Secular world: My destiny has no taboos

Chapters 580 & 590: Divine Might Like a Prison

"Once again, the mortal world's divine order has lowered its gaze!"

Lin Beixuan's punching motion did not decrease at all, and even punched out at a faster speed. To outsiders, they could not even see his punching motion, but could only see the space cracking inch by inch, with black spatial gaps all around.

His divine power transformed into a surging ocean, and with his final punch, the surging divine power crashed down on Wu Chi like a giant wave.

In an instant, Wu Chi's body disintegrated, his hands, feet, head... all scattered and floating in the air, blood and flesh flying everywhere, and a dark purple heart emitting a crystal-clear light appeared in front of Lin Beixuan.

"So, just like humans, does Wu Chi also have a fatal weakness in his heart?"

Lin Beixuan remained expressionless, his right hand flashing out to grasp the heart.

Just then, Wu Chi, who had been stunned by the attack, instantly reacted. Half of its flesh and blood healed in an instant, enveloping the heart.

At the same time, a hideous ghostly figure appeared behind Lin Beixuan and opened its mouth to bite down.

Sensing the imminent sharpness, Lin Beixuan's Desolate Universe Divine Body immediately felt a sense of crisis, his hair stood on end, and he kept issuing warnings.

Even with his current physique, it seems that if he were bitten by this, something extremely bad would happen.

At this moment, Kang Xingshen also opened his eyes and warned, "You must not be bitten by it, otherwise not only your body, but also your temple will be devoured by it."

Temples are the most fundamental things of mortal gods, immortals, and deities. They cannot be easily destroyed, nor can they be damaged. Otherwise, at best, the foundation will be damaged, and at worst, the person will perish on the spot.

In that great battle, many mortal gods died because of Wu Chi's sharp tongue.

Their extraterrestrial divine power is highly targeted at the incense-offering divine power, as if they were specially evolved.

Lin Beixuan immediately pulled his hand away from the heart, tilting his body slightly to the side to dodge the ghostly attack.

He watched as the half of Wu Chi's body that he had smashed instantly healed, and his expression gradually became solemn.

However, the damage caused by Kang Xingshen burning his divine essence has not yet been recovered.

Wu Chi propped himself up, and his gaze toward Lin Beixuan changed from doubt to ferocity.

"You are the first person to push me to this point in all this time."

“I don’t know why you have an aura similar to that of the Lord of Sin, but once I eat you, I’ll know everything.”

As he spoke, Wu Chi disappeared into thin air, and when it reappeared, it was already in front of Lin Beixuan.

A foul-smelling wind, carrying divine power from beyond the boundary, rushed towards them. Wu Chi stretched its neck to an extreme length, and its massive mouth, filled with sharp teeth, suddenly opened wide. Dark energy gathered in its mouth, and it shot a beam of light at Lin Beixuan.

Lin Beixuan's pupils suddenly contracted. At the critical moment, his waist and abdomen twisted, as if he were being pulled sideways by an invisible thread, moving half a foot.

"Is all you can do to hide?"

Wu Chi laughed loudly, making crackling sounds from his body.

It looked as if it had just been pulled out of a frying pan, with white smoke constantly seeping from its body. The half of its body that had been severely injured by Kang Xingshen was beginning to show signs of healing.

Lin Beixuan frowned slightly, only then realizing that his divine power and the other party's extraterrestrial divine power had somehow intertwined and were being transformed into the other party's power in a barely perceptible way.

If he hadn't been constantly paying attention to Wu Chi's physical changes, he might have subconsciously overlooked this.

"It seems there's no need to test the waters any further."

Lin Beixuan let out a soft breath, and his whole body sank down.

"What do you mean?"

Upon hearing this, Wu Chi's expression became somewhat irritable. He formed his four fingers into claws, and the fleshy growths at his joints grew and curved, while the surrounding divine power gradually became viscous.

"literal meaning."

Suddenly, Wu Chi noticed that Lin Beixuan's divine power was beginning to change, and a scorching and violent aura was transmitted to it through the intertwined divine power of the two.

It was a deep black flame that caused Lin Beixuan's originally calm divine power to suddenly boil, turning into churning black magma, and flames several feet high rose around him.

The flames collided with Wu Chi's extraterrestrial divine power. Every spark carried a sharpness that tore through the void, distorting and deforming the space. Even the foul aura emanating from Wu Chi's body was scorched and sizzled, constantly dissipating.

"This is……"

Wu Chi's face suddenly tightened, and fear appeared in his eyes for the first time.

It pointed at Lin Beixuan and cried out in terror, "Why do you possess the power of our world's origin? You are clearly from this world!"

Lin Beixuan raised an eyebrow, the power of life, death and calamity gathering in the eye between his brows that was gradually opening.

His dark eyes held an extreme killing intent that could devour and destroy everything. Even Wu Chi's surging divine power was affected and forcibly frozen in place.

This time, Wu Chi was filled with fear from the bottom of his heart.

If the aura resembling that of a sinner emanating from Lin Beixuan was merely surprising, then the eye that had opened between the other's brows now drove it completely mad.

Such pure and extreme killing intent should never appear in this mundane world.

Wherever that pitch-black eye's gaze fell, the extraterrestrial divine power surrounding Wu Chi began to disintegrate and dissipate at a visible speed, as if a lower being were being crushed by a higher being.

"This is a forbidden power of my race, how could it appear on you!"

Wu Chi completely collapsed, frantically twisting its body, trying to break free from the oppressive force deep within the courtyard's soul.

The more it struggled, the faster its internal energy was lost.

Lin Beixuan did not respond, but his lifeless black eyes suddenly lit up, and a beam of light as thin as a hair but containing endless destruction shot towards Wu Chi's heart, which was now wrapped in bone armor again.

This beam of light was not a condensation of divine power, but a pure manifestation of the power of calamity. It touched upon the rules and laws, and wherever it passed, space was no longer torn apart, but directly annihilated.

"puff--"

After piercing through Wu Chi's heart, it struck a corner of the Golden Gate.

The golden gate emitted a golden halo to resist, but unexpectedly it was still pierced by the black light. The beam of light passed through the corner of the gate and was cut off.

"How can it be!"

Wu Chi looked down at his pierced heart, his eyes filled with disbelief.

There was no celestial power like that of the Star God who could burn the heavens and boil the seas, no earth-shattering explosion, only a strange annihilation.

The core of the power of Wu Chi was pierced by the black light and quickly turned into ashes, leaving not even a trace of energy fluctuation.

Wu Chi froze on the spot, the scarlet in his eyes quickly faded, gradually turning into an empty gray-white. His huge body was like a clay sculpture that had lost its support, peeling off layer by layer from the top of his head, turning into black powder that was blown away by the wind, and finally leaving not a trace.

Lin Beixuan watched this scene indifferently, his dark eyes between his brows slowly closing, and the surging divine power around him subsided, leaving only a faint afterglow to prove what had just happened.

He breathed a soft sigh of relief, his limbs feeling numb and stiff. This was the second time he had used the killing seal, but the first time he had used it voluntarily.

He killed the Evil Spirit True Lord because the Four Symbols Dragon Horns activated the Killing Seal, but this time, he gathered all his power into the Killing Seal and actively activated the black light.

[You have successfully eliminated the extraterrestrial enemy: Wu Chi - Ju Hai Gu Demon, and gained a wisp of the mortal Heavenly Dao's gaze.]

[Note: You currently possess two wisps of worldly, celestial gaze.]

The panel prompts echoed in Lin Beixuan's mind.

He glanced at the spot where Wu Chi had vanished, then slowly walked past him to the golden gate.

The Golden Gate was now closed, and the missing corner resembled a seal signifying the end of the great battle.

"The door is not indestructible!"

Lin Beixuan reached out and touched the missing part of the door, his tone somewhat meaningful.

Just as he was about to remove his hand, the door, which had originally possessed a physical form, gradually faded and began to disappear.

At this moment, Kang Xingshen came to Lin Beixuan's side and said, "Each Wuchi controls a golden door, and the door will disappear when it dies."

"Where did these doors come from? Could they be formed from the power of the things behind them?" Lin Beixuan asked.

"I don't know about that either. I only know that these doors that can travel between the two worlds are not only controlled by extraterrestrial beings. We can also control or possess a door."

Kang Xingshen's expression was somewhat serious: "However, there are very few doors that we can control. In that great battle back then, only the Lord of the Underworld obtained one by chance."

"It was through this door that the Lord of the Underworld was able to drive all these things from the world behind it back."

Lin Beixuan said quietly, "Is this door called the Gate of Rules?!"

Kang Xingshen glanced at Lin Beixuan and nodded.

"Although the crisis at Golden Gate has been resolved, it has also served as a wake-up call for us."

"Doors can be opened by external force!"

Kang Xingshen's expression was solemn; this was the first time he had encountered such a situation.

Originally, even if this golden gate were to open, it should have taken some time. Although Wu Chi possessed a golden gate, it seemed that even they could not control its opening and closing. Otherwise, they would have already invaded both the mortal and secular worlds, and would not have needed to wait for the gate to open as they do now.

"Indeed, this is very noteworthy. If a treacherous person emerges in the secular world and opens the most powerful door, the secular world will probably never have a chance to recover."

"How's your injury?"

Lin Beixuan's gaze fell on Kang Xingshen and he noticed that most of her dragon scales had fallen off and her mental and physical condition was very poor.

Upon hearing this, Kang Xingshen's expression immediately fell: "You've damaged your core essence, and I'm afraid you won't be able to unleash your full power for a long time to come."

"I didn't expect Wu Chi to be so strong. Even after burning my divine essence, I couldn't defeat it. If you hadn't arrived in time, I might have been eaten by it."

"With Zigu Shen causing such a commotion, Changzhou is unlikely to be peaceful from now on!"

Kang Xingshen sighed: "Those doors have all loosened under the influence of her power, so someone needs to guard this place at all times."

Lin Beixuan was unconcerned and said calmly, "There's no need to worry about that. I will choose a suitable person to guard Changzhou and will never let those things behind the door escape."

Changzhou has more than one Golden Gate; there are two more Golden Gates standing to its east and west.

The powerful Wu Chi who emerged from behind the Golden Gate was far beyond the capabilities of a mere mortal god.

Kang Xingshen thought Lin Beixuan would ask him to guard Changzhou, so he didn't say anything and was prepared to sacrifice himself at any time.

But he didn't know that Lin Beixuan had never even thought about him.

In Lin Beixuan's mind, without the strength of a mortal god, one simply cannot protect a province.

Changzhou is not without a secular master, but this secular master is currently imprisoned and cannot reveal himself.

Besides dealing with the Zigu Goddess in Changzhou, Lin Beixuan had another important matter to attend to: helping Yin Hu escape his predicament.

Of course, this was also suggested by Venerable Tiangang.

Although the two had fought to the death because of their differing ideologies, Venerable Tiangang was clear-headed about the bigger picture and wouldn't hold grudges over such matters.

The gates to the realms are about to open on a large scale, and the mortal lord is the backbone of the resistance against the invasion. He will not let personal grudges affect the overall situation.

When Lin Beixuan returned to Fengdu, he only saw Zigu.

At this moment, she was no different from when Lin Beixuan first met her; even her clothes were unchanged, and it seemed as if no battle had taken place on her.

Upon seeing Lin Beixuan return, Zigu bowed respectfully to him: "Thank you for your generosity, Lord, for entrusting the evil spirit to me."

"Is the matter resolved?"

Lin Beixuan subconsciously looked around but did not detect any aura of the Goddess Zigu.

"It's all taken care of, she's inside me now."

Lin Beixuan frowned. The goddess Zigu knew the danger behind the door, yet she still opened it. In his mind, the other party was already sentenced to death; they were people who had to die.

However, Zigu now tells him that the Zigu Goddess is inside his body, which is hard for Lin Beixuan to accept.

"I told you, I wanted her dead!"

Lin Beixuan's tone suddenly turned cold. Even if Zigu had worked for him in the underworld for so long for nothing, if the other party deliberately wanted to spare Zigu's life, he would not hesitate to pull Zigu out of the other party's body and kill her.

Seeing that Lin Beixuan was somewhat angry, Zigu dared not hide anything any longer and hurriedly said, "Lord, please don't be angry. At this moment, Zigu is no different from being dead. She and I were originally one body with two souls. Now, I devour the evil soul with my good soul, and she is the missing part of my spiritual cause."

"Once I have completely refined her power, my strength will return to the level of a Great God, and I will be able to contribute more to the Lord."

Regarding the world beyond the gate, not only a small number of high-ranking members of the Northern Underworld Army, but even Zigu, who was in the Underworld, had heard a lot of news.

Nowadays, people die unjustly every day, and Zigu, like Meng Po, uses an old stone pot on the Naihe Bridge to boil some underworld plants every day to make soup for the souls crossing the bridge, so that they can forget their past lives.

During this process, she will naturally hear the innermost thoughts of these spirits before they drink the soup, including their life stories and their recollections of how they died.

Having heard so much, Zigu received just as much information as the two judges, Wang Chao and Ma Hao.

Upon learning that the gate from beyond the realm had once again descended upon the mortal world, Zigu instantly recalled the terrible war of that year.

The creatures behind the door, as vast as mountains and as deep as the sea, the strange and terrifying alien deities... all of this finally came to a standstill before that enormous door, as powerful as a prison, reaching to the heavens and the earth.

(End of this chapter)