# 1006
Chapter 1007: Demon Ape Descends
Lin Qiye's eyes slowly closed.
Snowflakes drifted down from the sky as Lin Qiye stood with his eyes shut tight, the crimson eye on his forehead flickering like a demonic red flame, dancing in the dim forest.
After a moment, Lin Qiye's body trembled.
A blurry phantom emerged from within him, standing quietly beside his physical form draped in the deep crimson cloak, surveying the surroundings.
Lin Qiye gazed at his own face mere inches away, feeling a strange sense of novelty. It was his first time observing himself in this manner, the first time his soul had walked out of his body in spectral form.
"So this is what they call 'spirit departing the body'…"
He glanced toward where Chen Han was, murmuring to himself, "Time to begin."
The phantom Lin Qiye spread his arms wide, took a deep breath, and began to summon the 【Heaven-Equaling Avatar】 within him.
In an instant, the heavens and earth changed color!
……
Shangjing City, a traditional courtyard house.
A dragon descended upon the courtyard, landing slowly. Li Zhenzhen cradled the white cat Fang Mo in one arm while dragging the resentful Lu Baoyou with the other, jumping down from the dragon's back.
"Zhenzhen?"
Zhang Zhengting, accompanied by several members of Squad 006, walked out of the courtyard. Upon seeing this scene, he froze in place.
"Uncle Zhang, quickly take them for treatment." Li Zhenzhen hauled the two of them into the house in a rush.
The rest of Squad 006 followed closely behind.
An Qingyu sat on the stone table in the courtyard's corridor, quietly observing the scene. Suddenly, he let out a soft hum, his brow furrowing as he looked up at the sky.
"What's wrong?" Cao Yuan, carrying a plate of fruits, walked over and sat beside him.
"Isn't the sky… changing rather quickly?"
Cao Yuan followed An Qingyu's gaze toward the sky.
It was already morning, and despite the thick snow clouds gathered over Shangjing City, the overall atmosphere was still bright.
But suddenly, a violent gust of demonic wind swept through, churning the heavy snow clouds like batter. The sky darkened visibly, and faint thunder rumbled from above the snow clouds.
Rustle, rustle, rustle…
On the bare branches at the courtyard's edge, large amounts of accumulated snow tumbled to the ground. Sand and stones were swept skyward by the demonic wind.
……
Atop a tall building.
The snow piled on Shao Pingge was tossed about by the wild wind. He opened one eye and looked toward a certain area of Shangjing City, his pupils flickering with suspicion.
"What a powerful aura… Another 'Mystery' descending? And at precisely this moment?"
His expression turned grim.
……
Shangjing City, Night Watch Headquarters.
Zuo Qing held a cup of hot tea, standing before the floor-to-ceiling windows of a high building, gazing at the churning snow clouds in the distance. His brow slightly furrowed.
"So it failed after all…"
Zuo Qing sighed deeply.
Chen Han was someone he had personally transferred from Anta County, and among the younger generation of the Great Xia Night Watch, he was the most suitable candidate to take over Shangjing City.
While it was indeed somewhat risky to let Chen Han attempt to take over Shangjing City, the Great Xia simply didn't have much time left… Shao Pingge's abilities were indispensable to the front lines.
Therefore, he was determined to let Chen Han try. If he succeeded, everything would be perfect.
If he failed, the city still had Shao Pingge and himself. No matter what chaos erupted, they could suppress it all within a minute, without harming the civilians.
They could afford to take the risk.
"Hmm?"
In the office, Jiang Ziya, who had been sipping tea on the sofa, seemed to sense something. He turned his head toward the center of the snow cloud vortex.
"What's wrong?" Zuo Qing asked, turning back.
"Nothing." Jiang Ziya smiled faintly, stroking his white beard. "I just sensed the aura of an old acquaintance."
"An old acquaintance? From the Heavenly Court?" Zuo Qing asked, confused. "Currently in the Great Xia, only a few Great Xia deities should be stationed here. Besides you, there shouldn't be anyone else in Shangjing City, right?"
"He's both an old acquaintance and a newcomer… The heavens' secrets must not be revealed."
Jiang Ziya shook his head, speaking mysteriously.
"However, since he has appeared, perhaps things will take a turn for the better…" Jiang Ziya gently raised one finger, pointing toward the distant snow cloud vortex. "Allow this old man to lend him a hand."
……
Snow clouds swirled, demonic winds raged.
Countless snowflakes rose from the rustling forest into the sky. A blurry silhouette floated like a feather, ascending vertically toward the snow cloud vortex. Its form rapidly expanded.
Lin Qiye could clearly sense a mysterious energy being frantically absorbed from the surrounding environment into his body. The more of this energy accumulated, the stronger the surge of power he felt within.
Is this spiritual energy?
After careful contemplation, Lin Qiye discovered that this so-called "spiritual energy" seemed to be merely a diluted form of divine power.
This divine power differed from what Lin Qiye had experienced in Takamagahara—it seemed far more agile and lively. This unique form of divine power gave Lin Qiye an inexplicable sense of familiarity, as if he had encountered it somewhere before…
Heavenly Court!
The source of this divine power's form was nearly identical to the lingering aura Lin Qiye had sensed within the Heavenly Court. The only difference was that the "spiritual energy" currently present in the environment was far less concentrated than within the Heavenly Court.
Could this be a special form of divine power, created from the Heavenly Court's origin, exclusively for the Great Xia?
Just as Lin Qiye was contemplating this, the thin spiritual energy around him suddenly surged violently, as if someone had deliberately compressed all the spiritual energy from around the city into his vicinity.
If Lin Qiye's previous rate of absorbing spiritual energy was like drinking through a straw, now it was as if he had been thrown into a swimming pool, gulping water frantically.
Lin Qiye's heart lurched.
He didn't know what was happening—only that his soul was expanding wildly. His aura's intensity surpassed his physical body's limits, reaching an entirely new dimension.
Between the raging demonic winds, a colossal foot suddenly descended from the sky, causing the entire earth to shudder.
Following that, the outline of a massive black humanoid figure was sketched within the snow clouds.
Only when it fully emerged from the drifting snow did everyone see its true form.
It was a demonic ape, hundreds of meters tall.
Rolling waves of demonic energy flickered across its skin like flames, weaving together into strands of ape fur that swayed gently. Two blazing golden eyes, full of rage and madness, burned in the air like twin suns.
Its feet planted firmly on the ground, it stood upright—towering in the city's center like a small mountain radiating terrifying aura.
It was a massive "Mystery"… Or rather, a yaomo.
A Klein-level yaomo.
That was the 【Heaven-Equaling Avatar】 that Lin Qiye had manifested.