435: See God

The moment Yan Huagu's Heavenly and Earthly Rule appeared on Xiao Shi, he clearly felt that Yan Huagu's Heavenly and Earthly Rule was actually the Rule of Space-Time!

This is an extremely rare, special, and powerful rule.

A Demigod possessing this Heavenly and Earthly Rule can even, to a certain extent, traverse space and time.

Presumably, this was also Yan Huagu's important reliance to seal and suppress four eras.

Although this sealing and suppression primarily relied on the power of an Upper God.

However, the power of an Upper God is not omnipotent.

For example, if Yan Huagu wanted to suppress and seal the Evil Ghost Era, he would first have to appear within the Evil Ghost Era.

This made Xiao Shi realize that the Evil Ghost Era might also exist in other space-times outside the Tianwu Continent, much like The Primordial Martial Era, thus allowing Yan Huagu to enter the Evil Ghost Era through space-time traversal and suppress it.

After all, under normal circumstances, those eras that had long since become historical dust could not be revisited.

At most, one could only encounter something like the Nether Moon Era that Xiao Shi experienced in the ancient palace ruins.

However, the Nether Moon Era that Xiao Shi encountered at that time was more like a residual image, not a truly existing era.

In that Nether Moon Era, Xiao Shi could only play a role from the past, and when interacting with others in that era, he couldn't converse according to his own will, only acting along a fixed trajectory.

It was more like experiencing someone else's life without being able to modify it in any way.

This is clearly different from truly entering an era.

Although Yan Huagu's Rule of Space-Time was extremely powerful and unusual, and also incredibly rare, it did not suit Xiao Shi.

This caused the Rule of Space-Time, upon appearing on Xiao Shi, to bring an enormous burden to his body.

His three Daos all trembled, and in that trembling, signs of being overwhelmed and on the verge of collapse appeared!

The Heavenly and Earthly Rule itself transcends the Dao.

Coupled with the fact that it was not compatible with Xiao Shi, this resulted in the immense burden Xiao Shi was currently enduring.

There was even a certain danger involved.

If not handled properly, his three Daos could directly collapse.

At the same time, when Yan Huagu bestowed his Heavenly and Earthly Rule upon Xiao Shi, a colossal crack suddenly appeared in his heart, spreading rapidly.

It spread throughout Yan Huagu's entire body.

Pfft!

The heart that originally belonged to Xiao Shi, which was inside him, then surged out of his body and instantly merged into Xiao Shi's body.

Although this heart stayed in Yan Huagu's body for a very short time, when it left Yan Huagu's body and merged into Xiao Shi's, Xiao Shi clearly felt that this heart had undergone an extremely significant transformation compared to before!

Furthermore, a power belonging to Yan Huagu spread out from the heart, directly erasing the Rule of Space-Time on Xiao Shi.

This caused the rule to become an unowned Heavenly and Earthly Rule.

This immediately relieved the burden Xiao Shi had been bearing.

Next, he only needed to transform the Heavenly and Earthly Rule on him into his own rule.

And without the Heavenly and Earthly Rule and the heart, Yan Huagu's body could no longer hold on.

It began to disintegrate inch by inch, dissipating inch by inch, and thus perished!

In an instant, he completely vanished into nothingness.

Xiao Shi sighed and cupped his fists, bowing deeply towards the spot where Yan Huagu's figure had disappeared.

He knew that the other party had entrusted all his hopes to him.

He looked at the mask in his hand.

With Yan Huagu's demise, he knew that he could now use the the face to meet god in his hand to enter the Eternal Night Divine Realm and meet the Upper God.

In addition, Xiao Shi clearly perceived that the moment Yan Huagu perished, a black light flashed on the entire black mask, causing it to appear as if it had been reset.

And at the moment of reset, the entire black mask transformed into a black light and flew directly towards Xiao Shi.

Pfft!

It directly adhered to Xiao Shi's face, covering his entire countenance.

And from within the mask, countless tiny black tendrils emerged, directly piercing into Xiao Shi's skin and flesh, tightly connecting and continuously merging with his face.

Xiao Shi frowned deeply at this.

He could clearly feel that this fusion was actually a forced fusion.

It wasn't just a physical facial fusion, but also a fusion with his soul, including his life.

Under this fusion, he would be unable to get rid of this the face to meet god unless he died completely.

This made him realize that this was a method of extremely high standing!

It was also a method that did not belong to the Tianwu Continent.

The moment the the face to meet god integrated into his body, he was already under the control of the Upper God.

Xiao Shi's eyes narrowed slightly at this.

Although he could still remove the mask from his face, his life and soul were already contained within this mask.

It seemed to have become an indispensable part of his body.

Xiao Shi looked at the mask in his hand.

Without any hesitation, he immediately began to transform this item into his own exclusive item.

Buzz!

The entire mask trembled, successfully becoming his sixth exclusive item under Xiao Shi's Exclusive Dao.

Information about this item quickly appeared in his vision.

[Name: the face to meet god]

[Type: Mask]

[Grade: Unlimited (depends on current realm)]

[Status: Personal Exclusive (Six)]

[Description: Crafted by Eternal Night Upper God, a special mask that, when worn, allows one's consciousness to enter the Eternal Night Divine Realm and meet Eternal Night Upper God.]

[Note 1: This is an important medium for Eternal Night Upper God to interact with Tianwu Continent martial artists.]

[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.]

[Current Exclusive Abilities: Divine Face, God-Stealing]

[Description 1: Possesses the highest authority of the mask, and holds equal status with the Upper God within the God Domain.]

[Description 2: Can directly steal the power of the Upper God from within the God Domain.]

...Xiao Shi's eyes lit up.

What he cared about most was whether the the face to meet god, after becoming his exclusive item, could surpass the Upper God in terms of authority and whether he could freeload the Upper God's power.

Now it seems, everything was as he had imagined!

After successfully transforming the the face to meet god into his exclusive item, he directly gained the highest authority and could also steal the Upper God's power.

Thus, he no longer had to worry about any hidden dangers.

“Now I can see how much power I can get from the Upper God!”

As Xiao Shi thought this, he put the the face to meet god on his face, and his consciousness directly entered the Eternal Night Divine Realm...

At the same time, in a hidden place within the Tianwu Continent, “Hmm?”

The mysterious person, shrouded entirely in a black cloak, suddenly raised his head.

“You’ve been hiding for so many years, have you finally decided to show yourself… Yan Huagu!”

His lips curled up, and his eyes gleamed with joy.

He felt that Yan Huagu's appearance at this time was beneficial to him.

As long as he seized the Heavenly and Earthly Rule from Yan Huagu, then he would have three Heavenly and Earthly Rules in his possession.

After closing his eyes and carefully sensing Yan Huagu's location, whoosh!

His figure flashed, and he immediately rushed towards the sensed location with astonishing speed...

In a dark and profound world, devoid of sun, moon, stars, or any light, with only endless night, Xiao Shi's figure appeared out of thin air in this pitch-black God Domain.

He looked up and saw an enormous face existing in the black night sky.

The entire black face exuded a terrifying aura, and an imposing and domineering pressure emanated from it, seemingly solidifying even the void in this world.

Its eyes revealed coldness and a lofty majesty, like a god looking down on mortals, scrutinizing Xiao Shi from above.

Xiao Shi also looked up at the black face above, his expression calm.

He showed no fear whatsoever due to the divine might emanating from the other party.

This only intensified the coldness in Eternal Night Upper God's eyes.

His voice, like thunder, boomed, causing this world to tremble violently.

“Mortal, why do you not kneel when you see me!?”

The moment he spoke, his words transformed directly into a colossal bolt of black lightning in this world, shining with black light, like a divine punishment, roaring down and hovering above Xiao Shi's head.

It seemed that if Xiao Shi's next reply did not satisfy him, this divine lightning would immediately strike Xiao Shi.

With Yan Huagu as a precedent, Eternal Night Upper God had already made up his mind to take the initiative.

He felt that he had been too gentle before, which allowed Yan Huagu to lead him by the nose.

Now, having learned his lesson, he would certainly not treat Xiao Shi as he had treated Yan Huagu before.

He wanted to intimidate the other party from the very beginning, so that he could control this divine envoy.

In response, Xiao Shi's expression remained unchanged.

He completely ignored the giant lightning above his head and looked directly into Eternal Night Upper God's face.

He said indifferently, “Your perception seems to be a bit off.”

“Hmm?”

Eternal Night Upper God frowned slightly.

“This place…”

“Is the Tianwu Continent!”

“Even if you are an Upper God, this place… is not your world!”

“And though I am your divine envoy, I am not your subordinate, nor your slave. Between us, it is an equal partnership, so…”

“Put away your condescending attitude.”

As Xiao Shi's words came out, Eternal Night Upper God's eyes narrowed, revealing a dangerous glint.

Although he had already anticipated that this divine envoy might be even more difficult to control than Yan Huagu, he hadn't expected the other party to be so arrogant!

He actually wanted to interact with him on equal footing?

Ridiculous! Too ridiculous!

A mere Dao Master, not even a Demigod yet, actually wanted to enjoy equality with an Upper God?

Eternal Night Upper God almost laughed in anger.

While Yan Huagu was difficult to control and always held the initiative with him, at least on the surface, he wouldn't speak to him like this.

Now, Xiao Shi's words had made Eternal Night Upper God feel greatly offended.

In his world, no Dao Master, upon seeing him, was not trembling with fear.

No, in his world, a Dao Master didn't even have the qualifications to meet him!

Yet now, this Dao Master openly told him to put away his condescending attitude?

This instantly caused rage to surge in Eternal Night Upper God's heart.

Although he couldn't kill Xiao Shi, after the other party had integrated with his the face to meet god and become his divine envoy, he was already able to control Xiao Shi to a certain extent.

It was just that he had never before revealed this control that the mask had over its divine envoy, because it would expose his intentions.

In fact, the fundamental purpose of these two Upper Gods coming to the Tianwu World to support a Martial God was to take advantage of the fact that this world had not yet given birth to a Martial God, and to control the Martial God of this world before he was born!

To make him their slave!

On the surface, they supported and publicly stated that they wanted an ally, but in reality, they were all prepared to secretly control him during the process of support.

They both knew very well that once a Martial God was born in this world, with a Martial God's status equal to theirs, they would not be able to control him.

Only by controlling him during his growth, before the Martial God was born, could they control him when he became a Martial God!

Such an opportunity would only come once!

Because currently, only the Tianwu World had not yet given birth to a Martial God.

And to avoid alerting the enemy, neither Eternal Night Upper God nor Blood Sacrifice Upper God exposed their control over their divine envoys.

They only deepened this control in secret, so that they could forcefully control the divine envoy the moment he became a Martial God!

But now… Eternal Night Upper God was not going to hide anymore!

He knew deeply that relying solely on the divine might of an Upper God was not enough to intimidate the other party.

If he couldn't suppress this divine envoy and seize the initiative, the other party might become a second Yan Huagu.

No!

Given the arrogance this person displayed, he would be even more troublesome than Yan Huagu!

He must be suppressed!

Eternal Night Upper God understood that this person and Yan Huagu's attitude towards him was because the Tianwu Continent had never given birth to a Martial God, so these martial artists of the Tianwu Continent had no clear and intuitive concept of a god.

They had no idea how terrifying a god truly was!

That's why they dared to be so presumptuous!

“I will let you know how ridiculous it is to talk about equality with a god!”

Eternal Night Upper God's eyes were cold.

As his thoughts stirred, terrifying thunderbolts suddenly appeared in the sky above this world.

These thunderbolts descended from the sky like a world-ending divine punishment.

Wherever they passed, the void collapsed and crumbled, as if unable to withstand the pressure of these thunderbolts!

At the same time, with the appearance of these thunderbolts, the the face to meet god on Xiao Shi's face also shimmered with streaks of lightning, constantly leaping across the mask.

Although these thunderbolts would not threaten Xiao Shi's life or cause damage to his body, they would make him feel an indescribable pain!

A pain that even a Demigod would not be able to endure, and would wail and beg for mercy!