A dark shadow rose from the Great Yin Realm, emanating from that ancient imperial city. The entire Yin Realm and all its Dharma realms rumbled. That incredibly dark, ten-thousand-zhang-high "Lower Mount Tai" began to twist and deform. Under the call of the colossal black shadow, it released the potent ghost power accumulated since ancient times!
All the hells shook simultaneously.
"Mount Tai governs ghosts. It has been so since the ancient Qin Dynasty. Those buried south of Mount Tai in the Qi and Lu regions had a wilderness called Haoli. Sacrifices to the Heavenly Emperor were made east of Mount Tai, connecting to the Heavenly Court above and governing the netherworld below, commanding myriad ghosts and gathering all spirits."
"The Lord of Mount Tai is the grandson of the Heavenly Emperor."
The three Celestial Venerables chanted the preamble of the Han Dynasty's sacrifices to Mount Tai. Empowered by their chanting, the sky-supporting black shadow grew ever taller and more majestic. The divinity of the Great Emperor of Mount Tai also contained other powers; this was not the ultimate form of Mount Tai.
Among the three Celestial Venerables, Heavenly Luo King gazed at the dark Lower Mount Tai, his eyes filled with ancient memories.
In the past, the immortals of the Inner Rivers and Mountains acted recklessly in the mortal world, manipulating the imperial court. Even if the capital was breached and he bore some fault, did the immortals of the Inner Rivers and Mountains have no problems?
Of course, they had problems!
"The Six Heavenly Lords of Luofeng..."
Guo Jing, Yang Shi, Liu Wuji... They too possessed the ability to summon celestial and ghostly soldiers. Although Mount Tai was the place that governed all ghosts in ancient times, it was not the only one. There was Mount Youdu in the far north, Mount Duoshuo in the East Sea, and Mount Luofeng in the northern Gui land, all destinations for countless souls and spirits after death.
To transform this Lower Mount Tai into its ultimate form, all these ancient soul-gathering places had to be integrated into Mount Tai.
Mount Luofeng was naturally one of them. Regardless of whether it was in the Inner Rivers and Mountains, or how great the power of the Six Heavenly Lords of Luofeng was now, Heavenly Luo King swore that he would make them pay the price.
The Ghost King Jiupan Cha, the Six Heavenly Lords of Luofeng... As for Master Jinhan, although he betrayed him by establishing Zhao Gou as emperor, but...
Heavenly Luo King's gaze involuntarily shifted slightly towards Guangyao Shousheng Celestial Venerable beside him, then returned, looking up at the sky.
Revenge must be exacted, but it could not be done now.
Rumble—
"What... what happened?"
Guangyao Shousheng Celestial Venerable did not notice Heavenly Luo King's gaze. At this moment, all three Celestial Venerables looked towards the upper world of the Great Yin Realm.
The sky began to rotate, and the dark clouds of the Yin world emitted thunderous sounds. The black energy from the Lower Mount Tai began to recede, and even the power of the Great Emperor of Mount Tai was suppressed!
"The distance is too great, I cannot see what is happening above. This power is definitely not from ordinary cultivators!"
"It must be the Heavenly Heart intervening with force!"
The level of Chaos Immortal was the same as Flying Immortal, but with many special powers that Flying Immortals found difficult to master. After altering karma, their origins were shifted to the ancient Qin Dynasty, granting them ancient divine abilities.
Therefore, the three Celestial Venerables did not believe that ordinary immortals of the mortal world could uproot a hell, let alone continue to uproot a hell after they had summoned the power of the Great Emperor of Mount Tai and used the Lower Mount Tai as their power source to stop it.
This was definitely not something a Flying Immortal could achieve. It must be a Heavenly Heart realm cultivator who abandoned karma and came to uproot it with brute force!
"I will go to the Jingling Palace to invite the ancestors to act!"
Lai He Celestial Venerable, somewhat flustered, transformed into a mass of black energy and instantly appeared in the grandest ancestral temple of the Yin Realm imperial city. He stood before the five statues and from the statue of the Authority and Freedom Celestial Venerable on the far left, a questioning voice emerged:
"Three Chaos Immortals, unable to stop the power of the mortal world to uproot hell, and even summoning the Great Emperor of Mount Tai proved fruitless, so you come here seeking aid?"
"Truly useless!"
The reprimand from the Authority and Freedom Celestial Venerable made Lai He Celestial Venerable blush with shame. He quickly bowed respectfully:
"The eighteen hells are about to be completely devoured. It must be that Empress Bixia discovered something amiss. We don't know where the mistake occurred. Now, if one hell is uprooted, it will take a great deal of time to rebuild the bridge. For the grand plan of the Yin Realm, please lend your assistance."
"Hmph! Your origins were altered by Yuan Huang, returning you to the Qin Dynasty, yet you are still so constrained everywhere and repeatedly discovered by mortal immortals. This current upheaval must be caused by that Heavenly Demon!"
Lai He Celestial Venerable was astonished: "How is this possible? How could that Heavenly Demon possess such power to accomplish this?"
"It is precisely because he can do it that your hell is being uprooted by him! You foolish creature, the enemy is at your doorstep, and you still don't know their strength!"
The Authority and Freedom Celestial Venerable roared in anger. Lai He Celestial Venerable quickly prostrated himself.
The Authority and Freedom Celestial Venerable said, "The divine power of the Great Emperor of Mount Tai can be neutralized. This half-body of mine is no match for him... This Heavenly Demon has a great restraint over us divine beings of the Yin spiritual path. Demons from above and ghosts from below are naturally opposed, let alone his cultivation in the Jade Purity Heaven, making him difficult to deal with."
Thud!
Suddenly, the statue of Song Shen Heavenly King on the second from the left, dressed in a dark robe and imperial crown, vibrated. The jade axe in the statue's hand detached from it, emitting a thunderous sound, and shot out of the Jingling barrier, heading straight for the Yin Realm sky!
"Emperor Taizong on high!"
Lai He Celestial Venerable, after a moment of stunned silence, was overjoyed!
The voice of the Authority and Freedom Celestial Venerable also paused for a moment, then said:
"However, a divine weapon alone may not be enough to stop him."
"If hell is truly uprooted, we will have to resort to backup plans."
Lai He Celestial Venerable looked up in astonishment at this.
The Authority and Freedom Celestial Venerable let out a cold laugh:
"I foresaw long ago that you fools would face such a predicament! The passage to the mortal world is not solely Mount Tai!"
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Rumble—
"Hmm?"
The Celestial Venerable's Dharma form seemed to have grasped something, but it stopped before it could be pulled up too high. In the darker depths below, there was a powerful pulling force. A black shadow climbed upwards along that beam of faint light, as if to contend with the Celestial Venerable.
"It's the Yin Court!"
This familiar power was the might of the Great Emperor of Mount Tai. Ji Xiang would not mistake it; it was extremely similar to the incense offerings in the Temple of Mount Tai!
The ghost immortals of the Myriad Longevity Immortal Palace had stirred, and the three Chaos Immortals were also in action, attempting to prevent him from pulling anything out from the depths of hell.
"If one hand isn't enough, then use ten."
The Dharma form of Guangdu Chenlun Celestial Venerable began to transform, and upon this Dharma form, a larger image appeared!
With the power of a nation added, his mana and divine power surged to a peak. The form and spirit of the Ghost-Slaying General gradually appeared. The more than a dozen arms, like thick tentacles, surged from the Dharma form, reaching towards the beam of faint light in hell that had not yet been erased!
"Is it a cultivator from the Yin Court?"
Within the swastika symbol on Ji Xiang's brow, the Bodhisattva of Great Vow also sensed a familiar aura and decisively intervened. The Ksitigarbha Dharma incantation was transmitted from the netherworld. As soon as the Wangtianhou was touched by the golden light text transformed by the Buddhist incantations, it was as if it were burned, causing this world to shake violently and inflicting great pain upon it!
"—!"
Seeing that the Buddhist Dharma was effective, Ji Xiang chanted the Dharma incantation. As the incantation was chanted, another Buddhist Dharma illusion appeared outside the form and spirit of the Ghost-Slaying General. The phantom of the Thousand-Light King Jingzhu Tathagata manifested, extending its thousand hands downwards to assist!
At the same time, in the hands of the Thousand-Light King Jingzhu Tathagata, a blue and green Buddhist sword appeared.
The Manjushri Great Wisdom Divine Sword!
The Vajra Wonderful Dharma can break all things, and is not broken by anything!
"It's not enough."
The hell below clearly began to be uprooted, and the radiance grew larger. Upon contact with the power of the Ghost-Slaying General, all the Yin and foul black energy was eliminated. This change seemed to greatly shock the Yin Court below, and the resisting force gradually weakened, while hell also gradually rose!
However, at this moment, the light beam below surged.
A colossal axe, carrying the momentum of cleaving heaven and earth, suddenly appeared before the Celestial Venerable's Dharma form!
The aura of this great axe was indescribable. The moment Ji Xiang saw it, various illusions appeared in his eyes!
Heavenly gods were killed, earthly gods were destroyed, and even emperors could not escape death. All sorts of influences were like dreams, illusory, and ever-changing!