Outer Gods Descend to the Mortal World

And what Zhao Cheng said next confirmed Li Shun's premonition.

"Swearing by Heaven and Earth has long been a tradition in our Confucian School. They say that when His Majesty first comprehended the Twelve Longevity Method, he even drew inspiration from this Heaven-and-Earth Grand Oath."

"Once you make the oath, binding rules will attach themselves to you. Unless you possess power equal to Heaven and Earth, you absolutely cannot break it. Why don't you try forming the thought of telling someone else about what happened?"

Li Shun silently considered sharing what he had witnessed that night.

Huh? What was I going to tell people?

The moment the thought arose, Li Shun found that his mind had suddenly gone completely blank.

Without realizing it, he had forgotten everything he had seen that day.

Only after Li Shun abandoned the thought of divulging the secret did the image of that green pillar of light shooting into the sky slowly return to his mind.

"The Heaven-and-Earth Grand Oath truly is mysterious," Li Shun praised inwardly.

With Li Shun no longer at risk of revealing the secret, Zhao Cheng began to explain what had happened.

Rather than give him the answer outright, he asked a question first.

"Tui Zhi, do you know what gods are?"

Li Shun nodded. "There were gods in ancient times, beings capable of reaching the heavens. The Heavenly Emperor, Fuxi, Nuwa, Xingtian..."

"Their names are still passed down among the people, and many of them continue to receive offerings and worship."

"Gods are born of Heaven and Earth. From the moment they came into being, they possessed fearsome powers beyond the imagination of ordinary creatures. In the Elder Primordial Continent, when demons and beasts rampaged unchecked, it was only under the gods' protection that our human race could survive and