That elderly god's face became distorted, and he wanted to escape. Qin Mu shook the Life and Death Book, and the elderly god instantly stopped. He stared at the Life and Death Book in Qin Mu's hand and didn't dare to move.
Qin Mu was even more certain that the Life and Death Book was the nemesis of these starved ghosts.
"You said we are starved ghosts, but you aren't wrong."
The elderly god finally opened his mouth to speak, and he chuckled. "Heavenly Yin World has an incomparably long history. It was far back when heaven and earth were first created. After Youdu and Xuandu were born, Heavenly Yin World was born. Before there were any so-called humans, the ancient gods ruled the universe and formed the Heaven of the ancient gods. Goddess of Heavenly Yin was one of the ancient gods. "
Qin Mu's heart trembled violently, and he said without batting an eyelid, "In that case, Goddess of Heavenly Yin is the same as Earth Count and Heaven Duke. They are all gods nurtured by heaven and earth."
The elderly god shook his head and said, "Goddess of Heavenly Yin is far inferior to those two. Heavenly Yin World is the darkness under Heaven Duke's feet, and it can't be compared. However, there's also a benefit to Heavenly Yin World, and that is it's not under the jurisdiction of Heaven Duke or Earth Count. Heaven Duke, Earth Count, they can't come here, and this is a lawless world. Which also means … "
Qin Mu said, "Which also means that the souls of the lifeforms that live in Heavenly Yin World will never land in Youdu's hands. Therefore, they are undying and indestructible. Am I right in understanding this? "
The elderly god laughed loudly, but there was no joy in his laughter. It was as though he was laughing for the sake of laughing. He shook his head and said, "Undying and indestructible? Hehe, wishful thinking, but Heavenly Yin World isn't as undying and indestructible as you think. Our souls are indeed indestructible here, but it also causes more and more souls to appear after the corporeal bodies of the lifeforms in Heavenly Yin World die. It's fine if it's gods and devils, they can still preserve their corporeal bodies, but the other lifeforms will die in large numbers. "
Qin Mu asked curiously, "With more and more souls dying, won't this place become another Youdu?"
"I said it before, Heavenly Yin World isn't under Earth Count's jurisdiction. If Earth Count can't come here, how can it become Youdu?"
The old god shook his head and said, "This place will never become Youdu, and it will never become Xuandu. No matter if it was Earth Count or Heaven Duke, this was a blind spot for them. It was a place they couldn't step into. However, there were too many souls accumulated in Heavenly Yin World, and the souls started to do evil. How could a dead guy like him be able to see other people living happily? Thus, the battle between the souls and the living erupted. "
Qin Mu was puzzled. "How can a soul fight against a living person? A person with a fleshly body and a soul is incomparably powerful compared to a pure soul. A dead ghost cannot defeat a living person. "
The old god said with a smile, "However, the corporeal body will decay one day, and the souls of Heavenly Yin World are immortal. Even gods couldn't completely destroy the souls in Heavenly Yin World. In this place, even if one's soul was destroyed, they wouldn't completely vanish. In this great war between humans and ghosts, too many souls were destroyed. Those shattered souls eventually formed the black sand. "
His eyes suddenly became incomparably dark, like countless tiny grains of black sand.
Clearly, he wasn't a living person either. Instead, he was a strange monster formed from black sand that had taken over human skin.
"The black sand is our shattered souls."
The old god revealed a strange smile. "Because we are too fine, no one can see us clearly, and no one can touch us. You are one of the few exceptions that can touch us and see us. After we had a corporeal body, we felt hungry, an unbearable hunger, and we crazily wanted to eat. Thus, we started to eat. "
He didn't talk about this part of history and only said, "Soon, all the living people in Heavenly Yin World were eaten by us."
Qin Mu's blood ran cold. Even though the old god didn't talk about this part of history, he could imagine how terrifying the riot was!
"Then what about Goddess of Heavenly Yin?"
Qin Mu asked solemnly, "Why didn't Goddess of Heavenly Yin stop you?"
The old god didn't answer and continued, "We ate and ate, and later, we realized that there were no longer any living people in Heavenly Yin World. Then, we started to eat ourselves, our flesh, our bones, our divine treasures, and our primordial spirits. In the end, everyone was only left with their skin. We had nothing to eat, and we were simply too hungry. In the end, we set our sights on Goddess of Heavenly Yin … "
Qin Mu shuddered a few times. When the old god said such words, it was as though it was a matter of course. The devilish nature in it made him feel fear.
The old god said, "However, we weren't Goddess of Heavenly Yin's match. Luckily, we had more people. However, even if we had more people, we couldn't bite Goddess of Heavenly Yin to death. She beat us up badly, but we couldn't die. We were already souls that couldn't be any more shattered. She couldn't kill us, and we couldn't eat her. Until later, a visitor from another place came. An outsider that could see us, hear us, touch us, and even injure us. "
He chuckled and said, "The outsider joined hands with us, and thus, we ate Goddess of Heavenly Yin. After eating Goddess of Heavenly Yin, there was nothing left to eat in Heavenly Yin World. We were still so hungry … "
He smacked his lips as though he was recalling something delicious.
"Ate Goddess of Heavenly Yin?"
Qin Mu shuddered and squinted his eyes. He said solemnly, "Is this outsider Black Deity of Mingdu?"
"You guys call him Black Deity of Mingdu?"
The old god shook his head and said, "We don't call him that. We call him Son of Heaven Yin."
Qin Mu was slightly stunned. "Son of Heaven Yin? Son of Heaven of Heavenly Yin World? "
The old god nodded and said, "Even though Goddess of Heavenly Yin was an ancient god nurtured by heaven and earth in Heavenly Yin World, she couldn't subdue us due to the limitations of the Great Dao. However, Son of Heaven Yin had miraculous spells that could subdue us. Thus, we followed Son of Heaven Yin and followed him to conquer the north and south, experiencing era after era. After that, he established Mingdu, and the Life and Death Book in your hands was Son of Heaven Yin's treasure. That's why he could restrain us. Since we are on the same side … "
"On the same side?"
Qin Mu chuckled and raised the Life and Death Book to shine at him.
The expression of the old god changed drastically and became distorted. He let out an ear-piercing shriek as black smoke spewed out from his facial orifices. He quickly shriveled up.
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