Chapter 465: Chapter 90: Chaos of the Earth Deities, The Conditions are Ripe, Attaining Immortality
"Eighteen hundred years ago, the Celestial Emperor was enraged, and a True Dragon fell into the North Sea..."
Beside the City God Temple, an old man in his twilight years cheerfully told stories to a group of children.
"According to my grandpa’s grandpa’s... grandpa’s grandpa, he was fishing in the North Sea back in the day, and he saw a dragon bigger than the sky itself smash into the depths of the North Sea!"
"On that day, a great tide rose in the North Sea! The waves surged all the way to the heavens and knocked down many of the celestial Immortal Palaces!"
The old man basked in the sun and said with a chuckle,
"When I was little, I heard a storyteller say that in that year, the most ancient dragon and His Majesty’s Uncle Zhong charged the Celestial Court, and the Celestial Emperor was enraged..."
"And then? And then what happened!" a little girl with pigtails asked curiously. "Then what happened? And who is His Majesty’s Uncle Zhong?"
"That would be the Profound Yellow Emperor!"
The old man’s expression grew a little more serious.
"Unfortunately, the Celestial Emperor is the mightiest being in the heavens. He struck down both that most ancient dragon and the Profound Yellow Emperor into the depths of the North Sea, and eighteen hundred years have passed since that day..."
He recounted the ancient tale he had heard, piece by piece. Nearby, a man and a woman leaning against the entrance of the City God Temple listened quietly.
The man remarked with a sigh,
"Just like that, eighteen hundred years have passed..."
"Isn’t that the truth?" Wang Zhiyao sighed softly. "I wonder what’s become of that Emperor. But His Majesty said he isn’t dead, so he must still be alive."
After a moment, she stretched and, glancing to the side, said,
"All right, time to get to work."
Zhang Jifeng’s expression also grew solemn. He gave a slight nod, and walked into the City God Temple shoulder to shoulder with Wang Zhiyao.
The moment they entered, they each used their Great Magical Power to tear open the boundary to the Yin Yang Realm and step into the true City God Temple. Ghost Messengers stood at attention, the air thick with sinister yin energy. A City God sat enthroned at the highest point, his gaze cast downward.
"Who are you?" the City God’s voice boomed with authority. "How dare you trespass here?"
Wang Zhiyao didn’t answer, instead glancing to her side and asking,
"Make it quick?"
Zhang Jifeng nodded.
"Let’s make it quick!"
The words had barely left his lips when a Peach Wood Sword materialized in his right hand. Brandishing a Talisman in his left, he shouted,
"Boundless Heaven and Earth, by True Martial’s decree!"
Ripples spread through the void as phantasmal images materialized around each of them, wreathed in purple qi!
"True Immortals!"
The City God’s expression changed drastically. He whirled around to flee, but Zhang Jifeng had already hurled the Peach Wood Sword from his hand!
The Peach Wood Sword tore through the void, trailed by a phantasm of an intertwined turtle and snake, and violently pinned the old City God to the spot!
"ROAR!!"
The City God let out a bloodcurdling roar. The other Ghost Messengers and Yin Officials scattered, fleeing in all directions. Zhang Jifeng advanced coldly and declared,
"City God of North Sea City, for disturbing the Mortal World, offering living humans as sacrifices, and devouring their souls—by the laws of the Great Qin, the sentence is death!"
The moment he finished speaking, the Peach Wood Sword pinning the City God burst into flames. A raging fire erupted, and the City God, an entity at the Earth Immortal Level, howled in agony as he was incinerated into ash!
"The eight hundred and seventy-fourth..."
Zhang Jifeng beckoned the Peach Wood Sword back to his hand. He sighed, his voice laced with fatigue.
"In the North Sea region alone, there are a full three thousand rebellious City Gods, Mountain Gods, and Earth Gods. We still have over two thousand left... We’ll just have to eliminate them one by one."
Weariness also showed on Wang Zhiyao’s face as she said softly,
"The rebellious Earth Deities are becoming more and more numerous. I feel... that a time of chaos is upon us."
Zhang Jifeng nodded grimly.
"According to the Celestial Master, the Great Qin Dynasty has only twelve hundred years of its destiny remaining. In the original course of history, Chen Sheng and Wu Guang should have already raised the banner of rebellion..."
He paused, then sighed softly.
"And we don’t even have to look far. The North Sea is considered one of the better-off regions. I’ve heard the real trouble is in Xiaopei, where all the Earth Deities are in open revolt. The people can’t even begin to live their lives..."
Wang Zhiyao bit her lip.
"The biggest problem is that for every Earth Deity we execute, a new one appears.
And if we’re too ruthless in our purge, it triggers all sorts of natural disasters—earthquakes, mountains collapsing, the ground splitting open, great serpents rising from the land..."
The two fell silent, their faces etched with deep worry. For all the Earth Deities in the world to rebel around the same time...
’There must be someone orchestrating this from behind the scenes.’
Without another word, they left the City God Temple and sped toward the location of the next rebellious Earth Deity.
Similar scenes were playing out all across the land. But the Qin Dynasty spanned almost the entire Human World; it was simply too vast.
Wang Zhiyao and Zhang Jifeng were suppressing the Earth Deity rebellion in the North Sea, Lu Chongtong was holding the line in Langya, and Duke Mu of Qin was keeping Yong City in check...
But their power was finite, and there were far too many other places they simply couldn’t reach!
......
"The Earth Deities are in rebellion, bringing disaster to the world. Not only is it impossible to kill them all, but if we are too ruthless, we risk angering the [Earth Virtue], which will bring down the wrath of Nature."
「Yong City, Lu Zi Tower.」
Ying Zheng spoke in a grim voice.
"Grand-Ancestor, the people in many regions can no longer survive. If this goes on..."
Supreme Profound Clarity nodded gravely, a hint of anger on his face.
After a long silence, he took a deep breath and said wearily,
"I had hoped to wait longer and make more thorough preparations, but it seems that is no longer an option."
He paced back and forth, deep in thought. ’It’s time for my true self to emerge. This Earth Deity rebellion is simply impossible to suppress. They are an unending tide, impossible to exterminate...’
’At this point, we either have to eliminate the mastermind behind all this, or we’ll have no choice but to ask the former Emperor Earth Deity to intervene.’
’But why would the Emperor Earth Deity agree to help?’
’Unless...’
Supreme Profound Clarity’s gaze sharpened as a plan began to form in his mind.
"Zheng’Er."
"Grand-Ancestor, I am here." Ying Zheng quickly stepped forward.
Supreme Profound Clarity instructed,
"In a few days, disciples from the Jade Void Sect will deliver some Longevity Material. Give it to the Eighty-One Immortals to consume, and then have them enter Lu Xuan’s Tomb."
The Eighty-One Immortals were once the Eighty-One Armors from the Spring and Autumn Period. Now, they have all become True Immortals of the Grand Grade, with some even nearing the realm of the truly Immortal.
