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Chapter 412 The Orthodoxy of the Gods
Under the iron ruler were two people, one old and one young. The old man had white eyebrows and beard, but there was no wrinkle on his face, and he had a youthful face despite his white hair.

The boy was only fourteen or fifteen years old, in the prime of his life, with the childishness and sharpness unique to young people.

The clothes worn by these two people are full of ancient style, and the colors of their long robes are mainly black and red.

It was the old man's palm that blocked the iron ruler.

His palm was skinny, but when the huge black iron pillar pressed down, it could not shake this palm at all!

Suddenly, Chen Shi's voice came: "Want to leave? Can you leave?"

On the hilltop where Wang Lingguan’s Fire Palace was located, a sudden surge of thunder occurred. With a crackling sound, lightning burst out and struck this side!
At the same time as the thunder tide came to the sky above the Zhang Tian Iron Ruler, Chen Shi stepped on the end of the thunder tide and came here. He raised his hand to grab it, and the Zhang Tian Iron Ruler quickly shrank to three inches in length and flew up with a whoosh.

Chen Shi made a sword gesture with his hands and held it in front of his chest. The iron ruler was flying around him. Looking down, two figures, one old and one young, came into view.

He had long suspected that this demonic transformation was caused intentionally by someone.

Although there are many demons in the underworld, their distribution is not fixed. This time, the demonic transformation is centered around Wang Lingguan's Fire Palace. It is obvious that they do not want Wang Lingguan to be resurrected, so they have triggered many demonic transformations, trying to demonize all the gods in Lingguan's Fire Palace.

The old man with a childlike face raised his head, met Chen Shi's gaze, and suddenly took the young man's hand and took a step back. After this step, the two of them were already a hundred miles away.

"Leave!"

Chen Shi raised his foot and slammed it hard, and the world changed. The old man took a second step and returned to the original place, as if he had never left!
At the same time, Chen Shi thrust out his sword, and the iron ruler flew through the air with a whoosh and landed between the old man's eyebrows!

The old man looked stunned and took another step back, but instead of retreating, he moved forward and rushed towards the iron ruler.

"What a magical power!"

The old man with a childlike face raised his hand and gently pinched it with two fingers, but as soon as he pinched the Iron Ruler, he realized something was wrong. The Iron Ruler expanded with a roar, breaking free from the restraints of his two fingers. Even with the strength of his fingers, he was unable to compete with the Iron Ruler!

The Iron Ruler came towards him at an astonishing speed. At the same time, Qiankun Bian pulled him head-on into the Iron Ruler!
Chen Shi did not attack him.

There never was.

Previously, Chen Shi had raised the iron ruler from a distance and smashed it down, but he was just using the iron ruler's incredible weight to smash him. Now, Chen Shi did not attack him, but used the iron ruler to expand and make him hit it!

But because there was no attack, the old man was in a panic and unable to resist!
The old man exclaimed: "You are indeed worthy of your reputation. Your use of magic is simply exquisite! I can only suppress you with my realm."

An arc of light flew out from behind his head and swept gently, and the iron ruler crashed into the arc of light. The old man with a childlike face smiled and said, "This item is a treasure of the immortals. If it falls into your hands, it will be a waste of heaven's gift. Let me help you keep it!"

His arc of light contained a vast void realm, thousands of miles wide, and was about to swallow up the iron ruler of heaven. Zhu Xiucai flew over with Xiao Linden. Zhu Xiucai raised his hand to slap him. The old man with a childlike face had a solemn expression and waved his sleeves to greet him.

The moment their palms touched, Zhu Xiucai's breath was shaken, and he couldn't help but open his mouth, sticking out his tongue, which was more than a foot long, and hanging in front of his chest.

The old man with a childlike face flushed red, took a step back, and could no longer control the iron ruler.

The iron ruler shrank rapidly and escaped from the arc of light.

Before the childlike old man could stand firmly, he saw Chen Shi lifting up the woman beside him and coming towards him.

Without thinking, he mobilized the power of the void realm, drew a circle with his palm, and the void realm behind him turned purple, with purple mist and slapped towards Xiao Linden.

Xiao Linden screamed, waved his sleeves and tried to resist.

"Oh!"

The old man with a childlike face pulled the young man and flew backwards for a hundred miles, with blood coming out of his eyes, ears, mouth and nose. He looked up and saw the iron ruler flying towards him again, whistling and turning into a giant pillar, smashing down!
He raised his hand to take it, but finally he couldn't help it and let out a cry, spurting out a mouthful of blood.

"Master!"

The young man was so terrified that he had never expected that his master, who was so wise just now, was now seriously injured by Chen Shi and others!

The old man was a Mahayana Great Perfection being, only half a step away from the Dao, and he was brought out this time to give him some experience. However, such a powerful master was actually severely injured by a teenager, a hanged ghost, and a beautiful woman!
The old man with a childlike face gritted his teeth, took the arc light into his body, forced the two bodies together, pushed the iron ruler upwards, and quickly escaped while pulling the young man.

The iron ruler fell to the ground with a loud bang, and then flew up again with a whoosh.

The young man looked back and saw Chen Shi flying towards them with the hanged ghost and the beautiful girl, obviously intending to wipe out the whole clan!
The old man with a childlike face dropped something, which turned out to be a seed that was more than ten feet tall.

The seed took root, grew rapidly, and soon turned into a big flower.

A beam of magical light shot straight into the sky from the flower bud.

Chen Shi activated his iron ruler and smashed it heavily on the magic flower with a loud bang. The magic flower was smashed to pieces before it could hatch.

The childlike old man threw out the second demon seed and took the opportunity to leave.

Chen Shi smashed the second demon seed, and then went to look for the child-faced old man, but he had disappeared without a trace. The moonlight was dim, and it was extremely difficult to find them.

"They launched a demonic transformation and tried to destroy the lineage of the Chinese gods. Who are these two? Are they from the Thirteenth Family?"

Chen Shi did not pursue him, but was in a daze. "If this man really attacked the Chinese gods, then he will definitely attack other gods as well. We will definitely meet again someday."

When they returned to Huofu Mountain, Wang Lingguan had already killed all the demons. He absorbed the demon souls and became more powerful than before.

"Little True King, you are really good!"

Wang Lingguan praised Chen Shi highly and was very satisfied with the meal. He said, "You are much more generous than the previous True King. I already understand your wish."

He silently chanted the mantra, and the Fire Palace grew higher and larger. Sunlight poured out from this immortal palace, illuminating the entire mountain.

Under the eaves of the Fire Palace, it seemed as if there was another world, and the sun happened to be moving here, emitting light.

It was dark in the underworld, and even with the moon shining brightly, one could not see very far, but this mountain covered in sunlight seemed unusually bright and clear, causing the people in many nearby villages and towns to rejoice and give birth to a glimmer of hope.

"Little True King, I am only a ray of my own avatar. The sunlight I shine on can only cover the entire mountain. When my five hundred brothers wake up, perhaps I can shine on further places and allow fertile fields to be grown within a hundred miles."

Wang Lingguan looked around, thinking of the past, and said with emotion, "Has the sun gone out again? It appeared before, and many people died. The weather has become cold, and the snowstorm should be coming soon. I don't know how many people will freeze to death. I can use my own fire to illuminate and warm Huofu Mountain like I did before, but I can't take care of places farther away."

He shook his head. He was just a clone and protecting this territory was already his limit.

"How long did the snowstorm last?" Chen Shi asked.

"It's been about two or three years."

Wang Lingguan said, "Later, it stopped raining. The only place that could survive was the territory covered by the Chinese gods. The population dropped sharply, and only one in ten survived. Later, this situation lasted for more than 40 years before it ended. Those who survived were already the second generation after the disaster. The population was perhaps only one percent of the previous one."

Chen Shi remained silent. Only one percent of the population survived. No wonder a lot of history was lost.

With so many people dead and no one around, how can the memory of the race be passed on?

He calmed himself down and asked, "Wang Lingguan, you survived this disaster, but why did you fall into a deep sleep? Why were your golden bodies smashed to pieces? What happened back then?"

"Despair Slope made a move to destroy the Taoist traditions of the world. I was also unable to resist the destruction of my golden body. The golden bodies of our five hundred brothers were all shattered."

Wang Lingguan said, "I have no choice but to stay in the temple until the future."

"Despair Slope took action?"

Chen Shi was stunned. Why did Despair Hill want to destroy the gods?
He remembered another thing. When he first found the small dilapidated temple, he practiced there. There was sunlight shining in the temple. The next day, a meteorite from outer space destroyed the small dilapidated temple along with the mountain where the temple was located!
Could it be that the meteorite from outer space was also caused by the Hill of Despair, and not the work of the real God?

Wang Lingguan continued, "Although the power of Despair Hill is strong, our strength is not weak either. However, there are immortals in Despair Hill, and we cannot defeat them. The Queen Mother ordered us to sink to the Taoist temple and avoid their sharp edge. In the future, the Queen Mother will send someone to wake us up."

Chen Shi's heart was beating wildly, and his voice was a little hoarse as he asked, "Immortal?"

Wang Lingguan looked solemn and said, "A true immortal is definitely not a half-immortal, and is not comparable to those polluted immortals in the True King era. The immortals came to attack us, saying that they wanted to gather incense for the true god and would not allow foreign gods to appear. They are too powerful."

Chen Shi was stern.

In today's world, the righteousness between heaven and earth has evolved into evil energy. Anyone who follows the Tao will be affected and undergo evil changes. The higher the level of cultivation, the stronger the evil changes!

How did the immortal of Despair Hill avoid this influence?
"Little True King, you can't save the world by awakening the gods."

Wang Lingguan said earnestly, "Even if you use the Western King's Jade Seal to awaken all the Chinese gods, you can only save some lives. The True King has already verified it that we gods cannot save the world."

Chen Shi said: "I want to wake you up and revive my godmother."

Wang Lingguan was shocked physically and mentally, and nodded slowly, saying: "When you revive the goddess, I will lead 500 brothers to help you!"

Chen Shi thanked him, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Does Lingguan still eat young boys and girls?"

Wang Lingguan laughed and said, "I haven't eaten them for a long time. I am the City God of the Song Dynasty. I used to eat young boys and girls, but later I was convinced by Master Sa of the Heavenly Master's Mansion and formally practiced Taoism. Now I am a Taoist, how can I eat young boys and girls again?"

He paused, then added: "But it will eat the wicked."

Chen Shi went down the mountain.

Wang Lingguan sat on the shrine, looking at the empty Fire Palace. Originally, there were five hundred Lingguans and guardian gods sitting in the shrine, but now he was the only one left.

"Back then, we fought against heaven and earth to protect the land and people. Today, the evil spirits are rising again. When you wake up, we will continue to conquer the demons!"

(End of this chapter)