Chapter 147: Chapter 147 Mountain God Legend, Establishing Temples Everywhere

Under the sunlight, the vast dust waves between heaven and earth lingered for a long time. The hierarchs of the Nine Dynasties Sects gathered together, standing on the massive tree roots, looking at the surrounding scene, speechless.

Lv Baitian was also the same. Even though the high-level members of the Ephemera Sect had been dead for a while, the shock in his heart had yet to dissipate.

They had battled for so long without breaking through the Ephemera Sect’s defenses, but in mere moments, the Hierarch and the Great Cultivators of the Mystic Heart Realm were all dead?

What on earth had happened?

Those standing at the top of the Nine Dynasties Immortal Cultivation World all felt complex and uneasy at that moment.

Surviving this catastrophe brought them joy, but upon calming down, they felt fear.

If the mysterious power that annihilated the Ephemera Sect so easily could destroy them just as effortlessly?

The Cangtian Sect’s Sect Leader, Liang Canghai, looked at Daoist Tianshu of the Three Pure Ones Mountain and asked, “Daoist Friend Tianshu, do you know what power this is?”

Everyone looked at Daoist Tianshu, their eyes filled with hope.

Being the oldest sect among the Nine Dynasties, Three Pure Ones Mountain’s understanding of the world far surpassed theirs.

Daoist Tianshu’s expression was complex. He took a deep breath and said, “Poor Daoist also does not know what existence acted, but perhaps heaven and earth are punishing the Ephemera Sect.”

Heaven and earth?

The faces of the hierarchs changed unpredictably.

The Sect Leader of the Jueshan Sect from the Taicang Dynasty, Zhong Wujin, looked into the distance and sighed, “If heaven and earth have a spirit, why did it wait for so many deaths before acting?”

Looking in the direction of his gaze, the disciples of various sects were escorting captives turned sacrificial victims. Their figures were as numerous as the stars, yet appeared so insignificant amidst the sea of trees.

No one answered Zhong Wujin’s question. This battle shattered their pride.

Having witnessed such terrifying power, they realized that the Unification Realm was nothing, and the Mystic Heart Realm was merely slightly stronger ants.

The Great Cultivators of the Mystic Heart Realm from the Ephemera Sect died without any resistance. They could never forget the despair on those cultivators’ faces before they died.

“It was the Mountain God! The Mountain God acted!”

A voice rang out, causing everyone to turn their heads, only to see Sage Xuan Miao quickly flying over.

Lv Baitian recognized this person, the second on the Golden List, the only one who forced An Hao to go all out.

Sage Xuan Miao flew swiftly and landed in front of Daoist Tianshu, raising his hand in salute.

An old Taoist from Three Pure Ones Mountain quickly asked, “Xuan Miao, which Mountain God? What do you know?”

Sage Xuan Miao took a deep breath and looked at the hierarchs, saying, “The one who annihilated the Ephemera Sect was the Mountain God. The Mountain God hides deep in the mountains, hard to trace. I was fortunate to have encountered it. Earlier, the Mountain God gave me a wooden figure, telling me to use it to save the world. All of this was caused by that wooden figure.”

As he spoke of this, his face was full of reverence.

The hierarchs all started questioning, making the area noisy.

Liang Canghai seemed to recall something and immediately waved his hand towards the distance. Soon, a cultivator flew over, holding a wooden figure.

Liang Canghai summoned the wooden figure from a distance, grasped it, and then asked Sage Xuan Miao, “Friend, is this the wooden figure?”

Sage Xuan Miao immediately nodded, saying, “This is the Mountain God’s wooden effigy, do not offend it.”

Everyone’s attention fell on the wooden figure in Liang Canghai’s hand, making him feel it was scorching hot.

Some still doubted Sage Xuan Miao’s words, then Daoist Tianshu suddenly cast a spell, immobilizing Sage Xuan Miao, and waved his horsetail whisk across his forehead, drawing out a vision.

Everyone saw Sage Xuan Miao kneeling in the woods, before him on a branch squatted a little white-clothed figure.

Seeing this white-clothed figure, Liang Canghai was so frightened that he dropped the wooden figure.

Identical!

This Mountain God was so small, yet it made the people present believe it indeed was the Mountain God.

“The Nine Dynasties land is about to face utter disaster. Once all the people of the Nine Dynasties die and demons invade, no one will be left to worship you!”

“Who said only humans can worship me, and who told you I only protect the human race?”

“If you want me to act, it’s not impossible, but…”

“But what? What do you want?”

“I want you to be my slave for all eternity, to serve my shrine, to guard it forever, never to be free!”

Listening to the Mountain God’s words, everyone’s spine tingled with cold.

The previous conversation left them puzzled about the Mountain God’s intentions, but the last words made them feel the Mountain God’s terrifying, unpredictable nature.

Trading with immortals and gods came with a heavy price.

In the tense wait of everyone, in the vision, Sage Xuan Miao looked up and said words that shocked everyone’s hearts.

“Alright, I willingly become the Mountain God’s slave, just ask the Mountain God to save the world!”

“Take it and save the world.”

The Mountain God threw Sage Xuan Miao a wooden figure, then Sage Xuan Miao stood up, saluted, and left with the figure.

The vision abruptly ended here.

Daoist Tianshu’s expression changed slightly, suddenly spewing a mouthful of reverse blood, his face turning pale.

Sage Xuan Miao regained his movement and frowned at Daoist Tianshu.

The other hierarchs looked at Sage Xuan Miao with complex expressions.

Sage Xuan Miao’s spirit of sacrificing himself for the people made them deeply admire him, truly worthy of being the sole disciple of the Taiqing Lineage from the Three Pure Ones Mountain.

Knowing the Mountain God’s existence made them feel relieved.

Compared to the so-called power of heaven and earth, the Mountain God was more reassuring.

Moreover, from the Mountain God’s words, it seemed he didn’t care much about the mortal world.

“The Mountain God… cannot be inferred or speculated…”

Supported by his fellow disciples, Daoist Tianshu said these words.

Liang Canghai took a deep breath and said, “Everyone, we must not offend the Mountain God, to avoid bringing great disaster to the Nine Dynasties land, but we must also remember the Mountain God’s merit. Everyone should recall the Mountain God’s image, and after returning, erect statues and shrines in their sects, and spread the Mountain God’s virtue across the land!”

These words were immediately agreed upon by all the hierarchs.

Sage Xuan Miao walked up to Liang Canghai and grasped the wooden figure that floated in the air.

He turned to the people of the Three Pure Ones Mountain, raised his hand in salute, and said, “Elders and Uncles, tell my master after you return that I am no longer the Taiqing heir of the Three Pure Ones Mountain, and I will not be returning. Please, forgive my waywardness.”

Daoist Tianshu and the other Taoists of the Three Pure Ones Mountain all sighed but did not stop him.

“A person without faith cannot stand. Serving the Mountain God may not necessarily be a punishment. Xuan Miao, no matter what happens in the Three Pure Ones Mountain in the future, you must not disobey the Mountain God’s will, understand?” Daoist Tianshu said earnestly.

Sage Xuan Miao nodded, then turned and left.

Some of the hierarchs’ eyes flashed with hesitation about whether to send someone to follow Sage Xuan Miao, but looking at the terrifying scene around them, they ultimately gave up.

At least for now, it’s better not to provoke the Mountain God!

In the distance.

Lu Lingjun stood on a giant tree, the White Spirit Demon Emperor shrunk and coiled on her shoulder.

“Mountain God… As expected of the Great Heavenly Spirit Land, there truly are immortals!” the White Spirit Demon Emperor said excitedly.

They had seen the hierarchs’ discussion from afar and even saw the vision that Daoist Tianshu projected.

Not only them, but the Mystic Heart Realm cultivators of various sects were also watching and had witnessed the previous scenes.

The existence of the Mountain God shook the understanding of the Mystic Heart Realm cultivators.

Lu Lingjun was recalling the little white-clothed figure in the vision.

…

In the Mystic Valley, within a pavilion.

Gu An was in a pleasant mood. This intervention had earned him one million two hundred seventy thousand years of lifespan.

Among them, Butcher Immortal Jing of the Mahayana Realm Ninth Layer brought six hundred forty-nine years of lifespan, and the Origin Tree of Ephemera of the Eighth Rank brought seven thousand five hundred years of lifespan.

The other cultivators of the Ephemera Sect brought him only a few decades of lifespan, with most of the Mystic Heart Realm cultivators providing less than forty years.

This time, he killed nearly thirty thousand Ephemera Sect cultivators, not all of them, but definitely the elite. After this battle, the Ephemera Sect would surely dissolve.

He had killed as many as seventy-two Mystic Heart Realm cultivators!

Gu An looked at his total lifespan, now exceeding three million three hundred thousand years, feeling even happier. He immediately took out the Green Hero Travelogue, ready to cultivate his mind.

After the fall of the Ephemera Sect, there should be peace for decades to come.

He wondered if he could break through ten million years of lifespan before the great demon calamity arrived.

The battle report from Wanji Forest had yet to reach the Supreme Sect, which remained in a tense atmosphere.

It was not until nightfall that Gu An began to move, going out to pick ephemera.

Just like before, these ephemera only provided a year of lifespan, but he did not disdain them at all.

Three days later.

The Supreme Sect was in shock!

The destruction of the Ephemera Sect had spread throughout the Immortal Cultivation World.

At noon, Ye Lan came to visit Gu An, telling him about the great battle in the Wanji Forest. As a disciple of the Law Enforcement Hall, she had more comprehensive information. She also mentioned the Mountain God.

“The Mountain God’s power is truly world-ending and unimaginable. The Ephemera Sect was strong, but the Mountain God destroyed them in an instant. The Mountain God is so powerful. I would believe it if told he was an immortal from heaven,” Ye Lan said excitedly, not as composed as usual.

For cultivators, the existence of the Mountain God was thrilling news.

There were indeed immortals in the world!

Gu An feigned excitement, eagerly questioning her, satisfying Ye Lan’s desire to share.

Gu An had already mentally prepared for the spread of the Mountain God’s legend by Sage Xuan Miao. Sage Xuan Miao would hide his whereabouts but boast about the Mountain God to everyone.

Earlier, Gu An had sensed when Daoist Tianshu extracted Sage Xuan Miao’s memories.

This was the ability of the Immortal Path!

He had used his Divine Sense to strike Daoist Tianshu from afar, a small warning to the hierarchs.

Daoist Tianshu hadn’t realized it was a Divine Sense attack, believing he had suffered a backlash, making him more reverent towards the Mountain God.

After talking for two ancient hours, Ye Lan finally left.

Her fighting spirit had been rekindled. If there was a Mountain God in this world, what else could be impossible?

Gu An had still underestimated the influence of the Mountain God.

Over the next period, every time Gu An went to the Outer City, he could hear people talking about the Mountain God. The Outer City had already built a Mountain God Daoist Temple where people burned incense and prayed, making it very lively.

At the same time, the Nine Dynasties sects were purging the world of ephemera.

Within less than a month, ninety percent of the ephemera across the land had vanished, with the remaining sparsely distributed. Gu An couldn’t be bothered to collect more.

Even so, his harvest was still massive!