Honghuang: Creation of the Green Lotus, the beginning of the Three Pure Ones

Chapter 175: Those who are righteous are butchers, those who are unrighteous are scholars

When the demons awaken, it is humanity that is constrained, because the feud between humans and demons has long reached a point where there is no end in sight.

The human race will gain merit by hunting the demon race, and the demon race will improve their own cultivation by devouring the flesh, blood and souls of the human race.

Once the Buddha awakens, the earthly path will be constrained. The earthly path is based on the six realms of reincarnation and gains merit by sending people through reincarnation.

It advocates the principle of karma and retribution. If one fails to cultivate virtue in life, they will be punished after death. Even if they are reincarnated, they will be relegated to the three lower realms.

Buddhism, on the other hand, advocates that one can become a Buddha instantly by laying down the butcher knife. Most of those saved are evil people. After all, saving evil people is the only way to gain greater merit.

This is the biggest difference between the Di Dao and the Buddha Dao, which also leads to the existence of the Di Dao and the Buddha Dao as opposites.

So now that the underground has awakened, Hongjun will inevitably awaken the Buddhist path in order to suppress the underground. He may even awaken the demon path as well to prevent the human path from awakening.

After all, besides the Demonic Path being the nemesis of the Heavenly Path, the Earthly Path and the Human Path would also share the Heavenly Path's fortune, which was unacceptable to the Heavenly Path.

At this time, the Styx Patriarch had finally understood what the devil's way was. If the way of heaven advocated following the will of heaven, then the devil's way was to go against the will of heaven.

The cultivation method of the Demonic Path also made Hongyun Patriarch feel that it was more suitable for him and the Shura Clan.

After all, the practice of the magic path relies on karma and absorbs overwhelming evil spirits, which are also the most abundant in the Netherworld Blood Sea.

Gradually, the Styx Patriarch was completely attracted to the magic path. In addition, Chen Xuan preached the law of karma to him, which gave him a deeper understanding of karma.

After an unknown amount of time, the Styx Patriarch finally opened his eyes. However, at this moment, a trace of demonic energy was rising from his body.

I saw the ancestor of the Styx standing on the twelfth-grade black lotus of destruction and bowing respectfully to Chen Xuan.

"Thank you, Senior Qinglian, for preaching to me. Now I finally understand where my own path lies."

"I have a humble request. I hope Senior Qinglian can accept me as your disciple."

Chen Xuan had never thought that the Styx Patriarch would actually want to become his disciple. This inevitably made Chen Xuan start to think about whether he should accept this disciple.

Chen Xuan knew that the Styx Patriarch was destined to never become a Heavenly Dao Sage because Hongjun would never give him the chance to achieve enlightenment.

Even if the Styx Patriarch had not met him, even if he had cultivated for countless years, he would have only been able to reach the peak of the Quasi-Sage realm and could barely be called a Half-Step Sage.

But now that he has met me, under my guidance, he has turned to the path of magic, majoring in the law of karma.

Then there may be a day in the future when one can attain enlightenment, and the enlightenment attained will not be the way of a saint, but the way of the Hunyuan Daluo Jinxian.

However, Chen Xuan still had some concerns about accepting such a person as his disciple, fearing that this person would stab him in the back at a critical moment.

Suddenly, Chen Xuan couldn't help but say to himself: "Those who are loyal are mostly butchers, and those who are unrighteous are mostly scholars."

"So what if I cultivate the Way of Demons? So what if I cultivate the Way of Heaven? Who says that those who cultivate the Way of Demons are ruthless and those who cultivate the Way of Heaven are compassionate and righteous?"

Thinking of this, Chen Xuan waved his hand directly at the Styx Patriarch. A force of law instantly fell into the body of the Styx Patriarch.

"This is the secret law of the Great Dao. Today, I will teach it to you. This will prevent Hongjun from discovering and wiping you out before you achieve mastery of the Demonic Dao." Upon hearing Chen Xuan call himself a master, the Styx Patriarch burst into tears of joy. He then knelt on the Twelve-Rank World-Extinction Black Lotus and performed the solemn ceremony of acknowledging Chen Xuan as his disciple.

At the same time, he continued, "Demon Dao above, today I, Minghe, take Senior Qinglian as my master. From now on, I will be a Qinglian Islander in life and a Qinglian Island ghost in death. If I do anything to let my master down, I will fall into the endless demon abyss and never be reborn."

The ancestor of the Styx actually swore an oath to the evil way, which inevitably made Chen Xuan more certain that his decision to accept the ancestor of the Styx as his disciple was not wrong.

Because falling into the Endless Demonic Abyss is definitely the greatest punishment for a demon cultivator. Because the Endless Demonic Abyss is not a world for demon cultivators.

This is the place of exile for demonic cultivators, a punishment meted out by Daozu Hongjun. It is said that the Demon Abyss lies within the Guixu, a place where even saints cannot set foot.

So at this moment, Chen Xuan directly reached out his hand to help the Minghe Patriarch up, and said: "Minghe, there are many methods in the magic way, and all of them can make you become a demon."

"But there are different types of demons. Those who are ruthless and heartless are demons. Those who treat all living beings as worthless and take pleasure in slaughtering them are also demons."

"But these are ultimately minor paths. A true demon must not only not be heartless and unrighteous, but must also be compassionate and righteous. All they seek is to act according to their own will, without being restricted by the law."

"You may pursue supreme slaughter and challenge all powerful enemies. But you may not bully the weak and take pleasure in slaughtering living beings."

"In short, a demon possesses only demonic nature, not a demonic heart. Otherwise, even if you possess a thousand cultivations, you will end up like Luohou."

The Styx Patriarch listened attentively to Chen Xuan's explanation of what a demon was. This also touched his heart in a different way.

He even said directly: "Thank you, Master. I have learned how to cultivate the devil. What is needed is to use the devil to enter the Tao, not to transform myself into a devil."

Seeing that the Styx Patriarch was so teachable, Chen Xuan nodded with satisfaction, "From today on, you will be my registered disciple."

"If you can enter the Dao as a demon, instead of transforming into a demon, I will definitely accept you as my personal disciple. Otherwise, I will destroy you with my own hands."

Patriarch Minghe nodded gratefully, "Master, rest assured. I will never let you down. I will definitely become your personal disciple in the future."

At this time, Chen Xuan had a jade knife in his hand and flew towards the ancestor of the Styx.

"Why don't you show me the three flowers on your head so that I can sever the path of the three corpses for you? This will also help you rebuild the law of karma."

Without a single word, the Styx Patriarch instantly revealed three lotus flowers on his head. Atop each lotus flower sat a Taoist priest.

One of the Taoists chanted, "Dai." He kindly embraced the twelve-level karmic fire red lotus. The other two, each holding a precious sword, were none other than Yuantu and Abi, ancestors of the Styx.

As the three corpses of the Styx Patriarch appeared, the jade knife hovering above his head also moved. In just a moment, it separated the three corpses from the three innate spiritual treasures.

He also carved Taoist patterns on the three corpses, and then reintegrated the three corpses into the body of the ancestor of the Styx.

As the three incarnations were merged back into the main body, the cultivation level of the Styx Patriarch instantly fell from the late Quasi-Saint stage to the peak of the Golden Immortal stage.

In response to this, the Styx Patriarch only frowned, but did not complain. He even asked Chen Xuan.

"Master, what about the Hongmeng purple energy in this disciple's body? How can I force it out?"

(End of this chapter)