On the second day after Gong Buyu's audience, Shen Yuan secretly left the imperial capital and headed for Yingzhou.
He did not forget that four of the six heavens of Luofeng, headed by Niu Tou, had already suppressed Yingzhou for several years, and the underworld could cross the boundary and enter the Xuanhuang Realm at any time.
If it weren't for the fact that he needed some time to recuperate after slaughtering more than thirty demon realms in a row, Shen Yuan would have already arrived in Yingzhou by now.
The residual power of Shen Yuan in suppressing all parties and exterminating the demon world still remains. Except for Gong Buyu and others, no one knows that the Supreme Taoist has left the imperial capital.
Haizhou, on the coast of the East China Sea.
With the arrival of the revival of heaven and earth, the entire Xuanhuang Realm has expanded nearly ten times, which naturally includes the vastest sea area.
The East China Sea is adjacent to the territory of Daxia. Its waters are rich in resources and have produced countless aquatic creatures. Even practitioners with successful cultivation dare not rashly set foot in the sea.
In fact, if the territory of Daxia had not been protected by the destiny of humanity, the aquatic creatures born in the boundless waters of the East China Sea would have invaded the territory of Haizhou long ago.
Shen Yuan stood high in the sky, overlooking the coastal area below, and could not help but frowning slightly.
The closer he got to the East China Sea, the more Shen Yuan could feel that the luck of humanity was becoming thinner, and it was replaced by the luck of the deep East China Sea that symbolized the luck of all aquatic creatures in the world.
Although they are not as powerful as the Great Xia Dynasty which has gathered eighteen states at this moment, the fortune of the water tribe cannot be underestimated.
Shen Yuan easily identified the source of the water tribe's luck.
"The head of the four seas, the master of all aquatic creatures in the world, the Dragon Palace of the East China Sea!"
Within the territory of the Humane Dynasty, the Four Rivers Dragon Palace is revered as the master of all aquatic creatures in the world, and its status is extremely respected.
But if you look at the entire Xuanhuang Realm and even the land of the heavens, the Dragon Palace of the Four Seas is the real master of aquatic creatures, because the vast waters of the four seas are the base camp of aquatic creatures.
The number of aquatic creatures controlled by the Dragon Palace of the Four Seas far exceeds that of inland waters. The Dragon Kings of the Four Seas in successive generations were conferred titles by imperial decrees from the Heavenly Court, but are not bound by the incense and worship of humans.
Even though the status of the Four Rivers Dragon Kings is equal to that of the Four Seas Dragon Kings, they are still restricted by the Humane Dynasty and their status is slightly lower than that of the Four Seas Dragon Kings.
Among the four dragon palaces, the East China Sea Dragon Palace is the undisputed leader. In its heyday, the Dragon King of the East China Sea once competed with the Big Dipper Five Qi Water Deity for the position of the chief god of water.
However, because Zhulong disturbed time and space, he was killed by Yuanshi Da Tianzun, and his disaster affected the dragon clan, resulting in the suppression of the Dragon Palaces of the Four Seas by the Heavenly Court. The Dragon King of the East Sea lost the opportunity to be the main god of water.
Over the following tens of thousands of years, the power of the East China Sea Dragon Palace continued to decline, but its foundation was still extremely terrifying, enough to be called the overlord of the Xuanhuang Realm.
Even after the connection between heaven and earth had been cut off for ten thousand years, Shen Yuan could still sense the auras of more than three powerful immortals in the distant Dragon Palace in the East China Sea.
“The Great Xia Dynasty has declined to this point, and has even been divided up by various forces in the past few years.
And the East Sea Dragon Palace, which is adjacent to Haizhou, has such a powerful force, but has never committed any crime against Daxia? This seems to reveal something unusual! "
Shen Yuan glanced meaningfully in the direction of the Dragon Palace in the East China Sea, then shook his head slightly.
"Forget it. No matter what the Four Seas Dragon Palace's purpose is, there is no need to provoke it before it is revealed."
"However, opening a space channel above the outer sea will still make too much noise, and will inevitably attract the attention of the strong men in the East China Sea Dragon Palace. It is better to fly directly into the air."
With his right hand gently stroking his chest, a mysterious Taoist seal quietly appeared.
Be one with the world!
Shen Yuan obtained the Dao rhyme from the origin of Luotian Realm. Although he lost his nearly omnipotent power in the realm after leaving Luotian Realm, the remaining part of the Dao rhyme could provide Shen Yuan with an extremely high hidden status.
With the blessing of the Daoist rhyme of "harmony with the light and dust", Shen Yuan's figure seemed to blend into the light of the sun, and he rushed towards Yingzhou silently.
As the revival of heaven and earth led to the expansion of Daxia's territory, Shen Yuan flew over the vast ocean for two full days.
The further away from the territory of Daxia, the more Shen Yuan could feel the chaos and disorder in this outer sea.
Practitioners from other countries roamed the open seas and plundered at will, while the demon tribe kept tens of thousands of residents on the islands as food.
The iron battleships that once roamed the seas sank into the deep sea, and large military bases turned into ruins.
In front of the completely revived cultivation world, even the nuclear weapons that humans are so proud of are so fragile. The revived world completely destroyed the overseas order.
After seeing all this, Shen Yuan finally understood why those cultivators who inherited the evil legacy of foreign sects always wanted to flee overseas.
The chaos and disorder here is a paradise for evil monks.
The light of escape quickly swept across the sea, and just as it was about to approach Yingzhou, an island appeared in front of it, causing Shen Yuan to slowly stop.
This island in the East China Sea can be called a medium-sized island, with hundreds of thousands of residents living on it.
In the center of the island, there is a huge statue carved out of a mountain.
The statue has six faces and six arms, and its face is either beautiful or ferocious. You can even feel its majestic gaze when looking directly at its face.
"An evil god!"
The so-called evil gods are gods who have not been conferred by the heavenly court or the human dynasty, and who are worshipped with the flesh and blood of living beings.
Gods who feed on the flesh and blood of living beings will have their own spirits polluted by the resentment of the living beings, which will erode the divine status over time and make them become more and more insane and extreme.
If this kind of deity is not protected by the correct Dharma, it will often lead its believers to initiate large-scale blood sacrifices. While rapidly improving their cultivation, they themselves will become increasingly corrupt. In the end, they will either be killed by powerful cultivators, or their true spirits will be annihilated and their souls will collapse.
In the territory of the Great Xia Dynasty, evil gods are absolutely taboo.
But in this chaotic East China Sea, there are at least eight hundred such evil gods, if not one thousand. This does not seem surprising.
But the evil god that Shen Yuan discovered at this moment was a little different. Shen Yuan sensed a hint of the aura of the underworld on him.
It is clearly not a ghost, but it has the aura of the underworld, which makes Shen Yuan curious about this evil god.
In front of this statue carved into the mountain, a grand blood sacrifice involving hundreds of people is being held.
The crazy believers who were bewitched by the evil god held daggers in their hands, chanted the name of the Six Desire Demon God, and then wanted to slit their own throats to sacrifice their lives for the gods.
However, not all believers were willing to sacrifice their lives. Under the threat of death, many believers woke up from their madness, and Yamagami Dongyu was one of them.
He wanted to resist with a look of fear on his face, but the sacrifice had already begun. No one could resist under the gaze of the evil god. Yamagami Dongyu could only watch as he cut his throat with a dagger in his hand.
At this moment, a fairy-like figure in white slowly descended from the sky, and then a great will descended with a bang.
The statue carved on the mountain collapsed in an instant, and a body of a god a hundred feet tall emerged from the statue. Six faces glared at Shen Yuan and said:
"Who are you to dare to interfere with the sacrifice of the Six Desires Demon God?"
"A mere evil god in the Spirit Refining Realm dares to call himself a demon god?"
Shen Yuan chuckled and slowly raised his index finger. A ray of sword light burst out from his fingertips and easily chopped the tall body of the god into pieces.
As the towering deity's body collapsed, one of its ever-changing masks appeared.
"Who on earth are you?!"
The mask screamed.
In the sea area of thousands of miles, although his cultivation in the Spirit Refining Realm cannot be said to be the strongest, he is rarely rivaled.
Shen Yuan chopped him into pieces with just a flash of sword light, without even using any magical powers. His strength was unfathomable.
Shen Yuan did not respond. Instead, he glanced at the mountain behind the mask. He gently raised his right hand and the whole world was locked in an instant.
The next moment, dozens of streams of light rose from every corner of the mountain and fell into his hands. They looked like masks of various shapes. "You left your original body behind to attract my attention. You want to hide these clones that hold part of your will. You have quite a few tricks."
With force from his right hand, all the masks shattered in an instant.
"Unfortunately, it's useless."
Brushing away the dust in his palm, Shen Yuan looked at the remaining body with interest.
"Tell me your origins, and I may be able to spare your life."
The eyes of the strange mask were filled with fear.
Those mask incarnations all came from his innate magical power. Before activation, they were almost the same as ordinary masks, but they were still easily recognized by Shen Yuan.
This method was beyond his understanding.
"The little god's name is Mian Lingqi, and he comes from Yingzhou."
"Yingzhou?"
Shen Yuan raised his eyebrows slightly. He didn't expect that he would meet the evil god related to Yingzhou before arriving in Yingzhou.
"Yingzhou is full of evil gods and demons. With your cultivation level, as long as you avoid the righteous sects, you should be able to rule in Yingzhou and enjoy the worship of millions of people. Why did you come to this desolate island from Yingzhou?"
There was a hint of fear on Mian Lingqi's face, as if he had survived a disaster.
“I once occupied a territory in Yingzhou and barely reached a consensus with several gods from the orthodox sects not to invade each other. But a few years ago, an unprecedented turmoil occurred in the legendary Huangquan.
The Yellow Spring, which only exists in the underworld, actually appeared in the world. Countless souls in the Yellow Spring crossed the boundary between life and death and entered the Xuanhuang Realm. The terrifying ghosts and gods wanted to drag the entire Yingzhou into the Yellow Spring.
The main gods of Shintoism and the Yellow Springs ghosts fought a great battle, which affected the entire Yingzhou. The Yellow Springs ghosts continued to come and gained the upper hand. Even the Lord of Shinto, who had not yet fully recovered, could not resist. "
"When the little god saw that the situation was not good, he wanted to join the Yellow Springs ghost god, but the Yellow Springs ghost god claimed that he needed to bathe in the Yellow Springs before he could join the Yellow Springs ghost god group.
I nearly got swallowed by the Yellow Springs on my first attempt, but later I learned that only the dead can bathe in the Yellow Springs.
I was forced to flee Yingzhou and come to this island to protect the people there and enjoy some blood sacrifices."
After a slight pause, Mian Lingqi quickly added:
“Your Excellency, I am very restrained when it comes to blood sacrifices. Similar blood sacrifices of a hundred people are only held once a month. In return, I will help these islanders fight against the invasion of demons and other evil gods.
If it weren't for me, the entire island would have turned into a paradise for demons."
Shen Yuan did not comment on Mian Lingqi's words, his mind had already been on the underworld ghosts and gods he mentioned.
The Yellow Spring in the underworld is the source of all the Yellow Springs in the heavens, and this Yingzhou was supposed to have a tributary of the Yellow Spring to guide the dead souls, which is similar to the underworld of Daxia, but its specifications are far inferior to the underworld.
The plan of the Ten Kings of Hell to use the underworld as a springboard to invade the Xuanhuang Realm was thwarted by Shen Yuan. They set their sights on Yingzhou, which has a tributary of the Yellow Spring, and wanted to use the tributary of the Yellow Spring to re-enter the Xuanhuang Realm.
The local Shinto of Yingzhou was defeated, and Luo Fengliutian sensed an invasion from the underworld and came across hundreds of thousands of miles to provide support.
The specific information may have errors, but generally speaking it should be similar to what Mian Lingqi said.
After sorting out the specific information, Shen Yuan glanced at the humble face of Lingqi.
“You did a great job.”
Mian Lingqi was immediately overjoyed and responded repeatedly: "Thank you, sir! Thank you, sir!"
"In return, I will give you a quick death."
As soon as he finished speaking, a ray of sword light easily pierced through the spiritual energy on the face and completely shattered the soul of this evil god.
On the island, everyone stared blankly at the sky. The loss of faith made them realize that the evil god they served had fallen.
Shen Yuan looked around, waved his sleeves lightly, and the vital energy turned into drizzle and fell, eliminating the influence of the evil god that had been suffered by many islanders on the island.
At the same time, the talisman tainted with Shen Yuan's breath sank into the depths of the island, blocking the remaining power of the will after the death of Men Lingqi, and Shen Yuan's breath could make low-level water monsters stay away from the island on their own initiative.
After doing all this, Shen Yuan prepared to continue his journey towards Yingzhou.
But at this moment, a voice suddenly sounded above the square.
"Now that you're gone, what are we going to do?"
Following the voice, the person who spoke was none other than Yamagami Dongyu, who was the object of blood sacrifice by the spirit energy.
At this moment, Dong Yu on the mountain kept recalling the legends about the immortals who slayed demons and defended the way among the islands.
There was once an immortal who appeared on an island and killed the big monster that was protecting the island. After the immortal left, the islanders suffered heavy casualties. After the immortal returned, he felt ashamed and passed on the method of cultivation on the island to help the islanders rebuild their homes.
After practicing, one islander secretly planned to kill the immortal and obtain the immortal's storage treasure. Now he has become the owner of one of the overseas islands.
These so-called young immortals who slay demons and defend justice often take it as their mission to save the people. As long as they are forced to do so by appealing to the greater good, they will surely gain benefits.
Thinking of this, Dong Yu on the mountain looked even more ferocious, and shouted loudly to Shen Yuan:
"Lord Six Desires Demon God protected hundreds of thousands of people on the island. You killed Lord Demon God and left. What will happen to us islanders who have lost our protection?"
As soon as these words came out, others immediately responded:
"That's right! As a demon slayer and a defender of the Way, have you ever considered our feelings?"
"Did we ask you to save us?"
"If you really want to save us, then stay on the island to protect us and teach us magic to fight the demons."
"Just killing the demon god who protected us and leaving without a care in the world, what's the difference between that and killing us?"
Shen Yuan looked down at the entire island, and his interesting voice rang in everyone's ears:
"You all think this way?"
The sound seemed to penetrate directly into their hearts, and instinctive responses rang out from the mouths of countless islanders.
"yes!"
"That's how it should be."
"You should teach us the magic to compensate us."
Endless responses rang out in every corner of the island.
After a while, Shen Yuan's voice sounded again.
"I only want to kill the evil spirits. When did I ever say I would save you?"
"What does your death have to do with me?"
Deep underground on the island, the talisman tainted with Shen Yuan's aura shattered with a loud bang, and Shen Yuan's figure turned into a beam of light and rushed towards Yingzhou.
On the island, curses resounded through heaven and earth. No one knew that without the restraint of the talisman, the remaining will power of the evil god who died in the realm of spirit refining was accelerating to spread to the surrounding seas.
The demons and evil gods seemed to have smelled something delicious and were flying towards the island.