Chapter 185 Merit
The holy body battle is fierce and brutal, full of a strange violent aesthetic that makes people's blood boil.

The cultivator from the Xiao family seemed to come with the determination to kill Ye Fan.

Even though Li Zhi had previously killed one of their elders, he ignored him after Ye Fan stood up.

Dozens of Xiao family cultivators in the Dragon Transformation Secret Realm besieged Ye Fan and even used formation flags.

But Ye Fan's fighting talent was indeed terrifying. He was not panicked at all when facing the siege, and even performed with ease. Even when facing the killing attempts of a half-step great power, he was able to avoid them repeatedly.

The various exquisite fighting methods made the monks watching nearby exclaim that it was exciting.

Even Li Zhi couldn't help but exclaimed after seeing Ye Fan's increasingly wild fighting style: "Wow, Ye Fan and Dongfang Ye's fighting style is really full of wild beauty."

It seemed that because they were afraid that Li Zhi would come out to help Ye Fan, not all of the half-step powerful men of the Xiao family came out, but someone was guarding against him not far away.

This made the battle between Ye Fan and those Xiao family disciples gradually present a strange feeling of being evenly matched.

After realizing that Ye Fan did not seem to be in danger of life, Jue Youqing stopped fighting with those Xiao family disciples and came to Li Zhi.

As for the old blind man and Duan De, they had no intention of taking action from beginning to end.

Instead, it seemed as if it was constantly searching for something, as if it was trying to determine the true entrance to the ancient emperor's cave.

While watching the battle, Li Zhi also took the time to congratulate Jue Youqing and said, "Congratulations, fellow Taoist, your state of mind has reached a new level."

Jue Youqing's Buddhist charm seemed to be more restrained, and he no longer looked that high and mighty, rejecting people from the world. He said, "Thank you for your guidance, otherwise I would not have been able to perceive the true meaning of the Great Emperor's state of mind."

Although Jue Youqing did not realize the true meaning of all the great principles contained in the natural map of the way of heaven like Li Zhi, it also brought her spiritual realm to a higher level.

At this moment, Jue Youqing's detached state of mind that had jumped out of the Three Realms completely disappeared, as if there was no longer a clear distinction between the mortal world and the rest of the world. This was not because her cultivation had regressed, but because her spiritual realm had been raised to a higher level, making it impossible for people to sense whether she was in the mortal world or not.

"It's all because of the good fortune of fellow Taoists. It has little to do with me."

There were at least fifty people who had heard Li Zhi's method, but not one of them had realized a trace of the state of mind and the Tao like Jue Youqing.

Seeing that Ye Fan had turned the situation around on the battlefield, and even took out an ancient bow and shot 18 arrows in succession, causing 18 stone mountains to collapse one after another, Li Zhi heard the old blind man say with some surprise: "The cave of the ancient emperor is really going to be revealed."

Li Zhi immediately looked at the stone mountains that were shot down by Ye Fan, and vaguely saw a huge underground palace appear in his field of vision. It seemed like an ancient cemetery, or a real fairy palace. It was hazy and not very real.

Li Zhi came to the old blind man and asked, "Senior, can you calculate the safe passage in and out of the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion?"

The old blind man immediately started to cast his fortune and said, "The entrance is inside the underground palace over there."

Duan De shouted, "What are you waiting for? Let's go quickly and don't let anyone get there first."

Afterwards, Li Zhi, Duan De, Jue Youqing, Dongfang Ye and Ye Fan disappeared into the underground palace together.

Upon seeing this, the Xiao family disciples, led by the Xiao family's half-step great master, also followed. As for the other cultivators, they also rushed in.

Why are they here?
Isn't it just for the emperor's relics in the immortal burial ground?

Now that the ancient emperor's cave has truly appeared, no one cares about other grudges and they all rush in.

But not long after entering the underground palace, Li Zhi suddenly heard a scream behind him, the voice was filled with infinite fear.

It was as if someone had encountered a super ancient demon in this underground palace.

"Ah..." And the screams were getting closer and closer.

Li Zhi's mind moved, and he released the half-step great man of the Xiao family who he had previously put into the snake-skin Qiankun bag, and then threw him directly in the direction where the scream came from.

The Xiao family's half-step great power, who was originally dizzy, thought that he was rescued by someone.

However, he never expected that after he came to his senses, he saw a scene that made him angry: a black shadow was strangling his companion with one hand, as if he wanted to strangle the half-step great man of the Xiao family to death.

"Looking for death." The half-step great man roared angrily, then took out a magic sword and slashed at the black shadow.

But the black shadow seemed invulnerable to swords and guns, and the magic sword did not leave any scars on his body.

Instead, he appeared like a ghost in front of the half-step great man of the Xiao family, directly crushed the magic sword in his hand, and grabbed his neck at the same time.

"Woooo..."

The eyes of the half-step great man of the Xiao family, who was grabbed by the neck by the black shadow, were about to bulge out, and he began to struggle desperately, but the terrifying thing was that he could not use any magical power.

It was as if the hand of the dark shadow pinching his neck had imprisoned all his magical powers, and he could only struggle like a mortal.

The black shadow held a half-step powerful man from the Xiao family in one hand and pinched their necks, causing them to roar in extreme pain and fear, which made everyone feel horrified.

Duan De, who saw this scene, said with a trembling voice: "The thoughts of the gods, they are really the thoughts of the gods."

The old blind man also urgently made a divination and shouted to everyone, "Quickly retreat and leave the underground palace. The hexagram is a bad omen."

Seeing the two half-step masters of the Xiao family let out their last whimper and were about to die, Li Zhi suddenly stood up from the crowd, faced the divine thought, and used the Daoyi Holy Land's sound attack magic, shouting: "Wulian Tianzun, a wicked thought dared to kill people in front of me, I will let you save your soul today."

The voice was loud and clear, as if it was filled with a supreme purifying power, making the originally dark underground palace bright. It seemed that the negative energy in the underground palace became thinner because of Li Zhi's roar.

Duan De saw this, his face suddenly changed, and he shouted: "Little Li Zhi, what are you going to do? Don't you want to live?"

However, Li Zhi walked towards the shadow without hesitation, and at the same time, a mysterious sound of the great way came out of his mouth.

"Dust returns to dust, ashes returns to ashes, and the soul returns to Hou Tu. Death is not the end of reincarnation. The evil spirits wandering in the human world should be subject to the constraints of reincarnation..."

The god who originally turned his head to look at Li Zhi seemed to want to take Li Zhi as his next prey, but after hearing the scriptures recited by Li Zhi, his body suddenly trembled.

He directly crushed the two powerful men of the Xiao family to death, and then threw their bodies at Li Zhi.

A soft Taoist light emanated from Li Zhi's body, which blew away the two corpses.

At the same time, two mysterious lights and shadows flew out from the two corpses and rushed towards the black shadow, as if Li Zhi's chanting turned them into enchanting ox-headed and horse-faced monsters.

"Where is the soul-catcher? Quickly capture this evil spirit." It seemed that in a mysterious and unknown place, someone had issued such a great decree.

"Ah..." After being approached by the two mysterious lights and shadows, the god's mind seemed to be severely damaged, and suddenly he began to waile while holding his head.

The painful wails sounded like the torture sounds of evil spirits in the Nether Hell, making everyone's hair stand on end and feeling as if their souls were about to fly out of their bodies.

Most people subconsciously stayed away from that place, but few people left the underground palace.

As the sound of Li Zhi's chanting gradually resounded throughout the underground palace, it seemed as if a supreme force of reincarnation suddenly appeared in the underground palace. Teams of soul-catchers holding mysterious soul soldiers walked out of the reincarnation gate, ready to capture all the dead souls in the world who were unwilling to be reincarnated.

A strange aura permeated the underground palace, and everyone felt as if they were being watched by a supreme being. Li Zhi, who had been chanting sutras, did not seem to be affected by the strange power.

On the contrary, as he chanted, some golden light gradually gathered on his body, like the golden light of merit.

And wisps of black air were emanating from the body of the deity, as if he was really about to be liberated by Li Zhi.

Just when everyone thought that the mysterious black shadow would be killed by Li Zhi, the pale-faced Li Zhi suddenly sent a message to Ye Fan and others behind him: "Everyone, retreat quickly. The power of this god's mind is far beyond my ability at the moment. I am afraid that my magic power will not last long enough to completely save him. Once I stop chanting, he will go completely crazy and kill everyone he sees."

Duan De's face turned pale at this moment. Thinking of the various rumors about the gods' thoughts, he said, "Let's leave this place quickly, otherwise no one will survive."

The old blind man saw Li Zhi's situation and said, "Little Taoist priest, don't be so stubborn. Let me help you, and you should retreat quickly."

“The accumulation of Yang forms a spirit, and the spirit has form. Form is born from the sun, and the sun is born from the moon. The accumulation of Yin forms a shape, and the shape has a spirit…” Then the old blind man immediately began to recite the Taoist "Duren Jing", sharing some of the pressure on Li Zhi.

Li Zhi also stopped chanting at the right time, and then followed Ye Fan and the others out of the underground palace.

The old blind man followed closely and rushed out of the underground palace.

As for the other people in the underground palace, they seemed unaware of the horror of the gods' thoughts, and did not leave the underground palace after the old blind man stopped chanting.

"what……"

But soon, the god's consciousness, which had lost its restraint, began to go crazy and frantically killed all the monks in the underground palace.

In an instant, screams rang out one after another in the underground palace, and the mad thoughts of the gods directly turned the underground palace into a Shura field.

However, he seemed to be very afraid of the scriptures recited by Li Zhi and the old blind man, and did not rush out of the underground palace.

Instead, after killing everyone, he disappeared directly into the deepest part of the underground palace.

After arriving in the outside world, Li Zhi immediately swallowed a pill to restore his magic power and began to recover the energy he had consumed.

I miscalculated. The power of that god's mind has already surpassed that of the most powerful beings. The magic power required to save him is simply unbelievably huge.

In less than a cup of tea, Li Zhi was almost drained dry.

Fortunately, there was an old blind man who was a living fossil and was proficient in the Taoist "Duren Jing" around, so I was able to complete the mission without any danger.

It is rumored that one will gain merit by helping the gods to liberate their evil thoughts, and it is indeed true.

While recovering his magic power, Li Zhi infused those merits into a mysterious three-story altar.

After everyone arrived at a safe area,
Duan De still had some cold sweat on his forehead, and said, "I am Duan. I started my career at the age of five, and have been traveling around the ancient tombs of the world for more than 20 years. This is the first time I have encountered the legendary god Nian, and I have finally met my match."

After these words were spoken, several people were speechless. Were they afraid or were they shameless enough to say such words?

Dongfang Ye showed a trace of contempt and said, "Master Duan, since you are an opponent, you don't have any means to defeat the enemy. Master Li at least has the magical power to transcend the thoughts of gods. It seems that you have no other way to deal with it except to be afraid."

Duan De pointed at Li Zhi who was recovering his magic power and said angrily, "That was his way of dealing with the problem. He was just showing off. If the old liar hadn't helped him, he would have probably killed himself by now."

Jue Youqing felt that Duan De's reaction was a little abnormal, so he asked, "Master Duan, you are an expert in tomb studies. What kind of scripture was the one that Master Li just chanted? It doesn't seem to be a Taoist scripture, nor a Buddhist scripture."

Duan De suddenly showed a trace of satisfaction on his face, and said: "That is the scripture he created. Now it seems that its power is already quite strong, and it can even transcend the thoughts of gods. In the future, when his cultivation level is improved, he and I will roam the ancient tombs of the world together, and there will be no rivals."

Ye Fan was thinking in his heart, could it be that the scriptures on Earth really have supreme power?

Not long after, a huge explosion suddenly came from the distance, as if the sky was falling and the earth was splitting apart.

"Boom!"

At this moment, the earth seemed to have turned into an ocean, and those fairy cliffs rose and fell on the ground like waves, and then completely shattered.

Li Zhi was also awakened by this huge noise. Although his magic power had not been fully restored, he was basically fine.

Looking up, he saw 365 stone mountains in the distance collapsing at the same time, like a surging tide, creating one wave after another. The terrifying energy fluctuations directly turned some weak monks into bloody mist.

Even many masters from the Xiantai Secret Realm were blown high into the sky by this energy tide.

"Buzz!"

Immediately afterwards, the void seemed to be poked hard by someone and began to shake violently. Then the collapsed mountains turned directly into smoke and dust and disappeared forever.

"Oh my God, is this a saint taking action?" someone exclaimed.

After seeing this devastating scene, most of the monks turned pale, felt a tightness in their chests, and felt like they were suffocating.

"Boom!" Another earth-shaking explosion sounded.

Then an ancient mountain slowly rose from the ground, as magnificent as the moon rising from the sea, which shocked people. The sacred mountain was not towering into the clouds, but it had a majestic momentum, giving people the illusion that it was the emperor among mountains, as if an immortal sacred mountain from the mythological era had reappeared in the world.

"what is that?"

“Is the cave of the ancient emperor really going to appear?”

The cultivators who were originally considering whether to withdraw from this heavenly land, all showed excitement after seeing the sacred mountain.

Li Zhi sighed when he saw this and said, "I'm afraid this immortal burial ground will no longer exist after this."

Jue Youqing, who was standing next to Li Zhi, asked, "Daoyou Li, why do you say that?"

Li Zhi said: "Using such violent means to open the burial ground of the gods is obviously a reckless act. How is it different from those who destroy tombs and rob tombs? The appearance of the sacred mountain shows that the feng shui pattern that the ancient emperors were unwilling to destroy has been broken.

The real intact passage to the gods' hiding place should be in the underground palace that the gods' thoughts entered before. I am worried that after the gods' burial place is opened, this fairy world may collapse. "

At this moment, over a dozen people suddenly stood in the sky above the ruined land. They were the emperors of the four great dynasties of Zhongzhou, several divine monks of the Western Desert, the demon lord and the war lord of Nanling, etc. They were not imprisoned, as if the no-fly force in that area had disappeared.

After seeing those people, the old blind man's face changed slightly and he said, "They actually found the real portal to the Divine Palace."

Duan De looked unhappy for a moment, as if he had thought of something, and said, "The emperor of the human race had been here before, and he must have left a mystery in it, or perhaps confirmed something in it. Now that this ancient burial ground has been violently opened by them, I'm afraid that the things that were confirmed will no longer exist."

Jue Youqing held a green bodhi branch in his hand, with a golden lotus mark on his forehead flashing with mysterious Buddha light. He asked, "Before the ancient times, were there really gods in the world?"

Dongfang Ye looked at the sacred mountain in the distance, and said with a puzzled look on his face: "Who said to stay here? Is it related to the fairyland?"

Ye Fan was also talking to himself in a low voice, as if he was thinking of the voice heard in the ancient locust tree forest.

(End of this chapter)