Urban Martial Saint

Although Ye Qing had witnessed so many strange and unusual things, he remained an atheist. Even after seeing so many peak masters, and figures like Shijia Supreme Undying Monarch Corpse Ghost Dragon, who had already surpassed the realm explainable by science, Ye Qing still remained an atheist.

In fact, not only Ye Qing, even those masters he had encountered, including the information he received from famed masters of previous dynasties, all indicated that there were no gods or spirits in this world. The ancient so-called myths, as Ye Qing now understands, were simply the ancients idolizing masters of great power, leading to such mythical tales. Even Ancestor Buddha Shakyamuni, according to the Buddhist Sect, was merely a person of great power, not a god.

Even Buddha is not a god, then certainly, there are no gods in this world. Ye Qing had realized this earlier too. In fact, the ancients pursued this question as well, trying to understand it. For every person desires immortality, and while they desperately increased their lifespan, they were also constantly exploring whether there truly were immortals. Because if immortals truly exist, then immortal life would indeed be possible!

However, after thousands and tens of thousands of years of pursuit, no one has achieved immortality. Even those who created sects, recognized by future generations as the strongest in Buddhist and Taoist Magic, couldn’t escape the erosion of time, ultimately dying and disappearing. So, almost everyone has despaired, nearly certain that there are no gods in this world, nor true immortality. Increasing lifespan has already been the utmost that people can achieve!

And now, amidst the Tomb of Ghost Valley Master, the engraved words on the stele clearly write a divine word!

Tomb of Deification!

Ye Qing no longer needed to understand what this sealing truly meant; just the divine word was enough to shock him.

If this word was left by someone else, Ye Qing would not need to feel shocked or surprised, he would only think it was some people’s prank.

However, this word was left by Guiguzi, which forced Ye Qing to deeply ponder the significance behind this word!

Who was Guiguzi? He was the only Great Saint within the Taoist Sect for thousands of years, and could even be said to be the person guiding the direction and fate of future generations over these thousands of years. He personally engraved a divine word here, which makes people start questioning what they previously knew.

Is there truly a god in this world?

There is no denying, if the word left by Guiguzi on the stele spreads, it would absolutely shock the entire world.

The talk of gods and spirits has existed since the birth of humanity. Yet, for countless years, no one has been able to verify the existence of gods and spirits. If people knew that the first Great Saint of the Taoist Sect for thousands of years had left such engraved words here, to what extent would the entire world be shaken?

Ye Qing did not dare to imagine, he took a deep breath and continued to look down.

The following content was much more abundant, left as whole paragraphs rather than a single line of text. Ye Qing read all of this content once over, and couldn’t help but gasp once again.

The words behind described an event, which was about the origin of the sculptures Ye Qing saw inside this cave. What truly shocked Ye Qing was Guiguzi’s description of these sculptures, he said that these sculptures were God’s servants!

What does God’s servant mean? Servants of God?

Ye Qing carefully recalled the sculptures he just saw: A werewolf, two winged beings resembling angels, and another which looked much more sinister with a pair of wings. These four sculptures, were actually God’s servants? With God’s servants, doesn’t that imply the existence of a god?

The content written later by Guiguzi described how he led the masters of Huaxia against these God’s servants. He utilized powerful capabilities to seal these God’s servants, turning them into sculptures, and then sealed them inside these sculptures with Shakyamuni’s Buddha’s Relic. Then, Guiguzi used these sculptures to attract a god. Guiguzi led masters of Huaxia against this god, countless masters of Huaxia mortal in action, but Guiguzi finally managed to defeat this god. However, he was also gravely injured, having no power to destroy these gods and God’s servants. Therefore, in the end, he could only use the power of the Primal Mysterious Body to seal the god within the Death Gate and use those Buddha’s Relic to seal all four God’s servants.

Until this moment, Ye Qing finally understood why those sculptures were suppressed with Buddha’s Relic, why the people suppressing them didn’t destroy them. The reason was that Guiguzi was gravely injured, having no power to destroy these overwhelming God’s servants! Unexpectedly, these God’s servants were so formidable, living from thousands of years ago until now, later coincidentally being slain by the joint forces of three factions within Ye Qing’s body. It reckons, if someone else had entered the Tomb of Ghost Valley Master, perhaps they wouldn’t have the power to slay these God’s servants!

However, Ye Qing was even more puzzled about how Guiguzi managed to independently extract the power of the Primal Mysterious Body to suppress the so-called god? Can human power truly leave the body independently? Moreover, that power from the Primal Mysterious Body has already been absorbed by him, then could the sealed god also break free?

Those God’s servants could revive and move after the Buddha’s Relic was gone. Ye Qing had no doubt that the god, after escaping the restriction from the Primal Mysterious Body’s power, could definitely revive as well. But after the god revives, what will become of this world? Also, why did Guiguzi lead the masters of Huaxia to confront the god back then?

Filled with shock and confusion, Ye Qing took a deep breath, continuing to read further. After reading two lines, Ye Qing understood how Guiguzi balanced this god.

Ye Qing had been puzzled why it was necessary to gather one hundred and eight Famed Instruments before opening the Tomb of Ghost Valley Master. Now, seeing the words on the stele, Ye Qing finally understood the reason behind this. According to Guiguzi’s mechanism, those one hundred and eight Famed Instruments, when arranged outside according to Guiguzi’s setup, would directly invoke the power of the Primal Mysterious Body within the Tomb of Ghost Valley Master. This power would then attract all one hundred and eight Famed Instruments, while their descending position was precisely where the sculpture of the god was located. The arrangement of one hundred and eight Famed Instruments was exactly at the one hundred and eight acupoints surrounding the god. Hence, when these one hundred and eight Famed Instruments were drawn down, they would directly pierce into the god’s one hundred and eight acupoints, sealing the god’s power directly.

This way, the god lost its power, its state no different from being sealed by the Primal Mysterious Body. Thus, even if the power of the Primal Mysterious Body was obtained by someone else, the god would still not break free from its seal, unable to revive or leave. Everything Guiguzi left behind in the past was intentionally arranged!

Reading this far, Ye Qing was shocked by Guiguzi’s arrangements and even more curious about why Guiguzi treated a god in this manner. He continued reading further, and finally began to record why he sealed this god. However, Ye Qing was somewhat unable to understand the recorded content.

In Guiguzi’s subsequent descriptions, he first mentioned the origin of the god. According to Guiguzi, this god was, in fact, one of the gods who narrowly escaped the War of Deification. This god, united with other escaped God’s servants from the War of Deification, prepared to retaliate against humanity but were intercepted by Guiguzi leading the masters of Huaxia. Consequently, even though the god was powerful, encountering the equally powerful Guiguzi, ended up being sealed by Guiguzi again.

This piece of content allowed Ye Qing to finally know one thing, which was the concept of retaliating against humanity. What does the retaliating against humanity mean? Simply put, this god considers humanity as an enemy, prepared to strike against humans. This is indeed a key and shocking piece of news!

A god is not a guardian of all living things, but humanity’s enemy? Then, how can they be called gods?

Undoubtedly, this content also provided Ye Qing with another shocking piece of news, which was the War of Deification.

Ye Qing now understands what deification truly means, which is the meaning of sealing a god. And is this meaning also applicable to the War of Deification? The War of Deification, since it includes the term ’great’, must have been grand in scale, at least not smaller than Guiguzi’s confrontation. This suggests that not only one god was sealed during that war; perhaps several, dozens, hundreds, or more!

Gods exist, and not in small quantities?

Ye Qing just felt his mind overwhelmed, in fact, he simply could not accept the existence of gods. Any other atheist would also be unable to accept such matters!

Continuing to read further, the subsequent content no longer addressed matters regarding the gods, but about the Heaven, Earth, and Man Three Gates.

”Since you can see this word, it is the Era of the Turmoil of the Three Stars of Sirius. When the three stars appear, star force weakens, the world enters chaos, no one can escape. All answers lie within the Heaven, Earth, and Man Three Gates. Remember, when Killer Breaker Wolf Three Stars gather, the Heaven Earth Man Three Gates open as one. Once all three gates open, chaos in the world is unavoidable. This is fate, no one can avoid it. Since you obtained the Primal Mysterious Body, you are the Successor of the Tao, the Holder of the Taoist Sovereignty, unite the secrets of the Heaven Earth Man Three Gates, break the disaster of the Various Gods, save all people from water and fire!”

Reading these words, Ye Qing’s heart sank suddenly. Indeed, the Tomb of Ghost Valley Master recorded the greatest secrets concerning the Heaven, Earth, and Man Three Gates!