The mushroom head's boundless rage shook the entire abyss.
Above, the Four Immortal Swords, seemingly annoyed, continued their suppression with a constant, flowing sparkle.
SWISH, SWISH, SWISH.
Several blades of light shot downward, slicing off great swathes of tentacles from the mushroom head. The tentacles burst, turning into snowflake-like fluff. Each piece of fluff appeared to be an independent life form that wailed for a mont before dying.
「In reality.」
Like a sewer rat, Mu Fan was cowering in a mysterious cave. Suddenly, he scread in agony, rolling on the ground. Then, he collapsed to his knees, his body contorted as if he'd been constipated for a month but was still unable to find relief.
"ARGH—"
Mu Fan growled, the veins on his forehead writhing larger than earthworms. He then spewed a large amount of fungi from his mouth as various spores burst through his skin, tearing it open.
After a long ti, he finally recovered, his heart still palpitating with fear and confusion. "What happened?"
Not far from him, five large cocoons were hanging. Inside each were Yan Renjie, Watanabe Kouichi, Jin Shangyu, and Chen Shouyang.
And Yan Luoyang.
The first four still had faint signs of breathing; they weren't completely dead yet. Whether they would live depended entirely on fate. As for Yan Luoyang, his head had been smashed to a pulp by Lin Tang. He was dead beyond any doubt. Mu Fan had only promised to help collect his body, so he brought it back with the others. He didn't have the heart to just bury it in the dirt and let it rot. Instead, he used a secret technique to preserve the corpse.
Ordinary people couldn't cultivate the Corpse Heart Technique, nor could they easily control a large number of Gu worms. It required a constitution that was highly compatible with Gu. Naturally, Yan Luoyang's body was very valuable. Who knew, it might be useful later.
HUFF—
Once the wounds on his skin had completely healed, Mu Fan scrambled to his feet and patted his rear.
"ARGH!"
He collapsed to his knees again, screaming in defiance. "Why again?" Will this ever end?
The next mont, the space before him was violently torn open, and two objects flew out.
One of them was a statue of a human head. Its likeness was identical to the deity Mu Fan worshipped in the Mu clan's ancestral cave. Mu Fan instinctively caught it and took a look, his expression imdiately turning emotional. He hastily found a pedestal to place it on and bowed several tis.
"It seems the legends are true. One day, the deities will truly return. Otherwise, why would it have been so difficult to even touch a deity in my delusions? Now He can send things directly into reality! Poor grandfather and the others... they worshipped their entire lives but never once beheld the deity's true face. I used to disbelieve all of this, but now I've achieved it so easily!"
A subtle feeling blood in Mu Fan's heart. He then went to look at the other item. It was a statue of an entangled man and woman, their faces blushing. He pondered for a mont before picking it up as well, preparing to place it on the shelf below the head statue.
But to his surprise, the statue of the entangled couple suddenly hopped up, insisting on being placed on the sa level as the head statue.
Imdiately after, the eyes of the figures in the statue opened. It emitted a strange sound, a bizarre combination of shrill and hoarse tones. "Mortal, with an appearance like yours, you are clearly more suited to beco a follower of , the Lord of Delight, hahaha..."
"This... this... this great deity, may I ask who you are?" Mu Fan asked nervously. It was his first ti truly speaking with a real deity.
He even had a bold guess. Could the ancient god I worship have already been devoured by this one? If that's the case... I should probably change my faith imdiately to save my life, shouldn't I?
The Lord of Delight seed to see through his thoughts and said with a smile that wasn't quite a smile, "Do not worry. As long as you continue with the plan and drain the power of those four swords, your deity will soon be freed. I rely borrowed His body as a shortcut to leap over. My ti is short, so I need you to do sothing for ."
"Your command, my lord! I shall go through fire and water to achieve it!" Mu Fan quickly agreed. Of course, he had to. If he didn't agree, death was the only outco.
"Take this statue of mine to..."
The Lord of Delight gave him so detailed instructions, then glanced at the large cocoon where Yan Luoyang was. "What a pity. If this mortal hadn't died and had been several dozen tis stronger, he would have been worthy to serve as a vessel for that nasty bug, the Gu God. Well, no matter. I'll just have the Gu God owe a favor!"
Having said that, He fell silent.
Mu Fan didn't quite understand what that ant and thought the deity had departed completely. He never expected the entire cave to tremble violently as if sothing imnse was being forcibly shoved into it, almost causing it to burst.
A tadpole-shaped object instantly burrowed into the large cocoon. It slithered down the stump of Yan Luoyang's neck and delved deep into his abdon.
Before long, Yan Luoyang's belly swelled up like a woman in her tenth month of pregnancy.
WHOOSH—
A horrific scent, a hundred tis more potent than the fragrance of boxwood flowers, wafted over Yan Luoyang and, incidentally, over Yan Renjie and the other three.
THUMP! THUMP!
Their faint heartbeats suddenly beca strong and powerful, bursting with vitality.
"Rember my instructions. There must be no mistakes!" the Lord of Delight's weary voice echoed from an unknown place. Only then did He truly leave.
A short while later, all five cocoons burst open simultaneously, spilling foul-slling yellow fluid all over the ground.
Lying in the puddles, Yan Renjie and the other three slowly awakened.
"I'm not dead?"
"I can't believe it..."
They touched their faces and bodies. They vaguely rembered ganging up on Lin Tang, only to find they were no match for him. They were utterly decimated, ultimately forced to detonate their sword seeds in a final, desperate act.
"How long has it been?" they all asked, turning their heads in unison to look at Mu Fan.
Mu Fan didn't answer. He was staring blankly at the fifth burst cocoon.
"Hm?"
They followed his gaze.
There, they saw the headless corpse, its legs automatically spread in an M-shape. Its belly was grotesquely swollen. A human face, as if pushing forcefully from behind a layer of skin, was creating hollow features on the surface of the stomach.
As it pushed and pushed, a tear appeared at the bottom vertex of the "M".
Mu Fan was speechless.
Yan Renjie and the others were speechless.
What the hell! We just woke up and this is the eye-scorching scene we have to witness?!
VOMIT!!!
Ultimately, Yan Luoyang was resurrected. This was a resurrection from the long dead, a miracle far beyond what Lin Tang's Spring Breeze and Rain could accomplish. Even Lin Tang would exclaim, "How is this possible?!" After all, he had personally obliterated Yan Luoyang's soul. How could he still be alive? This just went to show how profound the thods of the Lord of Delight truly were.
When the now child-sized Yan Luoyang learned the details of his resurrection, he too fell silent.
It was awkward. Incredibly awkward.
"With this thod of resurrection, I would have rather remained dead..." he muttered, before his voice rose to a furious scream. "Lin Tang! Lee Encai!! Prepare to suffer my most extre revenge!!!"
After withdrawing from the mortal world, the Lord of Delight once again used the mushroom head as a router, a bridge to make another "leap." He crossed an unimaginable distance and successfully connected with another deity.
"Who?! Who dares to trespass into my God Country?! Die... eh? It's you!"
"Yes, it's . Long ti no see..."
"Damn you to hell, you wretched ancient god! You deceived us back then, causing us to beco these monstrous things, neither god nor ghost, and forced us to suffer the eternal corrosion of madness! I'm going to kill you!"
"Hah, how ridiculous! If not for the help of us ancient gods, you would have all perished long ago! We gave you a new path to longevity, allowing you to live indefinitely to this very day. Yet you ungrateful wretches take our gifts and then turn your backs on us. Tsk, tsk. You have no sense of sha."
"Look at all these tumors on my body! Can you even see a face anymore? Get lost! I don't want to see you!"
"Calm down. You are closer to the human world, so you should still have quite a few followers. Share so recent news from there with , especially about soone nad Long Tianji..."
"Long Tianji? It's always Long Tianji?! Don't ntion that damned heretic! One day, I will bring down divine punishnt upon him and ensure he never reincarnates! ARGHHHH!!"
The Lord of Delight was dumbfounded. Seeing the other deity react to Long Tianji's na like a cat whose tail had been stepped on left him puzzled.
Just how many gods has this Long Tianji offended?
He used that god as yet another stepping stone to "visit" another deity. Sure enough, at the re ntion of Long Tianji, this deity also exploded with anger, nearly destroying his own God Country in his rage. He beca completely incoherent, like soone suffering from the most severe form of psychosis.
Then again, it was normal. These Evil Gods were all intimately connected with various extre emotions. They were easily driven to rage and insanity. It was the price they paid for their immortality.
The Lord of Delight subsequently found several more deities. All of them harbored an irresolvable, deep-seated hatred for Long Tianji.
The Lord of Delight was speechless.
I feel so tired. I don't want to move anymore.
「The human realm. Jiangbei.」
Inside Shen Youling's room.
After washing up, she locked her door. She then sat down cross-legged in a ditative posture, with her palms and feet facing the sky. She began to silently recite the contents of the Yin Yang Reincarnation Technique. It was written in an ancient script that was very difficult to pronounce. Initially, she didn't understand it at all and would stutter while trying to recite it.
Oddly enough, as she repeated the incantation in her mind over and over, the sense of déjà vu and familiarity grew stronger, and she gradually beca self-taught. Eventually, she could simply "understand" it. She knew this was because she had cultivated this sa Cultivation Technique in her past life, the life before that... in every single one of her previous lives.
According to the normal process, she should have obtained the Yin Yang Mirror and used a corresponding thod to fully recover the mories of each lifeti. Once her mories were restored, cultivating this technique would be effortless. Now, however, sothing had gone wrong. The Yin Yang Mirror was not in her possession, so she couldn't recover her mories. She could only try to figure it out on her own.
Fortunately, it wasn't hard.
Alright, let's begin!
Shen Youling took a deep breath and began to alter her breathing frequency, pairing it with various guiding hand gestures. Before long, she successfully entered a state of deep ditation. Her progress was remarkable, without any setbacks.
A single night passed.
She had successfully mastered the basics. This speed was no slower than riding a rocket. If not for the ridiculously thin Spiritual Energy in the surroundings, she could have killed a dog with a single punch.
As it was, she felt clear-headed, vigorous, and full of life. Shen Youling felt as if her bones were several pounds lighter. She could even do fifty push-ups without a problem. This put her in a great mood. As she left her bedroom, she even humd a little tune, sothing she hadn't done in a long ti.
"Youling, you..." Shen Qiushi was stunned when he saw her radiant appearance. He then hesitated, wanting to say more but holding back.
"Grandpa, just say what you want to say. What is it?"
"Sigh. Lin Tang went to jail because of our family. It hasn't been that long, so how can you be completely unaffected? Have you started dating soone else? How could you abandon Lin Tang like that? Is that fair to him?"
"Huh?!" Shen Youling was dumbfounded. "No! Who told you I was dating soone else?"
"You're really not? Then why are you..."
DING-DONG!
The doorbell rang. Wary, Shen Youling moved to peek through the peephole first, just in case it was another dangerous situation.
However, as she reached the door, the securely locked entrance swung open on its own. Startled, she stumbled back several steps.
The next mont, a handso young man with rosy lips and pale skin spoke to her as if they were old friends. "Youling, I've co to pick you up. Let's go!"
He also bowed to Shen Qiushi politely and warmly. "Hello, Grandpa Shen!"
SMACK!
Shen Qiushi slapped the table and roared, "Shen Youling, you scoundrel! And you still say you haven't wronged Lin Tang? Believe it or not, I'll break both your legs!"
"Please don't, Grandpa Shen!" the young man pleaded. "Youling and I are genuinely in love. Let the man from her past stay in the past. I sincerely hope to receive your blessing for us to be together!"
Shen Youling was speechless.
Wait, who on earth is this guy?
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