Above the Great Dao

Chen Tang slumped, saying, "Just now, I searched for thousands of miles and couldn't find any nearby villages! Not a single one! I don't even know if they are still alive!"

Chen Shi sat with him on the threshold, looking at the calm moonlight outside.

Yin Mountain, known as the Ten Thousand Great Mountains, is vast and boundless, with incredibly complex geography between the mountains. More terrifyingly, there are two underworlds here, one being the current underworld, and the other a prehistoric underworld, overlapping each other, with nodes in some places connecting different underworlds.

Don't mention Chen Tang, even the ghost gods living here might get lost!

Trying to find other villages and towns is almost impossible.

After a moment of silence, Chen Tang said, "When dawn comes, we must contact other villages and gather all the villagers. With Stone Rock Lady's strength, a thousand-mile territory can be protected. Xinxiang County, all the common folk gathered together, a thousand miles would be enough to survive. Tomorrow morning, we shall relocate everyone from all the villages in Xinxiang County to near Huangpo Village."

Chen Shi shook his head and said, "Dawn is still far off, this night will last three days and three nights, tomorrow will be the last sunrise, with so many villages and towns in Xinxiang County, so many people, how can they all be moved in just one day?"

"We have no choice but to move, they can't survive otherwise!"

Chen Tang showed a look of terror, his voice somewhat hoarse, "On the way finding other villages, I also encountered some terrifying ghost gods. They occupy the mountains as kings, extremely powerful, not inferior to those in the Mahayana Realm! There are also some extremely dreadful things, probably prehistoric remnants, very dangerous, several times they almost took my life! And near here, there are demons! You must not fly in the air, the demons will find you and seize your body!"

Even with a very firm Dao Heart, at this moment, he couldn't help but feel a bit of despair.

Qianyang Mountain fell into the underworld, with ghost gods and demons everywhere, and numerous forbidden zones, how could ordinary people survive?

Chen Shi patted his shoulder, saying, "Father, have you forgotten who I am?"

Chen Tang was taken aback, looking at him in confusion.

Chen Shi gazed at the distant mountains, saying, "Qianyang Mountain, I have already been made the Mountain Lord, guarding Qianyang Mountain is the duty of the Mountain Lord."

Following his gaze, Chen Tang saw the ground among the mountains suddenly tremble, with majestic peaks rising, higher and higher, on the mountain was a temple, grand beyond belief, the temple doors wide open, from within cast brilliant sunlight, illuminating the mountain!

Chen Tang's Heart Spirit shook greatly, he stood up and raised his Primordial Spirit, looking from afar, only to see a towering deity standing behind the temple, human body with bull horns, riding an enormously large Huang Hu, the tiger's roar resounding throughout the mountains, its presence earth-shattering!

That deity was the Qianyang Mountain Lord, with a wave of his hand, boundless thunder fire rolled, riding the tiger, fending off the nearby ghost gods!

"Boom!" "Boom!"

Thunderous roars erupted, fire thunder rolled, it was the ghost gods entrenched in Qianyang Mountain fighting him, in a moment's time, the thousand feet deity was blasted bloodied by the Qianyang Mountain Lord, countless ghost monsters in the mountains, dead and wounded!

The thousands feet ghost god was killed by him till terror-stricken, having no choice but to submit.

Chen Tang was left dumbfounded.

Chen Shi sat on the threshold, saying, "Besides the Qianyang Mountain Lord, there are also Great Snake Xuan Shan and Granny Zhuang, all spirits and manifestations of Qianyang Mountain. They are also incredibly powerful, considered tyrants in the underworld."

In more distant places, azure clouds rolled, a giant snake black as ink, coiled among the azure clouds, eyes like the sun and moon, shining down, intimidating the ghost gods in the mountains.

There was also an ancient tree towering, its canopy covering the sky and moon, an old woman thousands of feet tall sat motionless by the incense burner under the tree. The incense smoke drifted ethereally towards her.

Behind her was a more expansive root system, like ten thousand dragons dancing.

"There's also the Lord of Wuwang City, who commands the Tongue-pulling Hell, with boundless mana, comparable to the Great Judge of the Underworld."

Chen Shi said, "He too can shelter a region's land."

Chen Tang's Primordial Spirit rose higher, seeing within the mountains, places heavily laden with yin energy, ghost gods standing in arrays, with a ghost city ruling a vast territory, likely the Tongue-pulling Hell and Wuwang City!

"And Scholar Zhu, who taught us both to read, is also a sacred figure." Chen Shi said.

Chen Tang looked towards Yellow Earth Slope, only to see towering hills connected to the sky, an old willow tree extending into the sky, a giant corpse slowly descending from the heavens, landing on the hill, eyes emitting electric light, its brilliant presence suppressing a region.

"More critically, your son, is a king of the underworld."

Chen Tang's Heart Spirit shook greatly, looking at Chen Shi sitting on the threshold.

Chen Shi wore a bright red robe, a top scorer's hat adorned on his head, dressed like a groom, not yet changed out of it, with a slight youthful air, but his gaze seemed somewhat deep and distant.

"Chen Tang, your son is the Skull King from the Ten Thousand Great Mountains of the underworld. The territory I rule continues to expand."

His voice reached Chen Tang's ears, "When I realized the sun would no longer rise, as the Heavenly Pool Country Master, I ordered the ghost gods of the Heavenly Pond Country to head to the villages and towns of Qianyang Mountain. Now, considering the distance, they should have arrived."

Gangzi Village.

The earth shook violently, and the godmother of Gangzi Village, a woman, looked fearfully at the moonlight outside.

She was filled with panic as powerful ghost gods wandered nearby, along with elusive ghost monsters, secretly watching over this small village and its people.

Granny Sha was not in the village; usually, she disliked Granny Sha. This woman, when she was an old lady, busied herself with making money, helping others, and stealing her incense offerings. Later, she became young and beautiful, making the ghost gods jealous.

But now, she especially hoped Granny Sha would stay in the village to handle the current crisis.

However, Granny Sha had left a long time ago and had not yet returned. Relying on herself alone, she couldn't protect the people in the village!

The tremors grew stronger, and as she looked towards the sound, she saw between the mountains a thousand-foot-tall ghost god without a head, its face on its belly, striding forward with a ferocious aura, emitting immense evil energy, with vent holes on its back spewing out hot, filthy gases.

"It's over..." she thought in despair.

"Convey the decree!"

The ghost god arrived at the small mountain village, turned its back to it, sat down, and proclaimed with a thunderous voice echoing through the mountains, "The Big Belly Clan will guard Gangzi Village! Any ghost god daring to invade shall have their nine clans exterminated!"

Its voice rolled like thunder, spreading through the mountains, scaring away nearby ghost gods and monsters.

Elsewhere, the plump godmother hid inside a temple, fearfully looking outside as a thousand-foot-tall ghost god arrived outside Huangyang Village, resembling a white-haired violent ape, its voice echoing to the skies.

"Convey the decree! The Thunder Ape Clan will guard Huangyang Village! Any ghost god daring to invade shall have their nine clans exterminated!"

Its voice returned like thunder, reverberating in the air, deafening all around.

At the same time, ghost gods arrived one after another at the human clan villages of Yin Mountain, their voices also booming in the Yin Mountain.

"Convey the decree! The Fire Demon Clan will guard Shanyang Village! Anyone daring to invade will be executed without mercy!"

"Convey the decree! The Blade Labor Clan will guard Fangdian Village!"

"Convey the decree! The Ghost Mother Clan will guard Yandang Village!"

...

In Xinxiang County, an Earth Book was shining brightly, enveloping the county town in light. The Ten Thousand Soul Banner fluttered, with ghost gods emerging from it, floating in the sky, their heads outward but with fear in their eyes.

Outside the county town, various-sized ghost monsters stared at the town, showing savage smiles, ready to pounce at any moment. Although the Ten Thousand Soul Banner and Earth Book were decent magical treasures, they simply couldn't withstand the siege of these ghost monsters!

At this moment, three gigantic ghost gods walked out from between the mountains, standing towering outside the county town, immovable.

"Convey the decree! The Water Demon, Heavenly Dragon, and Shura Tribes shall guard Xinxiang County!"

Huangpo Village, the Chen Family.

Chen Shi sat on the doorstep, lazily saying, "Dad, didn't I tell you before? My skills have grown great, and some things you find life-threatening are nothing to me."

Chen Tang looked at him, thought for a moment, and then sat down as well, saying, "You just said there was something you wanted to ask me about?"

Chen Shi quickly confided about Little Dun and Little Dun Fairy, saying, "Now I am often controlled by Peng Jue, yet I cannot move against her, so I am troubled."

Chen Tang remained expressionless, saying, "Repeat what you just lectured me about."

Chen Shi blinked and said, "My skills have grown great, and some things you find life-threatening are nothing to me."

Chen Tang nodded lightly, stood up, and left on his own: "Your wings have hardened, and since you think it's nothing, solve it yourself."