Chapter 165 The Revival of the Gods

Soon, a portal wide enough for one person to pass through was opened, and Su Baiwei was the first to step into it against the white light, her figure swallowed by the radiance.

Jiang Chen followed behind and walked into Takamagahara.

The moment Jiang Chen stepped into Takamagahara, an inexplicable rule attempted to affect him, causing his flight to falter for a moment.

In his mind, Jiang Chen heard a majestic voice speaking an inexplicable language that he could nevertheless understand.

"Divine Kingdom Domain, flight is prohibited!"

On the other hand, in terms of status, Tamamo-no-Mae, being one of the gods of the island nation, was completely unaffected by this force of rules and turned her head to look at Jiang Chen with a hint of curiosity.

Jiang Chen was not flustered; he simply moved his internal Dao intent slightly, expelling all the rules of this place from his body. His cultivation was self-contained, requiring no interference from external forces.

"Fellow Daoist Jiang, you always manage to impress me; you've made me even more curious about you."

Ignoring Su Baiwei, Jiang Chen looked at this world, which was Takamagahara.

Most of this world consisted of blue skies and white clouds, with boundless, deep blue seawater beneath.

However, it was not truly boundless; it only appeared that way. In fact, as soon as Jiang Chen slightly sensed the strength of the rules in this world, he knew that although it was vast, it was far less magnificent than the current world.

It was probably only half the size of the island nation, but even so, the territory could be considered vast.

In this Void Realm, there was an island that blotted out the sky, suspended in the firmament.

This was the legendary Takamagahara, hanging high above the sea, the high plain of heaven!

At this moment, Jiang Chen and his companion were hovering outside the island of Takamagahara.

From here, one could see many palaces densely packed across Takamagahara, all shrouded in clouds and mist, making them difficult to see clearly.

It seemed as if this were truly the dwelling place of the eight million gods of the island nation, peaceful and prosperous.

Yet Jiang Chen could see that countless palaces here were already dilapidated, and the earth was scorched yellow, as if it had been baptized by war.

Countless towering trees, over a hundred meters tall, had fallen, yet they had not rotted even after thousands of years.

Jiang Chen and Su Baiwei landed on this vast Takamagahara; the palaces here were very tall and did not look like they were meant for human habitation.

The higher the status of the deity, the closer their palace was to the center, and the larger it was.

It did not seem meant for living, but rather for displaying status.

After all, Jiang Chen knew that apart from some gods with special forms, most gods were normally only the size of ordinary humans.

There was a great deal of divine matter here, caused by the remnants of the incense consumed by the gods and the aura released by the many deities.

However, this divine matter was filled with volatility, rampancy, and an imperceptible aura of decay and death.

"Where is the divine nature that you mentioned was sealed?"

This trip into Takamagahara was primarily to fulfill his promise to help Su Baiwei retrieve her lost divine nature.

After completing this matter, he would go to look for traces of Jianzhen.

Su Baiwei did not speak but closed her eyes to sense it. After a long while, she opened her eyes.

"It should be in the palace of Amaterasu."

She pointed her slender hand toward the very center of the cluster of dilapidated palaces.

Jiang Chen looked in that direction and saw a majestic palace, nearly twice as tall as the other palaces, standing high in the very center of Takamagahara, radiating boundless light.

That was the palace of the Lord of All Gods, Amaterasu!

Jiang Chen flew up first, heading toward the palace where Amaterasu resided, with Su Baiwei following closely behind.

Along the way, Jiang Chen could see that many palaces had lost the support of Divine Power; it was only because the materials were of excellent quality and they had been soaked in divine nature for years that they had not completely rotted away.

The deities within these palaces had likely all perished.

And there were still some palaces that were supported by lingering Divine Power, allowing them to barely maintain their original appearance, though the Divine Power was not very active.

The deities within these palaces were likely in a state of slumber.

Jiang Chen was thoughtful; the vast majority of those dead deities were in palaces located on the periphery. Whether due to war or the passing of thousands of years, they were the ones least likely to survive.

Gods are not immortal; they simply have a much longer Lifespan than ordinary cultivators. However, one needs at least the strength of the Bitter Sea Realm to possibly survive a thousand years, and Life Wheel Realm deities can often only survive for a few hundred years.

On the way, Jiang Chen also saw a palace with an aura lingering around it that was actually somewhat similar to the aura on Su Baiwei.

Soon, Jiang Chen and his companion flew to the exterior of Amaterasu's palace.

The exterior of Amaterasu's palace was primarily covered in bright red, followed by black and white, making it look highly aggressive while also carrying a hint of mystery.

"That's right, my divine nature is in here!" Su Baiwei looked a little excited, which she forcibly suppressed.

Jiang Chen could sense that the divine nature contained within this palace was the strongest, and moreover, it seemed to contain more than one strand of divine nature.

However, just like the previous divine nature, there was a faint sense of weakness.

Since they had found the place, Jiang Chen did not hesitate any longer; he waved a burst of Qi, intending to push open the portal.

Boom!

But unexpectedly, when the burst of Qi slammed into the palace gate, it was neither the scene of the door slowly opening as imagined, nor was it the scene of the door remaining unmoved.

The vermilion gate, which was fully three zhang tall, upon being struck by this burst of Qi, acted as if raindrops had fallen to the ground; it instantly shattered into scattered wood chips, flying backward into the palace.

Jiang Chen: "..."

Su Baiwei: "..."

The gate: "..."

Jiang Chen swore that he really hadn't intended to cause damage just now; that burst of Qi might not even have pierced through an ordinary iron door.

Who would have thought that the palaces in Takamagahara were all show and no substance, even though the materials used were quite authentic—they were solid wood.

Does Takamagahara also need to guard against earthquakes and tsunamis?

Since it was broken, it was broken, but the moment the palace gate was shattered, his gaze suddenly narrowed.

He saw that the interior of the palace was incredibly vast, and in the very center, two figures stood facing each other.

One of them had already turned into a pile of white bones, yet a faint golden light still flickered on the crystalline bones, and it was draped in a dark red and light yellow kasaya.

The other figure was a withered black stone statue, appearing as if it were bare-chested, and it was in the midst of a struggle with the white bones.

In the hand of the stone statue was a sword, which had pierced straight through the heart area of the white bones and was still stuck between the bones.

The white bones had one hand tightly gripping the blade, while the other hand was in a flower-pinching mudra, pointing at the forehead of the stone statue.

The two of them seemed to have perished together just like this.

"Jianzhen!"

"kusanagi no tsurugi!"

The two of them spoke almost in unison, but one voice carried a trace of anger, while the other voice carried a trace of surprise.

Su Baiwei's figure quickly swept past Jiang Chen, and she reached out to grab the sword known as kusanagi no tsurugi!

Jiang Chen's gaze flashed, and he was just about to stop her, but at that very moment, a sudden change occurred!

(Good night, brothers)