Chapter 349: The Shinto collapses, the Immortal Hunts the God!
Xuanling Jie'e Yansheng Star Lord was the first person who ascended to god from human in the past!
Now let us release God and return power to Him, and declare it to the heavens!
This sound can be regarded as the sound of the Shinto "collapse", so it spread throughout the universe and was heard by all the practitioners in the world.
The higher the level of cultivation, the more majestic and magnificent the sounds you hear. When practicing Qi, you only feel like there are vague whispers in your ears, but when building the foundation, you can hear clear and distinct sounds.
When one reaches the Golden Core and Nascent Soul stages, it is as if tens of millions of people are shouting in unison, shaking one's soul.
As for the only state of transformation of the spirit in [Soul Stealing Dao], it feels like thousands of thunders are exploding in the ears, and the body, flesh, magic power and soul are all shaken to the point of almost falling apart!
On the contrary, ordinary people in the world are completely unaware of it...
During this period of time, He Yunqi followed Hong Zun to visit the inheritance cave left over from the previous era, and received Hong Zun's guidance on the key points of cultivation, and has already established the foundation of Taoism.
So at this moment, the sound that spread throughout the universe could be heard very clearly.
“Xuanling Jieyou Yansheng Xingjun…”
emm...
It seems that I didn't die at his hands.
Before he could figure out all of this, the voice declaring the return of power to the gods, which might be majestic or sinister, indifferent or gentle, rang in his ears again.
"I am Yangming Tanlang Star Lord. I am now giving up my position as a god and returning power to the great way of the heavens. I hope that heaven and earth will bear witness to this!"
"I am the Yin Jing Ju Men Star Lord. I am now giving up my position as a god and returning power to the Great Dao of the Heavens. I hope that the Heavens and Earth will bear witness to this!"
It was like a chain reaction, with the sound spreading throughout the universe and resounding throughout the heavens within the world!
Some of them overlap, but they sound exceptionally clear when heard.
"I am the True Man Lu Cun Xingjun. I am now giving up my position as a god and returning power to the Great Dao of the Heavens..."
"I am the Star Lord of Danyuan Lianzhen, and now I am relieved of my position as a god..."
"I am the Star Lord of the Heavenly Gate Pojun..."
"I am Tianliang Silu..."
All the gods, whether familiar or unfamiliar, who were the "True Lord" gods who ascended to gods from humans, were freed from their thrones and returned their authority at this moment.
He Yunqi was completely stunned, staring at the sky motionlessly.
In the Daoyan Daqianlu, only a few words were used to describe the situation: "The gods and spirits were released from their positions, the true monarchs returned to the lower world, and the brilliance of the daytime stars overshadowed the sun's rays."
I never thought that when I actually saw it, the so-called gods’ release would be so mighty!
Buzz~!
As many star-lord-level gods gave up their thrones, the stars in the sky also felt the effect.
Just like that, without any warning, a bright purple light appeared on the sky.
Then, the lights of stars of various colors lit up one after another, spreading all over the place. The bright light of the sun could not cover its brilliance.
The strange phenomenon is born in heaven and can be seen by all living things in the world.
"The brightness of the daytime stars overshadows the sun's rays..."
This sentence reappeared in He Yunqi's mind.
Boo!
A cry, majestic yet sad, as if expressing sadness for the final swan song of Shinto in this era...
wrong!
Why did he feel that this sound was a bit like a 'scream'...
Is the Golden Crow God screaming?
Impossible Impossible!
I must have been thinking wrong.
He threw this absurd idea out of his mind.
When the Star Lord announces his relinquishment of power, he will reach the level of Heavenly Lord.
When the first level of Heavenly Lord releases his spirit and returns to power, there is no such grand vision, and the creatures in the world who have not embarked on the path of cultivation cannot perceive it.
But for practitioners, it is much more important than before.
If we say that the power that the first-level Star Lord holds is the relatively vague and 'conceptual' power of life and death, lifespan, fortune and misfortune, etc.
The authority held by the first level of the Heavenly Lord is related to the 'Spirit of Heaven and Earth' required by practitioners.
In the Shinto era, the laws were strict and the "spirits" were under the control of the gods, so spiritual creatures were extremely rare in the world.
It is extremely difficult for a practitioner to find a spiritual object.
But with the return of authority by the True Lord deities at the first level of Heavenly Sovereign, the spiritual energy between heaven and earth will no longer be restricted, and countless spiritual creatures will be grown over time!
"I am Yuxu Tianjun. I am now giving up my position as a god and returning power to the great Dao of the heavens. I hope that heaven and earth will bear witness to this!"
"I am Gengjin Tianjun..."
"I am the Heavenly Lord of Renshui..."
Just by the three Heavenly Kings giving up their thrones and returning their authority, the spiritual activity level in the human world directly increased by several orders of magnitude.
Within the veins of the earth, precious gems grow, gold and iron contain spirits, and in the rivers of the world, spiritual creatures take root. When the time is ripe, they can be used as the basis for formations, for refining magical instruments, or be refined into elixirs.
The changes of heaven and earth happened in one day!
Is this the collapse of the Shinto system?
He Yunqi's expression was complicated. No matter how many times Fa Yan had experienced it, it would not be as real as what he was experiencing now.
"senior……"
He opened his mouth, wanting to ask something.
But when the words came to my lips, I felt that no matter what I said, it would be redundant.
be terribly upset.
"I'll give you one last suggestion." Hong Zun stretched out his hand, and strands of spiritual energy were extracted from the void and gathered into his palm.
"You say." He Yunqi looked serious.
"The Shinto path ends, and the Immortal path begins, but you have also been blessed by the God of Virtue."
As he spoke, the strands of spiritual energy had gathered into a crystal clear spiritual energy crystal in Hong Zun's palm.
"The Shinto system has collapsed, and the power of the gods' blessings has been reduced. The practitioners in the world want to hunt gods for practice. Therefore, if you encounter a god of virtue suffering in the future, you should help him."
Help...the god of virtue?
He was moved in his heart, but then he became firm and bowed.
"Junior understands."
Hunt evil gods and help good gods.
"If you feel lost in the future, go to the Taiping Road and have a look."
When the sound reached his ears and He Yunqi looked up, Hong Zun had disappeared, leaving only the crystal clear spiritual crystal with thousands of colorful and auspicious images floating quietly in front of him.
The Mingxin Stone can be used to observe the past of the practitioner's spirit, and good and evil will be clear to the naked eye.
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Chengming Mountain, Sea of Clouds View.
There was a blazing fire in the alchemy room, but as Jiang Lin flicked his sleeves, the fire went out.
He waved his hand and released a trace of magic power, from which he fished out eighty-one snow-white pills, which fell one by one into a gourd beside him.
There were dozens of gourds like this placed around him, and several wooden shelves nearby were piled full.
After practicing alchemy day and night for a period of time, his alchemy skills have become more and more proficient. Now, he can refine eighty-one pills at a time in one furnace.
"These should be enough for now..."
Jiang Lin muttered something and picked up the gourd beside him.
Holding it in your hand, you can still feel the residual warmth of the freshly-made elixir.
He stood up and flicked his sleeves again, and the remaining gourds were rolled up and dropped with incredible precision onto an empty wooden shelf on the side.
After doing all this, he turned and walked out of the alchemy room.
Along with the creaking sound of the wooden door, golden sunlight shone into the alchemy room.
The continuous alchemy during this period did not leave any signs of fatigue on his body.
Instead, his temperament has a sense of transcendence, purity and naturalness...
Most of the disciples had gone down the mountain, leaving only a delicate and pretty girl sitting on the steps in front of the alchemy room. She was holding a wooden stick in her hand and poking the ground in front of her boredly.
Noticing the door of the alchemy room behind her opening, she quickly stood up and brushed off the not-so-noticeable dust on her body.
"Master!"
Lin Yueyue.
It was the little girl that Jiang Lin brought back after the encounter with the Bear God. She is also his youngest disciple now.
The food in Yunhai Temple was pretty good. After he learned how to make pills, he would often make pills for his disciples to nourish their bodies.
So after this period of recuperation, her figure is no longer as thin as before. Her complexion is rosy, her blood and qi are abundant, her spirit is full, and she has also reached the first level of Qi training.
Jiang Lin walked forward and touched his apprentice's head: "Xiao Yueyue, have you been practicing hard during this period?"
Lin Yueyue nodded repeatedly: "Yeah! I tried my best!"
Jiang Lin smiled, then looked up at the sky.
Calculating the time, it's almost time.
"I am the Xuanling Jie'e Yansheng Star Lord, and now I am relieved of my position as a god..."
Everything He Yunqi saw...
To be more precise, everything that the living beings in the world saw was also witnessed by the master and disciple in this Taoist temple.
The star gods are freed from their duties and their authority is returned to the great ways of the heavens.
"Master, what is that?"
Lin Yueyue pointed at the starlight above the sky.
Because she was only at the first level of Qi training, the sounds she could hear were extremely weak.
Jiang Lin circulated his skills to calm his trembling soul: "That is... a sign of the arrival of a new era."
Lin Yueyue raised her head blankly, not understanding what he meant.
Jiang Lin did not explain and continued to look at the sky calmly.
it is as expected……
During this period of time, he comprehended the four methods, and his understanding of the operation of the great trends of heaven and earth became increasingly clear.
As the Star Lords were stripped of their positions one by one, he could clearly sense that the life span of the practitioners in the world was increasing, and various restrictions were being lifted one by one. "Great chaos is coming..."
He sighed inwardly.
The true gods who ascended to gods from human beings can give up their divine positions and return their authority, but what about those gods who were born because of the divine positions and authority?
To be stripped of their deity status and to return authority would mean the disappearance of their egos. How could they possibly be willing to do that?
But will the immortal practitioners who have gradually broken free from their shackles allow the shackles of "Shinto" to bind them forever?
Obviously not.
Originally there was a huge gap between the two, with Shinto far superior to Immortal Way.
But with the descent of these "True Lords", this fragile balance was directly broken!
The way of immortality is to break free from bondage and be at ease, while the way of gods is to maintain the divine position and ensure that it does not disperse.
As time passes and immortals and gods fight each other, a great war is inevitable!
In such a turbulent world, can I protect the people of this world?
What role can those four methods play in this world where Shintoism is gradually declining...
Jiang Lin's mind raced, and he suddenly spoke:
"The God of No Virtue, please summon me quickly!"
hum~
A ray of golden light came from afar, quite quickly.
In less than half a second, he landed inside the Taoist temple. In front of Jiang Lin, a four-armed golden-armored deity appeared. He held a six-sided golden mace in his hand, his eyes were shining with golden color, and he had a dragon and tiger emblem on his waist, exuding great power.
It was none other than Lord Tongli.
Lin Yueyue hid behind Jiang Lin and looked around curiously.
"Tongli, I greet the Lord!" Lord Tongli lowered his head, half-knelt on the ground, and spoke in a respectful tone.
I may not be able to escape in this lifetime, so I might as well just obey...
"Let me ask you, with so many True Lords returning to the lower world, how much less blessing has your position received?"
"Ah?" Lord Tongli looked up blankly, "I... don't know what your master means."
The True Lord has released the gods and returned to the lower world...
What does this have to do with the blessing of the divine position?
Jiang Lin was stunned when he heard this, and couldn't help but think of a very absurd possibility.
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The Shinto system was in turmoil as many True Lords descended to the mortal world.
Some foresighted and reborn immortals will naturally not miss this opportunity.
Datong Dynasty, Qingping Prefecture.
Ming Zejiang!
This river runs through the entire Qingping Prefecture and is the most famous waterway in the entire Qingping Prefecture. It has countless tributaries and supports countless people.
However, at this moment, the waves on the river were surging, and a nimble figure was walking on the waves, which was extremely mysterious.
She was a bright-looking woman dressed in coarse linen clothes, holding a gray long sword in her hand.
From time to time, huge waves with tremendous force would hit you head-on!
But the woman just swung the gray sword in her hand and easily cut off the huge wave that was coming towards her!
Purple lightning flickered in her bright eyes, raising her combat power to the Nascent Soul level.
"Damned mortal! How dare you commit treason and offend the gods!"
In front of the beautiful woman.
On the Mingze River, a green figure quickly fled. It looked like a blue dragon, with the heavy power of water veins rippling around it.
It is the water god of Mingze River!
He was furious and kept shouting and cursing.
Boom!
With a loud bang, the sky seemed to dim at that moment, and ferocious thunder was wandering in it.
Then, the surface of the river was split open.
The wide river surface seems to be divided by a straight line.
It was a ray of sword light, enough to make mountains and rivers topple and the sea overturn.
The soul of the water god of Mingze River was surging, and the scales on his body stood up because of the fierce murderous intent of the sword.
hateful!
Under normal circumstances, by mobilizing the power of the 300-mile Mingze River, he could easily block the sword.
But at this moment, he was in a weak period after being in the lower world of the True Lord, and he was completely unable to dodge the sword light that was coming at him!
The vast purple sword light directly submerged him.
The tough scales shattered in the exploding white light, the skin and flesh turned over, and were roasted in an instant, emitting a meaty aroma.
"Command the Five Thunder Dharmakāya, and open!"
With thunder intertwined all over his body, the Baizhang Dharmakāya, who was holding the lightning sword in his hand, slowly straightened up. Lightning symbols surrounded the sword, and the lightning snake jumped ferociously, emitting an endless breath of destruction.
At this moment, the three hundred miles of Mingze River seemed insignificant!
"Today I will kill you, the evil god! As a sacrifice to my path!"
The lightning sword slowly raised up...
"cut!"
Amid the clear shouts, the exploding thunder was accompanied by turbulent air currents, and the air was filled with a burnt smell.
The long sword of lightning emitting an endless aura of destruction smashed towards the dying Mingze River God!
boom!
Rumble!
The waves were surging, and in the air filled with water vapor, a golden source of the divine way slowly rose.
It is like a little sun, shining in all directions.
The huge hundred-foot Dharma body disappeared, and the girl holding the gray sword appeared in front of the origin of the Divine Way, stretched out her hand and grabbed it.
Looking at the apple-sized Shinto origin in her hand, a complex look flashed in her eyes.
After a long time, she clasped her hands together, put away the source of the Shinto, looked toward the sky and let out a long sigh.
"Dad, Mom, I have avenged you."
Her parents were killed by a shrimp soldier under the command of the Mingze River Water God.
In her previous life, she had been mediocre for a long time, and it was too late for her to embark on the path of cultivation. By the time she was able to take revenge, the Mingze River Water God had already been killed by Taoist Master Qian Yan...
Fortunately, this time, she finally did not miss it again.
After closing her eyes and calming her breath, she opened her eyes and walked away on the waves!
She is going to find the next evil god!
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Because of this change of the immortal era, and the deliberate action of Tianzun to prolong the Shinto era, there are more introductions to the immortal path than in previous eras.
As the saying goes, there are all kinds of birds in a big forest.
Some immortal guides only kill evil spirits, while others have no such concerns.
For example, the very unlucky Cang Yun Demon King.
A desolate hill.
The Demon King Cang Yun looked at the source of the divine way, which was only the size of a grain of rice, in his palm, and his face was as gloomy as water.
Next to him was a wild boar that was more than two meters tall, with sharp fangs and a fist-sized bloody hole under its neck.
It is the mountain god of this place.
The Mountain and River Pearl was damaged, and he was seriously injured, so he has not yet established the foundation of Taoism.
Therefore, he may not even be a match for the land god at the township level.
I can only bully the little god in this remote place...
Of course, the amount of Shinto origin obtained in this way is extremely small.
Not to mention accumulating resources for future practice faster than others, it is even a question whether you can catch up with the first echelon if you miss this opportunity.
"Damn Taoist Master Qian Yan!" he said gritting his teeth.
That’s right, even though it was Jiang Lin who caused his Mountain and River Pearl to be shattered and he lost the opportunity to harvest the origin of the Divine Way, he still hated He Yunqi more!
"Humph!"
With a cold snort, the Cang Yun Demon King turned and left.
He also knew a mountain god, whose power of blessing from the godhood was reduced, and whose strength was at most the seventh or eighth level of Qi training...
Although the source of Shinto obtained is very little.
But no matter how small a mosquito's legs are, they are still meat!
In the high sky.
Xu Xing, Bie Xue Ning and Yuan Jun stood above the clouds.
The three of them collected Shinto information while traveling, and finally collected all the Shinto information just before many True Lords descended to the mortal world.
That 'Shinto Information Container' has now become exceptionally gorgeous.
Next to the sphere of golden lines are constantly moving spots of light of various colors, and the overall look is like a strange nebula.
"It's finally started." Xu Xing looked into the distance.
Everything in this world and the actions of the immortals were all reflected in his eyes.
emm...
Fellow Daoist Hongzun seems quite interested.
However, if it were a normal time, I might go and join in the fun.
"These methods of attracting immortals are really endless."
It’s true that they are all cheating.
Only one day had passed since the great change, and several gods whose ranks were above those of the "Lord God" had fallen.
And all of them fell at the hands of the 'Rebirth Stream' Xiandao Yinzi.
"The gods of this world will soon strike back." Bie Xue Ning said.
A lean camel is bigger than a horse. Today's introduction to the immortal way just caught the Shinto gods off guard.
By the time Shinto reacts, it won’t be so easy.
For a long time to come, it will be a game between the lower world's true masters and the gods of the Shinto, and only a few immortals like Jiang Lin who have a relatively high level of cultivation can participate in it. (End of this chapter)