Chapter 632 The torn sky
Underworld——
As one of the two most profound concepts in the minds of thousands of creatures in Kyushu, along with Heaven, its essential structure is not like the nested hell model described in the Lingshan Buddhist Sutra, nor is it exactly the giant shape depicted in Taoist biographies. city.
Of course, it cannot be said that the stories in the classics and orally passed down are wrong.
It can only be said that anyone who writes a book will inevitably add his own subjective consciousness to the book. The difference is just how much. As for the two giant sects like Lingshan and Daomen, the descriptions of their related myths are more focused on the specifics. From his own point of view, most of the things that would affect his family's fundamentals were mentioned in a few words with the Spring and Autumn style of writing, and especially those involving the other party would be deliberately described in thick ink or simply turned a blind eye.
In this way, the two deliberately one-sided records also make the underworld reveal some mystery amidst the rumors and horrors from the outside world.
In fact, the truly complete underworld is a structure like a honeycomb.
Centered on the main area of the underworld in the netherworld, the lower plane corresponding to the mainland of Kyushu and Heaven, the three behemoths surrounding the underworld, Huangquan Road, Wangchuan River, and Six Paths of Reincarnation, are used as threads to run through and connect the small underworld of various planes across Kyushu. Criss-crossed and closely connected, countless dots form this behemoth that is shaped like a honeycomb or a spider web.
Emperor Fengdu sat in the middle, Emperor Wufanggui sat in the gates of the five directions and ruled by divisions, Luo Feng defended the emperor for six days, and Emperor Fengdu acted as a mediator for all parties.
There is another Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva at the same level as Luo Feng Liu Tian. However, since the failed salvation a hundred years ago and the subsequent closure of Lingshan, Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva's dojo has begun to become empty. The evil spirits influenced by Buddhism lost control again. Although the Bodhisattva Dojo suppressed them, this was not a long-term thing.
In this way, Zong Ling Qifei Tiangong and Gansi Lian Wanzu Tiangong jointly took action to capture the tens of millions of evil and resentful souls back to the underworld, where they should be tried and sentenced.
First the Bodhisattva was lost, and then the soul was lost. The Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva's monastery, which was once prosperous for a while, gradually declined. If nothing unexpected happens, after thousands of years, the world will completely forget this compassionate venerable person.
And in the underworld, where time flows faster, forgetting will only happen faster
Under the six heavens, there is the well-known Ten Palaces of Yama.
However, as latecomers and imports, the Ten Palaces of Yama had a great reputation in the dynasties after the Song Dynasty, and during the Ming and Qing Dynasties they once competed with Emperor Fengdu for power, but in fact their status was lower. to the first three.
In the order of divine authority in Feiling Mountain, Emperor Fengdu, Emperor Wufanggui, and Luo Feng took their turn to take the stage after the Sixth Heaven (Palace).
In fact, if you ignore the excessive status, as a middle-level and high-level person in the underworld, and with an irreplaceable god, the Ten Palaces of Yama are already quite good. Moreover, they only have a slightly weaker voice in the local underworld of Kyushu. If it were replaced by other heavens and earth in the pan-Kyushu, which one of the ten palaces of Yama would not be the apex existence of sitting two and watching one.
Although Emperor Fengdu has the habit of patrolling around, the emperor will not interfere with the decision-making of Yamas under normal circumstances, unless it is a serious injustice or dereliction of duty.
In this way, the ten palaces of Yama respectively guard the secondary hells on the main plane of each dynasty.
The meritorious officers of the Six Cases were dispatched to various sub-timelines and planes with too few ideas; and the Judgment Division, where the four well-known judges are located, is like Meng Po of the Reincarnation Division, in every world of Kyushu You can see them all.
At the same level, there is also the city god system that belongs to the Yin Caosi. However, except for a few city gods and the characters who will inevitably emerge as time goes by, the Yin gods in this part are not very fixed and have no uniqueness. Basically, they are all They were civil servants and military generals of the local dynasty, and celebrities came to serve.
The top ten Yin Commanders further down, Black and White Impermanence, Bull-headed Horse Face, and Day and Night Travel, are all divided into one category. Except for the general's Yin Commander who often wanders around various underworlds to perform his duties, most of them travel day and night. In the Netherworld and the human world, he is known as a messenger of souls, a vassal of the City God, etc.
In addition to the main gods and attached gods of each department and temple, the underworld also has a huge system of Yin gods, spooks, and Yin soldiers. However, the number of these gods is tens of thousands. Unless they are acquainted, most people will only call them by their positions. Even when they meet a slightly more upright mage from the Lingshan Taoist Sect, as Yin gods, they have to treat these mortals with respect.
As for Lord Taishan, there is nothing to say.
This floating creature was the same as Emperor Houtu. As the second-in-command of the underworld, his time in the underworld became shorter and shorter after the structure of the underworld was completed. On weekdays, all his affairs were entrusted to Emperor Fengdu to handle on his behalf.
Along with him, there is the great god Houtu who entrusts the miscellaneous matters to the Lord of Taishan Prefecture.
There are many layers of subcontracting, and everything is overwhelming. His ranking among the emperors is not low, but Emperor Fengdu is definitely the most miserable among the emperors in heaven and earth.
Of course, if you think about it from another direction, neither the Supreme Emperor nor the Emperor cares about things. It is actually a pleasure to be the Crown Prince and become the Executive Deputy Emperor.
Under such an orderly structure with clear top and bottom, the underworld has been operating peacefully for tens of millions of years.
But the so-called Enron has been limited to the underworld from beginning to end.
As we all know, as a lower plane formed by the negative desires, sins and souls of living beings, the birth of the Netherworld was earlier than the underworld.
The underworld was built after the gods in heaven returned to their thrones, and the war between heaven and demons completely ended. The gods returned to their thrones, and it was established in the two Han Dynasties. It completely constituted the three kingdoms on earth that were fighting in parallel.
The former has been gestating since the day Kyushu was born, and with the continuous accumulation of the first three elements, the area of Netherworld is also increasing day by day. To this day, Netherworld is still expanding in an orderly manner, and its boundaries The area has already exceeded the constraints of the material plane
The mismatched birth time also made the Netherworld a safe haven for losers in the material plane of Kyushu in the long years before the underworld was built, and there were also many native species in the Netherworld that went to the Netherworld on their own. Ancient creatures, and those barbarians who gave up the past and concentrated on surviving.
It's a bit too much to say that a group of demons are dancing wildly, but apart from Emperor Fengdu and the Five Fang Wei Emperors who need to guard the door, no one dares to do so, whether it's Yinshen, lonely souls or wild ghosts, or even all kinds of strange people and strange things who need to come to the underworld. It is said that you can come and go freely in the netherworld outside the underworld, because if you don't protect all the corners, an old monster left over from the Xia, Shang and even the wilderness will pop out.
But how can we allow others to sleep soundly beside the couch?
Like the previous dynasties in the material world, the underworld has never stopped fighting foreign wars since the day it was established. It is intermittent, with losses and wins. However, because of the good brother and great backer of heaven, and the fact that the underworld is not like the human world, Dynasties are also affected by the rise and fall of the dynasty. The clergy is expanded and expanded. Generally speaking, the underworld that can sway people in war wins more. Because of this, the area of the underworld is expanded again and again.
To this day, in terms of land area alone, the area controlled by the underworld alone is nine times that of the Han, Tang, and Yan dynasties in the material world combined.
However, such a vast area has not yet touched the ever-expanding boundaries of the Netherworld. To this day, no one knows how many defeated dead generals are hidden in the depths of the Netherworld outside the underworld.
"Why are there suddenly so many lonely souls trying to enter the underworld recently?"
At the northern tip of the Luofeng Mountain, a huge black and red palace complex stretches from the top of the mountain to the mountainside. Although there are pavilions and pavilions, most of them are organized military barracks, battlefields, and hunting grounds.
Under the dim light of the dark sun in the underworld, one can vaguely see through the white mist floating in the mountains, pale-faced men wearing military inscriptions and ancient armor, dancing with swords and guns, as if training.
And in the tallest and most majestic palace on the top of Luofeng Mountain, a table comparable to a human city wall occupies almost half of the palace, and slippers the size of beds are piled up on the table. , the highest point almost touches the rafters
Occasionally, the gods walked through it, carrying or holding slips one by one and placing them in the unfilled space on the table.
Under the towering table, there were more than a dozen judges, several city gods, and nearly a thousand ghost gods, large and small, busy among the documents, either approving or judging, and from time to time, there were a few green-faced and fanged torturers who dragged them hard. He dragged an evil creature to the judge, and after only a few words, the judge burst into tears and complained.
It just so happened that at this time, a sigh suddenly came from behind the desk that stood like a mountain in the middle of the palace: "Go, let people invite the three handsome men: Leopard Tail, Wasp, and Bird's Beak. I will Let’s see what their Yin and Yang do. How can they sit back and watch such a disaster happen without reporting it?”
"If you can't do it, then go to hell and become a torturer. This hell is full of evil spirits who want to climb up!"
The voice behind the desk was like thunder exploding in the palace. The rippling echo created a fierce storm and blew every official document in front of the Yin Shen desk to turn pages. Ink was flying. I don’t know how many texts were damaged. Unexpected disaster.
However, no one dared to complain about this situation. They all looked at the nearest table and chair under the table.
Seeing this scene of people turning their attention to each other, Taiyin Tianjun was a little flattered. How unlucky he is. Taiyin Tianjun, who is in charge of the thirty-six prisons in Luofeng Mountain, usually supervises all matters in the thirty-six prisons. It’s just that he has accumulated too many official documents recently and he habitually shows them to his boss when he orders them to be sent back. Showing your face, who would have thought that something like this would happen.
He didn’t want to mix it up, but he had to.
Feeling that an icy gaze was cast down on the towering table behind him, scanning the entire palace like a biting cold wind, Taiyin Tianjun, who had been driven away, could only stand up and bowed: " Your Majesty, please don't be angry. This matter is part of my strategy. The matter of soul collision has been like this decades ago. You also ordered that the casualties related to that person do not need to report in the future and act according to the rules. No wonder San A handsome guy."
"Really?"
The current Northern Emperor, Yang Yun, looked thoughtful, as if there was indeed such a thing.
Except for the Southern Wei Emperor, who is held by a single person, the other four sides have two people in each position. They have been replaced nearly a hundred times every three thousand years.
The last shift was two hundred years ago, and what he said decades ago is not forgotten so quickly. However, when you are in charge, you rarely make any obvious mistakes, not to mention that he remembers it correctly. If so, when Diyou was wreaking havoc Although there were many dead souls at that time, it was not like in recent months. There were nearly a million lonely souls passing by Luofeng Mountain in one day. With his eyesight, he could see Yin and Yang through Luofeng Mountain. The junction and even parts of the human world.
Like the water of a river, the lonely souls pouring into Luofeng Mountain in a steady stream can be counted in the tens of millions at a glance. This is at least ten times better than the grand occasion when He issued the order before.
Can this kind of situation be concealed and not reported?
Besides, he is a dignified and deceitful emperor, and he is tied up in the palace like an ox and a horse to deal with official documents endlessly. Do you think this is very good?
I want to curse a few words, but after staying in the underworld and guarding Luofeng Mountain all year round, Beidi has already forgotten the elegant words he learned from Huayue in the Emperor's crash course more than thirty years ago.
"Even so, this anomaly must be investigated. Take my token to Zhang Heng for accommodation and ask him to send the Six Heavenly Demon Kings to patrol the human world. If there is any big demon king who causes trouble, give them the right to eat. ! ”
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As he spoke, cold sweat slowly broke out on Taiyin Tianjun's forehead.
Although nominally speaking, these six things are the subordinates of his Taiyin Tianjun, each in charge of a department and jointly assisting him in managing the thirty-six prisons of Luofeng Mountain, but in fact these six are the lawless demon king leaders who purely use evil. Cure evil, use absolute evil to force those evil deceivers who were stopped by Luofeng Mountain, and the deceitful kings will atone for their sins obediently.
Of course, this method of using evil to cure evil is not uncommon in the underworld. The two generals who were once subordinate to Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva are relatively well-known to the public. In comparison, the name of the Six Heavenly Demon King is not so famous. , but this does not mean that the Six Heavenly Demon King is weaker than the second general.
Even putting aside the strength, purely in terms of means, the latter is great. He only kills and buries some evil monsters, but it is over. But the six-day devil in charge of the prison can do so many tricks. There are too many.
Let these guys wreak havoc in the human world. Although they dare not harm the human race and those innocent creatures, those monsters, big and small, will suffer a lot!
It can be seen that Beidi is really angry.
But he couldn't persuade him to say anything. After all, the turbulent tide in Luofeng Mountain was indeed strange, and the Yin God previously sent by the underworld has not returned yet. Could this be something serious?
But the strange thing is that until now, there has been no decree from Emperor Fengdu, and there is even less movement from Heaven, which oversees the human world.
With full of doubts in his heart, Taiyin Tianjun said respectfully: "Your Majesty."
"Boom!"
Before Taiyin Tianjun could finish his words, a violent impact swept through Luofeng Mountain in an instant. The violent vibration directly triggered the guardian of the northern trick door. A large amount of netherworld energy mixed with Beidi's incense turned into a sky-blocking light in the sky. figure.
"Huh?"
"How brave, how dare you break into the underworld?"
Accompanied by an angry roar from behind the desk, the figure suppressing the hurricane in the sky instantly turned from virtual to real, and the once again swollen Beidi Faxiang almost stood tall in the underworld in an attitude of standing tall against the sky.
No need for any prompting, the bright light that almost tore apart the entire sky on the west side of the underworld, emitting a dazzling light as bright as the sun, attracted Taiyin Tianjun's attention right away.
sun?
Why did Mr. Sun Xing come to the underworld to do this when he had nothing to do?
He still tried his best to open the Dharma image, so he wasn't afraid that the Yin gods would come to the Lingxiao Palace to sue him?
It shouldn't be the case. Those gods and ghosts in the heaven and the underworld who are late to become the true gods may have nothing to do, but how can a being of Jiu Yao's level commit such a bastard?
But the meaning that burns all things and shines in all directions cannot be faked.
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Or maybe it's not the Star Lord but the Emperor.
In a hurry, a thought popped up in Taiyin Tianjun's mind: This is not a stage prepared for the hozen. Damn, the underworld is really going to be in trouble now!
Then, he saw the Northern Wei Emperor who gathered his Dharma ministers and sat down behind the desk to deal with official duties as if nothing had happened. The dignified and serious look on his face made it difficult for him to compare him with the one who was about to take off with joy and gearing up to prepare for the big event. Comparable to a huge existence
At the same time, the Guimen under the jurisdiction of the Western Gui Emperor - Jizhong Mountain.
The emperors who jumped out of the palace one after another couldn't help but fell into a long silence as they looked at the figure that tore apart the sky of the netherworld and exuded the aura of destruction.
"Forget it, it's not a big deal. As long as Jiezuka Mountain is still there, no soul can cross the barrier and go deep into the underworld. It's just some odd jobs. I'll just send some people to repair it later!"
"We see the same thing. If that's the case, then you can continue to be on duty. Maybe it's because you're getting older lately and you always feel low energy after working a whole shift. I'll go back and take a nap first, and then I'll wake you up when the next shift comes. Me!”
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"This thing is on our territory, can you still sleep? Zhao Wenhe, can you still have some face?"
In response to the low-pitched curses behind him, the Western Emperor's head moved a little bit, as if he was really sleepy and couldn't open his eyes.
Just kidding, even the emperors in the sky have to be careful about this disaster, for fear that the young and arrogant will beat the old. How can he argue with this angry guy? If he really gets hit by two axes, it is not considered a work injury. , anyway, He will definitely not be able to slow down even if he has not lived for hundreds or even thousands of years.
Even if it was his territory in Jizhong Mountain that was torn apart, and the falling scorching sun steamed out tens of thousands of evil and resentful souls wandering outside the mountain almost instantly, it wouldn't bother him.
There's nothing I can do about it, people after get off work are so straight-forward and angry!
In just the blink of an eye, Zhao Wenhe, who was wearing imperial robes, disappeared, leaving only Zhenren Wang, a treacherous emperor, facing the violent storms brought about by the scourge of Kyushu.
At the same time, the gap in the sky was torn to an extreme, and the figure that forcibly broke into the netherworld from the earth veins also stretched out its hands to grab the cracked sky and stuck its head in.
(End of chapter)