We Are Descendants of the Gods

Where did you get this idea from?

Do you realize how dangerous your thinking is?

As his only friend in the Guifang Kingdom, Deception Rabbit felt genuine fear for Xuan Hui.

Once this unorthodox idea spreads...

Xuan Hui will undoubtedly become a thorn in the side of the Gods of the Five Directions and will be eliminated as soon as possible.

"I was feeling lost the other day, so I went to look for clues and traces left behind by the former high priest."

With a deep gaze fixed on the distant priest's platform, Xuan Hui murmured to himself, his expression unchanged.

"The You Xiao was once the most outstanding high priest in the history of the Guifang Kingdom..."

"He even gained the simultaneous approval of four other gods besides the one you serve, all by his own power..."

"But his defection is shrouded in mystery, and to this day no one knows the true reason for his defection."

As Xuan Hui spoke, he reached into his robes and pulled out a book that had clearly been repaired.

"This is a book I found at his old site; it should have been destroyed."

"Perhaps it was carelessness, or perhaps the original searcher couldn't bear to destroy this book..."

"In short, this book eventually ended up in my hands, allowing me to see the true nature of the Gods of the Five Directions."

Upon hearing this, Deception Rabbit immediately looked at the book.

Unfortunately, just like Xiluo, who was completely illiterate, Deception Rabbit was also illiterate.

What does this book record?

Fortunately Deception Rabbit never hid his curiosity and went straight to the point.

"This book records a kingdom called Great Xia, a country in the Central Continent that is tens of thousands of miles away from the Guifang Kingdom."

"In that Central Continent Kingdom, the ruler is the supreme being."

"Priests, and even gods, must obey the king's commands."

"When the king is displeased, he will order the priests to recite his own deeds day and night, rather than to spread the faith and majesty of the gods."

"This book also says that the gods were originally just our ancestors..."

"Or rather, we are all Hou Yi of gods, not lambs domesticated by them."

After a slight pause, Xuan Hui spoke again in a low voice.

"The book I have now is actually incomplete; a lot of the latter half has been torn up."

"I suspect that what's recorded there is the method to becoming a god, and also the real reason why the You Xiao ultimately and mysteriously defected."

"He wanted to become a god in his mortal form, to become one of the new Gods of the Five Directions..."

"For this reason, the You Xiao even risked being ostracized by the Gods of the Five Directions to forcibly take away the Imprisoned Soul Cauldron."

Even after Xuan Hui finished speaking, Deception Rabbit was still unable to come to his senses.

Because the amount of information revealed by what the other party said was completely beyond the scope of Deception Rabbit's brain could bear and understand.

So... why are you telling me all this?

After struggling to Deception Rabbit could only stare at Xuan Hui in astonishment and ask.

"Because I need the Red-Haired Ghost's help, and you happen to be able to help me as well."

Without making any attempt to conceal his purpose, Xuan Hui turned around with great seriousness, as if he were not talking to Deception Rabbit.

"After the Roaring Heaven Clan returned, they issued a divine decree, saying that a Red-Haired Ghost had been born in the Hundred Lands Mountain Range, and that we must do everything in our power to subdue it."

"As long as we successfully defeat the Red-Haired Ghost, the Gods of the Five Directions might even overlook our sin of losing the Imprisoned Soul Cauldron."

"This is also why the king and his people have become so insane."

"I don't know why the Gods of the Five Directions value that Red-Haired Ghost, but I know this is my chance."

His voice gradually became more and more manic, and the smile on his face became increasingly unrestrained...

At this moment, Xuan Hui seemed to see through Deception Rabbit that red-haired mad ghost whose whole body was engulfed in flames.

"I can tell you where the soul of the Spring God, the Nüman, resides..."

"And what you need to do is very simple: help me destroy this increasingly insane sacrificial ritual!"

The location where the Nüman's soul resides is actually not considered hidden.

At least for the priests of the Guifang Kingdom, the soul of a god—even a prisoner's soul—is only worthy of being worshipped on the altar of a temple.

The temple altar is located at the far rear of the entire sacrificial altar.

That was the original ancestral temple of the Guifang Kingdom, and also the shrine where countless ancestors and heroes of the Guifang Tribe were enshrined.

It is precisely because of the sacrifices of those heroic ancestors.

The Guifang Kingdom has grown from a small tribe into a powerful state that governs a region.

The Gods of the Five Directions were then enshrined in the central position of the ancestral temple's shrine.

"I can only take you this far. I'm not qualified to enter the ancestral temple yet."

Standing outside the gate of the ancestral temple, Xuan Hui said this in a low voice.

On Xuan Hui's shoulder, the Sleepy Bug Deception Rabbit nodded and didn't ask for anything more.

After all, Xuan Hui had already diverted many of his guards along the way.

Otherwise, even if the location of the Nüman's soul was known in advance, it wouldn't be so easy for Deception Rabbit to sneak in.

"Then I wish you all the best in advance."

Like the vast majority of priest candidates.

Xuan Hui merely glanced at the Gods of the Five Directions in the ancestral temple's shrine from afar before turning and leaving.

Upon seeing this, the guards nearby simply exchanged smiles and didn't take it to heart at all.

Let alone a candidate priest like Xuan Hui.

Even the real priests would occasionally come to this ancestral temple to pay homage to the glory of their ancestors, and the guards had long been accustomed to it.

This is the ancestral land of the Guifang Kingdom, and no outsider has ever entered here since its establishment.

Buzzing...

It flew silently into the ancestral temple hall, without disturbing anyone Deception Rabbit the entire process.

However, it wasn't until she entered the ancestral temple's ancestral hall that Deception Rabbit realized just how large it was.

Thousands of memorial tablets were placed in the very center of the ancestral temple's ancestral hall.

Beneath the memorial tablets were skulls that were clearly well-maintained.

That's a custom that the Guifang Kingdom has had since its tribal era.

They believed that the head was the dwelling place of the ancestral soul and an essential object that must be worshipped along with the name and deeds.

It is no exaggeration to say that even if thousands of heads were randomly piled together, they could form a terrifying spectacle.

Not to mention the orderly and neat arrangement of the memorial tablets as they are now.

A simple visual estimate shows that the skulls occupy a third of the hall's area, spanning several hundred square meters.

Looking to both sides from the perspective of the ancestral tablets and skulls, what appears in Deception Rabbit's view are the symbols of the forces, countries, and gods that were once defeated by the Guifang Kingdom.

Monthly Pass / Recommendation Pass