The game comes true, starting with the wandering spirits and gods.

[Destiny: Earth God of Fortune and Virtue]

[Perpetual Incense Offering: Wherever the incense bearer is, they will receive your divine blessing, transform into human form without consuming additional incense, and the blessing will last forever.]

Relocation of Divine Statues: Wherever your divine statue is enshrined, you may descend upon it with a single thought, unhindered by mountains or rivers.

Native to the land: The more prosperous the incense offerings in the area, the stronger the divine power; as long as the incense continues to burn, the divine might will not wane.

Although your territory is still pitifully small, at least you're no longer just a wooden sculpture staring blankly.

Zhang Wenhao carefully felt the changes within himself.

The even stronger incense power circulates endlessly within the body.

But the most noticeable change is in the two people carrying incense.

Ayun spread her hands in surprise.

It revealed a skin-like texture that was almost transparent, and the calluses left from years of hard work became flawless and smooth like amber at night.

Her thin, sallow skin was as white and delicate as jade; she was simply an angel descended from heaven.

The mortal body is thus transformed!

[Ding! The incense bearer "A-Yun" has received the permanent blessing of the Earth God.]

[Physical state: 2→12 (constantly blessed by the temple gods)]

[Spirit: 2→12 (Constant blessings from the temple deity)]

[Destiny: Mortal Body -> Spiritual Body]

"Master Huang, I did it!!!"

Before A-Yun could recover from her surprise, she heard Zhao Cai on the other end throw down the little eunuch and shout excitedly.

As a lowly animal practicing cultivation, it understands even better what the current blessing means.

Regardless of the improvement in one's destiny, the enhancement of one's physical body alone would require countless years of arduous cultivation.

But after following the temple god, he experienced a qualitative leap in just a few days.

If this continues, I'm afraid we'll all ascend to heaven along with our chickens and dogs!

The more fervent his desire for wealth became, the more devout his attitude grew.

As the saying goes, "To repay your kindness, I would gladly die for you..."

It was happily contemplating its wish to attain enlightenment and ascend to immortality when it sensed something amiss in the air.

It has the bitter taste of medicine, but much stronger!

With his keen sense of smell, he immediately bristled and gripped the ground tightly with all four paws.

Before I knew it, the sky above, which had been shining with sunlight, had darkened considerably.

"Ah Yun, bring wealth, protect the surrounding villagers."

Zhang Wenhao said calmly, looking up at the sky.

Dark clouds slowly gather, an unusual natural phenomenon, not an auspicious sign.

A sudden gust of wind whipped Liu Changshun's clothes, making them flutter wildly. He stood beneath the ruins, gritting his teeth to keep going.

"God of the temple, slay this scoundrel for us!"

In the distance, hot tears streamed from Yan Tengwen's cloudy eyes as he knelt on the ground and cried out.

This sparked a huge wave of excitement, and soon countless villagers shouted in unison.

"We humbly beseech the temple deity to slay this scoundrel!"

Their wishes turned into wisps of smoke and gathered into Zhang Wenhao's body.

The Earth God's destiny is passive!

Liu Changshun trembled his lips twice and then burst out laughing.

It's finally coming...

[Warning: Those monstrous and treacherous figures who want to seize power are approaching!]

The narration is cold and dangerous.

Without warning, a hole was torn open in the sky not far away!

The crack widened, like a huge, dark vertical pupil opening.

Five sharp, cracked, grayish-white pillars protruded from it, emitting a foul stench.

"Hahahahaha!"

Liu Changshun laughed loudly as a huge hand grabbed him.

The laughter stopped abruptly.

Enveloped in black mist, countless black vines stretched into his face, limbs... and all over his body.

He struggled painfully for a couple of moments, then fell silent.

The distorted facial features were randomly placed on his face, with only one vertical pupil staring intently at Zhang Wenhao in front of him.

"The traveler..."

He opened his mouth again, exhaling murky breaths, his hoarse voice calling out, ancient as if from the primordial chaos.

They are demons and monsters.

It brought with it the deepest and most primal malice of this land!

At this moment, the game's narration unfolded in Zhang Wenhao's mind, word by word, like a challenge being issued.

Save the spirits of Cangling and return the land to its inhabitants.

Even if a transcendent being becomes a deity, they cannot change their compassion for the weak. You cannot tolerate acts that treat people like straw dogs.

"If those demons and monsters shattered the Cauldron of Life, then you shall act in their place!"

[Specific requirements: Defeat the village chief who has been twisted by demons and monsters, purify this land tainted by evil magic, free the living from slavery, and allow the dead to rest in peace.]

[Reward: Incense Power +1000]

Zhang Wenhao listened quietly to the system's narration.

Liu Changshun on the other side was still constantly changing shape. His body seemed unable to withstand this evil power, sometimes expanding and sometimes contracting.

From a distance, it was almost impossible to make out a human shape.

Zhang Wenhao didn't wait any longer and made the first move.

"I am the Earth God, and I shall vanquish all evil spirits!"

With a wave of his hand, wisps of smoke ignited into leaping flames, burning wildly towards the dark clouds on the horizon.

The once dark world was now half-burnt open.

The dense, impenetrable clouds were burned away, and sunlight streamed through them.

"Incense... is useless..."

Black mist rose from its body, transforming into countless tentacles that swept across the sky.

It strikes directly at Zhang Wenhao's Achilles' heel.

He had nowhere to avoid it, nor did he need to dodge it.

With a focused divine sense, break through!

Countless golden lights flashed, shining on the black mist, eliciting screams of agony.

[Ding! You have converted a drug user!]

A voiceover suddenly began.

Zhang Wenhao's pupils contracted.

Could it be that this black mist was made by other medicine practitioners?

Even though he was only in the game, he still felt immense anger when he thought about it.

The ruthlessness of Heaven and Earth, which turns all things into straw dogs, is manifested at this moment.

"You deserve to die!"

He made his move again, and with his powerful mental energy, the magnificent ancient temple floated in mid-air, appearing and disappearing behind him.

Suppress evil spirits!

With continuous plumes of smoke rising, the ancient temple crashed heavily onto Liu Changshun.

The evil spirits dared not be negligent and retreated hastily.

But the ancient temple relentlessly pursued him, and the constant interference from the storm left him overwhelmed.

In their panic, they crashed into it head-on.

"Aaaaaah!!!"

Countless screams rose and fell, and Liu Changshun's body sizzled.

In an instant, the black mist and blood-red light on his body dissipated considerably, receding into the vertical pupils on his face, which swelled as if they were about to explode at any moment.

Seeing this, Zhang Wenhao did not launch another attack rashly.

It seemed like quite a while before the evil spirits finally recovered from the divine power that had suppressed them.

"You... are no ordinary traveler..."

It looked the person up and down again, its vertical pupils darting around uneasily: "You don't belong here..."

Zhang Wenhao felt a chill run down his spine.

As an outsider to this world, his first thought was whether his identity had been exposed.

......

On the land.

While keeping watch over the terrified villagers, A-Yun also worried about the two people confronting each other in the sky.

Why do I have this feeling that something even more terrifying is going to happen...?

She bit her lower lip, letting her hair blow across her face.

It felt like my whole being was about to shatter in the wind...