Conferred God: Got cramped at the beginning

Chapter 1005 Human Temples Ten Million From

"By imperial decree!" The gods of the Arctic Exorcism Academy bowed and moved in unison, each transforming into a stream of light and descending to the mortal realm.

—It is not heading towards Xiniuhezhou.

Instead, it landed directly in the human realm of the Central Region!

Looking at those flowing lights, Ao Bing's lips twitched involuntarily.

Every deity of the Arctic Exorcism Academy has their information hidden. Apart from Marshal Tianpeng, no one in the world knows their origins.

However, if someone is too familiar with someone from the outer battlefield, then even if that person steps into the Arctic Exorcism Institute, he will still be able to recognize him.

For example, Ao Bing had already recognized the three people in the Arctic Exorcism Institute at this moment.

One Yang Jian.

A Nezha.

There's another one, with an even more impressive background—the Black Fiend General, one of the Four Saints of the North Pole, and Marshal Yisheng!
Although it was just an avatar, Ao Bing was absolutely certain that it was him!
……

The Central Realm is the most prosperous place in Pantian.

Although the path of immortality is suppressed here by human morality, and the immortal path is not prominent, this "prominence of the immortal path" is only in proportion to the actual situation.

In the four continents beyond the Central Realm, almost all living beings are pursuing the path to transcendence, hence, the 'path of immortality is widely manifested'.

Compared to the four continents, less than one in a thousand mortals in the Central Region are willing to give up everything to pursue the path of transcendence—this is what is meant by 'the path of immortality is not prominent'.

The problem is, if we ignore the proportions and only look at the quantity...

The number of mortals in the Central Region—that is, beings who have awakened intelligence—is tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of times greater than the number of beings in the Four Continents!
Therefore, although the immortal path is not prominent in the Central Region, in terms of the number of cultivators, the cultivators in the Central Region still far surpass those in the Four Continents.

Based on this, among the immortals and gods, those of human origin also have an absolute numerical advantage!

Including the Taiyi level!

In fact, if it weren't for the difficulty of achieving the Great Luo realm and the difficulty of dying after achieving it, given the size and innate wisdom of the human race, this world would have long since become an era entirely belonging to the human race!
In terms of the current situation in Pantian, apart from the Daluo level where the human race is still at a disadvantage, the human race has an absolute advantage in almost every aspect below the Daluo level!

This is the protagonist of heaven and earth!
Similarly, it is precisely for this reason that the Heavenly Rules in the Heavenly Court have gradually converged with the moral standards of the human race over time.

That wasn't a bias manifested by the Heavenly Rules themselves—but rather a personal bias manifested by the judicial gods who upheld the Heavenly Rules in the process of upholding them. Then, the personal biases of those judicial gods converged into an overall bias, to the point that the entire Heavenly Rules seemed to be about to be reversed.

Even though Yang Jian was born into the Chan Sect and had the support of the Chan Sect, this was something that could not be stopped—after all, in a sense, Yang Jian himself also had human blood.

The judicial gods under his command, including the patrolling angels under Ao Bing, are mainly composed of humans.

That is why, although Pantian is divided into five continents, the Central Region is the real center of heaven and earth!

Every immortal cultivation force desires to establish a foothold in the Central Realm—this not only means being able to participate in the game of the Central Realm, but also means being able to continuously cultivate future generations from the Central Realm, allowing their lineage to continue to spread.

That is why the existence of the Human Emperor and Human King is so revered.

Even emperors who are not so outstanding, or even incompetent rulers who cannot even live up to the status of an emperor, can still face those top-tier Taiyi.

Because almost all traditional doctrines are rooted in the human world.

As the ruler of the human world, even a foolish ruler who is not of high enough rank can easily wipe out any trace of a lineage in the human world!
That is why, although it is said that human affairs are only human affairs, every time a dynasty changes, the turmoil still affects the entire world. Even if a dynasty is running smoothly, the struggle for succession among the sons will still affect the situation in the world.

Although Buddhism had not yet been spread to the human world, before the Tang Emperor decided to send envoys to the Western Paradise to seek the Dharma, there were already countless temples and countless eminent monks who passed down the Dharma. Although Buddhism was not the mainstream at that time, given the enormous population of the human race, it was still an incredibly large entity.

Not to mention, Buddhism is a truly extraordinary teaching.

Otherwise, how could the Tang emperor have gathered so many eminent monks, Taoist masters, and Taoist priests when he held the Water and Land Dharma Assembly in Chang'an?

A Water and Land Dharma Assembly can deliver all the souls and grievances accumulated over thousands of years in Chang'an, including the imperial palace. One can imagine how large the Water and Land Dharma Assembly is, and how many eminent monks, Taoist masters and Taoist priests participate in it.

At that time, Buddhism, which had not yet been recognized by the Tang emperor, was able to produce so many eminent monks... One can only imagine how many temples Buddhism had in the world!

Previously, these temples were only partially hidden, existing in a state of semi-concealment.

However, after the Water and Land Dharma Assembly, after the Tang Emperor recognized Buddhism and personally dispatched envoys seeking the Dharma from Chang'an, all the Buddhist temples hidden in the human world suddenly appeared.

Under the radiance of the relics, the miraculous sight was immediately apparent!
Amidst this intense atmosphere of celebration, even scholars on their way to take the imperial examinations would stop by nearby Buddhist temples to pray for protection from misfortune and so on...

At this moment, the gods of the Arctic Exorcism Bureau who had stepped out of the Heavenly Court on Ao Bing's orders went straight to the temples left by Buddhism in the human world!

During the tens of thousands of years that Ao Bing was in seclusion, the gods of the Heavenly Rules lineage never directly confronted Buddhism, nor did they try to seize people from those temples. However, this does not mean that the gods of the Heavenly Rules lineage approved of Buddhism's actions.

—For countless millennia, the list of those cultivators who escaped punishment by entering Buddhism has always been in the hands of the immortals and gods of the Heavenly Rules lineage.

Who are those Buddhist disciples?
Are they alive or dead?

After they entered the Buddhist order, which branch of Buddhism did they follow?
Who is it that performs the ritual of salvation for them?
This list has always been in the hands of the Heavenly Rules lineage.

After Ao Bing showed his intention to purge Buddhism, this list naturally appeared before him.

As for those deities who were ordered by Ao Bing to cleanse the Buddhist Arctic Exorcism Institute, their task was quite simple!

Go through the list one by one, that's all!
If the immortal or deity who violated the heavenly rules is dead, then their teacher is investigated; if their teacher is dead, then their teacher's teacher is investigated.

In short, there is only one principle:
Although it is said that a person's debts are wiped out upon death, their sins are not!
Since your Buddhist sect has protected those immortals and gods who have violated the heavenly rules, then even if those immortals and gods die, your Buddhist sect must send someone to die to atone for their sins.

As for those immortals and gods who violated the heavenly rules, whether their sins reached the standard of capital punishment... is beyond doubt! The heavenly rules do not say that sins will not be investigated after a certain period of time - there is only the saying that they will be added up.

If the Heavenly Court doesn't discover the same sin, that's fine. But once the Heavenly Court discovers it, the longer you run away and hide, the heavier the punishment you will face for this sin!

According to this standard, those immortals and gods who previously violated the heavenly rules and entered the Buddhist order, and eventually died due to the expiration of their lifespan, have already crossed the line of death due to their sins.

This is also the logic behind Ao Bing directly ordering the Arctic Exorcism Institute to be dispatched!

An old monk performed salvation for more than a dozen immortals and gods who had violated the heavenly rules, helping them avoid the consequences of those rules. So, if the Northern Exorcism Academy descends now, and those immortals and gods are still alive, that's good. The only ones who will die are this old monk and those immortals and gods who have violated the heavenly rules.

If any of those immortals or gods die, then they should start from this old monk and find a Buddhist disciple of the same lineage to take his place!
One sin is worth one head!
By the way, shaving the heads of those immortals and gods who have violated the heavenly rules is also a sin!
Logic is that simple!
……

When the stream of light from the sky descended and transformed into a black-armored, masked deity, it landed before a temple in the mortal realm. Immediately, another deity appeared before the temple, bowing in reverence to this black-armored, masked deity.

"My Lord, please."

The newly revealed deity was not an outsider—but a Wind Listener from the Heavenly Rules lineage.

Their duty was to seek out rumors and clues from the wind, and then compile that information and report it to the Heavenly Court.

As time went on, these wind-listening officials acquired another responsibility.

That is, to monitor some of the gods and immortals listed in the Heavenly Rules, and to ensure that they do not 'disappear' into the world.

And those officials who listen to the winds naturally monitor the Buddhist temples the most.

After all, only Buddhist temples can house those immortals and gods who have violated the heavenly rules but can still appear before the gods.

For the whistleblowers, this surveillance was more akin to a humiliation.

After all, for the immortals and gods who belong to the Heavenly Rules lineage, seeing those sinful immortals and evil gods who have violated the Heavenly Rules right before their eyes, yet being unable to capture them and bring them back to the Heavenly Court, is an immense torment and torture for their hearts.

And now...

As the black-armored, dark-faced celestial being descended, the Wind Listener, who had been monitoring the temple for hundreds of years, finally felt his burning anger completely extinguished at that moment.

"My Lord, this temple is called Congshan Temple."

As the black-armored, dark-faced deity headed towards the temple, the Wind Listener happily introduced the temple's situation, recounting the identities of those within who had violated the heavenly rules, and so on...

Congshan Temple has stood in the human world for 1,700 years. During these 1,700 years, it has protected 47 immortals and gods who violated the rules of heaven.

Of the forty-seven who converted, thirty-two have already perished.

Listening to the wind official's narration, the black-helmeted deity remained silent, simply forging ahead with unwavering resolve.

It was only when it landed in front of the gate of Congshan Temple that it finally spoke.

"Edict!"

A mechanical voice emanated from the dark face.

Under the decree, the gods of humanity, who were hidden within and connected to humanity, as well as the city gods, local deities, and so on, were involuntarily brought out by the energy of humanity.

Beyond these City Gods and their lands, there are also judicial gods from the Heavenly Court who manifest here as well.

—Under the decree, these manifested gods appeared completely unaffected by human oppression.

"Seale the heavens and lock the earth!" The man in black helmet and mask pressed down with his hand.

"In accordance with the decree." The city gods, local deities, and the judicial gods descended from the heavens immediately dispersed, each connecting their vital energy, authority, and even the energy of humanity to completely seal off the mountain temple.

No deity questioned the command issued by this black-and-gray-faced deity—the gods of the Arctic Exorcism Academy were all bloodthirsty monsters from the battlefields beyond the realm!
In other words, they were all part of the army in the far north.

As members of the army, they naturally followed military law.

Military law—those who disobey orders shall die!

At Congshan Temple, monks of all ages were striking the wooden fish drums rapidly!
Buddhist sects protect their own.

As a temple that can stand in the human world, its abbot must naturally have some connection with the Bodhisattvas and Arhats of Mount Ling.

Some temple abbots are actually incarnations of a Bodhisattva or Arhat from Mount Ling.

And the abbot of Congshan Temple is just like that.

Three days earlier, when the relics in various temples manifested Buddha light, the abbot already knew the situation they were about to face.

However, the host didn't seem to care much about the situation or the impending attack from the Great Dragon God who upheld Heaven and Righteousness.

After all, they are Buddhists!
In his view, the fact that the Buddhist sect used delaying tactics instead of directly refusing the Great Dragon God who upholds justice and righteousness was already giving the Great Dragon God a lot of face!

Moreover, this is still the human realm of the Central Region, a place where humanity is oppressed.

Even if the Arctic Exorcism Institute were to establish its authority through its killing spree, they would choose temples elsewhere, not this mountain temple.

But to his utter surprise, the Great Dragon God who upholds justice and righteousness has actually chosen to take action in the mortal realm!
When the black-armored deity descended, the abbot had already sent a message to the Buddhist sect—however, that message could not be sent out!
Not only can the message not be sent out, but the connection between him and his own body has also been severed!
"Amitabha, well done, well done!" With the sound of the wooden fish being pried open, the old monk stood up and opened the temple gate.

(End of this chapter)