"This is what your Fire Lord told me."
After Zhu Changluo finished speaking, the old white-bearded fire god nodded and took over the conversation:
"Yes, the Great Ming will become a divine kingdom, and the Great Ming's bright future is about to arrive."
Zhu Changluo was silent for a moment, then suddenly said:
"Do you believe this yourselves?"
"Your Fire Lord, although he extols the Wuming Karma Fire as peerless, it is all just the Fire Lord's words. I am not a cultivator, how can I know if what you say is true or false?"
"However, whether it is true or false, as long as I can borrow your strength to complete my plan, we will be mutually beneficial. I do not expect the Wuming Karma Fire to be as powerful as you say. As long as you can kill the Emperor and let me ascend to the throne, I will be satisfied."
Zhu Changluo mentioned a few worries, but the old white-bearded fire god told him that he did not need to worry too much about all of this.
"Normally, without the Emperor's summons, no one can enter the Forbidden City after curfew. However, in a few days, it will be the day when the True Master Zhang of Longhu Mountain enters the palace for an audience. If he sees the Wuming Karma Fire and the situation in Shuntian, he will surely intervene to suppress it. And I have not yet ascended the throne and cannot command the majesty of the Forbidden City. Can you restrain him then?"
The timing chosen this time was precisely to cause trouble with fire while True Master Zhang had not yet entered the palace.
If that old man were here, this matter would not have succeeded.
The True Master Zhang of Longhu Mountain from the Wanli era was the only True Master who served as an official in the imperial court. It was also for this reason that he did not receive the title of Heavenly Master, but a title is just a title; his strength was evident, he was the Heavenly Master!
Zhu Changluo grew up in the deep palace. Although he had not read much... he truly had not read much, as he only started studying two years ago. However, there were some things he understood.
These fire gods were not powerful, and their Fire Lord, although Zhu Changluo had only met her three times, Zhu Changluo judged that the Fire Lord was not as powerful as True Master Zhang.
After all, during their first meeting, she couldn't even deal with the magical talismans written by True Master Zhang's son.
Now, he didn't know how strong she was.
And thinking of True Master Zhang, whenever Zhu Changluo saw that old pháp sư during his palace visits, he felt that the old man possessed an unfathomable power, like facing an abyss.
Zhu Changluo later learned that it was because he also bore the majesty of the Great Ming that he could sense True Master Zhang's uniqueness.
Regarding Zhu Changluo's concerns, the old white-bearded fire god shook his head and said with certainty:
"You should not doubt the Fire Lord's power. Our Fire Lord has reached another realm and obtained an ancient divine title. Even the Taiyin Sacred Fire was something she obtained at that time, in that realm."
"As long as the Wuming Karma Fire is achieved, even if True Master Zhang comes, it will be useless. You underestimate the power of the Wuming Karma Fire."
"When the Fire Lord presents the Wuming Karma Fire before the hall, no one can act presumptuously before it. Once the Karma Fire is formed, it will be integrated into the entire majesty of the Great Ming. This is the wrath of all people. Once it is formed, if True Master Zhang clashes with the Fire Lord, he will be an enemy of the entire Great Ming!"
"If the Karma Fire considers True Master Zhang an enemy, then there will be no place for True Master Zhang to stand in all of Great Ming. The rules of the Forbidden City will be changed, and the Yin Division, the Heavenly Offices, and all officials will have their majesty replaced by the Wuming Karma Fire, and the rules of the world will be changed."
"At that time, True Master Zhang, thinking he is clear-headed, will in fact be the anomaly."
"Therefore, he can only compromise and retreat."
The old white-bearded fire god analyzed that the Karma Fire could infiltrate the national majesty, so the heavenly gods and officials sealed by the Great Ming's majesty would all accept the Karma Fire, and then, "change dynasties." At this time, True Master Zhang would be like a "remnant of the previous dynasty."
Stealing the sky and changing the sun.
To Zhu Changluo, it made some sense.
But what was that other realm?
Zhu Changluo had little education and didn't understand this, so he didn't think about it.
It was just a fortuitous encounter.
However, the Scarlet Banner Child tugged at the old white-bearded fire god's sleeve and said to him:
"By the way, what happens when the Yin Division kills people? The anger and troubles of people are gathered into the Wuming Karma Fire. On the Yellow Register of the Yin Division, people's names will be blacked out. In that case, won't the Yin Division go on a killing spree tonight?"
"And speaking of which, in the past two months, the Yin Division seems to have killed more people and summoned many souls. Is it because we have widely spread our followers?"
The old white-bearded fire god chuckled:
"The Yin Division kills people according to the Yellow Register. If a person loses their anger and troubles because their three souls carrying their wishes have left their bodies, leaving only seven spirits chanting scriptures, and if they are seen by people from the Yin Division, their Yellow Register will consider that this person's lifespan has ended, and they will be killed."
"Once the name on the Yellow Register is completely blacked out, the other two registers, the life and death registers, do not need to be consulted."
"We spread our followers, and the names on the Yellow Register of the Yin Division increase because the three souls are lost. You, boy, don't even understand this?"
"But don't worry, how can the incense offerings provided by the people not receive a response from the people?"
"When the Wuming Karma Fire is born, the dead will come back to life. The incense carries their wishes and returns to their physical bodies. At that time, the rules of the entire Shuntian will change."
"When the wishes return to the body, the three souls will be reborn. Thus, no one dies, and all wishes are answered. The Yin Division will no longer manage these people, so why would there be any killing?"
"As for the souls summoned by the Yin Division, what does it have to do with us? Don't think about it."
Zhu Changluo's eyes widened:
"The dead revive... The little Daoist priest before, in the Longde Hall, also told me that their Daoist sect has several methods of resurrection!"
The old white-bearded fire god smiled: "The resurrection methods of the Daoist sect all have great limitations, and they are all false deaths!"
"I, this old man, have survived from the former Tang dynasty to the present and have seen many people, so I naturally know some of the Daoist resurrection techniques."
"They are merely deceiving the Yellow Register. What is Taiyin Refining Form, Divine Form Staff Dissolution, in fact, they are not truly dead. It is merely like shedding a cicada's shell. You think it is a resurrection from the dead, but in reality, it is just shedding the impure mortal body and obtaining a new body."
"Only our Fire Lord's resurrection technique is true revival from death. What if the Yin Division has summoned the name? Even if the three souls are gone and the seven spirits are extinguished, they can still live."
"The Fire Lord's path of Taiyin Sacred Fire, by kowtowing to the sun three times daily, is called the Three Times Incense; and after five days, silently praying to heaven and earth when performing the Daoist rites, it is called the Five Posture Wish. Daily prayers, their incense and wishes gather into the Three Lights Profound and Mysterious Spirit, which returns to the body. Withered bones can walk, stiff bodies can speak, three souls are reborn, seven spirits sprout, and even if a person has been dead for thousands of days, all are disregarded, and they can all be resurrected."
"Furthermore, after being cleansed by the Wuming Karma Fire, all troubles and anger are eliminated, thus evil is eradicated, and only the good remain!"
As the few people were talking.
Suddenly, the fires from all directions intensified.
The flames above the entire Forbidden City gathered and flickered intensely. Zhu Changluo looked up, and in his eyes, he saw that the Forbidden City was filled with a vast aura of incense, rising from the ground and continuously ascending!
"It's coming, it's coming!"
The noble fire god in red clothes suddenly spoke, this was also the first time he had spoken.
The old white-bearded fire god became excited:
"The fire has grown larger, and everything will soon be decided. When the incense of all people in Shuntian completely replaces the monstrous fire that burns the front three halls, the rear three palaces, and the west six palaces, this fire will not extinguish, but will only grow stronger."
"Because this is the prayer of all people!"
The four people stood at the entrance of Xiyi Chang Street, and at this moment, the fire gods heard the roar of the Wanli Emperor from Xier Chang Street!
The Emperor's wrath had begun to erupt.
The majesty of the Great Ming was ready.
The incense of all people was being offered.
When the Wanli Emperor was burned to death, his soul would condense into the seed fire of the Wuming Karma Fire.
And now, all that was left was for the "Fire Lord" to arrive, carrying the Taiyin Sacred Fire!
"Your Highness, please wait here and do not let anyone see you. We will go ahead, and the Fire Lord will come to see you later."
"Tomorrow, you will be the ruler of the world!"
.........
Outside the outer city of Shuntian, every household opened their doors, and the people inside, holding three sticks of incense, walked onto the streets.
Inside the inner city of Shuntian, in the Fire God Temple of Shichahai, before the clay statue of the "True Monarch of Fire Virtue," the incense was flourishing.