I have a relic of heaven

Chapter 185: The City God and the Emperor, the Singing in the Biyou Palace
The fog rose and then dissipated, and when I opened my eyes, I saw the ruins of the vast heaven.

After releasing the porcelain doll, Zhou Mu did not stop. He shrunk the distance into an inch with one step and suddenly arrived at the East Kitchen of Jiutian.

He glanced at the towering Taoist palace that was pressing down on the east kitchen. Through a crack in the door of the Taoist palace, he could see a myriad of rays of light.

After thinking about it, I decided not to visit him - I really didn't have the time.

After being promoted to the seventh rank, I have to rush to the Biyou Palace!

Besides, I have to maintain my character for the time being, and I can’t take the treasure. I have to wait for an opportunity, wait for an opportunity.
Zhou Mu and the porcelain doll bowed to the towering Taoist temple.
whirling around,
Zhou Mu walked forward and waved his hand. The red cow corpse that was blocking the bronze door of the east kitchen and could not be moved in the past was easily moved away.

'Squeak~'

With a push of one hand, the bronze door slowly opened, and an old man and a child came in. Nezha looked at the "Book of Conferring Gods and Commanding Immortals" lying in front of the table, slightly distracted.

It seems like reminiscing about the past.

'Om! '

The Book of Conferring Gods and Commanding Immortals suddenly floated up and made a loud sound.

"The Immortal Record has been opened, what is your name?"

"The Immortal Record has been opened, what is your name?"

Nezha rolled his eyes:
"Without someone to control it, the true spirit in the book also collapsed, and it really became a stiff and dead thing."

He was impatient and wanted to punch the Immortal Book away, but was stopped by Zhou Mu.

"Fellow."

Zhou Mu smiled and said:

"Even if it's a job, why not?"

Nezha waved his hands repeatedly:

"After being an official for millions of years, what else is there to be? If I were to become an official now, I would have to start from the ninth rank. It's not worth it, not worth it."

After a pause, the porcelain doll looked serious:
"Of course, if you really want to take on an immortal position, it may not be impossible, but..."

"However, we have to wait until you are promoted to the sixth rank, Brother Dao."

Zhou Mu was stunned:
"Why is this?"

Nezha smiled and replied:

"A sixth-rank immortal position is subordinate to the middle third rank. One can open a residence in the heavenly court and can take the initiative to confer an order on a subordinate god."

Zhou Mu was stunned for a moment, then reacted - Nezha meant that he would no longer be a god in heaven, but he could still be his subordinate god.

Nezha has a profound meaning:

"Brother Dao, this Heavenly Palace has been destroyed and you are the only one who controls it. If I do not become your subordinate god, but directly become an immortal official, there will be trouble when Brother Dao reaches his limit and wants to become the Lord of Heaven next year."

He pointed to the Book of Conferred Gods and Commanded Immortals:

"From now on, if you want to add more vitality to the Heavenly Palace and add more immortal officials, remember, you can only make them your subordinate gods and be subordinate to you. You cannot appoint them according to this Immortal Record!"

Zhou Mu pondered for a moment, nodded silently, walked forward, stood next to the volume of Heavenly Palace Immortal Records, and took a deep breath.

"Eighth-rank landowner, Zhou Mu, you have now achieved enough merits, and you should be promoted to a higher rank."

The Book of Conferring Gods and Immortals swayed slightly, and then shone brightly.

"Eighth-rank Earth God Zhou Mu, your merits are sufficient, and you can be promoted to a higher rank."

"Tell the Fourth Rank Master of Records to review the new records."

"Tell the Second Grade"

"Please ask the Emperor of Heaven."

"All positions are vacant. Zhou Mu, the eighth-rank earth god, can choose a seventh-rank immortal position!"

The loud sound ended, and Zhou Mu looked at Nezha:
"Choose the City God?"

Nezha pondered for a moment, then nodded and said:

"The position of the City God is the most special. It is recorded in the Book of Conferred Gods and Commanded Immortals. He is an official of the Heavenly Court, belongs to the ranks of the Earthly Gods, and is also a position of the underworld."

"Brother, if you hold this position, it means you have the foundation of the [Netherworld]. If you have the chance to go to the Nine Netherworld in the future, you may be able to seize the position of the [Lord of the Nine Netherworld]."

"And only in this way can Brother Dao help Bai Ju to secure his position as Lord Yama."

After a pause, a smile appeared on Nezha's face:

"The most important thing is"

"The position of the City God is different from that of the eighth-rank Earth God, as it has a fixed jurisdiction."

"City God, you can take up the post in whichever city is short of Yin officials!"

Zhou Mu was stunned, his heart throbbing:

"Fellow Daoist Nezha means that there is no City God in the mortal world today."

"So I can be the City God of all the cities in the world?"

"That's right!" Porcelain Doll nodded gently: "Of course, you can only serve in one city at a time, but you can change it at any time."

"The City God is in charge of the rewards and punishments of a city. He has certain authority to determine the happiness, wealth, and longevity of the city's citizens. He can eliminate disasters in a city, and can also..."

After a while, the porcelain doll smiled:
"That's fine. Bringing disaster to the whole city as punishment!"

"In a sense, the City God can also be called the [City Emperor]! He has the greatest authority in a city, and if you take on this position, you will be the emperor of all cities in the world."

Zhou Mu understood and was cheered up.

The Demon City is a city, the Hidden City is a city, then the imperial capitals of the Northern and Southern Dynasties are also cities, so how could the Five Kings City not be a city as well?
If it is a city, he can take over and become the city god, in charge of the rewards and punishments, blessings and disasters of the whole city! !

He is the City God and the Emperor of the City!
This is the seventh rank.
I'm afraid it's a bit over the limit?

No, not some.

It’s so big!
In ancient times, it was not so bad. Each city had a city god, and above the city god there were many immortal officials and gods to pressure him.

But now the situation is completely different. There is no one above me, and there is no city god in any city!

In this way, although it is called a seventh-grade immortal position, its power at this moment may be comparable to that of a fourth-grade or even upper third-grade position.

Zhou Mu's heart was beating slightly. He calmed down his complicated emotions, his eyes were bright, and he said in a deep voice:
"Eighth-rank Earth God Zhou Mu is willing to take on the role of City God!"

The Heavenly Palace Immortal Record swayed slightly, and then turned into a thousand-foot-long light.

"Zhou Mu, the God of Killing of Fortune and Earth, has completed his merits and virtues and has been promoted to the seventh rank."

"The seventh rank of the earthly deity, the City God of the underworld, is in charge of the rewards, punishments, good and evil, blessings, salaries, households, and disasters of the city!"

The golden light like a waterfall crashed onto Zhou Mu!

Ten thousand merits have passed.

"The City God of the Underworld is in charge of all matters of the Yin and Yang in the city, manages the household register of the city, enjoys the incense offerings of the city, rewards the good and punishes the evil, manages matters of fortune, wealth and longevity, and is in charge of all disasters in the city!"

"This position requires a summons from the Earth Emperor once, and can be applied for with a fairy card."

"This position grants the authority of heaven and earth to [reward good deeds]. Living in the subordinate city, one can call upon the power of heaven and earth to reward good deeds."

"This position grants the authority of heaven and earth to punish evil. Living in a subordinate city, one can call upon the power of heaven and earth to punish evil."

"This position grants the magical power [Change Fate], which can change the predetermined fate of living beings, increase or decrease the life span of a life, and grant a living being a temporary fate."

"This position grants the supernatural power [Heavenly Eyes], which allows one to look up into the sky, down into the ground, and to discern the good and evil deeds of all living beings."

"This position is matched with the innate magical power of the earth god [incense and fire]. Eating incense and eating fire can accumulate Dharma and expand power. The statue will not fall, and the body will not perish. The incense will not die, and the soul will not die."

Zhou Mu was stunned by the series of voices. He ignored the fate change, clairvoyance, and the familiar incense, and his whole mind was attracted by [The Authority of Heaven and Earth]!

The authority of heaven and earth, to reward good and punish evil?
Zhou Mu was a little confused. What were these?
He suddenly turned his head to look at Nezha, and humbly asked for advice:
"Fellow Daoist Nezha, this is the authority of heaven and earth."

Nezha smiled and said:
"I asked you to choose the position of City God because there is another important point, which is the authority of heaven and earth. The City God is the only one among the seven positions that can hold the authority of heaven and earth!"

"I thought that after the collapse of the Heavenly Palace, the authority over heaven and earth that came with the immortal position was gone, and it was not mentioned before. I didn't expect it to still exist."

After a pause, he explained in detail:
"The authority of heaven and earth is the literal meaning. It originally belongs to the self-power of the great heaven and earth. Some specific immortal positions can borrow it within a specific scope."

"For example, the two powers you hold right now, [Reward the Good] and [Punish the Evil], after you take over a city, you can exercise these two powers in that city."

As she spoke, a smile flashed across the porcelain doll's face:
"Normally, every time the City God uses the authority of heaven and earth, he must report to his superiors layer by layer, which greatly restricts his use. But it's different for Brother Dao."

"Brother Dao, there is no one above you."

Zhou Mu was confused. With the authority of heaven and earth, he still had to report to his superiors?

Perhaps doing so is intended to limit the power of the City God?

Then how powerful can the authority of heaven and earth be?

Zhou Mu's pupils shrank slightly, and he asked about this matter, but Nezha just shook his head:

"Whether the authority of heaven and earth is strong or not depends on many things."

"For example, when you reward good deeds and punish evil deeds, are the rewards really for good deeds, and are the punishments really for evil deeds?"

"Brother Dao, do you have the merits of heaven and earth? Do you have a large 'weight' in heaven and earth?"

"Is the city where you are serving big or small? Does it have a special status?"

"Every little bit of this is related to the power of the City God to reward the good and punish the evil!"

Zhou Mu listened very seriously. After all, this concerned his own power.

He asked in detail:
"I have no merits in heaven and earth, so this point can be ignored directly. The bigger the city, the higher the status, and the greater the authority of heaven and earth I can have."

"nature."

The porcelain doll nodded:
"I heard that there are two demon royal cities in the mortal world. The demon race is now considered to be half of the protagonists of the world."

"If Brother Dao were to become the City God of the Demon Dynasty's Imperial City, he would punish the evildoers."

The porcelain doll hesitated for a moment and said:
“I can’t say the details, but if the city is really guilty, even the Great Mysterious Immortals or even the Great Powers will not be able to resist!”

Zhou Mu was stunned:

"Just with my magical power at the level of a fake immortal?"

Nezha shook his head:

"The power of the heaven and earth has nothing to do with the strength of the magic power. If we really want to talk about it, it is virtue. Brother Dao's profound virtue can increase the power of the authority."

"of course."

Porcelain Doll added:

"The authority of heaven and earth is very special. In fact, it cannot be judged simply by the ability to kill. If it is used well to reward good and punish evil, even a true king will suffer."

Zhou Mu exhaled, his eyes sharp. If he were to go to the Five Kings City, how much of his power over heaven and earth could he exert?
"What a great job as a city god."

Zhou Mu calmed his mind, and the black gold bronze order in his hand was slowly undergoing a transformation.

The eighth level of the earth god on the back has been changed to the seventh level of the underworld. Although it is still a part of the earth god, it is more of a job in the underworld.

The Fudi Killer God in front was also replaced by the [Great City God].
It can be sensed that the space within the Xuanjin Bronze Order has expanded more than a hundred times!
This is not over yet.

After Zhou Mu completely accepted the great position, the Book of Conferring Gods and Commanding Immortals glowed slightly, and a robe of a prince floated on Zhou Mu.

There is no dragon or python on the king's robe. On the back is a towering dark area, and on the front are dark and mysterious patterns. At first glance, it looks majestic and solemn.

"Royal robe?" Zhou Mu was a little surprised.

, the porcelain doll beside him smiled and said:
"In ancient times, the city gods of small cities were called barons, and those of large cities were called dukes. In some special cities, such as Chang'an and Luoyang in ancient times, or Chaoge in ancient times, their city gods were kings and dukes."

Zhou Mu gently stroked the solemn royal robe on his body. The touch was not warm, but rather cold - he was the god of the underworld after all.

“This robe”

He exerted force, and a real cave heaven and three hundred and sixty-four illusory cave heavens appeared behind him. Nezha was slightly stunned, obviously not expecting that Zhou Mu had found all the internal orifices.

The three hundred and sixty-five caves glowed together, and the terrifying vitality bombarded Zhou Mu himself, but was blocked by the king's robe and he was not hurt or damaged.

Nezha said:
"A seventh-rank City God should normally be considered a Celestial Immortal. The Royal Robe City God is at the top of the list among all the City Gods, so even the killing methods of ordinary True Immortals can be stopped for a moment."

There are three levels of fairyland: celestial fairy, true fairy, and great fairy.

He continued:

"And if Brother Dao is in the city under his jurisdiction, ordinary True Immortals will not be able to do anything to Brother Dao."

Zhou Mu was slightly delighted and said with a smile:
"That's very good. That's very good."

He looked at the Book of Conferred Gods and Commanded Immortals. The immortal record swayed slightly, still glowing, and emitting a loud and majestic sound.

"The Great City God, if you reward a good deed, you will get one more merit. If you punish an evil deed, you will get one more merit. If you fulfill a hundred wishes of the creatures in the city, you will get one more merit."

"If you want to advance to the sixth rank, you need 100,000 merits and a ray of heaven and earth merit."

Zhou Mu was surprised. Only one hundred thousand?
He thought that just like before, to increase it a hundred times, it would require a million points of effort!

If I want 100,000, I will be determined to collect them. If I am lucky, I can kill more than ten monster cities without any monsters coming. Even one day is enough.
However, that strand of heaven and earth merit is the real problem. According to Nezha, one strand of heaven and earth merit can be exchanged for 10,000 merit points, but merit points cannot be exchanged for heaven and earth merit.

And the most crucial thing is that now the human race is no longer the protagonist of heaven and earth. Although you can get merits from heaven by killing evil monsters that harm people, you can no longer obtain [Merits of Heaven and Earth].

How to obtain it is currently unknown.

"The merits of heaven and earth."

Seeing that the Book of Conferred Gods and Commanded Immortals slowly floated back onto the table and remained motionless, Zhou Mu sensed it slightly and raised his head and said:

"It took a lot of time to accept the position, but I can't waste any more time. Brother Nezha, are you willing to go to the Biyou Palace with me?"

Nezha's expression suddenly became solemn, and he bowed:
"Again, why not?"

Zhou Mu nodded, and walked out of the Jiutian East Kitchen with the porcelain doll. After they both bowed towards the Tushita Palace, they headed towards the vast island in the sea of clouds far away.

After taking twenty steps, he walked two hundred thousand miles and arrived at the place where he had first seen the island in the sea of clouds.

Looking again at this moment, the island is still there, with the majestic Taoist palace on it.

Zhou Mu walked forward again holding the porcelain doll. He could clearly see the island in the sea of clouds, and he could clearly take one step every ten thousand miles. However, after walking a hundred or a thousand steps, the island in the sea of clouds was still so far away.

"really."

He sighed softly, thinking that the mountain was too big to be seen, and the island in the sea of clouds that he could see by raising his head seemed just a tiny ball in his eyes, and who knew how big it was actually!
As he walked, Zhou Mu communicated with the Xuanjin Bronze Order, trying to accept the authority of heaven and earth to [reward the good] and [punish the evil], as well as the two magical powers called [change fate] and [clairvoyance].

This process is extremely slow. Changing fate and clairvoyance are fine, but communicating with the copper order to gain the authority of heaven and earth is extremely slow.

As time passed, the tiny island in the sea of clouds finally became bigger and bigger, and closer and closer.
One hour, two hours.

In the third hour, the island was only a million miles ahead. It looked vast and boundless, but both Zhou Mu and the porcelain doll stopped in their tracks and stood still.

"That is."

Zhou Mu's expression became serious, and he looked at the porcelain doll in astonishment.

singing.

They heard a faint and melodious song coming from the island.
It's like an ancient fairy is singing!

(I'm a little late today, sorry)
(End of this chapter)