The Demon King, reborn in Japan as a monk

"Hmm?" The King of Terror also noticed the abnormality of Ishihara Sho and Zen Ginsha, and his heart tightened. He launched a new attack.

An even stronger mental projection began to invade the consciousness of the two, creating even more terrifying images that relentlessly assaulted the minds of Ishihara Sho and Zen Ginsa like a tidal wave.

"God King, don't waste your time. Mental techniques are useless against me." Ishihara Sho calmly absorbed all of the Terror God King's attacks and looked at the Terror God King in front of him with a leisurely air.

"Damn it, if it weren't for the limitations of the Immortal Monument, my magic power would only be one-tenth of its peak. Let alone you, a mere Ninth Tribulation Ghost Immortal, even a Yang God wouldn't dare say they could completely ignore my attacks. But you've passed my test and are qualified to become my ally." The Terrifying God King snorted coldly, first suppressing Ishihara Sho's arrogance to prevent him from being too overbearing, and then changed the subject.

"If you can't beat them, join them. God King, you're really good at this tactic of retreating into battle," Ishihara Akira chuckled.

"What? You think I'm not good enough to be your ally?" the terrifying god-king said with a gloomy expression.

"What can you give me?" Ishihara Sho asked curiously.

"I can help you achieve the Yang God status," the terrifying God King replied without the slightest hesitation.

"As for the Yang God, even without your help, I have my own way of achieving it," Ishihara Akira said, shaking his head.

"Then why aren't you a Yang God yet?" the Terrifying God King asked incredulously.

“Then it has nothing to do with you, God King,” Ishihara Sho replied.

"What, are you sure you want to be my enemy to the end?" The terrifying God King questioned with an unfriendly expression. "As long as you are willing to cooperate, whether it is my magical powers, the ancient demonic scriptures, or even helping you achieve hegemony and live forever, I can do it all. Are you sure you want to give up all these benefits because of a moment of impulse?"

"Immortality and eternal life are something I can naturally achieve once I become a Yang God. At that time, let alone becoming the ruler of the mortal realm, restoring the ancient sage kings' rule would be a piece of cake for me. These things hold no appeal for me whatsoever. As for your magical abilities... while I am indeed somewhat interested, there's no need for me to compromise with you for such a small amount of interest. Once I subdue you, I can take your magical abilities from you just the same way. So, God King, accept your fate."

After saying that, Ishihara Akira's hand seals changed, and the expression of the terrifying god king became incredulous.

"How is that possible?! How do you possess the methods of the Immortal Daoist?!"

"Needless to say? It's because I found the legacy of the Immortal Daoist."

Although he did not cultivate, with his current level of cultivation and magical power, he could easily use the methods left by the Immortal Daoist to control the Immortal Monument.

So the next moment, accompanied by the terrifying god-king's unwilling roar, the Chaos Bell officially devoured the Immortal Monument and imprisoned it in its own small world.

Then, the numerous arrays within the Chaos Bell unfolded, refining the Immortal Monument and the terrifying God-King atop it.

"Shi Yi, you will never get anything from me!" the terrifying god-king roared.

“That’s not up to you,” Ishihara Akira chuckled.

With a thought, he controlled the Chaos Bell to return to the ground, put away the Chaos Bell, and returned to Izumo Kingdom with Zen Silver Sand.

As for refining the Immortal Monument and the God of Fear...

That wouldn't be something that could be done in a short time; it would require waiting. Therefore, for a while, Ishihara Akira felt that he was idle again. While waiting for the appearance of the Dream God Machine, he gathered his women back together and threw them into the Chaos Bell. With the help of the Thunder Pool inside, which had become increasingly abundant after being fused with the Creation Boat, he helped them enhance the power of their souls and purify their souls.

……

Finally, more than a month later, Shi Yuanzhang received a message from Su Mu, saying that Meng Shenji asked her to return to Taishangdao to personally report on the killing of Yang Pan of Daqian and the demotion of Hong Xuanji.

Here, we should briefly mention the Great Qian Dynasty. Because of Ishihara Akira's prior warning, when no one was ready or able to accept the deaths and dethronement of their three important figures—the Emperor, the Crown Prince, and the Grand Tutor—Prince Yu, under Hong Yi's planning, decisively launched an attack. In the shortest possible time, he led his soldiers and subordinates into the palace, suppressing all dissenting voices within the palace through a combination of force and force. He also won over some of the palace's experts, thus completing his consolidation of power.

Then, with the help of these experts and his first-mover advantage, he suppressed competitors such as Prince He and Prince Yu with overwhelming force. He then personally went to persuade the ministers in the court and finally settled everything half a month ago, officially inheriting the legitimacy of the Great Qian Dynasty and becoming the so-called Jade Emperor...

Hong Yi was also promoted for his merit in following the emperor, rising from a minor official in the Ministry of Rites to a high-ranking official.

Hong Yi simply didn't accept it.

Because he wanted to enter the imperial court through the orthodox means—the imperial examination system—and did not want to become a so-called favored official.

Prince Yu understood and agreed to Hong Yi's choice, but also granted him many privileges, such as free access to the palace and not having to bow to the king. Although he had not yet reached Hong Xuanji's level, he was still an existence that no one could ignore.

Then, Prince Yu cleverly bestowed an imperial title and a divine position upon Hong Yi's mother, Meng Bingyun, making her existence legitimate and aboveboard, thus giving Hong Yi the opportunity to coerce Hong Xuanji.

Especially now that Hong Xuanji has been crippled, the pillar of the Hong family has collapsed, and the Hong family is facing a crisis.

Ultimately, the survival of the Hong family was used as leverage to force Hong Xuanji to go to Meng Bingyun's grave and personally confess his crimes to her.

Even though he was not resigned to it, and did not think that he had done anything wrong back then.

But compared to the entire Hong family, this small sacrifice was not a big deal to him.

Yes, despite Hong Xuanji's disdain for Hong Yi and his cold-bloodedness, his deepest pursuit was to develop and strengthen the Hong family and ensure its eternal existence. This was even stronger than his ambition to assist Yang Pan in achieving his dream and restore the ancient holy emperor to life.

This is also the real reason why he bowed his head and went to Meng Bingyun's grave to admit his mistake when Hong Yi threatened that if he didn't obey, he would personally step in and preside over the trial and accountability of the Hong family members.

……

Now, let's return to the present.

Upon receiving the news, Ishihara Akane did not hesitate and immediately went to Su Mu's place. After a brief meeting, he used the power of the Heavenly Demon to possess Su Mu's soul. Then, led by Su Mu, he rushed back to the Supreme Dao's base—Tianzhu Mountain.

Chapter 559 The Supreme Dao Dream Divine Mechanism

Heavenly Demon, Reborn as a Monk in Japan

"Dao Master." Inside the main hall of the Supreme Dao, Su Mu bowed and greeted Meng Shenji, who was seated in the main seat.

"How's the investigation going?" Meng Shenji remained unchanged, head down and eyes closed, like a clay statue in a temple, exuding a faint, inhuman aura as he spoke indifferently.

"We've gathered some information," Su Mu replied. Without waiting for Meng Shenji to ask further questions, he continued his explanation: "The attacker's name is Shi Yi, the author of the I Ching. He's not very old, looks to be in his early twenties, but he's very powerful. He follows the path of the soul. He appears gentle and refined, not cruel at all, but I never expected him to commit such a heinous act..."

"As for the reason why he attacked Yang Pan, I haven't found out. However, judging from the scale of the battle at the time, Yang Pan must have used the Creation Boat."

"The Creation Ship was used?" Upon hearing this, Meng Shenji, who had remained unresponsive, opened his eyes and looked at Su Mu.

Clearly, this news greatly shocked him.

"Yes," Su Mu affirmed.

"And what about Shi Yi? How did he deal with it?" Meng Shenji pressed.

"I don't know. I only saw a huge bronze bell-shaped magic weapon at the time, and I don't know anything else," Su Mu said, shaking his head.

"A bronze bell?" Meng Shenji pondered.

However, the only thing that can rival the King of Artifacts, which is equivalent to the Eternal Kingdom, is the Creation Ship. But he couldn't find out the origin of the bronze bell!

No matter how hard he racked his brains, he couldn't find any historical artifacts resembling bronze bells.

Or rather, another king of artifacts besides the Eternal Kingdom and the Ark of Creation.

Moreover, the most crucial point is that this person not only possesses the King of Divine Artifacts, but also defeated Yang Pan, who also wields the Creation Ship, the King of Divine Artifacts. In other words, this person's strength is also extremely powerful; he should be a Creator, or even a figure of a higher level.

After all, Yang Pan was a Ghost Immortal at the sixth tribulation. If the attackers did not have the realm of Creator, they would not have been able to suppress Yang Pan and the Creation Boat in such a short time, and even cripple Hong Xuanji, who had already broken through to the Human Immortal level and whose combat power was close to the physical state of fist intent, when they left.

"When did the world gain another such formidable figure... Yi Zi..." Meng Shenji murmured.

As the leader of the Supreme Dao and the undisputed number one expert in the world, he also knew about the Chosen One of the Era, Yi Zi.

At first, he thought it was someone else, but unexpectedly, Shi Yi appeared, which was quite unexpected.

But those are things for the future; as for the present—

Meng Shenji, who was deep in thought, suddenly changed his expression. Several fire dragons with crimson bodies and burning flames suddenly rushed out of the void and collided with the huge palm that suddenly descended in front of him.

"Boom!"

A violent explosion rang out, and the air spread outwards like a shockwave.

However, the expected scene of the palm shattering did not occur. Instead, one of the Nine Fire Dragons summoned by Meng Shenji was grabbed by the giant palm, like a fisherman squeezing a loach. As it shrank, the giant palm also sealed the Nine Fire Dragon.

"Who goes there!" Meng Shenji shouted sharply, his eyes narrowed.

In Su Mu's original spot, a young man with a faint smile appeared in his place. With one arm half-raised and his hand not fully clenched, a Nine-Fire Dragon seemed to swim like a fish, darting left and right in his palm. However, it was as if there were solid walls all around it, and no matter how hard it tried, it could not break through the invisible barrier and escape from the young man's hand.

"Shi Yi?" Although it sounded like a question on the surface, the tone was as if he had already confirmed the fact, full of certainty: "I didn't expect that you could persuade Su Mu to betray me and the Supreme Dao and bring you to our Supreme Dao's base."

"That only shows that your behavior is unpopular, and even the Holy Maiden of your Supreme Dao can't tolerate it anymore." Shi Yuanzhang casually sealed the Nine-Fire Dragon in his hand, put it away, and chuckled.

"Don't think that just because you can defeat Yang Pan, you can defeat me. I'm not the kind of despicable person like Yang Pan who only knows how to take shortcuts," Meng Shenji said coldly.

“But I don’t think you’re any more difficult to deal with than Yang Pan,” Ishihara Akira said with a shrug.

"Hmph, I hope your strength will match your tough talk later on," Meng Shenji sneered.

"Don't worry, I definitely won't let you down, Dream God Machine," Ishihara Akira said easily.

Meng Shenji stopped speaking, but a strangely shaped curved sword, seemingly bearing the marks of time, appeared out of thin air beside him and then slashed down towards Ishihara Sho.

In an instant, the power of time surged forth like a waterfall, washing away and eroding everything...

And this was just how Ishihara felt facing this move. If he were actually hit, Ishihara felt that he would be like someone under an aging curse, with his overall condition dropping drastically and losing his advantage in the fight.

However, Ishihara Akira wouldn't be foolish enough to just take it head-on. With a sudden burst of consciousness, the entire event seemed to be frozen in time, with only the torrent on what should have been the Supreme Time Blade still flowing slowly. Then, Ishihara Akira flashed across and appeared in front of Meng Shenji, slapping him on the head.

"How dare you!" Meng Shenji, who sensed Ishihara Sho's attack based on his primordial spirit cultivation, roared.

Then, Meng Shenji's figure blurred, and Shi Yuanzhang's attack landed squarely on Meng Shenji, knocking his head off and causing it to dissipate into mist.

"Fleeting glimpses..."

Although Ishihara Akira was surprised, he was not astonished. He turned around and locked his gaze on Meng Shenji again. Meng Shenji was not polite either. Three heavenly blades appeared at the same time beside Meng Shenji. One of the blades, a curved blade that seemed to have the existence of cosmic galaxies, fell down. The entire space shrank under its pull, pushing everything in this space toward the blade.

And that wasn't all. Immediately afterward, the Supreme Time Blade slashed out from the side, unleashing a torrent of time that blocked the left and right sides.

Finally, the Supreme Heavenly Will Blade hung high, and although it made no offensive move, Ishihara Akira felt as if he was being watched by the Heavenly Dao. Every move he made was under the Heavenly Will's gaze, and if he dared to make the slightest mistake, it would fall down, and in a way that would be impossible to take away.

"This is the foundation..." Ishihara Akira exclaimed as he saw himself locked in by three sword strikes.

Then, the Chaos Bell appeared above his head and swayed slightly—

"when!"

Chapter 560 Pursuit

Heavenly Demon, Reborn as a Monk in Japan

As the bell rang, the space compressed by the Supreme Universe Blade immediately shattered, creating large areas of pitch-black spatial cracks. Then, it suddenly collapsed, turning into a jumble of glass shards that slowly disappeared into the air.

The air was stirred, and space, under the influence of the forces of the universe itself, rapidly began to repair itself.

Then, the torrent of time and space unleashed by the Supreme Time Blade swept across, only to be completely absorbed by the Chaos Bell.

Next came the Supreme Heavenly Will Blade. With the appearance of the Chaos Bell, the long blade, shaped like a Tang Dynasty Mo Dao with a slanted spike at the front, suddenly disappeared from Meng Shenji's head and appeared in front of Shi Yuanzhang in the next moment, stabbing towards his body.

"when!"

A transparent energy barrier appeared, blocking the attack of the Heavenly Will Blade at the last second.