Secular world: My destiny has no taboos

Chapter 543, Part 553: The Great Mortal God's Mount
The Heavenly Gang Venerable who was speaking at this moment was completely different from the one Lin Beixuan had seen before.

A terrifying and vast power emanated from the golden body, making Lin Beixuan's body appear like a tiny ant compared to the giant finger the opponent had extended.

Just then, the pouch at Lin Beixuan's waist shook wildly, and a streak of light struck directly at the Dharma Image's brow.

With a 'bang', the golden Dharma image was knocked down, and the space that was originally filled with chaos and devouring power gradually stabilized.

Lin Beixuan felt a blur before his eyes, and then the scene in his vision returned to normal.

The Heavenly Gang Venerable sat cross-legged on the lotus throne in the temple with a solemn expression, his eyes closed. Grayish-black aura occasionally emanated from his body, but he suppressed it.

“This is…” Lin Beixuan frowned slightly.

Shenhou stood before the statue of the Heavenly General, his gaze gloomy.

His divine power, like a blazing flame, was helping the Heavenly Venerable dispel the dark gray energy.

Following the wisps of gray-black energy, Lin Beixuan saw that a door had appeared behind the statue of the Heavenly Gang Venerable.

The door is made up of gemstones of various shapes. No matter which angle you look at it from, you can see an eerie light refracting from the gemstones, as if there are pairs of eyes behind the gemstones peering into the outside world.

"Door!"

Although it was different from what he had seen before, Lin Beixuan recognized it at a glance. This thing in front of him and the door in the Transit Zone of the Present World came from the same source and the same place.

However, the power of this door seems to be even greater than that of the doors in the mortal world, and even the mortal masters find it difficult to suppress.

At this moment, the Heavenly Gang Venerable seemed to have temporarily suppressed the door and opened his eyes.

He first saw Shenhou standing in front of him, and couldn't help but smile.

"It's been decades since I last saw you, you stinky monkey, and you've lost all your former charm."

Shenhou frowned, showing no intention of exchanging pleasantries with the Heavenly Gang Venerable whom he hadn't seen for many years, and asked directly, "Those guys have reappeared?"

Venerable Tiangang rubbed his shoulders, jumped down from the lotus altar, and with a wave of his hand, a chair bounced and ran to his feet.

“This door originally appeared in Luozhou, but I moved it to the temple to suppress it.”

"I just didn't expect that the power of the thing inside this gate far exceeded my imagination. It actually took advantage of the gap in my suppression to affect my mind with its power."

"Fortunately, I reacted quickly enough and sealed myself inside the temple space in time, so only Lin Beixuan could enter normally."

Hearing this, Lin Beixuan narrowed his eyes: "You really believe I can solve this problem for you?"

"What if I don't bring Shenhou back? Wouldn't your actions put me in danger?"

The Heavenly Gang Venerable waved his hand dismissively, saying, "I believe in you. Even without Shen Hou, you can still help me escape this predicament."

Lin Beixuan was speechless at what the Venerable Tiangang said. He knew that the other party was certain that he would solve the problem for him.

"Tell me what happened!" Lin Beixuan casually found a chair and sat down.

Tiangang Venerable glanced at Shenhou, then crossed his legs and leaned back in his chair.

“When you first arrived in Longzhou, I noticed an unusual force infiltrating Luozhou. When I went to investigate, I discovered it was a door.”

As he spoke, Venerable Tiangang's tone gradually became solemn.

"Based on my understanding of the enemies from back then, when a gate appears in one place, then gates will inevitably appear in other places as well."

"I thought it would take some time to reach this stage, but I didn't expect it to be so fast and so fierce. I almost couldn't control it."

The Heavenly Gang Venerable glanced at the door standing behind the statue with lingering fear, and said calmly.

"The door is divided into five stages."

"The first stage is the bronze gate. The power of the rules between the two realms is not strong. It can only allow the lowest-level skeletons to pass through. However, the number of such skeletons is extremely large, and sometimes they are even more difficult to deal with than high-level skeletons."

"The second stage is the Golden Gate. The power of the rules of the two realms in this gate is several times stronger than that of the Bronze Gate. At this stage, the gate is strong enough for some high-level ghosts to pass through, and it can bring considerable disasters to the local area. You can refer to the Xuanhuang Hungry Ghost for this."

The Celestial Venerable seemed to feel that at this stage, there was no need to hide anything from Lin Beixuan anymore, and spoke frankly.

"As for the next three stages, the power contained within the gate will become even more terrifying, namely the Gem Gate, the Divine Abyss Gate, and the Rules Gate."

"The Gem Gate allows both low-level and high-level skeletons to pass through simultaneously, and it also releases a rule-based space similar to that that only our Xiao Shen Su Zhu can create, making it extremely difficult to deal with."

"The first two doors can be closed again through special means, but once the gem door is opened, it can only be destroyed."

"Destroying a gem gate is almost as difficult as killing a mortal lord; few in this mortal world can do it."

Lin Beixuan frowned upon hearing this, thinking to himself, "I didn't expect that in the mortal world, the monsters behind the doors are also called 'Jionghai' (扃骸). Moreover, the mortal master's research on doors is deeper than that of the mortal world, and he even divides them into five stages, with the higher the level of the door, the stronger its power."

The highest-ranking gate he had ever seen in the world was the Golden Gate, located in the transit area of ​​Shangjing.

When he first saw this door, he had a vague feeling that the power contained within it was more terrifying than that of bronze doors from other regions.

If we compare bronze doors to doors of the level of mortal gods, then gold doors and jeweled doors are analogous to doors of the level of great mortal gods.

And behind this are two even higher-level doors, what do they correspond to?
Thinking of this, Lin Beixuan couldn't help but gasp, his eyes flashing with horror.

The Heavenly Gang Venerable saw what Lin Beixuan was thinking and interrupted him with a smile.

"The fourth stage of the gate is called the Divine Abyss Gate. This level of gate has reached the strongest form of the gate, allowing any level of relic behind the gate to pass through. Even gods from outside the realm can travel through this gate."

"Moreover, this kind of door cannot be destroyed or closed again. Once it is opened, it signifies that the war between the two worlds has begun in earnest, and no living being in the mortal world can escape the pull of the vortex of rules."

Lin Beixuan asked, "If the Divine Abyss Sect is the highest-level sect, then what about the Rules Sect?"

"Strictly speaking, the Rule Gate is a special case. It is a special gate that was born from the influence of the Heavenly Dao of our world among the four gates."

"The four doors in front can be used to enter our world, but we cannot use them to go to their world."

"But the Gate of Rules can. Back then, the Lord of the Underworld went to the outer world through the Gate of Rules, and closed all the gates there, which brought hundreds of years of peace to the mortal world."

"Correspondingly, once the rule gate closes from the direction of the outer world, it will disappear completely. Unless the person in the outer world finds a second rule gate, they will not be able to return to their original world."

Lin Beixuan lowered his head in thought, and at that moment, all the information in his mind came together.

He looked at Venerable Tiangang and frowned, saying, "So, when the Lord of the Underworld led the entire Underworld through the Gate of Rules to the outer world, although he successfully defeated the enemy, he ultimately failed to return!" "That's right!" Venerable Tiangang nodded, "The Lord of the Underworld, along with the entire Underworld, remained there. To this day, even we have no way of knowing whether he is still alive."

"Now that the enemy has attacked again, in addition to worrying about the gate, we are also looking for the gate of rules, hoping to bring back the Lord of the Underworld through the gate of rules."

Upon hearing this, Lin Beixuan's heart skipped a beat. He recalled the three rewards after the panel was upgraded, one of which was that he would have a door.

Could this door be the "Door of Rules"?

Lin Beixuan thought to himself, but then quickly dismissed his idea.

According to Venerable Tiangang, rule gates should be extremely rare, perhaps even one in all, and the gates rewarded by the panel may not be as important as rule gates.

Lin Beixuan kept reassuring himself, then looked at Shen Hou, who was sitting to the side listening intently, and then looked somewhat puzzled.

"Weren't you involved in the matter concerning the door back then?"

Upon hearing this, Shenhou scratched his thick fur and laughed heartily, looking somewhat embarrassed.

The Heavenly Gang Venerable snorted coldly: "Back then, he was cursed by a domain god who came out of the Divine Abyss Sect. Only by passing through the mental barrier could he get rid of the curse's influence. In the end, he went to the mortal world and followed a monk to obtain scriptures. Only after the monk passed away and the curse was lifted did he return to his divine position."

"At this point, all our plans against the domain enemy have come to an end."

Shenhou immediately retorted, "At least I managed to restrain this domain god and helped you solve a big problem."

The Heavenly Gang Venerable ignored Shen Hou and looked at Lin Beixuan, saying, "The appearance of this gemstone door means that the Lord of the Underworld has removed the seal on the door. In the future, there will probably be more and more doors appearing in the mortal world. You must be careful and vigilant."

Having said that, Venerable Tiangang walked out of the temple. Sunlight shone on him, but no shadow was cast beneath him.

He raised his hand and grabbed at the void, and a crack appeared in the space, from which he took out a huge ball of light.

Lin Beixuan stared at the shadows that kept swirling and moving inside the sphere of light, his eyes filled with a strange expression.

Because the one inside was none other than the great mortal god, Kang Xing Shen, who had been trapped in the Outer Heaven by the Heavenly Gang Venerable.

The Heavenly Gang Venerable spread his five fingers, and the chains of power that had been gathered loosened. Suddenly, a strong wind rose from the ground, and the figure of Kang Xingshen abruptly shot into the sky.

In an instant, a large cloud cover obscured the sky above the Tiangang Temple, and a huge dragon head emerged from it.

Kang Xing Shen first gave Tian Gang Venerable a gloomy look, then bowed to Shen Hou and said respectfully, "Great Sage!"

Shenhou, with his hands behind his head, greeted Kangxingshen in a very familiar manner.

"Hey old mudfish, long time no see! How have you been lately?"

Upon hearing this, Kang Xingshen's face darkened. Despite his displeasure, his attitude remained unchanged as he spoke to Shen Hou about his recent situation.

Lin Beixuan, who was watching from the side, was surprised.

At this moment, Venerable Tiangang stepped forward and explained to him, "This old dragon was saved by that guy Shenhou before, and Shenhou even has a wisp of his life force in his grasp. He dares to be disrespectful to me, but he doesn't dare to be rude to Shenhou."

"One of the reasons I asked you to find Shenhou is because of this Kang Jinlong."

Venerable Tiangang sighed: "Back then, the Twenty-Eight Constellations made great contributions in the fight against the Domain Enemy. Many of them perished in that great battle. Now that the gate has reappeared, we will inevitably need their help again."

“So…” Lin Beixuan raised an eyebrow.

The Venerable Tiangang smiled knowingly: "You help me find Shenhou, and I'll give you a servant in return. You definitely won't lose out in this deal."

Then, Lin Beixuan saw the Heavenly Gang Venerable walk up to Shen Hou and say a few words. Shen Hou glanced at him, thought for a moment, and then nodded.

Immediately afterwards, Shenhou carried Lin Beixuan and leaped into the clouds, arriving in front of Kangxingshen.

He didn't hesitate; he directly grabbed Kang Xingshen's dragon whiskers and made the other party acknowledge Lin Beixuan as their master.

“Great Sage, this is absolutely unacceptable. How can I, a dignified deity, acknowledge a mere human immortal as my master?”

Kang Xingshen stared coldly at Lin Beixuan. There was still a conflict between them. If Lin Beixuan hadn't summoned the Heavenly Gang Venerable, he wouldn't have been trapped in the Outer Heaven for so long.

Lin Beixuan stood to the side with a relaxed expression, looking Kang Xingshen up and down, as if he was already thinking about how to deal with Kang Xingshen.

Shenhou slapped Kangxingshen's dragon body with his large hand. The muscles on his strong arms were like mountain peaks, and his divine power surged. His words were both a reminder and a warning.

"Old Long! I'm not asking for your opinion, but informing you that I owe this little guy a huge favor, so you can pay it back for me first."

"Great Sage, this is impossible..." Kang Xingshen wanted to struggle a little more.

However, Shenhou grabbed his dragon beard directly, and his gaze turned icy.

"Nothing is wrong."

"You must remember, if it weren't for me, you would have been crushed to death by that domain god long ago. I shielded you from the calamity, and even trapped me in his death curse for a hundred years. This is what you owe me."

“I don’t ask much of you. I just need you to stay by this kid’s side for a hundred years, and then we’ll be even. I’ll return the destiny you entrusted to me back then.”

Shenhou's words made Kangxingshen fall into deep thought.

His eyes darted around, scanning Lin Beixuan repeatedly, before finally gritting his teeth.

"I will obey the Great Sage's decree!"

Shenhou nodded in satisfaction and came to Lin Beixuan's side: "After today, I will no longer accompany you. Let Kang Xingshen follow you and become your helper."

Lin Beixuan said calmly, "How do I know he won't betray me if I'm in danger?"

Shenhou thought about it and realized that it made sense, so he plucked a hair from the back of his head and handed it to Lin Beixuan.

After the hair entered Lin Beixuan's hand, it instantly transformed into a dragon scale that shimmered like a star.

[The Reverse Fate of the Deity (Gold): The Reverse Fate of the Great Mortal God Kang Xing Shen, an offering made by Kang Xing Shen to repay the Great Sage Ling Shu of Shen Hou. It contains the destiny and fate of Kang Xing Shen. If destroyed, Kang Xing Shen will collapse on the spot and fall back into the cycle of reincarnation.]

A notification flashed through his mind, and Lin Beixuan reluctantly accepted the dragon scale. He turned his head to glance at Kang Xingshen and said indifferently.

"From today onwards, you will be my mount. Any objections?"

(End of this chapter)