There Are No Gods Here, Only Endless Loneliness and Deathly Silence
The Beast God Abyss is located at the deepest part of the Hundred Thousand Mountains.
It is a sacred place in the hearts of all Miao people, but it is also a forbidden place that must not be set foot in.
Only God-Sacrificing Ceremony held once every three years is entry permitted, but even then, the sacrifices can only be performed outside the Beast God Abyss and cannot venture deeper inside.
Legend has it that deep within the Beast God Abyss,
It is the Divine Temple where the Beast God sleeps, and also the prison where the Demon God is sealed.
No one dared to go in and disturb the Beast God's slumber, fearing that doing so would awaken the suppressed Demon God.
This is the greatest taboo in Miaojiang for thousands of years, and no one dares to violate it.
Now that the Beast God has awakened, it is only natural that he wants to return to the Abyssal Divine Domain.
Along the way,
Both sides were filled with kneeling Miao people.
Like a pilgrimage road stretching across the entire Hundred Thousand Mountains, paved by millions of Miao people.
Magnificent, solemn, awe-inspiring, and dignified.
After Gao Yunyi left Black Li Stockade, he boarded a magnificent and luxurious palanquin.
The divine chariot was carried by sixteen strong Miao people dressed in white divine robes. Wherever it passed, the people prostrated themselves on the ground, no one daring to raise their heads to look up, all filled with awe and fervor.
Gao Yunyi sat languidly on the soft couch, flanked by Ma Wa and her daughter, who were attending to him closely.
And so they trekked through mountains and rivers, through forests and ravines,
After two whole days, we finally arrived at a remote and Savage Wilderness place.
Here, the mountains rise one after another, the wild grass grows up to your knees, ancient trees block out the sun, and the air is cold and damp.
And what is most frightening is that...
Within this encircled mountain range, a purple miasma shrouded everything, swirling and curling like a veil around the peaks, as if inhaling even a wisp of it could corrode one's bones and soul.
The procession to welcome the gods stopped here, not daring to take another step.
Gao Yunyi from the divine chariot.
Riding the Mountain Lord, accompanied by the Gu King, and amidst the kneeling farewell of a group of Miao people, they slowly stepped into this miasma and poisonous fog that no living person should enter.
Everyone is watching.
The miasma and poisonous fog that enveloped the entire Beast God Abyss was a deadly trap and an insurmountable chasm for them.
The only one who can freely enter and exit is...
Only the legendary Beast God, along with the Mountain Lord and the Gu King under His command.
Although they firmly believed that this man from the Central Plains was the god they had worshipped for thousands of years, they couldn't help but feel nervous and worried when he walked towards this bone-corroding and soul-destroying miasma.
However,
Something happened that was both unbelievable and perfectly natural to them.
That terrifying miasma, which could kill them instantly with just a breath or even a trace of it, could not harm their god in the slightest.
Their god walked through the miasma and poisonous fog as if he had returned to His own garden, strolling leisurely and with ease.
"Respectfully seeing off Beast God home."
Thousands of Miao people qualified to participate in the welcoming ceremony chanted in unison, their voices devout and fervent, echoing throughout the Savage Wilderness mountains and forests.
But their god had already vanished into the purple miasma without a word, cold and heartless.
Ma Wa and her daughter stared at each other, feeling a sudden emptiness in their hearts, as if something was missing.
I don't know why,
They all had a premonition.
That is because the Beast God they serve may never return.
Gao Yunyi rode a tiger through a dense forest where ancient trees blocked out the sun. The swirling purple qi miasma around him all gave way, not touching him at all.
This is the power of the Mountain Lord he rides.
The Mountain Lord exuded the fierce and pure yang power of a tiger, and its pure yang Blood Qi rolled outwards. When the yin poisonous miasma encountered this yang power, it was like ice and snow meeting a raging fire, and it automatically retreated to both sides.
This primeval forest, shrouded in miasma and poisonous fog, is a death trap for all living things. The corpses of various humans, insects, birds, and beasts can be seen everywhere, with piles of white bones, a shocking sight.
The remains were half-buried in the rotten black soil, and over the years, the miasma had eroded them, leaving many bones with a layer of dark purple spots.
Ordinary creatures that step into this place will have their flesh and blood melt away and turn into withered bones in no time.
A man and a tiger walked slowly through the passage parted by the purple mist, heading towards the legendary Beast God Abyss.
Once Gao Yunyi emerged from the dense forest shrouded in the poisonous purple mist, the environment before him suddenly opened up, and the heavens and earth seemed to split open with a deafening roar.
It was a deep abyss, where the mountains broke apart, and the bottomless ravine plunged into the earth. The mouth of the abyss was huge, like a wound that had split open in the earth, and looking down, one could not see the bottom.
A chilling wind blew upwards from the bottom of the abyss, carrying with it an ancient and silent aura. Deep within the abyss, the dilapidated outline of High Antiquity Divine Temple could be vaguely seen.
Gao Yunyi's eyes narrowed slightly.
This legendary Beast God Abyss was somewhat unexpected to him, shrouded in mystery and shrouded in eeriness.
Could it be that inside this...
Is there really a sleeping god?
But Gao Yunyi did not back down; instead, he urged the Mountain Lord to continue walking inside.
After entering the Beast God Abyss,
What comes into view is a huge square.
There are traces of sacrificial rites in the square.
A tall main altar stands in the center, its bluestone ground engraved with ancient Savage Wilderness sacrificial totems.
But Gao Yunyi had no interest in any of this and rode the Mountain Lord straight inside.
Behind the sacrificial plaza lies a forbidden area for mortals, a realm belonging to the gods, which no mortal has ever set foot in for thousands of years.
With the arrival of Gao Yunyi,
All these ancient legends will be completely unveiled.
Behind the sacrificial plaza,
It hides the ruins of a High Antiquity building.
Most of the palace buildings have collapsed, the giant pillars are broken, and the ancient patterns are blurred, as if they have been sleeping Jingjing here for thousands of years.
A broken beam hangs precariously from the crack in the dome, dark moss climbs the stone walls, and a chilling wind from the abyss blows through the hall, emitting a low, whistling sound.
Gao Yunyi dismounted from the Mountain Lord and looked at the tall, ancient building in front of him.
This is an ancient pyramid-shaped temple, built from countless huge black rock blocks. The tower's body tapers upwards in layers, and the top has long since collapsed and is in ruins.
There are thousands of steps leading to the ancient temple. Each step is wide and heavy. Over the years, many steps have been broken and damaged, with dark green moss growing in the cracks, making them slippery and cold to walk on.
But Gao Yunyi still went up.
Keep going upwards without stopping.
Perhaps the legends that have circulated in the Southern Border for thousands of years are not wrong; this Beast God Abyss is indeed the Divine Temple where the Beast God sleeps.
Such a magnificent and spectacular building could never have been constructed by the Miao people who live deep in the mountains and forests.
We've reached the very top of this tallest ancient temple.
There was nothing on it.
Only a Divine Throne carved from a giant stone stands alone.
It seemed as if it had endured thousands of years, finally welcoming its owner.
Gao Yunyi sat down without hesitation.
His gaze swept indifferently down upon the ancient and desolate ruins beneath his feet.
There is no god here.
Only endless loneliness and deathly silence remained.
Gao Yunyi sat quietly on the Divine Throne for a long time, then suddenly turned to Gray Cicada, who was perched on his shoulder, and said:
"I've heard you have the ability to manipulate time and space. Release it, I want to see."
Upon hearing this, the Gu King trembled, clearly hesitant, but ultimately obeyed the order.
Then,
A long, ancient Cicada Cry song, seemingly spanning countless ages, echoed over this desolate and dilapidated ruin.
And as the cicada's Cicada Cry rang out,
The space before Gao Yunyi's eyes began to distort, time began to become disordered, the River of Time rippled, and the surrounding scenery constantly overlapped and vanished.
The Unseen was as if an unseen hand had suddenly turned the gears of time and space, plunging the entire world into a dreamlike illusion.
Finally, it collapsed completely, vanished into nothingness, and turned into boundless darkness.