Stepping out, I directly left the area where the ruined town was located, moving in a straight line toward the headquarters of the Evangelical Institute.

While advancing, I didn't forget to hold Mazao's hand to prevent getting separated from her. We had agreed from the start to consider her as a Great Impermanence-level combat force and go together to the fiercest battlefield. Even though there was still unease in my heart, I didn't make any decisions against it.

Clearly, compared to fighting side by side with Mazao, the most important thing should be to ensure that Mazao survives until the last moment. Even a child could make such a simple analysis of pros and cons. However, I am so easily overwhelmed by my own expectations and passion over reason.

And in responding to my expectations, Mazao always showed enthusiasm no less than mine; similarly, I am very willing to believe that Mazao will respond to my expectations. This is a relationship of trust. Even though our approaches to the Doomsday might be diametrically opposed, even becoming irreconcilable would not be surprising, we have formed such a close relationship that it makes me unable to extricate myself.

I left countless mountains and rivers behind me, with Fa Zheng, Jian Feixian, and Zhu Shi following closely. The saying that they are well adapted to the Doomsday Chaos Space-Time was not just empty words; they showed no signs of falling behind at all.

Although the Post-mortem World now mimics a real world plunged into the Doomsday Era, whether the specific land area is completely consistent with the real world still has some points open to discussion. It's said there are many places in the Post-mortem World that collapsed due to extreme space-time chaos, and since this is only a human channel, it should only cover areas within the human civilization circle. But because of the malfunctions in space-time, the total area might mutate to be even larger than the real Earth.

And even if it became ten times the total area of Earth, with the physical movement speed of Great Impermanence combined with its spatial ability, it would not take particularly long to dash from one end to the other. From the ruined town where we just were to the headquarters of the Evangelical Institute, it seemed to be a long distance in my perception, but in outcome, it was reached in a relatively short time.

Soon, a majestic mountain nestled in the boundless night appeared in view, with a vast expanse of ancient-style buildings at its foot. This scenery reminded me of Moon Hidden Mountain City from long ago, but unlike the past, both the mountain and the buildings here exuded a strong aura of death.

This is the headquarters of the Evangelical Institute, but I didn't feel the presence of any living people from the direction of the buildings. It seemed like a veritable ghost town. Since it's the enemy's stronghold, it shouldn't feel so silent. It's likely the enemy predicted our attack and evacuated all personnel in advance.

Although Fa Zheng and the others had previously concealed their movements in the Post-mortem World, the matter of "Luo Mountain might launch an attack in the near future" was something the Evangelical Institute could have anticipated.

Considering they lacked conditions to further their reach after dispatching three Doomsday Demons to attack the real world, and probably didn't know about the theft of the Du Shuo Mountain Teleportation Array data, the success of Luo Mountain in thoroughly researching the Du Shuo Mountain Teleportation Array is likely a secret yet. But since I managed to enter and leave the Post-mortem World through a method still unknown to them, they couldn't be so careless as to absolutely believe Luo Mountain couldn't advance.

What is displayed now should be their "precautionary measure." The headquarters of the Evangelical Institute is likely relocated elsewhere, and this is just an abandoned site. This cautious approach reminded me of Huang Quan. Although Huang Quan is dead, there's Ming Zhuo in the Evangelical Institute who inherited Huang Quan's legacy, and this idea is probably Ming Zhuo's.

If it was only Ming Zhuo, accomplishing this would be the end. However, the true head of the Evangelical Institute is Evangelist Master Yan Mo. According to Tai Sui's description and my personal experience, Yan Mo is a terrifying figure with both great power and a ruthless heart, aiming to kill with one strike. The opponent might not just have evacuated everyone but also set up ambushes in this place to target us.

Hence, Fa Zheng did not show a relaxed expression, but instead observed the front with a very grave gaze.

"Is this the headquarters of the Evangelical Institute?"

As he spoke, he stretched out his hand, and the Human Dao Divine Weapon in the form of a spear appeared in his hand. Then he moved the spearhead, aiming at the headquarters of the Evangelical Institute.

Immediately, an extremely fierce wind sound rang from above.

Looking up, I saw an incredibly huge meteor appearing high in the sky, falling toward the headquarters of the Evangelical Institute.

The term "meteor" might not be accurate since it wasn't rock, but ice. It's said many comets are mainly composed of ice, dragging a broom-like tail through space at high speed, and occasionally striking Earth like meteors.

This comet falling toward the buildings was as huge as a mountain, squeezing the atmosphere in its fall, creating howling winds and high temperatures.

No matter what ambushes and traps might exist, they cannot remain concealed under such an attack. Fa Zheng intended to expose any potential threats with this grand means.

Next, a peculiar shadow suddenly shot up rapidly from within the headquarters of the Evangelical Institute. Rising along with it was an extremely powerful outburst of mana fluctuations centered around the shadow. The shadow rushed against gravity toward the comet summoned by Fa Zheng, the two were vastly mismatched in size, like a tiny insect attempting to smash a brick with its diminutive body.

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But the actual defeat was of "Bricks".

The shadow pierced through the massive comet like a bullet tearing through flesh, and the comet exploded into countless smaller comets, bombarding the earth like shrapnel.

We all clearly saw the form of that shadow—it wasn't human but a humanoid figure seemingly made up of countless black earth. Its height was about the same as the past invader of reality, Great Demon Yu Lei, both standing around sixty meters tall. Yes, this was also a Great Demon.

"The frequency of these mana fluctuations is basically consistent with the records inherited from Luo Mountain..." Fa Zheng gazed grimly at the enemy opposite him, "Shentu..."

Great Demon Shentu, one of the "human gods" of the Evangelical Institute.

Things like Great Demons were originally impossible to join human organizations like the Evangelical Institute. Not only because they exist to slaughter humans, but also because they have no sense of coordination or cooperation. Though they are embodiments of the Naraku Gospel, summoned by it, they will fight each other if they don't see eye to eye. Shentu is the sole exception among them.

Upon manifesting, Shentu did not immediately launch an attack but remained calmly observing us from where it stood, as if carefully analyzing the flaws in our formation. If it were any other Great Demon, it would have roared and charged at us without hesitation. Even the more special Great Demon Ksitigarbha and Great Demon Qilin wouldn't suppress their murderous instincts so patiently. This Shentu is truly unique.

"As expected, I had my doubts when I first heard about Great Demon Shentu, and it seems my expectations are correct..." Fa Zheng muttered.

"Are you saying?" I asked.

Fa Zheng quickly responded via telepathy, allowing Jian Feixian, Zhu Shi, and Mazao to also hear, saying, "Shentu belongs to the same era as Yu Lei, an Ancient Great Impermanence. Although I've only heard simple news long ago, it's said Shentu was keen on studying the Resurrection Technique."

He continued explaining to us—although Great Impermanence lives as long as heaven and earth, they can die if killed. In the era of ancient mythology, when humans were not yet the leading figures of heaven and earth, the death of a Great Impermanence wasn't as unprecedented as it became later. It's understandable that there would be a Great Impermanence devoted to researching the Resurrection Technique.

And the difficulty of resurrecting a Great Impermanence is needless to say. Unless a portion of their living body and soul is left elsewhere in advance, preventing them from being completely dead, there is no way to revive a Great Impermanence.

That said, the forces capable of annihilating a Great Impermanence usually possess the power to track and erase all parts of them, making the clever tactic of "leaving a portion" generally ineffective. Thus, after much contemplation, Shentu turned its focus to its retribution body.

The retribution body is the totem mark of a Great Impermanence's power left in the world, simply put, the historical trace of their existence. Due to their immense power, even such residual traces can generate endless mana, allowing their believers to gain strength from them. Moreover, destroying another Great Impermanence's retribution body is extremely difficult, akin to traveling back in time to nullify an event that proved their existence.

And Shentu hoped to use its retribution body as a catalyst for resurrection.

"Similarity" possesses power—the more a believer is devoted to their god, the more they align with the essence of the deity on a mental level, and the more proficiently they can invoke the mana from the god's retribution body, even synchronizing with the gifts held by the god themselves. To a certain extent, such believers can become the vessel for the deity's incarnation; ideally, they may even be regarded as the deity's reincarnation on a mystical level.

In other words, such believers can also be considered a particularly potent "revival medium". The method used by Ying Lingyun to revive Yinyue in the past was, by chance, a sacrificial offering of a "being equivalent to another self."

However, Shentu was evidently unable to complete its own Resurrection Technique in this direction during its lifetime because there is a major flaw in this method. A mere believer, with strong faith and empowered by mimicking a god, cannot become another god. If they can, it implies they have integrated elements of growing stronger beyond faith, compromising the purity from Shentu's revival medium perspective.

Yet in our current era, an unimaginable accident occurred.

The Naraku Gospel, with its boundless power, summoned groups of Great Demons, among them was Great Demon Shentu—a bizarre entity "equivalent to Great Impermanence Shentu, living till the Doomsday Era."

It became the optimal medium for resurrecting the Ancient Great Impermanence Shentu.