Wandering Gods of Day and Night
Chapter 291 - 196 Heavenly Official Descent_4

Chapter 291: Chapter 196 Heavenly Official Descent_4

Clearly, Prayers are the correct path. Why did he guide us towards the Suffering Faction?

I refuse to accept it!"

Li Chengfeng was entirely consumed by his role. Years of pent-up frustration surged out all at once.

He clasped his hands behind his back and began pacing around the Bone Elder Temple. With rising and falling intensity, he declared, "I once thought I was wrong. Your cold stares, one after another of my fellow believers in Prayers meeting their demise,

truly made me think I was mistaken.

Over the years, I traveled far and wide, seeking the traces of the Heavenly God, searching for the flames the Heavenly God once ignited,

and I found them.

I found many marks where the Heavenly God’s Fire had burned,

discovered evidence of the Heavenly God’s existence,

and uncovered the path by which the Heavenly God can awaken through Prayers.

But what has the Heavenly Official done? He seeks only to lead you all into a false abyss. Exploiting his divine revelations, he brazenly purged every member of the Praying Sect,

because he was afraid..."

As Li Chengfeng spoke to this point,

the "Heavenly Official" visibly lost patience and gestured furiously at Gu Ling, ordering her to "Commune with the Divine" and kill Li Chengfeng.

Under the deity’s instructions, Gu Ling was ready to act. But as she tried to move, she found her hands and feet stiff. Turning her head, she saw the Painter signaling to her.

The Painter, having glimpsed the future, knew that the corpse behind Li Chengfeng was far from ordinary. Now emitting the Heavenly God’s Aura, the corpse triggered the Painter’s suspicion. Using subtle means, the Painter warned Gu Ling not to act rashly.

However, even if Gu Ling acted, Zhou Xuan would not fear it; in truth, he eagerly awaited it. If Gu Ling made a move against Li Chengfeng, it would mark the moment Zhou Xuan would imbue the Puppet Taoist with a second wave of Heavenly God Aura.

Of course, since Gu Ling hadn’t moved,

Zhou Xuan could afford to wait—for a more opportune moment for the "Heavenly God Aura" to erupt.

The god’s instructions were suppressed by the Painter, allowing Li Chengfeng to continue his speech.

Everything he explained next was taught to him by Zhou Xuan.

"Old Li, expose the Heavenly Official’s vile nature in front of everyone. Destroy the faith of the Bone Elders. Faith has inertia—once the First Faith is shattered, they will immediately seek a Second Faith, or their spirits won’t withstand it."

"Our fabricated Heavenly God will perfectly suit their Second Faith."

Li Chengfeng carried out Zhou Xuan’s "script" to the letter.

"The Heavenly Official is afraid, but of what? He fears that we will replace him!

The Heavenly Official knows that the gods through the Prayer route have the deepest legacy, and that this path is devoid of divine pitfalls. As long as a high-talent scholar emerges among the Bone Elders, they are guaranteed to reach immense ’Incense Fire.’

Eight Sticks? Nine Sticks?

Perhaps even directly touching the Heavenly Dome itself,

competing for those twenty-four divine thrones.

For so long, we believed that we feared the Heavenly Official,

but in truth,

the Heavenly Official feared us.

He led us down a false path, exploiting our devout faith in the Heavenly God to squander our futures and waste the rest of our lives.

But how do I know this?

Because of him!

The God of Suffering and Calamity descended His presence upon him, guiding me to the correct path."

Li Chengfeng pointed to the Puppet Taoist.

Zhou Xuan, in perfect sync, held up the ginkgo heart tattoo symbolizing the "God of Suffering and Calamity" and dripped his finger blood onto his own brow.

The Puppet Taoist abruptly opened his eyes, and a tremendous aura erupted within the Bone Elder Temple, surging and clashing.

Some low-level Bone Elder scholars were immediately crushed to their knees under the overbearing aura.

The Suffering Scholar, upon whose body the Heavenly Official’s incarnation had descended, staggered several steps back.

Gu Ling, barely holding herself upright with the "Divine Aura" of the bronze mask, dropped to one knee.

Only the Music Master and the Painter remained seated cross-legged, barely maintaining their composure.

"The Heavenly God has descended! Heavenly God, we are all your faithful."

The higher-ranking Bone Elder scholars cried out, their voices laced with both agony and joy.

Some Bone Elders even shed tearful eyes.

Their life’s singular hope and obsession was this—the awakening of the God of Suffering and Calamity.

Now,

the Heavenly God had descended, granting them an overpowering sense of fulfilled longing.

"The Heavenly God’s authenticity must be verified."

The Painter turned to address all the Bone Elder scholars: "A forgery is evil, while truth is auspicious. All Bone Elders, heed my command—light the lamps and invoke Cui Ji’s blessing!"

The "Cui Ji Divine Spell" was the fourth-tier technique of the Bone Elders. Both the Suffering Faction and the Praying Sect shared this skill at this level.

The flames ignited by Cui Ji could illuminate hidden illnesses within the body, discern truth from falsehood, and reveal the incense fire levels within the Secret Realms of the sect’s disciples.

At the Painter’s command,

even those Bone Elders pinned under the Heavenly God Aura began chanting "Cui Ji Divine Spell" one by one.

The temple resounded with synchronized chanting.

"Tongue God, true alignment, penetrate illness toward divinity, heart and spirit, elixir essence, grant me the vision of truth..."

Upon finishing the chant, the Bone Elders bit through their tongues, summoning every ounce of strength. They tilted their heads back and spat a mouthful of blood skyward.

"Light the lamps! Invoke Cui Ji!"

Countless crimson droplets hung suspended above the Bone Elder Temple.

The blood ignited, forming lantern flames.

The scattered flames converged toward the Painter’s Cui Ji Lamp, coalescing into a large blaze that engulfed the Bone Elder Temple.

As the fire flared and dimmed, the silhouette of the Puppet Taoist transformed within its glow.

Through this inferno, all the Bone Elders saw an enormous heart beating. Within the heart, a lush ginkgo tree stood.

"It is the Heavenly God! The Heavenly God has truly descended!"

The Painter and the Music Master wept openly.

Having fulfilled fifty years in the Bone Elder Association as Divine Office holders, they knew all too well the significance of the ginkgo and the heart.

"The Heavenly God has descended."

With the Painter and Music Master’s affirmation, the Bone Elders no longer questioned the authenticity of the Heavenly God Aura emanating from the Puppet Taoist. Their eyes brimmed with tears.

A lifetime of pursuit culminated in their dreams materializing,

the mixture of bitterness and joy unspeakable, silently spilling down their cheeks as silent tears.

"Old Li, the moment has come. Go. Slay the Heavenly Official’s incarnation!"

Zhou Xuan communicated with Li Chengfeng through the Puppet.

"Director Zhou..."

"Go, slay the Heavenly Official’s incarnation."

In truth, killing the Heavenly Official’s incarnation required no action from Li Chengfeng; Zhou Xuan had the means. Earlier, when the Heavenly God Aura was released, Zhou Xuan had heard the sound of something breaking within the Suffering Scholar’s body.

With a slight increase in the Heavenly God Aura, Zhou Xuan could completely shatter the incarnation of the "Heavenly Official" through sheer pressure.

But...

He could not act first. This was Li Chengfeng’s mental trial. If, after orchestrating the atmosphere to such heights, Li Chengfeng still didn’t dare strike the Heavenly Official, he wasn’t worth fostering,

no matter how high his Incense Fire level was. Without the courage to draw his blade against a god,

he was unworthy of becoming a disciple of Blood Well or a believer of the Nuo God.

The likes of Blood Well and the Nuo God would challenge even the Heavenly Dome to snatch Monk Zhu Jiu without hesitation,

"Old Li, slay the Heavenly Official’s incarnation..."