The Jade Emperor's words made the old Lord of Heaven tremble in his heart, and he subconsciously wanted to stop him - how could the great Jade Emperor come down to earth and leave the heaven so easily? Even though he didn't know the truth about the Jade Emperor's current situation, he felt that this move was extremely inappropriate.
So he hurriedly stepped forward and saluted, saying, "Great Heavenly Venerable, Great Heavenly Venerable, this is inappropriate."
"You are the ruler of the six realms, the Supreme Being of the Heavenly Court. If you move, the world will be shaken. You must be accompanied by millions of spirits and protected by the immortal ministers and generals. If you really come down to the mortal world so easily, wouldn't it be a violation of the rules? A loss of manners?"
"If so, I, the old minister, should come down to the mortal world in person on your behalf and explain this matter clearly."
After a lot of persuasion from the old Lord of Heaven, the Jade Emperor temporarily gave up the idea of coming down to earth in person. He wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and then sent a message to the Great Master Yu Xuandu and Taiyi Jiuku Tianzun, and then went down to earth to look for Zhenwu, who did not come here to be conferred the title. Auspicious clouds flowed, and he first found Yuanjun, the Lord of the Earth.
After wandering around for a while, they finally found the ignorant and audacious Qi Wuhuo.
When the old Lord of Heaven saw the rude man who dared to refuse the Jade Emperor's appointment sitting on a stone and even flipping through a document, he couldn't help but feel angry. He was indignant at such a person, but he didn't know the merits of the Jade Emperor, so how could he dare to sit idle here.
But the old Lord finally suppressed his anger, and just laughed and said:
"Green mountains and clear waters, the mountains are high and the sky is far away, Taoist priest, I bow to you here."
The young Taoist priest raised his head and responded with a gentle greeting like a young man on earth. Then, noticing the pure aura of the old Lord in front of him, he asked, "Who is the old gentleman?"
"Immortal official?"
The old Lord smiled and replied, "That's right. I am the Lord of Heaven, the Immortal Official of the Heavenly Palace. I am bothering you now."
"I do have a question for you."
The usually gentle and tactful old Lord Tianjun's words today were sharp, showing his anger towards the person in front of him:
"Why didn't you go to heaven to receive your reward, sir?"
"If you don't want to go to heaven, why don't you refuse in advance?"
Qi Wuhuo raised his eyes and said, "Old sir, can you give me some time to refuse?"
The old Lord's tone failed, and Qi Wuhuo said again: "Besides, the Heaven Court has appointed me, why should I go?"
The old Lord of Heaven was well-informed and well-mannered. He also knew what Qi Wuhuo was thinking from what he had seen in the Haotian Mirror when he asked the Jade Emperor. So he shook his head and said, "I know that the young layman has some misunderstandings about the Jade Emperor and the Heavenly Court because of the disasters in the human world, but I still have to say something -"
"How can you blame the heavens for the disaster on earth?"
"Haven't you heard that eight thousand years ago, it was the agreement between your clan's emperor and the Heaven Realm—"
"Heaven will never interfere in matters of the human world!"
The old Lord of Heaven looked at Qi Wuhuo and took a half step forward: "We, the Heavenly Soldiers and Heavenly Generals, are still thinking about the friendship with the human race and the agreement we made eight thousand years ago. Even though we are extremely anxious after seeing all the fights in the human world, we have no choice but to stay in the Heavenly Realm and cannot move lightly."
"Young lay Buddhists should know this."
"But you have indeed misunderstood me..."
The young Taoist put down the scroll in his hand, thought for a moment, and asked, "May I ask you, old sir?"
"The Four Imperial Gods, is it the heaven or the human world?"
The old Lord's expression paused slightly.
Qi Wuhuo continued to ask calmly:
"May I ask, Emperor Donghua, do you belong to the heaven or the human world?"
"May I ask, are the Four Hidden Star Lords from heaven or the human world?"
The old Lord of Heaven paused for a moment, knowing that Qi Wuhuo was questioning him - the Heaven would not interfere in human affairs. When the gods of Heaven were doing evil, they did not care about this. But when the gods of Heaven wanted to stop the gods under their command, they instead mentioned that the Heaven would not interfere in human affairs.
Although he didn't say any mocking words, the old Lord's expression was no longer as fierce as before.
Qi Wuhuo said:
"These are all I want to ask."
The old Lord hesitated for a long time, and finally sighed with a complicated tone: "But, this, this Heavenly Court has its own complicated situation."
"The Jade Emperor checks and balances all the gods and immortals."
"Although this huge heaven is magnificent, it also has its own difficulties."
"It's all for the greater good of the six realms."
The young Taoist put away Brother Xuanzhen's scroll, then stood up and said, "I know."
The old Lord was stunned: "Ah?"
"...Old sir, please follow me."
Qi Wuhuo walked forward, and although the old Heavenly Lord didn't know why, he followed him, riding on the clouds and mist. Looking from afar, he saw the vastness of the world and the boundlessness of all things. He couldn't help but feel refreshed.
Like clouds floating all over the city.
It does look a bit like a palace in heaven, with white auspicious clouds floating around, giving a sense of purity and grace.
The old Lord was surprised. Although he was still angry at Qi Wuhuo, he suppressed his anger, smiled and praised, and asked: "This scenery is really beautiful, and it feels a bit like heaven. Is there any festival in the human world today?"
Qi Wuhuo replied: "...These are funeral banners."
The old Lord's smile paused.
Qi Wuhuo replied: "He died during the Gou Chen Rebellion."
"In the battle between the Demon King and the human world, 150,000 cavalrymen participated, including more than 300,000 auxiliary soldiers who were responsible for logistics. They killed many demons and many died in the battle. Jinzhou has now recovered, and some people have returned one after another. They hope that their relatives who died here can return to their hometown, so they hung up mourning banners to call back their souls, hoping that they can come back..."
"Of course, it's just a wish."
Jinzhou Rebellion
It is composed of Donghua and the four hidden stars.
Old Lord Tianjun saw from afar that every city, town, and village on the road to Jinzhou had white funeral banners hanging, fluttering in the wind. It looked as if the clouds in the sky had fallen to the earth. The scenery seemed beautiful, but Old Lord Tianjun could no longer appreciate it, and the polite smile on his face slowly faded.
Finally they came to Qi Wuhuo's residence.
In a small courtyard, three white spirit-calling banners were hung.
The old Lord's heart trembled slightly.
The young Taoist in front said, "Please follow me."
Here, under Jinzhou, a place like an underground palace was actually opened up by the means of the earth gods. Qi Wuhuo walked down slowly. The old Lord of Heaven was silent for a moment, and followed him down, walking step by step on the cold and gloomy steps. He saw a sudden light in front of him, but the cold air was heavier. The old Lord of Heaven's footsteps trembled, and he stopped where he was, unable to move forward.
Stone tablets, one after another huge stone tablets spread out like a forest below, each with a name engraved on it. The names of the victims of the Jinzhou Calamity, the Zhongzhou Calamity and the Gouchen Rebellion are here, engraved on the stone tablets, and recorded.
Hundreds of thousands?
Hundreds of thousands...
Or millions?
Each stone tablet stood silently, with lights in front of it. People came here to look for the names of their relatives - this was the list determined by Qi Wuhuo with the help of Fengdu's ability. Some died in battle for their country, some died in disasters, and all those listed on it were dead, not missing.
Those who found the names of their relatives cried loudly, while those who did not find them were ecstatic, laughing and crying at the same time. The number of them was so large that it made the Heavenly Emperor tremble in his heart.
The old Lord wanted to say that it was the Human Emperor who was the thief and the demons who were causing chaos.
But then he remembered that Taixiao of the demon clan was dead, the great emperor Donghua was dead, and more than one million demon clan members died in this disaster.
The sword of the young Taoist in front of him was calm, and he cut through everything slowly but without hesitation.
The young Taoist said, "I know that the Jade Emperor has his own difficulties."
"Heaven has its reasons."
“Perhaps in your eyes.”
"The Heavenly Court has its reasons for doing this, but..."
He stepped sideways and looked towards the old Lord of Heaven. Behind him were stone tablets with the names of over a million people written on them. Lights were lit one by one in this cold and gloomy place. There were sounds of howling, laughing, shouting and crying. Compared with the grandeur of the heaven, it seemed like a dirty and muddy purgatory.
Qi Wuhuo said: "I have some too."
The old Lord's throat rose and fell, and he said:
"...The Heavenly Court named you Zhenwu, precisely because they hoped to solve these problems."
"Thank you for your kindness. I thank the Jade Emperor for his favor."
"I don't think there is anything I can do after entering a heaven that always emphasizes the overall situation."
"Besides."
Qi Wuhuo stood beside the old Lord, looked at him, and said softly: "If you can seal it, you can take it away."
"If you are a cultivator seeking the truth, the word truth, if you seek it, you will find it yourself."
"Why do we need others to seal it?"
"I haven't finished carving this stone tablet yet, old Lord, please go back..."
The old Lord was staring at the countless stone tablets in front of him in a daze. There were children of only thirteen or fourteen crying at the stone tablets, while there were also children less than ten years old who stood there stupidly, no longer knowing what their parents looked like and unable to cry. An old man with white hair and tattered clothes, like a beggar, suddenly started crying and wailing when he found all the names of his relatives. He burst into tears and bumped into the edges of the stone tablets.
But the young Taoist suddenly pressed his finger on an acupuncture point, and a breath of air calmed the old man's mind.
He gently held the white-haired old man with tightly closed eyes and walked past the old Heavenly Lord with jade crown and brocade robe, who had white hair and a youthful face.
His brows were calm and cold, and he did not even glance at the powerful old Lord.
The old Lord seemed somewhat distraught.
After all, he is not Tianshuyuan. He never said that the lives of a few mortals can understand the overall situation of the six realms and the great plan of thousands of years! Can he understand the difficulties of the Jade Emperor and the gods? ! He never said that the immortals and gods did not want this to happen. Seeing you like this, they are also sad in their hearts, but this is the price that must be paid for the great plan of thousands of years and the stability of the six realms.
Heaven and the six realms will remember your sacrifice.
He was even unsure. If Tianshuyuan was here and said such words, the young Taoist who walked away would have a river of blood on his waist.
Will it be unsheathed immediately?
After a long time, the old Lord of Heaven sighed and suddenly realized something - this matter was probably all under the Jade Emperor's Haotian Mirror. The Jade Emperor, who originally wanted to come down to the mortal world in person but was persuaded by himself, would he be moved by what happened in the six realms and come down to the mortal world directly? !
The old Lord's expression suddenly changed.
For some reason, the Jade Emperor seems to have become more active and youthful in recent days!
Thinking of the Jade Emperor secretly coming down to earth, the old Lord's scalp went numb. He could only pray in his heart that the Jade Emperor's mind was stable and that Taiyi Tianzun and Xuandu Dafashi had arrived. Then he turned around and rode the clouds towards the heaven. The people behind him saw the old man in a jade crown and brocade robe, with white hair and a childlike face, and saw the old man riding on the clouds, so they knew he was a god.
Suddenly, someone knelt down and cried out, "Oh, God, God who saves the suffering."
"Please, give my granddaughter's life back."
"I beg you!"
"She is still so young. God who saves the suffering, please take my life and give her back in exchange!"
There were waves of shouts, and people knelt on the ground, sad and desperate, longing for the protection of the gods.
The old Lord was speechless.
These images were like knives piercing into the heart of the young Jade Emperor. He pursed his lips, picked up the Haotian Mirror, grabbed the sword beside him, and picked up the protective items given to him by Xuandu and Taiyi. He pursed his lips. Now that the South Pole has sealed itself and the North Pole is balancing the immortals and gods, he can leave for a short while.
Come down to earth!
Although he didn't know why he had such a strong drive and desire.
But he wanted to leave here and take a look. He didn't want to sit here high above and look down on the world anymore.
He wanted to see it for himself.
…
"Wuhuo is a little late today."
There was a wooden house on a hill in Jinzhou. When Qi Wuhuo went up the hill carrying the things he bought in the slightly prosperous town below, he heard the gentle voice of Hou Tu Huang Di Ji Niangniang, who smiled at Qi Wuhuo. Qi Wuhuo hummed and said, "I met the Lord of Heaven."
"Oh, old Lord."
Hou Tu Huang Di Ji immediately knew who it was and said, "Are you here to ask you about the Jade Emperor? Wu Huo, you don't have to pay attention to it."
Watching Qi Wuhuo start to clean up the house and cook some simple meals, Hou Tu Huang Dizhi thought for a moment and said:
"What are you going to do next?"
"Are you going to practice in seclusion on this mountain?"
"...I will complete the secret record of destiny left by my senior brother, and then go to the Shenwu Dynasty in the human world."
"after……"
"While perfecting the Secret Scroll of Luck, I hope to help the human world and unify all nations."
"Then, pass on all the methods of luck and fortune, and connect them with all walks of life in the human world. As long as we are human beings who practice the right way and have great contributions to the human world, we can all get feedback from luck and fortune, and we can all practice and reproduce the glory that Brother Xuanzhen once had, and then go one step further."
"In this case, even the immortals in heaven will be free from restraint and will come down to earth to 'seek the truth' and 'attain the truth'."
"There is no need to be afraid of the human world anymore..."
"In this way, the human world will not need to rely on immortals, gods, or the Northern Emperor, and we can handle these things on our own. This is what Senior Brother Xuanzhen saw back then, right? I will accomplish it."
The young Taoist said, "Don't put your hopes on the mercy and wisdom of the gods."
"To prove it, don't want anything to be given to me, I will get it myself."
"I wish that every human being in my race could be like a dragon."
"May this earthly world be as prosperous and brilliant as heaven."
While the young Taoist said these words, he squatted in front of a garbage dustpan, peeling a radish with a small knife.
Because the queen doesn't like the taste.
The Queen Mother Hou Tu Huang Di Ji looked at him and asked jokingly, "And then..."
She actually didn't think Qi Wuhuo had any other ideas.
But the young Taoist paused and said softly: "Heaven, earth, humans, demons, ghosts and water are divided into six realms."
"My Lady, if the earth, humans, demons, the underworld, and the waters are all connected by the same energy, they are all created by destiny."
"If I form another system of luck and use it as a training method, and do not receive the grace of the heavens, what will happen..."
Hou Tu Huang Di Ji's smile paused slightly, his pupils contracted violently, and he looked at the young Taoist over there.
There was a huge wave of emotion in my heart.
Within the six realms.
The five directions and five realms do not respect the Heavenly Court and call themselves systems!
She suddenly understood Qi Wuhuo's train of thought and knew what he had been thinking all along - several major catastrophes in just ten years, countless deaths and lives. After experiencing Qi Wuhuo's verification in the past ten years, she felt that Heaven had probably become a piece of rotten meat on the body of the six realms. He had no intention of solving Heaven's own problems.
Instead, he planned to directly deal with the Heavenly Court.
Hou Tu Huang Di Zhi wanted to laugh and say that the kid was joking.
But suddenly I realized.
Qi Wuhuo, the Lord of all creatures of the demon clan, regards him as his elder brother. The Great Saint Canglong of the dragon clan has a very good relationship with him and opened up the Taishan mountain range on earth. I am the Lord of Fengdu and I have certified myself as the Lord of Taishan Mansion. The demon clan has six great saints, the dragon clan has three great saints, the earth god and the water god, plus the two ghost emperors of Fengdu -
The elder brother of the Lord of All Creatures, the good friend of the Lord of Water Creatures, the Emperor of Mount Tai, the Lord of Fengdu.
Plus Hou Tu Huang Di Zhi who defeated Gou Chen.
In addition, the human race is unified and all spirits are in one realm.
If we operate with the Tai Shang Xuan Zhen Qi Yun Dao as the core and abandon the Heavenly Court's system of talismans and edicts, then what about Heaven?
It will become a real cage surrounded by the five realms.
If people from all walks of life do not respect Heaven and seek themselves, is Heaven still Heaven?
Hou Tu Huang Di Ji was in a daze, as if he saw another figure in Qi Wuhuo. That was Haotian, who suppressed the ambitions of the immortals and gods in Heaven with his own strength. After several kalpas, another person took over his philosophy, but no longer suppressed it with his own strength. Instead, he surrounded and abandoned it with the Five Directions and Five Realms, and completely destroyed [Heaven].
Turned into a prison!
Her eyes paused slightly and she looked outside the door. She sensed a huge and violent fluctuation of Qi.
!!!
Jade Emperor?!
The young Taoist priest was unaware of this subtle but worrying change. He skillfully chopped off the root of the radish and placed it aside. This root could be planted and would produce flowers. He then placed the radish in another pot and continued to think, "In this way, the Jade Emperor can also relax, right?"
Hou Tu Huang Di Ji and the atmosphere outside the door all paused.
Qi Wuhuo said: "My teacher asked me this before, and now I feel that after reincarnation, we are not the same individual."
"If common people can be independent, they can deal with the ambitions and malice of immortals and gods."
"The Jade Emperor doesn't have to be bound to the Lingxiao Palace by Haotian's last wish, right?"
"He can do what he wants, see the flowers blooming in the world, see the beauty of the mortal world, listen to the evening breeze, and watch the rain, instead of having his life locked by the will of the previous emperor, and playing house with the immortals who are afraid of the Northern Emperor and have ambitions. Why bother?"
"He is not Haotian after all."
"It would be too sad to be bound by the last wish of Lord Haotian."
Hou Tu Huang Di Ji glanced outside the door and said strangely, "It seems that you don't hate the Jade Emperor, but you hate the Heavenly Palace?"
The young Taoist asked in confusion, "Your Highness already knows, why are you asking?"
"The Jade Emperor failed to suppress the Heavenly Court, but he should have tried his best, otherwise the North Pole Purple Star Emperor would not have helped him."
"It's just that I don't know."
"Why did you insist on taking him back right after his reincarnation? He had just reincarnated and everything was blank, and you brought him to a place full of ambitious people. Haven't you ever thought of a way without relying on the Jade Emperor and Haotian?"
Hou Tu Huang Di Ji sighed silently.
Qi Wuhuo thought for a moment and said, "I took it for granted. The situation back then must have been complicated."
"But if one day, the Jade Emperor steps down and comes here, I might give him a bowl of noodles and tell him."
"Your duty has been completed."
“You fought as hard as you could and did the best you could.”
"Although it's not so perfect, you can take a rest and have a good sleep. Tomorrow the flowers will bloom again. I can take you to climb the mountains of the mortal world, see the world, and laugh loudly. You can be yourself. You are not Haotian's shadow, nor the mountain-stabilizing stone that immortals and gods need."
Crash——
The wooden door suddenly shook, as if something had hit it. The young Taoist was surprised, got up and walked over, then pushed the door open. He saw a young man wearing cloth but looking pampered. His eyes were red, as if he had been bullied extremely badly. He was crying and wiping his tears.
For the first time, Qi Wuhuo felt that a boy of fifteen or sixteen could be described as crying like a pear blossom in the rain.
She cried so hard.
Who bullied him like this?
What a cruel heart.
The young Jade Emperor's eyes widened.
With tearful eyes, he saw a young Taoist priest wearing cloth clothes and an apron, holding a knife in one hand and a large white radish in the other. The young Taoist priest had strode into his world in a very unreasonable way, and the knife for chopping radish seemed to break the chains around the Jade Emperor.
Qi Wuhuo leaned forward slightly, looked into the young man's eyes, and asked in a gentle voice, puzzled:
"……Who are you?"
"Ah, I, I, I lost my memory!"
The young Jade Emperor was stunned for a moment and said:
"I, I call, I call..."
"My name is Xiaoyu."
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