You, a living person, are telling me I've served in the underworld for ten years?

Chapter 161 The Ancestor of Feng Shui
Mazu, the Heavenly Princess, is a "Heavenly Official," a celestial being.

Chen Yang is an official of the underworld, a deity of the netherworld.

Although they were not "serving in the same court", their divine hierarchy and divine authority were no different, whether in heaven or on earth.

Although Chen Yang has risen to the rank of "Yin Marshal", he is still far inferior to the Heavenly Princess in terms of "divine status"!
This Heavenly Princess's real name was "Lin Mo". She was originally an ordinary fisherwoman. She was exceptionally intelligent, kind, upright, courageous, and dedicated to helping the poor and needy and rescuing those in distress!

Legend has it that one night, a fierce storm raged, and towering black waves made it impossible for ships at sea to enter the harbor. The danger was extreme, and they were in danger of being swallowed by the waves at any moment. When Lin Mo learned of this, he was extremely anxious, so he set his house on fire and used the raging fire to guide the ships...

She was a skilled swimmer and often traveled between islands to rescue ships in distress. She later died while rescuing a ship that had been wrecked at sea.

The many good deeds she performed during her lifetime were widely known among the people along the coast. After her death, the people spontaneously built temples to worship her, and the temples became very popular, making Mazu a "folk deity".

In the fifth year of Xuanhe (1123 AD), when the Song Dynasty sent envoys to Goryeo on their return journey, they encountered a hurricane at sea and were saved by the miracle of Mazu. After the envoys returned to the capital and reported to the court, they were granted the temple name "Shunji". From then on, Mazu received a real imperial title and became a "true god"!
After she became a goddess, her power increased, and she saved even more fishermen's boats. She often flew over the four seas, protecting passing ships and rescuing merchant ships that encountered waves. Her deeds were reported to the Heavenly Court, and she was granted an imperial title by the Jade Emperor, who bestowed upon her the title of "Heavenly Consort Who Protects the Nation, Is Illustrious, Wise, Benevolent, Joyful, and Benevolent."

He was appointed to govern the East China Sea and the South China Sea, and to oversee the escort of grain transport, disaster relief, and the delivery of children, making him the head of the water gods on earth!

"Your Highness, I have become a ghost official in the underworld, and there is another opportunity... The path between the living and the dead has not yet been opened."

Chen Yang could only resort to the same excuse he used to use to fool the old man.

The Heavenly Consort sighed and said, "So that's how it is... It seems that the impact of the turmoil in the Underworld back then was greater than I imagined. Even with the supernatural powers of the Underworld's great beings, they couldn't reshape the Yin-Yang path after a thousand years?"

Chen Yang learned some things about the "turmoil" in the underworld a thousand years ago after his last "journey to the underworld".

At that time, a powerful "heretical" figure infiltrated the underworld and attacked places such as the Six Paths of Reincarnation and the Eighteen Levels of Hell, causing turmoil in the underworld and releasing countless evil spirits that were suppressed in the Eighteen Levels of Hell!
It was in that battle that the path between Yin and Yang was broken, and from then on, Yin and Yang were separated!
As for more specific details, Chen Yang had asked Lord Cui, but Lord Cui was vague and seemed unwilling to reveal them, only saying that Chen Yang would understand in time!
Jiang He spoke up: "Your Highness, you are a celestial official of the Heavenly Court. Could you petition the Heavenly Court to invite the celestial beings to descend to earth and quell all the chaos on earth?"

The Heavenly Consort shook her head and said, "When the connection between Heaven and Earth is severed, Heaven, Earth, Man, and God each perform their duties. Man and God do not disturb each other and each follows their own order. This is the rule of the operation of the Heavenly Dao, which even the immortals and gods in Heaven cannot defy."

"How did the goddess descend to the mortal realm?"

The Heavenly Consort said, "I am not the true body, but an incense offering created by the people of the mortal world. Now that heaven and earth are sealed off, even this incense offering of mine cannot communicate with the true body in heaven."

"Your Majesty, what is the situation in the heavens right now?"

Chen Yang said, "The underworld was attacked by powerful heretics, which caused turmoil. There were also invasions from heretical beings such as demon spirits in various places... So what about the heavens?"

The Heavenly Princess said, "When heretics invade, even the human world is affected, let alone the heavens. In fact, severing the connection between heaven and earth and separating yin and yang is a good thing for the human world. Otherwise, if heretics were to invade the human world on a large scale, the human world would be powerless to resist!"

She looked at Chen Yang and smiled, "It is indeed Commander Chen Yin who has learned several of the unique skills of the Seventy-Two Earthly Fiends Techniques and is able to refine heretical techniques. This is truly a joy for humanity."

"Oh?"

Chen Yang's heart stirred slightly, and he asked, "Does the Heavenly Consort know about the South Sea Dragon Palace?"

Empress Tianfei: "I govern the East and South Seas, and I can sense everything that happens in these two seas... Commander Chen and Minister Jiang have come today to ask me to suppress the heretical pollution in the seas, right?"

"Rest assured, I will suppress the nine heretical pollution sites in the East and South Seas... However, I am merely an incense offering avatar. Although the incense offering is abundant, there are still limitations in the mortal realm. I cannot completely refine those two heretical sites. If I were to forcibly refine them, it would be easy for the heretical paths to invade."

"Heterodox" and "outsider" are essentially the same thing.

However, the Empress's words startled Chen Yang and Jiang He.

How many other polluted areas are there in the East China Sea and the South China Sea combined?

But if you think about it carefully, it's normal.

Given the vastness of the two seas, there must have been many "immortal islands" and various "paradise on earth" in those days. After being invaded by heretics, these places had to be sealed off in the sea. Now that they have reappeared, it is normal that there are still some "pollution from heretics" in them.

During his conversation with the Heavenly Consort, Chen Yang learned some more information.

The incense offerings of deities in the mortal realm, no matter how fervent the incense offerings or how powerful the avatar, should have an upper limit to the strength they can exert... and incense offering avatars should be more susceptible to invasion and corruption by heretics!

The Heavenly Consort's incense offerings are still very popular in the mortal realm. So even though the dragon vein was severed more than 600 years ago, her incense offerings have not disappeared. However, due to the silence of the Great Dao and the dissipation of spiritual energy, she is unable to exert her various divine abilities.

She has an excellent understanding of the historical changes in the world.

She was a witness to the extraordinary immortals who descended from the heavens and the rampant evil deeds committed by their heretics in the human world.

"That extraordinary immortal was not actually from outside the realm, but an immortal who had been invaded by heretics. His strength had reached the Golden Immortal level, but he had lost his mind due to the invasion of heretics."

"The timeline of the immortals descending to the mortal realm is almost the same as the time of the turmoil in the underworld... At that time, there was also a turmoil in the Heavenly Court. To be precise, the turmoil in the Heavenly Court and the underworld was a conspiracy orchestrated by powerful beings from outside the realm, with the aim of invading the ancestral planet of the mortal realm!" Regardless of whether they are gods in the Heavenly Court or the underworld, they all refer to Earth as the "ancestral planet".

The human realm where the "ancestral star" is located is called the "ancestral court". Although the ancestral court is a human realm, it is too important to the three realms. Once it is completely polluted by the heretics, it will affect the operation of the rules and order of the three realms, and even invade the three realms' heavenly way in reverse!
"With the connection between Heaven and Earth severed, the powerful beings of Heaven are unable to descend to the mortal realm, while the powerful beings of the heretical paths have also cut off the path between Yin and Yang, making it impossible for the gods of the underworld to enter the mortal realm to resolve the heretical issues!"

"Since the corpse of that Golden Immortal who was invaded by heretics fell into the Ancestral Star, in just three hundred years, heretics have run rampant on the Ancestral Star, causing the mortal world to be filled with turmoil and chaos!"

Forcibly refining a "heretical" being at the Golden Immortal level requires a Golden Immortal level expert, but where in the mortal world can one find a Golden Immortal?

"Fortunately, the ancestral star's fortune was strong, and the Great Ming National Preceptor Liu Bowen was born in response to this opportunity. He inherited the legacy of the Nine Heavens Mysterious Lady, was well-versed in feng shui and metaphysics, and severed the ninety-nine heavenly dragon veins, thus breaking the deadlock!"

In the ancient myths and legends of the Great Xia Dynasty, the Nine Heavens Mysterious Lady is a mysterious and powerful goddess.

She is hailed as the messenger of destiny, and is also known as the Nine Heavens Goddess, the Nine Heavens Mysterious Mother Heavenly Venerable, and the Nine Heavens Mysterious Yang Primordial Holy Mother Great Emperor. She was once the teacher of the "Yellow Emperor" and is revered as the "Feng Shui Ancestor" in divination, numerology, and Feng Shui!
"It's just that the heretical paths at the Golden Immortal level are too stubborn. Even after more than six hundred years of dormancy, they have not completely dissipated. Now, with the revival of spiritual energy, they are spreading again!"

The Heavenly Consort looked at Chen Yang and said, "You were able to refine those two strands of heretical paths in the ruins of the South Sea Dragon Palace because these two strands of heretical paths had been almost destroyed after more than six hundred years... If the heretical paths were a few times stronger, you probably wouldn't be able to refine them with your strength."

Chen Yang naturally knew the horror of the "heretical" invasion, and humbly asked, "Your Highness, how should we eliminate the heretical forces? We can't possibly follow Liu Bowen's example and sever the dragon veins of the world again, can we?"

not to mention……

In this day and age, no one in the world has the abilities of Liu Bowen!

"When your path surpasses that of external paths, you can naturally refine it."

The Heavenly Consort said, "After more than six hundred years of the Great Dao's silence, the heretical forces in the human world are not as powerful as they used to be... But if they are not eliminated as soon as possible, they will inevitably continue to grow stronger and eventually return to their peak, causing calamity to the human world and even affecting the operation of the Heavenly Dao order in the Three Realms."

There was a pause.

The Empress Tianfei changed her tone, her gaze sweeping over Chen Yang and Jiang He, and said with a smile, "However, you don't need to worry. As I said before... the ancestral star's fortune is prosperous. Whenever there is a calamity, someone will surely inherit the ancestral star's fortune and be born to meet the calamity. Those powerful figures from outside the realm who infiltrate the ancestral star with just a Golden Immortal corpse infected by heretics are just wishful thinking."

Ok?
Chen Yang and Jiang He exchanged a glance.

The Empress's words...

It seems to have a profound meaning.

Could it be that we are the so-called people born to face calamity and inherit the fortune of our ancestral star?
After chatting with the Heavenly Consort for a long time and learning some past secrets, Chen Yang asked her to help suppress the "heretical forces" in the East and South Seas before bidding farewell to Jiang He and leaving Meizhou Island.

Jiang He returned to Kyoto, while Chen Yang returned to Wucheng.

Instead of returning to the funeral home, he went straight back to the villa and began to contemplate the realm of "ghost immortals".

"After my divine soul solidified, I only condensed thirty-three ghost immortal thoughts. I don't know if that's a lot or a little... It's a pity that the [heretical path] on the island near Helan Mountain and Dongsha Islands is too strong. It has turned into a turbid tide and mist. With my current strength, it is difficult to refine it. Otherwise, if I had refined these two heretical paths, my strength would have been greatly improved!"

Six pm.

Yang Shuai called and said, "Old Gu... are you home?"

Chen Yang: "What's wrong?"

"Zhang Xiaolong came to the store. He said his house is haunted and he needs your help to exorcise the ghost!"

Yang Shuai looked somewhat excited and said, "How about it? Should I go and make a trip there?"

"........."

Chen Yang asked in surprise, "Their house is haunted, why are you so happy?"

"hey-hey!"

Yang Shuai stuck out his tongue and chuckled, "This bastard was a sycophant back in school, two-faced and treacherous. Now, just thinking about how I can show off in front of him right away makes me very happy."

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PS: First update.

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