Ling Yun and his group continued on their way, walking along the mountains, and suddenly the scenery before their eyes seemed to switch abruptly.
The surrounding mountains turned into a boundless wasteland, with only withered weeds and scattered villages.
The village was devoid of life, and there wasn't even a single ant on the wasteland.
"Something's strange, very strange!"
Two beams of golden light shot out from the golden lion's golden eyes.
The golden light passed without any obstruction, proving that everything before their eyes was real.
At the same time, both the Great Sage's fiery eyes and Lin Moyu's double pupils scanned their surroundings, but still found nothing unusual.
Ling Yun said in a deep voice:
"It must be some kind of spatial array technique that completely concealed the ten cities."
"It must be a powerful ancient magic array that evaded our divine senses."
After saying that, Ling Yun looked around and continued:
"The Golden Cloud Continent was once part of the Chaotic Demon Realm, and ancient magic arrays still remain in some places."
Perhaps the magic array here has been discovered and activated.
But what do those people want with these ten cities? And why are they erasing the Tianyuan Dynasty people's memories of them?
As they talked, the group continued on their way, only to find more and more wasteland before them.
It's still three million miles to the sea.
Three days later, the group stopped and saw a group of powerful figures from the Tianyuan Dynasty's Imperial Sacrifices Office not far ahead.
They saw Ling Yun and immediately flew over.
"Greetings, Fellow Daoist Ling!"
The speaker was Yuan Shan, the chief worshipper of the Offering Department and a powerful being at the Integration Realm.
Ling Yun asked:
"Have you discovered something?"
Yuan Shan nodded slightly, his expression solemn, and said:
"Our memories of the ten cities have disappeared, but the Tianyuan Dynasty's dragon veins have issued a warning that someone is attempting to seize the ten cities with malicious intent."
His Majesty realized the danger and thus arranged for us to come.
As he spoke, Yuan Shan took out a map drawn from the dragon veins, which clearly showed the locations of ten cities.
The group was located right in front of the gate of Tian Tu City.
Then, Yuan Shan took out a foot-long hammer made of purple-gold immortal jade.
"Fellow Daoist Ling, this is the Boundary-Breaking Hammer, a treasure of my Yuantian Dynasty. It was brought from our ancestral land by the Great Ancestor Emperor before he came to the Golden Cloud Continent."
However, such divine artifacts require powerful cultivators to activate; our strength is too weak. Why don't you give it a try, Fellow Daoist Ling?
Ling Yun took the Boundary-Breaking Hammer and weighed it in his hand. It was indeed a divine artifact, and only an emperor could wield it.
Immediately, Ling Yun took two steps forward with the Boundary-Breaking Hammer in hand, and then raised the hammer.
The moment he raised the hammer, it burst forth with dazzling colored light, and the surrounding space trembled violently, as if it had encountered a great terror.
Immediately afterwards, Lingyun crashed down forward.
With a loud bang!
The surrounding space was smashed to pieces by the Boundary-Breaking Hammer.
Immediately afterwards, Tian Tu City appeared before everyone.
The moment Tian Tu City appeared, everyone's memories returned.
The surrounding wasteland has been transformed into the original green hills and clear waters.
However, everyone's expressions turned serious.
Everyone could smell the pungent stench of blood in the air, and the sky turned blood red.
"Oh no! Someone is slaughtering living beings!"
The chief worshiper of the worship department, Yuan Shan, said angrily.
"Wait! Listen, everyone, there is a melodious chanting sound!"
One of the priests spoke up.
Everyone immediately listened and indeed heard faint chanting.
The text is indistinct, but it is certain that it is neither Buddhist nor Taoist scripture, nor Confucian or Taoist classical Chinese.
The moment they heard the chanting, everyone except Ling Yun, the Great Sage, and the Golden Lion showed a devout expression.
Then, with a blank stare, he began to walk in one direction.
"wake up!"
The golden lion roared, and everyone came to their senses, feeling a lingering fear.
The chanting is comparable to the most advanced auditory illusion, capable of instantly turning people into devout believers.
Yuan Shan said with a trembling voice:
"Just a moment ago, I heard a call from some kind of being, guiding me there!"
As he spoke, he only thought of the east, where the red light was strongest.
Immediately, the group flew towards that location and soon discovered a massive altar, tens of thousands of feet in diameter.
There are ninety-nine altars on the altar.
What's chilling is that countless beings, including humans, demons, and even evil spirits, lined up neatly and bowed every three steps as they walked toward the altar.
Their faces were filled with piety, and they were completely unrestrained.
Reaching the altar, they leaped into it, shouting as they died:
"Welcome back to life, God!"
As they spoke, their essence and souls floated out from the altar and entered the brow of a colossal statue a thousand feet tall in the center of the altar.
The statue depicts a woman in a white robe, with a delicate face and an expression of great compassion.
They looked like gods, full of holiness and sanctity.
Upon seeing the female statue, Yuanshan roared:
"This is Sima Yue, the number one female demon of the Golden Cloud Continent and the founder of the Divine Cult."
Back then, she was uneducated and relied on swindling and cheating to make a living. Later, she obtained an ancient book and subsequently established a cult.
She advocated indulging in desires, being a free spirit, and abandoning all morality and shame.
They even advocated that as long as one sacrifices oneself, one can go to the Kingdom of God and enjoy eternal life!
In less than three years, the number of believers in the religion reached tens of billions, and wherever the religion was present, there was rioting and sacrifice.
Later, he was killed by hundreds of powerful figures from the Yuantian Dynasty, and the Divine Sect was also destroyed.
Unexpectedly, the remnants of the Divine Cult actually wanted to sacrifice the common people to summon Sima Yue's will and resurrect her!
Upon hearing this, everyone's faces showed anger. This was clearly a cult, and the so-called divine kingdom must be a lie.
At this moment, a dozen or so black-robed figures at the Integration Realm appeared on the altar. They spread their arms and looked at the sacrificial creatures.
"Followers of the God, a great calamity is imminent on the Golden Cloud Continent. Only by summoning the God to appear in the world can you be sent to the Divine Kingdom and escape the calamity!"
Upon hearing the words of the man in black, all the believers shouted in unison:
"Loyal to the Lord!"
"Welcome back to life, God!"
"Please, God, lead us to the Kingdom of God!"
Seeing this, Ling Yun spoke:
"Sima Yue's strong seductive power is all thanks to that ancient book. If I'm not mistaken, that ancient book is the Desire Scripture, which has been lost for a long time in all the heavens and myriad worlds!"
The author of this scripture was not a monk, but a scholar. His original intention was to control his inner desires. It records how desires are aroused and how to control them.
It was later introduced to the cultivation world, but was used to stimulate desires in people's hearts.
Wherever desires fall, that becomes a world of desires. When the desires in the hearts of living beings are aroused, it is more terrifying than a great calamity.
I never imagined that the scriptures would reach the Golden Cloud Continent and fall into the hands of the ignorant and incompetent Sima Yue!
Hearing Ling Yun's words, everyone finally understood the problem.
Immediately, Yuan Shan spoke:
"Fellow Daoist Ling, fellow Daoists, let's join forces to destroy the Divine Cult! Once Sima Yue is resurrected, it will be an earth-shattering catastrophe for the Golden Cloud Continent!"
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