As a father, I just want to quietly watch you live a long life

Just like his father, who had also given up the possibility of charging towards a higher realm with his own Talent, planning to borrow the power of the Temple God.

The Mysterious Templeʼs appearance in the human world was a dawn for many Cultivators who had reached a dead end.

It was an opportunity to touch heights previously unreachable.

As for the price that needed to be paid...

The sacrifices that needed to be made...

What did that have to do with these cultivators?

The ones who would die were nothing more than commoners, like pigs or dogs.

Cao Qingyuan backed up to the doorway, also somewhat devout. He yearned for the power of the Temple God.

Worship the deity!

Bow to the deity!

With the blood and Divinity of a thousand Spirit Babies, plus a thousand wood carvings—since they were all creations that Woodcarving Masters had poured their hearts into, although they were not Divine Wood Carvings, they could extract Divinity from the Woodcarving Masters through the Spirit Infant Wood Carvings.

All these... were offerings!

The deity should awaken!

Boom—

High above the sky, as if a thunderclap had exploded.

The secret chamber of the City Lordʼs Mansion began to collapse, shattering, countless specks of dust floating up, turning into gravel-like fragments under the howling gales, continuously swirling.

Cao Guang opened his eyes; a vertical line had appeared on his brows, his white robe stained with dots of blood.

He continuously backed away, his face showing a look of satisfaction.

”The Thousand Infant Sculpture Sacrifice is complete!”

”The Temple God has accepted our offering!”

As his words fell,

The entire secret chamberʼs scenery began to change dramatically; countless swirling sand grains began to amass, forming a scene that was exactly the same as the layout and structure of the [Three-eyed Wrathful True Lord Lingying] Mysterious Temple outside the city!

There was even an altar, and flickering red candle flames, as well as the Statue of the Deity of the Three-eyed Wrathful True Lord Lingying Temple God sitting atop the altar!

But the Statue of the Deity trembled slightly, as if it was about to stand up.

Yet it seemed a bit weak and unable to stand.

A pair of eyes brimmed with unparalleled fury; the third eye on his forehead emitted a faint glow.