Secular world: My destiny has no taboos

Chapter 613 Chapter 623: The Way of Heaven (2)
Xu Shu said he was going to make preparations, but he still immediately informed the official secular bureau's outpost in the mortal world about the confirmation of the Northern Underworld Lord.

"It has been confirmed that the person who walked out from behind the bronze gate was none other than the Lord of the Northern Underworld, but his aura was weak, as if he had just experienced a great battle not long ago..."

Xu Shu recounted everything he had seen to the high-ranking officials.

Nestled in a mountain valley not far from Huangfengping, Sanyang County is like a secluded paradise, seemingly untouched by the poverty and war-torn landscape of the outside world.

The people living here wear happy smiles on their faces. It's not the traditional image of men farming and women weaving, but rather each person doing their assigned tasks in an orderly manner.

A beautiful environment, a sound management system, a rich spiritual world... all these combined have created this paradise that is different from the mundane world.

Inside the county government office, Xu Chengjun was carefully examining a document when suddenly, a letterstone not far in front of him emitted a faint glow, and Xu Shu's voice appeared in the office.

Xu Chengjun put down the document, gently tapped the letter stone with his fingertip, and the originally scattered light instantly condensed into a light screen, clearly amplifying Xu Shu's voice.

The Faith Stone was created by the minor deity Faith God and is a special artifact used for long-distance communication between people.

Initially, the secular authorities specifically sought out the gods and paid a great price to get them to cooperate. Now, the gods have completely become like the secular authorities.

After all, in this chaotic world, having a stable and reliable power to rely on is a very good option for mortal gods.

After listening to Xu Shu's report, Xu Chengjun frowned slightly, tapped his fingers on the table, and muttered to himself.

"Lord of the Northern Underworld..."

His gaze slowly moved upwards, landing on the map hanging on the wall.

The location of Shunzhou on the map is circled in red cinnabar, while a location in Liangzhou, which is farther away and opposite to Shunzhou, is circled in blue.

"The Gate of the Divine Abyss, the Valley of Two Realms, the Seventy-Two Pillar Demon Gods... How should I choose?"

Xu Chengjun got up and walked to the window, looking at the busy people outside the county government office. There were children chasing each other in the square, old men sitting under the locust tree playing chess, and the clanging sound of forging coming from the workshop...

This serene and peaceful scene is like a painting from an ancient poem, making one reluctant to disturb it.

but……

Xu Chengjun sighed softly, his mind involuntarily recalling the news that had recently come from the Valley of Two Realms.

The forces under the command of the Northern Underworld Lord suffered heavy casualties. The Lord of the Mortal Realm, along with the major and minor mortal gods, joined forces to resist the seventy-two pillar demon gods and Wu Chi behind the gate. The Xuan Tian Grand Array, along with the Zhou Tian Star Wheel, heavily guarded the Two Realms Valley.

The reason why each and every one of these events was able to temporarily repel the seventy-two demon gods was entirely due to the sacrifice of human lives.

The subsequent arrival of Yang Guang from various dynasties and the northern barbarians further demonstrated the determination of those in the know to resist the invasion from behind the gate.

"Hopefully there's a way to break this!" Xu Chengjun said with a faint, bitter smile.

"Notify me!"

He turned around, his tone steady and firm: "Whatever Lord Beiming's request, as long as we can do it, we will do our best to help him."

"That's all we can do!"

Xu Chengjun sighed, and his words were quickly transmitted to Xu Shu via the letterstone.

Upon receiving the order, Xu Shu did not hesitate and immediately prepared a spatial array capable of teleporting to Liangzhou.

Standing within the formation, Xu Shu explained the mysteries of the spatial teleportation array to Lin Beixuan, but Lin Beixuan seemed completely uninterested, silently circulating his energy to recover his strength as much as possible.

"Governor, if you need any further assistance, please let me know, and I will do my best to help."

"I know what the Two Realms Valley is doing right now means. Please forgive me for not being able to fight alongside you, but our Secular Bureau has arranged for many mortal princes to volunteer to go to the battlefield, hoping to contribute our meager strength."

Upon hearing this, Lin Beixuan's indifferent expression softened slightly, and he said calmly.

"It's good that you have the intention, but there's no need for you to go. The common princes are just cannon fodder in this war, and their ability to resurrect may not be useful due to the influence of Shenhou's chaotic space and the extraterrestrial filth of the Divine Abyss Gate."

Lin Beixuan's words were blunt, completely disregarding Xu Shu's feelings upon hearing them.

He was too tired to bother with interpersonal relationships anymore, so he spoke in a simple and direct way.

Moreover, the commoner has not received professional training and finds it difficult to cooperate with his companions.

Especially in life-or-death situations, even the slightest bit of cooperation can change the entire course of the battle.

"Been taught a lesson!"

Xu Shu clasped his hands in a salute.

The two walked onto the altar, where there was a huge spatial teleportation array.

Xu Shu explained to Lin Beixuan, "My lord, this spatial array was established by the God of Faith in cooperation with our Secular Bureau. It can ignore distance limitations and reach the location of another person who possesses a spatial token."

"The original idea was to use this item to save some people if the Two Realms Mountain were defeated."

Lin Beixuan didn't say anything, he just nodded slightly.

"Then let's begin!"

After Xu Shu finished speaking, he took a deep breath, and a faint divine power of incense surrounded him.

In an instant, the incense and divine power surrounding Xu Shu surged towards the array eye in the center of the altar like a tidal wave.

The runes hidden in the cracks of the bricks seemed to be awakened stars, lighting up one after another, gradually turning from a dim silver light to a blazing golden-red.

"Om..."

The teleportation array emitted a deep hum, and the rune lines were slowly filled with divine power, forming a huge pillar of light that covered the entire altar.

On the pillar of light, countless tiny points of light danced like fireflies, eventually converging into a storm that enveloped Lin Beixuan and Xu Shu.

Lin Beixuan narrowed his eyes slightly, sensing the constantly flowing spatial power around him.

This force wasn't very strong; he could easily break free from it. Moreover, it had a peculiar mechanism: a connection and lock between points. Every energy movement was fulfilling some kind of invisible covenant.

Gradually, he could feel his body being lifted up by this force, with a thin film of water mist protecting his entire body and preventing him from disintegrating in the spatial turbulence.

Immediately afterwards, Lin Beixuan entered the spatial dimension once again.

The beam of light was like a high-speed train. Through the mist, Lin Beixuan could see the scenery outside the beam of light distorting and receding rapidly. The distant mountains, sky, and clouds all turned into blurry blocks of color.

"This spatial teleportation array is quite good; it's a completely different teleportation method from the Double Happiness Twist of the Rat," Lin Beixuan thought to himself.

If the Joyful Rat wants to take Lin Beixuan from one place to another, it first needs to go to that place and set an anchor point in that space. Then it can directly open the spatial gate and take the person to the anchor point.

The space teleportation array of the God of Faith is similar to directional teleportation. It does not require having been to any place before. As long as someone holds a Faith Stone, the Faith Stone is equivalent to an anchor point, and the person can reach the desired destination through the teleportation array.

"Each has its own advantages."

As Lin Beixuan pondered this, he suddenly sensed something amiss. When he opened his eyes again, he was no longer inside the pillar of light, but in a pure white space. "Where am I?"

Lin Beixuan frowned and looked around, only to be shocked to find that even with his eyesight, he could not see the end of this space.

No matter what angle or direction he looked from, all he saw was pure white, as if he could reach out and touch it.

"There's no indication from the control panel. Could it be that the person who used their abilities to bring me to this space has surpassed the panel's perception?"

Lin Beixuan pondered for a moment, then reached out and waved his hand, feeling the extremely dense energy within this space.

"Pure air, turbid air, dragon vein air, primordial and yellow air, incense smoke..."

"Why is there so much energy here? And it's so concentrated, even surpassing anywhere else I've ever seen."

Lin Beixuan simply sat down on the ground and frantically absorbed the surrounding energy to replenish his almost dried-up temple.

The speed at which divine power is restored here is many times faster than in the outside world.

Lin Beixuan felt that if he could stay here for two hours, his depleted divine power would be replenished.

But at that moment, a vast and boundless consciousness suddenly descended.

Lin Beixuan felt something appear in front of him, but he couldn't see through it with his eyesight.

"Who are you?" Lin Beixuan asked first.

The ethereal object spoke with extreme indifference, as if nothing in the world could concern it.

Instead of directly answering Lin Beixuan's question, it posed an even grander question.

Do you want to reverse the imbalance?

Lin Beixuan's heart skipped a beat, and his gaze was fixed on what was in front of him.

When he returned from behind the door, and considering what the Lord of the Underworld said when his obsession dissipated, Lin Beixuan came up with some possible solutions to the intrusion from behind the door.

However, this possibility is still in the planning stage, and there is no complete plan yet.

But now, something he couldn't even see clearly walked past him, revealing what was on his mind.

"who are you?"

Lin Beixuan became even more vigilant, and his divine power quietly gathered. Although the energy in this space was very gentle, the other party's words and presence gave him a feeling of being out of control.

"The imbalance of the Abyss Realm comes from the collapse of the source, which wiped out all living beings, leaving only unbalanced monsters that grow and thrive by feeding on the imbalance."

"You cannot reverse the imbalance of a world, even if you break through the legendary Saint Realm among humans."

"If you insist on asking who I am, you might as well think about what you have gained?"

The voice of that consciousness echoed like metal striking stone in the pure white space.

Lin Beixuan froze on the spot, countless memories flashing through his mind, finally catching onto that one point.

He suddenly raised his head and looked at the thing: "You are—the Heavenly Dao of the Mundane World!?"

The void of consciousness neither directly admitted nor denied it; instead, ripples spread across the pure white space, and countless tiny points of light converged from all directions, forming a scene before Lin Beixuan.

The image is a mix of light and dark; the dark part on the left represents the seventy-two layers of the Abyss Realm.

On the dark earth, an unbalanced primordial energy flowed like magma. Countless skeletons struggled and transformed within this primordial energy, eventually evolving into the Wuchi, and then transforming from bloody battles into ferocious demon gods.

The part on the right, representing light, is the Valley of Two Realms in the mortal world.

The Xuan Tian Grand Array is like a giant chessboard placed between heaven and earth, with the Zhou Tian Star Wheel carrying the stars placing pieces one by one in key positions.

Mortal masters, major and minor mortal gods, human armies, and the logistics of spirits and monsters...

In the fierce battle, the army surged forward like a tide, and then vanished like falling leaves.

The voice of Heaven remained cold: "The world was originally born from chaos. The pure energy rose and the turbid energy sank, and the world was divided into two. Only then did the order of all things come into being. The principles of Heaven and Earth are commonplace, nurturing the various energies of Heaven and Earth, and the origin of all gods."

"However, the Abyss Realm is completely different from the normal world. Its rules are out of balance, and the natural order has collapsed, which in turn has nurtured unbalanced demons."

Lin Beixuan was silent for a moment, then said calmly, "You've said so much, but you haven't denied my idea. This shows that my direction of reversing the origin of the Abyss Realm is not wrong, but rather the right path."

The ripples in the pure white space intensified, and the tiny specks of light shattered and then coalesced again.

This time, however, what appeared was not a picture, but two crystal-clear crystals.

The two crystals were surrounded by black and white energy streams, with the black representing the imbalance of the abyss realm, which was as sticky as mud.

White represents the mundane world, like a misty haze that constantly changes shape.

However, the white is no longer pure; thin black lines are intertwined within it, constantly polluting its purity.

The Heavenly Dao finally responded to Lin Beixuan's doubts: "Your direction is correct, but putting it into practice is as difficult as ascending to heaven."

Suddenly, a crack appeared in the Abyss Crystal, and black energy surged out wildly, beginning to devour the white energy of the mortal crystal.

"An unbalanced world origin will pollute the originally intact world origin, turning it into the same black."

"Just like ink contaminates originally clean water, it's easy to contaminate water, but it's very difficult to clean up ink."

"The same applies to reversing the origin of the world."

Lin Beixuan raised his head indifferently, staring at the writhing consciousness in front of him.

"So, what exactly are you trying to say? Are you trying to stop me from reversing the fundamental imbalance?"

"Or rather... even the natural order of the mortal world has been corrupted and disordered."

Lin Beixuan narrowed his eyes slightly and made a bold conjecture about the various actions of the Heavenly Dao.

Although they tried their best to prevent the creatures behind the doors from entering the mortal world, as one door after another was opened, the imbalance of the Abyss had already spread to the mortal world.

Although no one has noticed it yet in this short period of time, as the Heavenly Dao and the consciousness of the mortal world, it is above all things, and even gods are nothing more than ants in its eyes.

There's a saying that goes, "When you gaze into the abyss, the abyss also gazes into you."

The closer we are to the origin of the world, the more sensitive we are to the fundamental imbalances in the world.

Lin Beixuan was almost certain.

The natural order of the mortal world has been affected by the imbalance in the Abyss Realm.

(End of this chapter)