Taoist Myth: I am the last true immortal in the world

Chapter 738: The Big Dipper Stars Show Their Strength, the Second Marshal of Maguan Becomes Prominent

There are eight divisions in the Taoist heaven.

They are the Heavenly Court directly under the Emperor of Heaven, the Dou Department (Xingxiu Department), the Thunder Department, the Military Department, the Supervision Department, the Underworld Department, the Mountains and Rivers Department and the folk gods.

Under the eight departments, there are many small departments, such as the Fire Department, Water Department, Plague Department, Smallpox Department, and Finance Department, etc.

In the mythological system, the Dou Department was originally directly managed by the Emperor Ziwei.

Later, Dou Mu Yuanjun joined the mythological system and commanded the entire Dou tribe.

The Thunder Department cannot be struck by thunder, and its main deity has always been Jiu Tian Ying Yuan Lei Sheng Pu Hua Tian Zun.

The Jiu Tian Ying Yuan Lei Sheng Pu Hua Tian Zun, known as Lei Zu in the world, "controls the disasters and blessings of heaven, holds the balance of all things, controls things and people, and is in charge of life and death."

In the Taoist mythology system, there are generally two different theories about the origin of Jiu Tian Ying Yuan Lei Sheng Pu Hua Tian Zun.

The first one, Xuanyuan said.

Volume 4 of the Complete Mirror of Immortals of All Dynasties states: "(Huangdi) was given the title of Nine Heavens Yingyuan Thunder Sound Universal Transformation True King. He lived in the Jade Palace of the Divine Sky, in the Azure Sky Brahma Air, 2,300 li away from Thunder City. Thunder City was 81 zhang high, with the Jade Pivot Five Thunder Envoys Court on the left and the Jade Palace Five Thunder Envoys Court on the right. In front of the True King there were 36 thunder drums, which were managed by 36 gods. Whenever thunder struck, the True King personally struck his own thunder drum once, and then the Thunder God and Thunder Master would start to thunder. The Thunder God was the one who entered the Thunder Lake and became a god. Li Mu was given the title of Thunder Master Hao Weng. All 36 thunders were great assistants who made great contributions at that time."

In folk society, people often refer to the legendary Yellow Emperor as "the Lord of Thunder and Lightning."

The second is the theory that he is the incarnation of the Great Emperor of Antarctica.

Bai Yuchan annotated the title of "Jiu Tian Ying Yuan Lei Sheng Pu Hua Tian Zun" in the "Yu Shu Jing" and said: "Jiu Tian is the general manager of the thirty-six heavens. He was born from the nine qi in the southeast and came out of the thunder gate. Therefore, he controls the orders of the thirty-six thunders and receives the seals of various ministries and courts. He gives birth to good and kills evil, and does not follow human nature. The name Jiu Tian is taken from the masculine and unyielding. Ying Yuan is the body of Ying Yuan, the original ancestor of the catastrophe, who divided the true qi, and the Jade Pure True King."

The Jade Pure True King mentioned here is actually the Great Emperor of Longevity of the South Pole.

The Jiutian Yingyuan Leisheng Puhua Tianzun is the Yingyuan body of the Nanji Changsheng Great Emperor, that is, the incarnation.

Whether it is the Xuanyuan theory or the incarnation theory of the Southern Divine Emperor, both are enough to demonstrate the noble status of Lei Zu.

In addition, there are often two different theories about the Ministry of Thunder: the Twenty-Four Heavenly Lords and the Thirty-Six Heavenly Generals. The only unchanging one is the "Five Marshals Theory".

And this Marshal Deng is the leader of the five marshals of the Thunder Department, and his status is equivalent to the Four Saints of the North Pole of the Fighting Department.

Of course, the status here refers to being in their respective "departments".

In fact, in the entire Taoist mythology system, the status of the Four Saints of the North Pole is higher than that of the Five Marshals of the Thunder Department.

For example, in the Taoist heaven, there is a small department called the Guardian God Department, which is headed by the Four Saints of the North Pole, followed by the Four Guardian Marshals, the Four Guardians, the Twenty-eight Constellations, the Thirty-six Heavenly Generals, the Sixty Jiazi, the Spiritual Officials, the Golden Boy and the Jade Girl, etc.

Precisely because the Thunder Department is so powerful, Chen Yun, Ge Tianshi, Xu Tianshi, Lu Dongbin and others were secretly happy to know that these Thunder Department gods were willing to help.

On this side, Chen Yun immediately sent a message to call Zhang Qian, Lin Chen, Lin Lingsu and other disciples.

Afterwards, he arranged for his disciples to start building the reed shed.

Although Chen Yun could directly use his magic power to condense the reeds, doing so would seem very disrespectful.

The Thunder Department has come out in full force to help, but you are trying to be sneaky. Isn't this disrespectful?
Therefore, he specifically asked his disciples to build a reed shed with their own hands in the simplest way.

……

Not to mention the construction of the reed shed.

It is said that the nine-headed Bull Demon King broke into the Tiangang Formation with the Heavenly Escape Book.

As soon as he came in, he looked around, wanting to see what was so mysterious about this formation.

I saw that the area inside this formation was not empty, but an endless starry sky.

In this endless starry sky, the light of billions of stars is dim.

Only the thirty-six stars of the Big Dipper shine brightly, illuminating the entire starry sky.

In addition, the Nine-Headed Bull Demon King also vaguely discovered that among the thirty-six stars, there seemed to be seventy-two stars that were also shining, but they were not as bright.

He suddenly realized something and said in astonishment, "Is this the Tiangang Beidou Formation?"

Suddenly, a majestic voice sounded in the starry sky, "Hey, you, the demon king, are quite perceptive. You actually know the Tiangang Beidou formation?"

The Nine-Headed Bull Demon King's face changed. "Didn't the 72 Earthly Fiends be defeated? Why did they cooperate with the 36 Heavenly Stars to form the Heavenly Star Big Dipper Formation?"

The voice from before laughed loudly and said, "Yes, yes, you also know that the Tiangang Beidou Formation is the power of the 108 Tiangang Disha stars."

He paused for a moment and continued, "Although to unleash the greatest power of the Tiangang Beidou Formation, we need the combined efforts of the Tiangang Thirty-Six Star Generals and the Disha Seventy-Two Star Generals, but when we have certain special magic weapons, even without the Disha Seventy-Two Star Generals, we can still arrange the formation with just the Tiangang Thirty-Six Star Generals. It's just a little lacking in power, but it's enough to deal with you!"

The nine-headed Bull Demon King realized that something was wrong and immediately transformed into a stream of black energy to escape from the formation.

He never expected that as soon as he moved, the entire starry sky would shine brightly, instantly freezing him inside, and he could no longer use his peerless magic skills.

The nine-headed Bull Demon King roared and struggled repeatedly, trying to break free, but the bright starlight blocked all his movements.

His angry nostrils spewed real fire.

Whoosh!

Whoosh!

The fierce demonic fire was burning in the endless starry sky, like an angry sea, with wave after wave rushing towards the starlight.

The pity is that even though the magic fire burned the starlight, there was no ripples.

The same voice from before sounded again, "Ru Demon King, if you are willing to surrender, we will naturally not take your life, how about it?"

"Don't think about it!"

The nine-headed Bull Demon King lost his temper and responded angrily.

Immediately, his eyes turned red, and he struggled to make the Sky Escape Book appear in his palm as much as possible.

The next moment, the Sky Escape Book burst out with ripples that were invisible to the naked eye.

Like water waves, it surges in all directions.

As the ripples passed by, the starlight visibly swayed.

The nine-headed Bull Demon King felt the pressure eased, but it did not disappear completely.

Despite this, he was already able to mobilize the demonic energy in his body.

Then, the Nine-Headed Bull Demon King rolled on the ground, stood up, and revealed his true form, which was a big black bull with nine heads.

This big black bull is extraordinary. Its nine heads are like steep mountains, and its eighteen eyes all emit intense red light like a gamma-ray burst. Its eighteen horns are like a mountain of knives, and its rows of teeth are like sharp blades.

From head to tail, he was over ten thousand feet long, and from hoof to back, eight thousand feet high.

When the nine-headed Bull Demon King revealed his true form, he was like a huge mountain floating in the endless starry sky.

His nine heads glowed red, and he shouted, "Who among the thirty-six divine generals dares to fight me?"

"What treasure did you use to break part of the power of our Tiangang Beidou formation?"

The god general who spoke earlier was slightly surprised, but he did not wait for the Nine-Headed Bull Demon King's response, but directly ordered: "Tian Shaxing, go meet this demon king."

"Here!"

A clean and crisp voice sounded.

Immediately, among the thirty-six stars of the Big Dipper, one star shone brightly and turned into a divine general with golden armor.

This golden-armored deity is ten feet tall, with a dark and majestic face. He holds a mountain-splitting axe in each hand, and looks extremely terrifying with a murderous intent.

This person is none other than the God General of the Heavenly Killing Star.

Tianshaxing is also known as Tianshaxing.

In the Taoist classic "Shenshu Jing", it is said: "The three evil spirits are the yin energy!"

In mythology, the star of death represents disaster, evil and misfortune.

The divine power possessed by the Heavenly Killing Star God is naturally related to it.

Once he appears, it means that disaster is about to happen.

The nine-headed Bull Demon King recognized the Heavenly Killing Star.

Knowing that he has the strength of the late stage of the immortal realm.

He also has the strength of the late stage of the Immortal Realm, but he is the best among them. According to the comparison of their strength, the Nine-Headed Bull Demon King can beat seven or eight Heavenly Killing Stars without showing his true form.

If his true form were revealed, he could potentially beat up to ten or twenty of them.

Now he saw that the thirty-six heavenly generals had only sent out the Heavenly Killing Star to fight, and he immediately felt insulted.

The eyes of his nine heads, which were as big as small mountains, turned an increasingly weird red. Black Qi continued to gushed out of his mouth. He sneered, "How dare you, a scoundrel, become my enemy?"

Tianshaxing didn't answer at all and swung his axe at him from mid-air.

The nine-headed Bull Demon King did not dodge or evade, but instead bit towards Tianshaxing with one head.

Unexpectedly, the axe in the air suddenly turned into the Qi of "Three Evils" and rushed towards him like a burst of water from the sky.

The nine-headed Bull Demon King sensed something was wrong and hastily retracted his head, but it was too late.

When the Qi of the "Three Evils" touched the huge head he stretched out, it instantly transformed into thousands of "Demon-Slaying Black Swords" that cut madly.

"what!"

The nine-headed Bull Demon King screamed, and his head was torn into pieces.

Fortunately, he had the ability to regenerate. Black energy spewed out of the broken neck and condensed into a head again.

The Nine-Headed Bull Demon King looked at the Heavenly Killing Star in doubt and uncertainty, "You are only one of the thirty-six Heavenly Star Gods, how can you have such divine power!?"

Tianshaxing had a blank expression on his face. "This is the Tiangang Beidou Formation. In this formation, I alone possess the power of the 108 Tiangang Disha Gods, and can also use 108 different laws. Not to mention you, the Demon King of the Divine Realm, even if a person from the Heavenly Immortal Realm comes here, he will bow down to me!"

what?
Is the Tiangang Big Dipper Formation so powerful?
The nine-headed Bull Demon King was shocked and knew that something bad was going to happen.

He originally thought that the Tiandun Book could break the power of the Tiangang Formation, and then he could reappear in his true form and perhaps have a chance to defeat the thirty-six generals.

However, he never expected that the Tiangang Formation before him was a variant, the Tiangang Big Dipper Formation, and the Tiandun Book could only break part of the power of the formation.

In this case, the nine-headed Bull Demon King could not defeat the divine general even in a one-on-one fight, let alone thirty-six.

"No, even if I lose, I will give the Heaven Escape Book away."

The nine-headed Bull Demon King immediately analyzed that in order to break the Tiangang Big Dipper Formation, both the Heaven Escape Book and the Earth Escape Book must be used together.

Otherwise, just having the Book of Heavenly Escape or the Book of Earthly Escape would not be enough to break the formation.

Therefore, he had made up his mind that even if he was beaten to pieces today, he had to send the Book of Heavenly Escape to others so that Chen Yun and others could break the formation when they entered it for the second time.

……

The top of the mountain.

Zhang Qian, Lin Chen and Lin Lingsu were leading Chen Yun's disciples to build a reed shed.

Suddenly, Ge Tianshi, Xu Tianshi, Lu Dongbin and others showed some ugly expressions.

Marshal Deng also sensed it and looked in the direction of the Tiangang Formation.

Chen Yun, Wang E, the Monkey King and others had relatively weaker cultivation bases, and it took them a while to sense it.

Although it's a little late, everyone knows one thing.

That is, the Nine-Headed Bull Demon King was trapped in the Tiangang Formation and was in imminent danger.

If no one comes to the rescue at this time, the Nine-Headed Bull Demon King will have only two outcomes.

First, he was beaten to death by the Tiangang God.

Second, the nine-headed Bull Demon King had no choice but to surrender.

Both results are unfavorable for Chen Yun.

First, we lose a powerful fighting force.

The other book of Tiandun would be taken away by the thirty-six Tiangang generals.

Next, it will become extremely difficult to break the Tiangang Formation.

Unless there is someone with unparalleled cultivation who can break the formation with force.

To achieve this, one must at least reach the late stage of the Heavenly Immortal Realm.

There are only a handful of people in the late Heavenly Immortal Realm on Chen Yun's side. If his immortal energy is consumed now, he will be at a disadvantage when facing the people in the late Heavenly Immortal Realm from Luancheng.

Tieguai Li took a step forward, ready to volunteer to save the people.

Suddenly, Marshal Deng said, "Master Chen, the person you sent is trapped in the formation. How about I break the formation and rescue him?"

They are just here to pass on a message.

And the reed tent here has not been built yet.

If we let Marshal Deng go into battle at this time, wouldn't it mean that we are incompetent?
Then when the gods of thunder come, they will really not take us seriously.

Chen Yun naturally understood this truth, so he decisively refused and said, "Thank you for your kindness, Marshal Deng. I don't need you to take action in this formation."

Marshal Deng nodded and said, "Alright, if you want me to take action, just let me know."

Chen Yun said politely again and looked at Tieguai Li, Lu Dongbin, Ge Tianshi, Xu Tianshi and others, as if asking who among them was willing to help break the formation.

Although it would be disadvantageous for the following battle to consume the immortal energy of the late Heavenly Immortal Realm, it was worth doing compared to embarrassing himself in front of the Thunder Department.

Master Ge seemed to have seen something. "We don't need to take action in this formation. I misjudged this Tiangang Formation. It is not a simple Tiangang Formation, but a Tiangang Beidou Formation. If someone with the same cultivation as King Niu enters with the Earth Escape Book and cooperates with the Sky Escape Book, the formation can be broken. Then the two of them can join forces and hopefully defeat the thirty-six divine generals."

Oh, it turns out that there was a change in the Tiangang Formation, so the Nine-Headed Bull Demon King could not win.

Since the Earth Escape Book combined with the Sky Escape Book can break the formation, Chen Yun will definitely not waste his own powerful immortal energy.

He looked at the Monkey King, the Golden-Eyed Ghost, Lord Horse, Lord Guan and others.

As for the Monkey King, he had just worked hard and needed to rest, so Chen Yun did not look at him.

Here, Chen Yun was just about to ask the Monkey King and the Golden-Eyed Ghost to go into battle.

Unexpectedly, two voices rang out in unison.

"Master Chen, let me go."

"Mr. Chen, Guan is willing to fight."

It turned out that it was Lord Ma and Lord Guan who took the initiative to come forward and ask for battle.

When Chen Yun saw that the two were willing to fight, he immediately felt more confident.

As he took out the Earth Escape Book, he nodded slightly and said, "Then I'll have to trouble Mr. Hua Guang and General Guan."

Marshal Deng seemed unfamiliar with the two people and asked, "Who are these two?"

Chen Yun handed the Earth Escape Book to Master Guan Er and introduced them casually: "This is Mr. Ma Huaguang, the Mazu Tiansi; the other is General Guan Yu, who once dominated China, and now serves as the Bodhisattva of the Temple in Buddhism."

"It turns out to be Mr. Hua Guang and General Guan." Marshal Deng clasped his fists and saluted, "Excuse me, my apologies."

"Don't dare, don't dare."

"You're too polite, Marshal Deng."

Lord Ma and Lord Guan Erye responded one after another.

Afterwards, the two didn't say anything else.

Each of them used their own unique skills and flew towards the Tiangang Formation.

The Horse King turned into a beam of fire and charged directly into the formation.

Guan Erye was riding a horse, holding a huge lance, and charging forward like a military general.

Marshal Deng saw that the two men were very powerful and thought to himself, "There are still some vacancies in my Thunder Department. These two people seem so brave. How great would it be if they could join my Thunder Department?"

He thought so, but in fact he had to wait and see how Lord Ma and Lord Guan performed next, and then decide whether to recommend Lord Ma and Lord Guan to Lei Zu.

Fortunately, Chen Yun didn't know what Marshal Deng was thinking deep in his heart, otherwise he would have been in a dilemma, thinking that the fact that Lord Ma and Lord Guan could become one of the "Four Marshals of the Law Guardians" was related to today's battle.

(End of this chapter)