Chapter 009: The Sheep Herding Whip

If you were just a shepherd boy, would you still be content with that role once you realized you were already an eighth-level expert?
What if you were a ninth-level expert?
What if you were at the sacred realm level?
What if you were a peak master of your domain?
Would you still be able to stay calm and herd sheep?
But Fan did it! He became a god!
Becoming a god is truly not easy from this perspective!
“Ever since I went to the divine realm, unfortunately, it coincided with the era of the War of the Gods. Everyone in the divine realm, as long as they were gods, got drawn into it. I could no longer herd sheep. Fortunately, I survived, but I no longer wanted to stay in the divine realm. So, I volunteered to guard the graves of the gods,” Fan continued.
There was still that lazy, seemingly detached, and lofty aura.
But this time, Du Fan didn’t interpret it that way. Through Fan’s own account, Du Fan understood that this lazy demeanor was actually a sense of indifference toward the world—unfazed by how the world changed, “I remain the same! Everything else may change, but my heart stays unchanged!”
Perhaps it was this innate personality that enabled this former shepherd to achieve godhood, Du Fan thought.
As Fan calmly recounted his story, the twelve people were shocked by his extremely peaceful and unshaken method of cultivating to become a god!
After all, the powerful gods they knew on the continent were all extraordinary figures who dominated their era!
If Fan’s experience had been the same, they wouldn’t have been so shocked!
But it was precisely this extreme calmness, this quiet and natural path to godhood, that caused a profound spiritual shock among these sacred realm experts!
“Over the years in this graveyard of gods, I’ve become calm once again, and my cultivation has grown unnoticed,” Fan said, smiling slightly.
With a gentle gesture of his hand, the Green Giant felt a chill spread through his body, and all his wounds vanished miraculously.
“Thank you, master,” the Green Giant said respectfully.
“It’s nothing. Back then, I caught you guys just for fun. I never expected that after so many years, you’d all changed so much!” Fan said with emotion.
The two birdmen still flying in the sky also immediately flew behind Fan as he stood on the ground and stood quietly there.

“All of this is the master’s grace! Otherwise, how could we ordinary animals, not even magical beasts, have the chance to transform into humans?” the Hulk said quickly.
Ordinary animals! Yet they had reached the level of a Saint!
Once again, Du Fan and his group were shocked!
No wonder—they had no idea what kind of magical beasts those three creatures were when they first saw them. It turned out that the giant python and the two golden eagles were merely evolved from ordinary animals!
“Alright, alright. Since you’ve reached this level, keep practicing hard. Who knows, one day you might become the God of Snakes or the God of Eagles,” the Yang God said calmly.
“Master, if we were to become gods, we wouldn’t dare even think about it,” the three creatures said in unison.
“Back when I was just a shepherd boy, I also didn’t dare think about such things. But didn’t I still become a god? What’s there for you not to dare think about?” Fan Yixiao said.
“Lord Yang God, we’ve come this far. What should we do next?” Du Fan asked.
“Hmm, look at me—I always forget as soon as I speak. Right, since you’ve come to me, you’ll naturally receive a divine essence as a reward. Of course, if you’ve only reached this level, I’ll let you go. But if you want to advance further, you must defeat me!” The Yang God’s entire body tensed, and a mighty aura spread out!
Hearing that they had to fight to move forward, Du Fan and the others felt disheartened.
Just as Fan Yixiao, the Yang God, had said, he was no longer at the level of a beginner god like the God of Food, Qiao. His divine aura was clearly much stronger than Qiao’s!
Against the God of Food, Du Fan and his group still had a chance to fight, but facing Fan Yixiao, they felt utterly powerless!
“Oh, I forgot. When I first entered the Tomb of Gods, I was only at the level of a beginner god. My protective ability was also at that level. So, using the power of a mid-tier god to deal with you might violate the rules. How about this—I’ll only use the power of a beginner god when fighting you!” Fan Yixiao said with a smile.
His aura suddenly diminished, dropping to the level of a beginner god!
Seeing Fan Yixiao’s action, Du Fan was delighted!
Wasn’t this obvious leniency?
Why would this Yang God show leniency toward them? Du Fan couldn’t figure it out.

The guardian of the Gods’ Graveyard is supposed to protect what it is tasked to guard, doing its utmost to defend it. Yet this Sun God, Mr. Fan, actually chose to lower his own power level to fight someone of his own rank—what else could this be but intentional leniency?

Shaking the Frostfall Snow in his hand, Du Fan smiled and said, “Since the Sun God has such intentions, then let’s fight!”

“Be careful,” the Sun God said calmly with a smile. With a motion of his hand, he produced a stick.

Looking at the stick in the Sun God’s hand, Du Fan thought it resembled nothing more than a shepherd’s staff—after all, there was a two-foot-long rope hanging from it! It was hard to decide whether such a strange weapon should be called a stick or a whip.

“This is my shepherd’s whip,” the Sun God said, looking at it with deep emotion.

Swinging the whip in the air, a crisp crack echoed, seemingly confirming that it indeed was a whip.

To Du Fan and the others, that sound sounded completely different—it was like an order, making them unconsciously want to step back. In an instant, they felt as if they were sheep, with the sound of the whip serving as the command: “Move back!”

A simple whip crack carried the power of a mental magic attack!

With a groan, Moses was the first to regain his senses. Shaking his War Sword, he sent a fierce sword energy soaring toward the Sun God.

“Hmm, strange energy,” said the Sun God, Fan.

Gently tapping the War Sword with his shepherd’s whip, another crisp sound came out, causing Moses’s sword to suddenly deviate from its course and swing to the side.

Just as Moses’s sword veered aside, six long arrows shot swiftly toward the Sun God.

The Sun God swung his whip again, and with another crisp sound, all six arrows suddenly changed direction, shooting back at Nayixiu and the others who had fired them!

This Sun God’s shepherd’s whip could not only control people but also objects! Those arrows were turned into obedient sheep by a single whip crack, shooting back in the direction the Sun God desired.

Fortunately, the arrows that returned this way were not very powerful. Coupled with the elves, who had a deep understanding of arrows, their archers handled these arrows shot back at them with ease. Some simply dodged them, while others shot back arrows to knock away those aimed at them. The most impressive was Nai Xiu—this realm powerhouse took an arrow and, with a single motion, made the arrow obediently spin around her sword! After a few rotations, it fell neatly into her hand. “Great technique, truly great,” praised the Yang God upon seeing her skillful use of leverage to deflect the force. “I have a question, Yang God. When you guard the Tomb of the Gods, can you travel across the continent?” Du Fan drew Han Shuang Luo Xue and tapped it with two fingers, not attacking immediately. “As guardians, we naturally cannot leave this protected area, let alone travel across the continent. The barrier around the Tomb of the Gods was personally set up by the Supreme God. How could mere minor gods like us break such a barrier?” Yang God Fan replied with a smile in response to Du Fan’s actions. “So you don’t stay guarding the Tomb of the Gods all the time?” Du Fan asked again. “Of course not. Once our guardianship task is complete, we can leave,” said Yang God Fan. “What exactly constitutes completing the task?” Du Fan asked with a smile. “When someone reaches the deepest part of the Tomb of the Gods and completes that task, our guardianship duty is fulfilled,” replied the Yang God with a smile. “If you can enter the deepest part today, then our task will be completed today, and we can return to the Divine Realm right away.” “The Divine Realm—do all people have to go there after becoming gods?” Du Fan thought of the Dwarf King, the Great Beast Commander, and the Pope. These people already possessed godly powers, so why did they still remain on this continent? “Those who wish to go go, and those who don’t stay. But the vast majority choose to go to the Divine Realm. After all, there are still goals for these godly experts there. Staying on the continent after becoming gods usually brings a sense of loneliness,” said Yang God Fan. “Does the Yang God know the Goddess of Nature?” Du Fan asked again with a smile.

“The Goddess of Nature? Hehe, of course I know. Speaking of which, this Goddess of Nature is quite famous in the divine realm. She is a great deity second only to the twelve supreme gods! A great deity represents the pinnacle of cultivation; aside from the twelve supreme gods, they possess the highest level of cultivation. In the entire divine realm, there are only fifty-three beings at this level.” Yangshen Fan replied upon hearing Du Fan’s question.
Du Fan suddenly felt a very strange sensation—this Yangshen seemed to be able to answer everything he asked in great detail!
It was like a teacher patiently providing comprehensive answers to a student’s questions.
“I have a question,” Du Fan said suddenly.
“Oh, what else is it?” Yangshen Fan asked casually.