From Joy of Life, the Tian Gang is reversed

Chapter 261 Severing the Connection Between Heaven and Earth, No Demotion Allowed
This is a heinous act, and Heaven will surely condemn it!

Zhao Xun's voice echoed between heaven and earth, resounding clearly amidst the raging wind and thunder.

Boom! !

As if in response to Zhao Xun's words, the dark, cloud-covered sky suddenly lit up, and huge bolts of lightning surged within the clouds, resembling angry dragons.

Under the invisible pressure, the Buddha's light gradually faded, and the leading monk's expression changed drastically. Faint dirt appeared on his golden robes, and a foul odor began to linger around his nose. A feeling of weakness crept over his body, and his pores began to expel wisps of filth.

The Five Declines of Heaven and Man!

The white-robed monk immediately understood what had happened, and his expression changed drastically. At that moment, he felt that the entire world was rejecting them and filled with malice towards them.

"This is no good, leave immediately." The monk was decisive. Realizing the situation was not right, he shouted sharply. Then, a golden light shot out from between his eyebrows, turning into a stream of light that shot straight into the sky. Almost at the same time, almost the same light also appeared between the eyebrows of the monks around him.

"Is it too late to realize something's wrong now? The Five Signs of Decay of Heaven and Man are not something that can be escaped by simply letting one's soul flee!" Zhao Xun glanced at that side and then stopped paying attention.

At this moment, dark clouds and lightning had gathered into a large mass in the sky. The next moment, large raindrops fell from the sky like a celestial river pouring down.

"What exactly did you do?"

In mid-air, the white-robed swordsman's face showed shock and anger as he watched the streaks of light formed by the monks dim and disappear in the torrential rain...

It was as if they had never been here.

"It's not what I did, but what you did? The Taoist and Buddhist sects control the reincarnation channels of this world, yet for your own selfish reasons, you've detained hundreds of thousands of wronged souls, engaging in karmic transactions. Do you really think there are no rules in the underworld?"

Zhao Xun stared coldly at the white-robed sword immortal, his brows revealing a chilling aura.

"you……"

In that short moment, the white-robed swordsman's face appeared several years older than before, his eyes filled with doubt and confusion.

What is this about illegally detaining wronged souls, and what is this about trading karma and destiny?
What does he mean?
No, is there something wrong with doing it this way?

Rules of the Underworld, are there rules in the Underworld?
Isn't this how it's always been done?
It is a good thing to be able to guide wronged souls into the underworld. Who cares how long they have stayed in the human world or what state they are in?

Who cares about these things?

Wasn't this the same method used to collude with Buddhism in the past?

Why is it not working now, and why has it led to such consequences? After Zhao Xun said those words, everything changed.

What terrified him most was that he sensed a sense of disgust from the Heavenly Dao regarding them, as if it wanted to erase them from this world...

How could this be?
We are immortals, after all. Although immortals are subject to various constraints from the mortal realm and the heavenly laws when they descend to the mortal world, they have long since developed a sophisticated method to avoid or weaken these constraints and recklessly harvest the fortune of the human world.

Why can't it work now?
How did the Heavenly Dao rules of this world become like this? It is so repulsive to immortals who descend to the mortal realm. Moreover, he felt that the force of this repulsion was getting stronger and stronger. If this continues, the strength of immortals who descend to the mortal realm will definitely drop significantly, at least when they possess other people. They will no longer be at the Vajra Realm as they are now, and may even drop to below the seventh rank!
With such limited power, what use could it possibly be if it descended to the mortal realm?

Anyone below the seventh rank could be captured by a county-level constable!

This outcome is absolutely unacceptable and impossible.

Although Zhao Xun is a new sage of Confucianism, he has not yet fully matured. Even the Confucian magical power system he developed is only just formed and far from mature. How could he possibly have such great power to influence the operation of the Heavenly Dao in this world?

This is impossible.

However, there was no use in refusing to accept it. The life force of the body he possessed was disappearing at a visible speed, and even his soul was beginning to weaken. Now, he even found it difficult to control his sword, let alone launch another attack on Zhao Xun.

"I've said it before, Zhang Laogui's method of directly confronting the Heavenly Gate is the most foolish. How can you do that? The descent of immortals to the mortal realm isn't just his affair, nor is it solely the affair of our Confucian school. Does the descent of immortals hurt us Confucianists the most? No, it hurts this world the most. You immortals have turned this world into a place to harvest fortune. The loss of fortune is a great harm to the world. In the past, it was just that no one could awaken it." Zhao Xun looked at the sword immortal whose face had changed from youth to middle age, and then from middle age to old age. "And I happen to have the ability and authority to do this. Do you really think that my salvation of the hundreds of thousands of wronged souls in Xiangfan was just for fun, to show off in front of everyone?"

Would I tell you I'm a subordinate of the Lord of Mount Tai in the Underworld? Would I tell you I'm a watchdog of the Heavenly Court? Would I tell you I've already left the underworld and have official positions in both the Underworld and the Heavenly Court?

In this world, others cannot use the laws of nature to their advantage, but I can!
Using my identity in the underworld, I can gain leverage over you and, with the help of my authority there, establish a new contract. It may seem complicated, but even the most complex matters can be easily accomplished once I have the authority in the underworld.

"From this day forward, any immortal who possesses this realm will have their cultivation level suppressed to below the seventh rank. Affected by the aura of the end times, they will inevitably die of old age in this realm!"

Zhao Xun's words were like golden rules. Once spoken, they resonated with the Heavenly Dao of this world. The aging of the sword immortals accelerated suddenly. Many sword immortals could not withstand this state and cried out in alarm. Their brows flashed with light as they tried to return to the Immortal Realm with their souls. However, like the Buddhist monks just now, they vanished completely in the torrential rain!
"Aren't you...aren't you afraid that this will incur the wrath of the Celestial Realm?"

"Hmph, you overestimate yourselves. The Celestial Realm and the Heavenly Court are nothing but a bunch of country bumpkins who have never seen the world. If you're not convinced, let other immortals go down to the mortal realm and see if they can affect me. Reincarnation, stealing the reincarnation authority of the underworld and arbitrarily reincarnating in the human world—do you know that this is a heinous crime? Don't really think that you can do whatever you want just because you possess one or two treasures of reincarnation in the underworld."

"I'll be waiting for you in the underworld!!"

While the two were talking, hundreds of monks and sword immortals in the sky perished, leaving only the sword immortal with the deepest cultivation struggling to hold on. But now, he was so old that he was no longer human, and he didn't even have the strength to wield his immortal sword. He just stared at Zhao Xun with a pair of resentful eyes, as if he wanted to kill him.

"Indeed, today you finally got one thing right. I am indeed waiting for you in the underworld!" Zhao Xun sneered as he watched the group of sword immortals completely vanish into thin air. With a wave of his sleeve, he pointed to the sky, and in an instant, the dark clouds that had covered the sky completely dispersed.

"Those who belong to the celestial realm shall return to the celestial realm, and those who belong to the mortal realm shall return to the mortal realm. From this day forward, any celestial being who descends shall be condemned by Heaven and Earth, and shall be executed upon encounter. Any celestial being who reincarnates shall not live past twenty years. This is to sever the connection between Heaven and Earth, and no one shall be allowed to descend!"

(End of this chapter)