Chapter 5045: The Real Tough Guy Hu Bayi? The Arrival of the Eastern Sage

"I'll wait for them forever," Bai Zhantang said seriously. "Until they live out their lives in peace and die. I'm enshrining them as gods to ascend with me to the Celestial Realm."

"So that's how it is," Ling Donglai nodded slowly, understanding dawning. "You're truly loyal and affectionate… even you haven't dealt with Heavenly Court affairs—you've stayed here in the mortal world too."

"Zhang Bairen endured countless billions of years in the mortal realm—what's a few decades to me?" Bai Zhantang gave an unreadable smile.

"…Zhan, Zhantang, what are you even talking about?" Tong Xiangyu stared at Bai Zhantang, her voice trembling. The information revealed in his exchange with Ling Donglai was too immense—her mind was in chaos.

Bai Zhantang gave a slight nod to Tong Xiangyu and the others at the Tongfu Inn, whispering, "I'll explain to you all later…"

"Didn't you seal their memories already?" A curious voice suddenly spoke. Then, beside Bai Zhantang, a brilliant radiance surged upward—Su Han and the other two figures materialized slowly from nothingness. Su Han had spoken; his face wore keen interest.

"…President?" Bai Zhantang's face lit up with delight. He rubbed his nose, gathering his thoughts. "I sealed them… but only with their consent!"

"If they wanted to know, I wouldn't have sealed them… After all, living a mortal life while still holding onto memories of becoming a god would make life unbearable."

"If they're curious, I'll naturally tell them everything they want to know. But afterward, I'll still follow their wishes—if they want it, I'll re-seal their memories."

"You're surprisingly generous… and patient," Hu Bayi raised an eyebrow. His tone was inexplicable.

Gudazǐ scanned the scene with interest, then turned to Su Han and stuck out her tongue. "President… is this our enemy?"

Su Han lowered his gaze—he saw the future—and spoke softly, "The enemy will arrive in about one minute～???"

Casually opening the guild livestream, Su Han paused, then snapped his fingers. "I've altered the enemy's arrival trajectory… that Yin Son of Heaven will appear directly inside the Tongfu Inn."

The scene fell into brief silence; then, many faces around them changed expression.

"…Here?" Bai Zhantang's lip twitched. After hesitating, he ventured cautiously, "President, could you… open the Mirror World? I think if we fight a 250,000-point enemy here, this world won't have anything left afterward."

"Don't worry—I've got this!" Hu Bayi declared confidently. He opened his palm, revealing a vivid, lifelike phantom of the Yama Palace.

With a flick of his hand and a sharp *whirr*, the surroundings underwent violent transformation.

In an instant, daylight turned to night; the Tongfu Inn became a grim, haunted city of the dead.

The ghost city was empty, entirely pale black. Above, a blood-red moon hung in the sky.

"…Too creepy," Tong Xiangyu glanced around and began trembling again.

Li Dazui was terrified too. When scared, he fixed his eyes on Bai Zhantang and muttered inwardly: Don't panic—according to Bai Zhantang, after I die I'll become a god… if I can become a god, why fear ghosts?!

Undoubtedly, Bai Zhantang's words had stunned Li Dazui. But he believed him…

On one hand, they'd lived together too long—he didn't think Bai Zhantang was the type to lie recklessly.

On the other hand, who were the people here? Last time, they'd crushed the Heavenly Emperor himself.

To these people, gods meant nothing…

Even if Bai Zhantang was bluffing, he wouldn't dare bluff in front of this group, right?!

"You actually brought your whole underworld here?!" Gudazǐ's lips twitched uncontrollably. She stared at Hu Bayi, overwhelmed by too many absurdities to even begin venting.

In the end, she could only mutter weakly, "You… you're not afraid this fight will just tear apart the Underworld?"

"No problem—the core of the Underworld is on me! Unless I die, even if it's utterly destroyed, I can use the Yama Lord's authority to rebuild it afterward." Hu Bayi spoke with full confidence.

"Ah, I see," Gudazǐ nodded in understanding.

In the next instant, wails of ghosts and howls of demons erupted. The void twisted, shattered.

Then, an unimaginable number of Yin soldiers and generals marched in perfect unison from another world. Too many—dense, endless. Individually, their power might not be great, but together, their Yin energy merged into something utterly terrifying.

The void was suddenly shattered.

Ten figures stepped forward slowly—each with the bearing of dragons and tigers, clad in Yama's official robes, radiating solemn majesty. Clearly, they were the Ten Yama Kings.

"`．… Strike first," Gudazǐ's gaze sharpened instantly. She raised her right hand high—the runes upon it glowed brilliantly.

In the next instant, several figures materialized from nothingness.

Servants: Laozi of the Daoist school, Confucius of the Confucian school, Qin Shi Huang, the Awakened One, Jesus… Dozens of Servants appeared.

Each Servant radiated an immensely terrifying aura—like deities descending upon the mortal world, making the entire realm tremble as if about to shatter.

And then, without Gudazǐ giving any order…

These immensely powerful Servants suddenly lifted their heads and struck swiftly.

"The Dao gives birth to One; One gives birth to Two; Two gives birth to Three; Three gives birth to all things…" Laozi softly chanted the Dao De Jing. He unleashed his Noble Phantasm…

The Dao De Jing—the best-selling philosophical book in the mortal world. Its sales even surpassed the Bible…

One could imagine the magnitude of its influence!

Not to mention, in every version of Eastern mythology, Laozi stood among the supreme deities at the very pinnacle. Clearly, in the Type-Moon Servant system, he was among the most exalted beings.

The Great Dao manifested, crushing down from nowhere.

The vast, endless Yin soldiers and generals shattered like tofu beneath this terrifying blow.

"What?! Yuan!"

"This Daoic resonance?!"

"Trouble… we have a powerful foe!"

"Insolent!"

"Stand with me!"

"…"