From Joy of Life, the Tian Gang is reversed

Chapter 630 The Door-Knocking Ghost's Terror Resurgence

The Immortal Realm, once a place where all immortals gathered, is now a ruin where laws have collapsed and energy is rampant. In the void, enormous cracks resemble hideous scars, and shattered stars, collapsed divine kingdoms, and the remains of once-powerful beings can be seen everywhere.

At the very center of all this, the Gate of Immortality, standing at the edge of time and space, exuding an aura of antiquity, supremacy, and eternal life, became the only relatively stable existence. However, at this moment, the light on the gate flickered erratically, the originally flowing, mysterious runes became disordered, and even faintly revealed a hint of resentment and struggle, as if forcibly suppressed by some external force.

Before the gate, a celestial woman floated in a phoenix chariot, radiating boundless light. Like a stabilizing force, she firmly suppressed the raging energy surging forth from the Gate of Eternal Life. Her face was solemn, her phoenix eyes containing supreme majesty. Her jade hands formed a seal, and countless chains of divine order, imbued with the supreme laws of primordial yin and yang and the five elements, transformed into countless chains of divine order, binding the Gate of Eternal Life, preventing it from fully erupting or closing.

Behind her, the Heavenly Army stood solemnly, their formation still impeccable despite the fierce battle, their killing intent soaring to the heavens. Unlike before, all the Heavenly Soldiers and Generals' armor was now covered with a faint golden glow, seemingly capable of warding off all external evils. At the front of the army, the three Immortal Kings—Creation, Origin, and Truth—who had been corrupted and transformed, were now weak and bore the Dao wounds left from their struggle against the corruption, but their eyes had regained their clarity, and the Immortal King Laws swirling around them subtly aligned with the Daoist principles of the Heavenly Court, clearly indicating that they had joined the Heavenly Court's ranks.

Their escape and conversion were not by chance.

This woman suppressed the Gate of Immortality with absolute power and used the secret techniques of the Heavenly Court to cleanse their polluted origins, accelerating the removal of the stellar pollution from their bodies. At the same time, she made them feel the terrifying power originating from the Heavenly Court system and their own inadequacy. She even made them see the truth of the world.

Heaven and earth are flawed!

No one lives forever!

"The time is approaching." The woman's eyes opened and closed, gazing into the depths of nothingness, as if waiting for something.

The moment she finished speaking—

hum!
An indescribable, eerie fluctuation suddenly appeared at the core of this ruined immortal realm. The void rippled like water as a figure staggered out.

This is Li Chengqian's true form.

He had already reached the cultivation level of a Great Luo Golden Immortal.

"Li Chengqian of the underworld has met the Queen Mother of the West!"

Upon appearing, Li Chengqian immediately bowed obsequiously to the woman.

The Queen Mother of the West raised an eyebrow slightly and nodded. "We can begin!"

"Yes!"

Li Chengqian responded and walked towards the Gate of Immortality. With each step he took, a faint black mist appeared around him and quickly spread. Within the black mist, Li Chengqian's appearance began to undergo tremendous changes.

What should have been the flawless, indestructible body of a Great Luo Golden Immortal had gradually become emaciated, as if drained of its essence. By the time it reached the Gate of Immortality, its skin was withered and clung to its bones, covered with eerie lividity so deep it revealed the bone, emanating a strong aura of decay and death. Even more chilling was the thick, impenetrable black mist that enveloped its body. This mist seemed to writhe with life, radiating an extreme chill and ominousness that could freeze one's soul.

Li Chengqian seemed oblivious to this. He struggled to raise his head, and in his deep-set eyes, only two faint but indifferent lights flickered. He raised his arm, which was covered in lividity and was almost nothing but bone, and as if using the last bit of strength he had left, he slowly but firmly knocked on the Gate of Immortality, which was being suppressed by the Queen Mother of the West.

Boom...boom...boom...

The dull, rhythmic knocking, though not loud, seemed to resonate directly within the very souls of all living beings in the myriad realms! This sound disregarded all defenses, pierced through the barriers of time and space, and carried a strange rhythm that proclaimed an end and guided the departed souls.

As the knocking continued, the Gate of Immortality trembled violently, the chaotic runes on the gate flickering wildly, as if resisting, yet also responding. The Queen Mother of the West frowned slightly, increasing her suppressive power to ensure the gate wouldn't completely spiral out of control.

Dongdong...dongdong...

The knocking grew more urgent, and the black mist surrounding Li Chengqian surged and boiled, the dense aura of death and ominousness almost materializing. The lividity on his body spread and deepened at a visible speed, as if he would turn to ashes at any moment.

Finally, just as a knock sounded on the door— "Squeak—"

A chilling sound, as if it came from the ancient underworld or the very source of rules, suddenly rang out!
It wasn't that the gate to immortality was knocked open, but rather that before that physical portal, in the endless void, an invisible, illusory "gate" woven from the laws of death and the pollution of the stars was forcibly opened by this persistent knocking!
"Roar--!"

Beyond the portal lay not the imagined paradise or treasure trove, but an endless abyss of darkness, and from it emanated terrifying roars filled with madness, greed, and blasphemy! It was the lair of the ancient gods and outer beings deep within the stars!

After knocking on the door, Li Chengqian's true form seemed to have exhausted its last bit of strength. Its hands fell limply to its sides, and the black mist surrounding it churned violently, surging wildly towards the opened passage like rivers flowing into the sea. At the thickest part of the black mist, the indistinct phantom of a man with a third eye between his brows appeared and disappeared, exuding an aura of majesty and indifference that transcended eternity.

He glanced at the Queen Mother of the West, nodded slightly, and then the phantom, along with the last wisp of black mist, completely disappeared into the depths of the passage.

"Fortunately...fortunately, I have not failed in my mission!"

Li Chengqian, in his true form, was panting heavily, showing none of the composure expected of a Great Luo Golden Immortal, and bowed slightly to the Queen Mother of the West.

The Queen Mother of the West nodded and whispered, "Let's begin!"

"Follow the law!"

Hundreds of millions of heavenly soldiers and generals responded in unison, their voices shattering the stars! The next moment, the faint golden light around them suddenly intensified!

boom!
Boundless golden light soared into the sky, as if an eternal divine sun was born in the ruins of the immortal realm! At this moment, the armor of all the heavenly soldiers and generals completely transformed into a pure, incomparably brilliant golden color, shining with the immortal Daoist charm! Their auras merged into one, vast, fierce, pure, and majestic, carrying the supreme will to cleanse all evil!

"kill!"

The leading Grand Luo commanders, wielding divine weapons, transformed into golden meteors and were the first to rush into the illusory gate that had been knocked open! Following closely behind, billions of golden celestial soldiers, like a bursting dam of stars, with an overwhelming momentum capable of crushing everything, fiercely stormed into that dark territory belonging to the stars!
The army's advance is aimed directly at the heart of the stars!

Golden armor, they're really well prepared!
Li Chengqian grinned, and a strange ripple spread around his body before he disappeared!

His mission is complete!
The golden torrent surged into the realm of stars, catching the Outer Gods and the Old Ones, who were accustomed to spreading pollution and manipulating the laws, completely off guard. Their renowned spiritual whispers and rule-distorting techniques proved far less effective against this group of celestial warriors clad in golden armor, with unwavering will and supremely masculine power.

A fierce battle of gods erupted deep within the stars. Stars were crushed by the aftershocks, dimensions were torn apart by power, and the clash of rules illuminated eternal darkness.

Two of the three pillar gods are gone, and Shub Nicholas suffered severe injuries after part of her true form was severed by Li Chengqian...

Yog Sothoth was captured and analyzed by the Lord of the Underworld during the last Cataclysm...

As for the crawling shadow, it is currently engaged in fierce battle with the Heavenly Court's Great Luo Immortals...

Meanwhile, in several worlds already corrupted by the stars and transformed into demonic realms, a new "rule" began to quietly spread. A somber hue enveloped the sky, and a chilling mist appeared out of nowhere, revealing a bizarre existence based on concepts such as "fear," "rule," and "inevitable death"...

The ghosts originating from the world of terror resurgence have begun to vie for control of world after world with the monsters distorted by the pollution of the stars. These "ghosts" are themselves embodiments of some kind of rule, and seem to have countless connections with the rules of this star world. Their appearance is like a virus invading and rewriting the underlying code of the world. This is a pollution of a higher level than the pollution of the stars themselves.

Under this pollution, a being that had been in eternal slumber was finally disturbed.

As he awakens, the world collapses!

(End of this chapter)