Those who face the wall, but are in the Nascent Soul stage.

Chapter 445 The Golden Giant (4k)

But shortly after Shanqing died, Eqing returned, and Benwoqing disappeared into the mortal world.

At the Altar of Truth, the golden Emperor's Banner suddenly shone brightly. The nearby Innate Realm soldiers all clearly saw this scene, but it was so fast that no one had time to take out a recording device to capture it.

They immediately reported the unusual situation.

The scattered remnants of souls were absorbed into the Emperor's Banner, drifting aimlessly.

In this boundless place, a strange gentleness enveloped the almost dissipated remnant soul, as well as the crystalline consciousness of the Po River girl who followed closely and vanished in sync.

Two unique remnant souls appeared in this empty, ghost-free nascent underworld, leaving Shan Qing somewhat bewildered by the aura of reincarnation they carried.

Before his eyes, only the palm-sized Emperor's Banner danced around him.

"The underworld?"

"Look to the heavens, the Human Emperor has appeared." Shanqing murmured. He saw the girl from Bojiang beside him, and his expression immediately turned to disbelief.

Humans, dinosaurs, mushrooms, and the Trisolarans are all understandable—these are all living beings—but how could the Pojang crystal, merely a vessel for some kind of crystalline consciousness, appear here?
Furthermore, how did this abandoned, unfinished building, which wasn't even put into use by the underworld, manage to absorb it?
hum-

The buzzing sound that resonated deep within the soul quietly spread out from Shanqing at its center.

Many insights arose in Shanqing's mind.

"Wait, it was... the ley lines that pulled me here?"

"Where did this ley line come from?!"

Shan Qing was deeply moved.

When did Earth develop ley lines?
Earth veins are the resonance of the will of all living beings. Given the endangered population of 100 billion humans on Earth, and the fragile mass of the planet itself, how could earth veins, which can only be formed in super-large cultivation worlds, possibly be born?
The formation of the Nine Provinces' geological veins was the result of the collective will of countless cultivators and humans over a long period, coupled with the vast amount of matter and energy in the Nine Provinces world and the presence of spiritual energy. What does Earth possess?
The total number of humans who have lived on Earth from the beginning of evolution to the present day is no more than 5000 billion. Even if we include dinosaurs, the number of intelligent life forms is probably no more than one trillion. This is less than the number of mortals in a single state. In terms of the willpower of living beings, it is many orders of magnitude smaller.

But Shanqing soon noticed something was wrong. The so-called self-awareness of the earth veins was too weak; the earth veins were only acting on instinct.

This is not a mature ley line at all, but a nascent ley line!

This nascent form of the earth veins has only been around for less than two years!
at the same time.

From the perspective of the nascent form of the earth's veins, it is seen that after its birth, it waited idly on Earth for several years before finally receiving a remnant soul with a spirit.

Shanqing.

Almost instinctively, the nascent earth veins forcibly dragged the soul of Shan Qing, who should not have been able to enter the cycle of reincarnation, into the underworld through the Underworld Emperor Banner.

Even the Bojiang girl who perished along with Shanqing was not spared by Ning Zhua Cuo.

The nascent ley lines were too eager to improve.

Since its birth, it had thought it would grow quickly, but after guarding for several years, it hadn't witnessed a single cultivator die. The nascent earth vein was somewhat bewildered; in this world, let alone the souls of deceased cultivators, even the so-called underworld hadn't absorbed any human souls that had died of natural causes.

In this material world, when a person dies, it's like a lamp going out; there's no such thing as a soul.

The underworld was empty, like a mere decoration.

It was only when the Underworld intervened in the reincarnation of the fleet that things got lively in the Underworld for a while.

'Shouldn't this be the realm of cultivation?'

The nascent form of the ley lines often thought in this way, but unfortunately its intelligence was extremely weak, making it almost impossible to complete such complex thinking, and its consciousness could only be limited to the Earth itself.

After Shanqing resonated with the nascent earth veins, he quickly absorbed the entire thought process of the earth veins.

He seemed lost in thought as he strolled along the ground, holding the delicate hand of the Bojiang girl.

This unfinished underworld is not the traditional gloomy and terrifying netherworld, but a stagnant space constructed by the golden light of the Human Emperor's Banner. Countless fine golden runes flow through the void like swimming fish, forming the prototype of mountains and rivers, and defining vague regional boundaries, but the whole is still in a state of chaos and uncertainty, lacking a true central authority to stabilize the world and restore order.

Shan Qing reached out, and the small Emperor's Banner flew into his palm.

A large amount of pure Yin energy and the power of faith accumulated over a hundred years enveloped Shanqing. In a daze, Shanqing heard countless voices chanting 'Shanqing' in the surface world, and even some weeping.

Clearly, news of his death had spread from Earth throughout the entire solar system.

As the main force that fought alone against the Devouring Empire and bought precious time for the Solar System Fleet, Shan Qing, who was completely annihilated in antimatter, lives on Earth as a martyr. In some ways, Shan Qing is even more popular than Luo Qing himself.

He could sense that this power of faith was the accumulation of the Emperor's Banner over the past hundred years.

Clearly, Luo Qing had not taken any of the faith power of this place since he crossed over.

As he grasped the Emperor's Banner, the commemoration and reverence for "Luo Qing" and "Shan Qing" found their home and surged wildly into Shan Qing's remnant soul.

The connection between Shanqing and the underworld is becoming increasingly close.

He suddenly remembered the Ten Kings of Hell who toiled in the underworld in his previous life, the sorrowful-looking Empress Houtu, and the War Immortal who had lost all will to live because he was conscripted into the army. Realizing something, he was greatly alarmed.

Wait, stop, I don't want to work 24/7, all year round...

It's all too late.

Shan Qing's consciousness was rapidly expanding, forming a close connection with the laws of the nascent underworld. The flowing golden runes seemed to have found their master, joyfully merging into his soul.

The seal of authority that controls reincarnation and balances Yin and Yang has completely broken the seal, and the surging tide has arrived.

Shanqing was reshaped in the golden light, transforming into a majestic and compassionate soul shrouded in a hazy divine light. His face vaguely resembled Luo Qing's, and his eyes contained anger and resentment at seeing through the nascent schemes of the underworld. He was forced to sit on the core of the cycle of reincarnation—a throne that seemed to be woven from countless golden rays.

The giant golden figure... oh no, it's Shan Qing, the Lord of the Underworld, who has appeared.

"A nascent ley line? Are you crazy?"

This was the first sentence spoken by the Lord of the Underworld.

The girl from Pojiang also shed her crystal form, transforming into a naturally born and nurtured spirit. She stood barefoot on the golden ground, her long, flowing golden hair cascading down the ground like a waterfall. She looked at Shanqing, who was sitting motionless in a chair, and her large eyes sparkled with a lively spirit.

Hey, the figure is working?
Upon seeing this, all of Shanqing's emotions vanished instantly.

Before the nascent earth vein could respond to the Lord of the Underworld's rousing curses, the unfinished Underworld project left by Luo Qing was finally completed. Thanks to the perfection of the 'Six Paths of Reincarnation', the nascent earth vein also grew rapidly.

The nascent ley lines quickly emerged from Earth, traversing the entire solar system at a speed indescribable by light, and continued to spread towards the outer reaches of the solar system.

The entire space within the Oort Cloud has become part of the land covered by the ley lines.

As the transformation ended, the ley lines absorbed the consciousness of all living beings within the solar system, gaining intelligence comparable to that of an adult. The underworld was completed, and the ley lines matured.

Although the earth's veins are mature, many special opportunities are still needed before the nascent form of the Heavenly Dao can be born.

"Going all in was the right move."

The mature ley lines are very happy. They know that capturing a remnant soul and stuffing it into the underworld to perfect the six realms of reincarnation is the right choice to make themselves mature!
The first thing the mature ley lines do is scan the entire solar system. They want to see what's going on in this world. They've been waiting for years and haven't seen a single cultivator.

But soon, the ley lines retracted their tendrils.

Of the nearly 20 billion intelligent beings in the entire solar system, and the total number of organisms (including microorganisms) to the power of 10, it only discovered one Qi Refining cultivator.

It's the kind that's at the first level of Qi Refining.

The earth's veins fell into deep thought.

"Where did I come from?" the earth veins asked, bewildered.

How could such a fragile world give birth to itself?
At the same time, with the official operation of the Underworld, the life and death cycle of all living beings in the entire solar system also intervened in the Underworld. A continuous stream of the will power of living beings began to flow into the Underworld, and one after another, the figures of humans and dinosaurs appeared in these golden mountains and rivers.

These are all recently deceased humans and dinosaurs.

They looked around blankly, and soon spotted Shan Qing sitting on a giant golden chair, exuding magnificent power and boundless solemnity.

"Holy crap, the Emperor?" a Chinese man who had been accidentally electrocuted by high voltage shouted.

"Who is the Emperor? I only know the Human Emperor," Shanqing retorted.

"Uh... I'm sorry, I misremembered. You are... Mr. Shanqing?"

The man finally recognized the other person.

Shanqing nodded expressionlessly, then suddenly remembered something and gave a gentle smile: "Would you like to sit down in this chair?"

"No, no thanks." The man swallowed hard; he didn't want to spend thousands of years squatting on the toilet.

"Hmph, you don't even want a free opportunity." Shan Qing sneered.

"Anyone who wants it is an idiot," the man muttered under his breath.

"I never thought there really was a hell after death." This man looked around at the golden world and complained, "Compared to the underworld, this place is more like the heavenly court."

People as carefree as this person are few and far between. The number of dinosaurs and humans in the hall is increasing. In just one minute, more than a dozen dinosaurs have died of old age, hundreds of humans have died in various ways, and there is even a fairy named Puji who was accidentally hit and killed by a radish flying car while crossing the road because he ran a red light.

This isn't the fault of the Puji. In the Light Speaker civilization, red light represents 'temptation'. If two Puji want to be on top of each other, their light spectrum will turn red to indicate desire and pleasure.

Okay, it admits it's a pervert—the red-light district is just too tempting.

Compared to this little guy, most of the dinosaurs were bewildered, while the humans chanted in unison, "Long live the underworld!" Even the very few humans who still adhere to atheism could only shake their heads with a wry smile and accept the fact that they had entered the underworld.

One of them, a materials science graduate student, died unexpectedly due to neglecting physical exercise and staying up all night writing his thesis. He didn't receive timely medical attention and instead lay on the ground, touching the golden floor and then gently licking it twice.

The materials science graduate student lamented, "What a waste of my life. How many papers could I possibly write with this?"

Gradually, as the authority of the Six Paths of Reincarnation spread, some non-intelligent beings were also included, including a large number of higher vertebrates such as dogs, pigs, sheep, cattle, and horses, followed by lower vertebrates, and finally a large number of birds and fish.

Soon, many fish swam in this golden world, and even huge blue whales swam freely in it. As for the birds that filled the sky, they also spread their wings and soared high, forming a magnificent picture of mountains and rivers.

There are orcas and pandas staring at each other, and brachiosaurus and blue whales competing to see who is stronger.

But that's all; creatures of lower order than fish and birds were not included in this underworld.

But there is one exception.

Ant.

Ants became the only insects qualified to enter the underworld.

In just over ten minutes, the entire underworld had already encompassed tens of thousands of intelligent beings and hundreds of millions of non-intelligent beings.

The moment the ley lines matured, these non-intelligent beings acquired what is known as 'souls'.

Moreover, souls cannot devour each other. A saber-toothed tiger resurrected by humans opened its mouth wide to try to eat a chicken, but apart from the chicken clucking in fright and flapping its wings to escape, the tiger's 'devouring' behavior of eating the chicken could not be successful at all.

It seems the underworld is getting more and more lively, and Shanqing knows he can't let things continue like this. He wants to emulate the Ten Kings of Hell in leading reincarnation, but he doesn't know how to do it. Although the framework of the underworld has been set up, the relevant steps for reincarnation are still lacking.

It could even be said that the underworld today has no ability to reincarnate.

Fortunately, with the expansion of the earth's veins, the underworld has now reached a diameter of two light-years. This vast space is more than enough to accommodate all life forms that have existed on Earth since its inception.

Even if you stuffed all the life in the entire Milky Way in here, it would still be more than enough.

As for the Pojiang girl.

Unlike Shanqing, the girl from Bojiang did not become the dominant force in the order of the underworld. Her long golden hair continued to extend, transforming into a clear, starlight-filled blue stream that meandered through the entire underworld, becoming the only blue in the golden world.

The river brought a soothing power to souls that was not of this realm, which perfectly blended with Shan Qing's soul power to stabilize this newly born space.

She was his companion spirit, and also the first "River of Oblivion" in this underworld.

"We're missing a Meng Po (a figure associated with forgetfulness in Chinese mythology)." The large, blond man stroked his chin thoughtfully.

The girl from Bojiang thought for a moment, then conjured a spoon and a large pot in her hand.

She was willing to cosplay Meng Po for Shan Qing!

"Sigh, forget it, even if Meng Po is here, it's useless. The underworld only accepts newcomers and doesn't let anyone out. We'll think of something later." Shanqing sighed and told the girl from Bojiang to put down her spoon.

As if he had thought of something, Shanqing inquired about the earth's veins.

"You're a mature ley line now. Have you seen my true form? Is he really dead?"

The answer from the earth's veins is also very simple.

"I don't know. I've covered that so-called dead line, but there's nothing inside. Immortal Luo Qing isn't there. There's another dead line further away, with a geometric shape and a square box inside... This is the limit of my perception range."

The ley line added, "But I guess you're completely dead, otherwise you wouldn't have dissipated."

(End of this chapter)