"wrong!" The Golden-Feathered God shuddered suddenly. After delivering the message, the Golden Feathered God, who was in absolute control, finally got rid of the infinite fear of being on the line between life and death, and then he realized that he had done something stupid! How could the sewer rats in the Heroic Spirit Society have the power to completely destroy Him? The one who had previously had murderous intentions towards Him and had the ability to completely destroy Him was definitely not a heroic spirit! But other forces, other existences! “I was used!” This was the first reaction of the Golden Feathered God after he woke up. “Who’s using me?” "What does the other party want to achieve?" "Just to make me panic?" "Or use me to make the Feather Clan God panic?"

"Or are you targeting the entire Pantheon?" "If the other party really has ill intentions towards the Pantheon, it doesn't make sense to do this." "The other party should either not do it, or just strike with thunder." "What good can come from exposing their existence like this?" Doubts emerged one after another, confusing the thoughts of Golden Feathered God. The mystery of Jin Yuerliuqi's disappearance also resurfaced. "Is it true, as 419 said, that the disappearance of 267 was caused by the Heroic Spirit?" "Could there be some unknown existence or force targeting the Pantheon in the name of the Heroic Spirits?" "Could the person who attacked Erliuqi be the same one who threatened me earlier?" "Could the other party be a god of the earth that existed long ago?" "Another example..." The Golden-Feathered God suddenly thought of the Endless Sea which had not been very peaceful recently. The Dayin Realm had had two rulers. The previous ruler, Zihui Tianzun, had his roots in the Old World, while the current ruler, Ziwei Tianzun, has his roots in the New World. The Endless Sea separates the Old Continent and the New Continent, and only high-level beings have the ability to reach the opposite continent. For a long time, the sea was stormy. But in recent times, the winds have been stronger, the waves higher, and the situation more chaotic. A while ago, a large number of incomplete corpses of Highvig fell from the sky, most of them fell into the Endless Sea, and a small part fell into the Old Continent. The huge monsters in the endless sea appeared one after another and stirred up the situation.

The Old World is also in turmoil and very lively. If some powerful being came from the Endless Sea or the Old Continent to the New Continent and wanted to cause trouble... The Golden-Feathered God shuddered at his own speculation. This means that Zihui Tianzun, who was wandering in the star realm, had forgiven the Old Continent and the Endless Sea for their betrayal and returned to the Dayin Realm! Unconsciously, the Golden-Winged God, whose thoughts were disordered by fear, was obsessed with a very strange direction. He was spinning around like a headless fly. In my wandering thoughts, I naturally and unintentionally ignored the Qingshui River Basin. Mortal, Golden Feather Domain. Tao Tie did not keep his attention on the Golden-Feathered God. For some things, doing it secretly can bring certain advantages; but if you do it openly, it is often difficult to gain anything. The strength of the Golden Feathered God is not bad, but the reason why he was attacked and his mind was so confused that he forgot that he should have paid attention to the Qingshui River Basin was because Tao Tie was in the dark and attacked him without martial ethics. If Tao Tie is not satisfied and still wants to do something further, it will be very easy for him to end up losing more than he gains if he fails to kill the opponent with one blow. This goes against Tao Tie's original intention of helping to create a good environment for the advance team. Therefore, after the will of the Golden Feather God left the Golden Feather Realm, Tao Tie immediately turned his attention to the Heroic Spirit Conference. According to Qiao Xuan, there are many levels within the Heroic Spirits Society. Those like him who join under the recruitment of certain formal members or deacons are called peripheral members. Those who have merely had contact with the Heroic Spirits but have not yet decided to join are called potential members. Most of those burned to death by Golden Feather God within a year were peripheral members of the Heroic Spirit Society, a small number were potential members, and there were only a few formal members. It cannot be said that the blow to the Heroic Spirits Association was completely non-existent, but it can be said that it was better than nothing. If the Golden Feather Domain has interests that the Heroic Spirit Society must seize, it can simply send a few more formal members over to rebuild the peripheral and potential organizational network. Tao Tie didn't have that much time to wait for the Heroic Spirits to send someone again. What he wanted to do was to trace the source and go directly to their door. After all, whatever exists will leave traces. The Golden Feathered God only burned these people to death and did not destroy anything belonging to them. Through various clues, and with the help of the memories he got from the Shadow of the Heroic Spirit Society, Tao Tie quickly collected a lot of useful information and items. After sharing a copy of the information with the advance team, Tao Tie headed towards the branch of the Heroic Spirit Society that was closest to the Golden Feather Domain. At this time, only two days had passed since Golden Feather God took action. The several Feather Clan gods who received the report from the Golden Feather God, regardless of whether they believed it or not, and whether they took it seriously or not, all took some actions. Or they may just be too lazy to investigate anything and just find the rats in the Heroic Spirit Society in their own mortal realm and burn them to death.

Or if you were a little more patient, you could search the rat's soul and ask questions before burning it. After suffering losses one after another, the Heroic Spirits Association, no matter how rigid and slow its organizational structure was, finally reacted. The branch responsible for encroaching upon the divine domain of the Feathered God chose to withdraw its manpower, hiding deeper into the shadows, and entering a more thorough state of dormancy. Since I have already been scorned as a rat in the gutter, I might as well do it. It took Tao Tie some time to rush to the vicinity of the Feather Clan branch of the Heroic Spirit Association. By the time the branch had completed all preparations for entering a completely dormant state. "Tsk!" "That's pretty clever." With a sigh, Tao Tie was not in a hurry to do anything. He found a good position and hid. It just so happened that the advance team was about to make some moves, so he observed more. In case they are wiped out over there, we can quickly find another place to let the advance team be reborn and start over. The Heroic Spirits Association was one of the targets chosen by Tao Tie for the advance team to be reborn into the Impure World Reincarnation. Qingshui River Basin. A grand sacrificial ceremony was being prepared in full swing. As the commander-in-chief of the advance team, Miao Zongren only needed to grasp the general situation, make judgments and decisions, and then hand over the specific affairs to the three deputy commanders. Therefore, when everyone in the advance team was busy, Miao Zongren still had time to entertain guests. Among the advance team, another person who received such treatment was Mr. Qiu. However, after Tao Tie left the Qingshui River Basin, Mr. Qiu also left, and no one knew where he went or when he would return. The main temple of Qingshui Dragon King outside Tianshui City. Miao Zongren took the initiative and entertained the high priest with a pot of wine, two wine cups, two pairs of chopsticks and four side dishes. After three rounds of wine, five flavors of food. Gently putting down his chopsticks, Miao Zongren asked directly: "Who are you?" The high priest met Miao Zongren's gaze and replied calmly: "I am who I am, the former high priest of Qingshui River Lord, the current high priest of Qingshui Dragon Lord, my surname is Ling and my name is Wuji." Miao Zongren asked again: "How did you achieve the unity of self?" The so-called mixed self means that no matter in the real world or the mirror world, the true spirit is mixed and there is no reflection. Or even if there is mapping, it will not be deflected or distorted. In the entire Qingshui River Basin, only three people have achieved this state: Qingshui Longjun, Qiao Xuan, and the high priest who calls himself "Ling Wuji". Qingshui Longjun achieved this under the coercion of Jinyu Erliuqi, and was swallowed by Tao Tie immediately after achieving it. It is no longer a completely independent entity and can be excluded from this list. Qiao Xuan's inspiration was too high, and with the help of Ming Zun, he was able to achieve unity.

The high priest Ling Wuji had already achieved this state during the period of Qingshuihebo. Whether with external help or not, this secret is worth exploring by Miao Zongren. After careful consideration and repeated weighing, Miao Zongren finally decided to have a frank talk with the high priest, who had clearly discovered that Qingshui Longjun was in a different state and vaguely realized the origin of the advance team, but had always been very cooperative. Instead of taking blatant action, arrest and interrogate. "Mixed self?" The high priest Ling Wuji whispered softly, with a bright light flashing in his eyes, "You call it the mixed self? I see." Then, without waiting for Miao Zongren to ask, the high priest took the initiative to explain: "I was born with extraordinary inspiration, which is why I was chosen by the original Qingshui River Lord to be his priest. After decades of worship, I stepped up to the position of high priest step by step. The day I became the high priest of Qingshui River Lord, I established a connection with the Qingshui River itself. I can bypass Qingshui River Lord, pass through the Qingshui River, and go to another world." After a pause, the high priest fell into reminiscence and said absentmindedly: "That world is like a reflection of the real world. What exists in the real world, exists over there. I met another me in the temple over there. When we met, we merged together, and then separated into two again." The high priest stared at Miao Zongren, leaned forward slightly, and emphasized his tone: "After being combined and separated into two, this me and that me are the same me. Whatever I think, he thinks; whatever I do, he does. It won't be like Qingshuihebo or other people, where there is an asymmetry problem. All this time, I didn't know how to define this state. Thank you for telling me, it's called a mixed self." Upon hearing this, Miao Zongren frowned and asked in confusion, "You don't know?" The high priest nodded solemnly: "I don't know." Miao Zongren's eyes immediately flashed with a more puzzled look. He frowned and pondered for a moment, then thought of a possibility that was raised and then denied by the staff. He considered the wording and then asked directly: "You must have discovered that the original Qingshui River Lord was unable to unify himself. Why are you so willing to serve Qingshui River Lord like a slave? You do whatever he tells you to do and kill whoever he tells you to kill? Have you ever thought about replacing him?" The advance team's staff found from various signs found in the investigation that the high priest has enough strength and numerous opportunities to replace the position of Qingshui River Earl. But the high priest never did anything in this regard. The high priest showed a meaningful smile: "Qingshuihe Bo is a vassal of Qingshuihe, a parasite lying on Qingshuihe. Why should I replace a parasite instead of becoming the real Qingshuihe?" This statement explained some of Miao Zongren's doubts, but it also brought up a bigger problem. Miao Zongren asked directly as before: "To build a real Qingshui River?" The high priest Ling Wuji said in a deep voice: "Gods of heaven, gods of earth, ancestral spirits, and human ghosts are all extremely frivolous beings. They use some of the principles of the Tao, such as reflecting the stars, connecting mountains and rivers, or enjoying blood and food, to extend their existence and improve their strength and status. But success also depends on the principles of Tao, and failure also depends on the principles of Tao. The Tao can last forever, but the gods of heaven, earth, ancestral spirits, and human ghosts can be driven away. There has been a secret rumor circulating in the world that the previous ruler of Dayin Realm, Zihui Tianzun, had his position as ruler and master of the Pantheon forcibly seized by the current ruler, Ziwei Tianzun. Is this secret true? I think it's true. Otherwise it wouldn't have been so widely spread and circulated for so many years. I have wondered why Ziwei Tianzun would allow this secret to spread. After all, while this secret shows how powerful he is, it also tells all gods that the position of ruler is not their own and can be seized by anyone with strong power, which has planted hidden dangers and the source of unrest in his rule. The conflict between the lineage of the gods and the lineage of the earthly gods, the separation of the new world and the old world...

The root cause of these phenomena is this secret. Logically speaking, Ziwei Tianzun should have vigorously prohibited the spread of this secret, but instead he added fuel to the fire. There must be a deep meaning behind His doing this. After more than a decade of thinking and observation, I think I have found the deep meaning.” Miao Zongren listened patiently to the high priest's sudden long speech. Although the high priest's actions seemed to be an attempt to change the subject. At the same time, he also cooperated very well with the ground mat words: "What's the deep meaning?" The high priest Ling Wuji said solemnly: "Ziwei Tianzun needs all the living beings in Dayin Realm. They believe from the bottom of their hearts that He is Him, and Zihui Tianzun is Zihui Tianzun!" "Ok?" Miao Zongren asked solemnly, "What do you mean by this?" The high priest did not answer directly, but instead changed the subject: "Whether it's the Qingshui River Lord or the Qingshui Dragon Lord, they are all derived from the principles of the Qingshui River. No matter who he is, as long as he can occupy the laws of Qingshui River, he can become Qingshui River Earl or Qingshui Dragon King. In other words, there is not only one Qingshui River God or Qingshui Dragon God. Why should I give up my only 'me' and become the Qingshui River God who can be taken turns? Miao Zongren's focus at this moment was not on how the high priest himself made decisions or how he thought. He was now concerned with the high priest's previous statement. So Miao Zongren asked in a deep voice: "Can I understand it this way? You think Ziwei Tianzun and Zihui Tianzun are two sides of the same coin. Ziwei Tianzun is the mirror image of Zihui Tianzun, but somehow Tiangang turned against him and not only escaped from the mirror world, but also expelled Zihui Tianzun from Dayin Realm?" The high priest smiled and said, "I didn't say that. But I often let the 'me' in the mirror world travel around and discovered a very interesting secret, which made me determined not to take the position of Qingshuihebo." "What secret?" "The Heroic Spirit Society was founded by Ziwei Tianzun. He constantly causes some gods to fall, and constantly resurrects the fallen gods and gathers them into the Heroic Spirit Society." "Hmm? Why does He do this?" "How should I know? But I guess that He wants to rebel!" (End of this chapter)