All the evil beasts in the world, I feed on demons and monsters

Chapter 367 Heaven and Earth Dragon Gate
A cool night breeze swept through, and a crescent moon hung high, casting a cold light.

A cloud of dust billowed up before Ji Ran's eyes, twisting into tiny characters that shimmered with moonlight—

【rainwater】

[Guideline - 943 AD, Southern Han]

[World Level: Tier 2]

In 942 AD, the dragons and sea monsters emerged from their hibernation, the spring thunder ceased, and the evil spirits and demons were no longer subject to divine punishment, leaving behind endless karmic debts and grievances. Purple rain fell from the sky over the Southern Han, bringing suffering to all living beings. A dragon plague ravaged the mountains, fields, and capital, causing the five noble families, seven prominent clans, and ordinary people to all flee north.

Within the Han Dynasty's territory, demons and monsters roamed for thousands of miles, locust plagues ravaged the land, leaving mountains and rivers covered in white bones, and the dynasty collapsed.

A celestial phenomenon occurred in the capital of the Later Tang Dynasty, and Taoism flourished, as observed by ministers of various states. The Tang army deployed heavy troops to block the south, preventing the dragon plague and purple rain from reaching beyond the pass.

The monks of the twenty-eight temples wept bitterly, and thus... Heaven abandoned the southern land!
……

[The current world begins with the cause and effect of rank: Turbid Immortal]

[This World Without Heavens Mission]

[Travelers can collect the Causal Diagram, lighting it up allows them to comprehend causality, increasing their causal experience by 20% to 60%, and gaining causal skill enlightenment points.]

hum!
A burst of brilliant golden light landed in his hand.

Ji Ran looked down and flipped through the pages; it was a booklet made of some kind of animal leather. He gently opened it, and the first page featured a strange insect.

The insect's upper body resembles a human, but its enormous lower body and legs clearly identify it as a locust. This image is drawn in black and white in the catalog, and next to it is a blank box without a name written inside.

Turning the page again reveals a tall, horned demon with black and white lines outlining its ferocious, hunched appearance, exuding a strong aura of malevolence.

Both images have a note at the bottom: "Inclusion increases cause and effect by 20%, grants 2 points to the Cause and Effect skill."

[Note: Once 100% of the causal data has been collected, you may leave this world.]

Ji Ran tried to flip through the pages again, but found that she couldn't open the next one. Considering the requirement that she could only leave after achieving 100%, she must have completed collecting the first two catalogs before she could open the rest.

……

This journey will only extract cause and effect, not spiritual essence or Qi. There are no grand world missions or world evaluations.

[You can take away all the items and resources you acquire during this journey.]

[Current luck value is 3, you can get some plot hints in the current world. ]

Ji Ran frowned slightly, then relaxed. The world that cause and effect entered was indeed different. At first glance, it seemed like a loss, but the ability to take anything away greatly increased its potential!
If I had this opportunity in Journey to the West, I would already possess two immortal weapons!

……

[Warning! In the current world, the will of Heaven has been seized. The controller is not the Walker or the Judge, but a native cultivator who has ascended to become a Celestial Being.]

[WARNING! A Dragon Gate exists in the world, where the Heavenly Dao suppresses all living beings. No one may leap over the Dragon Gate without the permission of Heaven!]

Please be mindful of your cultivation level, minimize exposure, and avoid attracting the attention of celestial beings.

Current alert level: 0%

[A warning level of 30% will attract the wrath of Heaven. A warning level of 60% will attract the inspection of the righteous path. A warning level of 90% will attract the descent of a banished immortal.]

【Walking Master, your current status is inherited from your previous world position.】

Name: Ji Ran

[Affiliation: Zhongtian Eight Kings Rebellion Army]

[Rank: Demon Extermination Captain]

[Level: 1 (Luan Ke)]

(Note: An abnormal increase in spiritual power will attract the attention of heaven and earth, raising the alert level. Please maintain spiritual power consistent with your identity as much as possible.)
……

As the last word was read, the dust and moonlight in my vision dissipated, turning into a wisp of gray-black dust that fell to the ground.

Ji Ran stood still, slowly closing her eyes to feel.

My current strength is level 1, but if I wanted to, I could immediately reach the peak of level 4! However, I cannot improve further.

Even his own physical strength was reduced from 6.99 to 4.99. The reason was that after leaping over the Dragon Gate, the large tendon that had formed in his flesh and blood "collapsed".

Of course, this doesn't mean I've lost my cultivation; it's like a tightly wrung towel being unwrapped. The major tendons that formed during the Dragon Gate leap within my body have been dispersed by an irresistible force. Once I'm free from the suppression of this force, the tendons will immediately reform.

"The Heavenly Dragon Gate..."

Ji Ran opened his eyes and understood the meaning of the so-called Heavenly Dragon Gate. It was a suppression of the qualitative change in living beings! It was the suppression of all cultivators in the world by those so-called Celestials!

Perhaps this suppression existed even earlier.

Ji Ran thought of Jiang Rao.

As his strength improved, Ji Ran found himself increasingly unable to understand this first-tier Daoist. He could now understand the sword strike he had delivered on the mudflats back then.

That's a domain, a domain that can be controlled at will, manipulating any detail! Even the most exquisite domain I've ever seen, Hakuzosu's [Lonely Mountain Lamp Temple], is completely incomparable!

Jiang Rao, standing on Guanchao Mountain, easily killed a second-tier demon, demonstrating a skill level far exceeding his own!

After his death, he ascended to immortality. This mere first-level Daoist, with his golden bow and thunder arrows, instantly killed a third-level dragon-like monster.

What level of attainment does he actually reach?
What are the patterns of oppression in this world?
Does the so-called ascension correspond to the fifth level of leaping over the dragon gate, or something higher?
A series of questions arose in Ji Ran's mind, but he was not worried. All his supernatural powers and even immortal techniques were still available.

Even if there is a difference of tens of times between level 4 and level 5, one can make up for it with supernatural powers and immortal techniques.

Ji Ran straightened his body, his black robe fluttering slightly in the wind.

He took out his large horizontal sword and inserted it into the monstrous silkworm beside him, then wrapped the fire-resistant cloth around his right hand—the fire-resistant cloth was now pitch black, having absorbed the essence of the golden crow's fire. When the essence of the sun's fire does not erupt, it appears pitch black, sealing off all heat.

Since the book of cause and effect couldn't fit into the storage space, Ji Ran tossed it into the shrine behind him.

Under the moonlight, he was dressed in black, with a tassel from the Red Mansion hanging from his left ear, and carried a shrine more than half a meter tall on his back.

The shrine was antique and elegant, with black branches piercing through the eaves, blooming with ghostly blue soul flowers. A jet-black three-legged golden crow stood on a branch, its pair of eyes, fused with gold and crimson, silently gazing ahead.

Inside the shrine, a "Ji Ran" with blood-red eyes sat cross-legged in the center, with the Heavenly Demon Sword Embryo resting on his knees.

This is precisely the split soul generated using the [Central Plains Deer], and it is also the incense god template I prepared myself.

In this world, my ultimate goal is to cultivate the incense spirit while collecting the "Karma Record"!

Block out, or even sever, the cause and effect on that Journey to the West ticket!

Luan Ke is naturally unable to be distracted; once his primordial spirit leaves his body, his physical body will only fall into a coma. However, the [Central Plains Deer], an artifact formed from the condensed fortune of a great nation, has given him the possibility of being distracted.

Da da da.

Ji Ran moved and saw that he was in the same place where he had returned to the spirit world. The collapsed buildings were desolate, and the ground was scorched earth burned by karmic fire.

It wasn't until we walked down the mountain for dozens of meters that we started to see greenery.

However, as Ji Ran descended the mountain peak, his pupils dilated slightly, and a sensation of warmth and palpitations made him tremble slightly.

The moonlight, like water, poured down upon the mountains and fields.

Rows of graves connect the entire Guanchao Mountain, and on those graves, broken pieces of armor, weapons, clothing, and furs are firmly pressed down with yellow earth and stones...

The Tomb of Zhao Ran, the Son of the Red Army!
[The Tomb of Chi Junzi Nan Chao Guan]!
[The Tomb of Akatsuki no Zizengqian]!
……

[The Immortal Carp King's Bones Are Buried!]
[The Thirteen Burials of the Snake Demon of the Immortal Flow]!
[The cenotaph of the River God, the master of the eight hundred li of rivers!]
……

[The Stele of Huang He of the Kongtong School]!
[The Monument to the Chaos of the Diancang School]!
The Tomb of the Three Elders of Emei!
……

The tombstones grew increasingly dense as they left the scorched earth. Some belonged to demons, some to the Red Army, some to the martial arts world of Southern Han, and some to ordinary people.

Ji Ran's heart trembled slightly; the spirit that had been deliberately suppressed by the rules in the real world seemed to come alive again.

Upon seeing yet another familiar tombstone, Ji Ran's eyes trembled, and a surge of malice and courage welled up in his chest!
creak!

His hand unconsciously gripped the broadsword, his white knuckles trembling with terrifying power!

His voice was calm, as if he were asking a long-lost friend. Yet, it was as heavy as a thousand pounds; the soul flowers on the shrine, affected by the killing intent, turned into a hideous crimson!
"who is it?"

The insects and ants fell silent; all was still.

No one answered him; only the cold wind howled through the mountains, brushing against the blue stone tombstone with its strong, vigorous characters.

[The cenotaph of Chen Qingyan, the Chief Priest of the Taiping Dao!]
(End of this chapter)