I Killed Gods and Demons in Song Dynasty

Chapter 261: Hongmeng Daojing Completed the Achievement of Demigod
Deep in the ancient mysterious palace, gray fog filled the air. Amidst the hazy light and shadows, Li Qingyun sat cross-legged with an expression as calm as still water.

His aura merged with the surrounding heaven and earth, forming a deep resonance with this space.

At this moment, his heart was empty, without joy or worry, and even the passage of time and the existence of space had nothing to do with him.

He wants to practice the "Hongmeng Daojing" to perfection. This is not only a climb to the great Dao, but also lays the foundation for the upcoming battle between gods and demons.

He knew very well that this battle was a matter of life and death, as well as the fate of the human world.

As the "Hongmeng Daojing" operated deeply, the Dao power in his body flowed like a rushing river, and an invisible vortex slowly formed around him.

The vortex spun faster and faster, and the spiritual energy between heaven and earth seemed to be madly pulled by an inexplicable force and drawn into it. Even the sticky and mysterious gray fog in the palace turned into fine streams of light and flowed towards his body.

As the gray mist and light surged, Li Qingyun's Hunyuan Yangshen Dao body gradually released a compelling pressure.

His muscles, tendons, and bones, each one contains endless vitality and destructive power, like a long-dormant volcano that is about to erupt.

Suddenly, the divine power deep in his dantian burst into brilliant light, like a vast sea of ​​stars, suddenly spreading out in the inner world.

As the sea of ​​stars turned, billions of runes streaked across the sky like meteors, illuminating the entire inner world like a dream.

"boom!"

A thunderous sound exploded from his body. The sound was low and powerful, like the sudden appearance of thunder from the nine heavens, shaking the entire palace violently. The birds and beasts in the mountains and forests outside fled in all directions, and branches and leaves fell one after another.

At this moment, Li Qingyun did not move at all, his eyes were closed, and the drop of sweat rolling down his forehead seemed to contain endless weight.

The fusion of the divine nature and the Taoist body has reached the most critical moment.

The surface of the divine power suddenly cracked, and the blazing light suddenly surged. The runes merged into his flesh, blood, tendons, and bones like falling stars.

In an instant, his body became as transparent as glass, emitting a dazzling holy light, as if he had become the source of light and power.

This is not a transformation of a mortal, but a sublimation that transcends life and death and the mundane.

"Crack!"

There was another crisp sound, and the divine power completely shattered. Countless runes surged, forming a mysterious and indescribable array.

At the same time, Li Qingyun's Taoist body underwent a transformation, and an invisible pressure rose into the sky, tearing apart the shackles of the void.

Between heaven and earth, a vortex of spiritual energy visible to the naked eye condensed and formed. The vortex swallowed up everything and even caused strange phenomena in the sky.

The primordial purple energy surged in from the depths of the starry sky, as if attracted by some irresistible force.

"Immortality and Ascension..."

Li Qingyun's mind moved slightly, and he felt that he had already merged with the heaven and earth.

His thinking seemed to transcend the constraints of time and space. He could sense the trajectory of every particle of dust and understand the rhythm of all things in the world.

He slowly raised his hands, his robes fluttered without wind, and he looked like a true god descending to earth, emitting a glow of holiness and majesty.

The light finally condensed into a phantom above his head, with golden light flowing all over the body and an imposing force as strong as a mountain.

This is the embodiment of the Godhead and the final step in becoming a god.

"Boom!"

The sky suddenly darkened, dark clouds rolled like raging sea waves, and lightning flashed like silver snakes.

A purple-gold thunderbolt fell from the sky and headed straight for Li Qingyun.

The lightning is dazzling, containing the power to destroy the world.

Li Qingyun looked up at the thunderbolt, his expression still calm. He slowly raised his hand, spread his five fingers slightly, and with a flick of his finger, the lightning dissipated like a trickle, turning into golden starlight that merged into his body.

At this moment, he completely transformed.

His eyes slowly opened, his pupils were like a deep sea of ​​stars, revealing a kind of majesty and indifference that overlooked the world.

He stood up, took a few steps, and the world seemed to make way for him. Every step he took carried an irresistible force.

He looked down at his palm, feeling the surging power in it, and whispered softly:
"So this is the realm of 'demigod'."

The sound was low and calm, but it was like the roar of thunder, causing the void to tremble slightly.

His gaze penetrated layers of space, looking at the mountains and rivers thousands of miles away, and even saw the figures of the land immortals on the Tiangang List.

All the things that once made him struggle for life and death now seem so insignificant, like dust.

At this moment, his body is no longer limited to flesh and blood, but has been sublimated into a higher existence that is one with heaven and earth.

He is no longer an ordinary man, but a demigod who is above all things in the world.

Under the sky, purple air was thick and stars were shining. The primordial purple air slowly gathered and surrounded him in the center, as if submitting to the new master.

【Hongmeng Daojing: Perfection】.

[Remaining Qi and blood: three thousand five hundred souls].

[Remaining rule power: twenty-seven yuan].

At the moment when the Hunyuan Pure Yang Taoist body was perfectly forged, Li Qingyun's body began to undergo an indescribable change.

His skin all over his body had a crystal clear luster, as bright as glass, and faintly revealed a deep brilliance like stars.

However, beneath this light, there lurks a kind of heart-pounding majesty—countless complex and mysterious “immortal runes” grow out of nothingness and appear beneath his skin.

Those runes flowed slowly like galaxies, and were extremely agile like living things, yet they carried a cold and ruthless aura.

Each rune contains unimaginable power, like a fragment of the laws of heaven and earth, emitting an ancient and unfathomable pressure.

These runes are not ordinary patterns, but symbols of some higher-level existence, engraved with terrifying authority that transcends the mundane.

Li Qingyun lowered his head slightly and his eyes fell on his palms.

He raised his hands slightly, and as the runes flowed, countless shadows appeared, and a miniature world was reflected in the palm of his hand.

When the runes flashed, there seemed to be thousands of whispers coming from the void. The voice was deep and distant, as if the gods in the heavens were chanting in a low voice, but also like whispers coming from the deep ancient abyss, which was chilling.

"Is this... the power of authority?"

Li Qingyun murmured softly. Although his voice was light, it aroused a certain resonance between heaven and earth.

His voice was not just a question, but contained a hint of emotion and insight that he had never heard before.

As his chest rose and fell, the runes surged according to some mysterious law, as if weaving together an indescribable picture.

In the Dantian, the completely shattered and reorganized godhead became the core of these runes.

Every beat of the light was like a starburst in the universe, releasing an invisible deterrent force that caused the entire palace to tremble slightly.

"These runes..." Li Qingyun looked through the runes and seemed to see a vast unknown world.

In that world, endless thunder, flames, and torrents intertwined, the rules of the heavens were manifested, and every rule seemed to be able to be rewritten according to his thoughts.

But this force is not all pure good.

The mysterious power emanating from the rune was like an evil beast lurking in the abyss, carrying with it an aura of fear and destruction that could not be looked directly at.

He vaguely felt that the rune contained not only the authority of the immortals, but also the remaining will of some unspeakable ancient existence.

Could it be that the [Hongmeng Daojing] deduced by the mysterious palace contains some unknown secrets?
While he was thinking, a strange purple-black light flashed in the depths of the rune, as if some unknown existence was watching him.

At that moment, Li Qingyun felt an invisible chill flowing into his heart along the runes.

His brows slightly wrinkled, but then a faint smile emerged and he whispered softly:
"Who cares? Whether it's the authority of the immortals or the will of the demons, since I have inherited it, I will control it."

After saying this, his mind became introverted, and the vast runes gradually calmed down. Those mysterious lines were still faintly visible under the skin, but they no longer emitted oppressive pressure. Soon they were completely integrated into his flesh and blood, becoming a part of him.

At this time, the world was silent again.

However, Li Qingyun's existence is no longer within the reach of ordinary people.

At this moment, he has truly broken through to the seventh level of "True Immortality" on the path to immortality, becoming a unique "demigod" in the human world.

Li Qingyun stood up, runes circulated around his body, light and shadow intertwined, and he looked like an almighty being that had descended from the heavens.

He stretched out his hand and clenched it gently. A deep, dark crack suddenly appeared in the void, and even space itself succumbed to him.

……

Daming Prefecture, Hebei Province.

This once prosperous city is now like an isolated island, trapped in the dark abyss by the surging doomsday torrent.

There were hundreds of thousands of people left in the city, but fear and despair were written all over everyone's face.

On the city walls, countless scars of battle were clearly visible, and tattered flags fluttered lonely in the wind like extinguished candles.

Inside the city, the common people were lingering under the protection of the strong ones on the Tiangang List, but they could not hide their inner fear.

In the past month, He Xiangu, Han Xiangzi, Mu Guiying and others fought side by side and killed countless evil demons that invaded from the spiritual world.

However, despite their best efforts and countless shed sweat and blood, they could still only barely maintain this last piece of pure land.

The remaining people in the city lived in fear every day, and some timid people even shed tears.

But everyone knows that this hard-earned peace can be shattered at any time.

Tonight, Daming Prefecture fell into endless darkness.

The sky was low, as if being held down by some indescribable force. The dark clouds were like a rolling abyss, covering the blood moon until only a hint of dark red light remained.

The air became thick, filled with corrupt malice, and every breath felt like a knife cutting through the throat, suffocating.

Suddenly, a soul-tearing sound came from the sky!

The sound seemed to come from the ancient times, with a tremor that penetrated the soul and made the people of Daming Prefecture kneel on the ground involuntarily, holding their heads in their hands and whimpering helplessly.

"Click——"

As everyone watched in horror, the sky seemed like a tattered scroll being torn apart by an invisible giant hand.

A hideous crack opened up from the depths of the clouds, and bottomless darkness surged out from the crack, pouring down like a flood, engulfing the entire Daming Prefecture.

The darkness was not an ordinary shadow, but it squirmed like a living thing, emitting a fishy stench and a cold touch. Every surge was mixed with low murmurs, as if countless crazy souls were crying in the abyss.

The people opened their eyes wide, but could not see any specific shapes. They could only feel that some huge existence in the darkness was spying on them.

That gaze was cold and evil, like a god looking down at the dust, indifferent and cruel.

"what is that?"

Someone murmured, with suppressed fear in his voice.

As the crack widened, a huge monster slowly descended from the darkness.

Its shape was vague, as if it was pieced together from fragments of countless nightmares.

The black robe fluttered, revealing a face that was too daunting to look at directly—indescribably horrible wrinkles, full of cracks like dry ground, and in the center of the face, a blood-red eyeball slowly moved.

The eyeballs were not still, but expanded and contracted like a living thing, as if watching, and as if mocking.

"Boom-"

The moment the figure landed, the earth shook violently.

Black ripples spread out in all directions from under its feet. Wherever it passed, the earth, which originally had a faint vitality, completely withered, buildings collapsed, and the stench in the air became stronger, as if the life of all things was being swallowed up in an instant.

"Demi god!"

"The seventh level of demonic demigod!"

He Xiangu's face suddenly changed, the jade ruyi in her hand trembled slightly, and she vaguely felt the irresistible death pressure emanating from the other party.

That was not an ordinary strong man, but a being who controlled some of the power of death, which was far beyond the ability of them, the immortals on land, to contend with.

……

The black mist flowing out of the crack was still spreading, and finally gathered into a huge shadow behind the demigod.

The shadow was not still, but was slowly wriggling, its shape constantly changing - sometimes it was countless distorted faces, uttering silent wails; sometimes it was a pair of black wings covered with eyeballs, as if overlooking the city; and in the deepest part of the shadow, countless tentacles could be vaguely seen slowly stretching out, covered with barbs that flashed scarlet light.

These barbs vibrated slightly in the air, and with every vibration, a low humming sounded in the sky, as if the entire world was crying.

The light of the blood moon shone on the demigod, but could not reflect its true form.

Its body is always shrouded in thick death energy, like a corpse king crawling out of hell, carrying an irresistible breath of death.

It did not move, but slowly lowered its head and turned its blood-red eyes towards the center of Daming Prefecture.

In an instant, a pillar of light as dark as ink dropped from the sky and went straight through the central square of Daming Prefecture.

Wherever the beam of light passed, all life was devoured, whether it was civilians or soldiers, even the spiritual energy in the air was completely sucked away, turning it into a dead silent void.

Before countless civilians could even scream, they turned into piles of dry bones and were instantly crushed into dust...

……

(End of this chapter)