Chapter 146: Chapter 142 Great Emperor Gouchen! Chapter 146: Chapter 142 Great Emperor Gouchen! That was the gathering of millions of ghosts to break through the long-sealed Netherworld Gate, introducing the strength of the Three Realms for a transformation, but the prerequisite is that there must be a True Immortal to serve as the critical point of the formation.

Thus, over the following years, she traveled every corner of Yan Kingdom, only to be disappointed to find that this world had no authentic Taoist cultivation!

Out of desperation, Ye Wenjie exhausted all her efforts and nearly spent half of her life force, which left her legs disabled and blinded both her eyes. Nevertheless, she finally found a solution—searching for people with special birthdates and raising them from a young age to cultivate diligently, using their lives to fulfill this plan.

Recently, a figure known as Immortal Li emerged online, and after several confirmations by Ye Wenjie, she was thrilled to discover that Li Ping’an was indeed the only remaining practitioner of authentic Taoist cultivation in this world.

Formation, critical point, True Immortal, sacrificial companion; this Dragon Capital Sky Tower was also a geomantic treasure. Its original site was where emperors of past dynasties performed their heaven-worshipping rituals, and the True Immortal Taoist Temple was the highest temple from the ground in the world today, capable of attracting a significant number of ghosts, making it most suitable for opening the grand Netherworld Gate.

Once all these conditions were met, everything that happened tonight was set in motion!

“Although this formation is bloody and your methods cruel, initially I scoffed at it, but now I’m increasingly eager to see it unfold!”

If Ye Wenjie could truly open the Netherworld Gate using the Gouchen Grand Formation as she had said before, it would indeed be a miraculous feat deemed a divine masterpiece surpassing the laws of heaven and earth!

As a cultivator, Li Ping’an naturally wanted to witness this temptation in person!

So, even faced with the harassment of numerous fierce ghosts, Li Ping’an willingly stayed behind, alone confronting the endlessly appearing ghosts, like crucian carp crossing the river, and evil spirits that continuously devoured others to strengthen themselves!

Although some cultivators were nearly frozen to death, the current temperature here, measured by a thermometer, definitely remained at room temperature. However, due to the increasing number of ghosts and fierce ghosts, the atmosphere of chilling gloom grew heavier, continuously eroding everyone’s bone marrow.

Aside from the floors where Li Ping’an and Ye Wenjie were located, gray frost now covered everywhere else in the True Immortal Taoist Temple, truly turning this place into an ice cellar. If the formation continued without stopping, except for Li Ping’an, everyone else might well freeze to death alive!

Is it wise to sacrifice one’s life for a fantastical legend that seems no more substantial than a dreamy bubble?

Foolish! Utterly foolish!

Using Divine Power: Insight into the Hidden, Li Ping’an expressionlessly watched the scene play out; the fierce ghosts with immense resentment that had arrived seemed to be in a buffet, endlessly gnawing at ordinary ghosts and other fierce ghosts. After “feasting,” they gradually became more ethereal, then solidified, and grew increasingly chaotic and brutal through the devouring of ghostly bodies.

A female ghost in red, after swallowing countless ghosts and other fierce ghosts, finally reached the threshold her ghostly body could bear. Absorbing so many obsessions and resentments from the ghosts and fierce ghosts, she could no longer contain her crazed, brutal thoughts. These ghosts and fierce ghosts no longer interested her, and she turned her attention to the most tempting “delicacy” for all fierce ghosts—Li Ping’an!

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The red-dressed female ghost swung her long hair, which suddenly grew as sweeping as a broom, with tremendous force smashing towards Li Ping’an, only to be blocked by the Nine-Ranked Lotus Platform Seal!

With a thud, the sound of their collision instantly rang out, stirring up a little dust around the Lotus Platform, but leaving it unscathed!

“Object Control! Bring the rod!”

Li Ping’an urgently called out. Hidden within the storage gourd, the Hundred Plays Steel Rod automatically flew out. Its speed was so great that it transformed into a point of cold gleam, directly charging towards the head of the red-dressed female ghost. It struck her Heavenly Spirit Cover with a muffled blow, cleaving the red-dressed female ghost into two halves. Subsequently, she burst into countless black mists and finally exploded into nothingness!

“To command the rod in such a manner using Divine Power: Teleportation and imbuing it with Mana can actually produce a Soul Capturing effect? Can it really directly annihilate ghosts?”

Seeing this scene, Li Ping’an was also a bit surprised. If the power from the mysterious heart realm could have such an effect when applied to a weapon, what would be the strength when cultivated to the highest realm? With one strike, what kind of power would that be?

With the new discovery came a new change. Now, he didn’t even need to act personally. He could simply use the Hundred Plays Steel Rod imbued with Mana to kill ghosts, which made things much easier for Li Ping’an.

The Hundred Plays Steel Rod thus rapidly maneuvered around Li Ping’an. Whenever any chaotic and brutal ghost dared to attack the Ninth Grade Lotus Platform, the rod would transform into a point of cold gleam and disperse their souls completely!

Watching the dense network of rod strikes forming around him, Li Ping’an suddenly thought of something. In the world of “Black Myth: The Fated One,” whether it was Taoist Cultivators, the virtuous ones of the world, or reclusive experts, their weapons were mostly swords. Only he used a rod. Compared to them, his weapon was too conspicuous. Once he made a move, it would be remembered, thus exposing his identity!

Just like previously at Zhengqi Villa, when he encountered Zuo Qianhu and National Teacher Pudu Cihang, he dared not use the Hundred Plays Steel Rod against them for fear that they might recognize him through his weapon.

Therefore, to facilitate actions in the future, Li Ping’an decided to find a sword as a secondary weapon to disguise himself. Unless absolutely necessary, he decided never to use the Hundred Plays Steel Rod!

As Li Ping’an was pondering this, the ground beneath his feet suddenly cracked open into a seemingly bottomless black abyss. Of course, it wasn’t really cracking apart, because if it were, the Dragon Capital Sky Tower would certainly collapse, and he would fall into the black abyss. This black abyss was instead an illusion, a very real illusion, as if one was stepping on an invisible transparent glass pathway. He, along with Ye Wenjie and others, floated above this vast black abyss.

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And the black abyss appeared like a monster’s mouth, beginning to devour the entire Dragon Capital Sky Tower. The lighting of this floor also began to flicker intermittently, brightening and dimming, making the atmosphere and environment increasingly eerie and terrifying!

Not only the surroundings were changing, but the formation he was in also started undergoing strange transformations, suddenly emitting a golden light, converging into the form of a deity. This Heavenly God, majestic and mysterious, wore Golden Armor, wielded a treasure sword, and had an Apricot Yellow Banner draped behind, with a giant snake moving around him.

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“Is… is… Great Emperor Gouchen!”

Li Ping’an was completely dumbfounded, and he hadn’t seen wrongly. This Great Emperor Gouchen was the eldest son of Doumu Yuanjun, the elder brother of Emperor Ziwei, one of the Four Imperial Sovereigns of Taoism!

He assisted the Great Jade Emperor in managing the North and South Poles and the Three Talents of Heaven, Earth, and Man, commanding the stars, and overseeing matters of military in the Human Realm, also known as the Martial God and War God.

Li Ping’an had seen his deity statue in the Taoist temple, which looked exactly like the Heavenly God before him, only that this Great Emperor Gouchen had his eyes closed, similar to when the Great Sage Lord first appeared when the Great Sage Life-Protecting Talisman manifested. It was unclear whether it was an incarnation or his true self?