NOVPUB"Where... is this?"
Wang Ba slowly opened his eyes, only to see darkness ahead.
He looked up and saw the unfamiliar ceiling of a hall, intricately and beautifully patterned.
Atop the ceiling, there were murals filled with a primitive style.
Wang Ba glanced at the murals and roughly made out their content: an "egg-shaped" being gave birth to a placenta, and from it, a succession of oddly shaped monsters and people were born.
The sun, the moon, a freak with thousands of palms, an old man with a towering head, a fully crimson person, wells, ugly women... black bears, doors, and so on.
Numerous beyond description.
Apart from these murals, there was nothing in front of him.
Wang Ba was momentarily stunned inside.
He only remembered that he had just been in the temple in the Sea of Consciousness of the Spiritual Government, watching Han Yanzi’s Divided Soul contending with the wordless jade stele, and as both parties were exhausted, suddenly Han Yanzi’s Divided Soul burst out and lunged at him...
Fortunately, it seemed that "Scapegoat" had been triggered.
Upon waking up again, he had oddly arrived here.
At that moment,
he suddenly heard a faint voice coming from below.
"...Respectful welcome to the Divine Venerable’s return to position!"
"Huh?"
Wang Ba was startled and subconsciously looked down.
He saw dozens of tiny figures, small as ants, kneeling on the ground below him.
Even though they all had their heads bowed, Wang Ba as if by instinct, easily saw through their current nervousness and excitement.
"Class IV Incense Fire Dao cultivators?!"
Wang Ba’s gaze sharpened!
He quickly realized:
"The Yin God’s Divine Position!"
"Have I arrived at the divine temple of the Yin God Lineage in the Kingdom of Immortals?"
"Han Yanzi... failed to occupy the Yin God’s Divine Position?"
At the same time, he faintly felt as if in some place countless beings were praying to him, no, to ’Him’...
The murmurs of countless mortals echoed in his ears.
Sometimes clear, sometimes vague.
All depending on whether he was willing to listen and respond.
"It seems I am Yin God now... probably the weakest among the Evil Gods, about the same as a Nascent Soul."
A sense of enlightenment arose in his heart.
His will swept across and he found that his ’body’ was now conspicuously a divine statue made of extremely unique material.
Moreover, the methods of the Third layer of "Yin’s Great Dream Sutra" spontaneously emerged in his mind.
As if by instinct.
The next moment, his heart stirred.
The previously dim divine temple suddenly emanated a dreamlike white radiance.
Then a figure shrouded in divine light stepped out of the Divine Statue at a leisurely pace.
With every step, bright red lotuses bloomed, and the hall was filled with wonderful melodies.
He appeared serene, his gaze profound, and he slowly said:
"Everyone, rise!"
Below.
When the great elder of the Yin God Lineage and the group of cultivators heard the voice of the ’Yin God,’ their spirits were immediately lifted, and they couldn’t help but become excited.
Is this the divine sound of the Divine Venerable?
How exquisite!
How sacred!
What was more important was that with the return of the Divine Venerable, their arduous journey had come to a sweet end. They were about to see the light at the end of the tunnel!
The crowd hurriedly rose to their feet.
The great elder’s expression showed reverence and excitement:
"Divine Venerable has returned, Sha Hui has already prepared sacrifices for the Divine Venerable... Please, Divine Venerable, enjoy them at your leisure!"
Although they had completely forgotten everything about the Divine Venerable, enjoying sacrifices was the most enthusiastic affair for all the Divine Spirits in the Kingdom of Immortals.
So, as soon as the Divine Statue showed signs of revival earlier, they had gone to great lengths to gather a group of mortals.
However, what puzzled them was that the figure high above, shrouded in divine light, said indifferently:
"No hurry... Sha Hui, you come forward."
The great elder Sha Hui was startled.
Not daring to delay, he carefully and respectfully slowed his pace, stepping on the void, bowing his body, and walking as if ascending stairs towards the figure in the divine light below. Then he stopped, not daring to move further.
Bowing his head to the ground:
"Please, Divine Venerable, give your command."
But from within the divine light, a crimson palm slowly extended, gently pressing on the top of the head of the great elder to the shock and envy of those below.
The Immortal caressing the head, the promise of eternal life.
The great elder trembled and felt as if a thin book had suddenly appeared in his mind.
The title read in big characters:
"Yin’s Great Dream Sutra!"
His heart lurched in shock!
"The lost teachings of Yin God! Our cultivation has hope!"
He was eager to open the pages, but in the next moment, the "Yin’s Great Dream Sutra" was swiftly engulfed by mist and vanished.
However, the lofty and wondrous voice of the Yin God echoed in his mind:
"Your heart is not sincere, you shall not comprehend; you still need cultivation... Go!"
The great elder Sha Hui stood frozen in place, dumbfounded.
This… there are conditions for the Divine Venerable to impart teachings?
No other temples have this stipulation!
However, before he had a chance to understand,
He felt a shock in his Sea of Consciousness.
Upon regaining his senses, he saw that the figure shrouded in divine light had already turned into a streak of light, returning to the Divine Statue.
"What’s... what’s happening?"
Sha Hui felt as if he was in a fog, completly unable to understand the Divine Venerable’s intentions.
However, he did not dare to question it, so he had to leave the divine temple full of doubts, carefully leading the cultivators away.
Meanwhile,
Inside the Divine Statue, Wang Ba’s mood was heavy.
"The Kingdom of Immortals has already advanced to this extent... Three Divine Emperors... seventeen Divine Masters, nearly a hundred first-level gods..."
"Most of the fighting power has already been sent to Chen State!"
