I Slay Gods and Demons in the Deceit Night-Chapter 1263 - 664: East Kitchen Fate God of Nine Heavens, Lord Stove! (Part 2)

Lin Yan spoke once more, "My path can lead to immortality, but I must find the Enlightenment Furnace and the Enlightenment Ancient Wood to develop a new technique for myself."

The God of Great Kindness fell silent for a moment before saying, "Do you think I know the whereabouts of the Enlightenment Furnace?"

"I have mastered the method of divination, and my journey to meet you bears a great auspicious omen."

Lin Yan said slowly, "With my current cultivation, what can be considered a great auspicious omen is nothing short of the opportunity for immortality..."

"As you said, since the great catastrophe of the Ancient Era, no later generations have achieved immortality, so I must pioneer a new path."

"To devise a new technique and tread a completely different Dao, connecting to the Immortal Road, I must find the Enlightenment Furnace and the Enlightenment Ancient Wood to help me derive a new path."

"Since my great auspicious omen is associated with you, the God of Great Kindness, it naturally relates to the matter of immortality."

With Lin Yan's words.

The God of Great Kindness paused before saying, "I do indeed know the whereabouts of the Enlightenment Furnace, but the Enlightenment Ancient Wood is difficult to locate."

"..."

Lin Yan's eyes lit up.

Though unaware of the location of the Enlightenment Ancient Wood, finding the Enlightenment Furnace was already a significant advancement.

"I can assist you in obtaining the Enlightenment Furnace."

The God of Great Kindness said earnestly, "But you must promise to help our prince awaken and also to annihilate the Great Evil God."

"Agreed."

Lin Yan's Primordial Spirit turned a myriad of thoughts in an instant, and he immediately agreed.

He reached out and beckoned, "What manner of rituals does the Human Clan need to perform to worship the prince who attained enlightenment in ancient times and enjoyed incense offerings from the Ten Thousand Realms?"

The God of Great Kindness said, "There is no need to create a divine statue; simply draw one, paste it above the stoves in each household, recite the Venerable Name of the East Kitchen Fate God of Nine Heavens, and burn incense and pray on the first and fifteenth."

East Kitchen Fate God of Nine Heavens!

In the Ancient Era, every household with a stove would worship this god.

All mortal food, cooked through the stove, became offerings.

In the Ancient Era, when the Human Clan worshipped all the gods, offerings would first pass through the stove.

That is to say, offerings to all Heavens Immortals first passed through the Kitchen God.

And so, the incense meant for all Heavens Immortals first passed through the Kitchen God.

However, after the great catastrophe of the Ancient Era, order collapsed, leaving the Human Clan's factions in ruin, displaced, and having long lost ancient customs.

Even when order in the Human Clan stabilized and households rebuilt stoves, there was no longer a custom of worshipping the Kitchen God.

Thus, the source of incense offerings had already ceased.

"I promise to revive the incense for the Kitchen God, but concerning the Enlightenment Furnace..."

Lin Yan raised an eyebrow.

The God of Great Kindness hesitated, then waved a great hand, causing a light to fly out.

Lin Yan caught it with a sweep of his hand and said, "This deal is settled, but when it comes to subduing the Great Evil God, I can only defeat him and cannot completely destroy him... After all, he thrives on the evil thoughts in the world."

"I will have a way to completely seize control of his Great Evil Divine Artifact, at which point he will only be an Upper Celestial God, without the Great Evil Divine Authority."

With these words from the God of Great Kindness, he said softly, "Once the Saint Master has obtained the Enlightenment Furnace..."

"Slow down!"

Lin Yan said lightly, "The location of the Enlightenment Furnace is exchanged for the incense for the Kitchen God! Slaying the Great Evil God is a separate price..."

The God of Great Kindness's gaze sharpened, saying, "You and the Great Evil God are already in a deathless situation, but you can't kill him, so I come to help you! Are you still seeking to get benefits from me?"

"As long as I'm here, I can stabilize the Mortal World, and though the Great Evil God can stir up trouble, he cannot shake the main trend of the Human Clan."

Lin Yan said, "I could avoid risking my life, but to cooperate with you, I must risk my life, and the current fate of the Human Clan is essentially tied to my person... I can't gamble the fate of the Human Clan with you."

The God of Great Kindness was silent for a moment before saying, "What exactly do you want?"

"The era of Deceitful Night is eroding, human hearts are unstable, and even the most resolute hero, in the end, will face decline, fearing loss of control."

Lin Yan said slowly, "Lend me the Great Virtue Divine Artifact for three years, and I'll unite the power of the Human Clan to create a similar item to restrain the change in human hearts with good thoughts... Human heroes, who face unpropitious later years, if graced with good thoughts, may reduce the impact of the Deceitful Night."

The God of Great Kindness's expression changed dramatically and was about to refuse.

However, Lin Yan spoke again.

"The Great Evil God has awakened for many years, leaving replicas of the Great Evil Divine Artifact across the lands of the Human Clan, guiding beings to do evil deeds."

"Since the Deceitful Night Era, evil deeds are numerous, and acts of kindness are scarce."

"So you, the God of Great Kindness, are far less powerful than the Great Evil God."

Lin Yan said, "Three years later, the Great Virtue Divine Artifact will return to your hands, and the replicas will be spread throughout the Mortal World! The higher-ups of the Human Clan, when holding the Good Artifact and performing good deeds, drawing upon the good thoughts within them, will maintain their own sanity and avoid losing control!"

"If there is any surplus good thought... It will still be yours in the future!"

He looked at the God of Great Kindness and said, "I, as the foremost of the Human Clan today, am offering you this direct path to restoring yourself as a three-year deal, how about it?"

The God of Great Kindness fell silent.

The Great Virtue Divine Artifact is his foundation.

He is respected as an Upper Celestial God because the Kitchen God took him under his command, granting him the Great Virtue Divine Artifact, and respecting him as the God of Great Kindness.

If he loses the Divine Artifact, it would be a loss of authority.

"I can hand over the Great Virtue Divine Artifact to the Human Clan, but I must accompany it, and the artifact cannot leave my perception."

With the words of the God of Great Kindness.

Lin Yan nodded and said, "This will require going to Heavenly Destiny City with my token."

Saying this, he reached into his bosom, circulating mana to imprint it on an elixir before tossing it over.

The God of Great Kindness responded, also condensing mana to paint a divine statue on paper, then tossed it over.

At the same time, the God of Great Kindness took out another item.

"To emboss the prince's divine statue, it must pass through this item for a Dharma Seal to be affixed, which enlivens it."

The God of Great Kindness said, "Such images possess divine intent, and the incense from the unseen realm will then belong to the prince."

Lin Yan received this consecrated treasure and the painted divine statue, nodding, "I am aware, once I obtain the Enlightenment Furnace, we will begin from the South Mountain Sacred Land, and within three years, the ancient customs shall reappear in the Mortal World."

Hearing this, the God of Great Kindness agreed at once, then drifted away.

Lin Yan watched the god's departing figure with a complex expression.

"Master, are you really going to cooperate with him?"

The Little White Ape said softly, "The results of your divination could be said to be mixed... Surely there are deeper schemes behind this God of Great Kindness!"

"The Enlightenment Furnace is critically important, concerning the new technique, and it must be retrieved."

Lin Yan said, "As for the subsequent ominous signs, they can be dealt with later."

"Regardless of what happens, I must achieve immortality now, or I will not be able to suppress the future chaos."

"As of now, though the omens are mixed, once I become immortal, the ominous signs may not be unsolvable."

His expression was grave, "If I can't achieve immortality... when all the gods fully awaken, countless members of the Human Clan will ultimately be nothing more than ants."

When gods battle, mortals suffer.

In the future, when all gods awaken and vie for authority, there will inevitably be no shortage of conflicts.

The conflict of divine spirits is such that even a Human Martial Saint, once involved, would find it hard to preserve their life.

Even those who break through to Extreme Heaven, should they partake in battles among All Gods, would find it extremely challenging.

Figures like Lin Yan, Shangguan Youqi, Shangguan Shang, as Human Martial Saints, possess various means and even Divine Skills, but engaging in a war of gods, they can only barely cope.

"First, retrieve the Enlightenment Furnace."

Lin Yan turned to look, speaking slowly, "Once, the Enlightenment Furnace was right before my eyes, and I hadn't even the slightest awareness... Truly, the means of the gods are astonishing."

According to the God of Great Kindness, the location of the Enlightenment Furnace is in South Mountain Sacred Land, Qifeng Prefecture, and Feng City.

This Enlightenment Furnace has always been in the hands of the Heavenly God King!

No wonder the Medicine Gatherer appeared in Feng City after devouring the last generation's Saint Master of South Mountain Sacred Land!