I Slay Gods and Demons in the Deceit Night

Li Gui was silent for a moment, his voice bitter as he said, "We will follow you away from Upper Heaven, leave this peaceful and tranquil homeland. Many of us will never have the chance to return, will be buried in the outside world, bones in foreign lands, or even... no corpse at all, right?!"

Lin Yan suddenly didn't know how to respond.

Li Gui took a deep breath and said, "We can go with you, but we fear more than anything that we've followed the wrong person! We are more afraid than you that you're not him!"

"Establish a heart for heaven and earth, create destiny for the living, continue the teachings of saints past, bring peace for all eternity! These words can invoke the Ancient Immortal's Injunction, forming a great vow; we believe you have such ambition!"

"But we also want to know, do you have the ability to achieve it!"

He stepped back and performed a greeting, saying, "Therefore, beyond Upper Heaven, in the midst of Deceit Night, amidst the peril of the Old God and Divine Spirit, let us witness your skills from the very beginning!"

"Calm our hearts, set our wills, sever our distractions, allowing us, who leave our homeland, to die without regret!"

This place is already where Upper Heaven's frescoes are.

Just ahead is the Great Hall of the Human Emperor.

The frescoes remain inside the hall.

And Lin Yan stopped walking, silent for a moment.

After a while, he spoke, "How do you wish to weigh my skills? By sparring with me?"

"I wouldn't dare!"

Li Gui's expression slightly changed, lowering his head.

Lin Yan instantly understood his meaning.

The people depicted in the frescoes are legends and hope for Upper Heaven.

Just like Liu Zun, who is the supreme god in the hearts of High Willow City's people!

Martial Artist from High Willow City dare not draw their blades against Liu Zun... even if Liu Zun's roots have rotted and decayed!

People from Upper Heaven also dare not attack him, even if they have doubts... but even with just a slight resemblance, the respect in their hearts is amplified, and their actions are weakened.

"Beneath the Great Hall of the Human Emperor, there actually lies hidden danger."

Li Gui calmed his Heart Realm before speaking softly, "In the past, it was the Ancient Dragon Ancestor who suppressed this danger! Later, after the Ancient Dragon Ancestor fell, it relied solely on Formation to seal this danger..."

He took a deep breath and continued, "With the passage of time, the Formation has become unstable. Originally, when His Highness manifested, he should have suppressed this menace."

"But for some reason, His Highness didn't act and left Upper Heaven directly."

"Perhaps this is what His Highness left for the Saint Master."

"The Saint Master can be seen as the only test Upper Heaven has for the Saint Master!"

—

There is danger hidden within the Great Hall of the Human Emperor.

Lin Yan's gaze slightly intensified as he said, "Can you know what danger it is?"

Li Gui shook his head slightly and said, "I don't know. Two days ago, when I entered the Great Hall, I didn't encounter any danger... But the Day, Moon, and Star Elders all unanimously concluded that the dangerous entity inside is nearly unsealed."

Lin Yan frowned and said, "I've met the Day, Moon, and Star Elders before, why didn't they mention it?"

"Perhaps... they didn't dare?"

Li Gui hesitated before saying, "This is what His Highness left for you. To us, it's a test!"

This is a test!

The one being tested is the most revered existence in their minds!

As if mentioning it is disrespectful.

Therefore, it's not just the Day, Moon, and Star Elders, but even the One-eyed Great Saint and the recent Elder Yuwen didn't mention it.

"They don't dare to be disrespectful, so they're afraid to mention it."

Lin Yan chuckled and said, "Yet they sent you here."

Li Gui sighed and said, "Even in the Heavenly Ancestor Realm of the present Upper Heaven, there are some who doubt the Ancestor's Precepts and question the frescoes, preparing to enter the world... Before the Saint Master's reputation spread, I was once their leader!"

Lin Yan suddenly understood and said, "So you are the most disrespectful one in today's Upper Heaven?"

Li Gui's expression was complex, eventually nodding slowly and saying, "Perhaps I am naive and ignorant, hoping you... your elder self can pass the test and make me see reason!"

"This may not be a test."

Lin Yan thus spoke and stepped into the Great Hall.

Li Gui remained outside the hall, his expression peculiar, pondering, "Not a test? Then what is it?"

—

Inside the Great Hall, silence reigned.

The place remained spotless, evidently cleaned daily.

"O Master, places where people come every day, how could there be danger?" Little White Ape peeked out and said, "They came in with no problem, we come in and there's danger?"

"Finding the source of the danger may be part of the test?" Lin Yan smiled and said.

"This..." Little White Ape whispered, "Everyone says it's dangerous, and it's a test, yet you elder seem so calm?"

"You'll understand soon enough."

Lin Yan spoke thus and continued forward.

The frescoes in Upper Heaven had existed for a long age, spanning back to the Human Emperor Era, countless millennia.

Such long ages should have left them ruined and decayed.

But here, they appeared clean and new.

Clearly, these frescoes were routinely maintained.

He approached, gazing at the first fresco, and involuntarily his pupils contracted, his heart shaken immensely.

This fresco was relatively simple.

The main subject was a large tree.

"Oh..." Little White Ape said, "The leaves of this tree look a bit like parasol leaves?"

"Indeed—the Wutong Divine Mother!"

Lin Yan extended his hand to point beneath the tree.

There was a figure beneath the tree, compared to the tree, as insignificant as dust.

And the figure, there was only a sidelong silhouette.

He was looking up towards the sky.

Looking up to the sky.

Above the Parasol Divine Tree, at the topmost part of the fresco, there was a spot of damage.

But upon closer inspection, behind the damaged spot, there was an eye.

"Have you seen it yet?"

Lin Yan turned to look at Little White Ape.

Little White Ape whispered, "Back when the Master perfected the Landscaping Technique, the New Technique was born, the Ancient Immortal's Injunction appeared in the sky, and bestowed two True Word Divine Powers..."

Its gaze filled with astonishment, saying, "During the era of the First Human Emperor, was it really possible to foresee the scene of millennia later?"

"A tree, a person, an eye."

Lin Yan pondered aloud, "To me, these are events that happened in my life, and I know this fresco describes me, so just a glance reveals the fresco's content! But for the successive generations in the Heavenly Ancestor Realm, this is indeed too vague..."

He spoke, moving towards the second fresco.

The fresco was not large, but inside were countless figures, densely packed like dust.

All those figures bowed.

And at the front, a tiny figure sat cross-legged, holding an object in each hand.

The right hand held a "thin line."

The left hand held a "blemish."

"If this depicts the Saint Master, then the right hand should hold a knife and the left hand a book, symbolizing teaching?"

Little White Ape promptly spoke, then chuckled, "But aren't we somewhat stretching the interpretation?"

Lin Yan gently touched the fresco, whispering, "Even you think this fresco's depiction forcibly attaches to my stories, seeming too strained! Yet generations of the Human Clan in Upper Heaven could decipher the truth here... confirming I am the person in the fresco."

Little White Ape, upon hearing this, couldn't help but marvel, "That's truly impressive! And it must have consumed immeasurable effort..."

Lin Yan slowly moved to the third fresco.

This third fresco contained two mountains.

Each mountain housed one person.

Beneath the mountains lay a giant black blemish!

"The dojo for Carrying Mountains and Chasing the Sun, is that you and Shangguan Youqi?"

Little White Ape spoke out, "So, defeating the True Sun Monarch was also long planned by Shangguan Youqi..."

Lin Yan solemnly spoke, "From Upper Heaven's interpretation of the frescoes, though vague and without additional scenes recorded, it's likely they'd already predicted... Shangguan Youqi would perish here."

Knowing certain death!

Shangguan Youqi still led Lin Yan to Shangri Sacred Land!

The next fresco then displayed a blurred figure, possessing an appearance of heaven-support and earth-stance, with phantom images of one dragon, nine oxen, and two tigers behind.

"This one is relatively easy to identify..."

Little White Ape then saw the next fresco, exclaiming, "Not good! It's a trap... We're going to die in the Heavenly Ancestor Realm of Upper Heaven!"

Boom!!!

The entire Great Hall instantaneously became turbulent!

The universe flipped, bewildering!