As early as the first time he entered Uncle Jiu's world, Lin Zhongtian learned about the composition of this world from the Black and White Impermanence.
This is a mythological multiverse similar to Marvel and DC. Many worlds, including the world of Uncle Nine and the world of A Chinese Ghost Story, are small worlds belonging to this multiverse.
Forces like Heaven and Hell are super giants spanning the multiverse and are the only powerful existences in the multiverse.
Lin Zhongtian calls the world where its headquarters is located the main world or the mythical world.
Apart from the extremely powerful main world, the institutions such as heaven and underworld in other small worlds are all small fish and shrimps, or projections and incarnations of the powerful people in the main world.
A Chinese Ghost Story World is one of the more important ones.
But for some unknown reason, the powerful incarnations of this world disappeared one after another, which led to monsters and ghosts everywhere. Even the likes of the Black Mountain Old Demon could seize the City of the Dead built by Zangwang Bodhisattva and become the overlord of the underworld.
Lin Zhongtian rushed over after receiving the message from Zhao Lihe, but met the incarnation of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva outside the underworld.
That’s right, the Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva before us is just an incarnation of the real Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva left in this world, and it is an incarnation of a nun.
The real Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva still remains in his headquarters in the underworld, saving the ghosts of hell.
However, even as an incarnation, Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva is still Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, possessing all the cognition and memory of the original body.
Hearing Lin Zhongtian's question with great interest, Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva sighed and said, "The monkey was originally a stone monkey born and raised on the Flower and Fruit Mountain in Aolai Country, Dongsheng Shenzhou. Later, I don't know where he learned a set of supernatural powers. Some time ago, he made trouble in the Dragon Palace and took away a piece of precious iron that Dayu had placed in the East China Sea. Recently, he made trouble in the underworld again and deleted all the monkeys from the death list..."
"Oh?" Lin Zhongtian pretended to be surprised. "This monkey is so arrogant that even the Bodhisattva can't do anything about it?"
"There is nothing I can do, there is nothing I can do!" Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva said with a bitter smile, "Donor Lin, you don't know that the monkey is already a Taiyi Celestial Immortal of the Primordial Qi. Although he has not yet entered the realm of the True Number, his magical powers are very strong. As soon as his primordial spirit left his body, the divine light shone like heaven's pardon. The Hades and the netherworld seemed as bright as day. It can be said that the demons in the City of the Dead have been transformed, and the ghosts under the Naihe Bridge have been reborn!"
"Even the ghost messengers who came to worship him were forcibly converted by him. The underworld was short of manpower, so he had no choice but to recall the incarnations from all realms."
...What version of Monkey King is this? He’s so wild!
Lin Zhongtian twitched his lips and pretended to be curious and asked, "What's the name of such a powerful monkey?"
Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva said softly: "He calls himself the Monkey King Sun Wukong from the Water Curtain Cave in the Flower-Fruit Mountain..."
It’s Monkey Brother!
Lin Zhongtian nodded slightly: "Sun Wukong... good name, I'll remember it."
Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva looked at him strangely. After a moment of hesitation, he suddenly whispered, "Donor Lin."
"Um?"
"That monkey's master is mysterious, and his investigation is unknown... Could it be that you taught him?"
"How is that possible!" Lin Zhongtian laughed and shook his head, "I don't have that ability."
Having said that, since he came to this multiverse, all the big guys, no matter who they are, have given him face.
Even Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva would pay respect to him, and the King of Fengdu also warmly invited him to visit the underworld...
Lin Zhongtian didn't know what he had done to impress these big guys and make them treat him so politely, but he was too embarrassed to ask.
"Mr. Lin is joking..."
Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva smiled, and it seemed that he thought it was just Lin Zhongtian's humble words.
At this moment, Yan Chixia, who was working to save the souls of the wronged, finally reached the end of his life.
Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva bowed to Lin Zhongtian, then rode the lotus platform into the underworld.
In an instant, Buddha's light shone everywhere, Yan Chixia's physical body disintegrated, and golden light burst out from the cracks, but his soul gradually solidified in the golden light.
At this time, Lin Zhongtian already knew Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva's plan.
She must have been attracted by Yan Chixia's character and his ability to practice both Buddhism and Taoism, and planned to let him take charge of the City of the Dead, giving him the mission of clearing the underworld and restoring order to the underworld.
Now that he knew how things were going to develop, Lin Zhongtian no longer paid attention to what was happening in the underworld. Instead, he tore through space, took out a copy of the original "Journey to the West" from the space crack and began to read it.
Although he has read many versions of secondary works, he has never carefully read the original "Journey to the West".
Soon, Lin Zhongtian finished reading the original work at a very fast speed, with a thoughtful expression on his face.
After hearing the news that Sun Wukong had caused chaos in the underworld, he began to think about a question, that is, whether the mythological world where the heaven and the underworld are located is the primitive world in online novels, or the orthodox mythological world such as Journey to the West or Conferred Gods...
Now I have carefully read the original work of Journey to the West, and combined it with what Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva just said.
Lin Zhongtian can roughly determine that the world should be an orthodox mythological world based on "Journey to the West" or "Investiture of the Gods".
Apart from anything else, the realm of Sun Wukong mentioned by Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva alone cannot exist in the ancient world.
In the original version of Journey to the West, heaven, earth, man, gods and ghosts are the five categories of immortals. Although there are differences in high and low levels, they are not a pyramid-like level of realm.
Taiyi and Daluo are also two levels of immortality, among which Taiyi is not the main level, and Sanqing is Daluo.
All those who achieve immortality through the right path are called Daluo, and those who achieve immortality through unorthodox paths are called Taiyi.
The two are only different in their levels of attainment, but their realms are actually the same.
As for combat power, that's another story...
Of course, it is too early to draw a conclusion now. Maybe that world is a mixture of mythology and primitive times?
And no matter what the true situation is, there will inevitably be great supernatural beings like the Buddha and the Three Pure Ones.
Lin Zhongtian did not plan to go to that world right now, and he would not allow the alliance members to explore.
They can just wander around the small worlds outside, there is no need to go to the super world with the highest energy level now.
"When I have trained this clone to the point where there is no more room for improvement, I will go to that world to meet Monkey Brother..."
Lin Zhongtian made up his mind, then put away the original copy of "Journey to the West", removed the space barriers around him, and turned his attention to the underworld.
At this point, Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva's script is coming to an end.
With the help of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, Yan Chixia's soul not only did not dissipate, but was completely condensed into a solid entity. At this moment, he was sitting cross-legged, with a black token with a gold edge floating in front of him, as if he was trying to refine it.
Lin Zhongtian took a closer look and saw two big words engraved on the token - Death in vain!
There is no doubt that this token should be the treasure that Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva uses to rebuild the City of the Dead.
Soon, Yan Chixia's soul floating in the air opened his eyes, and a faint light shone in his eyes.
The Unjust Death Token floating in front of him also emitted a faint light and transformed into a black city even larger than before. It dropped from the sky and suppressed the black air and countless wronged souls in a deep pit.
“Boom boom—”
Along with the roar of the earth, the huge black city stood again on this black underworld.
Yan Chixia laughed loudly and suddenly stood up. His attire changed drastically in the dim light, and soon changed from the coarse linen clothes he wore before to a wide robe with blue top and black bottom.
He was wearing a black robe, a belt around his waist, and leather boots. He looked very majestic and much better than before.
Yan Chixia showed joy on his face. After taking a quick look at his new equipment, he clasped his hands in front of his chest and bowed.
"Thank you for your help, Bodhisattva!"
Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva smiled and said, "Yan Chixia, from now on, you will be the lord of the City of the Dead in this world. I will leave the task of clearing the underworld and suppressing the underworld to you!"
"Yan will definitely live up to the trust of the Bodhisattva!"
Yan Chixia had a firm expression and bowed.
Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva nodded with a smile, his eyes swept across Zhao Lihe who was standing beside him with a reserved expression, and the ferocious monster with a curious face, and then he looked across the space to Lin Zhongtian outside the underworld.
The two looked at each other, and Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva nodded slightly.
The next second, Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva dissipated into golden light in the Buddha's light, like a river flowing into the sea, rushing towards the stone bricks on the ground of the City of the Dead.
Seeing this, Yan Chixia was immediately shocked and quickly reached out his hand: "Bodhisattva!"
Silver light flashed, and a young figure appeared out of nowhere, blocking Yan Chixia, and said in a deep voice: "Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva turned into a seal to suppress the countless wronged souls and evil spirits under the Wrongly Dead City. This is a great and kind act. Please don't be impulsive, hero Yan."
“…”
Yan Chixia stared at the handsome young man in front of her, and suddenly asked, "Who are you?"
Lin Zhongtian was frowning and was about to say that he was a friend of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva when a flash of lightning suddenly appeared from the sky.
"Brother, you are finally here!"
Zhao Lihe landed beside Lin Zhongtian and breathed a sigh of relief as he looked at the familiar face.
Yan Chixia raised his eyebrows and his eyes moved back and forth between Zhao Lihe and Lin Zhongtian.
"So you are Brother Zhao's friend." Yan Chixia nodded thoughtfully, then looked at Zhao Lihe steadily and said, "Brother Zhao, if I am not mistaken, you... should not be from this world!"
With his thigh beside him, Zhao Lihe regained his composure and nodded gently, "It's indeed not."
Lin Zhongtian asked with interest: "Do you know there are other worlds?"
Yan Chixia rolled his eyes and said, "Of course, otherwise where would cultivators like me ascend to?"
Lin Zhongtian was suddenly speechless. After thinking about it, it was indeed the truth.
“It seems that Brother Zhao, you are the emperor of another world. No wonder I always feel that the dragon and tiger energy in you is a little strange.”
Yan Chixia said softly, then turned his head to look at the ground where the golden light disappeared, and sighed: "Since this is the decision of the Bodhisattva, Yan will naturally not stop it - Oh, by the way, speaking of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, this is the practice method of the Black Mountain Old Demon, and the Bodhisattva asked me to give it to you."
As he spoke, Yan Chixia took out a black secret book from his arms and handed it to Zhao Lihe and Lin Zhongtian.
Zhao Lihe was startled when he saw this, he turned to look at his elder brother, and when he saw his elder brother smile and nod, he reached out to take it.
"Hundred Refining Demonic Art..."
Zhao Lihe looked at the five big words on the cover thoughtfully, then opened the secret book and took a quick look at the general outline.