Chapter 1640 - 601: The Ultimate Gathering (Part 2)

He waved his hand and said, "Within Lotus Mountain, there are many of us at the Heavenly God Level, but they’ve just hidden themselves,

I ask here, among us at the Heavenly God Level, in these two thousand years of passing time, whose hands are not stained with thousands of lives?

I fear that within this Lotus Mountain, there may even be those who have slaughtered tens of thousands, even hundreds of thousands.".

Within Lotus Mountain, there was a moment of silence,

No one replied,

The East Palace Master was quite satisfied and continued, "Mr., take a good look, no one dares to respond... Everyone is not clean,

He killed thousands, I killed tens of thousands, killing is killing, why not kill the disciples of Hidden Dragon Mountain?"

Zhou Xuan’s expression was cold and he was about to retort, but just then, from the distant eastern peak of Lotus Mountain, came the melody of an old song,

"Past events cannot be chased, viewed as destiny, future events can still be changed, viewed as impermanence."

The incense fire Taoist, riding a black donkey, lazily sauntered over.

"This Lotus Mountain is bustling indeed, even the gates of the Space-Time Realm are wide open, the Four Divine Monarchs gather."

"Such liveliness, how could I, Old Incense, miss it?"

"Old Incense! I thought you wouldn’t come."

Zhou Xuan nodded towards the incense fire Taoist, greeting this old friend.

The incense fire Taoist smiled and said, "The Four Taoist Gods, relying on their numbers, strut around Lotus Mountain, how could I not come."

He walked up to Zhou Xuan, gently dismounted the donkey, and said to the East Palace Master, "East Palace Master, what you said just now was wrong,

You said all at the Heavenly God Level are not clean, but I, Old Incense, dare to proudly admit, I am clean,

Have I killed before? I have—just the other day, I borrowed the Mountain and River Map from Mr., to massacre monks in the Buddha Country, I don’t even know how many I slaughtered,

But so what?

I, Old Incense, only kill those who deserve killing, I walk rightly, sit upright."

"Hmph, if we’re talking about being clean, Old Incense, I am no less than you."

From West Mountain emerged a young man in long robes, covered in grime.

He was none other than the mountain spirit of Wuwen Mountain, who had also ascended to the level of a Heavenly God as a Butcher.

The Butcher walked step by step towards Yu Ruying, glaring coldly,

Yu Ruying, however, was not afraid of his searing, murderous gaze, and met it head-on,

Until they approached each other, then the Butcher said, "You are the Sequencer of Bai Yujing, Bai Yujing owes Wuwen Mountain many lives."

"This human doctor, you must understand, a sequencer is a sequencer, Bai Yujing is Bai Yujing, Bai Yujing can kill whoever they want, we sequencers can’t manage that."

Yu Ruying, with a sparkling smile, said, "We sequencers, usually just love to delve into Calligraphy, however, you place your grudge on me, I don’t mind,

Come, let me learn from your divine skills."

Yu Ruying embodies the confidence of the strong—since you hate me, then make a move.

But unexpectedly the Butcher changed his tone, saying, "I can’t beat you, I’ll practice for another thousand years, then I’ll go to Bai Yujing to seek justice for Wuwen Mountain."

The Butcher remained so unrestrained, you can beat, you can’t beat,

If I can’t beat you, I won’t fight recklessly, a gentleman’s revenge is never too late in ten, even a thousand years.

His words made Yu Ruying let out a light laugh.

"When did the human world have so many interesting people?"

Yu Ruying seemed to find today’s events extremely interesting.

Zhou Xuan also found it quite dignified,

Initially, he only intended to massacre the Six Great Families of Snow Plain Prefecture within Lotus Mountain, capture the Boba Living Buddha, and interrogate about the whereabouts of the ’Yanfutai Buddha Mother’.

But now, Lotus Mountain had become a place where the top figures of Jing Country converged.

Incense, Butcher, Witch God, Four Divine Monarchs, Bai Yujing, Sequencer, and those at the Heavenly God Level not yet revealed,

Among Jing Country, the most outstanding figures, probably more than half have gathered here already.

"I suddenly feel that today is an opportunity to unite all the vital forces of Jing Country."

Zhou Xuan contemplated inwardly.

With the arrival of the Butcher and Old Incense, the Four Great Divine Lords no longer had the advantage in numbers,

Their momentum has weakened considerably,

The East Palace Master said to the Old Incense Fire, "Old Incense Fire, your hands and those of the Butcher are clean indeed, and I recognize that, but my West Valley Junior is merely guilty of a minor transgression; he should not be banished to the Scattered Dao."

The Southern Emperor also announced "Infinite Longevity", saying, "Indeed, when Heavenly Gods protect the world, there should be no mistake in slaying, as long as my West Valley Junior, after the Buddha Country’s invasion, fights more bravely and serves his punishment by making achievements."

"His sins are too grave."

Zhou Xuan stepped forward with words, saying, "If not for West Valley slaughtering Hidden Dragon Mountain, the Kongming Mirror would have surely fallen into Jing Country’s hands.

Jing Country mastering the Kongming Mirror would have made their might surge rapidly; how would the little Buddha Country dare to invade then?"

He extended his hand and made a "three" gesture, articulately exclaiming, "Three hundred years, a full three hundred years, over these three hundred years, the paths of Heavenly Gods and God-level of Jing Country were supposed to advance considerably, but due to West Valley, Jing Country missed out on this period of rapid potential growth, such a culpability is not as simple as slaughtering thousands."

Zhou Xuan began his "winning hearts" speech, pointing deep into Lotus Mountain, saying, "Those Heavenly Gods hidden within the mountain, listen well—originally, over these three hundred years, you all would become incredibly strong, your Taoist paths could have surpassed the Four Great Venerable, perhaps even the Heavenly Venerate, or even reached beyond, but why have you made no progress? It’s not due to a lack of diligent cultivation but because your most important opportunity was taken by West Valley True Monarch,

West Valley True Monarch single-handedly destroyed the advancement opportunities of all present Heavenly Gods and God-level."

The Heavenly Gods within Lotus Mountain initially had no significant feud with West Valley True Monarch, but now a vendetta has formed, a large one.

Blocking one’s cultivation is akin to killing one’s parents, these Heavenly Gods now have an enmity with West Valley that cannot coexist under the same sky, later, should Zhou Xuan and others brawl with the Four Divine Monarchs, these Heavenly Gods clearly know who to support.

West Valley started to panic, his hand trembled again, pointing at Zhou Xuan, saying, "Don’t believe him, such supposed Kongming Mirror divine powers are merely so-so, to us Heavenly Gods, the Kongming Mirror doesn’t hold much significance, your cultivation journey wasn’t hindered by me, it wasn’t."

"Whether it was hindered by you or not, I, Zhou Xuan, will naturally let everyone know."

Zhou Xuan addressed the heavens, saying,

"All Gods, hear my words, several months ago, I already grasped the method of the Kongming Mirror, once I and Yun Ziliang finish our duel against this West Valley True Monarch, I will then activate the mirror with everyone, to verify whether my previous statements were false."

Having said this, Zhou Xuan again beckoned West Valley True Monarch with his finger, saying, "West Valley, I said before, today we duel to the death, independent of right or wrong, pure methods in a life-and-death gamble, the bet isn’t over yet, let’s put right and wrong aside, and continue battling."

Hearing Zhou Xuan still wishing to duel West Valley, the Incense Fire Taoist also felt elated, throwing his horsetail whisk toward the sky, that horsetail whisk obscured the sky’s light,

Old Incense Fire said, "In this realm, there is a restriction in the Human World, if Heavenly Gods act fiercely, the restriction will put them to sleep,

Mr. put his strength onto Mr. Yun, Mr. Yun will temporarily become a Heavenly God, West Valley is also a Heavenly God, the two are fighting, fearing not battling for several rounds, Heaven and Earth’s restriction will forcefully make them withdraw swords, my watching won’t be enjoyable."

The words of the Incense Fire Taoist were truthful, when Zhou Xuan, under the Nuo God’s Shadow, sparred with the Ancient Buddha Mirror Image of the Five Great Buddhist Slaves, they both nearly reached the Heavenly God level, it was a quasi-Heavenly God battle.

Whereas the battle between Yun Ziliang and West Valley True Monarch is a genuine battle between Heavenly Gods, supervised by Heaven and Earth.

"I use the horsetail whisk to block part of the restriction, allowing you, Mr., and that West Valley True Monarch, to duel heartily."

With Old Incense Fire’s intervention, the Butcher also made his move, he exhaled strongly upward,

The coarse air turned to mist, spreading out, also blocking the sky’s light, and the Witch God’s inscriptions appeared on the ground, inside Lotus Mountain, numerous Heavenly Gods, although not present, summoned mist of different colors, and Yu Ruying also took a flower as a pen, writing on the ground: "The earth is calm, observing it steadily."

These exceptional figures, using their own paths, temporarily blocked the Heaven and Earth’s restriction, just so Zhou Xuan, Yun Ziliang, and that West Valley True Monarch could have an unrestrained life-and-death battle.

Zhou Xuan battled at the open ground, pointing toward West Valley True Monarch, shouting, "West Valley, come fight!"