The First Immortal of Destiny

Chapter 1116: Chapter 1099: The Influence of the God Path

Jiang Yingying returned to the Red Flame Sect not long after, and received a summons from Shen Mo.

As she headed to the Longevity Hall, she happened to encounter Cao Ren and the Water God of Jinlu River emerging from within the hall.

”Who might this be...”

Jiang Yingying sensed an aura of divine power from the latter, but clearly, this person was of the Spiritual Monster lineage and not like her, a Red Flame Sect disciple who had transitioned to the God Path.

Cao Ren, aware of her transition to the God Path — in a sense a ”fellow traveler” of Spiritual Monsters and Deities — explained in detail the identity and origins of the Water God of Jinlu River to her.

”So, you’re a Nature God born from the Jinlu River!”

Jiang Yingying nodded, feeling a touch of kinship with this girl who had the face of a fish and the body of a human.

Although the two were from different races, they both belonged to the category of deities. Moreover, the Water God of Jinlu River had accepted the god’s scroll from the Red Flame Sect, becoming an external member of the sect... This inherently made them closer than others, whether it was in the way of cultivation or their future standing within the sect.

Looking at the shy, fish-faced girl hiding behind Cao Ren, Jiang Yingying thought for a moment, then opened her Universe Bag and pulled out a discarded Flying Sword, handing it to the girl.

Now that the God Path is thoroughly integrated into the Immortal Path, divine power has taken on the properties of mana, allowing it to cast immortal law and activate magic artifacts. However, to unleash the maximum potential of the Flying Sword, the Water God of Jinlu River would still need to use divine power to cleanse and refine it again.

”Have you taken a name yet?”

Seeing the girl fondly playing with her newly acquired Flying Sword, Jiang Yingying smiled knowingly and asked Cao Ren.

”She only has the name Jinlu, as she is nature-born without a surname. If she wishes, I can take her as a disciple, and she can take on my surname Cao in the future.” Cao Ren patted Jinlu’s head, signaling her to put the Flying Sword away and not brandish it outside the Longevity Hall.

”Not suitable!”

Jiang Yingying thought for a moment, frowned and said, ”Firstly, you’re not a God Path cultivator. Even if you take Jinlu as a disciple, you cannot teach her much. Secondly, your status is special, being both a disciple of our sect and a member of the True Dragon Clan. If you are also connected with our sect’s deities, it will inevitably invite more criticism. It would be better for her to follow the surname Yang after our patriarch Empyrean Fairy of Nine Heavens; she might even inherit a touch of great destiny.”

”Yang Jinlu... the name indeed sounds good, but we still need to ask for her own opinion.”

The Water God of Jinlu River, having recently come into being, possessed considerable gnosis the moment she took human form but was still quite na?ve about many things. Hearing such a sound name, she joyfully agreed.

After Cao Ren and Yang Jinlu left on a beam of light, Jiang Yingying informed an outside disciple and got permission before entering the Longevity Hall.

”Greetings, Sect Master!”

In official occasions, Jiang Yingying dared not address Shen Mo as Junior Brother.

After all, she was merely a Golden Core Realm cultivator, and according to the sect’s new rules, there was no need for her to offer grand courtesy to Divine Bridge Realm cultivators, but she must still pay grand respects to Formless Realm ones.

”We knew each other from humble beginnings, and there’s no one else in the hall, so no need for too much formality.”

Shen Mo smiled, waving his sleeve to gently stop Jiang Yingying from completing her bow, and then asked, ”Senior Sister Jiang, you’ve been cultivating for many years in the Nine Heavens Realm. How has your progress in the God Path been?”

Jiang Yingying’s expression turned serious. She did not dare to hide anything, and she recounted her situation and the difficulties she faced to Shen Mo thoroughly.

Over the years, with Shen Mo’s permission, the Red Flame Sect gradually sent more than a thousand sect disciples with poor cultivation talent but reasonable understanding to the Nine Heavens Realm to transition to the God Path.

Jiang Yingying, as a contracted cultivator with Guan Ling, had entered the cultivation world years ago to combat fake gods and had encountered God Path early on. Coupled with her reasonable talent in God Path cultivation, she was the first among the transitioning sect disciples to establish a God Court, equivalent to her Immortal Dao cultivation at a major realm.

However, in order to make further progress, she had to widely gather disciples to draw more public will to enhance her God Court!

Having left a standing in the Nine Heavens Realm, Shen Mo naturally knew Jiang Yingying’s situation perfectly clearly.

He also saw through the real intention behind Empyrean Fairy of Nine Heavens, when she brought together them contracted cultivators, inviting them to cultivate the God Path in the Nine Heavens Realm. It was not simply about gathering followers for herself.

Empyrean Fairy of Nine Heavens had summoned eight hundred nature gods from beyond the heavens, equivalent to True Immortals, with no shortage of strong forces under her command. Even among the Heavenly Immortals guarding the Heavenly Gateway, she was considered a top force. It’s likely even the remnant evils of the past would steer clear of her. She had no need to train more God Path True Immortals to help her guard the gates!

Her real intention was clearly to spread the seeds of the God Path across all realms, including the Immortal Realm.

To this, Shen Mo remained silent, as his path and the path of Empyrean Fairy did not conflict.

Regarding how to arrange for Jiang Yingying and other sect disciples who transitioned to the God Path, Shen Mo had long made plans.

After listening to Jiang Yingying’s plight, Shen Mo pondered for a while and said, ”The billions of mortals within the Qingyun’s Green Cloud Cave are the foundation of our Red Flame Sect, and cannot be offered to you to provide public will.”

”I understand...”

Although Jiang Yingying had anticipated this situation, her mood was inevitably a bit downcast.

After a pause, Shen Mo smiled again and said, ”However, besides us cultivators, the Five Dragon Mountain and the seventy-one surrounding Fairy Mountains have countless knowledgeable beings. If you can gather some of them as disciples, the willingness they provide would be enough for you to cultivate into a Class VII deity. If you have the capability, I wouldn’t oppose you becoming the Water God of the Five Dragon Mountain!”