boyutpedia Chapter 122: Endless Life
Chapter 122: Endless Life
[My name is Zhou Jianfeng, and I’m the most handsome guy in Shushan.]
[In the past five hundred years, the most talented disciple of Shushan, and also the only earthly immortal cultivator.]
[People call him the Sword Immortal of the South and the Living Buddha of the North. 】
[Heh. That monk is just taking advantage of his reincarnation, how can he be compared with me? ]
[I am the only one who has truly become an immortal in one lifetime in the past five hundred years! ]
[It’s a pity that God is jealous of talented people. ]
[I was so charming and outstanding, but I only lived for 300 years before I died in a disaster...]
[I never thought that my life would just begin after death...]
"Zhou Jianfeng."
At the call, Zhou Jianfeng regained consciousness from his confusion. He was stunned when he saw the familiar and majestic figure in front of him.
"Tianzun? Am I not dead?"
He remembered clearly that he died on the battlefield and his soul was burned to ashes by the karmic fire.
Why now...
"You are resurrected. In view of your heroic act of sacrificing yourself to save the people during the natural disaster, I will confer you the title of Heroic Spirit of the Dou Department." Tianzun said.
When Zhou Jianfeng came out of Tianzun Palace, he was still a little dazed.
Then, looking at the [Heroic City] outside, which was as beautiful as a fairyland with handsome men and beautiful women coming and going, Zhou Jianfeng became excited.
[I am now a deity?! ]
"Make way, old man, don't stand in the middle of the road like an idiot."
The dissatisfied shouts made Zhou Jianfeng subconsciously move aside, and four huge figures passed in front of him.
The leader was 24 feet tall, a military commander, with a face like a live crab and a beard like copper wire. The other three were also of average height and similar build, like four brothers.
Four faces with different skin colors, blue, green, white and red... Zhou Jianfeng stared blankly at the four giants walking away.
【Four Heavenly Kings?】
Afterwards, Zhou Jianfeng saw more figures from myths and legends in the City of Heroes, including the Monkey King, Guanyin Bodhisattva, Arhat Subduing the Dragon, Erlang Shen, Nezha... and was shocked for a long time.
How come all the gods and Buddhas that disappeared suddenly came back?
After some inquiries, Zhou Jianfeng realized that the gods and Buddhas today are different from before.
The gods were divided into three levels.
One is the Holy Spirit, which refers to the Buddha, the Taoist Patriarch, the various schools of thought, the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, and the First Emperor, who created great achievements and were unprecedented in history.
The second is the gods, which are the long-established immortals and Buddhas, such as Wen Zhong, Li Jing, Zhao Gongming, the Five Elders, Bodhisattvas and Arhats, the Four Heavenly Masters... There are also long-established heroes, such as the founding emperors of successive dynasties, Jiang Shang, Guan Yu, Kong Ming...
The third are heroes who have not been deified before but have left their names in history, such as Shang Yang, Jing Ke, Li Si, Lu Bu, Zhao Yun... and people like Zhou Jianfeng who have set an outstanding example and made outstanding contributions in fighting against natural disasters.
No matter which level, everyone has a mortal origin. Those gods who were invented for the sake of fame have all become a thing of the past.
The gods also have their own jobs. The Buddha became the abbot of the Great Leiyin Temple in Yingling City, the Taoist became the head of the Taiqing Palace, and the various schools of thought and the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors had their own temples in Yingling City, providing services and teachings to the gods.
All gods need to work and earn merit, just like mortals need to earn money to support their families. If they are lazy, they will be demoted, and in serious cases, they will even be expelled from the gods.
There are many novel and interesting buildings in the city, such as commercial plazas, entertainment centers, equipment refining centers, alchemy centers, arenas... There are many mortal good spirits working in them to serve the gods.
Some gods also hold official positions and run businesses in the City of Heroes. For example, the former god of cooking Yi Yin became the manager of the food street, and Erlang Shen strolled on the street with Roaring Sky Dog and became a city management official.
The gods and Buddhas treat mortal heroes with respect and courtesy, and are courteous and humble, without any airs.
There is a lot more of the atmosphere of life in Yingling City, just like a prosperous city in the human world.
Zhou Jianfeng felt as if he had returned to the time when the human world was being rectified by the Heavenly Lord.
There were many cultivators in the world who were originally arrogant and considered themselves superior to others. Later, after being powerfully rectified by the Heavenly Venerable, all living beings became harmonious.
Soon, Zhou Jianfeng was summoned to the Doubu government office to participate in the encirclement and suppression of the demons in the Hell of Infernal Affairs.
"My fellow officers, the customary demon exorcism day will begin in three days. This is a good opportunity to earn merits. Please prepare as best as you can!"
Three days later, Zhou Jianfeng followed the gods through the teleportation array and arrived at the Hell of Unending Suffering.
On the eerie and dark loess plain, there was black air everywhere and ghostly shadows were everywhere.
Zhou Jianfeng has learned that the heaven and earth have been reshaped by the God, and now the underworld has become an endless hell, used to imprison evil spirits and demons.
The gods of the City of Heroes come to the Inferno every month to conduct a cleanup and reduce the number of demons.
The gods deployed their troops according to the divisions of Dou, Lei and Shan, forming a circular formation.
The outermost layer is the gods who are good at close combat, the middle layer is the gods who are good at long-range attacks with spells and magic weapons, and the innermost layer is the gods who are not good at fighting but can bestow various enhancement and protective spells on friendly forces.
Those red-skinned evil spirits and demons, faced with a formation formed by tens of thousands of gods and heroes, not only did they not flee, they even dared to charge into the formation.
The holy spirits of Buddha, Taoism, various schools of thought, Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors reside in the formation, with thousands of divine lights blooming from their bodies, covering all the gods and casting powerful enhancement spells for them.
Fighting Buddha, Erlang Zhenjun, Nezha, Zhao Gongming, Guan Yu and other gods who are good at fighting, rushed out first, as the vanguard generals, leading the fighting gods to launch a counterattack against the devil. They rushed into the enemy group and killed them all.
The four heavenly masters, four heavenly kings, four bodhisattvas and other gods of thunder followed behind and cast spells, using their supernatural powers and magic weapons to attack the enemy.
Sun Wu, Li Jing, Han Xin, Kong Ming and other gods who are good at deploying troops and forming battle formations, provide command from the rear, allowing the entire team to maintain an integrated offensive and defensive formation.
Zhou Jianfeng rushed out with the Dou gods, but after a fight, he found that these plain-looking red-skinned demons were actually incredibly powerful.
The weakest one has strength comparable to that of a Yangshen cultivator. There are countless earthly immortals, and there are also many who are at the celestial and golden immortal levels.
Zhou Jianfeng's current cultivation level has only just stepped into the realm of celestial immortals, and he has only reached this level after being strengthened by the will of all living beings.
What's even more strange is that these demons are very similar to the evil fire spirits he had encountered before. They are all flame entities. After being killed, they can reassemble and be reborn many times, making them very difficult to deal with.
Fortunately, the gods had high-end combat power to crush the demons, and they fought in an organized manner, unlike the demons who rushed forward all at once.
The gods still clearly had the advantage in the battle.
"careful!"
However, the power of demons should not be underestimated. Their number is more than ten times that of gods, and they seem endless.
Occasionally, there are cunning elements in the Golden Immortal realm hiding inside.
Zhou Jianfeng, who was on the field for the first time, was not paying attention and was chopped off the head from behind by a golden fairyland demon.
His eyes went dark and his consciousness became hazy. Zhou Jianfeng found himself back in the center of the formation, standing in front of the majestic projection of Tianzun.
[I am resurrected?! ]
Zhou Jianfeng then realized that he had become an immortal heroic spirit and could not be resurrected even if he died in battle.
"Zhou Jianfeng, you already have 500 merit points. Do you want to buy equipment or props?"
Suddenly the projection of Tianzun said.
A light screen was projected in front of the Zhou Jian cover, showing a list of weapons and props with pictures and text descriptions.
[Zhou Jianfeng. Race: Human. Rank: Heroic Spirit.]
【Merit: 500】
[Exchangeable list:]
【magic weapon】
[Imitation of the Immortal Sword: An imitation of the innate treasure, the Immortal Sword, with the power of a fifth-grade immortal treasure. Worth 500 merits.]
[Xuan-Yuan Sword·Imitation: A replica of the acquired treasure Xuan-Yuan Sword, with the power of a sixth-grade divine weapon. Worth three hundred merits.]
[Qingsuo Sword: One of the Shushan Sect's magic weapons, a seventh-grade sacred weapon. Worth one hundred merits.]
【…
【tool】
[Fifth-turn Golden Pill: A miraculous elixir produced by Taiqing Palace, it can protect the true spirit from extinction and revive with full health. Worth 200 merits.]
[Buddha's Light Relics: Produced by the Great Leiyin Temple, it can generate Buddha's light to protect the body and is immune to seven attacks from the Golden Immortal level. Worth one hundred merits.]
[Dragon-Tiger Golden Pill: A miraculous elixir produced by the Heavenly Master's Mansion. It can double your power and last for one hour. It is worth fifty merits.]
Zhou Jianfeng looked at it with great envy.
"This, this... so many treasures?!"
Legendary magic weapons and elixirs are right before your eyes, but it's a pity that you don't have enough merit points.
Zhou Jianfeng immediately exchanged for a replica of the Zhuxian Sword. He didn't need any defensive magic weapons or anything like that. It was enough to max out the attack points of the Shushan Sect monks.
"kill!"
Then he rushed into the battlefield again as if he had been injected with chicken blood, killing as many people as possible.
Kill demons and earn merit!
As the fight continued, the demons turned into ashes and fell to the ground.
……
Heaven, Heroic City, Tianzun Palace.
Zhang Hong and Hou Tu stood in front of a series of light curtains, observing the battle situation in the Hell of Unending Suffering.
Watching the gods fighting fiercely, Hou Tu asked in confusion: "Tianzun, you can clearly control the will of all living beings to extinguish the karmic fire, why do you still use the karmic fire to cultivate evil spirits and use the will of all living beings to reshape the gods, and then fight like this?"
Zhang Hong pointed at the floating white jade ball next to it - the main body of the Six Paths of Reincarnation, the gap on it had been repaired. "You see, my lady, if we only use the power of will to eliminate the karmic fire, it may seem that the karmic fire has been suppressed, but the Nine Provinces world has not gained any substantial benefits, but has continued to suffer internal friction."
"The previous Kyushu world was isolated from the chaos outside. Whether it was a peaceful and prosperous era or a chaotic era, the world's essence was always being consumed, with only outflows and no gains."
[It's like a person who doesn't eat and his body has to fight against illness again and again. How can he bear it? ]
"Since the fire of karma cannot be completely extinguished, the confrontation between good and evil is bound to exist between heaven and earth. Why use this confrontation to benefit the world?"
With the help of the Six Paths of Reincarnation, Hou Tu carefully investigated the changes that the fighting in the Hell of Infernal Affairs had brought to the world of Jiuzhou, and she couldn't help but be surprised.
As demons are killed one by one and their ashes merge into the earth, the size of the planet Kyushu is slowly increasing.
These demons were created by Zhang Hong using the characteristics of karma fire, incorporating a hint of chaotic aura, and then using evil spirits and evil creatures in the world as carriers.
After they were killed, not only was the power of karmic fire eliminated, but the aura of chaos was also transformed into a trace of original energy and integrated into the world of Kyushu.
——The battlefield of the Hell of Infernal Affairs has become the "stomach" of the Kyushu world, efficiently digesting the chaotic aura.
Being killed by the gods can also bring benefits. Every time you die, the evil thoughts in your body will escape, be absorbed by the breath of hell, and transfer to the devil.
The gods achieved self-purification through battle and maintained their purity. They would no longer give birth to evil spirits of fire as they did before.
The evil in the world was purified as the demons were killed.
The only cost is the karma fire condensed by the will of all living beings and their evil thoughts. However, these two are renewable resources that are not lacking in the world of Kyushu, so there is no need to worry about not having them.
In this way, the Kyushu world will have an endless mechanism and there is no need to worry about being exhausted due to internal friction.
This design also has an advantage, that is, the evil souls and evil thoughts and karma are all discharged to the hell of endless suffering, while the good souls, good thoughts and merits remain in the human world and heaven inside the world, and the Kyushu world is transformed into a self-cleaning mechanism.
The human world and the heavenly world no longer need to worry about disasters caused by the imbalance between the forces of good and evil.
In the future, the general trend of the two worlds will be that the force of justice will only become stronger and stronger, and the rule of good prevailing over evil will become more and more solid.
"The foresight of the Heavenly Lord is far beyond that of Hou Tu."
Hou Tu sighed and bowed solemnly to Zhang Hong.
"Why did the Heavenly Venerable create this clone for himself?"
Hou Tu pointed at the white jade ball of Six Paths of Reincarnation.
A tall figure is floating in the six realms of reincarnation. Endless wishes of all living beings are drawn by the cycle of reincarnation and converge on this figure. A powerful divinity is bred within it.
This figure is very similar to Zhang Hong himself, except that he has a red badge between his eyebrows and his temperament is much colder.
Zhang Hong glanced at the other "Heavenly Lord" who was being conceived in the cycle of reincarnation, and said meaningfully: "He is not my clone."
“It’s world consciousness.”
"Or rather - the Way of Heaven."