Chapter 272 The Netherworld
The strong people from ancient times know very well that eggs cannot be put in the same basket. We will make multiple preparations for everything. While making a plan, we will also make several alternative plans.
In this way, even if one of the plans fails, there will not be no way out.
Ao Bing can be said to be well versed in the way of being strong. In order to ensure that he can successfully rise in the future, he has prepared multiple escape routes for himself.
He still didn't believe that all his plans could fail.
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After reviewing his plan in his mind, and confirming that there was no problem, Ao Bing took steps towards the Netherworld.
Since there is no problem with the plan, he will start taking action. The first step of the plan is to connect the human world and the nether world, and then establish the city god system.
Then, using the City God system as a seesaw, the Yin Division was established step by step.
It is not an easy task to build the Yin Division. It will take at least tens of thousands of years, or even more than ten or two hundred thousand years.
Such a long time is enough for the prehistoric world to further strengthen, the spiritual energy becomes richer, and resources become more abundant. The practice environment can reach the level of ancient times, not to mention going back to ancient times.
Of course, the practice environment here has become better, which refers to the East. Compared with the East, the West is still too barren.
But precisely because the gap between the two sides is too large, some unsatisfied Eastern monks can go to the West to find another way out.
Although the gap between the East and the West is large at the moment, it is not so big that it is outrageous. Even if the Eastern monks go to the West, they will not get much benefit, so they might as well stay in the East.
As long as Ao Bing builds the Yin Division, the gap between the East and the West will further widen. At this time, Ao Bing's plan to support Western construction can be launched.
Because it is too barren, the West is full of merit to the East. Whatever you do, you can get a lot of merit.
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The Netherworld is located below the human world, under the boundless earth, exactly opposite to the location of the Heavenly Realm.
Ao Bing went all the way down, feeling that the surrounding environment was getting colder and colder, and wisps of Yin Qi were rising, as if it could freeze everything, condensing into pieces of black ice in the void.
The air of the netherworld, or the cold air of the Nine Netherworlds, is the most yin thing in the world. It does not harm the human body, but only hurts the human soul. Its power is related to its quantity. The greater the number, the stronger the power.
Even if there is enough cold energy in Jiuyou, even if the Great Luo Jinxian comes, the soul will be frozen to death and completely fall into deathly silence.
“The Netherworld is very repulsive to living people.”
Looking at the cold air of the Nine Netherworld that kept surging towards him in front of him, Ao Bing gradually understood what was going on. He was ostracized by the rules of the underworld.
The Netherworld is the home of the dead. Only dead people, or souls, can come here, but Ao Bing is a living person.
Of course, even if he is alive, he will have no influence. As long as he enters the Netherworld with his soul honestly, he will not be rejected in any way.
But he refused and went directly to the body. Then, the overwhelming blood energy he carried was immediately sensed by the Netherworld Rules.
Blood and Qi are the most yang things, but the netherworld is the most yin world. Its existence will interfere with the stability of the Nether World, so the Nether World is very repulsive.
Ao Bing came with his physical body, and he felt the will of the Netherworld. Even if it was just out of instinct, he would try his best to use the power of rules to prevent him from entering, so as to prevent the order of the Netherworld from being disrupted by him.
“But I was careless.”
As Ao Bing thought about it, more and more Jiuyou’s cold energy gathered in front of him. The cold air, as black as ink, rolled in, so vast that it was as far as the eye could see, like a vast ocean.
Ao Bing just glanced at it and felt that his soul seemed to be frozen. Even his thinking stopped and became more and more stiff.
“Not good!”
Perceiving something was wrong, Ao Bing did not forcefully challenge the rules of the underworld, but immediately retreated and returned to the ground.
Seeing him disappear, the vast nine-nether cold air like the vast ocean did not pursue him, but slowly retreated, and finally disappeared without a trace.
The appearance of Jiuyou Cold Qi is not to kill people, but to defend the rules of the Netherworld and prevent living people from entering the Netherworld. Therefore, as long as Ao Bing retreats in time, they will regain their calm.
"The stars in the sky protect the body!"
On the ground, Ao Bing circulates the world in the sky and evolves endless galaxies to protect himself. Then, he was seen escaping from his soul, turning into a divine light and sneaking underground, heading back to the Netherworld.
The Netherworld is a great world with a very strong origin, and there is a supremely powerful person like Queen Houtu sitting in charge. Ao Bing was crazy to fight against the rules of the netherworld.
Since the rules of the Netherworld do not allow the physical body to enter, then he must abide by the rules of the Netherworld and enter it with his soul.
However, what surprised him was that the rules of the Netherworld were very repulsive to flesh and blood, and even though he had many merits, he could not go there in the physical body.
But the ancestral witch essence and blood he carries are thousands of times more powerful than him, and are as dazzling as the sun. But even so, the Netherworld seems to be blind, completely turning a blind eye to it.
I can only say that double standards are too serious. The descendants of Pangu are amazing and can ignore the ancient rules to a certain extent.
Ao Bing has the essence and blood of the ancestral witch, which he obtained from Gonggong, the ancestral witch of water, who was blocked in the eye of the chaotic sea.
Millions of years ago, in order to block the Eye of Chaos and to make up for the sins he had committed, Gonggong chose to die on his own initiative after leaving behind his inheritance and blood essence.
Millions of years later, Ao Bing accidentally came to the place where Gonggong died and obtained the inheritance and blood essence he left behind.
Among them, Gonggong's inheritance was obtained by Ao Bing, but the essence and blood were not his. He needed to go to the Netherworld and transfer it to Houtu Empress, thereby cultivating a new ancestral witch for the witch clan.
The so-called Gonggong inheritance is actually the reward for transferring the essence and blood of the ancestral witch to Houtu Empress. Since Ao Bing received the inheritance from Gonggong and received the reward, he naturally had to fulfill the agreement and deliver the essence and blood of the ancestral witch.
It just so happened that he needed to go to the Netherworld now, so he took advantage of the situation and transferred the essence and blood of the ancestral witch to Houtu Empress to settle the cause and effect.
Of course, the specific things are definitely not as simple as Ao Bing said.
What kind of person is Queen Houtu, the Supreme Lord of the Netherworld, the Lord of Reincarnation, an authentic saint... Each of her names is bigger and more scary than the last. His strength is at the forefront even among saints.
Ao Bing transferred Gonggong's essence and blood to her, how could she get less of Ao Bing's benefits? Maybe, whether Ao Bing can establish the Yin Division will fall on her.
With Empress Houtu’s support, who in the Netherworld dares to say no? Ao Bing was able to put together the framework of Yinsi easily.
Ao Bing had no connections in the Netherworld, but that was before. As long as he transfers the essence and blood of Gonggong to Empress Houtu, he will not only have connections in the Netherworld, but he will also be the strongest one!
It is undoubtedly much easier to travel to the Netherworld with the soul than to travel with the physical body.
On the way, Ao Bing did not encounter any trouble. He easily passed through the barrier between the human world and the Netherworld and came to a world filled with Yin Qi.
Unlike the heaven, which is illuminated by the sun and moon and has daylight all day long, the netherworld does not see sunlight all year round, and the whole is dim. Looking up, the sky was gray, made up of thick layers of yin energy. There were no traces of stars or any light.
Looking down at your feet, what you can see is a dark scorched earth, with wisps of black Yin Qi rising, and no trace of life.
Looking around, one mountain after another rises from the ground, unusually tall. It's a pity that these mountains are all bare, without any green in them.
On the ground, some are covered with large pits, and some are full of cracks, emitting a faint light. This light is emitted by lava, and in the cracks, there is endless lava flowing.
"This environment is really bad."
Looking around for a while, Ao Bing couldn't help but clicked his tongue. I'm afraid it's the worst place in the world, but it's nothing more than this. And this is just the most common scene in the Netherworld.
No wonder people in the world are afraid of death. It is indeed worth fearing. After staying in the prosperous world for a long time, it is normal to suddenly come to such a bad place and cannot stand it.
The Nether World, the home of the dead, is not a good place. It is a place used by Heaven to harvest the true spirits of all living beings, and it is also the last link in the cycle of heaven and earth. For all living beings, it is the place of end.
Only after coming to the Netherworld in person and seeing the harsh environment here, Ao Bing truly understood why the Pure Land was so popular here.
There is no other reason than that the Pure Land really meets the needs of ghosts and provides them with a safe haven.
Even Ao Bing, after arriving in the Netherworld, was surprised to find that his power was constantly being lost and was swallowed up by an inexplicable force.
Although the lost power is very weak to him and not worth mentioning at all, it is indeed being lost.
If Ao Bing is like this, let alone those who are not as good as him, he is afraid that not long after entering the Netherworld, he will be unable to maintain his body due to exhaustion of strength, and his soul will fly away.
At the same time, Ao Bing also felt that the Yin Qi rising from the ground was constantly seeping into his body, trying to destroy his soul.
These discoveries made Ao Bing realize that death is not the end, but a new beginning. After entering the underworld, people in the world will find that their pain has just begun.
This is the pain that begins with them when they die and will not end until they completely disappear.
"This..."
With his mind slightly moved, Ao Bing began to deduce what caused all this to happen.
“That’s it.”
After a while, Ao Bing came back to his senses and showed a look of surprise.
He understood the purpose of the design of the Netherworld. Essentially, it was to drive these ghosts away to the land of reincarnation as quickly as possible and not to stay too long in the Netherworld.
Although this pain is intense, as long as they have the idea of going to the place of reincarnation, the pain will be alleviated. The stronger the thought, the weaker the pain.
On the contrary, if they do not want to be reincarnated, the pain will become stronger and stronger, but they cannot bear it and will completely disappear.
If you don’t want to reincarnate, then don’t reincarnate. Just go away and let your true spirit return to heaven and earth.
Well, it fits Tiandao's character very well, as he is as indifferent to living creatures as ever.
Ao Bing understands the approach of Heaven and Earth very well. If Heaven and Earth want to develop, they also need strength. And allowing living beings to reincarnate is the way for Heaven to recover its power.
As a result, after death, the creatures came to the Netherworld. Because they were too attached to the human world, they were reluctant to reincarnate. They all stayed in the Netherworld, looking for a way to resurrect.
Great resources are right in front of you, but you cannot harvest them. The way of heaven is seen in the eyes and anxious in the heart. And in order to harvest them, it is understandable that the methods are a little drastic.
If the means are not extreme, how can we force them to take the initiative to reincarnate?
Of course, it’s understandable that Heavenly Way’s methods are a bit extreme. But it is also understandable that monks open up pure lands to protect ghosts from all over the world in order to protect themselves.
It is impossible to only allow Heaven to force ghosts but not allow them to resist. There has never been such a reason. The emergence of the Pure Land is the ghost's resistance to the way of heaven.
The environment in the Netherworld is harsh and not suitable for ghosts to survive. But the environment is not static and can be changed through acquired means.
Some powerful monks, whose true spirits are immortal after death, came to the Netherworld and used various means to forcibly modify the surrounding environment to make it suitable for ghosts to survive, and even evolved into a paradise.
In this way, there is the original pure land. The ghost is in it. Except that the materials are not as rich as they were in life, everything else is no different from before.
The original Pure Land was opened by powerful monks after their deaths, but with the rise of the human race, the type of Pure Land also began to change.
The human race is an acquired race and does not have a long lifespan. It is troubled by birth, old age, illness and death. Therefore, with the rise of the human race, more and more human ghosts are going to the Netherworld.
At first, I didn’t notice any difference.
But later, things slowly changed.
The human race's concept of death is that they regard death as life, that is, there is no difference between death and living.
Even if a person dies, he or she will not be forgotten by future generations, but will still be regarded as a living person. They will remain the same as they were before death, and sacrifices will be made endlessly.
The greater the power of the descendants, the better the treatment of the ancestors after their death, the larger the scale of the sacrifice, and the longer it lasts.
The power of sacrifice is essentially the same as the power of incense and incense. As the saying goes, if you never forget, there will be repercussions. After descendants have been worshiping for a long time, the ancestors underground will naturally change accordingly.
First, it became stronger and stronger, and then more and more sacrificial power came in. With it as the center, it forcibly changed the surrounding environment, turning it into the place where it lived during life.
This is a place where death is regarded as life, and life is recreated one by one in the nether world.
The place where one person lives is too small, and it is nothing in the Nether World, but the human race does not have only one ancestor, nor does it only worship one ancestor.
So when a group of ancestors came together underground, a change happened. Their residences are connected together, forming a new pure land.
It is said to be a pure land, but in fact it is more like a divine domain, where the god of incense and fire lives. These ancestors who became stronger due to sacrifices by later generations are essentially incense gods.
He became stronger because of the sacrifices made by his descendants, and then in turn protected his descendants. To future generations, they are not gods.
Of course, compared to the Pure Land, this kind of divine realm created by sacrifice is not so stable.
There are still others in the early morning.
I took a nap at noon and woke up at seven o'clock, which was simply outrageous.
I’m going to get some food first.
(End of this chapter)