219: Earth God, Goodbye Rat Demon

“And this is with you holding back!”

“If you hadn’t pulled your punches in time, both of them would surely have had no chance of survival!”

You instantly appeared beside the two, one hand on each, and began Soul Searching.

In an instant, a flood of memories poured into your mind.

“They’re also people from the Heavenly Court?”

You murmured to yourself.

The memories of these two were similar to those of Zhou Ji earlier.

Although you could Soul Search, you only saw their personal life memories; everything about the Heavenly Court was blocked, not allowing you to glimpse a single bit.

You ground the two to dust, and after letting the Human Emperor Sect Disciple leave again, you continued searching here.

Several months later.

You found nothing useful.

But you weren't worried at all, because the day of the Year Wheel Gift was approaching.

This place was only so big, and any Opportunity hidden within it would easily be discovered by the Year Wheel Gift.

You began to wait quietly.

Soon, the Year Wheel Gift was triggered.

It sent you a subtle guide, pointing you in the right direction.

Following the guide, you quickly discovered a hidden temple.

And in the center of this temple, a statue stood prominently.

“This thing again…”

You mused to yourself.

Although you weren't clear about the origin of the object before you, since your Crisis Awareness hadn't given any warning, it indicated that this object was most likely beneficial to you.

You began to explore the surroundings.

You found that the four corners of the dilapidated temple and beneath the statue each had five slots.

They seemed to serve the same purpose as the Twelve Beast Spirit Stones.

You took out all the unknown items you had and compared them one by one.

Finally, upon taking out a lotus flower, it connected with a slot in the corner.

This was the Golden Silkworm Lotus you obtained when you slayed Jin Canzi in the past!

Unaware of its use, you had always carried it with you, but you never expected it to connect with the slot before you today.

As you pondered, the Golden Silkworm Lotus slowly rose.

It transformed into the character “ Anger” (chēn, wrath) in the sky, then shattered, forming a sky full of golden light.

The golden light surged towards you, and you felt an invisible defense appear beside you, capable of resisting layers of attacks.

“This must be a gift similar to those Beast Spirits.”

“It’s just a pity that the items needed in the temple are much harder to find than those Beast Spirit Stones.”

You sighed softly, then engraved the remaining four empty slots, planning to take them back and have the Human Emperor Sect Cultivators slowly search for them.

However, at this moment, the Void Realm before you trembled.

A rat demon darted out from it, striking directly at you!

“Clang!”

The sound of metal clashing echoed.

Because only the two of you were present, the God of One-on-One Battles was directly triggered, giving the rat demon no chance to harm you.

“It’s you?”

You frowned slightly, immediately recognizing the demon.

He was the same rat demon who had fended off the golden figure for you in the last simulation.

“You recognize me?”

The rat demon was stunned, then “realized” that you were stalling for time!

He roared, his body instantly expanding more than a hundredfold, directly tearing through the temple roof!

“Boom! Rumble! Rumble! Rumble!”

The sky suddenly darkened, and endless dark clouds instantly gathered, as if expressing the temple owner’s anger.

“Ah! Earth God, I was wrong, please forgive this little demon!”

The rat demon immediately fell to the ground, playing dead, not daring to make the slightest move.

A moment later, the weather changed, and rolling thunder swept in, surrounding the rat demon.

“Boom!!!”

A bolt of lightning as thick as a giant python suddenly struck down.

After splitting the rat demon's skin and flesh, the dark clouds slowly dissipated, seemingly satisfied.

Seeing this, the rat demon immediately stopped playing dead and stood up again.

“Damn Cultivator, you made me get punished by the Earth God, die!”

The giant axe erupted with dazzling light.

He swung an axe across the sky, and terrifying phenomena shook heaven and earth, heading straight for your head!

But… this had no effect whatsoever.

At this point, you and the demon had entered a one-on-one state. Unless the rat demon could get an extra helper, even if he burned all his lifespan to attack, he wouldn't be able to shake you in the slightest.

“Boom!!!”

As the giant axe fell, a huge roar echoed between heaven and earth.

Rolling smoke and dust rose, and phenomena appeared.

But when they all dissipated, you still stood in the middle, perfectly unharmed.

“What?! How is this possible?!”

“You, a Heavenly Emperor Third Layer, can block my attack?!”

The rat demon roared in shock.

And you simply smiled.

You told the rat demon to continue attacking, while you stood still, calmly waiting for his attack.

The rat demon looked at you suspiciously, then seemed to think of something and immediately looked at the slots in the temple.

“Hmm?!”

“You obtained one of the Earth God’s unsealing items?!”

The rat demon shouted in shock, then shrank his body, returning to his original size.

Seeing that he had lost his hostility, you began to ask the rat demon about the Earth God.

However, he seemed very secretive about it, and after much deliberation, he chose to reveal only a part of the information to you.

It turned out that the statue before you was the Earth God.

He had been Seal in this place for an unknown amount of time.

To unseal him, one needed to find five spiritual items that had been used to Seal him back then.

When the Heavenly Court discovered this place, they immediately began searching for those five spiritual items.

Unfortunately, after a very long time, they had only found two of them.

And the invisible shield beside you was a blessing bestowed by the Earth God.

For every spiritual item you found, you would receive a blessing.

Although it could only grant the recipient a trace of the Earth God’s defensive power, even this trace was enough to withstand over ninety percent of attacks from those in the Emperor Venerable Realm.

“So that’s how it is, the Earth God truly possesses extraordinary Divine Power!”

“Fellow Daoist Rat Demon, since the Earth God exists, there should naturally be other Lords, right?”

While praising the Earth God, you began to subtly inquire about the other gods.

“That is natural. Besides the Earth God, there are also seven other Lords: Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, Wind, Thunder, and Ice.”

“They collectively form everything in the Myriad Realms!”