Chapter 179 Unwilling to be the Demon Lord

After disengaging from the dungeon, Zhang Yuanqing did not return to reality, but appeared in the Lingjing world, which resembled a cosmic galaxy.

Now, with his level, entering and exiting the Lingjing is just a matter of thought.

Zhang Yuanqing raised his head, staring into the infinite heights. His eyes blazed with golden light, shooting towards the celestial palace, where he saw the evil gods entrenched above the Lingjing.

Some had three heads and eight arms, their bodies pitch black, coiled in the cosmos, with planets orbiting their immense forms like sediment.

Others roamed the murky, black starry river, occasionally revealing a section of their bodies, spanning the length of the solar system.

Some had no body, no physical form, yet their spiritual will covered the starry river, like high and mighty, invisible hyperdimensional beings.

Some were like black holes with terrifying mass, devouring all matter, including light.

Some held scepters, wore long robes, and resembled humans, but their faces were blurred, and they held a starry river in their hands where the laws of physics were completely chaotic and inverted.

Some were cosmic monsters whose size spanned galaxies. Their forms changed constantly, and every appearance imaginable, or unimaginable, could be seen on their bodies.

Sensing the gaze of the Sun Lord, the Yin gods each turned their eyes. In the next moment, Zhang Yuanqing heard chaotic, loud, and ethereal roars in his ears. Silently, a connection was established between them, and terrifying pollution descended in the form of rules through the "gaze."

Zhang Yuanqing's body underwent distortion, seductive magic纹 appeared on his skin, and turbid liquid flowed from the top of his head... But as a golden sun rose behind his head, all pollution was purified.

Through the brief "contact," Zhang Yuanqing saw the essence of these Yin gods, learned their identities, and the authority they controlled.

They were: the Bewitching Demon, the Lord of All Weapons.

The World Serpent, the Torch Dragon (Xianxia creature associated with time).

The Extraterrestrial Demon, the Void Monarch.

The Lord of All Demons, the Source of Aberrations.

The Inverter, the God of Wine.

Eternal Night; the Spirit of the Abyss.

According to昊天上帝's (Hao Tian Shangdi) words, the number of Yin gods was far more than this. Some were relatively weak and did not have the qualifications to erode the Lingjing, while others had perished in the two wars of the gods.

"With the level of these gods, not to mention destroying the Earth, destroying the galaxy would be a snap. If Earth wasn't the biggest dungeon in the Lingjing, protected by the Sun, Moon, Stars, and the godhood of the gods, it would have been crushed to dust by the evil gods long ago."

Zhang Yuanqing retracted his gaze and stopped looking up at the starry sky, turning instead to look deep into the Lingjing.

His sight pierced through layers of darkness, and he saw the unopened Third District, which was shrouded in boundless chaos. With the characteristics of the Sun Lord, he could only see a giant tree that blotted out the sky, standing in the Lingjing world.

This giant divine tree was already dead. Foul, turbid liquid flowed from its trunk, burning with the fire of destruction. Various rules of destruction eroded its remains, and the withered treetop supported the equally desolate Lingjing world.

"I have to disinfect it..." Zhang Yuanqing muttered.

However, this would have to wait until the Sun, Moon, and Stars returned to their positions, and the Third District opened.

…

Free Federation.

As the golden sun disappeared, the sanity that the Wind and Thunder Duo had just regained began to collapse and disintegrate bit by bit, and madness once again occupied the high ground.

At this moment, the clear and cloudless sky broke open, and a clear and pure golden light shone out, transforming into a handsome young man with a golden sun mark between his eyebrows.

His skin was a deep, dark gold, and a warm and bright sun disc hung behind his head. It was Zhang Yuanqing.

His arrival brought warmth to this world and reason and clarity to the Wind and Thunder Duo.

The Wind and Thunder Duo stared at Zhang Yuanqing and took seven or eight seconds to speak, "Yuanshi Tianzun... I didn't expect that the person who would become the Sun Lord in the end would be you!" With her level, she could naturally see Yuanshi Tianzun's current level. Zhang Yuanqing was expressionless, his voice grand and majestic, "You can also call me Demon Lord! But you, should I call you the Sky King Boreas, or the Thunder God?"

A low male voice came from the Wind and Thunder Duo's mouth, "Now, she and I are one! I remember that in the battle last year, the Demon Lord had already died, body and soul destroyed." Zhang Yuanqing did not explain, saying faintly, "I have my own means of resurrection. Even the Star Lord was deceived by me, let alone you. Wind and Thunder Duo, I will now give you two choices: one is to have me liberate you, to eliminate hidden dangers for the sake of order and for humanity; the other is to temporarily suppress your madness, and then, it will depend on your own fortune, whether one side voluntarily sacrifices to fulfill the other, or whether you merge with each other to become a completely new soul."

The Wind and Thunder Duo did not make a choice, but looked down at the small city that had been reduced to ruins. After a moment of stunned silence, she asked in a complicated tone, "How long have I been crazy? My consciousness was confused and I was asleep for a while, which caused her to lose her sense of time. I don't know what year it is."

"Two months!" Zhang Yuanqing said.

Two months... The Wind and Thunder Duo were somewhat surprised. In two months, Yuanshi Tianzun had gone from a Saint to the Sun Lord?

This was obviously beyond their expectations.

Zhang Yuanqing said slowly, "During your sleep, the Sun dungeon has been opened, the Lunar Lord Ling Tuo has died, the Star Lord has betrayed order, and has obtained the Lunar Source. I still have a battle with him..."

He briefly explained the Sun's battle for supremacy and the current situation. The Wind and Thunder Duo examined him for a moment and said, "Whether it's me or Boreas, we both have a strong desire for power. It's impossible to give up a century of hard-earned cultivation. Although you have become the Sun Lord, you may not be our opponent. But reason tells me that we should give up. We have brought too much disaster to humanity and order. We are deeply sorry..."

She thought for a few seconds and said, "I choose the second option. I want to gain a brief period of reason until the Sun, Moon, and Stars return to their positions. At that time, no matter what the outcome, I can accept it calmly."

Zhang Yuanqing nodded slightly, "Thank you!"

The Wind and Thunder Duo's meaning was very clear: they wanted to help order fight against evil, and they wanted to do their part in the final battle for supremacy.

Zhang Yuanqing thought for a moment, and his voice was majestic and grand, "Your madness is caused by the confrontation of two wills. This is something that even the sun cannot solve, because the essence of the problem is not pollution. I will leave a烈阳 (Lie Yang) mark in your sea of consciousness to balance the two wills. The price is that you will constantly endure the burning of the sun's divine power and be in constant pain.

"If, in the end, you are still unwilling to give way and unwilling to fulfill the other party, then I will use the Lunar Source to help you merge. This is the only solution I can think of."

The situation of the Wind and Thunder Duo was very special. If it were just two souls coexisting in one body, Zhang Yuanqing could now strip them out.

The problem of the Wind and Thunder Duo was that their authority had merged!

And their respective wills were inseparable from their own authority.

Therefore, it could only be a soul fusion, or one party voluntarily "died" to fulfill the other.

"After the soul fusion, your memories will interact with each other, and your personalities will merge with each other. There will be no primary or secondary distinction, but in the short term, your temperament will become very strange, and it will take a long time to adapt and磨合 (mo he - reconcile)." Zhang Yuanqing said.

The Wind and Thunder Duo were silent for a few seconds, "This is the best ending."

Zhang Yuanqing nodded and stepped in front of the naked Boreas, pointing his index finger at her brow.

A golden light lit up at the fingertip, drawing a round of golden sun on her smooth forehead. A trace of pain flashed in the eyes of the Wind and Thunder Duo, and then she suppressed it, raising her hand to grab a wisp of breeze, transforming it into a blue robe and draping it over her body, covering her graceful and tall figure.

"I should go back to Tianfa!" She nodded slightly, transforming into lightning and splitting towards the distance.

…

Ping Sheng District.

Apartment 402, in the living room.

The Chunyang Zhangjiao (Pure Yang Sect Leader), who had recovered his memory, had a huge wave in his heart.

Yuanshi Tianzun's real name was Zhang Yuanqing. Zhang Yuanqing and Lei Yibing disappeared at the same time four years ago. According to his previous investigation, Lei Yibing was a Lingjing Xingzhe.

The official definition of his disappearance was "died in a Lingjing dungeon."

In other words, Lei Yibing obtained a character card and entered the Lingjing in the disappearance four years ago.

His family thought he was missing, so they called the police.

But Lei Yibing, who cleared the trial dungeon, returned to reality, so the disappearance case was withdrawn. Four years later, he died in the dungeon, and his family called the police again.

Although he didn't know why Lei Yibing's mother was hypnotized, judging from the current information, Yuanshi Tianzun, like Lei Yibing, became a Lingjing Xingzhe four years ago.

However, this contradicted reality.

Yuanshi Tianzun became a Lingjing Xingzhe in April last year.

"Strange, very strange!" The Chunyang Zhangjiao narrowed his eyes. "Yuanshi Tianzun's identity has a problem. He clearly became a Lingjing Xingzhe four years ago. With his talent, how could he be unknown for four years? As long as I find out Yuanshi Tianzun's information in the real world, I will enter a loop. Perhaps, this is the secret of Yuanshi Tianzun's 'disappearance' for four years." The Chunyang Zhangjiao entered Aunt Zhou's dream again and obtained Zhang Yuanqing's family background and current address from her dream.

Then, he left the dream and turned into starlight, leaving apartment 402.

The Chunyang Zhangjiao planned to stand still and discuss with the high-level members of Dark Night Rose. Yuanshi Tianzun might have a bigger secret. Before he figured out the situation, he didn't dare to act rashly, let alone kill this middle-aged woman.

If this woman died, it would definitely alarm Yuanshi Tianzun, and that kid would be able to see his actions in the long river of fate, thus locking him down.

Pretending that nothing happened was the most stable solution.

As the sun set, the family degenerate entered the password and opened the anti-theft door. He saw Chen Shu and his mother wrapping dumplings at the dining table.

Both his sister and mother were wearing cool short sleeves and thin cotton pants, and his elderly father was wearing a white vest that elderly people loved.

The air conditioner in the living room was blowing cold air.

"Oh, my dear sister, you finally took time out of your busy schedule to favor your poor parents and brother." The uncle flicked the hem of his burgundy suit and entered the living room.

Chen Shu glanced at him and turned her gaze to the bedroom, saying:

"Yuanzi is back. He's in the room, saying he'll see you as soon as you get back."

The grandmother complained, "The Spring Festival hasn't even passed yet, why is it so hot? It's all caused by not protecting the environment. Carbon emissions exceed the standard every year, causing global warming. I think humans are not far from extinction."

"Mom, watch less self-media. Global warming won't be like this." Chen Shu vaguely guessed what was going on. When her son came back, she didn't think too much. Until he said, "After Uncle comes back, let him come into the room."

Chen Shu understood that the battle for the Sun Lord had ended.

Combining Yuanzi's tone and expression, she realized that her son, whom she had raised for twenty-two years, had finally taken that step.

But since Yuanzi didn't say anything, she didn't dare to ask.

That kind of pressure from the soul could not be smoothed out even by bloodline suppression. At this time, Zhang Yuanqing's voice came from the bedroom:

"Mom, come in with Uncle."

Chen Shu subconsciously chose to obey, wiped the flour off her hands, and looked at her brother.

The uncle shrugged and took the lead in twisting the door open and entering the bedroom.

In the bedroom, which was not very big but very clean, the siblings saw Zhang Yuanqing, whose hair was like gold and whose skin was dark gold, standing by the window, facing away from the door.

Zhang Yuanqing didn't turn his head, and said slowly, "I used to envy the Demon Lord and laugh at the Demon Lord, but I never thought that one day, I would become the Demon Lord that I despised."