Chapter 1038: Divination

During the last time the passage to Yin Capital was opened, Lu Gangfeng had used this unique route to arrive at Yin Capital.

He left Yin Capital and ventured into the Wailing Mountains to search for a particular rare medicinal herb.

Whether it was due to excessive divination in his daily life or the backlash from heaven, his luck had always been bad, and he frequently encountered unfortunate situations.

This time seemed to be no exception. In the Wailing Mountains, not only did he fail to find the required medicinal herb, but he also accidentally provoked powerful Ghosts. While evading pursuit by the Ghosts, he ended up severely injured and had to flee all the way, barely managing to find temporary safety in this valley.

With his keen perception, he swiftly noticed the extraordinary nature of this valley. After careful inspection, he made a significant discovery.

Within this valley, there was a severely injured innate deity who had fallen into a deep slumber.

Before descending into slumber, this innate deity had made meticulous arrangements to conceal itself, but it had not eluded the experienced Lu Gangfeng.

The so-called innate deity was a mighty being born from the sun, moon, heaven, and earth—a powerful life form.

This innate deity was nurtured by the heavens and earth of the Grand Dust World, born as a deity, and cherished by the cosmos.

The Human Clan was not native to the Grand Dust World; the Grand Dust World itself had birthed numerous deities.

Many years ago, powerful immortals from otherworldly realms descended upon the Grand Dust World. These immortals possessed irresistible power, wreaked havoc across the Grand Dust World, and were invincible.

The native inhabitants of the Grand Dust World were crushed by them, and the deities of the Grand Dust World were either sealed or eradicated. Even the mighty will of the Grand Dust World's heaven and earth bowed before the immortals, forced into submission.

These immortals brought over numerous Human Clan members from other realms, allowing them to multiply and develop a cultivation civilization here.

The immortals had long departed the Grand Dust World, leaving the world to be dominated by human cultivators.

Among the innate deities of the Grand Dust World, only a few managed to escape the immortals' grasp and hide within the world.

Since then, in the Grand Dust World ruled by cultivators, it became extremely difficult for innate deities to come into existence.

Even though innate deities occasionally began to form, they were often hunted by countless cultivators as soon as news spread. To cultivators, innate deities were invaluable treasures with countless extraordinary uses.

In the mortal realm of the Grand Dust World, there was barely any space left for innate deities to exist.

However, in the depths of the Netherworld, where cultivators had difficulty entering, some innate deities still remained hidden.

The innate deity discovered by Lu Gangfeng was born in the Netherworld and could be called an innate Ghost Deity.

Cultivators who turned into Ghost Deities after their mortal lives imitated various aspects of innate Ghost Deities. Predecessor cultivators had created a variety of methods to become Ghost Deities through arduous exploration and research.

There was a vast difference between innate Ghost Deities and postnatal Ghost Deities.

Most of the methods to become postnatal Ghost Deities circulating in the Grand Dust World now had some drawbacks.

Postnatal Ghost Deities had limitations. Once they reached a realm roughly equivalent to the late stage of Primordial Spirit, their progress would come to a halt, and they could no longer break through.

When a cultivator turned into a Ghost Deity, it significantly affected their disposition and intelligence.

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On the other hand, innate Ghost Deities didn't have these issues.

From a perspective of life's hierarchy, innate Ghost Deities were far superior to postnatal Ghost Deities.

The most powerful innate Ghost Deities could contend with the great power of Return to Emptiness.

Innate Ghost Deities had an inherent ability to command Ghosts and Ghost Beasts. Just their presence exerted pressure capable of subduing many postnatal Ghost Deities with weaker willpower.

The immortals who had propagated the Dao on the Grand Dust World merely conquered the mortal realm and left behind an Immortal Dao legacy before hastily departing.

Although later cultivators had asserted their dominion over the mortal realm of the Grand Dust World, they had never truly controlled the Grand Dust World's Netherworld.Therefore, within the Netherworld of the Grand Dust World, innate Ghost Deities occasionally appeared, bringing immense difficulties and obstacles to cultivators exploring and conquering the Netherworld.

Even now, the power that human cultivators had established in the Netherworld remained extremely limited.

The Dali Dynasty's establishment of Yin Capital and its rule over a portion of the Netherworld stood out uniquely across the entire Grand Dust World. This was also the foundation of Dali Dynasty's courage to confront the Purple Yang Holy Sect.

Lu Gangfeng not only discovered the innate Ghost Deity in slumber but also recognized its origin.

Over a thousand years ago, near today's Yin Capital, a pair of twin innate Ghost Deities were born.

This pair of innate Ghost Deities was incredibly powerful, with strength not inferior to that of human Yang God True Monarchs.

From the moment of their birth, these twin innate Ghost Deities were locked in a fierce battle, each vying to consume the other.

However, these twin innate Ghost Deities were not complete and each possessed significant flaws.

Driven by instinct, they both sought to devour the other.

By successfully consuming each other, they could mend their deficiencies, become whole, and potentially break through their original realms.

Coincidentally, a member of the royal family of the Dali Dynasty had entered the Netherworld due to fortuitous circumstances more than a thousand years ago and witnessed this great battle.

Given the cunning and greed of human cultivators, this royal family member immediately set their sights on these twin innate Ghost Deities.

In a heated battle, both twin innate Ghost Deities were heavily injured and inflicted with wounds that could not be easily healed.

Lu Gangfeng was unaware of the exact details of that time, only knowing that one of the twin innate Ghost Deities eventually fell into the hands of the Dali Dynasty.

A royal ancestor with extensive divine abilities seized the divine body of this innate Ghost Deity.

From then on, the Dali Dynasty possessed the power to dominate the area around the Wailing Mountains.

After more than a thousand years of painstaking effort, the Dali Dynasty established the foundation for Yin Capital.

The other twin innate Ghost Deity managed to escape and fell into slumber within the Wailing Mountains, only to be discovered by Lu Gangfeng.

A severely injured innate Ghost Deity in slumber undoubtedly represented immense benefits.

However, Lu Gangfeng, who was also heavily injured at the time, couldn't fully capitalize on this opportunity alone.

The day for his return to the mortal realm was approaching, so he had to remember this location and begin his journey back.

After returning to the mortal realm, Lu Gangfeng used this discovery as a bargaining chip to negotiate certain benefits with Mo Qing True Monarch.

Afterwards, due to various twists and turns, Mo Qing True Monarch surprisingly shared this information with his friend, Ouyang Jian.

Through a process of mutual exchange of interests and years of planning, their journey to the Netherworld came to fruition.

Pressured by Mo Qing True Monarch, Lu Gangfeng also became involved in this matter.

Throughout the entire operation, Lu Gangfeng employed divination to guide and guard them, predicting various external disturbances.

Especially for the upcoming ritual, favorable timing and conditions were required.

This necessitated Lu Gangfeng, the Diviner, to divine the appropriate timing for the ritual.

Mo Qing True Monarch contacted him now, not only to inquire about any external disturbances but also to learn about the results of his divination regarding the optimal timing.

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