He silently rejoiced that Chen Fengshen's support could arrive as soon as possible.

Bang! Boom!

As the incense burner was taken by Xiao Mu, the Divine Spirit from beyond the heavens who was in the midst of establishing the temple clearly became impatient. In anger, the temple instantly grew a great deal, with now over half of it materialized.

The now substantially materialized temple was able to exert some of the Divine Spirits' authority.

This divine power spread out, instantly covering a swath of Earth.

"Humans, do you really think you can escape?"

The angry cry of the Divine Spirit from beyond the heavens came from this stretch of Earth, as if the master of this land were omnipresent.

Meanwhile, a dark light suddenly descended from the sky, directly enveloping Xiao Mu.

Xiao Mu felt a chill throughout his body as a terrifying aura rose from beneath his feet. Then, his head spun, and he felt as if his soul were about to leave his body.

The authority of the Land God controlled all Yin Spirits within its territory.

That Divine Spirit from beyond intended to use its authority as the Land God to bind Xiao Mu's Yin Spirit.

Ridiculous!

Xiao Mu inwardly cursed, with the divine power of his own Land God rank instantly dispersing around him. Above his head, a golden Land God temple appeared.

In the temple, a Land God who looked exactly like Xiao Mu waved his left hand, and a page of a book appeared in his grasp. With a Judge Pen in his right hand, he began to draw on the page.

A Golden Light entered Xiao Mu's body, completely nullifying the influence the Divine Spirit from beyond had over him.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

After the influence was removed, Xiao Mu once again executed the Earth Escape Technique to flee.

He pushed the speed of his Earth Escape Technique to its limits, escaping several miles in the blink of an eye.

"You cannot escape! Even if you have the authority of a Land God, it's useless since your Realm is too low," the Divine Spirit from beyond yelled at Xiao Mu.

Boom!

The Earth turned over, and the ground shook violently as huge pits appeared, seemingly bottomless, as if they led directly to the netherworld.

One would immediately fall into an abyss without a bottom if one carelessly stepped over them.

This was also the divine power manifested by the Land God rank, ruling over a territory.

"Emperor's Seal, clear the path!"

Xiao Mu pointed to the Seal of the Heavenly Emperor, and a supreme intention shot out, creating a smooth road beneath Xiao Mu's feet.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

Xiao Mu stepped onto the road and continued his escape with the Earth Escape Technique.

Boom! Bang!

The temple of the Divine Spirit from beyond accelerated its manifestation. At this moment, it finally took complete form. A middle-aged man covered in a five-colored light spectrum appeared in the temple, eyes fixed on the direction of Xiao Mu's escape.

The middle-aged man's eyes emitted a brilliance of five colors.

This five-colored light spectrum seemed to stretch to the horizon, and Xiao Mu's whereabouts appeared in the eyes of the middle-aged man.

His face showed anger.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

His figure flashed, and he began to execute the Five Elements Escaping Technique, pursuing Xiao Mu with the five-colored divine light beneath his feet.

The speed of this middle-aged man was too fast; in the blink of an eye, he drew near, rapidly closing the distance between him and Xiao Mu.

"Damn it!"

Sensing the danger, Xiao Mu couldn't help but curse inwardly, "Why hasn't Chen Fengshen arrived yet? If he's any later, I'll die here."

While cursing, he did not slow down his Escape Art, holding the Five Elements Lamp and continuing to flee with the Earth Escape Technique at full speed.

Boom!

Once again, below Xiao Mu's feet appeared numerous bottomless voids leading straight to the depths of the underworld, obstructing his escape.

"Boom!"

But just then, amid a thunderous roar, a Great Mountain suddenly rose from the ground behind Xiao Mu, cutting off the path.

"Chen Leader!"

The appearance of the Great Mountain, along with a familiar aura, led Xiao Mu instantly to guess it was Chen Fengshen.

"Xiao Mu, go ahead. I'll deal with the Master of the Five Elements," Chen Fengshen said as he executed the Five Elements Escaping Technique, passing by Xiao Mu and leaving him with these words.

It turned out that the Divine Spirit from beyond was the Master of the Five Elements.

The True Master of the Five Elements, Xiao Mu was aware, was the strongest among those active near the Great Tang Ruins, a mighty figure of the Divine Spirit Realm.

The appearance of Chen Fengshen had allowed Xiao Mu to breathe a sigh of relief, and he couldn't help but turn back to look behind him.

Chen Fengshen made a Great Mountain fly up, crashing down hard towards the True Master of the Five Elements.

"Chen Fengshen, it's you!"

This was followed by an angry roar from the True Master of the Five Elements.

"Forget it, this level of battle is not something I can interfere with. Getting the incense burner is already a great merit. It's time to return to the Great Tang Ruins."

Xiao Mu muttered to himself as he continued to use the Earth Escape Technique to return to the Great Tang Ruins.

"Xiao Mu, you're okay, that's great!"

On the way, he met Wu Yan, who had hurried over using an escape art, and seeing that Xiao Mu was unharmed, Wu Yan breathed a sigh of relief.

"Thanks to the timely arrival of Chief Chen, otherwise things would have been troublesome," Xiao Mu sighed in relief.

"Do you know who that divine spirit from beyond the heavens is?" Wu Yan couldn't help but ask.

"It's the True Master of the Five Elements," Xiao Mu answered.

"The True Master of the Five Elements, so it's that old fiend. It's a good thing I called for Chief Chen," Wu Yan showed a look of surprise, evidently harboring fear towards the True Master of the Five Elements.

"What did you find?" Wu Yan pressed Xiao Mu for an answer.

"I got an incense burner," Xiao Mu recounted briefly what had happened, omitting the details but eventually mentioning how he obtained the incense burner.

"What a fine treasure!"

Wu Yan couldn't help but praise upon seeing the incense burner, "This is the incense burner used by the Land God to receive incense offerings. The True Master of the Five Elements likely appeared for this burner. Now that it's lost, it will surely infuriate him to death."

Xiao Mu nodded and asked, "Team Leader, what use is this incense burner?"

Although he had the incense burner, he didn't know its specific purpose.

"This is used to establish a temple and enjoy the offerings of incense fire. If you're not planning to enjoy the offerings from a temple, then it's of no use," Wu Yan casually explained to Xiao Mu, clearly very knowledgeable about such treasures.

"Oh!"

Xiao Mu suddenly understood.

In fact, he had been somewhat reluctant to bring out the incense burner.

Being a holder of the Earth God Rank himself, if an incense burner was useful to the True Master of the Five Elements, it should be useful to him too. But upon hearing that the incense burner was for establishing a temple, he immediately lost interest.

Despite holding the Earth God Rank, Xiao Mu had no plans to establish a temple.

Although establishing a temple would allow one to receive offerings and gain many miraculous powers, the drawbacks were also clear, such as having to manifest responses to prayers while receiving offerings.

And in responding to prayers, one would also have to bear the sins of the worshippers.

"Let's go, we should head back!" Wu Yan called out to Xiao Mu, mentioning the incense burner he had obtained, "This burner is quite precious, but what's more important is that you discovered the whereabouts of the True Master of the Five Elements and timely thwarted his plans, which counts as a major merit. It's just a shame about that damned thing; I hope Chief Chen can kill him, but it's unlikely. The strength of the True Master of the Five Elements is not inferior to those of the three chiefs."

When mentioning the True Master of the Five Elements, Wu Yan's face showed obvious hatred, puzzling Xiao Mu even further.

Team Leader Wu has a grudge against the True Master of the Five Elements.

"Team Leader, do you have a grudge against the True Master of the Five Elements?"

Xiao Mu couldn't help but ask.

"A grudge?"

Wu Yan shook his head slightly, but replied, "Yes, there's a grudge. Not just between me and the True Master of the Five Elements; you share one as well. To be exact, both our team and Task Team Two have grievances with that damned thing."

"Whether it's our team or Task Team Two, we've had members killed by the True Master of the Five Elements. So, we all wish for that damned thing to die."

"But his strength is too great; not even the three chiefs can kill him, let alone us."

With that, Wu Yan looked rather disheartened and somewhat dejected.

"Come on, let's head back and talk. You should also get to know more about the affairs of the team," Wu Yan said.

Xiao Mu did not ask any more questions and followed Wu Yan back.

Chen Fengshen returned at a faster speed than them, and as expected, had not managed to capture the True Master of the Five Elements, allowing him to escape.

However, the True Master of the Five Elements' plan to establish a temple also failed, thwarted by Chen Fengshen.

Xiao Mu handed over the incense burner and applied for the Yin-Yang Divine Light based on his merit.

His merit was considerable, and three days later, the secret manual of the Yin-Yang Divine Light smoothly arrived, handed over to Xiao Mu by Wu Yan.

Upon acquiring the secret manual of the Yin-Yang Divine Light, Xiao Mu immediately initiated a variant on it.

He used three Energy Points in total, successfully causing the secret manual of the Yin-Yang Divine Light to undergo a variant, leaving him with only one Advanced Energy Point remaining.

Having learned the secret manual of the Yin-Yang Divine Light, Xiao Mu began preparing for his advancement towards the later stages of the Yin God Realm.

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