Donghuang Ziji

Chapter 524: The Great God of Destiny

"Thunder fills the air, rain falls darkly, apes chirp and cry in the night..."

A faint song sounded, and Chu Tai felt the power of [Yun Zhongjun] gradually falling, reflecting with [Shan Gui] and amplifying some of its inner strength.

After waiting for a while, when [Mountain Ghost] and [Reality] were formed, Chu Tai carefully sensed the power bias of the two Tao Fruit fragments.

Among them, [Reality and Virtuality], as a fragment of the sixth-grade Dao Fruit, involves relatively weak power. On the basis of strengthening [Agriculture], [Fertile Soil] and [Blessings and Merits], it gains the ability to sense changes in physical properties and slightly interfere.

At the same time, [Fu De]'s ability to balance Yin and Yang has undergone a qualitative change. It can directly enter and exit the Yin and Yang sides of the earth. With the help of the characteristics of the earth itself, it creates projections of the earth above the underworld and under the earth. Then, with the help of the power of the earth, it perceives changes in the human world, and by precipitating information, it constructs an illusory spiritual realm attached to the earth.

On the whole, [Reality and Virtuality] has initially gotten rid of the influence of the special properties of the Dongji Chenguang Great Heaven and Earth.

As a variant of [Virtual and Real], [Mountain Ghost] is actually closer to a fully enhanced version of [Virtual and Real].

In addition to the improvement in strength in all aspects, [Mountain Ghost] has two more abilities. One is the ability to influence celestial phenomena. It can control the celestial phenomena in an area through the water vapor on the earth. This is actually somewhat similar to the ultimate enhancement of the [Fu De] ability to give birth to all things.

The second is the further control over the earth veins. By influencing the earth veins, one can control the power of a certain mountain range.

And this ability is exactly what Chu Tai needs most now.

[Mountain Ghost] stabilized the fragments of the underworld that fell into Chu Tai's hands during the sacrifice.

Specks of spiritual light began to dance around Chu Tai, and the power of [Impermanence of Life and Death] began to transform and assimilate the fragments of the underworld that fell into his hands, turning them into an existence controlled by Chu Tai, similar to a paradise.

Moreover, unlike ordinary paradises, which have material support and their own operating rules, the underworld fragments, as a collection of illusory energy and concepts, are obviously more susceptible to the principles of practitioners.

The power of the fruit fragment of "birth, old age, sickness and death" is constantly assimilating the fragments of the underworld, turning it into an underworld that belongs exclusively to Chu Tai.

At the same time, the power of the two Dao fruit fragments [Walking Ghosts] and [Ghosts and Gods in the Underworld] are gradually connecting with this piece of underworld. Chu Tai has a feeling that if this piece of underworld can completely carry the Dao fruit fragment of [Impermanence of Life and Death] and push it to the third level, from then on the entire system of Dao fruit fragments of the coroner will be completely integrated into the Dongji Chenguang Great Heaven and become the first complete Dao fruit swallowed up by the Great Heaven.

This discovery made Chu Tai make a choice. He gave up his distraction and turned it into a point of spiritual light that merged into the underworld. He regarded the underworld as his physical body and himself as the root of the spiritual fetus. With [The Impermanence of Life and Death] and the entire system of fragments of the Taoist fruit of the coroner, he absorbed all the foreign Taoist principles and laws offered by the ancestor Haha in the Qinghuang Great Witch Festival, and integrated them into it, turning it into the foundation of the future Great God of Life.

Then, Chu Tai silently made hand gestures and cast a spell, guiding the surrounding earth veins to sink, but before it became completely silent, he threw out the jade lotus seeds and sent them to Shang Zhu and others.

The moment he got the lotus seeds, Shang Zhu knew most of the whole story. After handing them over to the Lu family, with Lu Qing's tacit consent, he made Lu Nian, who was gradually recovering his cultivation and had a close relationship with Taiyi Immortal Sect, the young patriarch.

This was also Lu Qing's little struggle at the last moment. He said that Lu Nian's cultivation was insufficient and his achievements were not enough, and he needed to surpass Feihua Manor before he could succeed to the position of patriarch.

In this regard, few people in the Lu family were willing to support his idea, but some people who were not closely related to Lu Nian's lineage but wanted to gain more power still chose to stand on Lu Qing's side.

Shang Zhu and the other two, who had no interest in these internal family struggles, did not argue with them too much. After asking Lu Nian, they agreed.

The subsequent struggle was just as Chu Tai had predicted.

Sikong Xi, who was hiding behind Feihua Manor, didn't care about Taoist Cuiye's practice at all. What he wanted to see was the backlash of that disciple, hoping that he could understand the true meaning of the devil's way from it.

Therefore, when Lu Nian's fight with him reached the critical moment, Taoist Cui Ye's constant urging caused the change of the evil thoughts in the disciple's heart, and then he had the idea of ​​​​retaliating. Finally, at the critical moment of the fight, he suddenly retaliated against Cui Ye and seized his foundation.

Taoist Cui Ye, who was suddenly attacked by his disciple and had most of his foundation taken away, fell to the ground. The other people in Wutai were all surprised when they saw this.

As for the Lu family, they just stood there in a daze.

Shang Zhu, who was informed of some of the information by Chu Tai, stopped everyone who wanted to take action and said to the disciple, "Wait a moment."

When everyone heard this, they were stunned for a moment, and the next moment they saw the disciple suddenly howling in pain.

A ray of spiritual light flowed out from between the disciple's eyebrows, and a look of shock appeared in Lu Nian's eyes.

'The method of the spirit fetus? No, there seems to be something wrong.'

In a direction that ordinary people cannot see, Chu Tai and Sikong Xi are fighting a battle that ordinary people cannot detect.

A monk wearing a white monk robe and looking like a handsome young man stood in the mind of the Wutai disciple. Hundreds of billions of colors flowed in his eyes, reflecting millions of spiritual lights. Countless changes in the world appeared before his eyes, layer by layer trying to erode the essence of the disciple's mind below.

But beneath the disciple's body, a third-grade blue lotus blossomed. The lotus petals were crystal clear, emitting a faint spiritual light. As the petals trembled, the spiritual light spread outward in circles like ripples.

The myriad brilliance that emerged in Sikong Xi's eyes fell into the ripples and gradually faded away. By the time they reached the disciple's mind, they had been completely assimilated.

Seeing this scene, Sikong Xi couldn't help but speak, and his voice echoed all around.

"I really didn't expect this. I thought I was one of the best in the world at controlling the changes in my mind, but someone cast a spell right under my nose to interfere with the talents I selected, and I didn't notice anything wrong. It's really ridiculous."

"Master Chu, I think you are more suitable to come to my magic path to practice. This kind of means of grasping people's hearts and influencing the foundation, whether it is the monarch demon, the Buddha demon or the blood demon, is very suitable for you. If the sky demon only practices the secret demon of the heavens, it is also very suitable. Oh, by the way, your current aura looks more like a demon cultivator than me..."

Chu Tai's shadow overlapped with the shadow of the lotus, and his whole body exuded a cold and dead aura. He said in a cold voice: "Although the Demonic Path is also one of the great ways to heaven, except for Senior Tianmo who once took advantage of the luck of the times and became the best in the world, have the other three Demonic Path seniors ever been able to defeat the True Lords of the Immortal Path?"

"How can the ancient methods abandoned by the immortals compare to the orthodox immortals I am practicing now? Otherwise, why would you, Fellow Daoist Sikong, practice Buddhism as well? Isn't it because you know that it is too difficult to achieve the great Dao through the magic methods?"

Chu Tai's answer made Sikong Xi laugh out loud: "So, you should be the first one to openly say that the devil path has entered the immortal path. I just don't know if you will have the courage to say so when you meet a few devil path seniors in the future." "I don't have the courage."

Chu Tai gave his answer without hesitation. He looked at Si Kongxi and said sarcastically, "I'm not a fool. I can't beat the seniors, so why should I feel uncomfortable in front of them? The reason I'm saying this now is because I know very well that you can't beat me."

Sikong Xi frowned slightly when he heard this and asked, "Are you so sure?"

As he spoke, a strange fragrance gradually emanated from Sikong Xi's body. The aroma was intoxicating, yet carried a hint of sadness, which made people unconsciously relax, feel bored, and even desperate.

"When you and Shao Siming fought, I knew that your method of cultivation was just a variation of the Five Aggregates are empty, misleading others with the emptiness of self-nature. Now it seems that it is still not up to par. This method is not as mysterious and unpredictable as the mysterious and unpredictable method of the other-transformed free demon to seduce people's hearts without intention, nor can it go deep into the various aspects of the human world, and use my heart to follow his heart, to the extent of exhausting the changes of emotions."

Chu Tai paused, and the shadow under his feet continued to spread.

"It's really a waste to use this kind of second-rate force that is neither good nor bad as the first battle in the Netherworld."

As he spoke, some of the power of the underworld continued to spread outwards. Sikong Xi's power fell into it and was quickly swallowed up and assimilated by the underworld, turning into turbid liquid and flowing in the underworld.

Then, according to the intensity of the inner emotions, different tributaries gradually emerged, surrounding the disciple in circles.

Layer after layer of spiritual light fell on the disciple, constantly helping him to shed the foundation of the devil and allow him to further assimilate the magic power of Taoist Cui Ye.

To outsiders, it seemed that a spiritual light appeared between the disciple's eyebrows, the mixed magic power in his body gradually became purer, some immortal aura gradually emerged from his body, and there were also some traces similar to the Taiyi Jinhua lineage.

Several monks from the Wutai Sect realized that something was wrong and started cursing at Shang Zhu and the others, saying that they were shameless and had secretly done things like tempting disciples to seize the foundation of their elders, and had also secretly passed down their own methods.

Shang Zhu and the other two naturally retorted, and they started fighting again.

And these changes were also reflected by Sikong Xi in the minds of his disciples.

Sikong Xi said in a cold voice: "Did you see that? Even if your foundation is transformed into the immortal way, you can't survive in the immortal way with what you did today. It's better for you to follow me into the devil way and practice well as my disciple."

"It is impossible for the head of the Taiyi Jinhua Sect to arrange a good identity for you. Think about it, do you want to become a casual immortal cultivator who is hated by everyone, or become a disciple of the Wutai head brother?"

Sikong Xi's words made the young disciple's expression change, and his aura gradually distorted. It was obvious that he agreed with some of the other party's ideas, and was affected by the other party's power to his foundation.

Chu Tai didn't care about this. He just kept urging the power of the underworld to expand and swallow up Sikong Xi's power bit by bit.

Si Kongxi noticed this and continued to seduce the disciple. He looked at Chu Tai and said, "Aren't you going to say anything?"

"say what?"

Chu Tai replied coldly: "I just gave him a chance to choose to become an immortal. What kind of person he will become and what kind of life he will live in the future is not something I can interfere with."

"Let's not talk about the distant past. As a disciple of Wutai Sect, is he really completely unaware of what happened in Feihua Manor over the years and has he not intervened at all? He already carries a certain amount of guilt, and it's not something he can get rid of by joining the Xuan Sect? I can't make any promises, so it's better to let him think about it himself."

"Hehe, so that's all you do. You give people a glimmer of hope but don't pull them up completely. But when they can't get up, you say it's because they don't work hard enough."

Sikong Xi's answer made Chu Tai sneer.

"What else? If I save someone, do I have to make sure he lives a good life in the future and do good deeds? Otherwise, if he doesn't live a good life, it's my fault, and if he does evil, I'm guilty of a heinous crime, right?"

"The latter may be said to be involved to a certain extent. After all, there are extreme cases where people do evil immediately after being rescued. But if a long time has passed, why should we blame the original redeemer? As for the former, it is even more ridiculous. How the rescued person lives a good life in the future has nothing to do with the redeemer. Being willing to save people shows that they are kind-hearted. How the rescued person lives in the end is a matter of fate."

Chu Tai's answer made Si Kong Xi burst into laughter as well: "What nonsense! You just don't want to take the responsibility of saving people. Since you saved him, you should give him hope to live and a better future. Otherwise, you are not saving him, you are just showing off..."

Sikong Xi's voice became more and more ethereal, sounding like neither male nor female, neither old nor young, yet having the characteristics of both male and female, old and young at the same time. It did not sound like one person was blaming, but rather like hundreds of billions of living beings were blaming together.

"ridiculous."

Chu Tai's voice interrupted Sikong Xi's instigation. The power of the underworld completely enveloped the disciple's mind, and at the same time completely trapped Sikong Xi's power.

"Rather than being morally blackmailed by you, I think it would be more correct to eliminate people like you who might create these conflicts. After all, without people like you, the possibility of such situations occurring will be much lower. From a certain perspective, it can be considered as solving the problem..."

As he spoke, the disciple's mind turned upside down and he appeared in the underworld controlled by Chu Tai. An illusory figure stood on the underworld, and ancient songs echoed all around.

"One yin and one yang..."

After only hearing half of the sentence, Sikong Xi felt a force enveloping him and completely wiping him out.

Afterwards, the original body far away in Mount Wutai was also disturbed by an unknown force.

"Great God of Destiny?"

Sikong Xi whispered a name, and the next moment the power materialized into the cycle of "birth, aging, sickness and death" and appeared around him.

(End of this chapter)