I Can Accumulate Proficiency, Starting from Alchemy

Chapter 763: Chapter 335: Ancient Gods Conjecture, Spirit Gods Shocking Change_3

And now, Wei Zheng, the god and demon who guarded the Great Spirit Country, and a great demon god of the Undying Realm, was about to fall.

This caused a quiet and growing fear in Ouyang Leng’s heart.

The withered old man slowly opened his eyes. His gaze flashed with a touch of gray-white, among which was a trace of unwillingness, but in the end, it returned to calm. Although he appeared to be on the verge of death, his voice was steady, unlike an old man but more like a young and vigorous one.

“I am going to die soon.”

“In just one year’s time, my last Divine Aperture will break down, and my divine power will be completely exhausted, leading to the death of my physical body.”

“Rather than dying so hastily, I’d rather make one last effort for the Great Spirit.”

“Currently, only you have the potential to break through to the Undying Realm within the Mansion. Soon, use my key to open the secret vault of the Spirit God Mansion, obtain a portion of the Undying Divine Liquid, and in three months, I will protect the law for you, helping you step into the Undying Realm with my last divine power.”

After saying this, the old man flicked an ancient-looking key from his waist, which flew to Ouyang Leng and was caught by him.

Ouyang Leng was both fearful and pleasantly surprised.

What he feared was that the god and demon who guarded the Great Spirit Country only had one year left to live, which was a huge disaster for the Great Spirit Country.

What delighted him was that he had the opportunity to step into the Undying Realm, where his lifespan could reach ten thousand years. This was definitely a great surprise for him.

Seeing that Wei Zheng had closed his eyes again, Ouyang Leng opened his mouth but ultimately didn’t say anything. He bowed and withdrew.

In the Spirit God Mansion, although there were currently five Demon Gods in the Sixth Realm, the Life and Death Realm, only he was at the peak of the Life and Death Realm. The other four were two who had advanced to the Life and Death Realm during the past twelve years, still at the early stage, and two who were at the middle stage of the Life and Death Realm twelve years ago, like him, and had not participated in that earth-shattering battle.

From this perspective, the mansion master’s desire to create another Undying Realm for the Great Spirit Country before his death, choosing him, was more than reasonable.

After Ouyang Leng left,

Wei Zheng, who had his eyes closed, didn’t notice that a twisted black shadow had emerged from behind him.

This was a pure black figure without any facial features. However, he seemed to be able to see everything. He glanced at Wei Zheng, who was sitting on the floor leaning against the dark gold stone chair, and then turned his gaze in the direction that Ouyang Leng had just left. The figure merged back into Wei Zheng’s back and disappeared.

This bizarre scene seemed to have been noticed by Wei Zheng. He suddenly opened his eyes, and his withered pupils surged with divine power. He inspected every corner of the secret chamber but, as with every time in the past twelve years, he found nothing.

“What exactly is it?”

“A curse? An illusion? Or has some evil technique deceived my divine senses?”

“Those foreign evil demons’ methods can last as long as twelve years. It’s just too terrifying!”

“Fortunately, they all died in that battle.”

The light in his eyes disappeared. With his light exhausted, he closed his eyes again, and his breath was faint.

What he didn’t know was,

that the black shadow behind him was not brought by those foreign evil demons.

Twelve years ago, when he returned heavily injured and his healing had no effect, he saw his physical body deteriorating day by day. He suddenly had an idea to try and pay the price of a Divine Aperture to perform a groundbreaking feat.

If it succeeded, he would not only be able to recover from his injuries, but he would also directly step into the Primordial Realm and become a true immortal and undying demon god.

Although he was well-acquainted with the legend of the eighth demon god destroying the world, he naturally didn’t believe it. The stronger the person, the more unshakable their conviction and the more unaffected they were. They only believed in themselves.

Moreover, the sudden appearance of powerful foreign evil demons made him believe that the so-called eighth demon god caused the destruction of the world because the foreign evil demons reached the eighth realm and destroyed the world of gods and demons.

So, he tried his best and took the risk.

However, with his divine power weakening and his body and spirit frail, his attempt naturally ended in vain.

As for the black shadow, it appeared only after he had failed.

Therefore, he mistakenly believed it to be the curse and means of those powerful foreign evil demons.

On the other side,

After leaving the courtyard, Han Yi didn’t go far. Instead, he found an inn to stay in. He suppressed his energy fluctuations so as not to alert other gods and demons.

The reason he was struggling to stay in the Great Spirit Country’s imperial capital was that he felt that there must be more secrets hidden within it.

Exploring and digging was one of his tasks upon entering this world.

So, he was unwilling to leave just like that.

Actually.

In the twelve years he had been in the Imperial Capital, Han Yi had not always stayed in his courtyard. Every now and then, he explored a certain mansion of gods and demons in the capital.

Unlike his exploration of the Divine Fire Sect and the Golden Glow Cliff twelve years ago, his exploration during this period was more low-key, and he would only read books of interest on the spot without moving them.

Four years ago, by chance, he discovered a secret manuscript in the mansion of a Mysterious Moon Realm Demon God of the Spirit God Mansion.

In the manuscript, there was a record of a shocking battle that took place the year he arrived. The battle occurred in the southern region of the Great Spirit Country, and further south of the Divine Fire County in the Endless Sea Territory.

The battle was rumored to be waged upon the invasion of foreign evil demons. Several Life and Death Realm Demon Gods of the Spirit God Mansion were sent to exterminate the evil demons, and in the end, two Life and Death Realm Demon Gods perished, achieving a costly victory.

However.

This Spirit God Mansion’s Mysterious Moon Realm Demon God speculated daringly in the following years, based on his own experience of working in the Spirit God Mansion, that the battle with the foreign evil demons was not just the demise of two Sixth Realm Demon Gods.

Because after that, he carefully noticed that four Life and Death Realm Demon Gods of the Spirit God Mansion lost contact. Although they were said to be dispatched to explore the Northern Wasteland, he easily identified that someone was intentionally hiding it.

Even more terrifying was that after that, the Great Spirit Country’s Two Seventh Realm, Undying Realm’s Great Demon Gods never reappeared.

One of them was the Supreme Master of the Great Spirit Country, Lian Li, and the other was the strongest in the entire Great Spirit Country, the Lord of the Spirit God Mansion, Wei Zheng.

This discovery left him terrified.

For some unknown reason, he decided to record this speculation in the manuscript.

From then on, Han Yi paid even more attention to the secrets of the Great Spirit Country.

Twelve years ago, foreign evil demons?

If his guess was correct, those evil demons should be cultivators of the Immortal Mansion like him, who had descended into this realm.

He didn’t know why they were exposed as soon as they arrived.

And he could make two Half-immortal Realm’s Great Demon Gods, which were equivalent to the peak of the Undying Realm, not show their faces for years. At least these two were seriously injured. From this deduction, the cultivators who had descended into the same realm as him during that shocking battle should be Half-immortals.

He didn’t know if it was just one or more of them, whether there were any Spirit Transformations or Nascent Souls, whether they were all like him, or just a few of them.

If it was just a few of them, were the other cultivators also hiding and practicing the cultivation techniques of the World of Gods and Demons just like him, and would they discover the difference between the techniques of this world and the Immortal Realm?

If he could find a cultivator of the Immortal Mansion, perhaps they could have a discussion.

However, this was not the Immortal Mansion, the constraints were unclear, and perhaps killing a cultivator of the Immortal Mansion would not require judgment from the Mansion Spirit. He didn’t dare to bet, even if he encountered a cultivator of the Immortal Mansion, he would avoid them.

Gathering his thoughts, Han Yi re-established his plan.

There were only eight years left before the twenty-year deadline, and Han Yi planned to stay in the Imperial Capital of the Great Spirit Country for two more years, turning all the Nascent Cores in his Divine Aperture into Dark Sun state and completely reaching the pinnacle of the Dark Sun Realm that could no longer be advanced.

Afterwards, if there were no further opportunities, he would choose to leave, find a place to break through to the Fifth Realm, the Yin-Yang Realm Demon God.

After breaking through, if there was still time, he would consider returning to the Imperial Capital and explore once more.

This was his plan.

However.

Three months later.

During the deep night.

He abruptly opened his eyes and flew out of the inn, standing in mid-air, looking at the most magnificent mansion outside the imperial palace.

Spirit God Mansion.

In the depths of that mansion, which he never dared to set foot in, a terrifying aura was boiling and swirling, undergoing intense changes.

Suddenly it radiated Life and Death Realm, then shifted to Undying Realm, and it seemed that in a very short interval, it surpassed the Undying Realm, reaching a whole new realm before falling again. The time was too short, so brief that it seemed like an illusion.

When that aura briefly surpassed the Undying Realm, a shudder-inducing feeling enveloped the entire Imperial Capital.

Han Yi’s face changed drastically because he sensed an aura of ‘demon’ from it.

“Ancient Demons?”

“Eighth Realm, Primordial Apocalypse?”