The eighteen levels of hell in the underworld of the Xuanhuang Realm correspond to the pagoda that Shen Yuan had signed the contract with ten thousand years ago, but the Xuanhuang Linglong Pagoda is now different from what it was ten thousand years ago.
Compared to the magnificent pagoda that suppressed the world ten thousand years ago, the Xuanhuang Linglong Pagoda at this time has experienced the erosion of the underworld and the spiritual tides for ten thousand years, and has lost its original dazzling light.
The magnificent tower body has become much dimmer, and the paintings of humanity and the gods and Buddhas depicted on it have become blurred. Even the thick and dark aura flowing above the pagoda has mostly dissipated, and it no longer has the power to easily suppress an entire world as before.
However, with the appearance of such a Xuanhuang Linglong Tower, the rules of the underworld that were originally forcibly controlled by the Karma Mirror were instantly suppressed, and the distorted order seemed to be smoothed out by an invisible giant hand.
The balance tilting towards King Qin Guang stopped at this moment.
"How is that possible!"
The smile on King Qin Guang's face that showed everything was under control disappeared, and an expression of extreme astonishment appeared on his face.
In the Xuanhuang Realm, all the underworld rules are separated from the underworld, and the underworld rules are the source of the underworld in the Xuanhuang Realm.
The reincarnation of the underworld comes from the projection of the six reincarnations, the Shinto of the underworld comes from the Lord of Mount Tai, and even the Ten Underworld Marshals sitting in Fengdu manage the underworld in imitation of the Ten Kings of Hell. This is common knowledge known to almost all ghosts and gods.
But today, this common sense was ruthlessly broken by the pagoda in front of us.
The Eighteen Levels of Hell in the Xuanhuang Realm of the Underworld are not a projection of the underworld. Although they are also the Eighteen Levels of Hell, they have no connection with the underworld and are a completely independent system from the underworld.
The Karma Mirror, with its status as the most precious treasure of the underworld, erodes the rules of the netherworld, but it has no influence at all on the pagoda that has evolved into the eighteen levels of hell.
King Qin Guang even vaguely felt that the seemingly old and dim pagoda in front of him was not inferior to the karma mirror in his hand in essence.
Even because the Xuanhuang Linglong Tower is one of the foundations of the underworld, being in the underworld, its status alone is enough to suppress or even compete with the Karma Mirror.
King Qin Guang could no longer remain calm and composed at this moment, and his majestic face revealed unconcealable anger.
"Riyoushen is such an idiot! He didn't even tell me such important information!"
"How many secrets are there in this underworld that I don't know?"
In the imperial chariot.
As the eighteen levels of hell turned upside down, the pagoda that almost penetrated the entire underworld rose above the earth, and Shen Yuan found it difficult to remain calm.
Even though he had already guessed about the existence of the Xuanhuang Linglong Tower, when he witnessed this treasure born from the Xuanhuang Realm again, Shen Yuan still couldn't help but be shocked.
As early as when he first met Niutou in Beimang Mountain and received Niutou's invitation to go and quell the unrest in the underworld, Shen Yuan relied on his astrological powers to feel a powerful causal connection.
At that time, Shen Yuan had a vague feeling that if he refused Niu Tou's invitation, something would happen that he would regret deeply.
After agreeing to go to the underworld with Niutou, Shen Yuan began to carefully think about where this causal connection came from.
However, the cause and effect were obscured by the power of a higher level. The astrological power could only determine that there was a causal relationship, but could not truly trace the root cause, which made Shen Yuan quite distressed.
It was not until the few days when Shen Yuan was in seclusion in Beimang Mountain that he deduced information from all sides and thought of the ten thousand years of time travel he had just experienced.
During that ten thousand year time journey, Shen Yuan's greatest achievement was to sign a ten thousand year contract with the Xuanhuang Linglong Tower.
Ten thousand years have passed, and the Xuanhuang Linglong Tower is no longer in the Zhenlong small world. Shen Yuan tries to deduce the existence of the Xuanhuang Linglong Tower.
As Shen Yuan continued to deduce, that inexplicable causal connection finally got a response.
At this point, Shen Yuan completely confirmed the causal connection between himself and the underworld, which came from the Xuanhuang Linglong Tower that had a ten-thousand-year promise with him.
When Shen Yuan left a backup plan in Beimang Mountain, Gong Buyu asked Shen Yuan what he was going to do.
At that time, Shen Yuan replied "to fulfill a promise", which referred to both the promise between him and Niu Tou, and the promise with the spirit of the Xuanhuang Linglong Pagoda that spanned ten thousand years.
After arriving in Fengdu City, Shen Yuan vaguely felt the aura of the Xuanhuang Linglong Pagoda, but was unable to determine where exactly this pagoda was.
It was not until he killed the Wheel King, gained the approval of the underworld gods and completely controlled the entire Fengdu City, that Shen Yuan realized the eighteen levels of hell beneath the earth.
The eighteen levels of hell mentioned by the underworld generals do not refer to the land of sin in the underworld that is famous among all realms, but the core area of the underworld that is based on the Xuanhuang Linglong Tower and is integrated into the underworld system to form a world of its own.
Looking at the Xuanhuang Linglong Tower in front of him, Shen Yuan's eyes were filled with emotion.
As a witness to the former glory of the Xuanhuang Linglong Pagoda, Shen Yuan was not disappointed at all with the pagoda before him.
Under the influence of Fengdu's will, Shen Yuan could clearly see the essence of the Xuanhuang Linglong Tower. It seemed that the precious light was fading and the Xuanhuang aura was dissipating, but Shen Yuan could feel a breath of destruction and reconstruction from it.
On each level of the pagoda, the gods and Buddhas at the top are mottled and decayed, the human history in the center is yellow and old, and at the bottom of these traces of decay there are many paintings of hell.
These scrolls of hell are imprinted with the images of the Eighteen Levels of Hell, where hundreds of millions of evil spirits suffer. The atmosphere of terror and sin seems to make people feel the horrific scene of hell.
The gods and Buddhas in heaven, human beings, ghosts and hell, the three seem to form a subtle picture that seems to encompass all things in the world, allowing the Xuanhuang Linglong Tower to complete that crucial transformation.
Feeling the rhythm, Shen Yuan's pupils trembled slightly and he whispered:
“Ten thousand years ago, the Xuanhuang Linglong Pagoda was valued by the great celestial being Minghao because it had the potential to transform into a treasure that could open up the world half-step.
The great celestial being Minghao is a disciple of the Qinghua Palace of Dongji and Taiyi Jiuku Tianzun, and is also the disciple of the Three Pure Ones. Although he is a great celestial being, his status is far more respected than that of the Ten Kings of Hell.
The fact that the Xuanhuang Linglong Tower is valued by the Great Celestial Immortal Minghao is enough to prove its extraordinaryness."
"The spiritual energy depletion period of ten thousand years is fatal to any immortal weapon. The Zhulong Immortal Sword, which is also an immortal weapon, was almost destroyed by the spiritual energy depletion period.
Only the Xuanhuang Linglong Tower can suppress the underworld. It consumes a huge amount of Xuanhuang Qi to connect the veins of the earth to establish the place of the underworld, and uses the space inside the tower to divide the eighteen levels of hell to imprison many evil spirits.
The Xuanhuang Linglong Tower is almost deeply bound to the entire underworld. With the help of the underworld's momentum, it not only resists most of the impact of the spiritual energy depletion period, but also breaks down and then rebuilds to complete the evolution of the three phases of gods, ghosts and humans, completing a crucial transformation.
At this moment, the Xuanhuang Linglong Tower has already possessed the status of a half-step world-opening treasure!"
Thinking of this, Shen Yuan could no longer keep his calm expression.
Possessing the status of a half-step treasure for opening the world, it is almost the same as a real treasure for opening the world.
His status had never fallen, and the consumed Xuanhuang Qi and pagoda spiritual essence could be easily restored by just waiting for the revival of the Xuanhuang Realm.
The mere potential of possessing a Half-Step World-Opening Treasure is enough to motivate the disciples of the Heavenly Venerate to go to the lower world to fight for it, let alone a genuine Half-Step World-Opening Treasure?
Such a precious treasure will inevitably attract many Golden Immortals to fight for it, and even some Heavenly Lords and Emperors will secretly take action.
After all, not every Heavenly Lord or Emperor possesses the true treasure that can open up the world.
Especially the Shinto Emperors, most of the world-opening treasures they possess rely on Shinto rules to exert their power.
The Xuanhuang Linglong Tower has evolved from a magical weapon and has the potential to become a true treasure for opening up the world, which is enough to bring about the end of the Shinto Emperor.
As for the so-called treasures of the underworld, there are only a few that can truly reach the level of a half-step treasure to open the world. For example, the Karma Mirror can only exert the power of a half-step treasure to open the world by relying on the rules of the underworld.
The Karma Mirror, which has deviated from the rules of the underworld's Shinto, needs to burn the soul of King Yama before it can use its power to question and convict. This is enough to show the limitations of this supreme treasure of the underworld.
Shen Yuan held up the Xuanhuang Linglong Pagoda in his right hand, and the rules of the underworld guarded the pagoda. For the Xuanhuang Linglong Pagoda, humans, ghosts and gods were its origins, and the so-called rules of the underworld were just derivatives of external ways.
"town!"
A soft command came from Shen Yuan's mouth, and the magnificent pagoda emitted a dim light, suppressing the karma mirror that reflected all living beings in the sky.
Theoretically speaking, all living beings in the world have karma. Even a true Buddha who has gone through 81 tribulations and accumulated merits to create a golden body will still be entangled by karma.
Karma and merit are not unified. It is impossible to offset the influence of karma with tremendous merit. Unless karma is burned and consumed by fire, karma will only increase and not decrease.
It is precisely because of this that the Karma Mirror can reflect all living things and restrain all living things.
But there is one thing that the Karma Mirror cannot control, and that is even if it is an object that possesses great merit.
The Xuanhuang Linglong Tower is not a living being. It evolved from the Eighteen Levels of Hell to suppress the underworld for ten thousand years, washing away the sins of countless evil spirits and ghosts. The accumulated merits are enough to turn into a treasure of merit.
This kind of meritorious treasure is not within the range of the Karma Mirror, and the Karma Mirror cannot arouse the Karma Fire to convict it.
On the contrary, the Xuanhuang Linglong Tower has the advantage of the rules of the underworld. Its original status is a treasure that is half a step away from opening the world. Even if its spiritual essence is damaged, it can still crush the Karma Mirror which relies on burning the soul of King Yan to restore its power.
A roar like the creation of the world exploded across the entire land of Taizhou, and the karma mirror that covered the sky and reflected all living things was shattered by this blow.
The figure of the emperor in white that was about to solidify in the karma mirror disappeared, and the nameless karma fire covering the entire Luoshan County also extinguished.
“Crack!”
A clearly visible crack appeared on the black and white karma mirror in King Qin Guang's hand.
The Karma Mirror above the sky was shattered, directly damaging the Karma Mirror's body.
“Damn it!!!”
King Qin Guang held the Karma Mirror in his hand, his eyes bloodshot.
If Ye Jing was in the underworld, his divine authority was related to the entire underworld. Even if he was restrained, he could use the power of the underworld to suppress the Xuanhuang Linglong Tower.
But now, due to the Karma Mirror crossing over from the boundary, it was suppressed by the Xuanhuang Realm, and also lost the home advantage of the Yinsi in front of the Xuanhuang Linglong Tower. Finally, it was naturally restrained by the Merit Treasure, and under the influence of various conditions, its origin was directly damaged.
In Fengdu City, without the suppression of the nameless karmic fire, powerful ghost and god auras began to revive.
None of these ghosts and gods can be compared with King Qin Guang, even the strongest Bull Head is inferior to King Qin Guang.
However, such a large number of ghosts and gods are enough to influence the rules of the underworld. When they join forces, King Qin Guang, who only has the cultivation of ghosts, is unable to compete with them.
The dark sky shattered and the earth collapsed in the tremor. After experiencing the burning of the nameless fire, even the ghosts and gods who were afraid of the name of King Qin Guang before no longer had any reservations.
King Qin Guang's figure standing on the sky was constantly pressed towards the earth.
The threats from countless ghosts and gods in the underworld and the suppression from the Xuanhuang Linglong Tower made him feel an almost suffocating pressure.
If it weren't for the damaged Karma Mirror in his hand still protecting him, the suppression of the Xuanhuang Linglong Tower alone would have been enough to shake his soul.
King Qin Guang held the Mirror of Karma in his hand, his expression changing from gloomy to bright.
If he chooses to return to the underworld at this moment, under the protection of the Karma Mirror, Emperor Fengdu will not be able to stop him.
And after returning in time, the damaged origin of the Karma Mirror can be replenished in time, so it is not difficult to restore it to its peak state.
but.
"Am I really going to flee back to the underworld in such disgrace?"
There was a flash of cruel scarlet in King Qin Guang's eyes.
He is unwilling to accept it!
His intuition clearly told him that the Emperor of Fengdu in the imperial chariot was just an empty figure and did not have the strength to match the position of emperor.
But after a head-on battle with the Emperor of Fengdu, he used a series of unique tricks without taking any action himself and easily broke the plan he had planned for thousands of years.
Even now that he was forced into a desperate situation, the Emperor of Fengdu did not take direct action.
The only magical power of the Seven Arrows with Nailed Heads that was used was the method of cursing and killing, which could not illustrate the strength of the King of Fengdu at all.
Being defeated by such an emperor, the resentment in King Qin Guang's heart was almost overflowing.
"I don't believe that you really have the strength of an emperor!"
A hoarse roar came from King Qin Guang's mouth. He grabbed the last soul of King Biancheng and stuffed it into the Karma Mirror. The red light of guilt once again enveloped the world.
Lord Yama's soul continued to burn, and the Karma Mirror once again manifested its origin to suppress the ghosts and gods in the underworld and the Xuanhuang Linglong Tower. The collision between the rules evolved to the extreme at this moment.
The entire underworld was shaken at this moment, order was disrupted and rules collapsed, the cracks on the surface of the karma mirror, which was already at a disadvantage, gradually increased, and the origin gradually fell into an irreversible collapse.
This almost self-destructive suppression temporarily suppressed everything in Fengdu City.
King Qin Guang no longer had any reservations. His body turned into a dark beam of light and rushed towards the imperial chariot, his soul burning in his body.
"All ten directions are destroyed!"
A great magical power appeared in the hands of King Qin Guang. This was not the method of Tiangang but the magical power passed down by the Heavenly Venerable from the upper realm. It originally required cultivation in the immortal realm to be used, but at this moment it also had great power under the burning soul.
The ten directions of heaven and earth were completely annihilated, and the scene of the collapse of time and space evolved into a tremendous destructive force that swallowed up everything. The phantom of Mount Tai manifested by the throne of Mount Tai collapsed in an instant.
The Emperor's chariot was completely exposed to the great magical power of annihilation of all directions. Everything would be destroyed here. The ghosts and gods in the underworld in the distance looked furious and desperate.
Amid this destructive scene, a hand slowly stretched out from the imperial chariot, and time seemed to be slowed down to the extreme.
That white palm did not contain any fluctuations of magical power. Compared with the surrounding scene of annihilation of time and space, it was so fragile that it seemed as if the slightest fluctuation of space was enough to tear it apart.
King Qin Guang showed a ferocious smile on his face, as if he had already seen the scene after the destruction.
At this moment, the five fingers of the open hand slowly closed together, and a calm voice sounded from the imperial chariot.
"Nine Breaths of Conviction!"
The next moment, all the Xuanhuang Qi on the Xuanhuang Linglong Tower returned to his palms, and the slowly closing palms seemed to hold a heavy world.
Whether it was King Qin Guang or the great magical power of annihilation of all directions, they were all frozen in the mysterious yellow energy, and then the five fingers came together to slowly crush them.