Retribution for Evil, Opening the "Underworld Dharma Domain"

"Greetings, Venerable God!"

Liao Xiu'er and Liao Chengping immediately knelt, speaking with reverence.

"Venerable... Venerable God?"

"Where... where is this..."

Liao Xiong's eyes were filled with helplessness and terror, but under the shroud of Divine Might, he had no power to resist and knelt directly in the hall, trembling.

Never before had he felt such fear as he did in this moment.

He did not even dare to raise his head to look at the figure sitting at the head of the hall, who appeared like a blazing sun!

"Liao Xiong, five years ago you pushed Liao Xiu'er and Liao Chengping into a well, causing their deaths. Do you confess your crime?"

Li Yue looked down at Liao Xiong with indifference.

"I confess..."

Liao Xiong trembled.

In this hall, filled with vast Divine Might, he lacked the courage to tell a lie.

"Since that is so—"

"This God sentences you to the punishment of soul dispersal."

Li Yue's voice was majestic.

As his words fell, the soul of Liao Xiong, kneeling in the hall, instantly dissipated and vanished into ashes.

Liao Xiu'er and Liao Chengping both wore expressions of agitation, joy, and excitement.

Finally—

They had finally taken their revenge!

Five years.

For five whole years, Liao Xiong, the murderer, had finally received the retribution he deserved!

At this very moment, a phrase echoed in their minds.

Good is rewarded with good, and evil with evil; if it has not been rewarded, it is only because the time has not yet come!

"Inform Li Youming of this matter."

"He will know what to do."

Li Yue commanded.

"We obey the Venerable God's decree!"

Liao Xiu'er and Liao Chengping respectfully accepted the order, mimicking the speech from the storybooks.

Swish—

Their figures flashed, and they had already left the Divine Domain.

The appearance of the gloomy hall within the Divine Domain dissolved in an instant, returning to its original, empty state.

Li Yue still preferred the Divine Domain as it was in the beginning.

With nothing there, everything simply floated in mid-air.

"Since I have Ghost Messengers now—"

"They should have a place to work."

Li Yue pondered.

The Divine Domain was his private space; naturally, he could not have Subordinate Gods, Ghost Messengers, and Yin Soldiers coming and going as they pleased.

As a Subordinate Ninth Rank Orthodox Land God, he had the ability to open up an Underworld Dharma Domain.

The Underworld Dharma Domain—

This would be a workspace specifically for Subordinate Gods, Ghost Messengers, and Yin Soldiers.

In terms of rank, it was naturally far inferior to the Divine Domain.

But it would no longer belong to the mortal realm, effectively becoming another small space.

"To open an Underworld Dharma Domain three zhang long, three zhang wide, and one zhang high requires ten units of Divine Power..."

"But this Divine Power cannot be saved."

He shook his head.

Looking at the one hundred and one units of Divine Power remaining, he moved his mind.

Instantly, ten units of Divine Power flew out from his body, flashed as they rushed out of the Divine Domain, and descended beneath the Land God Temple.

Suddenly—

Beneath the Land God Temple, a space filled with a gloomy, ghostly aura slowly opened up.

This space was permeated with dense yin energy, and the yin energy from the earth was continuously surging into it.

The Underworld Dharma Domain was located underground, not in the human realm.

His Divine Domain, however, sat above the Underworld Dharma Domain, allowing him to easily overlook everything within it.

The Subordinate Gods, Yin Soldiers, and Ghost Messengers within the Underworld Dharma Domain, even if they looked up, could only see a Divine Domain as towering as the heavens hanging above, yet they could see nothing of the scenes within it.

"This is enough for now."

"I will continue to expand it once I have more Subordinate Gods, Yin Soldiers, and Ghost Messengers."

He muttered to himself.

Immediately after—

He cast his gaze toward one side of the Divine Domain.

There, the massive corpse of a Wolf Demon lay quietly.

It was the Thousand Wolf Mountain Wolf Demon he had easily killed during the day with a single Heavenly Thunder Art.

"A Tier 2 peak Wolf Demon corpse..."

"It should be worth some Divine Power."

His gaze was calm.

He directly opened the Deity Shop within the Regional Trading interface and placed the Wolf Demon corpse inside.

Suddenly—

The Deity Shop displayed the value of this headless wolf corpse.

"Seven strands of Divine Power."

"Not bad at all."

A smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

Without hesitation, he sold the headless wolf corpse directly to the Deity Shop.

The seven strands of Divine Power appeared out of thin air within his body.

"I now possess a total of ninety-eight strands of Divine Power."

He closed his eyes and began to contemplate the divine art Heavenly Thunder Art in his mind.

He had cast Heavenly Thunder Art once during the day.

He discovered—

Although he could use this divine art proficiently, he was not yet a master of it.

There were many areas where his execution still had flaws.

He felt—

If he could truly cast it perfectly, the power of this Heavenly Thunder Art would increase by a significant margin.

"If not for the lack of Divine Power, practicing it by actually casting it would be the best method..."

"Alas, poverty stifles ambition."

"For now, I can only simulate the casting in my mind."

He felt helpless.

However, being able to make his strength grow bit by bit was not bad either.

After all—

Besides the divine art Heavenly Thunder Art, the other three divine arts he had mastered—Cloud and Mist Method, Flight Method, and Earth Escape Method—likely suffered from the same issue.

Mastering them did not mean he could cast them perfectly.

Only by casting these divine arts perfectly could he truly reach the limit of the strength of a Subordinate Ninth Rank Orthodox Land God!

A month passed in the blink of an eye.

Zhang Family Village and Liao Family Village, along with the previously annexed Chen Family Village, had basically fully integrated into Four Seas Village.

Every villager in Four Seas Village had to offer a stick of incense to Lord Zhangyue every morning and evening.

Even those who lived far away were required to face the direction of the Land God Temple and offer incense from afar.

Of course.

Pious believers would always come to the Land God Temple in person to offer incense.

Furthermore, the news of Liao Xiong's evil deeds, his soul being reaped by Ghost Messengers dispatched by Lord Zhangyue, and his sentencing to have his soul scattered, had spread like wildfire among all the villagers of Four Seas Village.

Even Liao Xiong's corpse had been brought back for the villagers to see.

Almost all the villagers were even more in awe of Lord Zhangyue.

Lord Zhangyue also had Ghost Messengers under his command; anyone who did evil would be found by the Ghost Messengers, their souls snatched away!

Who wouldn't be terrified upon hearing this?

"There are gods three feet above your head!"

"Good deeds are rewarded, evil deeds are punished; it's not that there's no retribution, but the time has not yet come!"

These two sayings were widely spread in Four Seas Village, and everyone deeply agreed.

This incident also made the faith of the Four Seas Village villagers more devout.

After all—

Divine Grace is as vast as the sea!

Divine Might is as imposing as a prison!

Divine Grace brings joy to believers, and Divine Might instills fear in believers.

Joy and fear combined naturally made their faith more devout.

"Deming, go inform the village chief and the others to discuss matters."

Li Youming walked out of the room and instructed his second son, Li Deming.

He had received a divine oracle a month ago, ordering him to expand the number of believers to over 1,500 within three months.

These 1,500 people had to be villagers of Four Seas Village and reside in Four Seas Village.

This was a very arduous task.

Four Seas Village only had a population of over 800, leaving a significant gap.

And this area only had their Four Seas Village.

To expand—

They had to attract people from outside this area to join their Four Seas Village.

This was not easy.

After all—

If you said your village was blessed by a deity, would others believe you?

Therefore, he had spent a full month preparing.

And now, it was finally time to begin.

"This time—"

"I will still complete Lord Zhangyue's divine oracle flawlessly..."

Li Youming murmured to himself, his gaze resolute.