The peerless black hand that covers the sky

Chapter 972: Netherworld, Nine Springs, Cremation
In the burial pit, the peerless Immortal Emperor is entrenched, and he has come a long way in the exploration of the field of sacrifice!
He added his own ideas to the concept of the ancient emperor who established the burial pit of the Emperor of Heaven, and stitched in the mysteries of another ancient overlord!
The burial pits are used to bury the emperors of the heavens and to dump the corpses of the quasi-immortal emperors who rose up in the heavens. They are all emperors of the heavens in their respective worlds and respected by all living beings. They gather all the will of heaven and the hearts of people in a world of heavens.

On this basis, an ancient overlord performed calculations and gathered the mysteries of the origin of the heavens, intending to ascend from this dimension of the world and step into a mysterious place, where there is no time, no space, beyond the so-called eternity, Tao, the universe, all time and space, outside the universe, outside chaos, omnipresent... and so on.

The burial pit was just that.

However, after the Immortal Emperor of the Ancestral Court took over this blueprint, he made certain improvements and incorporated the concept of "Tao Zun" among the ancient overlords.

That existence, rooted in the cycle of reincarnation, opened up the supreme method of the seal of reincarnation, which has a far-reaching influence to this day.

The Samsara Seal is the product between life and death. According to the research of the Immortal Emperor of Heaven, it contains infinite mysteries. They have deduced that each Samsara Seal can seal a part of the soul of the creature that has been sealed with the Samsara Seal!
This is amazing, it's like escaping the reckoning of reincarnation!

Although, the most essential true spirit will still be taken away by the order of reincarnation.

However, with the part of the soul in the reincarnation seal, it is like lighting a beacon in the darkness, which will attract the reincarnated true spirits, and may reincarnate back to the old body, serving as the cornerstone of the new spiritual soul!
Cheating, evading tickets... When the Immortal Emperor of the Ancestral Court sorted out the mysteries of the Samsara Seal, he couldn't help but be shocked. The ancient overlord who created this method really used too much of his intelligence and talent to exploit loopholes in the Samsara Seal!

It opens up shortcuts and leaves back doors. If the creatures who set foot on this system can follow this path and become proficient in the process of evading the ticket, the accumulation of the reincarnation seal will become faster and faster.

What's even more amazing is that when the Samsara Seals accumulate to a sufficient number and are melted into one, all the soul fragments will be united with the true spirit, completely returning to the true self, and becoming the same person from that year!
This can become a path to immortality, a system, called "reincarnation immortality".

However, the purpose of Zuting was not to simply imitate, but to add his own ideas and try something new.

Originally, the smelting of the Samsara Seal was the different lives of the same creature and the same body, so as to achieve the connection of the timeline.

But here, the Immortal Emperor of Zuting who was in charge of this matter found another way. He chose to melt and combine the reincarnation seals from different quasi-immortal emperors and Taoist ancestors to achieve a great fusion in space!

Who would have thought of doing this in the past?
Unprecedented!

Today, the ancestral temple has taken a new step and is rushing towards the dark and unknown realm. No one can predict what the final consequences will be.

According to deduction, this should be able to open the door to the sacrificial path and look forward to that extraordinary level.

After all, there are hundreds of thousands of corpses, all of them are quasi-immortal emperors. They were respected by all the heavens during their lifetime. They gathered the will of heaven and the people's hearts, all kinds of mysteries, and even the evolutionary paths that they opened up and mastered, all in their souls.

And such a soul was partially sealed in the reincarnation seal and escaped the reckoning of reincarnation.

When these reincarnation seals are melted into one, the primordial spirits within them, along with the mysteries of all the heavens and worlds, are united. Isn't this an ultimate reproduction of the present world?
What kind of fruit would that produce, or...a monster?

Zu Ting didn’t know, but was willing to try.

In order to fight against the overlord and ancestor who is destined to return one day, they are willing to take risks!

"...The reincarnation seals from different Dao Ancestors and Quasi-Immortal Emperors are different from each other after all, and will become obstacles in the fusion process."

The Immortal Emperor in charge of the burial pit said, "However, with the help of fellow Daoist Da Zizai, who has glimpsed the secret of reincarnation killing from the depths of his blood, as well as the fundamental equation of life evolution and some parameters of the one and only Dao, I have a good grasp of resolving the obstacles..."

"Soon, the ultimate fusion will begin and create a miracle!"

"Finally, there will be 'Netherworld'!"

In the burial pit, the breath of reincarnation was so terrifying that in a trance, the emperors seemed to see an almighty figure that was about to arrive across endless time and space!
"Good good!"

The white-haired old Immortal Emperor cheered, "On the day when the burial pit is complete, the Jade Emperor will have nothing to fear!"

"So what about the Soul River?!"

He turned his head and glanced sideways, his eyes shining brightly, piercing through infinite time and space, and finally he saw a vast, endless, turbid river surging in the deepest part of the world, with no beginning or end.

Boom!

When he saw the river, he could hear the sound of raging waves and thunder in his ears. Even the Immortal Emperor felt his soul unstable at this moment. He was being attracted and seemed to be falling into it and becoming a part of it!

Suddenly, the old Immortal Emperor was moved. His eyes were like golden lamps, shining brightly, and he felt extremely uneasy.

He understood... the Dao Fruits deposited in the burial pit were indeed extraordinary, but the development of the Soul River was not much inferior!

"Mercy! Great mercy! Supreme mercy!"

Amid the sound of the rushing river, a whisper rang out, "If you give up your true self, you can achieve the supreme fruit of the Tao..."

"In this river, all the dead souls coexist, all thoughts and feelings blend, all wisdom is shared, forever and ever, at all times, without self, without others, without sentient beings!"

A terrifying Immortal Emperor slowly emerged from the Soul River. He stood with his hands behind his back, "My certificate for reincarnation is incomplete."

He ascended up to the sky step by step, bringing with him an indescribable force. The Immortal Emperors gathered in the ancestral court at this moment felt as if they were oppressed by boundless terror. The degree of threat was almost as great as the pressure they faced from their ancestor when they died!

"So strong..."

The emperors were shocked, and then delighted. The Soul River actually produced great results silently?
The fellow travelers walking in front of me seem to be at a different level from the Immortal Emperor!
However, it seems... it is not perfect yet. It can only be said that one foot has been taken, and the other part of the body is standing in the realm of Immortal Emperor.

"At the end of reincarnation, the laws intertwine, and apart from a bit of true spiritual essence, all acquired knowledge, obsessions, and emotions are wiped out, leaving only a bit of the purest spiritual seed..."

The Immortal Emperor ascended to the sky calmly, "This is very interesting. It makes me think often... If we disassemble the two souls in this way, into 'impurities' and pure spiritual seeds, and then exchange the blank spiritual seeds, and merge the 'impurities' back..."

"In that case, what is the difference between them and their respective lives?"

He said, with unparalleled devilishness and madness in his voice.

He tramples on the uniqueness of every life, and regards everything as material that can be disassembled and has no uniqueness.

The so-called "self" is nothing in his eyes.

Or, he was questioning reincarnation. What can truly represent a living being? Is it the true soul like a blank sheet of paper? Or is it the "story" written on this blank sheet of paper - memories, emotions, obsessions?
If it is the former, the complete formatting of reincarnation, erasing all impurities, can be said to be the most cold-blooded and cruel executioner in the world.

If it is the latter, then when the "story" is transferred and reproduced on another piece of blank paper, does it count as the continuation and rebirth of that creature?

"In order to explore the root cause, I delved into the Soul River and expanded the Soul River..."

This Immortal Emperor stepped into the ancestral temple and calmly ascended the highest Taoist platform, like an unparalleled Taoist ancestor, preaching the great Dao and imparting scriptures.

"I imitated the cleansing mechanism of the reincarnation to observe what kind of impurities the reincarnation has stripped away from the dead souls..." He said slowly, his aura overwhelming the emperors, causing them to vibrate from their souls to their bodies, making it difficult for them to breathe!
"Then, in the Soul River, I refined nine different divine springs..."

"These nine springs are Fengquan, Yaquan, Huangquan, Hanquan, Yinquan, Youquan, Xiaquan, Kuquan, Mingquan..."

The Immortal Emperor who controls the Soul River said leisurely, "In these Nine Springs, the soul power of the dead can be dissolved and the various 'impurities' in their souls can be taken away..."

He narrated what he had done and evolved "Nine Springs" in the River of Souls!
Jiuquan is like nine different reagents for the soul, which can produce complex reactions with the dead souls, and extract various "impurities" from them in an organized and step-by-step manner!
Strictly speaking, compared to the past, the river composed purely of dead souls now takes dead souls as the main body and the most basic component unit. A wisp of dead soul is a wave or a drop of water.

Nowadays, Jiuquan is the main body of the Soul River!
Under the power of Jiuquan, every "impurity" of a dead soul will undergo a complex reaction... just like the treatment of sewage, adding different reagents to clarify the water quality.

"The nine springs of solution converge into a river, carrying with them various impurities, and what is left in the end is a pure and blank spiritual seed... It is similar to the mechanism of reincarnation."

"It's just that all the emotions, all the obsessions, all the thoughts, all the memories...are left behind, flowing in a big river."

The Immortal Emperor sitting high on the Taoist platform smiled, "Infinite wisdom is all in this river!"

"They are the purest cognition of the world, the most rational wisdom, the most abundant emotions, and the most unforgettable obsession... They will eventually converge and become an endless sea of ​​blood!"

“They are the greatest gathering of humanity in the world!”

The Immortal Emperor spoke loudly, causing all the emperors to look towards the Soul River involuntarily.

Sure enough, they saw that at the end of the Soul River, there was a sea of ​​blood!

It is so deep, the dark red sea water seems to have precipitated the most unforgettable memories of countless lives, gathering into such a color, reluctance, persistence...

"And the spiritual seeds that remain are all blank and pure... I have gathered them together!"

"In that sea of ​​blood!"

The emperors looked in the direction he was pointed, and sure enough, in that sea, amidst the endless bright red, there was the purest white light blooming, shining brightly into a ball!
"Actually, I'm curious."

"After all the acquired 'impurities' are wiped out, can the remaining blank and pure spiritual seeds be integrated?"

The master of Jiuquan said faintly, "If it is possible, then I will be able to create an unprecedented super spiritual seed..."

"If not, then what is the barrier and separation between different spiritual seeds?"

He sighed, "Can this barrier be broken?"

"I have to say, reincarnation is fair."

The Immortal Emperor smiled and said, "No matter how brilliant and charming you were in life, after death, in the cycle of reincarnation, everything will be shaved off once you go under the millstone. Standing at the same starting line, your true spirit is equally pure and blank."

"Unless there is an Immortal Emperor helping you through the back door, this is a law of the world that is difficult to violate."

"But...I want to break this fairness!"

"I want to create an unprecedented supreme true spirit!"

"And endow it with the memories, emotions, wisdom, and thoughts of the entire sea of ​​blood!"

As he spoke, he became melancholy, "What a pity, it seems that there was once a supreme strong person who protected all living beings, making the true spirits of each other seem to be separated by an incalculable distance."

“Memories can be copied, emotions can be shared, thoughts can resonate…but there is only one true self.”

"However, this problem will soon cease to be a problem..."

The master of Jiuquan chuckled, "I heard that Daoist Haotian's 'Causes of All Fruits' is progressing quite smoothly?"

"All life forms at the end of the road will be able to achieve a great integration in terms of cause and effect... Then the day when countless pure and blank spiritual seeds can achieve mutual fusion will not be too far away!"

“At that time, with our immortal true spirits, the fusion of countless spiritual seeds, and the gathering of infinite human wisdom, the gate of the Sacrifice Dao will be shattered with one blow!”

He said this.

Just at this moment, all the emperors under the stage swallowed their saliva dryly, and felt a chill down their spines.

They felt that this fellow who presided over the Soul River Project... seemed a little crazy and mentally unstable!

Although they had to admit that this Immortal Emperor who refined the Nine Springs was extremely terrifying, and seemed to have surpassed the ancient overlords!

One day, the founder of Soul River returns and faces such an abstract and absurd latecomer... I think his expressions will be very interesting!
"Then we will all look forward to the moment when you achieve perfection..."

Finally, several Immortal Emperors reluctantly opened their mouths to offer their blessings.

"This road will definitely be successful." The Lord of Jiuquan said calmly, "You will see..."

After saying that, his eyes flashed and he looked towards the corner of the hall, "The master of Fu Tu is here too?"

There, stood an ordinary-looking Immortal Emperor, and it was unknown how long he had arrived at the ancestral temple.

It was not until the Lord of Jiuquan pointed it out that the emperors began to look on as if awakened from a dream.

It cannot be said that they were careless, it can only be said that the impact brought by the Lord of Jiuquan was a bit too great, and for a moment, their souls were a little unstable and they ignored their surroundings.

"My merits are about to be fulfilled, and the Four Extremes Floating Earth is not far from the ultimate leap, so I naturally have to come out for a walk."

This Immortal Emperor dressed as a Buddhist and dabbled in the fields of Buddhism and Taoism. In the final analysis, there are three thousand great ways, and Buddha is the Tao.

At this moment, he smiled and greeted the Lord of the Nine Springs, "I have refined countless relics... Since the ancestral temple came to power, cremation has become popular, and no living being can escape it. I have already accumulated enough."

"Even, he took the trouble to reflect the old times and collect corpses..."

(End of this chapter)