1444 The Secrets of the Officiants, The Cruel Truth, and Becoming Immortal

"Five officiant seats …"

Jun Xiaoyao muttered to himself.

The officiants were all unimaginably powerful beings.

One of them was terrifying enough to shake the entire Nine Heavens Immortal Realm.

However, there were five of them!

He recalled the officiant's order he received when he checked in. There was a number five on it.

Did that mean that Jun Xiaoyao was the fifth officiant?

Kun Shan looked at Jun Xiaoyao and said with a faint smile, "To be honest, you and the officiants might have something to do with each other."

"Me? Why?"

Jun Xiaoyao looked calm.

However, he was slightly shocked.

Could it be that Kun Shan had mastered Mind-Reading Ability and could see through people's minds and know that he had the officiant's order?

Unexpectedly, Kun Shan said, "Rumor has it that you are the successor of Emperor Wuji. Is that right?"

Jun Xiaoyao nodded.

Kun Shan sighed and said, "You should know that Emperor Wuji severely injured a supreme taboo of the Reincarnation Ocean and put him into hibernation."

"And that supreme taboo of the Reincarnation Ocean was one of the officiants."

Jun Xiaoyao was enlightened when he heard that and understood everything.

The supreme taboo of the Reincarnation Ocean must be the fifth officiant.

Emperor Wuji severely injured the fifth officiant of the Reincarnation Ocean and put him into hibernation.

Then, he was stripped of his officiant status.

The reason why Jun Xiaoyao was able to check in and get the officiant's order was not just a coincidence.

It was also because of his identity as the successor of Emperor Wuji.

Emperor Wuji severely injured the fifth officiant, so the fifth officiant's order fell into his hands.

There was nothing wrong with that logic!

"It can be said that Emperor Wuji was extremely powerful. The Great Emperors of the Immortal Realm who had quelled the turmoil in the past might not have fought with the officiants."

"After all, not all the officiants would show up in every turmoil."

"Sometimes, only one would show up, and sometimes two. It was rare for three or four officiants to show up at the same time," Kun Shan said.

"Why is that?" Jun Xiaoyao was confused.

Kun Shan looked at Jun Xiaoyao deeply and said, "Because there is not enough Path material to share."

"There isn't enough Immortal Dao material. Could the connection between the dark turmoil and the Immortal Ascension Sect be …"

Jun Xiaoyao felt as if he was suddenly enlightened. His mind was instantly clear.

"That's right. You might be curious about what the identity of the Officiant brings and what special meaning it has."

"As long as one can obtain the identity of the Head Sacrificer, they will be able to control a special power of blood sacrifice. They will have a method to sacrifice themselves and become an Immortal."

"As for the offerings, they are naturally the living beings of the Immortal Realms."

"It's just like in ancient times, when emperors sacrificed to the heavens, they would slaughter livestock as offerings."

"The meaning of the so-called Officiator's existence is to use the power of blood sacrifice to sacrifice the lives of all living beings in the Immortal Realm through stirring up chaos in the darkness."

"Using all living beings in the Immortal Region as nourishment, through an Imperishable Altar in the Land of Ultimate Ruins, the Immortal Gate will be opened."

"Of course, up until now, the Door of Immortality has never been completely opened."

"All I know is that the more energy that is sacrificed, the bigger the crack in the Gate of Immortality will be. Naturally, more Immortal Dao material will flow out."

"Although those supreme taboos that want to become immortals are unable to enter the Gate of Immortality, the Immortal Dao material is also greatly beneficial to them."

"As the main body of the sacrifice, the Officiant controls the largest power of blood sacrifice. Naturally, he can obtain the most Immortal Dao material."

"And the act of sacrificing to become an Immortal through the Imperishable Altar is called the Officiant Ceremony."

Kun Shan's long string of words caused the entire hall to fall into a dead silence.

This was the first time even Nie Zhan, Ajiu, and the others had heard this truth.

"This … is too cruel. Slaughtering all living beings in the Immortal Realms like livestock, turning them into offerings and sacrificing them to the Gate of Immortality."

Ajiu covered her red lips with her jade-like hand.

Even with her tranquil state of mind, she couldn't help but feel a wave of anger rise in her heart at this moment.

"These Officiants are really inhuman!"

Nie Zhan's expression was also cold as he cursed.

Although in the eyes of these experts, those living beings were indeed like ants.

But may I ask, who hasn't transformed from an ant step by step?

Could it be that anyone was born high and mighty?

(Except for Jun Xiaoyao)

As an expert who stood at the peak, it was impossible to say that he was merciful.

At the very least, he couldn't sacrifice the lives of hundreds of millions of living beings to open the Gate of Immortality.

Most importantly, he couldn't open it all the time.

Wasn't this a futile effort?

Hearing Nie Zhan's words, Kun Shan revealed a cold and mocking smile.

"Human?

Those Officiants are no longer human. "

"They stand at the peak of the nine heavens and have long abandoned the seven emotions and six desires of human beings."

"Becoming an Immortal is their only goal."

"You may not be able to imagine the pain of forever staying in a realm until it fades away with time."

"There is also the pain of being unable to step into the Immortal Realm even though the hope of becoming an Immortal is right in front of them."

"This pain makes them lose all human emotions and become an existence even colder than the Heavenly Dao."

"The Heavenly Dao is heartless and treats all living beings as dogs."

"In their opinion, as long as they can ascend to the extreme and enter the Immortal Realm, so what if they sacrifice all living beings in the world?"

Kun Shan's words made everyone present fall silent.

Indeed.

Without reaching their realm, it was naturally impossible to understand their state of mind.

As the saying goes, a mountain is a mountain, and water is water.

People of different realms would have different views when looking at the same thing.

In their eyes, sacrificing all living beings in the Immortal Realm for their own selfish reasons was simply a heinous crime.

However, in the eyes of those Officiants, what was wrong with sacrificing hundreds of millions of ants to achieve themselves?

Jun Xiaoyao also fell silent.

To be honest, he wasn't the kind of person who was a saint.

To him, all living beings were indeed no different from ants.

Previously, in the Battle of Ultimate Calamity, Jun Xiaoyao was regarded as the great hero who saved the Immortal Realm.

However, in fact, his original purpose was just to help his father, Jun Wuhui, and get a wave of power of faith at the same time.

He really didn't become a hero for the sake of being a hero.

"Could it be that the system really wants me to become the fifth Officiant by signing in to this Officiant Token?"

Jun Xiaoyao couldn't help but laugh bitterly in his heart.

Could it be that the system also saw through him and knew what kind of person he was?

However, it had to be said that with Jun Xiaoyao's indifferent and arrogant personality, he was quite suitable to be the Officiant.

However, when Jun Xiaoyao thought about it carefully, he shouldn't be that evil.

While Jun Xiaoyao shared a similar mindset as the other officiants of the ritual, he was still a man of great power.

In fact, the biggest difference between him and the Officiants was.

That was, he had concerns in his heart, and he had feelings as a human.

There were two beautiful women waiting for his promise of engagement.

Jun Xiaoyao thought.

Jiang Shengyi and Jiang Luoli probably didn't want to see their husband become an existence without humanity like the Officiants.

His father, Jun Wuhui, also didn't want to see this scene.

"Although it's impossible to truly fall into darkness … it's not impossible to use the identity of the Officiant."

Jun Xiaoyao had already begun to plan in his heart.

He wasn't the kind of person who was pedantic, and he couldn't tolerate any darkness in his eyes.

There was no good or evil in power; it only depended on how it was used.

Jun Xiaoyao also wanted to obtain the identity and power of the Officiant.