Chapter 779 45: Reversal

The god vanished.

From its true appearance to its final disappearance, less than three minutes had passed.

The powerful apparition vanished without a trace.

And it disappeared right before everyone's eyes.

Everyone witnessed it shatter, disintegrate, and finally dissipate into the heavens and earth.

No.

Was that not a god?

At this moment, almost everyone had similar thoughts. They were too shocked to be surprised, only left in bewilderment.

A god— and in the entire world, a rare activated god—disappeared just because of three sentences from the other party?

It disappeared just like that?

So what exactly does this mean!?

The onlookers around watched as the apparition above the heavens shattered spectacularly. Stiffly, they turned their heads, slowly looking at the crowned figure dressed in a complex Great Fur Robe. The modern aura he carried recently vanished completely. At this moment, as if the ruler of heaven and earth, Ying Zheng, they had a guess, but whatever it was... they couldn't believe it.

They were all advanced empowerers of the East Asian cultural sphere, and even distant advanced empowerers couldn't have arrived so quickly.

And they, or rather the country they belonged to, had been deeply influenced by Han culture historically. They might not recognize the early Great Fur Robe.

But they could recognize that set of clothes.

After all, Han culture, even during the most tumultuous times, never completely broke off and instead continued to blend and develop.

Although the attire system continually fluctuated with social upheaval, the Zhou system of crowns and robes served as a classic model for later generations.

No matter how things changed, regardless of the era they were influenced by, tracing back to the roots, they could find familiar elements.

So they were very clear about the meaning behind the clothing Ying Zheng wore.

This, combined with Ying Zheng's self-reference as 'Zhen.'

The answer was almost self-evident.

And precisely because it was clear, precisely because the answer was self-evident,

they found it unbelievable.

Because this answer... was truly shocking.

Could it be...?

Ancestor against god?

Could the Celestial Strategy Mansion operate in such a manner?

And... did their ancestor really succeed in suppressing a god!?

You're joking!!!

Were their human ghosts more powerful than celestial gods!? Additionally!

The Jade Seal in his hand... could it be that one?

How could that be possible!!!

What joke was the Celestial Strategy Mansion playing!!!

Didn't the Qin, rulers by the Legalist School, who advocated pragmatism, not wear crown robes!? Didn't they have only one all-black ritual costume, known as Junxuan!?

At this moment.

Those who understood some history realized who the Ying Zheng before them was.

If they couldn't guess just now... then at this moment, combining everything.

The answer was glaringly obvious.

Meanwhile,

Ying Zheng didn't pay attention to those startled glances. He looked at the cracked Jade Seal in his hand and said gently, "After more than two thousand years away, unable to access the Yellow Springs Mainstream, this is all I can do?"

The moment he finished speaking.

Buzz—

The thick clouds he had just dispersed suddenly converged.

Once again blocking out the sunlight shining down.

Once again plunging the area where Ying Zheng stood into utter darkness.

Immediately, a raindrop fell.

It started to rain.

The downpour came swiftly and fiercely.

In an instant, it turned into a torrential rain.

So fast.

That it didn't give anyone time to react.

At the same time,

as thunder roared through the clouds, the towering apparition in the clouds... reappeared, emerging and lowering its head slowly.

But this time, it restrained all its emotions.

Put away all its ferocity, malice, intent to kill, and fury.

It simply lowered its head, casting its gaze downward, quietly watching Ying Zheng on the sea surface.

And the moment the gaze of the apparition in the sky was cast,

Ying Zheng still showed no expression.

But around him,

those advanced empowerers gathered to watch, in that instant... felt as if they had been abandoned by the entire world.

The sky seemed to collapse.

And the light abruptly vanished, leaving only the gaze of that apparition in the sky penetrating layer upon layer of rain to fall upon them, etching itself into everyone's soul.

Everyone, at this moment, had hearts pounding like thunder, trembling uncontrollably.

Thud—

Next,

the sound of bodies hitting the water echoed continuously.

One by one, the advanced empowerers faced with that gaze could only instinctively look up, passing out directly, falling into the sea.

They lost consciousness.

And those few remaining, who could still maintain consciousness, weren't much better off. Facing the sky-gazing gaze, they couldn't even turn their heads.

...The true might of a god.

And at this moment, the only one who remained calm and quietly stood in place was Ying Zheng alone.

He raised his head to look at the reappeared massive apparition, and the wings hidden behind it within the clouds. Once again, he raised the Jade Seal in his hand: "Knowing you cannot win, you retained your humanity, severing and abandoning it entirely, allowing divinity to dominate?

At last, you've made the right choice; a god should behave like a god."

This time,

the enormous apparition didn't respond, merely stooping as if bowing, lowering its head once more.

The crown robe on Ying Zheng seemed to become somewhat unstable, with the sleeves quivering and turning into golden points of light.

"..."

Ying Zheng glanced at his sleeves, then his gaze slowly moved up, looking again at the Heirloom Seal of the Realm he held in hand.

Crack.