Why are all of us who transmigrated at the same time demons?

Before long, the corpse god, which even the gods would avoid, was completely devoured by the insect dragon and turned into nourishment for cultivation. The corpse god's memories were then opened to Loran.

The spirit of Yinbai Mountain, named Su, is a mountain deity. Local legend says that Su and humans share the same father but different mothers; the dragon king of the mountain conceived humans by mating with the sun and Su by mating with the moon.

Therefore, humans and Su share the same origin. Su likes cleanliness, loves vegetarian food, and does not like to interact with his human brothers.

When Su was the god of Yinbai Mountain, he could harmonize the four seasons, restrain the beasts, and control the excessive exploitation of Yinbai Mountain by humans. Therefore, during Su's lifetime, the counties and prefectures around Yinbai Mountain were peaceful and harmonious, and Yinbai Mountain was full of vitality.

One day, a prodigy named Chen Xiulian emerged from the Chen family in Qinghe County. This darling of heaven joined the Tianxin Dao sect and quickly entered the true lineage.

This favored daughter of heaven was very familiar with the legends of the mountain god in her hometown, and she also learned about the origin of this mountain god from the archives of the Heavenly Heart Sect. This mountain god had a noble bloodline and was close to the human race. Due to some historical reasons, the Heavenly Heart Sect recognized His status as the Yinbai Mountain God, but also kept a distance from Him, and seemed to ignore Su.

This gave Chen Xiulian a wicked idea. During one of her travels, she acquired an ancient witchcraft technique, a method for weddings. This favored daughter of heaven was quite talented in unorthodox practices. She combined this witchcraft with bedroom arts, weaving a set of witchcraft rituals for Su—an earth marriage ceremony. Su was the child of the moon, and Chen Xiulian was the daughter of the sun. The former was the true yang within yin, and the latter was the true yin within yang.

In Chen Xiulian's view, by using the marriage ritual to unite yin and yang, Chen Xiulian might be able to use this ritual to extract Su's true yang to replenish herself, and use the Kanli Dandao to enhance her cultivation and achieve enlightenment.

Chen Xiulian succeeded. She used the earth marriage ritual to match with Su, and secretly had her family members bypass the ritual and make small moves to extract Su's true yang, which greatly improved her cultivation. She directly became the libationer of Tianxin Dao in Xuanli County, and later promoted to the state libationer. Finally, she sat in the high position of Tianxin Dao Celestial Master's Mansion. The Chen family was also able to cross classes and become a prominent family in the state and county.

But Chen Xiulian did not succeed completely, because twenty years ago, Su suddenly came back to life.

Chen Xiulian's marriage ceremony was a local marriage ceremony, recognized by the local people. If Su were no longer alive, Chen Xiulian would merely be a widow. But since Su was still alive, Chen Xiulian was obligated to fulfill the marriage contract.

But how could Chen Xiulian possibly go back to marry the mountain god she had so terribly wronged? So she came up with an idea: she devised another set of rituals, fabricating a story that the mountain god had fallen in love with someone else and married another woman, all in an attempt to deceive the earth marriage ceremony.

The Liuyang Temple was originally under her command, so they had no choice but to obey her orders. The local Five Dragons Secret Sect was silenced by Chen Xiulian on behalf of Tianxin Dao for the sake of secrecy.

The reason those brides died suddenly was because they tried to interfere in the marriage of the mountain god and were killed as a result.

Chen Xiulian also took this opportunity to tarnish the image of the mountain god and distort the ritual.

Su was already dead. At the time, Chen Xiulian's cultivation was shallow and she was too young. She didn't handle the aftermath well, which led to Su becoming a demon. What has awakened now is just Su's zombie. The earthly marriage has become a ghost marriage, which is why this marriage is so dangerous.

Once, a demon invaded Yinbai Mountain, but was killed by Su. Su obtained from the demon one of the secret teachings of the Fangxian Dao, the "Seven Souls Demon Returning to Immortality Secret Manual".

The practice involves using seven evil spirits as a guide, each corresponding to one of the seven evil spirits: "deception," "ugliness," "evil," "lust," "resentment," "depravity," and "greed." By creating a human demon from these seven evil spirits, one transfers all their sinful and yin energy to the human demon, thereby attaining a supreme immortal body.

This secret technique was not to Su's liking as a nature spirit, so he shelved it. But Su, who had died once and become a corpse god, was not so fastidious.

After regaining some of his sanity after transforming into a zombie, Su also remembered his past over the years, so he also wanted to reclaim the true yang that Chen Xiulian had taken from him.

With this true yang energy, he could be brought back to life and would no longer be a zombie.

Chen Xiulian thought Su only wanted to entangle with her during the earth marriage ceremony, but in reality Su had more in mind. Not only did he want Chen Xiulian's true yang, he also wanted to use these new mountain concubines to cultivate the "Seven Souls Human Demon Returning to Immortality Secret Manual" and take it a step further.

In short, this is a story about a woman who tricked her husband into marriage, murdered him, swindled him out of all his assets, and then smeared his reputation after his death. Now, her husband has returned as a zombie to claim her life and is preparing to come back to life.

As for Li Huayang, this child has a rare Yin constitution. In recent years, because of the incident with Abbess Miaozhen, Li Huayang has been disliked in Songhe Temple. So he went down the mountain with Chen Xiangzi to open a branch of Songhe Temple. On the way, he met Luo Lan and chased her all the way to this place. Her constitution has also been noticed by some people with ulterior motives, such as Chen Xiulian.

Chen Xiulian's idea was similar to finding a substitute. Li Huayang's physique was similar to hers, so he could be used to deceive Su, making it easier for Chen Xiulian to stab him in the back. The so-called jade ruyi was not given by the mountain god at all, but was just an excuse of Chen Xiulian. Even the old mountain concubine was a clone of Chen Xiulian.

It's all for the purpose of deceiving the public and manipulating public opinion.

The so-called rituals are the will of Heaven and the will of the people. The will of Heaven is impartial, and everything operates under the will of Heaven, eternally unchanging. But the will of the people can be guided and changed; once the will of the people moves, the rituals will move.

In today's context, this would be considered manipulating public opinion, interfering with the judgments of public security organs, procuratorates, and courts, and putting pressure on them.

Loran didn't care about all that. Killing the mountain god was to improve her own cultivation and, incidentally, to save her predecessor's senior sister.

Dealing with gold diggers is just adding insult to injury for the Heavenly Heart Sect. Why did you wipe out my Insect Dragon Altar branch by fighting a divorce case? And that Five Thunder Compassionate Saint Lord, I helped you clean house, and you didn't even appreciate it, wanting to bring troops to block me.

My thoughts are not clear, so naturally I must take revenge.

This is just an appetizer. When Loran sees that old man, the Five Thunder Compassionate Holy Lord, again, he'll definitely tear off his helmet.

As for what to do? Lorraine couldn't be bothered to sue a gold digger who had tricked her into marriage.

Hey! You vixen, my fists aren't strong enough!

Chapter 141 Ancient Chen Realm: Chen Xiulian

Jiangning Prefecture was the most prosperous of the eight prefectures of the Yu Kingdom. It had a dense network of waterways and, except for the mountains in the southwest, was all plains, making it the granary of the world.

In a corner of the city of Tianxindao, there are numerous temples and monasteries, which is the main temple of Tianxindao in Jiangning Prefecture—Tianning Temple.

Chen Xiulian, whose Taoist name is "Qingfu," was the previous abbess of Tianning Temple. Now, this nun Qingfu has risen to a high position and great power in the Tianshi Mansion, the main temple of the Tianxin Dao in Yu Kingdom. The current abbess of Tianning Temple, Master Langyue, is one of her personal disciples.

Chen Xiulian wore a purple Taoist robe with a black and white feathered overlay. In the order of the Heavenly Heart Dao, purple was the most noble color. Only the Celestial Master and a dozen or so top-ranking Taoist masters were qualified to wear purple robes, while black and white feathered overlays were mostly awards bestowed by the Yu Kingdom's royal family.

Wearing a purple robe and feathered garment, Chen Xiulian's high status within the Heavenly Heart Sect was evident. Yet, this top-ranking noblewoman had been frowning and restless since the beginning of the day.

The Jiangning High Priestess, Master Langyue, wore a crimson Taoist robe that shone like flames, and the gold belt around her waist gleamed with a noble light. Holding a whisk, she gently waved it, as if a celestial breeze was caressing her face, giving people a transcendent feeling.

She saw her master, Chen Xiulian, pacing in the garden, her brows furrowed, clearly preoccupied.

Chen Xiulian strolled through the elegant and fragrant garden within the Taoist temple, surrounded by a riot of flowers, a truly breathtaking sight. However, this beautiful scenery could not dispel the worries in her heart.

Master Langyue hurriedly stepped forward and asked softly, "Disciple noticed that Master seems to be troubled today. Is there anything I can do to help Master resolve this problem?"

Chen Xiulian stopped and turned to look at Master Langyue, a hint of relief flashing in her eyes. She smiled slightly and said, "You're very thoughtful. I've been feeling quite uneasy all day, as if a great calamity is about to befall me. But despite my numerous divinations, I haven't been able to find even the slightest clue about this impending doom, which is why I'm so troubled."

Chen Xiulian's voice revealed a hint of helplessness. She frowned her beautiful brows, as if all the flowers in the garden had lost their color because of her worry.

Although she is over 210 years old this year, thanks to years of spiritual practice and the art of preserving her youth, her skin is still as delicate as that of a young girl in her late twenties, and her face is beautiful, elegant and refined.

In contrast, Master Langyue, though 124 years old, appeared much more mature, like a Daoist nun nearing 30. Her solemn demeanor and lack of smiles made her seem older than her actual age. Standing together, Chen Xiulian looked less like Master Langyue and more like her daughter.

"Could it be that something has happened to that person in Yinbai Mountain?" Master Langyue speculated.

Chen Xiulian frowned and said, "In my early years, I was in a hurry and busy digesting that beast's true yang energy. I failed to properly finish the matter, which is why this corpse disaster was left behind."

"I originally thought that the earth marriage ritual would automatically dissipate after that beast died, but I underestimated the troublesome nature of this ancient witchcraft. As long as the other party's divine consciousness remains, this witchcraft will not dissipate. As a result, a proper earth marriage has turned into a ghost marriage. That beast even used this connection to defile my body with his divine evil, causing my cultivation to regress. It is truly hateful!"

Master Langyue hesitated, "My master is a high-ranking Daoist of our Heavenly Heart Dao, and usually serves by the Celestial Master's side. Now that he has been staying in Jiangning for so long, it's inevitable that some people with ulterior motives will notice something amiss. After all, that person was once a mountain god recognized by our Heavenly Heart Dao. Once the events of that year are investigated, what about Elder Tianxing..."

"What mountain god!" Chen Xiulian angrily stopped Lang Yue's admonition. "A beast with fur and horns dares to call itself a god? It's just living in a small Yinbai Mountain by relying on its ancestors' bloodline, and is worshipped by some ignorant scoundrels and wild animals in the mountains."

"I, Tianxin Dao, only allowed it to roam freely for a while because it is the son of the Mountain Dragon King. But it shows no gratitude to Tianxin Dao, repeatedly failing to appear when the gods are on duty, and offending our dignity. This ignorant fool should be grateful to be able to become food for his master to ask about the Great Dao, but now it dares to ruin my cultivation!"

Chen Xiulian's face was contorted, with dark blue lines erupting on her face. These were extremely dense corpse demons, which almost turned the fairy-like Chen Xiulian into a hideous corpse demon.

Lang Yue kept her head down, not daring to look at Chen Xiulian's ugly appearance at this moment.

Sensing her loss of control, Chen Xiulian forcefully used her internal energy to suppress the corpse demon that was about to go berserk.

As the bluish-black lines faded, Chen Xiulian transformed from her hideous, grotesque form back into her ethereal and otherworldly beauty.

"My disciple Langyue," Chen Xiulian said softly.

Master Langyue lowered his head even further: "Disciple is here."

"Because of the magical connection I have with that beast, I cannot get too close, otherwise the corruption of the corpse spirit will become more and more serious. I can only ask you, my disciple, to go to Yinbai Mountain and find out for me."

Langyue Zhenren shuddered involuntarily.

Me? Going to Yinbai Mountain? Really?

Although Chen Xiulian kept calling him a "beast," Master Langyue knew that the aggrieved party in Yinbai Mountain was no ordinary person.

Just like in the local legend, Su's father was the Mountain Dragon King, and his mother was a Moon Goddess. The origin of the latter is unknown, but his father, the Mountain Dragon King, was a famous ancient god. Back then, when the Heavenly Heart Dao was destroying mountains and temples all over the Yu Kingdom, why did they let this god go? Besides the fact that Su was indeed harmless and did a good job as the Mountain God, it was also because they were somewhat afraid of Su's father, the Mountain Dragon King.

So many years have passed, and the Mountain Dragon King has never been seen, which is why Tianxin Dao has begun to underestimate Su Lai.

Then came the audacious Chen Xiulian, who plotted against this household deity, taking its true yang life force to establish her own Dao foundation.

The higher-ups of Tianxin Dao may not be completely unaware of this matter, but in their eyes, Su was nothing more than an uncivilized outsider who refused to integrate into the Tianxin Dao divine system, while Chen Xiulian was one of their own.

The fact that the higher-ups tolerated Chen Xiulian's actions back then may have been a way of testing the ancient gods behind Su, including the Mountain Dragon King.

However, this matter absolutely cannot be brought to light, since when Tianxin Dao established the Yu Kingdom's divine path, it recognized Su's position as the Yinbai Mountain God.

Su Wu has done nothing wrong, yet members of the Heavenly Heart Sect have used ancient witchcraft to plot against him and take his life, using him to practice their magic.

Once this matter is brought to the forefront, it will inevitably cause a divergence and conflict between the Immortal Path and the Divine Path within the Heavenly Heart Path. In particular, although the Heavenly Heart Divine Path is stable now, there are still ancient feudal lords like Su who have survived to this day.

Moreover, the upper echelons of the Heavenly Heart Path are all harmonious again? How long has it been since the Heavenly Heart Path became the state religion of the Yu Kingdom and established its divine path?

The period of expansion and growth is long gone. Within a large sect like Tianxin Dao, there are now basically only enough people for one position, and many are waiting for Chen Xiulian to make a mistake and bring her down.

If you, Chen Xiulian, don't step down and give up your position, how can we improve?

When the incident comes to light, we can throw Chen Xiulian, the culprit, out to appease the gods' anger, freeing up a vacancy, and then clean up Chen Xiulian's faction. It's killing three birds with one stone, isn't that wonderful!

As for your claim, Chen Xiulian, that it was tacitly approved and condoned by the higher-ups back then, do you have any evidence?

Do you have any images, documents, jade slips, or Taoist records from that time to prove that we gave you the order?

No, right? If not, don't make baseless accusations against us refined Taoist priests.

Be brought to justice, you sinner who murdered the son of the Mountain Dragon King who practiced evil magic!

Even a fool could imagine how her enemies would drag her into the abyss.

Therefore, she could not afford to be weak in the slightest and had to deal with that beast as soon as possible! Chen Xiulian gripped the edge of her feathered robe tightly, her face contorted with rage.

Unfortunately, although her forces seemed vast, they lacked a decisive expert. While she could command the gods, who were top-tier combatants, the gods resided in the public lineage of the Heavenly Heart Path. Her ability to mobilize the gods to do private work for her would not escape the notice of her opponents.

"Damn it! Damn it! Damn it!"

Chen Xiulian cursed inwardly. If it weren't for this damned witchcraft preventing her from getting close to Su, she would have already taken matters into her own hands and killed him. Why would she be in such a passive position?

Chapter 142 Ancient Chen Realm: The Golden Monkey Raises His Mighty Cudgel

"Witch, come out and face your death!"

A thunderous roar resounded above Tianning Temple, startling the Taoist priests inside who all looked up toward the source of the sound.

Master Langyue frowned, made a hand seal, and flew away on the wind. She wanted to see which madman dared to act recklessly in Tianning Temple. The person who came was beyond her expectations.

This is a golden divine monkey. He wears a phoenix-winged purple-gold crown on his head, with two pheasant feathers swaying in the sky, stirring up the wind and clouds; he is clad in a golden chainmail, with dragon scales shining in the sun, as brilliant as flowing gold; he wears an ochre-yellow dragon belt around his waist, surrounded by auspicious energy; and he wears a pair of lotus-silk cloud-walking shoes, treading through the heavens.

On the hairy face of the Thunder God, there are two bright golden eyes that seem to flicker with lightning as they turn, piercing through the netherworld; the nose is like a hanging gall, the lips are like painted vermilion, which makes the two red sideburns on the cheeks fly like flames.

The primordial chaos nurtures an indestructible body, and fiery eyes discern the vast emptiness.

Golden armor and divine light surged through the Dou Palace, shattering the first body of Lingxiao!

The monkey's fur shimmered with golden flames, its color incomparably pure and flawless; Langyue Zhenren seemed to have seen this kind of gold before.

Where is it? Langyue Zhenren was somewhat puzzled; she couldn't quite remember.

This monkey, resembling the Monkey King, is Loran's transformation. Loran has never lacked wisdom; his mind is filled with the wisdom of various realms, though often this wisdom needs to be localized. Previously, the "Sun and Moon Mystic Celestial Fox Technique" served as a catalyst, opening the door for Loran to master the Seventy-Two Transformations.

Loran's method goes against the innate. The innate is formless and shapeless, and the forms of insects and dragons are merely a vessel. As long as the reason is sufficient, the innate can transform into all things, just like in "Under One Person", Zhou Sheng used the innate to lead the changes of the Zhou Tian, ​​and could transform into all things.

The principles contained in "The Mysterious Celestial Fox Technique of the Sun and Moon Cave" revealed the way of change in this world to Loran. Taking this as an opportunity, Loran deduced "Seventy-two Transformations: Celestial Fox Transformation". The deduction of the remaining seventy-one transformations was just a natural progression.

What Loran is most familiar with in this world is the method of his own Five Dragons Sect. Based on the methods of the other branches of the Five Dragons Sect, Loran deduced the "Seventy-Two Transformations: Divine Ape Transformation", "Seventy-Two Transformations: Azure Phoenix Transformation", "Seventy-Two Transformations: Calamity Transformation", and "Seventy-Two Transformations: Poison Dragon Transformation" from the Ape Dragon, Luan Dragon, Dog Dragon, and Poison Dragon branches. His original method belongs to "Seventy-Two Transformations: Insect Dragon Transformation", and the method of the sect leader's branch is deduced as "Seventy-Two Transformations: Dragon King Transformation".

As for why Loran, the master of the Insect Dragon Altar, is so familiar with the methods of the other lineages, there's no need to elaborate, right?

Following this creation of a new method, Loran's "Primordial Chaos Five Tribulations Insect Dragon Scripture" will be renamed "Primordial Chaos Five Tribulations Eight-Nine Mysterious Technique".

"The Seventy-Two Transformations: The Divine Ape Transformation" is inspired by the Monkey King, which is why it looks so amazing.

Looking at the golden aura rising from within himself, Loran had an epiphany.

Of the five tribulations, he was only missing the tribulation of the metal element. Now that the metal energy is rising and weapons are about to be used, it is time for him to face this tribulation.

"Where did you come from, you demon monkey? How dare you act so presumptuously at my Tianning Temple? Do you want to go to the Demon-Slaying Platform?" Master Langyue said sternly, beginning his reprimand of Luo Lan.

Loran used his Fiery Eyes of Truth, and two beams of divine light pierced through the protective array, illuminating Chen Xiulian, who was wandering in the garden.

"Okay, okay, it's good that she's here!"

Loran shouted.

Meanwhile, more than 300 miles away in a secluded cave, Yuan Shan, the master of the Ape Dragon Altar of the Five Dragons Secret Sect, was enjoying his homemade "monkey wine." While other monkeys brew their own monkey wine from a variety of fruits gathered from the mountains, Yuan Shan's monkey wine, brewed by this evil sorcerer, contained three parts of the fruits and seven parts of the essence of life and soul.

The soul wine brewed in this way not only has an exceptionally rich flavor, but it can also enhance the cultivation of the soul. Yuan Shan has always treasured it, and he only opens the wine jar to drink it when he is extremely happy or extremely sad.

"My brother-in-law said that Luo Lan offended that old bastard, the Five Thunder Compassionate Saint Lord. That old codger has already informed the Heavenly Master and will soon gather all the divine soldiers to kill him."

"Hahaha! That bastard Loran is finally going to die. He's always been so arrogant and looked down on us."

Although Yuan Shan was a member of an evil sect, he had a younger sister who was extremely beautiful. She married a high-ranking member of the Tianxin Sect as a concubine, and Yuan Shan took the opportunity to become the high-ranking member's henchman, helping him handle things that he couldn't do openly.

Yuan Shan was also able to obtain many "top secrets" from this "brother-in-law," such as the matter of Luo Lan, which Chen Xiulian was unaware of (mainly because she was far from headquarters and her eyes and ears were blocked by the enemy), but Yuan Shan knew about it.

"Once Loran dies, I'm going to snatch the lion's share of the good stuff from the Insect Dragon lineage." Yuan Shan's big, round eyes gleamed with greed and cunning.

Just as he was about to continue drinking his favorite "monkey wine," he suddenly felt something was wrong with his body.

The habit he had developed from walking in the dark for so long made Yuan Shan immediately put down the monkey wine. He transformed into a giant dragon ape covered in golden dragon scales, with a white head, bare feet, and dragon horns on its head.

"Ouch! It hurts... What the hell is that... inside my body?"