I was the Heavenly Emperor in ancient times

Chapter 41 The Immortal with Double Pupils

Zheng Shiliang ran forward with Zhao Nange.

Ahead lay darkness, but at this moment, Zheng Shiliang's way of observing the world was no longer just through his eyes. He seemed to have merged into this darkness and become accustomed to walking with ghosts.

For him, the night was more like the day, while he could hardly see as clearly and carefully during the day as he could at night.

Walking in the silent darkness, in this ghostly land.

He understood more and more clearly what Han Daoren had said to him before.

"You are no longer human."

The true meaning of this sentence.

He and Zhao Nange ran very fast, after all, they were both superhumans, but even so, Zheng Shiliang still felt that the road was exceptionally long.

One shadow after another walked past him, their faces blurred and indistinct, but they kept bringing to mind every dead person he had ever seen.

He didn't know what to do next.

"What should I say when I get back?"

"After returning to the real world, what will I face next? Or will I be caught in one conflict after another, just like now?"

"Am I destined to become an extraordinary being like Master Han?"

"still?"

He looked up at Zhao Nange and asked her.

Why did you become a superhuman?

Zhao Nange's answer was simple and clear, but it lacked any sense of beauty or mission.

"Because he was seriously injured, he would die if he didn't become a superhuman."

Zheng Shiliang said, "So you didn't become a superhuman voluntarily?"

Zhao Nange: "I did it voluntarily, because I would die if I didn't become a superhuman."

Zheng Shiliang: "That's it."

Zhao Nange: "That's it."

But then Zhao Nange changed the subject.

"But it's different now."

Zheng Shiliang quickly pressed for an answer, as if trying to extract something from Zhao Nange's response.

"Why is it different now?"

Zhao Nange kept running, never stopping, so focused that Zheng Shiliang felt as if the person speaking wasn't her, but the wind she stirred up.

"Because too many people died, and the cost was too high."

"But I don't regret it. I'm willing to walk with them. If I have to die, I'd rather die on the path I chose with them."

Finally, Zheng Shiliang asked Zhao Nange about it.

"What kind of road is this, and what do you want me to do?"

During their conversation, they reached the edge of a barbed wire fence, where Zhao Nange stopped.

She said, "We've arrived."

Zheng Shiliang looked inside. It was an unremarkable place, with a row of small buildings and a large open space.

Zhao Nange stopped and walked forward slowly, then suddenly climbed over the barbed wire fence and appeared inside.

Zheng Shiliang didn't go in with them, but instead spoke to Zhao Nange.

"You still haven't told me what you want me to do?"

Zhao Nange turned to Zheng Shiliang and said, "We need you to complete a task. Li Jun also asked you to come here."

Zheng Shiliang felt a chill run down his spine upon hearing Li Jun's name. After experiencing so much, his perception of Li Jun's existence had gradually transformed, as if he were omnipotent and infallible.

What this person says must be very important, more important than he can imagine.

"What exactly is the mission?"

Zhao Nange looked at Zheng Shiliang carefully, as if to confirm whether he was trustworthy or whether he could shoulder such a heavy responsibility.

But in the end, she found that at this point, she didn't have many choices left.

She said, "To save the world."

Zheng Shiliang stood frozen outside the barbed wire fence.

"I?"

“It’s not you, it’s Li Jun, it’s Luo Zhen, it’s all the members of our group. Everyone worked together to finally get this opportunity, and you’re here to take the baton.”

Zheng Shiliang's lips trembled; he wanted to say something, but couldn't utter a word.

However, Zhao Nange spoke for him.

"I know you can't afford it."

"But we had no other choice."

The ceremony and altar were set up under the stones of the site, and were completely invisible to the naked eye of ordinary people.

However, when Zheng Shiliang sat on the pebble-paved ground with the sacrificial jade in his hand, he saw firelight rise from afar. The flames burned and drew circles around the ground, and the layers of firelight formed a complex totem.

Zheng Shiliang felt that the totem looked familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere before.

Zhao Nange stood motionless in front of the barbed wire fence.

"The altar was set up by Li Jun, so there's no way it could go wrong."

As the ceremony began, Zheng Shiliang's consciousness traversed the boundless darkness and arrived at Zhangwei Mountain.

He saw the ancient Gate to the Underworld, and even saw Li Jun sitting in front of it.

Next.

There seemed to be a crack in the door. Before he could see what was engraved on the door, he was pulled through the crack by a force.

He heard the sound of the rushing river, and then he heard countless people howling, whispering, and speaking different words.

Men, women, young and old, all kinds of voices, as if billions of souls were clamoring around me.

In the end, he seemed to have reversed the flow of time and reached the other side of the ages.

At this moment.

He once again came to the valley at the foot of Mount Nazhangwei, the ancestral home of the Yimu clan.

Zheng Shiliang saw Zhuyin again, but this time he was not standing below the altar, but on the altar itself.

He heard people around him calling out one after another, "Zhuyin is here, Zhuyin is here."

The sound seemed to trigger his fear, and then the horrific image from his memory reappeared.

A monster with a human head and a dragon's body emerged from the darkness and spewed fire, setting everyone ablaze.

Zheng Shiliang stood in the sacrificial site, screaming in agony as he crawled and rolled around in the flames.

"It's so hot."

"Too hot."

"I'm going to burn to death, don't burn me, please don't burn me."

Zheng Shiliang didn't know the limit of pain that a person could endure.

However, he believed that being burned alive was definitely one of them, especially with thousands of people being burned together; the horror and psychological impact were indescribable.

Zheng Shiliang escaped in terror. He opened his eyes in the darkness and rolled around on the ground.

At this moment, large flames were indeed burning on his body.

Zheng Shiliang screamed in agony amidst the flames.

"what……"

"Ah~"

It was like a vengeful ghost.

After a long while, the flames died down, and the two looked at Zhao Nange in silence.

Zheng Shiliang knelt on the ground, under immense pressure to the point of near madness, his eyes bloodshot.

"I failed."

He said, "I couldn't bear it. The fire wasn't just burning my body, it felt like it was burning my soul."

"I'm afraid of death."

“I’m afraid of him, that monster.”

“That monster ate my classmates, my mentor, everyone, burned them to death and then enslaved them. He was a monster, a monster.”

Once she started talking, she couldn't stop.

“I’m just an ordinary person. I don’t have any grand ideals or ambitions. I’m just like Lord Ye in the story of Lord Ye who loved dragons but was terrified. I shouldn’t have entered this extraordinary world. I can’t be an extraordinary person.”

Zhao Nange stood in front of the barbed wire fence, her eyes reflecting the still-burning extraordinary flames and Zheng Shiliang kneeling before the firelight.

"You go!"

Zheng Shiliang looked up at Zhao Nange, but did not leave.

Zhao Nange: "I can't force you. You have to walk this path of sacrifice and finding the ancient covenant with the gods on your own. Forcing you won't work."

"I just can't do it."

"Give me the sacrificial jade, I'll give it a try."

Zheng Shiliang: "You don't have the power of Zhuyin, so you can't connect with him. That power will burn you to death."

Zhao Nange simply said, "There's no other choice."

Zheng Shiliang didn't speak; he felt incredibly ashamed. He suddenly asked again.

"Who is this Luo Zhen you mentioned before? Are there any other people involved?"

Actually, what he really wanted to ask was...

"Are they all dead? They died for your mission, so you're not afraid of anything, right?"

"That's why you're so determined and courageous, isn't it?"

Zhao Nange touched the small black "brick" at her waist. It was the device used by the team members to communicate with each other after the signal was lost, and it hadn't responded for a long time.

She already guessed it; they were probably all dead.

Zhao Nange didn't say that, but instead said...

"If you absolutely need me to give you an excuse, they're useless; you don't know them."

After saying that, Zhao Nange pointed to herself.

"Although we've only just met, we're at least acquaintances. If you're going to die, I'll die before you."

"You don't need to be afraid, don't feel lost, and don't worry about not being able to go back."

"All you have to do is keep pushing forward."

"Break out, break through everything, and then it's over."

Zhao Nange has always been straightforward and simple in her words, just like Zheng Shiliang's first impression of her. She is decisive and resolute, much like a man.

But at this moment, Zheng Shiliang felt that the power and beauty of this sentence shocked him immensely, surpassing all the poems he had ever heard.

I will die before you.

Zheng Shiliang suddenly stopped being confused: "Let's try again!"

The demonic fire of the sacrifice ignited once again from the ground, swirling around Zheng Shiliang, who was once again pulled into the distance, witnessing scenes from ancient times.

This time, standing on the sacrificial site, he seemed to blend into the crowd, becoming one of the ancient ancestors.

When the shadow of that "monster" swam down from the mountain, he trembled all over. He suddenly realized that these people were not afraid; these ancient ancestors were filled with excitement and anticipation.

"The Candle Shadow has arrived!"

The monster spewed flames and devoured him, causing him immense pain. But at that moment, he remembered what Zhao Nange had said.

"Push forward!"

Zheng Shiliang ran for his life, as if this would dispel all fear, escape all pain, and transform all external forces into his own power.

"what!"

Everything about him surged forward, his body turned to ashes, but all of him burrowed into that shadow.

The shadows began to move, wriggling and running from the rock face.

Not only Zheng Shiliang, but also countless others rushed forward at all costs, using everything they had to rush into that shadow.

Then, they transformed into shadows, following behind the monster called Zhuyin, as if chasing or worshipping something.

"Roar!"

At that moment, the earth and mountains trembled, like a roar.

On top of the mountain.

Zhulong opened its eyes; it was the first time Zhulong had opened its eyes ten thousand years ago.

Its power swept down and engulfed Zheng Shiliang.

In the real world...

Looking from the direction of Tosaku City.

A beam of extraordinary light shot into the sky from Zhangwei Mountain, and the shadow of the One-Eyed Ghost Kingdom appeared in the distance.

It rose up from the deepest darkness.
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Before the gates of the underworld.

Li Jun sat there watching the entire process of the Zhuyin Divine Contract sacrificial ceremony, while also observing Zhou Shentong's situation on the other side through Yuanlong Daoist.

The altar for worshipping Yu Jiang is located at the top of a strange mountain peak.

This mountain peak resembles a crescent moon, but it is extremely steep and tall, curving upwards towards the sky.

This place is extremely far from the Gate of the Underworld. Zhou Shentong used the power of Shen Tu and Yu Lei to transfer many people from the Changsheng Temple to this place, and in this way, this altar was built.

If we compare the entire Zhangwei Mountain to a giant dragon stretching for thousands of miles, then the Gate of the Underworld is at the dragon's head, and this altar is at the dragon's tail.

Beneath the altar.

Most of the disciples of the Changsheng Temple were present, along with a large number of peripheral members, totaling tens of thousands of people.

The Taoist priest at the front wore a light-colored Taoist robe, his long hair was tied up with a Taoist crown, and he held various ritual implements in his hands. His robe was embroidered with various mythical beast patterns, auspicious clouds, cranes and so on.

Zhou Shentong climbed step by step from the bottom of the stairs to the top of the altar, accompanied by several Taoist boys carrying sacrificial items.

The high place was an open area, and the strong winds of the sky made Zhou Shentong's Taoist robe flutter loudly.

Today, Zhou Shentong appeared with disheveled hair, his long hair fluttering in the wind. He didn't look like a Taoist priest, but more like an ancient shaman.

Zhou Shentong was much thinner than before, but now standing on high ground, he seemed to have a body of refined iron, withstanding everything against the wind.

He spread his arms wide and shouted to the heavens,

"The time has come."

The disciples below followed Zhou Shentong's example and raised their hands, but instead of standing like him, they knelt on the ground.

"The time has come..."

"The time has come..."

As soon as Zhou Shentong shouted, a large number of people immediately prepared all kinds of sacrificial items, and below there were people performing songs and dances, as if to please the ancient ghosts and gods.

As the sacrificial ceremony progressed step by step, Zhou Shentong immediately called out.

"Please summon Shen Tu and Yu Lei!"

Then, two tall wooden statues with talismans pasted on their faces were brought up.

From a high vantage point, Zhou Shentong looked at the two large peach demon statues.

Before proceeding with this step, he suddenly felt a strong sense of unease and asked the other disciples beside him.

Has anything happened in the surrounding area?

Zhou Shentong was asking about none other than Li Jun.

However, the disciples standing nearby all said...

"No."

Then Zhou Shentong asked again, "Has the radar detected any movement in the sky again?"

Soon another reply came: "Immortal Venerable, we also did not detect it."

Zhou Shentong frowned: "Li Jun has always flown across the sky as a Feathered Clan member. If he really came here, how could he appear once and then leave without making a sound? He couldn't possibly have walked all the way here, could he?"

Two young Taoist disciples spoke up from the side.

One of them said, "Immortal Venerable, Li Jun also possesses some supernatural abilities. He may have sensed something, so he deliberately concealed his presence."

Another person said, "We might have been mistaken before. What was flying in the sky might have been something else. Li Jun didn't know about our sacrifice to Yu Jiang. It was all just a false alarm."

Zhou Shentong wasn't sure either, but regardless, he decided to go all out and treat the situation as the most dangerous and critical moment.

And indeed, that is the case. Having accomplished this, standing on this altar, he could almost sing aloud that he was standing at the forefront of the storm, firmly grasping the rotation of the sun and moon.

On Earth, the Non-Human Union, led by them, is preparing to launch and discuss the order of the next era.

In the extraordinary world, he is about to use Shen Tu and Yu Lei as a medium to awaken the ancient ghost god Yu Jiang and even the beings behind him, thus restarting the cycle of life and death.

At the same time, this was for his own path to immortality.

Everything has reached a critical turning point.

At this moment, Zhou Shentong knelt on the ground and kowtowed to the heavens. He also felt immense pressure, but then boundless ambition arose within him.

Human ambition has its limits, but this god's ambition has no end. He wants the human world, power, and immortality; he wants it all.

More importantly, he could actually get it, and it was right in front of him.

He shouted, as if he were speaking to some unseen being.

"Zhou Shentong's heart is set on the Great Dao, may Heaven bless me."

After saying this, he fell to the ground and bowed. The statues of Shen Tu and Yu Lei were on either side of him, but Zhou Shentong did not make any move.

In Zhou Shentong's eyes, Shen Tu and Yu Lei were not worthy of his worship.

After offering sacrifices to Heaven and Earth, he got up and had the others begin preparing to sacrifice to the two great peach demons, Shen Tu and Yu Lei.

The scene below became lively again. As the sacrificial ceremony gradually came to a successful conclusion, Zhou Shentong stepped on the Heavenly Gang, waving his whisk and chanting incantations.

Gradually, golden light emerged.

Shen Tu and Yu Lei also appeared on both sides of the altar. Not only that, but the Changsheng Temple and the Immortal Peak also appeared in the darkness. The Dushuo Ghost Gate, composed of two huge peach trees, also came with them and appeared and disappeared at the tail end of this Zhangwei Mountain.

At this moment, looking from this side of the altar towards the other side.

The first thing you see is the Ghost Gate of Dushuo, then the Immortal Peak Taoist Temple below. As your gaze passes further through the Ghost Gate, the silhouette of a city begins to appear in the darkness—that is Dushuo City.

This is Zhou Shentong's specific plan.

He wants to create a new era of Mount Dushuo and the cycle of reincarnation that belongs to him, starting from this altar to awaken the power behind it and create the most ancient Northern Darkness.

With the Peach Demon and the Ghost Gate as the hubs, they guard the Black River Styx, and with Dushuo City as the underworld court, they control the life and death of all living beings.

As Shen Tu and Yu Lei descended, all the Taoists began chanting scriptures together.

Some chanted prayers and sacrificial texts, while others were responsible for the sacrificial vessels and offerings. Finally, as all the steps were completed, they shouted in unison.

"Sacrifice to the Great Peach God!"

"Shen Tu and Yu Lei..."

Zhou Shentong's body floated up little by little, passing through the heights, piercing through the void, and finally passing through the layers of branches of the two large peach trees, sitting on the Dushuo Ghost Gate.

The Taoist priests and others below prostrated themselves and then chanted together the incantation that the Longevity Temple had spread in all directions.

The Mantra of Shen Tu and Yu Lei to Suppress the Gates.

“The shackles of the underworld are lifted, and the gates of heaven are opened wide.”

"Yu Lei held a rope to bind the nine demons, and Shen Tu wielded his sword to slay the three calamities."

"The spirit falls from the constellation Ji, and the soul wanders with the Big Dipper."

Zhou Shentong sat in the center of the highest point, while the two giant peach demons on the divine trees stood up one after the other, each waving a reed rope and throwing it down toward Dushuo City behind them.

The reed rope pierced through the void and landed in Mount Dushuo.

"Boom!"

At this moment, from the perspective of Dushuo City, the golden reeds emerge from the darkness like streaks of golden lightning.

Meanwhile, Dushuo City has fallen further into the underworld, and its passage to the Dushuo Ghost Gate and Zhangwei Mountain has been completely opened.

"what!"

"Woooooooo..."

A vast array of colorful souls, layer upon layer, emitted shrill cries as they marched along the road toward the Gate of Ghosts.

Zhou Shentong sat cross-legged on the fully opened Ghost Gate, accepting the worship of everyone while watching the spirits of all living beings fall into the trap.

He increasingly felt like a celestial being, and the further enhancement and protection of Shen Tu and Yu Lei's power filled him with a sense of security, making him no longer suspicious. He believed that even if Li Jun were to descend, he would be powerless against him.

The disciples, Taoists, and those affiliated with the Longevity Temple below witnessed Zhou Shentong's divine and Buddha-like demeanor, and were witnessing the grand opening of this cycle of life and death.

One by one, a strong sense of self-confidence welled up within them, and their fear of the so-called double-pupiled Li Jun gradually disappeared.

Some people even stopped chanting incantations about Shen Tu and Yu Lei and began to sing the name of the Immortal Venerable, worshipping Zhou Shentong as an even more powerful deity.

As the thousands upon thousands of ghosts traversed the path to the underworld and arrived at the Gate of Hell, Zhou Shentong began his second step, which was the one he truly intended to worship and summon.

Zhou Shentong took out a bowl-shaped jade object and threw it downwards. The jade object fell onto the altar and poured out a bowl of black water.

The black water spread rapidly after being poured out, flowing down the altar and turning into trickles that flowed towards the cliff and the void on the other side of the altar.

Then the disciples and Taoist priests below began to display all sorts of things related to dragons, but all of these things were black, including flags and prayer flags.

The banners were decorated with complex incantations, containing various terms related to the Northern Darkness, the Mysterious Darkness, the Netherworld, Rebirth, and Reincarnation.

At this moment, Zhou Shentong chanted an incantation and waved the whisk in his hand. Circles of light flowed down from the Ghost Gate with each wave, extending into the depths of Zhangwei Mountain.

"Come back!"

"Come back!"

"..."

Zhou Shentong held a whisk in one hand and a sword in the other, pointing upwards, and shouted loudly.

The disciples also knelt on the ground and shouted along with Zhou Shentong.

"Come back!"

"Return..."

The sound was carried by the gale into the depths of Zhangwei Mountain, and the entire Zhangwei Mountain began to tremble. At this moment, this huge mountain range seemed to be slowly writhing like a dragon.

The giant trees on the mountain looked like scales, opening and closing layer by layer, or like mouths opening to breathe.

Finally, a shadow emerged from the depths of the black mountains and let out a strange cry.

Then, countless "dragon shadows" surged out of Zhangwei Mountain and rushed towards that end.

The shadow opened its mouth wide and devoured the "dragons" one by one, treating them like food.

Upon seeing this, Zhou Shentong, who was high up at the Ghost Gate, immediately shouted.

“Yu Jiang”.

"I wish to renew the ancient divine pact with you, to recreate the Northern Sea, and to reopen the cycle of reincarnation for all living things in the world!"

Yu Jiang seemed to hear Zhou Shentong's shout and looked over. His terrifying aura transformed into a tangible storm, sweeping across the land and mountains from the end of Zhangwei Mountain.

The banners and pennants were blown high into the sky, the sacrificial crowd collapsed in unison, and sand and stones swept into the void.

But that wasn't enough. Zhou Shentong immediately had Zhang You brought up. Summoning Yu Jiang's shadow was the first step, but more importantly, he wanted to renew the ancient contract between Shen Tu, Yu Lei, Yu Jiang, and the demon god behind them.

Zhang You was the best link in this contract and the most suitable sacrifice.

When Zhang You was dragged out again, he was still begging Zhou Shentong for mercy, refusing to give up. He really didn't want to die.

However, Zhou Shentong ignored him completely, flicked his whisk, and said something.

"go."

Zhang You was thrown off the altar, just like the sacrificial jade that Zhou Shentong had thrown down earlier.

Zhang You fell into the void with a scream, but soon he fell into a large expanse of black water.

He stretched out his hand and shouted towards the sky, struggling desperately as he looked up at the immortals and Buddhas sitting high above him.

He tried to call for help, but in the end, it all came down to three words.

"Zhou Shentong".

With the altar and sacrificial rituals in place, the sacrificial jade and the black water were activated, and Zhang You, as the medium for communication during the ritual, also fell into the black water.

Gradually, the two large peach trees of Shen Tu and Yu Lei, the altar on Zhangwei Mountain, and the shadow of the ancient god Yu Jiang seemed to form a line together.

All the power converged at this moment, and Yu Jiang's shadow was fully revealed, actually a being that resembled a bird. The strange shadow flapped its wings, and the wind blowing from the depths of Zhangwei Mountain became even more violent, not only whipping up sand and stones, but also melting everything in its path.

"Look, the stones have all melted."

"The water, the stone turned into black water."

"What kind of wind is this?"

"Oh no, look at him, he's even melted away in the wind!"

Below the altar, everyone was caught off guard.

Many people's bodies gradually melted in the raging wind, while many more hid and gathered towards the Ghost Gate, hiding in Zhou Shentong's power and light.

The relentless gale relentlessly eroded everything on Zhangwei Mountain, gradually melting away all that remained.

Finally, a black river slowly emerged, flowing along Zhangwei Mountain until it reached its end.

The black water overflowed the altar, transformed into a waterfall on the cliff, and poured into the void.

It seeped into the roots of the two enormous sacred peach trees, enveloping the foot of the Immortal Peak where the Temple of Longevity is located.

"Pfft!"

"Puff... puff..."

The countless ghostly figures fell into the black water, becoming one of its reflections. It was unclear whether they melted into the water or sank to the bottom.

Finally, the black water reached Dushuo City and circled the city.

This didn't stop there. As the ghostly figure continued to merge into the black water, more and more black water flowed down from Zhangwei Mountain, covering more and more areas and places.

What was originally a void in the sky has now turned into a black sea.

The earliest form of the Northern Sea in mythology had already begun to appear in this place.

At this very moment, the power of Shen Tu and Yu Lei was integrated and connected with Yu Jiang, causing Du Shuo City to fall into another world and creating the ancient Bei Ming.

Zhou Shentong's power had reached its peak at this moment, and his momentum had also reached its zenith. He felt that his power had surpassed all his previous abilities.

Zhou Shentong was extremely pleased with himself and couldn't help but burst into laughter from his high vantage point.

At this moment, he even wished that Li Junzhen would come here so that he could get rid of this major threat.

Finally, his gaze fell upon the increasingly clear silhouette of the ancient deity Yu Jiang. He stood up, wanting Shen Tu and Yu Lei to carry him over.

"Feast!"

"Yu Jiang!"

His goal was not to gain power by communicating with Yu Jiang, but to obtain the Northern Darkness Divine Contract from Yu Jiang.

At this critical moment, however, an unusual movement occurred below.

Yuanlong Daoist's empty mind swayed. In the gale, he always felt that his body was half a mile lighter than others, and he was even less able to withstand the wind.

Suddenly, Yuanlong Daoist heard a voice in his ear, and he recognized it as Li Jun speaking.

"Taoist Yuanlong!"

"Taoist Yuanlong~"

Upon hearing this voice, Daoist Yuanlong instantly felt his mind tense to the extreme, and even couldn't help but instinctively respond with a reply.

"exist."

At this moment, the other party said something else.

"replace!"

Yuanlong Daoist suddenly felt his mind go completely blank, and his eyes began to roll violently, as if he were turning his eyeballs upside down, which looked somewhat eerie.

But after those eyes rolled back, Yuanlong Daoist's expression completely changed.
Before the gates of the underworld.
Li Jun finally made his move.

First, the shadow of a huge peach tree appeared behind him, and then a ghost holding a peach branch emerged from it.

"Peach Demon Woman!"

He couldn't stand by and watch Zhou Shentong inherit the ancient contract so easily, even though he had another extremely important matter to attend to at this moment.

However, Zhou Shentong happened to have a pawn on his side who allowed him to intervene in this matter.

Then, Li Jun took out the peach wood doll.

He held the doll, the power of the female spirit's contract attached to him.

If someone were to look at Li Jun from the front at this moment, they would see that the peach tree behind Li Jun extends thousands of silk threads that connect to his back, pierce his chest, and finally intertwine at his heart.

"Yuanlong Daoist, listen to my command."

As Li Jun continued to come into contact with and use the power of the Peach Demoness, just like when he used the power of the Priestess before, he gradually became familiar with the power of the Peach Demoness and learned more about its uses.

The female priestess's supernatural powers were not as grand as the female priestess's, but they were even more mysterious and unpredictable.

She can take a part of a person and switch them in a life-or-death situation, and Li Jun can also control a substitute puppet made from a part of someone else.

Li Jun manipulated the other party as if he were controlling a puppet.

"rise!"

As soon as Li Jun raised his hand, Daoist Yuanlong stood up.

At the Changsheng Temple altar, neither Zhou Shentong nor the Changsheng Temple disciples kneeling below were the first to discover the problem.

Instead, it was Shen Tu and Yu Lei.

The two large demons on the peach tree, extremely sensitive, turned their heads at the same time and looked in the same direction.

Then they saw a white figure appear on the kneeling disciple, and the two large ghosts cried out at the same time.

"Drink~"

They threw out reed ropes, trying to subdue the demon.

But at this moment, Daoist Yuanlong had already stood up, and a strong golden light emanated from his body.

Everything around me began to distort, and then the terrain below began to change.

"Boom!"

The ground cracked open layer by layer, and the altar above was overturned. The waterfall formed by the black water was diverted and poured into all directions, and the whole scene instantly turned into chaos.

Zhou Shentong's communication channel with Yu Jiang was temporarily interrupted, the sacrificial jade beneath the black water surfaced, and even the shadow of Zhang You, the medium, was seen.

Yuanlong Daoist raised his head, and at this moment his eyes changed.

Zhou Shentong looked at Yuanlong Daoist from afar. At this moment of shock, he was naturally furious and shouted loudly.

"Yuanlong, what are you doing?"

But Daoist Yuanlong said nothing, he just watched him quietly.

At this moment, Zhou Shentong also noticed the problem, and his expression changed.

"Li Jun, is that you?"

"Taoist Yuanlong" did not speak, but that was already an answer.

At this moment, Zhou Shentong finally made his move. The two great demons, Shen Tu and Yu Lei, attacked together, unleashing almost all their power, and swept up bursts of golden light to press down on Yuanlong Daoist.

Even the surrounding black water obeyed his command, rising layer by layer and covering "Yuanlong Daoist".

Overhead, a mountain of gold pressed down; all around, towering waves surged.

At this moment, Yuanlong Daoist was like Mount Tai and Penglai in a storm, displaying an unyielding aura.

Moreover, Yuanlong Daoist's figure was constantly rising, and the terrain beneath his feet was cracking, as if another piece of land or mountain was squeezing in.

Zhou Shentong immediately understood what it was upon seeing it.

Taoshan Island.

Li Jun used Yuanlong Daoist as a medium to transfer a portion of Taoshan Island over, all in an attempt to sabotage Zhou Shentong's plan.

Seeing this, Zhou Shentong hardened his heart.

"Li Jun, do you think you're the only one who knows this trick?"

After he finished speaking, Zhou Shentong stood up from the Ghost Gate of Dushuo.

The two sacred peach trees, along with the mountain peak where the Longevity Temple was located, tore through the void and pressed down on Zhangwei Mountain together.

The enormous immortal peak, like a sharp sword, pierced straight into the location of "Yuanlong Daoist" from afar.

"Yuanlong Daoist" watched Zhou Shentong without backing down, letting the entire Peach Mountain Island beneath his feet gradually rise up, the transformation of heaven and earth continuing.

This picture.

Everyone around was stunned.

They had never seen such earth-shattering power, like a Buddha kingdom in the palm of their hands.

However, at this moment they had no mood to appreciate such supernatural powers. As soon as they saw the two make their move, they immediately began to scatter and flee in all directions.

They were not only avoiding "Yuanlong Daoist", but also Zhou Shentong.

"Not good." Seeing the golden light and the divine tree overhead, everyone immediately turned their backs and tried to leave Zhou Shentong's feet.

"Go!" Under the Gate of Hell, tens of thousands of people were running.

"Are they going to kill us all too?" Yet, as far as the eye could see, danger seemed to lurk everywhere.

Zhou Shentong and Li Jun are completely unpredictable; they either hold back for a long time without making an appearance, or they immediately unleash their strongest attacks when they do.

The collision between the Temple of Longevity and Taoshan Island seemed to crush everything around them into dust, then twist that dust into nothingness, erasing it completely from this world.

The golden light, like a mountain, pressed down on Yuanlong Daoist.

A wave of air surged up, and ripples appeared in the void. The ground beneath Yuanlong Daoist's feet stopped rising and instead began to sink downwards little by little.

"Buzz!"

Zhou Shentong had gained the upper hand and seemed poised to suppress Taoshan Island.

Before the gates of the underworld.

Li Jun looked at Zhou Shentong, who was standing on the gate of the Ghost Gate, and then at the two large peach ghosts behind him.

The power of the female demon alone is no match for the two great peach demons, Shen Tu and Yu Lei, not to mention that Zhou Shentong also borrowed some of Yu Jiang's power and received the enhancement of the ancient Northern Sea Water.

Li Jun began chanting an incantation, and at that moment, the golden light behind him became even stronger.

Immediately afterwards, another, even larger sacred peach tree appeared, from which emerged Peach Demon Festival, floating above the tree's light and shadow.

On the other side, the ground beneath "Taoist Yuanlong's" feet was no longer soil.

Behind him, one after another, sacred peach trees appeared, and the peach grove deep in Taoshan Island was revealed behind him.

Zhou Shentong stared intently at "Yuanlong Daoist," whose face gradually blurred in his eyes, leaving only his eyes.

From Zhou Shentong's perspective, the other party had completely transformed into Li Jun.

He said, "Come on, let's decide who will take the lead right here, from where we started everything."

"Taoist Yuanlong" finally spoke up: "We didn't finish our fight last time, so it's time for it to end this time as well."

The last time he mentioned was naturally the time at the Gates of the Underworld.

At this moment.

Zhou Shentong, along with Shen Tu and Yu Lei, two renowned Taoist deities, led the Du Shuo Ghost Gate and the Immortal Mountain to the battlefield.

However, Li Jun also possesses the female priestess and female spirit of the ancient Hanhuang clan, two ancient spirits born tens of thousands of years ago, who can even be traced back to the source of all power.

The four ancient demons and gods attacked simultaneously, their power earth-shattering.

Both Li Jun and Zhou Shentong seemed to have been waiting for this moment for a long time.

"Li Jun!"

"die!"

Zhou Shentong started calling roll again, and his shouting of Li Jun's name was like summoning a ghost.

They tried time and again to summon Li Jun's soul through the power of Shen Tu and Yu Lei, but without uttering a sound, the two great demons of the divine tree waved their reed ropes, piercing through the void as if searching for Li Jun's location.

However, the reed rope was constantly being pushed back by another force deep within the space.

In a place invisible to ordinary people and the naked eye, Zhou Shentong and the Peach Demon behind Li Jun were fighting.

Meanwhile, others present were also drawn into the chaotic battle.

A large number of woodcutters rushed out from the peach grove, and they engaged in battle with the disciples of the Longevity Temple.

Here, a strange scene unfolded.

These inhuman wooden figures, many dressed in modern attire, wielded various ancient powers akin to supernatural magic, fighting against the Taoist priests of the Longevity Temple who wore Taoist robes.

However, most of these Taoist priests used modern firearms, employing technological power to fight them.

Of course, it wasn't just Zhangwei Mountain that was affected; at this moment, the commotion here was so great that it could be clearly seen even in Dushuo City.

further away.

The remaining forces in Dushuo City watched as the Dushuo Ghost Gate was fully established, with black water flowing from it encircling the entire city.

Finally, witnessing Zhou Shentong and Li Jun transform the world and unleash their power with abandon, seemingly about to tear a hole in the sky.

Even those in the void saw the commotion here.

On a peach wood boat, several people saw a light in the distance.

"what is that?"

"There is a situation."

Before the gates of the underworld.

At this moment, Li Jun felt that his consciousness was like a great river, branching into tributaries flowing to different places and paying attention to different places.

One of them was watching Zheng Shiliang and the Yellow Springs Gate's sacrificial ceremony, while the other was controlling Yuanlong Daoist to disrupt Zhou Shentong's ceremony.

But gradually, he felt that this was not enough, and he had to make some more preparations.

Li Jun pointed his sword upwards, and the priestess's shackles, which he had only recently managed to break free from, returned to him.

His eyes traversed vast distances, instantly reaching a certain location in the void.

"Lu Gang!"

"Come!"

In that void, the man on the peach wood boat who was looking at Zhangwei Mountain immediately turned his head and looked up.
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"I suddenly realized that I was doing the work of Columbus."

Lu Gang, riding the Tao Shu, hovered in the void and said this to Lü Qing beside him.

Lü Qing: "Team leader, you weren't the first to discover Zhangweishan, were you?"

Lu Gang: "I was talking about opening up air routes, and he also... never mind, stop talking nonsense, let's get to work."

After overcoming numerous hardships, he finally became familiar with the power of this strange ship and gained control of it.

Lu Gang knew how to communicate with it and pay a price to make it obey his commands; in a sense, this was a pact with the peach tree, even though it was not a ghost or a god.

But this time he tried many times to travel between the void from different points and to bring things back from Mount Zhangwei.

It can be considered that it has completed an extremely important task: opening up a path in the void. The importance of this ship is self-evident.

"Have we arrived yet?"

Lu Gang was piloting the large wooden boat, and they were not far from the location of the Gate of the Underworld.

He was already very familiar with the ferry route in the void, and soon he finally came ashore next to a cliff, where a Taoist temple appeared in the distance.

Upon entering the Taoist temple, Lu Gang discovered corpses scattered all over the ground. Further inside, the main hall of the temple was eerily dark, with souls sealed away. At the far end of the temple, he vaguely saw the Gate of the Underworld.

Before he even got close to the Gate of the Underworld, he saw Li Jun, who threw down a large pile of things, most of which were given to him by Daoist Yuanlong, including the extremely valuable scripture that could mass-produce extraordinary beings.

In addition, Li Jun also asked Lu Gang to load some of the items from the Taoist temple onto the boat.

Next, Li Jun told Lu Gang about the plan for the Juedi Tiantong.

Lu Gang immediately noticed something: "Where's Luo Zhen?"

Li Jun: "He's dead."

Lu Gang opened his mouth wide, and after a while he asked again, "What task do I need him to complete?"

Li Jun said, "Go and take Zheng Shiliang and Zhao Nange out."

Neither Zhao Nange nor Zheng Shiliang had the ability to leave this place. Regardless of whether the matter succeeded or not, only Lu Gang was able to take the things out.

As Lu Gang held the things Li Jun had given him, coupled with the news of Luo Zhen's death that he had just learned, he felt a heavy weight on his hands and shoulders.

"Go!"

"Time is running out, and it's not safe here."

Li Jun closed his eyes, his consciousness still participating in the great battle that determined life and death on the other side.

Lu had just left the Taoist temple when he started running halfway there, and then leaped onto the large wooden boat on the cliff.

"Quickly, come with me to load the boat, then we'll go somewhere."

"Where?"

"Go to Dushuo City."
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Zhang You sank into the black water; he seemed to have become a part of it.

Looking through the water, he saw a grand scene of two "gods" battling above.

Chanting incantations can command ghosts and spirits; raising a hand can change the world.

One seeks to summon ancient gods to create the Northern Sea, while the other relentlessly tries to stop it all.

"Li Jun!"

"Zhou Shentong".

Faced with this situation, he could do nothing but close his eyes and wait for death.

He would have died long ago if Li Jun hadn't intervened, even though Li Jun was largely responsible for his fate. If Li Jun were to encounter him again, he would likely kill him as well.

Zhang You never imagined he would end up like this.

However, Zhang You didn't hate Li Jun much, because they had been enemies from the beginning. But he hated Zhou Shentong, because he had once really thought about following him and helping him create a new world.

His life was truly full of ups and downs; he achieved early success and reached the pinnacle of success in his youth.

Then he contracted a serious illness and faced death, about to lose everything.

And at this time, the extraordinary era arrived.

He joined the Changsheng Temple, and the temple's abbot, Zhou Shentong, known as the Immortal Venerable, granted him the power to transcend life and death and the mortal realm. From then on, he believed that he had transcended the mortal world and escaped the cycle of reincarnation.

He was no longer an ordinary person, no longer a mortal, but had truly transformed, breaking free from all worldly concerns and becoming an existence outside the Five Elements and Six Paths.

Especially on television, saying that to the whole world.

"We will rebuild the world order."

when.

Zhang You felt like it was a long dream, but suddenly he woke up.

His body was torn to pieces and fell into the cold, dark water, just like a corpse soaked in formaldehyde.

The ancient gods Yu Jiang and Shen Tu Yu Lei are about to completely devour him, making him a stepping stone to open the Northern Underworld.

At this moment, he is like a sacrificial offering placed on an altar, about to be consumed by ghosts and gods.

But at this moment, something that was neither a ghost nor a god, yet equally eerily existing, entered his consciousness.

"Want revenge?"

The voice came from all directions, making it impossible to tell where the other person was speaking, or perhaps the entire world was relaying the message.

Suddenly, a light appeared in the endless darkness below.

Then Zhang You felt his consciousness being pulled down and sinking into a strange place.

This is a sacred mountain, and at its foot stands a stone tablet inscribed with characters that Zhang You cannot recognize.

A figure sits upright on the stone tablet.

Even at first glance, Zhang You could tell that the other party was not simple.

He felt immense pressure, and fear emanated from the other person like an invisible wind, surrounding him.

It was a feeling that was absolutely beyond ordinary people in the essence of life, a feeling that even Li Jun and Zhou Shentong had never given him.

This has nothing to do with the amount of power that can be used or borrowed, but rather a difference in the essential form of life.

If he had to describe something similar to his feelings, it would be a demon, but he had never seen a demon with true consciousness.

Zhang You was utterly horrified: "What is this thing?"

He asked, "Who are you?"

The other party said, "I can't tell you my name, but you all keep talking about becoming immortals and such, and I am the immortal you're talking about."

As the wind blew through the clouds, he got a better look at the figure. At first glance, it looked like a fox's face, but Zhang You soon realized that it was because the person was wearing a fox mask.

The face on the mask was smiling, but for some reason, Zhang You was also certain that the face under the mask was smiling as well.

The other person asked him, "You said you have a more perfect plan that can create a more rational world. Can you tell me about it?"

Now that things had come to this, Zhang You explained his idea.

Before joining the Longevity Temple while seriously ill, he was already a tech giant. Unlike Zhou Shentong's ideal of reviving the past, Zhang You's idea was to integrate the extraordinary world into technology.

Zhang You was certain that this must be a very ancient entity, but when Zhang You used various modern terms and technological concepts, the other party was able to understand them without him having to explain anything further.

The other person laughed: "Your approach seems more interesting than Zhou Shentong's."

Zhang You asked again, "But it's all too late. Zhou Shentong won't listen to me at all, and I'm going to die too."

The other person laughed again: "Want revenge?"

Zhang You raised his head: "Yes!"

Perhaps, that's what he was waiting for.

However, Zhang You said, "But I'm about to die. Let alone Zhou Shentong being a person with double pupils, how could I possibly seek revenge against him?"

The figure on the stone tablet said, "What I gave him, I can naturally give back to you."

Upon hearing this, Zhang You immediately understood what was happening and blurted out a sentence in utter astonishment.

"Did you give him his power?"

The figure on the stone tablet said, "His double pupils are mine, but he doesn't know it. He thinks he's become an immortal after waking up."

After saying that, the person on the stone tablet laughed again, as if he found it very amusing.

After laughing, he continued, "It's a pity I haven't come back to life yet, so my double pupils can't be fully utilized. My double pupils are very powerful."

Zhang You was utterly horrified after hearing this, staring at the "person" he was talking to.

"Not alive?"

"What does it mean?"

A person who did not come back to life can still transcend space and even time, and influence those who are still alive.

Zhang You even felt that the other party was behind all the events that were happening.

Zhang You then asked, "What about Li Jun? Who gave him his double pupils?"

The figure on the stone tablet said, "His is his own. I wasn't sure it was him at first, so I asked the old peach tree to try it out."

"I didn't expect it to be true. I just don't know which one of the two it is."

"Fortunately, this reincarnated body has not yet awakened its full power, nor has it regained its memories, otherwise..."

The other person stopped there.

However, at this moment, Zhang You was more concerned about the other party's words: "What can be given to Zhou Shentong can also be given to him."

Zhang You: "What price will I have to pay?"

The other person said, "As long as you are useful, you can get everything you want."

Zhang You: "Then I'm willing to give everything for you."

The other party said, "Let's see if you have the fate to do it. I'll teach you a method. You need to gain Yu Jiang's approval, become his corpse, and borrow a part of the power of the demon god Xuan Ming."

"If you become..."

Zhang You: "How is it?"

The other party said, "I'll teach you how to remove the double pupils from Zhou Shentong's eyes."

Upon hearing this, Zhang You was so excited he almost danced with joy.

What excited and excited him was not only the desire for revenge against Zhou Shentong, but also another reason.

Defeating Zhou Shentong, who is known as the strongest person in the world, and pulling him down from his lofty position, is an irresistible temptation that makes people feel like they can't resist anything.

Zhang You accepted the test: "Okay!"

After saying that, the other party suddenly raised his hand, and Zhang You fell down, sinking into the darkness.

In reality, Zhang You also opened his eyes. At this moment, he was still immersed in the black water, but whirlpools were swirling in the black water, constantly pulling him downwards.

Zhang You saw what appeared to be a large number of black dragons swimming towards him in the black water, and his gaze passed through Zhangwei Mountain, where he saw for the first time the figure that was stirring up a whirlwind and swallowing dragons and churning the sea.

"The ancient god Yu Jiang!"

(End of this chapter)