Refining Demons to Become a Taoist: Refining 108,000 Insects at the Beginning.

Chapter 13: The Death of the Gods and the Dispersion of Incense
The scent of incense emanating from the body of the Golden Light God was mixed and chaotic, constantly wandering around.

"not enough!"

"It's too late, and we can't wait to collect the incense from Cuiping Mountain!"

“Although this method is killing the goose that lays the golden eggs, it’s worth it as long as I can achieve a breakthrough!”

The Dharma body of the Golden Light God was clearly on the brink of collapse, but in his own perception, he was on the verge of a breakthrough.

Chen Ming was in the Soul-Swallowing Jar, and seeing Lord Jin Guang going crazy, he couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart.

Although the current state of Lord Jin Guang was due to the illusion cast by Chen Ming, it was more due to the calculations of the person behind the scenes.

He had no idea how much someone had tampered with the incense energy he absorbed.

Otherwise, how could one fall into madness so quickly when suppressing oneself with the soul in the visualization state?

What's more, the Golden Light God practiced the way of God, and the root of his cultivation was in his soul, yet he couldn't resist!
"Edict!"

The Golden Light God shouted loudly, his Dharma body trembled, and he chanted a spell.

All those who believed in Lord Golden Light felt a calling in their hearts. No matter what they were doing, as if they were possessed, they threw everything aside and only chanted the name of Lord Golden Light, ready to dedicate themselves.

Following the actions of Lord Jin Guang, a large amount of incense and fire gathered in the Taoist temple in the Divine Realm.

The aroma of these incenses is different from the original ones. They are all offerings from the believers of the Golden Light God. They contain not only desires and thoughts, but also scattered souls.

When those souls arrived at the temple in the divine realm and saw the Dharma body of Lord Golden Light, they were extremely excited and called out to the god loudly.

The Golden Light God just took a glance, and his Dharma body opened its mouth wide, generating a suction force, swallowing up all the believers' incense and souls.

If Lord Jin Guang directly refined and swallowed it like this, the souls of those believers would not be able to return from the divine realm, and they would only become idiots in the future.

This is essentially a method of killing the goose that lays the golden eggs. Generally, Shinto monks would not destroy the Great Wall unless it was a matter of life and death.

Now Lord Jin Guang did just that.

Lord Jin Guang gathered all the incense offerings that had been received since he began his practice into the Divine Domain Dojo, and could not squeeze out even a single cent more.

"Hahaha!"

"Right now, break it for me!"

The Golden Light God shouted loudly, and the incense condensed into a point, gathering at the center of his dharma body's eyebrows, ready to be transformed into a golden divine flame.

"Boom!"

The incense between his eyebrows suddenly burned up and completely covered the Golden Light God.

"I will burn incense to refine my Dharma body. I am the supreme ruler in the divine realm!"

The Golden Light God recited two sentences amid the burning incense, and then gradually became silent.

Chen Ming saw everything clearly. The burning of the condensed incense indeed tempered the Golden Light God's Dharma body, making it more pure. All the complicated thoughts in it were also burned into dirt and fell off by the Golden Light Divine Flame.

However, the soul of the Golden Light God was burned to death silently in the burning incense.

Moreover, it was he who took the initiative to let the fire burn his soul, which was more like self-immolation, dying in the illusion of breakthrough.

Only a golden body of the god was left, standing in the divine realm.

With the death of Lord Jin Guang, the divine body he left behind returned to its original size, and the divine domain also shrank and condensed.

"According to the method that Ling Yangzi practiced, at this stage, he should refine the divine body and transform it into a magical power to achieve the state of concentration!"

"But this method is obviously a calculated trick, how can I use it!"

Chen Ming's mind turned and he urged the red spirit insect.

"Go, transform that dharma body and refine it into vital energy!" Under the control of Chen Ming, the red spirit insect jumped out of the soul-swallowing jar. Its body grew rapidly in size and its magical powers emanated, returning the dharma body of the god to its original source.

The deity's Dharma body was originally constructed entirely from the energy of incense and offerings. It was shattered in an instant by the attack of the red spirit insect's magical power.

It transformed into the scent of incense again, and even the desires and souls of believers mixed in it were revealed.

The red spirit insect opened its mouth wide and was about to swallow it.

Chen Ming stretched out his hand and the scattered souls were separated, escaped from the Divine Domain Temple, and returned to their respective bodies.

"The rest is yours!"

The red spirit insect squeaked twice, and its body shook, swallowing up all the incense and thoughts in the Divine Domain Taoist Temple. Then it fell into the spirit-swallowing jar, curled up into a ball, and did not move at all.

Chen Ming sensed that the red spirit insect had swallowed too many incense thoughts, mixed with various desires, and fell into a deep sleep. It probably needed some time to digest it.

Just as the red spirit insect devoured all the incense thoughts, all the statues and shrines dedicated to the Golden Light God in the mortal world turned into powder at this moment.

Those believers who had regained consciousness were all stunned and confused, not knowing what they had just done.

In their minds, there is no memory at all about Lord Golden Light, the god they have believed in for so many years!
The Golden Light God completely disappeared from this world without leaving any trace.

"This is how Shinto monks are. Once they die, there will be no trace left, unless there are believers who burn incense!"

“However, the deity that was reborn from the incense, although with the same name, is not the original one!”

Chen Ming sighed and swept his mind across the entire Divine Domain Dojo.

This divine realm temple was derived from a trace of divinity after the Golden Light God achieved his Dharma body.

Now that the Golden Light God has fallen, that trace of divinity will gradually dim and eventually disappear without anyone to nurture it.

Chen Ming gathered that trace of divinity, turned it into a point of golden light, and put it into the Soul-Swallowing Jar.

The Divine Domain Dojo suddenly dissipated, and the Soul-Devouring Jar appeared out of thin air in the collapsed temple.

"The death of Lord Jin Guang will surely make the person behind the scenes feel something and will come here soon!"

"It's not advisable to stay here for long. The sacred tree in the temple is also that person's target. I have to take precautions early!"

Chen Ming's mind moved, he rolled up the Soul-Swallowing Jar, chanted a spell, and disappeared into the void. Relying on the connection between his soul and body, he used a secret method to return to Cuiping Mountain in an instant.

The divine consciousness returned to the sea of ​​consciousness, and the lotus platform that protected the divine soul also lost its light.

Chen Ming opened his eyes, flipped his palm, and the Soul-Swallowing Jar appeared in his hand.

There was smoke behind him. The insects hiding in the smoke turned into a stream of insects and fell into the Soul-Swallowing Jar, carrying the flesh, blood, and soul of the female cultivator from the Caiyi Sect and merging into the body of the red spirit insect.

The red spirit insect is still sleeping.

Having devoured so many incense sticks and thoughts, as well as the flesh, blood, and souls of several people from the Caiyi Sect, I'm afraid it will have some luck when it wakes up.

Chen Ming put away the Soul-Swallowing Jar and ignored it for the time being, then took out the golden light that had transformed from the Divine Realm Dojo.

After thinking about it, Chen Ming dropped the golden light on the heart of the sacred tree.

The sacred tree had also received incense, which was just right for nourishing its divinity and stabilizing the sacred area.

The heart of the sacred tree received the golden light, shook, and emitted a green glow, dyeing the golden light into emerald green.

The golden light struggled for several times, and was quite smart and refused to surrender.

Upon seeing this, Chen Ming had an idea and chanted a spell. The life and death energy of the green wood turned, mixing the wood heart and the golden light into one object, which separated from the sacred tree and turned into a green seed with golden patterns.

(End of this chapter)