I, the leader of the esoteric sect, am doing great things in the infinite world!

"What's wrong?" Seeing that Li Lin raised his head and didn't respond for a long time, Kuhozuka Tomoya asked in confusion.

In his eyes, it was just an ordinary monkey carving. Although it was quite exquisite, it was still far inferior to the magnificent scene that followed.

Before they knew it, the crowd around them had thinned out. Just as Kufuzuka Tomoya suddenly became alert, all the tourists had left, and the shrine maidens and priests were standing under the pine trees, quietly watching them.

"Oh dear, that scared me to death." Tomoya Kufukuzuka patted his chest and walked towards the young priest leading the group. "What happened... sigh—"

The young priest stood calmly in place, while two tall men in black grabbed Tomoya Kufuzuka's arms and dragged him into the line of priests and shrine maidens.

"Shut him up." The young master of the Kuhozuka family, one of the four great families of Japanese demonic cultivation, who has guarded the Western Heaven Palace for generations and is responsible for the sacrifices to the Great Manifestation of the Eastern Light, coldly rebuked him.

The man in black covered Kuhozuka Tomoya's mouth with his hand, and silence fell over the surroundings once again.

Li Lin clicked his tongue.

"So how exactly did you manage to lock up this stable boy?"

Kyuhozuka Chihiko calmly replied, "During the war in Korea, Toyokuni Daimyojin stripped the Monkey King of his faith in Korea and moved him to Mount Nikko. The Tendai sect, connected to the earth's veins in Japan, bestowed upon him the title of Tosho Shinkun."

Toyotomi Hideyoshi was the title of Toyotomi Hideyoshi. As is well known, Toyotomi Hideyoshi felt that he had defeated Japan enough and should try to expand his territory to Korea, and incidentally make a move on the Ming Dynasty, which had not dared to covet for thousands of years.

The last time Japan attacked the mainland was during the Tang Dynasty. That Battle of Baekgang laid the foundation for the East Asian landscape for the next thousand years, and Toyotomi Hideyoshi is now challenging that authority.

He tore up the investiture edict from the Ming Dynasty, declared "I will rule Japan, and may I be king if I so desire," and then launched a major invasion of Korea.

Joseon Korea suffered repeated defeats and hastily requested military assistance from the Ming Empire, which led to the famous Imjin War in history.

The war ended with the Japanese army's defeat and the near annihilation of the Toyotomi family's direct descendants. Subsequently, Tokugawa Ieyasu took advantage of the situation and replaced the Toyotomi family.

"Therefore, there was never any such thing as the Great Manifestation of the Tosho," Chihiko Kubozuka said in a deep voice. "And there was no such thing as the Tosho God-King—from the very beginning, this title was prepared for the Monkey God-King!"

"Brilliant." Li Lin gave a thumbs up. "Tokugawa Ieyasu, you better not let me catch you at Tosho Shrine. If I do, I'll strip you of your eboshi hat and give you a good slap in the face."

Kufuzuka Tomoya, who overheard all of this, was somewhat disillusioned. Why did neither the young master of the main family nor this inexplicable person have any respect for Tokugawa Ieyasu?

"In order to restrain this unruly Great Sage, all the powerful monks of the Tiantai school of that generation perished. They bound him in the name of the Great Manifestation of the East, and used a spell called Bi Ma Wen to disperse his power... In short, we made great sacrifices to restrain this calamity."

Kyuhōzuka Chihiko said solemnly, “That is the whole story. I have no reason to lie. Please tell the Martial Arts Queen... I beg her to have mercy on us and spare our lives.”

Their words were humble, but their actions were anything but. Dozens of priests and priestesses had already taken out their prayer flags and shrine paper and were preparing to chant incantations.

Anyway, since it wasn't that martial arts king who came in person... they didn't intend to kill him; merely subduing him wouldn't be considered an offense.

These Japanese priests have flexible bottom lines when handling affairs.

Fortunately, Li Lin also has one, and it's even more flexible.

The next instant, Li Lin raised his hand.

This action startled Chihiko Kufuzuka, who jumped back and immediately stopped the surrounding priests and shrine maidens from acting.

"Don't be impulsive, we can talk this out!"

Li Lin stopped his finger at the edge of his nostril and gave Kyuhōzuka Chihiko an incredulous look, the meaning of which was self-evident.

You're bothering me even when I pick my nose? Are you okay?

Kyuuhou Chihiko's face turned bright red, but under the aura of being suspected to be a subordinate of the Demonic Cult leader, he really didn't dare to be ruthless towards Li Lin.

The faces of the priests and shrine maidens around them were tense, as if they wanted to laugh but dared not.

Li Lin lowered his hand, and Kyuhōzuka Chihiko breathed a sigh of relief.

However, at that moment, someone in the priest and shrine maiden procession suddenly cried out in surprise.

Everyone turned their gazes to him, only to see a young, beautiful witch staring blankly at Li Lin, muttering to herself.

"Wielding rocks, thunder, and the sword of a giant serpent, he seeks to liberate..."

With each word he uttered, Chihiko Kubozuka's expression grew increasingly grim; he realized he seemed to have been tricked.

The person in front of me is not one of the Luo Hao Cult Leader's people at all!

Rocks, thunder, giant serpents—these are not the powers of Luo Hao, the leader of the Five Sacred Mountains Sect. I have never heard of this leader possessing such a sword.

The thought of how long he had been playing the submissive role made Chihiro Kubozuka feel increasingly uncomfortable: "Gentlemen, take him down!"

"Yes!"

In an instant, incantations and spells flowed continuously, and a pure white light emanated from the shrine maidens' hands, hurtling towards Li Lin like a meteor.

"That's how people are these days; they start talking and then suddenly start attacking." Li Lin pursed his lips and drew the seven swords, Xin Yue, from his right hand.

"It's the Seven-Branched Holy Sword!"

Chihiko Kubozuka turned to look at the shrine maiden who was still muttering to herself, signaling her attendants to take good care of her. Then he turned to look at the seven swords in Li Lin's hand, which were covered with a strange white snake, and revealed a look of ecstatic joy and possession.

It seems that Yuri Mariya's spiritual vision was correct. As expected of a member of the official compilation committee and a high-ranking priestess in the Kanto Group!

"Isn't it a bit inappropriate to do this?" Li Lin looked around, his gaze lingering on the shrine maiden who resembled an anime heroine.

“There’s nothing wrong with it.” Chihiko Kubozuka took a deep breath and pointed to the shrine maiden not far away. “Yuri Mariya is a member of the official history compilation committee and the highest-ranking shrine maiden, as rare as a Grand Knight or a Grand Celestial Master. Besides, now that we’ve confirmed you’re not one of the Martial Arts King’s people, what else do we have to worry about?”

"Alright, you said it yourself!" Li Lin nodded, excitedly saying, "Let me confirm again, your name is Kyuhōzuka Chihiko, right?"

"It's me, so what?" Kyuhozuka Chihiko raised his head.

"Your mother is going to die today."

Li Lin swung the seven swords in his hand, driving them deep into the ground.

The mystical white snake meandered and coiled along the coral on the sword's blade, emitting a silent hiss towards the void.

Then, an unbelievable and terrifying tremor rose from the ground of Nikko Toshogu Shrine, and gray cracks appeared before everyone's eyes. The plaque carved with the image of the horse-riding god crashed to the ground and shattered into pieces.

Chihiko Kufuzuka's face went blank with shock.

He remembered that, apart from magicians wielding divine artifacts or apostles granted temporary powers by god-slayers, there was another kind of being who could wield power so naturally.

—A god who does not obey!

Yuri Mariya's spiritual vision wasn't reminding him what kind of divine artifact the other party possessed, but rather reminding him what kind of power the other party wielded as a deity!

331 I smoke, drink, and get perms, but I know I'm a good god.

Nikko Toshogu Shrine was plunged into an unprecedented upheaval.

An indescribable tremor rose from beneath their feet, instantly shattering the formation that the priests and priestesses had painstakingly assembled.

Chihiko Kubozuka plopped down on the ground, staring in utter horror at the figure in the distance holding seven swords and wrapped in a giant white snake.

He wanted to say something, but the sudden gust of wind swallowed his words completely. No matter how hard he shouted, his voice could not be heard.

Subsequently, countless beings began to weep, and the entire Kanto region was plunged into a great earthquake centered on Nikko Toshogu Shrine—the boundary between the present world and the underworld was being distorted and destroyed, and in the process, solemn temples were destroyed and prosperous cities fell into silence.

This is a natural disaster.

Is there a difference between a god-killer and a disobedient god? In a sense, no.

Rather, the latter is more dangerous than the former, because they have broken free from their destiny, stepped out of their respective myths, and returned to the mortal world.

To find enemies at will, to improve oneself... to write one's own history in a new era.

Compared to the god-slayers who rose from mortals to become demon kings, the disobedient gods have been high above from the very beginning!

"God! Please hear me!"

Having lost her spiritual vision, Yuri Mariya no longer cared about the decorum expected of a female priestess and shouted directly at Li Lin.

Although the storm obscured her view, she was certain the other person could hear her.

"The Great Sage Equaling Heaven is bound here to prevent him from transforming into a natural disaster again. Only by gathering three elements can the curse of the Keeper of the Heavenly Horses be lifted!"

"They are the divinity of the Dragon God and the Serpent God, an unparalleled sword, and a priestess with the ability to exorcise curses!"

Yuri Mariya cried out, "Please let me break the curse on the Monkey King!"

Chihiko Kubozuka glared at the shrine maiden with anger and disbelief.

What the heck? Why did you suddenly vote?

Yuri Mariya, on the other hand, had a determined look in her eyes.

The other party clearly had ill intentions, and no matter what methods they used, they could not prevent the seal from being broken... Rather than letting Li Lin violently break the seal between the Netherworld and the Real World, it would be better for them to break it themselves.

For example, Li Lin is now acting like a rapist, while the shrine itself is like using lubricant to unseal the place.

If they don't break the seal themselves, then let alone the war between the disobedient gods later, the very process of Li Lin breaking the seal now will cause a major earthquake in the entire Kanto region.

Chihiko Kubozuka was aware of this principle, but the awkwardness inherent in the Japanese personality made it impossible for him to swallow his pride.

It's not that he has great backbone, but even if it's about selling one's wife and daughter for personal gain, it should be the men who make the request first, not the shrine maiden.

Yuri Mariya noticed that Chihiko Kubozuka's emotions were a bit off, but in the face of the disobedient god, personal emotions and desires were insignificant.

"also."

Li Lin was eager to get started.

A crack appeared in the wind wall that almost connected to the clouds, and the shrine maiden who was kneeling on the ground was dragged in front of her. Chihiko Kubozuka tried to struggle, but before she could raise her head, she was pressed down to the ground again and could only whimper in humiliation.

Yuri Mariya raised her head, looked at the young man in front of her with dead fish eyes, and took a deep breath: "In that case, could you please be merciful and remove the wind barrier first... If this continues, I'm afraid the Kanto region will be submerged."

Li Lin stared intently at the face that revealed both gentleness and strength, and his mind began to feel unbalanced. He then pointed at Chihiro Kubozuka and said, "I haven't killed his mother yet, no way."

Yuri Mariya's eyes widened.