novelraw Chapter 61 : You Call This a Baptism?
Chapter 61 : You Call This a Baptism?
Chapter 61: You Call This a Baptism?
After the System cast out the grace it had stored, it fell into that dense sea of evil thoughts and the chaotic spiritual energy.
A faint glimmer of light — simple and unassuming — flickered within it.
Though inconspicuous, this trace of grace, no matter how small, originated from the System’s creative power.
The moment it entered the sky-filling spiritual energy, it began an unrestrained expansion.
At this moment, even the System itself could not tell where things would head.
Li Tianwei’s condition was already too abnormal, and now, with this added touch of grace, who could know what might evolve from it?
Crack…
In an instant, the entire Pan Mountain City’s resentment force and spiritual energy began to reverse, surging toward Li Tianwei’s location.
Li Tianwei quietly felt the transformation brought about by these spiritual energies.
This feeling wasn’t quite an epiphany; rather, it was like the rhythm of heaven and earth’s guidance — or so Li Tianwei believed, according to his own understanding.
Meanwhile, those alienated strands of spiritual energy were attempting to completely erode this unusually lucid man.
It was rare in this demonic land — where Demonic Cultivators who understood formations and isolation techniques were few — to find someone as unrestrained as Li Tianwei.
At this moment, the situation became incomparably clear.
Echoes of illusory thoughts rang beside his ears; all kinds of fragmented silhouettes, the obsessions of countless people, surged toward him.
Yet Li Tianwei sat cross-legged, still as calm and unfathomable as ever.
Within that chaos, the wisp of grace cast by the System flickered faintly with a golden light.
The originally pitch-black sky, filled with illusions born of corrupted thoughts, now bore a streak of violet.
In the dense black mist, a dark-purple gleam shimmered — strange and ominously wicked.
Seeing this violet aura rising from the east, Li Tianwei became even more certain — this was the descent of merit.
“Come on, let me see what you can give me.”
Without hesitation, Li Tianwei accepted it directly, unleashing the Fission Qi-Guiding Method.
At the same time, on his Spirit Platform, the three-petaled round-fan-shaped Dao Foundation flared with radiance.
As the Dao Foundation appeared behind Li Tianwei, an overwhelming sense of ominous dread spread — even more terrifying than when he had once used the Heaven-Ending Yin Fiend.
Those alienated strands of spiritual energy, upon witnessing this eerie Dao Foundation, shrank instantly like rats encountering a cat.
Simultaneously, Li Tianwei’s Fission Qi-Guiding Method began revealing its chain-like guiding effect.
Boom!
Endless twisted thoughts and chaotic wills interlinked — after all, Pan Mountain City had long accumulated uncountable resentment forces and scattered obsessions from countless lives.
The Fission Qi-Guiding Method acted like a fuse, igniting everything in an instant.
At that very moment, Li Tianwei actually began using the Resentment Channeling Curse directly.
He connected himself to heaven and earth, quietly feeling what he believed to be the power of merit.
This was not the Sacred Land of Lingxu; the density and ferocity of resentment here were on an entirely different level.
Yet, under Li Tianwei’s unyielding will, the chain reaction of the Fission Qi-Guiding Method, coupled with his direct connection of heaven and earth through the Resentment Channeling Curse, led to an extraordinary result.
Under such a surging tide, when the two forces combined —
Li Tianwei actually succeeded in linking them through. Yes — he had connected them!
He had used his own being as a bridge to unite it all.
He felt the infinite emotions of heaven and earth, and together with the wisp of grace cast by the System, an intangible and bizarre state began to form.
The world’s resentment, the chaotic thoughts, even fragments of souls and spirits — all, through their sheer mass, gave birth to awareness.
By using the grace as a bridge, Li Tianwei connected heaven and earth.
Countless stray thoughts passed through his will and Dao Foundation, linking to the world itself.
No one could have imagined that Li Tianwei, who had comprehended the Dao Intents of Death, Killing, Resentment, Evil, and Anger, would remain completely unaffected.
Instead, he filtered out every stray thought — his will was steadfast, his mind rational beyond imagination.
After all, this was Li Tianwei — once he decided upon a principle, not even ten thousand horses could drag him back.
Now, the resentment of heaven and the demonic thoughts of this land were no exception.
Through this constant flow and purification, under the endless baptism of thoughts, Li Tianwei suddenly understood — this descent of merit was not without purpose.
He could feel it — this wondrous state that was continuously purifying him.
“This is the Baptism of Heaven and Earth.”
Sensing the transformation, Li Tianwei, who had read many books, naturally understood what it was — it was indeed a Heavenly Baptism.
“No wonder this is called the Land of Near Dao; I didn’t expect such benefits.”
While Li Tianwei was overjoyed, the System was utterly dumbfounded.
It knew exactly what Li Tianwei’s situation was — it had witnessed his power and experienced countless of his absurd reversals.
Now, hearing Li Tianwei interpret this as a “Heavenly Baptism,” the System could only think —
What kind of heaven uses resentment and stray thoughts for a baptism?!
【I hope the grace I gave him truly proves useful.】
After all, having known Li Tianwei for so long, it understood his peculiar logic — his self-assurance (arrogance), persistence (chuunibyou), diligence (luck), and strength (imagination).
The System could only feel admiration.
Meanwhile, as Li Tianwei continued receiving his so-called baptism and transformation, the overwhelming surge also pushed his cultivation upward.
However, due to the nature of his False Spiritual Root, every attribute had to be filled and balanced before advancing.
Before long, Li Tianwei broke through once again, reaching the late Foundation Establishment Realm, just a step away from Golden Core.
And that was only the smallest of his transformations.
During this “baptism,” Li Tianwei continuously sensed and comprehended the world’s resentment and stray thoughts, seemingly glimpsing the laws within.
The operation of heaven and earth, the laws of cause and effect —
By filtering those thoughts and resentments through his body again and again, his physique began evolving toward another form.
All changes, all causality — nothing escaped Li Tianwei’s eyes.
At this moment, a faint purple glow arose within his pupils.
During this “baptism,” he had experienced too much — the collapse of all things, the rise of all things, the condensation of countless thoughts.
By this point, Li Tianwei had lived through innumerable cycles of cause and effect.
The rampage of Demonic Cultivators had created resentment throughout heaven and earth, which in turn fed back into the spiritual energy — shaping the shifting nature of this demonic land.
Everything had order and transformation.
And in Li Tianwei’s eyes, all of this became countless lines.
He could now perceive the karmic threads binding all beings — the past, the evil and the good — all lay visible within causality.
Thus, Li Tianwei obtained a new divine ability — a simple yet profound Divine Ability: Heavenly Eye, enabling him to visualize the karma of all beings and discern both man and heart.
The faint purple glow faded from his eyes, and Li Tianwei exhaled deeply.
At that moment, seeing Li Tianwei’s transformation come to an end, the System grew somewhat excited.
After all, this time, it had contributed its own strength — the grace of heaven and earth, the System’s power, and Li Tianwei’s absurd force combined — even the System could hardly imagine what monster had been born.
Seeing Li Tianwei’s thoughtful expression—
【Host, Host! How do you feel now?】
The System could hardly contain itself.
After consuming a portion of heavenly grace, merging with its own power and Li Tianwei’s bizarre force, it truly had no idea how terrifying the result might be.