Hyperdimensional Player

Chapter 368 Stepping into the Heavens, Slaying the Jade Emperor! (Part Two)

Roar!
With a roar that shook the heavens and the earth, the phantom of the exquisite pagoda was lifted up by Duncan with one hand. Then his figure began to expand rapidly, transforming in an instant into a towering giant standing between heaven and earth.

—Following the laws of heaven and earth.

Faced with Duncan, who simultaneously manifested three heads and six arms and the power to transform into the heavens and the earth, the Jade Emperor's expression finally changed in the Lingxiao Palace, and he asked in a deep voice, "Where is the golden guardian figure?"

boom!
The air currents surged, and the sea of ​​clouds rolled back.

One after another, golden-armored deities engraved with countless runes appeared, but it was unknown what treasures they were made of, and they even had a wisp of the laws of the war and slaughter domain on their bodies.

They collected all the weapons in the land, gathered them in Xianyang, melted down the blades and arrowheads, and cast them into twelve bronze statues.

Duncan's cultivation level was already close to that of a Heavenly Emperor. With just a quick calculation, he knew the origin of this thing. No wonder it had a hint of war and conquest.

Where is the Giant Spirit God?

In the Lingxiao Palace, as the Jade Emperor's words fell, one after another divine phantoms began to materialize. Some were beings who had already been conferred divine titles, while others were phantoms that had not yet been conferred divine titles but had already condensed divine positions. However, when they infused their own cultivation, they also condensed into a physical form, just like guardian deities.

In the West, these would be considered otherworldly attendants, demigods, subordinate gods, or other divine beings.

This is a heavenly court system led by the Jade Emperor, created by the Taoist school. Many ancient gods were removed, and the prototype of Journey to the West was born from the folk tradition during the Yuan Dynasty.

"Where is the Celestial Master?"

Whether he liked it or not, the Jade Emperor, holding the Three Treasures Ruyi and with the Heavenly Mandate in his mouth, directly summoned the Dharma bodies of the Three Celestial Masters, namely Celestial Master Zhang, Celestial Master Ge, and Celestial Master Xu.

Zhang Daoling's incarnation wields a wooden sword and a ghostly talisman; Ge Xuan's incarnation holds a scroll of the "Taiqing Danjing"; and Xu Xun's incarnation wields a sword with a phantom image of a dragon beside him.

Later generations spoke of the Four Celestial Masters.

Besides the three mentioned above, there was another Celestial Master who had not yet been born at this time. He was Sa Shoujian from the Southern Song Dynasty. He was also a representative figure of the Shenxiao lineage, but many people in later generations did not know about him.

—Zhang Tianshi (incarnation) (Taiwanese Taoist sect) (eight-star silver-gray).

—Master Ge (incarnation) (Taiqing Danjing) (Seven-star silver-gray).

—Master Xu (incarnation) (slays the dragon) (seven golden stars).

These three Celestial Masters all possessed the Dharma bodies of living immortals, or at least terrestrial immortals. Among them, the leading Celestial Master Zhang was even more profound in his cultivation, as his Dharma body could summon an eight-star silver-gray power mark. If this were in the Western world, with the Celestial Masters' sect accumulating thousands of years of incense and faith, Celestial Master Zhang would probably be able to easily be deified.

Where is Erlang Shen?

The Jade Emperor stood atop the Lingxiao Palace. As his voice fell, a phantom in front of him gradually shifted from solid to ethereal, and then a majestic deity appeared. However, this deity differed from the Erlang Shen in Duncan's memory. Instead of a three-pointed double-edged sword, he wielded a heavy mountain-splitting axe, and a water-splitting sword hung at his waist.

The Three Officials, the Four Symbols, the Five Virtuous Stars, the Six Ding and Six Jia, the Seven Stars of the Big Dipper, etc.

Even within the phantom images of the gods below, there are reflections of the Eight Immortals, the illusory forms of the Nine Luminaries, and then the Twenty-Eight Mansions, the Thirty-Six Heavenly Generals, the Seventy-Two Earthly Fiends, and so on. It can be said that many of the mythological systems of later Taoist sects took shape during the Song Dynasty, and the transformation of Xuanwu into Zhenwu also occurred during this period.

interesting.

Is this a plan to summon the divine forms of the Heavenly Court to gang up on him?
In the West, sometimes otherworldly attendants don't necessarily have to be summoned from gods. Priests can believe in a certain concept and then summon otherworldly attendants from that concept to command them.

The Jade Emperor in front of us is doing pretty much the same thing.

Those divine positions are all within the Heavenly Court's system. It doesn't matter who exactly is sitting on that divine position or who is who. What matters is that the divine position already exists and is deeply ingrained in people's hearts. Therefore, one can directly summon the corresponding divine form through the divine position.

Of course, such a divine form is still somewhat lacking; it can only be considered a divine body endowed with combat intelligence.

If someone holds this divine position, then you are summoning the will of that deity.

Where is the True Lord of the Wondrous Way of Qingyuan?

Faced with the numerous divine forms summoned by the Jade Emperor, Duncan remained calm. The moment he raised his hand, it was as if a Human Emperor Banner had fallen into his palm. The billowing black smoke had transformed into countless rays of light, which were patches added by the laws of Heaven, concealing the true nature of the Human Emperor Banner and making it resemble the Investiture of the Gods.

The words fell.

Before Duncan, a valiant figure wielding a three-pointed double-edged sword appeared, one eye in the center of his forehead already open. The moment he revealed himself, the enemy before him was filled with unease.

Outside the Lingxiao Palace, two Erlang gods faced off!

It's hard to tell which one is real, or whether both Erlang Shen are real.

One is the face of Erlang Shen, which has been promoted and supported by the Taoist sect over the years; the other is the Qingyuan Miaodao Zhenjun, whose title was officially recognized and conferred by Duncan through state rituals.

A machete against a three-pointed, double-edged sword.

Although the Erlang Shen avatar summoned by Duncan looked more like the real one, when they actually fought, the Erlang Shen wielding the mountain-splitting axe completely had the upper hand. After all, the mountain-splitting axe in his hand was a genuine magic weapon. The Jade Emperor's mortal body had stayed in the human world for hundreds of years and had taken all the divine weapons and artifacts that could be found.

at the same time.

The three Celestial Masters attacked Duncan simultaneously, while numerous divine beings in the Heavenly Court also laid out a net of heaven and earth.

With these three strongest Taoist masters joining forces, even Lu Daoren probably couldn't withstand them. Duncan naturally wouldn't allow the enemy to surround him so heavily. He shook the Human Emperor Banner in his hand, and in an instant, a mysterious yellow aura surged out, as if echoing a reflection of the long river of Chinese history.

Then, the figure of a middle-aged Taoist priest, wearing a yellow turban, with long, wildly flowing hair, dressed in a Taoist robe, and with a resolute gaze, slowly appeared. He murmured:
"The sky is dead, and the sky is dead."

"If you are at the age of sixty, the world will be blessed!"

——Taipingdao-Zhang Jiao (incarnation) (Central Yellow Pole Yellow Horn Immortal) (Eight-star Golden)!

hiss.

How is this going?

Upon seeing the middle-aged Taoist priest with a yellow turban on his head, long hair dancing wildly, and an aura of murderous intent, the three Celestial Masters summoned by the Jade Emperor felt a sudden pang of pain in their teeth. Zhang Jiao of the Taiping Dao held a very high position within the Taoist community and was one of the earliest and most prominent figures in Taoism.

Zhang Daoling's grandson, Zhang Lu, was a figure from the Three Kingdoms period. In other words, Zhang Jiao was only a few generations younger than Zhang Daoling, but the influence of the Celestial Masters sect at that time was far less than that of the Way of Peace.

However, due to the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the Way of Peace suffered a severe blow, and later Taoist sects erased much of the Way of Peace's heritage in order to gain the support of the ruling class.

The transformation of Taoism into Taoism as a religion is a sign of this.

One is the Five Pecks of Rice Sect, and the other is the Way of Great Peace.

The Five Pecks of Rice sect required members to pay five pecks of rice to join, while the Way of Great Peace required nothing. If you were starving, you could ask the Great Teacher for food, and he would give you a meal. However, in the history of this world, the Great Teacher Zhang Jiao also died of illness. A highly skilled Taoist who was adept at healing with talismans and water, he ultimately died of illness. It can only be said that this was the will of Heaven.

"This humble Taoist priest is Zhang Jiao."

"May Heaven grant me my death!"

The Taoist school is not limited to interpreting talismans; the Taiping Dao also has the tradition of asking Heaven to sacrifice itself.

If it weren't for the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the influence of the Way of Peace would have far surpassed that of any other branch of Taoism.

Zhang Jiao held a scroll of the "Taiping Jing" in his hand. As soon as his figure appeared, dense lightning spread in all directions, like divine punishment, forcing the three celestial masters in front of him, who were also skilled in Taoist magic, to dodge in a sorry state.

Aside from Zhang Daoling, who can be considered Zhang Jiao's predecessor, the other two Celestial Masters learned many magical arts from the Way of Peace.

Although this great virtuous teacher was not among the Four Celestial Masters of later generations, he accomplished great things. In terms of the ability to cause trouble, no Taoist master throughout history could compare to him.

—Peaceful Painting!
An ancient book rose with the wind, enveloping the Lingxiao Palace like a celestial scripture, directly suppressing the Taiqing Danjing in Ge Tianshi's hands.

—The Great Yellow Heaven Law!
Zhang Jiao's hair and beard danced wildly, and thunder roared behind him, as if to strike him down or to shatter all enemies in his path. He replaced the blue sky with the yellow sky.

He can punish enemies who stand in his way with divine lightning, but he himself must also endure the wrath and thunder of the heavens.

Merit is merit, and fault is fault; his merits cannot offset his faults.

They're enjoying the offerings of the masses in the first half of the night, but they'll be struck by lightning in the second half. Everyone has their own story.

Moreover, Zhang Jiao, whom Duncan summoned, was not the great wise teacher in history. The posthumous deification of a deity is a very subtle matter, and there is also the assimilation of the laws of the divine position, such as the difference between Guan Sheng Di Jun and Guan Yu.

Strictly speaking, Duncan had no hope of being appointed as the 'Central Yellow Pole Yellow Horn Immortal,' but the Heavenly Dao of this place actually accepted it.

God accepted it.

Zhang Jiao of the Way of Peace then transformed himself into a deity ranked among the Five Elders of the Five Directions.

not good!

The expressions of the three celestial masters changed drastically. In terms of fighting ability, they were not necessarily able to defeat Zhang Jiao in front of them.

After all, they are professional rebels.

What's even more terrifying is that the divine position that Duncan appointed as the 'Central Yellow Pole Yellow Horn Immortal' was in charge of was actually 'Calamity', and apart from that, the person in front of him had almost no other divine position.

This clearly shows that Zhang Jiao, after being deified, was used as a weapon.

This calamity can be large or small. On a small scale, it means the change of dynasties. On a large scale, it means that the heavens are dead. If even the heavens can die, then can all the Taoist and Buddhist gods and immortals in the sky also die?
Zhang Jiao did indeed launch a rebellion, yet he bestowed upon such a divine position and even granted him the divine authority of calamity. This is truly terrifying to contemplate.

"Where is the Yellow Turban warrior?"

The moment Zhang Jiao spoke, illusory figures of golden-armored warriors appeared.

The Yellow Turban Warriors are a type of guardian deity in Taoist mythology, originating from Zhang Jiao. However, due to his rebellion, he has been deliberately concealed by the Taoist sects and has not received any formal divine title except for his self-proclaimed titles of Great Teacher of Virtue and General of Heaven.

Thunder rolls from the sky.

Zhang Jiao.

No.

It should be said that the Central Yellow Horned Immortal fought against three Taoist Celestial Masters single-handedly and was not at a disadvantage at all. His demonic thunder magic was even more fierce than the Taoist Divine Firmament Thunder Magic. With Duncan's official divine title, the Great Virtuous Teacher who wore the Yellow Horned Immortal's disguise would have to temporarily avoid Zhang Daoling's sharp edge.

—A nine-section staff!

—To the Emperor Taiping [Letter to the Emperor Taiping]

Time seemed to slow down at that moment.

As Zhang Jiao threw out his nine-section staff, the flow of time was disrupted, as if in slow motion frame by frame. The Book of Peace and Tranquility transformed into countless runes that trapped the enemy before him, with eight large characters suspended in the center: "Renew the world and bring peace."

The core idea of ​​the Taiping Qingling Book is to achieve peace and tranquility. When this goal could not be achieved, it triggered a judgment on the political ecology of the Eastern Han Dynasty by the original Taoism - the Taiping Dao.

Let peace return to the world.

Under the influence of the Taiping Qingling Book, only two people were completely unaffected. The first was Zhang Jiao himself. He held the Taiping General Outline, and his nine-section staff transformed into a phantom outside the Lingxiao Palace. All the summoned creatures related to the Yellow Turban Warriors and Golden Armor Guardian Gods were swallowed up by the nine-section staff.

The second is Duncan himself; for him, the power of the Book of Peace and Order was like the acceleration of the flow of time.

boom!
With a deafening roar, Duncan's figure soared into the sky, embodying the spirit of heaven and earth. The moment he stepped out, a terrifying shockwave shattered the roof of the Lingxiao Palace before him, creating towering waves of clouds and cracking the very fabric of this world.

—Treading the Heavens.

The giant spirit god, whose body was as large as a mountain, was shaken and staggered. Behind him were five hundred spirit officials, but in fact there were not that many. Moreover, the most crucial one was missing, namely Wang Lingguan, a guardian deity appointed during the Song Dynasty.

Wang Lingguan was originally a temple god (City God) in Xiangyin. After being converted by the Taoist priest Sa Shoujian (one of the Four Celestial Masters), he changed his name to Wang Shan. During the reign of Emperor Huizong of Song, he was appointed by the Jade Emperor as the "Primordial General" and a Thunder God, in charge of the duties of investigating and punishing people in heaven and on earth.

These myths and legends are a mix of truth and fiction.

Before those spirit officials could even unleash their supernatural powers, Duncan crushed them into a bloody pulp with a single stomp of his Heaven and Earth Transformation technique. With his three heads and six arms, he seized the giant spirit god before him, and amidst its shrill screams, he severed its limbs and crushed its entire skeleton.

Duncan's Dharma Image weighed it for a moment, then picked up a collapsed white jade beam outside the Lingxiao Palace, pointed to the sky, and carved a line of words in mid-air.

—A towering white jade pillar.

As if in response, the giant pillar that had been removed from the Lingxiao Palace was instantly infused with a golden light. Duncan swung it up and unleashed a powerful sweeping attack, directly forcing back the divine forms and bodies of all the gods before him.

Bah!
The towering white jade pillar transformed into a shadow of a staff and crashed down, instantly smashing the giant spirit's head to pieces. The entire head was smashed into the body, and the massive corpse collapsed with a thud, turning into countless scattered talisman marks.

Duncan used a stick to execute spear techniques, sweeping through the enemy ranks, first beheading the Dharma forms of the Nine Luminaries, and then killing the Five Virtue Star Lords.

As the divine forms of the Three Officials, the Four Symbols, and the Six Ding and Six Jia were all condensed, Duncan roared and tore open this world with his three heads and six arms, drawing out all his magical artifacts from the void.

However, just as he killed the divine images, the phantom of the Giant Spirit God reappeared in the Lingxiao Palace.

"Oh shit!"

"Without Monkey King's clone technique, we almost couldn't break into the Heavenly Palace!"

"They can actually be resurrected?"

Although he was not afraid of being ganged up on, he could not be in multiple places at once. He was actually stuck at the entrance of the Lingxiao Palace, blocked by numerous divine figures.

Above the dimension.

Looking at the Jade Emperor's indifferent and smug phantom in the collapsed Lingxiao Palace, Duncan was instantly enraged.

—A divine kingdom in the palm of your hand!
The endless nebula pattern began to spin rapidly, and Duncan's original spirit stood up, transforming into a dark giant tens of thousands of feet tall. The moment He reached out and lifted it up, a divine kingdom appeared in His palm. On the golden throne in the very center, the human form of the God of War and Slaughter slowly opened his eyes.

啅！
Outside the Lingxiao Palace, the sky suddenly turned pitch black, followed by the appearance of an enormous primordial spirit phantom. It seemed as if it was looking down at everything here through a thin membrane of space. Then, the enormous phantom raised a finger and directly shattered the laws of space. A middle finger descended from the sky, pressing down on the Lingxiao Palace in front of it as easily as crushing an ant!
Click!

As the laws of space shattered, the middle finger that entered the realm of reality instantly grew to be tens of thousands of meters thick, like a massive black shadow that blotted out the sky and crushed everything, but it had no physical form, instead being an energy form.

In the Lingxiao Palace.

The Jade Emperor's expression finally revealed a hint of fear, and he exclaimed in horror, "Is this the true form of the Great Freedom Heaven Demon Lord?"

Why is it so big?

Even if the human form is in the form of the Dharma Heaven and Earth, it seems as small as a delicate figurine in front of the original spirit.

Bullying the few with more?

Want to be resurrected?

Take this cross-dimensional Heaven-Piercing Finger!

Duncan's true spirit appeared and poked a hole in the world of this divine kingdom with a single finger, causing the divine kingdom plane of the Lingxiao Palace to collapse instantly.

………………

(End of this chapter)