"The moon? Didn't we see it last night?" Dingxiang asked.
"That's still the sun. At night, the Spirit of Darkness will prevail and obscure the sun," Li Lin said. "In this world, Demon Race and spirits, humans, and even gods, all need a real moon."
"Where there is a sun, there must be a moon."
The moment he finished speaking, Li Lin's feet left the ground, and he flew towards the large white ball.
"The Spirit of Taiyin shines upon my soul; I am like the bright moon, Yue Ru me!"
The moment the unprecedented divine incantation resounded throughout the entire Thunder Swamp, the bright moonlight shone upon Li Lin, who was flying towards the large white sphere. His dark heavy armor suddenly turned moon white, and the cyan pearl embedded in his chest transformed into a second moon.
Then, the entire sky suddenly darkened.
"Why is it so dark? The stars are out!" the Dragon King exclaimed. "It's still noon, the time when the Spirit of the Sun is at its strongest."
"This is because the true moon, the Taiyin, is about to be born," said the Queen Mother. "Bright Demon Beast said is true; I can feel the joy emanating from its very essence. This means..."
"Father is really coming out!" Jingwei excitedly hugged Xiaoyu tightly.
Xiaoyu: "What are you doing? Don't kiss me."
The Misty Ghost Forest.
The Old Ghost then appeared.
"What's going on? Are they the gods?"
"Oh no! I need to find my master!"
The palace of the poor king.
"Master Li Luo, everything is exactly as you said, the moon is about to rise." The king was extremely excited.
Li Luo shook his magical instrument—a rattle drum—while chanting incantations.
This is the incantation that Li Lin taught him to draw upon the Yin Power.
The Northern Dark Sea.
"Is that you? Kuafu!"
The strongest of the Four Great Heavens, the Water God, unleashed the [Xuanwu Seal].
"The Spirit of the Sun, its light shines in the north; I am like the Black Tortoise, and the Black Tortoise is like me!"
The Ice and Rain Formation unfolded in an instant.
It covered the entire dark sea.
Kuafu had been refining the Ice Bow Xuan Arrow beneath the towering ice of the Arctic Dark Sea, thought, "What's wrong? Never mind, strike while the iron is hot! Under the illumination of this unknown power, the speed at which the arrows are forming has accelerated! Maybe I can forge eleven of them!"
Sun God Palace.
"The Golden Crow is absorbing the Power of Heaven at an accelerated pace!" Yihe looked up at the night sky filled with twinkling stars. "Is it that Evil Demon Kuafu? Has the Golden Crow sensed that its nemesis, the Ice Bow Xuan Arrow, is being forged?"
"What should we do?" Fire God Zhurong, with some worry.
Yihe waved his hand, "Don't worry, I will concentrate all my efforts on giving birth to one golden crow first, and then let it lead the hatching of the rest of the golden crows."
His eyes were full of confidence, like an old general on a stage, full of promises.
"The Golden Crow is invincible!"
The golden crow, now entirely golden except for its third leg, proudly peeked out from the [Sunlight Divine Mirror].
"How sacred, how powerful! It's as if I am the sun!" Feeling the power that originated from him but was even greater, the Vulcan couldn't help but exclaim in admiration.
Ah--!
Ah--!
The golden crow, which the Heavenly Emperor had described as invincible and about to take shape, let out a timid cry and retreated back into the [Sunlight Divine Mirror].
"This is it!" Yihe didn't have time to care about being humiliated.
His entire attention was drawn to the sacred sphere in the sky.
It is like the opposite of the sun.
But the soft light it emits is equally full of vitality.
"Taiyin." Yihe, whose soul Yihe with the ten golden crows that were about to take shape, subconsciously uttered the name of this great sphere.
"Taiyin? A gathering of Spirit of Darkness, the opposite of the Spirit of the Sun?" Zhurong wondered. "Impossible, it is so beautiful and sacred, it makes me feel a vague sense of closeness."
If the sun's spiritual power is like strong liquor to them, then the moon's spiritual power is like smooth and refreshing milk.
Just a moment after being illuminated by this light, the inextinguishable rage brought on by his divinity instantly became gentle and controllable.
"Judging from the direction, it should have been born from the Dadi," Yihe said. "The claim that the Sun God created the sun is just a lie."
"He should have been born from the sun."
"He simply brought the sun closer to the divine realm and to the human world."
"To make the Spirit of the Sun of the divine realm even more abundant."
"Let the sun shine on the earth, Dadi will be more vibrant, and the Spirit of Darkness will be suppressed into the ground."
"But ignorant humans, and some gods, believe that he created the sun and that our power comes from him."
"Perhaps, on the other side of the Dadi, there exists another star that is opposite to the sun."
"Previously, its balance with the sun meant that it could only exist on the other side."
"This prevents us from enjoying its bountiful benefits."
"And now, the great me has created ten golden crows."
"Thus, it eventually benefited all living beings."
"Emperor Yan, did you hear that? We are the ones who are right!" The God of Fire laughed heartily. "Your birth took away a great deal of the Spirit of the Sun, causing the great moon to be unable to bless the three realms!"
"I have never said that I created the sun. It is only the people who believe so," said Emperor Yan. "Moreover, the sun in the human world, in a sense, is indeed created by me. Without my guidance, the human world would never see this great star, my mother."
"The birth of Taiyin not only makes the world more perfect, but also makes the poisonous fire of Yan Valley more gentle."
"Now, it is like a warm cradle for me, another sun."
"Even if fate does not come, I will eventually gather the strength to break the seal."
"Heavenly Emperor!" The God of Fire panicked.
"It's alright," Yihe raised his right arm. "My Demon Suppressing Stone is growing just like that, and I can feel its joy."
"This is a good thing. It would be such a pity to let Emperor Yan perish in this way, body and soul."
"Wouldn't it be better if he lived to watch us dominate the world, and watched Jingwei call my father this way, making him an eternal prisoner, a stillborn child that can never hatch?"
"Moreover, I am about to possess ten golden crows, which makes me far more powerful than he was at his peak."
"The only pity is that with this Taiyin, humanity might have been able to survive under the illumination of my Golden Crow."
Hearing this, the God of Fire was overjoyed. He didn't actually want the Emperor Yan to die; he just wanted him to admit that he was subordinate to the God of Fire.
He also enjoys the praise and adulation he receives from people.
"Very good."
"It is indeed very good." Yihe nodded. "Perhaps one day I will release him again."
"He is our subject."
"I will meet my Demon Suppressing Umbrella again."
Attending my wedding with Wind God Sister, Jingwei called me father, and there was also a daughter of Wind God Sister and me who was just as lovely as Jingwei.
Yihe was too embarrassed to say those words aloud.
"At that time, I will declare that the primordial spirit of the Sun God came from me." Zhurong's eyes were also filled with longing. "In that case, the existence of humankind is actually a good thing."
"Ignorant and foolish humans have gained value in my Three Realms." The Heavenly Emperor nodded.
He decided to spare the humans and let the insects live.
For the sake of Jingwei and the Wind God Sister, let's do it.
"Nonsense." Li Lin on the moon was speechless.
Now his moonlight has spread throughout the three realms, and he can feel everything that the moonlight touches.
The moonlight is his messenger, his brother.
Therefore, with just a thought, the scene of their conversation was broadcast on the moonlit surface of Lake Leize.
"That Evil Demon Yihe can actually talk to my father all this time!" Jingwei took off her red feather cloak and angrily threw it on the ground, almost stomping on it.
"The sun wasn't created by the Sun God? Dragon King, am I mistaken?" The Dragon King scratched the back of his head.
"Zhurong is actually a traitor!" The Queen Mother's expression twisted.
She, the weakest of the Four Great Heavens, harbors extremely deep feelings for this group.
She had actually anticipated and suspected Yihe's betrayal, given his sycophantic behavior.
After all, Yihe had never hidden his dissatisfaction and hostility toward Emperor Yan's decisions from her long ago.
Add to that the pain of unrequited love.
This is normal.
"It's true that Kuafu didn't betray Emperor Yan?" Azure Bird couldn't hide her joy.
Among the gods, only she and Kuafu possessed the Spirit of Chaos (the God of War relied on the Holy Spirit Stone).
Therefore, after Kuafu's betrayal, while the other gods called him Evil Demon, but his full name was Kuafu, she insisted on calling him Kuamo.
This is to maximize the cutting distance from Kuafu.
Now, she no longer needs to feel inferior about her Spirit of Chaos.
"Li Lin! (I learned this from Xiao Yu)!" Jingwei shouted at the moon reflected in the lake, "Can you help me rescue my father?"
After learning that even her father could not create the sun, she had complete faith in Li Lin's ability to create the moon, believing that there was nothing he couldn't do.
"Jingwei." The Queen Mother shook her head. "Since what the Taiyin God (referring to Li Lin) said is true, then the Gate of Heaven is truly destined to shatter. In this situation, it is beneficial for your father to stay in the Flame Valley longer."
"Let him get some rest."
"Let's not cause trouble. Let Kuafu and Hou Yi deal with Yihe and his golden crow."
"All we need to do is stop Gonggong."
In her eyes, the Dragon King was just an old child who hadn't grown up.
Jingwei is a child.
When she discovers that the wisdom she was so proud of is actually a joke, she decides to remain unchanged in the face of all changes.
"Where is that Evil Demon Zhurong?" the Dragon King asked, somewhat displeased.
If we're talking about raw power among the Four Great Heavens, he ranks second.
He ranked third, but after the Heavenly Emperor ascended to the throne, he was already very unhappy with Zhurong, considering Zhurong to be a sycophant.
"Old Ghost's Mist Spirit Spell is the nemesis of Zhurong's Samadhi True Fire; Zhurong is no match for him," said the Queen Mother.
"Old Ghost? Him?" The Dragon King. "Without my help, could that stinking monster have made it?"
"The Old Ghost has no soul. What houses his primordial spirit is not that bone flute, but the spiritual Spiritual Energy from the beginning of the world. It was the Holy Spirit Stone that helped him unite his body and spirit. Therefore, as long as the Holy Spirit Stone is by his side, no god or Evil Demon can capture him or defeat him." It was Li Lin who spoke.
As the moonlight shone down, Li Lin, dressed in a moon-white long robe, appeared on the lawn.
"Huh? He's that powerful." The Dragon King grumbled. "If we give him the Holy Spirit Stone, won't he be invincible?"
"That's true," Li Lin nodded. "But Hou Yi was Xing Tian's son."
"Xing Tian, that stubborn guy who could easily escape, find a place to rest and recover his strength to counterattack Yihe, but insists on the principle of the God of War never retreating, wouldn't have thought of this method, and even if he had, he wouldn't have done it."
"What an idiot! The meaning of the God of War is not to fight to the death and never retreat, but to be able to draw inexhaustible power from the Dadi as soon as you stand up. The God of War should be the one who stands up."
"Li Lin!" Jingwei rushed to Li Lin, interrupting his rant.
"Stay away from Brother Li." Dingxiang pulled Jingwei away. "Don't take advantage of the fact that you have Xiaoyu's face."
"Taiyin God, did I make any mistakes or omissions in what I just said?" the Queen Mother asked.
"Now you finally have some self-awareness," Li Lin nodded with satisfaction. "There are no mistakes. Zhurong and Gonggong are your only two troubles."
"Gonggong doesn't listen to human speech, and no matter how Kuafu to explain it to him for thousands of years, he wouldn't listen."
"Zhurong is a traitor."
"Not appearing in front of Old Ghost and the others is indeed the best choice. Old Ghost is full of hostility towards you gods, and even calls his spiritual power 'magic power' like the Demon Race."
He looked at the moon reflected in the lake, where the images of the Old Ghost and Hou Yi were displayed.
"Old Ghost, how long will it take to get to the Underworld Sea?" Hou Yi asked. "Shall we walk there? Wu Bo said you are also a god."
"My Old Ghost master, I dare not use any magic power, for the gods will find out. Especially the Dragon King, who has a dog's nose," the Old Ghost said.
"You Old Ghost! You're the one with a dog's nose! This is a dragon's nose, a dragon's nose!" The Dragon King was furious.
Dingxiang whispered worriedly to Li Lin, "Could it be that I also have... the ability of the Howling Celestial Dog?"
"Dragons are not all the same, and the worlds are all different." Li Lin shook his head. "I can only say that you are very strong. Incredibly strong."
"There are still thirty days until the Calamity of a Thousand Years. Can they make it on foot?" Jingwei with some concern.
"Of course not," Li Lin said. "Old Ghost has only been in the Misty Ghost Forest for the past thousand years and has no idea about the so-called Calamity of a Thousand Years fabricated by Yihe. Even Kuafu is the same."
"Old Ghost even thought the Golden Crow was just a legend and didn't know the details."
Just as Jingwei was about to cry, Li Lin added, "However, now Emperor Yan no longer needs to worry about being burned to death by the poisonous fire."
"Kuafu has even been forging an additional eleventh Xuan Arrow, and the Ice Bow is already complete."
"The only problem is that Hou Yi hasn't even awakened the Holy Spirit Stone yet."
"But Old Ghost should be able to handle it on the way."
"So, all we need to do is wait?" the Queen Mother asked.
"Yes." Li Lin nodded.
28 days passed in the blink of an eye.
Sun God Palace.
Ah--!
Ah--!
Hearing the cry of the Golden Crow and seeing its third leg sprout in the [Sunlight Divine Mirror], Yihe, whose skin glowed with Jin Guang Yihe looked like a little golden man, laughed heartily, "Finally, finally I've refined the Golden Crow! I've refined it ahead of schedule!"
"Golden Crow, I will use you to destroy all Evil Demon!"
"Sun God, look! The Golden Crow has descended upon the world!"
"Look, my little golden bird!"
"I saw the Heavenly Emperor!" said the God of Fire.
Ignoring Yihe's dissatisfaction, he continued, "Heavenly Emperor, just as we agreed, you will bestow upon me a golden crow, won't you?"
Every nerve in his body was trembling, as long as there was a golden crow, even just one.
He can also embrace it and transform it into the sun he has always wanted to become, through the connection of the primordial spirit and the shared origin.
"Of course." Yihe said expressionlessly.
The god of fire had already chosen death in his mind.
"But you need to enter my [Sunlight Divine Mirror] first."