The Demon King, reborn in Japan as a monk

This concerns everyone's lives, and it won't be easy to pass it as easily as the sacrificial ceremony. Sure enough, as soon as Ishihara Akane finished speaking, the old woman who was sitting closest to the sect leader and looked the most senior jumped out and shouted, "Why should I!"

"Your strength is no match for mine," Ishihara Akira said casually, looking at the old woman who had jumped out.

Moreover, he showed no mercy afterward, directly using the Profound Yin Ghost-Slaying and Soul-Seizing Technique to forcibly pull the old woman's soul out of her body, crush it with a soul vortex in front of everyone, and swallow it.

"Now, who among you still objects?" Shi Yuanzhang asked coldly, looking expressionlessly at the elders of the Great Luo Sect below.

"Pfft!"

Without the support of her soul, the old woman's corpse, now completely dead, fell heavily to the ground, as if striking the hearts of all the elders, causing them to shudder and their bodies to involuntarily tremble.

“If no one objects, open your heart immediately and accept my mark, otherwise…” Even though he didn’t say the rest, all the elders present understood what Ishihara Akira meant. They exchanged glances, and finally, an elder who seemed more clever, or perhaps more like a fence-sitter, stepped forward and responded.

"Please brand it, sir."

Ishihara Sho, of course, did not stand on ceremony and immediately left his soul imprint on the elder's soul.

As the saying goes, everything is difficult at the beginning. Once the first one was done, the rest was easy. So, before long, all the elders of the Da Luo Sect present had their soul imprints left by Ishihara Sho, completely turning the Da Luo Sect into their own.

"Get the sacrificial ceremony settled as soon as possible, and get the powerful families of Nanzhou to begin the ceremony." Shi Yuanzhang sat down in the seat representing the clan leader, which Zhao Feier had voluntarily given up, and instructed everyone present.

"Yes!"

The assembly then concluded, and the elders departed to begin handling the subsequent matters concerning the change of sacrificial rites.

As for Shi Yuanzhang, he asked Zhao Feier for a secluded place for cultivation, along with all the gold, silver, copper, iron, and other precious metals from the Daluo Sect, as well as some materials that could be used to refine treasures. He then went to the secluded place and officially began to refine the king of divine artifacts in his mind.

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Inside the secluded cultivation area, Shi Yuanzhang did nothing else but take out the refining materials he had stolen from Fangxiandao, such as Blood-Patterned Steel, as well as the materials that Zhao Feier had sent earlier, and gold, silver, copper, iron, and other items that could be used as money. He piled them up like a small mountain, filling the entire secluded cultivation area. Then, he circulated his primordial spirit fire to encompass all the materials in front of him and began the first step in refining a magic weapon—material purification.

After all, what he wants to cultivate is the so-called King of Divine Artifacts in the Yangshen World, and these ordinary materials cannot meet his needs!

Even after a treasure is successfully crafted, its quality can be improved through later absorption—like Hong Yi in the original work, who absorbed and fused other sects' treasures into the Hall of Saints. However, this is still an extra step, and it is never as effective as laying a solid foundation from the beginning.

Even if it means that the magical artifacts I create will be much smaller—after all, after the materials are purified, there isn't much essence left. Without the support of the dynasty's treasury, it's not easy to create a magical artifact of the scale of the Hall of Saints.

Therefore, we can only make up for it through other means.

So soon after, the materials that had filled the entire secluded cultivation space were completely burned away by Ishihara Akane's primordial spirit fire, leaving only a few drops of material essence, each the size of a water droplet, a ping-pong ball, and an egg, which floated quietly in mid-air, supported by an invisible force.

Then, Ishihara Sho used his divine sense to create a small chiliocosm with all his might, and reinforced it with the Mandala Garbage Great Barrier to prevent it from being completely destroyed in an instant. He then placed it aside like the other materials, and then concentrated his mind to visualize the shape of a bell in his mind in a specific way...

With his exceptional cultivation, he visualized it taking shape and fixing it in the shortest time, then took it out of his soul and merged it with the small world beside him.

In an instant, the shape of the miniature world began to change, transforming from an ordinary spherical world into the shape of a golden bell.

Then, Ishihara Sho once again set aside the small world that had transformed into a golden bell, and gathered the material essence extracted from countless materials. Using some strange method, he intended to completely fuse them together, forging a fist-sized, dark golden special liquid, much like refining a special alloy. Only then did he control it to fly to the small world shaped like a golden bell, allowing it to merge with the small world.

Subsequently, the liquid seeped into the small world and merged into the mandala womb barrier within, further reinforcing the world barrier of the small world and thus strengthening and solidifying the golden bell from the inside out.

Then, Ishihara Zhang once again activated his primordial spirit fire to forge the golden bell, eliminating impurities and promoting the fusion of materials and divine will until the two were inseparable and indistinguishable. Only then did Ishihara Zhang decisively take out the Taiyu Tower, the Zhouji Bell, and the divine form of the Yin-Yang Chaos Void that he had previously obtained from Zhao Feier, and throw them into the golden bell in the order of Taiyu Tower, Zhouji Bell, and Yin-Yang Chaos Void, fusing them together with the golden bell.

In an instant, the small world at the core of the golden bell trembled, and its spatial range and stability expanded and strengthened at a visible pace...

After all, the original intention of the Cosmic Scriptures is to pursue the power of space and time. With the addition of the Yin-Yang Chaos Void, which contains the concepts of Tai Chi and Yin-Yang, it is only natural that the Lesser Thousand Worlds would become powerful. It would be truly strange if they were not strengthened.

Chapter 483 The Chaos Clock and Change

"Phew, now I have the ability to suppress space and reverse time. Although the power is not very strong, it's just a shell. But I can strengthen it later by crippling Su Mu and Meng Shenji. As for the rest, I'll have to think of other ways..." Shi Yuanzhang looked at the knock-off Chaos Bell that he had personally crafted and muttered with a sense of accomplishment.

As for why they were refining the Chaos Bell instead of the Taiji Diagram or the Pangu Banner...

The reason is simple: he has no reference point for the Pangu Banner, but he can forge the Pangu Axe by destroying the Fangxian Dao and extracting the divine power and intent of the Yuanyang Divine Axe visualized in the minds of Fangxian Dao practitioners.

However, the effect was too simplistic and did not align with his subsequent actions.

And the Tai Chi symbol...

He was capable of crafting and understood the workings of Tai Chi, and he also possessed the corresponding martial arts. However, there were no corresponding supernatural powers or spells on the edge of the Yangshen World, so he had to prepare everything himself. This did not quite align with his original intention of quickly creating magical treasures to prepare for the potential crisis that might arise from devouring the modern world.

Of course, the more important reason is that the Taiji Diagram is a treasure of Laozi. Now that he can connect with the Yangshen World, who knows if the Primordial World also exists? If the cause and effect become entangled, Ishihara Akira does not want the Taiqing Saint to suddenly appear behind him after dealing with Bo Xun.

So, after much deliberation, Ishihara Akira set his sights on the Chaos Bell—

The reasons are simple. First, the cause and effect of the Chaos Bell is clear. Although it also involves Donghuang Taiyi, apart from the myths in the Classic of Mountains and Seas and other orthodox myths and legends, in any novels featuring Donghuang Taiyi, his fate is always to be schemed against by the Heavenly Dao and die in the war between the Lich King and the Demon King. Then the Chaos Bell disappears and its whereabouts are unknown. Therefore, it is not very dangerous and is worth copying.

Secondly, creating the Chaos Bell would maximize the utilization of the Yang God's resources.

The ability to suppress space and reverse time can be used to exploit the Supreme Dao. The bell's exterior contains the sun, moon, stars, earth, water, fire, and wind, which can be inherited from the Dao of Stars. Even after returning to reality, one can refer to the constellations of the Zhou Tian Star Array and combine it with the future primordial spirit, which will surely have completed its cultivation, to deduce the so-called Zhou Tian Star Array for modification and strengthening.

It contains mountains and rivers, and countless ancient tribes...

This is a bit troublesome, but it's not unsolvable. After all, the current bell body is built with the Lesser Thousand Worlds as its core, which means that as long as the conditions are right, the Chaos Bell can contain living beings. This is also why the King of Divine Artifacts in the Yangshen World is called the World-Saving Treasure Boat.

That was originally a treasure used by transcendent beings to elevate their families and relatives to immortality.

So if it really comes down to it, Ishihara Sho wouldn't mind going to a two-dimensional world after the Yangshen world, and embedding the entire strategy guide of that world into the Chaos Bell, both to enhance the power of the Chaos Bell and to increase the foundation of his own side.

Of course, if there's no other choice, it wouldn't be a bad idea to put the Naruto world, the Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber world, Light Feather Flying, and even the modern world and Nightmare Space that you've already conquered into one place. In that case, one could carry the world with one bell and travel through all the heavens alone, which wouldn't be so bad.

The next five-colored rays of light can be used to cause trouble for the Peacock King, one of the eight great demon immortals of the Yangshen world. His Five Elements Sword Demon and related Five Elements magic cultivation methods can definitely meet this need!

In addition to all these other factors, it can be said that the creation of a Chaos Bell represents the ultimate utilization of the resources of the Yangshen World, and there is no reason why Ishihara Akira would not be tempted.

Perfect timing! He was already planning to make a big splash in the Yangshen World, so why not take this opportunity to gain even more benefits for himself?

……

Then, Ishihara Sho had a sudden thought. He took the Chaos Bell back into his body and got up to leave the secluded place.

"How long have I been in seclusion?" Ishihara Akira asked Zhao Feier.

"It's been about a month," Zhao Feier calculated.

"It hasn't been too long. By the way, has anything been happening lately? Tell me the important things." Ishihara Akira walked to the side and sat down, looking at Zhao Feier and giving her instructions.

"There aren't many issues, but the arrangements for the sacrificial ceremony you mentioned have been made. However, it's unclear how many people will actually follow them," Zhao Feier said after a moment's thought.

“Regardless of what they think, any family that worships the Great Luo Heavenly Venerable must have my sacrificial offering; otherwise… don’t tell me you don’t know what to do,” Ishihara Akira said to Zhao Feier with a half-smile.

"I understand, I will pass on the instructions," Zhao Feier sighed.

"What about Hong Xuanji, Jinghai Army, Hong Yi, and Meng Shenji? Any news?" Shi Yuanzhang was too lazy to play games with Zhao Feier and asked directly what he wanted to know most.

"Hong Xuanji is still the same as before, stationed in Yujing City. However, we did receive a letter requesting that we send someone to investigate Hong Yi's situation. It's likely that he already knows about Steward Wu's incident, but he's temporarily unable to leave, so he's handed the matter over to the Da Luo Sect. However, the matter involving Wei Taicang has caused quite a stir, even Emperor Qian himself has sent people to investigate. But you handled things quite cleanly, and the traces you left all point to the current sect leader of the Qi Hun Sect, Master Duan. Therefore, Emperor Qian sent people to question the Qi Hun Sect and also to find Master Duan for a confrontation. However, Master Duan has disappeared without a trace, so everyone pinned the blame on the missing Master Duan, and at the Crown Prince's request, the entire Qi Hun Sect was wiped out," Zhao Feier recounted.

"Even though everyone knew that a mere Ghost Immortal was not even the Master of the Qi Soul Sect and could not possibly kill Wei Taicang, who was at the Martial Saint realm, the court officials cared more about the position of Governor-General of the Seven Southern Provinces that was vacated with Wei Taicang's death than the murderer. After a fierce struggle, it finally fell to Li Moumou, Lord Li."

"Li Moumou?"

"Yes, he is a typical member of the imperial faction. He did not side with anyone. I guess that is the key reason why he was able to stand out and win the crucial position of Governor-General of the Seven Southern Provinces."

Ishihara Akira nodded and said again, "Continue."

"However, because of Mr. Duan, Yan Zhen, the commander of the Jinghai Army, was reprimanded and his salary was reduced while he remained in his post as a warning to others. It was a light punishment. In addition, Hong Xuanji's son, Hong Yi, was promoted one rank, from commanding five hundred men to commanding one thousand men. His duties remained the same, and he stayed in the camp to continue his cultivation and studies in an orderly manner."

"The last message from Meng Shenji's side a couple of days ago was that his Nine Fire Dragons were ambushed by the Peacock King and his men in the South China Sea. After a fierce battle, neither side gained any advantage, and the chase has started again."

"The Nine-Fire Dragon wasn't destroyed?" Ishihara Akira asked in surprise.

"I heard that although he was seriously injured, he did not die, but escaped," Zhao Feier confirmed.

"Then have someone prepare a large ship, and give me and Fei Rong the Heaven-Shaking Bow and the Heavenly Venerable Robe. I'll take Fei Rong over to see them," Shi Yuanzhang instructed after a moment's thought.

Chapter 484 Setting Sail Again

The Daluo Sect's execution was quite good. Not long after Ishihara Akira gave his orders, the ships, supplies, and accompanying personnel were all ready. Therefore, Ishihara Akira wasted no more time and took Zhao Feirong with him to Shuiyang City, which was under the jurisdiction of Hong Kang. Then, they boarded the ships prepared by the Daluo Sect and headed towards the location mentioned in the intelligence report where the Peacock King and Meng Shenji had last appeared.

Afterwards, Ishihara Shu locked himself in the cabin and began making props for another plan—

Two polygonally symmetrical wheels, shaped like some kind of musical instrument, shot out from between Ishihara Sho's eyebrows—the very martial arts essence he had extracted from Zhao Feier, the sect leader of the Great Luo Sect, and Yan Zhenzong, Zhao Feier's nominal man and husband, forged by the two of them through their cultivation of the Wheel of Life and Death!

With a thought, Ishihara Sho collided the two Wheels of Life and Death of different degrees of stability and manifestation. Just like water and milk merging, they directly merged together in a ripple, forming a more realistic and peculiar wheel that seemed to be made of some special material. Dark golden patterns outlined mysterious designs on the surface of the wheel, and various patterns of flowers, birds, fish, insects, humans, gods, ghosts, and demons filled the inside and outside of the wheel. It shone with a divine light and exuded a mysterious and distant aura, like the center of the world.

But Ishihara Akira didn't pay much attention to it. Instead, he had another thought and released another Yin-Yang mixed Daoist true form from between his eyebrows.

However, this time the source is not Zhao Feier, because the true form of the Dao technique extracted from Zhao Feier's body has already been integrated into the Chaos Bell to strengthen its power. Therefore, this one, like the suddenly appearing Wheel of Life and Death, was extracted from Yan Zhenzong's soul.

When he used the Soul Vortex to obliterate Yan Zhenzong's consciousness, he extracted the Wheel of Life and Death and the Yin-Yang Chaos, which were the true essence of martial arts and the true form of Taoist arts, and they became materials, which led to his current actions.

Then, Ishihara Sho threw the Yin-Yang Chaos Void onto the Wheel of Life and Death, bombarding it with his divine soul and will, simultaneously fusing the two into one while also blasting the concept of what he wanted to create into it, accelerating the fusion of the two...

It wasn't until much later that the Yin-Yang Chaos Void merged with the Wheel of Life and Death, forming a terrifying entity with a rotating wheel at its center and several Yin-Yang Chaos Void shapes around it, resembling the legendary Six Paths of Reincarnation.

Then, Ishihara Akira took the pseudo-Six Paths Reincarnation Disc back into his soul and continued to forge and shape it with his will and intention until it conformed to his ideas.

……

"Where are we?" A few days later, Ishihara Akira came out of the cabin and came to Zhao Feirong's side to ask.

"We've reached the battle zone mentioned in the intelligence. We'll be at the center of the battle in about half an hour, but we're still a bit late. Even if we get there, we probably won't find anything," Zhao Feirong said with a sigh, looking at the ocean before her.

"It doesn't matter. I was prepared for us to find nothing on this trip." Shi Yuanzhang put his arm around Zhao Feirong's waist and pulled her into his embrace.

"Then why did you come out?" Zhao Feirong had completely resigned herself to her fate. After all, even her mother, Zhao Feier, had become Shi Yuanzhang's prisoner, and the entire Da Luo Sect was under his control. Without being able to contact her biological father, Hong Xuanji, for help, she had virtually no chance of escaping Shi Yuanzhang's control.

Having done so much with Ishihara Akira, she had come to accept the fact that he was her man to some extent, and thus opened up her mind and accepted everything more readily.

Naturally, he became more open in his speech and started to help Ishihara Sho, or rather, to think from his perspective.

"Just trying my luck. Besides, I didn't come here solely for Meng Shenji." Ishihara Akira said with a smile as he continued to playfully grope Zhao Feirong.

"Not for Meng Shenji?" Zhao Feirong asked in surprise.

She had assumed that Ishihara Akira had come for Yumejinki.

“Yes.” Ishihara Akira nodded.

For example, Shi Yuanzhang felt it was necessary to visit Taoshendao in Shenfeng Kingdom. After all, the true form of the Yin-Yang Chaos Dao technique in his hands was insufficient. If he wanted to truly create the Six Paths Reincarnation Disc, he could not rely on just one Yin-Yang Chaos. Therefore, Taoshendao, which mainly cultivated Yin-Yang Chaos and Yin-Yang Secret Manual, became his main location for plundering the true form of the Yin-Yang Chaos Dao technique.

Next is Izumo Province, mainly to see Zen Ginsa's looks. If she's attractive, Ishihara Akira wouldn't mind taking the liberty of doing so himself.

After all, you've already seized the opportunity, so what's a little bit of seizing a wife?

After that, on a wild island deep in the South China Sea, if you're lucky, you should be able to find the monk Jingren and snatch the Qiankun Bag from him, obtaining the general outline of the Tathagata Sutra inside. At that point, you'll have pretty much got all the opportunities at sea in this world. You can then return to the mainland to study the second volume of the Tathagata Sutra hidden in the underground palace of the Great Zen Temple, and cause trouble for Taoist sects such as the Zhengyi Dao, Fangxian Dao, and Xingchen Dao, plundering their magical treasures to forge your own Chaos Bell.

As for cannibalism to enhance one's spiritual foundation, that's another matter entirely.

Although he cannot yet reach the point where he can use anything in the world, except himself, to strengthen his body like a demon, he would not hesitate to act on behalf of Heaven and destroy them to strengthen himself when he encounters demons like the sorcerers and ghosts in the original work.