The Terror of the Heavens Begins with Gu

Chapter 277 The Return and the Changes in Celestial Phenomena
Master Qian felt a strong sense of foreboding.

"Cat Master, what... what is that sound?" he whispered.

"He's here! He's here!" the cat demon cried out in a panic.

Master Qian's heart tightened, and he looked up at the sky, sword in hand.

After a strange "squeaking" sound, a terrifying bat flew slowly down from the sky.

Master Qian had never seen such a terrifying evil creature before, and he became even more nervous.

Is this what the cat demon is afraid of?

He watched warily as the bat circled in the air, then looked at the cat demon and realized that the cat demon was not looking at the bat at all, but at the dark outside of the city.

The sounds of horses' hooves pounding the ground and wheels rolling grew louder and louder.

Before Qian Zhenren's eyes, a fat man drove a horse-drawn carriage at breakneck speed from outside the city.

He looked closely and realized that the fat man was none other than Zhang Dadan, the man he was looking to deal with.

Thinking about it, he had already guessed who was sitting in the car.

Swallowing hard, Master Qian looked at the cat demon: "Master Cat..."

The cat demon didn't turn around: "It's too late. Once that bat catches up, there's no escaping. If I were alright, I might be able to escape, but now... be prepared to fight to the death."

Qian Zhenren had nothing to say.

The carriage stopped less than ten meters in front of him. Zhang Dadan, whose spine was aching from the jolting, jumped off the carriage and, as was his habit, opened the door like a coachman.

Li Zhen, who wasn't wearing a straw hat, jumped out of the car.

Zhang Dadan dared not look directly at Li Zhen's face, keeping his head down the whole time.

After Li Zhen's straw hat was cut off, he no longer concealed his appearance.

Upon seeing Li Zhen's face, not only Zhang Dadan, an ordinary person, but even Qian Zhenren, a sorcerer, felt a chill in his heart.

Such a person must have cultivated evil arts to a certain level, otherwise they would have died long ago.

At this moment, the injured Master Xu also staggered out of the city.

Seeing that Li Zhen had blocked Qian Zhenren, who was trying to escape, and the cat demon, he breathed a sigh of relief.

“Senior brothers, you can’t escape.” He said to Master Qian.

Master Qian snorted coldly and gritted his teeth, saying, "I wonder what Master would think if he saw you joining forces with outsiders to deal with me!"

Master Xu was at a loss for words for a moment before finally saying, "Stubborn and unyielding."

Li Zhen, who had walked two or three meters away from the cat demon, looked at the cat demon retreating and said, "You don't smell of human blood, nor are you tainted by vengeful spirits. Whatever the reason, the result is good. I will not kill you."

"Really?" The cat demon stopped in its tracks.

Li Zhen said calmly, "If I wanted to kill you, I wouldn't need to waste words with you. You claim to be immortal, but do you think you're stronger than the zombie I sealed in my carriage?"

"Even if you are truly immortal, I can still find a way to torture you until you lose all your spirit and become an idiot."

"I'm leaving soon. If you'd like to come with me, that would be best, otherwise..."

The cat demon stood still, seemingly deep in thought.

Master Qian panicked and hurriedly said, "Master Cat, please think it over! This person has ill intentions. If you..."

The cat demon's mouth suddenly grew larger, and it bit down on Qian Zhenren's head.

Master Qian was shocked when the cat demon suddenly attacked him, and in his alarm, he plunged his magic sword into the cat demon's mouth.

The magic sword easily pierced the cat demon's upper jaw and emerged from the top of its head, but the cat demon's teeth were already closed.

Blood gushed out, and Qian Zhenren's headless corpse slowly fell backward.

Xu Zhenren, who wanted to intervene, was injured and reacted a few beats slower.

Before he could even intervene, he saw his senior brother being killed.

The cat demon opened its mouth and spat out Qian Zhenren's head, then returned to its original form and said to Li Zhen, "I thought you were dead and didn't know where you went. I accidentally came to this place."

"This guy found me and wanted to trick me into working for him, so he kept harassing me, trying to deceive me, and even tried to corrupt me with blood offerings, but I didn't listen to him."

Upon hearing this, Master Xu, who was looking at his senior brother's head, turned to Li Zhen, hesitating to speak.

Li Zhen spoke first: "Your senior brother is wicked. He wanted to kill Zhang Dadan for money. He committed a grave offense and deserved to die."

Zhang Dadan then realized that this guy was the one who had cast the spell to harm him. He had initially thought the man's death was rather tragic, but now he felt that the man's death was too easy.

"Good, so this is the guy who wanted to harm me. Good riddance!" He spat in the direction of Qian Zhenren's corpse.

Master Xu sighed, “Alas, my senior brother truly deserves his punishment. I did not clean up the sect’s mess, which is also a sin. But we have been fellow disciples for so many years, and there is some affection between us.”

"Moreover, my senior brother is a bad person, but this cat demon is even worse and more difficult to deal with than my senior brother, so you need to be careful, fellow Daoist."

The cat demon turned its head and revealed two sharp fangs to Master Xu.

Master Xu was not intimidated.

Li Zhen said, "Master Xu, don't worry, I know what I'm doing."

Just then, the ethereal little ghost, carrying two broken legs, returned to Li Zhen's side and smiled at the cat demon.

Upon seeing the little devil, the cat demon instinctively shrank back, whether it was the reaction of a rotten cat or the reaction of a cat demon that had been tormented recently was unclear.

Seeing that the matter had been resolved, Li Zhen let the cat demon board the carriage, and then said to Xu Zhenren and Zhang Dadan, "Now that we have found this cat demon, I have done what I needed to do, so I will take my leave."

Master Xu quickly bowed to Li Zhen: "I am going to see Master Ji, and perhaps I will also see you, fellow Daoist."

Li Zhen smiled but didn't say anything.

He returned to the carriage, got in, and drove it out of the city.

Xu Zhenren and Zhang Dadan stood still, watching Li Zhen's carriage move forward.

But after the carriage had traveled several dozen meters and had not yet completely disappeared from their sight, it suddenly stopped.

Growing impatient, Ma stomped his feet repeatedly, but Li Zhen remained unresponsive.

What happened?
Xu Zhenren was worried by this unusual scene. He used his magic sword to support himself and staggered towards the carriage. Zhang Dadan quickly helped Xu Zhenren up, and together they walked towards the carriage.

"What happened? Why did we stop here?" Zhang Dadan was also a little puzzled.

The two arrived at the carriage but did not see Li Zhen. When they lifted the curtain, they found that not only Li Zhen, but everything inside was gone.

For a moment, Zhang Dadan felt a little creeped out.

He was the one who drove this car here, so he naturally knew that there were many things in the car, but now they're all gone.

How could a living person and so many things just disappear into thin air?

Master Xu stared blankly at the empty carriage for a while, then suddenly sighed, "Is this the work of a deity? After cultivating for so many years, have I finally met a deity today?"

He knew, of course, that Li Zhen was not a god, but who but a god could do something like disappearing into thin air with so many things in his possession?

"A deity?" Hearing this, Zhang Dadan was no longer so afraid.

With his sharp eyes, he suddenly noticed a note tucked into the carriage frame, which seemed to have writing on it. He immediately exclaimed, "Master Xu, there's something left here!"

He pulled out the note and examined it from all angles, but couldn't understand a word of it.

Remembering that he was illiterate and could not read, he handed the note to Xu Zhenren, who had come closer: "Take a look, what is written on this?"

Master Xu took the note, looked at it closely, and read the words aloud: "The carriage is given to Zhang Dadan as a reward for driving it."

……

At this moment, Li Zhen, who appeared in the void, was looking at the lines of text that appeared before him.

[You successfully investigated the truth within three days, protected Luo Jianming, saved his life, changed his fate, completely eliminated the true culprit behind the strange events, and led the world in a different direction.]

[You appeared to have no direct relationship with Yang Feng and her son, yet you protected them, changed their fate, and resolved the source of the strange occurrences in the apartment.]

[You successfully tracked down Brother Zhou Le'an, completely eradicated the murderous figure Zhou Le'an saw at its source, eliminated the evil spirit threatening humanity, and changed the fate of many.]

[Congratulations, you have obtained a Corpse Demon. This Corpse Demon is a fusion of the essence of the Corpse King, Flying Zombies, and Vampire Zombies, possessing the resentment and filth of these major zombies, as well as Zhao Jun's intelligence and Taoist skills. It is an incredible combination of the Corpse Path and the Righteous Path, extraordinary and already surpassing the category of zombies. It is extremely dangerous, and you must be cautious when bringing it back to this world. Zhao Jun, who is fused with the Corpse Demon, possesses intelligence. Bringing him back to this world requires erasing all of Zhao Jun's memories. Bring him back to this world? Yes/No (Note: Do not harm Zhao Jun's mind)]

[Congratulations, you have acquired a cat demon. This cat demon has existed for hundreds of years, has nine lives, and has been killed eight times, destroying eight lives. However, this cat demon is a malevolent spirit born from the convergence of the evil and resentment of heaven and earth, favored by the dark side of the world. Its last life is extremely difficult to kill, and after consuming blood, it has partially regained its true form. Its true spirit is immortal and indestructible, and it will not lose its true nature even in reincarnation, making its state extremely special. This cat demon possesses sentience. Bringing it back to this world requires erasing all of its memories. Bring it back to this world? Yes/No (Note: Do not harm the cat demon's mind)]

[Congratulations, you have acquired a zombie. This zombie was cultivated using evil magic by a heretic within the world of "Zombies," and is extremely ferocious, imbued with the resentment and malevolent energy of that world.]

[Congratulations! You have obtained a Maoshan magical artifact, the Five Elements Compass. This compass was crafted by an unnamed Taoist priest from Maoshan who was skilled in crafting magical artifacts. Once activated, it can generate five elements barriers over time to help the user subdue demons and monsters. It is an extremely powerful magical artifact, but it is damaged and has not been repaired.]

Congratulations! You have obtained several talismans crafted by Master Ji of Maoshan.

Li Zhen carefully read through the explanation about the Corpse Demon, feeling somewhat surprised.

Previously, no matter what he brought back to his original world, he never saw any statement that it was "extremely dangerous, and caution should be exercised when bringing it back to this world".

This demonstrates the uniqueness and terror of this corpse demon.

Li Zhen guessed that this was because the thing was too powerful, and if it got out of control, it would have too great an impact on the original world, and might even affect the balance of the original world and change the direction of its development. That's why this kind of prompt appeared here.

We need to be careful with this thing in the future; we absolutely must not let it get out of control...

However, if Zhao Jun's memories were wiped clean, how much of an impact would that have on the Corpse Demon?
Judging from the imp and other things whose memories have been wiped clean, the cleansing of runes only cleanses specific memories; it neither changes their rationality nor their inherent nature.

The same applies to Zhao Jun.

After having his memories erased, Zhao Jun should revert to his true nature.

Will this help Zhao Jun recover from the state of being infected by the resentment and evil energy of the zombies?
Detective Li didn't know the answer.

But he will soon see the answer.

The presence of reason can cause many variables and has some adverse effects on controlling the Corpse Demon. If it's possible, we still need to find a way to completely seal Zhao Jun's reason for a period of time...

The idea popped into Li Zhen's mind.

Of course, if possible, he actually wanted to completely separate Zhao Jun's rationality from the Corpse Demon's body. Although this would affect the Corpse Demon's terror, it would make it easier for Li Zhen to re-refine it.

Looking down, Li Zhen read through the explanation of the cat demon line by line.

This cat demon may not seem very strong, but it's not simple either.

“A malevolent spirit,” “favored by the dark side of heaven and earth,” “The true spirit is immortal and indestructible,” “Even when entering reincarnation, it does not lose its true nature”…

These were words Li Zhen had never heard before.

He originally thought the cat demon was bragging when it said it was "immortal," but from this perspective, the cat demon is indeed "immortal" in some sense.

However, Li Zhen did not quite understand the "true spirit" and "true nature" mentioned here, so he could not fully comprehend the description here.

I need to look up some information when I get back...

Looking down, Li Zhen quickly glanced at the explanations below about "zombies," "the Five Elements Compass," and the talismans made by Master Ji. He reminded himself that he needed to find someone to repair the Five Elements Compass when he got back.

This ritual implement is very practical, and I will definitely use it again in the future.

Returning his gaze to the explanation of the Corpse Demon and the Cat Demon, Li Zhen mentally said "Yes" twice.

The words that appeared before his eyes vanished instantly, and images gradually emerged from the void behind them.

Just as Li Zhen felt he was about to return to his original world, the changing void in front of him suddenly froze for a moment.

Detective Li was somewhat surprised.

The roar of the Corpse Demon appeared in his mind, filled with resentment.

In just a moment, the stagnant nothingness began to flow again.

The roar of the corpse demon gradually dissipated.

Li Zhen's vision returned to normal, and he could see the dark basement walls.

He turned to look at the Corpse Demon and saw that it was convulsing. He prepared to check on the Corpse Demon's condition.

Standing up, just as he walked to the side of the Corpse Demon, Li Zhen suddenly looked up and gazed at the sky.

A thunderclap suddenly rang out in the sky, as if it were right next to Li Zhen's ear, making him feel an indescribable sense of oppression...

(End of this chapter)