Zhou Xuanmen, as the Curse Ancestor, was very powerful, and Yu Tong was also formidable, but it was regrettable that he hadn't witnessed the entire fight between them, or else he would have certainly gained a great deal of experience.

Xiao Mu suddenly felt a trace of regret.

"Is this the legacy treasure of the Lord of Bai's Mansion?" Zhou Xuanmen's gaze fixed on the True God incense burner that was missing a corner and the ancient bamboo slips.

"You can take the incense burner, senior, and a copy of the bamboo slips as well," Xiao Mu said with a smile, gesturing towards the incense burner and the bamboo slips.

"Very well!" Zhou Xuanmen didn't stand on ceremony, and with a wave of his hand, both the True God incense burner and the bamboo slips flew into his possession.

He stored the incense burner in his storage space and then grasped the bamboo slips.

The curse power twinkled around Zhou Xuanmen, gradually surging into his palm, and soon after, this curse power gathered together, transforming into a brand-new set of bamboo slips.

"Remember to notify me if there's anything like this again." He casually threw the original bamboo slips back to Xiao Mu and stored the new ones in his storage space, a swirl of grey-black curse power drifted by, and Zhou Xuanmen's figure swiftly disappeared from the spot, transforming into curse power that drifted far away.

"Good, the loot was not bad!"

Xiao Mu placed the bamboo slips into the Earth Seal Space and then used the Escape Art to leave the spot.

He did not return to the Talisman Shop, but instead, went back to another room he had rented in the market.

After returning to the room, Xiao Mu didn't immediately check the information in the bamboo slips but first took stock of his gains.

In this battle, he had not only obtained a massive amount of Energy Points but also acquired two treasures from Netherlord including the Soul Summoning Banner and Yin Soul Book, as well as the Netherlord Domain.

Taking out the Soul Summoning Banner, Yin Soul Book, and Netherlord Order, Xiao Mu used the Seal of the Heavenly Emperor to reforge them one by one, inserting the Supreme Intention into these three objects, leaving Xiao Mu's mark within them.

"The Netherlord Order can be given to Fang Ying. The treasures of the Netherlord, whether gifted to Xu Qianwu or Fang Ying, could significantly enhance my Emperor's Authority."

Holding the four treasures (including the young Netherlord's Black Wind Spirit Commander Crown), Xiao Mu played with them for a moment and then stored all four items in the Earth Seal Space.

Then, after clearing his thoughts, Xiao Mu started to examine the bamboo slips left by the Lord of Bai's Mansion.

To his surprise, the bamboo slips were a cultivation diary of the Lord of Bai's Mansion. Once Xiao Mu started reading, he was deeply captivated.

The content recorded in the diary was intriguing, ranging from certain explanations of Variant Cultivation to the use of personal authority.

A part of the authority application was missing in the human world; before the Heavenly Dao entered the human world, the severity of this issue was not perceived, but as soon as the Heavenly Dao penetrated, the gravity of the problem became recognized and grew more severe with the greater influence of the Heavenly Dao on the human world.

Xiao Mu read carefully through the bamboo slips and, before long, he opened his eyes, pondering and mumbling to himself, "So, authority can be displayed like this; my City God's Domain inherently possesses different capabilities."

A long time ago, Xiao Mu had fought enemies using the City God's authority with the Life and Death Book and Judge Pen, directly employing the Judge Pen to assassinate the opponents using the Life and Death Book.

This was one of the City God's authorities, but it was only now, after reading the Lord of Bai's notations on authority, that Xiao Mu realized what he had used to assassinate his opponents was actually not the City God's authority but the inherent powers of the Life and Death Book and Judge Pen.

This was why Xiao Mu could easily employ these two treasures to assassinate Yin Spirit Level enemies in the past. However, as his enemies became stronger and ascended into Divine Spirits, it became much harder for him to assassinate them.

It wasn't that the powers of the Life and Death Book and Judge Pen had weakened, but because Xiao Mu had not cultivated the correct method of usage, possessing the City God's Domain but lacking the City God's authority.

The reason for this, apart from Xiao Mu not having cultivated a similar cultivation method, was more importantly because the Heavenly Dao had always been isolated from the human world, without the chance to enter, thus even if Xiao Mu cultivated the corresponding cultivation methods, he couldn't display his true might.

Now, the records of the Lord of Bai's Mansion undoubtedly pointed out a clear path for Xiao Mu.

"So it's possible in this way, no wonder the City God of Tai Cang is stronger than me," Xiao Mu muttered to himself, a smile gradually appearing on his face.

Moments later, the visage of the City God appeared above his head, the Book of Life and Death and the Judge Pen materialized in his left and right hands respectively.

Divine light surged, a golden brilliance enveloping the entire figure of the City God, covering Xiao Mu's body as well, while Xiao Mu's hands clutched the illusory forms of the Book of Life and Death and the Judge Pen, sketching in the air.

Beams of deathly black light emerged from the Book of Life and Death and the Judge Pen, each capable of easily seizing a person's life.

As a ruler of life and death, the City God is a formidable presence in the Divine Spirit Level within the True Gods system, controlling not only the life and death of ordinary mortals but also using his divine authority to interfere with the life and death of Mutated Beings.

"No wonder Qing Jie's Thunder God repeatedly used the Power of Retribution during our battle, trying to make me suffer retribution."

"This is the most fundamental and purest Power of Retribution, and this power is on the same level as my ability to manipulate others' fate."

"However, the difference is that Qing Jie's Thunder God hails from beyond the heavens, and had long cultivated the usage of this authority, whereas I had not."

During his recollection, Xiao Mu suddenly thought of the great battle with Qing Jie's Thunder God, who used the Power of Retribution on himself, imposing past, future, and unknown retributions on him at the same time. At that moment, he almost couldn't cope, nearly defeated by the retribution.

In the end, he could only rely on the power of the Seal of the Heavenly Emperor to imprison the opponent, finally slaughtering his adversary.

If it were not for the Seal of the Heavenly Emperor, Xiao Mu thought, he truly wouldn't have been a match for Qing Jie's Thunder God, even though only a divine manifestation of the opponent appeared this time.

Fundamentally speaking, it was because Qing Jie's Thunder God had cultivated the relevant cultivation methods, while he had not.

"Unfortunately, the records of the Lord of Bai's Mansion did not include such cultivation methods. Indeed, the authority cultivation methods of the City God are not even worth the Lord of Bai's Mansion's records."

"It is correct for the Lord of Bai's Mansion to record the principles of cultivation but not the specific methods."

Xiao Mu began to contemplate the cultivation principles of the City God's authority, and soon realized the difference between Divine Spirits within the True Gods system and those of other systems.

The other systems, whether they be the Reincarnation System, the Retribution System, the Life and Death System, or the Fate System.

Each system's authority corresponds to a Destiny Point; relying on borrowing power from the respective Destiny Point to manifest strength, therefore, the ultimate result of cultivation is the expansion of the power of the Destiny Point.

In contrast, the True Gods system does not have individual Destiny Points belonging exclusively to entities like Mountain and Land Gods, City Gods, or Mansion Lords; the ultimate goal of their cultivation is to strengthen oneself, sealing off the Destiny Point to prevent the power of Destiny from influencing oneself, yet still relying on one's power to alter Destiny.

This is the difference between the True Gods system and other Divine Spirit systems.

Realizing this difference, Xiao Mu suddenly felt a strange sensation. He couldn't determine whether this feeling was good or bad.

But undoubtedly, the path taken by the True Gods system differs from those of other Divine Spirit systems.

This is it, the True Gods system manages worldly affairs; other systems, whether they be the Fate System or other smaller systems, all act on behalf of Heavenly mandates, be it the Reincarnation, Life and Death, or Retribution Systems.

But with the presence of the Heavenly Emperor and Heavenly Court, the True Gods system seems to be above the other four major systems.

However, with the current uncertainty around the life and death of the Heavenly Emperor and the status of the Heavenly Court, the position of the True Gods system might have changed.

After thinking it over, Xiao Mu finally felt that, in terms of sheer strength, the True Gods system might not necessarily be stronger than the other major systems—the strength of an individual still depends on the cultivation methods, Realm, and level of authority.

After a period of thought, Xiao Mu nodded in understanding and then shifted his focus back to cultivating his own authority.

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