I Slay Gods and Demons in the Deceit Night
Chapter 271 - 194: The Old God Kills the New God! [Three More!]

Chapter 271: Chapter 194: The Old God Kills the New God! [Three More!]

The murals were extremely ancient.

Time was immemorial.

Above the firmament, there was a round object, bursting with Flames.

Beneath it, a figure was in pursuit of the round flame above.

By the references at his side, tigers and leopards were tiny as ants, mountains only at his feet.

"This is a giant!"

Lv Tang mused, "The round flame symbolizes the blazing sun, is he chasing after the blazing sun?"

Lin Yan couldn’t help but think of the tale of "Kua Fu chasing the sun."

But after a careful look, he pondered, "Look at the length of these murals, they get longer and longer, but afterwards, they’re left blank, this is empty..."

Han Commander murmured, "It’s not empty, it symbolizes darkness. Look at this one, there’s a cheetah fleeing; only half of its body is carved! The back half is engulfed by darkness!"

Lv Tang said in a somber voice, "So this ancient giant, chasing after the blazing sun, does he wish for the sunlight to shine upon him at all times, to avoid the darkness?"

Lin Yan looked towards the next mural and said softly, "I’m more inclined to think that He wished to use His boundless might to hold back the great sun, so it would eternally hang in the sky, the earth forever lit, and darkness never falls on the world again."

But in the next mural, the giant had fallen.

The sun drifted away.

Darkness struck.

And the giant was submerged in the darkness as well.

Looking further, the murals became completely blank, symbolizing endless darkness.

After who knows how long, passing hundreds of murals, they arrived at the other end of the great hall.

Amidst the darkness, a ray of light emerged.

The great sun returned, driving away the darkness.

But on this land, a large number of demons and various evil spirits appeared.

Only in the middle, it seemed to be a Pure Land, where demons and evil spirits dared not approach.

There were many ancient members of the Human Clan, scantily clad, struggling to survive in this Pure Land.

With time, they began to plant crops here, and later on, they raised livestock.

"After hunting, do they slaughter within the Pure Land?"

Lv Tang exclaimed, "This isn’t a ’Pure Land’! This is a Blessed Land, the precursor of this ancient relic?"

Lin Yan and Han Commander exchanged glances, their expressions grave.

Then they saw that the murals below varied, some were blank, some had scenes.

This probably symbolized the alternation of day and night.

And when they reached the other end of the great hall, they found that a huge palace had been built on this land.

Everyone was worshiping the "Divine Spirit" in the temple!

Around the edges of this land, a large number of demons and evil spirits faced outward, tails inward.

It looked like they were fleeing outwards.

"Lord Qingling’s might scared away the demons and evil spirits around this land."

Lin Yan said softly, "This must be Lord Qingling’s heyday."

Moving on, the land remained the same as before.

But each mural had subtle differences.

Every transition to the next mural revealed an increase in buildings within the scenes.

The civilization of the Human Clan gradually recovered and was passed on in peace and stability.

A seemingly long time passed.

The scene drastically changed!

Each time they entered the blank darkness, the town’s scope would shrink a little.

The town’s trees turned into demons.

The town’s livestock turned into fierce beasts.

The town’s people gradually turned into fierce spirits.

This scene was just like the townspeople Lin Yan and the others initially encountered upon entering the ruins.

In the old residents’ memories, this darkness suddenly descended, and the sun was not seen for a long time.

Only later did the moon appear.

But in the night, everything gradually became weird.

"Lord Qingling, can no longer withstand the darkness of this weird night."

Lv Tang’s voice became hoarse as he said gravely, "After protecting the Human Clan for a generation, this New God is old as well..."

"Gods can grow old?"

Lin Yan said in a low tone, sighing.

The towns on this land eventually turned into ruins.

The palaces that were built long ago also gradually collapsed and fell off the cliffs.

An old man emerged from the palace, extremely frail, hunched over.

He stood in the ruins, raised his hands, and looked toward the sky, appearing to wail and cry bitterly.

"Is this Lord Qingling?"

Han Commander said softly, "It doesn’t seem like it..."

Lord Qingling should be a powerful being, an ancient existence revered as a Divine Spirit!

But the old man in the murals was utterly powerless, full of despair, and filled with sorrow, crying incessantly.

At this point, the murals came to an abrupt halt.

What followed was not the blank "darkness."

It was a genuine blank space, with no new murals, no new content.

"That’s it?"

The three of them looked at each other inquisitively.

Then they heard some noise coming.

All three turned their heads and saw six spots of light appear under the first mural.

Looking closely, they turned out to be footprints radiating with light.

These were their own footprints!

Then, more glowing footprints emerged in front of the second mural, the third mural... one after another...

"I understand! No need to hide!"

Lv Tang suddenly spoke up, saying in a deep voice, "This kind of situation has also occurred in ancient relics before, it must be a special Magic Method from that era... the upper echelons of the Human Clan call it ’Formation’!"

Lin Yan stood still and said in a low voice, "So, from the first mural to here, every step we took, every tile we stepped on, was along the trajectory of the Formation?"

"That’s right, only by following this path can the Formation be activated!"

Lv Tang spoke up, "Under our feet lies the last tile, the final step to activate the Formation."

Then they saw footprints beneath each mural gradually extending and beginning to overlap.

Until at last, they merged into three pairs of footprints, each flowing to the feet of the three individuals respectively, coinciding with their own footprints.

Then all three felt themselves lifted into the air, buoyed by the light beneath their feet.

"Don’t resist!"

Before Lv Tang’s voice fell, his figure soared into the air.

Seemingly because his cultivation was the weakest, he flew the farthest, suddenly lying horizontal in midair.

With a swish, he arrived in front of the wall to the left.

Because he was lying in midair, his feet rested on the wall.

But the wall rippled like the surface of water.

His entire body sunk in as if into water, then disappeared within the wall.

Han Zheng followed closely behind, similar to Lv Tang, but landed on the opposite wall, his feet sinking as if stepping into water.

With ripples spreading across the wall, he too submerged into it.

"..."

Lin Yan’s heart shook slightly, but he found himself not following the same path as the other two, not stepping on the wall or sinking into it.

Instead, with light rising beneath his feet and pushing him higher, he ascended above the ceiling of the palace.

He looked up and saw a huge treasure bead hanging at the top of the great hall, like a bright moon.

The light from the treasure bead showered down, enveloping him within it.

The moonlight was boundless, warming his body.

In a daze, Lin Yan’s body jerked, and he felt his feet land solidly on the ground, having already fallen to the earth below.

"Where is this?"

He glanced around, his brows slightly furrowed.

But before he could react, he saw an old man appear at the distant edge of the sky.

The old man’s face was blurred, his hair gray and white, and his clothing simple.

He saw his stooped figure, heavy with the weight of years.

Then he let out a long sorrowful sigh.

Just that sigh alone.

Lin Yan felt his Qi-Blood surge, and his True Qi race through his body.

But thanks to his fundamental True Qi as the foundation and his orthodox True Qi as the base, he did not lose control.

If it had been anyone else in the Qi Refining Realm, at this moment, they would likely have lost control.

Even Deputy Commander Zhou Yuan would have found it difficult to escape unscathed.

"Lord Qingling!"

Lin Yan’s heart jolted.

He saw the old man lift both hands toward the sky.

His face full of wrinkles, dry as tree bark.

Betwixt his cloudy eyes, tears glided across his wrinkled face.

BOOM!!!

The land kept collapsing!

He saw many streams of Qi Mechanism rising from the earth, like fountains of various colors, merging into the old man’s frail and hunched body.

Then the old man grew increasingly massive, reaching a height of ten zhang with each breath.

In just a moment, Lin Yan looked up and felt, as if in a daze, that his form was tall enough to uphold the heavens, as sturdy as a mountain.

At that moment, Lin Yan couldn’t help but think of the records on the stone tablet he’d seen earlier.

I am old, carrying the Blessed Land to strike the Old God.

I wish to die and protect the generations to come, ensuring the survival of the Human Clan.

"Is he merging the Blessed Land with his own body to go and do battle with an ’Old God’?"

Lin Yan’s breathing halted as he watched the giant who stood between heaven and earth and thought, "Where is the Old God?"

All of a sudden, he realized the giant was striding rapidly towards him!

Before Lin Yan could react, it was as if the heavens split apart and the cosmos was turned upside down!

The giant gathered all his strength and attacked in his direction!

Space seemed to collapse!

The earth seemed to shatter!

And in that very moment!

Lin Yan felt a constant piercing pain in his palm!

In an instant!

The willow tree in the palm of his hand stretched and spread out!

The willow tree grew swiftly with the wind as if tearing through the heavens!

BOOM!!!

A mass of willow branches met the giant head-on!

——

Endless darkness.

Lin Yan became dizzy.

He saw the giant, torn apart in the air by the massive willow branches!

Blood spilled onto the earth, merging with the roots of the willow.

And the giant’s limbs were torn apart, thrown in all directions.

His entrails were hollowed out, strewn around the edges.

Only a head was left, melting away like ice and snow, until a golden lotus remained, dissipating into the void.

The sun and moon cycled, and the colors of the world changed.

After a long passage of time, all returned to tranquility.

Yet on this desolate land, a willow tree that stood tall between heaven and earth sprang up out of nowhere the day after!

"Liu Venerate..."

Lin Yan stood motionless.

Liu Venerate did not exist in this world.

But Lord Qingling, carrying the Blessed Land, struck at the Old God!

Liu Venerate was that Old God?

Was it Lord Qingling who forced Liu Venerate, hidden somewhere unknown among mankind, into the open?

Was it Liu Venerate who killed Lord Qingling?

"I wish to die and protect the generations to come, ensuring the survival of the Human Clan..."

In a daze, Lin Yan seemed to understand the true meaning behind these words.

Lord Qingling knew that if he forced an Old God into the open, his own existence would surely end!

However, after the Old God emerged into the world, he seemed to have stopped hiding!

Therefore, the people of later generations drew upon "the might of the Old God" to establish High Willow City!

While Lin Yan’s thoughts ebbed and surged, he heard an old voice from above.

"Would you be willing to become the new Lord Qingling?"

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