Donghuang Ziji

Chapter 722: Return to the Ruins and Devouring Humanity

'This is……'

The perception that came from the convergence of cause and effect made Chu Tai's eyes widen.

The original body in the Jinhua Cave Heaven could not help but stand up and stretched out his hand. The virtual images of the terrain in many places in the Central Plains emerged. He stretched out his hand and lightly tapped, making the nodes he sensed concrete. He then saw faint spots of light emerging on many mountains and rivers in the Central Plains. Some of the light spots even left the Central Plains and appeared in the East, Western Regions, Northern Wilderness, Southern Xinjiang and other places.

Under the dense light, Chu Tai felt a trace of Hundong Zun's power, but its manifestation was different depending on his location and the power gathered.

'If I remember correctly, Hundong Zun was originally an ancient water god in Xianxian Daohua Datian, but he no longer manages things and lives in the North Sea all year round, guarding Guixu. After the Emperor of Heaven fell asleep and before the Black Emperor lost control, he obtained the control of the water veins from the Black Emperor, and has been suppressing Guixu in Xianxian Daohua Datian ever since.'

'But as the gods lost control, this god seemed to have merged with Guixu. While suppressing the expansion of Guixu, he also supported the existence of Guixu itself.'

Chu Tai silently summarized the information he had collected.

'The manifestation of its power is actually somewhat similar to Taibai, both of which make everything return to one direction.'

'It's just that Taibai's power is closer to guidance, at most it cuts off some possibilities and affects the direction of everything's progress.'

'But Hundong Zun's power is attraction. Any thoughts, materials, and concepts that approach him will be attracted by him and will be unable to escape destruction, collapse, and the end.'

'Therefore, Hundong Zun is a deity that symbolizes nothingness, the end, and the nothingness after all destruction. However, his original duty of suppression and his existence itself are the greatest mockery of his symbolism. In addition, the control of the water veins given by the Black Emperor also gives him a certain concept of flow, change, and circulation...'

Thinking of this, Chu Tai turned the sky-covering umbrella, invoking the power of King Yu's River Map in the cave, and silently sensed the causal power within these nodes and the flow direction of the water veins.

"Sure enough, these forces were specially sent to these places. Over the years, the forces of the Hundong Zun that fell into our great heavens were probably arranged in these places."

Looking at those spots of light, Chu Tai already knew the method used by the person who set up the plan.

'Through the characteristics of Hundong Zun, which are void, hollow, and difficult to sense and perceive, we prevent outsiders from discovering these things. We also rely on its flowing and changing characteristics to allow it to change in the Great Sky River and slowly reach the corresponding position.'

'Speaking of which, if I hadn't suppressed a power fragment by myself, and hadn't had the three Dao Fruit fragments of [Taibai], [Diandao] and [Zhiren] as support, I would have been able to sense some traces with the help of fate, perceive attraction with guidance, and discover imbalance with yin and yang, I'm afraid I wouldn't have been able to discover these power fragments of Hundong Zun.'

'Therefore, these fragments of power are timed explosives that can be detonated when necessary. These forces are enough to collapse a small part of the earth veins and at the same time make more than half of the mortals in the Central Plains infected by the void, expanding the impact and even destroying the human order.'

Chu Tai lightly tapped a spot of light with his finger, and a hole appeared. Then holes appeared one after another. The ground veins collapsed, rivers were diverted, and the entire Central Plains were on the verge of collapse.

During this period, a large number of mortals died, and more mortals were eroded by nothingness, falling into extreme emotions, causing the existing order to collapse rapidly.

'The human dynasty system will inevitably suffer a devastating blow at this stage, and in this extreme emotional environment, the witch can make a comeback and occupy more faith, allowing the power of Haha Patriarch to be temporarily enhanced.'

A hint of coldness appeared in his eyes. Chu Tai, who had deduced this, also thought of more possibilities because of this line of thought. 'Perhaps this is what the Junmo Dao cultivator wants. For Junmo Dao cultivators, the emotional emptiness and extreme emotions of the people are more suitable for provoking conflicts and gaining power. Even now, controlling the power of Qingli Caixian to fill the Middle Earth with wealth, corruption, depravity, etc., is also paving the way for the subsequent emotional emptiness and extreme emotions...'

"So if you want to stop them, it's best to intervene on multiple fronts..."

Thinking of this, Chu Tai's mind moved, and he contacted Shao Siming and Yun Zhongjun, asking them to pay attention to the East and the North Wilderness. The former led some factions of Taiyi Xianmen to expand outward and stabilize the land veins and mountains and waters, while the latter started from the North Wilderness and used some witchcraft sacrificial methods to interfere with the northern land veins.

At the same time, the power of the incarnation of He Bo began to manifest in many places, guiding the river to change its course, causing the aura of the mountains, rivers and veins to be dislocated, impacting the location of the fragments of Hundong Zun's power, and guiding some cultivators to realize that something was wrong.

The incarnation of the mountain ghost held the magic mirror and reflected it everywhere. Occasionally, after illuminating some problems with the earth veins, he would contact some Buddhist monks and inform them of his discoveries.

Dongjun returned to the mainland to look for some suitable cultivators. On the surface, he was looking for ways to contact Qingli Caixian, and secretly he was refining some targeted magic weapons.

Finally, Da Siming, who was still in the spirit fetus state, used the power of the underworld fragments to interfere with the operation of the surrounding earth veins and began to expand his influence.

Although these actions were carried out simultaneously in a short period of time, Chu Tai targeted different targets and the timing of their operations was staggered. In addition, due to the spatial distance, ordinary people could not detect the problem at all.

The vast majority of cultivators who were affected by Chu Tai's actions, or who had been paying attention to Chu Tai, only saw one or two sides of Chu Tai's actions. At most, they noticed three or four things wrong, and did not connect everything together. Some even felt that after Chu Tai's cultivation level improved, he became restless and wanted to further expand his power.

For example, Taoist Yunsi of the Emei Sect and Taoist Hunyuan of Mount Wutai.

These two masters who were once famous in the Central Plains are not in good condition at the moment.

The former had lost most of its ability to resist because of its failure in the secret treasure in the East China Sea and the loss of two blessed places. Several sects that were originally on good terms with it also began to gather their own strength and tried to unite with some Taiyi sects. The entire Emei sect was in a state of demoralization, and many cultivators had left the sect and followed Taoist Yunchi to open up new temples.

The latter is even more miserable, because of the deaths of his fellow junior brothers and sisters, plus the destruction of his own demonic incarnation, the cultivation of the Wutai Taoist has regressed a lot. Fortunately, the tragic deaths of several allies, plus a series of recent shocks, have made the connection between Lihuo Palace and Wutai Sect closer. The overall situation seems to be better than that of Emei.

Of course, this is better, referring to Mount Wutai. As for the many branches that split out, most of them were destroyed one by one with the resurgence of Taiyi Xianmen. Many even abandoned the name of Wutai and turned to Buddhism. There were even some disputes within Buddhism for this reason, and many great masters fought for it.

It can be said that Chu Tai's series of actions caused some waves in the originally relatively stable Central Plains.

As the waves rose, Chu Tai, who was paying close attention to everything in front of him, also felt some subtle differences.

He discovered that soon after the ripples appeared, at least seven or eight forces followed suit, causing the impact of the ripples to continue to expand, trying to drag more people into the water and make the entire situation more complicated.

More and more people were drawn into this confrontation.

(End of this chapter)