Western Wilderness, Damengze.
The crisscrossing lakes and rivers have turned this low-lying plain into a vast water area.
It is warm and humid here all year round, and white mist from steaming water vapor covers all directions, including poisonous gas transformed from miasma, yin energy and foul air.
If a cultivator inhales poisonous gas without knowing the way, he will often fall into an illusion and go crazy and die. There are also a large number of natural evil spirits here that can make living beings die in their sleep without knowing it.
Over time, this piece of water land was called Damengze.
When Chi Ming Tian merged into the human world and connected to the Southern Wilderness, a large number of evil creatures entered the Damengze and took root there.
Over hundreds of years, the evil creatures have adapted to the harsh natural environment of Damengze, and have lived and multiplied here, and their population has continued to grow.
The world has undergone tremendous changes, the living environment has become harsh, and there are dangers everywhere. The low-level evil creatures have all felt tremendous pressure to survive.
Under such circumstances, the evil beings become even more devout in their faith.
Several decades ago, Taoist Master Wanshou ordered the removal of the statue of the Five Heavens God King and prohibited all evil beings from offering sacrifices to the Five Heavens God King.
This order was not strictly enforced, and only a few large cities that had close ties with the human race closed their temples. Elsewhere, the worship of the Five Heavenly Kings was not affected.
Until two years ago, Daozu Wanshou issued a strict order to all heavenly ranks, requiring the complete elimination of the statues of the Five Sky Divine Kings.
Although many evil celestial beings did not know the specific reason, no one dared to disobey the strict order of Wanshou Daozu.
The Five Heavenly God Kings might exist, or they might not. In any case, they were out of reach. However, the Wanshou Daozu was a ninth-rank expert who controlled their life and death.
Starting two years ago, a vigorous movement to exterminate gods was launched throughout the Southern Wilds.
The lower-level evil beings found it difficult to understand this action and were very resistant to it. As a result, many incidents occurred in various places, and even many deaths and injuries occurred.
With the strong push from high-level evil practitioners, the resistance of a large number of believers at the bottom could not withstand the pressure, and a large number of Five Sky God King temples were overthrown and razed to the ground.
There were also some die-hards who refused to bow their heads, but they could not defeat the Heavenly Rank masters, so they could only stay away. These die-hards somehow all ran to Damengze.
Damengze is managed by a seventh-level strongman named Jin Buque, who condoned Damengze's resistance and also gathered a large number of devout believers in Damengze.
As more and more die-hard believers gathered in Damengze, large-scale sacrificial activities to worship the Five Sky God Kings were often held, which also attracted the attention of many heavenly-level powerful people from the evil sects.
As an eighth-rank Heavenly Master and Jin Buque's immediate superior, Shui Wuxin originally didn't want to get involved in these matters.
She had no respect for the Five Heavens God Kings, nor did she see any point in eradicating the Five Heavens God Kings' beliefs. Survival was difficult for the lower classes, and they needed spiritual comfort, so it was good to worship the gods.
But she received a warning from another rank eight expert, Mu Tianfeng, telling her to deal with the matter as soon as possible. Otherwise, when Daozu came out of retreat, she would have to bear a huge responsibility...
What's more frightening is that it might attract Lord Pojun! Shui Wuxin is not afraid of Lord Wanshou, as this Taoist master will not make things too difficult for her. However, it's hard to say about Lord Pojun.
The three ninth-level masters, Shen Zhengwu, Dao Wuji, and Huang Quan, were all killed by Gao Xian, and even the entire ghost clan was exterminated by Gao Xian. Such cruel and brutal means terrified all the sentient beings in the six realms.
Everyone was extremely afraid of Lord Pojun Gaoxian, and even felt a chill in their hearts when they heard his name.
In order to avoid this terrible situation, Shui Wuxin had to come to Jin Buque in person.
As a powerful rank eight warrior, she would not do it herself. As long as she explained the reason to Jin Buque, he would know what to do.
Above Yunmeng City in Damengze, Shui Wuxin, dressed in a green robe, stood quietly in the clouds, overlooking Yunmeng City below.
The city was built on a lake, and the buildings are mainly bamboo houses. There are also many waterways in the city, and most of the traffic is done by boat.
Although it is called a big city, there are only about a million cultivators in the entire city.
There are thousands of small cities surrounding Yunmeng City. Looking from the sky, the big city is the center of the spider web of waterways, and small cities are spread all over the spider web, forming a complex and huge settlement center.
A faint white mist gathered above the city. The mist transformed by the magic circle could not only block the external evil and poisonous air, but also block the six senses of outsiders.
There was an island in the water, where a large number of cultivators had obviously gathered. It was unclear what kind of ceremony was being held. She was obscured by the clouds and could not see the details clearly.
Shui Wuxin felt something was wrong. Even if the spiritual energy of heaven and earth was weakening, she would not be obscured by a low-level magic circle.
She couldn't see it but could guess that they were definitely offering sacrifices to the Five Heavens God King. Only this kind of sacrificial ceremony could gather so many cultivators.
"Is there any explanation here?"
Shui Wuxin couldn't help but have some thoughts. It was said that the heaven would also collapse, and the gods and demons above the nine heavens would descend to the human world.
As an eighth-rank expert, Shui Wuxin had no way of judging the truth of this statement. She was also half-believing and half-doubting.
Pojun God suddenly insisted on cutting down mountains and destroying temples, destroying all the gods believed in. It can be said that except for him, all the gods believed in became evil gods.
This move made many high-level practitioners think a lot.
After all, Gao Xian did not interfere with the beliefs of various ethnic groups in the past, and even the major sects in Jiuzhou had their own gods to believe in. This move was a huge shock to the major sects in Jiuzhou.
As far as she knew, the opposition voices in Jiuzhou were actually very loud. It was just that the reputation of Lord Pojun was so great that it could suppress all the noise.
After several decades of this, the lower-level practitioners have already adapted to the new changes.
Shui Wuxin felt that Gao Xian must have a purpose for this action, and it was probably aimed specifically at the gods and demons above the nine heavens!
Yunmeng City is in such a special situation, but I don't know what secrets are hidden? A golden light shot up from the center of Yunmeng City and arrived in front of Shui Wuxin in a blink of an eye. The golden light converged and turned into a middle-aged man in golden clothes.
The man's skin was golden bronze, his eyes were golden, and his body seemed as hard as iron. He was none other than the seventh-level cultivator Jin Buque.
"Your subordinate greets the Heavenly Lord." Jin Buque bowed and saluted. His attitude seemed a bit cold and hard. Even when he took the initiative to salute and greet, he revealed an arrogant and tough attitude.
Shui Wuxin didn't care about this. Those who practiced the Golden Sky Divine King Sutra had bodies as hard as diamonds. Their emotions were also alienated along with their bodies, and they spoke and acted in a cold and tough manner.
She said, "Do you know why I came here?"
Jin Buque nodded slightly: "I understand, your subordinates, the reason why Tianzun came here is to believe in the Five Heavens Divine King."
"The Dao Ancestor has issued a strict order that all statues of the Five Heavenly Gods must be removed and no form of sacrifice may be used."
Shui Wuxin said calmly: "There are hundreds of thousands of cultivators openly gathering below me, and a large-scale sacrificial ceremony is being held. You are openly opposing the Dao Ancestor!"
"Tianzun, I understand the pros and cons of this. But I did it anyway, and I have my reasons."
Jin Buque was not afraid at all. He said in a deep voice, "Does Tianzun want to listen to my reasoning?"
"Oh, tell me about it." Shui Wuxin felt a little curious. Although Jin Buque was cold and hard in the past, he would never dare to be so tough in front of her.
"Tianzun, our clan has been protected by the Five Heavens Divine Kings since ancient times. It is precisely because of the protection of the Divine Kings that we have the opportunity to offer sacrifices. The cause and effect relationship here is very clear."
Jin Buque said: "Now that the Dao Ancestor has issued an order prohibiting the worship of the Five Heavenly God Kings, it is totally unreasonable."
Shui Wuxin frowned slightly. Jin Buque actually dared to accuse Daozu. Was he trying to save his life? No matter what the reason, no one should be disrespectful to Daozu. This was an iron rule. Violators would never have a good ending. Even if Jin Wuque didn't scold Daozu, the tone of his voice was disrespectful! Jin Buque didn't care about it at all. He continued, "Daozu was coerced by Gaoxian and had to issue a strict order. We need to understand Daozu's difficulties, but there is no need to be too obedient."
He raised his head and glanced at the sky above. "The Five Heavens God King will soon descend to the human world. We will demolish the statues and ban sacrifices. These actions will inevitably anger the Five Heavens God King.
"We are in the midst of a great catastrophe, but we have abandoned the Five Heavens Divine King who has protected us. We can only go to death!"
Jin Buque spoke the last sentence in a sonorous, powerful and firm voice.
Shui Wuxin also looked up at the sky. The sky was vast and blue, boundless and without limit. There was only a scorching sun outside the sky, releasing endless divine light.
She has seen the sun, moon and stars countless times since she was a child, but even though her cultivation has reached the eighth level, she still cannot touch the sun, moon and stars.
To her, the gods and demons in the sky are no different from the sun, moon and stars.
It seems that I can see it and feel it, but I can't touch it.
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Shui Wuxin said quietly, "You are so sure, but you don't know where the Five Heavens Divine King is?"
Jin Buque looked straight at Shui Wuxin: "It's not difficult for you to see the God King!"
"Hmm?" Shui Wuxin immediately became alert. Little Jin Buque actually dared to call her a fellow Taoist. It was really treasonous! On the other hand, she also realized the subtle changes in Jin Buque's aura.
The golden eyes of this seventh-rank cultivator not only showed a cold and strong look, but also a kind of superior arrogance. Jin Buque's aura also changed accordingly.
The other person was clearly standing in front of her, but she found it difficult to lock onto his exact position.
It was as if the Jin Buque in front of him was just an illusion! However, Jin Buque's aura was so firm and fierce.
In an instant, the sun in the sky seemed to have turned into a cold golden color, the sky and the earth lost their original color, and the lakes, rivers, and steaming clouds beneath the feet solidified into a cold and hard golden statue...
Shui Wuxin carefully restrained her consciousness to protect her soul. A perfect water mirror appeared behind her head. It was the Tai Shang Yuan Guang that she had condensed for hundreds of thousands of years.
The water mirror could not reflect Jin Buque's appearance, but could only reflect a vast yellow, cold and hard world!
But her eyes could clearly see Jin Wuque.
No matter how sharp the eyesight of a cultivator is, it is far inferior to the perfection and sublimity of the Supreme Primordial Light. The eyes can see, but the Supreme Primordial Light cannot reflect it. Shui Wuxin has never encountered such a strange thing.
Her expression also became serious: "Who are you?"
Jin Buque said calmly: "I am Jin Buque, and also the incarnation of God King Jin Xiao."
Shui Wuxin stopped talking. She had been silently practicing the secret technique of the divine weapon, ready to escape at any time.
Regardless of whether the opponent is the clone of King Jinxiao, there is no need for her to take action if she cannot see through the opponent's strengths and weaknesses. No matter how big the trouble is, Daozu will naturally be there to deal with it.
Seeing Shui Wuxin trying to run away, Jin Buque said coldly: "Since you have met the God King, why don't you bow down!"
His voice was calm and steady, with almost no emotion, but it was strong and domineering and could not be disobeyed.
Since Shui Wuxin became successful in his cultivation, he has never bowed down to other practitioners. Even to the Taoist Master Wanshou, he would not bow down.
At this moment, facing Jin Buque, she couldn't help but want to kneel down and kowtow. It was just that her powerful soul, tempered for hundreds of thousands of years, allowed her to barely resist the pressure from the other party.
The confrontation on the soul level did not even cause any fluctuations in magic power, but it put Shui Wuxin under tremendous pressure. Her whole body was trembling slightly and her eyes were changing.
No matter how powerful a cultivator's soul is, it has its limits.
Jin Buque's spirit seemed to be so powerful that it had no limit. His figure became taller and taller in Shui Wuxin's eyes. His cold and hard body, like gold and iron, even projected into the depths of Shui Wuxin's sea of consciousness.
In comparison, Shui Wuxin felt that her soul was shrinking. She was like an ant in front of Jin Buque... This made her feel desperate...
Inside the Wanshou Palace, Gao Xian was looking at the Mirror of Wind and Moon in his sea of consciousness.
On the back of the Fengyue Baojian, Daluo Hunyuan Yangshen had surprisingly reached the realm of the ultimate Tao.
After several years of dual cultivation, Gao Xian gained a lot from Wanshou. This Taoist master practiced the Qingxiao Divine King Sutra and studied the wood element method for millions of years, taking the wood element as the foundation and practicing the other four elements.
In terms of the changes of the five elements, he is ranked first among the nine levels.
Wanshou's magic power cannot compare to Hunyuan Tianlun, but his understanding of the mutual generation and restraint of the five elements within the ninth level is extremely profound, and even the wise men are amazed by his subtlety.
The five gods Jinxiao, Qingxiao, Huangxiao, Heixiao and Chixiao worshipped by the evil ways actually correspond to the power of the five elements.
Gao Xian felt that this was a very simple and primitive worship of the five elements by cultivators, and it was hard to say whether there were any Five Sky God Kings.
Evil beings are naturally more compatible with the five elements of magic, and have extremely deep accumulation in the five elements.
Gao Xian also benefited a lot from practicing dual cultivation with Wanshou, so his Hunyuan Divine Wheel was upgraded to the high level of the Divine Rank, and he was only one step away from the Ultimate Dao.
The Tai Chi Sword Scripture is his foundation, and the Hunyuan Divine Wheel is also his important foundation. It is a huge improvement to be promoted to the high level of the Divine Rank.
If he could raise the Hunyuan Divine Wheel to the highest level, the Yin and Yang, and the Five Elements would be perfectly balanced, which would surely allow him to reach a higher level.
"What a pity, it's just a little short..."
Gao Xianzhuan felt that he was a little too greedy. The Daluo Hunyuan Yangshen had reached the realm of supreme Tao, which had already enabled his life level to be essentially elevated.
If he can survive the heavenly tribulation again and absorb the primordial purple energy, he will definitely be able to break through the lifespan limit of 360,000 years this time.
When Daluo Hunyuan Yangshen reaches a higher realm, as long as he releases his aura he will surely trigger a heavenly calamity, which is not difficult.
I'm afraid something will take advantage of the opportunity to cause trouble...
Gao Xian didn't care about a few ninth-level cultivators, not to mention their dual cultivation friendship. With his current cultivation level, even if three ninth-level cultivators joined forces to cause trouble, they would never be able to return.
He was afraid of attracting the incarnation of the gods lurking in the human world...
The Chaos Demon Lord was the first demon god to show his whereabouts, but he was obviously just the beginning! As the void barrier continued to break, more and more gods and demons would inevitably enter the human world...
In order to prepare for a rainy day, he must think about how to deal with the gods and demons lurking in the dark! (End of this chapter)