I was the Heavenly Emperor in ancient times

Chapter 42 Recovery
The battle between Li Jun and Zhou Shentong continues.

Zhou Shentong looked at the shadow of the ancient god Yu Jiang in the distance. He tried again and again to rebuild the altar, but was interrupted by Li Jun time and time again.

"Quickly, set up the altar. You must be quick."

"What are you afraid of? I can stop Li Jun."

"Kill all those woodcutters."

As soon as Zhou Shentong issued his decree, countless people rushed to their deaths to rebuild the altar for him.

However, the wooden warriors immediately rushed out from Taoshan Island and destroyed the altar in an instant. The two sides fought each other in the gap between their battles.

"Li Jun!"

"Shen Tu and Yu Lei, kill him."

As time increases.

Zhou Shentong acted like a madman above the Ghost Gate, constantly using various methods.

However, they were ultimately blocked by the two peach demons behind Li Jun.

The power of the female priestess and the female nun had even surpassed that of Shen Tu and Yu Lei, and had begun to erode the immortal peaks of the Changsheng Temple.

This made Zhou Shentong even more anxious and agitated.

He was willing to pay any price to kill Li Jun and obtain that ancient divine contract.

"Blackwater, Yujiang."

"Bring up the offerings to pay homage to Yu Jiang."

The black water beneath the Ghost Gate of Dushuo continued to rise, and the fierce winds blowing from afar, which eroded the mountains and melted people's bones and blood, grew more and more intense, but it seemed that nothing could be done.

However, he tried every possible method.

That Peach Mountain Island stood in his way, like an insurmountable chasm he could never cross.

Meanwhile, an anomaly was also discovered deep within the Northern Sea, and Li Jun was the first to notice it.

Despite Zhou Shentong's repeated attempts to disrupt and break the connection between the altars he erected and the ancient god Yu Jiang, a huge vortex appeared beneath the Du Shuo Ghost Gate.

It was devouring the ever-growing black water, constantly growing stronger.

Meanwhile, the power of the ancient god Yu Jiang and the demon god behind him was reconnected with the ritual.

This made Li Jun feel that something was wrong.

"what happened?"

"The altar and the ritual were clearly interrupted, so why?"

Li Jun was preparing to use the supernatural powers of the Double Pupil and the Bluebird to take a look.

At this moment, the outline of the ancient god Yu Jiang in the distance became fully visible, and it let out a long howl, as if it had truly been resurrected from ancient times and had a physical form.

Meanwhile, the whirlpool in the black water beneath the Gate of Ghosts spun even faster.

The sacrificial jade that Zhou Shentong had previously thrown into the water reappeared and floated in mid-air above the water.

It began to change; dense text appeared on it, and it transformed from an ordinary jade artifact into a special object possessing extraordinary power, no longer belonging to ordinary matter.

This scene was also noticed by Zhou Shentong, who was stationed at the Gate of Hell.

At this moment, Zhou Shentong was at his wit's end and didn't know what to do.

Upon seeing this, he was immediately overjoyed. Although he didn't know why, it seemed that the contract had been successfully concluded.

"Success?"

However, at this moment, another figure emerged from underwater and grabbed the sacrificial jade in its hand.

"Zhang You?"

Zhou Shentong was shocked. The person was Zhang You, whom he had sacrificed as a offering and a medium.

Suddenly, the opponent emerged from the black water, and not only that, but also a large number of black snakes and ghost dragons rushed out with him.

Countless serpent and dragon shadows followed Zhang You as he climbed up the Dushuo Ghost Gate, heading straight for Zhou Shentong.

At this moment, Zhou Shentong was completely tied up by Li Jun, and all sorts of methods and forces were used on Li Jun, leaving him almost no chance to prepare for this sudden change.

In his haste, he only managed to shout once.

"Sacrifice to Yujiang!"

Under the gates of hell, the Taoist priests at Xianfeng Taoist Temple immediately sprang into action, but the offerings and blood sacrifices had not yet been prepared.

Zhang You, carrying a large number of black snakes and demon dragons, rushed up and submerged the Taoist temple.

More importantly, at this moment, Zhang You also shouted.

"Yu Jiang!"

As Zhang You charged forward, his body began to twist, turning into a shadow, then transforming into a snake-dragon shape, which gradually widened, resembling a large fish.

In the end, he actually grew wings and flew towards Zhou Shentong, who was high up.

Zhang You completely borrowed the power of Yu Jiang, which Zhou Shentong couldn't obtain, and even more thoroughly.

He even transformed into Yu Jiang's original form, the ancient god who devoured dragons and serpents, and his size continued to expand, growing from over two meters to more than ten meters.

"what?"

Zhou Shentong's eyes widened in disbelief.

He never respected Zhang You, nor did he think Zhang You posed any threat to him. Just as he said, Zhang You was a piece of trash in his eyes.

However, at this moment, Zhang You was completely out of his control, and in that instant, he felt a strong threat.

Zhou Shentong wanted to do something, but at that moment, "Yuanlong Daoist" suddenly moved.

Li Jun controlled Yuanlong Daoist to seize the opportunity. His eyes shone with golden light, which shot into the sky. Then, the shadow of the Divine Peach Tree pressed down from the sky.

Zhou Shentong immediately ordered Shen Tu and Yu Lei to block the divine tree on the high ground, but this directly exposed an opening for him.

Zhang You, who had attacked from within, pounced directly on Zhou Shentong.

"Boom!"

Zhou Shentong was blasted off the Dushuo Ghost Gate. Not only that, but the black water under the Dushuo Ghost Gate also began to disobey his commands and lost contact with the Dushuo Ghost Gate.

As Zhang You flapped his wings, the black water surged along with him.

Wherever he flew, the black water rose in layers, and giant waves piled up one after another, just as thousands of believers were following their god.

Zhang You's betrayal caught Zhou Shentong completely off guard and resulted in heavy losses.

More importantly, it made Zhou Shentong feel that he had lost control, and perhaps even the chance to live forever.

Furthermore, the unusual occurrences happening to Zhang You even made Zhou Shentong feel that the other party might take everything away from him.

Sometimes, enemies that arise from within are far more terrifying than those that come from the outside.

Zhou Shentong roared, his hair standing on end in fury, and his disheveled appearance made him look like a demon in his rage.

"You bastard."

This was perhaps the first time Zhou Shentong had lost his composure like this; he practically started cursing and completely abandoned the demeanor of a Celestial Venerable.

But what happened next horrified him, left him bewildered, and even filled him with despair.

As Zhang You flew through the sky, he dodged the reed ropes of Shen Tu and Yu Lei while continuously chanting incantations.

Finally, accompanied by a sentence from Zhang You.

"Photography!"

Then they saw Zhou Shentong's body fall forward.

What's truly terrifying about this fall is that Zhou Shentong's eyeballs popped out as well.

His double pupils fell to the ground, like two round beads, only these beads were emitting a radiant light.

"how is this possible?"

"My double pupils."

Zhou Shentong immediately reached out, trying to catch his fallen eyeball.

Zhang You let out a long roar, and his two eyeballs transformed into two beams of light, heading towards the sky.

At this moment, Zhang You transformed into human form and landed on the crest of the giant black water wave.
"Now I have double pupils."

Without saying a word, Zhang You gouged out his own eyes, discarded them like trash, and threw them directly into the black water at his feet.

Then, he took the double pupils into his own eye sockets, and the light gradually disappeared into the slits of Zhang You's eyes. Zhang You blinked, and the pupils in his eyes split from one into two.

At the same time, Zhang You felt that his connection with Yu Jiang had deepened. He even felt that he could see the true nature and origin of Shen Tu and Yu Lei, and observe the flow of the essence of supernatural powers between heaven and earth.

He looked at the sacrificial jade in his hand, but what he saw was no longer a sacrificial jade, but a totem and some text floating on it.

At this moment, Zhou Shentong seemed to finally realize what was happening, and he let out a scream.

"what!"

When Zhou Shentong reached that level, he no longer relied on his eyes to see things, at least not on ordinary eyes.

However, the loss of double pupils is definitely not just a matter of losing eyes and vision. Zhou Shentong felt as if his soul had been torn apart.

His dark eyes looked around, and blood gushed down his cheeks like two exaggerated tear tracks.

"Zhang You~"

"Zhang You...give it back to me...give it back to me..."

Zhou Shentong saw Zhang You through his extraordinary vision. The other party was standing in the black water, riding the raging wind and waves. His eyes were double pupils, a symbol of so-called immortals and Buddhas.

But vaguely, he seemed to see another shadow behind Zhang You, a person sitting on the stone tablet, who smiled like a fox.

When Zhang You heard Zhou Shentong's screams and heard Zhou Shentong calling his name, he couldn't help but burst into laughter.

"Hahahahahaha~"

"Zhou Shentong, you didn't expect this, did you? You didn't expect that I would be your greatest enemy!"

At this moment.

Zhang You's eyes were wild, unrestrained, and arrogant.

Although the eyes belong to someone else, they also seem to have remained unchanged.

It's just that one madman named Zhou Shentong was replaced by another madman named Zhang You.

However, Zhang You's arrogance did not last long. He immediately transformed back into a black dragon-eating monster bird and flew up from above the giant wave.

Because Li Jun made his move at this time, intending to eliminate Zhang You and Zhou Shentong together, hoping to take advantage of his illness to kill him.

However, upon this movement, Zhang You and Zhou Shentong immediately rose up to fight against Li Jun in order to save their lives.

"Boom!"

Although Zhou Shentong suffered a severe injury, Shen Tu and Yu Lei were still in his hands, and the two giant peach demons were still protecting him.

Zhang You seemed to have an exceptionally deep fear of Li Jun. Upon seeing Li Jun make a move, he reflexively began to run away and resist, even forgetting about killing Zhou Shentong.

At first glance, it seems as if they were mortal enemies who had just been locked in a life-or-death struggle, but suddenly became united against a common enemy.

This time.

What started as a two-man brawl between Li Jun and Zhou Shentong quickly escalated into a three-man brawl, making the situation even more chaotic.
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A grand drama is unfolding on Zhou Shentong's side.

The life-or-death battle with Li Jun is not over yet. He and Zhang You, a pair of former comrades-in-arms, are master and disciple or master and servant with a small age gap.

Now they've turned on each other and become bitter enemies.

Each of the three people wanted to kill the other two, while the two fighting each other didn't want the last one to get away with it, creating a strange and tense situation.

And before the gates of the underworld.

Li Jun's side has also entered a critical stage. Zheng Shiliang has gradually reached the final stage of the ritual, communicating with the Yellow Springs and the One-Eyed Ghost Kingdom, and obtaining some information about Zhuyin from back then.

Li Jun, standing before the stone gate, watched as a blinding beam of light erupted from the Gate of the Underworld, grazing his head and disappearing into the distance.

In the darkness, the projection of an ancient ruin appeared.

"Out."

"One Eye of Ghost Country."

Li Jun immediately looked over.

Although some issues were expected, the situation became increasingly chaotic as Zhou Shentong and Zhang You encountered a series of problems.

Li Jun carefully observed the projection of the One-Eyed Ghost Kingdom. This ancient kingdom of mountains and seas appeared, reflecting some events that had happened in the past.

Li Jun vaguely saw the ghostly figures of the ancient Yimu clan, but among those ghostly figures, there seemed to be an extra shadow.

"Zheng Shiliang".

At this moment, Zheng Shiliang first witnessed how the oldest Candle Soul was born, and then followed those people little by little to Zhangwei Mountain, where he saw the volcanic eruption and the opening of the eyes of the Candle Dragon.

Then, he also witnessed the ancient battles between the Yimu clan and the Xiwangmu clan.

Ultimately, he also witnessed the arrival of the ancient emperor and the slaying of the Candle Dragon.

The divine tree, like a giant hand, crushed the eyes of the Candle Dragon, splitting it into three parts.

"Zhulong is dead!"

Zheng Shiliang stood at the foot of Zhangwei Mountain, staring in disbelief at the scene.

He couldn't see the Emperor, not even a shadow of him, yet the other party had killed Zhulong, which Zheng Shiliang found unimaginable.

He is getting closer and closer to the truth of everything.

Finally, he followed behind Zhuyin, listening to Zhuyin speak and watching Zhuyin's expression.

At this moment, he seemed to have merged with a part of Zhuyin. He knew what Zhuyin was thinking and understood what Zhuyin was saying.

Finally, he followed Zhuyin to the huge cave before the gates of the underworld had been built. Their eyes met as they looked inside.

At this moment, Zhuyin spoke.

Before Zhu Yin could speak, Zheng Shiliang uttered the same phrase as the other person.

"I have sacrificed myself to the Candle Dragon through countless lifetimes."

this moment.

Something seemed to explode in Zheng Shiliang's mind with a bang.

He finally understood what the contract between Zhuyin and Zhulong was.
What price did Zhuyin ultimately pay?

How insane is Zhuyin?

This is a path to immortality that truly drags everyone into eternal life. The so-called reincarnation is not what they imagine; it simply means making themselves eternal food for those ancient demons.

After Zhuyin finished speaking, he looked up at the sky. Zheng Shiliang followed his gaze, but they saw nothing in the sky.

When he looked down, the candlelight had already disappeared.

He fell into the underworld.

Zheng Shiliang stood before the original Yellow Springs Ghost Gate, and one by one, the candle spirits of the One-Eyed Clan gathered around him, speaking to him.

"Jump down!"

"Jump down."

Zheng Shiliang knew that once he jumped, he would be offering himself to the Candle Dragon for all eternity. He would be devoured by the Candle Dragon in every life, an offering that the Candle Dragon could never finish eating.

After standing there for a long time, Zheng Shiliang finally started walking down step by step.

In the end, he too leaped down like Zhuyin.

But that big hole seemed to be a bottomless pit, its depths unfathomable.

He kept falling, but it seemed he would never reach the end.

This scene was just like the contract he had heard Zhuyin and Zhulong sign, a contract that would last for eternity.

And at this moment.

In fact, it wasn't just in the one-eyed ghost kingdom projected in that scene that the candle spirits of the ghost kingdom surrounded him.

In reality, the "fire dragon" formed by the candle spirits in the sky was also flying towards him, seemingly discovering that he was re-establishing the ancient contract of life and death of the candle spirits.

Once the fire dragon pounces, it will burn Zheng Shiliang's physical body to ashes, interrupting the ritual and turning Zheng Shiliang into a mere spirit.

While the ceremony was underway, Zhao Nange, who was standing beside Zheng Shiliang, saw this scene and immediately began to act.

She waved the peach branch, its light luring the "fire dragon" in the sky.

However, every time she lured the other person to a certain distance, the other person would go back.

Finally, Zhao Nange fought with the "fire dragon" in the sky, his whole body bursting into flames, and he was almost burned to ashes.

Even so, this mindless "fire dragon" will still eventually head towards Zheng Shiliang.

Finally, Zhao Nange came up with a solution.

She looked at the black water in the distance: "Bei Ming!"

Finally, the two rushed towards the Northern Sea together, intending to use the power of the black water and the Northern Sea to extinguish the "fire dragon" and those candle spirits.

I don’t know how much time has passed.

Finally, Zheng Shiliang, who had been falling continuously, reached the bottom.

He saw the Yellow Springs.

But the Yellow Springs was not what he had imagined.

He imagined the Yellow Springs to be like the one described in mythology, a river in the underworld carrying countless dead people and billowing filth, a terrifying place in his mind.

But what appeared before his eyes was a river of light infused with countless golden grains of sand.

Every particle of light there is information, information contained in countless people, things, and living beings in this world.

Standing on the banks of the Yellow Springs, Zheng Shiliang had a feeling that if he could read the information between the Yellow Springs in the Yellow River, he would know all the secrets of this world.

In the end, he fell into the underworld.

In the projection of ancient times, Zheng Shiliang fell into the Yellow Springs, but ten thousand years later, Zheng Shiliang slowly opened his eyes.

Zheng Shiliang felt as if he had been through another life, as if he had truly experienced a reincarnation.

at the same time.

The sacrificial jade in his hand also began to change. In addition to the addition of densely packed characters, its essence also began to undergo a kind of transformation.

It is no longer an ordinary jade artifact, but a mysterious object that combines the covenant of gods and spirits, extraordinary power, and rules.

"I succeeded."

"I did it..."

Zheng Shiliang shouted, he was very excited.

This seemed to be the only thing that could make him happy recently. Countless people had died along the way. Although he was burned by flames, he had sacrificed his entire life and future.

But in the end, he did manage to get some things done!
Zheng Shiliang shouted, trying to get a response, but there was only silence around him.

"Zhao Nange?"

He looked around, but couldn't find Zhao Nange anywhere.
When he looked up, the fire dragon in the sky had disappeared.

Zheng Shiliang took a few steps and picked up the communication device that Zhao Nange had left for him.

"Hey!"

"Hey!"

"Zhao Nange, where are you?"

He kept asking the question, but there was no answer.

Finally, he stopped asking questions, simply holding the sacrificial jade and looking into the distance, preparing to set off.

Now, even without Zhao Nange, he knows where he should go.

At that moment, a response sounded. "Buzz buzz buzz!"

Zheng Shiliang picked up the communication device and asked loudly.

Is that Zhao Nange?

However, a different voice came from inside; the other person also knew him.

Is that Zheng Shiliang?

"I am Lu Gang."
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As soon as Zheng Shiliang completed the ritual and obtained the ancient divine contract signed by Zhuyin and Zhulong, Li Jun immediately learned about it.

At this moment, Li Jun has finally completed a crucial part of the plan to achieve the ultimate breakthrough.

Having accomplished an important goal, Li Jun felt a sense of relief and no longer had any concerns.

The outward manifestation of this situation was that Li Jun no longer hesitated with Zhou Shentong and Zhang You, and began to deal a truly deadly blow.

Li Jun, Zhang You, and Zhou Shentong fought one against two, then two against three, and everyone present, and even everyone in Dushuo City, could see that this great battle was bound to have a result this time.

Some people were talking amongst themselves: "I think at least one person will die today."

Some said, "I think two of them are going to die."

Whether it's one or two of these three who die, and who it is, it's destined to be a momentous event.

If it were Li Jun who died, the entire world order would completely collapse.

If it were Zhou Shentong who died, what changes might occur in the world order he had just established and was about to implement?

If it had been Zhang You who died, perhaps the change would have been smaller, and the world would have maintained a state of balance.

But at this moment, it seems that the most likely person to be dead is Zhou Shentong.

This situation shocked or frightened everyone, and left some at a loss.

"That's Zhou Shentong!"

Just a few days ago, everyone thought he had the world in his grasp; this change has come far too quickly.

Zhou Shentong was becoming increasingly embarrassed.

Shen Tu and Yu Lei could no longer protect him; his belief in immortality and everything about him were collapsing.

When he began to show signs of defeat, even his disciples and followers all began to abandon him.

Everyone was fleeing for their lives, and some had even begun to surrender to Zhang You.

However, at this moment, Li Jun was thinking about something else.

"The One-Eyed Ghost Kingdom has already appeared in the world. Logically speaking, if the Candle Dragon is reviving according to the changes in ancient times, it should split into three again at this stage."

"When Zhulong died, he transformed into the aurora eyes in the sky, the entity behind Yujiang, and the Yellow Springs deep underground."

Li Jun observed the three of them amidst the chaos.

But gradually, he realized that something was not quite right.

The first strange phenomenon was the aurora eye overhead, and then the object began to sink, gradually getting closer and closer to Zhangwei Mountain.

The forces of Zhangwei Mountain beneath their feet, the shadow of Yujiang in the distance, and even the unseen, surging Yellow Springs deep beneath their feet gradually merged together.

Li Jun immediately understood: "After this era was revived, the original will of the Candle Dragon was unwilling to die; it wanted to change everything that happened in the past."

At this moment, Zhou Shentong also seemed to have discovered something.

"rise!"

Suddenly, Zhou Shentong made Shen Tu and Yu Lei abandon the Changsheng Temple and the Immortal Peak, and directly turned the two large peach trees into two golden bridges, which then swept him up and started running.

He began to move closer to the aurora borealis in the sky, heading deeper into Zhangwei Mountain.

Everyone could see that Zhou Shentong was on the verge of death.

Not only was Li Jun trying to kill him, but Zhang You was also trying to kill him. Zhang You was afraid of Li Jun, but he understood even more that he had to get rid of Zhou Shentong, this great enemy, first.

He only needs to kill Zhou Shentong to inherit everything from him, and he can deal with Li Jun later.

Li Jun had also changed his strategy, no longer in a hurry to wipe out Zhang You and Zhou Shentong in one fell swoop; eliminating one would make the next one easier.

Seeing Zhou Shentong start to run away, Zhang You was the first to chase after him, even more eager than Li Jun.

"Zhou Shentong, why are you running?"

"Things have come to this point, don't embarrass your immortal status."

At this point, Zhang You's address of Zhou Shentong as an immortal was no longer a term of respect, but rather a mockery.

During the chase, a ruin suddenly appeared in the Northern Sea.

As the projection of the One-Eyed Ghost Kingdom landed completely above the Northern Sea, it gradually began to materialize from an illusory shadow.

But not long after, the shadow collapsed.

It was as if some force was resisting something, rejecting everything from the past.

Finally, the projection faded away.

And the entire Zhangwei Mountain.

The sky, the earth, the mountains, and the depths of the earth all trembled together. Finally, the light shot into the sky, turning into a sound that was hard to tell whether it was a tremor or a roar.

"Roar!"

That was the voice of Zhulong.

In ancient times, it was personally killed by the Emperor.

When everything ends and it starts all over again, how can it accept this fate again?

Upon hearing this roar, Zhou Shentong, who was fleeing for his life, suddenly shouted out.

"Candle Dragon!"

"It's Zhulong, Zhulong has fully awakened."

This caused not only Li Jun to frown, but Zhang You's expression also changed drastically, and everyone who heard the roar sensed that something was wrong.

Once the three parts that split from the Candle Dragon are combined into one, it will be the complete Candle Dragon, and it will not be the one that was just born ten thousand years ago.

At that time, the whole world will be plunged into darkness, and the rules of the whole world will be rewritten.

It's not the kind of order and rules that humans have created before, but the true rules of the world, the physical rules.

The reason for Zhang You's dramatic change in expression was that he suddenly realized something: if Zhulong were to revive, he would lose all the power he had borrowed from the ancient god Yujiang, and everything he currently possessed and was about to obtain would be lost again.

Thinking of this, Zhang You intensified his pursuit of Zhou Shentong.

Zhou Shentong laughed wildly as he rode the golden light upwards toward the sky, heading toward the aurora eye in the heavens.

"Candle Dragon!"

"I will still have a chance when Zhulong is revived."

"Zhang You, Li Jun, you two just wait."

At this moment, Zhulong became Zhou Shentong's last straw.

Zhou Shentong disregarded everything; he wanted to fly into that eye to assist or help it manifest in the world and rewrite all the rules.

At this time, the greater the disaster or the greater the change, the greater the opportunity for him.

At this moment, he would do anything to survive.

But at that moment, a Taoist priest suddenly appeared in front of him. The priest raised his head and looked at him with icy eyes.

"town!"

Li Jun used the power of the female priestess and the female spirit to bind him and block his path.

Meanwhile, the black, strange bird that had been gripping the dragon and stirring up waves rushed up from behind, and the power of the ancient god Yujiang and Xuanming slashed through the golden light in an instant.

The large bird swooped down on Zhou Shentong, its sharp claws getting close to Zhou Shentong's body for the first time.

At this moment, he was completely unprotected.

Zhou Shentong watched the black, strange bird fly towards him, its sharp claws growing larger and larger before his eyes.

Finally, completely cover it up.

At this moment, Zhou Shentong was still waving his whisk, still forming hand seals, and shouting loudly.

"I am an immortal."

"He is a reincarnation of an immortal."

"I won't die...I..."

Then, he was torn into a pile of minced meat by those sharp claws.

With Zhou Shentong dead, the situation immediately changed again. Li Jun and Zhang You's eyes met instantly, and Li Jun was about to make his move.

But as he raised his hand, he also raised his head, looking up at the aurora eyes high above.

At this moment, it had already fallen to a height of only a few dozen meters above his head, causing Li Jun to slowly lower his raised hand again.

"How to do?"

In fact, it wasn't just Zhou Shentong who failed at the last minute and died on the eve of having everything.

Zhang You finally began his life-changing journey, but as long as Zhulong is revived, the fundamental power he relies on, Yu Jiang and the demon god Xuanming behind him, will also disappear.

For Li Jun, once the Candle Dragon is revived, everything he had planned and done before will be in vain.

Luo Zhen's death was meaningless, all of Zheng Shiliang's efforts were in vain, and Lu Gang's desperate run into the deadly city of Dushuo was also useless.

All the schemes and plots of the various forces ultimately came to naught because Zhulong refused to die.

At this moment, Li Jun recalled the scene he had seen through the Bluebird's supernatural powers.

"The Gates of the Underworld".

Li Jun, using the supernatural powers of the female nun, made Yuanlong Daoist stand up. At this moment, Zhang You felt as if he were facing a formidable enemy.

It wasn't just because of Li Jun's strength and danger, but also because of the information Zhang You learned from the fox mask who claimed to be the Double-Pupil Immortal.

Li Jun and Zhou Shentong are different.

Zhou Shentong was just a madman. Perhaps he wasn't originally that mad, but by chance, he was chosen by the other party and given double pupils.

Zhou Shentong then believed himself to be the reincarnation of an immortal, and from then on, he became unstoppable, thinking himself invincible and stirring up a wave of the extraordinary era.

The double pupils of the person in front of him were not obtained from elsewhere; they were truly his own.

In other words, Li Jun in front of him was truly a deity, which naturally made Zhang You fearful and wary.

The situation is rather strange at this moment.

Zhang You gathered all his power around himself and stared at Li Jun with a fierce look in his eyes, while Li Jun looked up at the sky, motionless.

Finally, the "Yuanlong Daoist" controlled by Li Jun lowered his head, looked at Zhang You, and said something.

"never mind."

"I don't have time to argue with you."

The figure of Daoist Yuanlong gradually disappeared into the void, and Taoshan Island and the peach forest sank into the earth little by little and disappeared completely.

Zhang You breathed a long sigh of relief. He flew back to his original spot and landed on the Immortal Peak where the Longevity Temple was located.

Zhang You summoned the power of Yu Jiang, and then, through Yu Jiang, contacted Shen Tu and Yu Lei, who were no longer under his control, and surprisingly re-established the Du Shuo Ghost Gate.

After he finished doing all that, he said something to those below.

“All disciples of the Changsheng Temple will leave with me.”

Then, these people followed him and left completely.

The Changsheng Temple began its retreat, leaving Zhangwei Mountain and disappearing into the Northern Sea and the Black Water.

Subsequently, they gradually moved to the distant city of Dushuo and its vicinity.

And the other side.

Before that ancient stone gate, Li Jun disconnected all connections and finally stood up.

At this moment, he no longer needed to focus on other things; there were more important things to do next.

Yuanlong Daoist returned at some point and stood beside him.

"In the end, we still have to go in."

Li Jun looked at the Gate of the Underworld, with one hand on Yuanlong Daoist's shoulder.

With a flick of his hand, Daoist Yuanlong transformed into a shadow, which eventually became a black ghost dragon.

The ghostly dragon let out a roar, and the Gate of the Underworld slowly opened a crack, trying to suck the ghostly dragon into it.

"Buzz!"

If an ordinary person encountered such a scene, they would immediately run away; no one would seek death.

However, Li Jun followed the shadow of the ghostly black dragon and rushed forward together.

He was going to find a way to completely kill the Candle Dragon from ten thousand years in the future.

As the light and shadow shifted, Li Jun's figure swept past the stone carvings on the door and through the carriage frame pulled by the dragon.

It looked as if we followed them into the back of the door.

"Shao Li!"

There were no dragons pulling the cart, and no thousands of mortals kneeling and worshipping with torches in hand.

Li Jun transformed into a shadow and entered the stone gate.

At this moment, Li Jun's consciousness gradually lengthened.

He seemed to see the underworld.

I saw all sorts of scenes.

More importantly, he saw the ancient Kunlun Mountains.
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"quick!"

"Hurry up!"

In the void, Lu Gang initially sailed his boat across a blank, empty place.

There are no ups, downs, lefts, or rights here, no landmarks; only with extraordinary vision can one occasionally catch a glimpse of the distant Zhangwei Mountain outline.

Of course, there is another coordinate.

He could sense the location of Peach Mountain Island through the peach tree from which his power originated and the peach wood-cast ship beneath his feet.

And at this moment.

He crossed the edge of the black mountains and sailed into a black sea.

Lu Gang climbed onto the ship's side and looked down: "Is this Beiming?"

Looking at the black water below, Lü Qing felt that this thing was extremely terrifying.

After all, it's clear upon reflection that this thing doesn't belong to the mortal world, but rather something related to souls and the dead.

He asked, "What would happen if it fell?"

Lu Gang said, "It's better not to fall."

As they drove, they took out a device and kept communicating with the people in Dushuo City. Before long, they finally received a response.

They set their goal and then moved forward.

At this moment, they were getting closer and closer to the location where Li Jun, Zhou Shentong, and Zhang You were fighting, and they could see it more and more clearly.

"They were playing way too aggressively."

"If this were in the real world, this scene would be terrifying."

As they continued walking, they saw the shadow of the One-Eyed Ghost Kingdom again.

"Mirage?"

Immediately afterwards, they heard the roar of the Candle Dragon.

"What's going on up there?"

"How did the eye fall off?"

What's making that noise?

They were unaware that the source of the Candle Dragon was devouring the three split parts, trying to reintegrate them, but the noise inexplicably filled them with fear and panic.

Lu Gang accelerated further, eager to get to Dushuo City to complete the mission as soon as possible.

gradually.

They crossed the Black River and reached the city of Dushuo.

At this moment, Lu Gang looked at this desolate city, where ghostly figures roamed everywhere.

It's hard to imagine how prosperous and bustling this place used to be; it just feels like a modern-day version of the underworld.

Lu Gang left Lü Qing to guard the boat while he entered Dushuo City alone.

Finally, he spotted Zheng Shiliang outside the barbed wire fence.

The two were very cautious when they met, and it wasn't until Zheng Shiliang confirmed Lu Gang's identity using the method Zhao Nange had taught him that Zheng Shiliang finally revealed himself.

He carried a backpack containing the sacrificial jade that Li Jun had given them, gripping the shoulder strap tightly as if he dared not let go for even a moment.

Zheng Shiliang: "Who are you?"

Lu Gang stepped forward and shook hands: "I am Lu Gang, here to take over from Luo Zhen and Zhao Nange. You should have seen my name before, and even seen what I look like online."

Zheng Shiliang leaned closer to look at Lu Gang and confirmed it. After all, when Changsheng Temple announced information about the extraordinary, it also announced Lu Gang, so in a sense, he was also a "celebrity".

He said, "Luo Zhen is dead."

Lu Gang nodded, his gaze searching for another person: "I know, where is Zhao Nange?"

Zheng Shiliang shook his head: "Zhao Nange went to stop the Candle Soul Fire Dragon in the sky to protect me. It seems she went to the Blackwater. I can't contact her, and I only found out about the whole situation later by listening to the recording!"

Lu Gang froze for a moment, unable to speak for a long time.

Even Zheng Shiliang could tell that Lu Gang seemed to have some difficulty accepting it.

Zheng Shiliang didn't know what to say. At this moment, he suddenly recalled the scene of the ancient Yimu clan's sacrificial ceremony, where countless people stood on the sacrificial site and shouted expectantly.

"The Candle Shadow has arrived!"

"The Candle Shadow has arrived!"

This scene was destined to become his eternal nightmare.

Zhuyin sacrificed all his people to Zhulong in exchange for the immortality he desired through reincarnation.

So many people died along the way, and some people were looking forward to him. What will he get in return?
Lu Gang quickly regained his composure and said to Zheng Shiliang.

"Now listen to me and come with me."

Zheng Shiliang asked, "Where are we going?"

Lu Gang said, "Let's go home."

Lu Gang was unaware of the matter of Zhulong, nor did he know that Li Jun had entered the back of the Gate of the Underworld.

At this moment, he was only thinking about one thing.

Take back everything that Luo Zhen and Zhao Nange left behind, and bring back the "Severed Heaven and Earth Connection Plan" properly.

They boarded the ship, rowed across the ever-expanding Northern Sea, and gradually disappeared into the darkness.

In an instant, it seemed as if everyone's movements slowed down, or even stopped.

There was no more fighting, no more killing.

But everyone knows that this is just a pause, and it is far from over.

(End of this chapter)