Boom! A strange curse emanated from the void. This time, the Tribulation of the Mortal World gave Ji Xiang an extremely ominous feeling. Of course, the Tribulation of the Mortal World was the negative consequence of the true meaning of the Three Teachings, a "calamity" obtained by deducing supreme techniques. However, this time, this Tribulation of the Mortal World made even Ji Xiang feel uncomfortable.
It was as if he had touched some unspeakable taboo, and a powerful force was interfering.
"Monotheism indeed has something."
Christ and Catholicism are monotheistic, not polytheistic. To be able to firmly establish themselves in the world today, even ruling over a large portion of the Western regions, naturally meant they had their unique strengths.
However, no matter what taboos existed, for Ji Xiang, the "heretic," they were irrelevant.
If you do not believe in your god, there is no need to obey your rules, let alone for a "Heavenly Demon."
"Taboos, from the moment of their existence, are meant to be broken."
Ignoring the ominous Tribulation of the Mortal World, the power contained within it gradually became clear. It was likely a curse, a punishment for heretics who stole power, designed to ensure their power would not be used by outsiders.
But...
A white halo was released from the Inner Scenery Divine Tablet, and the ominous power within the Tribulation of the Mortal World was suddenly absorbed into Ji Xiang's body.
[Curse of the One True God: Those who steal Jehovah's power and attempt to transform it will be cursed by this power and fall into a life of being a snake that eats its own excrement.]
[This curse is activated through prayer as a medium. That is, those who believe in Jehovah believe that those cursed by Jehovah will turn into snakes, and thus they will surely turn into snakes. Only with equally vast prayers can one resist.]
[The curse does not affect the Heavenly Heart realm, but it can interrupt any "transformation technique" cast at the Heavenly Heart realm, forcibly designating the object of transformation as a "snake."]
[From the origin of the curse, it is also a technique at the Heavenly Heart level that inverts cause and effect.]
Heavenly Heart Realm!
"As expected, not a simple character. I should have guessed it was an existence at the Heavenly Heart level. I just wonder what they call it in the West. With four Heavenly Hearts in the world, do they only focus on the East..."
"No, perhaps... this Heavenly Heart never entered their 'Inner Rivers and Mountains.' Instead, they created their own land and rivers and mountains in the West."
The world seemed to expand. The appearance of the Inner Rivers and Mountains itself was like a divine kingdom. Xu Fu also built Japan into a divine kingdom of the Outer Rivers and Mountains, hoping to advance to the Inner Rivers and Mountains and gain a foothold.
The Inner Rivers and Mountains are like Dharma realms, like divine kingdoms, and even more like places where prayers converge. Yet, they have existed since ancient times. Before the world knew of the Inner Rivers and Mountains, when people first discovered them, ancient heavens and earths already existed within.
If there were similar things in the West, they would be like "heaven" or something similar.
After all, it is said that before Buddhism went to the Inner Rivers and Mountains, it already possessed the "Four Great Continents." So, where did these Four Great Continents come from, and how were they created?
However, although it was a curse from the Heavenly Heart realm, it required a large amount of believers' prayers for support. In Ji Xiang's hands, the prayers were directly isolated, and the blank divine tablet directly consumed the curse, giving it no time to trigger.
"This is a good thing. In the future, it might have a miraculous effect when dealing with Heavenly Heart powerhouses."
Transformation techniques have always been rare. They are of great significance for maintaining one's form and spirit. If one can designate the opponent to transform into a certain object, it is equivalent to sealing off all of their "form and spirit"!
Imagine if Yuan Huang wanted to descend into the world in the form of a certain avatar of "Yuan Shi Tian Zun," and this curse forced him to descend only as a "snake." This way, he would not be able to exert the power of Yuan Shi's avatar.
Monotheism has a means to seal the divine forms of other gods.
After removing the curse, the refining speed increased. Large amounts of scriptures vanished into smoke, and streams of demonic energy gradually condensed into form. At the same time, another force was transmitted from an unknown space-time.
"Who is calling the devil... I come in response to your call..."
"You are..."
Demons appear according to the desires in people's hearts. In the West, they are the opposite of God, the villains designated in the Bible and various Christian scriptures. In this era, the fifteenth to sixteenth centuries, Western sorcerers also compiled the seventy-two pillars of demons, a complete system of demonic legions, even with corresponding summoning methods.
And in this era, demons and devils had not yet separated.
However, Ji Xiang did not expect that melting the spells of Christ would attract a demon.
This was truly novel.
"This is my first time seeing a demon. Burning Christian scriptures is equivalent to blaspheming the gods, so it led to the appearance of a demon? Speaking of which, the Witness Technique of the Celestial Being Adam also mentioned the connection between celestial beings and demons."
"However, on our side, the connection between immortals and gods and demons is also quite strong."
The monster that appeared from the illusory burning flames heard Ji Xiang's muttering. The reason for its summoning was the burning of Christian scriptures, which released the demon's desires. It was eager to demand "benefits" from the "human" before it.
"You who summoned me, I can grant you one wish... Hmm?"
The demon prepared to tempt Ji Xiang. Although it spoke in a Western language, Ji Xiang could still understand it. The demon seemed to quickly discover the "similarities" between Ji Xiang and itself.
"Your aura is somewhat fierce, strange..."
Demon, devil, although they sound similar and do similar things, they are fundamentally different.
"You are not human, what are you?"
The demon, wrapped in flames, suddenly felt confused and... uneasy.
Ji Xiang grinned, "Granting wishes? This is the temptation of a demon. It cuts straight to the point without any detours."
The demon became somewhat pleased by the compliment, "Of course. Demons do not do things that make you believe. Whatever wish you want to fulfill, you only need to offer your soul, and the demon will help you complete it."
"What about yourself, do you have any wishes? By helping others fulfill wishes and obtaining souls, is your method of cultivation also similar to those ghost immortals and阴灵, or do you also take away the desires within the soul? Where do you live, in the Dharma realm, or in a divine kingdom? If the wish cannot be completed, will you still take the soul?"
"......?"
The demon, hearing Ji Xiang's counter-questions, suddenly became vigilant. It looked around and realized that the style of this church was not quite Western.
"Where is this? This is not the scenery I've seen before. Where is this church located? Let me guess, this shouldn't be Florence?"
"Are you also a demon?"
Ji Xiang shook his head.
"No."
"Welcome to the East. I am..."
"A Heavenly Demon!"