Chapter 655: Hands Will Eventually Be Stained with Blood
Great catastrophes will never cease, and living beings will suffer endless disasters.
Zhuge Laodeng's real body, under the green old Bodhi tree, has more and more souls residing.
They were all creatures sent by Anshan. They went down the mountain to maintain order on earth and resist chaos and disasters, but they died sadly.
Li Yuan tried his best to collect their souls and nourish them with merits, hoping that after their souls were complete, they would have a good afterlife.
However, the big gray rat's soul was severely injured, and even with the warmth of the Bodhi tree, it would be difficult to recover.
Li Yuan thought about it and seeing that his soul was gradually falling into complete confusion, he gave the position of subordinate deity to the big gray rat.
When he competed for the position of Yuankui Xingjun, he was given a subordinate deity position and a thousand soldiers under his command.
Over the years, he has been busy with various things and has thought about handing over the throne to a relative or friend.
But everyone has their own path, and Li Yuan doesn't want to limit their future.
Now the big gray rat's body has been destroyed, leaving only its dying soul. Its condition is very bad and no elixir can save it. Li Yuan has no idea what to do.
He could only take out nine blank pieces of gold paper from his body and engrave the names of his subordinate immortals and gods in the name of Yuankui Xingjun.
After the Big Gray Rat became a spiritualist, it also gave itself a name, Zi Ling, but everyone was used to calling it Big Gray Rat.
Li Yuan learned about the information of the subordinate gods by sensing the priesthood of Yuankui Xingjun, and engraved many details of the heavenly rules on gold paper. Finally, he attracted a trace of the soul origin of the big gray rat and engraved the name of Zi Ling on the gold paper.
Countless incense and merits gathered together, illuminating Anshan like a golden mountain appearing in the world, shining all over the sky.
Li Yuan felt sorry for the torture the big gray rat had suffered when it died, so he poured incense and merits into the gold paper as if they were free, and only stopped when the attached shrine reached its load limit.
"Big Gray Rat... Ziling, when you wake up again, you will be the star god accompanying Yuankui Star Lord."
Li Yuan stroked the head of the remaining soul of the big gray rat, and looked at the curled up big gray rat with pity and heartache in his eyes.
Even though bestowing a subordinate deity status would require a huge amount of merit and luck, the merit contained in Li Yuan did not seem to have decreased at all, just like a small stream diverted from the ocean, and no change could be seen.
Nine pieces of gold paper and jade orders slowly floated towards the soul of the big gray rat. This shrine will nourish the incomplete soul of the big gray rat until the day when it is complete, and it will wake up.
By then, Anshan will have one more immortal god, and the Star God Palace will also have a new star god, called Ziling Star God.
"I won't let everyone's sacrifice be in vain."
Li Yuan looked at the many souls being nurtured under the Bodhi tree, with reluctance and helplessness in his eyes. He nourished them with countless incense and merits, and prayed for a happy and fulfilling afterlife for them.
Tian Yao was watching everything silently from the side, paying close attention to Li Yuan's merits and virtues.
Although it could be called infinite, Tian Yao still felt that the number was not right.
After the rebellion broke out, Anshan went everywhere to provide disaster relief and save lives. The name of the Anshan mountain god spread throughout the world and was worshipped by people all over the world. The power of that kind of incense was immeasurable, and it was far more than what Li Yuan was showing now.
"After reaching the Great God Realm, the merits of incense and fire have become auxiliary."
"It is impossible to break through to the great power by just relying on the merits of burning incense... Brother Li Yuan, have you given most of your incense to that stone fetus?"
Tian Yao stroked his chin, thinking.
Li Yuan walked out from under the Bodhi tree and looked at the sky with cracks faintly appearing on it, his expression deep.
"Brother, I have already taken on all the causes and consequences of this catastrophe, and am destined to be tainted with countless karma."
"If we want to overthrow the corrupt and evil system, I'm afraid it will be difficult for me to do it in this lifetime alone."
Li Yuan was not questioning his own ideas, but he understood that when he went out to kill the enemies, many innocent lives were caught up in the aftermath of the fight and died tragically.
There were also some creatures who did not deserve to die, but were killed in order to establish his authority.
The biggest conspiracy of the catastrophe is that as long as you participate in it and get involved in the incident, you will no longer be "clean".
The robbery is meant to take the life of you and the people you care about, to make your hands stained with blood, until you lose your original intention.
The great calamity is a calamity for the three realms, a calamity for all living beings, and a calamity for all immortals, gods, demons and monsters, including Li Yuan.
Li Yuan has already seen the clues. No matter how careful he is to avoid it, there will be enemies who will come and cause bloodshed.
Either give in or kill all the enemies.
Coward and executioner, this is the choice that the catastrophe forced Li Yuan to make, just like the celestial demon in ancient times.
But whether for the innocent lives in this world or for the relatives and friends of Anshan and Anyue, Li Yuan had no choice but to take up the Fushang Sword, kill all the enemies, and fight the catastrophe to the death.
"It is my fallback. If I carry too much, think too much... and am no longer the most suitable person, it will complete everything for me."
Li Yuan sensed the stone fetus shining with colorful light within the belly of the mountain, and his eyes seemed to reflect an endless scene of killing.
This catastrophe is like a feast, with all the people in the world as food and countless extraordinary beings as dishes.
There are all kinds of people here, and the heroes have different intentions. If Li Yuan wants to protect all the people at the banquet, he has to be the one to play the game at the table.
But no matter what your original intention is, once you have eaten the food on the table, you have no right to overturn the table.
If the purpose is just to give birth to a powerful creature, then the stone fetus already has all the conditions and can give birth to a special life at any time.
But Li Yuan had a special expectation for it. He baptized it with infinite merits and incense, hoping that after its birth, it would not be bound by any rules, would not be influenced by the worldly affairs and the immortal way, and become a free and romantic creature that followed its heart.
Such a simple creature would be more suitable than him after the catastrophe to be the one who challenges all corrupt rules.
After hearing Li Yuan's consideration, Tian Yao was silent for a moment.
"The catastrophe will not let anyone go, especially special people like you and me."
"But the existence of you and me is already a variable, so don't worry too much."
The two brothers sighed together, not knowing how the future would develop.
This catastrophe was even more terrifying than they had previously imagined. Even the initial stage had already caused unrest in the three realms.
They can only try their best to be the one who digs the pit and bury all the enemies who are trapped in the madness of the robbery.
The people at the foot of the mountain were singing and praying.
Voices of faith floated in the air, transformed into devout incense, and poured into the temple and statue of the Anshan Mountain God.
The name of the Anshan Mountain God is like a torch in this troubled time, striving to illuminate the world.
Since the chaos began, more and more refugees have poured into Anshan.
Although the gods and immortals from all sides tried their best to cooperate with Li Yuan's instructions to solve the evil spirits and curb the man-made disasters, the catastrophe was unstoppable and the disasters continued. Some people still felt that only the Anshan area ruled by the mountain god of Anshan could be truly peaceful.
Demons, weird creatures, innate lineages, hidden forces... and even the gods in heaven who secretly harvested all living beings behind Li Yuan's back.
The gods and immortals on earth were temporarily quiet, but the gods in heaven started to plot against the earth again.
The piece of cake in the human world seems to be defenseless and is coveted by more and more beings.
Perhaps, only when the world falls into darkness and the cries of innocent creatures resound through the sky, and Li Yuan can no longer bear it and awakens the remains of the third-life emperor under the Demon-Suppressing Pass, those evildoers will know that the world is not a cake, but a sharp blade stained with blood.
Even if this blade can only be used once, the light it emits is enough to illuminate the entire world.