As the shadow of the Emperor of Fengdu disappeared over the entire Taizhou, Gong Buhuo, who was in Rongcheng Dayutian, let out a long sigh and took back the Void Talisman in his hand.
Xue Mingzhi looked at Gong Buhuo's actions in some surprise, wondering why this old ancestor suddenly canceled the communication to all the major caves and blessed places.
"Ancestor Gong, I don't know."
As soon as Xue Mingzhi opened his mouth, he saw Patriarch Gong waving his hand with a melancholy look on his face, stopping him from continuing.
The old voice said with some surprise, some relief, and some indescribable loss:
"There is no need to send a message to the major blessed places. A strange change just happened in Taizhou. They must have known about what happened in Taizhou."
Xue Mingzhi was horrified. The two-day delay almost made him instinctively think that something unexpected had happened in Taizhou again. He quickly saluted to Gong Buhuo and said:
“The various sacred places know what happened in Taizhou, but they may not be willing to help.
Please ask Patriarch Gong to send a message to all the major caves and blessed places, and unite them to resist the invasion of the Ten Courts of Hell."
As soon as Xue Mingzhi said this, Gong Buhuo turned to look at him in surprise, with an indescribable strange expression on his old face.
The corner of his mouth twitched slightly, Gong Buhuo shook his head and said:
"The invasion of the Ten Kings of Hell has been completely pacified by Senior Brother Wushang Daozi, and the order of yin and yang on the land of Taizhou has also been stabilized. There is no need for the major cave heavens and blessed lands to intervene anymore."
Xue Mingzhi was stunned when he heard this.
This scene did not only happen in Rongcheng Dayutian.
Powerful people awakened in dozens of blessed places in Daxia and saw the shadow of the supreme emperor looming over the land of Taizhou.
Even though it only appeared for a few breaths, it still caused many blessed places to shake.
In the endless void, precious void talismans crossed the boundaries of space and appeared in various caves and blessed lands. The influential figures in these major caves and blessed lands discussed the sudden appearance of the Emperor.
Just a few minutes later, disciples from the blessed lands reported the information about the unrest in the underworld to the ancestors of the major blessed lands.
"Unrest in the underworld? If it was just the unrest caused by the Ten Great Underworld Marshals, how could it drag the entire Luoshan County into the underworld and even cause that Emperor's phantom to take action?"
"There must be something wrong behind this!"
"You want to use the power of the underworld to weaken the Humane Dynasty? How could there be idiots like you among my disciples? Have you all forgotten the dark ages when humans and gods ruled together?"
"Investigate! Immediately send our disciples to Taizhou and make sure to find out who is behind that phantom of the Emperor!"
"Such a powerful divine destiny, could it be the incarnation of a certain emperor?"
"The Xuanhuang Realm has been disconnected from the heaven and earth for tens of thousands of years. The order is disordered and the rules are broken. How could such a person appear?"
Before this, the Yuanqi tide outside the Jidu Dragon Palace in Cangzhou and the Xuanhuang Realm had attracted the attention of the strong people in the Dongtian Blessed Land, and some ancestors even broke through the barriers in advance to investigate the matter.
But if you really think about it, these things don't pose much of a threat to this blessed land.
The dispute over the Jidu Dragon Palace was between the aquatic tribes and the Shintoists. The ways followed by the cave paradises had nothing to do with the Shintoists. Even if an edict from heaven was sent down, it would not affect the many cave paradises.
As for the great tide of Yuan Qi, it was blocked by the Nine Cauldrons outside the Xuan Huang Realm. Only a very small part of the Yuan Qi crossed the Jue Tian Di Tong barrier and entered the Xuan Huang Realm, and the impact it caused was minimal.
But what happened in Taizhou was completely different.
All the strong men in the blessed lands can feel the power of the phantom of the Emperor. Even if the ancestors of the blessed lands were at their peak without the suppression of heaven and earth, most of them could not compare with the divine power of the phantom of the Emperor, not to mention the Xuanhuang Realm with its incomplete rules at present.
If the shadow of the emperor could walk out of Taizhou, there is no doubt that he would be able to dominate the entire Xuanhuang Realm.
Moreover, the source of the Emperor's phantom seems to be related to the turmoil in the underworld. In the underworld, the city gods, ghosts and gods, and the ten underworld generals are enough to make the Great Xia court and the blessed land of Dongtian feel fearful.
If there is one more unknown strong man, it will definitely break the balance of the Xuanhuang Realm and overturn the current situation.
Once any accident happens, the Great Xia court and the blessed lands adjacent to Taizhou will inevitably bear the brunt. Naturally, the major blessed lands will no longer be able to ignore the possible threats behind them.
As the gates of the blessed places opened, many outstanding disciples of the time, holding magical treasures, transformed themselves into lights and rushed towards Taizhou.
Among the spiritual treasures they hold, there are some yang gods left by the immortals who are unable to come out of the blessed land to ensure that they can smoothly step into the land of Taizhou.
While all the blessed places in Daxia were taking action, the Daxia imperial court seemed much calmer.
Imperial capital, Golden Throne Hall.
Emperor Xia and the Imperial Astronomical Observatory were quickly browsing through several secret letters sent from Luoshan County, which clearly recorded the many strange changes that had occurred in the entire Luoshan County after the two envoys, White Tiger and Vermillion Bird, entered Fengdu City.
Since the spies were unable to enter Fengdu City, they could only witness some of the changes that were within their reach.
The Emperor's chariot enters the city, the Sun God and the Bull Head, two Yin Marshals, manifest the bodies of gods to fight, the Ten Kings of Hell take up their bodies and cross over to the world, the six gods of Luofeng return to their positions, and the King of the Wheel descends
The information in the secret order was incomplete, and most of the time it was just guesses made by the spies, but even so it was enough to shock Emperor Xia and the Director of the Imperial Observatory.
After putting away the last secret letter, the expression on Emperor Xia's old and majestic face changed constantly, and his majestic voice slowly sounded in the hall.
"In your opinion, my dear lord, is this Fengdu incident a blessing or a curse for our Great Xia?"
The Imperial Astronomical Observatory bowed and said with a very happy smile on his face:
"Your Majesty, the incident in Fengdu City is naturally a great joyous event for our Great Xia!"
"Oh?" Emperor Xia raised his eyebrows slightly, indicating that the Imperial Observatory was continuing to speak.
"According to the information in the secret letter, it seems that the Ten Kings of Hell in the underworld are involved in this turmoil in the underworld.
With such a big shot taking action, the court's previous arrangements are useless. If the court is allowed to face the chaos in the underworld head-on, it will inevitably lose everything."
“However, fortunately, there was internal discord in the underworld, and several Yin Shuai took action to fight against it, and there were also unknown strong men who suppressed several Yamas, which completely quelled the underworld turmoil this time.
Although we don’t know the identity of this strong man and his attitude towards the Great Xia court, we can see that this strong man does not want the Yin-Yang order of the Xuanhuang Realm to collapse. The court can use this as an excuse to show goodwill to this strong man and gain his favor. "
At this point, the Imperial Observatory paused, and two soul lamps appeared in his right hand as he spread out his right hand.
The light on the soul lamp was dazzling, almost turning into two small suns. The moment the soul lamp appeared, the entire Golden Palace was illuminated by the light.
Emperor Xia's eyes narrowed slightly: "What is this?"
"Your Majesty, these two soul lamps were left by my two disciples."
The director of the Imperial Observatory was full of emotion as he spoke:
"They were ordered by His Majesty to carry the treasure of the underworld to Fengdu City to negotiate with the Ten Underworld Marshals. Before they left, in order to confirm their safety, I specially asked them to leave a little soul fire to light the soul lamp.
Once they die, the soul lamp will be extinguished."
“The turmoil in the underworld is complicated and unpredictable. I thought my two disciples would be in danger, but who would have thought that the two soul lamps left behind not only did not go out, but instead became brighter and brighter as time went by.
This is enough to prove that they were not troubled by the underworld, but instead gained a lot of benefits from it. This transformed soul is the proof of it.
As long as we wait for the two of them to return to the imperial capital, we will know what happened in Fengdu City, and our Great Xia will have the opportunity to respond carefully.
It is not impossible to even use them as a medium to establish a relationship with the underworld."
The words of the Imperial Observatory made Emperor Xia's expression ease.
After a brief pause, Emperor Xia said in a deep voice:
"Once the two envoys return, they will be heroes of Daxia. I will personally confer titles on them!"
"As for the matter of Fengdu, it will be fully handed over to the Marquis of Zhennan and Xu Taichang to handle."
A moment later, imperial orders were quickly transmitted from the Golden Palace to Taizhou.
In Fengdu City, Shen Yuan gradually came out of the state of merging into the divine way.
Just before that, he completely put down the rebellion of the Ten Courts of Hell and gained the recognition of all the ghosts and gods in the underworld. Billions of ghosts and gods knelt on the ground and chanted the name of the King of Fengdu in unison.
As the bearer of the status of the Great Emperor of Fengdu, Shen Yuan entered an extremely wonderful realm, integrating the Shinto and underworld rules of the entire land of Taizhou with his status as an emperor. In just a few breaths, Shen Yuan became the Lord of the Underworld who ruled over everything. With a wave of his hand, he pacified the order of yin and yang, exiled the ghosts that appeared in the world of the living, and lifted Luoshan County from the underworld to the world of the living.
The disaster caused by the unrest in the underworld for several months to the entire Taizhou and even several surrounding states was perfectly resolved by Shen Yuan.
At this point, the turmoil that affected the underworld and the Xuanhuang world finally came to an end.
Sitting upright in the imperial chariot, Shen Yuan closed his eyes slightly and carefully felt the changes brought about by the previous moment when he integrated the divine way and the rules of the underworld with the status of the Emperor of Fengdu.
With his current state of being in the early stage of transformation, it is simply not enough for him to completely control such power, not even with the blessing of the status of Emperor Fengdu.
The status of the emperor is ultimately only an incomplete thing, and forcibly controlling the rules of the gods and the underworld will only backfire on oneself.
However, even in just a few breaths, Shen Yuan gained huge benefits.
The combination of the underworld rules and the way of the gods allowed the god-exorcising ability that had reached the peak of the first realm to successfully break through and enter the second realm.
The fire in the god-driving magical power on his chest continued to digest, and a huge amount of Shinto information quickly poured into Shen Yuan's mind.
Before this, Shen Yuan just relied on the blessing of the Taishan throne to barely step into the second realm. Although he was able to mobilize the underworld gods to complete the conferment, it was still not complete.
Now that he has truly achieved a breakthrough, his ability to drive gods has successfully ushered in a new transformation.
His eyes slowly opened, and an invisible pressure quietly spread from the imperial chariot. His deep eyes seemed to reflect the billions of incense sticks and fortunes on the land of Taizhou.
The Shinto veins and the aura of incense in front of Shen Yuan became increasingly clear, and as his thoughts flowed, all Shinto were operating in accordance with Shen Yuan's will.
If the Sun-wandering God Yin Shuai stood in front of Shen Yuan, with Shen Yuan's second-level exorcism ability and his status as the King of Fengdu, he could strip him of his Yin Shuai status with just a thought and send the Sun-wandering God to the eighteen levels of hell according to the rules of the underworld.
Putting away the fluctuating thoughts in his mind, the ghosts and gods of the underworld, led by Luo Feng, the Six Heavenly Gods, were still kneeling on the ground outside the imperial chariot.
"Stand up!"
Plain words rang out in Fengdu City. Ghosts and gods slowly stood up and looked at the emperor's chariot with reverence.
Shen Yuan's eyes swept across Fengdu City, which had been mostly destroyed after several battles. His majestic voice turned into a Shinto decree that appeared between heaven and earth.
"All palaces and temples in Fengdu City can be returned to their original positions, and all ghosts and gods in the underworld should go back to sleep, waiting for the opportunity for the return of heaven and earth!"
Rays of light fell, as if an invisible pair of hands were carrying the rules of the underworld and the incense of Shintoism, reshaping the damaged Fengdu City.
The cracked earth began to heal, and palaces and temples were restored with the burning of incense. Everything looked like a miracle.
As the countless incense sticks faded away, everything in Fengdu City returned to its original state. The only difference was that the Ten Yin Hall, which was supposed to be presided over by the Ten Yin Marshals, was transformed into the Luofeng Six Heavens Hall.
When the ghosts and gods in the underworld saw the scene before them, they all showed expressions of ecstasy.
Although the underworld is favored by the heaven and earth of the Xuanhuang Realm and can produce strong people at the peak of the Return to Void Realm, this is not completely without cost.
It is difficult for the sleeping ghosts and gods in the underworld to appear in the world, which is the price to pay for the feedback to the world of Xuanhuang Realm.
They were supposed to sleep until the great revival of heaven and earth before waking up, but a great war destroyed the palaces and temples and awakened them, but it also affected their own lifespans and the foundation of their souls.
If he doesn't fall asleep again, his strength will definitely be greatly reduced.
Now that Shen Yuan is rebuilding the palaces and temples, it is naturally a good thing for the vast majority of ghosts and gods in the underworld.
"Follow the decree of Emperor Fengdu!"
In Fengdu City, all the ghosts and gods in the underworld and the city gods returned to the palaces and temples where they lived. Fengdu City, which had originally retained a certain degree of bustle, fell into silence again.
Before the imperial chariot, only the six gods of Luofeng appointed by Shen Yuan remained.
Shen Yuan's eyes swept across the six gods of Luofeng in front of him: Ox Head, Black and White Impermanence, White Tiger, Vermillion Bird, and Leopard Tail.
Shen Yuan's gaze finally fixed on Leopard Tail.
When Baowei suddenly surrendered, even Shen Yuan couldn't help but be surprised. However, due to the rapid change of the situation, Shen Yuan did not have time to explore the problem in detail.
But just now, when Shen Yuan was using Shinto incense to repair the palaces and temples in Fengdu City, he suddenly noticed something unusual in a building.
That building was the Fengdu Palace in the center of Fengdu City.
Shen Yuan saw that there were gods enshrined on each of the three steps of the Fengdu Hall. The gray statue at the top with an ever-changing face had shed its dust and revealed Shen Yuan's true appearance, which was the statue of the Emperor of Fengdu.
On the second step, the Five Ghost Emperors were still sitting there without any change.
On the lowest steps, most of the original statues of the Ten Kings of Hell have collapsed, leaving only one statue standing.
And that statue is none other than the King of Five Senses, one of the Ten Kings of Hell!
Shen Yuan looked at Leopard Tail meaningfully. At this moment, he had the status of the Emperor of Fengdu, and Leopard Tail, as the God of the Six Heavens of Luofeng, was already his subordinate god, so his divine rank was under his control.
With the help of these two, Shen Yuan could clearly see that there seemed to be a bit of spiritual light on Leopard Tail's body entangled with the only remaining statue of the Five Senses King in the Fengdu Hall.
As if sensing Shen Yuan's questioning gaze, Leopard Tail smiled calmly, took a step forward, knelt in front of the Emperor's chariot, and said respectfully:
"Little God King of Five Senses, pays homage to the Great Emperor of Fengdu!"
The other ghosts and gods all looked shocked, and the Ox-Headed Yin Shuai even widened his eyes and glared angrily.
Shen Yuan was not at all surprised by this result.
Combining the statues in the Fengdu Hall and the divine light on Leopard Tail, Shen Yuan has already guessed what the problem lies.
The King of Five Senses, one of the Ten Yama Kings, did not choose to forcibly split his soul and enter Yin Shuai's body like the other Yamas. Instead, he stripped off part of his soul's radiance and hid it in Leopard Tail, exerting a subtle influence.
Long before the other Yamas arrived, the King of Five Senses had already made arrangements in the Xuanhuang Realm.
As for why the Five Senses King would turn to him
Shen Yuan flipped his hand, and the Fengdu Imperial Seal appeared in his palm.
“Since I was able to leave behind this seal of the Emperor of the Underworld that is related to the Underworld thousands of years ago, I must have been involved in the events of the Underworld and even the Netherworld.
The Five Senses King's surrender may be the result of karma from thousands of years ago."
Shen Yuan had already vaguely guessed what was going on.
Inside the imperial chariot, a calm voice slowly sounded:
“You did a great job.”
Just a few short sentences made the King of Five Senses, one of the Ten Kings of Hell, ecstatic.
"The little god just did his part."
Shen Yuan was about to speak again, but the Five Senses King, who was ecstatic at this moment, seemed to sense something, his expression suddenly changed and he said quickly:
"Your Majesty, the Yamas who have suffered heavy losses in the underworld have already taken action.
The statue of the little god and this little bit of divine soul light cannot continue to remain in the Xuanhuang Realm, lest King Qin Guang discovers the clues. Please take care, Your Majesty!"
As he spoke, the light of the Five Senses King's soul began to dissipate, and the statue of the Five Senses King in the Fengdu Hall also slowly collapsed at this moment.
The incident happened too suddenly, and even Shen Yuan did not have time to ask King Wuguan some specific things before the light of Yama's soul disappeared completely.
At the same time, a familiar voice sounded in Shen Yuan's ears again.
System: Congratulations to the host for completing the hidden achievement: Lord of the Underworld!