Please be my partner.

Fengshan City God looked around at the group and said in a deep voice, "Next, we need to convert more City Gods into deities. At the same time, we should be wary of powerful City God forces such as the Holy Light Alliance, the Thirteen Cities of Peach Lake, and Rainbow City."

"In order to develop rapidly, we need a plan..."

After completing the formation of his team, Old You left Fengshan City because he knew that Fengshan City also belonged to Meilun. Although they were in the same camp, they belonged to different factions.

Old Master You could not possibly seize Fengshan City, and developing here would be too restrictive, so he simply left and started anew.

Fortunately, they have quite a few targets to choose from.

The Misty Mountains are shrouded in an eerie mist year-round; those who enter without special methods to orient themselves will quickly become lost within.

Even in this environment, there are still humans living there, and in considerable numbers.

There are at least a hundred tribes in the Misty Mountains, ranging from a few hundred to several thousand people, totaling hundreds of thousands. They have lived in the Misty Mountains for generations and naturally have their own ways of survival.

Among Elder You's team at this time were people familiar with the environment of the Misty Mountains. They planned to integrate all the tribes, large and small, in the Misty Mountains, and then select suitable people to become gods while absorbing elites from outside. Once they had accumulated enough strength, they would go and rescue more people.

This is one of the few drawbacks of the Divine Consecration Method. To successfully transform into a deity, one must possess a certain level of strength. If one's strength is insufficient, then one is merely fuel for the fire. After being 'ignited,' one will only obtain some ashes and nothing else.

Otherwise, Elder You and the others wouldn't have needed to go to such lengths; they could simply scatter the divine edict talisman upon all humans, causing everyone to become like a dragon, and all problems would be easily solved.

What followed was straightforward: after entering the Misty Mountains, Elder You and his group easily persuaded the largest tribes by virtue of their demonstrated power.

Once the strongest among these tribes had all transformed into gods, all dissent disappeared.

Afterwards, a tribal conference was held in the name of these tribes, and all the tribes participated.

After the Misty Mountains Tribal Conference concluded, all tribes reached a consensus, and a city belonging to the Misty Mountains Tribes rose from the ground and was completed in just one month.

Of course, what ordinary tribespeople saw as a miracle was nothing more than the use of the gods' power.

And so, the ghosts, the city god, and the human race each used their own methods to desperately increase their own power. Although they all belonged to the divine system, they were ultimately from different camps. It was foreseeable that cooperation and competition would be their main themes for a long time to come.

In truth, whether it's ghosts, city gods, or humans, it's all just competition among the upper classes. For ordinary people at the bottom, there might not be much difference.

Even those like Elder You, who are wholeheartedly devoted to the human race, may not be understood by others.

After all, under the rule of the City God, at least there was a stable life. As for being enslaved and lacking upward mobility, only the elite among the human race would have such troubles.

For ordinary people, happiness, health, and well-being are all they need in life.

Chapter 684: The Loop is Completed, the Journey to the Other Shore Begins

Ten years have passed in the blink of an eye.

For ordinary people, this might mean the journey from the moment a baby is born to the moment a child runs around; from a snotty-nosed teenager reading aloud to a young adult experiencing the first stirrings of love and understanding of manners; from a striving middle-aged person to an elderly person whose strength is waning...

However, for those extraordinary individuals who wield power, ten years might simply be a necessary period of reflection, the beginning of a plan, the start of a strategic deployment...

For the world of ghost sedan chairs, the changes that have taken place in the past ten years can be described as earth-shattering.

The emergence of the Shinto system almost fundamentally negated the existence of the City God system, which was also a major blow and... temptation for the ghost forces!

Meanwhile, the divine system is gaining more and more influence among the human elite group led by Elder You. Although many people still have doubts about it, more and more people are joining it, and some even take becoming a god as their goal.

In the early days of the Shinto system, the deities of the City God and the ghosts held an absolute advantage. Unfortunately, this did not last long. As both sides were developing rapidly, the secrets of the Shinto system were exposed. This power, which could transform itself into another form of existence, immediately alerted the City God and the ghosts.

After all, no matter how eloquently you describe the Shinto system, those who have already benefited from it will not be willing to accept change.

As a result, tests and suppression naturally followed one after another. In order to deal with the increasingly powerful divine system, the originally disorganized City God and ghosts actually made contact for the first time, and the connection became closer and closer.

Of course, it is obvious to anyone with discerning eyes that the suppression of the Shinto system is only temporary. This powerful ability to transform other systems into one's own will, if not nipped in the bud at the very beginning, spread like wildfire and become uncontrollable.

Under these circumstances, the development of the divine system among humans proceeded quite smoothly. After all, humans never had much power to begin with and were always the targets of exploitation and oppression by other forces.

Therefore, in the later stages, when the human race revealed its true colors, it immediately showed its overwhelming power and became the final straw that broke the camel's back.

After the divine forces occupied half of the ghost sedan world, the remaining City Gods and ghosts all realized that the tide had turned and the unification of the divine system was a natural consequence.

As the Shinto system swept through the world of ghost palanquins, this new humanistic order also brought continuous and enormous benefits to Mellen.

In just the first year, Mellen ventured into the world of ghost palanquins to a level that no city god in history had ever reached, amidst the torrent of humanity, and his pace of exploration only accelerated thereafter.

When the Shinto system achieved substantial unification in the world of ghost palanquins, with the support of this immense power, Melon also broke through to a new depth in the torrent of humanity.

In a daze, Mellen began to touch upon humanitarian information from the past and the future: slash-and-burn agriculture, primitive feudalism, technological development, the budding of capitalism, and the ultimate goal of... harmony.

Mellen stood above time and space, his expression blank, but at a certain moment he seemed to suddenly awaken, looking back as the past slowly unfolded before him, and looking ahead, the future was slowly changing.

Countless lines intertwined and passed beneath Mellen's feet, representing the countless pasts that had been born and the countless futures that had been derived from them.

As Mellen stood at the center of the past and the future, his legendary power began to gather and condense. Although it was constantly being stripped away by the erosion of the past and the future, the remaining parts became increasingly dazzling.

When the silt and sand are gone, the true gem shines with dazzling brilliance.

At this moment, neither the past nor the future could shake Mellen; he became a crucial point, occupying... the present!

At this moment, Mellen truly understood that he had completed the legendary journey and embarked on the journey to the other side.

From the present point of view, Mellen began to expand outwards into the past and the future.

From Mellen's perspective at this moment, the world beyond the heavens has become completely different. Time is no longer a point that keeps moving forward, but a scroll that has been laid out flat, a scroll that keeps moving.

Mellen can freely paint on this canvas, but correspondingly, any change will have a wider impact. When Mellen's influence on a certain point on the canvas reaches a certain level, it will form a new base point, bringing more power to Mellen.

Of course, such changes cannot be made arbitrarily, because it is not only one person who can alter the painting; your scribbling may affect other people's 'paintings'.

However, this is unavoidable, because the canvas is only so big, and the area that can be painted is also limited. If you take up more space, I will take up less space.

And this is the journey to the other shore!

Once you embark on the journey to the other side, there is no turning back. You can only move forward and not retreat. There are no friends on this road; everyone is an opponent or an enemy.

Because, in an entire era, only one person can truly reach the other shore!

The cultivation method of the Great Power of the Other Shore is very simple: occupy the past and lock in the future.

The more of the past one occupies on the canvas of time, the stronger the power of the other shore will be, and the more likely one is to lock onto the future one desires.

In the outer heavens, it is usually very difficult to see the figure of the great beings of the other shore. Even if they occasionally appear, it is mostly in some legends and stories.

That's because the true forms of the great beings from the other shore have already gone to the end of the era to compete for the Dao Fruit of that era.

Of course, they will also seize their place on the scroll of time, but this seizure is carried out simultaneously in the past, present and future. In other words, the present of the great beings on the other side has already been taken over by them, and any moment can become their present. What they are fighting for is always the past and the future.

Even the past and future can be measured in a more precise way: the moment before the Dao Fruit of the Epoch matures is the past; the moment the Dao Fruit of the Epoch matures is the future.

In the outer heavens, the powerful beings of the other shore are beings that transcend the concepts of time, space, life and death. They cannot be completely killed. Even if they are killed at some point, they will revive and return within their own reality.

Only the true end of an era can plunge the great beings of the other shore into silence.

However, it is merely a period of silence. With proper arrangements, powerful beings from the other side can revive in subsequent eras. Only those with exceptionally bad luck who remain silent for several eras in a row can be completely annihilated.

This information entered his mind naturally the moment Mellen embarked on his journey to the other side.

Compared to other powerful beings on the other side, Mellen has an innate advantage: he holds a portion of the power over the humane current, which is a considerable benefit even to powerful beings on the other side.

Having gained insight into the past and the future, Murren also saw more of the 'truth'.

Mellen had always felt that the appearance of the Ghost Carriage World was too coincidental, but now he was certain that this was one of the many contingency plans that Xiao Li had laid out for him.

In fact, it was precisely because he vaguely sensed this that Mellen chose to enter the world of ghost carriages without hesitation.

When Mellen entered the ghost sedan world, she did not actually enter the ghost sedan world of the current point in time, but rather traveled through time and space back to the distant past.

We've returned to that point in time, when the core of humanistic rules hadn't yet left the world of ghost sedan chairs.

In the past, under the influence of Melon, the Shinto system achieved unification in the Ghost Carriage world. However, it declined after reaching its peak. In the end, the Divine Court completed its final sacrifice and completely sealed off the Ghost Carriage world, quietly awaiting the return of the God Lord.

The current moment is when Mellen entered the world of ghosts. On the supreme throne woven from countless bones and ghosts, a wisp of flame slowly lit up. In an instant, ten thousand ghosts howled, welcoming their king's return.

In that instant, the past and the present achieved a closed loop.

With his gaze sweeping across the area, Mellen was now able to clearly sense Xiao Li and the various arrangements it had made in the past, but it was not yet the best time to launch these covert operations.

Mellen's gaze fell upon the world of the ghost sedan chairs of the past, which was the point in time when the Shinto system unified the world.

Although the entire world belongs to the Divine Path, the Divine Path itself is not monolithic, but rather divided into three factions.

Of course, compared to the chaos and strife of the past, the world of ghost sedan chairs is undoubtedly much better now. Even though there is competition among the three forces, everything is ultimately within a controllable range.

As for Melron, nominally the head of the divine court, he was actually more of a symbol. Even though Melron could make all the gods bow down in an instant, he did not do so.

Just as Mellen had told Old Man Yu, he didn't care.

Similarly, Murren will fulfill his promise and return freedom to all the gods.

When the deities of the ghost sedan world sensed the severance of that mysterious connection, they were either bewildered, helpless, excited, or ecstatic.

But in any case, from this moment on, the 'God' was completely transformed into an ethereal symbol.

Having accomplished all this, Mellen turned his attention to the future, where several gazes were already fixed upon him, observing this new powerful being from the other side.

Among these gazes, some were friendly, some were silent, and some were hostile.

Murren lifted his foot and walked slowly along the river of time, heading towards the end of the era. Of course, there is no such thing as fast or slow when walking on time.

When Mellen stopped, several figures appeared before him. Further ahead was the End of the Era, the beginning and end of time and space. It was like a tree woven from countless colors, with roots and branches extending outwards, seemingly radiating infinite energy and devouring infinite matter.

Mellen looked at the figures. One of them smiled and nodded in response when he noticed Mellen's gaze, appearing quite friendly. In contrast, the others either ignored him or were hostile, and in short, they didn't have a good look on their faces.

Mellen sensed a familiar aura from the friendly man, and so he greeted him naturally, "Master Wudang."

Wu Dang smiled slightly and said, "Since you have already embarked on the journey to the other shore, young friend, we should treat each other as equals. I cannot accept the title of ancestor."

Wu Dang gestured and continued, "Young friend Mellen, let me introduce these gentlemen to you..."

"The Crane Immortal of Yunhe Gorge".

"The Heavenly Elder of the Sacred Land of Startling Beauty".

"General Black Rock of the Divine Power Mansion."

"The Dream-Eating Ancestor of Tiandaozhai".

"The Azure Lotus Sword Immortal of the Taibai Sword Sect."

Melon had never heard of the previous powerful beings from the other shore, but he was somewhat surprised by the Azure Lotus Sword Immortal of the Taibai Sword Sect. The Taibai Sword Sect and the Wudang Sect were both among the five sects, and he never expected that there would be an ancestor who was also a powerful being from the other shore.

To be honest, Mellen got along quite well with the Taibai Sword Sect in the Great Hua World, but when it came to the Azure Lotus Sword Immortal, the relationship was obviously not so close. The latter was not hostile to Mellen, but he was quite indifferent.

Those who can observe Melon here, and those who are observed by Melon, are undoubtedly all on our side. But as the saying goes, who says that we can't be hostile to each other?

Although everyone is in the Dao Lord camp, there is only one Epoch Dao Fruit, and only one person can obtain the Epoch Dao Fruit and become the King of the Epoch. As a person from the Immortal Realm, Mellen's relationship with everyone present is naturally more distant.

Despite Wu Dang's smiling face, only he knows what he's really thinking.

In short, despite their hostility, they could at least maintain a superficial cooperative relationship given the presence of powerful figures from the other side of the Heavenly Dao as their adversaries.

The battles between powerful beings on the other side are diverse, permeating countless battlefields in the past, present, and future, but these battles have almost no significant impact on the real world.

In the end, what living beings in the real world can perceive are nothing more than some established epic legends.

When Mellen turned around, he could easily see the immortal disciples who had come to the Outer Heavens for training. In the normal timeline, they would have already advanced to the level of legends. In fact, with the knowledge of the immortal realm and the advantages of being a Dao Lord, it was not difficult for them to achieve this.

The real challenge is embarking on the journey to the other side.

Back then, Mellen thought that after reaching the legendary peak, he could have some influence on the situation in the Outer Heavens, and that he wouldn't be completely powerless against the powerful beings on the other side.

Only now do I realize that I was really overthinking things. The power that the Great Being of the Other Shore can unleash in the Outer Heavens is simply beyond imagination, far beyond what the legends can even begin to describe, although it also has great limitations.

Among the disciples of the two sects in the Immortal Realm, apart from Mellen, the one who has made the most progress is Long Zizai. He has already reached the peak of the legendary realm. Of course, this is also due to the fact that his true form is a divine dragon, which allows him to easily leave legendary traces in many worlds.

Long Zizai has now begun planning for the other shore, but whether he will be able to embark on the journey to the other shore remains to be seen.

Turning his gaze away from observation, Murren was drawn to something more interesting.

That is, the battle between the two shores!

Chapter 685 Strategic Moves and the Reconstruction of the Divine Dragon Style

The struggle between the powerful on the other side is no longer as simple as a single day, a single battle, or a single war.

The schemes of the powerful beings on the other side may span decades, centuries, or even millennia. What they pursue is no longer merely a trace of legend, but the absolute control of a certain point in time.

This so-called 'absolute domination' stems from dominance over time, not from space or anything else.

To put it more concretely, it means that at a certain point in time, an event needs to be performed that is significant enough to impact the entire outer heaven.

For example, the moment when Mellen embarked on his journey to the other side was the very moment he began to grasp the authority of humanity, a change that was enough to affect the entire rule structure of the Outer Heaven.

The power of humanity was originally hidden within the fundamental rules of the outer heavens, beyond the grasp of anyone, who could at most guide it to a limited extent. However, the appearance of Mellen caused the torrent of humanity to gradually manifest.

For example, Murren could travel back to a certain point in the past and establish a vast system of doctrines that spans many worlds...