Chapter 154

The Primeval plane, after the first God-Demon war, the Four Supremes fell into slumber, leaving behind the Holy Hall as their spokesperson, is the holy land in the hearts of the Primeval Humans.

At the same time, many Primeval martial artists of God-level and above were cultivating in seclusion everywhere, exerting all effort to raise their cultivation, basically not appearing in the world; currently, the surface of the Primeval plane is dominated by the four major forces: the Blade Domain, the Demon Domain, the Snow Domain, and the Witch Gate.

The Demon Domain, one of the four major forces on the surface of the Primeval plane, is composed of numerous demon cultivators among the Primeval Humans.

Hum

An illusory humming sound rang out, and the sky above the Demon Domain became hazy, as if space were overlapping.

However, within the entire Demon Domain, neither ordinary disciples nor the Demon Domain's lord, the Demon Practice Sect, noticed the anomaly occurring above them.

Only a patch of void at the very center of the Demon Domain rippled with faint waves, vaguely revealing an evil aura that seemed to surpass everything.

The next moment, a tall figure clad in a dark robe appeared above the Demon Domain—it was Feng Yi.

After appearing here, Feng Yi did not direct his gaze toward the Demon Domain, one of the four major Primeval forces, but instead looked straight at the void where the ripples were spreading.

It appeared empty, but divine light flowed in his eyes, reflecting a towering dark castle that reached into the clouds.

The castle stood firm between heaven and earth of the Demon Domain, surrounded by endless demonic qi, yet it seemed to exist in another space, creating a separation from the Demon Domain, so that its disciples had no idea that such an extraordinarily strange castle lay not far from them.

Twelve thick iron chains extended from within the castle, connecting to a huge iron cage, like a powerful seal that locked the cage in place.

An extremely violent and evil aura emanated from the iron cage, carrying endless resentment and killing intent, causing the very rules of the void to shift, turning it into a land of evil.

It was an evil qi of extremely high essence, as if merely being near it would cause one to be affected, forming a terrifying curse-like thing that could never be shaken off, lifetime after lifetime, somewhat similar to the power of the Dark God that Feng Yi had previously clashed with.

Feng Yi, who understood the original story, naturally realized that what was sealed inside was also a being related to the God, or rather a God's skull—the never-born King of Gods, which could also be called the Fourteenth God, distinct from the thirteen Light and Dark Gods.

This Fourteenth God was prevented from fully forming by the Balance Law, and its other half of origin was guided by the Balance Law to give birth to the Primeval Human race.

And seeing his throne as King of Gods being destroyed, this half-born God's heart filled with endless destructive intent, wishing to annihilate all living beings in the universe and return it to nothingness.

The Light and Dark Gods are in union with the Great Dao, in a sense acting as its agents, so they would naturally not stand by while this Fourteenth God destroys the universe's living beings.

In the end, the Fourteenth God was jointly suppressed by the Light and Dark Gods and sealed in the deepest part of the Demon Realm, the Nine Abyssal Demon Realm.

However, in truth, what was sealed in the deepest part of the Nine Abyssal Demon Realm was merely the Fourteenth God's body; His skull was hidden in the Chaos Sea, thereby evading the Light and Dark Gods' seal.

But although the Fourteenth God's skull hidden in the Chaos Sea deceived the Light and Dark Gods, it could not escape the Balance Law nor the Primeval Humans born from its origin.

After the first batch of Primeval Humans were born, they received a certain special revelation and insight in the dark: to guard the Fourteenth God's skull lifetime after lifetime, keeping it eternally sealed.

Because the Primeval Humans were born from half of this Fourteenth God's origin, once He returns to His divine position, humanity will inevitably become His nourishment, having its origin reclaimed and being utterly annihilated.

What exists before Feng Yi in this ancient castle is precisely the first batch of Primeval Humans born, and, following the feeling in the dark, they chose to use themselves to suppress the Fourteenth God's Primeval Humans.

They can rightly be called the Guarding Clan, a clan that secretly protects the Primeval Humans.

"Since you've come, let's have a chat inside!"

Just as Feng Yi was contemplating the information about the Guarding Clan and the Fourteenth God's skull, an old yet vigorous voice suddenly sounded.

As the voice rang out, the previously empty void suddenly split open a huge spatial rift, and billowing black smoke choked with resentment surged out, revealing the true form of the ancient castle.

"Not bad, it's comparable, perhaps even stronger than the Four Supremes of humanity who haven't fused the Four Holy Beasts—Shakra!"

This thought arose in his mind, but Feng Yi's expression did not change much.

It was actually him deliberately revealing his aura to let the other party notice; otherwise, with his current cultivation, plus the Heaven-Death Bridge and the Heavenly Stele on him, even a God would be unable to sense his aura.

The moment the thought settled, Feng Yi moved his foot and his whole body directly entered the spatial rift.

As he entered the spatial rift, Feng Yi's eyes flickered slightly; he lightly waved his hand, a humming sound rang out, the void became layered over and over, and the spatial rift directly sealed.

Even the entire space where the ancient castle resides seemed to receive some reinforcement, becoming ever more solid; the black smoke emanating evil qi was completely sealed within this space, unable to dissipate into the outer world.

All of this was preparation for what Feng Yi was about to do next.

After finishing all that, Feng Yi's figure appeared directly before the castle, seeing black-robed individuals sitting cross-legged in a circle, encircling that eerie black castle.

The aura of these black-robed individuals was immensely strong; each was a top-tier late-stage God-level expert, second only to the Supremes.

However, it's unfortunate that these people's fate was sealed from the moment of their birth: to guard this place day after day for eons, using their life force to seal the Fourteenth God's skull, consuming their own origin, which shares the same source as the Fourteenth God, to drain the divine power contained within the skull, preventing its emergence, and in a way also preventing the annihilation of the Primeval Humans.

These black-robed individuals can be said to be nameless heroes of the Primeval Humans!

But sadly, the Gods, being in union with the Great Dao, will never fall.

Even if these black-robed individuals use their lives to suppress the Fourteenth God's skull, and use their origin to consume the divine power within it, they merely delay the emergence of the Fourteenth God's skull.

When this clan's members exhaust their origin and all perish, the Fourteenth God's skull will still emerge.

They sacrifice their lives merely to buy the Primeval Humans a little time!

This is the helplessness of humanity in this realm when facing the Gods.

As long as the Primeval Humans have not given birth to their own God, sacrifice is inevitable!

Ah!

He let out a faint sigh in his heart, Feng Yi directed his gaze onto the iron cage emanating endless resentment, and a pale gold color flowed in his eyes.

Roar!

It seemed to sense Feng Yi's gaze, and the iron cage emitted low, hoarse roars, like a dark iron head.

In an instant, a terrifying qi silently swept over Feng Yi's mind and spirit, turning into a secret mark, like a dreadful curse.

However, with Feng Yi's current cultivation and means, how could this mark escape his notice?

After noticing this, he merely slightly circulated the Heaven-Death Bridge within his body, a vast qi surged forth, directly erasing that mark.

Roar!

The iron cage let out an angry roar, but Feng Yi paid it no heed and walked straight into the castle.

The surrounding black-robed individuals seemed not to notice what was happening before them; they simply sat cross-legged in silence, day after day for eons circulating their origin, consuming the divine power contained within the sealed Fourteenth God's skull, while also consuming their own origin, step by step approaching death.

Upon entering the castle, Feng Yi only felt a thick deathly aura rushing at him, as if countless lives had perished here.

After steadying himself, what entered his eyes was a huge round castle; on the surrounding circular walls were tens of thousands of recessed arched cavities, each containing a dust-covered skeleton sitting cross-legged, yet they had exhausted the origin born from the plane's source and completely lost vitality.

And the surrounding walls, as well as the floor inside the castle, were covered with a thick layer of 'dust,' the residue left after flesh and blood turned to ash.

Seeing this scene, Feng Yi couldn't help but let out a faint sigh.

"This is the destiny of our clan!"

At that moment, an aged voice sounded, and Feng Yi subconsciously turned his gaze to the central stone pillar.

A white-haired and white-bearded old man's figure, as fierce as an angry-eyed Vajra, appeared before his eyes.

Looking at this tall old man whose internal aura was not inferior to that of a Supreme, Feng Yi's tone carried a hint of emotion as he said: "Using one's own primordial power to consume the divine power contained within the skull of the Fourteenth Deity, preventing its emergence, your clan truly lives up to the title of Primeval Guardians; Fuxi admires you!"

Huh?

Hearing Feng Yi's remark, the old man's face twitched slightly, and he subconsciously said: "You actually know about the Fourteenth Deity's skull and our Guardian Clan's affairs?"

After glancing at the old man, Feng Yi spoke calmly: "I cultivate the Dao of Fate, having once merged with the River of Fate and seen this world's past and future, thus I have some understanding of the Fourteenth Deity and your Guardian Clan."

Saying this, Feng Yi's tone turned somewhat ethereal: "Heaven and Earth are profound and yellow, the universe is Chaos; in the ocean of light were born thirteen Radiant Deities, while in the dark abyss were conceived thirteen Dark Deities, yet in the sea of Chaos still gestates a being surpassing the light and dark deities—the Fourteenth Deity."

As his voice sounded, Feng Yi's aura shifted slightly; illusory rivers flickered around him, his aura becoming illusory yet lofty, as if he stood upon the River of Fate.

The illusory rivers around him continually shifted, as if depicting the scene when the universe first opened, and the moment the Deities were born.

The old man stared blankly at the scene before him, while whispers about the Deities' secrets kept echoing in his ears, leaving his expression momentarily dazed.

The introduction of the Deities given by this figure before him, along with the secrets of the Fourteenth Deity, was actually more detailed and complete than what he knew.

After a long while, as his voice faded completely, the old man came to his senses and subconsciously exclaimed: "No wonder you are the Dharma Forefather Fuxi—I never imagined your mastery of the Dao of Fate had reached such a level, perhaps rivaling a Deity; no wonder you can withstand the Dark Deity's divine punishment, Di Shitian admires you!"

Although their clan has hidden in this special space since its birth, suppressing the skull of the Fourteenth Deity, they never even participated in the War of Gods and Demons.

But this does not mean the old man knows nothing of the Primeval era; on the contrary, he is well aware of the Primeval situation, the four Supremes, and even the ancestor of Dharma cultivators who surpasses the four Supremes—Fuxi.

But the old man never expected that this Dharma Forefather Fuxi's grasp of the Dao of Fate had reached such an extent that he could see past and future.

"Di Shitian, you overpraise me!"

Upon hearing the old man's name, a hint of 'as expected' appeared in Feng Yi's eyes, and he lightly waved his hand.

After exchanging pleasantries, the old man—Di Shitian—curiously asked: "I wonder what brings the Dharma Forefather to our Guardian Clan today?"

Saying this, he seemed to think of something and quickly added: "If we were to let our clan join the War of Gods and Demons, then Dharma Forefather, you had best keep silent; you can see that our clan's sealing of the Fourteenth Deity's skull is even more important than that war!"

"I understand, Di Shitian, rest assured!"

A faint smile appeared on Feng Yi's face as he said: "I have come today to resolve the skull of the Fourteenth Deity, to help the Primeval humans completely eliminate this hidden danger, and also to grant your clan liberation."

"Thoroughly resolve."

Di Shitian blinked slightly, then spoke with some disbelief: "Dharma Forefather, you're not joking, are you? That is a Deity's skull—indeed, at its peak it was even stronger than the Radiant and Dark Deities, the skull of the Fourteenth Deity!"

As just said, the Deities are the supreme beings in this universe's sentient life; even Di Shitian, who has reached Supreme-level strength, never imagined his clan could truly destroy the Fourteenth Deity's skull—his heart has always held a resolve to die, merely striving to delay the Fourteenth Deity's emergence to buy time for the Primeval humans.

A faint smile appeared in Feng Yi's eyes as he casually said: "It's merely a Deity's skull; Di Shitian, please rest assured."

Saying this, Feng Yi pointed at the sky outside the castle and softly said: "Fellow Daoist, please look!"

The moment his words fell, Feng Yi's inner Xuan Gong automatically activated; the illusory Heavenly Stele flickered into view, and his aura directly linked with the Heaven-Reaching Death Bridge.

In an instant, his entire aura became immensely ancient, as if he had transformed into an ancient stone bridge standing in the river of ages, enduring through myriad ages without decay.

"This"

Di Shitian's expression flickered with dazedness; as a Supreme-level being, he felt that this Dharma Forefather before him seemed even more mysterious than the aura of a Deity's skull.

At that moment, Feng Yi's eyes brightened slightly, and faintly, multiple illusory Heavenly Steles appeared.

The next moment, his hand seal shifted slightly as he pointed a finger at the sky.

Hum

In an instant, an immensely powerful sealing force swept across heaven and earth, causing everyone in the space to feel a sudden heaviness, as if pressed down by a Primeval divine mountain; their internal aura became sluggish, making mobilization extraordinarily difficult—even Di Shitian, a Supreme-level being, could not escape this restriction.

As if sensing something, Di Shitian subconsciously looked up at the sky, and was instantly stunned by the sight there.

Heavenly Stele!

A stele resembling a heavenly pillar appeared between heaven and earth, its surface covered with countless flowing diagrams of the Great Dao, like a tombstone of the Great Dao belonging to a supreme existence.

Boom

The Heavenly Stele, like a primordial divine mountain, precisely landed upon the massive iron cage, and a mysterious yet tremendous sealing power emerged, directly suppressing it.

Seeing this, a hint of satisfaction appeared in Feng Yi's eyes.

When it comes to sealing various strange things, the Heavenly Stele of the Longevity Realm is truly professional, a perfect match.

"What kind of divine object is this stele, that it can actually suppress the skull of the Fourteenth Deity?"

On the other side, seeing the Heavenly Stele so easily suppress the Fourteenth Deity's skull, Di Shitian's eyes filled with disbelief, and he subconsciously muttered.

What their Guardian Clan had achieved at the cost of their primordial essence, exhausting their strength and losing countless clansmen, has now been effortlessly accomplished by a single unfamiliar yet powerful Heavenly Stele!

"How is this possible?"

This completely overturned his worldview!

"Roar!"

Before Di Shitian's thoughts had fully settled, an angry roar erupted from the iron cage, the whole cage resembling a dark, terrifying iron head.

The next moment, an extremely evil power burst forth from within, turning the heavens and earth askew, and even faintly shaking the Heavenly Stele, as if trying to lift it.

"Not good!"

Seeing this, Di Shitian's heart jolted, but the next moment, booming thunder rolled three times, and three more steles engraved with different Great Dao markings fell down.

The four Heavenly Steles formed a mysterious grand array, doubling the sealing power, completely imprisoning the Fourteenth Deity's skull, causing it to become obedient.

Feng Yi's expression hardly changed at all—nothing else, just that the steles were insufficient; one wasn't enough, so he added another!

At the same time, gazing at the Fourteenth Deity's skull sealed beneath the stele and sensing the primordial power within it born from the Chaos Sea, Feng Yi's mind linked with the Chaos Azure Lotus of the Wheel Sea world.

The next moment

A lotus resembling one rooted in Chaos—the Chaos Azure Lotus—appeared, landing directly upon the Fourteenth Deity's skull, its roots penetrating into the skull, as if drawing the law power contained within this Deity's skull born of the Chaos Sea, thereby completing his Immortal King's Dao principles and transforming toward the Immortal King's Divine Pill.

Seeing this, Di Shitian stood frozen on the spot, completely losing his ability to speak for a moment.

(End of chapter)