Chapter 177

However, even so, with Han Yu's current Heaven-Human Great Dao power, changing the Dao paths for these two Saints was still not a difficult task.

He manipulated the Heaven-Human Great Dao power, along with his Vast Righteousness, to confront the divine statues in the two Saints' energy centers.

In the end, these were merely two divine statues and were no match for Han Yu at all; in the blink of an eye, they shattered one after another.

And within the two's dantian spaces, divine statues belonging to Han Yu slowly rose.

"I don't know why, but although my cultivation has decreased significantly after changing my Dao path, I feel as if I have broken free from some kind of shackle, and the future is actually a smooth path. This isn't my imagination, is it?"

Saint Fengling spoke with some confusion, and Saint Tianji also sensed it carefully, even forming hand seals to begin divining, before his expression suddenly changed.

Seeing his solemn expression, Saint Fengling was also startled.

He didn't fear these fortune-telling fellows speaking; he feared them looking serious, as this often meant something major was about to happen.

Saint Tianji was indeed very serious. At first, he only used his fingers to divine, which was generally only used for minor matters and not very precise, but after obtaining the results, he immediately went all out, taking out various divination treasures.

Compasses, tortoise shells, Bagua diagrams, and the like were all fully prepared; these were all Immortal Grade treasures, and combined with his cultivation, the results he could divine would be even more accurate.

After a long while, Saint Tianji shouted in excitement; this white-haired old man was so excited he was dancing, like a child.

"Good, good, good! It is truly too good!"

Saint Tianji's joy was evident, and Saint Fengling finally breathed a sigh of relief; this at least proved it wasn't a bad thing, but a good one.

"Old man Tianji, why are you so happy? What exactly did you divine?"

Saint Tianji laughed heartily, deliberately stroking his beard and beginning to play coy.

"I divined many good things; I might not be able to finish saying them all at once!"

"Damn it, you stinking old man, can you stop playing coy? What time is it now? Our lives are still hanging in the balance, and you're still putting on an act here!"

Saint Fengling had already been waiting for a long time and was feeling impatient; plus, with the current serious situation, how could he stand this guy playing coy?

"I know you're anxious, but don't be anxious yet."

Saint Tianji remained unhurried.

"The first thing I want to tell you is that according to my latest divination, because we have changed our ways, our survival probability has greatly increased!"

"As long as there are no accidents in the future, as long as we follow the Master closely, there won't be any accidents!"

Hearing Saint Tianji's words, Saint Fengling was immediately overjoyed.

"Good, good, good! It seems I didn't choose wrong; it wasn't in vain that I spent so much effort joining the God-Slayer... *cough cough*, joining the Master's side!"

Saint Fengling had been somewhat uneasy about this matter, and now, receiving the good results of Saint Tianji's divination, he also received no small amount of comfort.

"Then what other good news is there? Tell it all at once, won't you?"

Saint Fengling was no longer as anxious, and seeing this, Saint Tianji smiled.

"The second piece of good news is that because you and I have changed our Dao paths, our chances of achieving Immortal God status in the future have also greatly increased!"

"You are relatively young and perhaps cannot feel the difference, but my lifespan is nearing its end, yet I can clearly feel the difference between the two!"

Saint Fengling immediately shook his head.

"How is that possible? Ever since changing my Dao path, my perception of breaking through to the Immortal God Realm has become clearer and clearer; it is definitely no less than yours!"

"Hm? Are you sure? This Saint has been polishing himself in the Saint Realm for hundreds of thousands of years, tens of thousands of years older than you, right?"

Saint Tianji felt Saint Fengling was being arrogant, but the latter shook his head again.

"Old man Tianji, do you think there's a possibility that, in fact, with our aptitude, we could have long since broken the Saint Realm shackles and ascended to a higher realm, but for some reason, we were unable to go further?"

Saint Tianji was stunned upon hearing this; he actually had this suspicion in his heart, but he was somewhat wary of it.

Both of their guesses were similar: that the reason they were unable to break through beyond the Saint Realm was perhaps because those gods were influencing them from the shadows!

Even though the two had now defected to Han Yu, they still felt deep fear when mentioning those gods.

Seeing Saint Tianji's expression, Saint Fengling sneered.

"We have now defected to the Master and can be considered members of the God-Slayers; so what if they are high and mighty gods? We might not be unable to slay them!"

Hearing Saint Fengling's words, Saint Tianji was slightly surprised; he hadn't expected this guy to change his attitude so quickly.

Clearly, he was the first to defect to Han Yu, the God-Slayer, yet this guy now seemed even more loyal than himself.

Seeing Saint Tianji's expression, Saint Fengling curled his lips.

"What, is there a problem? Actually, I've long found those gods an eyesore; aren't you the same?"

"Cough cough, it's alright, it's alright. Eh, where did the Master go?"

"While you were busy divining, the Master left. He gave us some tasks; we just need to go and carry them out."

During the conversation between the two Saints, Han Yu had already used space-shifting techniques to head toward the Qingzhou region.

In the blink of an eye, it had been a few years since he left the Qingzhou territory. Previously, it was to avoid the pursuit of a group of Saints, but now that all hidden dangers were resolved, he naturally had to come back and take a look.

Most importantly, Han Yu could clearly perceive that the cultivation speed of his two Junior Sisters had become somewhat slow; he had to come back and add some fire to them.

During the time he was away, Qingzhou was very peaceful, and no accidents had occurred.

The battle between Han Yu and the group of Saints on the other side had not affected this place in the slightest.

With those Venerables from the Heavenly Book Academy sitting in command, this place was also very safe.

The only disturbance encountered was that those Emperor Clan disciples received orders from the God-Worshiping Palace to head to thousands of Lower Prefectures to exterminate Han-surnamed cultivators, and one group came to the Qingzhou region.

It was just that their cultivation was not high, only ordinary Venerable Realm; at first, they wanted to enter the Qingzhou region to slaughter Han-surnamed cultivators, but they were directly blocked by the Venerables of the Heavenly Book Academy.

Although the strength of the Heavenly Book Academy's Venerables was very strong, they did not dare to kill upon hearing that these people were Emperor Clan cultivators.

Although they knew Han Yu was Emperor Realm, they did not believe Han Yu could contend with those old-school Emperor Clans; otherwise, he wouldn't be staying in a Lower Prefecture.

Furthermore, even if Han Yu had that kind of strength, they did not dare to act recklessly and provoke enemies for him.

They could not guarantee that if they killed those Emperor Clan cultivators, Han Yu would come to avenge them after offending the Great Emperors behind them.

Perhaps, to maintain relationships between Great Emperors, Han Yu would push them, these Venerables, out as scapegoats; such things were not uncommon.

Due to various reasons, they could only defeat those Emperor Clan cultivators and not let them enter the Qingzhou and Xuanzhou territories.

These Emperor Clan cultivators also did not expect that a mere Lower Prefecture would have so many Venerables sitting in command.

They were very angry at the Heavenly Book Academy's actions and immediately transmitted the news back to the Upper Prefecture; because they were in a Lower Prefecture, the news spread relatively slowly, but in the end, it was reported through layers and reached the upper echelons of the Emperor Clan.

This operation to surround and kill the God-Slayer Han Yu was divided into two sides: one side was responsible for directly pursuing the God-Slayer's true body, while the other was responsible for heading to various prefectures to sweep up Han-surnamed cultivators and cut off the God-Slayer's retreat.

The former gathered most of the Emperor Realm cultivators, while the latter also had a small number of Emperor Realm cultivators.

Upon hearing that a Lower Prefecture had so many Venerables sitting in command, these Emperors immediately sensed something was wrong.

Among the Emperors responsible for this side, the leader was called the Golden Body Great Emperor, who practiced the Buddhist Sect's Great Dao and shared the same Great Dao as the Vajra Saint.

"A Heavenly Book Academy dares to defy our Emperor Clan and drive away our clansmen; there must be something fishy here. In all likelihood, that Heavenly Book Academy has the God-Slayer backing it!"

"It seems that Qingzhou is the God-Slayer's place of origin; as long as we destroy it, our mission will be half successful!"

The Golden Body Great Emperor's voice reached the ears of the other few Great Emperors, and all the Great Emperors felt that what he said made a lot of sense.

And regardless of whether that place called Qingzhou was the God-Slayer's place of origin, those guys dared to defy the will of the Emperor Clan and should also be exterminated so that the Emperor Clan's prestige could be fully displayed!

"Who among you will go this time?"

The Golden Body Great Emperor asked the few Great Emperors, and they looked at each other.

"Since it might be the God-Slayer's place of origin, why don't we all go together? No matter what situation we encounter, it will be easier to handle."

"Hm, the God-Slayer is not to be underestimated. For this operation to hunt him down, our God-Worshiping Palace has sent out all our personnel. It has been two and a half years now, and we still haven't received news that the God-Slayer has been killed; one can imagine how troublesome he is."

"Since that's the case, let's go together!"

The few Great Emperors discussed it and, based on the map of the Mortal Spirit Realm, found the approximate location of Qingzhou and began to perform space-shifting techniques, heading toward that direction.

Space emitted ripples, and the few Great Emperors locked onto the space where the Qingzhou territory was located, wanting to shift toward it, but suddenly discovered that the space there was incredibly hard and they could not shift over at all.

"Hm? Space Sealing Technique has been cast there!"

"Hehe, Space Sealing can only be cast by the Emperor Realm; it seems that place is indeed the God-Slayer's lair. We weren't wrong!"

"As long as we destroy this God-Slayer's lair, I believe that no matter how strong he is, he won't be able to stir up any waves!"

"Since the space there is sealed, let's shift to the region adjacent to it!"

The few Great Emperors shifted to a Lower Prefecture near Qingzhou, and as soon as they appeared, that surging Emperor Realm pressure enveloped the entire prefecture.

At the edge of the Qingzhou territory, several Venerables of the Heavenly Book Academy were sitting in command, and the moment those few Emperors appeared, their hearts suddenly trembled.

"It's over, it's over. With so many Emperors arriving, we are afraid we are going to die today!"