Poison God's Heritage

The cultivators who looked at the artwork were all astounded. They didn't even think of building something like this, not to mention the cost it would need to build this. Their base was not even a quarter of the cost of this thing.

Not to mention the weaponry, the improved turrets, and the puppets were things they didn't even expect.

Not only that, they all realized that they could fully control the corpse on their side, which for them was pretty powerful as they all faced the lowest-tier corpse on stage five.

With three days of time, they had all the time they needed to fully explore and understand how everything works.

Some of the cultivators were smart enough to use the extra points they had to further improve the buildings and make even more turrets. As for the majority, they strongly believed that with a base this strong, it is utterly foolish to even make it stronger, and decided to save their points to use in case the wave that is to come is harder.

On the main screen, three cultivators who had the highest amount of gathered points showed up.

The one with the highest points after Shen Bao was Zhang Tian, followed closely by the Fire King. They both had an incredible understanding of leadership and ruling so they were able to accumulate a lot of points as they positioned their forces and upgraded their troops to the best of their abilities.

With four massive forts around their base, they both decided on the same thing. To reinforce the middle base which was the main one to the best of their ability, with massive walls and turrets all around it.

And upgraded the base as much as they could.

As for the rest, they decided to improve the traps and the weaponry around the gates, only to be surprised that the weaponry that Shen Bao had made was not upgradable.

"Du Shen," the commentator spoke, addressing Shen Bao. Shen Bao took a second to realize that the majority of people here didn't know his real name, so he went with it.

"Yes?"

"Would you care to join us here," the commentator said.

"For what purpose?" Shen Bao asked.

"We would like to hear your insight on this stage, and since you already cleared, you can also share what you think about the cultivators participating in this challenge," the commentator said.

Shen Bao thought for a second and then shrugged, "Sure," he said and took one step forward.

Instantly appearing next to the Commentator.

The latter was surprised, "That is… a unique type of teleportation, impressive." He praised.

"Thank you," Shen Bao clasped his hands at the commentator.

"I'm here together with Eccentric Long, an Origin Shattering Cultivator, same with the former Poison God, Xiao Du, another Origin Shattering Cultivator."

"Poison God?" Shen Bao questioned.

Xiao Du laughed and said, "After seeing your poisons, I discarded that title. I would feel too burdened with a title I don't deserve, it is also witnessed by all of the eight suns. The title's goes back to you, Du Shen," he said.

"I see," Shen Bao said and pulled up a book from his holding bag.

He then handed it to Xiao Du.

"What could this be?" Xiao Du asked.

"Take a look at it, it might be helpful," Shen Bao said.

Xiao Du glanced through the book for a second, though his sense of superiority was still hidden deep inside him. Since he had lived far longer and experienced far more than Shen Bao, he didn't fully and completely agree that Shen Bao was fully deserving of the title.

After all, his pride was too much, and it was only due to the interest of the Suns in Shen Bao that he had to discard his title.

He saw that the book was titled, "Rudimentary Understanding of Poison." And it seemed to be written by hand.

He was about to laugh off the gift, since it looked like an insult to anyone who stepped on the path of poison. To be given a book that teaches the basics of poison is basically calling someone a newbie in their own domain.

However, Xiao Du had been alive for a long time, and it was ingrained in him to never ever judge a book by its cover. It was technically one of the reasons why he lived so far. Never underestimate simple things nor look at them with a disdainful view.

"Thank you for this gift," Xiao Du said as he was about to pocket the book in his holding bag. However his interest was piqued when he noticed that the book itself was made using a very unique type of paper.

He opened the book and immediately, his eyes were locked on the intricate and most detailed pathways of meridians.

Instead of the book focusing on poison itself, it was actually focused on how to manipulate one's own Heavenly Qi through their Meridian Pathways to optimize poison casting and lower the poison's own effects on the body.

"Oh, good heavens! This is… I cannot accept this!" Xiao Du said as he closed his eyes immediately and wanted to give the book back.

"What's wrong?" Shen Bao asked.

"This book, this would revolutionize the Poison Path, those pathways, that style, it's too much of a gift."

"Don't worry about it, it's just something I wrote in my spare time," Shen Bao said.

Xiao Du didn't find an author's name on the book, so it fits with his words. "But, this is too much, it's a cultivation secret that shouldn't be given to no one but a direct disciple or descendant, this is far too valuable. Wouldn't this expose your cultivation, it is like giving people your weakness," Xiao Du said.

"Oh, no I don't use that, I don't have the proper meridians to use it after all. This is what I devised in case I had to change cultivation paths. But so far, I never got to use it, you can have it, since you're a Poison Cultivator. All I ask is you send me a report on how it goes, if that's okay with you," Shen Bao shrugged.

"To give a treasure like this… and only ask for a report… I would feel too bad to take it, here please have this," Xiao Du said as he pulled a small pill.

Shen Bao's eyes lit up as he saw the pill. "What is this, it smells… heavenly," he said.

Xiao Du felt awkward about the wording but said, "This is a Ten Thousand Poison Pill. It is my life's greatest creation. I refined ten thousand poisons to make this and it finally ripened after a thousand years of waiting. It isn't enough to repay this book's value, but I hope you can accept it," Xiao Du said as he handed the pill using both hands "In case of danger, it could save-"

However, Shen Bao simply popped it inside his mouth.

This caused everyone around Xiao Du to have their mouth opened wide in shock.

"THAT IS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE EATEN!" the commentator shouted.

However, nothing more than a burp came from Shen Bao's mouth when he said, "Good stuff… actually it's really good. Sadly I can't fully digest it, because it will propel my cultivation a lot. Thank you," Shen Bao said as he clasped his hands to Xiao Du.

Utterly and completely stunned Xiao Du couldn't help but laugh. After all, seeing how he consumed a Ten Thousand Poison Pill without even uttering a groan or feeling at least queasy. This act completely removed the wisp of superiority he had inside him. He had fully acknowledged Du Shen as the true Poison God.

"Though it's a bit rough on the throat," Shen Bao said as he pulled a large jug of wine. "Share this with me," he said as he poured a purple liquor in a cup.

The liquor's fumes seeped down from the glass, corroding anything it touched. It looked like a deadly poison, however, Shen Bao drank from the cup first. And this made Xiao Du nod towards Shen Bao.

No matter what was in that cup, it smelled heavenly. It smelled so good that Xiao Du ignored how corrosive it was to the table and chugged down the cup instantly.

The wine went down Xiao Du's throat like molten lead, but the feeling of his cultivation being stimulated and rising was enough to give him a shock.

"To actually make this old man's cultivation go up… what's in this drink?" Xiao Du asked.

But Shen Bao didn't answer as he handed him a pill, "You should take this, or you might lose your life. It's not a simple drink," Shen Bao smiled.

The pill he handed Xiao Du was the Poison Cleansing Pill, which had several refined law lines all around it. That pill by itself could buy an entire city in the beyond due to how rare a Poison Cleansing Pill is, especially of that quality. That pill could easily be used as a life-saving treasure, and Shen Bao had a bunch of them in his hand.

"Oi," someone spoke, and was right behind Shen Bao, it was the Dusking Sun.

Looking at his wide grin, Shen Bao raised his brow.

"If you have something that good, why aren't you sharing? I smell Primordial Energy in that," he said and sat down on the ground, at the same level as all four cultivators, bringing his own cup for Shen Bao to pour for him.

Shen Bao laughed and said, "I knew you'd recognize it. It's my personal Brew." As he poured him a drink.

The Dusking Sun then downed the cup and closed his eyes. A smile crept up his face as he said.

"Heavenly Peach, Underworld Plumes, and Grapes… simple mortal grapes… But, they have been brewed in something… it tastes salty, like tears… Oh I see, they have been fermented in the tear glands of a Primordial Being, but all eight of them are here in the beyond. Hmm, and none of them have poison in their bodies, besides one which has been lost.

Well more like sent to a lower world… ah I see, you're not from the Beyond." The Dusking Sun said.

Shen Bao didn't react.

"Wouldn't have mattered anyway, I guess most of the Suns already know and it would be a known fact sooner or later. It doesn't matter. However, the only place that the Primordial Serpent had went to was the Vast Expanse, a place that has barely any Qi in it. How did you manage to slay that being? After all, it would be a difficult task even for an Origin Realm cultivator.

Not to mention that for you, at most you should be an Emperor Stage cultivator to survive the transfer to the Beyond. Are you saying that you defeated the Primordial Serpent God at the Emperor Stage?"

"No," Shen Bao replied.

"Oh, good that would have given me a heart attack… So how did you-"

"I killed it at the king stage…"