Donghuang Ziji

Chapter 847 Young Master Tian Sansi Ming
Along with the sound of chanting the precious edict, overlapping shadows appeared above the illusory portal.

These phantoms continued to be superimposed on Chu Tai's body, forming layers of divine wheels behind his head.

These divine wheels constantly overlapped and intertwined with each other, gradually condensing into illusory second-grade and third-grade Dao fruits.

These Tao fruits have risen and fallen in past cycles, connected to each other, like precious flowers spanning the beginning and end of the universe.

These precious flowers are illusory, but the principles and personalities contained within them are real and connect this time period.

Although the eight phantoms around the Donghuang Bell have extremely high essence, the power they contain is insufficient.

One is hollow inside and solid outside, the other is hollow outside and solid inside. The hollow and the solid are intertwined, and they keep moving forward with repeated cycles, and keep rising under the guidance of the Donghuang Bell.

Eventually, a mysterious force that never stopped climbing in an upward spiral was formed, causing the eight phantoms surrounding the Donghuang Bell to continuously solidify and transform.

The first to complete the transformation was the third-grade Dao Fruit of the Great Siming system [The Lord of the Underworld (Great Siming)].

The fourth-grade Dao fruit fragment [Impermanence of Life and Death] on it holds part of the authority over birth, aging, sickness and death, and when expanded, it corresponds to the four concepts of fertility, aging, disease and death. Therefore, this Dao fruit fragment has a certain ability to control life and death, and can control the lifespan of mortals to a certain extent.

In terms of classification, the power of [the impermanence of life and death] is actually more inclined towards the natural laws between heaven and earth.

But the Dao Fruit of [Lord of the Underworld] is different. It controls some of the authority over death, the underworld, faith, education, and salvation. In terms of classification, it is actually more in line with the emotional gathering of human beings, and does not have much control over the natural laws of life and death.

In comparison, the variant [Da Siming] is more adept at this aspect.

However, as the third-grade Dao Fruit foundation of the Great Sima system, [Lord of the Netherworld] naturally has its own unique features.

As a Taoist who possesses partial authority over teaching, belief, and salvation, the [Lord of the Underworld] can, in a world without the underworld, rely on all living beings' fear of death and their desire for peace after death to create a brand new underworld temple.

Moreover, the underworld created in this way does not have a strong sovereignty like the Shinto realm, and is more in line with the wishes of all living beings and can fit in well with most of the heavens and the earth.

And now, Chu Tai uses the [Lord of the Netherworld] as his foundation and the traces buried in countless cycles in the past as base material to derive layer after layer of the Nine Netherworld, so that each cycle turns into a new layer of the Netherworld.

Then, it breaks through the constraints of the underworld itself by spiraling upward, and accumulates more power by constantly burying the past.

Moreover, during this process, the power of the [Lord of the Netherworld] was combined with part of the Taoist fruit of Taiyi Zhenren in the past cycle, and it lifted out some spiritual charm and the will of living beings that should have been dormant in the past.

Finally, as the power of the [Lord of the Underworld] combined with the current time period, the underworld in the current time period became much thicker, and the memories of many dead souls that were originally unable to reach this cycle also floated to the topmost layer of the underworld, and had a slight chance to return.

In the darkness, endless spiritual energy converged towards the [Lord of the Netherworld], giving it new concepts and activating the second-grade Taoist fruit [Green Flower of Forgiveness] on it, allowing it to completely transform into the Lord of the Netherworld Green Flower of Forgiveness.

At the same time, as the underworld becomes increasingly powerful, [Da Siming], a variant of [Lord of the Netherworld], can easily be elevated to [Emperor of Fengdu].

With the assistance of [Blue Flower of Forgiveness], this first or second rank Taoist fruit could easily gather the incomplete divine authority in the past cycle.

The traces of the Dongyue pantheon originally hidden in [Da Siming] emerged naturally, and the two merged to quickly construct the underworld pantheon system belonging to Chu Tai, and he became the Dongyue Siming Fengdu Emperor who existed in the past and manifested in the underworld.

At the same time, Chu Tai's power was also strengthened by anchoring the traces of the past, splitting a small amount of Tian Siming's power and strengthening the power of [Da Siming].

With the improvement of [Qinghua of Forgiveness (Emperor Fengdu)], the Shao Siming system that is intertwined with it to construct the cycle of life and death and to block the Immortal Venerable Yuanshi is also changing accordingly.

At the beginning, the second-grade Taoist fruit [Resurrection (Shao Siming)] of the Shao Siming system had a certain deviation under the influence of Qingshi Zhenjun's innate Qi.

[Resurrection], which was supposed to be the foundation, mastering the authority over life, revival, nature, earth and sky, and possessing the power to repair the universe and a certain degree of creation, has shifted from its original basic Dao fruit to a variant.

However, [Shao Siming], which was supposed to be a variant and inclined towards life and creation power, instead occupied the position of basic Tao fruit.

In order to solve this problem, Chu Tai made many calculations.

His conclusion was that in order to completely restore the foundation of [Resurgence] and fully master the power of this fruit, he must repair a world with sufficient status.

The restoration here can be the damage to the heaven and earth itself, the ecological problems within it, or the changes in its laws and principles.

And now, Chu Tai has precipitated the past cycle into the underworld, which is a completion, strengthening, and repair for the current time period.

When this great Dao Fruit ritual is completed, the second-grade Dao Fruit of the Shao Siming system, [Resurrection], will naturally be perfected.

At the same time, the corresponding [Shao Siming] was also improved.

The most important thing is, with the perfection of [Resurrection (Shao Siming)], Chu Tai has further grasped some of the Tao rhyme left by the Mother of Creation in the past.

Somehow, Chu Tai was able to interfere with the operation of many lives in the current time period, and from another perspective, he harvested some of Tian Siming's power and perfected [Shao Siming].

'Is this Tiansi Ming really dead?'

Chu Tai, who had successfully harvested the power of Tian Siming, the Post-Saint Emperor, twice in a row, couldn't help but look around.

In fact, the process was so smooth that it scared him a little. For the first time, the Great Sima Ming could say that the Heavenly Sima Ming was sealed and could not control the remaining destiny power from the past cycles very well.

Or maybe the world doesn’t care about the leftovers from the past.

But Shao Siming’s second harvest was different.

Da Siming is the god of death. The fate that corresponds to him is the final and the last. It symbolizes the end of all destinies, the last point, and a summary of past destinies.

But Shao Siming is different. As the god of rebirth, in terms of destiny, she corresponds to the future, change, pioneering, innovation, and the starting point of endless destiny.

This thing was harvested, but Tian Siming didn't even react.

Chu Tai carefully controlled the power of the two major systems, Da Siming and Shao Siming, one standing at the starting point and the other at the end point.

The nearly complete Tian Siming Dao Fruit was materialized.

Endless power of destiny manifested, but gradually Chu Tai felt something was wrong.

"No, this is the concept of destiny!" Chu Tai suddenly felt something was wrong. He felt that the power of Da Siming and Shao Siming was changing wildly.

All things are connected by the law of cause and effect, which is the ultimate concrete theory of cause and effect.

The theory of fate is embodied by the changes in the fate between people and between people and things.

It comes from the predestined future created by the Supreme Divine, which controls all wealth and poverty, good and bad fortune, life and death, and lifespan.

Similar to causality, but determinism is based on objective laws.

Affected by the operation of the universe itself, it includes the complete theory of concepts such as number determination, constant, determination, predestination, and destiny.

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In this way, different views of destiny continue to emerge.

Some are based on fate itself, some are driven by human nature, some are the interaction between heaven and man, some are the conflict between heaven and man, and there is even interference between all things.

Different views of destiny conflicted and intertwined with each other, ultimately constructing the foundation of Tian Siming's Dao Fruit. At the same time, they were also washing away the power of Da Siming and Shao Siming, attempting to use them as the foundation and re-manifest them.

But faced with that extremely grand will and irresistible force, Chu Tai instead breathed a sigh of relief.

Although that will was like the sun, emitting extremely hot power, it madly invaded the traces of power of Da Siming and Shao Siming, trying to gradually occupy the past from the present, using the underworld as its foundation, and gradually walking out of the seal.

From Chu Tai's perspective, in the past cycles, one Taiyi Zhenren after another turned into puppets of destiny, with some of the glory of destiny emerging on their bodies to consolidate the illusory status of the Emperor of Heaven, and then spread outward, trying to use Taiyi Zhenren as a springboard to merge with the current Emperor of Heaven.

During this process, Chu Tai was inevitably involved.

He immediately raised the Donghuang Bell high up, then raised the Ruyi in his hand and hit the Donghuang Bell hard.

Along with the sound of an ancient bell, the light that filled the destinies of the Great Sima Ming and the Lesser Sima Ming suddenly dimmed.

Along with the glories of the past, they also dimmed, and the destiny of each Taiyi Zhenren also dissipated and became a part of themselves.

The scattered part was used by Chu Tai as a bridge to guide more souls and memories to ascend.

During this process, the second-grade Dao fruit of Xiangjun and Xiangfuren's system, [Si Shi (Si Ming)], was also perfected.

Most importantly, this great ritual of the second level of Dao Fruit, which involved the weaving of the world’s destiny, was also successfully completed.

After all, the power of Tian Siming is the accumulation of all destiny power. Its authority over fortune, disaster, cosmic light, life, death, decline and prosperity is also very consistent with [Si Shi (Si Ming)]. Three harvests are enough to complete the transformation to the second grade.

It can be said that most of the power of Tian Siming in the current time period has been harvested by Chu Tai, and now it is Chu Tai who controls most of the power of Tian Siming in this time period.

As a price, Chu Tai himself was also affected to a certain extent by the catastrophe of the current time period, and had to become the new driving force for subsequent changes in the catastrophe.

Naturally, such changes could not be hidden from the three immortals. Immortal Tongtian laughed loudly, saying that Chu Tai had now become the maintainer of the current destiny.

"What's wrong with being a maintainer? If it can guide the future I hope for, then isn't it a good thing for me to maintain this destiny?"

Chu Tai responded with a chuckle, stretched out his hand and lightly tapped the void. While sorting out the calamity, he looked back in the direction of Shen Gongbao.

This leopard demon was also lucky. He was very sensitive to calamities, and after sensing the sound of the Donghuang Bell, he silently practiced the calamity technique to sense the changes in the aura between heaven and earth.

Although he was unable to sense the subsequent battle between Chu Tai and the Three Immortals because his cultivation was too weak, the subsequent changes in fate caused by Tian Siming's attempt to occupy Da Siming and Shao Siming still allowed him to sense a hint of the true meaning of the calamity.

The only pity is that the view of destiny shown by Tian Siming is very complicated, and many contents are conflicting.

Shen Gongbao, who had partially comprehended the true meaning of the way of calamity from this, was immediately shaken by the conflicting principles and could not distinguish right from wrong.

In addition, the current calamity has changed due to the shift in destiny, which makes the calamity energy he perceives more inconsistent.

Therefore, when Chu Tai looked at Shen Gongbao, many shadows similar to vines were already deep on his body, and thin lines like spider webs were growing out of his pores and spreading in all directions.

In addition, tiny wounds continued to appear on his body, densely packed to form countless painful scars, and from the wounds emerged countless wriggling flesh eyes, with eyes and mouths.

The former observes, the latter deceives.

"Are these eyes and mouths the path to human calamity that you have realized?"

Chu Tai's voice reached Shen Gongbao's ears, accompanied by the sound of an ancient bell. The two intertwined and easily suppressed the abnormality in his body and restored him to normal.

Shen Gongbao turned around, and the moment he saw Chu Tai, he was filled with joy and bowed his head: "I pay my respects to the Upper Pure Ziwei Jade Palace, the Emperor Taitian, and the Immortal Lord who protects the calamity."

"The Immortal Lord of Guarding against Disasters? This title is interesting. Is it the realization you gained after sensing the way of human disasters?"

Chu Tai asked the other party again about his understanding of the way of human calamity. Shen Gongbao did not dare to hide it and nodded, "In my opinion, the so-called human calamity is nothing more than the negative result of communication between people. Most of the communication between people is based on eyes and mouths, or subjective acceptance and subjective output. If there were not so many subjective conflicts, many human calamities could be avoided."

"So you didn't have ears when you were alienated before, because you thought the way ears are perceived is not so subjective?"

"Yes, in my opinion, eyes are more important and more subjective than ears as a means of receiving external information."

After saying this, Shen Gongbao bowed to Chu Tai and asked, "Excuse me, Immortal Venerable, what happened before? Why did I suddenly change like that?"

"It's just an ancient god who was sealed by the power of the three immortals Yuanshi, Tongtian and Daode, trying to break the seal and shake the changes brought about by the fate of the world."

Chu Tai explained it in a way that Shen Gongbao could understand, then he showed many of the previous views on fate and asked, "Do you think your theory might be applicable to these theories?"

Shen Gongbao was also a smart man. The moment he saw these views on fate, he understood why his robbery had gone out of control before.

But he also instantly understood the origin of these views on fate, and was somewhat shocked and asked: "Are these all the powers of that ancient god?"

(End of this chapter)