I Slay Gods and Demons in the Deceit Night

This beam of golden light stopped about a foot in front of Lin Yan.

Only to see the incense's qi mechanism gradually converge.

The golden light dissipated completely.

Revealed before him was a white-robed elder.

His beard and hair were pure white, his skin rosy, holding a dust whisk in his hand.

With an aura of Daoist grace, transcending the mundane.

"A Great Fate Teller of this era?"

The white-robed elder quietly looked at the young man before him and said, "Very well, the great luck of this generation ultimately falls upon the Human Clan."

He stepped forward half a step and reached out his hand.

Lin Yan remained expressionless, only gripping the Night Illuminating Divine Sword tighter by three degrees.

The Dou Character True Mantra Divine Power had already begun!

The Soldier True Word Divine Power was also activated!

And the Demon Suppression Divine Power was poised to strike!

The Golden Body Divine Power, with the strength of one dragon and two tigers, also instantly revealed a golden light.

"You are very vigilant."

The white-robed elder's hand abruptly paused.

He laughed at himself, then retracted his hand.

He turned and patted his robes, saying, "Indeed, in your eyes, I must be a traitor who betrayed the Human Clan."

"Isn't that right?"

Lin Yan's tone was complex, "Heavenly Gate Ancestor!"

The white-robed elder sighed.

With his hands behind his back, he turned towards the direction of the Ten Thousand Gu Divine Array.

That was originally the location of Heavenly Gate City.

It was also the direction from which he had just come.

He left his back to Lin Yan.

Through the white robe, Lin Yan saw a mark on the position of his spine on his back.

Due to the mark, the color on the white robe appeared slightly darker.

"Previously, someone sacrificed 365 boys and 365 girls, whose birth time matched mine, attempting to borrow my power to kill you."

The Heavenly Gate Ancestor slowly spoke, his voice filled with complexity.

From his body, Lin Yan did not perceive any murderous intent.

But at such a level of cultivation, if one intends to conceal, they could remain calm even as mountains collapse before them.

This does not mean the other party harbors no intentions to kill him.

"But finally, a celestial being tried to inhabit this body, borrowing my remains, when a person suddenly appeared."

The Heavenly Gate Ancestor withdrew his gaze and said softly, "He claimed to be the sixth Young Master of the Heavenly Furnace Sacred Land, and by burning his life, used his primordial spirit as the purest medicine to awaken the one bit of true spirit that I had left."

He turned to face Lin Yan and continued, "That young man said he originally thought he would have to hide within the Heavenly Gate for decades or even centuries. He never expected he'd have to sacrifice his life after only a few days."

"The sixth Young Master of the Heavenly Furnace Sacred Land?"

Lin Yan's eyes slightly narrowed, recalling how this person had forcibly activated the incense Golden Body of the Demon-Suppressing True Master in Holy Dew City, attempting to help the Heavenly Furnace Saint Master ambush him.

But after failing, he fled Holy Dew City, injuring the Commander of the Holy Dew City's Demon Suppression Department in the process.

Little did he expect this person to have entered the Heavenly Gate and gained significant trust, thereby qualifying to come into contact with the remains of the Heavenly Gate Ancestor within just a few days.

Instantly, his mind raced with thoughts.

The Holy Alliance had long been wary of the Heavenly Furnace Sacred Land.

This sixth Young Master was likely a plant from the Holy Alliance.

But now it seems, placing him was not only a counter against the Heavenly Furnace Sacred Land but also against the Heavenly Gate.

Fleeing Holy Dew City and entering the Heavenly Gate, it must have been a path already laid out by the Holy Alliance.

Otherwise, it wouldn't have been possible to stand by the side of the Heavenly Gate Ancestor's remains in such a short time.

"Before his primordial spirit was thoroughly exhausted, he mumbled about the current state of the Heavenly Gate and the birth of the Great Fate Teller in this era."

The Heavenly Gate Ancestor sighed, saying, "Finally, as his primordial spirit was completely depleted, my consciousness awoke... leaving only those words from before, lingering in the air, of which I became aware..."

He looked at Lin Yan and said aloud, "This sixth Young Master of the Heavenly Furnace Sacred Land left a few words for me to pass on."

"..."

Lin Yan slightly furrowed his brow and asked, "What did he say?"

The Heavenly Gate Ancestor appeared composed, saying, "He said the current Saint Master of the Heavenly Furnace Sacred Land is burdened by the curses of previous generations, enduring the most severe effects."

"The current Saint Master knew from the day of succession the risk of 'losing control' might befall him."

"Perhaps the Heavenly Furnace Saint Master you see is no longer the Saint Master of the Human Clan, but do not deny the tremendous contributions he made while being a part of the Human Clan."

"You witnessed the loss of control of the current generation's Saint Master, but do not think the Heavenly Furnace Sacred Land has betrayed the orthodoxy of the Human Clan."

"It is the current generation's Saint Master's later years that betrayed the Human Clan, not the Heavenly Furnace Sacred Land, nor the earlier Saint Masters."

"Your future achievements will surely decide the course of the Holy Alliance. I hope you won't harbor a different view of the Heavenly Furnace Sacred Land because of this matter."

"He used his life to tell you that the next generation of the Heavenly Furnace Sacred Land is still dedicating everything for the Human Clan."

The Heavenly Gate Ancestor expressed this, his eyes complex, and sighed.

Lin Yan fell silent and said, "I understand."

The Heavenly Gate Ancestor spoke softly, "But I do not."

He turned once more, looking towards the direction of Heavenly Gate City, saying, "I do not know the current situation of the Human Clan... nor do I know what kind of force the current Heavenly Gate represents..."

"If everything this sixth Young Master of the Heavenly Furnace Sacred Land said is indeed true."

"Then it proves one thing, the Heavenly Gate that I established was wrong!"

He hesitated and said, "My mistake wasn't in founding the Heavenly Gate, but in choosing the wrong heirs to inherit the Heavenly Gate."

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Within the Holy Alliance, Heavenly Destiny City.