Chapter 2177: Mi Tian and the God of Death

A dozen breaths later, He Lingchuan received feedback from the divine bone necklace. He nodded casually. "Alright, that makes perfect sense."

He walked over to open the window, reached into his chest area, and made a throwing motion.

A ball of green light was flung out, circling about half of the garden as if discerning direction, then flew towards the sky.

This was Niluotian's avatar.

The Great Cauldron had originally planted it as a tree, confining it in the Mist Valley. It had been imprisoned for five or six years and only saw the light of day today.

However, just as the green light flew out a few dozen feet, a handful of spider silk shot out from the top of a nearby tree, ensnaring it with a whoosh.

No matter how the green light darted about, it couldn't break free from the spiderweb's confines.

Madam Zhu's voice floated over. "Are you alright?"

"I'm fine. Let it go."

The spiderweb was then retracted, and the green light, regaining its freedom, hastily accelerated its ascent as if fearing further complications along the way.

A dozen breaths later, it vanished into the night sky.

Only then did He Lingchuan close the window and walk back to his chair.

The stick of incense in front of the small statue had already extinguished the moment he opened the window.

He Lingchuan lit the incense again and sat back down.

"I've sent it back to you. Check your inventory."

Niluotian hummed in acknowledgment. "At least you have a little sincerity."

"I'm a man of my word. Working with me is always pleasant and straightforward." He Lingchuan didn't forget to put in a good word for himself, then asked, "Your avatar is back with you now, so it's time to answer my question, isn't it? When did Mitian obtain the Death Divinity?"

He estimated that Mitian and General Hong in the Coiling Dragon World were increasingly at odds, and their falling out was imminent. Based on the various evidence he had gathered, in real history, General Hong should have defeated Mitian, but the trajectory of the Coiling Dragon World had deviated too far from real history, and he wasn't sure how the conflict between General Hong and Mitian would ultimately conclude.

Aside from anything else, the spiritual energy in the Coiling Dragon World was recovering too quickly, and General Hong's strength was increasing too rapidly. It seemed their struggle would be significantly brought forward.

This probably wasn't a good thing.

It would be best to get more information about Mitian from the mouth of a Great God like Niluotian.

"That's unclear. It's as if when He appeared in the Divine Realm, He already possessed this divinity. At least, long ago, other Heavenly Gods had seen Him use this divinity against enemies."

"So He, like you, only rose to power after obtaining a divinity?"

"Perhaps," Niluotian said. "The Divine Realm is vast; we can't possibly know the origin of every god and divine being. Since you returned my avatar quite readily, I'll tell you a bit more about the past: in truth, no one actually witnessed the fall of the Ancient God of Death."

"Hmm?" He Lingchuan's heart skipped a beat. "What does that mean?"

"The falls of the Ancient God of Life and the Ancient God of Fate both had witnesses and were clearly documented," Niluotian added. "Only the Ancient God of Death broke through the encirclement and vanished without a trace. A little over a century later, Mitian appeared, being extremely secretive about His past. Thus, some in the Divine Realm have always believed there might be an inexplicable connection between Him and the God of Death."

"Is that possible?" He Lingchuan immediately thought of Mitian's hatred for the gods of Lingxu.

He was even willing to help Coiling Dragon City fight against other Heavenly Demons. What kind of profound hatred was that?

"Who knows?" Niluotian said leisurely. "A little over a century ago, Mitian seemed to want to use the Great Cauldron to personally descend into the human realm. Did you know about that?"

He Lingchuan spoke the plain truth. "I've heard that theory, but I couldn't find any concrete evidence."

Of course, there was no concrete evidence, because Mitian hadn't succeeded.

"The gods of Lingxu debated this for a long time. Even Miaozhantian believed that Mitian had a deep connection with the Great Cauldron, which was why He could use it to descend into the human realm. Other Heavenly Gods might not have that possibility."

He Lingchuan let out a long "Oh."

He had heard this theory long ago. One of the reasons the gods coveted the Great Cauldron was to use it to descend into the human realm, because Mitian had likely set an example for them, showing them that this path was feasible.

The Celestial Net Star was blocking the passage between the two realms, and the Great Cauldron was once a part of the Celestial Net Star. So, it certainly made sense that it could help the gods descend.

But now, hearing Niluotian's account, this method hadn't been proven, and there were doubts even among the Heavenly Gods themselves.

This matter was shrouded in mystery. Even the Great Heavenly Gods felt lost in a fog and could only painstakingly research other methods of divine descent.

If Mitian truly was connected to the Ancient God of Death, then Miaozhantian's suspicions were also reasonable, because the Celestial Net Star was closely linked to the Three Holy Gods.

In an age lost to history, the Three Holy Gods jointly captured the core of a new world.

This core contained immense energy and had great potential. If it hadn't been captured, it might have grown into another Great Thousand World.

"Wait, wasn't the Celestial Net Star forged by the Three Holy Gods?"

"Not entirely," Niluotian answered definitively. "The Three Holy Gods refined the vast majority of it, almost exhausting their power, which is why they were defeated by Great Heavenly Gods like Lingxu Saint Lord. Countless years later, more than a dozen Great Heavenly Gods, including Lingxu Saint Lord, Mitian, and Miaozhantian, took over and completed the remaining work of the Three Holy Gods."

"At that time, your Heavenly Demons were already preparing to withdraw from the human realm, right?" That is, towards the end of the ancient war, the Heavenly Demons were generally no match for the Immortals, and thus had the intention to retreat.

"Yes."

This meant Mitian participated in the refining of the Celestial Net Star.

As he thought about this, He Lingchuan vaguely felt that the story surrounding the world core was too fantastical.

The Celestial Net Star was sequentially refined with full effort by the Three Holy Gods and the Great Heavenly God Lingxu.

A fragment of the Celestial Net Star was knocked down by a black dragon, and then, Great True Immortals in the human realm, including True Immortal Sanshui, collectively refined it into the Great Cauldron.

The reason these two divine artifacts could be formed was by gathering the top powers from both realms. They were the painstaking creations of all the great masters.

What kind of power, hidden in the unseen, could subtly bring about such events?

Could such a power transcend even Immortals and Gods?

And then recalling what was about to happen between Mitian and General Hong in the Coiling Dragon World soon, He Lingchuan's mind was in turmoil.

Niluotian, however, didn't give him time to think and directly asked again, "By the way, do you have the formula for characteristic weapons?"

He was talking about ancient secrets quite well, then suddenly changed the subject. He Lingchuan knew that this fellow was about to haggle again.

"Yes," he said irritably. "You're not just going to ask for it, are you?"

Is this secret formula something you just hand over?

Niluotian chuckled. "I'll trade you another piece of information for it."

"Is it enough?"

Niluotian said discontentedly, "You think the formula for characteristic weapons is very valuable and can be kept secret indefinitely? I merely want to seize an early advantage."

Characteristic weapons from the Middle Ages had just reappeared and were equipped by the Cangyan army. This was one of the key factors that allowed the Dragon God Army to decisively defeat the Ya Army.

But even the Great Emperor Jiuyou, despite all his scheming, only managed to seize an early advantage.