I become a god in another world

Chapter 715 Cooperating with Ghosts
Chapter 715

Zang Junji has already stepped out of the Ghost Realm.

Everything is beyond repair.

Liu Yizhen was imprisoned, bound by a bloody thread, the other end of which was tied to Zang Junji, a former imperial general.

But that's not all.

This extraordinary figure, who once presided over the Demon Suppression Division and was suspected of wielding the Investiture of the Gods, transformed into an unknown being guarding hell after death, also binding vengeful ghosts.

Its remains floated in mid-air.

The terrifying body of the Ghost Mother Tai Sui floated above its head. As if sensing the presence of the Fan brothers in this place, the Ghost Mother Tai Sui flashed with bloody light, and the blood-red fleshy cloud writhed and surged toward the two Fan brothers.

But at the very moment the Ghost Mother 'moved', Zang Junji remained unchanged in the face of all changes.

Its mangled mouth was tightly gripping several strands of blood.

These blood threads are thicker than ordinary blood threads, each about the size of a little finger. The other end of the blood threads flies into the air, piercing through the four corners of the Ghost Mother Tai Sui and binding it tightly.

Blood-red light flashed continuously, but the Ghost Mother Tai Sui was bound by these four blood lines.

Despite its menacing aura, it could not transform and escape, and was firmly locked above Zang Junji.

……

Zhao Fusheng was stunned by this scene.

Xu Yu's hands involuntarily began to record: One emperor appears, ten thousand ghosts submit.

Suddenly, a notification from the Investiture of the Gods echoed within Zhao Fusheng's sea of ​​consciousness: An unknown being has descended upon the world.

It is a past imbued with great merit.

During his lifetime, he wielded great power, benefiting his contemporaries and future generations for centuries to come.

His last wish was to restore peace and prosperity and to sweep away all evil in the world.

His obsession after death was to guard hell.

Hell will not be empty, nor will it disappear.

He once deeply controlled the Investiture of the Gods and created seventeen levels of hell.

During his time wielding the Investiture of the Gods, he devoted his entire life to solving 79 ghost cases and once swept 320,000 vengeful ghosts into hell.

His merits are immeasurable, and he is only one step away from the Heavenly Venerable Law.

He built hell, established a list of gods, and took in all kinds of ghosts. He devoted his entire life to suppressing the ghosts, preventing them from causing harm to the human world.

The host is warned to be wary of unknown entities.

It takes it upon itself to suppress evil spirits and cleanse the world of ghosts.

The gates of hell are wide open, and an unknown being will sweep away the ghost realm.

If you are bound by it, you will be trapped in the ghost realm forever, unable to be reborn.

……

The moment the Investiture of the Gods was announced, Zang Junji's vengeful ghost revived.

Its obsession transformed into laws, and upon entering Wuqing County, it immediately sensed the rampant evil spirits roaming the area.

A large amount of red mist suddenly emanated from the mutilated corpse of this former imperial general.

The mist quickly filled the entire ghost realm, and even the ghost tree could not escape it, the blood mist filling the gaps in the ghost tree completely.

Within the blood mist, countless rays of light formed countless fine threads, entwining the ghostly figures hanging on the ghost trees.

The ghost accomplice, who had been activating the Soul-Calling Law just moments before, immediately drooped its head and became like a corpse once it was bound by the blood threads.

Zang Junji did not move; his corpse merely spun gently in mid-air.

But its power is astonishing when it spins.

The blood lines were slightly pulled by the force of its rotation, instantly dragging hundreds of thousands of ghostly minions down from the tree.

The ghostly spirits hanging from the ghost tree were cleared away the moment the two sides met.

The ghost tree, having lost its ghost companion, withered instantly.

The leaves turned into black mist and fell to the ground, the branches broke off, but the next moment, the broken branches and leaves turned into a pool of blood, and a ghost mirror appeared below Zang Junji's ghost body.

An unknown entity's supreme law: It cannot be recorded! It cannot be spied upon!
Ghosts and spirits cannot set foot in its domain; in life it commands fierce ghosts, and after death it suppresses hell.

Before the blood-red mirror could reflect Zang Junji's ghostly figure, the mirror shattered silently in an instant.

Zang Junji's ghostly body did not move. Its other eyeball shifted, and then a crack suddenly appeared in the palm of its hand raised in front of its chest. A ghostly eyeball pierced through the palm and stared at the blood pool.

A ghostly figure appeared in the pool, and its eyes met the ghost's gaze, instantly marking the ghost in the mirror.

A pool of blood reappears before the ghost, its surface forming a mirror.

But faced with overwhelming power, the newly formed mirror shattered once again.

Zang Junji's ghost eye's power pierced through the void barrier, reaching the depths of the blood pool.

The pool dried up in an instant, revealing the ghostly creature within.

The demon was immediately subdued after its eyes were sealed.

Once the vengeful spirit is subdued, the laws cease to apply.

Zang Junji did not make any unnecessary movements. Instantly, the mirror shattered and the ghost emerged. A red thread bound the ghost, causing it to float in mid-air.

As soon as Tang Min was dealt with, another vengeful ghost emerged.

Gao Shen, the butcher who died at the hands of Dong Fugui.

This ghostly law: It lures people and ghosts into dreams; once inside a dream, death in the dream is the time of death for the person.

When the vengeful ghost Gao Shen revived, he dragged many people in the Dong family into ghostly dreams, causing many to die from the ghostly calamity.

Over the years, it merged with Tang Min and was suppressed under the Yin Mansion of Elder Chang, killing countless people, and has long since advanced in rank.

At this moment, its vengeful spirit law was activated, attempting to lure Zang Junji into the dream.

But before its ghostly dream could take effect, Zang Junji's half-dead body remained motionless, and the red thread in his palm contracted.

The other end of the red thread that it had gathered was drawn into its body, and the evil spirit was transformed into blood bubbles that grew out of its body.

Once the blood bubbles formed, they transformed into nightmares, trapping Gao Shen, who governed by the laws of ghost dreams, within them.

……

In the blink of an eye, Zang Junji's evil spirit revived and subdued Tang Min and Gao Shen with swift and decisive action.

Zhao Fusheng's mind raced: Zang Junji's appearance in the world should have been a great calamity, but his laws were to suppress the great demon first before posing a threat to humanity.

Therefore, she was not in a hurry to send Zang Junji back to the seventeenth level of hell.

Aside from the paper doll Zhang, the most troublesome ghost tree was disintegrated in the blink of an eye, with the ghost accomplices being separated (this is only temporary), but with the law of reincarnation, the ghost accomplices will eventually reunite with the ghost tree.

Sure enough, the moment she thought of this, the ghost tree 'moved'.

The withered tree shadows were mottled, and the shadows lurked underground. Under the shadows, the branches were reborn, a pool of blood reappeared, and Sun Shaoyin's law of reincarnation was revived.

However, Zang Junji remained unmoved.

It does not enter the cycle of reincarnation, as if it were wandering outside the rules.

The blood shadow could not reveal its form, and the vengeful spirit could not mark it—this was not because its rules were special, but because it was too powerful, far surpassing the rank of the vengeful spirit.

The moment the blood-red light of reincarnation enveloped it, its ghostly body turned, and not a drop of mist touched it; the blood-red light slid off its mangled body.

It weakened the ghost tree, but did not stop. Instead, it flipped its single-armed palm, and several streams of blood gushed from its fingertips again.

As the blood thread flew out, it quickly coiled and wove into a ghost rope about the thickness of a child's arm.

The rope was used to secure the roots of the ghost tree.

Zang Junji pulled hard.

Since Zhao Fusheng first saw it, it has been sitting cross-legged on one leg and has rarely made any unnecessary movements.

However, the calamity afflicting Wuqing County at this time was extraordinary. Even someone as powerful as Zang Junji could not easily shake the ghost tree.

As Zang Junji pulled, the Ghost Realm began to tremble violently.

This upheaval occurred silently, with a large amount of black gas mixed with the stench of fermentation gushing out from the ground and shooting into the air, transforming into an enormous 'mushroom'.

Everyone was affected by the ghostly mist, and the shrine became unstable.

A gust of wind swept in from all directions, causing everyone to stagger and fall.

The ghost tree was pulled, and countless roots broke off from the ground.

The shadows of the trees were scattered, and the branches and leaves were broken and falling.

In an instant, the ghost tree could no longer maintain its shape, and Old Lady Chang's ghostly figure appeared at the ghost tree.

But at that moment, Chang Hao's ghostly figure appeared in front of Zang Junji:

"There's a ghost."

As soon as it finished shouting, Old Lady Chang's figure flickered and disappeared, while the shadow of the tree became stable.

Zang Junji's ghostly eyes darted around as he looked at Chang Hao, activating the Law of the Vengeful Ghost.

Chang Hao's body suddenly became covered with pustules.

The abscess, which started as small as a grain of rice, spread rapidly to the size of an egg.

Skulls sprouted from the abscess, instantly suppressing Chang Hao.

"have--"

Before Chang Hao could utter a second "There's a ghost!", a wound appeared on its face, running through its cheek.

The ghost child's voice trailed off.

Then its face stiffened, its features twitched, and one of its eyes turned bloodshot. In the blink of an eye, it became one of Zang Junji's clones and was severed from the ghost tree.

When Zhao Fusheng looked more closely, he noticed that Chang Hao's body was also wrapped with a red rope, the other end of which was tied to Zang Junji's hand.

……

It only took Zang Junji a blink of an eye to deal with Tang Min, Gao Shen, and even the ghost child Chang Hao.

The power of the Ghost Tree was broken down, but its core remained formidable.

Zang Junji made his move again.

It tugged at the red rope, but the ghost tree remained unmoved.

As the shadows of the trees swayed, the reborn ghost, hanging from the tree, suddenly opened its mouth and shouted:
“Zang Jun—”

The moment those two words were uttered, it was an immediate violation of the true God's taboo: one must not call upon His name, one must not trespass into His forbidden areas, and one must not pry into His past.

Upon suffering the backlash, the ghostly accomplice instantly turned to ashes and drifted into the pool of reincarnation.

Zhao Fusheng immediately summoned Meng Po: "When ghosts and gods fight, she can take advantage of the situation."

Kuai Manzhou and she were of one mind, so he drew out the Yellow Springs and led some of the vengeful ghosts who had fallen into the Pool of Reincarnation into it.

Meng Po fed him soup to dispel his obsessions, and the evil energy that ultimately transformed into it was the purest source of existence in the world. He was then introduced into the six realms of reincarnation.

These ghostly accomplices were struck by Zang Junji, which indirectly weakened the Ghost Tree's strength.

At this time, Guishu was preoccupied with dealing with Zang Junji and was unable to spare any attention, which ironically benefited Zhao Fusheng.

Only a small number of ghost companions could be "picked up" by her; most of them were reborn and reincarnated, becoming worshippers of the ghost tree once again.

This time, the ghostly accomplice was reborn once again, and it opened its mouth once more:

"Zang——"

This time, they could no longer utter the character '君' (jun), but instead uttered the character '臧' (zang), causing the paper figure Zhang to suffer collateral damage.

This person is cunning and has been plotting for a long time.

Back then, he used a substitute ghost to steal the coffin nails and used the headless ghost's calamity to force Liu Huacheng to make a deal, offering the coffin lid as the price, in exchange for joining forces with Su Long to 'pacify' the headless ghost's calamity.

Afterwards, the ghost coffin was guarded by Liu Yizhen, but during the battle of Shangyang County, the ghost coffin was taken away and devoured by the human skin ghost mother.

The Human Skin Demon Mother was controlled by Erlang Shen during his lifetime. After Erlang Shen's evil spirits were revived, the Human Skin Demon Mother was merely one of the transformations of its former ghostly form, hidden beneath Erlang Shen's laws and supernatural powers.

Zhang, the paper figure, was also hidden among those involved in the battle of Shangyang County, so he was naturally well aware of this.

He had anticipated that Zhao Fusheng would use a ghost coffin to capture him when he appeared in Wuqing County.

He used a clever plan to merge the two coffins into one.

The Ghost Coffin is one of the Ghost Realms of the Sealed Capital. He used the existence of the Ghost Coffin to open the exit of the seventeenth level of hell.

...The seventeen levels of hell are not easy to open.

The reason he was able to enter it by chance back then was purely because of the headless ghost disaster, which forced Fengdu, more than fifty years later, to be drawn into reincarnation. In an unexpected out-of-control situation, it dragged everyone into it. Zang Xiongwu entered it by chance after experiencing a family tragedy.

More than fifty years later, unable to force Feng Du to take action, he could only use the Ghost Coffin as a passage to bring out Zang Junji.

He had been collecting ghost plaques all these years so that at this moment, these plaques would be inspired by Zang Junji's true form and manifest his ghostly appearance, which he could then use for his own purposes.

Now that his goal has been achieved, Paper Man Zhang discovers that Zang Junji's method is to suppress vengeful ghosts—at this point, he himself is neither human nor ghost, in other words, he is very likely one of Zang Junji's targets to be suppressed.

However, the Ghost Tree of Wuqing County was powerful and became Zang Junji's primary target.

Once Zang Junji has suppressed Gui Shu, his next targets will be him and Zhao Fusheng.

For Zang Junji, the probability of Zhang the Paper Doll being marked first is even greater—after all, he forcibly stole Zang Junji's original body, and if it wants to piece together a ghost body, it will first target Zhang the Paper Doll.

If we don't slip away now, when will we?

Having figured this out, the paper figure Zhang was about to escape while Zang Junji was fighting the ghost tree, but the ghost tree did not play by the rules.

The laws of vengeful spirits are inflexible.

The moment the ghostly accomplices called out a name, even though the ghostly tree originally intended to 'attack' Zang Junji, they couldn't utter his full name. They could only utter the single character 'Zang'. Since the paper figure Zhang also had the surname Zang, it was also among the ghostly accomplices seeking souls.

The moment the word 'Zang' was uttered, the paper figure Zhang Li was immediately attacked by hundreds of thousands of ghostly accomplices who sought his life.

Now that Paper Man Zhang has merged with half of Zang Junji's head, one hand, and one leg, his strength is extraordinary, so the ghost accomplices naturally cannot kill him.

Even if it wasn't fatal, it was enough to keep him here.

He was about to flee, but in the instant the ghostly figure flashed, the ghostly accomplices shouted in unison: 'Zang—'

The law immediately kept him there; his figure solidified from the ethereal and remained fixed in place.

A few breaths later, before he had even taken two steps, he was extremely angry.

……

On the other end, Zang Junji tugged several times, but the red rope, as thick as a child's arm, could not completely pull the ghost tree out of the ground.

The Chang family has been rooted in Wuqing County for many years and has long been a local tyrant, absorbing the lives and faith of hundreds of thousands of people in the county for their own use, and has already become a force to be reckoned with.

This tree is large and deeply rooted; even with Zang Junji's supernatural powers, he could not easily shake it.

Upon seeing this, Zhao Fusheng's mind raced:

"We'll lend it a hand."

To resolve the evil spirits here, we need to cooperate.

Human strength is limited, so joining forces with ghosts and borrowing their power can be considered a way of using their strength against them.

As soon as Zhao Fusheng finished speaking, everyone responded.

"The Ghost Tree has been divided into six paths." Zang Junji's fierce ghost revived, but he was inflexible and tried to pull the Ghost Tree out with a ghost rope. However, the Ghost Tree merged back into one and could not be shaken.

But if Zhao Fusheng were to lend a hand and split the ghost tree into six pieces, and Zang Junji were to uproot them one by one, they might be able to wipe out the Chang family in one fell swoop.

As soon as she spoke, everyone understood.

The paper figure Zhang, whose soul was being constantly called by the ghost's accomplice, also heard Zhao Fusheng's words and immediately exclaimed in surprise:

"Are you crazy?"

Zang Junji's strength lies in the unknown.

It was once one of the wielders of the Investiture of the Gods owned by Zhao Fusheng, but Zang Junji lost control and died, and the Investiture of the Gods sought a new host.

The search for the Investiture of the Gods is also one of its rules.

"Two tigers fighting, and you want to interfere?" The paper figure Zhang Zhen didn't know whether to call Zhao Fusheng foolish or naive:
"Regardless of who wins or loses, you will be their next target."

Zhao Fusheng sneered:
"I have said before, even if I die, the laws have already been established."

She is already bound to the Six Realms, and the laws governing her cannot be altered.

Even if she dies and her consciousness dissipates, those who later control her will still have to follow her laws: to collect ghosts and reincarnate them into the six realms of reincarnation.

As for whether those who will control her in the future will exploit loopholes in the Six Paths Law, she can't control it, nor does she want to.

"I can only manage what happens during my lifetime; how can I manage what happens after I die?"

Paper Man Zhang was quite surprised to hear this:
"This goes against your principles."

He said:
"I've been watching you closely. You're someone who knows how to protect yourself, so how could you make such a foolish mistake?" Paper Doll Zhang asked, puzzled.

"There are no permanent friends or absolute enemies in the world. Instead of fighting each other now, let's join forces, escape from this place, and settle the score in the future."

As soon as Zhang the Paper Doll finished speaking, the Fan brothers, Liu Yizhen, Ding Datong, and the people from the capital showed signs of interest.

"grown ups--"

Chen Duozi also felt that this made a lot of sense, and turned to look at Zhao Fusheng, waiting for her decision.

"Absolutely not!"

Zhao Fusheng flatly refused.

"There are priorities and urgency in everything," she said seriously.
"If this is acceptable even for ordinary ghostly calamities, then we are far more useful alive than dead."

“But the current calamity is different!” she said.

"The calamities of the Chang family in Wuqing County, the calamities of Zang Junji, and even the paper doll Zhang—once the evil spirits spread, they will become a malignant tumor in the world!"

Corruption was rampant in the Han Dynasty, and the Demon Suppression Division had long been out of control.

Feng Du was old and frail, unable to control others—to be precise, Feng Du himself was too busy to care for others. He didn't want to, nor was he able to, control them. He could only try his best to prevent the evil spirits from reviving, and adding fuel to the fire for the demise of the Later Han Dynasty would be a great deed.

Therefore, he could not control the ghost tamers from levying exorbitant taxes on the people, nor could he control Yu Lingzhu from allowing the Chang family to grow too powerful, thus giving rise to such an extraordinary ghostly calamity.

The Demon Suppression Division is powerless to clean up the mess. If the ghostly calamity gets out of control, the only possibility is to abandon Wuqing County.

Zhao Fusheng said:

“We can escape while the two ghosts are fighting, but once Zang Junji merges with the laws of the Ghost Tree, the consequences will be unimaginable.”

When the two demons are no longer restrained, who will subdue them and who will subdue them?

Zhao Fusheng has only opened thirteen levels of hell. Once he clashes with Zang Junji, who has seventeen levels of hell, the outcome will be uncertain.

"The world is doomed. Even if I survive, what use would I be if I spent the rest of my life hiding and living in fear?"

She shouted sharply:

"Don't listen to the paper effigy Zhang's wicked words. My mind is made up. Help me dismantle the ghost tree, and then everyone should run for their lives."

Zhao Fusheng decided to stay and clean up the mess.

"If I survive, I will return to Wan'an County; if I cannot—"

"grown ups--"

Upon hearing this, Chen Duozi immediately became sorrowful:

"The master will surely return; the Qiankun Brush has already foretold it."

Her words reassured everyone, and Fan Bisi also said:
"The lord will surely return to Wan'an County."

……

In the blink of an eye, Paper Man Zhang cursed:
"What an incredibly pedantic fool."

"You're not stupid," Zhao Fusheng sneered.

"I'd rather die than stay and be devoured by Zang Junji, I'll take you down with me."

"..."

The paper figure Zhang was speechless.

The scene before him reminded him of the 'first' time interacting with the other person.

At that time, Zhao Fusheng had just begun to control ghosts and was lucky enough to survive. When he met Zhao Fusheng, Zhao Fusheng suddenly attacked him.

At that time, she was weak and powerless. The paper figure Zhang was already half human and half ghost. In her eyes, Zhao Fusheng was simply ignorant of his own limitations.

Even so, she still did it.

He initially thought Zhao Fusheng was impulsive and reckless, but later observations revealed that this was not the case.

Ultimately, one can only say that human nature is complex and unpredictable.

The situation now is strikingly similar to that of before. At this critical juncture, Zhao Fusheng once again acted impulsively, and this impulsiveness has once again implicated him.

He boasted that he knew countless people and could understand their temperament and judge their behavior and thoughts with great accuracy after only a short interaction.

However, despite observing Zhao Fusheng for a long time, he still could not accurately predict her choice.

Just as the paper figure Zhang was speechless with anger, Zhao Fusheng and others made their move.

Each person held a reincarnation spell in their hand, which flew out in six directions, marking the ghost tree at the same time.

Zhao Fusheng reached out and beckoned, and Xu Yu's consciousness wavered for a moment. He involuntarily flew up and transformed into a blood-red ghost pen, which she held in her hand.

"The Six Paths Wheel returns to its proper place!"

Zhao Fusheng uses the Qiankun Brush to write the rules.

“I am the Way of Humanity!” Chen Duozi replied.

"I control the path of evil spirits!" the Fan brothers echoed.

……

Even Meng Po, who had been summoned and whose evil spirits had been resurrected, stood at the end of a lineage of ghostly reincarnation.

The people of Wan'an County are inseparable; even in death, they will work together with one heart.

The six realms of reincarnation return to their original positions.

With a thought, Zhao Fusheng picked up his brush and wrote down the laws of heaven and earth:

"Sever the demon tree!"

'Boom.'

Dark clouds gathered within the ghost realm, and lightning surged above the ghost tree.

The laws held by Zhao Fusheng transformed into lightning bolts that soared among the clouds like dragons. In a short while, all the lightning converged into a single beam.

'Buzz buzz buzz!'

Heaven and earth trembled, and even ghosts and gods were terrified.

The ghost tree began to tremble uneasily, and the ghost horde was terrified.

The lightning transformed into a giant sword that seemed capable of splitting the heavens and earth, slashing straight down.

‘Boom! ’

It was as if an earth dragon was turning over underground.

A gust of air shot straight into the sky, causing everyone to lose their balance, stagger and fall several steps.

A blinding beam of light cleaved the ghost tree in two.

The shadows flickered, rapidly shifting between the ghost tree and the ghostly figure of Granny Chang. The next moment, Zang Junji's blood-red ghost rope decayed and fell apart.

The ghostly face of Granny Chang shattered like porcelain, and the ghost tree was split into six, collapsing in six different directions.

Chen Duozi and the others worked together to pull the six separated tree trunks back together.

At the same time, Zang Junji made his move.

Six more ghost ropes, as thick as a wrist, sprouted from its palm and were respectively bound to the six realms.

As the blood-red light swirled, it entangled the trunks of six trees.

Just as Zhao Fusheng had predicted, Zang Junji was unable to uproot the entire ghost tree, but he was able to pull out the split parts of it.

This time, it turned its arms again, and the tree rooted at the bottom 'moved'.

'Boom.'

The ground trembled violently, and the shadows hidden underground were slowly dragged out by this former emperor using terrifying laws.

In the very center of the ghost tree, Old Lady Chang's figure flashed into view.

A line of blood divided it into six parts; its limbs, torso, and head were about to be separated, but at the severed limbs, black energy still held them together.

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