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 faltered, 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. He saw human cities scattered among the green mountains and clear waters. When he looked down from the sky, he saw that these cities were far less luxurious than the palaces in Heaven, but he saw white flags moving.
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. At a glance, the number of deaths is almost innumerable, and no one knows how many people died.
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.
老天君隐隐有些失魂落魄。
他终究不是天枢院，不曾说出，区区些许凡尘生灵的性命而，可知六界大局，可知道万千年的大计策！可知道玉皇和诸神的苦衷？！不曾说出，诸仙神也不愿如此，见到尔等如此，也是心中悲伤，然这是为了千万年大计和六界稳定必须的代价。
天庭和六界，会记住尔等的牺牲的，这样的话。
甚至于他不确定，如果天枢院在此，说出这样的话，那走远的少年道人腰间血河。
会不会立刻出鞘。
许久后，喟然叹息的老天君忽而意识到一件事情——此事恐怕全部都在玉皇大天尊的昊天镜之下，本来就想要亲自下凡，只是被自己劝住了的玉皇，会不会因见这六界人间之事而直接动念，直接下凡？！
老天君的神色骤变。
那位玉皇不知道为何，近日里来，性情似乎变得活动少年气起来！
想到玉皇偷偷下凡，老天君的头皮发麻，只好心中祈求玉皇心性稳定，祈求太乙天尊和玄都大法师已至了，而后转身驾驭云霞，就朝着天界而去，后面的人们见到了老者玉冠锦袍，鹤发童颜模样，又见到老者腾云驾雾，知是神仙。
于是忽而有人跪下，大哭道：“神仙啊，救苦救难的神仙啊。”
“求求你，把我小孙女的命还回来吧。”
“我求求您了！”
“她还那么小啊，救苦救难的神仙啊，您把我的命拿走，换她回来吧！”
一阵阵喊声，人们跪在地上，悲伤而绝望，渴求仙神的庇护。
老天君无言。
而这些画面，则如同一把把刀般刺入了少年玉皇的心底，他抿了抿唇，提起昊天镜，抓起旁边的剑，又拿起了玄都和太乙给他的护身之物，抿了抿唇，而今南极自封印，北极制衡仙神，他自可以短暂离开一段时间。
下凡！
虽然他不知道，为何有这样强烈的驱动和欲望。
但是他想要离开这里看看，不想要再在这高高在上俯瞰苍生的地方坐着了。
他想要亲自去看看。
……
“无惑今日来的有些迟了。”
在锦州的一处小山上有木屋，当齐无惑提着在下面稍微繁荣起来的镇子里面买来的东西上山之后，听到了后土皇地祇娘娘温柔的声音，后者笑着看着齐无惑，齐无惑嗯了一声，道：“遇到了天界的那位天君。”
“哦，老天君。”
后土皇地祇立刻知道是谁，道：“是来为玉皇询问你了吧？无惑你不必理会了。”
看着齐无惑开始收拾屋子做些简单的饭菜，后土皇地祇想了想，道：
“倒是伱，之后打算要做什么？”
“在这山上清修吗？”
“……我会完成师兄留下的气运秘录，而后前往人间界的神武朝。”
“之后……”
“在完善气运密卷的时候，希望能帮助人间界，一统各国。”
“然后，将气运的法门全部传递下去，和人间界的各行各业联系起来，但凡是我人族，为行正道，对于人间界有大功，对于人世有大行，皆可得气运之反馈，皆可修行，重现玄真师兄曾经的盛况，而后，更进一步。”
“这样的话，哪怕是天界的仙神们再不受约束，再要下凡‘求道’，‘证道’。”
“人间也不用害怕了……”
“这样的话，人间就不用靠什么仙神，不用靠北帝，不用靠驱邪院，我们自己就可以应对这些，这才是玄真师兄当年看到的风景吧，我会完成它。”
少年道人道：“不要把希望赌在仙神的慈悲圣明身上。”
“要证，不要被赐予什么东西，我自去得到。”
“愿我人族，可人人如龙。”
“愿这红尘阳间，繁华灿烂，不逊天上。”
少年道人在说这些话的时候，蹲在一个垃圾簸箕前面，拿着一把小刀在削萝卜的皮。
因为娘娘不喜欢这个味道。
后土皇地祇娘娘看着他，玩笑问道：“而后呢……”
她其实不觉得齐无惑还有其他的想法。
但是那少年道人顿了顿，轻声道：“天地人妖鬼水，分有六界。”
“娘娘，若是地，人，妖，阴司，水域，皆同气连枝，皆气运而成就。”
“形成另一套气运体系的话，且以此为修行，不受天界恩惠的话，会怎么样……”
后土皇地祇笑着的神色微顿，瞳孔剧烈收缩，看着那边的少年道人。
心中掀起了波澜万丈。
六界之内。
五方五界，不尊天庭，自称体系！
她忽然明白了齐无惑的思路，知道了他始终的想法——短短十年之内数次大劫，死生无数，在眼前经历了这十年的齐无惑验证，天庭，恐怕已经成了六界身上一块烂肉，他根本不打算去解决天庭本身的问题。
而是打算直接把天庭解决掉。
后土皇地祇想要大笑说这孩子开玩笑。
却又忽而意识到。
齐无惑，妖族万类之主视他为兄长，龙族苍龙大圣和其关系甚好，在地开辟泰山山系，在下为酆都之主，自证泰山府君，而妖族有六大圣，龙族三尊大圣，地祇水神，再加上酆都两名鬼帝——
万类之主的兄长，水族之主的好友，泰山大帝，酆都府君。
再加上击败勾陈的后土皇地祇。
再加上人族一统，万灵一域。
以太上玄真气运之道为核心运转，摒弃天庭符诏体系的话，天庭，又如何？
那将会成为被五界包围的，真正的牢笼。
各界苍生不尊天，而求己，天还是天吗？
后土皇地祇怔怔失神，仿佛在齐无惑身上看到另一个身影，那是以一己之力镇压天庭仙神野心的昊天，在数个劫纪之后，另外一个人接过了他的理念，却不再是以一己之力镇压，而是以五方五界围绕摒弃，彻底将【天庭】。
化作牢狱！
她眸子微顿，看向门外，她感应到了先前有一股庞大之炁剧烈波动。
！！！
玉皇？！
而少年道人并不能察觉到这细微而隐忧的波动，他很娴熟地把萝卜的根劈下来，而后放在一侧，这个根可以继续种，能开出花朵来，然后把这萝卜放在另一个盆里面，继续想着道：“这样的话，那位玉皇也可以轻松了吧？”
后土皇地祇和门外的气息都顿了顿。
齐无惑道：“之前老师问过我的，而我现在觉得，转世之后并非同一个体。”
“若是苍生可以独立，可以应对仙神的野心和恶意。”
“玉皇也可以不必被昊天的遗愿捆缚在凌霄宝殿上了吧？”
“他可以做自己想要做的事情，去见见人间的花开，见见红尘万丈的美好，去听晚风，观落雨，而不是被前一位大帝的意志锁定了自己的生命，不是陪着忌惮北帝，怀揣野心的仙神去过家家，何苦呢？”
“他毕竟不是昊天啊。”
“被昊天天尊的遗愿捆住的话，太悲伤了。”
后土皇地祇看了一眼门外，古怪道：“看起来，你不是讨厌玉皇，而是厌恶天庭？”
少年道人疑惑道：“娘娘不是已知道了吗，为何要问？”
“玉皇未能镇压天庭，但是他应该也已尽力了，否则北极紫微大帝不会帮他。”
“只是我不知道。”
“你们为什么一定要把他刚刚转世就绑回去呢？他刚刚转世，一片空白，你们将他带到了各处都是狼子野心之辈的地方，你们难道就不曾想过，不依靠玉皇和昊天的方法吗？”
后土皇地祇无言叹息。
齐无惑想了想，道：“也是我想得太当然了，当年局势，想来复杂。”
“但是若有一日，玉皇卸任来这里的话，我或许会给他一碗面，告诉他。”
“你的职责，业已完成。”
“你拼尽了全力，也竭尽所能。”
“虽然并不是那么完美，但是，你可以休息了，好好睡一觉，明日花开依旧，我可以带着你去爬一爬人间的山，看看人间的红尘，然后大声笑，恣意的做自己，不是昊天的影子，不是仙神需要的镇山石。”
哗啦——
木门忽然晃动了下，像是有什么东西砸在门上，少年道人讶异，起身走去，而后推开了门，看到外面是一个身穿布衣，但是看上去就养尊处优的少年，双目通红，似乎给人欺负地特别特别狠，哭得梨花带雨的，还在胡乱擦着眼泪。
齐无惑第一次觉得，一个十五六岁的少年可以用哭得梨花带雨来形容。
哭的好狠啊。
谁把他欺负成这个样子的？
好狠的心啊。
而少年玉皇瞪大眼睛。
泪眼朦胧，看到穿着布衣，系着围裙，一只手提着刀，一只手握着大白萝卜的少年道人，而眼前这少年道人就这样以一个很不讲道理的方法，大步地闯入了他的世界里，拿着劈萝卜的刀就好像劈碎了玉皇身边的锁链。
齐无惑微微俯身，和那少年对视，嗓音温和，疑惑询问道：
“……你是？”
“啊，我，我，我失忆了！”
少年玉皇呆滞了下，道：
“我，我叫，我叫……”
“我叫小玉。”