736: Chapter 185 In the Old Days_1 736: Chapter 185 In the Old Days_1 Trapped in the first Inner Mansion with no ans to struggle free,
through persistent tenacity that never surrendered, Jiang Wang searched desperately for all possibilities and ca up with an idea.
Two hundred and eighteen years ago, Song Wanxi was killed by the Valley Yiyi.
Decades later, Zhuang Chenggan slew Valley Yiyi, and the great battle with the Bone Tao ensued, even drawing the descent of the Bone Demon God.
After this battle, the Bone Tao was obliterated, Zhuang Chenggan died, and Song Hengjiang was gravely injured.
This almost conjures the story of Zhuang Chenggan enduring humiliation and taking revenge for love.
But that’s not what Jiang Wang saw; he didn’t think Zhuang Chenggan was the type of person to make decisions swayed by emotions.
The blood coffin before him was clear evidence.
What he saw was the true identity of Valley Yiyi, clearly the saintess of the Bone Tao back then.
And she was also Zhuang Chenggan’s wife,
So, who should have married the saintess of the Bone Tao?
Just so, Miao Yu had once told him the answer—the saintess of the Bone and the child of the Bone Tao are eternal husband and wife, both destined to rule the future God Kingdom of the Bone.
Whether it was a true vision or an illusory promise drawn by the Bone Demon God,
at least until the complete destruction of the Bone Tao, its followers believed in it without a doubt.
Therefore, another identity of Zhuang Chenggan was all but revealed—he was indeed the Bone Tao child of those days, the chosen vessel for the descent of the Bone Demon God!
This also explained why a cult like the Bone Tao would loyally participate in the founding of Zhuang Country.
Because the Bone Tao was establishing its own cause.
The goal of the Bone Tao was clear: to establish a God Kingdom on earth!
Thus, the relationship between Zhuang Chenggan and the Bone Demon God was not just that of using each other as partners.
Perhaps Zhuang Country was originally established with the future God Kingdom of the Bone in mind, with Zhuang Chenggan as the earthly representative of the Bone Demon God.
It’s just that later on, Zhuang Chenggan overturned the Bone Tao and completely eradicated its influence throughout Zhuang Country.
That battle which left Song Hengjiang with an irreversible injury was far from being as simple as Song Hengjiang believed!
The battle of revenge as seen by Song Hengjiang could have been sothing well-planned and prepared for by Zhuang Chenggan.
The innate hatred that Song Wanxi had for Zhuang Chenggan surely had so hidden stories within.
Likely, it had to do with that battle.
Why did the Bone Tao want to kill Song Wanxi?
It could be due to a power struggle with the Qingjiang Aquatic Clan, or it might also very likely…
be a warning.
And Zhuang Chenggan allowed this to happen.
Jiang Wang even suspected that Zhuang Chenggan deliberately used the death of Song Wanxi to provoke a deadly battle between Qingjiang Aquatic Clan and the Bone Tao.
Perhaps Song Hengjiang, having already fought bloody wars for the country’s founding, had no wish to initiate another war.
And if Zhuang Chenggan was once the child of the Bone Tao, then the Bone Demon God would most certainly take a great interest in him.
After two failed descents in Maple Forest City Region and Yang Region, losing the Bone Holy Body, it’s not impossible that Zhuang Chenggan could beco His new choice—indeed, for many years now, Zhuang Chenggan could have been His best option.
This was the key to breaking the situation.
Jiang Wang had known long ago—that whoever used the secret techniques of the Bone would be tainted by the Bone Respecting God; it was His ans of ruling the God Kingdom.
Therefore, he had always kept the secret techniques of the Bone sealed, never using them again at any ti.
So decisively invoking the secret technique of the Bone was to catch the attention of the Bone Demon God, to let Him realize that the forr Zhuang Chenggan had not perished, and thus trigger a new change!
And now, the Bone Demon God had indeed descended.
He was even impatient, not hesitating to expend vast Divine Power, to cross the distance between the Underworld and the mortal world directly, without any dium, just on the traces of the secret technique of the Bone being used, and descended His force into this underwater Demon Grotto.
At this mont.
Jiang Wang’s God Soul Origin was trapped in the first Inner Mansion, Zhuang Chenggan occupied Jiang Wang’s body, Song Hengjiang’s flesh body had died, his spirit trapped in Song Wanxi’s Primordial God Sea, and Song Wanxi’s demon body was sealed inside the Blood Puppeteer’s Glazed Glass Coffin.
An overwhelmingly terrifying aura descended at this mont.
‘Zhuang Chenggan’ grabbed the coffin with one hand to avoid his not yet fully successful Blood Puppet True Demon from being seized.
Retreating frantically, he kept backing up to the cavern’s entrance.
But the stone platform that had previously held the glazed coffin silently collapsed.
In its place, a vast dark abyss appeared, leading to the unknown.
Snap.
A frosty-white skeletal palm, pale as the moon, crawled out from the cave opening and rested on the ground!
The instant this skeletal palm appeared, the entire underwater demon grotto was filled with the mists of two realms, and sounds of mournful ghostly wails arose.
Nobody knew what ans the Bone Demon God had used to actually connect with the Ancient Demon Cave and open the ancient passageway, descending power upon this place without any preliminary ceremonies.
“Zhuang Chenggan.”
That indifferent voice, which even sounded a bit stiff, repeated itself.
“Long ti…
no see.”
“You are actually…
still alive.”
Zhuang Chenggan nonchalantly stood the blood coffin upright behind him, facing the dusky hole.
His surprise and panic had vanished at this mont.
He even bowed politely to the Bone Demon God: “It is an honor to have deceived such a great existence as yourself.”
With a gentle pull by the skeletal hand, the owner of the palm leaped out from the cave mouth and landed on the ground.
It was a skeleton fra that looked quite ordinary apart from its excessive pallor—
It was neither enormous nor did it bear any terrifying pressure.
Through its hollow eye sockets, one could see the demon grotto’s walls at the back.
It stood there motionlessly, and the source of the indifferent voice was indiscernible: “For this eting, I have been waiting for a long ti.”
“Yes, of course,” replied Zhuang Chenggan calmly, “During the royal family tragedy when Zhuang Palace was bathed in blood, when my son Mingqi was killed, you were waiting for .
I am well aware.”
In the past, Zhuang Chenggan killed Valley Yiyi, the Bone Holy Maiden, and thwarted the Bone Respecting God’s descent plan.
He then tead up with Song Hengjiang to chase the true form of the Bone Respecting God back to the Underworld.
The price paid was Zhuang Chenggan’s death and Song Hengjiang’s grievous injuries that left him rely awaiting his death.
Subsequently, Zhuang Chenggan’s son with Song Wanxi, Zhuang Mingqi, succeeded to the throne as the Benevolent Emperor of Zhuang Country.
But before Zhuang Mingqi’s enthronent, a tragedy occurred: Zhuang Palace endured a bloodbath, including all of Zhuang Chenggan’s concubines—none was spared.
This incident has remained unexplained to this day, sealed in history and becoming a sha for all of Zhuang Ting.
It is fair to say that Zhuang Mingqi ascended the throne amidst disgrace.
And this act was committed by the Bone Respecting God’s hand, just to force out Zhuang Chenggan, who might have survived.
Years passed without result, and the Bone Respecting God struck again, killing the Benevolent Emperor Zhuang Mingqi of the Zhuang Country, still for the sa goal.
Yet Zhuang Chenggan remained silent all along, watching all the won he had ever had, his close attendants, his loyal eunuchs, and even his only son Zhuang Mingqi die, while he hid within the Dark Candle, out of sight for over a hundred years.
It was precisely because Zhuang Chenggan did not show up even when Zhuang Mingqi died that the Bone Respecting God finally believed Zhuang Chenggan was truly dead and began to cultivate the next Taoist child.
“You know, but do you not know the sin?” the skeleton asked.
“I am the true man, and you are the Evil God,” Zhuang Chenggan stared directly at It: “Expelling you, what sin is there in that?”
ntioning Zhuang Mingqi finally made it impossible for him to suppress his hatred.
He completely abandoned the false respect he had shown to the Bone Respecting God and confronted It head-on.
Or rather, from the very beginning when he was rely called a disciple of White Bone Doctrine, he had never truly respected the Bone Respecting God!
Boom!
As if enraged,
Within the skeleton’s hollow eye sockets, two black ghost fires suddenly flared up!
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ps: I also want to write faster, but this part is too difficult.
There are too many clues and foreshadowing that need to be tied up, and much to consider, hence my careful choice of words.
Please forgive .
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