433: Wrath of God

These Upper Gods, as deities from beyond the Tianwu Continent, appeared with the stated intention of assisting potential and talented martial artists on the Tianwu Continent in ascending to Martial God status.

However, this was merely the surface of their intentions.

What they were truly plotting… no one knew.

After Xiao Shi understood the situation with these Upper Gods, he instinctively wanted to distance himself.

He didn’t want to be involved with any of these Upper Gods, and even less did he want to become a Divine Emissary.

Yan Huagu sighed at this.

He understood Xiao Shi’s concerns.

He himself had only chosen to become a Divine Emissary when he was pushed to a dead end.

The Martial Emperor was the same.

He too became a Divine Emissary only when he had no other choice.

They all knew there were inherent hidden dangers and risks, but they had no choice but to take that risk.

Especially in the current adversarial situation, if one side chose to become a Divine Emissary and the other didn’t have the assistance of an Upper God, they would inevitably be extremely passive!

What’s more, the Martial Emperor himself was already a formidable enemy difficult for them to deal with.

“Although becoming a Divine Emissary might entail certain future troubles, without the power of an Upper God, even if the three of you joined forces, it would be impossible to contend with the Martial Emperor,” Yan Huagu said earnestly.

Xiao Shi naturally understood this principle.

Upper Gods had already become an important and indispensable presence on the Tianwu Continent.

This could be glimpsed from how a Demigod possessing the power of an Upper God could suppress and seal an era, and could kill other Demigod-level powerhouses.

Xiao Shi’s concern, however, was that after becoming a Divine Emissary, he might become a puppet or tool of those Upper Gods.

Regarding this, he couldn’t help but ask the other party, “Senior, could you first tell me what changes occur after becoming a Divine Emissary? Also, I need to know more information about the Upper Gods.”

Xiao Shi felt he must first have a sufficient understanding of the Upper Gods before deciding whether to become a Divine Emissary.

Yan Huagu nodded, and told Xiao Shi everything he knew about the Upper Gods.

“As far as I know,” he began, “there are currently two Upper Gods on the Tianwu Continent.”

“These two Upper Gods respectively represent two worlds outside the Tianwu Continent.”

“At the same time, the relationship between these two Upper Gods is not harmonious; they are in a competitive and adversarial relationship.”

“For example, after I became the Divine Emissary of Eternal Night Upper God, the other, Blood Sacrifice Upper God, would no longer choose me, would regard me as an enemy, and would use every means to prevent me from becoming a Martial God.”

“Both Eternal Night Upper God and Blood Sacrifice Upper God have the same goal on the Tianwu Continent: to support and cultivate a Martial God.”

“The explanation I received from Eternal Night Upper God is that… both of them, these two Upper Gods, urgently need an ally, and only by becoming a Martial God can one be qualified to be their ally.”

“However, from my personal speculation… the so-called ally is just a partial statement; it’s more like a subordinate than an ally.”

“But what I can confirm is this…”

“Firstly, these Upper Gods cannot enter the Tianwu Continent, so we can rule out their intention of invading the Tianwu Continent through this.”

“Secondly, although these Upper Gods are lofty and possess unfathomable terrifying power, because they are separated by a world, the power they can exert on our Tianwu Continent is very limited and already subject to great restrictions.

Furthermore, what they have on our Tianwu Continent is merely a wisp of their divine consciousness, so these Upper Gods can only lend us power and cannot directly attack us.

They can’t even kill those in the Entering Martial Realm on our Tianwu Continent! They pose no threat to us.”

“If we must speak of hidden dangers…”

“I personally believe that any unknown hidden dangers would only arise after becoming a Martial God.”

“Before becoming a Martial God, even if they have some intentions, they shouldn’t expose them.”

“After all, what these Upper Gods are plotting for is a Martial God.”

Xiao Shi nodded, expressing his agreement with Yan Huagu’s perspective.

In other words, as long as he didn’t ascend to Martial God after becoming a Divine Emissary, there would be no harm.

However, Xiao Shi was naturally cautious and prudent.

Regardless of whether he would ascend to Martial God in the future, he would take precautions.

“I’m not familiar with the situation concerning Blood Sacrifice Upper God.”

“However, with Eternal Night Upper God, contact is primarily made through a mask.”

“Even this coffin of mine was actually a supreme treasure provided by Eternal Night Upper God.”

As Yan Huagu spoke, a special mask, entirely black and seemingly adorned with the night sky, appeared in his hand.

When he took out this mask, under Xiao Shi’s gaze, information about the mask appeared in his vision.

“Name: the face to meet god”

“Type: Mask”

“Grade: Unknown”

“Description: Crafted by Eternal Night Upper God. Upon wearing it, one’s consciousness enters the Eternal Night Divine Realm to meet Eternal Night Upper God.”

“Note 1: This is an important medium for Eternal Night Upper God to contact martial artists on the Tianwu Continent.”

“Note 2: Only those designated by Eternal Night Upper God can enter the Eternal Night Divine Realm. Others, even if they obtain the mask, cannot enter the Eternal Night Divine Realm.”

Xiao Shi’s eyes narrowed slightly, focusing on the information in “Note 1.”

“Important medium…”

He recalled what Yan Huagu had mentioned earlier.

As a god from another world, Eternal Night Upper God faced immense restrictions in the world of the Tianwu Continent.

Now, upon seeing the information for the the face to meet god, Xiao Shi realized that it was clearly not an easy task for these two Upper Gods to contact martial artists on the Tianwu Continent.

They had to use such a special item as a medium to reach the martial artists of the Tianwu Continent.

“In other words…”

“All power provided by the Upper Gods must be conveyed through this the face to meet god.”

To verify his conjecture, Xiao Shi immediately asked Yan Huagu, “Senior, when you obtained the Upper God’s power, was it through this mask?”

“Indeed,” Yan Huagu nodded.

“Whether it’s power or items provided by the Upper God, they must be obtained through the mask.”

“I feel that… this mask is like a medium.”

“Only through this medium can I contact the Upper God, perhaps because the Upper God and we are not in the same world.”

After receiving Yan Huagu’s reply, Xiao Shi’s eyes flashed, and an idea formed in his mind.

His previous concerns were mainly about the possibility of the Upper Gods leaving some hidden dangers on him after he became a Divine Emissary.

For example, secretly leaving an indelible mark, and then directly controlling him through this mark.

After all, as an Upper God, their level was far too high above his; they had countless ways to control him without him even knowing.

Now, realizing that the Upper Gods needed to use this mask as a medium for contact, Xiao Shi pondered that as long as he could control this mask… then he wouldn’t have to worry about any hidden dangers!

Even if these Upper Gods wanted to control him through some subtle means, such control would be applied to the mask, not directly to his body.

Therefore, as long as the mask was dealt with, everything would be easy.

However, for ordinary people, even a supreme powerhouse like the Martial Emperor, who was in the Martial Dao Ninth Realm, could not surpass the Upper God in terms of the the face to meet god’s permissions.

Firstly, the mask itself was crafted by an Upper God.

Secondly, the Upper God’s level was far superior to the Martial Dao Ninth Realm.

The Upper God would certainly possess the highest permissions for the the face to meet god.

But Xiao Shi here possessed an ability that could surpass the Upper God in terms of permissions!

That was… to directly transform the the face to meet god into his own exclusive item!

Xiao Shi was confident that once any item became his exclusive possession, he would inevitably have the highest permissions!

Even an Upper God would be no exception!

This made his mind become active.

He mused that if his idea was feasible, then after becoming a Divine Emissary, he would be able to completely avoid all hidden dangers.

At that time, it would be equivalent to freeloading off the Upper God’s power!

Looking at it this way… becoming a Divine Emissary seemed like a good choice!

“How can I contact the Upper God?” Xiao Shi looked at Yan Huagu.

In fact, with his aptitude and talent, he already met the conditions to become a Divine Emissary.

To some extent, the value of cultivating him was even higher than cultivating Yan Huagu.

However, these two Upper Gods could only choose one person to cultivate on the Tianwu Continent.

Unless their chosen person perished, they could not change their selection.

Therefore, even if Xiao Shi met the conditions to become a Divine Emissary, these two Upper Gods couldn’t come to him.

“This time, besides giving you my world rules, another reason for my revival is to contact Eternal Night Upper God for you, so that you can become Eternal Night Upper God’s Divine Emissary and thus have the capital to contend with the Martial Emperor,” Yan Huagu explained.

“After all, only I can contact Eternal Night Upper God now.”

As Yan Huagu spoke, he placed the the face to meet god he held onto his face…

In a world of utter darkness, Yan Huagu’s figure appeared out of thin air.

This was a peculiar world with no sun, no moon, no stars, only endless night.

Yan Huagu looked up at the eternal darkness above.

“Long time no see, Eternal Night Upper God.”

The entire dark and calm night sky suddenly rippled, then converged to form an enormous face.

“Yan Huagu! You still have the audacity to see me!”

Eternal Night Upper God’s words were filled with intense anger and dissatisfaction.

He had been deceived by Yan Huagu!

Yan Huagu had told him that only by sealing his body and soul separately could his injuries heal and allow for greater breakthroughs in his strength.

It was then that Eternal Night Upper God gave him the coffin to seal his body and soul.

But he had waited for hundreds of years!!

This infuriated Eternal Night Upper God, yet he was helpless.

Although he was a lofty Upper God, he was still a god from another world, and at that time, his understanding of the Tianwu Continent was very limited.

That was why he fell victim to Yan Huagu’s scheme.

At the same time, he couldn’t revoke Yan Huagu’s Divine Emissary status.

For all these years, he could only watch as Blood Sacrifice Upper God’s Divine Emissary rapidly developed, while his own Divine Emissary remained in a half-dead state.

This made Eternal Night Upper God greatly doubt the revelation he had once received.

In fact, when these two Upper Gods chose their Divine Emissaries, they didn’t just consider their aptitude and talent.

More importantly… they could receive a revelation.

This revelation was somewhat similar to Tianji Hall’s divination, allowing them to predict outcomes to a certain extent.

However, the revelation they obtained was whether their chosen Divine Emissary had a chance of success.

This success didn’t just refer to whether their chosen Divine Emissary could become a Martial God, but also included the success of the plan behind them.

According to the revelation Eternal Night Upper God received regarding Yan Huagu, the chances of success had always been similar to those of the Martial Emperor.

Even after Yan Huagu sealed himself, the revelation he received remained unchanged.

This was also the main reason why Eternal Night Upper God initially chose Yan Huagu as his Divine Emissary and readily believed that Yan Huagu could become stronger by sealing himself.

But the actual situation… had plunged Eternal Night Upper God into deep suspicion.

“Eternal Night Upper God, I have good news and bad news to tell you. Which one do you want to hear first?” Yan Huagu asked with a smile, looking up at the giant face in the sky.

Eternal Night Upper God’s voice was cold. “I don’t have time for your nonsense. Spit it out!”

Yan Huagu maintained his smile.

Everyone in the world feared and revered gods, but since he became a Divine Emissary, he had always held the upper hand and had not been controlled by the other party.

Instead, he had always been scheming against Eternal Night Upper God.

“The bad news is… my time is short; I am about to perish,” Yan Huagu said with a smile.

In fact, when he was severely injured by the Martial Emperor, he had already sustained irreparable injuries.

Even if he could survive after his current revival, his injuries would not improve, and his strength would be greatly affected, preventing him from exerting the power a Demigod should have, let alone having any hope of stepping into the Martial Dao Ninth Realm.

Rather than being a cripple, he decided to hand over his world rules to Xiao Shi.

Even if doing so would lead to his demise, he knew that currently, Xiao Shi was the only one with hope of contending against the Martial Emperor!

Even if he continued to cling to life, once the Martial Emperor once again stepped into the Martial Dao Ninth Realm, he would also find it difficult to survive.

He would very likely become the Martial Emperor’s next reincarnation target again.

Therefore, from the moment he revived, he had already decided to pave the way for Xiao Shi!

To pave a path that could contend against the Martial Emperor.

However, no sooner had he finished speaking than the night sky above vibrated intensely, as if the entire night sky was about to collapse.

Eternal Night Upper God was furious!

He had invested so much effort in Yan Huagu and waited for so many years! He was waiting for Yan Huagu’s revival.

Now, after Yan Huagu revived, he told him that he was going to die!?

Yan Huagu ignored Eternal Night Upper God’s rage and continued, “The good news is… I found you a more suitable candidate than myself.”