The author of the book "The Book of the Dead"

Chapter 259 Taiyi Guards the Corpse, the Power of the Masses

"I am the Sixth Heavenly Emperor of the Human Race!"

Upon entering this realm, one is greeted by towering jade trees and a sweeping gale.

Their upper and lower purple pupils stared at each other.

A hint of surprise flashed in the other person's eyes.

"The Sixth Heavenly Emperor of the Human Race?" The deep voice murmured to itself, as if trying to find the corresponding person in its memory.

A whisper came from beside the man, and he suddenly realized what was going on.

"I see, fellow Daoist, please come in."

The clouds parted, revealing a celestial palace atop the clouds.

Liang and Yue took advantage of the momentum to fly into the sky and landed on the golden palace and white jade platform.

Three people were standing on the stage.

Leading the group was a young emperor with a fair complexion and no beard, wearing an imperial crown.

This person wore a headband that resembled stars, and his double pupils shimmered with a mysterious light.

Standing beside him was an elderly man with white hair and a white beard reaching his chest, surrounded by an aura of innate wood energy.

Li Bai, dressed as a swordsman, stood beside the old man with his arms crossed, a cold glint in his eyes.

The moment Liang Yue stepped forward, the two of them simultaneously clasped their hands in a salute.

"disciple……"

"Li Chunfeng!"

"Li Bai!"

"Greetings, Master."

The old man was none other than Li Chunfeng, whom Liang Yue did not recognize at first.

“Grandmaster, this is Emperor Shun with double pupils…” Li Chunfeng stepped forward and introduced the two, “Your Excellency Emperor Shun, this is my grandmaster, Daoist Lingbao.”

"I have long admired your name." Emperor Shun cupped his hands in greeting. "How do you know of the sixth emperor of the human race?"

The Sixth Emperor of Humanity was a plan set forth by the Five Emperors of antiquity. This plan aimed to use the power of the Five Emperors and all the resources of humankind to create the Sixth Emperor.

Generally speaking, outsiders should be unaware of this matter.

Furthermore, what's the deal with this person's double pupils?

Emperor Shun was filled with doubt.

"To be honest, I have met Emperor Yao."

To prove the truth of his words, Liang Yue even took out the Go stones that Emperor Yao had given him.

Next, Liang Yue replied to Li Chunfeng and the others, recounting the events that had occurred over the past few hundred years.

"As for double pupils, that's a long story. It was an opportunity I obtained by chance."

Li Chunfeng, Li Erlang, and Li Bai had been gone for too long and were unfamiliar with what happened afterward.

After listening to Liang Yue's explanation, I finally grasped the concept.

"To be ranked among the immortals... it seems the patriarch has realized the vision of the Jie Sect." Li Chunfeng stroked his beard and smiled. "This disciple would also like to report..."

The three Lis were quite lucky, each obtaining an ancient Daoist lineage. Li Chunfeng merged with the ancient Qingdi Daoist lineage, thus becoming what he is today.

Li Bai, on the other hand, refined a primordial green lotus.

"This disciple calls himself Zhen Yuanzi. Fellow Daoist Li Bai is the Azure Lotus Sword Immortal."

“Zhen Yuanzi…” Liang Yue smiled knowingly and said, “Not a bad Daoist name.”

Emperor Shun did not interrupt, but listened quietly to the conversation. After learning about Emperor Yao's matter, Emperor Shun understood and breathed a sigh of relief, saying, "Fortunately, the seal has not been broken."

Emperor Shun's task was the same as that of Emperor Yao before him: to govern a region and suppress the ancient gods and demons.

Emperor Yao was responsible for dealing with Emperor Jun, while Emperor Shun was responsible for suppressing Emperor Jiang.

One is a demon clan leader, and the other is a lord of mythical beasts.

"There is something I don't understand." Liang Yue surveyed the vast land below the Golden Palace. The Candle Dragon Kingdom within the Gate of Taiyi was enormous, probably the size of the Earth's surface.

However, most of them are hidden in the hazy darkness, making it impossible to see what is real and what is not.

"Please speak, fellow Daoist," Emperor Shun said.

The sixth emperor, personally acknowledged by Emperor Yao, must have been a good candidate; however, judging from his appearance, he lacked the domineering and flamboyant aura of Guang Chengzi back then.

"Why can't you come out?" Liang Yue asked, expressing his confusion.

Li Erlang could come and go as he pleased, while the others seemed to be sealed off, never leaving their homes for fear of encountering any danger if they went out.

Emperor Shun and his companions exchanged glances, gave a wry smile, and gazed at the sky with a mysterious light flashing in his double pupils.

Liang Yue followed the gaze of the crowd.

Ten thousand miles of white clouds, stretching as far as the eye can see.

Above the clouds, a colossal object looms in the air, creating a powerful visual impact.

Its body is like a mountain range, its scales resemble mounds, and its entire body is grayish-white, as if it were sculpted from granite.

This is a stone snake.

The stone snake held a golden lotus candle flame in its mouth.

It turns out that the sun under the sky is the flame in the mouth of the Candle Dragon.

"Is Zhulong one of Dijiang's subordinates?" Liang Yue roughly guessed that these people must have been left behind to seal away demons.

Since the spiritual energy has only recently been revived, the human race is not yet very strong. Releasing these demons rashly would be a huge blow to the human race.

“Zhulong is not under Dijiang’s command, but rather the guardian of the Taiyi Temple… This place is more complex than any other pantheon.”

"The Dijiang pantheon predates our discovery of this place, but as the spiritual energy neared its end, the cultivation levels of Dijiang and the other immortals and demons were greatly reduced, and it was Zhulong who suppressed them..."

Meanwhile, the human race suppressed the Zhulong and Dijiang behind them.

This resulted in a chain of suppressions, creating a situation where a single action could have far-reaching consequences.

"What we want is complete suppression, so Zhen Yuanzi and the others have no choice but to stay and cannot leave for even a moment."

At this point, Liang Yue finally understood.

No wonder these people didn't seem to have much power; it turns out they used most of their power to suppress the gods and demons of this place.

"Zhulong..."

Liang Yue looked at the mysterious lamp in the mouth of the Candle Dragon.

As the guardian beast of Taiyi, Zhulong may know Taiyi's secret.

They even understood the origin of the spirit silkworm.

Emperor Shun said, "If the seal is maintained, it is estimated that Zhulong will fully awaken in about thirty years, and Dijiang and Dijun will be revived in about five hundred years."

"Both Dijiang and Dijun are at the level of Immortal Emperors, and they have several Heavenly Immortal-level generals under their command. If they are revived, the human race will repeat its tragic state of the past."

"Now, you are the strongest among the human race. You must make the most of these five hundred years."

The annihilation of spiritual energy changed too many things. The Five Emperors either disappeared or fell into hardship. Promising talents of yesteryear perished one by one, and now only Liang Yue, whom Emperor Yao valued, remains.

To be fair, Emperor Shun didn't think the so-called Taoist system could achieve anything significant.

The present era is certainly not as glorious as the ancient times when there were countless brilliant generals.

There were so many people to choose from back then, such as Guang Chengzi, Yu the Great, Hou Yi, Cangjie, Peng Zu, and so on.

Without these geniuses, humanity would likely have remained in decline for thousands more years.

However, since things had come to this point, Emperor Shun was unwilling to say anything discouraging.

I still hope that future generations will make something of note during this precious time.

"If we release the Candle Dragon first and then subdue this beast, will you be able to move freely?" Liang Yue suddenly asked.

"The risk is too great. Zhulong is also suppressing Dijiang and other beasts. If the seal is loosened and the beasts come out, we won't be able to handle it. Gods and demons may be born ahead of schedule."

"It's alright, get ready, and come back next year."

Seeing that it was getting late, Liang Yue took Li Erlang and left the place.

Back to Guanjiang Estuary.

Liang Yue immediately ordered, "Erlang, prepare the teleportation array."

"How big?"

"At least 100,000 people can be teleported at a time."

"This……"

"Don't worry, I will take action."

In the following year, all the local deities of Guanjiang Estuary were mobilized, and even Qingfeng Tongzi was conscripted to modify the teleportation array.

The key is to use Liang Yue's thoughts as the support for the formation.

A formation capable of teleporting at least 100,000 people at once is no small feat, so the idea is essential.

Time passes little by little.

As the setting sun cast its golden rays upon the mountaintop, even the fierce-looking grass-headed deity began to do manual labor.

One of the giants, who was a hundred feet tall, was particularly eye-catching.

This is not a demon, but a yellow-robed, big-headed monk. The monk is carrying huge stones, and his workload in a day is at least equal to that of a thousand grass-headed gods.

The sun has completely set.

boom!
The monk spun around, emitting white smoke, and transformed into a boy with red lips and white teeth.

"I'm exhausted." The boy wiped the sweat from his brow. "Excellent technique." Erlang Shen appeared beside him at some point, praising him repeatedly.

"This is the seventy-two transformations of Patriarch Bodhi."

"Teach me in a bit."

"it is good."

In the secluded chamber by the pool, Xuanwu joyfully splashes water, while Liang Yue closes his eyes in deep thought.

He has already sent a message to the Taoist sect.

The goal this time is simple: to get the Taoist sect to use the Zhou Tian Xing Dou Grand Array to suppress the demons in this area with a million cultivators.

If there are not enough people, Liang Yue can also use his own ideas to fill the gaps in the formation.

Regardless, let's take down Zhulong first.

A year is but a blink of an eye for a cultivator.

Soon, the new moon will arrive.

The Gate of Taiyi, the Kingdom of Zhulong.

The place appears calm on the surface, but undercurrents are surging beneath.

Emperor Shun and Zhen Yuanzi, among others, sat in front of the palace.

“Your Majesty, release the seal at midnight. I believe the Ancestral Master has a way,” said Zhen Yuanzi Li Chunfeng.

Li Bai spoke up at the opportune moment, saying, "The Zhou Tian Star Formation gathers the essence of the Daoist sects of the Three Realms. If it can't even deal with a mere Zhulong, how can it negotiate with Dijiang five hundred years from now?"

"Whether you have doubts or are uneasy, you have to test its quality first."

"Alright." Emperor Shun made up his mind, then stood up and activated his double pupils.

The most important function of double pupils is "suppression".

Under the influence of double pupils, all supernatural powers will be weakened by one level out of thin air.

This time, Emperor Shun intends to lift the restrictions.

Purple eyes flashed with mysterious runes.

Click click click...

The stone skin on the surface of the Zhulong's body cracked and fell off, revealing translucent, fiery red scales inside.

Boom boom!

As the Candle Dragon awoke, the entire world began to tremble, as if something was breaking through the earth.

The Candle Dragon is related to the sealing restrictions; if the Candle Dragon is loosened, the entire world will be affected.

Flames burst forth from the golden lotus in the air, like fiery serpents coiling around it, as if a mountain were about to collapse.

Within the flames, a human-shaped shadow could be faintly seen; this was the primordial spirit of the Candle Dragon.

The shadow gradually solidified into a solid form.

The crimson fire transformed into a bright red robe, dazzling and luxurious, as if it were formed from the blazing sun in the sky. Mysterious bird and insect patterns climbed on it. If someone who understands ancient decorative culture were here, they would surely recognize it as the ancient Chu-style divine patterns.

This spirit has a heroic face and a majestic and dignified temperament, with a leaping flame between its brows that echoes the lights outside.

His primordial spirit flickered in and out, seemingly not yet having returned to its strongest form.

"Cough cough cough, too weak." The primordial spirit coughed several times in the void.

After battling the strange beasts in succession, they finally sealed them away when Dijiang was weakened.

The humans broke in again and sealed his true form once more.

Perhaps it has only just recovered and its strength has not yet been fully restored.

The primordial spirit senses the outside world.

"Hmm? These ants are still here?" A hint of dissatisfaction flashed in the primordial spirit's eyes.

He didn't have the good temper of other gods. After being sealed away for so many years, he was filled with resentment.

"Very well, this is the perfect opportunity to get to know you all."

His primordial spirit formed a hand seal, his energy surged, and a chilling killing intent filled the air.

"Candle Dragon!!"

The primordial spirit gave a soft shout and unleashed a crimson magic seal.

Wow!
Outside, the Candle Dragon opened its crimson eyes.

In an instant, the sky and earth turned crimson, and flames filled the heavens.

Endless flames fell straight down.

With the intervention of Zhulong, the mythical beasts from the mountains and seas that had been suppressed beneath the earth gradually revived.

A giant ox a thousand feet tall, a nine-headed willow tree, a giant snake a hundred miles long...

Demonic energy soared to the sky, and blood energy surged forth.

Deep within the earth, an even more terrifying aura was brewing.

Upon first smelling the aura, Emperor Shun felt a faint pain between his brows, and his purple eyes seemed to be bleeding.

He realized that the aura of Emperor Jiang had appeared.

However, the most urgent task is to deal with the upcoming skyfires.

Boom boom boom...

The three used their magic to stop the heavenly fire that was falling like a meteor.

The heavenly fire splashed and spread rapidly, burning away all vegetation and strange rocks, turning everything on earth to ashes.

The three are still holding on.

Zhulong made sarcastic remarks, saying, "It's all in vain, a waste of effort."

These people nearly died trying to seal the barrier, and they were even weaker than I was when I first recovered.

boom!
A crack appeared in the void.

The crack burst open with a dazzling white light.

This light was like the beginning of creation, giving birth to all things; white light filled the entire world.

The vast and magnificent aura terrified all the immortals and demons in this world, causing them to freeze in their tracks.

When everyone came to their senses, they realized they were in the boundless starry sky.

The sky was filled with twinkling stars, but upon closer inspection, the stars were not anything else; most of them were living, breathing people.

The cultivation levels of everyone converged on the central North Star.

The Emperor Star is also a form of Dharma.

The Dharma image is the majestic Kunlun Mountains, where the innate peaches of immortality are full of vitality, and the enormous Yang God Dharma image sits in meditation on them.

Suddenly, the Dharma Image stretched out its large hand and slowly covered down.

The giant hand, formed by the combined power of a million cultivators, possesses an irresistible force.

The Zhou Tian Star Array is not even located here; the array's main body is at the mouth of the Guanjiang River, and this place is merely a projection of its power.

The eye of the North Pole Emperor Star Formation is naturally Liang Yue.

Beneath Liang Yue's feet lies a black lotus of primordial spirit, gathering the power of a million cultivators.

boom!
The giant hand swept away all the resurrected demons, then grabbed the neck of the Candle Dragon.

In less than a round, the powerful enemy was defeated.

The three people below looked astonished.

"This... with everyone united, the stars in the sky shine brightly."

Emperor Shun was speechless, his mouth agape for a long time.

He couldn't understand how Liang Yue could gather the strength of a million people, and it seemed that this was not the limit.

"With everyone united and the Daoist sects of the Three Realms working together, is this the key to the revival of humanity?"

Only now did Emperor Shun understand why Emperor Yao called this person the sixth emperor of the human race.

They also learned about the power of the Three Realms Daoist Sect.

The future of humanity has never depended on one or two geniuses. Such geniuses cannot compare to innate gods and demons, and the race is easily wiped out when these geniuses fall.

Only by pooling the strength of the masses can the advantage of the human race's large numbers be truly brought into play.

Emperor Shun was completely relieved and laughed, "This is the son of the great prosperity of the human race."

Meanwhile, the battle continues.

Liang Yue separated a wisp of his divine thought, which leaped into the golden lotus lamp flame in the mouth of the Candle Dragon.

Wow!
Crossing the scorching flames.

"Huh? Something's wrong."

Liang Yue sensed something was wrong.

There seems to be the presence of other living beings inside this object.

Wow!
The divine thought manifested as its physical form, and the instant it entered, its thoughts transformed into layers of golden locks, locking this void and confronting the primordial spirit within the fire.

Both sides were somewhat taken aback.

Liang Yue thought to himself, "It seems to be a corpse dissolution method?"

"Taiyi's aura?"

(End of this chapter)