Chapter Eight: Unstoppable!

[Ji Ling... he instantly annihilated the beast horde?!]

[Impossible! He’s a useless nobody without even a divine realm!]

[Exactly! He didn’t even summon a deity!]

[I recall General Lin mentioning that his affinity with Yinglong reached one hundred percent?!]

[That means he inherited all the powers of his ancestral deity, Yinglong! So that was the thunderstorm he summoned?]

Watching the barrage of messages spiraling beyond his control, Ji Tianxing was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan.

At that moment, Ji Yun, drenched in “sweat” and flushed red-faced, stumbled into the broadcast room.

His two older sisters rushed forward anxiously to support their disheveled brother.

Ji Yun, as if possessed by a dramatic spirit, gasped heavily and said, “Luckily... luckily, I made it in time.”

Seeing Ji Yun’s state, Ji Tianxing immediately understood and helped him up. “Son! Well done! You’re your father’s pride!”

“You remotely controlled Yinglong, calling down the lightning to save over a hundred thousand soldiers in the Eastern War Zone!”

“I’ll report this to the Supreme Military District and the Divine Bureau! You deserve commendation!”

The father-son act performed by Ji Tianxing and Ji Yun instantly shifted the mood of the chat.

The viewers on the livestream didn’t know that Ji Yun had poured a bucket of mineral water over himself backstage to fake sweat, and the flushed face was from slapping himself.

Yet, Ji Yun’s performance was effective.

“So it was Major General Ji!”

“I said it! A loser without even a divine realm couldn’t possibly pull off such a devastating move, even with a perfect affinity with Yinglong!”

“How amusing! Look, Ji Ling shamelessly pretends to be utterly exhausted now! What does that have to do with him?”

“He must know the clairvoyants are live-streaming everything happening there; he’s putting on a show for us~”

“Such great acting! Why be a soldier with that talent? Should be an actor—definitely a Best Actor award winner!”

“Major General Ji is the true hero! He remotely controlled Yinglong with his bloodline power and is exhausted, while Ji Ling is acting like the hero!”

“Wow, look how convincingly he plays the part, even more exhausted than Major General Ji. True Best Actor material!”

Lying in Ji Tianxing’s arms, Ji Yun glanced sideways at the chat, a sly smile creeping at the corner of his mouth, but his heart was pounding.

He knew very well.

That cataclysmic thunderstorm on the Eastern battlefield had nothing at all to do with him.

He had tried for half an hour backstage but couldn’t raise even a shred of affinity with Yinglong.

It remained zero!

This meant Yinglong didn’t even grant him the right to believe.

He was unworthy!

Yet, Ji Ling, a scoundrel who had even been stripped of his divine realm, was able to unleash such a world-shattering strike!

This filled Ji Yun with growing dread.

His father and he had treated Ji Ling well—if Ji Ling truly emerged from the black fog and returned from the Eastern War Zone, wouldn’t he want to kill Ji Yun?

No. He must not return.

He had to die there.

…

Eastern War Zone.

General Lin hurried forward and scooped up the fallen Ji Ling, anxiously calling out, “Child, are you alright?”

Using his hands, General Lin pried open Ji Ling’s slowly closing eyes and repeatedly slapped his cheeks.

Nangong Lingyue also rushed over, shouting, “Ji... Jiang Ling! Wake up, Jiang Ling!”

At that moment, Ji Ling’s consciousness slowly drifted into the chaotic space within his body.

It was a realm of chaos and void, seemingly nothingness yet encompassing all things.

Before Ji Ling, a cluster of faintly blue glowing points coalesced into a sphere, floating up and down before his chest.

Within each tiny light point, an eerie creature he had slain was reflected.

“Are these the bizarre creatures I killed?”

Ji Ling’s eyes were full of confusion, but the next second, the light sphere merged into his body.

Instantly, the chaotic space brightened!

The slain strange creatures transformed into energy, nourishing Ji Ling’s chaotic space.

They also nourished his physical body.

“General! Look!” a soldier pointed at the wound on Ji Ling’s wrist. “It—it’s healing!”

General Lin grabbed Ji Ling’s wrist, and indeed, the scar on Ji Ling’s wrist was visibly healing at an astonishing speed!

At the same time, Ji Ling’s consciousness within the divine realm was forcibly pulled out of the chaotic space, returning to his physical body along with the restoration.

“Ah!!!” Ji Ling exhaled deeply, eyes wide open.

“Damn brat! You alright?!” Seeing Ji Ling awake, General Lin finally swallowed his worry and scolded with a laugh.

Ji Ling smiled and nodded. “I’m fine.”

He tried to sit up.

But as he exerted himself, Ji Ling realized he had advanced!

Before his divine realm was stripped by the Ji family, after three years of combat, his divine contract cultivation had reached True Grade Seven.

After losing his divine realm, he had lost his status as a divine contractor, dropping to zero.

Following the summoning of Yinglong, his divine contract cultivation had recovered to Mortal Grade, even reaching Mortal Grade Nine, only one step from Spiritual Grade.

In the recent battle, the eerie creatures Ji Ling had slain not only replenished his chaotic space but also elevated his divine contract level to Profound Grade Four!

This speed was like riding a rocket!

The last time Ji Ling reached Profound Grade Four had taken over seven months!

Now, he had done it again in less than seventy minutes.

Less than half an hour since regaining his divine contractor status.

How could Ji Ling not be delighted?

This also made him realize what made himself different.

He had once been a divine contractor.

This world was not a network game where you level up by killing monsters.

Divine contractors never advanced by slaying eerie creatures.

No divine contractor would rise a single tier after killing ten thousand eerie creatures.

The only way to improve the divine contract level was by cultivating spiritual power.

But now, Ji Ling seemed to be cheating the system.

Killing eerie creatures granted him “experience” to level up!

This meant that Ji Ling’s path of advancement in the future was simply to keep fighting, fighting, and fighting again!