Simultaneous travel: City, infinite evolution

Chapter 448 The Evil Eighth-Rank Lotus Platform [Seeking recommendation votes and monthly votes]

Every form of punishment imaginable in the human world can be found in the eighteen levels of hell, with each version being unique.

It's beyond human imagination; there are even eighteen levels of hell, and the cruelty surpasses the human comprehension.

From Chen Hong's perspective, the Eighteen Levels of Hell is a set of magical treasures with very unique effects.

It torments the soul, causing it suffering, thereby offsetting the karmic consequences of their sins in their previous life.

Chen Hong could see that, after the torment, wisps of black energy, the karmic force of cause and effect, gradually dissipated from the soul.

And the soul can then become clear and transparent again.

It's like a stinking ditch has been transformed into a clear mountain stream.

However, deep within that soul, many dark and murky things still remain.

It's much better than the stinking ditch it used to be.

But the soul also became somewhat weak.

Such clever forms of punishment, while causing suffering, ultimately cannot completely eradicate karmic causes and effects.

The black mist that drifted out from the soul did not truly disappear completely.

Instead, wisps of black energy settled down to the eighteenth level of hell, all the way down to the very bottom of the Nine Netherworlds.

Curious, Chen Hong followed the black mist and used his divine eye to look at the lowest level of the Nine Netherworld.

In this gloomy place, the accumulated karma over countless years has stained it pitch black, devoid of any light, making it incredibly eerie.

If one had to name a light, it would be the red lotus karmic fire that spontaneously ignites from the condensation of karma, and even the red light carries an eerie quality.

Once a living being is tainted even slightly, the karma will not be extinguished until it is completely burned away; instead, it will cause immense suffering, especially against the primordial spirit. Even the primordial spirit of a celestial being cannot withstand the endless burning of karmic fire.

Besides the [Red Lotus Karmic Fire], there is also the lush green [Nine Netherworld Fire] and the pitch-black [Causal Demon Fire].

Most importantly, Chen Hong even saw a strange creature inside—a monstrous one.

Beneath the Nine Netherworlds lies a gathering place for all the negative and filthy things in the world. These things, when gathered and fermented, form the most vile force in the world—the power of karma.

These are monstrous creatures that drift in the depths of the Netherworld, their entire bodies composed of monstrous energy. They have no intelligence and follow primal instincts, devouring each other and absorbing monstrous energy to grow.

They were imprisoned in the depths of the netherworld, unable to leave, and could only wander around.

But Chen Hong could see that these monstrous creatures were extremely terrifying, capable of harming all living beings in the world.

No living being desires to be tainted by these things.

Because they defile all spirituality, their wickedness is derived from karma, the seven emotions and six desires, and the defilement of the world, making them extremely negative.

It's somewhat like the fermented waste products of the world and living beings.

If immortals or gods are tainted by these things, their primordial spirits become corrupted, and they are basically beyond saving. They can be called the nemesis of immortals and gods.

Because of the appearance of these things, the gods and immortals took the lead.

Chen Hong could see that the souls of the living beings in this world had many opportunities to be reincarnated due to the reincarnation system of the underworld.

But this is not without its costs.

The gods and immortals are not acting out of kindness; they cleanse souls and allow them to reincarnate, which is essentially just about the sustainable use of resources.

The soul itself is a precious resource; it would be a waste to consume it only in one lifetime.

Wouldn't it be wonderful to eat this for all eternity?

After passing through the eighteen levels of hell, some karmic debts are washed away, and then all memories are washed away with the Meng Po soup of oblivion.

The remaining blank soul is reincarnated and reborn, receiving the blessings of heaven and earth through the mechanism of gestation in the womb, completing its soul, and growing again.

Then the gods and immortals will be able to consume a relatively pure soul.

As for how to eat it, there are many ways.

The high and mighty gods and immortals valued dignity, so they used methods such as offering incense, promoting religious sects, and spreading scriptures to obtain sustenance.

The demons were much more direct; they devoured one country after another, physically, eating souls and bodies—it was delicious.

These demons were basically raised by gods and immortals.

The purpose was to fill the world with suffering, so that mortals would naturally rely more on worshipping gods, kneeling before wooden and clay statues, and offering their loyal faith.

The gods occasionally show their power, granting the wishes of a few lucky individuals, or simply to demonstrate their existence.

Or he could have his demons create suffering, then appear to rescue them, thus gaining merit and fame.

In this way, ordinary people would naturally be convinced and willing to cooperate.

If we don't worship, haha, do you think the suffering will stop?

How dare we offer fewer boys and girls to the King of Inspiration?

Even if we know they are demons, so what?

A simple flood is enough to make the villagers obediently offer up other people's children.

Who dares to have an opinion?
The truth of power lies in the hands of the King.

However, given the quality of a mortal soul, even with the six realms of reincarnation, one cannot consume such food more than a few times.

According to the deep information of the underworld, with the decline of heaven and earth, the souls of mortals today will not be able to reincarnate more than a few times before they are completely annihilated, their origins are completely consumed, and their creation is completely plundered.

It doesn't even reach ten reincarnations. But countless eons ago, mortal souls could reincarnate three thousand times.

That was a golden age, a glorious era.

Nowadays, the world has gone through countless cycles of reincarnation and has long since declined to its lowest point. The resources of heaven and earth have been plundered and are almost depleted, so naturally, it can no longer sustain itself.

The cycle will break, reincarnation will collapse, and the world will perish.

A food chain controlled by apex predators, with only intake and no output and no large-scale cycle, cannot last long.

No matter how rich the resources of heaven and earth are, or how many cycles of reincarnation there are, they will eventually run out.

Chen Hong secretly slipped into the Netherworld, the very place where Bodhi Patriarch had threatened to banish Sun Wukong's soul.

Even celestial beings and golden immortals would find this place unbearable.

Chen Hong also felt unwell. He tried his best to hide himself and carefully grabbed a few clumps of Red Lotus Karmic Fire, Nine Netherworld Fire, and Karmic Demon Fire.

None of these flames are simple.

The Red Lotus Karmic Fire directly ignited the karma within Chen Hong.

Fortunately, Chen Hong didn't have much karma on him, so the Red Lotus Karmic Fire had to be extinguished after burning for a short time. Instead, it tempered Chen Hong's Golden Core, Primordial Spirit, and Physical Body.

Chen Hong refined several red lotus karmic flames and merged them into a red lotus platform.

Then he refined the [Nine Netherworld Fire] into it. The Nine Netherworld Fire specifically burns the soul and is very effective against the primordial spirit, making it quite troublesome. Chen Hong also spent a lot of effort to seal and refine it.

And then there's this [Causal Demon Fire], which is even more buggy and sinister. This thing can actually ignite along the causal lines and burn towards the target enemy. As long as there is cause and effect, it can keep burning.

Moreover, demonic fire can also stir up all kinds of desires and negative emotions in people's hearts, causing their Dao heart to collapse and their primordial spirit to burn out and die.

Although Chen Hong doesn't have much karma, his karmic connections are heavy.

Even if Chen Hong's causal connections in other worlds don't extend to this one, the causal connections in this world alone—the causal connections of the silly girl, the causal connections across time, and the causal connections of Bodhi Patriarch and Sun Wukong—are quite numerous.

Chen Hong also subdued and refined the causal demon fire with great perseverance, wisdom, mindset, supernatural powers, and magical strength.

Chen Hong's lotus platform has now transformed into a sixth-grade lotus, which can be called the "Karmic Fire Red Lotus", or the "Cause and Effect Lotus Platform" or the "Nine Nether Lotus Platform".

Chen Hong then incorporated flames such as the Samadhi True Fire, the Solar True Fire, the Profound Yin Demon Fire, the Hisense Ice Flame, and the Candle Dragon Fire into it, raising the lotus platform to the eighth rank.

The eight-tiered lotus platform spun rapidly within Chen Hong's dantian space, spewing forth various strange flames that tempered and refined his golden core, accelerating the process of its birth into an immortal golden essence.

Chen Hong then packed up several thousand more evil creatures and sealed them inside his magic weapon.

This thing is the nemesis of immortals and gods; it can corrupt the primordial spirit of immortals and gods, or even cause them to perish and fall.

If you encounter a powerful opponent you can't beat, just throw thousands of them in their face. Even if you don't kill them, you'll still annoy them to death.

After all, no one wants to be defiled.

Even immortal Golden Immortals are no exception.

too disgusting.

After leaving the Nine Netherworlds, I went to the Bridge of Helplessness and analyzed the waters of the River of Oblivion below.

This water is the main ingredient of Meng Po's soup. Drinking it can make the soul forget all memories, wash away the soul into a blank state, and be reincarnated.

The River of Oblivion, also known as Meng Po's Soup, is said to make people forget all love, hate, passion, and desires.

Chen Hong collected some water from the River of Oblivion and analyzed its components and the recipe for Meng Po's soup.

We arrived at the Three Lives Stone again and analyzed its structure.

The Three Lives Stone can reflect a soul's past, present, and future lives. Chen Hong combined this ability with the information laws of the Book of Life and Death.

This allows one to explore a wider range of information, enabling them to see the past, present, and future lives of all beings at a glance.

No one can hide a secret from Chen Hong. He can see through three lifetimes at a glance, and his information is completely unguarded.

Chen Hong then went to the core of the Six Paths of Reincarnation to thoroughly analyze the most important Six Paths of Reincarnation system.

The Six Paths of Reincarnation is a very special thing. If used properly, it can give all beings many more chances to be reborn, reduce the consumption of the true soul and spirit in the universe, enhance the great cycle of the universe, and reduce losses.

When it's broken, it can also be used to exploit the masses, install cronies, and make the rebirth of the masses unfair, allowing immortals, gods, and those with connections to easily be reborn into a good family and seize all the blessings.

Even the most wicked can easily have their sins washed away with the help of divine or immortal backing, and be reborn into a good family, free from disaster and calamity.

Even if there are calamities, a large number of relatives and friends will descend to the mortal world to help, so there is no risk.

Ultimately, whether to use righteousness or evil depends on the individual.

When people have selfish desires, they become evil, and no heavenly rules can restrain them; even good things can become tools for doing evil.

Just as Chen Hong was concentrating on comprehending the Six Paths of Reincarnation, Sun Wukong left the underworld. Yama, the King of Hell, and the Dragon Kings of the Four Seas all went to Heaven to complain to the Jade Emperor. Venus descended to Earth to invite Sun Wukong to become an official in Heaven.

Sun Wukong was ignorant and was fooled into becoming a minor stable boy. He happily herded the heavenly horses and fed them in the Milky Way every day, making all the heavenly horses in the Heavenly Court plump and healthy. He became a working monkey by destiny and was quite content with it.

It wasn't until he was despised and insulted by the God of Martial Virtue that he realized he was just a lowly and insignificant stable boy.

Sun Wukong was immediately enraged. He smashed his official hat and took off his official robes, rebelled against the Heavenly Court, and came to Flower Fruit Mountain, where he angrily told the monkeys about the matter.

At the suggestion of the monkeys, Sun Wukong decided on his title and official position, wanting to become the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, equal to the heavens.

So they erected a large flag that read "The Great Sage Equal to Heaven".

(End of this chapter)