# 1140
# Chapter 1141: The Only Way Out
"Unlikely."
Lin Qiye shook his head. "The barrier of the god's kingdom, let alone us, even the gods can't break so easily. Besides, this god's kingdom has become a living thing. Even if we open a gap, it will heal quickly."
"Then maybe, we could go back to Heaven? Heaven is so big—maybe there's a way out?" Jiang Er ventured cautiously.
"We went through so much trouble to get from Heaven through Hell. Going back now isn't realistic."
"I think…"
Just as everyone was discussing ways to leave, Lin Qiye contemplated briefly, then quietly submerged his consciousness into the Asylum of the Gods in his mind.
…
Lin Qiye, wearing a white coat, hurried out of the director's office.
"Qiye, good morning?" Li Yifei, basking in the sun at the entrance, greeted him with a smile.
"Where's Ye Landa?"
Lin Qiye had no time for pleasantries and cut straight to the point.
"Him? He's alone on the roof of the asylum."
"On the roof? Doing what?"
"I have no idea. This old man, ever since he left his ward, stands there every day. Doesn't eat, doesn't sleep. Every time I get up in the middle of the night to use the toilet and see him in his white clothes standing there, I nearly jump out of my skin."
Li Yifei couldn't help but complain.
Lin Qiye frowned. "Alright, I understand."
He turned and hurried toward the stairs.
All this time, he had been executing missions in the mist and hadn't visited the Asylum of the Gods much. Although he found Ye Landa's behavior puzzling, now wasn't the time to dwell on such matters.
Ye Landa was the Lord of Heaven and the being who had destroyed Hell. In this world, there should be no one who understood these two places better than him. To find a way out, asking him should be the most useful approach… right?
Lin Qiye rushed to the roof of the inpatient building. There, an old man clad in white clouds stood quietly by the railing, looking down at the asylum below like a stone statue, utterly motionless.
"Lord Ye Landa!"
Lin Qiye called out, but the old man continued gazing downward as if he hadn't heard.
Lin Qiye walked to his side and spoke again: "Lord Ye Landa?"
Ye Landa slowly turned his head behind the railing. Those eyes, full of compassion and pity, fixed upon Lin Qiye's gaze as a gentle voice rang out:
"You did well, child."
"…"
Lin Qiye was briefly speechless, then tried again: "Lord Ye Landa, the situation is truly urgent. Heaven and Hell have been corrupted by the Cthulhu gods and become living things. I'm trapped in a cave behind the waterfall in Hell with no way out. Do you know of any other methods to escape?"
"You did well, child."
"Lord Ye Landa, the situation really is critical. If you can't speak, give me a sign at least?"
"You did well, child."
"Can you understand what I'm saying?"
"You did well, child."
That kind, elderly face mechanically repeated the same phrase.
Lin Qiye clenched his fists tight and slammed one against the railing beside him, his expression darkening.
With Ye Landa's current condition, communication was impossible. Lin Qiye's last hope shattered completely amidst those repeated "You did well, child."
"Damn it…"
Just as Lin Qiye grew frantic, two figures slowly walked up the stairs.
Lin Qiye turned to see an ancient ape draped in a tattered cassock and a man in grey robes standing behind him.
"Brother Monkey? Gilgamesh?" Lin Qiye was slightly stunned at the sight of these two. "What are you two doing here?"
"We were originally about to fight each other, but we heard you smashing the railing up here, so we came to take a look." Sun Wukong frowned slightly. "What's going on?"
Lin Qiye stared at the two figures before him, a bitter smile spreading across his face. He briefly explained the situation.
"A sealed god's kingdom…"
Sun Wukong murmured to himself. After a moment of silence, he turned to look at Gilgamesh beside him.
"This King doesn't understand such matters." Gilgamesh shook his head, speaking calmly.
"…Alright then."
Lin Qiye sighed, about to turn and leave, but Sun Wukong suddenly spoke up:
"Perhaps you could start from the origin."
Hearing this, Lin Qiye halted and turned back疑惑ly.
"Although I don't understand this Heaven and Hell business, nor do I know what those ashes of yours are, I do know that divine origins are the foundation that carries a god's kingdom and the core that controls it. It's like the origin of the Heavenly Court—once it shattered, the Heavenly Court itself collapsed along with it."
The scene of the Celestial Venerable crushing the Heavenly Court's origin replayed in Sun Wukong's mind. He paused briefly, then continued:
"From your description, those ashes have only temporarily taken control of Hell's land and outer space. They shouldn't have corrupted the origin of Hell itself. Origins are marvelous things—once corrupted, they can no longer maintain their original power. That's why doing what you mentioned—mass-producing demons—wouldn't be possible."
"If that's the case, if you two can shatter either the Heaven origin or the Hell origin, the god's kingdom will collapse entirely. No matter what those ashes have corrupted, it won't be able to prevent this from happening."
Lin Qiye's eyes brightened gradually!
The Heaven origin had been taken to the Moon by Ye Landa long ago and was impossible to shatter. But Lin Qiye knew exactly where the Hell origin was located. If he could shatter it, not only would they find a way out, but the nascent god's kingdom of the Cthulhu Faction would collapse along with it.
"However…" Sun Wukong spoke again, interrupting Lin Qiye's joy.
"However, divine origins aren't so easily destroyed. As far as I know, only an origin can destroy an origin."
"I have an origin!" Lin Qiye immediately thought of the Night origin Nyx had left him before departing.
"Yours belongs to natural origins, not divine origins." Sun Wukong shook his head. "I only know that divine origins can destroy divine origins, but whether natural origins can do the same… I'm not certain either."
Lin Qiye fell silent.
"…Understood. Thank you, Brother Monkey."
Lin Qiye took a deep breath, bowed deeply to Sun Wukong, then turned and departed the Asylum of the Gods.
Whether the Night origin could destroy the Hell origin was indeed uncertain, but for Lin Qiye and the others, this might be the only way out. If they couldn't think of any other method to escape, they would just have to take this risk.