People in Conferred Gods: Rising from humble beginnings, I am the God of Wealth

Chapter 218: Virtue is the fuel, and the incense is flourishing!
"This is……"

Haotian took the jade book handed over by Yang Xuan, swept his spiritual sense through it, and a look of shock suddenly appeared on his face. He handed it to the Queen Mother beside him.

After seeing this, the Queen Mother was also surprised.

"If this method is promoted, the prestige of the Heavenly Court will surely increase greatly, and the incense of the immortals and gods in the Heavenly Court will become more prosperous!"

The method recorded in Yang Xuan's jade book is called the Method of Inviting Gods to Come to One's Body. It is a method he created successfully after referring to the Candle Illuminating the Heavens taught by Hou Tu and deducing for tens of thousands of years.

The magical power of illuminating the heavens has two effects.

First, when this magical power is used on a certain spiritual treasure, an avatar can be projected onto the body. The higher the quality of the spiritual treasure and the stronger the cultivation of the caster, the more powerful the avatar projected by this magical power will be.

The second is to use this magical power to create a projection spell and usage authority for a certain spiritual treasure.

As long as a creature with permission uses this specific spell within the effective range, it can summon the projection of this magical treasure.

The projection summoned using this method cannot exert too much power and can only use the basic effect of the spiritual treasure.

For example, the Book of Life and Death, which is now the account book of fate, the projection summoned by the Yin Messenger using this method can only be used to check the birth date and lifespan of the living being.

The method of summoning gods to possess his body that Yang Xuan created based on this magical power has an effect somewhat similar to the second one of Zhuzhao Zhutian.

Only one of them is a spiritual treasure, while the other is a celestial being, and...

Incense and golden body!

The gods in heaven can use this magical power to create a spell for themselves.

As long as living beings are within the effective range and use this spell to pray with the power of incense, the gods in heaven will be able to sense it and send down their projections.

Either use divine power to occupy the body of that creature and increase its strength, or project a body to assist that creature in fighting.

The difference between this method and the projection of spiritual treasures by Zhuzhao of the Heavens is that this method uses the power of incense as a medium, so the projections sent down by the immortals and gods in heaven all have considerable strength.

Since the gods in heaven are located in heaven, the prayers of all living beings in the ancient world obviously go beyond this effective direction.

Therefore, Yang Xuan also created a special magical treasure in his method of summoning gods to possess his body.

This magical treasure is a bit like a teleportation array. As long as it is placed in a temple in the underworld, you can use this magical treasure to transmit incense and divine power through the air.

In this way, even if the real bodies of the immortals and gods in heaven and their golden bodies are both in heaven, they can still send down projections. With incense as the medium, the projection condensed by the power of incense will not be too weak.

Moreover, considering that the gods in heaven also need to practice daily, when believers perform the ritual of inviting gods to come to them, it will be regarded as a prayer, which can be responded to by incense and golden statues, so that the gods can practice normally without being disturbed.

Yang Xuan's original intention was to hope that the immortals and gods in heaven would respond with incense and golden bodies, so that incense and Shinto could be bound together, and Shinto could be promoted to make the incense in heaven more prosperous.

The projections summoned by believers using the method of inviting gods to possess their bodies are not condensed by magic power, but by divine power. This divine power can only be cultivated by creatures who practice Shintoism.

In fact, Shinto was not created by Yang Xuan. It had already existed when the Heavenly Court was first established. Some said it was passed down by the Taoist ancestor, while others said it was a gift from heaven.

The speed of Shinto practice is faster than that of Immortal practice. As long as there is enough incense and luck, the level of practice can be improved rapidly. There is no such thing as bottlenecks or unstable foundations.

But Shinto practice also has a huge drawback. Shinto practice relies on incense and luck. Once the incense is damaged and the luck is reduced, the realm will decline accordingly.

In the eyes of all living beings in the ancient world, the purpose of practicing is to achieve longevity and freedom.

Practicing Shinto can certainly lead to longevity, and the increase in lifespan is more obvious than practicing spiritual cultivation.

However, when practicing Shinto, incense and luck become the decisive factors. How can this kind of practice, which is restricted by people, be called free?
Moreover, the incense and fire way is too dependent on incense and luck, so it is destined to have a low upper limit. Not to mention the Daluo Jinxian, it is difficult for ordinary creatures to even cultivate to the Jinxian level.

Because of this, even though Shinto has been around for many years, no one practices it.

Even though Haotian possessed the top Shinto method of refining the Nine Heavens Mysterious Spirit Incense Golden Body, he only used the luck of Heaven and the incense of the Emperor of Heaven to condense a golden body of incense to help himself maintain the operation of Heaven, but he did not take it too seriously.

If even Haotian is like this, let alone other immortals and gods in heaven.

But Yang Xuan has a different opinion about Shinto. As a time traveler, he knows very well how prosperous Shinto is in later generations.

If you can plan ahead and promote Shinto in the ancient times, you will definitely gain terrifying luck in the future and become the master of one path.

As for the low upper limit of Shinto, in Yang Xuan's opinion it is not a disadvantage at all.

Looking at all the creatures in the prehistoric world, there are only a handful of those who can cultivate to the Golden Immortal realm and achieve immortality, and there are even fewer Taiyi Golden Immortals and Daluo Golden Immortals.

What does a low upper limit have to do with my Shinto? Even if I practice the Immortal Way, I may not be able to achieve Daluo, right?

If we ignore the constraints of incense and luck, Shinto is actually a better choice for ordinary creatures.

Firstly, Shinto practice is much simpler and faster. As long as there is incense and luck, the level of practice can be improved rapidly.

Secondly, the increase in lifespan is more obvious when practicing Shinto.

Although they are both earthly immortals, those who practice the way of the gods have at least twice the lifespan of those who practice the way of immortals.

No matter whether it is a congenital creature or an acquired creature, as long as it has not passed the Golden Immortal Tribulation, there will be a limit on its lifespan, it is just a matter of how much.

For these creatures, lifespan is what they care about most.

Thirdly, there are no bottlenecks in practicing Shintoism, and there will be no heavenly calamity. With enough incense and luck, a breakthrough will come naturally.

The main reason why the creatures in the prehistoric world did not realize the benefits of the divine way is that all the creatures in the prehistoric world are practicing the immortal way.

In their view, the immortal way is the right way, and the Shinto way is just a minor way and belongs to the heterodox way. Otherwise, why didn't the Taoist ancestor teach the Shinto way like the immortal way?

Another reason is that few people in the ancient world practice Shintoism, and the Shinto holy places like Heaven have little prestige, making it difficult for people to see the way forward, and there is even no one to ask for advice.

Under such circumstances, naturally no one cared about Shintoism, which gave Yang Xuan the opportunity to deduce Shintoism.

But he also understood that this was a difficult task. If he wanted to change the inherent ideas of all living beings in the ancient world, he needed to do it slowly in multiple steps.

The method of summoning gods to possess his body that he presented to Haotian was only the first and most crucial step in his promotion of Shintoism.

It is simply unrealistic to ask living beings to give up the way of immortality and turn to the way of gods.

Not to mention whether there are any living beings willing to do so, once Yang Xuan does this, he will be robbing the fortune of the immortal path. I am afraid that saints like the Three Pure Ones will come to him, which is simply an act of seeking death.

Therefore, Yang Xuan changed his perspective and did not intend to let the living beings turn to the way of immortality, but to take the heaven as the foundation and let the immortals and gods of the heaven practice the way of the gods. As early as when the temple was built in Jiuzhou, Yang Xuan was preparing for this.

Over the years, the gods in heaven have experienced the convenience of incense and golden bodies. With incense and golden bodies, it has become easier for them to perform their divine duties.

Even though they still look down on Shintoism, they still respond to believers and accumulate incense.

Especially after seeing Yang Xuan's golden body and exploding the divine thunder of heaven with one punch, even if their views on Shintoism did not change much, they attached more importance to the golden body.

As long as Yang Xuan makes this method of summoning gods to possess his body public, it will definitely cause a huge sensation.

It will become easier for the gods in heaven to respond to believers, and they can even respond to the prayers of multiple believers at the same time. The speed at which they can obtain incense will increase several times.

The speed of practicing the incense and golden body will also be improved accordingly. As long as it is combined with the appropriate Shinto method, perhaps in the near future, the combat power of the incense and golden body of some eighth or ninth grade immortals and gods will exceed that of the original body practicing the immortal way.

At the same time, the speed at which the gods in heaven respond to believers will become faster and more frequent. Temples of the righteous gods in heaven will spring up everywhere in the world like mushrooms after a rain. The influence of heaven will surely increase exponentially!
It won’t be long before a large number of temples will appear in the four seas, Kyushu and surrounding areas, and even in other areas of the prehistoric world!
Yang Xuan had briefly explained in the Jade Book the significance of the Summoning Gods Method to the immortals and gods in Heaven. With Haotian and Queen Mother's quasi-saint cultivation, they could naturally tell at a glance that what Yang Xuan said was true.

If they could offer some useful suggestions on this magical power, once the method of summoning gods to possess their bodies spreads and the luck of Shintoism increases, they will definitely gain a lot of luck.

If in the future Shinto can promote the evolution of the primitive world like Immortal Way did, even great merits may be bestowed upon it.

Even the two quasi-saints, Haotian and Queen Mother, found it difficult to resist the temptation brought by the divine fortune and the merits of the Great Dao, and their heartbeats quickened.

But after a moment, they calmed down and handed the jade book back to Yang Xuan.

"My dear, we trust you to do your job. Just make your own decision. There is no need to ask us for your permission."

This matter did make them excited, but if they got involved, what would be the difference between this approach and that of the Antarctic Immortal and Taiyi Zhenren?
Moreover, Yang Xuan's move is beneficial to the Heavenly Court itself, and they can also profit from it. How can they have the nerve to share a share of the benefits?

"call--!"

Even though Yang Xuan was certain that Haotian would not take the opportunity to get involved in this matter, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief after hearing Haotian's words.

He knew very well how prosperous Shinto would be in later generations. Now that Haotian had taken away some of the credit, a huge amount of luck would flow away in the future.

But he did not leave. Since he wanted to promote Shintoism, he had to do it in one step and get as many immortals and gods in heaven involved as possible to avoid accidents.

Yang Xuan bowed again with both hands and said in a deep voice:

"Your Majesty, I have something else to report..."

However, before he could finish his words, Haotian waved his hand.

"Is what you reported beneficial to the Heavenly Court?"

"Exactly!"

Yang Xuan was slightly stunned, with a puzzled look on his face.

"In that case, my dear minister, just do it. From now on, as long as your actions are beneficial to the Heavenly Court, you don't need to report to us. My dear minister, just make your own decision!"

Haotian said this lightly, but the weight of this sentence is quite great.

The imperial privilege of executing first and reporting later cannot compare with this at all.

From now on, as long as Yang Xuan does not harm the interests of Heaven, even if Haotian and Queen Mother are in Heaven, he does not need to ask them for permission. Yang Xuan can make all the decisions on his own.

In addition, with Yang Xuan's current authority in Heaven, even people with ulterior motives like the South Pole Immortal would not openly go against him.

In other words, in the future of heaven, Yang Xuan's words may be more useful than those of Emperor Haotian.

If Haotian and Yang Xuan issued different orders at the same time, the gods and immortals in heaven would probably give priority to Yang Xuan's orders.

This change was beyond Yang Xuan's expectations. He also didn't expect that Haotian had just promoted him and given him so much power.

But with Haotian's words, Yang Xuan's subsequent plans will be more convenient, and the Heavenly Court can also develop completely according to his ideas.

He has the right to unilaterally veto certain orders that go against his ideas.

For example, if a certain immortal from the Chan sect wanted to order the Heavenly Court to fight against the prehistoric world with force, or even their newly established Heavenly Laws, Yang Xuan could indirectly abolish it.

The demon clan and heaven were so powerful in the past, but they relied solely on force to fight against the ancient world. In the end, they still triggered the witch and demon calamity, and both they and the witch clan went into decline.

How can the current Xuanmen Heavenly Court be compared with the later Demon Clan Heavenly Court? If they really do things according to their ideas, there will definitely be no good ending in the end.

Yang Xuan was originally worried about how to persuade Haotian to stop this matter without affecting the relationship between Haotian and the Chan Sect. Now it is easy.

As a time traveler, he has plenty of ways to sideline those two people and guide the Heavenly Court to move forward according to his ideas.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Yang Xuan did not reject Haotian's kindness. After paying his respects, he said goodbye and left. He returned to the Siming Temple and spent another thousand years to deduce.

After determining that the time was ripe, Yang Xuan stood up and flew into the sky.

If you want the gods and immortals to be more concerned about fulfilling their duties, benefiting the world, and accumulating incense, you need to give them a temptation that they cannot refuse.

Yang Xuan had been preparing for this matter for a long time. Now that the time was ripe, he could announce it to the world, which would also lay the foundation for him to promote Shintoism.

It can also enhance the prestige of Heaven and allow all living beings in the world to see the full picture of Heaven.

The gods in heaven exercise authority on behalf of heaven, so how could the way of heaven not express its opinion?
Yang Xuan, wearing an imperial robe and a crown, came to the sky above the Siming Temple, took out a jade book, bowed solemnly to the sky, and said in a deep voice:

"Heaven is above. I am the Emperor of Xiaoxuanqiong, the Supreme Ruler of the Heavens, the Law of All Tribulations, the Lord of Fortune and Destiny. I feel that the Heaven Court is inadequate, so the righteous gods of the Heaven Court exercise authority on behalf of Heaven, enforce justice on behalf of Heaven, and maintain order in the wild. This action has contributed to the wildness, and I should be rewarded for my merits."

"Today, I have specially established 3,600 articles of Heavenly Virtue Salary. I hope Heaven will bear witness to it!"

As he spoke, the Holy Golden Wheel hung high behind his head. He exercised the authority of the Second Rank Emperor of Heaven and drew upon the power of Heaven. It gathered in the sky into two emotionless eyes, silently gazing at the jade book in his hand.

Moreover, his words, with the blessing of the power of heaven, spread throughout the prehistoric world in an instant, causing an uproar.

Since the birth of the Way of Heaven, creatures who dare to proclaim the Way of Heaven have been rare.

Someone like Yang Xuan, who dared to proclaim the Way of Heaven and asked Heaven to bestow merits on all the immortals and gods who performed their duties in heaven, was unprecedented and unheard of!

(End of this chapter)