The Old Gods

Chapter 998 A Dream Called Reincarnation
An ancient city called Yugu City was built inside Yumen Pass.

Once, a divine jade talisman stood in the city, but now it has been transformed into a statue of a goddess of unparalleled beauty.

She wore a noble phoenix robe, her long hair cascading down like a waterfall, her exquisite face expressionless, and her eyes devoid of any emotion.

It silently speaks of her aloofness and indifference.

The Jade Lonely City beneath the divine statue seemed shrouded in an invisible chill, eerily quiet.

Perhaps she didn't do it intentionally, but her very existence was enough to silence all the liveliness in this world and plunge all the boiling emotions into an ice cave.

Unbeknownst to most, in a secluded courtyard within the inner city, Jiang Ruyi's celestial physical body was sitting on a bench in an octagonal pavilion, scrolling through news on her phone.

It's quite magical.

If the people inside and outside the ancient city knew that their revered deity was playing on his phone...
I wonder how interesting people's expressions will be?
"God bless the Great Xia, the gods descend upon the world!"

Once the pride of the Xia Dynasty, now standing shoulder to shoulder with the gods!

He said, "Don't fall before dawn."

Suddenly, Jiang Ruyi's finger stopped sliding down, and a photo appeared on the screen.

The photo shows a crowded scene with countless arms reaching out towards the young man standing in mid-air, trying to grab his clothes.

Jiang Ruyi seemed to see people using their bodies to build a bonfire.

Directly above, the young man's back is fluttering in the breeze.

The smoky, misty green gauze seemed to be the faint smoke rising from the campfire.

The silken ribbons, as delicate and ethereal as the sunset, fluttered gracefully, making the young man's silhouette appear even more dreamlike and illusory.

A strange light flashed in Jiang Ruyi's eyes, and she didn't look away for a long time.

Then a voice called out from afar: "Madam, the Great Xia military has arrived outside the city. Master Song has sent me to ask you whether they should be allowed to enter the city to pay their respects."

The speaker was An Xian, a disciple of the Burning Sect.

Within Yugu City, there are three disciples of the Burning Sect: Song Yu, the head of the Flying Immortal Hall, and two deputy heads, Zhang Zhenghu and An Xian.

All three of them were once disciples of Yu Fu, and were thrown into Holy Spirit Mountain in the same batch as Jiang Ruyi. They followed Madam Ranmen until they became her disciples.

All three were from Jiangjing and stayed in the second or third section of Jiangjing.

This strength is not much to boast about within Holy Spirit Mountain, but it is more than enough for carrying out missions in the human world.

"Mmm," Jiang Ruyi responded softly.

“Yes.” An Xian took her leave, while Jiang Ruyi suddenly turned her head and sensed a fluctuation of divine power beside her.

Lu Ran was startled and instinctively took a step back.

Jiang Ruyi glared at Lu Ran reproachfully, then looked down at her phone: "The speech was good, very inspiring."

"It's alright~" Lu Ran scratched his head awkwardly.

Jiang Ruyi ignored Lu Ran and simply swiped her finger across the screen, passing over someone's photo.

"Hey? Whose phone is this?" Lu Ran leaned closer.

"I had Anxian borrow it from the disciples in the city."

"Ha! That guy is really honored, his phone was used and drunk by the goddess!"

"Ha." Jiang Ruyi was genuinely amused by the situation.

The figure she admired in the photo just moments ago is now standing beside her, and her image has plummeted!
It's like a toy doll, covered in sensor switches, sensitive and fragile.

It squeaks and screams at the slightest glance.
"How is the Heavenly Battlefield? Is everything normal?" Lu Ran stepped forward.

"Hmm." Jiang Ruyi nodded slightly. "It seems that the Evil Spear Emperor is still a man of his word."

"I'm also very trustworthy; I didn't expose the lies of the gods and demons." Lu Ran snorted, walked around behind the god, and casually picked up the smoky blue gauze at his waist.

Just yesterday, after Jiang Ruyi, Yu Changsheng, and others successfully transformed into gods, the Ranmen sect held a meeting.

Afterwards, Yu Changsheng, in a Heavenly Realm body, went to the Gun Saint Mountain in the northwest of the Heavenly Realm battlefield to pay respects to the leader of the Northwest forces—the Evil Gun Emperor!

The attitude of the Burning Gate is very clear: its arrival in the world is a foregone conclusion and cannot be stopped.

The Burning Gate guarantees that it will not tear off the fig leaf of gods and demons, and will ensure that the gods of the Northwest forces, and even the gods of the world, will still have believers to worship them, maintaining its core base.

In the future, if the Burning Gate fails, the gods and demons can continue to maintain their carefully crafted lies.

In the near future, the Burning Gate will not launch a large-scale attack on the Northwest Camp. Instead, it will rebuild and guard the major sacred mountains, protect the Heavenly Battlefield, and fight against the Faceless Jade Venerable.

Your gods and demons faction shouldn't take this opportunity to cause trouble.

Humans can be seen as a resource, or as spoils of war by the ultimate victor.

The struggle between our two forces should remain on the battlefield in the celestial realm.

It should be kept at the level of gods and demons.

We'll discuss in detail who wins and who loses, or what methods will be used to achieve unity of purpose and objectives, after the 15th.

Of course, the Burning Gate's stance and attitude are very firm, but the envoy they sent out was Mr. Dragon, and his communication with the Evil Spear Emperor should have fully demonstrated the art of language.

"Coming right away~" Lu Ran stood behind Fairy Jiang, folded the smoky green gauze into strips, and covered her eyes.

Jiang Ruyi sat obediently on the bench, letting him do as he pleased: "Since the Evil Spear Emperor is like this, we don't need to rush. We can make full preparations."

Within the Burning Gate, many disciples are advancing to the Heavenly Realm.

Lu Ran nodded secretly.

Bai Yan Hui, Liu Huo Shi Wei, and Wei Yun have all advanced to the Heavenly Realm, and Chang Ying and Jin Que Er are also in the process of advancing.

Behind them is Niu Zhengzheng, who is at the peak of the Sea Realm and may break through at any time.

Behind them were Guan Yiren, Tian Tian, ​​and others who had already advanced to the fourth stage of the Sea Realm.

Jiang Ruyi said softly, "Once you're done with these few days, it's time for you to go into the gourd and receive proper nourishment so you can advance to the third level of the Heavenly Realm as soon as possible."

"Mmm." Lu Ran picked up the two ends of the smoky blue gauze and tied a beautiful bow behind her head.

Finally! With the deity's imposing aura completely gone, Lu Ran was finally free.

"At that time, have the soldiers take turns on duty to ensure that someone is always releasing holy energy for you. Hmm." Jiang Ruyi's body trembled slightly.

Someone had already removed the blood crystal mask, leaned down and embraced her from behind, his delicate lips landing on her neck.

Jiang Ruyi's cheeks gradually flushed, and even her fair and delicate earlobes were tinged with pink.

She lowered her head slightly and said softly, "I'm going to start accepting believers in a little while."

"Hmm." Lu Ran naturally knew what was important and restrained himself. He then gently kissed her luscious red lips before straightening up.

Jiang Ruyi leaned back slightly and nestled gently in his arms: "It seems the Phoenix Robe is about to be upgraded again."

"Oh?" Lu Ran's eyes lit up.

This is a great thing!

The third-tier Phoenix Robe is already incredibly powerful, so how powerful must the fourth-tier Phoenix Robe be?
Jiang Ruyi said in a low voice, "Its advancement path should rise with the status of its master. This time, our descent into the world and the need to recruit believers will greatly benefit the Phoenix Robe."

Lu Ran pondered, "Then why don't you bring your original body over here? And recruit believers while wearing a real phoenix robe?"

The divine statue standing in Jade Lonely City is not the real Xianmo.

It has become a split stone sculpture, with only an outer shell and an empty interior.

Yumen Pass is located in the northwest of the Great Xia Dynasty. If the true form of Xianmo were to reside here, it would truly be a deep infiltration into the enemy's rear.

After the gods of the Burning Gate descended to earth, they immediately created stone pillars beneath their feet and peered into the gate of the demon cave below.

The ever-growing stone pillar pierced through the upper and lower levels of the demon cave, finally bursting open the vortex of dark clouds in the third heaven and stabbing into the celestial battlefield.

Some of the stone pillars pierced directly into the sacred mountain.

Some sacred mountains were severely damaged, so the gods of the Burning Gate created stone avatars to continuously pile up stones and restore the sacred mountains.

These abilities will be naturally acquired after becoming a god.

The Burning Gate also has many gods and demons under its command who can share their experiences, so this is not a difficult thing.

It is worth mentioning that although Jiang Ruyi was in the northwest of the Great Xia Dynasty, the stone pillar extending from her feet pierced through the gate of the Demon Cave, which resembled a curtain of starry sky, and finally opened up a vortex of dark clouds directly above the Bee Elephant Divine Mountain in the southwest region of the Heavenly Battlefield.

At this moment, there were four dark cloud vortexes on Mount Fengxiang.

They came from Jiang Ruyi, the Mad Immortal Protector, the Xuan Shuang Guardian, and the Tu Feng Heavenly General, respectively. There were also two generals, Feng Yan and Feng Yan, stationed on the mountain.

In the southwest region, there is another adjacent Star Moon Divine Mountain, which is guarded by the Burning Gate warriors led by the Leng siblings.

These two sacred mountains, together with the Blood Dust Sacred Mountain where Lord Immortal Sheep resides, form a triangle.

There are triangles in the southwest, and there are also triangles in the southeast.

The bamboo forest sacred mountain that once belonged to Bihe-Qiansiying has now been requisitioned by Yu Changsheng. He led Caishenjiang and others to create a vortex of dark clouds above the sacred mountain and pierce into the mountain body.

Thus, Conglongshen Mountain, located in the southeast of the battlefield, together with Yanzhishen Mountain and Nüyingshen Mountain on the southeast front, formed a triangle.

At the same time, the Dragon God Mountain, which is stationed at the rear of the front line, together with the Southern Pear Garden God Mountain occupied by Emperor Wu and the Central Golden Jade God Mountain occupied by Emperor Feng, can form a triangle.

It is evident that the geographical location of Yu Changsheng is quite important!

Besides triangles, there are also lines connecting three points, and lines that depend on each other in pairs.

For example, Yan Zhi and Nü Ying Shen Shan can form an arc with the Eastern Front and Huangfu Zhao's occupation of Lei Ting Shen Shan.

For example, the Nightmare Guardian is stationed in the far north, and the North Wind Divine Mountain she commands is adjacent to the Sword One Divine Mountain, which is located in the central and northern parts of the country.

The overall layout of the Burning Gate in the Heavenly Realm was the result of discussions among the generals and soldiers.

Let go of what should be let go, and hold on to what should be held on.

They are as close as lips and teeth, relying on each other.

It was also thanks to the fact that the warriors of the Burning Gate had fought their way here and had plenty of energy in their bodies; otherwise, such a layout might not have been completed in such a short time.

Forget about reshaping the sacred mountain; just opening up the vortex of dark clouds consumed a huge amount of the gods' primordial energy.

Meanwhile, the number of gods and demons on the celestial battlefield is dwindling. At this juncture, recruiting believers in the mortal realm is indeed a wise choice.

"Madam, Sect Leader!" A voice came from afar, clearly hesitant.

When Anxian saw that there was a young man in the pavilion, and especially when she saw that the lady's eyes were covered by a light veil, she immediately realized that she had come at a very bad time!
"What?" Lu Ran turned his head to look.

"The troops are ready," An Xian said, bowing her head.

"Understood," Jiang Ruyi replied, then added softly, "There's no need to use my true form. I'm connected to the artifact by thought, and it can sense me."

"call!!"

The divine afterimage abruptly detached from its physical body, and a massive afterimage appeared to the side of the divine statue, looking down at the city below.

Lu Ran held the still-dissipating fairy body in his arms, straining to look up and saw her naturally hanging jade hand, scattering a faint mist.

Wisps of celestial mist descended upon the devout worshippers in the city.

In a daze, Lu Ran seemed to return to the altar of worship in his second year of high school.

On that day, the young and weak boy finally met his god.

The gods gave him the means to strive and the means to survive.

Now he leads the gods of the Burning Gate back to the mortal realm, spreading out countless divine afterimages that blot out the sky throughout the Great Xia Dynasty, protecting all living beings.

They bestow divine power upon people, helping them to persevere and strive to survive in this dangerous world.

"Pfft~"

The fairy in his arms shattered silently, turning into wisps of celestial mist.

Lu Ran's arms were suddenly empty as he picked up the fallen smoky blue gauze.

everything,
It felt like a dream.

(End of this chapter)