Chapter 196

Cultivation in the Emperor Realm differs from other realms; there is no division into First to Ninth Heavens, only the distinction between shallow and deep Dao Rhyme. The depth of this Dao Rhyme is closely related to the moment one breaks through from the Venerable Realm to the Emperor Realm.

The tempering of laws in the Venerable Realm is the key to opening the Gate of the Great Dao.

The more one comprehends the power of the Great Dao during the Venerable Realm, the wider the gap in the Gate of the Great Dao opens, and the more Dao Rhyme one can control upon stepping into the Emperor Realm.

If one impatiently steps into the Emperor Realm just as the Great Dao opens a mere crack, then even upon entering the Emperor Realm, one will be a weakling among Emperors.

But if one waits for the Gate of the Great Dao to open wider, the power of the Great Dao one can control after entering the Emperor Realm will be stronger.

Before Ji Yanling now, the Gate of the Great Dao has only opened a crack; she could barely step into the Emperor Realm, but this is not the result she wants at all.

Ji Yanling is also very clear that if she were to step into the Emperor Realm casually now, she could not become much of a help to her Senior Brother.

If Senior Brother knew she was being so eager for quick success, he would certainly be disappointed in her.

Senior Brother is such a good person; no matter how much pressure he faces, he never vents it to her.

If Mu Bingyao hadn't told them, Ji Yanling wouldn't even know how desperate the predicament Han Yu faces is—that is countless Emperor Realm and Saint Realm beings, and even gods above the Saint Realm.

Even the Ji Yanling of her past life had never come into contact with such terrifying existences.

Just the calculated siege of a few Emperor Realm beings caused her to perish; how much pressure must Senior Brother be carrying, facing so many Emperor Realm beings, Saint Realm beings, and existences even above the Saint Realm?

Yet Han Yu never told her any of these things, choosing instead to attract the enemy's attention himself to give her a stable environment for cultivation.

Senior Brother has gone to such lengths; if she still doesn't work hard, she truly has no face to face him.

Thinking of this, Ji Yanling began to settle her heart, steadily and surely comprehending the power of the Great Dao.

As for Mu Bingyao, she took Liu Ruyan and left, heading toward other Grotto-Heavens and Blessed Lands; this place is not suitable for Liu Ruyan's cultivation, so she is taking her to a Water-system Grotto-Heaven.

Han Yu, meanwhile, is temporarily staying here to guard Ji Yanling, and he has already instructed Mu Bingyao to go and notify the other Saints.

Saint Tianjizi and the others have already defected to Han Yu and can now come to help stop the Worshiping Hall from refining the Incense Beads.

Actually, Han Yu is not very anxious about the Worshiping Hall refining the Incense Beads. Mu Bingyao suggested letting the other Saints guard Ji Yanling so that Han Yu could go with her to stop the other Saints, but Han Yu refused.

The reason is simple: as long as Ji Yanling successfully steps into the Emperor Realm, Han Yu will have no fear even if the other side summons God Guards.

Conversely, if any accident happens to Ji Yanling here, even if the Worshiping Hall fails to summon the God Guards, Han Yu will have lost the capital to contend with them.

Therefore, to be safe, Han Yu decided to guard Ji Yanling well. Furthermore, before leaving the Bingpo Dongtian, he also left behind a clone—his strongest Painting Dao clone—to silently guard Xiao Yuyao.

These two Junior Sisters are his foundation; only by guarding this foundation can he remain invincible.

As for other matters, let Mu Bingyao and the other few Saints handle them.

However, this Grotto-Heaven is very desolate, and Han Yu felt a bit bored for a moment, so he prepared to find something to do while Ji Yanling cultivated.

The first thing he did was to attempt to head to the Worshiping Hall via a Teleportation Array.

He wanted to test the current situation of those gods.

Ever since Han Yu left the Worshiping Hall, those divine statues had been arguing incessantly, with no one pleased with anyone else.

Those divine statues that still had Saint Realm divine envoys issued mocking laughter.

"You bunch of trash, watching the God-Slayer leave our territory with your own eyes, yet you have the nerve to talk nonsense here with us? If it weren't for our divine envoys still being alive, your believers would only be snatched away by that God-Slayer, and you wouldn't get any benefits at all; yet now you're still haggling with us."

"Exactly, we did kill your believers, but at least we could put their waste to use. When the Gate of Miracles opens, your God Guards can enter it too. If we did nothing, what use would your believers be other than serving as wedding clothes for the God-Slayer?"

Both sides were arguing endlessly over the life and death of the believers, because the believers slaughtered by those few divine envoys were all believers of other gods.

Yet the believers of these few guys were preserved. That would be one thing, but those few gods actually wanted the other gods to hand over a portion of their Incense Beads as a service fee. This was simply taking advantage and acting innocent, and even wanting to slap those few gods who suffered a loss.

Could this be tolerated?

Damn it.

Those gods whose divine envoys were all wiped out were furious, but they could only be angry for a moment before ultimately swallowing this bitter pill.

The reason was simple: now that they had no divine envoys, they really couldn't do anything.

They could only wait until their God Guards entered the Land of Miracles before settling the score again.

Seeing these gods choose to swallow their anger, those gods who still had divine envoys immediately pushed their luck and began to mock them further.

"Heh, if we were you, we would definitely unite to keep that God-Slayer here, so that we could at least demonstrate our own usefulness, instead of being as greedy for life and afraid of death as you, selling out the Immortal Dynasty's intelligence to exchange for a way to survive—it's simply shameful!"

"Exactly, a bunch of spineless cowards, I don't know how you achieved your divine status! If it were me, the Huansha God, even if I died and jumped off the Jue Ling Shen Yuan, I would never let that God-Slayer leave!"

These few gods who possessed divine envoys did not make a deal with Han Yu because they had a way out, while the other gods did not.

Their way out was to inject the power of their divine statues into those divine envoys, letting the envoys become new divine statues, so they could briefly leave the Worshiping Hall space and avoid the edge of that God-Slayer.

Of course, the cost of this is very high, so they don't want to use it under normal circumstances.

Therefore, when Han Yu didn't trouble them at the time, they didn't speak up to attract fire.

But not making a deal with Han Yu was, for them, a victory over the others in this regard; after all, they didn't have this stain, and the Immortal Dynasty couldn't find them when holding people accountable.

At the time they didn't dare to speak, but now that Han Yu isn't here, they can naturally mock them to their heart's content.

However, while their mocking voices were still echoing, the gods received a request; it was like an outsider knocking at the door, asking them to let him in.

Upon sensing the aura of that knocker, all the gods were stunned.

The God-Slayer Han Yu?

They would never forget this guy's aura; after all, it represented the life stain of many gods present.

Why does he want to enter the Worshiping Hall again?

Damn it, he must absolutely not be allowed in!

This was the first reaction of most gods, but soon they realized another problem.

Didn't someone just say that if it were them, they would definitely unite to deal with the God-Slayer and not let him leave?

Thinking of this, those divine statues looked in unison at the god who had just spoken.

The one who had shouted the loudest was the Huansha God; this guy was originally the weakest among the gods possessing Saint Realm envoys, but now he had leaped to become one of the strongest gods in the Fan Ling Jie, so he had mocked them more fiercely than anyone else just now.

Now that the guy heard Han Yu knocking at the door, he trembled with fear.

Seeing many divine statues staring at him, the Huansha God's statue immediately snorted coldly.

"Why are you looking at us? Don't you act on impulse; don't let that guy in, or it will be bad for everyone!"