Taoist Master Xuanhuang

"Hehe! Not bad, not bad."

Long Yue smiled as he looked at the documents, feeling very gratified.

"Not bad, our spiritual cultivation has improved. After a century of correction and accumulation, it has finally achieved such grandeur and depth," Bi Xia said.

"That's right, we finally got rid of the labels of mental illness and brainlessness and got back on track," Tang Zongman recalled.

Looking back, recalling one event after another.

Humanity initially hoped to establish the Suppressing Evil Department, but it was plagued by internal conflicts. Had it not been for the appearance of the Dao Lord, spiritual cultivation at that time would likely have split apart.

Differences in ideology are terrifying.

Fortunately, thanks to the appearance of the Xuanhuang Dao Master, things were gradually corrected. Although it is still called the Zhenxie Department, things are very different now.

This Zhenxie Department is not the same as that Zhenxie Department.

“Since the people below have ideas, let them do it boldly. They are just a mere True King or Holy God,” Zhao Zheng said.

It's not arrogance; it's that no one understands their own strength better than they do.

It's too powerful; so powerful that it has no fear of any divine emergence.

Don't forget that they have the function of punishment and suppression, and they also have the great seal bestowed by Xuanhuang. They don't need to use these methods to deal with opponents they can handle themselves.

But if you can't solve it yourself, you can still use the power of judgment.

This ability is possessed by the hall masters of every province. As long as it is determined that a living being has committed sins, this ritual can be triggered. Once the ritual is triggered, the judgment will no longer be based on spiritual cultivation, but on the disciplinary seal of the Dao Lord.

Once judged by the disciplinary seal, no matter if you are a saint or a true cultivator, no one can escape.

That's their biggest advantage.

It can be said to be a divinely granted ability of judgment, and this ability comes from the Dao Lord, not the three supreme gods, and is even more orthodox than the divine positions conferred by the three supreme gods.

The positions of disciplinary deity and law enforcement deity conferred by the three supreme gods can only be held by them; no one else can receive them.

Therefore, they remained silent at the previous Investiture of the Gods ceremony, because there was no need to fight for them; what was theirs would eventually be theirs, and no one could take it away from them.

"With the world in turmoil and countless lives lost, it is indeed necessary to establish authority. If we do not don this robe, how will the world know that our Zhenxie Division is fearless against all demons and monsters?" Bi Xia concluded decisively.

This can be considered as agreeing to the ideas of the subordinate provinces.

Let them do it, establish their authority at the beginning of this turbulent time, so that the Suppression Department will have a sense of existence and make the gods understand that there can only be one sun in the sky.

"it is good!"

Long Yue quickly relayed the message.

Long Yue's bizarre computer abilities had long been integrated into the Hongmeng world of the extraordinary technology doctor.

Hongmeng Tianwang has the Zhenxie Department as its largest shareholder.

Within the Hongmeng Sky Network, the Demon Suppression Department also has its own independent system that integrates and manages all Demon Suppression Departments in the world.

The news spread quickly, and all provinces received recognition from headquarters.

"Ha ha……"

"We can go all out and get started!"

Laughter erupted from the anti-evil departments in various provinces.

Some remained inactive, neither making any significant contributions nor drawing any major ones, while others, like Gui Sheng's Master Wan, began to take action.

This is just a minor issue for the Department of Suppressing Evil. The four ministers have gathered here today not just for this one matter, but also to discuss many other things.

“Gui Sheng’s Eternal Green is quite good. I generally agree with his ideas. What do you all think, Master Long?” Bi Xia asked.

The key point is Long Yue. Don't forget that before Xuanhuang rose to power, Long Yue was the greatest master of destiny.

In the study of destiny, he is second only to Xuanhuang, and even the all-knowing scholar of Diting Tower may not be able to compare.

"I observe that resentment permeates the world, like the Yellow River surging forth from the void. It appears suddenly yet leaves a trace. Each wisp of resentment is like a howling, unwilling soul, lamenting its resentment and helplessness. It is difficult to digest, and even heaven and earth are powerless to do anything about it..."

Long Yue looked around, relying on the protection of Qingyun Mountain and the giant aura of Hongmeng integrated with the strange computer, instead of foolishly going all out like Bai Xiaosheng, which caused him to suffer great damage to his soul and vital energy.

“Cough cough, speak like a human!” Bi Xia said.

"...In short, the pollution of the realm and the appearance of the heart tribulation are indeed related, but not absolutely related. The karma that the true cultivators have accumulated for a long time does need to be settled, but the influx of the resentment of heaven and earth is just right. It is hard to say whether it is caused by the entanglement of karma of the true cultivators or by the influx of the resentment of heaven and earth. It is just a coincidence, just a coincidence. It is just a miracle, a miracle."

That makes it clear to everyone.

The gist is that they cannot be viewed separately; they are a unity of opposites.

"There was resentment from heaven and earth before, why is it pouring in in such large quantities? Is it the Dao Lord?" Han Wu asked.

"It's possible, but I'm not sure," Long Yue said cautiously.

Everyone nodded in understanding; if Master Long said so, it meant he was certain.

"It's a good thing. You should know that with great power comes great responsibility. Whether it's the Five Great Holy Lands or the Sacred Realm, they are all just trying to resolve the resentment brought about by the fusion of all realms. We bear more responsibility, which shows that our Blue Star Holy Land has surpassed other Holy Lands. The situation on the other side of the Myriad Races Holy Land is quite normal. This has already explained a lot."

"Ok!"

Everyone nodded in agreement.

The Holy Land of Myriad Races has been opened, and the Myriad Spirits Palace can now teleport there. Their Evil Suppression Department has already sent people to investigate the situation.

There, on Earth, the resentment towards the heavens and earth has suddenly multiplied in recent years, unlike on Blue Star.

"By the way, how is the three lords' plan to confer godhood going?" Bi Xia asked.

This matter was handled by Tang Zong and Zhao Zheng, and the two of them knew it best.

"According to the three lords' ideas, it will take another ten years. After ten years, they can be officially conferred the title of god. Although the Heavenly Dao currently covers the entire Xia Kingdom, it is still unstable and needs some time to stabilize."

Although the number of people to be conferred the title of gods has been determined long ago, it will still take some time before the gods are actually conferred the title.

"The three lords' idea is to integrate the cultivator's luck into it. Everything else is ready, but integrating the cultivator's luck will take some time."

Zhao Zheng added.

“Oh? Is that so? That’s how it should be,” Bi Xia said.

To be considered a deity, one must first possess both fortune and merit, much like a combination of the Investiture of the Gods and the Fortune Dynasty.

Luck comes from the luck of cultivators. The overall luck of cultivators is integrated into the small Heavenly Dao supported by the three people. Only with the luck of cultivators can one be enshrined as a god; otherwise, there is no source of energy.

In addition, there is the protection of merit.

Merit is very important here; it serves to protect and safeguard.

When a being is deified, it is as if it suddenly possesses powerful divine abilities that are not its own, requiring a stable soul and will to bear them.

Merit is the greatest guarantee for protecting the soul of the deity, ensuring that the extra divine power of this deity does not get out of control.

This will also take time.

Merit is something that the gods must earn themselves, and the ten years are also for these gods.

Go and earn the corresponding merits, and then be conferred a godhood. If you don't have enough merits, then keep waiting until you have accumulated enough.

It's not that once the list of deities is determined, you can rest easy. At the very least, you need to accumulate the merits required for deification.

If you don't even have enough merit to be granted the title of a god, then what kind of god are you going to grant the title of?

"That's good. This way, we have time to prepare and there's also a mechanism for elimination, so that we won't rashly become gods and cause a series of upheavals." Long Yue felt that the three supreme gods were indeed powerful.

Everything was perfect. When the gods were truly conferred titles, those who were conferred titles would have emerged from layers of trials, not the kind of useless people who were forced into the role.

"The two supreme deities of punishment and law enforcement? Have you two brothers made up your minds?" Bi Xia asked.

The question was directed at Zhao Zheng and Tang Zong. "Minister, we've made up our minds. Ultimately, we lack the natural talent to compare with you and Master Long. We can only take the hard way and rely on time to accumulate experience," Zhao Zheng said.

“Alright, it’s good that you’ve made your decision,” Bi Xia said.

The two intend to take over the seats of the God of Punishment and the God of Law Enforcement.

It's not that the two of them couldn't break through to the fourth rank on their own; that's not the case.

If neither of them can break through to the fourth level of True Self, then there will be very few spiritual cultivators in the world who can break through to the fourth level of True Self.

Instead, people like Long Shi and Bi Xia cannot do it.

Bi Xia has already condensed eight Dao Soldiers. Each Dao Soldier is equivalent to 10,000 insights, so nine Dao Soldiers would be 90,000 insights. This is no different from the Xuanhuang Supreme Treasure, except for the three great Supreme Treasures.

Aside from the three supreme treasures that aim for 129,600 insights, the remaining supreme treasures, as well as the Tushan Holy Mother and the Star Mother Yuanjun, only aim for 90,000 insights, and at most, they can reach 100,000 insights.

The insights gained from 129,600 are too difficult to come by.

Bi Xia and Long Shi both aim for at least 90,000 comprehension points, and some even surpass 100,000 with the nine-nine-in-one combination.

This perfectly illustrates that knowledge is one of the greatest sources of suffering for a person.

If one doesn't know that the more insights one accumulates, the stronger one becomes after entering the fourth rank, and the easier the path to becoming a Venerable or a Lord will be, then one will be unaware of these things.

The two of them wouldn't be in so much pain. Reaching the fourth tier would be a great victory. How wonderful that would be.

But when I arrived at Qingyun Mountain, I learned from the Dao Master that there were 129,600 perfect insights, representing an infinite future.

There is a prerequisite of 90,000 comprehensions to enter the seventh-level True Spirit realm. Without reaching 90,000 comprehensions, unless a miracle occurs, it is difficult to enter the seventh-level True Spirit realm.

Knowing this was the beginning of their suffering.

However, my talent and abilities can only support me to reach 60,000 insights, and at most 70,000.

Ninety thousand is something I wouldn't even dare to dream of, and the perfect union of ninety-nine is even more out of reach.

The greatest tragedy in life is knowing something but being unable to do it; that is truly tragic.

But I was unwilling to give up, so I could only make up for it with clumsy methods.

The divine positions they can currently achieve are those of the Investiture of the Gods. What they are pursuing is the unity of the three realms into a primordial spirit of heaven and earth, not simply a true god in the human world, a celestial god in the heavenly realm, or a spirit god in the underworld.

The merging of the three divine positions constitutes the highest level of the Investiture of the Gods: the Primordial God of the Three Realms.

A divine position at the primordial spirit level can greatly make up for the gap they fell behind in the third tier, and can also make up for it after entering the fourth or even fifth tier, but it will be very, very slow.

Another important point is not to forget Zhao Zheng's charlatan bride and Tang Zong's charlatan father.

The two had already successfully awakened the spirits of these two strange entities in the Minghu Realm. Strictly speaking, the strange entities they were currently controlling were no longer strange entities, but sacred ones.

It already possesses a complete self-personality and wisdom, not a bizarre distortion and absurd disorder.

From beginning to end, the two never gave up on the strange entity that had formed a great bond with them, and with the help of Xuanhuang and the Realm, they successfully awakened the spirit.

It hasn't reached the fourth level of true mystery, yet it possesses the wisdom and orderliness of true mystery.

The difference between the truly bizarre and the bizarre is that one is ordered and the other is disordered.

The divine positions are reserved for the supernatural, not for the two of them to inherit them.

The two strange phenomena transformed from disorder to order, becoming equivalent to the divided spirits of the two individuals. These were divided spirits nurtured by the souls of the two, and were not simply puppet-like souls, but rather similar to the souls of Xuanhuang.

Having one's own wisdom and personality is very important.

The divine position is naturally prepared for the division of the spirit. With the nourishment nurtured by the realm and the support of the primordial spirit of heaven and earth, the two of them have made many preparations in order to catch up with Bi Xia and the Dragon Master.

"Minister, what level have you reached?"

After showing concern for the two of them, the three ministers, including Master Long, became very curious about Bi Xia.

In recent decades, ministers have either been in seclusion or in retreat, and it's unclear what level they've reached.

"The eighth line of soldiers has been completed and is now moving towards the ninth line. So far, it's going very smoothly, even better than I expected. Perhaps I should have higher plans."

Bi Xia was very satisfied with her progress.

You could tell from his smile and confidence that he was very satisfied.

"Congratulations, Minister!" the crowd congratulated.

Long Yue has only condensed eight Dao soldiers so far, and is still far from the ninth.

It should be noted that the nine Dao soldiers of the two are not the Dao soldiers of cultivators; a more appropriate term would be nine-life Dao soldiers.

Each Dao soldier not only carries the burden of suppressing the strange, but also carries many other insights.

Each Dao soldier is like someone who has gone through one lifetime of reincarnation, accumulating more insights through the accumulation of nine lifetimes.

They are completely different from cultivators and Taoist soldiers' puppets.

Nine times refined to become a true immortal, nine lifetimes of Dao soldier—these are the more appropriate titles.

Each Dao soldier refines a piece of the strange origin, undergoing nine refinements and nine reincarnations, completely transforming the strangeness they control into their own origin. The strangeness is me, but I am not the strangeness.

From the third level onwards, it can be said that the so-called eeriness no longer posed any threat to them.

At the beginning, it requires a strong will and ability to deal with the eerie phenomena, and it needs to be carefully controlled, for fear that the eerie phenomena will get out of control.

However, after three rounds of refinement, the so-called eeriness no longer had any effect.

It has become the energy source for their evolution.

Not only that, but you'll also feel that this weird thing is too weak and doesn't qualify for your nine refining sessions. You'll need to keep incorporating new weird things to become resources for your nine refining sessions.

It's similar to the nine reincarnations of becoming an immortal in the mortal world in the novel *Covering the Sky*.

While forging the bizarre, each time I comprehend ten thousand mysteries, each time I condense my true self, each time my true self is continuously solidified, each time I forge the bizarre realm, transforming it into my own dantian world.

Nowadays, Bi Xia is starting to pursue the 99-in-1 principle.

"A higher plan, returning to the origin?"

Others may not care, but Long Yue does.

The concept of "returning to oneness after nine trials" represents a higher ideal after the two of them have achieved true enlightenment. Judging from Bi Xia's tone, it seems that the goal has been raised.

Looking back, when they first received Xuanhuang's guidance, the two were not confident that they could achieve the Nine Refinements and condense the Nine Reincarnation Dao Soldiers.

However, as time went by, his cultivation level increased and he accumulated more power. The environment also improved as Xuanhuang progressed, and Bi Xia had higher aspirations.

"To what extent can it be achieved?" Long Yue asked excitedly.

"It's hard to say, but the minimum is 100,000, and the maximum is 129,600," Bi Xia said.

He wasn't sure either; returning to the origin after ninety-nine was a further step, but he couldn't guarantee how much that step would take.

Only when the numbers return to one can a conclusion be reached.

"That's not bad either. A guaranteed 100,000 insights is already very strong. You are still more talented than me after all!" Long Yue sighed.

In the end, his old friend was still stronger than him.

"Haha, if I can do it, so can you. Don't be discouraged. Once I've paved the way, you can just follow along." Bi Xia was unusually a little arrogant.

"What a disgrace!" Long Yue was both annoyed and excited.

He hoped Bi Xia would succeed, but he was also very upset.

The three vice ministers looked at the two speechlessly, wishing they had such talent and ability.

...(End of chapter)