Chapter 15 The Eight Great War Gods

“This matter is still related to the Eight Great War Gods…”

Tie Shan slowly began.

“In the tens of thousands of years recorded in Jiu Fu Realm’s history, it is said that only ten people have attained the Heavenly Human Realm. Among them, only fragments of information remain about two people. There are clear records of eight people.

That is, the creators of the Eight Great Heavenly Human Divine Weapons…”

Tie Shan slowly recounted.

There are various opinions on when the Eight Great Heavenly Human Divine Weapons were created, and there is no unified answer.

However, whenever the Eight Great Heavenly Human Divine Weapons appear, it is always a time of great chaos in the world.

Therefore, there is a saying that the Eight Great Divine Weapons are bound to emerge in times of turmoil.

Seven hundred years ago, it was the most chaotic time in the world. At that time, wars between various countries continued, and many demons took advantage of the chaos to run rampant in the world, committing countless murders.

“Seven hundred years ago, there were countless powerful individuals, and masters of the Divine Meridians emerged one after another. A demon like Duo Ling Shangren would not even be considered the most powerful at that time…”

Tie Shan’s expression was somewhat solemn:

“It is said that at that time, there was a great demon who called himself Da Mo Tian. He used a piece of extraterrestrial divine iron as the foundation, slaughtered the people of the world, and took the blood essence of countless people as fuel, wanting to forge an unparalleled demonic weapon to contend with the Eight Great War Gods…”

“Forge an unparalleled demonic weapon…”

An Qisheng squeezed the still-wriggling human skin scroll in his sleeve, shaking his head inwardly.

Without asking, one could know that Da Mo Tian must have been defeated miserably; otherwise, such a piece of human skin would not have been left behind.

Sure enough, Tie Shan shook his head slightly:

“Unfortunately, the Eight Great War Gods possessed overwhelming power in that era. His actions quickly attracted attention. The master of the Dragon Sparrow Blade came wielding the Chunqiu Long Que Dao. The two pursued and fled for several days, finally engaging in a deadly battle in the Huayan Mountains. In the end, Da Mo Tian was beheaded on Mo Tian Peak, and it is said that his bones were reduced to ashes, never to be restored…”

And a piece of human skin was left behind.

An Qisheng’s eyes flickered.

“Where did Daozhang (Taoist Priest) hear of this person’s name?”

Tie Shan was slightly surprised:

“In the Six Doors’ archives, the documents related to this person are covered in dust. I’m afraid there are not many people in the world who know about him.”

“I heard about it by chance.”

An Qisheng shook his head slightly, his interest greatly diminished.

He had thought it was some remarkable figure, but he was just a defeated opponent of the Eight Great War Gods.

“Let’s go.”

Without waiting for the doubtful Tie Shan to ask further questions, he flicked his sleeve and floated away.

Tie Shan’s mind flashed with thoughts, and he followed.

In the past month, An Qisheng had also given him some pointers on his Kung Fu. Although there were no immediate results, his lightness skill had improved significantly.

He could barely keep up with An Qisheng’s normal walking speed.

The two continued their journey, and as dawn approached, they arrived on the official road.

The stars in the night sky had not yet faded, but there were already many carriages and horses on the official road.

The two followed the flow of people and easily entered Anyang Prefecture City.

Anyang Prefecture was no longer under the jurisdiction of Feng Prefecture.

Anyang Prefecture was quite lively, with streets teeming with people and various hawking sounds filling the air.

An Qisheng listened carefully. Although it was only a state apart, the accent of the people here was already quite different from that of Nanliang City.

A dynasty that could not even unify accents dared to unify the world.

With this thought in mind, the two found an inn to stay in.

Interestingly, for some truly extremely dangerous criminals, the various cities of the Dafeng Dynasty did not have any real wanted orders.

This was something An Qisheng had personally experienced.

However, he also knew that for someone like him, it would be impossible for ordinary constables and yamen runners to stop him, no matter how many of them came. It would only cause more panic and serve no purpose.

After the two ordered a table of food and ate, they returned to their respective rooms.

An Qisheng asked the shopkeeper to heat several large basins of hot water. After washing away the dust of the journey, he sat cross-legged on the bed and took out the human skin scroll that had been vibrating all the way.

“Who are you?”

On the human skin scroll, lines of text appeared like dragons and snakes dancing.

After the previous incident, the consciousness within the human skin scroll seemed to have become much calmer, no longer calling itself ‘This Seat’ as it had done when it first appeared.

“Your little tricks have no effect on me. You better not show off in the future. If you annoy me, I will directly destroy you.”

An Qisheng said calmly.

This human skin scroll was constantly emitting mental fluctuations. If a person with an unyielding mind were in its presence, they would likely be bewitched and give rise to all kinds of delusions.

Silence.

The consciousness in the human skin scroll was silent for a moment.

Then the text reappeared:

“I have no malice towards you. I just want to make a deal with you.”

It was no longer emitting mental fluctuations to induce people.

“A loser who is only left with a piece of skin, what qualifications do you have to make a deal with me?”

An Qisheng responded indifferently.

After learning about Da Mo Tian’s deeds, his interest in him plummeted, even less than that of Huangfu.

After all, Huangfu had originally risked his life to fight the Dragon King Armor Master, while Da Mo Tian had been killed by the Dragon Sparrow Blade Master, his bones reduced to ashes.

“…”

The consciousness in the human skin scroll seemed to be stunned, as if it had not expected An Qisheng to say such a thing.

Then, the writing on the human skin scroll became messy:

“Loser?! You know nothing! The Eight Great War Gods, when wielding their divine weapons, can already be considered Heavenly Humans! You have no idea what it means for This Seat to be able to contend with them!”

“The Eight Great War Gods can already be considered Heavenly Humans when wielding their divine weapons?”

An Qisheng raised his eyebrows slightly:

“But I heard that none of the Eight Great War Gods have opened the Gate of Heaven, let alone shattered the void.”

“Shattered the void? What do you think the Gate of Heaven is? How is it possible to shatter the void by adhering to the paths of others?”

The writing on the human skin scroll flickered quickly:

“In the tens of thousands of years, the Gate of Heaven has only been opened eight times, but there have been ten Heavenly Humans! Not every Heavenly Human can open the Gate of Heaven! What do you think those Heavenly Humans created the Heavenly Human Divine Weapons for?

To bestow blessings upon future generations? How ridiculous! They gathered the manpower and resources of the world to create Heavenly Human Divine Weapons in order to open the Gate of Heaven!”

“Creating divine weapons is to open the Gate of Heaven?”

An Qisheng silently recorded it in his heart.

“You’re trying to trick me into talking!”

The consciousness in the human skin scroll calmed down:

“I can tell you anything you want to know, as long as you help me find my Mo Tian Zhuan Lun (Great Demon Sky Wheel), I can even teach you my Mo Tian Zhuan Lun Dharma!”

“Mo Tian Lun (Great Demon Wheel)?”

An Qisheng rubbed his whitening beard.

“That’s right!”

The human skin scroll, unaware of his thoughts, continued:

“Seven hundred years ago, my Mo Tian Zhuan Lun was nearing completion. I only needed to wait a few more years to achieve the Heavenly Human Realm and create my own divine weapon! If it weren’t for that Dragon Sparrow Blade Master…”

“How do you know that seven hundred years have passed?”

An Qisheng was a little curious:

“Could it be that you can perceive the outside world within this human skin scroll?”

“That’s right!”

The human skin scroll replied:

“My spirit is immortal and indestructible. Why would I need to slumber?”

“Is that so?”

An Qisheng sneered: “Perhaps you dare not slumber? A piece of human skin must be unable to bear your spirit. If you want to reside in the world for a long time, you may need to pay other prices…”

He had made many guesses along the way.

Spiritual residence in the world was by no means a simple matter. Otherwise, in the tens of thousands of years, there would surely be various legends left behind in this Jiu Fu Realm.

However, in the past few months, he had entered the dreams of dozens or hundreds of martial arts experts, but none of them had heard of anything similar.

Silence.

The human skin scroll was silent for an even longer time this time.

After that, what reappeared on it was not text with a self-aware tone, but a text of several thousand words.

“The Mo Tian Zhuan Lun Dharma?”

An Qisheng’s eyes flickered.

What was displayed in the human skin scroll was actually an extremely exquisite martial art.

During this period, he had seen countless martial arts through dream entry, ranging from ordinary martial arts, True Qi martial arts, to Qi Meridian martial arts.

This martial art was obviously much more profound than those martial arts. The only thing that could compare to it was the Tian Yi Duo Ling Jing (Heavenly One Soul-奪ing Scripture).

However, at first glance, he felt that this martial art was much more magical than the Tian Yi Duo Ling Jing.

This was a spiritual art quite similar to Tong Zhengyang’s Soul-奪ing大法 (Soul-Seizing Great Art), but unlike the Soul-奪ing大法, this was a complete technique integrating fist and palm techniques, inner strength True Qi cultivation, and Qi Meridian structure!

This was a strange martial art with extremely high cultivation thresholds, involving the spirit from the beginning.

According to the records on it, this Mo Tian Zhuan Lun Fa (Great Demon Sky Wheel Dharma) could pull the enemy’s spirit into the mental world created by oneself to fight, and the damage suffered in it would be truly reflected on the enemy’s body.

Whether it was distorting and modifying other people’s memories or killing the enemy, it was far stronger than Tong Zhengyang’s Soul-奪ing大法.

Even, when this great art was cultivated to great success, one could kill other people’s spirits with a single glance, and then modify them to create puppet subordinates who were loyal to oneself wholeheartedly.

Moreover, this was much stronger than the simple and crude Soul-奪ing大法.

The spirits of those who were pulled into the mental world would truly ‘reincarnate’ in the world created by oneself, gradually twisting their thinking and rewriting their memories.

In this way, they would achieve wholehearted loyalty.

Its effect could be described as extremely evil.

“Spiritual interference with reality, this martial art…”

An Qisheng’s eyes narrowed.

He had to admit that this technique was very tempting to him.

It should be known that as a person with two lifetimes, his mental strength had always been much stronger than ordinary people. Whether he was cultivating visualization techniques or the Soul-奪ing大法, the progress was much faster than ordinary people.

He met all the thresholds for cultivating this technique.

This was much more tempting to him than the Tian Yi Duo Ling Jing.

However, this technique was not complete. It was missing the Qi Meridian part, which was also the most essential Divine Meridian cultivation method of this martial art.

Obviously, this human skin scroll wanted to trade with him for the subsequent methods.

“Not a bad idea, but unfortunately…”

A hint of a smile appeared in An Qisheng’s heart. After memorizing this technique one by one, he casually wrapped it up and stuffed the human skin scroll into his sleeve.

He would naturally cultivate the technique, but not now, but after he obtained the complete technique.

Then, he slowly closed his eyes.

In his mind, the Niwan Palace (brain) shone brightly, and many scriptures and texts seemed to be substance, wrapping the Niwan Palace.

This was all the martial arts secrets he had collected in the past few months.

And as his mind moved, many texts dimmed, leaving only the texts related to True Qi.

Among the thousands of True Qis, which one was more suitable for him still needed to be tried one by one.

Ordinary people would naturally not have this condition, but he, who had mastered the ability to enter dreams, could enter his own dreams and try it thousands of times.

In this way, among countless kinds of True Qi, he could find the Heavenly Earth Spiritual Qi that was most compatible with him and condense the most flawless True Qi.

Hu!

Xi!

In the room, An Qisheng’s breathing was smooth, and he had already fallen into a dream.

In his sleeve, the human skin scroll wriggled as if it were alive, but an invisible force filled the cuff, like a barrier, trapping it firmly in the square inch of the cuff.