The Old Gods

Chapter 1084 Settlement
There is no way to heaven and no way to earth.

Not only was the entrance to Jade Corpse Mountain sealed off, but its hollowed-out interior was also filled with countless minions that turned into jade powder, quickly piecing together white jade corpses and compressing Huangfu Zhao's living space!

How to do?
Huangfu Zhao's face was grim. As he recounted the techniques of the Dongting and Ziting Mopeng schools, he realized with despair that he had no ability to escape.

"Drink!!"

Huangfu Zhao roared angrily, unwilling to give up. In the increasingly confined space, he once again unleashed the evil technique, Demonic Roc's Might.

He should leave the same way he barged in!

But he still lacked a bit of momentum.

To make matters worse, the entire Jade Corpse Mountain is becoming increasingly compact.

"Ah! Ahhhhh!" Huangfu Zhao roared, charging wildly with all his might.

No more.

There is no hope.

Only layers of white jade corpses filled the interior of the mountain, repeatedly squeezing Huangfu Zhao's stone sculpture body.

"Crack!!"

The Thunderbird's shell exploded with a deafening roar, and its carcasses surged forth like a tidal wave.

At this moment, Huangfu Zhao stopped struggling.

The corpses rushing in from all directions all had faces contorted in pain, as if foreshadowing their impending doom.

"Heh." Huangfu Zhao suddenly laughed.

It was a smile that seemed to convey a sense of relief.

He has experienced far too much in his life, and has long since seen through life and death.

After the Yunhai Sect was destroyed and Sect Master Qiao was invited back to the mortal realm, he lived like a walking corpse, enslaved by the gods, and lived a muddled life in the heavenly realm.

Huangfu Zhao did not blame Sect Leader Qiao; he only felt honored to have been able to fight alongside Sect Leader Qiao for a while.

Even more fortunately, I was able to meet the young master many years later and escort him on his journey.

Gather the remnants, slay gods and demons.

This life hasn't been lived in vain.

almost.

So many Yunhai Sect disciples are waiting for him.
"Boom!"

The white jade corpses piled up and covered Huangfu Zhao's body.

The "crackling" sound was the sound of Huangfu Zhao's body continuously turning into jade and breaking into jade powder.

The human god, who was being squeezed so hard, stopped roaring and instead quietly accepted everything.

The lower leg was injured and the arm was broken.

The gray, stone-like surface was cracked and sunken inch by inch.
In the midst of the dizzying moment, Huangfu Zhao suddenly sensed something different.

Is this just my imagination?

Or perhaps, I am already dead?

Why did the surrounding huddled corpses suddenly disappear?

Only the corpses below surrounded him.
"Who are you?" a questioning voice came from ahead.

Huangfu Zhao was equally confused. Despite his broken body, he tried hard to pinpoint the direction from which the sound was coming from.

"Why am I here?" the woman's voice came again.

Besides being confused, she also seemed to be in great pain.

Huangfu Zhao opened his left eye and his right eye, which was mostly damaged, and tried hard to see what was in front of him.

Is that the Faceless Jade Venerable?

The faceless jade deity clutched his head with both hands, his face contorted in pain: "Who are you? Why... uh..."

Huangfu Zhao suddenly realized that he was really still alive!

why?
Because she wants to ask a question?
"唳~~~"

Huangfu Zhao's divine power surged, and the Thunder Bird's shell covered his battered body. The lightning shattered the jade skin, revealing the dark gray stone sculpture beneath.

Therefore, the divine body shrank even further.

Huangfu Zhao ignored the other party's questions and tried his best to escape.

But countless hands gripped his broken thigh, embraced his waist, and submerged his lower body.

Looking down, one sees faces of people who have died tragically.

The white jade corpses did not come back to life, but they could move. Under the mind of the Faceless Jade Venerable, they submerged Huangfu Zhao's lower body and firmly controlled him.

The Thunderbird's shell easily tore apart the surrounding Heavenly Realm minions.

However, it could not tear apart the white jade corpse.

"who I am"

At the summit of Jade Corpse Mountain, the enormous Jade Venerable held his head in one hand, looking down at the exposed half of the stone sculpture on the mountainside below.

She looked down at him, wanting to say something more, but Huangfu Zhao's eyes were bloodshot, and his divine power surged.

Brilliant electric currents flashed across Huangfu Zhao's shattered face, sparking in his broken eyeballs.

"call!!"

The sky was covered with dark clouds.

Without arms, he cannot summon the battle halberd; with broken legs, he cannot step out of the thunderous purple light.

But he can wear the Thunderbird's shell and grow wings on his back!
Even if he can't escape, it doesn't matter; he can still summon thick clouds to unleash massive bolts of lightning, like divine punishment, to destroy everything.

Unfortunately, this Jade Corpse Mountain does not fall within the category of "all things".

But it's okay.

Everything is over now.

Dongting Sect's second ultimate move: Thunderous Fury!
"Snap! Snap!"

Thunderclouds churned, and lightning struck.

The surrounding white jade city walls shattered, and countless jade minions fell. Even the majestic jade corpse mountain trembled, but it did not break.

"Why? I just want to ask you. I just want to know. Uh."

The faceless jade statue groaned in pain and shouted angrily.

Huangfu Zhao squeezed out a sentence through gritted teeth: "You deserve to die!" In the midst of the fine lightning, his vision suddenly blurred, and a figure appeared before him.

Huangfu Zhao's eyes widened suddenly!
The evil guardian's hands had already gripped his shoulders.

"Boom!" Countless white jade corpses churned beneath her feet, quickly engulfing Yan Shuangzi's calves.

"Shh!"

The two stone sculptures suddenly flashed away and disappeared without a trace.

"General Huangfu Tian!"

"Huangfu!" Concerned voices echoed from Mount Longshen.

To Huangfu Zhao, the voice was faint and indistinct, as if it came from the horizon.

"Crack."

The stone body was broken, shattered from the waist down.

There was no miracle for the upper body that was on the verge of collapse.

Huangfu Zhao accepted it calmly, but a faint sadness appeared in his eyes.

He was greeted by a black and gold fish, but he was so badly injured that he did not survive.

The stone is broken, and the mist has dissipated.

"Scatter!" In the thick fog, Jiang Ruyi decisively gave the order, picking up the money for the deceased and stepping forward.

High above the mountains, Qiao Wanjun stood on her sword, her lips pursed, gazing towards the southeast.

The thunderclouds were gradually dissipating, and the fine lightning no longer struck.

But Huangfu Zhao's final strike before his death clarified the location of Jade Corpse Mountain for everyone and paved a way for himself.

With eyes unlike any other god or demon, the Evil Shadow Guardian discovered and brought back Wan Jun's remains.

Bones signify the soul.

In the palm of the tomb, the soul signifies rebirth!

"The existing soldiers and generals of Dragon God Mountain will continue to guard this mountain," Jiang Ruyi's voice rang out again. "Everyone else, target Jade Corpse Mountain! Kill!"

"Yes!"

"Yes!" A series of indignant voices echoed across the battlefield.

The soldiers flew away from the sacred mountain, leaving the area of ​​dense fog that Huangfu Zhao had dispersed, and saw the direction that he had shown them with his life.

Jade Corpse Mountain is right there!
At this moment, the overwhelming number of Jade Venerable's minions were closing the city walls, clearly intending to hide the mountain of corpses.

Is the Jade Emperor's true form trying to escape?
That! Where! Can! Work?
Several Heavenly Emperors sped away, followed closely by divine generals and celestial warriors.

Countless frost swords and wind blades were unleashed, while a wisp of flame that pierced the sea arrived first, closing in on the white jade city wall even faster.

Before these attacks even arrived, two torrents of spears had already appeared directly in front of the city wall, opening up two wide passages.

There was another pool of blood, surging and churning.

Jiang Ruyi carefully collected Huangfu Zhao's soul and subconsciously looked down at her palm.

However, the fog was too thick, and she could not see the young man in the imperial robes.

Even without the mist, she couldn't see the river of memories surrounding the young man, nor could she see the floating, illusory ancient bronze coins.

"Whoo~"

Lu Ran slowly clenched his fist, and the last memory was compressed and solidified into a phantom ancient coin.

With a flick of his wrist, the Floating Life Coin flew out from the scroll of memories, and together with a large number of other Floating Life Coins, floated slowly around his body.

That's it.

"Whoo~"

Lu Ran opened his palm, and a large amount of Floating Life Money flew in, piling up in layers in his palm.

What is the essence of existence?
From Lu Ran's current perspective: existence is a flowing memory.

The soul of the living carries countless past events, while the faceless jade vessel has accumulated unimaginable experiences over the long years.

This caused Lu Ran immense suffering.

Fortunately, time has helped him a lot; most of the trivial things have become blurred in Yu Zun's mind.

What still exists in her soul are mostly those emotionally charged images.

Joy, anger, sorrow and joy.

They were like knives, carving out the faceless jade vessel as it is today, slice by slice.

All living beings are like this.

The reason you are who you are today is partly due to your innate personality traits, and partly due to the marks left on you by the passage of time.

The grains of rice you ate yesterday won't stay in your stomach forever.

But it will transform into a source of nutrition, sustaining your bodily functions at that moment and becoming a part of your life.

Similarly, every person you meet in your life, every event you experience, every piece of writing you read, and every success, failure, joy, and sorrow you taste.
Everything about it is like a knife.

Together, we have sculpted and shaped you into who you are today.

So now comes the problem.

When all these memories, when everything that has shaped you over the years is uprooted and completely removed...
What's left?
What will the faceless jade deity be at this moment?
Is it just a powerful body that is actually a helpless shell?
It is a void, a blank soul that cannot even define itself!

"Snapped."

Lu Ran held the lamb in his arms, grasping its head with one hand.

The frail creature had its skull easily crushed.

In an instant, another surge of dense divine power burst forth, and the immense divine soul of the Jade Venerable rose up.

"Lu Ran?" Jiang Ruyi immediately noticed that the energy concentration around her was abnormal.

The fragment of the magical artifact, the Coin of Rebirth, in his hand was also trembling, indicating that a spirit existed within its owner.

"Hmm." Lu Ran's face was sorrowful, still immersed in extreme emotions, as he put the thick stack of Floating Life Coins in his hand into the Blazing Phoenix Pattern Gourd.

He turned his gaze and looked through the mist, flames, and jade powder, and saw a white jade path that had just been carved out by the fighting.

In the far southeast, he witnessed his gods besieging Jade Corpse Mountain.

玉尊
Time to end.

(End of this chapter)