"What is this?" The deity's heart jolted. He knew something was wrong, but before he could react, Yu Chen had already extended his palm. Five-colored rosy clouds gathered over his five fingers, and with a gentle sweep, he snatched away the banner in the deity's hand.
Highest Purity Dao Qi surged forth, and the witch-script curse arts on the banner swiftly collapsed. Its originally murky, vicious aura became clear and pure, even taking on a faintly sacred quality.
With a wave of his hand, the surrounding venomous insects were immediately drawn in and held motionless. Yu Chen waved again, and strands of green-yellow qi crushed the insects, turning them into streams of turbid flow that merged into the banner.
Then he pointed at the deity.
At first, the deity paid it no mind and immediately rode his escaping light away. But the next instant, his head spun, his ears rang, and darkness clouded his vision. Exhaustion swept through all four limbs and every bone in his body. His divine power became impossible to control, and he fell onto the barren earth.
"How is this possible?! I possess the body of a deity, and I command plagues, poisons, and venomous insects. Why would I be affected?"
"In Buddhist terms, though you are a deity, your body is still a physical form, unable to escape formation, abiding, decay, and emptiness. By the principles of the Daoist path, your body is merely a union of yin and yang and the five elements. I used the Dao of plague to infect the yin and yang and five elements within your body. Naturally, I can affect you."
Yu Chen grasped the banner in his hand and gave it a light shake. The deity lost all control and fell into it, becoming a pattern sealed within