Above all spirits

Chapter 365 The Frenzied Development of the Shadow Organization

In this regard.

Gu Yun was very generous; he only had two requests.

First, the Shadow Organization allows assassins to take on jobs above their level, but not downgrade their level. Assassins can only take jobs of the level they are qualified for. If a top-tier assassin goes and bullies a mortal, Gu Yun will expel him from the Shadow Organization without hesitation.

In fact, this was also Gu Yun's way of thinking to conform to the mindset of many beings in the lower realms. Being killed by someone of the same realm or with similar strength could only mean that he was inferior in skill, which would cause the Shadow Organization a lot less trouble.

Of course, except for the following special case.

Second, failure is not allowed.

This failure is personal; the organization cannot fail. At most, one failure will increase the difficulty, and we can just send someone more capable to fix it. If necessary, Gu Yun will allow higher-level assassins to take action, prioritizing reputation.

This situation is quite rare.

After all, failure would mean death, and even if they survived, the Shadow faction would remove them from the list.

As an assassin, one's motto is to either not strike at all, or to strike with a single, deadly blow.

If you can't even judge the difference between yourself and the enemy, and blindly accept orders, you should go into other industries like escorting goods or being a bodyguard.

So, you can rest, and you can indulge yourself; Gu Yun doesn't care about any of that, as long as you don't tarnish the organization's reputation when you want to do something.

Simultaneously.

Because the Shadow Organization publishes the crimes of the assassinated after each assassination, there were naturally many doubts at first, but over time these voices disappeared, and discerning people knew that it must be true.

From then on, no one dared to doubt the authenticity of the Shadow Organization.

After all, once you get to Gu Yun's side, not only are there special methods to verify authenticity, but you even need to swear an oath to the Heavenly Dao.

Most of them are the latter.

As for the former, at least the peak of the Holy Body or even the pseudo-innate level are needed.

The so-called special method is naturally Xiao Li's appraisal system.

All beings are equal under this system.

If any concealment is discovered, the consequences will be dire.

Therefore, Xiao Li was very popular in the Shadow Organization.

It's very simple, the appraisal isn't free.

All members of the Shadow Organization knew that Xiao Li had this ability, and those who were unsure about the authenticity would come to Xiao Li to verify it.

From the very beginning, many people tried to take advantage of the chaos to undermine the Dark Shadow Organization, but they were all exposed and their roots were uprooted by Gu Yun. Even the people who instigated them did not escape.

If the Shadow makes a move, it must be the genuine article.

This has become a consensus among everyone.

Do you think there are any people who are united in boycotting Shadow?

Of course there are.

However, spanning eight realms, the Shadow Organization has many enemies as well as many allies.

Assassination is a lucrative profession in any world.

Even though Gu Yun added a strict restriction.

However, this restriction is practically meaningless in the world of spiritual practice.

If someone really wants to dig, there will always be evil deeds involved, after all, this is a world where the strong prey on the weak.

You say there are practitioners who live a peaceful and honest life, but they are truly few and far between.

I'd estimate around 20% or 30%, but that might be a bit high.

Not long ago, a group of people who jointly resisted the Shadow Organization secretly entered the Demon Realm, intending to cause chaos. It is obviously the Victims Alliance, but that's not entirely true, since these victims were originally the perpetrators. In any case, this group is quite powerful, with four or five of them being pseudo-innate level cultivators.

But for the Demon Realm, which has only been developing for a month, it's really not enough.

The intelligence gap is too large.

The Shadow Organization has been developing for a month.

Many other races came to the organization to surrender and join, including vampires, dragons, humans, and even a few from their mortal enemy, the elves. This is because in every world, there are oppressed lower-class beings, and those cultivation resources are always in the hands of large families. Gu Yun accepted them all without hesitation. With Xiao Li around, there were no traitors within the Shadow Organization.

Those who tried to interfere were all eliminated by Gu Yun.

These new members of the Shadow Organization naturally need to go through the process of being corrupted by Gu Yun's demonic influence; all living things have their inner demons.

Aside from Gu Yun, who has already condensed the Emperor's will and there's really no other way, everyone else can have their spiritual world partially shattered, infused with demonic energy, and their inner demons ignited to undergo demonization.

At this point, Gu Yun's Heavenly Demon Emperor Intent also rose accordingly.

It has steadily broken through to a new level.

Their strength has increased dramatically.

In the past month, besides spending some time traveling with Yunyin, Gu Yun also took some time to visit the Other Shore. The reason was that he had run out of magic crystals and needed to buy them again. Luckily, the random landing point was on a planet in the Dragon Realm near the Human Realm, and he returned not long after.

His soul level was also successfully raised to the peak of the Overlord level, just one step away from the Saint level soul.

But Gu Yun understood that this couldn't be forced. His peak Overlord level soul strength was no different from that of an ordinary pseudo-innate soul. This was a watershed moment that wasn't so easy to cross.

The rest of the time, Gu Yun devoted himself to the Heavenly Demon Emperor's Will 'Domination' ability. This ability was completely linked to the demon race and had nothing to do with him. Gu Yun was researching how to help ordinary demons break through to the pseudo-innate level.

There are far too many Demons at the peak of the Holy Body realm.

According to the reservoir theory that Lucifer told him.

Gu Yun attempted to appropriately divert the branch power of the Heavenly Demon Emperor's Will.

The reason it wasn't recorded might be because it would weaken the Heavenly Demon Emperor's will to some extent.

The previous generation of Heavenly Demons, who needed to fight against the human race, could not abandon the fundamental principles for the trivial.

But Gu Yun didn't care.

Although it may affect his imperial will in the early stages, once these demons who have gained the opportunity to break through become stronger, he will receive more "water from the reservoir" than he would give away.

In fact, Gu Yun had a similar suspicion before he first learned about this theory.

Because he had once corrupted Shang Wenqing and shared some of the power of the Heavenly Demon Emperor with him.

In other words, such an operation is feasible.

However, there is an upper limit.

The maximum number of branches a Level 1 Heavenly Demon Emperor's Will can have is 7, which correspond to different abilities.

Gu Yun, the LV2 Heavenly Demon Emperor, tried it out and experimented with several outstanding demons who had been stuck at the peak of the Holy Body for a long time. He found that the upper limit of each branch was increased to 3, which is 21.

Gu Yun couldn't possibly give it all away at once; doing so might even cause him to drop to LV1.

Gu Yun was unsure of the potential backlash and didn't want to try it.

They simply selected a few and distributed the first batch of seven different branches of the Emperor's Will.

These demons, who had received the Heavenly Demon's favor, were immediately moved to tears. They almost prostrated themselves on the ground and frantically licked Gu Yun's feet. Gu Yun, of course, kicked them away like dogs and then left, telling them that cultivating diligently was the greatest way to repay him.

In summary.

The Shadow Organization's strength is now unfathomable.

None of those who tried to cause trouble in the Demon Realm came out alive.