Chapter 654: Ichor Bog (1/2)

The World Gates!

Yueshen had mentioned the name more than once, a testament to how important it was to her.

Hell possesses the Gates of the Abyss, so it’s not surprising for the world of immortals to have something called the World Gates, Lu Yun thought to himself.

The past was a tangled mess that only grew knottier the more one tried to unravel it. He’d thought that all the enmities and grievances of that long-gone era would have returned to dust after the end of those times, but it seemed that things were far from simple.

In the Primordial Era, there’d existed an Abyss of Divine Burial to seal away the divines. It was now split into four parts scattered across different regions of the world, while a new Abyss of Divine Burial had emerged in the underworld.

Despite generally accepted history, the divines had actually protected the world of immortals eighty thousand years ago. Certain people had continuously plotted their downfall—the likely culprits now seemed to be the shamanic divines.

……

“What about Mount Exalted? You divines didn’t protect it only because it was the divine emperor’s Last Repose, did you?” Qing Yu asked while Lu Yun was lost in thought.

Yueshen stayed silent and glanced again at Lin Yu, Lin Xuan, and the little fox. She was aware that Lu Yun was the master of hell and had long pledged herself to his cause, so much so that she refused to be brought back to life and would rather remain an immortal ghost.

Subconsciously, the only ones she trusted were Lu Yun and Qing Yu.

“Speak your mind, everyone here is one of our own.” Qing Yu smiled gently.

Lin Yu and Lin Xuan beamed with joy. This was a clear sign that Lu Yun and Qing Yu had well and truly accepted them. Inside the Scroll of Shepherding Immortals, Empress Myrtlestar and the Dragon and Tiger Princes were all ears, also eager to learn the secrets of Mount Exalted.

“It’s the Exalted Divine Emperor’s true spirit.” Yueshen heaved a sigh. “Since the beginning of the divine court, the divine race constantly strove to revive our emperor of the Exalted Divine tribe. Year after year, generation after generation... we finally succeeded in the end.”

“What?!” Lu Yun jumped in alarm. “The Exalted Divine Emperor’s true spirit… has been resurrected?” His eyes grew round as he naturally understood the implications therein. “Let’s get this straight—do you mean that the demon fetus inside the Exalted Divine Tombs is the emperor’s true spirit?!”

Yueshen stayed silent, but that was a form of acknowledgement in itself.

Deep powerlessness flooded Lu Yun’s heart and mind. That the emperor’s true spirit had come back to life as a demon fetus… that spelled terrifying doom for them all! Even in its current state, the demon fetus wasn’t something that contemporary immortals could contend with. Qi Hai... had probably identified it a long time ago, but he’d kept the truth to himself.

If he’d been upfront with the Exalted celestial emperor, the latter likely would’ve abandoned Exalted Major and taken all his citizens to Witherdew Major. He would gain a short reprieve in doing so, or perhaps even a chance of survival, slim as it were. To stay in Exalted Major was equivalent to forsaking one’s life.

“It would be a world-ending disaster for our realm. Whatever the case may be… we have to stop it from happening!” Qing Yu’s eyes gleamed with resolve.

“Yes.” Lu Yun nodded as well. The birth of the fetus would lead to the destruction of the entire world and its transformation into a demonic land.

Currently, the world of immortals was the lone sanctuary left in the multiverse. Even if one wanted to flee from the demon fetus, there was nowhere one could go.

Earth?

Humanity’s ancestor planet? Lu Yun had a feeling that Earth existed somewhere in the realm of immortals. When he’d first arrived here, he’d noticed that the positions of the celestial bodies in the sky were identical to those observed on Earth. Therefore, there was no guarantee that Earth would escape the advent of such a monster.

“The demon fetus hasn’t been born yet, so our chances aren’t totally nil. Empress Vastspace’s true spirit was wiped out before she came back to life, wasn’t it?” He glanced sideways at the little fox. The bell hanging on her neck glinted with a golden luster that was barely perceptible.