“Master, I have used up all the merit in your golden seal.”

When Haoran said this, he felt a little guilty, and you could faintly hear a hint of unease in his voice.

It was genuinely afraid that its owner would think it hadn't done a good job.

"Hmm." Fortunately, Zhang Tianle didn't hold him responsible: "Well done."

The surrounding crimson light had already dissipated completely when Hao Ran used the ruler, leaving no trace, including the negative energy surrounding the entire community.

Haoran secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

The merit contained within a golden seal is enough to drive a celestial master mad.

Although Zhang Tianle has a way to earn the Merit Gold Seal, they can't keep taking advantage of the Ten Kings of Hell forever!

Zhang Tianle put the Haoran ruler back into his toolbox.

After stuffing it back in, Zhang Tianle glanced around the room.

After Hao Ran's ruler swept across the room, the oppressive atmosphere of the underworld was gone, and the room returned to its original state of white walls.

Ah, white walls are much more comfortable to look at. That pitch-black, gloomy atmosphere was really depressing.

So, is everything resolved? How are the people in that neighborhood? The source from that place seemed to be in a pretty serious situation. Are there any people from that neighborhood still in the live stream? Please say something!

Just as this viewer finished asking the question, another large influx of viewers flooded into Zhang Tianle's live stream.

As soon as they entered, they started showering Zhang Tianle with gifts, accompanied by countless bullet comments.

Thank you so much, host, for saving my life.

We are residents of W City, specifically the neighborhood that was just enveloped in red light. We all thought we were going to die.

[Same as above. My relative said that a heretical practitioner was going to sacrifice us all, but the streamer intervened and saved us. I came to the live stream to thank the streamer for saving my life after seeing the video my relative sent me.]

The gifts kept coming in, and the stream of thank-you messages kept rolling in.

While they were sending their thanks, Zhang Tianle looked at King Qin Guang and Lu Wuchang and said, "I'd like to trouble King Qin Guang and Lu Wuchang to take me back."

"Of course. Let's go." King Qin Guang and Lu Wuchang led Zhang Tianle back to Shundao Hall.

As soon as Zhang Tianle entered Shundaotang and returned to his study, he greeted the viewers in the live stream: "Friends, that's all for today's live stream. See you tomorrow."

Before his viewers could reply, Zhang Tianle hung up the live stream.

The fans were left behind in despair.

After hanging up the live stream, Zhang Tianle turned around and looked at King Qin Guang, who was still waiting in the same spot.

Before Zhang Tianle could even ask a question, King Qin Guang thanked him first: "This time, the world truly needs to thank Fellow Daoist Zhang for his great assistance. Without your Righteous Ruler, the extraterrestrial demons would have suffered enormous casualties, and perhaps even sent over some formidable extraterrestrial demon gods."

King Qin Guang said this with a look of relief, as if he had survived a calamity.

Zhang Tianle's interest was piqued: "I wonder if it would be convenient to tell you about the origin of this extraterrestrial demon god?"

He had been hearing about extraterrestrial demons from them for a long time.

"And what do you mean by the Great Wall?"

King Qin Guang hesitated for a moment when he heard Zhang Tianle's question.

They had issued a gag order, and this matter should not be leaked unless absolutely necessary. But Zhang Tianle seems to have some connection with the Heavenly Dao, so it shouldn't be a problem for him to reveal a little bit, right?

He coughed and said, "I don't know if I can say it, but I'll try to say what I know."

Zhang Tianle nodded seriously.

They have also realized the seriousness of the matter.

"This event actually happened a thousand years ago. At that time, those top gods sensed the coming of a great calamity, but this great calamity was different from previous ones. Our universe was invaded by an external energy."

Until 975 years ago, the Great Calamity manifested.

An external force eroded the Heavenly Dao, and a sudden surge of energy fell upon the Outer Heavens, bringing with it countless extraterrestrial gods and demons.

The top leaders, along with all the gods, joined the battle.

We won a Pyrrhic victory in that battle.

After this battle, the Heavenly Dao realized that an energy had invaded the domain. If this continued, the energy would grow stronger and eventually erode the entire Heaven, causing all gods and humans to be devoured and perish.

To prevent this phenomenon from occurring and to overcome this great calamity, the top leaders led all the immortals into the formation, setting up a formation called the Great Wall to seal the entrance to the broken outer heaven. They also used their divine power to wear down and refine the energy that had entered the domain, hoping to find a way to resolve this great calamity.

This Great Wall was actually forged with their bones and souls; it is indestructible.

After hearing about the incident, Zhang Tianle's expression turned solemn.

I feel a deep sense of awe for those deities I have never met.

King Qin Guang sighed as he finished speaking.

"This is why fewer people have their wishes granted when they worship gods and make prayers, because these gods no longer have the divine power to fulfill their wishes."

Even more regrettably, as humans gradually stopped worshipping them and forgot about them, the divine bones and souls of these immortals weakened, making them increasingly powerless against the extraterrestrial gods and demons. This gave the extraterrestrial gods and demons an opportunity to take advantage of them.

Zhang Tianle remained silent.

He seemed to suddenly understand the task the system had initially issued.

Is this the fundamental reason for promoting metaphysics?

To let more people know about the existence of gods and immortals, and to encourage more people to worship them, so that their divine bones and souls can be strengthened.

This is not only for the sake of these gods, but also to protect themselves.

This is a war of the entire people, not a war of any one person or any god.

If this matter were publicized to the entire population, and all of humanity were made aware of it, would that improve the situation?

King Qin Guang seemed to have sensed Zhang Tianle's thoughts and gave a wry smile: "Fellow Daoist Zhang may have already thought of letting the whole nation know about this matter and making them worship these gods, so that the current situation can be changed, right?"

The problem is, this really doesn't work.

We also know the indomitable spirit of humankind; once they know about this enemy, they will conquer them.

In the beginning, they were confused and fearful, and some, like those you recently dealt with, succumbed to the tyranny of these extraterrestrial gods and demons. The consequences of that are obvious even if I don't explain them. A small minority can wreak havoc on a large group.