I Slay Gods and Demons in the Deceit Night-Chapter 1309 - 686: Struggle for the Netherworld’s Authority! (Part 2)
By now, the oil has long run dry and the lamp has gone out.
"Elder, you have endured much suffering over the years. From now on, the affairs of this land will be guarded by us, the younger generation."
Lin Yan bowed and said, "The elder's lingering thoughts can be scattered now, awaiting entry into reincarnation."
As his voice fell, he collected the remains.
Within an hour, he used the Heavenly Star Ten Thousand Shadows Mirage Wind Divine Cloud Step to traverse the lands of the Three Prefectures.
Finally, he arrived at Qifeng Prefecture City.
The Wutong Divine Mother had already manifested with Divine Light, waiting there.
"Although we are still quite late, fortunately, it's not too far off," the Wutong Divine Mother said, "She is still there."
"Good." Lin Yan nodded slightly and said, "Over these years, it has been thanks to the Divine Mother for transmitting Mana, helping her remain unharmed in the Netherworld."
"Now that the Netherworld has entered the mortal realm, you should go and bring her back," the Wutong Divine Mother said softly, "She can reincarnate and become human again, and her Phoenix Bloodline should also be retrieved."
"I understand," Lin Yan said, "Over the years, the Divine Mother could have reclaimed the Phoenix Ancestor's bloodline at any time, but to allow her to persist, the Phoenix Ancestor's bloodline was kept within her Primordial Spirit! When she returns, I will voluntarily return the Phoenix Bloodline..."
"Go ahead," the Wutong Divine Mother said, "Time is short, go resolve your worldly ties. With the Netherworld entering the mortal realm... you may not remain unharmed."
"I understand."
Lin Yan left Qifeng Prefecture City and returned to High Willow City.
Within High Willow City, all his old friends were present.
Lin Miao, Lin Lei, the second sister-in-law, Lin Xiaonian, Lin Xiaoyue, as well as his sister, brother-in-law, nephew, and others were all gathered there.
In addition, there were Han Zheng, Lv Tang, Shen Jiang, and even Chief Clerk Yang, some of the old retainers from those years.
"It has been another twenty years, and everyone's cultivation progress is not bad," Lin Yan said with a light sigh, "It's just that we've all aged a bit."
Chief Clerk Yang had already become an old man with gray hair, his eyes filled with emotion.
Even the second sister-in-law, despite receiving various secret elixirs from the Upper Heaven and Kunlun, and maintaining herself well, still had developed wrinkles.
His elder brother Lin Miao had already achieved success in Landscaping Technique.
His second brother Lin Lei had reached great success in exorcism, able to wield even the Divine Power of Liu Zun, almost exhibiting the strength of a Human Martial Saint.
Lin Xiaonian also practiced the exorcism technique, suppressing a powerful Yin Spirit, comparable to the Refining God Realm.
Lin Xiaoyue practiced the Kaiyuan Creation God Skill, her extraordinary talent nurtured by resources from all directions, and had also achieved the level of a Human Martial Saint, breaking through the Fifth Heaven, a truly astounding feat.
Han Zheng, Lv Tang, and Shen Jiang were all of the same kind of exceptional talent; even when resources were scarce, they could still break through the Refining Essence Realm and Qi Refining Realm.
Due to the Saint Master's influence, people of the Human Clan, whether from the Holy Alliance, Upper Heaven, Kunlun, Penglai, or South Mountain Sacred Land, treated them with great esteem, with abundant resources.
It was for this reason that the three of them had advanced to Human Martial Saints a few years back.
Among them, Shen Jiang progressed the fastest, having already broken through the Sixth Heaven, on the verge of becoming a strong figure of the Upper Three Heavens.
With his progress, as long as he did not meet an early demise, and as long as the Human Clan continued to nurture him, in another ten years, he might have the hope to break through to Breaking the Ultimate Heaven.
Among the old subordinates, Meng Lu progressed the fastest, having had his early foundation damaged but later restored by Lin Yan; a year ago, he mastered the Kaiyuan Creation God Skill and cultivated the Netherworld Internal View.
As for his old friends Chen Feng and Pan Yun, twenty years ago, on the night that Lin Yan completed the Heavenly Immortal Road, they died in the city defense battle.
"After today, the scenes of this world will become even more brutal," Lin Yan said, "This is the greatest calamity the Human Clan faces since the ancient catastrophe!"
Deceit Night still lingers!
The Evil is endless!
All Gods are awakening!
The Netherworld enters the mortal realm!
This era, after the ancient calamity, will be the most terrifying.
But fortunately, the Human Clan now has the power to resist!
Unlike the despair of the Red Nether Era!
"Surviving this era will lead the Human Clan to prosperity!"
Lin Yan took a deep breath and said, "I stand so high now, it may be difficult to personally protect you... Be cautious and careful!"
Everyone responded in unison.
Lin Xiaoyue slightly lowered her head.
She was already the Supreme Commander of the Observatory in High Willow City and concurrently held the position of the Three Mansions Inspection Envoy of the South Mountain Sacred Land.
At this moment, she clenched her fists and thought, "I am still too weak."
"When Uncle started learning martial arts, the Lin Family was still poor, but he advanced triumphantly, and by my age, he could already slay Heavenly Gods and rally the Ten Thousand Heroes of the Human Race to develop the Immortal Technique!"
"And I, since childhood, have been blessed by the Saint Master and nurtured by the Human Clan, yet to this day, I have not even broken through the Upper Three Heavens, and the distance to Breaking the Ultimate Heaven is still very far."
"The distance to the Red Dust Tribulation, to become a Human Immortal, is even more unreachable."
"If I were already a Human Immortal, I would have the qualification to share Uncle's burdens."
She sighed, and her resolve grew even stronger.
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Lin Yan left High Willow City.
From this journey, his Dao Rhythm also grew.
Returning to the original location of the Sacred Land of Heavenly Willow.
Here, the altar was already prepared.
"Begin!"
Lin Yan flipped his palm, with a mark flickering in his palm.
Rumble!!!
With a seal in hand, he tugged at the Netherworld!
The Netherworld, vast and boundless, its expanse could rival the total of dozens of Holy Lands!
To move such a colossal world with the power of one person is no easy feat!
Like a fisherman standing on the shore, attempting to drag a distant island to the coast.
"Yin Tianzi is dead, the Netherworld is in chaos, and with the Kaiyuan Creation God Skill, I have a complete Netherworld Internal View!"
Lin Yan thought to himself: "With the accumulation of these ten years, exhausting all my foundation, it is enough to drag the Netherworld into the Mortal World."
——
Rumble!!!
Heaven and earth shook, countless phenomena changed.
At the time of noon, when the sun was at its peak.
Yet between heaven and earth, Yin clouds gathered, a chill swept in.
"What's going on?"
"Has the Netherworld entered the world?"
"No, the Netherworld has been even more chaotic recently, the plans to attack the Mortal World years ago were interrupted and delayed to this day!"
"Now, with the Netherworld's unrest unresolved, why has it entered the world early?"
"Which Great God's means is this?"
"It's from the southern direction!"
"It's the means of the Human Clan!"
"This Human Race Saint Master, since opening the Heavenly Immortal Road years ago, has been in secluded meditation!"
"His true form never appeared in the world; merely by his past fame and battle merit, he has suppressed the world for twenty years!"
"In these twenty years, the gods dared not stir, could only silently regain their full strength."
"Could it be that these twenty years, he has been preparing to bring the Netherworld into the world early?"
"Isn't he the one who cherishes the Humans the most? How dare he bring the Netherworld into the world, abandoning the current peaceful state of the Human Clan?"
"Something's not right!"
"The Netherworld... has still come!"
All forces were in turmoil.
Among them, many Old Gods have already realized.
Over the years, the Human Clan retreated step by step, shrinking defenses south of Taixuan Divine Mountain.
The remaining so-called Holy Lands, Blessed Lands, and some cities were completely isolated and sealed.
It seemed as if the Human Clan's situation was suppressed.
Now it seems, from twenty years ago, they've been preparing for today!
The Human Clan draws the Netherworld into the world, causing chaos, disturbing the gods, suppressing evil!
"The Human Clan fears the revival of the gods in the future, unable to cope, intending to invite trouble!"
"A strategy to drive out tigers to swallow wolves? The Human Clan underestimates the gods and the Ghost Gods of the Netherworld!"
"Wanting to stand aside, driving out tigers to swallow wolves... I wonder if the Human Clan can withstand the outcome of Ten Thousand Ghosts ravaging the world!"
"Once the Netherworld emerges, reincarnation becomes much simpler for us!"
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Within the Netherworld.
The fall of Yin Tianzi, yet there were still many high-ranking officials in the Netherworld.
Comparable to Upper Celestial Gods, the Ghost King holds the power of the Netherworld. In recent years, they each waged wars, fighting for dominance.
Suddenly they found the entire Netherworld elevating, about to enter the Mortal World!
"Good, good, good! Once my Netherworld's Ghost Gods enter the Mortal World without physical bodies, they will be inherently weaker... Under the same Divine Position tier, weaker by three points compared to regular Divine Spirits!"
"In the past attempts to invade the Mortal World, we haven't succeeded!"
"This time, with the entire Netherworld merging with the Mortal World, our Ghost Gods are not too severely weakened."
"With this, it should be my Netherworld's time to dominate the Ten Thousand Realms, reopening the grand trend of heaven and earth!"
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Sacred Land of Heavenly Willow.
Lin Yan opened his eyes.
He gazed beneath the earth.
"It finally came!"
He spoke slowly, his tone heavy: "After this tribulation, I shall become the Yin Tianzi of the Netherworld, wielding the power over life and death across Ten Thousand Realms and Reincarnation!"
Rumble!!!
As his voice fell!
The world turned dark!
The earth shattered, Yellow Spring gushed!
In the Yellow Spring, countless beams of light formed by converging Yin Qi surged straight towards Lin Yan!
The struggle for power!
