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Chapter 325 Immortality
In the blink of an eye, the head fell to the ground, rolled several times, and with an expression of disbelief still on its face, finally crashed into the coffin.

At the same time, all faces fell silent. The elixir in the box lasted only a few seconds before it seemed to have exhausted all its power and melted back into a pool of pus and blood.

No more melting, no more dying, and even the chanting of the Thick Earth Cult fell silent.

Is it over?

The question had barely formed in my mind when a familiar female voice rang in my ears.

"Dear player, you have completed the main storyline of this scenario. You may choose to return at any time."

Based on past experience, this should indeed be over, but Zhou You still felt that something was wrong.

As mentioned before, where are those early inhabitants?
The Thick Earth Cult has buried so many pits, and they think they've solved everything by not filling any of them?
However, just as he was thinking, the female voice rang out again.

"Dear player, you have completed the main storyline of this scenario. You may choose to return at any time."

It was the same sentence again, but for some reason, there was a hint of anxiety in his voice.

Ever since.

Zhou You suddenly burst into laughter.

"Well, I've heard this female voice many times before, but every time it has an extremely mechanical quality, and most importantly, she has never rushed me once."

"And why are you in such a hurry for me to leave?"

There was no response, and the voice repeated itself again.

"Dear player, you have completed the main storyline of this scenario. You may choose to return at any time."

But Zhou You just smiled, then closed his eyes and grasped the Broken Evil.

After an unknown amount of time, the other party finally spoke again.

This time, however, the words finally changed.

"This is your last chance. Leave, and we'll let bygones be bygones."

Zhou You's response was to open his eyes and say...

"The problem is, I'm the kind of person who holds grudges. You guys did let me go, but I... don't want to let you go. What should I do?"

This time, Zhou You didn't wait for the other party's reply, but instead drew his sword and slashed out.

In an instant, everything shattered.

--then.

The first thing you feel is violent shaking.

It was as if the sky and the earth were turning upside down together, making it difficult to even stand. It felt like being put into a giant roller, and as it swayed, everything was flipped upside down.

Then, a roar came.

"Master Daoist, Master Daoist!"

Zhou You suddenly opened his eyes.

The palace was still in sight, but unlike before, the chanting had not stopped at all; instead, it had become even more intense. The faces on the coffins no longer wailed or suffered; instead, they all showed peaceful and joyful expressions.

Just like those Taoist boys I saw in the very beginning, in the garbage dump of the Longevity Temple.

The words still sounded like they came from another world, but for some reason, a certain emotion burst forth from them and seeped into the brain.

—That was the joy of being born, the exhilaration of finally being freed after being trapped for millions of years.

The pill had fully formed—but it didn't look like a magic pill at all. Its outer shell was translucent, like an insect egg, while inside...
It was a deformed baby.

The earthquake intensified, and even with Zhou You's skills, he was already struggling to stand. But he still took a deep breath and grabbed Tao Le'an, who had greeted him earlier.

"No, Lao Tao, do you know what exactly happened?"

However, all he was faced with was a face with a furrowed brow.

"The Hidden King is indeed dead, and he was involved in all this karma. With his death, everything should naturally end. How could that be wrong? Could it be..."

Seeing that he couldn't be relied on for the time being, Zhou You could only choose the simplest method at present.

—That means chopping up the coffin that was used as a sacrificial offering!
Now that the Hidden King's protection is gone, the coffin is laid bare behind the table, its evil influence severed. Chopping it into firewood should not take much effort at all.

But just as he took his first step...

His movements suddenly froze.

It wasn't just him.

Tao Le'an, Sect Leader He, the disciples of Maoshan, the fat Xun from the Three Families Association, and even the survivors all stopped moving.

During the tremor, a pot of wine overturned on the table, but the spilled wine froze in mid-air without a single drop falling.

It was as if time itself had stopped there.

—A soft sigh rang out.

Xie Anming, who had been completely invisible since the beginning, finally stood up.

He struggled to pry off the pile of stones covering him, panted a few times, and then pulled his feet out.

His leg was already covered in blood from being smashed, but he seemed completely oblivious. Dragging his leg, which was now showing exposed bone, he laboriously walked to the other side, bent down, and then...
He picked up the Hidden King's head, which had regained its youthful appearance.

The head still bore the shock and anger of being chopped off by Zhou You, but for some reason, not a drop of blood was visible at the cut; only the skin and flesh were abnormally pale.

Xie Anming held the head in his hands, still wearing a peaceful and polite smile. He raised his head and took another deep look at Zhou You—he seemed somewhat eager to try, but in the end, he sighed with great regret—and led the Hidden King to the coffin.

Then, he picked up the wine jug in mid-air and splashed it over his head.

For some unknown reason, the moment Xie Anming touched it, time on the wine pot seemed to start flowing again—and even more strangely, the head that had been dead came back to life the moment it was splashed with wine, accompanied by a violent cough!

"Cough cough cough cough cough, what just happened? That Taoist's sword... wait, where's my body? Where's my body that's regained its youth?"

However, Xie Anming was just smiling.

A very gentle smile.

"Your Highness, please don't worry. Your body is right here beside you; you won't get lost."

At this moment, the Hidden King finally noticed Xie Anming. His eyes gradually changed from panic and helplessness to suspicion, understanding, and finally, utter anger.

"Xie Anming, did you orchestrate all of this?!"

But Xie Anming remained calm and composed despite the desperate roar.

"Your Highness is too kind. I have always done as you have instructed. How could I be scheming?"

Before the other person could speak, Xie Anming continued to laugh.

"Your Highness, you seek longevity and immortality, you seek eternal life and immortality, and I have always done as you requested."

"You mean the immortality you spoke of is just having that Taoist priest cut off my head?"

“Exactly.” The Hidden King was so angry that he laughed. He didn’t even care that he was in Xie Anming’s hands, and roared angrily.

"Are you fucking kidding me? Do I look like I'm immortal?!"

"Your Highness, please don't worry. Although it's not now, it will be soon."

As Xie Anming spoke, he lifted the Hidden King's head and gently placed it into the box.

"Regarding Your Highness's request, I have actually considered many methods, but in this world, it is easy to live long and easy to remain young, but to live forever is extremely troublesome. Even with the accumulation of the Hou Tu Sect and Your Highness's generous spending, it is still the same."

"But in the end, Xie Anming suddenly thought—you see, the Goddess Houtu is immortal, and what you seek is also immortality, so let's merge you with the Goddess. Wouldn't that solve everything?"

The Hidden King did not speak.

He stared blankly at the 'elixir of immortality,' and in the deformed baby's pupils, he seemed to see something incredibly terrifying. His eyes gradually widened in panic—and then turned into despair.

Yes, despair appeared on his face for the first time.

"No, no, I don't want to live forever, I really don't! Please, please, don't make me face this fate, please don't make me face this fate! Xie Anming, I've treated you well before, haven't I? I'm the one who saved your life! Let me die, really, let me die!!"

The person who once so desperately sought immortality is now begging for death.

But Xie Anming's smile grew even more gentle.

“Your Highness, I am a man of my word—I know you have been wary of me all along, and even planned to kill me after the deed was done, but since I have promised you, I will definitely do it.”

After saying this, Xie Anming gently picked up the elixir and, with a resolute attitude, stuffed it into the Hidden King's mouth.

Just a few breaths later, the Hidden King's eyes bulged out like goldfish, as if he were enduring some immense pain; they were covered with deep red blood vessels. Then...
‘Bang’ sound.

An eyeball burst out.

But right after the eyeball burst out, the empty eye socket twitched, and soon another eye grew back.

But this time, there are two.

With identical pain and despair in his three pupils, the Hidden King opened his mouth forcefully, as if trying to say something—but soon, his proliferating teeth flooded his mouth, silencing all words of pleading.

Then, the handsome face of the Hidden King was covered with large and small lumps. These things were like cancer cells that were growing infinitely, layer by layer, growing upwards and accumulating, and finally turning into a huge fleshy pillar covered with eyes, teeth and mouth.

But when Xie Anming looked at that thing, it was as if he had seen something incredibly beautiful. His eyes were filled with rapture, and then he knelt down devoutly and bowed down in worship.

"Xie Anming, leader of the Thick Earth Sect, pays respects to Your Majesty."

The voice was full of reverence and respect, without a trace of fear.

The fleshy pillar naturally couldn't answer.

Their eyes were filled with madness and agony, and the voices coming from their mouths were more and more miserable, constantly uttering all kinds of curses and pleas for mercy.

Not just the Hidden King—or perhaps, the Hidden King is just one of them.

All the voices of the Hou Tu Sect members that Zhou You had seen before, whether it was the geomancer Wang or the prefect Song, whether it was the young Taoist boy who led the way or the general Zuo who was in charge, all gathered here.

Then it recounts the endless pain and torment that lasts for eternity.

Perhaps this is also a kind of immortality.

After an unknown amount of time, all the sounds fell silent, and finally, only a distant, cold voice, whose gender was indistinguishable, came from those mouths.

"I recognize you."

Xie Anming's whole body was trembling slightly, as if he were extremely excited.

"Your Majesty, many years ago you saw me in person. I have been captivated by your face ever since."

All eyes lowered, and after staring for a while, they spoke coldly.

"We remember now, you are the human who strayed into the city, and have been constantly praying for our grace all these years. Now it seems that you have made all the preparations?"

"Yes."

The meat pillar remained silent for a long time before speaking.

"As a human being, you've done a really good job. Very good. Now there's only one last step left, but I also need to tell you something."

"Your Majesty, please speak."

"We've been lying to you all along."

However, Xie Anming did not react at all upon hearing this, and did not even change his posture.

"Xie Anming knows."

"What you see is not real at all."

Xie Anming knew this as well.

"—Then why do it? Do you know what the consequences of breaking this seal will ultimately be for your race?"

Xie Anming remained prostrate on the ground, his expression obscured, yet his voice grew increasingly devout.

"Xie Anming knows this too, but when the people Your Majesty mentioned killed my parents, no one helped me. When my family property was forcibly seized by my uncles, no one helped me. When my position was taken from me and I failed the exam and tried to commit suicide, no one helped me. In the end, it was Your Majesty who saved my life and gave me a reason to live. So what do their consequences have to do with me?"

"—Of course, the most important thing is... I love you so much."

After hearing this, the piece of meat did not respond.

This twisted and bizarre thing simply wriggled its body, gradually engulfing Xie Anming, who offered no resistance, until finally, it slowly uttered a sentence.

"As expected, they're all equally stupid."

In an instant, time began to flow again.

Although everything had just come to a standstill, everyone had seen it all and understood the situation.

—It's obvious that this is the final boss!

Duan Xie was filled with the murderous aura that had returned after killing the Hidden King. Headmaster He slapped his magic sword, disregarding the backlash, and forcibly urged the raging creature to respond to the emergency. Tao Le'an drew countless talismans, which had already been channeled to the thunder in the heavens.

But all of this is already too late.

The monster of flesh and blood uttered only a single word.

"The dead are gone, the prison is destroyed, all causes and effects end here. We praise our Lord, who, by grace, gave birth to the mother tree of flesh and blood through an egg!"

With the last sentence, the monster also melted away.

—A blood moon, laughing wildly, rose from the sky.

Then, accompanied by a violent cracking sound.

The sky is falling!

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