Beijing. The emperor came to Fangqiu Altar without any entourage. The great events of the country are in the army and in the sacrifice. On the winter solstice, sacrifices were offered to the heaven at the Circular Mound, which was in the south of the country. On the summer solstice, sacrifices were offered to the earth god at the Square Mound, which was in the north of the country. The altar is square in shape and has two levels. The upper level is 50 meters square, where the earth deity is located; The lower level is ten zhang square and is where the Shenzhou is located; within the outer wall under the altar, there are thirty-seven statues of the Five Mountains, Four Towns, Four Rivers, Four Seas, and Five Directions; outside the wall there are thirty statues of hills. As he walked along, the emperor said to himself, "Shenzhou, the Five Mountains, the Four Towns, the Four Rivers, the Four Seas, the Five Directions. Sigh... I really want to see these ancient and legendary places with my own eyes." When he reached the upper level of Fangqiu Altar, the emperor gathered his thoughts and focused without distractions. Ji, the god of the earth, is the one who brings forth all things. In a broad sense, earthly gods refer to the deification of all natural objects on the ground.
In a narrow sense, the earthly god refers specifically to Hou Tuhuang, the earthly god. The emperor came here to personally offer sacrifices to Hou Tu Huang Di God as a sign of respect. Although the position of Hou Tu Huang Di Ji has been either vacant or almost vacant since ancient times, all living things should be grateful to the original Hou Tu Huang Di Ji. If it weren't for the self-sacrifice of Hou Tu in the beginning, all the heavens and the world would be in ruins. How could there be a chance to piece them together? After bowing three times in all directions to fully express his respect, the emperor drew upon the national destiny of the Dayong Dynasty and placed it into the Fangqiu Altar at his feet. The boundary between virtual and real immediately blurred. The emperor's figure disappeared from the Fangqiu Altar into the underworld of the heavenly dynasty. Unlike the vast and chaotic underworld of the Millions of Mountains, the underworld of the Dayong Dynasty is relatively small but orderly and stable. The authority of the underworld that the Great Emperor Zhenwu chopped off from Yamaraja and refined was gradually being integrated into the body. The space of the Celestial Empire's underworld slowly expanded. "It's still not enough." With a sigh in his heart, the emperor thought about it and came to the core of the underworld of the Celestial Empire: Fengdu! The Great Emperor Beiyin Fengdu, who is revered here, is the supreme ruler of the underworld in the Dayong Dynasty and the ancestor of all ghosts in the world. The emperor went straight into Luoshan and paid homage to the Emperor of Beiyin Fengdu. As we all know, the Emperor of Beiyin Fengdu is the incarnation of the Emperor of Beiji Ziwei in the underworld. It is also well known that the current Ziwei Emperor in the upper world is the Taizu of the Dayong Dynasty. Therefore, the emperor performed the nine-bow ceremony to the still sleeping King Fengdu, calling him "Taizu". Then they left Fengdu. Looking back, the emperor regretted that Fengdu had not been completed at that time and still had some shortcomings. Otherwise, when this catastrophe came, the Celestial Empire would not have to face it so nervously.
As his mind raced, the emperor arrived at his second stop, Taishan Prefecture. The Lord of Mount Tai, who is revered here, is no different from the Emperor of Fengdu in the underworld in terms of duties. However, He truly belongs to heaven, not the underworld. This position remains vacant. Taizong of the Dayong Dynasty is in the upper realm, fighting for the position of Lord of Mount Tai and Emperor Dongyue with the support of Taizu. This is also the biggest reason why the City God of Dayong did not dare to hope to absorb the power of "Lord of Mount Tai". Here, the emperor still performed the nine-bow ceremony. After leaving Taishan Palace, we went to the palace of the Five Ghost Emperors. According to ancient secret legends, there should be nine Five Directions Ghost Emperors. Before Taizu of Dayong Dynasty ascended to heaven, this legend was not adopted when the embryonic form of the underworld of Dingzheng Dynasty was in place. Instead, they set up five deities in imitation of the Five Heavenly Emperors. After the five emperors after Emperor Taizong of the Celestial Dynasty abdicated, they entered the underworld and took the throne of the Five Ghost Emperors. However, because the underworld of the Celestial Dynasty has not yet been fully constructed, it has not yet been completely accomplished. After worshipping the Five Ghost Emperors, you will become the King of Hell of the Ten Courts. When Taizu first established the Netherworld, he did not blindly reject Buddhism, but still retained the throne of the Ten Kings of Hell, which bore certain Buddhist imprints. Similarly, those who sit on the throne of the Ten Kings of Hell are all successive emperors of the Celestial Empire. Similarly, before the underworld of the Celestial Empire is fully constructed, the Ten Kings of Hell will remain dormant. It has been 1,187 years since the founding of the Dayong Dynasty. The current emperor is the 24th emperor, and one of his predecessors reigns every fifty years. There is no throne left for the present emperor in the underworld, and this was not the case even for the previous emperors. This is the reason why the deposed crown prince, despite being able to securely inherit the throne, insisted on doing something terrible like marrying the Holy Maiden of the Unending Demon Sect in order to undermine the position of the Unending Demon King. However, the deposed Crown Prince only knew one side of the story and not the other. Although the previous emperors could not enter the underworld to become a ghost emperor or a hell king, nor could they ascend to heaven to become gods, they had other ways to go. But this road is not so easy to walk on. The current emperor paid homage to the Ten Kings of Hell, and the last place he arrived at was the place where the path of reincarnation was manifested in the underworld. Hou Tu Huang Di Ji incarnated as a reincarnation, loving all living beings and carrying great virtue. All the heavens and worlds depend on it for their existence. Through the manifestation of the Great Way of Reincarnation, one can communicate with other worlds, especially after a great war in ancient times, when each world was made up of different fragments. For 1,187 years, the Dayong Dynasty has been committed to developing national strength and stabilizing this world. On the one hand, it is to find a way out, and on the other hand, it is to resist possible invasions from other worlds.
Of the 49 guards, such a huge and powerful military force, only ten of them can be rotated, allowing the 49 guards to take turns to expand the border. It is precisely because we need to maintain a strong enough military force at all times to deal with the other world that may arrive at any time. It is also to prevent other worlds from replacing regions through secret methods. Every state must have a guard stationed there to support the land. Let’s not talk about the rest. The current emperor inspected the resting places of the previous six emperors of the Heavenly Dynasty one by one, and confirmed that the action of taking back the usable part of the power of the millions of mountains and underworld had no negative impact, so he immediately left the underground underworld. Strictly speaking, administrative offices such as the Six Ministries and Three Departments are not under the jurisdiction of the emperor, so the present emperor does not violate that taboo. Soon, the emperor reappeared on the upper level of the Fangqiu Altar. At this time, Fangqiu Altar has been restored to its original state. He returned to the Daming Palace alone and quietly. The emperor immediately summoned all the ministers in the Council of State for a closed-door meeting. Although the campaign against the Baiwan Mountains has not officially ended and there is still a lot of work to be done, the Celestial Empire itself can already launch the next stage of its strategy. In addition, the Ministry of War must also arrange for the armies under the command of the Duke of Yingguo, the Duke of Chengguo, and the Duke of Jingguo to return to the interior for rest and recuperation, and transfer the three guards to rotate. I am busy all the time with official duties. While the Celestial Empire was busy adjusting its strategy, millions of people were busy clearing the mountains. On earth, aliens and humans join forces to eliminate the indigenous dark goblins/monsters. In the underworld, Hades and Osiris joined forces to eliminate Yamaraja. This is an extremely absurd and weird situation. The Dark Fairies were almost exterminated by the aliens and humans under the instigation of the Million Mountains Will. Osiris, awakened by the Dark Fairies, was able to join forces with Hades, who was created by the Million Mountains Will. The endless battles caused great damage to the terrain of the Million Mountains. However, if you look down from a high altitude, you will find that the fighting in the core area and the inner ring is actually not that big, and the really violent fighting basically takes place in the outer ring. Chunk after chunk of forest was burned down. Mountain after mountain was destroyed. The continuous destruction of mountains and forests has had a great impact on the earth's veins, and natural disasters have erupted one after another. Mudslides are all minor. Earthquakes occur frequently. One underground cave after another was filled and buried, accelerating the extinction of the dark goblins. Everything in the world is interconnected. The rapid death of a large number of dark goblins caused Osiris' power to surge in a short period of time, but after a certain point, it inevitably began to decline. Yamaraja, who was beaten to death, seized the opportunity and bit Osiris hard, which not only avoided the danger of annihilation, but also inspired Hades. Hades, already the most powerful of the three lords of the underworld, turned to deal with Osiris and Yamaraja at the same time, intending to devour them both completely.
Unconsciously, as the war between the three underworld rulers of different pantheons entered a new stage, the spatial disorder in the underworld beneath the millions of mountains was reduced by more than half. Although in terms of vastness, too much space was destroyed in the battle between the three masters of the underworld, the remaining space became very stable. This is inconsistent with the chaotic background of the Million Mountains. Therefore, the gap between the increasingly stable Netherworld and the will of millions of mountains becomes deeper and deeper. The aliens and humans who formed a united front and jointly attacked and destroyed the dark fairies all noticed this phenomenon. However, since the core of the united front, the will of millions of mountains, does not care, why should the leaders of aliens and humans care? That's asking for trouble. Rather than causing trouble for themselves, the leaders of these various forces prefer to cause trouble for other monsters and demons. The green lion and the white elephant went to find the blood swallow. The blue lion asked frivolously, "Xueyan, you evil cultivators, ghost cultivators, and devil cultivators of the human race, do you really not care about the lives of those ancestral spirits at all?" Bai Xiang sighed even more: "Alas, even if they didn't care, they could have at least informed us. Look, so many villages where ancestors worshipped were destroyed in the war, and so many people died. Tsk tsk..." Blood Swallow didn't say anything, but just looked at the blue lion and the white elephant as if they were fools. Do you know what an evil cultivator is, and what a master of blood refining technique is? The flesh and blood required for the blood refining method has always been best obtained from ancestral spirits! The number of ancestral sacrifice practitioners who died at the hands of the evil blood refining practitioners of the Xueyan lineage is estimated to be at least 50 to 60 million, if not 100 million. Will it care about this? Niu Ben, who was not far away, laughed out loud when he heard this: "Old Lion, Elephant Tou, could it be that after Monk Kong Jing came to your door, your Buddha nature was awakened? You actually became compassionate. Tsk tsk... Ami Tofu, please be merciful, haha..." The matter of Monk Kong Jing seeking out the Green Lion and White Elephant was originally a top secret, so how did it get out now? Of course it was Padmasambhava who did it. Because Monk Kong Jing entered the Snake Swamp alone and tried to subdue the Lord of billions of poisonous snakes, Padmasambhava had to give up an incarnation and a clone just to strengthen the ability of the Lord of billions of poisonous snakes to escape. He certainly could not swallow this humiliation. The original body, who was hiding somewhere unknown, learned the news sent back by the clone and the incarnation, and immediately passed it on to another incarnation located in the Great Snow Mountain. Unwilling to give up, Dapeng still wanted to find more escape routes for himself, so he contacted the Great Snow Mountain through the lotus petal. However, he did not get a better promise, but learned of Padmasambhava's reminder. So Dapeng spread the news that the Blue Lion and the White Elephant had privately met with Monk Kong Jing. The forest is big and there are all kinds of birds. There are millions of mountains, millions of mountain masters, and many other forces. Among these existences standing at the top, how many have no connections with the outside world? But don’t these hookups basically fail to live up to expectations, do they? In fact, the blue lion and white elephant, who still have the ability to retreat to Dayong Buddhist or Buddhism at any time and become mounts, stand out when everyone fails. Blood Swallow made sarcastic remarks more than once. This is also the reason why the Blue Lion and the White Elephant want to make things difficult for the Blood Swallow.
Who would have thought that even though Xueyan didn't say anything, Niu Ben would use this to mock her. Can't you put it another way? The blue lion and the white elephant had brought trouble upon themselves, and not wanting to be even more bored, they shut their mouths and plugged their ears, neither saying anything nor listening any more. However, the actions of the blue lion and white elephant are not meaningless. They successfully reminded everyone who was reshuffle the core area and inner ring forces that the lord of billions of poisonous snakes attacked by Monk Kong Jing was only missing, not dead! The Snake Lake still exists there intact. The protective power exerted by the Lord of Billions of Venomous Serpents around Snake Marsh has not diminished. Dapeng in the shadow of the Tibetan God has other thoughts. Are the blue lion and white elephant just reminding the lord of billions of poisonous snakes that he has not fallen? It’s definitely not that simple! Considering that this war and chaos are all centered around the underworld and the underworld's power, the blue lion and white elephant are referring to... the underworld! Did they receive any message or figure out something? With this in mind, Dapeng focused more of his attention on the Underworld of the Million Mountains, while also contacting the Great Snow Mountain. Dapeng is not the only one who has turned his attention to the underworld. Niu Ben, Xue Yan, some powerful mountain masters, some alien species and leaders of other human forces are all like this. The Wutong demon who was about to cut off the five faces and merge them with the five peaks of the Five Finger Mountain, followed a clue left behind by the geniuses before they left and locked onto a certain place in the underworld. Not long after, many beings who were paying attention to the underworld discovered a situation one after another. Hades, who has already gained an absolute upper hand, is becoming less and less like the Hades in everyone's impression. In the previous battle, Hades also lost a lot of power fragments, and recovered a lot of power fragments. Later, in the process of gradually becoming stronger, he recovered more fragments of power. So much so that now, Hades, who has pushed Osiris and Yamaraja to the brink of extinction, is increasingly bound to the increasingly solid underworld, and his image and abilities are becoming increasingly different from the legendary "Hades". The trident wielding in his hand quickly turned into a big sword. The style of the armor on his body is completely different from what is described in the legend. The last thing to change, and the thing that is still changing, is the face. Her originally loose hair was tied up and wrapped with a headscarf. With a flash of sword light slashing past, Osiris was the first to be completely annihilated, Yamaraja was left with only his last breath, and Hades, the most powerful of the three underworld masters, also suddenly ceased to exist. Marshal Langling of Fengdu tore Hades' shell from the inside out and walked out. The Green Dragon Crescent Blade was pointed at the dying Yamaraja, ready to chop him down. "The master of the temple, the mighty spirit of the whole temple, respectfully accepts the Buddha's command and submits to the truth; he supports the city of the Dharma King, serves as a shield, and the Buddhist temple is forever peaceful." Suddenly, a Buddhist sound resounded through the dark underworld beneath millions of mountains. Monk Kong Jing, who was stepping on the millions of venomous snakes struggling non-stop, suddenly appeared, chanted the "Galan Praise", and shouted loudly: "Bodhisattva, please wait." This shout did not get any response from Fengdu Langling Demon Marshal.
A bead that had been silent for a long time was suddenly awakened. While twisting impatiently, Tao Tie, who was sleeping in the beads, blinked a few times and slowly opened his eyes. A pair of black and white eyes were full of confusion. It seems that he has not yet woken up from a long dream. (End of this chapter)