Primordial Era: I, Ksitigarbha, shall be the Supreme Being of the Primordial Era.

After leaving the North Sea, Ksitigarbha headed towards the Blood Sea.

Fortunately, the journey went relatively smoothly this time, without encountering any major obstacles.

Upon arriving at the sea of ​​blood, a foul, fishy smell assaulted the nostrils.

It was also mixed with a strong aura of malevolence and resentment.

Countless wandering souls with nowhere to go roam this blood-red world.

Among them are many malevolent spirits corrupted by evil energy that wreak havoc within.

With a compassionate expression, Ksitigarbha looked at these wandering souls and said, "Unfortunately, reincarnation has not yet been established, and the netherworld is difficult to find, so there is nothing I can do!"

At that moment, the four Netherworld Treasures on his body appeared one by one, standing in the four directions of Ksitigarbha: front, back, left, and right.

As a flash of dark spiritual light appeared on the book, the other three treasures also lit up with different spiritual lights.

Ksitigarbha himself was also affected by the unusual activity of the four spiritual treasures, triggering a chain reaction.

Above Ksitigarbha's head, the extraordinary image of his true form, the spider lily, slowly emerged from his body.

As the spider lily sways gently, a red, pollen-like light emerges from its stamen and drifts toward countless wandering souls.

All souls touched by that pollen are cleansed as if washed, their malevolent energy and resentment completely purified.

Some even awoke from their daze and developed some intelligence.

However, with Ksitigarbha's current cultivation level, he simply cannot maintain this phenomenon.

In just ten years, the strange phenomenon shattered with a muffled groan from Ksitigarbha and returned to Ksitigarbha's true form.

"It's not for any merit; this is simply my mission as the Red Spider Lily!"

Looking at the wandering souls he had purified, Ksitigarbha finally understood why, in the legend of his previous life, Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva had entered the underworld and made a vow.

That's the very reason he exists!

Thinking of this, Ksitigarbha looked up at the sky, solemnly making a grand vow to the Heavenly Dao:

"Heaven above, I, Ksitigarbha, today on the shore of the sea of ​​blood, have come to a clear understanding of myself."

I hereby make this grand vow: when the netherworld reappears, I will use a fragment of my soul to eternally suppress it, purify the karmic obstacles of wandering souls, and help them be reborn in the afterlife.

As long as the lingering spirits of the netherworld remain, my divided soul will not emerge for a single day!

May Heaven bear witness!

As Ksitigarbha made his grand vow, the Eye of the Heavenly Dao of the Thirty-Three Heavens gradually emerged, looking down upon Ksitigarbha standing on the shore of the sea of ​​blood.

As Ksitigarbha gazed at the emerging Eye of Heaven, he felt that there seemed to be a different meaning in the gaze directed at him.

But before Ksitigarbha could think further, the Eye of Heaven affirmed the grand vow he had made.

"good!"

As soon as the voice of Heaven's Way fell, a huge golden cloud of merit appeared in the outer heavens.

Its size was in no way inferior to the Heavenly Dao merits that Kunpeng received when he created the demonic script.

The Heavenly Dao Merit was divided into five parts. The largest part, eighty percent of which fell into Ksitigarbha's body, was divided into four parts and fell into the four Netherworld Treasures on Ksitigarbha's body.

Ksitigarbha was overjoyed at the sight. Taking advantage of the merit entering his body, he used the merit to cut off a fragment of his soul from his primordial spirit and sent it into the Three Lives Stone.

The damage and drop in realm caused by severing the divided soul were instantly compensated by the merits of the Heavenly Dao.

Ksitigarbha's realm also soared with the influx of Heavenly Dao merits, almost breaking through to the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm.

Ksitigarbha, who was engrossed in the rapid improvement of his realm, once wanted to break through in one fell swoop by relying on his merits.

But he eventually regained his senses. Although the breakthrough brought by the Heavenly Dao Merit was stable and rapid, it was not a good thing for him.

Reaching the peak of the Golden Immortal realm is now sufficient.

What he needs to do next is to take one step at a time and elevate his understanding of cultivation to a level that matches his current level.

Only then will he break through to the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm.

Ksitigarbha did not waste the remaining merit; part of it was used to improve his own foundation, and the rest was integrated into his golden body of merit.

Since taking human form, Ksitigarbha has finally restored his originally damaged roots to the level of a superior innate spiritual root.

Upon resuming his cultivation, Ksitigarbha discovered that his cultivation speed was nearly a hundred times faster than before.

As a large amount of merit flowed in, the Golden Body of Merit was continuously improved, and its physical realm was also constantly enhanced.

Previously, he could have been on par with a sorcerer who specialized in physical cultivation.

So now, his physical body is comparable to that of a witch general of the same realm, or even surpasses it!

Having received such great benefits, Ksitigarbha sincerely expressed his gratitude to the wandering spirits before him.

Without them, how could I have gained so much?

As a time traveler, he never understood what attitude Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva had when he entered hell.

He has always acted according to his own ideas, but now, things are different.

When he saw the densely packed wandering spirits, he seemed to understand something.

He took out the four Netherworld Treasures that had returned to him and placed them back in front of him.

As the golden body of merit and the phantom of the other shore flower reappeared, the pollen that purifies wandering souls surged forth from the flower's stamen in an overwhelming manner.

However, this time the pollen has undergone some changes.

Each pollen grain has a tiny bit of golden light added to its red core.

This is precisely Ksitigarbha's gift to these wandering souls.

Any wandering soul that comes into contact with this kind of pollen will not only have its body purified, but a faint golden light will even appear on the edge of its soul.

This is precisely the merit of Heaven's Way.

With the protection of Heavenly Merit, these wandering souls can be reincarnated into the upper three realms of the Six Paths of Reincarnation after appearing in the Netherworld Reincarnation.

While Ksitigarbha was tirelessly purifying wandering souls, somewhere deep within the Sea of ​​Blood, Styx was looking helplessly at the two Taoist priests who had suddenly appeared before him.

"Jieyin, Zhunti, I have promised not to make things difficult for your disciples. May I ask if you may remove the great formation outside my palace?"

The moment the Heavenly Merit appeared, the two paths discovered the location of Ksitigarbha and immediately rushed to the Sea of ​​Blood.

Upon arriving at the Blood Sea, Erdao discovered that Styx was staring at his precious disciple with a sword in hand.

How could these two sects tolerate this? They immediately summoned their spiritual treasures to surround the Blood God Palace of the Styx River, preventing the Styx River from disturbing their disciples.

Styx was also quite helpless; with such a huge commotion in the Blood Sea, he naturally had to go out and check it out.

Seeing that Ksitigarbha had obtained so much Heavenly Merit, he was naturally envious!

How could a mere Golden Immortal obtain so much Heavenly Dao merit and appear right before him? Isn't this a sure-fire piece of meat?

He never expected that just as he was about to attack Ksitigarbha, his own lair would be surrounded by Jieyin and Zhunti.

Upon learning that Ksitigarbha was a disciple of the Second Path, Styx promptly backed down.

No matter how powerful he was, the example of the Eastern King was still right before his eyes.

To be fair, when it comes to fighting, Erdao could fight anyone to a standstill.

But Erdao is unreasonable; when the two of them go side by side, who can withstand that?

Just because he can't die doesn't mean he can't be suppressed!

In the end, he could only swear to Erdao that he would no longer make things difficult for Ksitigarbha.

Seeing this, Erdao stopped pressing forward and simply removed the great formation outside the Blood God Palace.

After seeing Erdao off, Minghe looked at Dizang as if he were looking at a hot, fatty piece of meat.

I really wanted to eat it, but I was powerless to do so and could only sigh and close the Blood God Palace.

"Forget it, since we're not meant to be, I won't go see him!"

With a loud bang, the gates of the Blood God Palace slammed shut, and a long silence fell over the Blood Sea.