Chapter 1 What is a Demon?

What are demons?

They are 'monsters' transformed from the souls of humans, tainted by the Yin Sha and resentment between heaven and earth. Killing their physical form causes their Qi to dissipate into the world, where it will eventually transform into other demons.

Because of this, throughout history, demons have been killed endlessly.

It wasn't until the emergence of You Ming Fu Jun that he opened You Ming (the underworld), absorbing the Yin Sha and resentment of heaven and earth into it. In an instant, only one in ten demons between heaven and earth remained.

But Yin Sha comes from heaven and earth, and resentment comes from the hearts of all spirits. Both are endless. Even You Ming Fu Jun cannot eradicate them completely.

Therefore, he established the Yin Si (underworld administration) system to fill in the gaps.

Little ghosts collect souls, city gods judge ghosts, capture ghosts, and send them to You Ming for purification. Afterwards, the purified souls are sent to 'reincarnation' by You Ming Fu Jun...

This is the operational system of Yin Si.

However, since losing contact with You Ming more than sixteen hundred years ago, the Yin Si has almost stopped functioning. All the fierce demons have nowhere to go, cannot be purified, and there is no more 'reincarnation'. The Yin Sha and resentment between heaven and earth accumulate more and more.

But the reason why the number of demons in the world has not increased significantly, and the phenomenon of a hundred ghosts walking in daylight has not yet appeared, is because of Qin Wu Yi!

He cultivates the Kui Xing Devouring Ghosts and Eating Demons technique, using his own city god's mansion as the core, forcibly accommodating the most ferocious demons born on this land for the past sixteen hundred years!

And at this moment, it is all spewing out!

Wuwu awawa~

Qin Wu Yi's Dharma body, as tall as a mountain, opened its mouth and spewed out a torrent composed of thousands of demons. In the faintness, one could see the twisted faces of countless ferocious demons, and even feel the terrifying Yin Sha and resentment Qi that was so rich that it was indescribable!

In an instant, nearly half of the divine light erupting from Qin Wu Yi's body was dyed pitch black, and the world was filled with the cries and roars of demons!

"So many demons?!"

Sa Wu Ling's face was pale, as if suffocating.

Yan Xia Ke was not much better. He couldn't even stand steadily as he watched this scene.

With this number of demons, there was no need to fight at all. Just a whoosh would wipe out the people of an entire city!

"If You Ming is not empty, I vow not to achieve Dao..."

Looking at the countless demons rolling and roaring, intertwined with divine light, An Qi Sheng touched his smooth chin, his eyes deep, lost in thought:

"This sentence seems a little familiar..."

Boom!

Boom!

Deep in the starry sea, the sounds of explosions became louder and louder. The aftershocks, transmitted from who knows how far away, were already stirring the void like a tide, creating a magnificent spectacle.

"Real person, how will the old city god get through this calamity?"

Yan Xia Ke couldn't help but ask.

"Eliminate Yin Sha, save demons, return to the original, and I will be pure."

An Qi Sheng sighed softly:

"Difficult, difficult, difficult!"

Yin Sha is born from heaven and earth, and resentment is transformed from people's hearts. To purify heaven and earth and save people's hearts, how easy is that?

This path is endlessly arduous. Success may lead to unparalleled power, but achieving success is not easy.

"Difficult..."

Yan Xia Ke staggered, his heart heavy.

Even An Zhenren, who was mysterious and unpredictable in his eyes, said 'difficult' three times. Could it be that this calamity cannot be overcome?

Roar~~~

As they were talking, they heard the miserable wails of thousands of demons turning into a sound that tore through the sky.

Under the pressure and crushing of the divine light, the countless demons actually showed a tendency to merge into one!

"I have swallowed you for a thousand years, and have also suffered your bites for a thousand years. If you are dissatisfied, just devour my soul and swallow my spiritual light..."

In the divine light, Qin Wu Yi spoke calmly, like a divine sound, like a Zen chant, as if he had seen through all life and death, and as if he had seen the dawn:

"Dust to dust, earth to earth, all resentment and hatred are but a wisp of smoke..."

Divine light, divine sound, and the Qi of Yin Sha and resentment intertwined like a tangled mess.

The merged form of the countless demons suddenly disintegrated, and then flowed back, with thousands of demons letting out hysterical screams, and suddenly completely engulfing Qin Wu Yi.

"Old city god!"

Sa Wu Ling and Yan Xia Ke's expressions changed drastically, and they couldn't help but cry out.

Watching the endless ink color and divine light blend together, and the overwhelming demons engulf Qin Wu Yi, An Qi Sheng shook his head slightly.

The Dao of heaven cannot be sought from others.

At this moment, neither he nor Xie Qi could take action. If they didn't, Qin Wu Yi still had a chance to achieve Dao. Once they did, his Dao would collapse.

"Seeking benevolence and attaining benevolence, seeking the Dao and attaining the Dao, that's all."

An Qi Sheng sighed softly and bowed slightly towards the place where the divine light was intertwined:

"Fellow Daoist Qin, may you have a good journey..."

The affairs of the world are often not successful just by trying hard.

Many times, even if you try your best, you will still fail. However, even if you know, so what?

If you don't do it, there won't even be a sliver of a chance of success.

He naturally held a sense of respect in his heart for such a person.

Buzz~

The moment An Qi Sheng bowed, another change occurred.

The center of the fusion of ink color and divine light instantly dimmed, and a point of nothingness spread out in all directions, erasing the ink-colored Yin Sha and wiping away the pure yellow divine light.

Bit by bit, everything turned into dust and dissipated.

In just a moment, nothing was left on the barren mountain in the distance that had already been leveled by the divine light.

There was no more divine light, no more Qi of Yin Sha and resentment, no more countless wailing and roaring demons, and no more Qin Wu Yi, who should have been sitting cross-legged.

"Old city god!"

Yan Xia Ke's heart was filled with great sorrow, but unfortunately, his skeletal body no longer had any semblance of expression, let alone a trace of tears.

He fell to the ground, and could only let out a rough and hoarse dry howl.

Sa Wu Ling watched, and there was also sadness in his heart.

Some people, even if they only meet once, will leave a deep impression on you, even deeper than those you have known for many years.

He and Qin Wu Yi only had one meeting, but at this moment, seeing this scene, he couldn't help but feel moved.

"Xiao Jiu!"

Deep in the starry sea, a long and melancholy sigh flowed in all directions.

The mourning stick beat the electric snakes and thunder dragons, making a weeping 'wuwu' sound, as if sending Qin Wu Yi off.

Rumble!

A moment later, accompanied by a deafening roar, the mourning stick disappeared, and the electric snakes and thunder dragons all collapsed at the same time.

Then, the 'sky' supported by the mourning stick returned to its place, and the air waves squeezed out by the great force turned into boundless hurricanes, roaring and pouring back into the northern suburbs, blowing up the snow and sand in the sky.

The vast torrent almost submerged the entire Qing Du City.

Whoosh~~~

In the biting hurricane, An Qi Sheng walked through the air and stepped towards Qing Du City.

The hurricane that poured back from all directions on the ground gradually subsided as he stepped, and by the time he stepped into Qing Du City, the air waves had already subsided under the starry sky.

Looking up, he saw the boundless starry sky and the bright moon hanging high.

The world was still the same, without the slightest touch due to Qin Wu Yi's departure.

Looking down, Qing Du City was silent. The lights were all blown out by the strong wind. Apart from the dust and snow flying horizontally, there seemed to be no change at all.

It also seemed that it didn't know that the city god who had protected it for more than sixteen hundred years had disappeared under the starry sky tonight.

"Qin Wu Yi..."

An Qi Sheng stood in the air, looked at the distance, murmured a sentence, and in the depths of his deep eyes, a pure yellow mental imprint with a touch of light purple was slowly forming.

This was already the last trace left by the city god.

.......

As the morning light broke through the darkness, the golden sun shone through the night, scattering across the heavens and earth, and awakening the myriad spirits who had been sleeping all night.

In Qing Du City, the sound of the bronze bell in the Rulai Temple spread and echoed as smoke rose from the chimneys, filling the entire Qing Du City.

A new day has arrived.

The people of Qing Du City did not have a good sleep this night. Many were half-awake and half-asleep, and more did not sleep at all. Seeing the darkness recede and the light return, they dragged their tired bodies and opened their doors.

And began a day of labor.

Sleeping in is a great luxury for most people, especially for some special industries.

For example, some vendors selling breakfast.

On a stall on Chengnan Main Street, An Qi Sheng ordered a breakfast and ate it while walking.

The Emperor Heaven Realm naturally has its own unique food culture. This breakfast is not particularly delicious, but it has a unique flavor. Otherwise, it would be difficult to gain a foothold in Qing Du City.

At this time, the sun was rising, and there were not many people on the street. Most of them were vendors, and many of them looked tired.

An Qi Sheng silently chewed on the breakfast, feeling the changes in people's hearts.

People's hearts are strange, not just black and white. Good people have evil thoughts, and evil people also have good thoughts. Absolutely ruthless people will not appear among ordinary people.

However, compared to so-called good and evil, emotional and unfeeling, ordinary people care more about their own survival and life.

This has been the case throughout the ages, and in every realm.

Whoosh~

A golden light flashed across the street and landed on An Qi Sheng's shoulder.

The yellow dog yawned, somewhat bored: "Master, the civil and military officials of this Da Qing are softer than I imagined. I could kill those few Taoists with one paw, but they were so scared that they promised everything..."

It had spent this day and night instructing those Taoists from the Heavenly Will Sect to stabilize the court. The process was very smooth, but it was very boring for it.

"The Heavenly Will Sect has accumulated power for a hundred years. Those who didn't obey them have long been squeezed out and killed. Naturally, those who are left are the most obedient. It's not surprising."

An Qi Sheng casually stuffed the remaining breakfast into the yellow dog's mouth and said nonchalantly.

Cultivators rarely care about the change of dynasties in the secular world, and he naturally doesn't care about it either.

In fact, after the collapse of the Yin Si city god system and the change of ownership of the Great Qing Dragon Qi, Great Qing had already lost its deterrent power over the cultivators of the world.

The reason why no one took action was naturally because of his existence.

That battle at the Western Mountain Ten Thousand Dharma Altar was not only witnessed by that Confucian Taoist and the White Lotus Taoist. The great cultivators of the world, more or less, saw that scene.

They may take some action, but it is unlikely that they will be enemies with him in the short term.

They could tolerate Heavenly Will. Could they not tolerate him killing Heavenly Will?

"Last night, several princes and grandsons came to me and said they were willing to obey all my orders, just asking me to let them ascend the throne and become emperor!"

As he spoke, the yellow dog looked a little excited and a little contemptuous:

"Master, who do you say should be the emperor?"

It looked down on these people. The old emperor had just died, and they had already rushed to the door, even worse than dogs.

"Emperor, they are not qualified to be emperors, and there is no need to find an emperor."

An Qi Sheng said unhurriedly:

"If you want to do it, it's okay for you to do it..."