Transmigrating over ten thousand years late, I was forced to become a mighty presence-Chapter 713 - 323 The Person Behind the Scenes and the Counterattack from Hell

Chapter 713: Chapter 323 The Person Behind the Scenes and the Counterattack from Hell

“The Moonless God of Ying Island?”

Shen Yuan’s expression changed abruptly, and his heart was already in turmoil.

In the Primal Chaos Nifty Pagoda’s Earth Gate Trial that took place ten thousand years ago, Shen Yuan had personally planted the Sun and Moon Divine Tree to foster the sun and moon, with the real intent of leveraging this Divine Tree’s nurtured sun and moon to regain dominion over the cosmic order.

The Eyes of Dusk sensed that the nourished sun and moon would pose a threat to him, so he initiated a war prematurely to confront Shen Yuan with the aim of destroying the Sun and Moon Divine Tree.

To counter the Eyes of Dusk, Shen Yuan had no choice but to expedite the ripening of the Great Sun, issuing a divine command for the Great Sun to seize the scepter of cosmic order from the local deity.

After the war subsided and disaster was averted, the Great Sun transformed into Amaterasu, reigning supreme over the divine nation of Ying Island, while the moon remained in gestation.

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Although Shen Yuan hadn’t personally issued a divine command for this moon to become a deity, with Amaterasu’s status as the lord of Ying Island and the master of the deities, she was fully qualified to issue a divine command for the moon.

Strictly speaking, Shen Yuan planted both the sun and moon by borrowing the cosmic order; although the moon’s status was inferior to Amaterasu’s, it was still a high-ranking deity, second only to Amaterasu, the master of the Divine System, and its status even far surpassed the main gods Izanagi and Izanami.

Such a deity should have left a significant mark within the Ying Island Divine Pantheon, yet Miketsu claimed that there was no Moon God in Ying Island.

If it had been some newly born deity of later generations who uttered these words, Shen Yuan would have assumed that the moon he planted had met an early demise and had not survived until ten thousand years later.

But Miketsu, who was enlightened into deity shortly after Amaterasu’s ascension, was one of the oldest great gods and even had some of Amaterasu’s memories during her gestation period.

Such an ancient deity as Miketsu denying the existence of the Moon God of Ying Island, not to mention the lack of any mention of the Divine Tree’s pregnancy of the moon, immediately alerted Shen Yuan to something being amiss.

Shen Yuan’s lips parted slightly as he was about to directly inquire about the whereabouts of the moon nurtured by the Divine Tree, yet he paused his words at the brink of speech.

Above the Great Tao Manifestation, the mysterious cause and effect informed Shen Yuan that directly inquiring about the whereabouts of the moon on this land ruled by the myriad gods might attract the attention of some unknown entities.

The next moment, a silhouette looming over dimensions leaned down to peer at this main hall, its hand reaching down from a higher dimensional plane, effortlessly erasing that segment of inquiry from Miketsu’s memory.

The brief lapse in memory left Miketsu stiff, standing in place, while Shen Yuan appeared to speak casually and slowly:

“The Divine Tree of Sky High Plateau has nurtured the Great Sun for ten thousand years, yet why hasn’t it taken form and become a deity?”

Shen Yuan’s words sent a jolt through Miketsu’s frame, snapping her back from her momentary daze.

Looking at Shen Yuan once more, Miketsu humbly spoke:

“Amaterasu Omikami also attempted to enlighten the Divine Tree with Spiritual Wisdom and command a pantheon seat.

But bestowing Spiritual Wisdom on this exceptional Divine Tree requires a vast amount of resources, no matter how much Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures or incense and faith are offered, the Divine Tree takes it all in, yet it never successfully awakens Spiritual Wisdom.

As the Divine Tree grew even sturdier and merged completely with Sky High Plateau, the difficulty of enlightening its Spiritual Wisdom also increased.

Eventually, even Amaterasu Omikami gave up on enlightening the Divine Tree, allowing it to continue to grow naturally.”

Shen Yuan quietly nodded, his right hand making a dismissive gesture:

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“You may leave!”

Miketsu left, somewhat puzzled but still respectfully holding a sheaf of rice stems as she exited Falling Clouds Temple, disappearing among the forests and hills.

With Miketsu’s departure, Shen Yuan’s originally calm face suddenly became gloomy.

When Miketsu spoke of Amaterasu enlightening the Divine Tree, even she did not realize the enormous loophole hidden in those words.

No one understood the true nature of the Divine Tree better than Shen Yuan.

The so-called Divine Tree was essentially just the physical form of a tree demon, which Shen Yuan had wiped of its consciousness to use its shell to nurture the sun and moon.

The Divine Tree was merely a medium connecting heaven and earth and was not some noble, innate divine object. To bestow Spiritual Wisdom upon it with Amaterasu’s status was a matter of pure will.

Thus, Amaterasu did not need to expend vast amounts of Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, as well as incense and faith to nurture the Divine Tree.

Amaterasu’s actions could only have one purpose, which was to compensate for the moon’s innate nutritional deficiency, hoping to ensure the moon’s successful birth.

Someone altered the perception of the gods, erasing the existence of the moon, but they could not erase the multitude of information related to the Divine Tree, nor the destinations of those Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, and the incense and faith.

These traceable clues might lead to the exposure of the truth. Thus, the one pulling the strings behind the scenes subtly corrected the perception of the gods, leading them to believe that these resources were exhausted for the purpose of enlightening the Divine Tree.

Deities who did not understand the Divine Tree would never question its veracity, and only Shen Yuan, who had personally planted the sun and moon, could understand the loophole.

“Finally… Have you revealed your slip-up?”

Shen Yuan’s eyes gradually deepened, and behind him, the Great Tao Manifestation seemed capable of piercing through the myriad worlds, scanning the past and future to discern the true causal relationships.

Izanagi’s attitude had already signaled to Shen Yuan that this main god of Ying Island must have a hidden manipulator in the background, only Shen Yuan had been unable to trace any evidence of it.

Now, with matters involving the Moon of Ying Island and the perception of the gods being altered, Shen Yuan caught a glimpse of the truth at last.

Shen Yuan did not fear the powerful strength that the hidden manipulator might possess, what truly made him cautious was the hidden machinations.

Having uncovered the traces, Shen Yuan had a faint assurance.

As the gaze of the Great Tao Manifestation descended, countless stars intertwined in Shen Yuan’s eyes, and that higher-dimensional, interfering hand slowly stirred the historical fog. The Rebounding Wind Returning Fire Great Divine Power had already begun to evolve.