For Qi Wuhuo, Qiu Longguo is a familiar name.

Qi Wuhuo still remembered that several years ago, before his teacher introduced him to the sect, he had a conversation with him about his mind. At that time, his teacher took him to the country of Qiu Long to meet that senior brother -

At that time, this senior brother Yu Yangzi had already reached the realm of human immortal. He opened a Taoist temple and had countless disciples. He said that he was willing to save all people and help the world, but was unwilling to follow the old man into the mountains to practice.

Eventually, his Taoist name was taken back by his teacher.

From Yuyangzi to Tianyangzi.

Qiu Longguo...

Qi Wuhuo glimpsed a series of scenes from the remaining souls of these soldiers. He saw Li Zhai leading his army to break through the city, but did not harm a single person. He only swept away all the aristocratic families and took away all the tools of humanity. He also saw that the city was protected by the Taoist Xuantong formation, but it was finally broken by Li Zhai's humanitarian battle formation.

At this time, Li Zhai was pursuing his own path, eager for victory and to fulfill his long-cherished wish.

Sharp and unstoppable.

He won't lose.

Qiu Longguo would not be Li Zhai's opponent. The Taoist lowered his eyes and sensed the change in luck. The huge flow of divine thoughts seemed to glimpse the distant Qiu Longguo. In the palace of the ruler of Qiu Longguo, the middle-aged Taoist in luxurious Taoist robes comforted the emperor and replied:

"Don't worry, with me here, Li Zhai's troops will have a hard time breaking through our borders."

"But I am..."

There seemed to be something in his heart that made him very proud.

Even at this point, he subconsciously opened his mouth to tell the reason, but for some reason, the words were almost on his throat, and his mouth had already opened, but nothing came out. He just felt a sense of loss. Sitting here, he was in such a quiet and comfortable place.

The hall is made of white jade, the horse is made of gold, the horse is made of square jade disk, and the horse is dressed in silk.

There is the pleasure of stringed and wind instruments, without the tiring work of paperwork.

Being above millions of people and being known as the Heavenly Master, isn’t that also a free and easy life?

But at this moment, he only felt lost. He felt that these things, these luxurious things, the king next to him, and the people around him, were like invisible and intangible spider silk, entangled in his body, entangled in his soul, entangled in his heart. Even if he had the Taoism of an immortal, he felt powerless and helpless.

For a moment, I sighed with melancholy, feeling that the past three hundred years were just like a big dream.

Not only did he trap his body, but he also trapped his heart.

Want to struggle.

But it is difficult to wake up again.

Or maybe, I am just watching myself sinking into this world with clarity.

Tian Yangzi felt complicated, but at this moment, he didn't know why, when he looked up in the direction of the Shenwu Jiuzhou in the mortal world, he felt a sense of familiarity and envy, which grew from his soul. This feeling was so abrupt and strong, but he didn't know why it came from or where it came from. He was stunned for a long time and could only let out a long sigh.

And at this moment.

This middle-aged Taoist priest in a white Taoist robe, which spans thousands of miles between the two countries in the human world, seemed to have made eye contact with a Taoist priest in a simple Taoist robe in the human world of Shenwu Jiuzhou. The two disciples of the Supreme Taoist Ancestor, who made completely different choices, seemed to have sensed each other's presence at that moment.

The clouds dispersed like waves, the primordial energy surged, and the mountains and rivers seemed to no longer exist.

This mysterious feeling disappeared in just an instant, but the mysterious charm still remained.

Qi Wuhuo understood clearly and said to himself:

"...One day, I will probably have to meet this 'senior brother' of mine."

Either cause and effect, or fate.

Or maybe, pedestrians will eventually pass each other by.

…

The letter from Queen Hou Tu Huang Di Ji came back soon.

First, as always, she expressed her dissatisfaction with Qi Wuhuo calling her Hou Tu Niangniang.

Especially for Qi Wuhuo's addressing Wahuang as Niangniang, he was particularly 'unhappy' and said that he was a 'new and old' little Taoist. Even in this letter, he teased her with a rather familiar attitude, and then wrote down in detail: "I already know what you mean by 'conferring the gods of humanity and incense'."

"The idea is generally good, but there is only one difference from the mountains and rivers."

"These gods of humanity need to be deified where they gather on earth. In actual control, the power of humanity's destiny is needed to replace the original earth vein energy. In addition, a sufficiently high-status existence is also needed as the core. The general principles and methods of deification rituals will be handed over to Yao Ling and you."

"If the heroic spirits of the human race can guard the cities in the world, the land gods can better maintain the mountains and rivers, which can save a lot of pressure."

This is followed by a detailed discussion of the method of conferring an imperial title.

Qi Wuhuo wrote a letter to express his gratitude.

However, the charm of the second reply letter sent by Xiao Yaoling directly hit his forehead.

Soon he received a message from the underworld, which was delivered by a ghost messenger with a cold and gloomy aura. After putting down the letter, he turned into smoke and fell to the ground, disappearing quickly. It seemed that he had no intention of saying anything more to the Taoist in front of him.

Qi Wuhuo flipped through the letter and his expression paused.

Taoist Master Ran Deng happened to pass by and asked curiously, "Fellow Daoist Wu Huo, what's wrong?"

"nothing……"

"It's just that the matter with the underworld has not been settled."

Qi Wuhuo handed the letter to Taoist Ran Deng, who took it and looked through it. He saw that the reply was short and very official. The general meaning was: [Don't bother me, Taoist friend, to worry about it. All matters of the netherworld should be handled by my netherworld. People who are not from the netherworld have no right to ask about it, let alone get involved.]

Taoist Randeng frowned and asked in confusion: "Is this a direct rejection...?"

“But fellow Daoist Wuhuo, don’t you hope to join forces with the underworld to recreate the ancient Qingming period in the human world, where there were city gods everywhere, to completely maintain the balance between yin and yang and cut off all evil ghosts and spirits?”

"Strange, as far as I know, the current underworld is not very powerful because of Fengdu City. It has always been maintained by Yin De Ding Xiu Zhenjun's [Yin De] system, which allows some practitioners who are free in the six realms to help them go to various places and capture evil spirits."

"This is worse than what you are going to do."

“Why would they say no?”

Taoist Burning Lamp had dealt with the underworld before, but at this moment he did not understand the underworld's decision. Qi Wuhuo shook his head and said, "Perhaps it is just because of what was said in the letter that the underworld must guarantee that only the underworld gods are in charge of the underworld, and that it is independent of the six realms."

"Perhaps I made them mistakenly believe that the human world was going to interfere in the netherworld. In this way, I was too reckless."

"If you don't agree, then you don't agree."

The Taoist is quite casual.

He wrote the letter for the purpose of canonizing gods so that those on the list would have a place to go for hundreds of years to come, and secondly, he hoped that the human world could maintain the balance between yin and yang on its own, or at least have a certain ability to maintain the balance between yin and yang, and not have to rely entirely on the gods and the underworld.

It doesn’t matter if Youming disagrees.

The Taoist personally traveled to various places, and then tried to confer upon those people whose names were on the list as gods. Although they were called gods, in fact most of them only maintained the clear and bright energy in a small area. Most of them were just in their own hometowns, serving as the land of the local village, watching over the lives of the people on the land that gave birth to them.

As the core figure who was to be conferred the title of God, Qi Wuhuo naturally chose Mount Tai.

After all, the nine stone tablets that maintain the destiny of humanity and the energy of the earth come from the Taishan mountain range.

Secondly, Mount Tai does have the power to confer titles on land.

In this way, the energy of the earth veins was replaced by human destiny, and many small land gods and even small kitchen gods were successfully conferred. In the village, Cheng Shuisheng watched people bury him with his own eyes. He sat on the big tree that he had leaned on when he was young, looking at the expressions on people's faces.

The old men lamented the departure of their old friends, with melancholy on their faces bearing traces of time. The adults were sad because the elders who carried them on their shoulders to play when they were young were gone. Only the children who had not yet grown up were simply happy because the schools and private schools were closed today and they did not have to study. At their age, they were unable to truly understand what separation meant.

But this is not bad either.

Cheng Shuisheng leaned against the old tree and watched people see him off.

There was a young man with pure talent, whose true spirit was still alive and had not been influenced by the worldly world. He seemed to have seen him and was suddenly startled. He almost cried out and paused for a moment. But after wiping his eyes and taking a closer look, he saw nothing. Then he slowed down and left carefully.

The Taoist stood farther away, looking at Cheng Shuisheng, who was feeling mixed and melancholy after life and death.

Some common people noticed him, suppressed their sadness, and came forward to ask the Taoist priest if he had come to the village to look for someone.

The Taoist just shook his head and said that he was just passing by and would not disturb them.

He looked deeply at the village.

With a carefree smile, he turned around and walked away amid the sounds of wailing and paper money scattered in the sky. Cheng Shuisheng heard the Taoist's warning, that he should not rely on the means and magical powers of the God of Land to do whatever he wants and commit many evil deeds. The old man saw his own death and had unknowingly burst into tears. Hearing this, he "woken up" and turned around.

But all he could see were vast distant mountains, white paper money floating down to the ground, and the Taoist's distant figure moving further away.

It felt like a dream.

The [ghost qi] and [earth qi] in Qi Wuhuo's body both began to ripple and dissipate.

It seems to be becoming more and more in harmony with the heaven and earth, and with this human world, but the Taoist does not care much about it, as it is not doing it for this reason. Therefore, he lets it rise and fall at will, and dissipate and calm down at will. Only this Taoist heart is not changed.

It’s hard to say how times have changed, but the number of names on the [Investiture of the Gods] has slowly increased.

The human world within the Jedi Tiantong began to transform in a special way. The destiny of humanity, with one of the Nine Cauldrons as its core, soared into the sky and then spread out in all directions. The troops of the mighty King Li Zhai swept left and right, pointing straight ahead, opening up a road and allowing the destiny of humanity to cover more distant directions.

He also used the power of Mount Tai to turn the destiny of mankind into ink and sealed the various spirits as land gods and kitchen gods in various places.

Just like the nine huge stone tablets near Jimen in the capital city that determine the destiny of humanity.

The majestic destiny of humanity, which is as vast as the earth and sky, is firmly held down by the mighty king's army as its boundary, the Nine Cauldrons as its core, and the land sealed by human incense as its [nail]. It is completely connected to this world, just like a person walking on the earth.

When the gods in heaven had never observed and had no idea.

The world is becoming more [calm] and more [stable].

And inside the body of the Taoist who was flipping through the files.

There were also traces of strange changes happening, as if his cultivation was also changing with the unprecedented changes in the world. The human Qi was slowly and steadily rising, and the improvement of the human Qi also involved the circulation of [ghost Qi] and [earth Qi], which is the so-called circulation of the five Qi.

Make progress every day. Make progress every day.

Although it is insignificant every day, it never stops.

Just like hundreds of rivers flowing into the sea, one day, they will converge into a majestic force.

Winter came again, spring went and autumn came. When the first snow fell on the ground, a change occurred in the human world - many lands were injured, and the attackers were actually the underworld. Even Qi Wuhuo found this incident so shocking that he found it unbelievable. Fortunately, the relationship between the lands and the gods in the human world was good, and there were not too many casualties.

But on the second day, a ghost from the underworld came to pay homage to Qi Wuhuo.

Presenting a [letter], the Taoist's expression tensed slightly when he unfolded it. On this letter, which was still written in a very polite manner, it talked about the past events - only this time, the underworld no longer disagreed with the construction of the City God Temple on earth.

"We know that you, the mortals, have intercepted ghosts without permission and made them stay in the mortal world for a long time."

"It is actually against the great principles of yin and yang, and violates the principles of my underworld."

"Now that I know your difficulties, I will allow you time. I only hope that the human world can understand the principles of yin and yang, and quickly untie the shackles, so that the souls of the human world will not stay in the mortal world for too long, and quickly return to the netherworld!"

"Otherwise, the Ten Great Underworld Marshals and the Underworld Ghost Messengers will arrive in no time and take all the Soul-Catching Ropes and the Ten Thousand Souls Banners."

"Thrown into the eighteen levels of hell, and suffer the torment of endless purgatory!"

The messenger of the underworld is not Hei Wuchang and Bai Wuchang, but another one.

The Taoist said gently, "...The netherworld is in charge of reincarnation to prevent evil spirits from causing trouble and disturbing yin and yang. Now the earth gods are canonized after death. The three souls and seven spirits, the two souls of heaven and earth have returned to nature, and only the soul of life remains. It has not done any evil, but was canonized according to the canonization method passed down by the Earth Emperor and the Earth Goddess. It is a righteous god, not an evil spirit."

The evil messenger sneered, "Humph!"

"If you say he is a true god, then he is a true god?!"

"Master Daoist from the human world, what we have done has completely touched the bottom line of our underworld. It is because you are also a true Taoist that I informed you in advance. Otherwise, if you had conferred upon those little Yin gods, we would have tied them up and dragged them away to purgatory!"

The old blue ox approached with a broom in his hand, and there was a hint of evil in his eyes.

Taoist Master Ran Deng thought about it and picked up the overhead lamp next to him.

The Taoist raised his hand to stop them and said, "Even if it is the underworld, they should judge and deal with it first. How can they do this just because of this incident? I wonder where Yin De Ding Xiu Zhenjun is?"

When mentioning True Lord Yin De Ding Xiu, the expression of this Yin messenger paused.

Then he said calmly: "Master Yin De Ding Xiu is naturally fine."

"Anyway, the imperial edict has been delivered, Taoist priest, take care of yourself!"

"[All matters in the underworld are under the jurisdiction of the underworld]!"

"This is what Yuqing Yuanshi Tianzun said in person."

After the ghost left, Old Blue Ox threw down the broom in anger and said viciously, "Wuhuo, why did you stop me? I don't like this guy. I'm going to hang him upside down and beat him for 17 or 18 rounds! Let him know why cow tears can see ghosts."

Taoist Randeng said thoughtfully: "It seems that there is a problem within the Ten Courts of Hell."

"At least True Lord Yin De Ding Xiu is willing to stand in the human world, but it looks like they are not in a very good condition."

Qi Wuhuo thought for a moment and said:

"It involves the dispute between the human world and the heaven, so the Ten Kings of Hell want to remain neutral."

The old blue bull groaned and said, "Stand neutral?"

"Ha, this is simply taking sides."

"In the past, they had established a Yin De system similar to the City God. Now, not only do they disagree, they are also looking for trouble."

"If no one from heaven speaks up, I won't believe it!"

The old blue ox walked back and forth twice, and gnashed his teeth and said, "But what should we do about this? The underworld can't do anything to you, but if you are blocked like this, your plan to become a god will be cut off, cut off from the root!"

“But, but [All matters in the underworld are under the jurisdiction of the underworld], but that is what Master Yuqing Yuanshi Tianzun said!”

"What should we do about this?!"

"If the ritual of conferring the gods is interrupted, three hundred years later on earth... Damn it, I'm going to find Yuqing Daozu..."

Qi Wuhuo reached out to stop the angry old blue ox and said, "Uncle Niu, calm down."

"Calm down? How can I calm down?"

"Wuhuo, this is some immortal old man in heaven. He has established contact with the underworld through his connections. The underworld will not violate the bottom line of life and death, but if they put pressure on the human world within a reasonable range, it can be regarded as taking sides!"

"After all, I've heard from my second brother before that there were unusual movements in Fengdu City, and the Ten Yama Kings were alarmed several times. All ten of them are True Lords, a total of ten people. Apart from the murderous ones like Yin De Ding Xiu True Lord, Black and White Impermanence, there are always some who want to have a good relationship with the heavens and stay away from Fengdu, the source of danger."

Old Qingniu was angry and said, "Wuhuo, don't stop me. These guys are playing dirty tricks on this matter!"

"Even such means are used!"

"You don't even need any more shame!"

A stubborn person will always be stubborn.

No one could stop him from getting angry, but the Taoist priest had a great power that held him tightly. He comforted him and said, "Wait a while, maybe there will be a turn for the better."

Old Qingniu said unhappily, "Turning point? What turning point?"

"Unless the Lord of Mount Tai, who only appears once, appears in front of me immediately!"

"And then you have to stand!"

The young Taoist said softly: "Maybe..."

The old blue bull was so angry that he almost burst out his gallbladder, and said, "Wuhuo, I know you are from the Taoist sect Chongxu, but if the human world is targeted like this, aren't you angry?"

"Me? I am angry."

Qi Wuhuo thought about it and answered seriously.

So the old blue bull was really angry and lost his temper: "You are angry, why don't you ask me to find help?"

The Taoist said, "Because even if you go, the teacher won't agree to let you go."

"Besides, I think what you just said, Uncle Niu, is very likely."

The old blue ox rolled his eyes wildly.

The Taoist smiled gently, brewed a pot of tea for the old blue ox, and asked him to have a good drink to cool down. The Taoist's expression was gentle, with his fingers hanging down. He did not lie, he was naturally angry. A Taoist practitioner is not a ball of cotton, and he would not be angry if he was targeted by others.

Moreover, the future path in the human world has been cut off, so we cannot just stand by and watch.

The young Taoist made a slight outline with his fingers, and an ancient character appeared at the tip of his finger.

That was the first magical power he learned.

I also learned Taichi Lingwen.

Its meaning is.

Only the Venerable One commands!

Its name is——

Edict!!!

Under the dark underworld, in the Fengdu Ghost City with a circumference of more than 3,000 miles, the seventy-two chief officials, the ghosts and gods of the underworld, and the remaining two ghost emperors all felt something. Fengdu City trembled and shook constantly, but the calm voice slowly fell in the Taoist's heart and in this Fengdu City -

"make--"

"Fengdu, born."