Honghuang Xuanyang Dao

Chapter 135: The Ten Kings of Hell and the Devouring of the Fourth-Rank Lotus Body (Please Subscribe)
Seeing that only the most important positions such as the Ten Kings of Hell, the Six Cases Officials, and the Four Judges were left, they had not yet been decided.

Zhunti Taoist was anxious and immediately said, "Since the other positions have been decided, I wonder how the Ten Kings of Hell should be allocated!"

After hearing what Zhunti Taoist said, Shangqing Taoist suddenly looked over at him and said with a stern expression, "Aren't you too impatient, fellow Taoist?"

After saying this, the Shangqing Taoist ignored the Zhunti Taoist's expression and turned to Li Xuanyang and said, "I wonder how you plan to divide the powers of the Ten Kings of Hell!"

Seeing this, a strange look flashed in Li Xuanyang's eyes. It seemed that Sanqing, Jie Yin, Zhunti and others all set their sights on the Ten Kings of Hell.

If that's the case, then you're making a wrong decision.

"The powers of the Ten Kings of Hell are not divided into big or small, they just have different responsibilities." Li Xuanyang spoke casually as if he didn't see the dispute between the two.

"Your words are very kind, fellow Taoist. But does the position of the King of Hell in the Ten Courts of Hell have a title?" Taoist Shangqing nodded and asked.

"The Ten Halls of Hell can be called: First Hall, King Qinguang; Second Hall, King Chujiang; Third Hall, King Songdi; Fourth Hall, King Wuguan; Fifth Hall, King Yama; Sixth Hall, King Biancheng; Seventh Hall, King Taishan; Eighth Hall, King Dushi; Ninth Hall, King Pingdeng; Tenth Hall, King Zhuanlun."

"His status is second only to the Emperor of Fengdu. He is in charge of all matters in the underworld, manages the books of life and death, records information of life and death, controls the good and bad punishments in the underworld, and decides the reincarnation of souls of the living." Li Xuanyang said lightly.

The Ten Kings of Hell are powerful and influential. Although they may be involved in the karma of right and wrong, trapped in the underworld, and busy with affairs, it is not conducive to their spiritual practice.

But there are also great merits to help. The greater the authority, the more merits one will gain, which will be of great benefit to the disciples' practice.

What's more, the authority of the Ten Kings of Hell is second only to that of the Emperor of Fengdu, and they can control the reincarnation of all living beings in the prehistoric world.

"What is the Book of Life and Death?" Taoist Yuqing suddenly asked Li Xuanyang.

"The Book of Life and Death is the Book of Life and Death." As soon as Li Xuanyang finished speaking, everyone saw that the Book of the Underworld held in the hands of Fengdu Emperor suddenly shone with golden light, and three innate divine characters of "Book of Life and Death" appeared on it, which seemed to be able to control the life and death cycle of all living beings in the prehistoric world.

"The Book of the Underworld!" Zhunti Taoist's heart moved. He ignored Shangqing's words and immediately said, "My two disciples will only take the positions of King Qin Guang and King Yama. The positions of the other Ten Courts of Hell, the Six Cases of Gongcao, and the Four Great Judges are for you fellow Taoists to discuss!"

When he heard the Taoist Zhunti mention King Qin Guang and King Yama, Di Jun's face darkened and he snorted coldly, saying, "King Qin Guang is the leader of the Ten Yama Palaces, and King Yama is named after Yama. They are both very important."

"Fellow Daoist, are you doing this so that your disciples can control the Book of Life and Death and thus obtain a top-grade innate spiritual treasure, the Book of the Underworld?"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone's expression changed slightly, and a hint of hostility appeared in their eyes.

Taoist Shangqing was looking at the innate spiritual treasure, the Book of the Underworld, in the hands of the Emperor of Fengdu. A strange color flashed in his eyes, as if he had vaguely thought of something.

"The Western Land of the two Taoist friends is inherently deficient, so how can you hold the positions of King Qin Guang and King Yan Luo? Aren't you afraid that the Western Land will not have enough luck to protect your disciples and get into trouble?" Taiyi said coldly.

Seeing Di Jun and Tai Yi's objections, Yu Qing Taoist also said calmly: "This is not appropriate."

Upon seeing this, the Taoist Zhunti sat down with a sullen face, saying nothing, and glared at Di Jun, Tai Yi, and the Three Pure Ones. He knew that it would be difficult for him and his two senior brothers to interfere in the affairs of the underworld and reincarnation this time.

"I wonder how the Emperor of Fengdu plans to appoint the positions of the Ten Kings of Hell?" At this time, the Taoist Jie Yin suddenly asked the Emperor of Fengdu.

"Since you have asked me about this, I will determine the positions of the Ten Kings of Hell."

Upon hearing this, Zhunti Taoist felt a strange feeling in his heart. He saw the Emperor of Fengdu smiled and said in a deep voice to Yun Zhongzi, "This Emperor orders you to transform into the Yama King of the Ten Courts and take charge of the Book of Life and Death!"

The next moment, the Emperor of Fengdu sacrificed the innate spiritual treasure, the Book of the Underworld, which turned into a Book of Life and Death and fell on Yun Zhongzi's head, activating a trace of the merit of creating the world in his body, and combined it with the underworld, and a hint of change appeared.

Suddenly, thousands of layers of colorful clouds emerged from the underworld, and a rumbling sound was heard. Ten ancient palaces appeared, and the colorful clouds gathered and the golden light shone everywhere.

The next moment, ten divine lights suddenly flew out from Yun Zhongzi's body and fell into each hall respectively, transforming into incarnations and becoming the Ten Kings of Hell. The Book of Life and Death also turned into a ray of light and fell into the hands of King Qin Guang.

"Fellow Daoist, what is the meaning of this?" Taoist Yuqing frowned and asked Li Xuanyang.

"This matter was decided by the Great Emperor of Fengdu. Why are you asking me, fellow Taoist?" Li Xuanyang said lightly.

"Hmph, fellow Taoist, you have a good idea. Not only did you establish the King of Fengdu, you also let all your disciples take charge of the positions of the Ten Kings of Hell, completely controlling the underworld and reincarnation." Taoist Yuqing said with dissatisfaction.

How could everyone present not know the relationship between Li Xuanyang and Emperor Fengdu? It was just that no one pointed it out.

Li Xuanyang remained expressionless in the face of Yuqing Taoist's words. He ignored everyone's reactions and spoke directly, "I would like to trouble you all, fellow Taoists, to have your disciples take over the Six Cases and the Four Judges temporarily. Later, someone with great merit will take over, and this rotation will occur every 129,600 years."

"I wonder what you fellow Taoists think?"

"This is a very good saying!" Taoist Shangqing actually spoke out in praise.

Li Xuanyang showed a hint of doubt, not knowing what the Taoist Shangqing meant by this move. He subconsciously looked at him, only to see the Taoist Shangqing nodded with a smile.

"That's good." Taoist Taiqing also nodded in agreement.

Seeing this, although Taoist Yuqing was somewhat reluctant, he could only nod since Taiqing and Shangqing had already agreed.

What's more, things have come to this point. The King of Fengdu has already decided the positions of the Ten Kings of Hell. Even if Jie Yin, Zhunti, Di Jun, Taiyi and others have unfriendly expressions, they can't change anything.

Seeing that everyone had no objection and the positions of the Ten Kings of Hell were decided, Li Xuanyang said no more.

One disciple each from Sanqing, Jie Yin and Zhunti will temporarily take charge of the four judges. The Liu'an Gongcao will select some people with merits from the two tribes of witches and liches to temporarily take up the positions and decide on various positions in the underworld.

Just when everyone was about to say goodbye and leave the underworld so that their disciples could come and take up their posts.

A cold and still voice suddenly echoed from the void, "Before all living beings reincarnate, they must resolve the karma and right and wrong of their past lives, otherwise the world will be in chaos."

The next moment, a divine light emerged from the void, landed on the Naihe Bridge, and transformed into a Meng Po. No matter what the soul that came, what was its identity or magical powers in its previous life, it could not escape the bowl of Meng Po soup, which would erase its past and obscure the memory of its true spirit.

Seeing this, Li Xuanyang was slightly startled and blurted out subconsciously, "Meng Po!"

"Now we're in trouble!"

"No wonder in later generations, whether they were cultivators at the Golden Immortal level or reincarnated disciples of saints, they all couldn't escape the effects of a bowl of Mengpo soup, which washed away their memories of their past lives. It turns out it was actually Nuwa herself who incarnated into this."

A hint of worry appeared in Li Xuanyang's eyes. Hongyun's true spirit had not yet been reincarnated. If it passed through the place of reincarnation, it would probably have to drink a bowl of Mengpo soup.

But if you don't reincarnate through the land of reincarnation, there may be variables.

"Greetings, Her Majesty!" Di Jun and Tai Yi both showed joy on their faces. With the incarnation of the saint Nuwa personally in charge, even if Li Xuanyang and Hou Tu took control of the underworld and the land of reincarnation, they would not dare to do anything to the demon clan. Even the Heavenly Court might have a chance to get involved in the power of reincarnation.

However, Meng Po ignored the words of Di Jun and Tai Yi, and only handed bowls of Meng Po soup to the souls coming to reincarnate.

The expressions of the Three Pure Ones did not change much, they just frowned slightly, but Jie Yin and Zhunti were angry. If their disciples wanted to accumulate merits and practice through reincarnation in the future, it would be difficult.

It's not that it's impossible, but that one needs to completely forget the past, and one must go through many hardships, or even completely sink into the cycle of reincarnation.

Seeing that things had come to this, everyone stood up and said goodbye.

Taoist Shangqing, Li Xuanyang, and Emperor Fengdu bowed and said with a smile, "If you have time, you may visit East Kunlun Mountain."

"Since fellow Daoist has invited me, I will definitely go." Li Xuanyang bowed in return.

After leaving the Netherworld, Taoist Zhunti's expression darkened. "Nuwa didn't seek the position of Fengdu Emperor and the Ten Kings of Hell for the demon race, but made things difficult for Li Xuanyang and Hou Tu. Instead, she had to personally transform herself to guard the Naihe Bridge. Could it be that she was trying to make things difficult for us?"

“Junior brother, there is no need to do this. There is the Eight Treasures Merit Pool on the Eight Treasures Mountain. It can help disciples to clear their minds and spirits, reshape their bodies, and is very useful for awakening past memories.” The Taoist Jie Yin shook his head and said.

"Brother, although the Eight Treasures Merit Pool has this wonderful use, once the memories of the past are lost, you will be trapped in the cycle of reincarnation. If you are not careful, you will encounter disasters."

"By then, even those of us quasi-saints with great supernatural powers will not be able to protect them all." The face of the Taoist Zhunti was full of anger, and it was obvious that he was extremely dissatisfied with Nuwa's move.

"Things have come to this, there is no need to say anything more, Junior Brother."

"No matter what, this time Medicine Master and Maitreya are able to stay in the Netherworld to serve, accumulate merit and practice, so their trip is finally worthwhile."

Seeing everyone say goodbye and leave, Hou Tu sighed softly, stood up and said to Di Jiang and other ancestor witches: "Brothers, please move to Pingxin Hall for a detailed discussion."

The ancestor witches such as Dijiang looked at Houtu who had transformed into the goddess Pingxin, stood up with a gloomy look, left the hall, and walked towards the Pingxin Hall.

At this time, Li Xuanyang had already stood up and left Fengdu Ghost City. He walked to the head of Naihe Bridge and glanced at Meng Po. A golden divine light flashed around his body, revealing the three flowers of his primordial spirit. Above the half-acre-sized auspicious cloud, the innate twelve-grade reincarnation purple lotus was hanging high, and a divine light was derived and fell down.

It crashed down in front of the Naihe Bridge and turned into a ten-thousand-foot-high platform, named Wangxiangtai. It was wide at the top and narrow at the bottom, with a front like a bow and a back like a bowstring. Except for a small stone path, the rest was full of swords and trees, and was extremely steep.

On it, the law of reincarnation contained in the innate twelve-grade reincarnation purple lotus turned into a blue stone, named the Three Lives Stone. The words on the stone were bright red like blood, and were engraved with four large characters "Reach the Other Shore Early", emitting bursts of brilliance.

"I have built this platform here to look back to my hometown, so that souls can say goodbye to their loved ones in the world of the living." "The Three Lives Stone contains the past and present stories of all living beings."

Meng Po on the Naihe Bridge seemed to pause for a moment, turned her head to look at Li Xuanyang with a hint of deep meaning in her eyes, and then turned around to continue serving bowls of Meng Po soup.

Meng Po soup can obscure the true spirit and erase all memories of the past life, while Wangxiangtai and Sansheng Stone can make people remember the past.

"God, have mercy on me!" Countless souls who came to reincarnate knelt on the ground and shouted to Li Xuanyang.

"With this Wangxiangtai and Sansheng Stone, we can avoid a lot of trouble." The King of Fengdu also took a look at Meng Po on the Naihe Bridge, then he retracted his gaze and looked at the Wangxiangtai and Sansheng Stone in front of him.

Feeling Meng Po's gaze just now, Li Xuanyang felt that Naihe Bridge was not a place to stay for long.

"Now that the matter here is settled, why don't you go back to Fengdu Ghost City first?" Li Xuanyang said to the Emperor of Fengdu.

"Please come with me, fellow Taoist." After saying that, Emperor Fengdu and Li Xuanyang returned to the Fengdu Ghost City.

At this time, there were still a few people in the hall who had not left, including Kong Xuan, Chang'e, Yaoshi, and Maitreya.

Sitting at the top of the hall, Li Xuanyang glanced at Kong Xuan and Chang Xi and said, "Since the reincarnation cycle has just been established, do you two plan to stay in the Netherworld and serve in the Underworld?"

"The human race has just passed a great catastrophe, and there are still many trivial matters that need to be dealt with, so I plan to return to the human race." Chang'e bowed to Li Xuanyang and said.

"That's good." Li Xuanyang nodded and set his eyes on Kong Xuan.

"Disciple!" Kong Xuan showed a hint of hesitation. He was planning to say goodbye and leave as well, but when he thought about the Medicine Master, Maitreya, and other disciples in the hall who were going to come to the Netherworld to take up their posts one after another, he was afraid that with his junior brother Yun Zhongzi's magical powers, he would not be able to control the disciples of these future saints.

"Disciple plans to stay for a while longer to help Junior Brother Yun Zhongzi to take charge of the Netherworld." Kong Xuan seemed to glance at the pharmacist, and the aura of the Golden Immortal was revealed, with five colors of light faintly appearing around his body.

Li Xuanyang naturally understood Kong Xuan's plan and said, "Well, then, you will temporarily command the Ten Ghost Marshals and take charge of the ghost soldiers and ghost messengers in the Netherworld."

"Disciple will follow the master's instructions!" Kong Xuan agreed immediately.

Li Xuanyang nodded and looked at Emperor Fengdu.

Upon seeing this, the Emperor of Fengdu addressed Medicine Master and Maitreya, saying, "Since you wish to take charge of one of the Four Great Judges, which one would you like to choose?"

Just now, Li Xuanyang only mentioned the four great judges, but did not specify which four judges they were and what specific powers they had, which made Yaoshi and Maitreya look at each other in confusion.

Faced with Fengdu Emperor's question, the two of them could only bow respectfully and say, "It's all up to the Emperor!"

Hearing this, the Emperor of Fengdu smiled and nodded, saying, "The Four Great Judges can be divided into the Rewarding the Good, Punishing the Evil, Investigating, and the Underworld Law. You two have come to serve in the Netherworld to accumulate merit and practice."

"How about going to the Rewarding and Benevolence Department, managing the Book of Benevolence, and arranging the reincarnation of those who did good deeds in their lifetime?"

After hearing the introduction from the Emperor of Fengdu, Medicine Master and Maitreya were delighted. They thought the Rewarding and Benevolence Department was a good place to accumulate merits. They immediately nodded in agreement and bowed to the Emperor of Fengdu, saying, "Thank you, Your Majesty. I am willing to serve in the Rewarding and Benevolence Department!"

"Then it's settled." The Emperor of Fengdu waved his hand and took out a book of good deeds, handed it to Medicine Master and Maitreya, and said, "This is the book of good deeds, which records the good and evil deeds of all living beings in the prehistoric world. You two can take this and go to the Rewarding and Rewarding Department."

"Disciple obeys your command!" Medicine Master and Maitreya stepped forward to take the book of good deeds, and bowed to the King of Fengdu.

"The power of the four judges is very significant, second only to the Ten Kings of Hell. You must remember that you cannot arbitrarily determine good deeds for personal gain. Otherwise, not only will you fail to accumulate merit, but you will also damage your own luck and even face punishment from the rules of the underworld." The King of Hell gave these instructions and told the two to leave.

While they were talking, someone suddenly came outside the hall asking to see him.

"Disciple Taiyi has come here on the orders of Master Yuqing to pay his respects to Master Xuanyang and Emperor Fengdu!"

"Disciple Gui Ling has come here on the orders of my master, Shangqing Dharma, to pay his respects to Master Xuanyang and the Great Emperor of Fengdu!"

A moment later, the great wizard Xingtian and a group of wizards from the Houtu tribe came.

In addition, there were demon saints, demon gods and other demon tribes from the demon heaven who came.

Li Xuanyang and the Emperor of Fengdu appointed people to various positions one by one, except for Taoist Taiqing, as no disciples came to take up the position. So they simply left the position of Yinlusi, the head of the four great judges, vacant temporarily.

Dozens of days passed like this, and all the duties in the underworld were completed. The Ten Kings of Hell, the Four Judges, the Ten Ghost Generals, and many ghost soldiers and ghost messengers began to perform their duties.

Chang'e only stayed in the underworld for a few days before returning to the coast of the East China Sea.

Li Xuanyang and Emperor Fengdu came to the depths of the underworld, sat facing each other, handed over many matters in the underworld to Kong Xuan, Yun Zhongzi and others, and began to practice in seclusion.

"Fellow Daoist, do you know the whereabouts of the Judge's Pen?" Emperor Fengdu suddenly asked Li Xuanyang.

Without the Judge's Pen, even if the Emperor of Fengdu holds the authority over the underworld, he still cannot unleash the full power of the Book of Life and Death.

"I find this strange, too." Li Xuanyang said with a hint of doubt, "With the emergence of the Netherworld and the Land of Reincarnation, the Book of Life and Death and the Judge's Pen must have appeared, unless..."

"The Judge's Pen has long been obtained by a powerful person."

"But I didn't see the Judge's Pen on the Treasure-Dividing Cliff!"

Li Xuanyang thought for a while, and simply showed the three flowers of his primordial spirit, and tried to deduce with his Taoist magical powers, but he could not deduce the Judge's Pen. It seemed as if there was always a layer of fog between them. The fallen treasure money was damaged, and it would take a lot of hard work to refine and nourish it. In a short time, he could not bring out the mystery.

"It seems that there is still a lack of fate." Li Xuanyang waved his hand and took out the lotus body of the innate twelve-grade karma fire red lotus and examined it in detail.

Not more, not less, it was exactly a fourth-grade lotus body, and the remaining eighth-grade was taken back by Taoist Minghe.

This fourth-grade lotus body is as red as jade, just like a lifelike red jade lotus, burning with a strong red flame, and looks extremely exquisite.

Not only is there no trace of evil spirit on it, but it is filled with bursts of spiritual light. However, its spirituality has been greatly damaged, so it appears a little dim.

Just as Li Xuanyang was looking at the fourth-grade lotus body, a divine light flashed around the body of Fengdu Emperor, revealing the three flowers of his primordial spirit. Above the half-acre-sized auspicious cloud, the innate twelfth-grade black lotus of destruction emerged, shining brightly, and enveloped the fourth-grade lotus body.

The originally dim fourth-grade lotus body seemed to have sensed something, and suddenly a divine light shot up into the sky, and the red lotus karma fire raged. It seemed that it was about to turn into a beam of fire and head towards the dark sea of ​​blood.

"It is quite spiritual. Even if it is only a fourth-grade lotus body, it is not comparable to ordinary innate spiritual treasures." Li Xuanyang chuckled and waved his hand to shoot out a golden divine light, covering the fourth-grade lotus body.

He wiped away the mark of the soul left by the Taoist of the Styx River and said to the Emperor of Fengdu: "Next, I will leave it to you, Taoist friend."

The eyes of the Emperor of Fengdu flashed with golden light, and his entire body turned into a divine light, which fell onto the innate twelfth-grade black lotus of destruction, generating a black light that wrapped up the fourth-grade lotus body.

The next moment, the red lotus fire on the fourth-grade lotus body became more and more vigorous, faintly blocking the black light.

Hundreds of years passed, and everything in the underworld was back to normal.

The red lotus karma fire on the original fourth-grade lotus body gradually dimmed, and strands of original energy surged out from the lotus body and merged into the innate twelfth-grade black lotus of destruction.

Hundreds of years passed in a flash, and the fourth-grade lotus gradually began to wither, and the lotus stems, lotus leaves, petals, etc. became increasingly dim.

On the contrary, above the place where Li Xuanyang was in seclusion, the power of the causal karma fire became increasingly strong, and it seemed that it was about to turn into the red lotus karma fire.

If you observe carefully, it is not difficult to find that the power of these causal karma fires all flowed out from the fourth-grade lotus body. They were not swallowed by the innate twelfth-grade destructive black lotus, but condensed in the air.

When swallowing the essence of the fourth-grade lotus body this time, Li Xuanyang did not swallow the power of the laws contained in it, so as to avoid the coexistence of several laws in the innate twelfth-grade destructive black lotus, thus leaving hidden dangers.

Although the law of destruction does not conflict with the power of karma and fire, if Li Xuanyang plans to combine the three innate twelve-grade lotus flowers that represent the three corpses of good and evil selves into one in the future, the fewer types of laws contained therein, the better.

The original laws of purification, destruction, and reincarnation were bound to break out. If the power of karma fire was added, it would certainly be even more difficult to unite the three corpses into one.

Although this would cause the Innate Twelve-Rank Black Lotus of Destruction to lose the opportunity to devour the power of the Karma Fire of Cause and Effect, it is a bit of a pity.

But Li Xuanyang still condensed it in the air, with no intention of stopping.

As time went by, the innate twelfth-grade black lotus of destruction became stronger and stronger. The cracks on the third-grade lotus had disappeared, and it completely merged with the other nine-grade lotus bodies, becoming complete and flawless.

This caused the innate twelve-grade reincarnation purple lotus in Li Xuanyang's soul to tremble faintly, as if it wanted to manifest itself.

However, the fourth-grade lotus body of the innate twelve-grade karma fire red lotus gradually disappeared until all of its origins were devoured by the innate twelve-grade destructive black lotus, blooming with countless divine lights, so dazzling that they almost covered the entire depths of the underworld.

The next moment, the innate twelfth-grade black lotus of destruction suddenly fell and transformed into the Emperor of Fengdu. The aura on his body was several times stronger than before.

(End of this chapter)