Thunder God's Reincarnation

Demon God Bruin, a bear-headed giant, was the ruler of the Hell Realm lands that were connected to the cave at Mount Tai. He had unparalleled defense and almost instant regeneration, making him nigh-unkillable, and outstanding offensive capabilities befitting a Demon God. One of his techniques, the Black Demonic Hands, could even destroy all of Mount Tai.

However, that was only true if he was at his full strength. Just like the Demon Gods that Mu-Gun had eradicated, Bruin hadn’t yet recovered the demonic divinity he used to form a bridge between his territory and the Central Plains. In his current state, it was difficult to stand against Mu-Gun, who had risen to the rank of a True God.

Mu-Gun’s Ultimate Thunder Sword tore Bruin’s soul to pieces, eliminating him from existence. Afterward, he took down the Demon Gods inside the caves at Mount Ami and Mount Hua as well. It took him five days to eliminate all three targets and seal their caves.

Mu-Gun felt his divinity grow stronger for every Demon God he killed. Unlike internal energy, training did not increase divinity. There were only two ways to develop divinity. The first one was to absorb the divinity of other Gods, which was what he had done with the Spirit Kings’ divinities,

The second was to kill beings with demonic divinity. Although its origins were still unknown, there seemed to be an active compensation system that rewarded Gods and Demons with divinity or demonic divinity for every member of the opposition they eliminated.

Seemingly serving as proof of it, Mu-Gun did feel his divinity dramatically increase after taking down Great Demon God Baal in Avalon. He also experienced the same phenomenon for every Demon God he eliminated thereafter. Since then, his divinity had grown so powerful that he couldn’t help but be surprised.

Realizing that killing Demon Gods increased his divinity, he gained yet another reason to exterminate their kind. Slaying all Thirty-Six Demon Gods of the Hell Realm could make his divinity powerful enough to equal the Thunder God’s.

Demon Gods were on par with Heavenly Gods, the highest rank Gods could ever achieve. Reaching that league meant entering the Heavenly Realm and, in turn, becoming an immortal being who transcended the laws of life, death, and reincarnation.

Mu-Gun had no desire to reach such a level yet. He simply wanted to quell all the Hell Realm’s Demon Gods and enjoy a joyous life with the people he treasured. He only really wanted to develop his divinity to protect his world.

Exiting the cave at Mount Ami, the last cave he closed, he heard the spirits call out to him. As instructed, they had searched around the famous mountains in the Central Plains, discovering a cave in Sichuan Province’s Mount Qingcheng, Shanxi Province’s Mount Hen, Henan Province’s Mount Dabie, Hubei Province’s Mount Jingmen, Hunan Province’s Mount Heng, and Fujian Province’s Mount Wuyi.

Without even stopping to rest, Mu-Gun headed to Mount Qingcheng, which was the closest to Mount Ami.

* * *

Sitting on a throne in a grand hall, Jo Geuk-Sang, a man who appeared to be in his thirties, frowned. “The Demon God Cave was destroyed? What do you mean by that?”

As the incarnation of Chaos, one of Hell Realm’s Great Demon Gods, Eternal Heavenly Demon Sect Patriarch Jo Geuk-Sang had spent millennia abstaining from worldly affairs, focusing only on making preparations to allow the Thirty-Six Demon Gods’ descent.

The result of his efforts was the Demon God Cave, a passage that connected this world to the demonic lands materialized by the Demon Gods. The caves Mu-Gun had found were just some of them.

Hearing that a Demon God Cave, which Geuk-Sang had spent thousands of years creating, had been destroyed before it could even completely open naturally made him upset.

Dong Cheon-Bang, the middle-aged man standing before Geuk-Sang, bowed his head in apology. “According to the reports we received, the Thunder God’s incarnation seems to be the one searching for and destroying them.”

As the vice patriarch of the Eternal Heavenly Demon Sect, Dong Cheon-Bang served as a key figure in overseeing the Demon God Caves in Geuk-Sang’s stead.

“Does that make sense to you? Even though the Demon Gods in the caves have yet to fully recover their strength, the Thunder God’s incarnation still cannot possibly defeat them.”

“Although it certainly sounds nonsensical, there is no doubt that he is the one taking down the caves.”

“How many has he destroyed?”

“Four—Mount Wudang, Mount Tai, Mount Hua, and Mount Ami. We cannot rule out the possibility that more have been demolished.”

“That many? He has never used any clone techniques! How could he destroy four Demon God Caves that were so far from each other in such a short period?”

“He likely possesses abilities far more outstanding than the ones we already know of,” Cheon-Bang said.

“Hmm

. No matter! He cannot possibly destroy all the Demon God Caves alone. Just locating them is no easy feat.”

“I agree. The sects near the ones he has destroyed merely discovered the caves by chance. Finding the others will not be as easy. By the time he discovers them, not even he would be able to take them down then.”

“It will only take two months for the Demon Gods to recover all their strength. Once they do, there will be nothing the Thunder God’s incarnation can do.” Geuk-Sang said confidently.

“Yes. losing four Demon God Caves will not drastically alter the bigger painting. In fact, just one completely open cave would be enough to destroy this world.”

“Good point. Nevertheless, just to be safe, do not let your guard down.”

“Understood,” Cheon-Bang replied.

Unfortunately, their predictions turned out to be completely off the mark.

Within a few days, starting from the nearest cave, Mu-Gun raided the six caves that the spirits had discovered, taking down the Demon Gods inside them and sealing them.

Geuk-Sang’s expression darkened when he heard the news.

“How the hell did that bastard find the Demon God Caves?” he asked.

“Perhaps the Thunder God got involved?”

“The Thunder God can locate all the Demon God Caves if he wanted to, but I doubt he would intervene that much. It is against the Heavenly Realm’s commandment.”

“Didn’t the Light God violate the Heavenly Realm’s commandments to directly intervene in the past?”

“That was the only option they had left back then. It cannot be that easy for the Thunder God to give up his divinity and do the same.”

The Heavenly Gods from the Heavenly Realm could only intervene in the lower realms through the incarnations. If they committed direct interference, the Heavenly Realm itself would strip them of all their divinity. Considering most Heavenly Gods would not choose to give up their divinities to prevent the destruction of a lower realm, the Light God was an extremely rare case.

“If the Thunder God did not personally intervene, how on earth did his incarnation find the Demon God Caves?”

“He may simply be far more powerful than we think. If things go wrong, he will obliterate the plan that we have been working on for millennia,” Geuk-Sang gravely replied.

“Why don’t we speed up the process?”

“If we forcibly unlock the Demon God Caves, the Demon Gods’ powers would be even more restricted. Even if they manage to descend to the Central Plains, the Thunder God’s incarnation would likely still be strong enough to defeat them.”

“What should we do, then?” Cheon-Bang asked.

“For now, our only option is to wait and focus on protecting Demon God Chaos’ cave. It does not matter if all the other Demon God Caves are destroyed. If the Chaos Demon God manages to fully recover his strength and descend to this world, it would no longer matter how strong the Thunder God’s incarnation is. He would not be able to stop him.”

“Why don’t we do force all caves except for Chaos’ to unlock? It would restrict the Demon Gods’ powers, but it would also allow demonic beasts to come out into the world and wreak havoc,” Cheon-Bang suggested. “The Thunder God’s incarnation would be forced to focus on the demonic beasts before he could hunt down the caves again.”

Geuk-Sang added, “That would give Chaos the time he needs to fully recover his strength and descend into this world.”

“That’s right.”

“That seems to be our best course of action right now. How long will it take to open the caves?”

“If we start now, we should be able to force one to unlock in three days.”

“Unless we can open several caves at a time, we won’t be able to see any significant effect,” Geuk-Sang argued.

“I agree. However, we will need more time to unlock several Demon God Caves at once. I suggest sacrificing one now. That should buy us enough time to open several caves at the same time.”

“How much time do you need?”

“At least ten days.”

“Ten caves in that span, huh…”

“That many Demon Gods and demonic beasts running amock throughout the Central Plains should be enough to momentarily stop the Thunder God’s incarnation from destroying the other Demon God Caves,” Cheon-Bang explained.

Geuk-Sang nodded. “I see. You may proceed.”

“Understood.”

With Geuk-Sang’s permission, Cheon-Bang immediately took action. Three days later, the Demon God Cave at Mount Tianzi, Hunan Province, was unlocked. Demonic beasts immediately poured out of it, ready to destroy the world.

* * *

Thanks to the spirits’ search efforts and Mu-Gun’s restless hunt for Demon Gods, they managed to seal four more caves. He had sealed fourteen caves so far. Assuming that all Thirty-Six Demon Gods had one each, he had to take down twenty-two more.

It did not take long for the spirits to discover ten more caves and inform Mu-Gun of their locations. However, before he could take action, one of the spirits reported the cave they found in Mount Tianzi had opened.

“The cave at Mount Tianzi has opened?” Mu-Gun confirmed.

- Yes. I saw demonic beasts charging out of the cave myself.

“What did they look like?”

- They had the lower body of a spider and the upper body of a giant. They vary in size and color.

That information was all Mu-Gun needed to identify the Demon God inside the cave.

“They sound like Black Widow’s subordinates. How many demonic beasts are there?”

- I had to retreat before they could all get out because I sensed that my presence was about to be discovered. However, I estimate there to be at least a thousand red monsters.

Mu-Gun’s expression stiffened. Black Widow’s demonic beasts being unleashed into the world was nothing short of a disaster. They had to be dealt with before they destroyed the Central Plains.

“Let’s go.”

Mu-Gun quickly flew over to Mount Tianzi. As he took to the skies, he turned into a flash of light and disappeared.

As soon as the cave at Mount Tianzi had opened, the demonic beasts inside had rushed out into the world. Much like his subordinates, Black Widow, the ruler of the lands connected to the cave at Mount Tianzi, also had the upper body of a giant and the lower body of a spider.

His demonic beasts were categorized into three types: the Blood Spiders, the Green Demonic Spiders, and the Black Demonic Spiders. Although they all looked like their master, their sizes, colors, and abilities differed. The Blood Demonic Spiders were the smallest and weakest, and the Black Demonic Spiders were the strongest and largest.

The people living near Mount Tianzi ran away in shock as soon as the bizarre-looking demonic beasts began razing nearby villages and cities at random. However, before they could even get far, the demonic spiders trapped them all in a Demonic Qi Web and killed them with Demonic Poison.

After brutally and effortlessly destroying the villages and cities near Mount Tianzi, the spiders headed out in search of more. However, Mu-Gun soon stood in their way, preventing them from proceeding any further.

When they tried to attack him, he immediately summoned all of his high-ranked spirits. Although the army of one thousand five hundred spiders held the numerical advantage, the one thousand wind, fire, ice, and earth spirits still emerged victorious thanks to their far superior combat ability.

Meanwhile, after entrusting the demonic beasts to the spirits, Mu-Gun began looking for Black Widow. Due to the Demon God’s size and unique energy, it didn’t take long for Mu-Gun to find and fly toward him.