Under One Person: My Inner Realm Connects to All Worlds!

Chapter 253 Sweeping the Court and Eliminating the Enemy, Killing the Snake and Exterminating the Fox

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Two items fell from mid-air.

One is the Yata no Kagami itself, which has lost all its luster and become like an ordinary bronze mirror, with cracks covering its surface.

The other item was the Yasakani no Magatama, which was also dull and even had several tiny cracks.

Han Yun reached out and summoned the two Japanese national treasures into his hands. He sensed that their spiritual essence had been nearly destroyed by the Great Tengu's forceful extraction and the impact of the final strike; it would take a long time to recover.

However, with the repairing power of the inner realm energy, it was not a problem at all. After all, they were two rare and genuine magic treasures. He casually put these two broken artifacts into his inner realm space to keep the Heavenly Cloud Sword company.

His gaze swept across the desolate ruins, where the god known as "Ninja" had long been killed by the aftershocks of the battle.

He took a step forward, and his figure disappeared from the spot.

According to the information Han Yun obtained, of the twelve gods of Takamagahara, only four gods—Shinobu, Ken, Snake, and Fox—are stationed in Japan, while the other eight gods have all gone to Shenzhou.

To date, Han Yun has killed three God Lords: Wei, Shinobu, and Ken, as well as this Grand Master. In other words, the Takamagahara organization now only has nine God Lords left.

Since we're already here, let's just wipe them out completely.

These two deities, the snake and the fox, are none other than...

The snake was none other than the Yamata no Orochi!
Although Susanoo nominally killed Yamata no Orochi, he did not actually have the ability to completely destroy the Yamata no Orochi.

After all, the Yamata no Orochi was originally Xiang Liu, and even Yu the Great couldn't completely kill Xiang Liu, let alone the strange man from the small country of Cuo'er.

Therefore, Susanoo devised a plan: to separate the eight heads and eight tails of the Yamata no Orochi and use the eight Myojin Gates to clamp down on its seven-inch points and suppress them separately.

Myojinmon is different from Torii. It is the iconic building of the shrine, and there is usually only one per shrine. It is located at the front of the shrine, next to the worship hall, and is the central symbol of the shrine. Torii, on the other hand, can have multiple torii.

More than a hundred years later, the Yamata no Orochi was resurrected and awakened. However, because it had died twice, it was much weaker than before and was actually sealed by the Myojin Gate, unable to break free.

Later, the Great Tengu invited him to join the powerful Takamagahara organization and serve as its chief priest, but in reality, they reached some kind of agreement.

The Great Tengu was responsible for collecting the wishes of all living beings to break the seal of the Myojin Gate, while the Yamata no Orochi taught the Great Tengu how to use the earth's ley lines to cultivate spirits, making them the lord of all demons.

Among them, the earthquake catfish is the best of these cultivated spirits.

However, the relationship between Ōtengu and Yamata no Orochi is very delicate. After all, two tigers cannot share one mountain. After Ōtengu received the benefits, he always pretended to be friendly with Yamata no Orochi.

He often makes excuses to refuse the matter of fulfilling the wishes of all beings, which can be said to be a trick on Orochi.

That's why Ōtengu hesitated so much about whether to ask the snake and the fox for help regarding the earthquake catfish, and in the end only sent Kenpachi.

As for the fox, it is a spirit that was naturally born from the wishes and beliefs of the people in Japan, and its name is: Inari God!
That is, Mikoto, who is the god in charge of grains and harvests. Also known as Uka no Mitama or Kurama no Mikoto, her worship is based on the fox as her divine messenger and is marked by a red torii gate. Fushimi Inari Taisha is her head shrine.

He can be considered a true deity of incense offerings!

Its situation is similar to the Five Great Immortals of Northeast China, but it is purer than the Five Great Immortals and is not an animal spirit transformed into a spirit.

Of course, the power of incense gods also has limitations, namely, once they leave the place of worship, their power will be greatly reduced.

Therefore, the snake and the fox remained stationed in Japan and were not sent to China, since one could not leave the country and the other could not easily leave.

Neon lights, Izumo region.

The deep valley was shrouded in a perpetual fog, and the air was filled with the smell of sulfur and decay.

Eight enormous red gates, like cage bars, stand in some mysterious orientation, guarding the deepest part of the valley.

There, a massive, suffocating shadow slowly writhed in the mist, eight pairs of scarlet eyes flickering like lanterns from hell in the dim light.

Its natural aura alone caused the vegetation in the valley to twist and the rocks to turn an ominous dark purple.

This is the location of the main consciousness of the Yamata no Orochi, which was divided and sealed away. It is also its most powerful head, representing the serpent's head of "destruction".

Suddenly, all eight pairs of scarlet eyes turned in one direction at the same time, a hint of surprise and rage flashing in their vertical pupils.

"The aura of the Great Tengu... has vanished?!"

The deep, hoarse sound, like the overlapping hisses of countless snakes, echoed in the valley, causing the talismans on the Mingshen Gate to tremble slightly.

"The connection to the Kusanagi Sword, the Yata Mirror, and the Nyūgyōdama has also been severed. Who was able to slay that cunning vengeful spirit and snatch the divine artifacts from his hands?"

Its enormous serpentine body writhed uneasily, causing the chain-like Ming Shen Gate to creak.

The Great Tengu and it both used each other and feared each other. Now that the Great Tengu has suddenly perished, doesn't that mean he doesn't even have a chance to leave?
"Could it be from the Central Plains..."

Just as the Yamata no Orochi was filled with doubt and uncertainty, a calm voice suddenly rang out in the valley, clearly sending every word into its vast consciousness.

"Xiang Liu's remains, clinging to life until now, should finally rest in peace."

Han Yun's figure appeared silently atop a Ming Shen Gate, his robes fluttering as he looked down at the terrifying shadow below.

He toyed with the suppressed and sealed Kusanagi sword in his hand. Although the sword was dim, it still exuded an aura that Orochi instinctively loathed.

"Chinese?"

The eight heads of the Yamata no Orochi rose simultaneously, unleashing a deafening roar. Its scarlet eyes were fixed on Han Yun and the Kusanagi sword in his hand.

"You killed the Great Tengu? And stole the divine artifact?!"

"Not bad." Han Yun said calmly, "Next, it's your turn."

"Insanity!"

The Yamata no Orochi roared, one of its heads spewing out jet-black poisonous fire that corroded the void, while the other head summoned a filthy flood that swept through the valley.

"I am immortal. Even if Emperor Yu were to be reborn, he could only suppress me, not kill me! How dare you, a mere junior, utter such arrogant words!"

The poisonous fire and flood instantly engulfed the location where Han Yun was, but after the attack, Han Yun still stood on the top of the Ming Shen Gate, his body surrounded by clear light, impervious to all magic.

He shook his head: "Times have changed. Emperor Yu may have had some concerns or lacked the power to do so back then, but I am different."

Behind Han Yun, a phantom image of a golden, glazed Bodhi tree rose, reflecting the interior space onto the real world.

The Yamata no Orochi, no matter how much you describe it, is actually a spirit formed from the earth's ley lines, no different from the evil dragon that Han Yun suppressed at Mount Li.

These karmic energies are merely resources for the inner space.

Before he finished speaking, the Kusanagi Sword in Han Yun's hand suddenly rang out, its dark golden light surging as it was forcibly refined by his supreme pure Yang Qi, shedding all its demonic aura and transforming into a magnificent divine weapon of the righteous path. Han Yun took a step forward, the shadow of the Bodhi tree behind him swaying and shining, and ten thousand golden rays, like the rising sun, swept away the accumulated yin and evil miasma in the valley.

The eight Mingshen Gates sensed the Qi of the Kusanagi Sword and resonated with it in unison, causing the gates to suddenly loosen and teeter on the verge of collapse.

Who would have thought that the Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi, the demonic sword that slew the Yamata-no-Orochi, was also the key to unlocking the shackles of the Myojinmon sect? After obtaining the Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi, Ōtengu never even considered releasing the Yamata-no-Orochi.

"The key... So the Kusanagi Sword was the key!"

The eight pairs of scarlet eyes of the Yamata no Orochi burst forth with a light of wild joy, and its massive serpentine body writhed violently with excitement, causing the entire valley to shake.

However, the next second, its ecstasy froze on its ferocious snake face.

Suddenly, the entire valley was enveloped by a huge golden barrier. The Yamata no Orochi was horrified to discover that its connection with the earth's veins was being rapidly severed!
"Do not--!"

It let out a desperate roar, its eight heads breaking free of the Bright God Gate and frantically crashing against the barrier, but could only create ripples on the golden light.

Han Yun said no more. The shadow of the Bodhi tree behind him swayed, and the inner world unfolded with a roar. This time, it was no longer an illusion, but a real inner space that had descended!
The scenery in the valley began to distort, and the boundary between reality and interior became blurred.

The Yamata no Orochi was horrified to discover that its enormous body was being pulled and disintegrated by an irresistible force, transforming into the purest essence of the earth's veins, which was then flowing into that newly born world.

"I am the remains of Xiang Liu, immortal and indestructible..."

Its roar grew weaker and weaker, and one by one its eight heads turned into streams of light and were swallowed up.

Finally, when the last snake head also vanished into the inner landscape, the entire valley returned to tranquility. The eight divine gates still stood, but the talismans on them had faded and become ordinary vermilion wooden doors.

Han Yun sensed the newly added fertile land within his inner world and nodded in satisfaction. The earth's ley lines accumulated by the Yamata no Orochi over thousands of years were enough to expand his inner world by one-eighth.

He looked up and gazed southeast, where the Inari Shrine was located.

"There's only one left."

Almost at the same time that Yamata no Orochi was completely purified.

Fushimi Inari Taisha Shrine, Kyoto.

Deep within the fiery red corridor of a thousand torii gates lies a most ancient and sacred palace.

A woman dressed in a magnificent twelve-layered kimono, with an exquisite face, an ethereal and noble temperament, and golden rice stalk patterns adorning her forehead, suddenly opened her eyes.

Her eyes, like the purest amber, were now filled with shock and an indescribable sorrow.

She is none other than the goddess of harvest, Inari-no-Mikoto, one of the lords of Takamagahara, and the "fox" who embodies the collective wishes of all living beings in Japan.

“The aura of the Great Serpent has completely disappeared, along with the Great Master, Kenpachi, Shinobu… Takamagahara is practically dead!” she murmured, her voice carrying the ethereal quality unique to gods and a slight tremor.

Although she appears to hold a high divine position, she is actually only a little over a decade old and is still very young.

Miketsu could sense that the most important cornerstones maintaining Takamagahara's existence were collapsing one after another in a very short period of time. The power and decisiveness of that terrifying being from Shenzhou far exceeded her imagination.

She stood up, walked outside the palace, looked towards Izumo, and then towards Kyoto, which had already sensed the change and was beginning to stir.

As a deity revered by the gods, Miketsuhime's existence is inextricably linked to the land of Japan and its worshippers. The destruction of Takamagahara will inevitably bring about immense upheaval.

"The war has begun. And Japan has lost its most important shield." She sighed softly.

Just then, a calm voice sounded behind her.

"You seem to be different from them."

Yuzan Jin's delicate body trembled, and she slowly turned around. She saw that Han Yun was already standing in the hall, calmly watching her.

He didn't exude any murderous aura, but his unfathomable, seemingly coexisting majesty made even a deity like her feel a pang of fear.

"Your Excellency, are you the visitor from Shenzhou?" Miketsu steadied herself, maintaining the demeanor of a deity, and nodded slightly.

“It’s me.” Han Yun’s gaze swept over the shrine filled with the fragrance of prayers. “Your karma is not evident, and your prayers are pure. It seems that you did not participate in Takamagahara’s conspiracy against China.”

Miketsu said frankly, "I am in charge of the harvest and protect my believers. All I ask for is favorable weather and abundant harvests. Conquest and intrigue are not my ways."

"is it?"

Han Yun's lips curled into a slightly mocking smile.

What is a hero to them is an enemy to me. Although the other side did not get involved much, they were still aware of the situation, and that is the original sin.

As if sensing the fleeting coldness in Han Yun's eyes, Yu Zhuan Jin's heart tightened, and for the first time, a look of panic appeared on her ethereal and beautiful face.

She bowed hastily, her magnificent twelve-layered kimono trailing on the ground, her voice trembling slightly:

"Wait, Your Excellency! I am willing to submit! I am in charge of abundance, which nourishes all things and promotes the growth of grains, greatly benefiting the people. China is a vast land with abundant resources. If my power is used to assist us, we will surely have favorable weather and full granaries!"

She was eager to demonstrate her worth, her amber eyes pleading.

As a deity of incense formed from pure willpower, she could more clearly sense the vast and boundless spiritual power of the person before her.

It is even more powerful and resilient than her, a deity formed from the wishes of all living beings.

Upon hearing this, Han Yun chuckled softly, a faint laugh that carried an all-knowing indifference.

"Abundant power? Indeed."

He nodded slightly, seemingly in affirmation, but his next words plunged Miketsu into an icy abyss.

"However, if I kill you, strip you of this divine authority, and refine it into a pure divine essence or divine talisman, I can have another spirit carry it, and it will still be easy for me to use."

He calmly watched Miketsu's face turn deathly pale, his tone still indifferent, yet every word pierced the heart: "Moreover, with the elf I choose in charge, there's never any need to worry about betrayal, isn't that even better?"

"you……!"

Yuzanjin's body trembled violently, and she took several steps back, staring at Han Yun in disbelief.

She never expected the other party to be so resolute, refusing to even give her a chance to submit, their aim being to completely strip her of the foundation of her existence.

After fear comes uncontrollable anger and despair!

As one of the lords of Takamagahara, she has been worshipped by the people for thousands of years, and she also has her own dignity and pride.

"Since that's the case... then don't blame me for destroying everything in the process!"

(End of this chapter)