The atmosphere in the warehouse grew increasingly oppressive.
Seeing the despairing Master Randeng and Diao'er, Qi Zhuyue couldn't help but purse her lips, her gaze toward Ye Ling filled with even greater reverence.
Whether it was Master Randeng or Diao'er, or even the two headless corpses on the ground, they were all beings beyond Qi Zhuyue's reach before. A single finger from them could crush her!
But those as powerful as them were like toys in front of Ye Ling, completely unable to resist!
Ye Ling's suffocating pressure was simply too terrifying!
Ye Ling's power wasn't just in his displayed strength; what was more terrifying was his mastery over people's hearts!
Even Master Randeng, a Buddhist master nearing enlightenment, was completely controlled by Ye Ling…
Qi Zhuyue couldn't imagine what her fate would be if she were on Ye Ling's opposing side.
The thought made Qi Zhuyue incredibly grateful.
Diao'er looked at Master Randeng, who had collapsed on the ground, tears streaming down her face. "Wuwuwu… I'm sorry, Master… this is all my fault!"
Master Randeng, unable to defeat Ye Ling, sighed heavily and said, "Although I don't know why you are seeking Takamagahara, I must remind you, donor, that once you have contact with Takamagahara, there will be no good end."
Ye Ling: "Just say what you know."
Seeing that Ye Ling was unconcerned, Master Randeng no longer tried to dissuade him and said, "Takamagahara was founded by a deity banished to the mortal realm a thousand years ago. To this day, Takamagahara has only a little over a hundred members, all of whom are above the eighth rank."
"Over a hundred at the eighth rank?"
Hearing Master Randeng's words, a hint of surprise flashed in Ye Ling's eyes.
If Master Randeng was telling the truth, then Takamagahara could likely contend with the Red Dust Pavilion for dominance on Earth.
Yet, before this, Ye Ling had never heard of Takamagahara as a force.
Possessing exceptionally powerful strength yet being exceptionally low-key was extremely abnormal!
Master Randeng continued, "Takamagahara's strength grows by the moment. The information I know about Takamagahara is from over ten years ago, when I had not yet withdrawn from Takamagahara."
Ye Ling raised an eyebrow: "You were once a member of Takamagahara?"
Master Randeng: "That's right, I was… but I couldn't stand Takamagahara's actions, so I withdrew."
Ye Ling chuckled: "So, Takamagahara is a place where you can enter and leave as you please?"
"Naturally not," Master Randeng said with a wry smile. "I once performed great service for Takamagahara, so when I decided to leave, I narrowly escaped with my life. However, I also endured attacks from three high-level experts of Takamagahara, shattering my meridians and causing my realm to fall from Red Dust Immortal, rendering me unable to reach the Red Dust Immortal realm again for the rest of my life."
"Unable to reach the Red Dust Immortal realm for the rest of my life…" Ye Ling lowered his eyelids and murmured. He then looked at Master Randeng, "I am very curious, what exactly did Takamagahara do that made you willing to pay such a heavy price to leave?"
Master Randeng glanced at Diao'er, who was held by the demonic claw, and opened his mouth, seemingly struggling with something.
After a moment of silence, Master Randeng said, "In fact, the reason Takamagahara possesses such formidable strength is that the deity who founded Takamagahara has been secretly communicating with certain deities in the immortal realm."
"The great divine courts of the immortal realm have strict heavenly laws, and many deities cannot unleash their desires in the immortal realm. If they were to act recklessly in the mortal realm, they would be discovered by powerful beings in the immortal realm and ultimately be executed."
"Therefore, Takamagahara in the mortal realm serves as an intermediary for immortal realm deities to vent their desires. Those deities descend upon Takamagahara members, doing whatever they wish in the mortal realm – burning, killing, plundering; they would commit the extreme of all humanly imaginable evils!"
"And those possessed members would also receive blessings from the deities, their strength soaring."
"In this way, the members of Takamagahara in the mortal realm gain power, while the deities in the immortal realm vent their inner dark desires, all while maintaining their majestic and glorious image on the surface…"
At this point, Master Randeng could no longer continue. He clenched his fists, his bones creaking as they were squeezed.
This was the memory he most unwilling to recall!
And it was the true self he most unwilling to face.
Ye Ling looked deeply at Master Randeng and said, "So, the Dharma Aspect divine ability you possess is because a great Buddha descended upon you and did unspeakable things in the mortal realm?"
Diao'er was also stunned by what she heard. She looked at Master Randeng with panic, trembling, "Master… it must not be like this… right?"
In her eyes, Master Randeng was a benevolent and high-minded Buddhist master who subdued demons, eliminated evil, and embodied all the shining positive qualities of humanity.
She couldn't accept that Master Randeng had such a dark side to him!
Hearing Diao'er's question, Master Randeng trembled violently, gritted his teeth, and said, "Yes… In fact, Diao'er's birth was also because that great Buddha controlled my body and violated a woman, which is why…"
Boom!
As soon as Master Randeng uttered these words, Diao'er felt as if she had been struck by lightning. Her mind exploded, and everything went blank!
Diao'er was utterly stunned!
The majestic image of Master Randeng in her heart completely collapsed at this moment!
What she found even harder to accept was that Master Randeng was her father?
She couldn't accept it!
Qi Zhuyue's small mouth also parted in astonishment. She never imagined that the venerable Buddhist master had such a story behind him!
She also couldn't imagine what kind of evil Buddha could do such a thing!
Even Ye Ling's lips twitched. He had previously sensed Master Randeng's unusual affection for Diao'er and guessed that Master Randeng might be Diao'er's father, which was why he dared to press him so hard.
Because he knew that Master Randeng would never stand by and watch Diao'er be killed.
However, he never expected that Master Randeng did not have a child due to his own worldly romantic entanglements, but because of a great Buddha possessing him!
The thought that Takamagahara had a large number of deities secretly possessing humans and venting their desires in the mortal realm also made Ye Ling quite angry.
While openly accepting people's faith, they were doing such things in secret. This behavior was even worse than that of pure demons.
Demons in hell, at least, did not hide their evil deeds. They would even meticulously sign contracts with humans to gain their souls, adhering to the spirit of contract…
Those deities were far inferior to the demons of hell.
Upon learning the truth about Takamagahara in the mortal realm, a cold glint flashed in Ye Ling's eyes. He then asked, "Who is the deity who created Takamagahara?"
Master Randeng had completely given up struggling by now and replied, "He was a supreme deity who clashed with the Heavenly Court and was ultimately stripped of his divinity by the divine realm of Takamagahara a thousand years ago and banished to the mortal realm."
"His name is… Izanagi."