Under One Person: My Inner Realm Connects to All Worlds!

Chapter 279 Unveiling the Secrets of the Investiture of the Gods, Ten Thousand Swords Descend Upon

The innate evil spirits and ancient war souls located in Luofeng Cave at the foot of Mount Tai actually have their origins.

Its true details were derived by Han Yun by gathering records from many long-established sects and combining them with internal divination.

Speaking of them, we have to mention one thing: the Investiture of the Gods war, which is a recurring theme.

Of course, Investiture of the Gods was written in the Ming Dynasty, as was Under One Person. However, the authorship of Investiture of the Gods has always been somewhat controversial.

However, within the circle of people with supernatural abilities, the situation is quite clear.

Because this book was created by a mysterious person based on historical facts about extraordinary people passed down within Taoism, combined with folk tales and some of his own ideas.

Romance of the Three Kingdoms is ultimately just a fictional account, not true history.

Regarding the ancient war of the gods, the supernatural community records it as follows: It was a conflict caused by differences in sectarian philosophies.

The extraordinary individuals of that time were truly detached from worldly affairs, possessing extremely noble status and even capable of influencing the rise and fall of nations. This was also related to the ignorance and religious worship prevalent among the people at that time.

Jiang Ziya dared to say that King Wen would pull the chariot for 800 steps and the Zhou Dynasty would last for 800 years because he truly had the confidence to do so.

At the end of the Shang Dynasty, because the human race was small and had not yet fully developed, there were many spirits and monsters, each with their own territory. However, this abundance is only relative to modern times.

In reality, the chances of an animal becoming a spirit are extremely slim, even smaller than the probability of a human becoming an extraordinary being.

There were two groups of people at the time.

One strange person believed that since Heaven and Earth allowed animals to become spirits, it meant that they themselves represented a certain will of Heaven and Earth, and were born in accordance with the creation of Heaven and Earth.

Naturally, the same applies to people with supernatural abilities.

They are all superior to ordinary people and animals.

In other words, in their philosophy, whether it is an animal or a human, as long as they can cultivate, they become a higher level of existence, namely "immortals"!
This is what the Jie Sect refers to as: "Ten Thousand Immortals Paying Homage!"
These extraordinary beings should teach all kinds of spirits, so that they may serve them and together they may seek the Dao, ascend to the highest realm, and pursue the ultimate goal.

Another group of people, namely the Chan Sect, believed that there was an unavoidable conflict between humans and elves, based on their race.

Therefore, they despise spirits and monsters, believing that they are unworthy of being associated with humans, who are the most intelligent beings in the world and the most outstanding of all things, and whose fundamental basis still lies in humans.

Interestingly, they also agree with the idea that superhumans are superior to ordinary people and that superhumans are the absolute guides of the human race.

Their words and actions represented the will of heaven and earth, establishing the "immortal-centric" ideology of the extraordinary people.

To explain, the so-called "self-centered thinking" is actually a way of thinking that focuses on the interests of a specific individual, group, or entity. When dealing with the relationship between the whole and its parts, it prioritizes its own interests while ignoring the overall situation.

In some respects, both the Chan and Jie schools are actually the same.

But the problem lies in the attitude towards spirits and monsters.

Therefore, the Chan sect often denigrates the members of the Jie sect as beings born from moisture and eggs, and wearing fur and horns, believing that they willingly debase themselves.

When the members of the Jie Sect heard the other party insult them like that, they naturally refused to stand it. In addition, they often associated with spirits and monsters, who were usually not very cunning. It was quite common for humans and animals to become brothers.

You insulted my brother, that's unacceptable!

Therefore, the contradictions accumulated and deepened.

However, because the Jie Sect taught without discrimination, it developed extremely rapidly and gained the respect of the rulers at the time.

After all, the Shang Dynasty worshipped ghosts and gods and performed sacrifices, and had great reverence for the spirits of nature.

So, the Chan Sect figured it wouldn't work; if things continued like this, the Chan Sect would have no room to grow. So they decided to "collude" with Xiqi and launch the Phoenix Cry at Qishan.

Send troops to attack the Shang!
One important factor at the time was that although the Jie Sect was revered by the rulers, the Shang Dynasty had an internal and external service system.

In other words, the inner domain was the royal domain directly ruled by the Shang king; the outer domain consisted of vassal states and tribal areas, which were governed autonomously by the feudal lords.

However, those serving outside the capital were required to fulfill obligations such as paying tribute, guarding the borders, and conscripting soldiers. The Shang king maintained loose control through military intimidation and the monopoly of divine authority.

The Shang king was willing to respect the Jie Sect, but other feudal lords did not think so. Some smaller feudal lords had long suffered under the influence of the Jie Sect disciples.

Because the Jie Sect did not regard ordinary people as their own, there were often extraordinary people or spirits who practiced evil arts and used humans to refine treasures, perform sacrifices, and eat, etc. In short, they developed all kinds of uses for human talents.

This was a common social phenomenon at the time, after all, it was a slave society.

The extraordinary people viewed the feudal lords among ordinary people as nobles viewed slaves. But having become nobles, they had already tasted the feeling of being superior and naturally did not want to suffer the arrogance of "immortals" again.

So, Xiqi rallied the other lords, and they responded in droves. This is recorded in the Records of the Grand Historian: "At that time, eight hundred lords unexpectedly gathered at Mengjin. All the lords said: 'Zhou can be attacked now.'"

As we all know, the Chan sect, which advocated elite education, defeated the Jie sect, which practiced free-range teaching.

It's like an old master who can easily beat the other ten elders.

The Jie Sect thus became a thing of the past.

This incident actually had a follow-up impact, which, in a sense, showed ordinary people that superhumans are not so invincible.

This even led to the loss of some battle secrets, allowing ordinary people to obtain only fragments of the knowledge.

After all, the Jie Sect and the Chan Sect were fighting so fiercely that they didn't care about cultivation techniques anymore.
For example, in Chapter 50 of Investiture of the Gods, Yunxiao said: "Among them, six hundred strong men were used to form an array."

Grand Tutor Wen asked, "Why do we need six hundred strong men?"

Yunxiao said, "This formation is based on the Three Powers and contains the wonders of heaven and earth. It contains the Bewitching Immortal Pill and the Immortal-Sealing Technique... Any mortal who enters this formation will die instantly. These six hundred strong men are merely for setting up the formation."

The six hundred strong men in the Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation may be able to draw upon the power of heaven and earth through specific movements and layouts, enabling the formation to exert power far beyond the ordinary.

Does it look familiar?

Isn't it just the origin and transformation of the stepping of the Big Dipper?
It absorbs the energy and vitality of heaven and earth and transforms it for its own use. However, the Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation uses six hundred strong men as nodes to draw in the energy of heaven and earth, thereby enhancing the formation's momentum and power.

It can be said that the Investiture of the Gods war not only greatly weakened the overall strength of the supernatural beings, but also opened the prelude to ordinary people's resistance against them. The supernatural beings were no longer so mysterious and authoritative.

Incidentally, both Ji Chang, the Marquis of Xibo, and King Zhou of Shang were extraordinary individuals. After all, one was born with four breasts and was also proficient in divination, while the other could pull nine oxen backwards and change the pillars. If they weren't extraordinary individuals, who would believe it?
It can be said that before the Shang and Zhou dynasties, having a different personality was a huge advantage in inheriting the position of "leader".

After all, in more ancient primitive societies, only extraordinary individuals could lead the tribe to a better life.

Unfortunately, after the Zhou Dynasty, with the emergence of new ideas, ordinary people gradually began to suppress those with extraordinary abilities, slowly leading to the situation we see today.

It can be said that this is a combination of historical inevitability and contingency.

The precious heritage of the Under One Person world was sealed by the sages within certain restrictions, and passed down to a select few.

It is also possible that these sages had foreseen the future trends and made this choice.

Rather than waiting for a violent conflict to erupt between ordinary people and those with supernatural abilities, it's better to address the root cause. If the tradition is lost, there won't be so many powerful individuals with supernatural abilities.

As for why there aren't so many impressive traditions abroad, in short, the wisdom of our ancestors is beyond the reach of those barbarians.

As Chinese people, we should have this awareness and fully trust our ancestors!

For example: the quantum entanglement tai chi diagram.

Is it possible that the ancestor of the Under One Person world has already glimpsed the essence of things?
Now let's get back to the main topic.

Regarding these ancient war spirits and innate evil spirits.

After the Investiture of the Gods, Jiang Ziya was enfeoffed in the State of Qi, which is now the State of Lu. However, there is a story behind why he was enfeoffed in this place.

Mount Tai, one of the Five Sacred Mountains of China, is the easternmost point of the land. It is a place of extreme steepness, a sacred place where humans communicate with heaven, the place where the sun rises, and the birthplace of all things. Therefore, Mount Tai has the important function of governing life and death.

The 84,000 evil spirits recorded in the Investiture of the Gods are actually the vengeful souls of soldiers and strange people who died unjustly in the Investiture of the Gods battle. They were collected by the people of the Chan Sect and suppressed in this place.

To prevent them from wandering the world and causing harm to humanity.

Jiang Ziya was the guardian.

Over time, it evolved into what is now known in Taoism as Luofeng Cave Heaven, a ghost capital and underworld.

This is just a name given by later generations. In fact, this grotto originally had no name; it was just fabricated and "distorted" by later recorders.

The forced imposition of certain meanings led to the formation of Luofeng Mountain, the eighteen levels of hell, and even the Fengdu Emperor and the Tianqi Rensheng Emperor, among others, ruling over it in Chinese mythology.

However, these evil spirits and demons are exactly what Han Yun can use.

Han Yun looked at these evil spirit soldiers through his Heavenly Eye, and a smile involuntarily appeared on his lips.

Now is the time to reap the rewards!
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At this moment, the innate evil spirits that had devoured Toyotomi Hideyoshi and a large number of neon spirits were even more ferocious. Their crimson eyes turned to the outside world, to the only figure standing in front of Rashomon, Han Yun.

A terrifying aura, like a blood-red tide, surged toward him.

Han Yun stood still, his expression remaining calm and composed in the face of this terrifying scene that would make any ordinary cultivator's soul scatter.

He simply raised his right hand slightly, palm up, as if holding up something invisible.

A clear, calm voice, yet imbued with supreme authority, resounded like an imperial edict across the entire summit of Mount Tai, even reaching the Luofeng Mountain grotto:
"The farce must end."

As Han Yun finished speaking, the sky above the Jade Emperor Peak of Mount Tai suddenly changed dramatically.

The thick darkness of night seemed to be torn apart by an invisible giant hand, and a vast and boundless golden light curtain slowly emerged, replacing the original night sky.

That light screen was not a simple energy barrier; it seemed to reflect another world, and in its depths, the faint shadows of mountains, rivers, sun, moon, and stars could be seen floating and flowing.

The overwhelming pressure, like the collapse of the tangible heavens, carried the heavy weight of a real world descending upon the entire Mount Tai.

The air was still, the mountain wind was silent, and even the surging sea of ​​clouds seemed to be frozen.

"Roar--!!!"

Inside Rashomon, the innate evil spirits and ancient war spirits that had devoured Toyotomi Hideyoshi and the Japanese ghosts were fully unleashed.

They roared like a black tide bursting its banks, carrying a terrifying aura, surging forth from the twisted portal.

In an instant, countless hideous ghostly figures covered the sky, and the pitch-black evil energy connected in patches, staining the space under the golden curtain like ink, creating an extremely strong visual impact against the dazzling gold.

The wailing and howling of ghosts and gods resounded through the sky, and countless pairs of crimson, chaotic eyes filled with destructive desires were fixed on the only figure below.

However, faced with this terrifying scene that resembled a gaping hole in hell, with countless ghosts devouring the sky, Han Yun simply raised his right hand calmly, pointing his fingers like a sword towards the countless ghostly figures in the sky.

"Zheng——!"

A clear, resonant sword cry, like the first crescendo of the Dao, suddenly rang out, drowning out the howls of ten thousand ghosts.

Immediately afterwards, countless tiny vortexes bloomed like lotus flowers on the golden light screen.

At the center of each vortex, a golden longsword, condensed from inner energy and wreathed in true fire, slowly emerges from its tip.

The sword hummed, bursting forth with tiny, dazzling golden energy particles, like sword dragons emerging from the abyss.

One, ten, a hundred, a thousand, ten thousand...

In the blink of an eye, countless golden swords had descended and floated neatly in the sky above Han Yun's head.

The sword tips pointed downwards, standing tall and imposing. The vast sword intent merged into one, transforming into a tangible, heavy pressure, like a divine mountain of billions of tons, crashing down.

"Woo..."

The once ferocious and raging demons were instantly plunged into immense terror and chaos under the overwhelming and majestic sword power that covered the heavens and the earth.

The evil spirits charging at the forefront were struck as if by an invisible giant hand. Their souls twisted, and they let out painful cries. They were pressed to the ground by the terrifying sword and could not struggle.

The weaker battle spirits couldn't even maintain their form, and began to disintegrate in the aftershocks of the sword energy.

The black, malevolent energy tide seemed to have met its nemesis, continuously dissolving and dissipating under the golden light and the crushing pressure of the sword.

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Headquarters and command center of Nadutong Company.

On the huge main screen, the scene at the top of Mount Tai, which is beyond the imagination of ordinary people, is being transmitted in real time.

The golden light curtain covering the sky, the thousands of golden swords hanging like divine punishment, and the thousands of evil spirits struggling and howling under the pressure of the swords.

All who witnessed this fell into a deathly silence, with only heavy breathing and the faint hum of the instruments remaining.

"This this……"

Director Huang Boren opened his mouth wide, his fingers trembling as he pointed at the screen, but he couldn't utter a single complete sentence.

Bi Youlong rubbed his eyes hard, as if he couldn't believe what he was seeing.

Zhao Fangxu stared intently at the screen, his eyes behind his glasses filled with shock. His fingers, gripping the edge of the control panel, turned slightly white from the pressure, and he muttered to himself:

"Ten thousand swords descend from the sky, crushing ten thousand ghosts—this must be the work of immortals and gods!"

(End of this chapter)