From the God of Lies to the Lord of All Worlds

Chapter 283 The Birth of the Yin-Yang Dao

"Your Majesty, you have chosen him?" Alvin asked curiously, looking at the stunned young man before him.

"Well, after all, the power of wishes needs a little time to ferment. Let's have some fun with the grudges and feuds between the Onmyoji families first!" Bai Yang said with a smile.

He could sense some changes in the city, but the citizens' emotions hadn't intensified yet, the "hundred ghosts" hadn't officially appeared, and those initial supernatural powers were still hidden. There wasn't much to see, so he might as well focus on perfecting the later settings first.

In this way, even if the Japanese authorities investigate, there will be clues to follow.

He was truly meticulous in weaving these myths, making them closer to the myths themselves, with complete context and stories, because only in this way could he continue to elevate these myths to a higher level in the future, elevating them to the realm of "the world".

Even myths about small countries may one day become the rulers of certain small worlds—this is all part of Bai Yang's design philosophy.

The Lord of All Realms cannot be a ridiculous existence consisting of only one or two worlds. Rather, he should be a world of countless realms, each one similar to the continent of Dylan.

Of course, this goal is difficult to achieve, but it is not necessarily impossible to actually do it; he has enough time to do these things.

With the continuous emergence of humans, souls, and newborns in the world, Bai Yang's chances of achieving his goal naturally increase!
This methodical approach, yet with an exaggeratedly ambitious goal, is also characteristic of Bai Yang's personality.

He habitually designs these plans and uses his own strength to turn them into reality step by step, and he enjoys the process.

For example, right now, he is also enjoying being a guide, letting this sole inheritor of the Yin-Yang technique of the Kurahashi family see the extraordinary nature of this divination!
Onmyoji were certainly in Bai Yang's plans. These inheritors of Eastern Taoist culture, who had strong family traditions but were somewhat mysterious due to official abandonment and separation from Shintoism, were the ones he could insert a lot of his own ideas into.

Compared to the bizarre Shintoism and the unrecognizable Buddhism, this profession, because its nature and existence have been destroyed, has not changed much.

This kind of subtle cultural invasion is quite interesting!

Bai Yang snapped his fingers, resuming the story that had been stalled.

……

"Water leaving the marsh, the Kui hexagram, with Dui below and Li above, is an image of the marsh and fire being separated!" Kurahashi Seiji's hesitation did not last long. He quickly completed his own planning and detachment, and picked up his reference book.

After all, they are a family that has produced famous Onmyoji (yin-yang masters). Their reference books are all written in Chinese, with various explanations of divination symbols clearly marked on them.

Every Onmyoji is fluent in Chinese, so Kurahashi Seiji was able to understand it as well.

"Does the ancestor mean that I should abandon the old techniques and learn new ones? But I don't have any new ones!" Kurahashi Seiji pondered with some doubt. "There are only a few books in the family, and I've learned them all... It's a pity that it still can't save the already declining family!"

"What I mean is, I want you to stop having these wild thoughts, to distance yourself from this family, so that you can focus on your cultivation!"

The sudden appearance of a single sentence startled Kurahashi Seiji, who was still deep in thought!

He suddenly looked up and saw a lifelike ancient Yin-Yang Master in the painting in front of him!

"Lord Seimei? Ancestor?" Kurahashi Seiji could clearly see that the person in the painting, who had been solemn in expression, actually winked at him in a very elegant manner, and then stood up in the painting.

It's a very strange feeling. Even though the other person is in the painting, the painting seems to become a special screen, gradually pulling away until Abe no Seimei's body is fully revealed.

"Don't shout so loudly, it's me!" Abe no Seimei said, looking around with a touch of emotion. "Is this the last legacy of our family? How wonderful!"

“I’m sorry, ancestors. We are useless. We failed to maintain the family’s honor and instead brought us into trouble,” Kurahashi Seiji said, bowing his head. “We can’t even protect the family’s last ancestral home!”

Abe no Seimei looked at him. "Are you the only one left?"

"Yes, the Abe family changed its name to the Tsuchimikado family, and the Tsuchimikado family disappeared under the suppression during the Meiji era. Only the Kurahashi family can still barely maintain its existence by relying on its noble status!"

Kurahashi Seiji knelt on the ground and said again, "But, I'm all left!" "Who would have thought that in such a vast place as Japan, with so many shrines and families that worship me, without any selfish motives or personal gain, but solely for the public good, only this small portrait remains?"

Abe no Seimei said with some emotion, looking at the young man and asking with some curiosity, "And you, my descendant, why did you choose to stay?"

"I just feel that as members of the Kurahashi family, as descendants of the three great Onmyoji of the Abe family, we shouldn't live such a despicable life!" Kurahashi Seiji said. "We should leave something for future generations, shouldn't we?"

"Very good, you are qualified as my successor!" Abe no Seimei looked at him, his eyes full of admiration. "In this degenerate age, you still persist in your practice, and your will has not waned! You should become my successor!"

As he spoke, the figure in the painting took out a thread-bound book from his robes and handed it to the young man. “Take this, my descendant. A terrifying darkness is about to descend upon this world, and the Onmyoji will reappear on the land of this country!”

Kurahashi Seiji felt he must be stupid, because he actually reached out and tried to touch the book through the painting.

But just when he thought it was all an illusion, the rough touch in his hands reminded him that it was real!

"My teacher was Master Bodao, a monk who practiced in a superior country. These are the books he gave me, and now I am passing them on to you!" Abe no Seimei said with a smile. "Go, go and spread the Way of Yin and Yang, and go and capture those disobedient ghosts and spirits once again!"

"This is our mission, this is the mission of the Yin-Yang Way!"

As soon as the words were spoken, the figures in the painting, which had been moving, returned to stillness once more. In this small house, only Kurahashi Seiji remained, along with the book written in classical Chinese in his hand—"The Golden Crow and Jade Rabbit Collection"!
"Ancestor!" Kurahashi Seiji murmured in astonishment, his words turning into a sigh of regret. "If only it had been two years earlier, my grandfather could have witnessed this scene!"

He no longer hesitated, but opened the book in front of him. Now was not the time to hesitate. His family's backup plan was already on its way, and he needed to be faster, much faster.

He needs to have a certain level of self-defense capabilities in order to protect this ancestral home.

Kurahashi Seiji never intended to give up, and now he's even less likely to. His gentle nature meant that even when faced with such a situation, he didn't show much emotion on the surface.

His grandfather once described him as a "born Onmyoji," and now, the born Onmyoji is about to learn the true Onmyoji arts!

……

"We're guiding the arrival of the extraordinary, and we're also guiding the Onmyoji to clean up the mess. Doesn't that count as using a whip dipped in iodine to disinfect it while we're beating them?" Bai Yang suddenly thought when he saw this scene.

"I guess so?" Alvin was also a little overwhelmed by Bai Yang's incredibly erratic thought process. "But Your Majesty, you didn't grant him extraordinary abilities, but only a book. Can he really succeed?"

Bai Yang said with a smile, "This is the biggest difference between Eastern and Western pantheons, Alvin! Yin Yang Dao is not Shintoism, and what they worship is not a wild fox god, but a righteous god of Taoism!"

"In the system of Eastern mythology, righteous gods are all powerful, which is why they can bestow blessings and divine power. Similarly, righteous gods also follow rules, which is why the Heavenly Court and the Underworld were established!"

"Therefore, the books of Yin-Yang Dao are never just cultivation books, but rules books! By utilizing the rules, even young people who have just embarked on cultivation can still deal with ghosts and gods!"

Bai Yang certainly knew what he was doing. After China's "passive ascension" in this world, someone had to take over the inheritance of Taoist culture. This force, which originated from Taoist culture and Yin-Yang philosophy, was quite suitable!
Taoist priests can use rituals to fight against ghosts and gods, and so can Onmyoji. Invoking the rules of the world and guiding the power of heaven and earth is what the Taoist sect excels at. Even with only a little power, they can still fight against them.

This is precisely the significance of the Taoist tradition.

"Besides, who says he doesn't have the ability to succeed?" Bai Yang saw that Kurahashi Seiji used the brush in his hand to carve a bellflower pattern on the ground in front of him.

【Platycodon grandiflorus print】

Then, a gentle breeze appeared, sweeping away some fallen leaves in the courtyard and creating a peculiar ripple in the outside space.

As for Kurahashi Seiji, in a state of excitement, he channeled half a wisp of spiritual energy from his hand...

P.S.: The cleanup crew is ready (laughs), now it's time for the transformation and specialization!

(End of this chapter)