Chapter 617 - 18: Gods of Kunlun

Chapter 617: Chapter 18: Gods of Kunlun

Time flies like an arrow, passing in an instant.

Relying on her own divine power of "Heaven and Earth are Close".

Nvwa traversed most of the Kunlun Mountain in just one week.

During this period, although the three heads of Li Zhu were constantly noisy, making Nvwa’s mind ache.

One has to admit, however, that Li Zhu did a pretty good job as a guardian.

Li Zhu would always speak up in advance before Nvwa encountered any danger.

If they truly came across some unreasonable Barbarian Gods, Nvwa wouldn’t need to make a move herself, as Li Zhu would take care of it.

Unfortunately, along the way, besides beasts, there were only those Wild Gods and Barbarian Gods that were no different from beasts.

Although they had divine power, their ways of acting still adhered to the most barbaric law of survival of the fittest.

Clearly, this was not normal, especially given the widespread teaching of cultivation methods by the Tao Ancestor now.

In Nvwa’s eyes, the behavior of these Wild Gods and Barbarian Gods seemed more like they were deliberately kept from wisdom.

—Was it possible it was Great Xia and Xingtian City?

This thought flashed through her mind only briefly before Nvwa decisively denied it.

If Great Xia and Xingtian City had such capability.

Back then, they wouldn’t have been constantly wary of the Kunlun Gods, fearing they would wreak havoc once they broke out.

So the question arose, who is deliberately restricting these Wild Gods and Barbarian Gods from accessing external knowledge?

"Li Zhu, who do you think it could be?"

Nvwa gazed up curiously at Li Zhu, spiraling overhead, and asked.

Li Zhu hailed from Kunlun, and was initially one of those Wild Gods and Barbarian Gods.

Until the "Kunlun Disaster" occurred, Li Zhu was enlightened by the Celestial Erosion Monarch, decisively heading south to the Hundred Lands Mountain Range, thereby gaining wisdom and divine power.

Nvwa was curious about how Li Zhu, now possessing enough wisdom and insight, viewed his past self.

"If I knew, I would have left this damned place long ago."

Slowly landing on a large tree ahead, Li Zhu’s two heads looked around warily, while the middle one responded to Nvwa’s question.

"Without your reminder, I wouldn’t have noticed anything unusual about the Kunlun Gods."

"Anyway, since ancient times, Kunlun has been viewed externally as the ’Returning Void’, and the Kunlun Gods as relics of the Ancient Gods, so any situation is considered normal."

After confirming there were no safety hazards around, Li Zhu spread her wings and took off again.

"We are nearing the border between Kunlun and the West Sea."

"If we can’t find the ’Ascension Stairs’ you mentioned, then perhaps it no longer exists."

During the conversation between the two, Nvwa also saw the vaguely visible coastline in the distance.

Different from the South Sea’s coastline.

The intersection of Kunlun and the West Sea presented a chaotic, intertwined feeling.

Land, ocean, rocks, trees, jungle, birds, beasts...

All these elements mingled in an almost incredible way, presenting a bizarre landscape where mountains contain seas, seas contain trees, and trees bear birds.

Upon closer examination, Nvwa also saw coral coexisting with towering trees.

If not witnessed firsthand, Nvwa could hardly imagine that such chaotic yet wonderfully peculiar ecology existed anywhere in this world.

Mountains and waters, land and ocean were no longer distinct, but rather enjoyed a symbiotic relationship.

Following Li Zhu’s lead to the border area, Nvwa could distinctly feel the difference from the prior Kunlun territory.

"Are they... Gods or fierce beasts?"

Looking over at a Divine Being hunting not far away, Nvwa’s eyes were filled with disbelief.

Because that Divine Being was half human, half beast, yet acted more beast-like than a fierce beast, even the way they hunted was full of primitive and wild meaning.

If the Kunlun Gods Nvwa saw earlier had a few traces of divine semblance.

Then the current Divine Being was purely a fierce beast.

To them, even hunting was done simply for interest rather than survival.

"What’s there to be surprised about?"

Li Zhu spread her wings and, after scaring off the Divine Being with an intimidating stance, then turned to Nvwa and said.

"Before Wu Yi Shooting the Sky and Tao Ancestor proved the Tao, Kunlun was filled with Gods like that."

"Only someone like you, born in the Central Plains, raised in the Hundred Lands Mountain Range, would think Gods must be eloquent and wise."

"In fact, what you’re seeing now, these Evil Gods are the mainstream of the previous era."

Li Zhu wasn’t exaggerating in the least when saying these words.

Before Li Boyang descended, the Gods willing to accept offerings and sacrifices could already be considered civilized.

As for Gods choosing to coexist with humans like the Great Xia Gods?

To be blunt, those Great Xia Gods were the anomalies among Gods.

Even Li Zhu himself learned the human language because his territory was close to Xingtian City, gradually diverging from the behavior of fierce beasts.

What truly changed his nature were his years dwelling in the Hundred Lands Mountain Range.

While Nvwa thought these Evil Gods were too brutal and wild.

Li Zhu also couldn’t help but feel that during his years away from Kunlun, the new Kunlun Gods behaved too docile.

What are Wild Gods and Barbarian Gods?

The Evil Gods appearing here now should be what Kunlun Mountain was originally like.

"So... this is the outside world?"

Staring blankly at the Divine Being resembling a fierce beast, retreating while maintaining an intimidating stance.

For the first time in her life, Nvwa realized what the Huai River Witch, Spring God Nvman, and Li Boyang had brought to the Hundred Lands Mountain Range.

"Stop zoning out, should we continue to the West Sea?"

Gently flapping her wings, Li Zhu’s rightmost head asked.

"If we continue going this way, I can’t entirely guarantee your safety."

"I’m familiar with the Kunlun realm, but the West Sea isn’t my territory."

"I think that ’Ascension Stairs’ is entirely a myth, not worth believing."

The one who actively interjected was Li Zhu’s leftmost head.

She was the youngest of the three heads, so her speech was naturally direct.

"We should return to Kunlun... no, to the Hundred Lands Mountain Range!"

"My intuition tells me this West Sea is very dangerous now."

"Anyway, searching for the ’Ascension Stairs’ is just a side mission; the most important thing is surveying Kunlun’s earth vein and water vein."

Listening to Li Zhu’s left head’s somewhat timid words, Nvwa suddenly realized the subtlety of the situation.

"Did you guys notice something?"

Nvwa proactively asked Li Zhu’s middle head, curious about what he had discovered.

"Can’t say it’s noticing something, only that this West Sea has become somewhat different."

"At least compared to the West Sea I once knew, this West Sea now is clearly off."

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