Chapter 862
Advancement to Demigod
The dust inside the hall still floated in the light and shadow, and the white jade succubus statue stood silently.
As Yang Fan gazed at the gentle Ling Shuiling, the image of the demigod born from the depths of the Fiery Hell involuntarily surfaced in his mind.
Yang Fan wasn't completely ignorant about this alluring goddess, but his knowledge of her was only at a general level.
All he knew was that the goddess's real name was Kasha.
Since she successfully advanced to the mid-level Venerable and revealed the extraordinary potential in her bloodline, she has been closely watched by a demigod force under the Eternal God Alliance.
In the decades that followed, Kai'Sa faced countless assassination attempts and ambushes, with underhanded tactics, poisonous schemes, and even law-based attacks coming one after another.
Having faced death multiple times, she managed to escape danger time and again thanks to her extraordinary forbearance and wisdom, as well as the eerie abilities bestowed upon her by her succubus bloodline.
Thirty years later, Kasha, having accumulated enough experience, broke through the barriers and ascended to the rank of High-Level Venerable.
This time, a demigod-level powerhouse personally took action to besiege Kai'Sa—just like when Saru, the controller of the Shadow Temple, personally dealt with Yang Fan, who had not yet fully risen to power.
They all wanted to use absolute power to nip any potential threat in the bud.
However, the demigod never expected that the power of the will of all living beings would endow Kasha with an extremely magical and unique bloodline—the ultra-pure succubus bloodline.
This bloodline far surpasses that of ordinary succubi, granting her an almost supernatural level of allure.
It also contains a mysterious power originating from ancient times, which allows her to temporarily awaken the remnant soul of a succubus ancient god who has been dead for countless years.
During that decisive battle, at the critical moment when Kaisa was about to be killed by the demigod, she uttered a call that transcended eternity.
The remnant soul of the ancient succubus god, slumbering deep within the fiery prison, broke free from the shackles of time and briefly descended upon the world, as if "suddenly sitting up in shock from a dying illness."
The ancient god used a powerful law of absorption, and in just an instant, he drained that arrogant demigod into a withered corpse.
As is widely known, the ability to suck life away is an innate talent of the succubus race.
However, ordinary succubi, limited by the purity of their bloodline, can usually only secretly drain the life force of their targets when engaging in pleasurable activities with members of the opposite sex.
In addition, succubi possess unparalleled beauty and the ability to captivate and bring ultimate pleasure to those who bewitch them.
This pleasure is irresistible; even knowing that being with a succubus could drain their life force at any moment, countless people still flock to it, willingly succumbing to its allure.
Therefore, being with a succubus is always an extremely dangerous, yet irresistible, experience.
Kasha's killing of a demigod-level expert thoroughly enraged the Eternal Alliance.
From then on, she became a thorn in the side of the Eternal God Alliance and was listed as a key target for assassination.
For the next five hundred years, Kai'Sa was relentlessly targeted by several demigods, who placed her under layers of protection, trapping her deep within the fiery prison, making it impossible for her to move an inch.
This period of dormancy lasted for four hundred years.
It wasn't until a hundred years ago that Kasha finally found a breakthrough.
Using her ultra-pure succubus bloodline, she continuously communicated with the remains of the ancient succubus god deep within the fiery hell, slowly extracting divine power crystals containing the power of the ancient god.
Day after day, year after year, they finally accumulated a sufficient quantity.
Kasha did not choose to absorb the Divine Power Crystal because she knew clearly that the Divine Power Crystal contained the dark pollution of the "Cage".
Once forcibly absorbed, one's soul will be marked by the "cage," which is equivalent to being actively captured by the "cage."
After accumulating enough divine power crystals, Kasha decisively took the final step towards becoming a demigod.
Unlike other powerful beings, since she did not forge a primordial artifact, the greatest danger she faced when advancing to demigod was not the backlash of powerful laws.
Instead, it means directly confronting the erosion of the "cage".
If she cannot resist the corrosive influence of the "cage," she will be doomed, her soul and body completely devoured by the "cage."
At the critical moment, Kai'Sa did not hesitate at all. Using her ultra-pure succubus bloodline as a catalyst, she fiercely ignited all the divine power crystals originating from the ancient succubus god.
In an instant, divine flames that blotted out the sky swept across the heavens and earth, burning away the dark, corrosive power that had attacked the "cage," and forcefully overcoming the most dangerous hurdle in the process of advancement.
Although she eventually succeeded in becoming a demigod, Kai'Sa paid a heavy price.
Due to excessive depletion of her bloodline power, her soul was also greatly impacted, causing her to fall into a slumber that lasted for a hundred years.
A century has passed in the blink of an eye.
When the allure goddess Kai'Sa awoke from her slumber, the aura of a demigod instantly spread, immediately raising the high alert of the Eternal Alliance.
In order to completely eliminate this potential threat, the Divine Alliance dispatched more than thirty demigods to be stationed around the Flame Prison, preventing her from having any chance to leave.
That is why Yang Fan had no way to communicate directly with Kaisa.
To break the deadlock and find allies to cooperate with, Kai'Sa came up with a brilliant idea—to scatter countless succubus power seeds throughout the myriad worlds.
Among these countless seeds of supernatural abilities, one was strongly attracted by the wishes of all living beings, traversing vast space and time, and finally arriving precisely beside Yang Fan.
Coincidentally, at that time, Yang Fan was tenderly spending time with Ling Shuiling, and the seed of his superpower quietly merged into Ling Shuiling's body.
Until three years ago, Ling Shuiling successfully advanced to a high-ranking knight, greatly enhancing her spiritual power, and finally heard Kasha's voice from the depths of the Infernal Hell.
From then on.
Yang Fan was able to use Ling Shuiling as a "transfer station" to officially make contact with the alluring goddess Kasha.
Although the two had never met, they reached a consensus on strategic cooperation through repeated secret communications:
Kasha needs Yang Fan's help to break the God Alliance's blockade and escape her predicament of being trapped in the Fiery Hell;
Yang Fan also needs Kaisa's bloodline power and the inheritance of the ancient gods to help him break through to the demigod realm and fight against the Eternal God Alliance.
Previously, Yang Fan extracted his key memories and hid them in Ling Shuiling's body to lure the demigod Sagat into the scheme, which was Kaisa's suggestion.
One of the core abilities of that fallen succubus ancient god was the law of concealment, which was difficult even for a time-based demigod to detect.
Kaisa remotely sent a wisp of pure succubus ancient god power to Ling Shuiling, which merged with the supernatural seed within Ling Shuiling's body, firmly sealing Yang Fan's memories.
In addition, the natural barrier formed by the futuristic power left by the ancient gods within this ancient ruin creates a double layer of concealment.
Despite having an ancient god standing behind him, Sagat failed to perceive the deadly danger hidden beneath the surface, ultimately stepping into Yang Fan's trap and suffering the destruction of his soul and body.
at this time.
Ling Shuiling looked at Yang Fan deep in thought, a trace of worry flashing across her brows: "The Enchantress Kasha also said that she has already started a divine war in the Fiery Hell and personally launched an attack on the demigods of the Eternal God Alliance stationed in the Fiery Hell."
Yang Fan nodded slowly: "I understand."
He naturally understood Kasha's intentions.
The reason Kaisa started the God War at this time was to deliberately create an opportunity for him and cover for his peaceful advancement to demigod.
Yang Fan said softly, "I'm leaving."
Ling Shuiling's heart skipped a beat, and a hint of reluctance flashed in her eyes: "Where are you going?"
Yang Fan said calmly, "In the past."
In the past, it was the only place he had carefully chosen to ascend to demigodhood.
He didn't say anything more, but simply nodded slightly to Ling Shuiling, turned around and took a step forward.
This hall is the core of the ancient god's ruins, and there is no temporal turbulence whatsoever.
Here, he can travel through the river of time at will and reach any point in time and space he wants to go.
next moment.
The light and shadow in the hall were violently distorted, the laws of spacetime surged wildly, and the surrounding scenery shattered and reassembled in an instant.
The once magnificent and ancient hall of the gods has vanished.
Instead, a strange yet familiar scene unfolded: howling winds and swirling snow.
"Whoosh—" The fierce wind, carrying heavy snow, howled through the streets and alleys, swirling up the snow on the ground and slapping against Yang Fan's body.
He stood at the entrance of a somewhat old residential area, gazing at the faded red characters above the gate—Yuewan Residential Area.
This is the first year of the era of natural disasters.
Specifically, it will be in mid-June.
Normally, it should be the scorching heat and lush greenery of early summer, but instead, snow is falling heavily over this city.
It's snowing in June!
This is a sign that the laws of the primordial world are beginning to erode the Azure Star, the beginning of all suffering and turmoil.
From this moment on, the humans of Azure Star began to face an unprecedented crisis.
The entrance to the residential area was bustling with people, creating a somewhat chaotic scene.
Most people hurried inside, their necks hunched, shivering from the sudden cold wind.
Many people who saw Yang Fan standing at the entrance of the residential area, wearing only a single layer of clothing, cast strange glances at him.
Inside the gatehouse of the residential compound.
The elderly gatekeeper, with his gray hair, saw Yang Fan at the door through the window.
He squinted for a few seconds and recognized the young man who frequently entered and exited the community.
The old man pushed open the window and shouted, "Young man, it's so cold outside, why aren't you home? What are you doing standing here?"
Yang Fan did not answer immediately, but simply raised his eyes slightly, his gaze sweeping across the void in front of him.
In a place unseen by ordinary people, an illusory stone pillar is slowly growing out of the void.
The stone pillar was covered with intricate runes of law, exuding an indescribable aura of solemnity, silently blending into the surrounding space and time.
This is the Pillar of Powerful Laws, the foundation upon which he ascended to demigodhood.
The source of power for this pillar of law is the powerful law of time within the Lost Sand Abyss Secret Realm.
The path to godhood that Yang Fan chose is the most difficult path that almost no one has ever tried.
Even the alluring goddess Kai'Sa was terrified when she learned of his decision.
The first step on this path is to forge twelve pillars of law using twelve different powerful laws as raw materials.
Most importantly—there must be twelve different strong laws.
In other words, Yang Fan must master twelve different powerful laws simultaneously, and none of them can be missing.
This is simply defying the heavens.
But Yang Fan did it.
With his most precious treasure—the Soul-Stealing Cicada—he incredibly gathered all twelve powerful laws.
Yang Fan withdrew his gaze and then waved to the old man: "I forgot my keys. I called the locksmith, so I'll have to wait a while before I can go in."
The old man hesitated for a moment, then waved to him: "Then come in and sit for a while. It's warm in the gatehouse, much better than being cold outside."
Yang Fan did not refuse and readily walked towards the gatehouse.
The moment I pushed open the door, a wave of warmth rushed in, dispelling the chill that enveloped me.
The gatehouse was small and simply furnished. An old-fashioned air conditioner was humming, blowing warm air and completely shutting out the cold outside.
Yang Fan found a chair against the wall and sat down without saying a word, just looking at the scenery in the community through the glass.
He hadn't seen the Linjiang residential area for many years.
The old man was very kind and said directly, "Let me pour you a cup of hot water to warm you up."
The old man stood up, rummaging through the drawer for a water glass as he muttered, "The weather is really weird. It's snowing in June. It's freezing cold."
"The media keeps talking about global warming on TV, but then it snowed in June. I think it's more like global cooling. They're just fooling people."
Yang Fan couldn't help but laugh: "You're right. Most media outlets are driven by money. Some malicious people deliberately distort the facts to prevent people from living a peaceful life."
He paused for a moment, then casually began to explain: "Think about it, if a country or a region wants to develop and live a good life, it cannot do without electricity."
"If you want to generate electricity, you can't do without burning coal. Burning coal will naturally release carbon dioxide, every day and every month."
“Those bad people talk about carbon dioxide every day, claiming that it will cause global warming and trigger all kinds of disasters.”
"Essentially, they want to hinder our development and keep us in a backward state."
He also brought up history: "More than two thousand years ago, the weather on our planet Canglan was much hotter than it is now, and tropical creatures such as rhinoceroses and elephants lived in the Linjiang City area."
"Back then, the carbon dioxide levels were even higher than they are now, but the Earth didn't seem to suffer any damage, and humanity has still thrived to this day, hasn't it?"
The old man nodded repeatedly, "Young man, you're insightful! That's exactly the point!"
Yang Fan smiled slightly, thinking to himself, "Later, all those who orchestrated all of this and spread false rumors came to a bad end."
After the arrival of the People's Union era, under his leadership, all these people were purged one by one, and none of them escaped.
Just then.
The old man found a brand new water cup, picked up the thermos next to the table, and prepared to pour Yang Fan a cup of hot water.
But when his hand touched the body of the thermos, he couldn't help but pause for a moment, a look of confusion on his face.
This thermos was unusually heavy, as if it contained heavy stones rather than water.
The old man frowned and pulled out the wooden stopper from the thermos, but no hot steam came out of the bottle; instead, a bone-chilling cold emanated from it.
The old man paused for a moment, then muttered under his breath, "This is unbelievable! The water in this thermos was clearly boiled this morning!"
To find out, he picked up the flashlight that was next to him, turned it on, and shone it into the thermos.
Upon seeing this, the old man's eyes widened instantly, and he almost shouted out loud—there wasn't a single drop of water in the bottle.
The thermos was filled with only dark, cold stones, densely packed together.
"Oh my god!"
The old man opened his mouth and cried out, and the flashlight fell to the ground with a "thud," clearly frightened by the scene before him.
Yang Fan glanced at the old man, and a faint power of law quietly spread out.
The old man's eyes glazed over for a moment, and the look of fear on his face vanished instantly, replaced by a blank expression.
The old man picked up the thermos again. This time, the thermos was no longer heavy, and a warm feeling emanated from its body.
He unscrewed the bottle stopper, and a burst of hot air instantly escaped.
The old man poured steaming hot water into a cup with a "glug-glug" sound, handed it to Yang Fan, and said with a smile, "Have some hot water."
Yang Fan took the water glass and thanked him.
He knew perfectly well that the incident was caused by a tiny bit of the power of the growing pillar of law accidentally leaking into the gatehouse.
This directly disrupted the surrounding laws, and the water inside the thermos turned into stone.
This is why he chose to be promoted in the past.
In the past, the Azure Star did not have much primordial law infiltrated, making it difficult for the Eternal God Alliance to monitor.
However, if the advancement were to take place now, the immense fluctuations in the laws generated once the Pillars of Law begin to be forged would inevitably alarm the Eternal God Alliance. (End of Chapter)