Da Zaojun

As the thunder subsided, beams of clear light descended, enveloping Song Wuji.

[The Flawed Protagonist of the Human Path]

Song Wuji immediately examined the fragmented form. It was not a divine form, but rather a fragmented form of the protagonist of the Human Realm.

This grid belongs to the entire human race, who were once the protagonists of the destiny of heaven and earth.

Song Wuji immediately understood the meaning of the protagonist's flawed destiny.

This realm can devour the fortune of other races, and it can also subdue subordinate races. Currently, it is the narrow sense of the "human realm," that is, the human realm that only includes humans. However, after subduing a large number of races in the later stages, it will become the human realm for all sentient beings.

The Lord of Humanity stands at the pinnacle of all sentient beings, the Lord of Humanity, the Lord of all under Heaven and all races, and can be honored to ascend to the position of [Great Heavenly Venerable].

In addition, it can grant Song Wuji destiny and fortune, but it is also like a beacon in the darkness, attracting other races. Anyone who kills Song Wuji can obtain it.

In addition, there was a great supernatural power called [Transformation into a Fetus], which transformed Song Wuji into a [pure human], just like the first batch of humans created by Nuwa.

They are born pure humans, of the innate race, at the level of human ancestors.

It is precisely because he is at the level of the Ancestor of Humanity that he can bestow the fate of the protagonist in the human realm upon him.

Before the human realm's destiny is exhausted, Song Wuji cannot suffer fatal injuries or be affected by any curses.

Song Wuji sensed his own destiny increasing and couldn't help but nod. Wasn't this similar to the Purple Star Emperor's Mandate in the Investiture of the Gods? With this imperial mandate, no magic could touch him. Even when Yang Jian tried to assassinate King Zhou, he was blocked by the purple energy.

However, Song Wuji would certainly not abuse this protagonist's aura and would restrain it.

They immediately began to investigate what was going on with the small cycle of reincarnation in the human realm that had been constructed.

The slightest sensation of the Reincarnation Command elicited a response.

Each person's resurrection count is related to their lifespan.

The first resurrection will deduct 2 years of lifespan.

The second resurrection deducts 4 years of lifespan.

The third resurrection deducted 8 years of lifespan.

The fourth resurrection deducted 16 years of lifespan.

The fifth resurrection resulted in the deduction of 32 years of lifespan.

Generally, after these five resurrections, one loses 62 years of lifespan and basically enters old age.

If you die a sixth time, 64 years of your lifespan will be deducted, and you will not be able to be resurrected. If your lifespan is insufficient, you will be sent to the Magpie Bridge Secret Realm, where you can choose to be reborn as a refugee or be reincarnated normally.

In the Magpie Bridge Secret Realm, if they can directly transform into "vagrants" through the Celestial Treasure Tree, their cultivation will be reset to zero, and all their previous talents will disappear, requiring them to start over.

If one chooses to be "reincarnated," then one grows up normally from an infant.

Those who cultivate the Golden Core can awaken their innate wisdom after the age of eight. They can choose to inherit a talent from their previous life and receive an additional gift of half of the essence, energy, and spirit from their previous life, which will be automatically inherited upon reaching adulthood.

However, this opportunity to be reincarnated only exists in three lifetimes: the past, present, and future.

Each cycle of reincarnation is both oneself and not oneself.

It's simply the accumulation and inheritance of merits and deeds.

Both reincarnation methods will wash away the ritual power of the previous life, allowing you to choose a different profession after reincarnation, or complete the rituals you chose in the previous life more quickly.

Resurrection consumes lifespan, which in turn consumes the power of the Creation Pool. The Future Pearl consumes their future to provide the power of resurrection.

Through reincarnation, one walks the path of the Impure Tree, the Pure Land Tree, the hungry ghost transforming into a celestial being, and the celestial being entering the human realm.

Alternatively, one can choose not to be reincarnated, but instead remain as a soul within the guiding banner and the net of heaven and earth, becoming a [divine official]. This divine official specifically refers to ghosts and spirits.

Because it's not just the dead who need to be resurrected; even those who are already ghosts need to be reincarnated, and they follow this same path.

Song Wuji couldn't accommodate so many resurrected people here, so he had them handle government affairs, information, and accumulate human merit. The Heavenly Net was composed of individual grids, covering the territory of the human realm.

Previously, Song Wuji chose to have meritorious heroes serve as local deities, but that required a shrine, the filling of burial chambers, and the calculation of ley lines, which was really troublesome.

Each grid is not very big; it is 500 meters long and wide, which is one square mile.

This grid worker is specifically responsible for matters within this grid.

Each grid can have 1-3 grid members.

A grid worker is someone who works in a grid where there are no people. Their main job is to collect information and patrol the area.

The two grid workers are those who are developing the land, which may have farmland or other outputs. They need to take care of the outputs and learn the corresponding agricultural magic.

Three grid workers may be responsible for a grid with villages or outposts, and they also need to help handle government affairs and information in the corresponding area.

These grid workers, after accumulating enough merits, can choose to be reincarnated first or be promoted.

There are 4 grids, with one unranked priest assigned to the third-class village land.

There are 8 grids, and one rank-9 divine official is assigned to the second-class village land.

There are 16 grids, and a rank-9 divine official is appointed, making it a first-class village land.

There are 32 grids, and one eighth-rank deity is appointed, who is a third-class town land official.

There are 64 grids, and one eighth-rank official is appointed to be the second-class town land deity.

There are 128 grids, and a seventh-rank deity is appointed as the first-class town land official.

There are 256 grids, one seventh-rank official, and one third-class county land official.

And so on.

This is called "land" only when there is no city. If there is a city, it is called "City God"; if there is a mountain, it is called "Mountain God"; if there is water, it is called "Water God"; if there is a road, it is called "Road God".

In short, at present, Tian Chengbi serves as the City God and Land God of Hongzhou Prefecture. He organizes the examination, and among countless ghosts, the grid member examination is held first.

If you want to be reincarnated, you can either wait patiently for your lifespan to run out and be reincarnated naturally, or you can compete with others, become a civil servant, accumulate merits, be reincarnated first, and even inherit a portion of your human merits as a legacy.

Song Wuji was quite satisfied with this system. Although these ghostly officials also needed some offerings, the essence of those offerings was to purify one's thoughts.

The net of heaven and earth woven by the Weaver Girl, the great net of humanity, can be accessed by everyone. Naturally, many thoughts are collected. These thoughts can then be transformed into "electronic incense offerings." They do not require worshippers to make offerings. The merits they earn can be exchanged for them and used for cultivation and self-sufficiency.

"Compared to traditional Shintoism, this Shintoism is completely controlled by humanity and only serves and depends on humanity. This is the truly good Shintoism."

Although it is only the path of incense and deity, or the path of ghosts and gods, not the path of authority or the path of nature, Song Wuji believed that the secret realm token of the human path was the new carrier of authority, and did not need those remnants of the divine path.

The Way of Heaven and the Way of Earth have both broken down, so the Way of Authority and the Way of Gods have no future.

After the decree of reincarnation was issued, a gentle breeze swept across the entire human realm, and everyone sensed it.

Then a panel appeared before them, which included not only the name, talent, the values ​​of the three treasures of essence, energy and spirit, and human merit, but also a line for lifespan.

For ordinary people, those whose vital energy and spirit are around 1 point have a lifespan of only 60-80 years.

A ninth-rank master can live to be around 80-120 years old, spanning approximately two cycles of sixty years.

This ninth-rank master refers to someone whose essence, energy, and spirit all reach level 3 or higher, with a total of level 10 or higher, thus breaking through the first layer of life's shackles.

An eighth-rank master, whose essence, energy, and spirit all reach 5 or above, with a total of over 20, and who has broken through the second layer of life shackles, can live for about three Jiazi, which is about 120 to 180 years old.

A seventh-rank master, whose essence, energy, and spirit all reach 10 or above, and whose total exceeds 40, can live to be 180-300 years old if they break through the third layer of life shackles.

Those who reach the seventh rank and above can cultivate the Golden Core. Those who cultivate the Golden Core can live even longer, and reaching 500 years old is not a problem.

(End of this chapter)