Master of Strange Dao

"The Heavenly Devil King has escaped, and so has King Jiunian. It won't be long before they restore their power. Is the one who didn't escape still beneath the Mountain Abyss?"

"Greed is still suppressed there, but it doesn't require much force to keep it in check now..."

As they were speaking, the pillar of light began to contract, slowly forming a human-shaped bald head.

The Mountain Lord coalesced into a human form, raised his head to glance upwards, revealing a set of big, white teeth.

"Let's go. There's no need to worry about them.

Those two, in the Abyss, can hide for now, and no one can find them.

It's time for me to enter the present world."

Yu Ziqing observed the Mountain Lord. This bald head didn't appear that strong and seemed quite amiable.

"Big brother, is this your human form?"

"My power is too great, the full strength cannot be contained in a human form; this is only a fraction of it.

It's roughly equivalent to the power of a Tenth Tier Limit.

Back then, to suppress those trash, the majority of my power transformed into the Abyss, covering the darkness.

It doesn't matter; I don't need that power in my current form."

The Mountain Lord moved his body, a little unaccustomed to it, not having operated in flesh and blood form for a very long time.

"What do you mean by turning into the Abyss?" Yu Ziqing asked meekly.

"That refers to the Mountain Abyss you mentioned, which can be considered a layer of the Abyss."

"..."

Yu Ziqing smacked his lips, momentarily unsure of what to say.

Damn, is this how they suppressed them?

Yu Ziqing imagined they used an ancient contract to drag those punks into a darkness despised by the Sun, Moon, and Star Radiance.

However, that dark world hadn't been sealed; if those punks wanted to break the contract and escape, they might not be easy to keep in check.

So what did they do?

They transformed their power into a layer of Abyss full of endless mountains, functioning as a lid to cover them.

Not sealing every exit, but at least closing off some escape routes for the Great Devil Kings.

Combined with the Mountain Lord's presence to suppress them, unless those punks could open a portal in the dark world to escape, they'd never break free.

Yu Ziqing suddenly realized that for the Mountain Lord to suppress them in such a manner, those Great Devil Kings must have been particularly powerful at their peak, and he shouldn't underestimate them in their weakened current state.

Just like the Earth Devil Venerate before; had the Venerate not been drained and triggered his undying state, the outcome would've been uncertain.

"Weren't you all trying to restore the world? Let's go."

The Mountain Lord tossed out a comment, glanced back, and in the Abyss, a massive hole had appeared, leading down to the lowest Mountain Abyss.

The Mountain Lord ignored the great hole and stepped into the Abyss Rift Valley.

In the Abyss Rift Valley, countless hungry ghosts dwelled here, suppressing the gigantic rift with their aggregated presence, forming another layer of suppression to block the Great Rift Valley, ensuring no supernatural demons crossed the Thunder Pond.

Yu Ziqing followed behind the Mountain Lord, passing through the Abyss Rift Valley, slowly ascending from the other side.

When the Mountain Lord emerged from the Abyss Rift Valley, he gazed at Almsgiving Town not far away, and as his steps finally touched the earth.

Thunder suddenly erupted from the flat ground, an overwhelming and immense power seemed to emerge abruptly.

Thunderous bolts streaked across the sky from beyond, interweaving like an enormous net, spanning the entire sky.

The Mountain Lord grinned, revealing his big white teeth.

"I am back."

An unusual power surfaced on the Mountain Lord; with a wave of his hand, the sky-full of thunder light dispersed.

"If you have the guts, don't hide. If you're brave enough to fight, then stop babbling.

If you don't dare fight, then scram; why make noise?

Eat shit.

Scram."

The thunder light dispersed, but Yu Ziqing finally felt the power that emerged from the Mountain Lord, realizing what it truly was.

The power of the Divine Dynasty.

The fluctuation was so intense that Yu Ziqing was forced to step back a bit.

This area was within Dali's territory, where the Divine Dynasty's fortune and power were activated, initiating a confrontation.

Yet, unfortunately for Dali, the Divine Dynasty's power couldn't breach the three-foot perimeter around the Mountain Lord.

The Mountain Lord swept his hand, his gaze seemingly bypassing Emperor Li, directly penetrating through to view the embodiment of Dali's national fortune.

"What? Too much time has passed, you don't recognize me? Or has your little bird brain forgotten?"

As the Mountain Lord spoke, in the clouds above, as if ignited by flames, fire clouds stretched across the sky, converging into a fiery bird of flame.

The Fire Bird abruptly opened its eyes, the flames in its eyes swirling to form an ancient character for "Li".

It tilted its head, observing the Mountain Lord for a long moment, as in its sight, the Mountain Lord gradually lost his human form, becoming like a massive mountain peak standing on the ground.

Then it slowly reverted to that bald human form.

At this moment, it saw clearly, that within the Mountain Lord's three-foot radius, even without action, it was no longer part of Dali's territory.

The Fire Bird flapped its flaming wings, dragging the lingering fire cloud tail spanning a hundred li, slowly descending, then lowered its head respectfully.

"Li, pays respects to Emperor Gen.