Killing Dao Fruit
Chapter 289 - 286: The 2nd Divine Position, Yin Department Genealogy

Chapter 289: Chapter 286: The 2nd Divine Position, Yin Department Genealogy

Clang! Clang! Clang!...

Outside Wanxiang Hall, following the nine celebratory celestial chimes for Wang Yuan, another six bell tolls arrived in quick succession.

This signified that Cui Baiyu had also successfully registered in the Heavenly Records and secured a Divine Position in the Earth Department.

Soon, the figure of a young man in white strode out of the hall’s entrance, the shadow of a divine being flashing with thunder behind him yet to completely dissipate.

He resembled a powerful warrior—bare-chested, his abdomen exposed, with two wings on his back, three eyes on his forehead, a face red like a monkey, a sharp, protruding chin, eagle-like feet, holding a wedge in his left hand and a hammer in his right, poised as if to strike.

Above his head hung five drums, amidst which thunder coursed back and forth.

This was none other than the Divine Position of Punishment Evil Thunder God, one of the thirty-six Thunder Gods of Heaven, Earth, and Man from the Thunder Department.

Cui Baiyu indeed lived up to Cloud Lord’s initial great confidence.

This Divine Position ranks second among the Earth Thunder Gods, with just the Correction Good Thunder God standing between him and the Heavenly Thunder God.

Unfortunately for him, with Wang Yuan’s nine celestial chimes, even the lowest rank in the Heavenly Department Divine Positions surpassed this Punishment Evil Thunder God.

The bet between the two parties was thus settled.

"Hahaha, pay up! Pay up!"

Although Xu Zhenzhi and Great Fate were an old, dry man and a nation-seducing beauty respectively, at this moment, their mercenary expressions were strikingly identical.

With no other choice, Old Man Song and Cloud Lord gloomily coughed up the money.

In their hearts, they fiercely vowed to take their revenge in the next gamble, erasing the shame of this defeat!

Yet they never considered how they, from the Thunder Department Immortal Officials who were experts at straightforward ’boom, boom, boom’ confrontations,

would ever match wits with those from the Dou Department Immortal Officials who held command over the heavenly stars, each adept in divination and fortune-telling?

They were simply no match but yet too stubborn to admit it!

Great Fate contentedly poured another large drink for herself, ready to greet Wang Yuan’s return when she suddenly grew serious, and exclaimed in surprise:

"What’s with this newcomer? After receiving one Heavenly Department Divine Position, he even aims to take a second Divine Position?

And that second Divine Position isn’t among the Eight Immortal Officials?"

Cloud Lord, also in a dismal mood, quickly followed Great Fate’s lead in spotting the anomaly, activating his privileges to peer into the Myriad Phenomena Heavenly Net.

"He’s headed to... the Underworld Yin Department? Impossible!"

The Divine Positions under the command of Nine Soldiers were naturally not as they are now from the start but were expanded and solidified over thousands of years by previous generations.

Eventually, around a thousand years ago, they fixed into the all-encompassing Eight Divine Positions: Thunder, Fire, Plague, Dou, Starry Constellations, Three Mountains and Five Peaks, Stepping Rain and Rising Cloud, and the God of Good and Evil.

Immortals were once mortals.

Even though many Ghost Dao Practitioners had joined the Nine Soldiers, they had always taken Immortal Official positions within the Eight Divisions, with no record of them taking up posts in the Yin Department.

After all, whether it was becoming part of the City God System as a clay statue or wooden sculpture, or the no-return journey of the Underworld Yin Department, they had all been occupied by Human Ghosts in the past.

The Eight Divine Positions of the Nine Soldiers are "Immortal Officials", whereas the genealogy of the Yin Department positions includes "Yin Officials" and "Ghost Gods".

"Could it be that from today onwards, the Divine Positions within the Nine Soldiers will expand from Eight to Nine Divisions?!"

Thinking of this, the two Corpse Dissection Immortals shuddered simultaneously.

Every founder of a brand new Immortal Genealogy was an exceptional figure.

Provided they did not falter midway, they could at least advance to the peak of Green Seal Sage, and even achieve longevity.

Even if they only practiced the Corpse Dissection Course with no prospect of eternal life, they could borrow from the Heavenly Department Divine Position, making a vow to repay Heaven and Earth through great merits, thereby gaining copious favor from Heaven and Earth.

And then forcefully break through the Corpse Dissection Immortal barrier!

With the stakes so high, both Corpse Dissection Immortals quickly took action while their minds raced, immediately forming seals to close off the Myriad Phenomena Heavenly Net from inside out, ensuring that no one else apart from the two of them could see what was happening inside the hall.

Great Fate watched intently over the Myriad Phenomena Heavenly Net, her slightly hazy drunken eyes now filled with divine radiance, and her mouth curving into an involuntary smile:

"My fortune really is unparalleled in this world; treasures fall into my lap while I sit idly at home!

Little Wang, no, Qianshan, my little brother, don’t you worry, your big sister here is the kindest and most considerate. I’ll surely treat you well in the future, hehehe..."

Within the Myriad Phenomena Heavenly Net.

Wang Yuan, who had transformed back into a whale, drifted through the San Tu River flowing across the entire Underworld, and looking up, he could see a massive black mountain covering the entire sky.

A mountain with no grass, peaks not touching the heavens, ridges without travelers, caves not harboring clouds, gullies void of flowing water.

Thorny bushes concealed monsters, rocky cliffs hid demons, no animal or bird noises reached the ears; the only sight was the procession of ghosts and goblins.

It was the birthplace of the Small Book of Life and Death—the Yin Mountain.

Of course, this Yin Mountain wasn’t physical but rather the projection of the Dao within the Myriad Phenomena Heavenly Net.

Even so, a powerful force broke through the skies above Yin Mountain and once again blessed Wang Yuan, the "Yin Mountain Taoism" Taoist Master.

After receiving the Divine Position of "Gold Star Taibai," his already diminished body swelled again, and the pervasive pressure within the Yin Department dissipated immediately.

With a gentle flick of his tail, he darted into the seemingly boundless river of San Tu like lightning.

Similar to what he had previously seen in the starry river, there stood statues within the San Tu River, some of bizarre shapes, some ferocious and terrifying, and some with an imposing gravity.

Mists swirled, creating an utterly somber atmosphere.

Different from what he had seen in the starry river, the Yin Department, as the last line of defense against the "Killing Tree" and the source of the "Dragon Qi Prohibition," showed no signs of weird erosion.

Wherever Wang Yuan passed, he first encountered numerous Yin Soldiers, then Ferrymen, Bull Head and Horse Face, Black and White Impermanence, Day and Night Patrol Envoys, various Yin Generals and Commanders...

All of these he automatically bypassed, breaking directly through successive boundary membranes to reach the deepest part of the San Tu River, the Heavenly Department.

The statues of the Yin Officials were indeed more direct than the stars.

A glance swept across them, and all the great deities of the Yin Department were present: Emperor Fengdu, East Mountain Emperor, Houtu, and the ghost emperors of the East, South, West, North, and Center, along with the Luo Feng Six Immortal Officials...

One imposing king, wearing a black Crown Robe, gave a slight nod to Wang Yuan, then, like Gold Star Taibai had done before, transformed into light and entered his body.

Dang! Dang! Dang!...

Nine heavenly sounds rang out once more, but this time, no one except the Great Fate and Cloud Lord could hear them.

Immediately behind Wang Yuan materialized a visage, a figure dressed in a black dragon Crown Robe, dark as storm clouds, holding a brilliantly divine "Book of Life and Death" in hand.

It was indeed—Underworld Yama "King Yanluo"!

All Divine Positions in the world are personifications of mortal concepts of the divine spirit of heaven and earth. As times change, the statuses of these Divine Positions naturally rise and fall.

At the earliest conception, King Yanluo was the undisputed master of the Underworld. However, as Human Dao evolved, King Yanluo’s status dwindled time and again.

To this day, while still a part of the Heavenly Department, he no longer holds the supreme position as master of the Yin Department and is but one of the ten Netherworld Monarchs.

Yet Wang Yuan, having gained another Divine Position, was very satisfied.

"King Yanluo, the Living Yama, a lineage uninterrupted; this Divine Position isn’t bad at all!"

Amidst his joy, he also immediately realized that obtaining this Divine Position meant that apart from those [Yin Officials] with their own duties, the upper echelons of the Yin Department, serving as Human Dao’s stronghold, were very likely managed directly by the consciousness of the Heavenly Dao.

If he really advanced to become a "Corpse Dissection Immortal" in the future, he wouldn’t need to battle his own faction’s elders for control over the Yin Department.

The process of annotation within the Heavenly Records finally came to a complete close.

And only at this moment did Wang Yuan have the time to distinguish and ponder the powers brought by his first Divine Position "Star Lord Taibai" and the second Divine Position "King Yanluo."

Having assimilated the "White Tiger Four Holy Seals," Star Lord Taibai gained the three most fundamental divinities: "Conquest and Transformation," "Exorcism and Disaster," and "Changgeng Enlightenment."

Like the Earth Department and Heavenly Department Dao Skill, each power comes with corresponding Divine Power Skill.

Within the powers, one can do as they please.

And Changgeng signifies longevity.

Under normal circumstances, a Magician could live 150 years, a Mage 240 years. Having received this Divine Position, Wang Yuan’s natural lifespan would be at least half again as long as those of the same rank.

Beyond that, the most vital ability of Star Lord is—"Star Entering Life."

In critical moments, invoking the projection of one’s life’s star, one can temporarily obtain comprehensive enhancements from the primary star.

For Magicians, this is akin to ultimate moves like Daoist Soldier’s "One Drumming Spirit," "Fatian Xiangdi," and "Sea Accepts All Rivers!"

The powers of the second Divine Position "King Yanluo" are: "King of Ten Thousand Ghosts," "Commander City God," and "Heart Punishment Hell."

The key point is the elevation in status within the vast Ghost Dao and Yin Department system.

If he ever encountered a Ghost Dao Practitioner like those from the "Five Organs Temple" again, they would likely have no power left to retaliate in front of King Yanluo.

Moreover.

Once Wang Yuan elevates to "Green Seal Sage," he could take over the entire Red County Shenzhou’s City God System in the name of King Yanluo.

And once he ascends to "Earth Essence" and transforms the "Small Book of Life and Death" into his "Lifebound Magic Treasure," he would almost be able to easily control the entire City God System of Yu State.

By then, deploying forces across the world, where King Yanluo passed, everywhere would be filled with his eyes and enforcers!

However, just as Wang Yuan was about to break free from the "Myriad Phenomena Heavenly Net," the "Small Book of Life and Death" hidden within his Yin God suddenly shot out a beam of black-and-white divine light into Yin Mountain.

Immediately, the whole Yin Department slightly trembled.

Nobody noticed that, from the Heavenly Department down, all the genealogical statues of the Yin Department underwent a subtle change.

Faintly, at the center of their brows, seemed to appear an additional... "king" character.