The bright moonlight fell on the earth, and a large group of ferocious ghosts rushed out of the dim woods.
They bared their teeth and claws, made shrill calls, and kept changing directions, as if they were looking for something.
Yu Yuan discovered that among them there were men and women, old and young, and they looked like a very ordinary group of people, except that they were covered in blood, and blood was constantly spraying out from the fatal wounds.
Their eyes were dull and lifeless, like a group of lost lambs.
During the day, they were still alive, but now they have all turned into lifeless undead, wandering around looking for something.
"well……"
Houtu Zuwu also saw this scene and couldn't help but sigh.
"These are the killed human undead. They have no place to go and can only wander around aimlessly. In the end, they will either be swallowed by the monsters who practice evil methods, or they will turn into evil ghosts."
Yu Yuan frowned.
"Evil ghost?"
Suddenly, there was a sharp howling sound in the distance, like a cry, which made people panic.
Immediately afterwards, many black shadows came flying from a distance.
One of the black shadows fell directly into the forest.
Yu Yuan keenly felt that the black shadow seemed to be connected to a huge black vortex. With every pull, several ghosts were drawn into the vortex.
The black shadow clearly looked like a human race, but its body shape was unusually tall. It was not the size that a normal human being could have.
At this time, Yu Yuan noticed that the face of this black figure was stained with blood. Although his eyes could not be seen, he opened his huge mouth and devoured the ghosts wantonly. Whether they were men, women, old or young, or young and middle-aged, they were all eaten. He swallowed it in big gulps.
As he devoured them, there were fewer and fewer ghosts on the ground, until finally, they were all devoured by him.
Yu Yuan frowned even more tightly.
But he didn't stop it.
Because he found that the swallowed ghost did not disappear, but existed in the body of the black shadow in a new way.
That black shadow is not a monster, but an evil ghost!
It is a huge ghost composed of countless ghosts!
At this time, the moon was in the sky, and there were obviously fewer ghosts in the Ghost Valley than before. There was still a loud roar in the distance, and a new evil ghost was approaching.
Seeing that a round of fighting was about to begin, at this moment, the evil ghost who appeared first suddenly raised his head, his dark eyes flashing with ferocious light, and his manic emotions made him go crazy.
The shadows under his feet gathered together to form a huge black vortex, quickly absorbing the ghosts.
Each ghost was sucked into the vortex and became a part of it.
And those absorbed ghosts have no ability to resist at all, or they don't know how to resist at all.
Seeing Yu Yuan staring at the evil ghost, Hou Tuzu Wu sighed softly: "Fellow Taoist seems not to understand these ghosts and ghosts...
At the beginning of the world, all things had spirits, and there was almost no such thing as death.
But as time went by, the ferocious beasts rampaged across the wilderness, carrying out mass killings driven by their ferocious rage.
Some of those who died tragically lost their souls, while others left behind their souls.
Although the true spirits of these souls have been extinguished, over the endless years, some souls have relied on instinct to devour each other, thus giving birth to new spiritual wisdom.
Today, these souls who gave birth to spiritual intelligence seem to have formed a brand new race. "
"Are you talking about evil spirits?"
Yu Yuan murmured subconsciously.
He knew that there would be countless evil ghosts in the underworld in later generations, and that there would also be an evil ghost realm among the six realms of reincarnation.
However, reincarnation has not yet been established, and the underworld has not yet taken shape.
Hearing Yu Yuan's question, Hou Tuzu Wu nodded slightly and looked at him with a flash of interest in his eyes.
"Fellow Taoist is right."
Hou Tuzu Wu Zhengse said: "They are the evil ghost clan. Although these evil ghosts have always been hiding in the eighteen layers of secluded earth and almost never appear on the ancient land, fellow Taoists must not underestimate them."
"How do you say this?" Yu Yuan became somewhat interested.
"Because the number of evil ghosts is almost endless!" Houtu Zuwu said in a deep voice: "Since the beginning of the world, countless living creatures have died. Except for some living souls, the remaining souls have sunk into the eighteenth layer of secluded earth. And in the sea of blood in the netherworld.
Can fellow Taoists imagine how huge that number is? "
Yu Yuan really couldn't imagine this.
Because from the beginning of the world to the present, the time span in between is probably too countless to count.
Moreover, the vast world of the prehistoric world is home to countless creatures. Every day, countless creatures die due to various reasons. Some of their souls scatter, while others wander around and eventually become ghosts. …
From ancient times to the present, the number of evil ghosts has continued to accumulate, and I am afraid that it is much more than all the living creatures in the prehistoric era combined!
Seeing Yu Yuan realize this, the expression on Hou Tuzu Wu's face became solemn.
Just listen to her deep voice: "Nowadays, the ancient world is becoming more and more ordinary, and new intelligent races such as the human race have a short life span, but their ability to reproduce is very strong.
If there had not been a massacre by the two Lich clans, the number of humans would have continued to grow.
Likewise, the number of evil spirits will also grow rapidly!
The reason why I did not firmly stop my brother from massacring the human race was because I considered that the human race could no longer continue to reproduce uncontrollably.
Otherwise, the evil ghost clan will expand day by day in the ancient world, and one day it will spread throughout the entire ancient world! "
"So what?" Yu Yuan had a look of confusion on his face, "These evil ghosts don't seem to have much ability. Why are fellow Taoists so afraid of them?"
"These evil ghosts are formed by the condensed ghosts." Hou Tu Zuwu said softly: "Wherever they go, the Yin Qi is everywhere, and they immediately turn into ghosts, and they can swallow the souls of ordinary creatures... Although they have no effect on you and me. , but once the ghosts spread all over the wilderness, there will be no place for other races such as humans."
Hearing this, Yu Yuan suddenly realized, looked at Hou Tu Zu Wu Zhengse and said: "According to what fellow Taoists said, aren't these evil ghosts a big threat to the creatures of the ancient world? Then why not destroy these evil spirits? ghost?"
Houtu Zuwu shook his head, "Because they are still essentially primitive creatures, the continuation of all dead lives... I don't want to hurt them unless necessary."
Yu Yuan nodded and understood what she meant. He looked at Hou Tuzu Wu and praised: "Fellow Taoist is really compassionate."
"Isn't that considered compassionate?" Hou Tu Zuwu shook his head, "The problem of evil spirits cannot be completely solved by force."
She looked at Yu Yuan and said solemnly: "The prehistoric world is becoming ordinary day by day. This is an irreversible state, and the new lives will become weaker and weaker, and their life span will become shorter and shorter.
The number of evil spirits will also increase!
As long as there are still beings born and dying in the ancient world, evil spirits will never disappear.
It is impossible to kill them all by force alone! "
"That's true." Yu Yuan nodded, and after pondering for a moment, he reminded him: "Then if someone can help the souls of living beings to be reborn after they die, wouldn't that prevent them from turning into evil ghosts? Already?"
Hou Tuzu Wu raised his eyebrows slightly, seeming to be quite interested in his proposal.
After thinking for a moment, a smile appeared on his face.
"This method, fellow Taoist, is indeed feasible. There are many techniques to bring the dead back to life, and there are many spiritual pills and spiritual fruits that can bring the dead back to life... That's not right!"
At this point, Hou Tuzu Wu suddenly reacted, shook his head and said: "This method will not work! Not to mention the countless lives that die every day, there is no way to save them!
Even if all the creatures can be saved, there is a fate of life and death. If there is no death, the number of creatures in the world will expand rapidly in a short period of time until they occupy the entire prehistoric world... No, even the entire prehistoric world cannot accommodate them! "
"Then if it is a dead creature, its memory is erased, like a piece of blank paper, and it is reborn into the world. It starts to grow from a baby until it dies, and then its memory is erased and it is reborn into the world... From life to death, from death to life, over and over again!”
"From life to death, from death to life, over and over again?"
Hou Tuzu Wu was slightly shocked, as if a flash of lightning flashed across his mind, and he was stunned for an instant.
Yu Yuan knew in his heart that his advice was probably effective, so he didn't bother her anymore.
In fact, he still had some doubts about whether to enlighten this ancestral wizard.
Although he knew the method for the other party to prove himself to be an authentic saint of merit, he also knew what price he had to pay.
Moreover, after the other party proves to be an authentic saint of merit, he may not accept his favor, and may even bear a grudge against him.
However, after careful consideration, Yu Yuan decided to take a gamble.
If it can be done, there will be one more helper in the future.
If it doesn't work out, the worst possible outcome is not going to the Netherworld in the future.
Anyway, the other party cannot leave the underworld after becoming an authentic saint of merit. Even if he really holds a grudge against him because of this, there is nothing he can do about it.
After a while, Hou Tuxing turned around and looked at Yu Yuandao: "What the Taoist friend said is very reasonable and has given me great inspiration... Nowadays, most of the evil ghosts are concentrated in the Eighteenth Layer of Netherland. I want to go and take a look, I wonder if you can accompany me?"
"The Eighteenth Level of Netherland?" There was a hint of hesitation on Yu Yuan's face, but he was secretly excited in his heart.
Perhaps today you will have the opportunity to see with your own eyes what enlightenment and sainthood are like.
This will also be of great help to him in attaining enlightenment in the future!
So after hesitatingly pondering for a moment, he nodded and said unhurriedly: "Since fellow Taoist invites me, I have no reason to refuse."
Hou Tuzu Wu smiled slightly, looked at him and said, "Fellow Taoist, please follow me."
After saying that, a yellow light flashed around her.
Yu Yuan recognized that this was the magical power of shrinking the ground into an inch, so he did not resist.
The next moment, he felt that his eyes were dimming, and he was already in a dark and cold world.
Eighteen layers of secluded earth world, each layer is a complete world.
However, in the world that Yu Yuan came to, there were no sun, moon, stars, lakes and oceans, no green trees, no flowing green water, only the endless mountains and hills and an extremely wide and endless river.
Desolate and cold.
Yu Yuan did not sense any traces of life in this world, only seemingly endless evil ghosts floating in the air, peeking at him from the gaps in the dark brown rocks.
These evil spirits are tangible but insubstantial, and can overlap and intersect with each other. Some of them look weird, as if they are countless strange creatures gathered together. They look very weird and disgusting.
Yu Yuan looked around and saw that these evil spirits gathered together like a green ocean, leaving almost no room for people to stand.
However, because both of them are masters at the quasi-sage level and can walk sideways within and outside the Three Realms, they will naturally not be frightened by this battle.
In fact, although there are many evil spirits in this world, in the eyes of Yu Yuan and others, they are just a few more ants and have no real impact at all.
After all, it is just a legend that the ants kill the elephant.
No matter how many ants there are, it is impossible to kill an elephant as huge as an ancient sacred mountain!
This can no longer be solved by quantitative changes leading to qualitative changes.
Those evil ghosts were also very aware, and they quickly turned and ran away the moment they saw the appearance of the two men. The remaining ones also knelt down and kowtowed because they were frightened by their aura, and did not dare to approach them at all.
From this point of view, these evil ghosts are quite intelligent.
Maybe a certain "social civilization" has been formed.
This is not the first time Yu Yuan has come to the Netherland World, but the place he went to was the Netherworld under the control of the Six Paths of Reincarnation.
It was a well-organized and orderly place, but the desolation in front of me was completely different.
At this moment, he saw this scene of evil ghosts like waves with his own eyes, and he felt greatly shocked in his heart.
There are too many evil spirits!
Yu Yuan released his spiritual thoughts to explore the surroundings and found that the entire world had been occupied by evil spirits.
The Houtu Ancestral Witch on the side said as a reminder: "This is only the first level of secluded earth. There are even more evil spirits in the seventeenth level of secluded earth below!"
After saying that, a light flashed under her feet, and she took Yu Yuan to the second level of secluded earth.
This side of the world is still the same bleak, desolate and cold place, with only the big river running through the three realms flowing endlessly.
However, the number of remnant souls in the second level of secluded earth is more than 30% more than that of the first level of secluded earth!
Seeing the densely packed evil ghosts, Yu Yuan recognized Hou Tuzu Wu's worries a little more.
If these evil spirits are not dealt with, they will indeed become a huge disaster!
If all the evil ghosts in the eighteenth layer of secluded earth escape, it will be enough to turn the entire human world into a lifeless ghost!
But now, this eighteenth layer of secluded earth can no longer accommodate these evil ghosts!
Under the leadership of Houtu Zuwu, Yu Yuan kept going downwards. After passing through the first level of secluded earth, he finally came to the 18th level of secluded earth.
This place has been completely reduced to ghosts. The ground, the air, and even the rocks have become the territory of evil spirits.
As far as the eye can see, the evil ghosts are densely packed, almost all of them overlap.
And they are constantly devouring each other, and the more souls they devoured, the stronger they become.
The evil ghosts that can come to this eighteenth level of secluded earth are all extremely powerful beings. Each evil ghost has tens of thousands of souls in its body.
Houtu Zuwu looked at the densely packed evil ghosts and couldn't help but sigh: "Since the creation of Father God's heaven and earth, the eighteenth layer of secluded earth has always been the destination of the creatures in the ancient world after death.
But in the long years, too many lives have died.
The eighteen layers of secluded earth can no longer accommodate these souls. "
Speaking of this, she hesitated slightly, as if she was hesitating whether to reveal her true feelings to Yu Yuan, but in the end she said in a deep voice: "To be honest, I have been frequently enlightened recently, and I always feel that there is something in the prehistoric world created by God Father. A huge shortcoming.
Today, after listening to what my fellow Taoist said, I know exactly what this shortcoming is. "
A ray of light lit up in Yu Yuan's eyes, and he looked at Hou Tu Zuwu and said, "What is the shortcoming?"
Houtu Ancestral Witch looked around and said as if muttering to himself: "Heaven and earth breed all things, and also give birth to all spirits... Whenever a new creature is born in heaven and earth, it is given soul by heaven and earth.
But when the creatures died, these souls failed to return to heaven and earth. Instead, they sank into the eighteen layers of secluded earth and turned into lifeless evil ghosts...
This is the shortcoming of heaven and earth!
But I don’t know how to make up for it…”
"Fellow!"
Hou Tuzu Wu suddenly turned his head to look at Yu Yuan, his confused eyes showing a hint of heat.
"How can I implement what Taoist Fellow Taoist said before, 'from life to death, from death to life, and back again'? Is there any way, Fellow Taoist, to teach me?"
I want to help the souls of living beings to be reborn after death... Once this can be achieved, it will be able to completely make up for the shortcomings of the ancient world! "
Yu Yuan nodded.
He could see that this Hou Tu Zusha was actually only a thin layer of window paper away from fully realizing the Great Way of Reincarnation.
She was transformed by the turbid energy of the Great God Pangu, and perhaps she was born with the mission of making up for her shortcomings.
This is her destiny!
Even without Yu Yuan's guidance today, she would eventually embark on this path.
The only difference is that due to Yu Yuan's intervention, she will be certified as an authentic saint of merit a little earlier.
With this thought, Yu Yuandang said in a serious voice: "Fellow Taoist is right, the shortcoming in this world is the lack of a mechanism that can recycle wandering souls and give them new lives, and so on, and the cycle continues... …”
"The cycle goes on and on, reincarnation never ends!"
Hou Tuzu Wu was shocked, and the confusion in his eyes completely dissipated.
At this moment, a huge wave of Taoist charm burst out from her body, rushing out of the eighteen layers of secluded earth, connecting the three realms, shaking the universe...
"I understand, this ancient world is missing a reincarnation!"
Following her words, the entire eighteenth layer of ethereal land instantly lit up like daylight.
The endless evil ghosts dispersed and disintegrated in an instant, turning back into confused ghosts, which are the souls left behind after the death of all living beings.
The Tao Yun flows around the body of Hou Tuzu Witch, and the whole body is emitting bright and soft white light, like an extremely holy goddess.
The boundless Taoist charm in her body was connected with the ancient world, and spread all over the world in an instant.
At this moment, countless top powers in the prehistoric world all looked towards the Eighteenth Layer of Deep Earth.
Even the aloof saints cast a casual glance at the secluded world that they would never take another look at at this moment.
However, the entire eighteenth layer of secluded earth has been filled with the samsara charm emanating from the Houtu Ancestral Witch, and even a saint cannot see through her to see the specific situation here.
This also made Yu Yuan, who had originally planned to retreat quietly, feel relieved and stay in the eighteenth layer of secluded earth to quietly watch the process of Hou Tuzu Wu's enlightenment.
This is an extremely rare scene.
Looking at the past and future, there is only one person who can attain enlightenment and become an authentic saint of merit.
It can be said that this is a rare opportunity.
If you miss it, you will never have another chance.
After watching it, Tuzu Shaman realized the Tao. If nothing else, at least he was "immersed" in the charm of the Tao of Reincarnation. In the future, he would be able to take a shortcut to understand the Tao of Reincarnation.
And it can also provide inspiration for his own future enlightenment.
Why not do it?
While he was observing Hou Tuzu Wu's enlightenment, the top leaders of the Lich and Demon clans, the two most powerful clans in the world, also gathered together as soon as they noticed the change.
At this moment, in the tall and majestic Demon Emperor's Palace in Heaven, Demon Emperor Jun, who was sitting on the throne, had his eyes wide open and his face was full of disbelief.
"The one who is about to attain enlightenment is Hou Tuzu Shaman?"
Di Jun looked at the demon saints in the hall in astonishment and said in disbelief: "Aren't all the ancestral witches innately deficient and unable to cultivate the soul? How can she achieve enlightenment and become a saint?!"
"Although the ancestral witches cannot cultivate the soul, they are born with a mastery of the great law..." Demon Saint Bai Ze reminded: "Perhaps it was then that the ancestral witches fully understood the great law?"
"Now is not the time to discuss this!"
Donghuang Taiyi gave a cold shout, looked at the frowning Emperor Jun and said: "Then the Tuzu Witch was fighting with us not long ago, but now he suddenly attained enlightenment in the eighteenth layer of secluded earth, it must be a temporary breakthrough. .
This also means that she was not adequately prepared!
Then we can immediately go to the Eighteenth Layer of the Deep Land to prevent her from becoming a saint! "
"good!"
Di Jun nodded, quite agreeing with his analysis.
But then he said cautiously: "Could this be a trap deliberately set by the Wu clan?"
"Whether it's a scam or not, we can't just sit idly by and ignore it!" Donghuang Taiyi said solemnly.
"You're right."
Demon Emperor Jun nodded slightly, naturally understanding what he meant.
If Hou Tu Zu Wu succeeds in attaining enlightenment and becomes a saint, then the Wu Clan will have the support of a saint. How can they, the Demon Clan, compete with them?
This hidden danger must be eliminated!
A flash of determination flashed in Di Jun's eyes, and he said loudly: "Taiyi, you will immediately take Bai Ze, Shang Yang, Feilian and other demon saints to the eighteenth level of the secluded land. Later I will set up the next week's star battle formation. If something happens If you can’t do it, just wipe out the Eighteenth Level of Netherland!”
"So good!"
Donghuang Taiyi was not surprised by this decision, and even agreed with it very much.
"After the formation is set up, the demon master will rush over with several other demon saints to support you. You must be careful, as those ancestral witches will definitely go to protect the way." Demon Emperor Jun reminded solemnly road.
He quickly assigned all the high-level combat forces of the Demon Clan to their respective characters, and formulated a complete set of plans.
"Brother, don't worry!"
A golden chaos clock appeared above Donghuang Taiyi's head, and he said with an arrogant expression: "The six ancestral wizards joined forces before, but they couldn't do anything to me!
With the Chaos Clock here, I will be invincible! "
Di Jun nodded slightly and said in a deep voice: "No matter what, we must prevent Houtu from attaining the Tao!"
"Don't worry, she won't become a saint!"
Donghuang Taiyi sneered, and the chaos clock above his head instantly emitted a melodious chime.
"Dang~"
The crisp bells echoed in the hall, and Donghuang Taiyi and several quasi-sages in the hall disappeared in this moment.
At the same time, in the Pangu Hall of Buzhou Mountain, the eleven ancestral witches also rushed together in a hurry.
"Time is urgent now, I'll keep my story short."
Dijiang Ancestral Witch looked at the crowd and said solemnly: "Now that Houtu Sister is about to achieve enlightenment, those guys from the Demon Clan will definitely find a way to stop her!
We must unite as one now, put aside other things, and go to the 18th layer of secluded earth to protect the way for the Queen Earth girl!
As long as Houtu sister can successfully prove the truth, then the demon clan will not be a worry in the future! "
"Brother is right!" Ancestral Witch Zhu Rong sprayed sparks in his mouth and said loudly: "I will go to Houtu Sister to protect the way!"
The other ancestral witches all nodded.
Seeing that there was no objection, Di Jiang Zuwu looked at Zhu Jiuyin and said: "To prevent those guys from the demon clan from causing trouble, you, Zhu Rong, Gonggong, Xuan Ming, and Jumang will go first!"
"It's all up to big brother!"
Zhu Jiuyin, Zhu Rong and other five ancestral shamans responded in unison.
Immediately, they tore apart the space and disappeared in an instant.
After they left, Dijiang Ancestral Witch looked at the remaining Ancestral Witches and said solemnly: "The last time we fought against the demon clan, the Zhoutian Star Dou Formation they set up was so powerful that it could destroy the world.
Di Jun and Tai Yi are both crazy people. If they find that they can't stop Hou Tu sister from preaching, they will definitely move out of the Zhoutian Xingdou array... Our mission is to go to the heaven to make a big fuss and ensure that they can't show up. The next group of Zhoutian Stars Formation! "
Tianwu, Xizi, Shebishi and other ancestral witches nodded repeatedly.
"Brother, it's better to consider Zhou Xiang. We really have to be on guard against the Zhou Tian Xing Dou Formation!"
"But we must be very careful when we go here. We only target the demon gods in the Demon Court, and we must not fight with those demon saints..." Emperor Jiang Ancestral Witch explained clearly, not even omitting some details.
All the ancestral witches nodded, having unreserved trust in his command.
Dijiang Ancestral Witch shouted: "No matter what, we must let our Houtu girl achieve enlightenment safely and safely!!!"
After saying that, he took the lead and walked out of Pangu Palace, and his figure quickly disappeared into the void.
The other ancestral witches followed closely, and each of them quickly disappeared.
In the blink of an eye, they had arrived in front of Nantian Gate.
Dijiang Ancestral Witch looked at the gate of the heaven with a sneer on his lips.
He unceremoniously took out the white bone gun, used it as a stick, and smashed it against the heavy green Nantian Gate.
"Boom..."
Along with the sound of the huge thing collapsing, Emperor Jiang Zuwu's loud shout also sounded.
"Heaven must be destroyed!"
(End of chapter)
