Chapter 132 - The Descent of the God

Chapter 132: Chapter 129: The Descent of the GodWith the three spatial rifts smoothed out by the Holy Ancestor, the vast wasteland was now left with only the one-eyed Lu Hong and the Holy Ancestor of Heavenly God level.

Seeing the Holy Ancestor remaining silent, Lu Hong had no choice but to ask with determination, "Holy Ancestor, may I know what matter requires me to stay behind?"

The Holy Ancestor seemed to be awakened from a trance, "Ah? Oh, right, you’re still here."

...Well, he had completely forgotten about him. Lu Hong was speechless.

"Tell me where the War God is?" the Holy Ancestor lifted his head, his gaze piercing through the clouds of the wasteland and ceaselessly searching in the endless Star Sea.

"War God?" Lu Hong was taken aback, then responded, "How would I know? He’s probably dead."

"Dead?" the Holy Ancestor laughed heartily, "How could that be possible? Do you know how powerful the War God is? Living as long as the heavens and the earth, how could he just die so ambiguously? Moreover, your lordship’s enfeoffment was granted only recently. If the War God had died, how could he have conferred the rightful seal upon you?"

"This..." Lu Hong really didn’t know whether the War God was still alive or not. From the collapse of the Warrior Temple on the Continent of God’s Grace to the death of the three lords, it seemed the War God had passed away. However, the divine grace bestowed upon Lu Hong suggested otherwise.

"Reporting back to the Holy Ancestor, I truly do not know whether the War God is alive or dead now. The Warrior Temple on the Continent of God’s Grace has long since collapsed entirely. If the War God is not dead, how could the legacy of warriors be severed?"

The Holy Ancestor slightly shook his head and smiled, "Where is it severed? Aren’t you the legacy?"

As he spoke, the Holy Ancestor raised his arm, his fingertips suddenly converged into a burst of colorful aurora that snapped into Lu Hong’s hollow right eye.

"I almost forgot, to hide the yin eye I placed the most crucial part inside your eye, this is compensation for you."

Actually, the will of the Holy Ancestor had always been there. Initially, the old man in the secret chamber was an incarnation of the Holy Ancestor’s will. The Water Demon King had been unknowingly searching for the God’s Eye on behalf of Demon King Yan, forcing the Holy Ancestor to Shatter the yin eye and hide it in various corners of the demon race.

"Why did the Holy Ancestor choose me to hide the most important piece? How long have I been in the wasteland?" Following a dazzling burst of light, Lu Hong’s right eye was restored as before, seemingly no different from earlier. However, a subtle feel revealed that it seemed the Holy Ancestor had hidden a powerful ability within, and how to activate it depended on Lu Hong’s comprehension.

"Because you are the key to unlocking my sealed shackles."

The Holy Ancestor lifted Lu Hong up with his large hand and placed him on his own shoulder. The lower half of his body, still buried under the great plains, stood up completely. His huge figure directly pierced through the barrier of the wasteland, allowing Lu Hong to see the endless Star Sea outside the dimension for the first time.

"I am the key?" Lu Hong’s eyes were filled with starlight, knowing that each star was a dimension. Some had already been trodden by others, but many stars were still veiled in mystery, awaiting the exploration of adventurers.

"Back when I crossed the vast Angry Sea from the ancestral star to arrive at God’s Grace, it was only in pursuit of defeat."

The Holy Ancestor had nothing else to do, so he began to tell Lu Hong about the past, "When I first arrived on the Continent of God’s Grace, I discovered that this dimension was incredibly powerful, filled with numerous talented Heavenly God-level beings. After a bloody battle of thirty-three days, I defeated more than sixty Heavenly Gods. Just when I thought that was all there was to this realm, the War God appeared. He fought me from God’s Grace all the way into the void, Shattering countless dimensions. That battle was so fierce that it turned day into night, and no victor emerged after two years."

"Fought for two years?" Lu Hong was somewhat skeptical that the Holy Ancestor might be exaggerating the duration.

"Yes, two years," the Holy Ancestor reaffirmed, "That battle was the last one before I was sealed. I remember it clearly. If the War God hadn’t broken through, I suspect we would have continued to fight."

"Breakthrough? At the Heavenly God level, there’s still room for advancement?" Lu Hong asked curiously.

"Yes," the Holy Ancestor nodded, "The Heavenly God Level is just a general term and doesn’t mean that becoming a Heavenly God allows one to traverse all realms, soaring among the stars like I do. Heavenly God is only the beginning. There are three great realms: Mortal Realm, Earth Realm, and Heaven Realm. Only Heavenly Gods who have stepped into the Earth Realm can communicate with the will of dimensions unimpededly and descend upon other dimensions. As for the Heaven Realm, that was the realm the War God broke through when he sealed me."

Hearing this, Lu Hong had a clearer understanding.

The War God was originally a Heavenly God of the Earth Realm who managed to break through to the Heaven Realm during the great battle with the Holy Ancestor, overpowering the Holy Ancestor with the strength of the Heaven Realm and suppressing him in the wasteland.

The Holy Ancestor paused before continuing, "The War God’s seal is actually very powerful; it would take me at least a few hundred thousand years to break it on my own. But your arrival has given me an opportunity. You are the lord conferred by the War God, and your will represents a sliver of the War God’s will on a dimensional level. Thus, I hid the most vital fragment of the yin eye in your eye. When you remove your right eye, the War God’s seal will no longer be solidified, allowing my Divine Soul a chance to break free."

"What if I hadn’t taken out my right eye?"

"Then Demon King Yan would have controlled my remains, returned to the ancestral star, and the lineage of the Sacred Demons would continue to decline without any improvement."

As the Holy Ancestor spoke, he opened a spatial rift, "It’s time for you to leave as well. Inside your right eye, I endowed a very unique ability. After you enter the Third Transition, you can try to activate it."

"I’m leaving then, Holy Ancestor bids farewell!" Lu Hong, though surprised, felt the conversation was going well; why suddenly rush someone away?

"Leave quickly, they are coming," the Holy Ancestor said with deep, profound eyes, as if something in the void was about to arrive.

"Yamata no Orochi, awaken!" To deal with the creatures of the void, the Holy Ancestor shouted loudly. The last piece of the wasteland completely vanished as a colossal serpent awoke from its slumber, opening its blood-red eyes. Its three enormous heads danced wildly, seemingly releasing the energy of ten thousand years of sleep.

"Quickly go!" Seeing Lu Hong dazed, the Holy Ancestor scolded again.

"Oh, oh," Lu Hong hurriedly dived into the spatial rift in front of him, and as he looked back, two pure beams of Holy Light sprinkled from the void—these were Heavenly Gods! Unique to the wasteland, the Air Sect God and the Arrow Pursuing God!

Lu Hong wanted to keep watching, but as the space twisted, he found himself back on the ground, next to the overjoyed Eloise. "Thukulu, you’re unharmed, that’s wonderful!"

"I’m fine, but the Holy Ancestor may be in trouble," Lu Hong said, raising his head to look at the clear sky, unsure of the Holy Ancestor’s condition. The Air Sect and Arrow Pursuing had descended simultaneously; were they here to kill the Holy Ancestor?

"Frogo, I didn’t expect you to escape the War God’s seal," the Air Sect God remarked solemnly, his body radiating pure white light, his feet standing upon a fiercely blooming white lotus.

"I thought who it might be, but it’s just you two dogs, Air Sect and Arrow Pursuing," the Holy Ancestor sneered. "What? It’s been merely a few hundred thousand years, and you’ve already forgotten the pain once your scar healed?"

"Frogo! You see clearly now is not as before; at this moment, you’re just a cripple who has barely escaped confinement. We’ve already established a divine nation, killing you is merely a flick of the wrist!" In anger, the Arrow Pursuing God lit up with a fiery red glow, then a fine longbow appeared in his hand, one man and one bow as if ready to shoot down the stars, his presence overwhelming.

Hiss! Seeing their master insulted, Yamata no Orochi was the first to object, opening its massive maw, ready to charge at the two Heavenly Gods.

"Yamata no Orochi!" The Holy Ancestor stopped it, then addressed the two gods, "Indeed, I’m no match for you now, but you can’t kill me either. Out of our hundreds of thousands of years of old acquaintance, let’s depart here and I will not trouble you in the future."

"Hm, negotiating with me?" sneered the Air Sect God. "You destroyed the wasteland, now my believers are lost, this loss needs to be repaid with your life!"

As he spoke, a white lotus bloomed in his hand, the Star Sea above roiled with thoughts, and countless enormous dragons emerged from the Angry Sea, charging towards the Holy Ancestor with devastating force.

"The wasteland was once my body, you were merely banished here," the Holy Ancestor spoke indifferently. "Did you think extracting my blood could extinguish my vitality?"

Then, spreading his arms wide, the Holy Ancestor shouted, "Even diluted a thousand times or ten thousand times, as long as it contains my blood, it will always heed my call! Come back, my Divine Blood!"

As countless dragons roared, vast stars glowed with crimson bloodlight. These were the summoned blood droplets, under their repletion, the desiccated body plumped up, its very vital energy alone smashing the dragons to pieces.

"Don’t give him a chance to recover!" the Arrow Pursuing God drew his bow fully, a fiery red arrow cleaving through the Star Sea, aiming straight for the Holy Ancestor’s heart.

"Still lacking strength in your draw, didn’t you eat?" the Holy Ancestor mocked with a sneer, grabbing the speeding arrow.

The arrow whimpered in the Holy Ancestor’s hands then transformed into a fiery serpent that bit ferociously.

"Beastly nonsense, only studying these useless skills," the Holy Ancestor said harshly, crushing the fiery serpent instantly.

"You..." The Air Sect God, seeing their attacks ineffective, suddenly panicked and said hastily, "For recovering your strength, you slaughtered countless creatures, you will face retribution inevitably!"

"I know," the Holy Ancestor replied lightly. "I didn’t want to, but you forced my hand."

"Go!" The Air Sect God and the Arrow Pursuing God exchanged glances, then turned to flee.

"Just now you still wanted to kill me, didn’t you? Since you’re here, don’t leave now!" the Holy Ancestor taunted.

Then, stepping on Yamata no Orochi, he pursued the two into their divine nation.