“Deng Bo, can you help me contact someone inside the Imperial Palace?”
Li Muyang needed to inform the Sword Cultivators of the Mysterious Sword Sect to leave, as the situation within the Great Zhou Imperial City was now perilous. Once a full-blown battle erupted, it would be extremely dangerous for the Sword Cultivators of the Mysterious Sword Sect to be mixed in.
After hearing Li Muyang’s detailed instructions and requests, Deng Bo immediately nodded in agreement.
“Leave it to this old servant, although I have no great talents, I can still manage to deliver a couple of letters for the young master.”
“Those guests had only arrived in Great Zhou a couple of days ago; for some reason, they received a grand reception by the pretender Buddha and are currently staying in an external residence outside the palace.”
“Although that residence is crowded and bustling, the old servant cannot take the young master there directly, but sending a letter in is not a problem.”
Monks now roamed within the city, and the fake Buddha monsters were all hunting Li Muyang.
Under these circumstances, Deng Bo could not take Li Muyang to meet the Sword Cultivators of the Mysterious Sword Sect.
But he could help Li Muyang deliver a letter.
After some consideration, Li Muyang wrote a lengthy letter and handed it to Deng Bo to deliver to the Sword Cultivators of the Mysterious Sword Sect visiting the palace.
Li Muyang then returned to the small temple of Miao Fengjun and talked about the mountains and forts next to the palace.
Miao Fengjun seemed unsurprised by this and nodded, saying, “That area is a hub where monks frequently roam and is heavily guarded; indeed, it seems like an important place hiding Magical Treasures.”
“When night falls, we’ll burst in and quickly snatch the Fairy Qinghe’s Magical Treasure from the fort.”
“At that time, I will lead the main attack, attracting more monk monsters to buy you as much time as possible.”
The Magical Treasure left by Fairy Qinghe could only be activated by the bloodline of the Great Zhou royal family, and Li Muyang needed to bring the Liu Li Fairy to the Magical Treasure to activate it.
Once they got the Magical Treasure, the pseudo Great Bright Buddha inside the palace would inevitably come to kill.
Then it would be the ultimate final battle.
Miao Fengjun calmly stood up, surprisingly began chanting and praying in the temple, looking so dignified as if he truly were a Buddha.
Li Muyang looked at him suspiciously and asked, “What are you doing?”
The Headless Holy Monk said, “A rest before the battle, praying to Buddha and paying respects to heaven and earth, praying for our actions tonight to have good results.”
At this moment, he seemed to truly have become a Buddha.
Li Muyang threw him several suspicious glances but said no more.
He also began to wait.
Fortunately, Deng Bo did not make him wait too long.
An hour later, Deng Bo returned, bringing with him a reply from the Liu Li Fairy.
However, possibly because the brothers and sisters of the Mysterious Sword Sect were around, the terms used in Liu Li Fairy’s reply were very restrained and did not overly display her emotions.
She merely expressed the joy of her group at Li Muyang’s arrival, stating that they would follow Li Muyang’s arrangements, leave the city immediately, and stay away from the troubled area.
Finally, after discussing the matter at hand, the Liu Li Fairy briefly explained the current situation on the Tianyuan Continent.
Following the collapse of the Tianyuan Dynasty, refugees were everywhere in the north, and rebel leaders were rising everywhere.
In the south, the Evil Gods were rampant, with the Evil Gods of the Ancient Resentment Well continuously descending in projections, tormenting living beings.
The Demon Suppression Magi of the Qintian Bureau fought with all their might, but still struggled to counter the projections of the Evil Gods.
Now, even with the combined efforts of the Demon Suppression Magus from the Qintian Bureau and the Sword Cultivators from the Mysterious Sword Sect, they can only slow down the spread of the projections of the Evil God. All they can do is to try their best to control the extent of the harm caused by these Evil Gods.
However, the land tormented by the Evil God is still slowly expanding outward.
Looking at the situation described in the letter from Liu Li Fairy, the condition of Tianyuan Continent is indeed very critical.
If this trend continues, within a few years, the entire Tianyuan Continent will become a land of despair ravaged by the Evil God.
After finishing the stack of thick letters in his hand, Li Muyang fell into deep thought.
He knew the situation was very dangerous, but he did not expect it to be this severe.
Thinking of this, Li Muyang looked up at Miao Fengjun, the headless monk next to him, and said, “Speaking of which, you have left your own Devil Path in the Mortal World. Those devils regard you as their patriarch, and now that you have returned, they should have gathered under your banner, right?”
Li Muyang’s eyes were filled with a probing intent: “Do you intend to confront the Evil Gods, or do you plan to join forces with them?”
Miao Fengjun’s attitude was very ambiguous.
Though the situation in Tianyuan Continent is dangerous, all his devil descendants have hidden away, and their whereabouts are unknown, which is quite strange.
Upon hearing Li Muyang’s question, the headless monk inside the temple hall tossed his head.
The head, floating in the air, lazily glanced at Li Muyang and said, “How many times born, how many times alive, from eternity to eternity, always like this.”
“I would actually like to join the Evil Gods, but unfortunately, the Evil Gods and living beings are inherently on opposite sides, and the world they rule cannot accommodate me.”
“But to tell the truth, I also have no way to deal with these Evil Gods.”
“The Red Evil Bell belonging to the Evil Vein Clan has ended up in the Netherworld, and this is undoubtedly the most malicious scheme concocted by the ghosts from the Netherworld.”
“They lured the crazed Granny Gu into the Netherworld, and trapped the heirloom of the Evil Vein Clan there, causing the Ancestor Spirit Garden of the Evil Vein Clan to sink into a slumber, and the Evil God in the Ancient Resentment Well was left without suppression.”
“Once the Evil Gods escape from the Ancient Resentment Well, chaos will surely ensue in the world.”
“The ghost gods of the Netherworld, already in decline at the time, not only used the malign curse of the Heavenly Person Five Decays to endanger the world, but they also left behind the Ancient Resentment Well as a backup plan. Even if the Heavenly Person Five Decays couldn’t wipe out the living beings, the emergence of the Evil Gods afterward will certainly destroy the world.”
“A classic case of ‘if I can’t have it, I’ll destroy it’.”
Miao Fengjun shook his head: “To be honest, it was completely beyond my expectation that this group of Evil Gods would show sign of escaping from the Ancient Resentment Well after ten thousand years.”
“When I perished, I predicted they would break out in no more than a thousand years.”
“Unexpectedly, among those celestial beings, some ruthless individuals actually set up the Heaven and Earth Array, sealing off the entire world and forcibly lowering the power limit of the world.”
“Under this blockade of the Heaven and Earth Array, powers above the Heavenly Eternal Realm cannot manifest in the world, and the Evil Gods of the Ancient Resentment Well are all forced to huddle in the well, unable to fully descend.”
“If it weren’t for this Heaven and Earth Seal, the Mortal World would have been in chaos long ago.”
The head of Miao Fengjun narrated the past.
Li Muyang’s heart stirred upon hearing this: “So this is the purpose of the Heaven and Earth Seal?”
He had previously found out that this Heaven and Earth Seal was likely set up by the celestial gods of the Mortal World, not the ghost gods of the Netherworld.
Who would have thought the purpose of setting up the Heaven and Earth Seal was to trap the Evil Gods within the Ancient Resentment Well?
Li Muyang pondered for a while, and then looked at Miao Fengjun: “But the Heaven and Earth Seal has already loosened one layer, and it may continue to loosen…”
When he advanced in his cultivation, becoming an Ascendant in the instant, he accidentally shattered one layer of the Heaven and Earth Seal.
He had thought it was a good thing at that time, but now it looks like… perhaps he has unwittingly caused a great disaster?