Chapter 115 Absurdity If he had ever had even one moment in his life…

Lin Shen found it somewhat laughable.

Born a god, the son of a celestial being, he never took other beings in the Three Realms seriously. He even broke the rule that celestial beings could not harm mortals.

So what if it's broken?

He doesn't believe in karmic retribution for good and evil, but only in the principle that those who act will always succeed.

But now he has actually fallen into the hands of a mortal. This girl, whom he had violated and easily killed when he went mad with demonic possession, has now so easily crushed his divine essence.

"You weren't... imprisoned in the Tower of Sorrow..."

When a ghost reports to the underworld, it must undergo a trial by the judge, during which it will review its entire life, including the scene before its death. To be on the safe side, Lin Shen erased Shen Qiongzhi's memories of him and then threw her into the Tower of Sorrow.

They thought everything was foolproof, but how could a delicate and fragile young lady like her, locked up in such a place, possibly escape being devoured by other demons and monsters...?

That's truly absurd.

Lin Shen found everything absurd and incomprehensible, just as he couldn't understand why Yu Meng, as a celestial being, would sever the pillar of heaven, or why Kenian would help Yu Meng escape and then voluntarily be banished to the mortal realm.

Having lived for a thousand years and served as a Celestial Venerable for a hundred years, there seemed to be many things in this world that he did not understand.

He was angry, resentful, and frantic, but there was nothing he could do. His vision gradually blurred, and his body felt colder than ever before.

Shen Qiongzhi's ghostly claws were still piercing Lin Shen's body. Her eyes were filled with hatred. Ignoring the burning and festering wounds all over her body, she asked bitterly through tears, "Killing me to silence me is one thing, but why did you have to kill my brother too?! He finally finished his tribulations in the mortal world and returned to his divine position. Why can't you forgive him?"

Lin Shen closed his eyes, a lazy smile playing on his lips. "It's true I killed you, but I didn't kill your dear brother."

"You're lying! If it wasn't you, who else could it be?!" Shen Qiongzhi pulled out the ghost claw and once again angrily pierced into Lin Shen's body.

Lin Shen groaned in pain, yet he was still laughing, as if he felt nothing but amusement at everything in the world.

He felt neither anger nor regret, neither love nor hate; he simply found everything laughable.

“When a person is about to die, their words are good. I will not deny what I did, but I will not rush to take the blame for what I did not do.” As Lin Shen said this, his gaze swept over the three gods Mo Bei, Gong Xin, and Yu Li in turn. “I am not the only one in this world who has the ability to kill Ke Nian.”

"You're about to die, and you still want to sow discord!" Shen Qiongzhi roared angrily, pulling out her ghost claw again, wanting to give Lin Shen another good whack, but someone grabbed her wrist and stopped her.

"Qiongzhi, don't let cruelty taint your mind," Yun Tianjiao said to Shen Qiongzhi.

Shen Qiongzhi was already at her limit. Her ferocity was too great, and she could not live long in the Heavenly Realm. Now, due to excessive anger and injury, she was constantly consuming her soul power.

"But I still don't know how my brother died! Who killed my brother!"

Lin Shen could no longer hold on; his divine essence had dissipated, and his divine body was about to perish as well.

He was so grateful that the last person to appear before him before he died was her.

"I should have known long ago. Who else in this world would willingly sacrifice their divine essence to the demon? Those fools in the Heavenly Court are still speculating that some wandering immortal who has never been registered in the Heavenly Court's divine register saved this world... What a bunch of fools..."

The smile that had always been on his lips like a mask disappeared. Lin Shen stared intently at Yun Tianjiao's face, wanting to etch that face into his heart.

If he ever truly understood love, or even just felt a fleeting flutter of the heart in his life, it was solely because of the person before him.

“Desire Dream…” he murmured the name, his pupils dilating as if staring into the past in the void, “Lord Yuli, you have truly caused a great deal of harm…”

With that final sigh, Lin Shen vanished completely, from his soul to his body, disappearing into the world, taking with him his dream of becoming the supreme ruler of the Three Realms.

Yun Tianjiao stared at the spot where Lin Shen had disappeared, only for a moment before his attention was quickly drawn to Shen Qiongzhi beside him.

"Who killed my brother! Who killed my brother!" Shen Qiongzhi kept muttering this sentence, and black energy gradually emanated from her body.

"Oh no, she's probably about to turn into a demon!" Mo Bei, the Divine Lord, warned, throwing out the palace lantern in his hand and trying to suppress the black demonic energy on Shen Qiongzhi's body with his divine power.

However, the effect seemed to be unsatisfactory. Shen Qiongzhi kept crying, and the more she suppressed the demonic energy on her body, the faster it grew.

"Lord Mo Bei, you must not suppress it forcibly any longer, otherwise it may backfire."

Mo Bei, the God of War, also looked grim. He tried desperately to retrieve the palace lantern, but failed. "I... I can't retract my magic power! Her demonic energy has me bound! Gong Xin, the God of War, please help me!"

Gongxin, the God of the Gods, belatedly stepped forward and struck the point where the two spiritual energies were connected with the earthenware pot. As a result, the demonic energy on Shen Qiongzhi's body seemed to have found delicious nourishment, and it stretched out like chains, enveloping the earthenware pot as well.

The two great deities' magical treasures were absorbed by Shen Qiongzhi. If she is allowed to refine them like this, they may become even more difficult demons to deal with than Mu Ge.

"Your Highness, there is no other way now, we can only..."

"No!" Yun Tianjiao interrupted Zhiwei before she could finish speaking. "She's the only one left in the Shen family. I can't watch them be wiped out. Bring me the Ghost-Slaying Blade!"

Yun Tianjiao took the Demon-Slaying Blade from Zhiwei's hand, rushed over, raised the blade against the chains formed by demonic energy, and slashed down with all his might.

The demonic energy bindings, which even divine treasures couldn't break, were severed by this single strike. Mo Bei and Gong Xin, divine beings, were violently pushed back by the force, both falling to the ground in a disheveled state.

Yun Tianjiao had only tried it out of curiosity, but unexpectedly, he actually succeeded. He looked at the Ghost-Slaying Blade with admiration, and the Ghost-Slaying Blade seemed quite proud as well, trembling slightly and emitting a buzzing sound.

Zhiwei went to check on Shen Qiongzhi, who had been knocked unconscious by the force of the attack, but the demonic energy within her body remained. Zhiwei tried to infuse her spiritual power into her body to help regulate her meridians and suppress the demonic energy from within, but with little effect.

Just then, a rich spiritual energy carrying a refreshing aura slowly drifted down from mid-air and entered Shen Qiongzhi's body. This time, the demonic energy on Shen Qiongzhi's body weakened almost immediately.

Following the source of the spiritual energy, everyone discovered that it was Zhu Jing. She had opened her eyes at some point and was making a hand seal, channeling her spiritual power into Shen Qiongzhi. Her spiritual power was different from that of any deity; it was solid and tangible, displaying a vibrant light green color that floated in mid-air like a ribbon.

Shen Qiongzhi opened her eyes. She seemed to have regained her senses. Looking at her own body and then at Zhu Jing, she immediately understood what had happened.

"Immortal Lord Zhu Jing!" Shen Qiongzhi ran to Zhu Jing, her eyes still filled with the same admiration and affection as before. "I'm better now, that's enough. You're too weak, don't use your spiritual power anymore!"

Zhu Jing looked at Shen Qiongzhi with gentle eyes, smiled shyly, and said, "I'm sorry, actually I... am not a celestial lord, but just a female goddess."

Shen Qiongzhi said seriously, "I worship you as a righteous god because you are Zhu Jing, because your character is noble and you are worthy of being a god. It has nothing to do with whether you are male or female. If you think that I am willing to give everything to burn incense and build temples for you, it is just a woman who is attracted to a man's appearance. But that is underestimating me."

Zhu Jing looked at Shen Qiongzhi and smiled apologetically, "Miss Shen, I was too naive."

Yun Tianjiao then walked over and cleaved the Immortal Binding Rope binding Zhu Jing with a single stroke.

Zhu Jing was extremely weak. Once the restraints were removed, she could barely stand on her own and slumped down. Shen Qiongzhi quickly helped her sit down and wanted to transfer her spiritual power to her, but she was worried that as a ghost, her ghostly aura would harm Zhu Jing instead. For a moment, the arrogant young lady, who was both a human and a ghost, became restrained.

"Immortal Lord Zhu Jing, are you alright?" Yun Tianjiao, also a ghost spirit, was like Shen Qiongzhi, unsure of how to help Zhu Jing.

"It's alright, I'm fine, I just need some rest." Zhu Jingjing looked at Yun Tianjiao with bright eyes, but what she said next stunned everyone, "Perhaps, I can finally truly call you 'elder sister' now."

Yun Tianjiao pointed to himself, "You mean me?"

Zhu Jing nodded. After reverting to her female identity, she looked even younger than when she was dressed as a man. Her big eyes looked at Yun Tianjiao with a very obedient expression.

Yun Tianjiao was completely bewildered. "Why do you call me elder sister?"

Could it be that her seemingly honest and devoted father, who was completely devoted to his first wife, was having an affair and secretly had an illegitimate daughter?

Zhu Jing wanted to say something, but suddenly he started coughing violently.

"This is a long story, so why don't you all go into my memory and take a look?"

As he spoke, Zhu Jing silently made a hand seal, and a dense vortex of spiritual energy swept everyone present into it.

The dungeon scene before Yun Tianjiao suddenly changed, becoming blurry and dark.

When her vision returned to light, she found herself on the edge of a cliff, cornered by several magical beasts.

[Volume 5: The Death of the God]