Chapter 1 The Dragon Who Holds a Candle to Illuminate the Nine Abyss

That is Zhujiuyin.

When He opens His eyes, it represents daytime in the Nine Abyss. When He closes His eyes, the Nine Abyss returns to night. His breath is the violent wind, capable of guiding torrential rain and thunder. Compared to other gods, or the masters of any divine system, His position is higher, almost equivalent to the God-King of the Nine Abyss.

Even from the extremely distant Western Mountain region, He recognized that aura.

It belonged to the officials who followed King Yu.

The potter, the historian with no strength to truss a chicken, and also...

Zhujiuyin narrowed His eyes slightly, scoffing inwardly.

The cook.

Immediately, He recalled that scene. Emperor Yao, for the sake of the order of the heavens and earth, personally killed His son, Gu, and even buried Gu's head on the cliff opposite Zhong Mountain as a warning to the gods of that era. At that time, Emperor Shun was far less powerful than Emperor Yao, and King Yu had not yet matured.

The gods, assisting in flood control, believing themselves to have rendered great service, gradually began to act wantonly.

Emperor Yao needed to kill the chicken to warn the monkeys.

It just so happened that His son, Gu, did the most inappropriate thing at that time.

And at that time, those with the courage to accompany Emperor Yao, besides King Yu, only included that cook who couldn't truss a chicken...

Zhujiuyin's heart stirred.

The Nine Abyss was dim.

This kind of change in the heavens and earth caused the people of the Nine Abyss, living in the Nine Abyss, to feel sincere fear. They awoke from their slumber, and under the leadership of two handsome priests, they knelt and prayed for the gods' forgiveness and pardon. The solemn sound of the bronze chimes was melodious and gentle, seemingly due to the influence of this beautiful music, or perhaps the gods' self-importance.

Zhujiuyin's emotions returned to normal.

He summoned His subordinate mountain gods and asked, "What has been happening in the Shanhai Realm recently?" The two mountain gods honestly told Zhujiuyin what had happened in the surrounding world during this time, mostly matters of tribal warfare.

One of the mountain gods said, "Recently, we seem to be able to sense the Human Realm."

"Some of the weaker strange beasts have already been able to return along the connection between the Human Realm and here. However, because they do not know enough about the outside world, those who are slightly stronger have not yet been able to return to the Human Realm along the connection. We are waiting for the opportunity to mature, to send the Nine Abyss army to investigate the Human Realm."

"In addition... we have discovered people from the Yumin Kingdom outside."

"Yumin Kingdom?"

Zhujiuyin murmured slowly.

The Yumin Kingdom is located in the southeast, its people are tall, and they are born with feathers.

Even though the gods and strange beasts of the Shanhai Realms felt complicated about King Yu, they had to admit that the *Shan Hai Jing* (Classic of Mountains and Seas) compiled by King Yu and his ministers was a groundbreaking work for the Shanhai Realm, which was still in a barbaric era and fought for power.

Even now, they are still accustomed to using the records in the *Shan Hai Jing* to address each other.

And the way to distinguish whether there are strong figures is to see if the cook who wrote the *Shan Hai Jing* recorded specific members.

For example, Wu Zhao of Wu Mountain, and Taotie.

Those without specific names of members and can be eaten are the lowest level.

Those without names but marked as dangerous are one level.

And those with names represent the powerful in the Shanhai Realm, another level.

Those with specific names, and even spending an entire jade book to record their powers, are the true powerhouses of the Shanhai era, such as Zhujiuyin, who is seen as day when his eyes are open, and night when closed; who becomes winter when he blows, and summer when he exhales; who does not drink, does not eat, does not breathe, and whose breath is wind. For example, Lu Wu, who controls the nine divisions of the sky, and Xi Wangmu, who controls the five punishments of the sky.

And the Yumin Kingdom is a branch of the ancient human race that left Shenzhou.

Zhujiuyin slowly said, "The Yumin Kingdom, they should be in the area recorded in the *Classic of the Southern Mountains Beyond the Seas*. There, I remember that Zhu Rong should be in charge, with the Biyi birds and Bifang birds surrounding the Yumin Kingdom. How did they come here?"

"Which area did they go to?"

The mountain god replied, "It seems that they have gone in the direction of Kunlun Hill."

Zhujiuyin pondered and said, "The Yumin Kingdom are people from beyond the seas, so only Shao Hao would accept these people with wings... In the *Classic of the Southern Mountains Beyond the Seas*, there is also a part of 'Kunlun', so they may have come here based on this connection."

"Go to Kunlun Hill. Lu Wu is in a deep sleep, and no one must wake Him."

"If those Yuren are willing to leave, let them leave."

"If they still refuse to repent, capture them and bring them back to the Nine Abyss."

"Yes."

The mountain god replied, and then remembered something else, saying, "Also, recently the mountain gods of the mountains of the *Classic of the Western Mountains, Part Three* have reported that there is a new mountain god there."

A new mountain god?

Zhujiuyin's eyes showed no emotion, but He already knew in His heart that this was probably related to the aura He had sensed. He said slowly, "For this matter, there is no need to inform Ying Zhao and Lu Wu for the time being. Let Them continue to sleep peacefully. Since it is a new mountain god, send three mountain gods there to invite Him here."

Zhujiuyin paused slightly, and said indifferently, "I want to see Him in person."

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While Wei Yuan was in the Shanhai Realm, using his familiarity with the directions to formulate a route that bypassed Zhong Mountain and Kunlun Hill, and went directly to Chongwu Mountain, some of the aftermath of events in the Human Realm began to ferment.

This was a dream, a terrifying nightmare that seemed to sink into eternal night.

Huge pillars, like mountains supporting the sky, held up a magnificent palace. It was empty, the palace was almost as vast as the heavens and the earth. Strangely, although it was so empty and spacious, it made him feel a great pressure, as if the sky was collapsing, and his heart was terrified.

He did not know why, but he was kneeling on the ground.

He buried his head deeply, not daring to look up, and his whole body was icy cold.

"Raise your head."

The calm and indifferent tone was a voice that he would not forget once he heard it.

He raised his head stiffly.

He saw a man wearing black *xuan yi* (a type of ancient Chinese clothing) sitting indifferently on the throne, with the Tai'a Sword placed on the side, overlooking him coldly and indifferently. He could not even see the man's true face, he could only vaguely see those eyes, casting down a gaze like that of a hawk, piercing and scraping at his heart.

"Qing, do you have anything else to say?"

"Your subject, deserves to die..."

He said this sentence against his will.

As if facing that man, there was no other choice but to submit.

That was a shadow lurking in his heart for two thousand years.

Then, beside the man, a young warrior wearing black armor, holding a long sword at an angle, stepped forward. In an instant, it was as if a hawk swept across the hall. Before he could react, his neck was in pain, and the sword had already pierced his throat. Then, the light of the sword flickered, and his vision spun. His head fell directly, and he saw his own body, the overturned hall, and the young warrior slowly sheathing his sword.

"Escaping after receiving the Emperor's orders, harming the ruler as an imperial subject."

"According to the Great Qin law, he should be executed, beheaded immediately."

"No pardon."

Xu Shi suddenly opened his eyes, breathing heavily. He subconsciously raised his hand and pressed his neck, and was relieved when he did not feel the wound. His face was ugly. Beside him was a handsome young man wearing modern clothes, flipping through a collection of poems from Sakura Island. An aura unique to a fierce tiger overflowed, and the mountain god of Shenzhou smiled lazily:

"You actually have nightmares. Rare."

Xu Shi did not answer, and his face had not yet recovered.

The last time he fought with Xiangliu, it ended in a draw.

On the territory of Sakura Island, relying on the power of Amenominakanushi, he was able to suppress Xiangliu, but the latter was extremely cunning, and went directly to the sea, and strangled the sea god Susanoo-no-Mikoto, who had a feud with Him. The Kusanagi Sword was broken.

Since then, he has reigned in the sea, bringing a large number of monsters into the sea, gathering them together, and roaring in one direction.

Xu Shi was determined to kill Xiangliu.

However, his power as 'Amenominakanushi' was incomplete.

The Black Ice Terrace warriors had cut up Sakura Island's sacred tree too finely, and he was completely unable to gather all the remaining divinity. More importantly, when he and the Black Ice warriors first returned to the Great Qin, they left most of the unrefined Sakura Island divinity behind, successfully ambushing the First Emperor.

He thought that the First Emperor would choose to save his own life.

In that way, the divinities of the Six Kingdoms' priests suppressed by him would separate, which would be equivalent to extending the lives of the Six Kingdoms by at least a hundred years. However, Xu Shi, who was far away in Chongyang, did not expect that the First Emperor would completely suppress the Shenzhou divinity in the case of divine riots, and transform it into a jade seal, laying the foundation for the path of the Emperor's conferring of local deities.

This also led to him having to stay away from Shenzhou.

It also led to his power as Amenominakanushi not reaching its full strength.

At least 60% remains in the First Emperor's mausoleum in Shenzhou.

Xu Shi touched his neck. He was a top-notch *fangshi* (a kind of ancient Chinese alchemist/magician), who had lived for two thousand years, so he knew that his dream must represent some kind of omen. Naturally, it was impossible for the Iron Eagle warriors under the First Emperor to come and avenge themselves and kill him, but this probably also represented some kind of danger.

He needed to retrieve the divinity left in Shenzhou.

Xu Shi was silent for a while, and summoned the Great Tengu, who occupied a fairly high position in Sakura Island's gods and ghosts legends, and instructed him: "You can control the power of the wind, restrain your aura, go to Shenzhou, and if you can, take the *magatama* I gave you, go to the First Emperor's mausoleum, bury the *magatama*, and after forty-nine days, wait for the *magatama* to light up, then bring it back to me."

"Yes."

The Great Tengu lowered his eyes and agreed, and flew away with a flap of his wings.

Xu Shi was immersed in the nightmare he had just had, and was silent for a long time, not moving.

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The mountain god left Xu Shi's Amenominakanushi Shrine.

He returned to the mountain god temple he had previously occupied, flipping through the collection of poems in his hand casually, leisurely and calmly. When the shrine maidens and servants had left, the mountain god turned a page of the book, and his eyes narrowed slightly.

The First Emperor's mausoleum?

He already knew Xu Shi's true identity.

However, he never intended to be subordinate to anyone for a long time.

Moreover, he had no good feelings for Xu Shi. Divine Emperor?

A filthy place, a small land, how can it be called an Emperor.

The mountain god moved his finger slightly, and a transparent spirit body emerged, flew out of the mountain god's palace, fell into the human capital, and possessed a low-level resident of a modern city. These people did not have money to rent a house, so they could only live in internet cafes. A chang gui (a type of spirit that acts as a tiger's minion) controlled the scruffy man.

He turned on the computer, skillfully changed the address, and used hacker technology to control more computers.

Finally, he opened a website.

A crisp and pleasant female voice floated out.

"Hello."

"Welcome to visit Shenzhou's scenic spots, a 5A-level scenic spot, Longhu Mountain, Tianshi Mansion."

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ps: Second update today... First update and then revise.