At the foot of Mount Tai!
The surrounding commoners were all filled with rage!
"Damn it!"
"They have committed countless evils, why can such people still ascend?"
"Is there truly no fairness and justice in this world?"
"These people should go to hell, not ascend to immortality!"
Upon learning of the Four Directions War Gods' deeds!
Everyone was immensely indignant!
And they felt heartache and frustration for the cultivators who had died tragically at their hands.
Things shouldn't be like this.
Chen Nan should have stepped in to slay them, defending justice in heaven and earth!!!
Just then.
Four mournful, unwilling, and terrified screams echoed from the nine heavens!
"Why is this happening?"
"Chen Nan, who exactly are you? Did you cause us to fall back to the mortal world?"
Four figures plummeted from the sky.
They landed heavily on the peak of Mount Tai.
???
???
The sudden appearance of the four figures stunned the commoners!
The Four Directions War Gods had clearly ascended!
But why did they fall back to the mortal world?
Regrettably.
They could not ascend Mount Tai at all.
They did not know what had specifically happened.
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"Who am I?"
For this answer, Chen Nan pondered for a moment and said, "You have all been to my world, and you still ask me who I am? Don't you find this question very childish?"
"You... you are the Lord of the Immortal Realm?" Mo Yuan looked at Chen Nan with extreme terror.
He recalled Chen Nan's words just now.
Without my permission, do not even think of ascending to the Immortal Realm.
This is f***ing...
Absurdity opening the door for absurdity, reaching the peak of absurdity!!!
"No, no, impossible!"
"Two years ago when you saved Wuyang City, you were still at the Golden Core stage."
"You couldn't possibly have become the Lord of the Immortal Realm in just two years!"
"Let alone if you were an ordinary person, even if you were the chosen one, you wouldn't have such fortune!" Dai Kong's mentality collapsed.
He could accept death!
But he absolutely could not accept Chen Nan being the Lord of the Immortal Realm.
"Perhaps, he really is the Lord of the Immortal Realm." Su Zhibai said with a bitter smile.
He remembered the words spoken by the four seventh-level Immortal Emperors before they died.
Although he didn't know Chen Nan's status in the Immortal Realm.
Those fourth-level Immortal Emperors were extremely reverent towards him.
Coupled with the aura of Chen Nan they felt when they entered the Immortal Realm...
That was Chen Nan's aura?
No!
That was the rules of the Heavenly Dao!!!
Mo Yuan cried tears of regret: "Senior Chen, we were wrong, we were truly wrong. As the Lord of the Immortal Realm, can you give us a chance to atone for our sins?"
Su Zhibai knelt on the ground, his eyes filled with pleading: "Senior Chen, I admit we were wrong to kill your subordinate cultivators."
"However, there is one thing you cannot deny."
"Even if we hadn't killed them, with their Golden Core stage cultivation, they could only guard the Demon Realm for at most three months!"
"It was only a matter of time before they were killed by demons."
"No matter how you calculate it, we guarded the Demon Realm for over a year."
"It is said that the Heavenly Dao is heartless, but humans are emotional. You cannot deny our contributions, can you?"
Slap!
Chen Nan slapped him away, his eyes cold: "What, still trying to persuade me with reason and emotion?"
"You still have the nerve to speak of the Heavenly Dao being heartless, but humans being emotional?"
"When the Cultivator's Association wreaked havoc in the mortal world, did you ever think of this phrase?"
"Do you know how many people became destitute and their families destroyed because of the rise of the Cultivator's Association?"
"Do you know how much of the ancestors' hard work you have ruined?"
To this point.
The Four Directions War Gods no longer backed down.
Dai Kong said with red eyes: "Chen Nan, who do you think you are? You keep saying you want to abolish the Cultivator's Association and restore the old system, but you still used the new laws proposed by the Cultivator's Association to destroy my three clans!"
"You preach morality and benevolence, but in reality, you are also a sinister villain."
Feng Ye clenched his fists: "In fact, you could have killed us and overthrown the Cultivator's Association when you returned, but you didn't. You pushed us step by step into a dead end, making us despair!"
"Your tactic of killing the mind is truly superb!"
"Chen Nan, you will definitely face retribution one day."
"You will die a horrible death!"
Chen Nan looked up at the sky: "People do things, heaven watches. I do not deny your contributions. Precisely because of this, I have decided to personally execute you."
As he spoke.
His soul power surged out.
The bodies of the four instantly turned into ashes and vanished from heaven and earth.
However!
Their souls were not destroyed.
They floated in mid-air.
"I am a person who rewards and punishes impartially. Since you have meritorious service in guarding the Demon Realm, I will personally send you to reincarnation!" With that, he activated reincarnation, instantly devouring the four!
The Four Directions War Gods never imagined in their lives.
That Chen Nan was not only the Lord of the Immortal Realm!
He even controlled reincarnation!
Thus!
The era of the Four Directions War Gods officially became a thing of the past.
Peace reigned throughout the world!
But!
Would there truly be peace throughout the world?
Chen Nan knew it as clearly as a mirror.
Ever since cultivators appeared, the situation in the world had changed.
The immortal path, which was originally not in a hurry, seemed to have a traceable path.
People's worldviews had long been altered.
Of course.
This was also the meaning of the Dao Academy's existence.
To collect and absorb extraordinary individuals and events.
To cultivate them into talents and eliminate demons to protect the Dao!
"I have a proposal."
Li Mu appeared behind Chen Nan: "We can appropriately release some异魔 (Yìmó - alien demons) into the mortal world. After all, the reason 异魔 attack the mortal world is to kill reincarnated Heavenly Gods."
"As long as we constantly monitor the movements of these 异魔, we might be able to follow the trail and find those reincarnated Heavenly Gods."
Chen Nan had told him about the origin of the "Cheng Tuo" (scale weight).
Therefore.
He knew Chen Nan was looking for reincarnated Heavenly Gods.
But...
How could it be so easy to find reincarnated Heavenly Gods in a country with over a billion people?
Precisely because of this.
He proposed the idea just now.
To put it bluntly, it was fishing.
Chen Nan shook his head: "Not feasible!"
"The threat of 异魔 is too great. Once out of control, they will bring disaster to the mortal world."
"We cannot, for the sake of finding reincarnated Heavenly Gods, disregard the lives and deaths of the common people!"
He actually knew.
If 异魔 were released into the mortal world, they might be able to find the reincarnated Heavenly Gods in a short period.
However.
One must have a bottom line.
Some things must never be done recklessly!
The common people must not be put in danger!
And now.
The most important thing was to find the Liangzhou Ding, Yongzhou Ding, and Jizhou Ding!
As long as the Nine Dings were gathered, the four directions could be completely secured.
It wouldn't be too late to calm down and search for reincarnated Heavenly Gods then.
Just then.
Chen Nan's phone rang.
He received a call from his second sister, Chen XiaZhi: "Brother, hurry back for the reunion dinner and mooncakes. If you don't come back soon, the food will get cold."
A gentle smile appeared on Chen Nan's face: "Okay, I'll be right back."
After hanging up the phone.
He looked at Li Mu: "I'll go home for the reunion dinner first. If you have any news about the Yongzhou Ding and Jizhou Ding, remember to contact me anytime!" With that, his figure turned transparent and vanished from the peak of Mount Tai.
The next moment!
Chen Nan appeared at the Half-Mountain Villa in Jizhou!
The reason for coming here.
Was mainly because his parents had also returned.
After all, the Mid-Autumn Festival was a festival of reunion.
This was the first true reunion after being separated for two years.
However.
Upon arriving home, Chen Nan was dumbfounded!
The scene before him was too shocking, leaving him speechless for a long time!
Not only were his parents and two younger sisters at home.
There were also many unexpected people!