A "person" in black scale armor appeared in front of me and Xu Ziyan.

Its body was completely covered in dark scale armor, with a huge tentacle as its head.

It had no mouth, but spoke very clearly:

"Perhaps you can go to the Ninth Heaven and take a look."

It didn't say anything else, just left behind a door.

I didn't know where the door led to or what its identity was.

But there was a certain force driving me to open that door.

Behind the door was the entire Heavenly Court, now in ruins with numerous celestial beings' bones.

Their bones were covered in green sticky liquid, still burning the bones making a sizzling sound.

On the table of the Heavenly Court, there was a huge bottle containing the Twenty-Eight Mansions.

They were dismembered into countless pieces, supported by fifty-six eyes to form a bouquet.

The Jade Emperor and Queen Mother were brutally murdered, with the Jade Emperor's head sewn into the Queen Mother's belly.

The entire Heavenly Court seemed like a purgatory, even more grim and desolate than the underworld.

However, not all celestial beings were there, at least I didn't see Nezha and the Great Spirit's bones.

On the Jade Emperor's table, I saw his correspondence with the Ling Mountain.

The letter mentioned that the goal of immortals and Buddhas was not to bring peace to the mortal world but to perpetuate wars.

With more deaths, the living would be more faithful and dare not defy the will of the gods and Buddhas.

Starting from the Yin Dynasty, successive emperors wanted to oppose the will of immortals and Buddhas.

As a result, wars continued, disasters persisted, and even foreign invasions occurred, leading to unbearable living conditions.

Every tragic event involving mortals was orchestrated by gods and Buddhas.

The countless human bones resulted in the merit Golden Lotus under the Buddha's seat and the celestial's Creation Jade Plate.

The gods and Buddhas said, without an emperor since the Yin Dynasty fell, the world's mortals had lost the capital to resist the gods and Buddhas.

Mortals were always weak and spineless; they should be made like livestock, enslaved for thousands of years or even forever.

At this point, Xu Ziyan and I were trembling with anger, as humans regarded gods and Buddhas as parents while they treated humans like grass.

All beliefs were just chains restricting human resilience; with beliefs, the world was plunged into darkness.

The final records seemed to foreshadow the War of the Gods.

Back then, Buddhas were not Buddhas; they called themselves the Western Religion, meaning a religion from the west.

In reality, they were ancient demons from the void, the rulers of the old world, existing even before the divine land, the creators of nothingness.

They wanted to spread their faith on the divine land, so they conspired with immortals to start the War of the Gods.

By eliminating the emperor, there would be no one to manipulate the destiny of the human race, and humans would become the cattle of gods and Buddhas.

However, the immortals didn't know that Jie Yin and Zhun Ti were not original demons, thinking the Western Religion's power was limited.

Once the emperor fell, the original demons descended, and the whole Heavenly Court became a lamb waiting to be slaughtered.

Seeing the numerous bones in the Heavenly Court, I couldn't help but say that one reaps what they sow.

Yet, the countless celestial beings were still creatures of the divine land. Just as Tongtian Master and Yin Shou said, whether gods or mortals, they should join forces to fight against the ancient demons from other realms.

I walked towards the back hall of the Heavenly Court, where a magical tool was left behind.

A bronze door crafted by the Supreme Old Master with unparalleled magical power.

This door stood at the passage leading to the outside realms, able to block the old gods from descending.

This was the Heavenly Court's ultimate method to resist the foreign gods, but unfortunately, before it could be used, the Heavenly Court was destroyed.