# Chapter 3241: The Secret of Lihentian
The "Lai" character's Quantifier Mask and Quantifier Divine Robe, after being slashed away by Hun Qi's blade, were successively suppressed by Zhang Ruochen and Huang Tian.
Within the encirclement, blood mist, divine soul, and spiritual power condensed into the body of the Fourth Master, revealing his true appearance—blue skin, with a heroic bearing.
He could feel the suppression of spiritual will coming from all directions.
Hun Qi, the Absolute Wonder Zen Nun, and Huang Tian had all locked onto him with their auras. Zhang Ruochen activated the Mani Pearl, suppressing his five senses and consciousness.
Too close!
For experts like Hun Qi, the Absolute Wonder Zen Nun, and Huang Tian, a distance of a hundred zhang meant an attack could arrive in an instant. Even if he forcibly broke through their suppression of spiritual will, he could not self-detonate his divine heart.
The Fourth Master knew that he had absolutely no chance of escape today. Suddenly, he burst into prolonged laughter, then a look of extremely devout faith appeared in his eyes. Like chanting scriptures, he recited: "You should know, five hundred thousand eons have arrived, the Calamity of Quantities is about to descend, heaven and earth will be restarted in destruction, all ugliness, greed, hypocrisy, selfishness, and treachery will be annihilated. And I, will be reborn in the new world, walking to the pinnacle of heaven and earth, seeking the most essential truth of the world... Haha, you will all be annihilated, all annihilated..."
Hun Qi, the Absolute Wonder Zen Nun, Huang Tian, and Zhang Ruochen all struck simultaneously, but they were all a step too late.
The Fourth Master's body, in an instant, burned to ashes.
Flesh, divine soul, and spiritual power were all annihilated, leaving only a single "Lai" character suspended in the void.
A renowned top-tier spiritual power deity had thus silently fallen!
Huang Tian put away his stone axe and said: "With the Fourth Master dead, things will be difficult on the Tiannan side!"
"This matter, let Fengdu Ghost City and the Destiny Temple worry about it. We have already done Hell Realm a great favor," Zhang Ruochen said.
In the last hundred years, the Quantity Organization had been acting frequently and aggressively. Although they had created a large number of bloody cases and vendettas, causing heavy losses to various major powers, they had also exposed many weaknesses, with peripheral members constantly being captured.
The Heavenly Court and Hell Realm's understanding of the Quantity Organization was increasing.
Behind each of the sixteen Quantifiers was an Infinite Realm existence, either a Quantifier Venerable or a Quantifier Emperor.
The Infinite Realm existence behind the Fourth Master was most likely in Tiannan.
But, there were at least three Infinite Realm existences in Tiannan: Qingtian, the Second Master, and the Third Master.
It couldn't be that all three of them were leaders of the Quantity Organization, could it?
Tiannan's influence within the Death Clan was too great, and it was also a supreme sacred land among spiritual power cultivators throughout Hell Realm.
If the entire Tiannan belonged to the Quantity Organization, it would severely test the methods of the Destiny Temple and Fengdu Dadi. If handled even slightly poorly, the resulting turmoil would be something Hell Realm could not bear.
It would also directly affect the future war pattern between Heavenly Court and Hell.
It could be said that the Fourth Master's self-immolation had thrown a huge problem to Hell Realm.
Of course, Zhang Ruochen and Huang Tian appeared indifferent, as if they were preparing to pack up and leave.
The Absolute Wonder Zen Nun was also very calm. She had never wanted to come out into the world in the first place. The reason she took charge of the Nether Hall was entirely to fulfill her promise to Zhang Ruochen. The reason she came to Fengdu Ghost City and participated in the plan to deal with the Quantity Organization was both a coincidence and a way to help Zhang Ruochen get revenge.
Now that she had helped Zhang Ruochen with two major favors, she felt she no longer owed him anything. She was preparing to return to the Nether Hall, or go to Lihentian, to begin preparations for breaking through to the Infinite Realm.
The Absolute Wonder Zen Nun put away her divine corpse army, took the Mani Pearl from Zhang Ruochen's hand, and the evil aura on her body completely dissipated. She regained her agile and sacred charm, like a lotus of immortal purity untouched by dust.
Zhang Ruochen could be certain that the Absolute Wonder Zen Nun must have a close relationship with the Western Buddha Realm.
Thinking about it, it was normal. Considering the relationship between Yinsnow Heavenly and the Sixth Patriarch as fellow disciples, three hundred thousand years ago, before the war between Heavenly Court and Hell broke out, the Absolute Wonder could probably freely enter and exit the Western Buddha Realm.
Perhaps this was also the reason the Absolute Wonder Zen Nun rarely participated in the war between Heavenly Court and Hell!
The Absolute Wonder Zen Nun said: "Don't you plan to see her?"
A worried expression appeared on Zhang Ruochen's face. He felt this was even more troublesome than fighting the Fourth Master. "There's no rush for now. There are still more important matters to attend to. Are you leaving?"
"What's wrong?"
"Can you not leave?" Zhang Ruochen said.
The Absolute Wonder Zen Nun's eyes sparkled like two spirit pearls as she gazed at him intently. "I need to go to Lihentian."
Zhang Ruochen could see that the Absolute Wonder Zen Nun's cultivation had reached Heart-Stop, and she was on the verge of breaking through. So, he swallowed the words he wanted to say, not wanting to delay her any further. "Alright, I wish you a swift breakthrough. Next time we meet, I'll have to call you Absolute Wonder God Venerable!"
"By the way, I'm very curious. To strike the Infinite Realm, does one absolutely have to go to Lihentian?"
The Absolute Wonder Zen Nun said: "Not necessarily. But, of the Infinite Realm existences in the current universe, ninety-nine percent succeeded in breaking through at Lihentian."
Zhang Ruochen's understanding of the Infinite Realm and Lihentian was too shallow. He was puzzled and pressed further: "Why?"
"Do you have the Marks of the Gods within you?" the Absolute Wonder Zen Nun asked.
Zhang Ruochen said: "I once did, but I gave them away."
The Marks of the Gods were obtained by reaching the Supreme Extreme Realm in the four stages of martial arts, breaking the rules of heaven and earth, and attracting the consciousness of the gods from Lihentian.
Zhang Ruochen originally had many Marks of the Gods, but he had given them all to Chi Yao.
Although the Absolute Wonder Zen Nun knew that Zhang Ruochen never cherished external possessions, she was still somewhat shocked and didn't know how to comment. "You really are willing to give anything away. There may be hypocritical and false people in this world, but you, Zhang Ruochen, are definitely not one of them. You are the true Buddha."
Those who give small favors and petty kindnesses are not necessarily truly generous.
Supreme Sacred Artifacts, divine pills, divine medicines, the Sword Ancestor's Sword Soul—whether the relationship was good or not, whether male or female, Xiao Hei, Granny Haitang, Xue Tu, Que... he casually gave them all away. The Mani Pearl, Esoterica, divine artifacts, Marks of the Gods, and even his cultivation, he could give away with a smile.
Even opening the Sundial for cultivation was announced to the world, afraid that his close friends and family would be left out.
If this wasn't a Buddha, what was?
Zhang Ruochen's expression was awkward, but he could still manage a smile. "The situation was special at the time."
The Absolute Wonder Zen Nun knew that Zhang Ruochen had once suffered a great calamity and didn't ask further. She sighed: "The Marks of the Gods have a great relationship with going to Lihentian to break through to the Infinite Realm!"
Zhang Ruochen said: "I've heard that after going to Lihentian, the departed gods who bestowed the Marks of the Gods will merge their remaining divine souls into the cultivator's body to strengthen their divine soul. But, how much remaining divine soul can those departed gods have? For a top-tier great god like you, it can only be considered negligible, right?"
"It's not just about the divine soul. You'll understand when you go to Lihentian in the future," the Absolute Wonder Zen Nun said. "It's probably useless for you to try to get back the Marks of the Gods now. I have great confidence in you. You're a freak, and the divine path you cultivate is incomparable to ordinary cultivators. The Infinite Realm definitely won't stop you."
There was no lack of envy in the Absolute Wonder Zen Nun's tone, but even more, there was appreciation and optimism for Zhang Ruochen. Her confidence in Zhang Ruochen was even greater than her confidence in herself.
She said: "The fact that you could actively abandon the Marks of the Gods shows that you broke free from dependence on them early on. That might not be a bad thing."
"I'm going to Lihentian for a second purpose as well."
"Have you noticed? From Jinjue Heavenly God to the Fourth Master, they weren't so afraid of death. Self-detonation and self-immolation were very decisive, as if they believed they could be reborn in the future."
Zhang Ruochen narrowed his eyes. "Do you think this is related to Lihentian?"
The Absolute Wonder Zen Nun said: "Lihentian itself is one of the five prehistoric civilization ruins. It is a special spatial dimension that survived the last Calamity of Quantities. Among the five prehistoric civilization ruins, Lihentian is the most special. It is the only one that does not exist in the real world."
"Only Lihentian can contain the partial divine souls of deceased gods."
Zhang Ruochen said: "Perhaps Jinjue Heavenly God and the Fourth Master were simply numbed by faith. Things like being reborn in a new world or following the will of heaven and earth could very well be methods used by the Four Quantifier Emperors to bewitch them."
"That possibility cannot be ruled out. But, do you think the rulers of the Quantity Organization are really the Four Quantifier Emperors?" the Absolute Wonder Zen Nun said.
Zhang Ruochen was shocked. "What do you mean?"
The Absolute Wonder Zen Nun said: "Whether it's the Four Quantifier Emperors or the Twelve Quantifier Venerables, each one is a pillar-like existence in the universe. Some are in the Heavenly Court, some are in Hell. How could people like them automatically gather together? How could they firmly believe that after helping the Calamity of Quantities destroy the world, they themselves could survive?"
Zhang Ruochen said: "You mean, the Calamity of Quantities might not be heaven and earth itself, but some kind of conscious entity? Or rather, an existence even more terrifying than the Four Quantifier Emperors?"
"I don't know!"
The Absolute Wonder Zen Nun sighed softly. "But, logically speaking, there must be an existence within the Quantity Organization that surpasses the Four Quantifier Emperors."
Zhang Ruochen nodded slightly. "Or perhaps, among the Four Quantifier Emperors, there is one extremely powerful existence that can completely overpower the other three Quantifier Emperors."
Hun Qi gathered the ashes from the Fourth Master's burning, held them in his hands, and then stuffed them into a porcelain jar.
He had a friendship of hundreds of thousands of years with the Fourth Master, having experienced life and death together. Now that his good friend had ended this way, his mood was naturally affected, quite somber.
But, the more troublesome matters were still to come.
Chi Cha Nu, Zhao Wu, and Xue Changjin were implicated in the three Ghost Emperor Mansions. If they were investigated one by one, it would cause a huge storm, and who knows how many ghost clan cultivators would have their souls scattered.
Hun Qi collected the "Lai" character imprint and walked toward Zhang Ruochen, the Absolute Wonder Zen Nun, and Huang Tian. "Zhang Ruochen, you didn't completely refine Xue Changjin's divine soul, did you?"
A strange expression appeared in Zhang Ruochen's eyes.
Hun Qi said: "I've seen Hai Shang You Ruo. She handed Xue Ying over to me."
Zhang Ruochen suddenly understood. As long as Hun Qi knew the cause and effect and wasn't coming to cause trouble, that was fine. He said: "Xue Changjin's divine soul was too powerful. The vast majority of it self-immolated. Only a very small part was preserved."
Zhang Ruochen took out the remaining soul light of Xue Changjin and flicked his sleeve, sending it toward Hun Qi.
Hun Qi received the soul light but did not immediately examine it. He asked: "Did he have a Quantifier Mask and Quantifier Divine Robe on him? Don't misunderstand. I'm not suspecting you, nor am I trying to exonerate him. But, Xue Changjin's backer is Shen Tu Ghost Emperor. The implications are too significant. Whether he was a Quantifier or not makes a huge difference."