I Slay Gods and Demons in the Deceit Night-Chapter 1308 - 686: Seizing the Authority of the Netherworld!

During these three days, Lin Yan restrained his Qi Mechanism and wandered across the land.

In the former Holy Alliance territory, there were over a hundred Holy Lands, hundreds or even thousands of Blessed Lands, numerous cities, and various large-scale Pure Lands.

Twenty years ago, when Lin Yan achieved the Heavenly Immortal Road, the Human Clan gathered elite forces to guard the Sacred Land of Heavenly Willow, resulting in vulnerable defenses on all fronts, leading to the destruction of many Holy Lands and the fall of many cities.

To this day, the Holy Alliance has lost more than half of its territory.

Now, the Holy Lands and Blessed Lands have completely sealed their mountain gates, almost isolating themselves from the world.

And within the domains supervised by the Holy Lands, cities... large-scale Pure Lands, medium-sized Pure Lands, and even refugees, have mostly migrated southward.

"North of the former Taixuan Divine Mountain, there are still many of the Human Clan."

Li Chengdao whispered, "Various Holy Lands and Blessed Lands have closed their mountain gates on their own..."

"Back then, when you cultivated the Heavenly Immortal Road, amidst the chaos, some Old Gods took action to protect the cities."

"Thus, the Divine Spirits of these cities can be trusted, relatively safe, and remain without migrating southward."

"Many Old Gods of some cities have reincarnated themselves opportunistically, but the empty shells left behind have given birth to Incense Fire Divine Thoughts, which are still trustworthy."

"Those we have migrated mostly consist of populations from large-scale Pure Lands and people raised by evil demons."

"Of course, there are many refugees that are difficult to gather completely."

Li Chengdao continued, "But we believe that aside from the Holy Lands, Blessed Lands, and cities protected by Old Gods, at least ninety percent of the population has already completed the southward migration."

"Very good."

Lin Yan surveyed the surroundings and said, "Back then, I took on the Ancient Immortal's Injunction, and it seems that there are now quite a few Divine Spirits willing to protect the Human Clan... The number of preserved cities is more than I had expected."

Li Chengdao took a deep breath and said, "But in reality, south of the Taixuan Divine Mountain, the capacity to sustain the population has long reached its limit."

This world is a vast and grand universe, formed by the fall of all heavens and myriads of worlds.

The land of the Holy Alliance is more than a hundred times broader than the South Mountain Sacred Land.

Although the land of the Holy Alliance is vast and sparsely populated... in this era, the Human Clan, in the face of Deceit Night and evil demons, finds it challenging to proliferate. Yet they have moved the populations of over a hundred Holy Lands entirely southward.

The South Mountain Sacred Land, naturally, cannot fully accommodate them.

Were it not for the East Mountain Prefecture cultivating the Ten Thousand Life Tree back then, they could only gather thirty percent of the population at most.

The Ten Thousand Life Tree serves as a treehouse for people to reside in.

Inside the trunk, it can store fresh water for drinking.

And each time it flowers and bears fruit, the fruit can be used as a staple food.

"You have done very well."

Lin Yan said with emotion, "Let's return..."

He thought that by inspecting various places, he would find many overlooked members of the Human Clan.

Yet, after traversing six or seven Holy Lands and a journey of hundreds of thousands of miles, he only brought back just over a hundred people.

Thus, it seems that all sides, including Upper Heaven, Kunlun, Penglai, the Demon Suppression Department, and the Observatory, have indeed exerted great efforts to guide and gather the Human Clan.

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Returning to the range of the South Mountain Sacred Land. 𝐟𝕣𝕖𝐞𝐰𝕖𝚋𝐧𝗼𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝗰𝐨𝐦

Lin Yan looked around and felt deeply satisfied.

Within the South Mountain Sacred Land, the population was dense.

Even the previously desolate countryside had been planted with numerous Ten Thousand Life Trees, forming a village.

And within the village, there was a Human Martial Saint guarding it.

The distance between villages was not far.

Some nearby villages even had only a few miles apart.

Mighty individuals of the Human Clan supported one another.

Whenever demons caused harm, a powerful member of the Human Clan would go to kill them.

If an evil spirit appeared, mighty individuals of the Human Clan would also take action to eradicate them.

In this South Mountain Sacred Land, it has been in Deceit Night for twenty years, but all the evils born during Deceit Night couldn't grow strong and were completely exterminated by the Human Clan.

By today, the entire South Mountain Sacred Land, the range of the Three Mansions, seemed to have become the Cave Heaven Ancestor Realm.

The Human Clan thrived peacefully, and in the twenty years of time, the population has even increased.

"In the past, it could be described as a vast land with few people." Little White Ape said with emotion, "Now it seems the scattered forces across the world have been gathered and tightly clenched into a fist."

"Every household worships the Divine Statue of Lord Stove, offering sacrifices to the Six Gods of the home... In each village and town, a Saint Master's Temple has been erected." Li Chengdao whispered.

"The proliferation and thriving is certainly good, but after all, the South Mountain Sacred Land is not vast enough... In the future, when the population becomes too much, I fear the South Mountain Sacred Land cannot bear it."

Great Saint Yi Qian came from afar and whispered, "A dense population will, without realizing, lead to numerous conflicts, and even internal warfare could erupt! So in the future, expansion must continue..."

Lin Yan nodded slightly and said, "Once the Netherworld catastrophe passes, the Human Clan can open up new territories and reclaim lost lands!"

He scanned around and said, "All borders are well prepared... With the arrangements made, common Yin Spirit Ghosts must be cautious and dare not harm indiscriminately, minimizing the losses when the Netherworld enters the world."

Great Saint Yi Qian whispered, "Everything you have prepared has already been assembled."

"It will commence in two hours."

Lin Yan said, "When the time comes, I will personally be there."

As his voice fell, he transformed into countless starlights and went off into the distance.

He arrived at the former East Mountain Prefecture, entering the former Forbidden Land of Marquis Lingyou.

Everything within the Forbidden Land had been relocated by Marquis Lingyou.

And outside the Forbidden Land, the corpse of a Human Martial Saint guarding the gate still stood tall here.

This respected Human Martial Saint, of unknown origin, of unknown name, blocked this Forbidden Land with his own life.

The subsequent Lord of East Mountain Prefecture succeeded this Human Martial Saint, melting into the task, continuing its duties.