Wandering Gods of Day and Night

He suddenly thrust his hand into the back of Star Covering, the Tao Flame intending to burn Star Covering to ashes.

But the next moment, the Star Covering before him dispersed into a mist, while a slender right hand emerged from the Painter's chest.

The Painter looked in disbelief at the hand from his chest, feeling it lift upwards. His blood splattered on the ground, and in his perspective, his distance from the ground kept increasing until he was completely lifted by Star Covering.

A wisp of mist transformed into a tentacle, burrowing into the Painter's wound, swiftly moving and flowing within his body, seeking the Painter's source of power.

"Where in your body is the incense? I must let my Fog Insect search for it."

Those who cultivate the Incense Fire Divine Dao have the Secret Realm within, but the location of each person's Secret Realm in the body isn't fixed. Star Covering knew that the Bone Elder of the Suffering Faction was not afraid of having his neck slashed or throat cut, as his powerful Blood and Flesh Regeneration would reform his body in a short time.

But if the incense is found, and then polluted or abolished, the Bone Elder will no longer possess Blood and Flesh Regeneration, making it very easy to kill him.

The shadow of death loomed large in the Painter's heart.

"The one I just tried to kill was clearly your true form, how could it have been just a mist?"

The Painter was unwilling to accept it.

Under the Cuiji Divine Lamp, one can break all false images in the world, see through all earthly illusions... He was certain he had seen correctly.

"The Cuiji Divine Lamp of the Bone Elder Association is a technique shared by both the Suffering Faction and Praying Sect. Where does this method come from? It simply borrows the Power of Stars through one's own flesh."

"Stars are my source. Whoever I want the stars to deceive, they will deceive."

Star Covering's Fog Insect got closer and closer to the Painter's Incense Secret Realm, and at this moment, three Divine Arrows were consecutively shot towards Star Covering.

The God-Slaying Arrow spun with the sound of the wind, mighty and heavy, but Star Covering was in no hurry to render the Painter useless, merely throwing him aside, disappearing, and then reappearing several meters behind.

"Lord Jian's arrows certainly have some style and flair."

Lord Jian in white faced off against Star Covering, while Lord Jiu helped the Painter up.

At this time, Boss Gu, the Night Patrol God of Mingjiang Prefecture, arrived. Her temper was fiery, and she said, "Star Covering, you cunning Alien Ghost, you're hiding in my nightclub?"

"Your nightclub is very lively. However, Boss Gu, you have indeed treated me well and understand the beauty of a melodious voice. If you don't press me too hard today, I can spare you."

"I have no need for you to spare me."

Boss Gu ignited the Tao Flame, ready to tangle with Star Covering, but was stopped by Lord Jian, who said, "Don't step forward under the eight incense sticks, Star Covering's ability is too cunning."

The Painter also waved to Boss Gu, having just exchanged blows, he knew—Star Covering was truly worthy of being named one of the top Alien Ghosts in the human world.

"Lord Jian is more steady, steadier than the Painter. Your manpower isn't complete, I might need to wait a bit more."

Star Covering said as he walked, "The Incense Fire Divine Dao of Jing Country has flaws, and those of the same realm may not perceive them, but in my eyes, you are no different from those who have not cultivated the Incense Fire Divine Dao. Recklessly coming forward would lead to a dead end."

"Painter, your Space Law has the world's fastest speed, akin to Mr. Feng's, but in my mist where you dodge and maneuver, I can easily capture your position. Your speed is useless against me."

"Without the human world's fastest speed, the Painter relies only on that batch of Tao Flame, which cannot harm me in the slightest."

Star Covering decided to wait, and thus began commenting on the Day and Night Wandering Gods entering the well one after the other.

"Lord Jian, your Divine Arrows like a chess game, setting up a situation with arrows, involving Time Law, reversing cause and effect, but today, your arrow formation cannot be laid out. In terms of Time Law mastery, I surpass you greatly."

Star Covering once cleaved himself in two, the human part left in the human world, the Alien Ghost part hidden in the Mingjiang Prefecture's Nine Miles Mansion sixty years later.

In terms of Time Law mastery, Star Covering is indeed stronger than Lord Jian.

"Peng Sheng, Peach Blossom Witch, youngest High Priest of the Tattoo Clan, you have the Peach Blossom Ancestor Tree, and Tattooed Clan to support you, even Divine Image upon you."

Star Covering suddenly pointed to Peng Sheng, hanging inverted on the Ancestor Tree, and said, "Against the other Divine Beings or Alien Ghosts in the other nine incense sticks, perhaps you might manage a fight, but I am Star Covering. Not only can I segregate the Divine Power, I can also separate the surrounding Heaven and Earth Aroma of hundreds of meters in radius.

Once Heaven and Earth Aroma is stripped away, your tattoos and those of your clan become mere decorative baubles with no substance."

Star Covering accurately pointed out everyone's shortcomings.

The Music Master, Lady Hong Guan, Zhou Lingyi, and Yuan Buyu, all high in incense fire, had arrived, and the other lanterns of Mingjiang's Traveling Gods, one by one like during the Lantern Festival, floated in the sky at various heights; all You Shen had returned to their positions...

…

"Is everyone here yet? If there's any Traveling God not arrived, then I won't wait anymore."

Star Covering's expression grew colder.

"They should all be here."

The rested King Xishan once again entered the Dragon Prison Well.

"Daoist Zhao, seal the well, don't let those Yin Hall Disciples, small Tangkou disciples and riffraff outside affect my mood."

Star Covering finished speaking,

Zhao Qingxiao began hosting the "井字道阵", tossing the turtle shell and stepping out the twenty-eight Star Map.

The entrance of the well, lighting up with twenty-eight star glows, were the helpers Zhao Qingxiao found for Star Covering using his Taoist array.

Star Covering's source of power comes from stars; the more stars around, the stronger his power and richer his strategies.

"King Xishan, I said, after a brief rest, I would personally break your Daoist Infinite, Saintly Non-action. Will you engage with me first, or do you want to team up with those Day and Night Wandering Gods to come at me together?"

Star Covering initiated.

"Star Covering, oh Star Covering, this first hand, why not spar with my junior brother first."

Above the Dragon Prison Well, a gentle yet sonorous voice descended,

The speaker was the Chess Player — Zhao Wuya.

…

Next to the chessboard, Zhao Wuya formed a Lotus Seat, a soul walked out from his body.

This soul was none other than Star Covering's old acquaintance — Seven Leaves Venerable.

"Joyful Junior Brother, after two hundred years of time, you've gone through several soul reincarnations. Whether you can comprehend Zen today and return to the position of the twenty-one Zen fruits, rests upon you."

Zhao Wuya gently patted Seven Leaves Venerable's back, and within Zhou Xuan's Secret Realm, above the Black Water, the Lotus Throne finally arrived at its opportunity, flying unbidden out of the Secret Realm, together with Seven Leaves Venerable, becoming players in the game.

Zhou Xuan asked, "Master Wu Ya, this Seven Leaves Venerable is your junior brother?"

"He is one of the twenty-one Zens, the Joyful Zen Master."

Zhao Wuya watched the departing figure of Seven Leaves Venerable, and continued, "Great Master, my junior brother and that Lotus Seat have entered the game simultaneously. This presents a grand opportunity. If fortune favors, Junior Brother Joyful breaks Zen delusions and ascends the Lotus Throne, then truly he becomes the Joyful Zen Master.

If fate doesn't favor, and he fails to sit on the Lotus Seat, it would be a betrayal of the Nuoshen's Will's kindness."