to him.
This was something even more fundamental than fortune.
"If I can eradicate the negative energy of this pocket dimension, I can master this fundamental power?"
Su Ming received this piece of information.
This power felt very much like the power of Fate to him.
A higher form of fortune?
Su Ming worked with even more vigor.
Three days later, he wasn't even grabbing specters from the outside anymore. After confirming it was safe, he entered the pocket dimension and began burning the specters on a large scale with the Sacred Flame.
Coordinating with the operation to exterminate Evil Spirit Masters in Douluo 2, he also consulted Electrolux on how to unleash the Purifying Flame over a wide area.
He learned a forbidden spell from the Saint Demon Continent—Prayer of Light, a forbidden spell that greatly amplifies light-attribute magic, belonging to holy magic.
This spell was just the foundation. Based on this, Electrolux also taught him how to corrupt the Prayer of Light into a Necromancy spell, and then have the Purifying Flame amplified, achieving "Purifying Flame: Sea of Fire Descent."
Su Ming learned the latter, but not very diligently.
What he needed was the foundation.
Using Prayer of Light combined with the Sacred Flame, his speed in clearing the pocket dimension of specters increased.
In the blink of an eye, three months passed.
"The number of Divine Beasts that died in this pocket dimension is truly staggering."
During the process of purifying the specters formed from these Divine Beasts, Su Ming even managed to combine the Sacred Flame and the Purifying Flame. This was also the reason he could complete the task in just three short months.
He succeeded.
This pocket dimension, likely the burial ground of many Divine Beasts, was finally cleansed.
"The power of Fate..."
Su Ming closed his eyes, carefully comprehending the golden power condensed within his Sea of Consciousness.
His spiritual power naturally emanated, spreading to its maximum extent.
This wisp of golden Fate power disappeared from Su Ming's Sea of Consciousness and appeared above his head.
The spiritual power Su Ming had spread out seemed to find a backbone, rapidly contracting.
"A Spiritual Domain!"
Realizing the change, Su Ming immediately stirred the River of Time, drawing its waters to fill the entire pocket dimension. While scouring the pocket dimension, he also saturated all of his own spiritual power with the water of time.
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