Weird Cultivation, I have a five-organ temple

Chapter 671 Divine Tragedy
It makes people believe everything they see, yet prevents them from becoming trapped in it.

Jiang Guoda Nuo's words sound somewhat contradictory.

However, the cultivators who came here were all experienced and had been to many dangerous places, so they immediately understood the meaning of the Great Nuo of Jiang Kingdom.

This is to allow them to enter the memories of the god's corpse, which is now just a skeleton, as bystanders and recorders, and to record in detail what they see, hear, and feel.

Don't underestimate this matter.

This is about observing and recording deities!
If you are lucky enough to observe and record a scene of a deity cultivating, even if you don't understand it at first, you will benefit immensely!
Moreover, Jiang Guo Da Nuo also said that they would experience the power of the gods within the memories of the divine corpses.

Even if it's just this one chance, it will allow them to gain a deeper understanding of the origin of power and how to use it.

If they are lucky enough, this one understanding alone could enable them to break through their cultivation level!
For a moment, the breathing of several cultivators became rapid.

Fortunately, they were on a mountain of corpses, within the territory controlled by the Tai Mo Academy. Otherwise, their rapid breathing would have attracted all the evil spirits, walking corpses, and all sorts of strange maggots and parasites in this haunted place!

The living corpses beneath the cultivators' feet did react, squeaking and uttering words like "living thing" and "yang person" from their rotting mouths.

Unfortunately, in their current state, no matter how loudly they cry out, it's useless; they simply can't move.

As soon as Jiang Guo Da Nuo finished giving his instructions, the group of people from Tai Mo Academy dragged the flesh membranes one by one to Shang Lu and the others, and without giving them any chance to hesitate, they directly covered them with the flesh membranes.

The pokeweed neither dodged nor resisted.

He was also eager to know what secrets were hidden in the memories of the withered corpse that could cause the people of Tai Mo Academy to either become corrupted and engage in sophistry, or to become utterly evil.

The seals of Tu Bo and Wu Zhi Qi on his hands were faintly shimmering, as if Tu Bo and Wu Zhi Qi were telling him, "Don't worry."

Shang Lu wasn't worried about himself; he was worried about Black Fox.

The black fox hadn't even developed any intelligence, nor had it entered the threshold of cultivation. The fact that it was able to withstand the pollution during the lessons at the Tai Mo Academy was entirely due to the help of the mountain spirit.

Next, it enters the memories of the divine corpse. Will it be able to withstand it? Won't it be corrupted and go mad as soon as it enters?
Shang Lu turned to look at the black fox, quickly thinking of a solution.

At this moment, the black fox was also enveloped in a blood-red, semi-transparent membrane. Perhaps sensing Shang Lu's worry, it turned its head towards Shang Lu and revealed a smile.

"what?"

Shang Lu was taken aback.

This smile was one he had never seen on Black Fox before, yet it felt strangely familiar.

"It's a mountain spirit!"

After a brief moment of surprise, Shang Lu recognized the smile.

The mountain spirit descended upon the black fox again, intending to use the black fox's body to enter the memories of the divine corpse in order to retrieve the lost, or rather, sealed, memories.
The appearance of the mountain spirit did not reassure Shang Lu; instead, it added another layer of worry.

Not long ago, during a spiritual conversation, he inquired about the truth behind the Mountain Spirit's Great Catastrophe. Instead of getting the truth, he was driven mad by the Mountain Spirit, who nearly killed him!
Now, the Mountain Spirit is going to follow the Black Fox into the memories of the God Corpse to find the truth about the Great Cataclysm. Will he go crazy again?

But soon, Shang Lu calmed down, thinking to himself, "With the help of several deities, I'm not afraid even if the mountain spirit really goes mad again. On the contrary, after it goes mad, it can cause a great disturbance here and help me escape..."

He stopped worrying about the black fox and instead began to examine the strange membrane covering him.

Before he could even see the structure of the flesh membrane clearly, thin, blood vessel-like things emerged from inside the membrane and pierced into his body with lightning speed.

In an instant, he was turned into a hedgehog.

A strange suction force emanated from these blood vessel-like objects, so eerie that it instantly drew away Shang Lu's divine sense...

Shang Lu felt everything around him go dark, and space and time seemed to distort and deform in that instant.

When the light returned to him, he found himself in a completely new environment.

His body, too, turned into a skeleton.

It was the same remains of a deity that we had seen before, leaning against the peach tree.

Shang Lu looked down at his "skinny" body and was taken aback: "The true form of this deity is just a skeleton?"

Just as he thought this, he saw blood gushing from the skeleton. The blood didn't flow to the ground; instead, it covered the skeleton.

Immediately afterwards, meridians, blood vessels, internal organs, skin, and flesh all wriggled and grew out of the blood.

In the blink of an eye, the skeletal remains transformed into a robust body, even donning short clothes and carrying a sword and bow.

"That's right."

Shang Lu nodded. This current appearance should be the true form of this unknown deity, and in this memory, he was participating as this unknown deity.

Shang Lu didn't rush to look around; instead, he first sensed the power within his body.

The power of the gods is indeed strong and vast! The feeling of mastering such great power is somewhat intoxicating, completely different from the divine power borrowed through Nuo magic.

"what?"

Shang Lu was sensing the changes in the divine power within his body. If he could glean any insights from it, he would surely benefit immensely.

But at that moment, he was surprised to find that his internal organs had also entered the memories of the divine corpse.

Shang Lu was certain that the Five Internal Organs Temple belonged to him, rather than to the remains of the divine corpse itself, because he discovered that the Five Internal Organs Temple was frantically "intercepting" divine power.

In the past, when the five internal organs "intercepted" divine power, they were always very careful, even sneaky, since they were "doing theft".

But at this moment, they are unleashing their full power; "intercepting" is no longer enough to describe it, it's more like they're trying to wipe them all out.

After all, in this memory, Shang Lu's perspective is that of the unknown deity himself.

His internal organs naturally became the internal organs of an unknown deity, so he had no scruples at all—how could it be considered "stealing" if family members took their own things?

However, Shanglu was somewhat worried.

Because he is not the deity himself.

However, after observing for a while, he found that the divine power within him showed no signs of rebellion.

Although the five internal organs were devouring the divine power without any concealment, the divine power they were consuming was insignificant compared to the vast divine power within the deity's body, and therefore did not trigger a backlash from the divine power.

After confirming the situation, Shang Lu not only felt completely relieved, but also cheered for his hungry stomach. Then, he looked around and realized he was still under the huge peach tree.

However, unlike the eerie peach tree in the cursed land, the peach tree in the memories of the divine corpse did not produce any human-shaped peaches, but just individual peaches. However, they were crystal clear and full of spiritual energy, leaving no doubt that eating just one would allow one's cultivation to break through and soar!
Looking at the mountain beneath my feet, it was no longer a mountain of corpses, but a real mountain of mud and rocks.

However, the mountain is steep and rugged, like a giant wall standing between heaven and earth!

Shang Lu quickly discovered that this mountain truly was a "wall" separating life and death. On the other side of the mountain, yin energy surged and deathly aura billowed, clearly a ghost realm!
On the other side of the mountain, however, lay the human world. Especially at the foot of the mountain, Shang Lu could see several densely populated villages and towns.

Life and death, yin and yang, are separated by this mountain.

The deity on the mountain is the one who guards this place where Yin and Yang meet, and who governs Yin and Yang, life and death.

"It is said that in ancient times, humans and gods lived together. Judging from this memory, the legend is indeed true!"

Shang Lu muttered to himself, "It's a pity that everything changed with the arrival of the Great Cataclysm."

The path to godhood for all beings was completely severed; gods either died suddenly or went mad. They were either imprisoned and suppressed like Wuzhiqi, or, clinging to their last shred of sanity, exiled themselves…

From that time on, there were no more gods on earth; communication with them was only possible through divine means.

As Shang Lu was silently marveling at the scene, he even spotted people climbing up the steep mountainside towards the summit.

These people were all cultivators. They climbed the mountain either for the peaches of immortality or for the deadly ghost realm behind the mountain.

According to the various legends that Shang Lu had seen, in ancient times, cultivators liked to seek out immortals and worship gods, asking them for guidance on cultivation techniques in person.

Some people with exceptional talent catch the eye of the gods and may even be accepted as disciples.

Shang Lu looked around curiously. Although he had entered the memories of the divine corpse, and even entered the perspective of the divine corpse when it was alive, and was able to mobilize divine power, he did not obtain the memories of the divine corpse.

Therefore, he still didn't know who the divine corpse was, or where he was. He had no idea what he should do or what would happen next.

Just as he was puzzled, Shang Lu suddenly had a thought.

A strong sense of unease overwhelmed him.

Shang Lu subconsciously looked up at the sky and saw that the originally clear sky had turned into an eerie blood red at this moment.

A vast cloud of blood mist enveloped the entire sky!
The people in the villages and towns at the foot of the mountain, as well as the ghosts in the dead land behind the mountain, also noticed and, like Shang Lu, looked up at the sky.

Before these people and ghosts could react, the pokeweed moved.

Or rather, it was the deity represented by the pokeweed that moved.

He realized the danger of the blood mist in the sky, and with a wave of his hand, divine power surged forth, instantly pulling all the people in the villages and towns at the foot of the mountain, as well as the ghosts in the dead land behind the mountain, to the top of the mountain.

At the same time, the peach tree on the mountaintop, driven by divine power, transformed into a giant umbrella, covering the entire mountaintop.

As the deity performed these actions, Shang Lu, through His eyes, saw countless beams of light soar into the sky, meeting the blood mist in the heavens.

Meanwhile, in the sky, streaks of starlight twinkled, as the Star God manifested his form.

These strange phenomena led Shang Lu to an instant conclusion: "The blood mist is not just covering the sky; it's enveloping the entire observable universe?!"

Shang Lu had seen these blood mists before in the Water Mansion Secret Realm and knew they represented the coming of a catastrophe.

However, in the "memories" of the Water Mansion Secret Realm, Shang Lu did not see the scene of the gods "mending the sky".

The scene of the gods mending the sky was deeply moving.

However, the excitement quickly turned into despair!
Through the eyes of the gods, Shang Lu clearly saw that the gods who rushed towards the sky, despite their full-force attack, did not disperse the blood mist that shrouded the sky. Instead, it became even thicker, like a gaping maw biting down on the world!

In the sky, many deities were immediately engulfed by the blood mist.

"what--"

A series of piercing screams echoed throughout the sky.

Those gods engulfed in the blood mist had their divine power and blood drained in an instant, turning into dried corpses that fell from the sky... Those screams were their death wails!
"How...how is it possible?"

Shang Lu heard a roaring voice.

It was the deity he had impersonated.

This deity, deeply terrified by the fall of countless other deities, is trembling with fear.

Each of those fallen gods possessed immense power, capable of shifting the stars and turning oceans into mulberry fields.

However, at this moment, in the face of this eerie blood mist, the powerful deity was utterly powerless... one could even say that he was as weak as paper.

The gods were incredulous.

But the eerie blood mist in the sky did not spare him just because he was afraid.

Soon, the blood mist, like a torrential downpour, swept towards the mountain protected by the gods.

Seeing the trembling living beings and ghosts on the mountain, this deity, though trembling with fear himself, still channeled his divine power, transforming into a black ray of light to meet the sweeping blood mist head-on, determined to blast it away with all his might to protect the safety of the living beings and ghosts below.

The next instant, the deity collided with the blood mist.

There were no fluctuations in aura or energy surges.

Because all the breath and energy were completely swallowed up by the blood mist the moment they came into contact.

Even the body of this deity was devoured by the blood mist, leaving only a withered skeleton that fell from the sky.

The blood mist followed closely behind, instantly devouring all the spiritual energy and immortal power contained within the giant peach tree, and enveloping the living beings and ghosts on the mountaintop...

When the blood mist cleared, only a grotesque mass of rotting flesh and evil spirits remained atop the mountain. They were completely bound to the mountain, becoming part of its body. From that moment on, the mountain transformed into a mountain of corpses.

At that very moment, Shang Lu, who had entered the body of the deity, suddenly felt a strong sense of despair and submission.

A sense of despair affected him, making him feel that this eerie blood mist was irresistible and inviolable.

The sense of submission, however, attempts to corrupt Shang Lu, forcing him to submit to the blood mist.

"This is not destruction, it is purification!"

"The blood mist is the way of Heaven!"

"Heaven's way is to purify the world and purify people; we should follow it."

"The Way of Heaven is invincible, it cannot be defied!"

The voice of the deity, like a piercing demonic chant, echoed continuously in Shang Lu's mind.

(End of this chapter)