Human Path Invasion!
Greed confuses the Five Aggregates, but the Votive Thoughts expressed do not affect the believer himself; only one entity is affected.
The deities who carry our Votive Thoughts!
"What? My Yin-Yang Road also harbors Heart Demon? How is that possible?"
The surging People's Wishes rose and fell behind Lü Liang, merging with his Divine Sense and pouring into the Yin-Yang Pagoda. This was supposed to bring about changes to the Yin-Yang Pagoda, allowing it to completely suppress Qiu Yan according to his will.
However, under the influence of greed amplified by Heart Demon, the consciousness of the deity is disturbed, and their thoughts become blurred.
The thoughts of believers are like poppies; they taste sweet, but over time, their minds will be affected by their toxins. If they are not purified and filtered, and are simply accepted blindly, the gods will change in the form the believers desire, their temperament will change drastically, and they will lose themselves.
Right now, Lü Liang is facing such a situation. Driven by his Heart Demon, his greedy Votive Thoughts are intense and violent. However, since they are short-lived, even Third Grade deity like Lü Liang, who is caught off guard and falls into the trap, will not have his temperament changed immediately. Once his Divine Sense become clear again, he will calm down his greedy Votive Thoughts with a turn of his mind.
Unfortunately, it was too late.
In the instant his consciousness waned, several Heart Demon Fragment devoured the People's Wishes, growing stronger at all costs. They did nothing earth-shattering, nor did they take the opportunity to attack Lü Liang's Divine Sense. They simply followed the surging People's Wishes into the Yin-Yang Pagoda, and then exploded with a bang!
In an instant, the demonic energy spread, and thoughts drifted aimlessly.
The Yin-Yang Pagoda, which was radiating immense power, suddenly stopped!
At this moment, the aura emanating from the tower almost solidified, pressing Qiu Yan's body down dozens of feet into the ground. Now that it stopped, the aura did not dissipate, but exploded with a bang, turning into a gale that swept across the entire Netherworld Domain.
Amidst the chaos, within Qiu Yan's Divine Body, the Divine Pool boiled, and suddenly a beam of light shot out. Within it, several Sage Spirit, drawing upon a sliver of Human Path Order, shot straight upwards, projecting from his eyes, soaring high and disappearing into the gray sky of the Netherworld in the blink of an eye.
On the other side, Lü Liang had no time to spare. He was busy contacting the Yin-Yang Pagoda with his Divine Sense, mobilizing its immense power to barely stabilize the tower. Then, driven by surging rage, he used the Yin-Yang Pagoda's vast power to obliterate the Heart Demon Fragment that had infiltrated it.
Snap! Snap! Snap!
Using a sledgehammer to crack a nut!
In the blink of an eye, the Heart Demon Fragment were completely destroyed.
The power of the Yin-Yang Pagoda far exceeded that of Lü Liang himself. Although the Heart Demon Fragment had accumulated and matured over a long period of time, and were now much more resilient than before, they were still insufficient to sustain the attack and could not withstand it at all.
After doing all this, Lü Liang didn't stop, and drove the Yin-Yang Pagoda to crash down!
Boom!
The Domain of Law trembled. Qiu Yan's Divine Body, along with the land stretching for ten miles, was shattered by the impact of the Yin-Yang Pagoda!
Within this area, whether it's the Netherworld Forest, the City of People's Wishes, or the Netherworld spirits living within them, everything is utterly shattered without exception!
Even the three Subordinate Deity were caught up in it due to the distance, and their fates are unknown.
Rumble!
The aftershocks traveled for miles, echoing back and forth.
Crackle!
Within the Domain of Law, the restrictions everywhere were shattered by the aftershocks, bursting forth with bursts of light that transformed into runes that flowed and dissipated.
Even the disguises used to conceal and protect the Domain of Law were destroyed.
The entire Domain of Law was instantly exposed.
The exposure of Domain of Law and the far-reaching repercussions are undoubtedly dangerous for a deity. If it were noticed by a high-ranking deity with ill intentions, it could very well lead to annihilation.
However, Lü Liang had no time to worry about any of that; he was single-mindedly focused on destroying Qiu Yan, and he didn't even care about the innate talisman or the Underworld's regulations.
"No matter how clever or ingenious you are, no matter how many schemes and tricks you devise, before absolute power, there is only one path: death!"
Once the storm had subsided and the dust had cleared from the base of the Yin-Yang Pagoda, Lü Liang looked at the cracks along the edge of the tower's base, uttered a cold sentence, and then began to breathe heavily, his aura plummeting to its lowest point.
There was a look of relief on his face as he let out a long breath, finally putting his mind at ease.
"Finally, that nascent Primordial Spirit has been suppressed?"
Dozens of miles away, the Prefectural God also breathed a sigh of relief. After the Yin-Yang Pagoda was activated, he escaped immediately and led several deities to this place to watch from afar.
The battle between Qiu Yan and Lü Liang was not just a personal feud between the two; in a sense, it also concerned the fate of these Circuit City God Subordinate Deity.
If Qiu Yan wins, the future will undoubtedly be uncertain.
"I never imagined that Lesser God we took for granted back then would stir up such a massive wave."
"If we give him more time, the consequences will be unimaginable!"
"It's already bad enough. Your Domain of Law is almost destroyed. Fortunately, we've finally suppressed that Primordial Spirit and eliminated any future troubles."
Beside the Prefect, several deities exchanged Divine Sense, all revealing fear and lingering apprehension. Even though they believed Qiu Yan had been suppressed, they dared not utter a word of disrespect.
When Qiu Yan and Lü Liang first became enemies, these gods, for various reasons, did not intend to intervene. However, after witnessing the battle just now, they all felt a chill run down their spines.
The Prefect narrowed his eyes, gazing at Lü Liang in the sky, and said, "In this battle, the losses of the Domain of Law are secondary, but the loss of so many souls will surely be of concern to the Underworld. I Circuit City God will handle this?"
No sooner had he finished speaking than a beam of light flew in from the horizon.
Whoosh!
The light flashed and transformed into a token in front of Lü Liang.
Underworld Token!
The token trembled, and rows of strange characters fell down, completely different from the fonts used in the mortal world.
Upon seeing these lines of text, Lü Liang frowned, stretched out his finger, concentrated his Divine Sense at his fingertip, and was about to touch it.
Just then...
Boom!
A thunderclap exploded!
A bolt of lightning streaked across the sky!
The lightning was blinding, stretching for hundreds of miles, spanning the entire Netherworld Domain. Not content with that, it even extended beyond the Circuit City God Domain of Law, reaching deep into the Netherworld!
At that moment, the flash of lightning illuminated the gray Netherworld as bright as day.
Bathed in the light, everyone—from Lü Liang, who was reaching out his hand, to the prefectural god with his own thoughts, and even the gods who were still feeling both fear and relief—froze in place, all looking up in unison.
Lightning swirled in the sky, and a massive rift opened up above the River of Forgetfulness!
The lightning flickered, releasing a spiritual essence containing the rudiments of Human Path, as well as the superficial layers of Human Path Order. The two intertwined, acting like a catalyst, drawing out strands of Human Path Order from the cracks.
These Human Path Order surged and raged, and once revealed, they were like boiling oil poured into a raging fire, causing the dark winds in the sky to rage wildly.
Then, the threads of Human Path Order transformed into streaks of lightning.
Boom!
One of the arrows fell straight down, striking Lü Liang directly!
This lightning bolt came fast, accurately, and ruthlessly!
A powerful sense of crisis surged through Lü Liang's heart. Before he could even utter a sound, his Divine Body was completely exposed to the lightning!
"Aaaaaah!"
The next moment, Lü Liang screamed in agony. The lightning seemed to possess sentience, moving in and out of his Divine Body. The divine power that constituted his Divine Body was stripped away by the Human Path Order within the lightning and rapidly collapsed!
"Impossible! Impossible! Why would this happen?"
Faced with this sudden calamity, Lü Liang's mind was in disarray.
Human Path! Human Path! Human Path!
Human Path Invasion!
Divine Path power receded, it disintegrated and degenerated, reverting to incense Votive Thoughts, which quickly evaporated.
Then, human figures formed of steam rose continuously from Lü Liang's body, drifting upwards before finally dissipating and vanishing without a trace.
"Come back! Come back!"
Feeling his Divine Body growing thinner and thinner, his power constantly draining away, and his foundation shaking, Lü Liang could no longer maintain his composure. He panicked, and an uncontrollable fear spread through his heart. He even howled without regard for his image, desperately trying to call back the Incense and Fire Prayer Power that had evaporated.
The divine power that was shattered by the Human Path Lightning was not simply consumed, but completely vanished, along with its foundation, and ceased to exist!
Swish!
Suddenly, the light emanating from Lü Liang changed, and the divine power radiance transformed from silver to a deep blue!
He had lost too much power, his foundation had completely collapsed, and his cultivation level had regressed!
"My Divine Rank..."
Whoosh!
Just then, the lightning bolt passed through his spirit, struck the ground, and merged into the Netherworld.
Lü Liang thus gained a chance to catch his breath, but before he could even recover, he instinctively shifted rapidly, heading towards the edge of the Netherworld Domain.
He's trying to escape!
A deity forced to flee his own Netherworld Domain —this is almost unimaginable, a strange tale, yet it actually happened.
The power of Human Path first fell to the Divine Grade, forcing the gods to flee in disarray!
This scene, witnessed Subordinate Deity the City God watching the battle, sent chills down their spines.
However, what happened next terrified them so much that their minds went blank; if they had any souls left, they would have been scared Spirit Projection!
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Just as Lü Liang had barely escaped to the edge of the Netherworld, he was suddenly struck by one, two, three, four... ten, twenty, fifty bolts of Human Path Lightning!
Rumble!
Thunder roared through the heavens and earth, causing Lü Liang's Divine Body to tremble violently. He vanished into thin air amidst the lightning, leaving only a talisman spinning rapidly.
Then, those bolts of lightning struck the ground and merged into the Netherworld.
Shock!
Within the Domain of Law, all the souls suddenly trembled, and a "crack" sound came from within each soul, as if something had broken, followed by a feeling of waking up from a deep dream.
In that instant, they felt as if they were wanderers reunited with their loved ones.
Beyond the Domain of Law, Wandering Soul were fleeing in panic. They were frightened by the aftermath of the battle between Qiu Yan and Lü Liang and were fleeing to avoid being caught in the crossfire.
But suddenly, lightning illuminated the heavens and the earth, and the Wandering Soul stopped, looked up, and felt a sense of longing.
High above, in the River of Forgetfulness, a crack runs through the entire river. Within that crack, an enormous consciousness suddenly leaps and slowly awakens.
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