The Supreme Being of the World, Starting from the Heaven-shattering Fuxi

Chapter 257: The Foundation of Existence, Willow God and Tathagata, Heaven and Nine Netherworlds
The overall situation in Heaven has been decided. Although the first Peach Banquet has not yet been announced, the current Emperor of Heaven, Cangtian, has not been the least bit vague about the rewards that should be given.

The Taoist Zhenwu is the Black Emperor, controlling the water in the north; Taihao, the King of the East, is the Green Emperor, controlling the wood in the east; Taizhen, the Queen Mother of the West, is the Golden Emperor, controlling the gold in the west; and Fengxi, the innate phoenix, is the Fire Emperor, controlling the fire in the south.

Together with the Heavenly Emperor who sits in the center, the pattern of Five Directions and Five Emperors is formed.

The four emperors of heaven are actually the princes of one side. They basically obey orders but not announcements. Sometimes they may not even obey orders.

Although it was not stated explicitly, all the great masters of the time knew that this was their preparation for becoming the foundation for the survival of this era.

Heaven is just a means, and the goal is to further practice and seek the truth.

Once they succeed, they may be able to reach the other shore. And the previous foundation of the world, Lord Daode Tianzun, for some unknown reason, strongly supports their actions.

Xiantian Thunder God, as the most loyal general under the Emperor of Heaven, did not obtain the status of the Five Emperors of the Five Directions, but was the second-in-command under the Emperor of Heaven and could directly command the gods other than the Five Emperors of the Five Directions.

He had originally intended to go to Jiuyou to test it out, and now when he heard the invitation from Emperor Zhenwu, he immediately agreed.

Just at this time, Dong Wanggong Taihao Qingdi was also there, and decided to go to the Nine Netherworlds with Zhenwu Emperor and Xiantian Thunder God to look for Wuliang Taoist.

Before leaving the Heavenly Palace, I heard the voice of the Queen Mother of the West: "How can you not call me for a fight? I'll come after I change my clothes."

The Golden Queen Mother of the West, who was still dignified and graceful in the Heavenly Palace just now, wearing the Lingfei Grand Ribbon, the Fenjing Sword on her waist, the Taihua Gold Hairpin on her head, and the Taizhen Chenying Crown, immediately changed her clothes.

She wears a tiger-head mask and colorful divine clothes. In her own words, this is her "battle robe."

"Since you are all going, I will also go to the Netherworld for a walk."

Fire Emperor Feng Xi also came, and glanced at the Innate Thunder God intentionally or unintentionally. Only they themselves knew the affection between them.

"I will not go. Tell the evil demons in the Netherworld that if they dare to detain Emperor Zixiao, my Heavenly Court will destroy the Netherworld before the Peach Banquet."

Originally, the Emperor of Heaven wanted to give Wuliang Taoist the title of "Wulian Tianzun", but the Three Pure Ones of Taoism were not in harmony, and they could not decide which disciples of the Three Pure Ones could be called "Tianzun".

As a result, several people in the Heavenly Court who wanted to enter Taoism and call themselves "Tianzun" were unable to squeeze in.

Therefore, this important matter of "Tianzun's determination of the title" can only be put on hold temporarily.

As a last resort, the Emperor of Heaven had to temporarily give Taoist Wuliang the title of "Emperor Zixiao" and reserved a Taoist temple for him in the nine heavens of the fairy world.

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In the Nine Netherworlds, the Buddha's light has been shining for hundreds of years.

Lingshan Tathagata, starting from the first level of the Nine Netherworlds, measured the Nine Netherworlds step by step, traveled to every corner of the Nine Netherworlds, preached the Dharma, saved demons, and built temples. He has now reached the ninth level.

This layer is the core layer of Jiuyou. The legendary shortcut to the Underworld Sea is located in this layer.

At the same time, the mysterious source of the Yellow Spring is also here.

Because what Lingshan Tathagata Buddha did was not too excessive, and behind him there were two other beings, Amitabha Buddha and Bodhi Buddha.

The Demon Lord and Tiansha Taoist, the two controllers of the Nine Netherworlds who control the divine weapons of the other shore, did not take any action against Tathagata.

After Tathagata measured the Dark Sea, the shortcut to the Nine Netherworlds, and built the eighteenth blue-gray stone temple next to the Yellow Spring, he began to move forward along the Yellow Spring.

Behind him followed many disciples who had been saved in the Nine Netherworlds, as well as many monks who had come after hearing the news and were also watching the fun.

Among all the great masters with supernatural powers, Tathagata, Hou Tu, and Queen Mother of the West are generally recognized as having the best personalities and being the easiest to approach.

They followed behind Tathagata, watching his every move and getting to know Jiuyou at the same time, which seemed much safer.

Soon, Tathagata reached the end of the underworld.

After leaving the end of the underworld, his measurement of the Nine Netherworlds this time was considered a complete success.

A lush green willow is taking root at the end of the Yellow Spring. Under the green willow, which is filled with infinite Taoist power and seems to be able to support the heaven and earth, an unfamiliar middle-aged Taoist is comprehending the meaning of the Yellow Spring and blocks Tathagata's way.

Beside him, two sword intentions slashed down in turn, flowing with the true meaning of the infinite Great Dao.

"Good, good, I didn't expect to meet Taoist friend Wuliang and Taoist friend Liushen here. It really is fate."

Tathagata did not know Wuliang, but when the Willow God was born, his own avenue was like branches and leaves, directly inserted into the heavens and myriad worlds.

Although he was in the Netherworld, he had also noticed it.

Now that we know Willow God, it is easy to guess Wuliang's identity and origin.

"I've met Taoist friends."

Willow God did not transform into a human form, but spoke directly: "Brother Wuliang is in seclusion to comprehend the way of Huangquan, so I cannot talk to you. Please forgive me."

"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter."

Buddha put his hands together and said: "Discussing the Dao with fellow Daoist Liu Shen and waiting for fellow Daoist Wuliang to finish his enlightenment is also a joy in the world."

As expected of being one of the few great creators with the "best" temper in the world, he didn't care at all. Instead, he discussed the Dao with the God of Willow near the source of the Yellow Spring.

The foundation of Tathagata's path is Buddha. In the ancient times, Liu Shen had also come into contact with a similar path. It was a Taoist tradition passed down by a fairy king named "Immortal Monk King". However, compared with the Tathagata in front of him, the Taoist method of the fairy monk king was very unsystematic.

At the beginning, Willow God listened carefully to Tathagata's teachings and understood some of the fundamental ideas of Buddhism from the source.

The Three Difficulties, Eight Sufferings, Twelve Links of Dependent Origination, Suffering, Accumulation, Extinction and the Path, etc., these are different from the Taoist teachings, but they have unique ideas and their own system, which benefited Liu Shen a lot.

In contrast, the practice in the world she came from rarely involved any guidance on various concepts.

She also reciprocated by talking about some sacrificial methods that she had referred to.

The Willow God's words almost pushed the sacrificial methods of this world, which were regarded as "heterodox", to a height that even Tathagata was extremely surprised.

"I never thought that the way of sacrifice could reach the highest level. I was biased in the past."

When Tathagata preached in his early years, he regarded "sacrifice" as a heterodox and side path, believing that it was a practice that deviated from the right path. His disciples were also not optimistic about this lineage.

But now the method of "sacrifice to the Tao" mentioned by Willow God, although incomplete, has a hint of the charm of "reduction and seeking emptiness" in it.

From his current perspective, if Willow God can really achieve something in the way of "sacrifice" and reach the other side of the truth, at least there will be no problem for him.

The only thing I'm worried about is that maybe "God's will" or "man-made disaster" is blocking my way.

"It turns out that Sister Liushen has also reached such a high level of understanding of the Great Dao. I am ashamed of myself as her."

While Willow God and Tathagata were discussing the Dao, several powerful men came down directly from the first level of the Nine Netherworld to the ninth level. Many of the powerful men of the Nine Netherworld were killed along the way and they did not dare to resist at all.

These powerful men were none other than the Black Emperor, Green Emperor, Golden Emperor, Fire Emperor and the Innate Thunder God in the Immortal Realm, who had just become known to all the heavens and worlds.

It can be said that from the entire Heavenly Court, except for the Emperor of Heaven, almost all the strongest people in the nine heavens of the immortal world have come.

The Golden Emperor and the Queen Mother of the West landed first and laughed loudly at the Willow God. She was indescribably heroic and magnanimous. She didn't look like a congenital deity at all, but more like a female hero in the mortal world.

Behind her, several others also landed. The Green Emperor felt relieved when he saw the "Emperor Zixiao" who was practicing in seclusion at the end of the Yellow Springs.

As long as nothing happens to this person, there is no need for them to fight to the death with Jiuyou this time.

Otherwise, even for the sake of the New Heaven's reputation, they would not let it go.

The arrival of these emperors and kings in heaven made those who had been paying attention to Tathagata and had not taken into account the existence of the nine underworlds above shocked and angry.

"Why, the Heavenly Court hasn't even been officially established yet, and you're going to go to war with me, the Nine Netherworld?"

The Dark Sea Sword revealed boundless murderous aura, and the Demon Emperor's claws were filled with eerie demonic energy that permeated the Nine Netherworlds.

In addition to Tiansha Taoist and the Demon Lord who controlled the divine weapons on the other side, there were several powerful people with perfect creation, as well as a dozen other great masters in the creation realm, who had brought their auras to the end of the underworld.

This place seems to be about to become the site of a major war.

"Don't be nervous. We are here only to follow the order of His Majesty the Emperor of Heaven to welcome the 'Emperor of Purple Sky' Wuliang Taoist to the Heavenly Palace. We have no intention of engaging in a war."

Taking into account that the Golden Emperor likes to fight, the Black Emperor and the Thunder God have never tolerated the evil demons in the Nine Netherworld, and the Fire Emperor has never been too involved, the Heavenly Emperor gave the decision-making power on this matter to the Green Emperor.

When the Green Emperor saw the two magical weapons from the other shore, he thought that among them, only the Taoist boy Zhenwu Emperor might have the weapons from the other shore, so he suddenly didn't want to take action.

Moreover, it is still a question whether the Black Emperor Zhenwu really has the magical weapon from the other side.

Until now, there have only been rumors like this, and no one has ever seen the Black Emperor use it.

"Then take him away. Jiuyou doesn't like seeing him here, so it's best if he doesn't come here again in the future."

The great masters of the Nine Netherworlds showed weakness to Tathagata, but there was nothing they could do, after all, there were two Buddhists from the other side who were watching him.

However, although the Heavenly Court has the support of Yuanshi Tianzun and Daode Tianzun, it also has opposition from Lingbao Tianzun and Demon Queen Mother.

Even in the entire heaven, not even a single divine weapon from the other shore had appeared, so they, the Jiuyou, were not afraid at all.

When the Great Emperor Zhenwu heard the words of the Demon Lord, he immediately sneered: "This is just Jiuyou. In the past, the master could come here, and now my junior brother can also come here. Do you really think this place is still the other shore dojo of the past?"

Just one sentence made everyone silent.

This is simply stepping on the corpses of the powerful men from Jiuyou to declare the power of their Zixiao Palace lineage.

In the ancient times, Jiuyou was indeed the Taoist temple on the other side, and the Taoist master of Zixiao Palace had indeed visited Jiuyou.

It was at that time that the Emperor of the Nine Netherworlds was reborn by the Taoist priest, and he passed away here, and cast seven great curses to curse all things.

"It seems that you are not satisfied with conquering the Shang Dynasty in the human world, and you also want to rule the Nine Netherworld."

The Demon Lord's voice became even more stern, and the demonic energy emanating from the Demon Emperor's claws seemed a little violent. The entire power of the Nine Netherworlds was mobilized and bestowed upon the Demon Lord.

A great battle between Heaven and the Netherworld seems to be ready to break out.

(End of this chapter)