I was the Heavenly Emperor in ancient times

Chapter 26 The Path Connecting the Worlds of Humans and Gods
The world is spinning.

Lu Gang felt as if he were being swept up in a "wave," falling through a thick fog, not knowing where he would be going.

This feeling didn't start now; it actually began ever since the "double pupil virus" appeared. He always felt as if he was being swept away by a force so powerful that mortals, or even humans, could not resist it.

Perhaps at this moment, not only he himself, but all of humanity felt this way, feeling dizzy and disoriented, as if the whole world had become unrecognizable.

"Zhou Shentong, what exactly are you trying to do?"

"Li Jun, whose side are you truly on?"

As he spun and plummeted, Lu Gang kept pondering these two questions: When a person possesses power like a god, demon, immortal, or Buddha, can his stance truly remain firmly and undoubtedly on the side of humanity?

When he came to his senses, he was already lying on the ground, and the figures around him stood up and looked around.

"Where is this?"

Most people around him saw nothingness or only a vast expanse of white, but Lu Gang recognized the place immediately when he saw the town covered in vegetation like ruins and shrouded in mist in the distance.

"It's Taoshan Island."

"Don't move, don't move anything, turn on the phone camera."

After turning on their phone cameras, the group was finally able to glimpse their surroundings through the fog.

The others were surprised, but also felt relieved.

"They're no longer at Zhangwei Mountain?"

"At the last scene, I thought we were doomed. Was that really the eye of the Candle Dragon in the sky?"

"In other words, we traveled from Western Xinjiang to Nangang in such a short time."

"Taoshan Island is no longer in Nangang."

"But how come those two ended up fighting all the way here? That's just too outrageous!"

Zhao Nange walked through the fog carrying several items, and the first thing she noticed was a problem.

Where is Li Jun?

The others held up their phones and began searching, but Lu Gang said...

“I know where he is.”

Then he looked at what Zhao Nange was holding and his face lit up with surprise.

"You really brought it out."

When Lu Gang first saw the equipment placed in front of the ancient stone gate and the cables extending from the void, he took a liking to these things, feeling that they contained information that they desperately needed.

Zhao Nange and a few others actually managed to steal some computers, cameras, and other equipment from the Changsheng Temple during the chaos and brought them out. How could Lu Gang not be overjoyed by this?

Lu Gang and his team immediately reorganized their belongings, compiling all the videos and audio recordings they had taken and recorded since entering Zhangwei Mountain, and also began organizing the equipment they had seized from Changsheng Temple.

During this process, Lu Gang and his team discovered something that was different from what they had expected.

At first, the Changsheng Temple seemed unaware that the Yellow Springs Ghost Gate would be in that place. It was only when Zhang You and several extraordinary individuals created by the Changsheng Temple felt that the place was suitable that they began to build a stronghold there.

Their initial plan was actually to build a "bridge" between the human world, the Changsheng Temple, and Zhangwei Mountain. They would create a large number of candle spirits in the human world, then use the Changsheng Temple and Shen Tu and Yu Lei to control the opening and closing of the gate, and finally use Zhang You and other extraordinary beings, as well as the large number of candle spirits they created, to explore Zhangwei Mountain step by step.

In this process, they were not only able to gradually bring Zhangwei Mountain to the surface, but also to seize the greatest benefits.

After watching those videos and reading those materials, everyone felt increasingly terrified.

"Zhou Shentong holds the fuse that could destroy the world on one hand, and the gate to the extraordinary world on the other. If he really succeeds in doing this, they will truly control the entire world."

"He's dreaming. If a madman like him really took control of the world, the world would be doomed."

"His goal is to bring everything from the mythological era into this world. He wants to truly become an immortal and an ancestor. He doesn't care about the survival of mankind, since he will be immortal by then."

Everyone huddled together discussing it, and the more they thought about it, the uglier their expressions became. Finally, Lu Gang stood up and put a computer into his backpack.

Then he packed up his backpack and addressed the others.

"I'm going to go for a bit. You guys wait here for me to come back. Remember, don't go into the fog."

Before the others could ask any more questions, Zhao Nange seemed to have already figured out what Lu Gang was planning to do.

"We're waiting for you here."

Lu Gang nodded and went straight into the mist.

This time.

He had only crossed one intersection when he felt as if he had traversed the outer and middle layers and arrived directly at the deepest part of Taoshan Island.

The fog was even thicker here, as if we had entered a sea of ​​clouds, with everything around us a vast expanse of white.

But Lu Gang knew Li Jun was there: "Do you know what Zhou Shentong is up to?"

At that moment, Li Jun's voice came from within the clouds: "I saw it."

Lu Gang asked Li Jun, "What do you think we should do?"

Li Jun countered by asking Lu Gang, "What are your plans?"

Lu Gang said, "I want to stop all of this."

Li Jun pressed further: "Is it to stop Zhou Shentong's plan, or to stop the arrival of the extraordinary era?"

Lu Gang quickly asked, "What if I said the latter? Would you support us?"

Li Jun asked, "Is it really possible to stop it?"

This question wasn't just for Lu Gang; Li Jun was also asking himself what he should do and which path to choose.

At this moment, Lu Gang fell completely silent.

After a long pause, he replied, "No matter what, I hope the situation is under control."

Li Jun gave Lu Gang a choice: "Zhou Shentong wants to pull everything from the ancient era back up from below, so I will try my best to help you slow down this process, and even try to help you reseal it."

"But in the process, can you really stop the people of this world from pursuing extraordinary power and immortality?"

"If you cannot sever the temptation of power and immortality for mortals, they will flock to it one after another, like moths to a flame. The more you try to stop them, the more likely it is that in the end, it will be you, Lu Gang, who will be the enemy of the world, not the Temple of Immortality and Zhou Shentong."

Upon hearing this, Lu Gang didn't know how to respond.

In the end, it was Li Jun who spoke.

"Let's take a step by step!"

Lu Gang nodded, and as soon as he looked up, he saw Li Jun's figure.

He saw the illusory divine tree binding Li Jun tighter and tighter, its vines almost completely covering him, leaving only his face visible.

At the same time, the peach tree became increasingly illusory, dragging Li Jun further and further into nothingness.

At this moment, Li Jun forcefully raised his hand and handed something out. He seemed to have difficulty speaking because he used too much force.

He only uttered two words: "Take it!"

Lu Gang took the object that fell from the clouds and saw that it was a blueprint.

"what is this?"

When Lu Gang looked up again, he noticed that something was wrong with Li Jun.

At first, he could still see Li Jun's shadow clearly, but gradually all he could see was a ball of light, and finally he couldn't even see the light anymore.

All that could be seen was Li Jun and the big tree gradually disappearing into nothingness, and all that could be heard was Li Jun speaking.

Lu Gang quickly caught up with him and asked, "What's wrong with you?"

Li Jun said, "This is the price."

Lu Gang said, "If the cost is too high, perhaps we can find some other options."

Li Jun asked, "Do you really have any other paths you can choose?"

Lu Gang fell silent once again.

Li Jun said, "By modifying the entire Taoshan Island according to the blueprints I gave you, you can turn the entire Taoshan Island into a huge ancient altar. However, you will have to deliver the things I need to you yourselves."

"I will try to open a portal for you here, but it won't be very big, and its use will be limited by time and size."

“You can imitate the methods of the Longevity Sect to build a bridge between the three. As long as you accomplish what the Longevity Sect wants to accomplish, Zhou Shentong’s plan will have been largely thwarted.”

Lu Gang said, "Thank you, you've done enough." Then Li Jun told Lu Gang it was time to go back, and a road appeared behind Lu Gang.

As soon as Lu turned around, he saw the road behind him spinning, like a rotating cross. He stood at the crossroads and embarked on the road he was meant to take.

After Lu Gang returned, he left Taoshan Island with Zhao Nange and his group, taking a boat from the dock.

I don't know how long we rowed, but the horizon appeared in the distance, and the city lights came into view.

"It's Nangang City."
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Zhangyin Mountain Black Stone Peak.

Luo Zhen watched as the dark shadows suddenly surged, and the gloomy mountains rose higher and higher, the shadows expanding outwards layer by layer.

The sacred mountains in this myth of mountains and seas have become even closer to reality, as if the ink in the scroll had escaped and flowed out, except that a single drop of ink falling on earth would become a black pool and a great mountain.

"what happened?"

Luo Zhen immediately realized what was happening.

"Oh no, something's happened inside."

However, upon seeing this scene, many of the people on the other side of the border who were filming the Black Stone Peak of Zhangyin Mountain with various equipment let out joyful shouts and cheers.

Many people even lay down on the ground and kissed the earth, and some even tried to climb over the barbed wire fence along the border and rush towards the ever-changing mountains, but were eventually stopped.

However, it is foreseeable that as the extraordinary signs revealed by the Black Stone Peak become more and more like mythology, rumors about reincarnation and going to another world will intensify on the internet, and the strange figures that were previously lining up in the shadows will become more and more numerous.

The further alienation and loss of control of Black Stone Peak, the long absence of Lu Gang and others, the constant reports and phone calls kept Luo Zhen sweating profusely.

So far, it all seems to be bad news.

Until he answered a phone call from Southport City.

"What, found it?"

"where?"

"Nangang City?"

"I'll be there right away."

Luo Zhen immediately dropped what he was doing and rushed to Nangang City, where he immediately saw Lu Gang's field team lying there, exhausted and resting with their eyes closed.

As soon as Luo Zhen approached, Lu Gang and Zhao Nange immediately opened their eyes. Luo Zhen was initially unsure whether to disturb them, but upon seeing that the two were awake, he immediately stepped forward and excitedly patted Lu Gang's shoulder.

"Lu Gang, Nan Ge, it's really great that you're both alright. I, Lao Luo, was so worried."

"How did you get back?"

"How did you suddenly end up all the way from Western Xinjiang to Nangang?"

Lu Gang actually enjoyed seeing Luo Zhen's anxious look, since he was always the one who was frightened by all sorts of big scenes.

"you guess?"

Luo Zhen grew anxious: "You don't know, things are completely chaotic in the Western Frontier, and you haven't received any news from us. I'm going crazy with worry. Stop keeping us in suspense and tell me what exactly happened."

As soon as Lu found a place, he immediately reported the detailed events to Luo Zhen and his superiors, making it look like a meeting.

Because so much had happened this time, Lu Gang talked for most of the day until it got dark before he finished.

From the initial strange occurrences of the Candle Soul team, their battles and fights with Zhang You and other extraordinary individuals, to the appearance of the Yellow Springs Ghost Gate, and finally to the appearance of Zhou Shentong.

Lu Gang mentioned the power Zhou Shentong had displayed, how he could almost kill someone just by reciting a name. At this moment, everyone present frowned, and even the people participating in the meeting on the other side of the camera looked very grim.

Later, Zhou Shentong and Li Jun started fighting. Lu Gang couldn't describe the scene clearly; he could only describe it based on his own feelings because he couldn't see the whole picture of their battle.

To use Lu Gang's words, that's it.

"To be precise, I had no idea what the two of them were fighting about. I just felt that there was light coming and going in the sky, and shadows were floating around everywhere."

"However, we recorded some of it, which can be analyzed later."

The topic of the incomprehensible, god-like battle ended there, and Lu Gang then brought up the plans of the Longevity Temple and Zhou Shentong.

After Lu Gang finished speaking, Luo Zhen angrily said...

"Does this madman Zhou Shentong not care about the consequences at all? Wasn't he just a person before? Does he have to destroy his former hometown?"

Lu Gang said, "He may really think he is an immortal or a Buddha, and that the ancient world is his home."

At this moment, Lu Gang finally took out the blueprints that Li Jun had given him. They depicted a maze-like pattern and listed all the materials needed.

However, this was a picture that Lu Gang had just seen, and he did not show it at the moment. He simply folded the blueprints and placed them on the table.

Luo Zhen didn't pick it up, but simply asked, "What is this?"

Lu Gang replied, "Li Jun gave it to me. He said that as long as we follow the method on it, we can also open a door connecting the human world and another world, just like the Changsheng Temple. In this way, the Changsheng Temple's conspiracy will be exposed."

In an instant, Luo Zhen stood up, and everyone else present stared intently at the seemingly inconspicuous piece of paper.

This is not just about a door; more accurately, it is a gateway to a transcendent world, a path connecting the human and divine realms.

Whoever controls this door will possess extraordinary power, hold the secret to immortality, and control the resources of another world of gods and demons.

This is enough to drive countless people crazy, and even make other countries willing to take risks for it.

After standing up, Luo Zhen did not sit down. Looking at the other people's eyes, he quickly understood what was going on.

"No one is allowed to touch this thing, let alone look at it."

"Including me."

Luo Zhen looked at Lu Gang and told him to put it away for the time being and not to hand it over to anyone until he received a complete instruction from above.

"I will immediately send people over to take it away. Everyone must stay where they are and not leave."

Soon, a team entered the conference room, took the paper from Lu Gang, put it in a briefcase, and took it away.

Lu Gang looked at the suitcase, as if he had remembered something.

"Won't something like what happened before happen again, will it?"

Luo Zhen said, "I will not allow something like that to happen again."
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Taoshan Island.

At this moment, Li Jun was also looking at the blueprint, which outlined the overall plan and transformation of Taoshan Island.

"Transform the entire region into a giant altar to worship the Peach Demon, thereby enabling faster and more continuous borrowing and transmission of power, and even opening a stable channel for a long time."

"Was this Zhou Shentong's idea, or did he inherit it from someone else?"

This method was actually something Li Jun saw from above the Changsheng Temple during their fight.

However, since Zhou Shentong was able to control the entire Changsheng Temple through this method, Li Jun naturally wanted to use the same method to completely control the entire Taoshan Island.

Putting everything else aside, the Changsheng Temple is connected to the internet.

Li Jun now accesses the internet by spying on Lu Gang and Zhao Nange's phones.

As Li Jun looked at the blueprints, thinking about how to transform the entire Taoshan Island, he suddenly noticed that Zhao Nange was looking at something on her phone on the other side.

His name was on it, which immediately drew Li Jun's attention.

"what?"

At some point, a list and ranking of extraordinary individuals appeared online, and it is unknown who leaked it.

However, this list of extraordinary individuals has further ignited everyone's desire for extraordinary power, seemingly proving and declaring that the era of extraordinary individuals has moved from version 1.0 to version 2.0.

The arrival of the mythological age came like the rolling wheels of history, inevitable and unstoppable.

Every person on the list has instantly surpassed celebrities and political figures from around the world, becoming a household name.

However, on the list of extraordinary individuals, there is also a so-called "Book of Immortals and Gods".

Li Jun, with his double pupils, and Zhou Shentong of the Changsheng Temple were listed together, instantly elevating Li Jun's name to a divine status.

Even though few people have actually seen him, it is said that there are already religious groups abroad that worship him, which leaves Li Jun completely baffled.

But for some reason, when Li Jun saw this list of extraordinary individuals, which was so detailed it was almost excessive, the first name that came to mind was Zhou Shentong.

"It must have been Zhou Shentong who did it again!"

Zhou Shentong has always wanted to change the world, and what is happening now is exactly what he wants.

However, as Li Jun watched Zhou Shentong's movements, one after another, he also felt the pressure mounting.

(End of this chapter)