I am submissive in Journey to the West, I strike hard at the gods

After all, the demon clan is divided into pieces, and even the powerful demon clan cannot protect themselves. In this primitive world full of calculations, it is very likely that they will be calculated to the point where no body will be left, and even their skin and flesh will be used to refine weapons and medicines.

"Since Brother Jiang Wang wants to summon the demon clan, I will help him first." Huang Tianhua thought.

He had good intentions, but his good intentions led to bad consequences.

……

Jiang Wang didn't know yet that he was going to be tricked by a kind heart.

At this moment, Jiang Wang was sitting in the main hall of the Lord of Mount Tai.

"My dear friend, you came to Mount Tai just for the demon race?" The Lord of Mount Tai said with a smile, "If it's just for this matter, just tell me. Why come in person?"

Jiang Wang raised his head and glanced at the Lord of Mount Tai: "What does the Lord want me to do?"

The Lord of Mount Tai said nothing, but waved his hand, and a servant boy came to serve tea.

After taking a sip of tea, the Lord of Mount Tai said, "My dear friend, I am the direct disciple of the human race. The underworld I preside over is a special place, the key to reincarnation for the human race. Now the underworld is in chaos and disorder. I want to unify the underworld and seek great fortune for the six realms. I wonder if my dear friend knows what your master is thinking? What does he think of the current underworld?"

"What do you mean, Lord?"

Jiang Wang pretended to be stupid.

Lord Taishan should have felt his disadvantage by now.

Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva's great vow of "not becoming a Buddha until hell is empty" really caught people's attention and made his approval rating reach the maximum.

After his followers increased dramatically, all the people who entered the underworld respected Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva. As a result, the authority of the Lord of Mount Tai over the underworld declined significantly.

If this continues, with the development of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva's great wish, sooner or later all human beings who enter the underworld will remember the phrase "I will not become a Buddha until hell is empty."

When that time really comes, it will be hard to say who will be the winner of the underworld.

Although the Lord of Mount Tai is not a human immortal god, he is very interested in the destiny of humanity.

Nowadays, the fate of humanity in this world has almost dominated the path of the gods in the mortal world. In order to catch the fate of humanity, many gods have become the objects of worship by the human race.

For example, the Four Dragon Kings.

The Dragon Kings of the Four Seas are of low status nowadays. Although they are named Dragon Kings, they can still be bullied by all kinds of gods and fairies.

Although there are some secrets within the dragon clan that allow them to survive in the wilderness, those trump cards cannot be used easily, so their clan does not have an easy time in the wilderness.

However, with the gradual development of the human race, the four sea dragon tribes have more and more cards to their name.

Of course, the most crucial thing is the favor of humanity and destiny.

The luck and fortune of humanity are stronger than that of the dragon clan. Even if the dragon clan cannot walk sideways, they will have no problem defending the four seas.

Perhaps because the destiny of humanity is too powerful, the Lord of Mount Tai has set his sights on the destiny of humanity.

He thought that the dispute with Ksitigarbha started with the underworld, but then...

Is it really the underworld that they are fighting for?

What we are fighting for is the destiny of the human race!

Although Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva's words "I will not attain Buddhahood until hell is empty" are his own great aspirations, in fact, a large part of them are also for his believers to hear.

Besides humans, who else are the followers of Ksitigarbha? As the protagonist of the world today, the faith of humans is very important.

It can be said that these words of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva directly increased the number of his believers several times.

No, it has even expanded to most of the human race!

All people who have heard of Buddhism know more or less about the existence of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva.

In this way, after entering the underworld, these human beings' favorability towards Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva naturally reaches its maximum.

The underworld, which is already full of factions, has to compromise in the face of so many human ghosts.

This time I was caught off guard.

The underworld is just a derivative of the six realms of reincarnation, so the human ghosts that enter the underworld still retain the characteristics of the human race.

The so-called characteristics of the human race are naturally the fate of being the protagonist of heaven and earth, and being protected by the destiny of humanity.

In other words, most of the human ghosts that enter the underworld were originally humans who were favored by the fate of humanity.

Where there are people, there will be disputes. The more ghosts there are, the bigger the disputes will be.

After the Lord of Mount Tai took charge of the underworld, there were many internal conflicts in the underworld.

Every time the Lord of Mount Tai arrived, the civil strife was quelled.

The one who quelled the civil unrest was none other than... Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva.

Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva has repeatedly appeased human ghosts and has been unanimously praised by many factions in the underworld. These factions in the underworld have become increasingly inclined towards Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva.

The many factions in the underworld tend to favor Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva because of his great vow that "I will not become a Buddha until hell is empty."

Now, Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva's actions have made those neutral factions lean towards him.

As a result, the Lord of Mount Tai, who was appointed by Heaven to be the ruler of the underworld, no longer had any say.

In addition to the underworld, there is another place that can accommodate ghosts, and that is Fengdu.

Having lost control of the underworld, and with the existence of Fengdu, the Lord of Mount Tai felt that his power was crumbling.

Although the underworld is still in the hands of Lord Taishan, he already had a premonition in his heart.

If this continues, then... it is very likely that after a while, he will completely lose control of the underworld.

Losing control of the underworld is not a good thing for him.

The position of Lord of Mount Tai is not a position that cannot be replaced...

There are so many immortals and gods in the ancient times, and some of the immortals and gods who live in seclusion are equally powerful. Don’t they covet the position of the righteous gods in heaven, and then use the position to make further progress?
"Don't play dumb, my friend. I'm talking about the underworld right now!"

Taishan Mansion Lord said bluntly: "What does the human sect think of Lingshan? Please give me some advice."

What does the human religion think of the underworld? What does the human religion think of the underworld?
As far as Jiang Wang knew, his teacher, Master Xuandu, was a man who didn't care much about worldly affairs.

I don’t know whether it was because the great master taught Master Xuandu too well, or because the great master protected Master Xuandu too much.

Anyway, generally speaking, Master Xuandu has never been too concerned about the disputes among the various forces in the prehistoric world.

This great wizard, who has no knowledge of power disputes, enjoys teaching people every day in the prehistoric world.

His way of teaching does not only include the human race. In the entire prehistoric world, he will teach all the creatures he thinks are ignorant, and the human race is just one of them.

So the question asked by Lord Taishan was just asking a lonely question.

Even if the underworld disappeared now, and all ghosts in the future went directly into the six realms of reincarnation instead of going through the screening of the underworld, and those souls and ghosts that needed to be punished were left in the underworld for torture, Master Xuandu would not have any reaction.

In his opinion, it was none of his business, so why should he bother with it?

If you are immersed in the way of enlightenment every day and cannot extricate yourself, and then care about other things, how can you pursue the Tao?

To be honest, Jiang Wang felt that with Master Xuandu's mentality, even if he could not attain the Great Dao, it would be easy for him to make further progress on the path to becoming a quasi-saint.

Originally, Jiang Wang was prepared to answer the Lord of Mount Tai truthfully that his teacher, the Great Master Xuandu, had absolutely no interest in the power disputes in the underworld.

So what if Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva took over the underworld?
So what if he, the Lord of Mount Tai, took over the underworld?
Is there any benefit from Master Xuandu?

No, so he doesn't care.

But if he said this, he would lose a very important ally.

The Journey to the West was a catastrophe of redistribution of interests.

Behind this catastrophe is the struggle between the Heavenly Palace, Lingshan Mountain and various great gods.

It is also a fight without any fighting.

If Jiang Wang wants to make a profit from it and prepare for the future, he must gain enough benefits from this catastrophe.

At least let all parties pay attention to him!
This emphasis is not because he can travel to foreign lands, but because of the interest group he represents.

Only in this way can he lead his small group to gain a deeper understanding of what exactly happened in the prehistoric world.

What do the vague remarks of several saints refer to?

And why did he come to this world in the first place?

The answers to these questions will not surface because Jiang Wang is the third-generation direct disciple of the Human Sect, nor will they surface because he can travel to foreign lands.

After all, these two things are external things. Only when you are strong yourself can you be truly strong.

"My teacher is loyal to the way of education and doesn't pay much attention to external affairs. But I do have some rough insights. I wonder if the Lord is willing to listen to me." Jiang Wang took a sip of tea and his eyes lit up. He heard that the Lord of Mount Tai had planted several spiritual tea plants that branched out from the innate spiritual tea that survived the ancient times in Mount Tai. He thought this might be it. After drinking this tea, the spiritual energy in his body soared a lot. Although his Taoism and magic power did not increase, it was enough for a sip of tea to have such an effect.

Lord Taishan frowned.

He didn't care about Jiang Wang's opinion.

What he wanted was Master Xuandu’s attitude towards the underworld.

But on second thought, Master Xuandu was obsessed with teaching, and many immortals and gods knew about this.

He was silent for a moment and looked at Jiang Wang again.

This young Taoist friend is a third-generation disciple of the Human Religion. I think his views should have a great influence on the attitude of the Human Religion.

Then let's listen to what this young Taoist friend has to say.

If what he says is good, just help him do what he asks for.

Although Lord Taishan is not the most prominent and respected deity in the ancient world, he is one of the deities who can have a say in Dongsheng Shenzhou.

"Just tell me, my friend."

Seeing that the Lord of Mount Tai was willing to listen to a junior like him, Jiang Wang bowed again and then said slowly: "There are conflicts between the Human Religion and Lingshan. How can our Human Religion tolerate the Buddha Bodhisattva of Lingshan acting recklessly in the underworld? Although Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva has a kind heart and made a great vow with great compassion, saying that he will not become a Buddha until the underworld is empty, in my opinion this is just a retreat by Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva. Judging from the Lord's attitude, this move of the Bodhisattva is very successful." How could it not be successful?
Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva's words "I will not attain Buddhahood until hell is empty" turned the underworld upside down, and as time passed, more and more people knew about this great wish.

I'm afraid that the factions in the underworld are increasingly inclined to rely on Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva.

Even if the Lord of Mount Tai has direct management authority, what’s the use of having management authority if he has no one under him?

Should the Ten Kings of Hell be transferred away, or should the Ox-Head and Horse-Face be demoted?

Even if the Ten Kings of Hell were really transferred away and the Ox-Head and Horse-Face were demoted, wouldn't other gods still have to be promoted to the underworld to serve as Yama and judges?
If the Lord of Mount Tai ignores the situation or attacks forcefully, trying to balance the power of the factions in the underworld with a crushing attitude, Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva will only use softness to overcome hardness, causing more and more factions in the underworld to side with him.

In other words, if the Lord of Mount Tai is in a bad state now, it will be a dead end no matter if the Underworld attacks forcefully or not.

Jiang Wang's words made Lord Taishan feel deeply relieved. Finally, someone could understand him.

His son Huang Tianhua and the immortals and gods who were on good terms with him all thought that he was overly worried, as he was the legitimate ruler of the underworld appointed by the Heavenly Court.

As long as the heaven lasts, he has jurisdiction over the underworld.

No one knows how worried he is about the affairs of the underworld?
Because most people think that the underworld is under the jurisdiction of heaven, but he, the immortal god sent by heaven to govern the underworld, knows.

In fact, the underworld and heaven are two parallel forces.

It's just that the underworld is subject to heaven.

But does the underworld really submit to heaven?
Others may not know, but how could he not know?
There are many remnant forces of the witch clan in the underworld, and they were all sent in by the goddess Hou Tu.

Hou Tu Niangniang was already heartbroken because the reincarnation did not help her people, so what was wrong with stuffing some descendants of the witch clan into the underworld?
If I don't let her get what she wants in such a small matter, I would be really sorry for the kindness of the Queen Mother Hou Tu.

So when Hou Tu Niangniang did this, most of the immortals and gods turned a blind eye.

Madam, please do as you please.

You created the six realms of reincarnation for our ancient world, and your merits are infinite. You are just pointing fingers at people, and we pretend not to know.

As a result, the underworld began to become chaotic.

After all, the witch clan is also a belligerent group, and the major witch tribes under the twelve ancestor witches can also attack members of other witch tribes.

This has led to the diversity of the underworld today.

However, Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva used one hand to advance in order to retreat, breaking the diversity. When the major factions found that Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva could make a further step with the help of this great aspiration, they began to spontaneously move closer to Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva.

Lingshan is a great religion that originated from Western religion.

What is the greatest characteristic of Western religion? It must be the various aspirations.

No matter whether these ambitions can be realized or not, I will make them first, as they represent my own determination!
If it cannot be accomplished, then the merits awarded by Heaven will be returned. Of course, ordinary merits cannot be returned, just like the two saints of Western religions. Their great aspirations and principles...none of them succeeded.

The Western world, which is today's Xiniuhezhou, is still a wild land. Except that it is slightly stronger than Uttarakuruzhou, it has nothing to show for itself. Jambuzhou is stronger than it, and there is no need to say more about Dongshengshenzhou.

Even those small continents are much stronger than Xiniuhezhou.

This is also one of the causes of the great catastrophe on the journey to the west.

Of course, if it succeeds, the merits rewarded by Heaven will not have to be returned, and there will be no cause and effect afterwards.

But since it is a grand ambition, it means that the ambition is basically free, otherwise why would you make such a grand ambition?
Aren’t great ambitions made only because they are impossible to achieve?

If you can do it, then whoever makes a big wish, just put your best effort into it.

Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva is already the best among those who have made great vows.

Many immortals and gods who make great aspirations cannot achieve them at all, so they will not do them. They just pretend to work hard in their hearts.

Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva set an example by going to the underworld alone! This person really wants to fulfill his great wish.

This is also understandable.

Who makes him the Bodhisattva of the future Buddhist faction?
The Future Buddha faction is the Lingshan faction under Maitreya Buddha. Although most of the existences in the Future Buddha faction are given the titles of Bodhisattva and Arhat, these existences are not given these titles because they are not strong enough. For them, the title of Buddha is actually just a matter of time.

Just like Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva.

He is similar to Guanyin Bodhisattva, both of them possess the strength of Buddha, but they just don't want to become Buddha.

Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva felt that his practice was not enough and was unwilling to become a Buddha.

In fact, Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva is a Buddha, but he does not want to become a Buddha. His great wish is only for himself. In the final analysis, it is just a matter of changing the title. Titles are not particularly important to immortals and gods, especially to those who are powerful themselves.

To the extent that Jiang Wang somewhat looked down upon this method.

Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva is in charge of the underworld. It is not a good thing for the underworld to be located in Lingshan.

Perhaps for the dead souls and evil ghosts in the underworld, Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva is a great immortal god, because Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva is willing to give ghosts a chance, and this opportunity is... a good opportunity for reincarnation.

The purpose of Lingshan is to give believers the opportunity to enter the paradise if they believe in Buddhism.

Even if they don't go to paradise, believers will have a good chance of reincarnation, such as not being reborn as animals.

This can also be regarded as an infiltration of Lingshan into the Six Paths of Reincarnation.

Logically speaking, no one can interfere with the Six Paths of Reincarnation. After all, it belongs to the Queen Mother Hou Tu.

However, Lingshan’s special belief mechanism was too strange, and Lingshan actually intervened in the six realms of reincarnation.

The six realms of reincarnation are infiltrated by the Lingshan belief mechanism, which is why believers believe that cultivating good deeds in this life will lead to peace and happiness in the next life.

It is precisely because of this saying that the ghosts in the underworld have a high degree of trust in Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva.

In this regard, Lord Taishan has no competitiveness at all.

Taishan Mansion Lord's eyes were calm, and although he still had a smile on his face, the smile did not reach his eyes: "Then according to your opinion, is there any way to help me wrestle with Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva?"

"There is no solution." Jiang Wang shook his head.

Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva's entry into the underworld was an elaborate plan. From the moment he entered the underworld, the initiative was no longer in the hands of the Lord of Mount Tai.

In this struggle, Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva was the one who took the lead from the beginning to the end.

After that great ambition, the Lord of Mount Tai became the passive party, and was restricted in everything he did.

Lord Taishan sighed.

Even without Jiang Wang telling him, he knew that there was indeed no solution to this problem. It can be said that behind Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva there is the full support of the Future Buddha faction, or it can be said that there is the full support of the Lingshan faction.

Although the lineage of the Lord of Mount Tai also has some help, it is nothing compared to the power of Lingshan.

In addition, the Taishan lineage was already in a passive position in this matter, and the other party was using all their strength to hit an egg with a stone. How could they not be defeated?
In fact, the Lord of Mount Tai had more or less realized that it was only a matter of time before he lost control of the underworld, but he was still somewhat unwilling to accept it.

"But there is a saying among our human race... Everything depends on human efforts. How can you know the outcome if you don't do something?" Jiang Wang's tone suddenly changed.

Taishan Mansion Lord was stunned: "I would like to hear your words."

"The Six Paths of Reincarnation are ultimately the Six Paths of Reincarnation of the Queen Mother Hou Tu, not that of Lingshan, nor that of the Lord of the Mansion, nor that of the Heavenly Palace."

"The underworld only has the responsibility to manage ghosts and guide them into the six realms of reincarnation. As for other things, they don't have any, right?"

"Even if Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva obtains the authority to manage the underworld, the underworld is still not his underworld. In this case, why doesn't the Lord of the Underworld try to think from a different perspective?"

"What do you mean?" Taishan Mansion Lord pondered for a moment: "Do you want me to seek help from Hou Tu Huang Di Zhi? No, no, Hou Tu Huang Di Zhi is the Lord of Reincarnation, and he won't see us easily. Besides..."

The Lord of Mount Tai seemed to have something to hide. He hesitated for a long time before saying, "Perhaps because you are the third generation disciple of the Human Cult, you are not bound by certain rules. Immortals and gods like us serving in the Heavenly Court cannot go deep into the Six Paths of Reincarnation to meet Hou Tu Huang Di without the personal permission of the Great Celestial Venerable. They say that they are afraid of disturbing the fairness of the Six Paths of Reincarnation."

what?
Is there any other way to say this?
Jiang Wang has never heard of it.

Among all the gossips in the Heavenly Palace, there is almost no information about Hou Tu Huang Di Zhi. Even the gossips about the six realms of reincarnation are limited to reincarnation itself.

None of the righteous gods are allowed to meet the Queen Mother Hou Tu. What the Great Heavenly Venerable did is really ruthless.

The Queen Mother Hou Tu originally had few followers, and there was no power belonging to her. Even the underworld was just a derivative of the six realms of reincarnation created by her.

As for those witches whom he took into the underworld, most of them only showed respect to Hou Tu, the ancestor witch, but not to Hou Tu Niangniang.

As a result, Hou Tu Niangniang, who was almost comparable to a saint, ended up living a lonely life.

Even more lonely than the ancestor Jiang Wang.

At least his ancestor still has his teacher, Master Xuandu, and his disciple!

It has come to this, and the Great Celestial Master still has to be on guard against the Queen Mother Hou Tu?

What exactly is He going to do?
He could understand the need to reduce the power of the Dou tribe, as there cannot be two tigers in one mountain.

He could understand concentrating the power of Heaven to suppress Lingshan, but how could he allow others to sleep soundly beside his bed?

Why should we be on guard against Hou Tu Niangniang?
Hou Tu Niangniang, who transformed herself into a reincarnation, symbolizes reincarnation itself. Reincarnation must be fair. Logically, the Great Heavenly Venerable would not care about such a great deity.

Jiang Wang thought deeply about the conflict between the Great Heavenly Venerable and the Queen Mother Hou Tu, but could not figure out anything.

The conflict between these two may involve a dispute over the Great Dao and matters concerning the Dao rules. With Jiang Wang's current level, there is no way for him to understand it in depth.

It's not that he can't, but that he is not qualified.

If you don’t have the qualifications to touch the Dao rules, how can you understand the disputes caused by the Dao rules?
Forget it.

Jiang Wang is not the kind of person who would dwell on trivial matters. His only goal is to connect the Lord of Mount Tai with the Queen Mother Hou Tu.

As for how to connect?

That's too easy.

Others don't dare to go through the six realms of reincarnation, so why can't he go?

Last time, he went to the Six Paths of Reincarnation and asked the Queen Mother Hou Tu to create a small reincarnation for the world where the Zhutian Universe is located. Although the foundation of this small reincarnation is the primordial purple energy and the helmsman is also Yama, without the Queen Mother Hou Tu, this would never be possible.

In other words, it is very likely that the Great Heavenly Venerable did not fear his actions.

In this case... he will just be a matchmaker. (End of this chapter)