Mythology

Chapter 498 Transcending the Three Realms, Outside the Five Elements

A dense fog enveloped the entire town, through which countless figures could be vaguely seen moving about. But upon closer inspection, one would find that these figures were nothing more than reflections in a mirror or the moon's reflection in water.

A light drizzle would occasionally fall, giving all the buildings an illusion of being unreal and ethereal.

This is the so-called Deep Daughter Kingdom that Yang He mentioned, but it would be more appropriate to call it the Real Daughter Kingdom. The present world seems to be just a dream.

suddenly.

The smell of blood permeates the air.

A corpse with four heads and eight arms appeared out of nowhere in the shadows of the opera house.

The corpse was lifeless, riddled with holes, with its internal organs half exposed, and its four heads bearing different expressions before death.

The compassion of Dhritarashtra, the anger of Virudhaka, the fear of Virupaksha, and the bewilderment of Vaishravana.

Most of the flesh and bone in the arm had been torn apart, and the wound was still decaying. It seemed that the body would soon be completely reduced to ashes.

pat pat pat.

Footsteps approached from afar, accompanied by the sound of bamboo canes tapping the ground.

An elderly man with a fist-sized tumor on his forehead walked slowly towards them. The surface of the tumor was covered with worm-like blood vessels, and a crack at the top revealed a half-closed vertical pupil that was constantly oozing pus.

The old man was wearing a brown robe embroidered with peach patterns, but upon closer inspection, those peach patterns were clearly the shapes of curled-up babies.

He stopped half a meter in front of the corpse, the roots of his bamboo cane piercing the corpse's temple.

Two elderly men followed them; one had a long beard with five strands, a full forehead, and a square jaw; the other wore a black gauze hat and exuded an air of wealth and nobility.

The three immortals of fortune, prosperity, and longevity are connected by a shared aura; to be precise, the immortals of fortune and prosperity are more like incarnations of the immortal of longevity.

"The Four Heavenly Kings have indeed been possessed. This old Taoist's nephew is truly terrifying. Even the Three Pure Ones during the time of the Chan and Jie sects were no more than this."

The three immortals of fortune, prosperity, and longevity spoke at the same time, their voices overlapping.

"I am ashamed to admit my inferiority."

The three immortals stroked their beards, their hairs having transformed into roots. Their current state of body and soul was extremely strange, definitely not what ordinary immortals should be like.

"Amitabha, I never expected that you, Antarctic Immortal, would not let the two immortals of fortune and prosperity go unpunished."

Shouxian turned his head and saw someone coming towards him.

He was not surprised at all. The other party was short and dwarf-like, with a ruddy baby face, but his head was covered with ordination scars. It was none other than Julusun Buddha.

Having stayed in the Kingdom of Women for a long time, the Buddha Juliusun's appearance has changed drastically.

Originally, it at least resembled the Buddha; now it looks like a demon in human form.

The Immortal of Longevity smiled and said, "The immortal positions of Fortune, Prosperity and Longevity should be together. They are a bit blind, so after refining them, there is no need to worry about their safety."

A hint of apprehension flashed in the eyes of the Buddha Julusun. With the blessing of the Immortal of Fortune and the Immortal of Prosperity, the Immortal of Longevity was already comparable to the Golden Immortal of Primordial Chaos. If they were to merge into one in the future, he might even be able to formally ascend to the level of the Golden Immortal of Primordial Chaos.

“Shouxian, I told you before that Yang He’s immortality is mainly due to his escape from the cycle of reincarnation. Now, the Women’s Kingdom is a pseudo-cycle of reincarnation formed by the Mother-Child River and the Abortion Spring. No matter how much he schemes, he can’t get in.”

As Ju Liusun Buddha spoke, he weighed one or two corpses on his toes.

Dead as hell.

Yang He's possession of another body was ultimately a heretical method. In essence, it was using his own characteristics of being outside the Three Realms and outside the Five Elements. No wonder he suffered a backlash when he tried to refine the avatar in Chang'an.

Shouxian broke off a section of the corpse's finger and chewed it. "So why did you deliberately abandon the Four Heavenly Kings? Was it just to test Yang He?"

“Amitabha, it would be a disaster if the Four Heavenly Kings continued to stay in the Women’s Kingdom.”

Shouxian gave Julusun Buddha a deep look, the latter's aura becoming increasingly unpredictable.

As the two were talking, faint cries of an infant could still be heard coming from inside Ju Liusun's body.

The Immortal of Longevity is only half a step away from becoming a Golden Immortal of Primordial Chaos, and so is the Buddha of Fearless Sun. It is said that he has already found a way to ascend to the Saha world in the Kingdom of Women.

Julusunfo grabbed the corpse by the ankle and dragged it along.

"Let those demons deal with the corpse. Hehe, since they're holding onto the Ten-Life Golden Cicada, it's not unreasonable to use them to deal with Yang He."

"Yes, I've heard that the Great King of Inspiration's supernatural powers can enter dreams, which can definitely affect Yang He in reality."

"Perfect timing! This old Taoist also wants to meet with the various demons and ask for a few pieces of Golden Cicada's flesh and bone to taste."

As the two left the theater, a long trail of blood stretched out behind their dragging corpse.

Snapped.

Julu Sunfo paused, for the ankle had dislocated from the joint due to the corpse's excessive decomposition, and the body lay motionless, its face unrecognizable.

"The corpse was rotten beyond recognition. The Medicine Master praised Yang He for his great supernatural powers, but it seems he was nothing special."

After saying that, his ankle completely turned into pus and fell to the ground.

Shouxian reminded him, "Perhaps Yang He realized that the avatar still existed, so he wanted to deal with this flaw in reality, and that's why his supernatural power was exposed..."

Before he could finish speaking, the corpse's index finger trembled slightly, whether it was an illusion or not.

The immortal examined the corpse; it was still just a lifeless lump of rotten flesh.

Julusun Buddha reacted even faster than Shouxian, opening his mouth and spitting out a Buddhist bead that pierced directly through the corpse's brow, the brilliant Buddhist light forming flames that burned within a hundred meters.

The corpse, which should have been completely dead, suddenly stood up straight like a marionette, its organs falling to the ground with a clatter, and its four heads opened their eyes.

The Four Heavenly Kings grinned from ear to ear, revealing a sinister smile with sharp white teeth.

"Giggle..."

Shouxian and Julusunfo exchanged a glance, both of them somewhat incredulous.

Their divine sense is comparable to that of a Primordial Golden Immortal, so they would never mistake a corpse for an empty shell. Not to mention a soul, even the flesh and bones are lifeless.

Click click click.

The corpse made strange noises from its throat, and its eight arms extended to support its body. Then, it climbed backwards onto the roof of the opera house in an ergonomically unnatural posture.

The rotting flesh fell off in a rustling sound, making the corpse even more grotesque.

"If it's not Yang Hezuo's haunting, could it be a corpse turned into a ghost?!"

Ju Liusun was breathing rapidly, still traumatized by Yang He, and was quite shocked even though the corpse's aura posed no threat.

The corpse lunged at the two of them, moving only slightly faster than a mortal.

The Immortal of Longevity raised his bamboo staff, and countless roots tore the corpse apart. The flesh and bones were also burned to ashes by the Samadhi True Fire spat out by the Immortal of Fortune, leaving only a stench of decay.

Julusun Buddha stared at the sizzling pus and blood on the ground, his brows furrowed.

Shouxian tried her best to suppress her yin energy, but her corpse was extremely fragile. It was very likely that Yang He deliberately forced them to destroy the flaw that led them to the real Daughter Kingdom.

"Amitabha, what a pity."

Julusun Buddha clasped his hands together and shone the body with his Buddha light to confirm that there were no more traces. "The Great King Linggan may be able to use the body to enter a dream and deduce the supernatural power of possession. If this child is not eliminated, he will definitely become a major threat."

He looked around and saw that some immortals and Buddhas had already noticed the commotion in the theater.

Shouxian replied, "It's alright. Since Yang He was able to possess the Four Heavenly Kings, he likely has other targets in the mortal world. There's always another chance."

"who!!!!"

Shouxian suddenly turned his head and saw that in the corner of the backyard of the opera house, the corpse that should have been reduced to ashes was strangely curled up in the shadows again!
Following Shouxian's gaze, Ju Liusunfo couldn't help but furrow his brow.

The corpse's four heads hung low, and blood flowed from its gaping mouth.

"Not quite dead? Impossible, it's probably just a trick by that bastard Yang He!!"

With a fierce shout, the Buddhist beads burst forth with dazzling golden light, instantly turning the corpse into mincemeat!
However, the next moment.

Hehehehe... It was laughter again, like a hole in their throat, this time coming from behind them.

Without turning around, roots sprouted from the spine, piercing, tearing, and crushing the corpse, as if it wanted to vent its anger by dismembering it into eight pieces.

However, under the gaze of divine sense, the corpse was clearly destroyed.

The results of it.

The moment the two looked up, the corpse lay sprawled on the rooftop, its smile still present, but the decay had worsened, and the stench emanating from it made them feel nauseous.

"Yang He!!!"

The voice of the Buddha Kuru was already tinged with madness. The Sanskrit chants he uttered acted as chains, squeezing the corpse layer by layer before swallowing it whole.

He was willing to pollute his body and soul rather than see the grotesque face of the corpse again.

But... the body is still there.

No matter what methods are used, it cannot prevent the corpse from reappearing in a blind spot.

Furthermore, with each death, the aura of the corpse gradually intensifies, a process that is extremely slow. After four or five deaths, one reaches the Hunyuan Realm.

At the same time, the corpse had begun to master Yang He's two supernatural abilities.

The left side of the head leaned towards the Corpse Celestial, and a faint five-colored divine light emanated from its skin.

The two tried to ignore the corpses, but it didn't work; the corpses kept haunting them. Even if they chose to go their separate ways, corpses would still appear in each of their sights.

Both Shouxian and Julusunfo realized that the corpse had become a source of inner demons for them.

Heart demon.

What unfamiliar words! After they became immortals, they never encountered inner demons again.

Realizing the seriousness of the corpse, the two discussed the matter briefly and then went their separate ways.

If they continue to cause trouble, they will no longer attract immortals, Buddhas, demons, or monsters, but rather the creatures in the real Women's Kingdom's palace, which even they are very worried about.

You should know that officials, bosses, and agricultural bureau chiefs are all projections of those things.

The Buddha Julusun appeared quietly outside the rouge shop, making no attempt to conceal his aura. Before long, he attracted the attention of the Buddha Baosheng inside the shop.

"Senior brother, how have you been? If something happened, why didn't you let me know?"

When Ratnasambhava did not receive a response, he continued, "Brother, you've come so late at night. Is there something important you need to discuss? Let's come in and talk."

"kindness?"

Ratnasambhava was deeply puzzled. He saw that Khrushchev was covered in blood, and even though he tried to suppress his distracting thoughts, he could still see the panic in his eyes. Something was wrong.

Immediately afterwards, he noticed a corpse following not far from where Julusun Buddha was.

"Senior Brother Ju Liusun, have you been offended by the imperial palace?"

The Buddha of Frugalus still did not respond, but through the words of the Buddha of Precious Life, one thing was confirmed: the inner demons brought by Yang He... were contagious!

Anyone who has ever seen the inner demon will be entangled in its corpse.

The trouble is big.

Julu Sun Buddha openly crossed the street, and seven or eight immortals and Buddhas had already been tainted by his inner demons. As a result, he might even blame himself.

He only wanted to seek the opportunity to become a Primordial Golden Immortal in the Kingdom of Women. If any immortals or Buddhas blocked his way, let alone advance further, it would be difficult for him to even save his life.

"Amitabha."

Fearing that Sun Fo would turn and leave, all that could be done for now was to wait and see.

If the immortals or Buddhas can resolve the inner demons, then we can make further plans.

“Senior Brother Ju Liusun, you…”

When Ratnasambhava got up, Khrikuti had already left.

He frowned and looked toward the end of the street, when he suddenly noticed four rotting heads pressed against the window frame, their mouths stretched to their ears.

"what?"

Ratnasambhava raised his hand and slapped the body, tearing it to pieces.

He was filled with doubt, and before he could examine the remains of the body, another corpse was found hanging upside down outside the door, which stirred an indescribable unease in his heart.

His divine sense swept across the surrounding city.

In the neighboring shops, corpses lay sprawled in various ways in blind spots.

Even if some immortals or Buddhas reacted, it was clearly too late. The virus formed by the inner demons swept through the entire Women's Kingdom, and no one could avoid it.

Having lived in the Kingdom of Women for decades, the immortals and Buddhas had long since figured out the taboos.

The arrival of inner demons shattered the peace.

They couldn't remain indifferent, because the inner demon was growing too fast; in just a few days, it had already reached the level of a true immortal.

Even if they restrain themselves from killing, their inner demons are enough to threaten them.

.........

Three days later, in a dilapidated temple on the outskirts of the Women's Kingdom.

The Longevity Immortal slowly stepped into the dilapidated temple, his bloated body appearing somewhat unsteady, while the Fortune and Prosperity Immortals were reduced to mere heads hanging from the tops of their bamboo staffs.

"Fear Liusun!"

"kindness."

The figure of Julusun Buddha appeared, with most of his ten fingers missing, and he no longer had his previous high spirits.

After they both spoke, they fell silent at the same time.

They tried to dispose of the corpses but were powerless, while also having to evade the siege of the immortals and Buddhas, as they all wanted to find out the truth about the inner demons from the two of them.

The two understood that the inner demons were almost unsolvable and were likely derived from Yang He's three calamities and six tribulations.

Normally, the inner demon only targets Yang He. It is only because Yang He is unable to reach the real Daughter Kingdom that the inner demon shows signs of going out of control.

"Shouxian, you could bring the inner demon to the palace, but that's too risky."

"Where are the demons?"

"They are also affected by inner demons, but since the demons gather in one place in the market, they only have one inner demon to face. Immortals and Buddhas are destined not to unite. The number of inner demons... is dozens or even hundreds."

The sound of crawling came from outside the dilapidated temple, and the inner demon followed closely behind.

Shouxian was seething with hatred. Her plans in the Women's Kingdom had completely fallen apart. She shouldn't have offended Yang He; this man was simply a jinx.

Getting involved with it will never end well!
After hesitating for a long time, Ju Liusunfo gritted his teeth and said, "Now that things have come to this, we have no choice but to take the risk."

"what do you mean……"

Julusunfo murmured Yang He's name repeatedly, and after calming himself, he said, "We must bring Yang He here, or there will never be peace!!!"

Shouxian laughed mockingly, truly having no other choice.

The inner demon has its sights set on Yang He, believing that as long as Yang He is in the Mother-Child River, all troubles will be resolved.

"Now that Yang He has transcended the Three Realms and is no longer within the Five Elements, what should we do?"

Julusun Buddha coldly said, "Possessing only the Four Heavenly Kings is definitely not enough. What if we wanted to possess more than a dozen immortals and Buddhas at the same time? We'll forcibly pull him in!"

(End of this chapter)