Wandering Gods of Day and Night

"The source of the storyteller?"

Zhou Xuan, upon ascending to the second incense level, had once glimpsed a chapter of Jing Country's history—

—The last ember of fire in heaven and earth found the storyteller Bi Fang, instructing him to spread the method of creating gods across every corner of Jing Country. Following this dissemination, gods began to appear on the land of Jing Country...

"The history you saw is not false, but the people of Jing Country mistakenly believe that ember was a heavenly god. No... it was the will of Jing Country."

Mr. Feng continued, "In this piece of history, the will of Jing Country sought out the storyteller, bestowing upon Bi Fang the ability of dreaming and also teaching him the 'Book of Will.'"

"The storyteller was the first god in existence. According to Jing Country's definitions of Night Patrol Deity and Day Patrol Deity, he was the first Day Patrol Deity in heaven and earth,

the one who brought the method of god creation to the human world. He was both the attendant and follower of Jing Country's will."

Mr. Feng elaborated, "The Book of Will, blessed by Jing Country's will, serves an immense purpose..."

Even Yuan Buyu couldn't help but perk his ears while listening to these revelations.

"This Heavenly Book can transform the world of Jing Country."

"Transform Jing Country's world?"

Zhou Xuan, doubting his own ears, asked in astonishment.

"You heard correctly," Mr. Feng said. "Once you condense a Heavenly Book, in the future, whatever wish you inscribe in it, Jing Country's world will slowly change in accordance with your wish."

"What?!" Yuan Buyu's face froze in shock, questioning Mr. Feng, "Senior Brother, how could you comprehend such secrets? Are you sure you're not making this up?"

Yuan Buyu didn't doubt Mr. Feng's character but found it hard to believe. If the storyteller could ascend to nine incense levels, wouldn't he be invincible?

Even faced with a heavenly god-level opponent, all you'd need is to jot down on the Heavenly Book... "Heavenly God must die."

Then wouldn't the heavenly god just drop dead?

At that point, invincibility would indeed become a lonely endeavor.

"Making a wish on the Heavenly Book brings slow changes. The larger your wish, the slower the transformation, and the greater the consumption of human wish power. Using this book to defeat enemies? It wouldn't be very effective and would violate the book's principles."

Mr. Feng explained, "The storyteller, as the servant of will, acts as the overseer for Jing Country's transformation. The holder of the Heavenly Book must possess sufficiently strong desires.

Three hundred years ago, the god of this generation's storyteller—Bi Fang—used the Book of Will. His wish was simple: that within the storyteller's Tangkou, no one should reach the eighth incense level."

"Are you serious?" Yuan Buyu's face betrayed a look of shock.

He had long known that Bi Fang had installed traps in the cultivation paths of the Tangkou, but he hadn't expected them to rely on the storyteller's nine incense-level Heavenly Book of Will.

"His wish was genuine. He hoped to forever occupy the heavenly vault's divine status, remaining the god of the storyteller's Tangkou. Therefore, after inscribing the Book of Will, the book's effect took hold.

For three hundred years, not a single demigod at the eighth incense level emerged from the storyteller's Tangkou—whether in the human realm or the time realm."

At this point, clarity began to dawn on Zhou Xuan.

Since Yuan Buyu avenged him and, upon realizing the 'Domineering Method,' abandoned the storyteller's 'moderation,' Zhou Xuan had ascended to the seventh incense level.

From that moment, Zhou Xuan had realized that the storyteller's Tangkou had some immense traps hidden within its cultivation path.

But just because the traps were severe didn't mean cultivation wasn't possible. The Heavenly Officials of the Bone Elder Association tried their utmost to prevent disciples in the Tangkou from ascending their incense levels, yet some exceptionally gifted individuals always succeeded.

For instance, saint heirs and saintesses, who ascended to the Suffering Faction's eighth incense level without relying on the Kongming Mirror.

Disciples from the storyteller's Tangkou always appeared with extraordinary talent. Though the incense path had a massive pitfall, while nine incense levels remained unattainable, the eighth incense level was at least feasible. And yet, over three hundred years, not a single person reached the eighth level.

The origin lay in the 'Book of Will.'

"That can't be right. If the 'Book of Will' were truly this powerful, then even going back fifteen hundred or eighteen hundred years, the first Bi Fang could have inscribed a prophecy in the book, cursing the Tangkou disciples to remain eternally at seven incense levels. Why wait until three hundred years ago?"

Zhou Xuan raised his objections.

Mr. Feng responded, "As I've said before, the Heavenly Book exists to leverage human wish power in bringing Jing Country closer to the storyteller's wishes for positive change, not for selfish personal use."

"Then hasn't this generation's Bi Fang been using it selfishly for the past three hundred years?"

"It's not the same. Over three hundred years ago, the oversight of the will weakened, and now it's even in decline. That was the precise moment when Buddha Country invaded Jing Country,

and the heavenly god-level entities of Buddha Country joined forces, daring to conduct such large-scale acts as the destruction of Mingjiang Prefecture."

In the initial plan devised by Mr. Feng and Mo Tingsheng, the intention was to utilize the gathered souls of the tens of thousands of dead from Mingjiang Prefecture to form an existence surpassing god-level, one capable of challenging Heavenly Vault God-level entities in revenge for the suffering souls of Corridor River who perished in the drought.

Mr. Feng had never foreseen that, even as Mo Tingsheng drafted the plan, Buddha Country had already made a pact with the god-level entity of Mingjiang Prefecture to ensure its destruction.

"However, for a storyteller to make a wish on the Heavenly Book and see it realized, it requires not only an immense infusion of wish power but also the approval of a Heavenly Vault God-level entity.

Smaller wishes require the consent of two god-level entities, whereas the larger the wish, the more than half of the god-level entities' approval might be necessary."