There is no sun or moon in the sky, and no vegetation on the earth.
Everything has yin and yang, and the same is true in the human world. This dark and silent land under the yang world is called the Netherworld. For all living beings in the world, including most practitioners, this place is just a legendary existence, a gathering place for lonely souls and wild ghosts, but it is absolutely impossible to come into contact with it.
Only some special people, such as those who understand the Dao of Xuanming, can use their yin and yang eyes to peer into the Netherworld. Those who control Xuanming can enter the underworld with their yang bodies, and can even cooperate with the ghost king of the Netherworld to provide assistance to each other.
In fact, Xuanming Avenue is not an evil path. There is no distinction between good and evil in the world. When the Tianxing Divine Sect still existed, Taoist Master Xuanming had a very high status. He was more like a middleman between the Yin and Yang worlds, able to walk between the two worlds to promote communication.
But after the Tianxing Divine Religion split, the Pluto Sect fell into the devil's path and began to use their control over the ghosts to kill innocent people indiscriminately to strengthen themselves. This caused the Xuanming Avenue to go astray.
In the past, Master Xuanming had intercourse with the ghost kings of the ten halls, but now the master of the Pluto Sect, even if he uses blood sacrifices, can still only invite the ghost kings of the two halls, it is because the Pluto Sect has fallen into the devil's way, and most of the ghost kings are no longer willing to help it. .
In the star-studded Netherworld, two incompatible bodies descended on this day.
The first one is Taoist Master Xuanming, Lin Poyun, the leader of the Pluto Sect who has united the thoughts of good and evil. However, now that the Pluto Sect has been destroyed, he has also lost his true form of Ksitigarbha, and he no longer has the arrogance and majesty he once had.
In the days after the fusion of good and evil, he would sometimes become a pure-minded monk without any evil, and sometimes he would become a self-centered master of Pluto. After experiencing quite difficult tearing and reorganization, he gradually stabilized in his current state.
In the past, Lin Poyun could kill himself for revenge, which shows that he is a ruthless and decisive person no matter whether he is good or evil. Nowadays, his expression is indifferent and difficult to distinguish.
Behind him is a rather old-looking figure.
The old man is dressed in white linen monk clothes and has a long beard. He is the Venerable Wanfa who was previously on the Holy Mountain in the North Territory. But he was clearly killed by the demon god during the battle in Tianbei Prison, and for some reason he appeared here again.
Lin Poyun didn't know either.
He only knew that he could walk in the netherworld by controlling the Great Dao, but he didn't know why the Venerable Wanfa could act so casually.
"You are really dead, right? You can be so comfortable in the underworld." Lin Poyun wondered: "It's just that there is some secret method that makes people not see that you are a ghost."
"People in the world only know that the Tao of Immortality has a long lifespan, but they don't know that if you practice this Tao to the extreme, you will be 'immortal.'" Venerable Wanfa chuckled and said, "Sect Master Lin doesn't have to worry about this at all. I am still far away from turning into a ghost. "
"Even if you are immortal in the human world, you should not be able to walk in the underworld." Lin Poyun was puzzled.
If any random person has such power, then what is the point of him being the Taoist Master of Xuanming? That's why I'm a bit suspicious.
"The ability to walk in the netherworld is another opportunity." Venerable Wanfa said leisurely: "The longer people live, the more opportunities they will naturally have."
While talking, the two of them had arrived outside a flat wasteland. Hundreds of miles ahead of the wasteland, there is a huge mountain towering into the clouds, shaped like the head of an evil ghost.
"You said..." Lin Poyun looked up at this mountain, "The spirit of Ksitigarbha was suppressed here? I have been driving Ksitigarbha's true form for many years, but I have never heard of it."
"Compared with the history of the Hades Sect, it is still a little too short." Venerable Wanfa looked at the giant peak on the top of the mountain, seeming a little excited, with bright eyes.
"Back then, in the land to the west of the extreme west, there was a land not much smaller than the land of Kyushu. There was also a prosperous civilization there, and the practice of Buddhism appeared here. A compassionate country that highly worshiped Buddhism was established there, but later a generation of kings , grieved that he had worshiped the Buddha for hundreds of years but had never seen the real Buddha, so he built a large altar and prayed for the arrival of the real Buddha in the upper world."
"But what came was an extremely powerful Jizo Jizo! Its cultivation was comparable to that of a saint. The entire land of Jixi was destroyed by the destruction of Jizo Jizo."
"Seeing that the entire human world was about to be destroyed by it, fortunately, an unknown ancient Buddha appeared at this time. At the critical moment, he slayed his demonic thoughts, became a saint in his body, and entered the ninth realm of enlightenment. But even with the power of the unknown ancient Buddha, He was unable to completely suppress this extremely evil Ksitigarbha, who was not much weaker than him. He could only divide this evil Ksitigarbha in two. The soul was suppressed in the Nether World and was guarded by the Ten Palace Kings. The real body was suppressed in the Yang Realm. , suppressed by the immortal sects."
"I don't know how many years later, Ksitigarbha's true body was unearthed and used as a divine weapon. But Ksitigarbha's soul has always been here and has not been touched."
"There are legends in the world today that the evil Ksitigarbha was bound and suppressed in the underworld by the gods. In fact, it came from this incident. There is also the truth hidden in the rumors."
"But this truth is already an ancient secret, how did you learn about it?" Lin Poyun looked at Venerable Wanfa strangely, "Could it be that... you are a person from that era?"
"Haha." Venerable Wanfa smiled, "How is this possible? That happened tens of thousands of years ago. I just got the inheritance of the unknown ancient Buddha by chance."
"That doesn't matter." Lin Poyun waved his hand and turned to look at the giant mountain again, "You want to dig out the suppressed Ksitigarbha spirit? There are ten halls of ghost kings guarding it. It's impossible for us to do it alone. Right? They are in the underworld, but they are all critical level beings. As long as there is a little movement here, they will rush over immediately. "
Venerable Wanfa just replied calmly: "Sect Master Lin, everything depends on man-made efforts."
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"Who would have thought of this?"
At this time, Chu Liang in Shenxu Temple was also faced with a shocking scene. The appearance of the master of the Shenxu temple who came over was exactly the same as his senior brother Yuan from Shushan.
If there is any difference, it is probably that his temperament is more detached, more majestic and he has three more beards, that's all. It can still be seen at a glance that these are two exactly the same people.
"Don't be anxious yet." The middle-aged man opposite waved his hand and said with a smile: "I am not the person you know. Please take a seat."
He sat down at the table, picked up the teapot first, poured himself a cup, and then poured another cup for Chu Liang. The rope on Chu Liang's body over there automatically fell off and was put into his sleeve.
"Could it be that..." Chu Liang got free, stood up, rolled his eyes and said, "Senior, did you travel to the Shushan area forty years ago?"
"Ahem." The middle-aged man was about to drink tea. He almost choked when he heard these words. He put down the tea cup and said, "What are you thinking about? How can we at Shenxu Temple be free... You guys in Shushan are just three of us?" Just one of a thousand incarnations.”
"Clone?" Chu Liang was surprised.
"It can be understood that the Shenxu Temple is isolated from the world, and it is inevitable that it will not understand the situation in the world. The masters of Shenxu Temple in the past generations have to travel around the world in their incarnations to understand the development of world affairs. Especially top immortal sects like Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, even more You must pay attention to it." The viewer explained: "But the incarnation is different from the clone. The senior brother Yuan Zhuo you know has never known my existence. He only thinks that he is an ordinary Shushan disciple, different from ordinary people. It’s just the same life and cultivation. It’s just that everything he knows will be known to me.”
"Is Senior Brother Yuan Zhuo really the same as ordinary people?" Chu Liang laughed softly.
Thinking about it this way, the various peculiarities of Senior Brother Yuan are understandable. Why is his cultivation not high, but his brain power is amazing. He may seem dull and inhumane, but he is almost omniscient about worldly affairs.
If you think of him as a being who specializes in storing memories, it would make sense.
It's just that there is one such square head in every immortal sect in the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, but no one has ever noticed it? Thinking about it, it is possible. Just like the magical powers practiced by the guardian elders, there are such causal magical powers in the world that can directly change people's cognition.
Thinking of this, Chu Liang's expression suddenly changed: "Not good."
"What's wrong?" the viewer asked.
"If everything about Senior Brother Yuan can be known to you, then wouldn't the accounts of my Hongmian Peak be..." Chu Liang hit his left palm hard with his right fist, "Defense day and night, but I have never been able to guard against this move."
"..." The viewer showed a speechless expression.
After a long while, he finally said: "Do you think I care about your accounts?"
"That's true." Chu Liang chuckled, "But this junior is really curious, what does the Shenxu Temple in charge of the senior care about?"
This was something he'd always wanted to know.
Shenxu Temple is extremely powerful and mysterious. In this isolated place, a group of strong people are gathered to pass it on from generation to generation. What is the purpose?
The viewer looked at Chu Liang, paused, and then replied: "I can answer all your doubts."
Then he told: "The existence of Shenxu Temple is actually to protect this human world."
"Guarding the human world?" Chu Liang was a little confused after hearing this extremely lofty rhetoric, "Then why did the Shenxu Temple never seem to appear in the past great catastrophes in the world? For example, during the chaos of demons and gods three thousand years ago, if it weren't for the predecessors of Shushan Wouldn't it be possible to destroy the enemy with death force..."
"You're not talking about the human world." The viewer shook his head slightly, "It's just the Nine Provinces human race."
Chu Liang said nothing, waiting for the other party's explanation.
Just listen to the viewer continue to say: "Whether it is the human race, the demon race, or the earlier Jiuli, Hai tribe... they are all existences derived from this world. The world is turning around, and the replacement of the races that dominate the world is actually a historical necessity. . No matter how this master changes, it will not actually deplete the heaven and earth at all. It is just the spiritual energy coming and going, gathering in the heaven and earth and dispersing in the heaven and earth."
"The human world that the seniors mentioned refers to this big world?" Chu Liang understood what the other party meant, "rather than some lives in the world?"
"This is natural." The temple master said: "On weekdays, you practitioners often think of yourself as exterminating demons and defending the Tao, and you often praise the feats of the predecessors in Shushan to save the world. But why do you need to save the world? Even if the demon clan has dominated the world for thousands of years, it will still be lost. It’s just another kind of creature. Even if all the creatures die, this world will not be damaged at all. As long as the spiritual energy is not lost, in tens of millions of years, new creatures will be born."
"Senior, what do you think the damage to this world means is the loss of spiritual energy?" Chu Liang captured the information mentioned by the other party.
"That's right." The viewer smiled: "There is only one way, which will lead to the destruction of heaven and earth."
"Ascension?" Chu Liang guessed.
"Exactly." The viewer nodded.
"So the existence of Shenxu Temple prohibits ascension?" Chu Liang was a little shocked.
Could it be that this Taoist temple hides some kind of power that can suppress the sacred power of the ninth realm? That's amazing too.
"It's not forbidden." The temple owner replied: "Shenxu Temple was founded before Li Sheng ascended to the throne. He put down three prohibitions in Shenxu Temple, which are called the Laws of Ascension."
"First, to ascend to the Nine Realms, you must achieve something and replenish spiritual energy for the world."
"Second, after ascending to the Nine Realms, you must leave your physical body behind to complete the path for the human world."
"Third, if the ascension fails, resurrection will never be allowed in this nine realms."
Chu Liang felt quite shocked when he heard these three laws of ascension. Before the endless years, Li Sheng, as the first person to ascend, set rules for all the saints in the ninth realm in the future.
It sounds very domineering.
After the temple owner's explanation, he understood why this law of ascension existed.
You must gain something in the Ninth Realm because the Ninth Realm condenses a large part of the spiritual energy in this world. The biggest reason why there can only be one saint in the world is lack of spiritual energy.
There is also a gap between the sacred ones. The weaker ones occupy at least 10% of the spiritual energy of the entire human world, while the stronger ones may occupy as much as 40 to 50%. Once such a being ascends, the aura of the world will plummet.
In just a few times, this world will become a land of apocalypse without spiritual energy.
Therefore, those who ascend must gain something.
When the heavenly catastrophe comes, the road to heaven opens, and those who ascend must at least cut down enough beings from the upper world to replenish their spiritual energy before they can ascend with peace of mind.
Just like Li Sheng killed the gods before he ascended.
The spiritual energy contained in the land of Shenxu is not only enough to make up for what he took away, but even far exceeds it. This is also the key to the sublimation of the entire world, and the key to raising the shackles of practice from the seventh realm to the ninth realm.
In the ninth realm, the physical body must be left behind, the truth is similar.
Regarding the great road of the world, the seventh level is borrowing, the eighth level is taking control, and the ninth level is fusion. Once the great road is integrated, it will be one with the heaven and earth.
If it ascends, this human world will lose this avenue forever.
For example, if Chu Liang used Shenxiao to advance to the ninth realm of Tongxuan, and use this to ascend, there would no longer be any thunder in the sky and earth, and there would be no more thunder in the wind and rain.
If this happens several times, the rules of the entire world will no longer hold true, and the world will collapse.
However, abandoning the physical body that is integrated with the Dao and leaving the Dao in the world means that the ninth realm can only ascend with the soul. And without the avenue of fusion, the most important foundation of the ninth realm will also be lost.
The holiness that ascends to the sky will become a being like Tian Yuan who has been taken away from the road, and become an "eight and a half realm" with stronger cultivation.
If you have to gain something, just give it a try. Giving up your most fundamental strength is definitely something no one in the Ninth Realm wants to do.
Who would be willing to give up the vast majority of themselves to feed a hometown that they may never return to? Even everything he has is given by his hometown.
As for the ninth realm that failed to ascend and cannot be resurrected, this is equally important.
Once the ascension fails and can be resurrected, the Ninth Realm theory can achieve eternal life in this world. There can only be one Ninth Realm in the world, and over time, it will no longer have any vitality and vitality.
This world will always stop here, no new hope can emerge, no more breakthroughs can be made to advance upwards.
Only when new saints continue to appear to challenge can this world be full of hope and continue to sublimate. In the future, the ninth realm may not be the limit, but will become the tenth realm, the eleventh realm...
Of course, in the long years since Li Sheng, no such person has appeared.
But when he left, he had already anticipated everything that might happen in the future. Even if it is sacred, if there is no restriction, it cannot escape selfishness, so there must be restrictions.
For the survival of this world, restricting the sacredness of the ninth realm is the meaning of the existence of Shenxu Temple.
Chu Liang couldn't help but sigh after hearing this. He originally thought that the Shenxu Temple was an ancient inheritance spread by a certain branch of the world, but he didn't expect that it would bear such a heavy responsibility.
He sincerely sighed: "Li Sheng is really great."
good evening.
(End of chapter)
