“…Heavenly Candle Peak has actually been lost at sea?”
Li Muyang, gazing at the immense mountain before him, felt a slight chill in his heart.
Among the ancient Four Pillar Gods, the Eastern Pillar God, the Thousand-Eyed Blood God, was cruel and ferocious, while the Western Pillar God had the most powerful and mysterious flame. And as for the Southern Pillar God, the Heavenly Evil Grandfather, it was said he understood all things, could read hearts, discern loyalty and treachery, and predict the future… possessing many mystical arts.
His power was the weakest among the Four Pillar Gods, yet the Heavenly Evil Divine Palace was a forbidden land for Immortals, with not a single True Immortal daring to step foot on this divine being’s territory.
For although the Heavenly Evil Grandfather was not fond of slaughter, he had an extreme aversion to Cultivators. Any Cultivator who entered His divine palace would be attacked by Him.
Within His land and the Divine Temple, countless deadly arrays had been set up, specifically targeting Cultivators.
Now, the light of the Yin Life Book was guiding them, pointing squarely at Heavenly Candle Peak before them.
Li Muyang was somewhat astonished: “Yu Chan ran into Heavenly Candle Peak?”
Damn it all.
That girl really knows how to pick a place.
A Cultivator running to Heavenly Candle Peak isn’t that just courting death?
This godforsaken place, even if no divine beings reside there anymore, those remaining arrays could still be considered a forbidden zone for Cultivators, and once in, it’s very difficult to emerge.
This girl ran into Heavenly Candle Peak, and she’s still alive up to now? That truly is a miracle!
Li Muyang, filled with uncertainty, did not rashly enter the massive and mysterious mountain before him but instead flew swiftly around the near-vertical mountain body, akin to a stone pillar, making a complete circle.
Yet no matter where he flew, the light from the Yin Life Book always pointed towards the mountain before him.
Yu Chan had indeed entered Heavenly Candle Peak, and she was right at the mysterious building complex at the very top of the peak.
Li Muyang looked at the Yin Life Book, then cast his gaze to the giant mountain beneath his feet, somewhat speechless.
“That said, what on earth is that girl doing running into Heavenly Candle Peak? Didn’t she willingly go with the Netherworld Saint Spirit?”
After mulling it over, Li Muyang directly flew to the edge of the mountain range ahead.
At the height of thirty thousand meters, the gale was biting cold, and even the clouds and mist couldn’t reach this altitude.
Standing here, Li Muyang could only look back at the vast expanse of white clouds below, as well as the giant arc formed by the edge of the celestial bodies on the horizon.
Li Muyang took a deep breath and shouted loudly towards the wide and sprawling Divine Temple complex at the top of Heavenly Candle Peak.
“Yu Chan! Are you inside?”
Amplified by his mana, Li Muyang’s voice spread across the heavens, echoing throughout the entire top of Heavenly Candle Peak.
The summit area of Heavenly Candle Peak was vast, but with Li Muyang’s Cultivation at the Purple Mansion Realm, his shout could easily be heard as far as a hundred miles away.
He shouted into the void for quite a while, yet he never received a response from Yu Chan.
The desolate Heavenly Candle Peak was silent and serene, clearly devoid of any living creature.
The ancient deities had long perished, unlikely to have any remnants in the mortal world—unless they had become aberrations like the pseudo-Great Brightness Buddha.
After some thought, Li Muyang finally gritted his teeth and stepped into the dangerous and mysterious Heavenly Candle Peak.
The moment his feet touched the ground, he was ready to be attacked by an array.
However, as Li Muyang walked two miles into it, he did not encounter any danger.
The desolate Divine Temple complex was eerily silent. Though many places still bore traces of arrays, and the dense fluctuations of spiritual energy in the air also proved that there were many grand arrays inside this complex.
Yet, surprisingly, the arrival of Li Muyang did not trigger any arrays.
This puzzled Li Muyang: “…Am I really that lucky?”
The light from the Yin Life Book fell before Li Muyang, continuing to guide the way.
Ultimately, Li Muyang traversed unhindered through the empty complex and finally arrived at the heart of the Divine Temple complex—the grandest and most sacred temple in front.
The Southern Divine Temple, the dwelling place of the Heavenly Evil Grandfather!
The empty Divine Palace emitted an ominous aura.
The light from the Yin Life Book pointed straight at this Divine Palace, clearly indicating it as the final destination.
Li Muyang frowned as he stepped forward, about to enter the gloomy and desolate Divine Palace.
But just as his feet crossed the threshold of the Divine Temple, a shadowy figure suddenly emerged from the darkness ahead.
The silhouette appeared abruptly and, upon fully materializing, turned into a bizarre venomous snake with a mottled body and flesh wings hanging from its neck.
The poisonous snake stood upright like a human in the shadows, hissing at Li Muyang with its forked tongue.
“…A visitor arrives, a rare visitor indeed.”
The snake’s cold and small eyes sized up Li Muyang, saying, “A corpse, with an aura reminiscent of a Corpse Tamer… Evil Vein Clan? Hm…”
“A very ancient Evil Vein aura, it has been here before.”
“I remember now, Jiang Xiaoyu, the brother of Fairy Qinghe from the Evil Vein.”
The cold snake looked at Li Muyang and said, “Jiang Xiaoyu, what brings you to the Heavenly Evil Divine Palace?”
Li Muyang had never seen such a bizarre venomous snake.
He frowned in astonishment and said, “What are you? An undead divine spirit?”
That’s impossible! All the divine spirits in the world are dead!
Li Muyang asked in disbelief.
The snake shook its body fiercely and said coldly, “What I am is of no concern to you! Speak! What brings you to the Heavenly Evil Divine Palace?”
The snake’s intense reaction seemed to be provoked by Li Muyang’s question.
Li Muyang furrowed his brow as he watched the agitated, writhing snake and noticed a human face growing from the back of the snake’s head.
He suddenly understood.
—This venomous snake was a creature similar to the Pseudo Great Bright Buddha! It had abandoned the power of the immortals and parasites, inhabiting the body of a divine spirit and completely transforming that deity.
The divine spirit it transformed, now left with only a face on the back of its head, was thoroughly digested by it.
Seeing the agitated, roaring snake in front of him, Li Muyang fell silent for a moment, then said, “I am here to look for someone, have you seen her?”
With that, Li Muyang raised his hand to conjure a water mirror, which reflected the image of Yu Chan.
Upon seeing Yu Chan in the water mirror, the snake hissed violently, “This is a ghost god from the Netherworld! She has the aura of the Ghost Moon Fox! Clearly, she is the heir of the Ghost Moon Fox!”
“Jiang Xiaoyu, are you here to kill her?”
“Too bad you’re too late, she has fled into the Qiankun Pot of Heavenly Evil Elder, and she won’t come out for now.”
The hissing snake said, “However, you have a companion who is also hunting this Netherworld ghost god; you could join forces with it.”
After finishing its words, a figure extremely familiar to Li Muyang emerged from within the Divine Palace.
The brooding and violent aura of Blood Sha surged around him.
A giant blood eye loomed in the void behind him, slightly closed.
The face, twisted by madness, looked ferocious and terrifying.
Ancestor of Demon Refinement… This dreadful monster corrupted by the Thousand-Eyed Blood God had emerged from the Divine Palace today!
The moment he saw this old demon, Li Muyang’s pupils suddenly contracted.
He had not expected to encounter Ancestor of Demon Refinement here.
—Damn it! Talk about an enemy on a narrow road!