Chapter 23

The lush green grass and fragrant flowers filled the air; this was the second battlefield chosen by the City God of Bayang.

Houwa's lineage possessed the power of creation and was the pinnacle of earth virtue. As long as they stood on the earth, they were invincible. This was similar to the Yellow Emperor's lineage, known for their earth virtue, but the Yellow Emperor was renowned for his martial prowess, wielding the Xuan Yuan Sword to slay evil deities in all directions. He was the only one among the three Heavenly Emperors of the era of alien invasions to achieve the feat of "killing nine divine kings in succession."

Xun Yi, who possessed the bloodline of the Yellow Emperor, undoubtedly had his younger sister Xun Tan as well. However, Xun Tan was not skilled in swordsmanship and instead followed the path of the Flower Goddess with the Twelve Flower Laws.

Standing on the plain, the wood spirit energy gathered spontaneously. Xun Tan observed Feng Yan. Feng Yan was different from Feng Li. Feng Li still had a human form, with only his horns and purple eyes revealing the mark of the Heavenly Emperor's descendants. Feng Yan, however, was a woman with a human upper body and a snake tail.

"Green eyes, snake tail. It seems your bloodline has truly awakened?" For some reason, Xun Tan felt a sense of familiarity with this Heavenly Emperor's manifestation. Her legs tingled, and she quickly steadied her mind to dispel the strange sensation.

"Green eyes observe the essence of life, and the snake tail absorbs the power of the earth." Xun Tan thought to herself, "But her weakness is also obvious. It seems she hasn't experienced much combat and doesn't know how to protect her heart."

When Feng Yan used her green eyes to observe Xun Tan, she saw only a sea of flowers, and the essence of life and racial weaknesses were completely hidden. Moreover, she could vaguely see a snake tail behind her.

"Begin!" When the Martial King Zhao Ling announced the start of the competition, both of them launched their attacks simultaneously.

"Earth spirit, protect me!" Feng Yan's snake tail wriggled, and a yellow light appeared behind her. The hymns praising Houwa's lineage echoed continuously. The earth rumbled, and walls of earth rose to encircle Feng Yan, while countless stone spikes shot towards Xun Tan.

"This Qixi woman has good combat awareness," a few City Gods whispered to each other. "Qixi women are not good at fighting but are known for their vitality. As long as they stand on the earth and set up defenses, they can drain the opponent's magic power."

"Yes, no race can match the Qixi women who inherit the legacy of Empress Houwa. Standing on the earth, even the Yellow Emperor's lineage would find it difficult to win easily."

The City Gods shook their heads in regret and looked at Xun Yi. The Longchuan County had always maintained a perfect record, but now it seemed the City God of Bayang would turn the tables.

"There's no help for it. The City God of Bayang found a good opportunity. The new City God has just taken office and hasn't had time to prepare his own followers. Only the ghost cultivator left by Lord Cao was found to have a countermeasure. This time, the归属 of Chulu is settled."

The City Gods watched the yellow earth and sand, the earth walls forming a fortress that was impenetrable. Their gazes then fell on the nearby girl in the green dress.

"Huh?" Where did she go?

Xun Tan was just standing on the plain, but now she was nowhere to be found.

The City Gods leaned forward, their divine thoughts scanning the battlefield. Finally, one of them found Xun Tan inside the earth walls.

Xun Tan's hand was pinching Feng Yan's heart. "You—still not willing to admit defeat?"

One move decided the outcome!

Everyone was stunned. They hadn't even seen how the fight went, and the winner was already determined?

"How is this possible!" The City God of Bayang stood up, looking incredulous. "No one can defeat a descendant of Houwa on the earth! Longchuan, you cheated!" He drew his sword and slashed towards Xun Tan.

"Cheated?" Xun Yi laughed lightly. "Brother God, can't you accept defeat?" He slapped the table with his right hand, and the wood spirit energy in his hand transformed into a peach sword.

"Zhuo Hua Tao Yao" gathered a sky full of peach blossoms, with a hint of green peach light hidden in the sword's intent—"Shuo Tao Zui Chun."

The two peach-based techniques merged, and behind Xun Yi, a giant peach tree rose. The tree rooted in the earth, its branches extending for hundreds of feet, with countless peach blossoms hanging like sword light. Not only did it block the City God of Bayang's attack, but it also countered with a rain of flowers, attacking all the gods of the Bayang lineage.

The divine power left by Lord Cao was unleashed without reservation.

"Enough!" The Martial King Zhao Ling waved his hand, and Xun Yi's attack dissipated. The counterattack from the Bayang gods was also nullified. Both City Gods were heavily injured and restrained in their seats.

"Do not record this part," the Martial King Zhao Ling said, pressing down the two City Gods. He instructed the historian beside him, "Just record the result of the second match as it was."

Beside the Martial King Zhao Ling was a man in a red divine robe, the god of history. He had been hiding in the corner, not saying a word from the beginning.

He was a spy sent by the Heavenly Court to each national god, responsible for recording the daily activities of each national god and documenting various divine disputes. Later, the records would be compiled into the library of the History Dragon God for final organization.

But recording every word and action was too troublesome and would invade the privacy of the gods, so only public events were recorded. When the gods discussed serious matters, they used ancient language instead of vernacular, making it easier for the historians to record and indicating that this part could be recorded.

The historian god held a scroll, on which the recent conversation between Xun Yi and the City God of Bayang was still visible.

"The Martial King asked the City God of Longchuan, who replied, 'The City God draws the boundary, only divine judgment remains. If Brother God of Bayang wishes, I dare not refuse. But I am a mere mortal, fearing that Brother God might regret it later, so I hope for a token of proof.'

The Martial King then asked the City God of Bayang, who readily agreed. Therefore, the Martial King wrote the agreement, and both sealed it. Bayang set the time, and Longchuan chose the method. The Three Talents' Dao would determine the outcome in three matches. …"

These were the formal records of the event, to be compiled into personal histories and divine classics for future generations to read. The Heavenly Court also had specialized historians to compile myths and other classics, responsible for promoting the faith of the gods.

"You are causing such a commotion. How will people view this in the future? Do you want your believers to sing about this fight?" The Martial King Zhao Ling instructed the historian to delete the part about the fight and only record Xun Tan's victory.

The historian hesitated and asked, "May I ask, Your Highness, how did the female cultivator from Longchuan win?"

This was the biggest question for all the City Gods. They hadn't seen Xun Tan make a move, yet she had won.

The Martial King Zhao Ling said, "The following is not to be recorded."

The historian closed the divine scroll, and the Martial King Zhao Ling continued, "When Feng Yan attacked, Xun Tan used the 'Fu Yao Yan Rui' technique from the Twelve Flower Laws, a spell targeting the earth. Feng Yan shot 3,521 stone spikes, and Xun Tan used her own spell to shoot the same number of stone spikes to counter them, creating a cloud of smoke. Everyone thought the smoke was from Feng Yan's control of the earth's power, but it was actually Xun Tan's illusion. Using the smoke to vibrate the earth's spirit energy, she used the earth escape technique to reach Feng Yan's side. She then used a grappling technique to seize Feng Yan's vital point. This girl must have been to the other continent, right?"

The Martial King Zhao Ling's explanation calmed everyone, and they accepted it. The City God of Bayang suddenly realized, "She killed a member of the Kepu divine race on the other continent?"

"Kepu divine race?" Xun Yi was puzzled. The Martial King Zhao Ling saw that only he didn't understand and secretly transmitted a message.

"The Kepu Earth Deity Race refers to the Earth Deity King lineage, one of the nine divine kings on the other side, the god of the earth and the underworld. His true form is a human with a snake tail. The Yellow Emperor once studied his essence and created a grappling technique specifically targeting his divine body."

"Human with a snake tail? Isn't that the manifestation of Houwa's lineage?"

One of the nine divine kings on the other side had the same form as the fourth-generation Heavenly Emperor?

"Do you remember what Houwa's achievement was?"

"Creating all living things on the earth and building the underworld." Xun Yi was shocked. This was similar to the achievement of the Earth Deity King. He was the god of harvest and the earth, managing the underworld and death.

"This... is just a coincidence?" Xun Yi said hesitantly. Could it be that Heavenly Emperor Houwa and that divine king were of the same race? "The Earth Deity King seems to be male, while Houwa is a female god."

"The Kepu divine race has both males and females, unlike the female lineage of Houwa. They seem to have taken a different path, but according to the Heavenly Court's research, these two divine bodies are 90% similar. The only difference is that the Kepu divine race has a strong reproductive ability and doesn't need single-sex inheritance. Therefore, the killing techniques targeting the Kepu divine race can also threaten Houwa's lineage."

Xun Yi silently digested this shocking fact. The Martial King Zhao Ling remembered something else and secretly transmitted a message, "Let me tell you another coincidence. Do you know about the Tongtian Peak in our Central State?"

"Yes, it is because of the Tongtian Peak that our state is known as the Central State. Benefiting this Central State, to pacify the four directions. The Central State is also known as the Xuan Yuan State, the core of the dynasties that have unified the Nine Provinces throughout history."

"In the other universe, there is a Heavenly Pillar with a similar meaning to the Tongtian Peak, also the center of the universe."

Xun Yi's heart stirred, as if he had a vague guess.

"Our world has the phoenix, known for its fire, and the sixth-generation Heavenly Emperor was the Phoenix Lord. But in the other world, there is also a fire bird called the Phoenix, which can be reborn from the ashes. The killing techniques targeting the phoenix race are also effective against the Phoenix on the other continent."

Too similar! Even Xun Yi, a mortal, vaguely felt that these two worlds had many commonalities.

"By the way, do you know about the Jinwu, the spirits of the sun? According to the history of the other continent, there was once a divine race that used the Jinwu as their totem. This divine race was called Donglin, and its god once governed fire and light, becoming one of the nine divine kings. Later, in the battle with the divine kings, the divine race was destroyed. Many of their customs are similar to the Xia Dynasty in our history. Moreover, among the nine divine kings, the god of fire and light was replaced five times, and two of them were Jinwu."

"..." Xun Yi was speechless.

"Do you know about the Sina Sea Deity Race? The multi-armed, fish-tailed form is similar to what race in our world?"

"I don't know."

"The Sina Sea Deity Race has the racial ability to bewitch others. According to the intelligence we gathered from the other continent, before the Sina Sea Deity Race ruled the seas, they fought with a sea dragon race. Later, the Sina Sea Deity Race defeated the sea dragons, cursed their bloodline, and turned them into snakes in the sea. The true form of the sea dragon race is almost identical to our world's dragon race."

"Similarly, before our dragon race rose to power, there was a great battle in the sea, suppressing another race that ruled the oceans, the mermaids."

"Mermaids?"

"Strangely, although the timelines are different, according to the comparison of our histories, the great sea battle occurred in the ancient era. The Sina Sea Deity Race members are handsome and beautiful, like the mermaids, and their tears can turn into pearls."

"At least half of the nine divine kings, including those who were replaced, can find similar races in our world."

Strange, it's as if the two worlds came from the same origin.

"Some say this is just a coincidence due to the evolution of the Dao. In the early stages of the world, there are always similarities. However, Maodegong once told me about another secret theory: the two worlds might have originated from the same point."

Two worlds with the same origin!

Then, all the coincidences can be explained. Because they come from the same creator, the various divine beasts and gods on the other continent are similar to those in our world.

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