Battle with a God, Resonance Through the Brush

Snap! Snap!

With two soft sounds, two "deities" landed in front of the Yin-Yang Pagoda. Looking up, the entire tower came into view. Compared to before, with Lü Liang presiding over it, the Yin-Yang Pagoda exuded vitality, giving Qiu Yan a feeling as if it had come alive.

It vaguely resembles a living thing!

"Last time I came, my cultivation level was still low, and my understanding of the Divine Path was limited, so I didn't notice much. But this time, it's clearly different. However, if this tower is truly alive, it should be guided by a soul. There's not much time to investigate right now..."

As he pondered, he collected his thoughts, cleared his mind of distractions, controlled the two "gods," and stepped inside!

"My lord, Feng Zhen and Wu Fan, but they came together. There must be some hidden secret behind this."

On the second floor of the Yin-Yang Pagoda, there were rooms of all sizes. The Prefectural Judge was standing in a spacious hall, his face respectful, head bowed and eyes lowered, reporting the situation to Lü Liang, who was sitting in a chair.

This hall is spacious; in terms of area, it clearly exceeds the cross-section of the second floor of the Yin-Yang Pagoda, as if a huge palace is contained within a small pagoda.

This is a scene created by compressing space using Divine Ability powers, something that ordinary deities simply cannot grasp.

"They're here? That's good. Perhaps they met on the road and traveled together. After all, I extracted Feng Zhen's talisman information and gave Wu Fan an ultimatum. Anyone with the will wouldn't dare not come."

Lü Liang said this calmly, his eyes Chaos with a hazy, unfocused light, as if some Divine Eye characters were flowing within them.

This is the information that Lü Liang was exploring about the Yin-Yang Pagoda. During his time in heaven, his connection with the Yin-Yang Pagoda was severed, and he could no longer control what happened inside the tower.

The Yin-Yang Pagoda was crafted by Lü Liang's disciple, the now revered Jade Spirit Star Lord Yu Star Lord. After obtaining it, Lü Liang combined it with his Fleshly God and spirit. However, given his current Divine Rank, he cannot yet control it at will.

After dealing with his immediate matters, his first task was to investigate the changes in the tower, prevent any unforeseen events, and solidify the foundation for his livelihood.

But this investigation led him to discover something unusual.

Slowly frowning, Lü Liang's Divine Sense merged with the tower, and a flood of information rushed in, allowing him to quickly understand the recent records and changes inside and outside the tower.

"Hmm?" Suddenly, Lü Liang's heart stirred, and he reached out a finger and flicked it slightly, triggering a Karmic Thread. This thread trembled and actually connected with the two "deities" in the hall on the first floor.

These two gods are none other than the "Fire Sovereign" and the "Child-Giving God".

"Something's wrong!" A glint flashed in Lü Liang's eyes, and he made a hand seal. The Yin-Yang Pagoda immediately responded, its body trembling as the binding force surged from all directions, pressing down on the two deities who had just entered the hall!

"Oh? It's been exposed so quickly? Oh well, since we're already inside the tower, we might as well go all out and interrupt his investigation of the Yin-Yang Pagoda, so that our backup plan won't be exposed immediately."

Thinking this, the two Divine Spirit Body, transforming into phantoms, then overlapping, unleashing a surging aura that resembled the shouts of ten thousand people, with waves of energy spreading outwards.

The oppressive force emanating from all around was actually blocked!

Boom!

His outburst caused a loud bang in the hall filled with divine inspiration, followed by silence. The busy gods stood frozen in place, their gazes shifting to the superimposed double gods, watching their appearance change, and revealing expressions of surprise!

The two gods overlapped, their auras and Domain of Law shifting rapidly, revealing an aura that only deities could discern.

"It's that Min Yuan!"

In the second-floor hall, Lü Liang remotely sensed the scene and noticed what was happening in the hall. He caught sight of the overlapping figure and sensed a familiar aura—an aura etched into his very being that had once cast a shadow over his path to Divine Path, an aura he would never forget.

"Very well! Min Yuan! How dare you! Disguising yourself as the Fire Sovereign and the Child-Giving God to try and fool me is clearly malicious. Do you know that the Heavenly Soldiers and Generals have not yet descended to the mortal realm and want to take advantage of my unstable position to settle the score with me? What a joke! I, the Grace-Bestowing True Lord, mobilize Heavenly Soldiers and Generals to deal with a mere Lesser God? You overestimate yourself and are simply ignorant of your own limitations!"

Enraged, Lü Liang laughed, severing his connection with the Yin-Yang Pagoda. The Chaos light in his Divine Eye vanished, replaced by a gleaming light.

"This Min Primordial Spirit attacked at this time, which shows that he knows about your whereabouts. It is very likely that there is a spy in the Divine Office who is tipping him off."

Beside him, the Prefectural God suddenly spoke up, saying, "This god disguises himself as the Fire Sovereign and the Child-Giving God, making it almost impossible to distinguish the real from the fake. If it weren't for Your Excellency's decision to imprison him, he wouldn't have been so easily exposed. The reasons behind this are worth pondering."

The meaning behind his words was not hard to understand; he was actually implying that Fire Sovereign and the Child-Giving God were colluding with Qiu Yan.

"No, with Fire Sovereign's arrogant temperament, how could he possibly associate with a new god? As for Feng Zhen, I have already investigated the talisman that I control, and there is no mistake about it!" Lü Liang said decisively, revealing the ruthless and decisive aura of a superior.

However, he also harbored the same concerns deep down, but he couldn't reveal them, otherwise it would damage his authority. As a person in a superior position, he didn't want anyone to understand his thoughts.

The Prefect nodded and said, "In that case, I will immediately give orders to the Gate God, Wandering God, and other guardian deities to capture Min Yuan!"

"Let them keep Min Yuan occupied. This Min Yuan is not to be underestimated. He dares to show up, he must have something to rely on. How can a Lesser God be his match? I have to take action myself!" As Lü Liang spoke, he took a step forward, his clothes swung, his court robes twisted and transformed into a military uniform, and his fiery red cloak fluttered behind him.

"This Min Yuan has some courage, but he overlooked one thing. If he had directly attacked the City God's Netherworld Domain, that would have been one thing, but he cleverly came to the Yin-Yang Pagoda, which is courting death! What can he possibly do inside this tower?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the two gods walked out of the main hall one after the other. Lü Liang waved his hand, and the entire Yin-Yang Pagoda shook!

Expand!

The main hall on the first floor of the Yin-Yang Pagoda suddenly expanded out of thin air. The gods around Qiu Yan moved away, but some gods with slightly stronger auras moved closer and released their Domain of Law to create barriers to cover Qiu Yan's Divine Spirit Body!

Qiu Yan narrowed his eyes and spoke. Voices rose all around, colliding and sparking before igniting!

"Go!"

At a command, flames scattered, shooting out like arrows. The approaching deities, whose divine power barriers had not yet been fully formed, were shattered by the flames, their Divine Body suffering heavy blows. They then hastily retreated, afraid of falling behind.

Just then, a majestic voice came from above—

"It seems you've made considerable progress lately! And you're getting bolder too!"

As soon as the voice fell, Lü Liang arrived on the wind. His cloak fluttered behind him, his hand clenched into a fist, and he pressed forward. Accompanying this was an immense force, as if millions of people in Jiannan Circuit had attacked together, millions of fists converging into one, and surging downwards!

The power unleashed by millions of people simultaneously was more intense than a flash flood. Before the force even arrived, their momentum and aura had already crashed down on the ground like a tidal wave, forcibly pressing Qiu Yan's Divine Spirit Body into the earth!

This is still inside the Yin-Yang Pagoda. After Qiu Yan landed on the ground, his Divine Body was trapped by the tower, and a strange force arose from the soles of his feet, trying to pull him deeper and suppress him!

"If you fight me, you will be making an enemy of the millions of people in Jiannan Circuit. I act in the name of the people!"

Lü Liang sneered and threw a punch. The force of the punch twisted into a gale, like a storm, and assaulted Qiu Yan's body, compressing his divine power and Domain of Law and forcing them back into Qiu Yan's body. He wanted to work with the entire Yin-Yang Pagoda to take him down in one fell swoop!

Gale-force winds, torrential rain, countless difficulties and dangers!

In the humble hut in the Lin Zhong, Qiu Yan's Fleshly Body imbued the surging momentum unleashed by Lü Liang into his pen, pouring it onto the paper. With a flick of his wrist, the outer perimeter of the tribal stronghold gradually took shape, layer upon layer of dense forest, clearly defined from near to far.

Then, with a stroke of the pen, the lines transformed into a whirlwind, the ink drops into raindrops, and dark clouds filled the sky, overwhelming everything and creating a feeling of irresistible force.

Dark clouds loom over the city, threatening to crush it.

This oppressive feeling burst forth from the painting, like a wave crashing and surging outwards. The surrounding dilapidated houses and walls could not contain it at all, and it spread outwards and surged through the clearing in the Lin Zhong.

The scholars Inner Courtyard noticed the change immediately and felt a sense of oppression.

This oppressive feeling, which was about to spread in Eight Directions, was blocked and obstructed by the formation that emerged from the farmland, and then pulled into the formation, which then rotated and enveloped the area.

The momentum spiraled, dispersing yet not collapsing, as if something was brewing.

The many scholars within the confines, each with their own thoughts, found their ideas suppressed under this shroud, giving rise to a desire to rebel and erupt!

This emotion was drawn in, gathered in the room, entered Qiu Yan's heart, and then reached his Divine Spirit Body, finally combining with the Human Path Fire and erupting forth!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Scholars' thoughts are inherently intertwined with Literary Thought, giving them the power to ward off ghosts and spirits. However, each person's talent and learning differ, making them inferior to great sages Grand Confucian, so their abilities are weak. Now, with these talents gathered together and Qiu Yan's guidance, a tremendous change has occurred.

Inside the Yin-Yang Pagoda, the aura of the masses surged, driven by Lü Liang, impacting and suppressing the Divine Spirit Body. The Divine Spirit Body, embedded in the bottom of the tower, seemed to be sinking into a quagmire, slowly descending, but its momentum did not diminish. Suddenly, it opened its mouth and spewed out flames, the surging Literary Thought within twisting into a single force, merging with the Human Path Flame, forming a protective shield around the Divine Spirit Body.

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I arrived at the location around 4 PM and am now going to have lunch with the other authors. The time for the next chapter is undecided, but I'll try to finish it around 10 PM.