Although Gendo had suffered greatly, he was extremely happy. At least he had survived the catastrophe.
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Seaside.
Ayanami walked along the beach with an expression of unimaginable lightness, even humming a little tune to herself.
"What kind of world will the God Realm be like? Will there be shores like this, or is it only the mysterious galaxy out there?"
The girl thought in her heart. Ayanami had no interest in anything now — only the gods stirred her longing.
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At this time, in the world of God's Domain.
A black dragon wandered through the starry sky. Though not as formidable as the true starry sky dragon, after days of adaptation, it had slowly grown accustomed to this world.
God's Domain was not overly restrictive. Beyond staying on the original star, god-level creatures could also venture into the starry sky. But the pressure they bore would double. Unless one refined one's body, most creatures would choose to remain on their original star.
But the Black Dragon was different. Originally an ancient water snake, it had later become an Yinglong through its own power. Though driven by the Emperor for thousands of years, that ordeal had also polished its perseverance. Now wandering the starry sky was only natural.
"I just wonder how Shaogong is doing. I imagine it will be a long time before he can come to the God Realm…"
Yu Jian thought of his old friend.
At this moment, Ouyang Shaogong was far happier than he had imagined. The addition of Feng Qingxue and Zi Yin had made the entire religious sect much more at ease. Now his daily routine consisted of cultivating and overseeing the overall situation.
Tianyong City had been shattered. This was news from a few days ago.
When Fu Hua returned to her school in high spirits, what she saw was corpse after corpse.
Head Han Su Zhenren — dead, atop the highest peak.
The Lingyue brother she had secretly admired — turned into a heap of dead bones.
All the people of the school were dead.
No… or rather, there was one lucky survivor: the disciple imprisoned in Zhenren Ziyin's secret room. Only he had not been corroded by the malevolent energy. So before Baili Tusu left, he had not been destroyed, and had survived by chance.
But this disciple was no longer fully a person. His mouth could not speak, his eyes could not see, his ears could not smell. His eyes had been hung up by Baili Tusu and displayed on the wall; his ears had been cut off. The elixir in his body continued to function, otherwise he would not have lasted an hour.
Inside his empty eye sockets squeaked insects; inside the jars were large numbers of centipedes and other poisons.
Fu Hua witnessed the moment her disciple was rescued. The whole person was terrified. She fainted on the spot!
The other sect heads and helpers who followed, upon seeing this cruel scene, vomited one after another.
The moment of being rescued, the disciple was overwhelmed and immediately perished. His soul was full of resentment, and he directly became a ghost. Fortunately, the heads here were all masters. After some admonitions, they finally understood the cause and course of the matter.
"This Baili Tusu, no… Han Yunxi is truly the son of the evil demon!!! Tianyong City — the world's foremost — destroyed like this. It's truly damnable…"
"He is no longer human. His mind has been devoured by the Fen Ji Sword!"
"Yesterday the Eternal God Cult sent news. The matter of Fen Ji has become clear in the world — ha ha… Those immortals truly have faces. Teasing other people's lives like that, finally bringing misfortune upon themselves and causing we mortals to suffer!"
"Huh… Emperor Fuxi, Nuwa the Great God! But they are all a bunch of false gods. Look at those demon gods and goddesses who descended that day — they dared not even show their heads. Killing one hundred thousand heavenly soldiers with a single palm, and the emperor didn't even dare let out a fart!"
"The emperor of this heaven is not a thing at all. He always acts as if he were a human emperor, playing tricks on others as he pleases. What did Ouyang Shaogong's past life do wrong? His soul was cut apart and made into the Fen Ji Sword. Was the emperor blind that day?"
"Don't say it… The old way is to join the gods after returning. The so-called heaven is nothing more than that. You will have to consider your own future in time to come."
The cultivators paid attention to the unity of nature and man. Now that the heavens had decayed, if they continued cultivating, would there be any results?
No one was a fool. Emperor Fuxi had done nothing at all — he had even deliberately indulged certain people in doing evil. Just like with this Fen Ji Sword. Emperor Fuxi held the power of the Three Realms. Shouldn't he have sent someone to guard it? Shouldn't he have known when it would lift its seal?
As the goddess had said, this so-called emperor of heaven was nothing more than a person with a heart-wrenching interest… When he peeled off his gorgeous appearance, he was full of ugliness. Purely a clown.
"I am also ready to join the Divine Cult. Even Ziyin said he was guilty and was preparing to atone for his sins by the blacksmith who had been in the Divine Cult for thousands of years. I don't want to be killed by the Heavenly Emperor one day…"
It was another old celestial cultivator who showed his resolve.
At first, everyone had not dared to join the religion — afraid of suffering immortal tribulation in the future. After all, the Heavenly Tribulation was controlled by the Heavenly Emperor. If the emperor was weak today, no one wanted anything to do with him anymore.
"That's it. As for Fu Hua, please send her back to the religion!"
"Well, I think that can be arranged…"
On the same day, the comatose girl Fu Hua was sent back to the cult.
The next day, after Fu Yu woke up, Zhenren Ziyin asked about the situation of Tianyong City. When he learned that his secret room had been used by Baili Tusu as a place of torture, he seemed to age twenty years. The whole person's momentum constantly fell; his back was hunched as well.
"Oh… It is all my fault. If only I had investigated more clearly!"
Zhenren Zi Yin could not help but sigh. At that time, he had only cared about the sword and the boy. If he could have investigated more carefully, he would definitely have discovered Han Yunxi's problem. Now, because of his own failures, the entire sect that he had killed himself was destroyed, his beloved disciple was also annihilated, and his soul was swallowed.
If it had not been for joining the religion, Zi Yin feared his Dao heart would have withered.
"Fu Hua will stay in this Eternal ______ from now on. As for Lingyue's hatred, I will personally find Han Yunxi's evil obstruction and settle it…"
"But elder, he has been enchanted. You…"
"Child, don't worry! In the face of the power of God, the devil must surrender…"
Zhenren Zi Yin showed a confident expression, then turned and left. He found Ouyang Shaogong and expressed his intentions, then departed.
Xunfang looked at his departing figure and sighed: "He is afraid he will lose all his energy this time. For a sword immortal, this is a fatal blow! What a pity…"
"It is a pity indeed. Since he was imprisoned by me, he has been suspicious of himself. Now he can hold on, all because of a sigh of relief in his heart. When he solves that evil obstruction, I will send him to reincarnation and then accept him as a disciple. Let the cause and effect between us be forgotten…"
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