Chapter 422: I Came, I Conquered

The many evil gods were dumbfounded.

The Abyss Lord looked blank; he suddenly realized a problem he had overlooked: did Lin Bai really care about this world?

Exhaling a breath, the Abyss Lord pulled away from Lin Bai's arm around his shoulder and said, "Lin Bai, perhaps my phrasing was the problem. Destroying the world will make you lose your reason. When you lose your self and are controlled by power, it won't just be one Shenmo Dalu you destroy, but other worlds as well. In the end, you will become a madman who only knows how to destroy."

Lin Bai nodded again and looked at the many evil gods: "What are you waiting for? While I haven't lost my reason yet, hurry up and let me seal you."

The Abyss Lord was annoyed: "Lin Bai, are you serious? Even I know how to restrain myself. You have so many people under you; do you not care about them at all?"

"I need power." Lin Bai's expression became much more serious. He freed one hand and took out the Heavenly Demon Heart. "Besides, I might be able to control myself better than you imagine."

The moment the Heavenly Demon Heart appeared.

An aura even more evil and tyrannical than the Abyss Lord's filled the entire space.

The God of Destruction and the other deities trembled as they looked at the beating heart.

"This is..." The Abyss Lord looked at the Heavenly Demon Heart. Before he could finish his sentence, his eyes were covered in blood-red, and a series of roars involuntarily erupted from his throat.

If not for the suppression by the card, he likely would have pounced to snatch it the moment the Heavenly Demon Heart appeared.

Seeing the Abyss Lord's ferocious appearance, Lin Bai quickly put the Heavenly Demon Heart away.

To be honest, while sharing the Abyss Lord's magic power, taking out the Heavenly Demon Heart was indeed a massive test of his willpower.

For a split second, he had almost failed to resist the temptation to stuff the Heavenly Demon Heart into his own stomach.

It had to be said, the power of the Heavenly Demon Heart was far greater than that of the Abyss Lord.

After the Heavenly Demon Heart was put away, the Abyss Lord still had not regained his senses. He stared straight at Lin Bai, veins bulging on his forehead: "Give it to me... give that heart to me..."

Lin Bai frowned slightly, returned the Abyss Lord to the card, and then released him again.

With all attributes restored, the Abyss Lord regained his sanity. He looked at Lin Bai, was silent for a moment, and asked, "Your card can suppress my tyranny?"

"If I have the confidence to subdue you, I have the confidence to suppress you," Lin Bai said. "Now can you rest assured and follow me to conquer other worlds? You have seen it too; outside this universe, there are many existences even more evil than you. Your bit of evil, compared to them, is like a firefly to the bright moon—it falls far short."

The Abyss Lord was silent for a moment and asked, "Whose heart is that?"

"The Supreme Heavenly Demon. The Supreme Heavenly Demon who was eliminated by the founder of my Justice Sect. The Supreme Heavenly Demon is Undying and Indestructible and can never be completely wiped out. After the old ancestor of the Justice Sect took them down, he could only dismantle him. I just happened to be assigned a heart," Lin Bai spouted nonsense.

The Abyss Lord looked at Lin Bai, the corners of his mouth twitching inexplicably, and couldn't help but say: "When ordinary people encounter an unkillable monster, don't they seal it after dismantling it? Why does it seem like your sect treats it like carving up meat..."

"Because I need to use it to temper my willpower!" Lin Bai laughed. "Otherwise, how do you think I could withstand those manic magic powers of yours? Besides, this is my trump card for survival. When I encounter an invincible enemy, I can install the Great Heavenly Demon's heart into my own body at any time, become a new Great Heavenly Demon, and slaughter everything."

Veins throbbed on the Abyss Lord's forehead: "If you become a Great Heavenly Demon, wouldn't you lose yourself?"

Lin Bai looked at the Abyss Lord strangely and said, "If you're going to die anyway, why worry about so much? Even if we perish together, I won't let those who bully me live comfortably. This is the tenet of our Justice Sect: to be free and unfettered in our grudges, to burn like jade and stone together..."

The Abyss Lord was silent. At this moment, he felt that his defeat was not unjust.

Your sect calls this being free and unfettered in grudges?

The Great Heavenly Demon was raised by your own sect, right?

How do you have the face to call yourselves the Justice Sect?

Even the Abyss Lord knows how to restrain himself; all of us evil gods combined aren't as bad as you!

We can't run, we can't win, and we aren't as evil as them—what else can we do?

The God of Destruction and the others looked at each other, simultaneously lowering their noble heads: "We are willing to join the Justice Alliance and be driven by Alliance Leader Lin."

With two Abyss Lords presiding, the process of subduing them went very smoothly. All the deities were safely sealed into cards, and when released again, they were already muddled and had lost their sanity.

Having settled everything, Lin Bai felt a sense of relief for no reason. Without further ado, he sealed all the deities into cards, took one last look at the Mist Forest that had long since been reduced to Ruins, sighed "What a sin," and used Shadow Follow to return to the Free City.

At this time.

Most of the weddings had already concluded, with only the weddings of the Earth Goddess and the Wisdom Goddess still in progress. The deities sealed by the clones stood muddled beside the clones, waiting for Lin Bai's main body to return and distribute the Enlightenment Pills.

Seeing Lin Bai appear, the deities who had previously regained their sanity immediately came up to greet him.

The Wisdom Goddess, in the midst of her wedding, saw Lin Bai return safely and her face revealed despair. She opened her mouth to say something, but didn't know what to say, so she could only lower her head and wait silently for the wedding to end.

Lin Bai ignored the Wisdom Goddess and instead arrived above the Earth Goddess's wedding, releasing the Abyss Lord. The monstrous evil aura made the citizens of the Free City tremble.

The players at the wedding aimed their cameras at the sky, and the bullet comments were filled with wailing—that was the players' despair for the future.

The Earth Goddess looked at the Abyss Lord beside Lin Bai and said, "Lalondo, I thought you could hold out for a while longer."

The Abyss Lord looked down at the Earth Goddess and shook his head: "Surrender, Bairuisi. You are no match for him. Continuing to be his enemy will only bring you more suffering."

Lin Bai tossed a Spirit Fruit into his mouth to maintain his calm: "Bairuisi, listen to advice and you'll be well-fed. In the future, I'll take you all to fly together."

Bairuisi looked at Lin Bai in the sky and was silent for a moment: "Fine, I surrender, but you must guarantee to help me recover my sanity and take me to see the Justice Sect."

"No problem. Bairuisi, you made the most correct decision." Lin Bai nodded at Bairuisi with a smile and laughed, "Bairuisi, the Abyss Lord recovered his sanity on his own; I think you can too."

"You don't have any more Enlightenment Pills, do you?" The Earth Goddess saw through Lin Bai's thoughts at a glance. "The so-called unlimited supply of Enlightenment Pills is a lie."

Lin Bai spread his hands, and the remaining few Enlightenment Pills appeared in his palm: "As expected of the Earth Goddess, nothing can be hidden from you. These are the last few. Bairuisi, if you fail to recover your sanity on your own, I can give you one. After all, you are also a master of this world; I will give you the respect you deserve."

The Wisdom Goddess's face turned ashen, and she muttered, "I knew it, how could he be that kind?"

The War Goddess's eyes bulged, and she couldn't help but say, "Lin Bai, you liar."

"How could I be a liar? Lakexisi, just because I don't have them now doesn't mean I won't in the future. I also study the Dan Dao Law; once I comprehend the law to the top level, I can naturally create Enlightenment Pills to help you recover your sanity. I admit, sometimes I go a bit too far, but as long as I make a promise, I will fulfill it. After all, I am the true Child of Luck, destined to suppress everything in the future—the kind that the ancestors of the Justice Sect personally acknowledged." Lin Bai said earnestly. Ever since he gained the passive Skill Tongue Like a Lotus, adding buff effects to himself had become his daily routine.

Shameless!

The War Goddess cursed under her breath, hesitated for a moment, and a stiff smile appeared on her face: "Lin Bai, I apologize for my previous rashness. I know you won't give me an Enlightenment Pill, but I hope you keep your word and help me recover my sanity one day in the future. I don't want to be a Puppet for the rest of my life in a muddled state."

"Fine, I promise you." Lin Bai nodded with a smile.

All the deities had surrendered, and the Wisdom Goddess was suddenly panicked. She looked up at the sky and pleaded, "Alliance Leader Lin, I also know I was wrong. Please help me recover my sanity. I am willing to serve by your side for the rest of my life; you can do anything to me..."

"Shameless!" Xu Longyun cursed under her breath. She activated the Magpie Bridge and arrived beside Lin Bai. She looked coldly at the Wisdom Goddess: "Yatis, don't indulge in wishful thinking. From the moment you stood against my husband at every turn, you were destined to sink into hell. As long as I exist for one day, I will not let you recover your sanity."

The Wisdom Goddess's smile froze on her face.

At this moment.

She couldn't even cry if she wanted to. She discovered that she had made another serious mistake: not only had she offended Lin Bai, but she had also offended his woman.

She was simply stupid enough to cause her own death.

Lin Bai was right; she truly did not deserve the title of Goddess of Wisdom...

After the Goddess of the Earth chose to submit, everything that followed went much more smoothly; the Goddess of War, the Goddess of Wisdom, and other deities did not resist and were all sealed into cards.

Lin Bai's guess was correct; the Goddess of the Earth and the Lord of the Abyss were existences of the same level, and after being sealed into a card, she recovered her consciousness on her own without the use of an Enlightenment Pill.

Sharing the Divinity of the Goddess of the Earth, the violent magic power of the Lord of the Abyss within Lin Bai's body was suppressed back into his dantian.

The Divinity of the Goddess of the Earth was peaceful and calm, and likewise infinite, sufficient to contend with the evil magic power of the Lord of the Abyss.

One side righteous, one side evil, the two forces checked and balanced each other, forming a perfect equilibrium within Lin Bai's body.

He could even control the power of the Lord of the Abyss freely without using Spirit Fruit.

At this very moment.

Lin Bai finally truly realized his own strength; it was a feeling where both heaven and earth were under his control.

After sharing the Divinity of the Goddess of the Earth, the map of Shenmo Dalu was fully unlocked.

The entire continent no longer had any blind spots for Lin Bai, and he could accurately teleport himself to any location.

The Great Heavenly Venerable System sent a notification that the mission was complete and also provided a new mission:

【Conquer the current land (Completed); Reward: Oracle (Already issued)】

【Under the vast heaven, all is the king's land; in the places you can reach, there still exist those who do not submit to your management, conquer them; Reward: Advent (Within your territory, your Spirit Soul can invade the body of any creature you have marked and control their body)】

Oracle could allow his own consciousness to be cast into everyone's mind;

Advent was equivalent to direct Soul Possession, and it was Soul Possession without any risk, which was a bit overbearing. It was worthy of being the Great Heavenly Venerable System; it truly was above hundreds of millions of people, capable of doing whatever one wished...

Lin Bai subconsciously looked up at the sky, and infinite questions arose in his heart:

Who exactly was the person who created these systems?

Possessing these incredible abilities, would he really be afraid of the Game Company?

If the person who created these systems was also wary of the Game Company and had to use him to cause trouble for the Game Company, then how powerful must the Game Company be?

"Husband, what are you thinking about?" Xu Longyun noticed Lin Bai's distraction and asked.

"Thinking about the future." Lin Bai used Oracle on her.

The answer appeared directly in Xu Longyun's mind; she was stunned for a moment, looked at Lin Bai, and said softly, "Husband, no matter what the future looks like, we will always stand by your side."

Lin Bai smiled and stopped talking, instead bestowing the ability of Extraction upon his many Disciples, letting them farm Godhoods from the deity Puppets.

When everyone gathers firewood, the flame rises high.

With thirty-six Disciples working together, in a short while, a whole pile of colorful Godhoods had been farmed.

The citizens and players of Free City were dumbfounded.

Most of the citizens of Shenmo Dalu were believers of the deities, but their gods had been sealed by Lin Bai and turned into Puppets, causing their Faith to partially collapse.

Seeing pile after pile of Godhoods being extracted, everyone's Faith collapsed with a boom, and they no longer believed in any gods.

Producing Godhoods at this speed, perhaps one day, Godhoods might even be placed on store shelves...

No, the citizens did not trust gods anymore, but they had a new Faith—Lin Bai.

Regardless of the method Lin Bai used to conquer their gods, he was now the most powerful man in the world; if one had to find a Faith, then believing in him was definitely not wrong.

Cardinal Garnett of Free City looked up at Lin Bai in the sky, kneeling on one knee with a pious expression.

Lin Bai had once led him to see the vastness of the outside world, and the information on the deities was also provided to Lin Bai by him; he had once thought that his actions would trigger a war of the gods and bring disaster to Shenmo Dalu, and he had once prepared to die to atone for his sins.

But he had never thought that Lin Bai's speed in conquering Shenmo Dalu would be so fast? And, with almost no casualties...

No one could accomplish such a feat!

From now on, Lin Bai was his only god.

Watching the Godhoods Lin Bai farmed, Alei Ya and the others felt incomparably fortunate.

Even if they held out and refused to surrender, with Lin Bai spreading so many Godhoods and Faith collapsing, their Divinity would also weaken to the lowest point!

It was quite good as it was now; although they lost their freedom, they could be considered to have retained their strength...

Xiaobai the fox excitedly stuffed the Goddess of War's Godhood into her body, Qingyun chose the Goddess of the Forest, Jiang Qingqin chose the Love God, and Hu He chose the Mountain God...

Like the Lord of the Abyss, the Goddess of the Earth was born upholding the will of the world and likewise had no Godhood within her body; Xu Longyun had to change her target, and she chose the Godhood of the Sun God for herself.

She wanted a powerful Godhood to arm herself.

But at this time, the Sun God was on an expedition to the Immortal World, so her equipping of a Godhood had to be temporarily paused; however, she also knew that Lin Bai would not let her wait for too long.

Lin Bai's thirty-six Disciples also chose their favorite Godhoods; there were those from the righteous side and those from the evil side. After equipping the Godhoods, they experimented with their new abilities tirelessly, having a great time...

Bairuisi and the Lord of the Abyss exchanged a glance, their expressions both somewhat complex; from now on, the sky of Shenmo Dalu had truly changed, and it was no longer their era.

(End of this chapter)